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businossman Thirukumar Nadosan in a part o
Colombo-7 that is so rominisoont o Kolkata's Aliporo o
yoro. Thoro aro throo aoots o Nadosan that striko mo as
signiioant. First, ho is a Jana Tamil now living in Colombo;
sooond, ho is an oxtromoly dovout Hindu, with a ully
unotioning _dYP room and ovon a V^bWP[P in his baok
gardon; and inally, his wio Nirupama, an MP or tho ruling
SLFP, is a niooo o Prosidont Mahinda Pa|apaksa.
Nadosan, who valuos his roligious and oultural idontity,
has liko many othor Jana Tamils patronisod tho
Pamanathaswamy tomplo in Pamoswaram, |ust aoross tho
Palk Strait. Eaoh yoar Nadosan would mako it a point to go
on pilgrimago to Pamoswaram and thon prooood to visit
othor tomplos in ndia. On January 10, 2012, whilo ontoring
tho tomplo or _dYP, ho was sot upon by a dotorminod
band o pro-LTTE aotivists who assaultod him and ohasod
him out o tho shrino. With no assuranoo o porsonal
protootion orthooming rom tho stato govornmont,
Nadosan hasn't boon ablo to ro-visit tho tomplo
although ho has boon to othor tomplos in ndia.
As an ndian ind this assault on Nadosan's rights as
a praotising Hindu outragoous. What is ovon moro
surprising is that nono o our doondors o ndia's 'sooular'
inhoritanoo has doomod this to bo an attaok on roligious
roodom. Thoro havo, or oxamplo, boon attaoks on
Buddhist pilgrims rom Sri Lanka who uso Chonnai as a
transit point or thoir |ournoy to Bodh Gaya. And ovon
Opposition loador Panil Wiokromasingho aood mob ury
whon ho visitod Chonnai throo yoars ago.
Worst o all and oriokot-orazy ndians will
undorstand this or tho past throo yoars Sri Lankan
oriokotors havo boon targots o an unoioial ban against
thom playing any matohos in Chonnai.
To thoso ongagod in ormulating 'nuanood' polioy
towards tho noighbourhood, thoso inoidonts may soom
trivial and small dotails o somo 'misundorstandings' vis-
-vis a small noighbour. But imagino a situation i an
oxtromist body in Sri
Lanka was to imposo
suoh a ban on Mahondra
Singh Dhoni's toam or i a
group o Hindus rom
ndia visiting tho Sita
shrino noar Kandy was
sot upon by a olutoh o
Sinhala ohauvinists.
Wouldn't tho shrill Tv
ohannols bo domanding
strong ndian rotaliation to
avongo national
dishonour, as thoy oton
do whon ndian ishormon aro arrostod or straying into
Lanka's torritorial wators?
t is hoalthy or oroign polioy to bo sub|ootod to
domostio sorutiny. Howovor, whon tho intorost takos tho
orm o ill-inormod rhotorio and mob aotion, it is timo to put
oorrootivos in plaoo. For too long, ndia's polioy towards Sri
Lanka has boon viowod oxolusivoly through tho prism o
tho Tamil quostion and tho 30-yoar oivil war that, moroiully,
oamo to an ond in May 2009. ndian diplomaoy has
soarooly boon ablo to riso abovo dobatos ovor tho 13th
Amondmont and tho tonsions that mark rolations botwoon
tho Northorn Provinoial Counoil and tho oontral govornmont
in Colombo. Thoro is an improssion that ndia is tho rosorvo
army o Sri Lanka's Tamil minority in tho North and East, an
improssion that translatos into oonviotion with tho Tamil
National Allianoo.
Tho problom with this prooooupation with only ono
aspoot o Sri Lanka's national lio is that many moro
important quostions aro lot oithor unaddrossod or
do-prioritisod.
Many ndians would, or oxamplo, bo surprisod to loarn
that noarly 70 por oont o tho roight traio handlod by tho
bustling Colombo part is dovotod to ndia's imports and
oxports. ndia noods an oioiont Colombo port |ust as
Colombo port noods ndian oustom. Thoro is total intor-
dopondonoo. ndia will bonoit rom tho urthor upgradation
o aoilitios on tho Colombo watorront and Sri Lanka
stands to bonoit rom ndia's rapid ooonomio growth.
Tako anothor aotoid. Tourism aooounts or noarly 25
por oont o Sri Lanka's GDP and oontributos immoasurably
to gonorating looal omploymont. And, o tho tourists, noarly
70 por oont aro rom ndia. Add to this tho invostmont o
ndian ontropronours (both big and small) in tho
inrastruoturo o tourism and wo soo anothor aoot o tho
doop ooonomio linkagos that bind tho two oountrios.
How muoh o this ooonomio bonding was govornmont-
drivon and how muoh was a unotion o markot logio is
diioult to asoortain. Howovor, oonsidoring tho aot that Sri
Lanka oannot markot its toa to ndia or that thoro aro
sorious impodimonts to tho island solling its world-amous
poppor and oinnamon to ndia, thoro is an unavoidablo
oonolusion. Sri Lanka and ndia havo orgod doop
businoss links dospito tho QPQds. This is somothing or
Primo Ministor Narondra Modi to pondor ovor.
Tho ono aroa whoro tho Govornmont oould havo
playod a rolo, its intorvontion has boon ound wanting. Last
yoar, tho oxhibition o Buddhist rolios rom Kapilavastu
drow spootaoular orowds in Sri Lanka. Muoh o thoso rolios
woro sourood rom tho ndian Musoum in Kolkata whioh
sooms to havo noithor tho imagination nor tho inolination to
display muoh o what it possossos. Tho Madhya Pradosh
Govornmont, on tho othor hand, has boon moro
orthooming in orging links with Sri Lanka or Buddhist
studios. Howovor, tho oorts havo boon patohy and thoro is
nood or a show o politioal will to drivo tho Buddhist
horitago pro|oot.
havo boon travolling to Sri Lanka rom 1987, a timo
whon tho island was oripplod by war. During my initial
visits, was ortunato to moot many o tho politioal old-
timors. Almost all o thom had doop porsonal links with
ndia orgod during tho 1940s and 1950s. Tho now
gonoration o tho Sri Lankan olito don't sharo thoso
oxporionoos booauso somowhoro along tho way tho two
oountrios wont thoir soparato ways.
t is timo to ro-orgo thoso links not through politios but
by blonding horitago with trado and oommoroo. ndo-Sri
Lanka rolations aro orying out or a stratogio shit.
USUALSUSPECTS
SwAFAh 0AS0uFTA
For too long, ndia's policy
towards Sri Lanka has
been viewed exclusively
through the prism of the
Tamil question... t is time
to reforge those links not
through politics but by
blending heritage with
trade and commerce
ndia-SL tios orying
out or stratogio shit
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A
t least three people were
killed and 19 others,
including half a dozen police-
men, injured as violent clash-
es broke out between two com-
munities over a land dispute in
Kutubshehr area of Saharanpur
district in western Uttar
Pradesh on Saturday. As the sit-
uation got out of control, the
district administration clamped
curfew in the areas of three
police stations. A shoot-at-
sight order has been issued to
rein in anti-social elements.
Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh has asked Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav to ensure com-
munal harmony in the State.
The Home Minister, who is
personally monitoring the sit-
uation in Uttar Pradesh, also
conveyed to the Chief Minister
that the Central Government
would provide all assistance,
including paramilitary forces,
to the State Government to
maintain law and order.
Akhilesh has directed offi-
cials to take firm stand against
those who try to stoke the fire.
Over a dozen people have
been arrested for inciting vio-
lence over the land dispute. An
altercation between members of
the two communities over con-
struction work at the disputed
site in Kutubshehr area in the
wee hours of Saturday triggered
violent clashes. As both sides
indulged in stone pelting, indis-
criminate firing and setting
ablaze several shops, police
used force and fired rubber bul-
lets to control the situation.
A continuous monitoring
of the situation in Saharanpur
and Moradabad is being done
by senior officials, Principal
Secretary (Information)
Navneet Sehgal told the media.
The CM has directed
Principal Secretary (Home) to
deal with the Saharanpur situ-
ation strictly. He has directed
that there must be no laxity at
any level and law and order
must be maintained at any
cost, he added.
Harish Kochar, a traders
leader, and an unidentified
person have been killed in the
clashes. A policeman has sus-
tained bullet injury in the
clashes and has been referred
to PGI in a serious condition,
Commissioner, Saharanpur,
Tanveer Zafar Ali said.
Heavy posse of police,
PAC, RAF and RRF personnel
has been deployed. Additional
Director General of Police
(Law and Order) Mukul Goel
said, As per the information,
there was a dispute between
two communities over land
Despite the imposition of cur-
few, sporadic incidents of
clashes were reported.
Slamming the BJP, the
Congress said that BJP is play-
ing politics of hatred
to fulfil its political ambition
and accused the party of
indulging in polarisation on
communal lines.
I am deeply saddened to
hear about Saharanpur.
Violence, divisiveness and
hatred have no place in our
country. This politics of hatred
must end. I appeal to every one
to remain calm and refrain
from fanning communal pas-
sions, said Congress vice-pres-
ident Rahul Gandhi in Capital
on Saturday.
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ndian Air Forces popular
Android game, Guardians of
the Skies (GOTS) came under a
clone attack some 10 days back.
Sources in the IAF said for
about five days the traffic of the
game got diverted to another app
Rise of Guardians of the Skies.
The IAFs game modules, air-
crafts and even its logo had been
cloned to confuse downloaders.
Interestingly, while the IAF
app is free, the Rise of GOTS
was priced at US $6.9.
The IAF got into the act as
soon as it found about the
clone attack by bringing the
matter to the notice of games
Indian developer Threye. The
clone was pulled out after
Threye registered a complaint
with Microsoft. Efforts are on
to find out who was behind the
mischief, IAF sources said.
GOTS is the IAFs first 3-
D game and is available on
Android, Windows and iOS
platforms for mobile.
According to IAF officials,
the game has been conceptu-
alised to showcase the might of
the air force in a virtual format
and is aimed at attracting more
youngsters into its fold. Users
can have a feel of various air
combat scenarios aided by real-
istic graphics.
The game that was
launched early this month has
become so popular that it
crossed one lakh downloads in
just 20 days. IAF officials feel
the download number could
have been higher had the
cloning episode not happened.
Close to 9,000 people have
rated it out of which about
6,000 have given it five stars. Its
average rating is 4.3 as on date.
It gives players the experi-
ence of virtually controlling an
IAFs aircraft giving an experi-
ence close to real-life flying. It has
a storyline and the terrain in the
game is somewhat that of
National Defence Academy
Khadakwasla in Pune.
Interestingly whatever informa-
tion the game has is already avail-
able in public domain. The game
has 10 levels of combat module
and with success in each step, the
players uniform gets decorated
like a real IAF fighter pilot.
Hackers tried to clone
and divert traffic from IAFs
most popular android game
GOTS. They tried to piggy ride
on our popularity. Since there
were two games of similar
kinds, having similar aircrafts
with IAF logos a lot of traffic
was diverted to their site as well
in confusion and they made
some quick buck it seems, said
Group Captain Gerard Galway,
spokesperson of IAF.
The IAF is shortly going to
launch second part of the game
with a fresh storyline and com-
bat modes with newer aircrafts
and tougher terrains. But before
that IAF is also getting set to
fight the dirty cyber game of
cloning and hacking.
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T
ension and fear gripped
the entire Moradabad
region and its residents on
Saturday with the leaders of
BJP and Congress marching
towards Kanth area defying
prohibitory orders. The area
was turned into fortress. A
huge police force was deployed
to thwart any attempt to viti-
ate the peaceful atmosphere of
the town. This is the second
time within a month that
uneasy calm engulfed the area.
Six MPs and four MLAs
from adjoining constituencies
were detained at Hapur,
Ghaziabad, Rampur and
Moradabad with several lead-
ers of the Vishva Hindu
Parishad (VHP). They were
demanding that registration of
FIR against SSP Moradabad
and other senior officials
for acting on the behest of the
ruling party.
Meanwhile, Laxmikant
Bajpai, BJP president of the
State unit, sat on dharna along
with other leaders before the
District Commissioner Office
in Moradabad. On the other
hand, UP Police also detained
senior Congress leaders
Madhusudan Mistry, actress
Nagma and Rita Bahuguna
Joshi along with hundreds
of party workers at Delhi-
Ghaziabad border while they
were heading towards
Moradabad.
As announced earlier,
senior BJP and VHP leaders
tried to enter Kanth town early
morning to protest against the
district officials for victimising
its cadres. However, the admin-
istration had imposed Section
144 as a preventive measure.
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A
sharp increase in demand
for construction materials
and complete ban on illegal
mining in Haryana is having an
adverse impact on neighbour-
ing Rajasthan. Miners in
Haryana are procuring illegal-
ly mined stones from adjoining
Rajasthan even as illegal min-
ing continues unabated at the
eco-sensitive Aravalli Hills in
the two States.
The SC had in 2002
imposed a complete ban on
illegal mining in Haryana and
renewed it again in 2009.
Incidentally, the miners taking
the Rajasthan route continues
despite the SCs ban in 2012 on
mining in Udhanwas village of
Alwar district.
In a 44-page report sub-
mitted to the Supreme Court
on Friday, the Central
Empowered Committee (CEC)
an expert panel assisting the
apex court on environment
matters has also outlined
how in Haryanas Mewat dis-
trict, illegal miners had a field
day as police and administra-
tion were busy with
Parliamentary election duty
since early this year.
The CEC in its report said,
Areas in and around village
Udhanwas in Tehsil Tijara in
Alwar have been devastated by
the massive illegal mining. In
spite of the directions passed
by the court from time to
time the illegal mining of con-
struction material has not been
effectively controlled by the
States of Haryana and
Rajasthan.
The Committee recom-
mended to the court that it was
high time to impose exem-
plary punitive action against
those miners found to have
exceeded their permissible
mining capacity. In case of
mining leases operating with-
out requisite forest and envi-
ronment approvals, the
Committee suggested imme-
diate closure.
Till mining operations
remain suspended, CEC told
the court that no new stone
crushing unit should be estab-
lished or operated in Mewat
and Alwar.
As vehicles found to carry
illegal mined material across
State borders with ease, strict
vigil must be maintained by the
two States to ensure receipts are
genuine and crushers who
receive the material have valid
permits, report said.
With mining on Aravalli
hills, situated in Haryana,
banned by the Supreme Court
as early as on October 29,
2002 (with the exception being
for Faridabad), the Committee
discovered that since the
beginning of this year,
illegal mining witnessed a
sharp increase in many vil-
lages of Mewat.
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H
aryanas Governor-desig-
nate Kaptan Singh Solanki
on Sunday indicated at review-
ing the assent given to the con-
troversial Haryana Sikh
Gurdwara (Management) Act
2014 to create a separate
Gurdwara Management
Committee. However, on the
same day, Jagdish Singh Jhinda
and Didar Singh Nalvi, who
spearheaded the movement for
the formation of separate SGPC
for Haryana, were elected as the
president and the senior vice-
president respectively of the
newly notified 41-member ad
hoc Haryana SGPC.
While Solanki said the
State Government is bound to
obey the Central Governments
directives, legal experts have
questioned it.
Senior advocate HS
Phoolka said, The new
Governor cannot withdraw
the Assent (given by his pre-
decessor). Now only two rem-
edy is left; one is that the
Haryana Assembly repeal or
amend the Act, and the other
remedy is through the High
Court or the Supreme Court.
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NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 27, 2014 films & tv 02
Director's Cut -Vasantkunj: Kick: 10:00 am, 11:20
am, 12:30 pm, 1:20 pm, 2:40 pm, 3:50 pm, 4:40 pm,
6:00 pm, 7:10 pm, 8:00 pm, 9:20 pm, 10:30 pm,
11: 20 pm, The Grand Budapest Hotel
(Uninterrupted): 3:50 pm, 8:20 pm, Humpty
Sharma Ki Dulhania, 12:50 pm, 10:30 pm, Begin
Again (Uninterrupted): 6:00 pm, (3d) Dawn Of
The Planet Of The Apes (Uninterrupted): 10:00
am
PVR Anupam - Saket: Kick: 9:00 am, 9:45 am,
10:30 am, 12:15 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:45 pm, 3:30 pm,
4:15 pm, 5:00 pm, 6:45 pm, Kick, 7:30 pm, 8:15 pm,
10:00 pm, 10:45 pm, 11:30 pm, The Grand
Budapest Hotel: 5:50 pm, 10:50 pm, Hate Story
2: 3:00 pm, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: 9:35
am, 8:00 pm, The Fault In Our Stars: 12:25 pm
PVRSelect CityWalk: Kick: 10:00 am, 12:00 pm,
1:15 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:15 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:15 pm,
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11:45 pm, The GrandBudapest Hotel: 4:00 pm,
8:35 pm, Hate Story 2: 10:45 am, Humpty
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BeginAgain: 6:15 pm, (3D) DawnOf The Planet
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PVRSelect CityWalk- GoldClass: Kick: 10:30 am,
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pm, 10:55 pm
PVRRivoli: Kick: 9:30 am, 12:45 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:15
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pm, 10:55 pm
PVR 3C's: Kick: 10:00 am, 1:15 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:45
pm, 10:55 pm
PVR Naraina: Kick: 9:15 am, 10:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 1:15 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:45 pm, 4:30 pm,
5:15 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:45 pm, 8:30 pm, 9:40 pm, 10:15
pm, 10:55 pm, 11:45 pm, Hate Story 2: 10:05 am,
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: 3:55 pm, Alludu
Sreenu (Telugu): 6:45 pm, Vikramadithyan
(Malayalam): 12:55 pm
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Story 2: 10:00 am, Humpty Sharma Ki
Dulhania: 12:45 pm
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Hate Story 2: 10:00 am, Humpty Sharma Ki
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THEATRE
Dramatech presents Neil Simons Plaza Suite,
a Hindi comedy play in three acts translated
and directed by Nayana Sagar at Shri Ram
Centre, #4, Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi
House Chowk, Delhi. Time 7pm. Tickets:
C500, C300, C200, C100.
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8ate4: 4.5/10
J
ai Ho! Sallu bhai is all for Being
Human, and now in the most
aggressive way through his
movies. This is the second one of the
NGO types after Jai Ho which came
and went without the usual ripples
Sallu bhai creates among the
audiences. In this one too, he propels
the goodness of being human in all
ways through being a good a man,
through being a bad man and through
being a devil who is all about hidden
goodness, well, of being human!
I like Salluji with all his frills,
including the towel between his legs
and the swagger between his lips. This
one has them too but the mission that
is being propelled gets to you faster
than the star and his traditional antics.
Its almost like Sallu bhai going veteran
on his own filmi career and dishing out
a signing out series of films before the
final salaam namaste to the industry!
Kick is something that Sallu keeps
looking for most of his life and gets it
only after two bodies fall off a building
in front of his eyes.
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I
t comes with an ensemble of stars
and is still languid and gentle and
comes without any searing
competition for screen space. Like all
that is true of old world charm, this
one too grows on you in a hidden
manner, making no hue and cry
around a potent storyline emerging
out of a pre and post Hitler Europe.
For a director to get away with
haivng the masterful Jude Law as a
mute witness of proceedings unfolding
before him through a narrator who has
been through it all speaks volumes
about the self assurance of a well
fleshed out and simply irresistable
storyline.
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lacks the kIck
For the audience too, the wait for
that all important kick that a Sallu film
is expected to give, stretches for most
of the film. And, thats not how it
happens on a Sallu show, that too as a
lead-in to Eid! Yes, we all do respect
him for the amount of philanthropic
work that he does for the good of
society but it would be great if he
could keep his personal mission out of
his professional pursuits. For, the
Salman Khan brand works only if it is
irreverent, crazy and happening on
screen.
Yes, as a devil who wears a watered
down Krrish mask, he does all the
action. And, dont miss the cycle and
him before a speeding train act now
that is the only Sallu moment that will
make you applaud the film.
Jaqueline Fernandes is a good
adornment though one would have
preferred her in a Murder 2 kind of
sexy role instead of the bespectacled
psychologist that she plays here.
Randeep Hooda is the good spice of
the film even though he is a side-track
to Salluji. Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the
petite but crazy villain does his bit of
ferocity with his asthmatic breath-and-
bottle-opener do.
On the whole, a little bit of an un-
Sallu film which he tries to save.
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QWhat is your role in the show?
I dont want to give away much.
But I am like any other 18-year-old
girl from a business class family. I
would not say that I am a spoilt brat.
I am a normal girl with the usual ups
and downs. As the series progresses,
my character evolves. I want the
audience to see the twists and turns
that come along.
QHow did the role come to you?
Were you looking for a job in TV?
I had been scouting for an
opening on the small screen. I have
done a few print ads and modeling
for fashion houses but wanted to do
something much more than just walk
the ramp. Television has come such a
long way and offers great
opportunity to youngsters like us. In
my search for a break in the industry,
I was told that 24 Frames, the
production house of Laut Aao Trisha,
was looking for people. I went for the
audition and a few weeks later got a
call that I had been shortlisted. Next
came a series of mock shoots. The
production house liked my work and
here I am.
QThe series is based on a Spanish
drama. Have you seen the original?
How close is the Hindi version?
I would not say that Laut Aao
Trisha is completely like the Spanish
drama. It is inspired by it but that is
all. The producers have taken
the concept from there and
added plenty of Indian tadka to
it to suit the audience here.
This means that there is a lot
more drama and twists.
People will be wowed
with the turn of events.
And yes, I have seen
the original Spanish
version so can say that
the Hindi adaptation is
very different.
QIs it a crime-thriller?
It is a mix of three crime,
thriller and drama. Not the usual
saas-bahu drama but the kind one
gets to see in a series in which the
daughter has been kidnapped and
the parents are looking for her.
QHow was the first day of
shooting with Bhagyashree?
I was a little nervous that I had
to share my first day with a
Bollywood actress. There are other
great actors in the show as well. But
the team especially, Bhagyashree, has
been extremely encouraging. On the
first day, she came up to me and
asked me not to be nervous. She was
so popular as an actress back in the
80s but is a very down-to-earth
person with no airs. She gave me
many tips. Working with her is great.
I have learnt so much from her and
will do so in the coming weeks too.
QWhat are your favourite TV
shows?
Besides Laut Aao Trisha, I love
watching Ek Haseena Thi. The show
is a revenge drama. When I am done
with my shooting I sit to catch up
with the serial. In English GECs, I
love The Big Bang Theory and Two
And A Half Men.
QWhat makes Laut Aao Trisha
special?
Everybody associated with any
show will say that their show is
unique and has , a concept and
storyline never seen before. But Laut
Aao... is really very different from
what has been aired so far. Not
because I am associated with it but
because it is a great
show that has a lot
to offer. There is
crime, there is
masala and
then there is a
dark side to
my
character.
Modellurned Tv aclress hALh hE0, who lays Trisha on Lie
0K's Laul Aao Trisha, lells ShALh SAKSEhA lhal working wilh
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Aler laying an ideal husband in Saas Bina Sasuraal, Ravi 0ubey is all
sel lo be Tv's muchloved soninlaw in Jamai Raja which goes on air
rom nexl Monday. n a chal wilh SAh0EETA YA0Av, he lalks aboul
how lhis herocenlric serial will sel a lrend on lhe small screen
QYou have played an ideal husband in
Saas Bina Sasuraal. Now you are all
set to play an ideal son-in-law. Is
doing family shows a conscious
decision?
Definitely. I love doing family
shows and talk about different aspects
of a relationship. The audience relates
to it. As Tej in Saas Bina Sasuraal, I was
a loving husband, a caring son and a
good brother. A complete opposite
relationship will be seen in Jamai Raja
where my character Sidhart will be
breaking the myth that a
son-in-law cant act
as a binding factor
and that its a job
only for the
woman or the wife.
Its not just about
the treatment a
jamai gets in real life,
the show also talks
about a jamai having
responsibilities too.
QWe dont get to see male-
centric series. Do you
think this show will
catch on with the
viewers?
Jamai Raja is
going to be a
trendsetter. With
this and other male-
centric shows like
Yudh and 24, TV is
going through a
change and telling
stories from the
mans point
through a
medium that is
usually reserved
for women. I believe
that this show will
work due to its out-of-
the-box storyline. The
relationship quotient is
an important factor
that draws the
audience towards any
show and Jamai Raja
will do just that.
QCan you relate to the role in real
life?
Very much. Im a jamai myself.
Every man who will watch this show
will find a connect. There is plenty of
comedy in this light hearted show that
revolves around relationships. That it
will send out a postive message will add
to it.
QShould one be choosy with roles?
When it comes to selecting scripts, I
give importance to the concept and
storyline. When I look back to my work
portfolio, I feel happy that I have made
some very good decisions when it
comes to my professional work. Shows
like 12/24 Karol Bagh, Saas Bina Sasural
and Nach Baliye have added to my
growth as an actor. I have never run
after conventional subjects or projects.
When I read a script, I keep in mind
what I dont want to do and take a
call after analysing my choices. I
want to keep on
experimenting and
exploring new roles.
QTej-Tosti jodi was
a hit. Would you
want to work with
Aishwarya again?
Every jodi,
romantic or
otherwise, gets
exhausted after a
certain point. I
have taken
break from
working with
Aishwarya for
now. I want to
give some space
otherwise the
audience will get
bored of watching the
same pair again and
again. One thing is for
sure that like Tej and
Tosti, Siddharth and
Roshnis jodi (played by
Nia Sharma) will
become just as popular.
'It's a hatke crIme thrIIIer'
H
e is a brand, no doubt
about it and he has done
wonders for our
channel. Amitabh Bachchan is
such a celebrity that doesnt
need any promotion or any
marketing. His presence alone
does wonders to the TRPs,
Nachiket Pantvaidya, senior
executive vice-president and
business head of Sony
Entertainment Television, says
proudly.
Ever since the channel has
added KBC to its portfolio,
Sony is wooing the No 3 and 4
spot in television rankings. And
with this blast of superstars like
AB, Poonam Dhillon and
Padmini Kolhapuri, it is on
track to becoming numero uno.
We are delighted that we
have such stars to propel our
stories. But as a channel we are
also keen to bring new subjects
with interesting elements into
the fray. We always work in
accordance to what our
audience wants. As and when
the stars happen, we will be
happy to have them. The more,
the merrier, Pantvaidya, says.
Indeed! But do popular
television stars like Ram
Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Shivaji
Satyam feel neglected in this
race for Bollywood superstars?
Not at all. In fact, I feel
proud that I am sharing the
same channel space with
Amitabh sir. He is such a
hardworking person that he
inspires all of us to give our
best. There is no place for
complacency in the TV
industry and with the
introduction of serials like
Yudh, we are all perked up to
perform better, Ronit Roy who
has been one of Sonys
mainstays, tells you. His Adalat
which started with a healthy
TVR of 6 points is going steady
between the 3-4 points.
When it comes to TVRs
and other ratings, Yudh and
KBC are positioned such that
they dont eat into other show
TRPs. We obviously have a
strategy so that none of our
shows suffer because of a
superstar. The channel does
well when most of its shows are
doing well and not just one or
two sole winners, Pantvaidya,
says, adding that their vision is
to ensure that their audience is
glued to a particular channel
from 7 pm to 11 pm.
Maharana Pratap has
been going through a rough
phase but our scriptwriters
have a plan B. They are going
to introduce many new
elements which will help boost
the TRPs. I dont think the
coming of Amitabh sir has
had any impact on this show.
But I think other channels
have to pull up their socks,
the young and talented Faisal
Khan who plays the title role,
tells you. MP has been sliding
on the TRP graph with last
week seeing the serial slip
behind two points.
If you thought this sudden
Amitabh frenzy on Sony will
create a flutter in other camps,
sure enough. There has been a
mad rush to introduce star
power to the repertoire by most
channels. If Zee TV suddenly
roped in Anurag Basu (of Barfi
fame) as one of the main judges
on Zee Cinestars ki Khoj, Colors
is busy promoting Anupam
Khers talk show which has
opened to a not-so good
opening. Only this week, Life
OK has announced Akshay
Kumar as one of the mentors
for Dare to Dance, a dance
reality show.
TV is a big platform and is
coming of age. I dont see any
reason why superstars on the
big screen cant make their
presence felt on the small
screen. There is space for
everyone. This benefits other
actors as well as they can learn
on the job by getting to work
with the likes of Amitabh
Bachchan. It is a lifetime
opportunity, veteran Anupam
Kher says about this sudden
splash of AB on TV.
According to many young
TV actors, this new trend
creates a kind of a access pass
for them to get an entry into
Bollywood. I had never
imagined that I would bag a
role in Dharma Productions. It
is very difficult for us to get in
touch with directors like Karan
Johar but when I got an
opportunity to do Jhalak
Dikhhla Jaa, I grabbed it. I may
not have stayed on in that show
for a long time, but that bit of
exposure did me good,
Siddharth Shukla, protagonist
of Balika Vadhu who was
recently seen in Humpty
Sharma Ki Dulhania, says.
There are many like him
waiting for directors or stars to
notice them and give them a
launch pad. But it is a once in a
lifetime opportunity. Its true
that TV stars who get a break
in Bollywood have to struggle
harder than film actors who
make their debut on TV but
that is part of life. You have to
take that with a pinch of salt,
Kher says, adding that there is
no competition between his
show and those which Big B is
part of.
If you are wondering how
Amitabh Bachchan manages
his time between film shoots
and TV, heres an insiders
account: He likes to wrap up
TV shows in one go. His outer
limit to complete a film is 40
days. He doesnt like to go
beyond this schedule. Believe
it or not, sirs first preference
are TV shows because he feels
he has a responsibility to fulfill
that commitment first, a
source says.
t`s raining Amitall on television
Firsl Yudh, lhen KBC's
Season 8 and even
beore you know il, AB
mighl jusl make an
aearance on
vasundhara, a serial
lhal will see lhe launch
o Jaya Bachchan on
lhe small screen. l's
advanlage Sony
Enlerlainmenl all
lhrough. while olher
channel heads are in a
li//y looking lo engage
someone wilh as
much slar ower as
Big B himsel, Sony's
men behind lhe scenes
are quile ubeal. 'he is
an insiralional igure.
he jusl creales an
ambience o learning
wherever he goes',
lhey say in unison.
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M0hAhTY inds oul
how brand Amilabh is
going lo give olher
serials, roducers
and Tv slars a run
or lheir money
NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 27, 2014
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nnoyed with erratic water
supply in the area, residents
of the B-Block of Inderpuri
have a lodged a complaint with
the Station House Officer (SHO)
of Inderpuri police station for
registering a First Information
Report (FIR) against the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of
Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
The residents are miffed
over the non-supply of water to
this pocket by the DJB despite
repeated requests to the CEO
and other officials of the DJB.
The residents grouse was that a
resident, Uday Lal, who resided
at B 24-25 Budh Nagar, com-
mitted suicide recently as his
house was denied water supply
and he just could not get enough
water for his daily needs. The
residents want a case of
abetment to suicide under
Section 306 of Indian Penal
Code (IPC) to be registered
against the CEO of DJB.
Residents claimed in their
complaint that water has been
enshrined in the various judge-
ments of the Supreme Court as
Right to Life and every citizen
is entitled to have water, which is
the basic requirement of human
existence and it is the duty of the
concerned agency to provide
water to the residents. The sui-
cide of Uday Lal was caused by
the negative attitude and non-
chalant attitude of the DJB offi-
cials who did not listen to the
grievances of the residents of this
particular area, they alleged in
their complaint to the SHO.
Demanding registration of
FIR against CEO, the residents
in the complaints also alleged
that the officials of the water
utility harboured malafide
intentions and wanted illegal
gratifications for providing water
connections, which amounts to
violation of the fundamental
right to live.
It is clear that the CEO,
being a public servant has
knowingly disregarded direc-
tions of law to supply desirable
water to the people and caused
them injury in the form of
agony and mental stress. We
therefore, request you to book
the CEO under the
appropriate Sections of the law
for his act, the complaint filed
by the residents stated.
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n an alleged case of honour
killing, a father killed his
minor daughter (16) and his
tenant with whom his daugh-
ter was allegedly in a relation-
ship in Ganghola village in
Greater Noida on Saturday.
According to police, the father
of the victim first killed his ten-
ant and then strangulated his
daughter in a fit of rage. He
later surrendered before police
confessing to his crime.
The young couple was in a
relationship for long and was
planning to marry but Rajkumar,
a mason by profession, was
strongly opposed to the alliance.
Gulab (26) hails from Meerut in
Uttar Pradesh and had been liv-
ing in Rajkumars house in
Ganghola village as his tenant for
the past six years. Gulab used to
work with a music band in
Greater Noida. For the last cou-
ple of years, he was reportedly in
a relationship with Rajkumars
16-year-old daughter Varsha.
The couples dalliances were out-
side the village precincts away
from Rajkumars prying eyes.
Police version states
Rajkumar had on Friday caught
his daughter in a compromising
position with Gulab at around
9.30 pm. Furious, Rajkumar
tried to dissuade his daughter
from marrying Gulab but she
stuck to her guns. Realising his
daughter had put paid to his
plans, Rajkumar decided to
eliminate them both. He sent his
daughter out on work. He called
Gulab over and strangled him to
death with his gamcha. After his
daughters return, he snuffed life
out of her. Soon after, Rajkumar
went to the village headman
and confessed to his crime. Police
was informed. The village
mukhiya registered a complaint
and Rajkumar was arrested.
We have recorded Rajk-
umars statement. We have sent
the bodies for post-mortem. He
has been produced in court and
sent to jail, said Brijesh Singh,
Superintendent of Police (Rural).
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s Uttar Pradesh Police made
elaborate arrangements at
the Delhi-Ghaziabad border to
prevent Congress leaders from
moving to Moradabad, massive
traffic snarls were witnessed on
NH24 and other arterial roads in
the region on Saturday
morning. Commuters were stuck
in jams for up to six hours from
9 am till afternoon.
More than 1,000 Congress
workers, led by Congress lead-
ers Naseeb Pathan, Madhusudan
Mistry and Nagma, thronged UP
Gate as they tried to head
towards Moradabad. They were
stopped at the border and
detained with around 500 party
supporters. The road was barri-
caded and police did not allow
any vehicle to enter UP from
Delhi without checking, which
slowed down the pace of traffic.
There were massive jams on
both sides of the highway that
links the city with Ghaziabad,
Indirapuram and Noida. The
tailback stretched for kilometres.
Diversions were enforced to
improve the situation.
Congress leaders Naseeb
Pathan, Madhusudan Mistry,
Nagma and other prominent
leaders were detained by police
at UP Gate for violation of pro-
hibitory orders, city
Superintendent of Police
Shivhari Mirna said. A police
team has been deployed at BJP
MLA Sangeet Soms Kaushambi
apartment, he said.
Police has been deployed at
UP Gate. No car is being allowed
to enter UP from Delhi without
checking. The SP, circle officer,
inspector and constables have
fully taken control of UP Gate,
Mirna said. The police failed to
show them the arrest warrant. So
the Congress workers staged a
sit-in on NH24 where traffic
remained disrupted for over an
hour, said Satish Sharma, the
local Congress leader and former
State Power Minister. Squarely
blaming the police for the
ruckus, UP Congress leader
Nirmal Khatri said, The police
are treating the Congress and
BJP in the same manner while
the Congress wanted to carry out
a peace march in the troubled
town and BJP wanted to disturb
the communal harmony.
Tension gripped Kanth area
Saturday as the BJP refused to
back out of its proposed protest
against district officials over
allegations of victimisation of its
cadres. Heavy security was
deployed and all entry points
leading to the area were barri-
caded. Prohibitory orders under
Section 144 (banning unlawful
assembly) were clamped, officials
said. The situation became tense
after the Congress State unit
announced a peace march. Police
sealed all roads leading to
Moradabad to prevent both the
BJP and the Congress from
carrying out their protests.
The situation in Kanth has
been tense since early July when
acting on complaints of the local
legislator, police pulled down
loudspeakers from a village
temple. It was also alleged that
police entered the temple with
their shoes on. This led to
violent protests from the
villagers, most of whom
are Dalits.
The BJP soon joined the
protests and accused the State
Government of appeasing a
community and victimising
others. Three BJP parliamen-
tarians and a legislator were
arrested. Soon violence broke
out and the Moradabad district
magistrate lost an eye after
being hit by a stone.
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ntensifying their movement
against the Union Public
Service Commissions (UPSC)
Civil Service Aptitude Test
(CSAT) to the next level, four
students have been sitting
on a fast-unto-death since Wed-
nesday. However, all their para-
meters have been within normal
range in a recent medical exam-
ination done on Saturday.
The four students, Ajit
Kumar Trivedi, Lokpati
Tripathi, Mukesh Rai and
Ushapati Tripathi, are aspi-
rants of the Civil Services who
have been fasting in order to
put pressure on the
Government to scrap CSAT.
We talked to Venkaiah
Naidu on June 18 this year and
he asked for two days time but
later he did not respond. After
that on June 27 we protested at
Race Course and Parliament
Street and then we were told
that the PMO is considering
our issue but again we were
ignored, said Trivedi.
Rai added that on July 6
they observed a 24-hour fast and
started an indefinite fast from
July 9. The fast came to an end
on July16 after MP Manoj
Tiwari asked for 15 days time
and assured us a concrete solu-
tion for the problem. However,
on July 24, UPSC issued admit
cards for the examination.
While the Government
hasnt yet taken a definitive
action in this matter, aspirants
are awaiting the formation of
the proposed three-member
Arvind Verma Committee. The
committee will look into this
matter and is likely to come up
in three-four days. Aspirants
are hopeful that the UPSC
Civil Services 2014 exam
scheduled for August 24 will be
postponed by the committee.
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wo groups of boys and girls
fought near Hotel Le
Meridien in New Delhi district
on the intervening night of
Friday and Saturday. The trigger
point of the brawl was the park-
ing of vehicles and the same was
frowned upon by both the fac-
tions as none of them were in
any mood to relent. The ugly
spat resulted in two girls being
beaten up and their clothes
torn by the inebriated rowdies.
Six boys and the two girls
who had entered into a brawl in
a drunken state were later arrest-
ed for rioting. They all belong to
well-heeled families and one of
them, identified as Sidhartha,
claimed to be the nephew of a
Haryana politician.
New Delhi district police
registered a case of rioting and
breach of peace against all the
eight youths and they were
placed under arrest. They were
later released on bail as the
offence was a bailable one.
Police said that a call was
received late around 2.30 am
that a fight was on between the
boys and girls near 18 Janpath
Road bungalow. Police reached
the spot and took them into pre-
ventive custody after conduct-
ing a medical examination on
them. Initial questioning by the
police revealed that group of five
people, aged between 20 and 25
years, had come to celebrate a
birthday party at the hotel locat-
ed at Parliament Street area on
Friday late night.
They had parked their two
cars near the 18 Janpath Road
bungalow where a resident,
Sidhartha Sanewal, accompa-
nied by two friends Manpreet
and Kunal, all in their early 20s,
objected to it. Sidhartha, who
claimed to be the nephew of
jailed Haryana politician Ajay
Chautala, resides in the said
bungalow bang opposite Le
Meridien. Sidhartha entered
into an argument with the five
youths, including two girls, over
the parking of their car.
Following which they
plunged into a fight and the two
girls and Sidhartha received
minor injuries. The womens
friend Naveen, Mayur and Nikhil
also received minor aberrations.
The girls later alleged that their
clothes were torn by Sidhartha
and his two cohorts and they
were molested as well. Police took
all the eight youngsters, includ-
ing the two girls, to Dr Ram
Manohar Lohia Hospital for
medical examination. They all
were found to be drunk. They are
all management students and
belong to affluent families.
Cops sobor up drunks in
brawl ovor parking spot
Nephew of
jailed Haryana
politico, seven
others given bail
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NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 27, 2014
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s India makes efforts to
deepen its diplomatic and
economic engagement with its
neighbours, Nepal on Saturday
said there is a historic oppor-
tunity in taking bilateral ties
with India to the next level and
that it must be seized by both
the countries.
Nepals top leadership
including President Ram Baran
Yadav and Prime Minister
Sushil Koirala during separate
meetings with visiting External
Affairs Minister Minister
Sushma Swaraj hailed efforts by
Indias new Government to
improve Indo-Nepal relations.
Swaraj also met UCPN-Maoist
chief and Leader of Opposition
Prachanda.
Swaraj is here to chair the
meeting of the Indo-Nepal Joint
Commission which was held on
Saturday after a gap of 23 years
and to prepare for the two-day
official visit of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi from August 3
-- the first visit by an Indian pre-
mier in over 17 years. The late
Prime Minister IK Gujral had
visited Nepal in 1997.
The Nepalese leaders, in
separate interaction with
Swaraj, expressed their happi-
ness and excitement over the
initiative taken by India to
bring new momentum in the
bilateral ties while stressing on
the need for stepped up engage-
ment between the countries.
The leaders conveyed to Swaraj
that they were really upbeat
over Modis planned visit which
they think will bring the two
countries much closer.
Swaraj on Friday said
Nepal stands high on the pri-
ority list of the Modi
Government and the testimo-
ny to it is her visit here within
two months of assuming office.
Sources said there was vis-
ible excitement among the
Nepalese leaders about Indias
initiative for closer ties with the
Himalayan nation during their
meetings with Swaraj.
The spokesperson in the
External Affairs Ministry Syed
Akbaruddin described the
meetings as productive.
In general if I have to
encapsulate the views, there is
a lot of excitement in Nepal
about Indias intention to reen-
gage and reinvigorate the rela-
tionship. They are all looking
forward to Prime Ministers
forthcoming visit and all feel
that this is a historic opportu-
nity to move to the next level
in terms of our engagement
with each other, he said.
Koirala, who had his meet-
ing with Swaraj at his official res-
idence in Baluwatar, sought
Indias help and goodwill as
Nepal moves forward on the
path of development by drafting
a new democratic Constitution.
The Prime Minister has
asked for Indias cooperation,
goodwill and support as Nepal
moves towards democracy,
political stability and develop-
ment by promulgating the new
Constitution, Prime Ministers
Foreign Affairs Adviser Dinesh
Bhattarai said.
Swaraj wished for good
health of the Prime Minister
and extended best wishes that
Nepal would be able to con-
clude the peace process by
promulgating a democratic and
inclusive constitution within
the stipulated time frame,
according to Bhattarai. Koirala
has just returned home from
New York after spending near-
ly a month for treatment of his
lung cancer.
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hief Mi nister Raman
Singh on Saturday said
that The Pioneer was not only
one of the oldest newspapers
in the country, it was also a
newspaper with a vision.
In a short span of two
years, The Pioneers Raipur edi-
tion has been able to build a
sizeable reputation for itself
compared to all other newspa-
pers that started publication in
Chhattisgarh during the past
four to six years.
Singh was speaking as the
chief guest at the symposium
titled Rising Chhattisgarh
organised on occasion of the
second anniversary of The
Pioneers Raipur edition at Hotel
Babylon Inn here.
The CM said that President
Pranab Mukherjee during his
visit had displayed keen interest
in knowing about the develop-
ment story of Chhattisgarh and
was pleased to know about
world-class infrastructure, eco-
friendly development projects
and use of solar energy to power
official buildings in Naya Raipur.
Singh appreciated the
Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer
and Rajya Sabha member
Chandan Mitra and the
Resident Editor of The Pioneer
in Raipur, Sujeet Kumar, for
their vision behind making the
newspaper achi eve new
heights in Chhattisgarh.
Mitra said The Pioneer had
always strived to maintain reg-
ular exchange of ideas and
generate content which stimu-
lated thoughtful discussion
among readers. We welcome
praises and critics in the
process. I have been a keen
observer of Chhattisgarh for
long and unlike other States,
where development has its
negative aspects such as crime,
the change in Chhattisgarh is
very positive, he added.
The Rajya Sabha member
credited the development of
the State to political stability and
added that Naya Raipur had a
developed infrastructure well in
advance which was key for
development of any city. It has
already emerged as a Smart
City on the lines of smart cities
envisioned by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Mitra said.
However, he said several
such cities would be needed in
Chhattisgarh as a number of
people living in cities would go
up from the present 30 per cent
to 70 per cent by 2050.
The State had done
extremely well in the domain of
agriculture but value addition
needs to be done by promoting
processing and packaging to
augment the income of farmers,
he said. He advised the State
Government to form a think
tank or a Commission on infra-
structure development.
Mitra declared on the occa-
sion that a forum called Group
of Thinkers (GoT) would be
formed with 110 members in
Raipur. The forum conceptu-
alised by the Resident Editor
Sujeet Kumar would include
IAS and IPS officers besides rep-
resentatives from the corporate
world.
Speaker of Chhattisgarh
Assembly Gaurishankar
Agrawal in his address said
The Pioneer has played a key
role in getting recognition for
Chhattisgarh across the country.
Chhattisgarh which earlier
carried an image of the State of
Labourers has transformed
itself into a Rising State with-
in a short span of a decade
under the able leadership of the
Chief Minister, he said.
Agriculture Minister
Brijmohan Agrawal said The
Pioneer should try to convey the
message of Chhattisgarh across
the country.
He said being an English
language newspaper, it would
help the new generation by
catering to them and helping
them in their development.
Vice-president of Jindal
Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and
chairman of PHD Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PHD-
CCI), Chhattisgarh Chapter,
Pradeep Tandon said the State
had reached a point where it had
achieved a lot but things were
paralysing now. A paradigm
shift is needed with new ideas
to maintain the rate of devel-
opment, he said, adding, all
sectors including industry
should be catered.
PP Singh of Makhanlal
Chaturvedi Rashtriya
Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya,
Bhopal said the unique charac-
ter of The Pioneer is that it took
stand on issues and took the
quest to the final stage.
He said that Chhattisgarh
had comparatively developed at
a greater pace than other States
such as Jharkahand and
Uttarakhand formed at the
same time.
Earlier, chairman of The
Pioneers Raipur edition, Vijay
Budhiya welcomed the guests
while general manager
Suryakant Tiwari proposed a
vote of thanks.
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wo days after deadly crash of
a school bus with a train at
an unmanned level crossing in
Medak district, killing 20, the
Telangana Government has
launched a drive of checking the
school buses to ensure the safe-
ty of the students.
Meanwhile, 20 injured stu-
dents were still undergoing treat-
ment at the Yashoda Hospital
and condition of four of them
was very critical as they had suf-
fered multiple fractures and
internal injuries. The students
who were physically in a better
condition were also not able to
talk as doctors said that they had
suffered shock and trauma.
According to a medical bulletin,
eight students were shifted to
general ward in view of impr-
ovement in their condition.
TRS MP K Kavita visited
Yashoda Hospital on Saturday
and inquired and went around
to see the condition of the stu-
dents. Later speaking to the
media persons she said that the
state government would extend
every possible help to the affect-
ed families.
CPI national executive
member K Narayana said that
the government was responsible
for the accident as it failed to fix
a gat at the level crossing. There
are 14000 such unmanned level
crossings in the country. He
demanded an exgratia of Rs 25
lakh to the families of deceased
students and Rs 10 lakh to the
injured.
Meanwhile on the first day
of the drive, transport depart-
ment seized a large number of
buses in the state as they were
unfit to run. They seized 22 buses
in Medak, 8 in Nizamabad, 14 in
Warangal 31 in Hyderabad 34 in
Ranga Reddy, 3 in Mahbubnagar
and 8 in Karimnagar district.
Meanwhile mixing up the
identities of a deceased and an
injure student led to a painful
situation. While Swamy Goud
and his family were handed
over the body of a student say-
ing their son Darshan had
died in the accident. The
shocked and traumatized
buried the body. But next day
situation took a dramatic turn
when they were called to
inform that their son was alive
and under going treatment.
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nion Minister and BJP
leader Nitin Gadkari has
accused the Congress and the
NCP of using the Maharashtra
Sadan episode involving a
Shiv Sena MP to malign
the image of the saf-
fron combine.
He said the two
UPA allies have tried
to give communal
colour to the incident
in Maharashtra Sadan,
where a Sena MP was
caught on video pur-
portedly force-feeding
a fasting Muslim
employee, apparently to protest
poor quality services and food
at the State Governments guest
house in New Delhi.
The incident rocked
Parliament, where the UPA
constituents demanded action
against the Sena MP.
Congress and NCP have
always used communalism and
reservation for vote-bank pol-
itics and to malign the image
of both BJP and Shiv Sena, he
said. Gadkari was addressing
BJP activists at a function here
in North Maharashtra last
evening.
Lashing out at
the Congress and
NCP, who were
part of the UPA
Government at
the Centre, he said
the two parties
were responsible
for rising inequal-
ity, starvation
deaths and unemployment in
the country.
He said the BJP-led NDA
Government was not against
the farmers and maintained the
Centres proposed move to ban
export of onion was a tempo-
rary step to control prices.
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Road on Sunday. The work will
begin al 8 am. According lo lhe
Fw0, lhe exansion joinls are
comlelely worn oul and require
urgenl relacemenl. A hal
carriageway widlh in lhe direclion
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Angry over police action,
the leaders sat on dharna at the
camp office of the District
Magistrate in Moradabad city.
They were demanding FIR
against SSP and his subordi-
nates for initiating penal action
against BJP leaders earlier. We
are not fighting for the loud-
speaker issue because that has
already gone to the High Court.
We are fighting for the self-
respect of our party MLAs, the
way they were treated. We
want an FIR to be lodged
against SSP Dharamvir Singh
Yadav, Assistant
Superintendent of Police (ASP)
Anil Kumar, Circle Officer
(CO) of Kanth, Rahul, and
their co-officials, said Bajpai.
Rampur MP Nepal Singh,
Moradabad MP Kunwar
Sarvesh Kumar Singh and
Sambhal MP Satyapal
Singh Saini were stopped for
awhile at Hapur. Aonla MP
Dharmendra Kashyap was
detained in Rampur. BJP leader
Ajay Agrawal was detained at
Ghaziabad. Nepal Singh was
detained by police in Hapur
while going towards
Moradabad to join the move-
ment. Meanwhile, BJP MLA
Noorpur, Lokendra, and MLA
Shamli, Suresh Rana, reached
Kanth police station where
their FIR was received. Police
is hunting down BJP MLAs in
the western part of the State like
they are criminals, says a BJP
MLA Sangeet Som, who was
also stopped from going to
Kanth.
In the mean time, Congress
leaders Madhusudan Mistry,
Nagma, Nirmal Khatri and
Naseeb Pathan along with 500
party workers were detained by
Ghaziabad Police when they
were on their way to hold a
peace march in Kanth. The
leaders were detained at UP
Gate early morning when they
were on their way to
Moradabad from the national
Capital. Congress leader Rita
Bahuguna Joshi along with 20
party supporters was also taken
into preventive custody outside
the party office in the district.
They all were sent to district
police lines. We have detained
hundreds of leaders. We have
deployed police force as we will
not allow any one to pass from
the district towards Kanth,
said Shiv Hari Meena,
Superintendent of Police (City)
of Ghaziabad.
Hitting out at the BJP,
Congress vice-president Rahul
Gandhi called for an end to the
politics of hatred in the coun-
try as communal tension flared
up in Uttar Pradesh while his
party accused BJP of carrying
out pre-planned communal
polarisation. I am deeply sad-
dened to hear of clashes in
Saharanpur. Violence, divi-
siveness and hatred have no
place in our country. This pol-
itics of hatred must end. I
appeal to every one to remain
calm and refrain from fanning
communal passions, Gandhi
said in a statement in Capital.
As the trouble started after
removing a loudspeaker from
a temple in Kanth town, a
mahapanchayat (public meet)
was called in Kanth on July 3.
A stir was created when police
took penal action against BJP
leaders who had gone to par-
ticipate in the meet. Since then
the BJP is protesting against
police slamming it as a one-
sided, biased approach. The
VHP has demanded re-instal-
lation of loudspeakers and
wants to perform puja at the
temple. The VHP leaders had
also announced jalabhishek at
the temple on Saturday fol-
lowing which Sadhvi Prachi
was detained on Friday and
Section 144 was imposed in the
area. We have taken adequate
measures to restore peace in the
region. Apart from district
police, more than 2,400 police-
men from neighbouring dis-
tricts and 10 companies of
PAC, RAF and RRF have been
deployed in the district, said
Dharamvir Singh Yadav, SSP of
Moradabad.
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This spurt in illegal min-
ing has taken place apparently
taking advantage of the pre-
occupation of police and
administration with the
Parliamentary elections, the
Committee said, after having
conducted a site visit of the area
on July 8.
This not only was a viola-
tion of court order, what was
worrying was the extent of
damage caused to the Aravallis.
It noted that large scale ille-
gal mining in Dhulawat and
Sahsola villages and signifi-
cant illegal mining taking
place in villages Bhopawali,
Kalanjar and Bazidpur.
Sporadic mining on small
scale was noticed in villages of
Kherli Kalan, Khanpur Ghata,
Silkho and Jhimrawat.
This partly proved the
allegations made by a PIL
fi l ed by Bandhua Mukti
Morcha, an NGO working in
the interest of labourers
employed in the mining zone.
The PIL had submitted a list
of 28 villages in Haryana
alone where illegal mining
was rampant. The apex court
had sought a report from
CEC on this petition even as
it sought explanation from the
Haryana Government to
explain violation of its ban
order. The case is expected to
be heard by the Forest Bench
in August.
From Page 1
The Union Ministry for
Home Affairs (MHA) had
asked the Haryana
Government to revoke
Haryana Sikh Gurdwara
(Management) Act 2014, but
the Haryana Government has
rejected the MHA directive
while asking it to immediately
withdraw the letter seeking
annulment of the Act.
Punjab has strongly object-
ed to the new Act terming it
unconstitutional and ille-
gal and sought Centres inter-
vention, saying a separate
SGPC is in contravention of the
Central Gurdwara Act of 1925.
Solanki said he would look
into all aspects before taking a
decision on the Centres direc-
tive. Under the circumstances,
if the Central Government says
something, I think, it is my per-
sonal opinion, that it must be
obeyed, Solanki said.
Incidentally, the Act has the
seal of assent from outgoing
Governor Jagannath Pahadia.
Solanki is a BJP leader from
Madhya Pradesh. Pahadias
tenure ends on Saturday.
If the matter comes before
me, I will go through all the
facts as per the Constitution. I
will ensure that there is no
political interference in this
matter. If there is need for the
second opinion that will be
sought, Solanki said.
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n an attempt to prevent con-
flict and deescalate tension
between two Sikh groups who
had called separate Sikh con-
ventions in Punjab and Haryana,
the Akal Takht, highest tempo-
ral body of the Sikhs, intervened
on Saturday. After the interven-
tion of the Akal Takht, the two
conventions, one at Amritsar on
Sunday and the second at Karnal
in Haryana have been called off.
The convention had been called
in the wake of controversy
around the creation of the Hary-
ana Shiromani Gurdwara Parba-
ndhak Committee (HSGPC).
Akal Takht Jathedar
Gurbachan Singh said that as
per the order all Sikh conven-
tions called on Sunday and
Monday should be cancelled.
At a press conference in
Amritsar, the Akal Takht
Jathedar said that in the light of
the prevailing circumstances,
nobody could be allowed to hold
convention or rally anywhere in
Punjab and Haryana as it may
deepen the crisis in the Sikh cir-
cle. Talking about the separate
Haryana Gurdwara Manag-
ement Committee, Jathedar said
both the parties (Sikh leaders
from Haryana and Akali leaders
from Punjab) would be asked to
come to Akal Takht to find a
solution to the current
problem which arose after for-
mation of a separate Gurdwara
Committee in Haryana.
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for all purposes.
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Sector-31, Noida (U.P.) have
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Bhola Ram R/o Village &
Post- Gejha, Sector-93,
Noida have changed my
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NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 27, 2014
New Delhi: On the 15th
anniversary of the Kargil War,
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley
on Saturday said the
Government will soon finalise
the site for construction of a
grand National War Memorial.
After paying homage to
martyrs of the 1999 war with
Pakistan, the Minister said he
would soon be visiting the
Princess Park locality near
the India Gate complex here
with the chiefs of three
Services to take an appropri-
ate decision on the issue.
For the war memorial,
where names of all those who
sacrificed their lives for the
country will be written, we feel
it is required. We feel that at the
very site (Princess Park), as it is
a very large area or somewhere
close in the vicinity, which is the
best site available, it is being
shortlisted. We will, in a day or
two may be visit that site with
the chiefs and take an appro-
priate decision, Jaitley said.
He said the construction of
the memorial will take some
time because we want it to be
a grand war memorial and
war museum.
The Defence Minister said
the war museum would be
built at the site of Princess Park.
It is a large piece of land
and I think it is appropriate for
the war museum, which is
required by India. As soon as
details are finalised, they will
have to get sanctions from all
the departments. I think, in
principle, that is the arrange-
ment. It will take some time
before it is completed, he said.
Jaitley said the
Government has earmarked
C100 crore for the construction
of the war memorial and the
war museum. Whatever funds
would be required, we will be
making it available. PTI
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or the country which has a
lopsided child sex ratio,
majority of the States are just
not doing enough to protect the
girl child, or so it seems by the
poor utilisation of Central
funds in the last three years for
creating awareness against
foeticide and infanticide.
The latest Government
data shows dismal spending by
the States in the subsequent last
three years since 2011-12. For
instance, out of the total C14.11
crore released by the Centre in
2011-12, the States expenditure
under Pre-Natal Diagnostic
Techniques (PNDT) was just
C5.97 crore, while in the fol-
lowing year the spending was
C10.79 crore against C15.90
crore made available to them.
Despite the fact that the sex
ratio declined disturbingly as per
Census 2012, the spending by the
States on implementation of the
Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal
Diagnostic Techniques (Proh-
ibition of Sex Selection) Act,
remained unimpressive as out of
16.26 crore released in 2013-14
just C9.30 crore was used.
State wise, the poor expen-
diture of the available fund has
been particularly by the male-
obsessed northern States such
as Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya
Pradesh which did not spend
even half of the total fund avail-
able to them in 2013-14. In
comparison, southern States
like Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh have done well besides
West Bengal and Maharashtra.
Though here has been a
significant rise in the number
of cases registered under the
PC and PNDT Act, which
criminalises sex determina-
tion, prescribing imprisonment
up to seven years for those
found guilty, officials say these
could be just the tip of an ice-
berg as many go unreported.
According to the available
figures, a total of 132 cases, 210
cases and 221 cases were
reported under foeticide while
a total of 63 cases, 81 cases and
82 cases were reported under
infanticide during 2011, 2012
and 2013 respectively. State
wise Madhya Pradesh tops the
list of registered cases with 79
cases, followed by Rajasthan
(34) and Haryana (21) in 2013.
The official said the finan-
cial support is being provided
to the States and UTs for oper-
alisation of PNDT cells, capac-
ity building and strengthening
of the structures for the imple-
mentation of the PC & PNDT
Act under the National Rural
Health Mission (NRHM).
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xpressing concern over the
falling number of students
from rural background clearing
the Civil Services examination
conducted by the Union Public
Service Commission (UPSC),
the Lok Janshakti
Party on Saturday
sought intervention
from Prime Mini-
ster Narendra Modi
to resolve the issue.
LJP Parliamentary Board
chairman and LJP chief Ram
Vilas Paswans son Chirag, in a
letter to Modi, said the PM
should personally intervene on
the issue of UPSCs Civil Services
Aptitude Test (CSAT) so that no
injustice is done to the students
of Hindi and regional languages.
If we see the successful
candidates of UPSC since 2011,
we will find the number of
those from urban areas is ris-
ing while that from rural areas
is on the wane, Chirag said.
Claiming that CSAT is seen
as discriminatory by a large sec-
tion of UPSC aspirants, Chirag
said there are complains of sub-
standard quality of translation
which makes it further difficult
for the applicants to comprehend
and answer the questions.
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he JD(U) on Saturday
sought a clear stand from
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on the recent communal flare-
up in different parts of the
country and said
that it will coordi-
nate with non-
NDA Opposition
against imple-
mentation of any
hidden agenda of
the Government.
JD(U) general secretary and
spokesman KC Tyagi said his
party has decided to raise the
question of the communal situ-
ation in Parliament.
While referring to recent
statements of Goa Deputy Chief
Minister, tension in Uttar
Pradesh and statements made by
VHP leaders, said that his party
would like to know whether
Narendra Modi acknowledges
the statements of these leaders.
JD(U) would like to know
from the Prime Minister
whether he acknowledges the
statements made by Deputy
CM of Goa, Ashok Singhal and
Praveen Togadia. If not, then he
should make his stand clear on
these issues so that the nation
can be saved from Godhra
like incidents, Tyagi said.
The party expressed con-
cerns over incidents like murder
of techie Mohsin
Sadiq Shaikh in
Pune in June or
violence in Kanth
area in Moradabad
in Uttar Pradesh
on July 4 where
people were try-
ing to hold a mahapanchayat and
now Jalabhishek, and communal
violence in Saharanpur.
He also expressed concern
over statements made by VHP
leaders Ashok Singhal, Praveen
Togadia and on Goa Deputy CM
who called India a Hindu nation.
In the Parliament PM
Modi had made a statement that
his Government is for develop-
ment of the country. He said that
for four years we will focus on
development and in the 5th
Year we will do politics, but on
the contrary the Government has
already indulged in politics
before 60 days, Tyagi said.
Fh8 Q hEw 0ELh
T
he Congress on Saturday
accused the BJP of trying
to pressurise the Speaker on
the Leader of the Opposition
(LoP) issue and hit out at
Attorney General Mukul
Rohatgi saying his opinion on
the matter was aimed at pleas-
ing the political masters and
was not worth the paper on
which it is written.
Accusing the Government
of tr yi ng to pressuri se
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan,
former Union Minister and
Congress spokes-person
Anand Sharma urged her to
take a fair and impartial
decision in the matter.
He pointed out that there
is a clear-cut law regarding the
LoP, which was passed in 1977
and amended in 2003. It clear-
ly states that the party with the
largest number of members on
the Opposition side should get
the LoPs post, Sharma added.
The AG has opined that
the Congress is not entitled to
the LoPs post as it does not
have the required 10 per cent
(55) seats in the 543-member
Lok Sabha. The Congress has
only 44 seats. There is no
precedence to back its case
since the days of the first Lok
Sabha, the AG has conveyed
his views to the Speaker.
However, Sharma main-
tained that it is unfortunate that
the AG has given an opinion to
please his political masters and
that the law is clear on the ques-
tion of the LoP with no stipu-
lation over a party needing to
have at least 10 per cent of the
membership of the House.
The AG is just providing
an apology for the blatantly
partisan approach of a con-
frontational Government. I do
not know to which law the AG
has referred with regard to the
LoP. The AG is expected to
have a better understanding of
law and statutes not to give
such an opinion, which belit-
tles his office, he said.
Maintaining that the
appointments in which the
LoPs role is mandated would
get vitiated if made in the
absence of the representative of
the Opposition, Sharma said
that the party has not ruled out
the possibility of approaching
the courts if it is denied the post.
We hope that the Speaker
will reject this opinion, which
is just to please the executive,
and do what is correct. This is
a test for the Speaker and for
Indian parliamentary democ-
racy, Sharma added.
Speakers ruling, directives
or for that matter any subordi-
nate legislation cannot modify,
cannot override and cannot
dilute this law. There is no law
which says otherwise, he said.
Asked whether the
Congress will move court if
denied the post, Sharma said,
There are other ways as well.
Whatever remedies are avail-
able to the Congress, we will use
that. Either the country will run
as per the law or its manmaani
that needs to be decided.
When told the BJP is argu-
ing that the absence of the LoP
will not make any difference as
such, Sharma said it was a sign
of mental bankruptcy and
legal illiteracy.
He also rejected the con-
tention that there was no LoP
on many occasions in the past
when Congress was in power,
saying there was no point cit-
ing examples from 30 years ago.
Claiming that every attempt is
being made to deny the LoPs
post to the Congress, Sharma
said if that was done, it would
be in direct conflict with law.
Congress deputy leader in
Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder
Singh said the party would
meet shortly to carve its strat-
egy on the issue.
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rime Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday launched
a people-centric website MyGov
which seeks to help citizens
contribute in governance by
giving their opinions and views
on important issues like clean
Ganga or skill development.
The inauguration of the
portal also marks the completion
of 60 days of the new
Government. The PM said in
the past 60 days, the experience
of his Government was that
there were many people who
wanted to contribute towards
nation-building and devote their
time and energy, an official
statement said.
Modi said MyGov
(mygov.nic.in) is a technology-
driven medium that will pro-
vide citizens an opportunity to
contribute towards good gov-
ernance, the statement added.
The platform would bridge
gap gulf between people and
Government. Democracy can-
not succeed without peoples
participation in Government
and this participation should
not be limited only during elec-
tions, the Prime Minister said.
Besides Modi, Communications
and IT Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad, Cabinet Secretary Ajit
Seth, DEITY Secretary RS
Sharma were also present at the
launch of the portal.
National Informatics Centre
(NIC) of the Department of
Electronics and Information
Technology (DeitY) will imple-
ment and manage the platform.
There are multiple theme-based
discussions on MyGov where a
wide range of people can share
their thoughts and ideas with the
Government, Sharma told
reporters after the launch.
It is also an initiative to
build a digital knowledge library.
We will guide the people on the
topics of national importance on
which the Government would
like to know their views and
ideas, he added.
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nation 06
NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 27, 2014
kh8hEE WkhI Q SRhA0AR
T
wo policemen were killed
and four others wounded in
separate attacks in Bijbehara
and Sopore towns of Kashmir
Valley since Friday evening while
authorities imposed restrictions
in Tulmulla pocket of Ganderbal
district after a mob attempted to
attack a police station to snatch
a detained civilian allegedly
involved in adultery.
Sources said that unidenti-
fied gunmen fired upon a police
constable Muhammad Altaf
while he was managing high-
way traffic at Goriwan in South
Kashmirs Bijbehara town late
on Friday evening. He was
shot from a point blank range
and succumbed to injuries on
way to Srinagar Hospital.
In another incident, a con-
stable of Special Operations
Group (SOG) of Police died and
four others including a junior
officer were wounded when
suspected militants hurled a
grenade at their vehicle in Jamia
Masjid area of volatile North
Kashmir town Sopore. The inci-
dent occurred past midnight
when a group of stone-throw-
ers was engaged in a pitched
battle with police during Shab-
e-Qadr, a special holy night of
Ramzan when Muslims engage
in prayers throughout the night.
Police sources said that
militants tossed a grenade on
the SOG party overseeing law
and order situation in the
area followed by firing auto-
matic weapons. The attack
resulted into on-spot death of
constable Muhammad Sayed
Khan, a resident of frontier
district Kupwara.
Four personnel including
Dilraj Singh were wounded in
the attack. They were shifted to
Army Base Hospital in Srinagar
for treatment. Soon after the
attack, police and paramilitary
forces cordoned off the area to
track down attackers but there
was no success.
Inspector General of Police
(Kashmir range) Abdul Gani
Mir condemned the killing of
two policemen saying the
deceased were survived by
unmarried sisters and young
daughters. Khan is reportedly
survived by five daughters and
pregnant wife.
The Opposition Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) has
strongly condemned the brutal
killing of two policemen. In a
statement, party president,
Mehbooba Mufti said the
killings have no place in a
civilised society and they only
lead to tragedies.
Meanwhile, the authorities
imposed restrictions in Tulmulla
pocket of Ganderbal district
after a rampaging mob attempt-
ed to attack a police station dur-
ing Friday night. At least a
dozen protesters and policemen
were injured in the clashes trig-
gered by an alleged immoral act
by a Government employee.
Police said that a
Government employee was
caught by people along with a
lady in Zonal Education Office,
allegedly in an objectionable
state, when the office was
scheduled to be closed in the
wake of public holiday. He was
beaten to pulp before police
took him into the custody
while the lady fled the scene
with the help of some locals.
Reports said that during
late night hours a local preach-
er accused police of shielding
the culprit. The Imams speech
triggered protests and an angry
mob attempted to raid the
police station where the
accused was detained.
Fh8 Q LuCKh0w
I
nfighting between the fami-
ly members of Congress
member from the Rajya Sabha,
Sanjay Singh came in open
when he got a case registered
against his son Anant Vikram
Singh and 18 others on charges
of loot and trespassing.
Reports said that a case was
lodged against Anant and oth-
ers for breaking into Bhupati
Bhawan, ancestral property of
Sanjay in Amethi, by the houses
caretaker Santosh Singh, on
Friday night. Local police,
which remained mute spectator
to clash between the two groups
within the family over the
ancestral property, so far took
no action in the matter.
However, tight security
arrangements have been made
at the Bhupati Bhawan and its
main door remained locked on
Saturday to avert any further
untoward incident. Sanjays first
wife Garima Singh along with
Anant, two daughters Sabya
and Mahima remained on the
third floor of the building.
District Magistrate of
Amethi Jagatraj Tripathi said it
was a family matter and the
administration has nothing to
do with it. The administrations
job was to maintain law and
order and it was being done, he
said. Seven named persons,
including Anant, and 12
unidentified persons were list-
ed as accused in the FIR.
It may be mentioned that
Anant had on Friday lodged an
FIR against second wife of sit-
ting MP Sanjay Singh, Amita
Singh, and 25 others, including
her personal secretary Ramraj
Mishra, for assaulting him and
his driver when he had come to
his ancestral house at Amethi
on early Saturday morning.
MhIT kkhhkI Q JAMMu
F
our days after an Indian
jawan was killed in sus-
pected BAT operation 700
metre deep inside the Indian
territory along the Line of
Control in Pallanwan sector of
Akhnoor, a senior Army offi-
cer on Saturday openly ques-
tioned the role of the Pakistan
Army behind the daring strike.
The officer in question is
currently heading the Nagrota-
based 16 corps headquarters.
Interacting with media-
persons after attending the
Vijay Diwas ceremony at
Nagrota, Lt Gen KH Singh,
GoC of 16 corps, claimed, we
cannot confirm or deny the
involvement of the Pakistan
Army in the recent killing of an
Indian soldier along the LoC.
Lt-Gen Singh, however,
clearly stated we have every rea-
son to believe if the Pakistan
Army was serious they could
have easily discouraged these
militants from entering inside
the Indian territory.
The spokesman of the
Ministry of Defence in Jammu
on July 22 had claimed that Naik
Mongchon B, hailing from
Nagaland was targeted by ter-
rorists 700 metre deep inside the
Indian territory and martyred
him in the ensuing gunfight in
Pallanwala sector of Akhnoor.
The repeated incidents of
ceasefire violations and target-
ed killing of Indian jawans
had raised many an eyebrows
raising suspicion about the
involvement of Pakistan Army-
aided BAT teams behind these
surgical strikes. In the last two
months, two soldiers have sac-
rificed their lives in similar
stirkes in Akhnoor sector. Lt
Gen Singh, when quizzed fur-
ther, claimed suspected mili-
tants possibly carried out these
strikes as he declined to con-
firm that Army jawans were
killed in BAT operations.
Commenting on the mea-
sures taken up to check the
increasing infiltration bids along
the LoC, Lt-Gen Singh claimed
during these months infiltration
bids do take place from across
the Line of Control.
Fh8 Q FAThA
S
enior Bihar BJP leader Sushil
Kumar Modi on Saturday
clarified that he never apologised
to former Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar over the unruly
incident which had rocked the
State Legislative Council on
Thursday. Modi said like sever-
al other leaders of the Legislative
Council he had expressed regret
over the incident, but there was
nothing personal about it.
Id regretted over the unfor-
tunate incident which had hap-
pened in the State Legislative
Council two days ago when
some members nearly came to
blows. Of course, this was regret-
table incident, and we all realised
the need to end the matter, he
said. But there was no need to
extend any personal apology to
Kumar, Modi told The Pioneer.
He was responding to a
report in this paper that he had
both expressed regret over the
incident and said sorry to Kumar
or the JD(U) if any BJP member
has done anything wrong.
Members of both parties
JD(U) and BJP were involved
in pushing and shoving against
each other on Thursday in the
State Council when a JD(U)
member made unsavory
remarks against Modi when he
raised questions related to cur-
tailment of scholarship for
backward and extremely back-
ward class students.
Later, Modi and other BJP
leaders had charged former
Chief Minister and JD(U)
leader Kumar for "instigating"
his party members.
Taking offence over the
charge Kumar later said that he
felt hurt over this and would
not attend the Council until an
inquiry committee absolved
his name from the charges.
To end the stand-off, the
chairman of the Council sum-
moned an all-party meeting on
Friday in which Modi expressed
his regret and requested Kumar
to attend the House.
ME Ik Q hY0ERABA0
T
he controversy over the
appointment of ace tennis
player Sania Mirza as the brand
ambassador of Telangana
refused to die with politicians
trying to score brownie points.
It has not left the sports world
untouched with local badminton
ace Saina Nehwal revealing that
the Government has not paid the
cash reward of C50,00,000
promised to her by the Andhra
Pradesh Government in past.
While the row was trig-
gered by the BJP leaders, State
Congress leaders were also
finding themselves stuck in it.
While a senior Rajya Sabha
member V Hanumanth Rao
also raised objections to Sanias
appointment, his party col-
league Mohammed Ali Shabbir
has launched a counter attack
saying by speaking the lan-
guage of the BJP, he was dam-
aging the partys image.
Rao had questioned the
decision of the State Government
saying, she had married a
Pakistani, was not born in
Hyderabad and did not partici-
pate in movement for Telangana.
Shabbir, in a letter to the
party president Sonia Gandhi
strongly objected to the stand
taken by Rao and said that it
was not acceptable from a
leader of his stature.
On the criticism that Sania
was born in Mumbai, Shabbir
said, BJP leader LK Advani was
born in Pakistan, but that does
not make him a Pakistani.
hkYkh kVE Q 0AMAh
U
nion Territory (UT)
Daman & Diu, located on
the Gujarat border, has devel-
oped first-of-its-kind
Dedicated World Class Cycle
Track in Diu island to promote
eco-friendly tourism activities.
Of the 11.3-km dedicated
track, already 4.2-km track has
been completed. The C37 crore
project will cover the entire tiny
island, which attracts large num-
ber of foreign and domestic
tourists, said Bhupinder Bhalla,
administrator of the UT, while
talking to The Pioneer.
Bhalla said that similar pro-
jects have also been planned for
Daman and Silvassa, to provide
an eco-friendly means of trans-
port to local people as well as
tourists visiting the erstwhile
Portuguese colony. He said that
the green initiative of UT
administration was supported
by Gujarat based Centre for
Green Mobility (CGM), non-
profit organisation working for
environment related projects.
The dedicated cycle tracks
are part of green initiatives to
preserve ecology and promote
environment-friendly tourism
with the use of bicycles as a
means of transport. We have
also planned for a cycle rally to
promote the message of envi-
ronment friendliness, fitness
consciousness, besides tourism
and safeguarding the fragile
environment by promoting non
fossil-fuel based transport in the
city, said the administrator.
The Diu cycling network
has been designed and planned
as per international standards
by CGM. On the plan, execu-
tive director of CGM Anuj
Malhotra, said, The tracks
have been designed keeping the
national safety standards in
mind so that the cyclists are
provided a safe dedicated track
that is separated from the main
moving traffic. Safety of tourists
and citizens is prime concern
and therefore all the junctions
shall also have cycle priority
signals and a design that pri-
oritises cyclists and pedestrians
over other motorised modes."
Diu is one of the hot favorite
tourist destinations on the
coastal belt of Saurashtra and
having 21-km long seashore.
The track is design in such a way
that, it would connect important
tourist destinations within the
island town and exotic beaches.
kE8T Vk8kI Q BAh0AL0RE
T
he land de-notification
ghost has come to haunt
one-year-old Congress
Government led by Chief
Minister Siddaramaiah in
Karnataka. BJPs Leader of the
O p p o s i t i o n
Jagadish Shettar,
who raised the
issue of de-notifi-
cation of 541 acres
of land in the
ongoing Monsoon
Session of the
Assembly on
Saturday alleged
corruption and
demanded a CBI enquiry into
the entire episode.
Members of Opposition BJP
led by former Chief Minister
Jagadish Shettar continued dhar-
na demanding a CBI probe into
alleged corruption pertaining to
de-notification of 541 acres of
land in Arkavathi Layout of the
Bangalore Development
Authority (BDA).
The Assembly proceedings
witnessed a day-long dharna by
the BJP and its leader Jagadish
Shettar trading charges against
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
and demanded the Government
must hand over the case to CBI.
Shettar demanded that the
matter should be handed over
to CBI as it is a huge scam
involving crores. He alleged
that Siddaramaiah
had approved issu-
ing of de-notifica-
tion letter dated June
18, 2014, despite
knowing that it was
in violation of guide-
lines laid down by
the Karnataka High
Court for dropping
land acquisition.
Siddaramaiah is making
false allegations and telling a lie.
When I was the Chief Minister,
the file recommending deno-
tification of land had come to
me in 2013. But I did not
approve it as it was against the
guidelines set by the High
Court, Shettar said.
However, Siddaramaiah
said 422 acres of land have been
de-notified during the BJP
regime when Jagadish Shettar
was the Chief Minister.
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G
aza residents on Saturday
used a temporary human-
itarian truce agreed to by
Israel and Hamas on a UN
request to pull out bodies
from mounds of rubble and
metal of bombed homes, as
the Palestinian death toll in the
conflict rose to over 1,000
with mostly civilian casualties.
Israel and Hamas agreed to
a 12-hour humanitarian truce
which the Jewish state later
extended by four hours till
midnight local time.
With the temporary cease-
fire on, Palestinians frantical-
ly scoured through the rubble
with medics saying over 100
bodies had been retrieved
across the Gaza Strip.
The discovery of the bod-
ies under mounds of rubble
had pushed the death toll to
over 1,000 Palestinians killed in
the coastal enclave since the
conflict began on July 8.
Three Israeli soldiers were
killed in fighting in the Gaza
Strip in the early hours of on sat-
urday before the humanitarian
truce started, the army said.
The new deaths raised the
losses on the side of the Israeli
military to 40, along with two
civilians and one Thai worker
killed on the Israeli side during
19 days of conflict.
Israel said it would con-
tinue to locate and neutralise
Hamas tunnels during the
pause. So far 31 tunnels have
been discovered, with about
half destroyed.
Before the truce began at
0800 local time, Israeli strikes
killed at least 19 Palestinians
overnight at a family home
near Khan Younis in the south-
ern Gaza Strip. Images showed
relatives weeping as the bodies
of five children were taken to
a local morgue.
The Iron Dome defence
system intercepted three rock-
ets fired towards the southern
Israeli town of Ashkelon
overnight.
The truce came as inter-
national efforts to negotiate a
longer ceasefire continued with
foreign ministers from the US,
UK, Turkey and Qatar meeting
in Paris on Saturday to try to
negotiate a long-term truce.
We all call on parties to
extend the humanitarian cease-
fire currently in force, by 24
hours that could be renewed,
Frances Foreign Minister
Laurent Fabius told reporters
after the meeting, which last-
ed more than two hours.
We all want to obtain a
lasting ceasefire as quickly as
possible that addresses both
Israeli requirements in terms of
security and Palestinian
requirements in terms of socio-
economic development, said
Fabius.
US Secretary of State John
Kerry and Fabius met with
their counterparts from Britain,
Germany, Italy, Qatar and
Turkey, as well as a represen-
tative from the European
Union.
As the truce took effect,
Palestinians returned to areas
where heavy Israeli bombard-
ment had taken place to look
for bodies and also started to
stock up food supplies.
The scene was gruesome
with buildings completely pul-
verised, cars thrown 50 metres
into the air on top of buildings
and the facades of some block
of flats completely ripped off.
Faris: Riol olice ired lear gas in
Faris on Salurday as lensions
rose al a 5,OOOslrong ro
Faleslinian rally lhal wenl ahead
in deiance o a ban, days aler
similar rallies ended in violence.
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srael's 0a/a oensive lhal has
killed more lhan 1,OOO
Faleslinians comes aler olher
rolesls lasl weekend in Faris
and a suburb lown lhal had also
inilially been banned descended
inlo chaos.
0rganisers o lhe rolesl had
lried going lo courl lo gel lhe ban
overlurned, bul lhey were
unsuccessul and nlerior
Minisler Bernard Ca/eneuve
warned lhal lhey would be held
"resonsible or any unresl... And
liable lo enal sanclions."
According lo eslimales,
aboul 5,OOO eole lurned u al
Flace de la Reublique in cenlral
Faris, brandishing Faleslinian
lags and
lhe red banners o lhe arlel
hew Anlicailalisl Farly lhal had
called on eole lo dey lhe ban.
Aler an inilial eaceul slarl,
olice began iring lear gas aler
some hooded roleslers lhrew
cans and olher objecls al lhem,
and several journalisls were
roughed u. 05?
FTI Q wAShh0T0h
T
he US on Saturday shut
down its embassy in Libya
and evacuated its personnel to
neighbouring Tunisia as clash-
es between rival militias in the
countrys capital Tripoli posed
a very real risk.
A lot of the violence is
around our embassy but not
on the embassy but never-
theless presents a very real
risk to our personnel, US
Secretary of State John Kerry
said in Paris where he is hold-
ing a meeting with other top
diplomats from Europe and the
Middle East to press efforts for
a long-term ceasefire between
Israel and Hamas.
The State Department
Deputy Spokesperson, Marie
Harf, said that the relocation
was done over land, with their
personnel arriving in Tunisia
this morning, and travelling
onward from there.
The Pentagon Press
Secretary, Rear Adm John
Kirby, said all embassy per-
sonnel were relocated, includ-
ing the Marine security guards
who were providing security at
the embassy and during the
movement.
The embassy staff was
driven in vehicles to Tunisia.
During movement, F-16s, ISR
assets and an Airborne
Response Force with MV-22
Ospreys provided security,
Kirby said, adding that the
mission was conducted without
incident, and the entire oper-
ation lasted approximately five
hours.
In a travel warning, the US
warned its citizens against trav-
elling to Libya and recom-
mended the citizens currently
in Libya to depart
immediately.
On July 26, the US
Embassy suspended al l
embassy operations in Libya
and relocated staff, due to
ongoing violence between
Libyan militias in the immedi-
ate vicinity of the Embassy, the
travel warning said.
kIF Q BERuT
A
t least 85 Syrian army
troops were killed as the
jehadis Islamic State advanced
on a regime position in the
northern province of Raqa, a
monitoring group said on
Saturday.
The Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights said the
fate of around 200 other sol-
diers remained unknown, as
the IS assault forced the army
to pull back late on Friday.
The Division 17 base has
fallen from army control but
the jehadis have not moved
into the site for fear of air
strikes, said the Britain-based
groups director, Rami Abdel
Rahman.
The IS lost at least 28 jeha-
di fighters, he said.
The Observatory said more
than 50 troops were summar-
ily executed, 19 more were
killed in a double suicide attack
and at least 16 others had died
in the IS assault launched early
Thursday.
Hundreds of troops sur-
viving withdrew on Friday to
safe places either to nearby
villages whose residents oppose
IS or to nearby Brigade 93
but the fate of some 200
remains unknown, said Abdel
Rahman.
Some of the executed
troops were beheaded, and
their bodies and severed heads
put on display in Raqa city,
stronghold of the feared IS,
he said.
The assault on Division 17
comes less than two weeks
after IS killed 270 security
guards, employees and mem-
bers of the paramilitary
National Defence Forces dur-
ing a jehadis assault on a gas
field in Homs, central Syria.
On Friday, the UN
Commission of Inquiry on
Syria said IS fighters accused of
atrocities are expected to be
added to a UN list of possible
war crime indictees.
kIF Q KABuL
A
fghanistans election com-
mission on Saturday once
again suspended the auditing
process of 8.1 million votes cast
in the presidential run-off poll,
after the two candidates failed
to agree on the procedure for
invalidating fraudulent votes.
The Independent Election
Commission (IEC) has decided
to suspend temporarily the vote
audit until the fourth day of Eid,
and we hope it is enough time for
the candidates to sort out their
differences, the IEC chairman
Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani told a
press conference on Saturday.
The Muslim Eid festival
expected to begin on Monday
or Tuesday marks the end of
the fasting month of Ramadan.
The votes audit goes very
slowly, the representatives of
the candidates have walked
out of the auditing process for
the third time in the past ten
days over differences of opin-
ion, Nuristani said.
The audit was briefly sus-
pended a week ago by a dispute
over vote count records
deemed void by one candidates
team as they lacked a full name
and signature.
Saturdays suspension came
shortly after the United Nations
said that both candidates had
indicated they support a UN
proposal with specific criteria
for invalidating fraudulent bal-
lots in the audit process.
The procedure for dealing
with fraud is the primary point
of contention between the two
sides, but they also disagree on
other technical aspects of the
process.
Meanwhile US President
Barack Obama called both
candidates on Friday night
asking them to endorse their
previous agreement over the
outcome of the election audit
and the formation of a nation-
al unity Government.
kIF Q BAMAK0
I
nvestigators were due on
Saturday at the Air Algerie
plane disaster site in Mali to
determine the cause of the
crash, as the second black box
was recovered from the jetlin-
ers charred remains.
Officials who had already
reached the remote, barren
area described a scene of total
devastation littered with twist-
ed and burnt fragments of the
plane that was carrying 118 on
board, including entire families.
No one survived the impact
and France bore the brunt of
the disaster with 54 nationals
killed in Thursdays crash of the
McDonnell Douglas 83, which
had taken off from
Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso
and was bound for Algiers.
It is difficult to retrieve
anything, even victims bodies,
because we have only seen
body parts on the ground,
said General Gilbert Diendiere,
chief of the military staff of
Burkina Fasos presidency.
He was a member of a del-
egation sent to the crash site in
the Gossi area, about 100 kilo-
metres from Malis northern
city of Gao, by President Blaise
Compaore.
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down a helicoler gunshi over
a slum in lhe norlhern cily o
Aleo, killing al leasl our
eole, aclivisls said on
Salurday.
The Brilainbased Syrian
0bservalory or human Righls
said lhe helicoler was shol
down wilh a missile on Friday
over a oor area o lown
known as Cam hairab.
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hairba mililary airorl
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aircral lake o lo carry oul
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kIF Q M0SC0w
A
vast crater discovered in
a remote region of Siberia
known to locals as the end of
the world is causing a sen-
sation in Russia, with a group
of scientists being sent to
investigate.
The giant hole in the
remote energy-rich Yamalo-
Nenetsky region first came to
light in a video uploaded to
YouTube that has since been
viewed more than seven mil-
lion times.
The crater is enormous in
size you could fly down into
it in several Mi-8s (helicopters)
without being afraid of hitting
anything, the person who
posted the video, named only
as Bulka, wrote.
The crater is located in the
permafrost around 30 kilome-
tres from a huge gas field
north of the regional capital of
Salekhard, roughly 2,000 kilo-
metres northeast of Moscow.
The appearance of the
mysterious chasm prompted
numerous conspiracy theories
and speculation that it may
have been caused by something
otherworldly, with some even
suggesting aliens might be
behind it.
Initial theories suggesting
the crater was caused by a
meteorite, however, were dis-
missed by scientists.
This does not stand up to
any criticism, the deputy direc-
tor of the Oil and Gas Research
Institute of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Vasily
Bogoyavlensky, was quoted as
saying by Interfax news agency.
He said the crater was
likely to have been caused by
the melting of underground
ice in the permafrost, freeing
gas that then built up high
pressure and broke through to
the surface.
kIF Q L0h00h
T
he grave of King Richard
III, immortalised by
Shakespeare as one of historys
great villains, was opened up to
the public on Saturday in cen-
tral England.
The remains of the infa-
mous ruler were found in 2012
under a car park in the city of
Leicester.
Around a hundred visitors
were on hand to watch city
mayor Peter Soulsby cut the
ribbon on the US $6.8 million,
5 million euro new visitor cen-
tre at the discovery site.
Early arrivals at the build-
ing, in an abandoned school
close to Richards grave, were
able to examine a replica of his
skeleton made using a 3D
printer.
One floor guides visitors
through the epic story of the
kings life and brutal death in
the 1485 Battle of Bosworth
that ended the War of the
Roses, the 32-year conflict
between two rival branches of
the royal House of Plantagenet.
Another tells of the
momentous and painstaking
work carried out by archaeol-
ogists that led to the discovery
and identification of the king in
a makeshift grave at the former
site of a medieval friary.
Only then can visitors
examine the excavated grave,
which the centre says has been
preserved in a quiet, respect-
ful setting... Fitting for the last
resting place of a slain warrior
and anointed monarch.
On the actual grave, a light
shows how the bones looked,
so you get the effect of the
skeleton lying in the grave,
Leicester City Council spokes-
woman Debra Reynolds told
AFP.
The feedback from people
is really excellent, people are
particularly enjoying the grave-
side area.
British judges in May final-
ly ended a bitter debate over
Richards reburial, ruling that
his remains should be laid to
rest in a cathedral near to
where he was found.
Shakespeare portrayed
Richard as a scheming hunch-
back who ordered the murder
of two young nephews barring
his way to the throne.
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S
unni militants from the
Islamic State group that
controls large parts of Iraq
have blown up a Shia shrine
in the city of Mosul, an offi-
cial and witnesses said on
Saturday.
Jehadis destroyed the
Nabi Shiyt (Prophet Seth)
shrine in Mosul, the de facto
Iraqi capital of the caliphate
proclaimed last month by
Islamic State (IS) leader Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi.
IS militants stopped peo-
ple from coming close, set
explosives in and around the
shrine and then detonated
them as a crowd looked on,
one resident who witnessed
the demolition told AFP.
Seth is revered in
Christianity, Islam and
Judaism as the third son of
Adam and Eve.
Sami al-Massoudi, the
deputy head of the Shia
endowment agency oversee-
ing holy sites, confirmed that
militants blew up the Nabi
Shiyt shrine and added that
they took some of the artefacts
to an unknown location.
These people follow this
impossible religious doctrine
according to which they must
destroy or kill anything or
anybody deviating from their
views, he said.
That simply has nothing
to do with Islam.
The latest destruction
comes a day after IS militants
completely levelled the reput-
ed tomb of Jonah (Nabi
Yunus) in Mosul, sparking an
outcry among religious offi-
cials.
This most recent outrage
is yet another demonstration
of the terrorist groups inten-
tion to shatter Iraqs shared
heritage and identity, the top
UN envoy in Iraq, Nickolay
Mladenov, said.
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kIF Q STAhBuL
T
urkish prosecutors have
charged eight police offi-
cers with illegally eavesdrop-
ping on top officials including
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, State media said on
Saturday.
The eight were charged
with illegal wiretapping, as
well as forging official docu-
ments, and were remanded in
custody late Friday pending a
possible trial, the State televi-
sion channel TRT said.
Over one hundred serving
and former police officers were
arrested last week in dramatic
raids as part of the wiretapping
probe.
Twenty-six officers have
so far been released to the
delight of their supporters,
who insist the investigation
was politically motivated, com-
ing just ahead of the August 10
presidential election in which
Erdogan is standing.
FTI Q wAShh0T0h
A
freshman US lawmaker
committed an embarrassing
faux pas when during a
Congressional hearing he mis-
took two top Indian-origin
American officials as represent-
ing the Indian Government,
quizzing them about your coun-
try and your Government.
Congressman Curt
Clawson, who has now apolo-
gised for the gaffe, was giving his
maiden speech during a
Congressional hearing on India
held by the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
on Asia and the Pacific.
I am familiar with your
country. I love your country,
he said during the hearing.
Assistant Secretary of State
for South and Central Asia,
Nisha Desai Biswal, and the
Assistant Commerce Secretary
for Global Markets, Arun
Kumar, who is also director
general of International Trade
Administrations US and
Foreign Commercial Service,
were testifying before the
Congressional subcommittee
on the Indo-US relationship
under the new Indian
Government.
During the testimony,
Clawson posed questions to
Biswal and Kumar both of
whom are Indian Americans
as if they were representatives
of the Indian Government.
I am familiar with your
country. I love your country.
Im hopeful with the new
change in regime that the
future and the land of promise
and the land of opportunity of
India can finally become so,
Clawson said.
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G
iving clear indications
that key infrastructure
sectors are under his radar,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday undertook
a meeting of top bureaucrats
heading important ministries
namel y - Power, Road
Transport, Shipping, Civil
Aviation, Coal, Petroleum,
Rai l ways, Tel ecom and
Renewable Energy - and is
learnt to have reviewed tar-
gets set by them for the cur-
rent fiscal.
The meeting, according
to sources, was a follow up to
individual discussions which
Modi had hel d wi t h
Secretaries of all key min-
istries last month. At that
time, he had met them in
batches and discussed their
respective targets and impor-
tant projects, while assessing
their performance in 2013-
14.
Saturday's meeting was
aimed at giving greater impe-
tus towards achieving healthy
economic growth (more than
the sub-par 5 per cent pre-
vailing growth level), and for
this to happen, performances
of the aforementioned sectors
needs to be improved.
According to sources,
Pl anni ng Commi ssi on
Secret ar y Si ndhushree
Khullar made a 15-page pre-
sentation on the performance
of core infrastructure min-
istries in 2013-14 and delib-
erated on the targets sug-
gested by the ministries for
the current fiscal.
The much debated power
scenario and poor supply of
coal to thermal plants was
discussed prominently in the
meeting. Sources said that
matters related to transmis-
sion and distribution of elec-
tricity along with fuel scarci-
ty being faced by the power
sector also came up for dis-
cussion in the meeting.
They added that existing
pl ans earmarked by t he
Planning Commission for
various ministries were also
del iberated upon. These
included a proposed of laying
down 300 km new railway
track during the current fis-
cal. Indian railways had laid
450 km of new rail tracks in
2013-14, which fell short of
the targeted 500 km.
Similarly, the Plan panel
had set a target of 700 km for
doubling of rail tracks in the
current fiscal against 900 km
targeted in 2013-14. Indian
railways achieved doubling of
around 700 km of rail track
in previous fiscal.
For the civil aviation sec-
tor, the Commission has pro-
posed to lower the invest-
ment target from Rs 1,008
crore in previous fiscal to Rs
934 crore in the current fis-
cal. The investment realisa-
tion was about 55 per cent of
the target in 2013-14.
The plan to develop air-
ports in non-metro cities was
also discussed at the meeting.
Problems being faced by
road and transport ministries
were also deliberated upon.
As many as 189 highway
projects involving a cost of Rs
1,80,000 crore are stuck due
to problems of land acquisi-
tion, delays in forest and
environment clearances, non-
transfer of defence land and
hurdles in rail over bridges,
among other things.
The means and ways of
connecting all 2.5 lakh pan-
chayats in the country with
broadband services by March
2017 also came up for dis-
cussions.
Secret ari es of Rural
Devel opment and
Environment & Forest min-
istries were also present in the
meeting, sources said.
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A
s the Government has
decided against granting
search and seizure powers to
SEBI, the market regulators
Chairman U K Sinha on
Saturday said that they will
have to approach a designat-
ed court to be set up in
Mumbai for seeking sanction
for it.
Replying to a specific
question whether the Board
felt that its power was dilut-
ed with the new Bill, Sinha
said the bill provided for the
establishment of a designated
court and the Board has to
approach to seek sanction for
seizure and search opera-
tions.
"As per the earlier ordi-
nance, the chairman had the
power to order the seizure
and search operations, but
now we have go to the court,"
he clarified.
SEBI is one of the most
powerful regulators in the
world and "we have enough
powers to deal with fraudu-
lent cases," Sinha said.
When pointed that the
move was seen as dilution of
power to check and balance
on SEBI, the official said "We
have to do our best. Whatever
Parliament gives, we have to
work within the framework."
The Bill, however, gives
sweeping powers to SEBI to
attach property, launch recov-
ery proceedings and seek call
records data to investigate cases,
he said.
The mutual fund (MF)
retirement plans would get tax
deduction benefits under Sec.
80C of the Income Tax (IT) Act.
"It would be covered under 80C
and all eligible schemes would
be included in that," Sinha
said, replying to a question.
He was here to launch a
series of dialogue with SMEs in
various clusters to create aware-
ness among them about the
new capital market avenues
for raising capital and improv-
ing visibility,
"We dont have to amend
the IT Act (for allowing MF
retirement plans). It can be
done through a notification," he
said, adding that Central Board
of Direct Taxes would notify the
changes.
SEBI is also in dialogue
with the MF industry and
Finance ministry over the issue
of doubling of long-term capi-
tal gains tax on fixed income
schemes, Sinha said.
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The bill provided
for the
establishment
of a designated
court and the
Board has to
approach to
seek sanction
for seizure and
search
operations
SEB Chairman
U K Sinha
FTI Q wAShh0T0h
T
he US on Saturday
expressed disappointment
over India's stand on worldwide
reform of trade facilitation rules
saying "backsliding" on com-
mitments has brought the WTO
to the brink of crisis.
At the meeting of the 160-
member World Trade
Organisation in Geneva , India
demanded a halt to the trade
facilitation (TF) timetable till a
permanent solution on public
stockholding for food security
is found.
The meeting was to finalise
a deal on TF that was agreed at
talks in Bali last December in
the WTO's first ever global
trade agreement.
Without directly identifying
India, the United States
expressed its deep disappoint-
ment over lack of progress on
the TF agreement.
"We are deeply disappoint-
ed that backsliding on Trade
Facilitation has brought the
WTO to the brink of crisis," the
US Trade Representative, Mike
Froman, said.
India's stand at the WTO
was supported by Cuba,
Venezuela and Bolivia.
"The current state of play on
Trade Facilitation threatens to
deal a serious blow to the cred-
ibility of the multilateral trading
system and to set back the
development needs of many
countries around the world,"
Froman said.
Alysa Ayers, a former India
hand at the State Department
during the Obama
Administration, the news
agency that she is quite worried
about what India's new position
on the trade facilitation deal sig-
nals about India's direction on
trade.
The issue, if not resolved by
early next week, has the poten-
tial to cast a shadow on a
planned visit to New Delhi by
US Secretary of State John
Kerry, which begins on July 30,
observers say.
The Obama
Administration refused to com-
ment on the possible impact of
India's stand at WTO on the
India US relationship. However
it is expected to figure promi-
nently during the next week's
India US Strategic Dialogue in
New Delhi. "Throughout all of
2013, India was reticent to
commit to the trade facilitation
package which WTO mem-
bers had been working on, but
in an extended marathon nego-
tiation effort at Bali in
December, brokered by the
WTO's new Brazilian chief,
there was a sufficient compro-
mise reached to meet India's
concerns," said Ayers, who is
now a research fellow at the
Council on Foreign Relations, a
top American think tank.
India, she said, is reopening
what had been carefully nego-
tiated to the apparent satisfac-
tion of every single WTO mem-
ber just seven months ago.
"It is hard to understand,
especially coming from a new
government which in its cam-
paign manifesto emphasized
India's pre-Raj global trading
prominence," Ayers said, reflect-
ing on the general mood pre-
vailing in the US on this issue.
Ayers, a proponent of
strategic partnership between
India and the US, said that she
is worried about the possible
impact TFA would have on the
bilateral ties.
"Here is where I worry the
most. If indeed the Bali trade
facilitation understanding comes
undone, with India as the veto-
ing party, it becomes difficult to
foresee any near-term prospect
of developing a more visionary
economic ambition with India-
-like supporting India for APEC
membership, which I have advo-
cated for, or developing a path
to the TPP, or a long-term FTA
ambition which some have rec-
ommended as a goal," she said.
"That's because the message
from the Bali trade deal veto will
be that India is not at present
prepared to stand with the rest
of the open trading world. I
hope that isn't the reality, but am
worried that's where we will end
up," Ayers said.
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of crisis
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Representative,
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Wk8hIhTh: After the formation of the
Narendra Modi Government, there is a
tremendous mood swing and positivity in
the country, a visiting delegation of
Indian CEOs from CII said describing its
maiden budget as visionary.
The delegation of Indian CEOs from
Confederation of Indian Industry in an
interaction with the Washington audience
at Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace highlighted the growing sense of
optimism amongst both the public and
industry in India following the recent elec-
tion results which brought BJP to power
with a landslide majority.
Ajay Shriram, CII President described
the unique nature of the recent elections,
in which the BJP came to power solely on
the campaign promise of growth and
development, which speaks to the aspi-
rations of India's young people.
Describing the 2014-15 annual bud-
get as visionary, Shriram commended the
new government for moving very active-
ly to ease and facilitate the way business
is done in India.
"Success in India will come with
leadership, mindset change, philosophy
and action," he said.
In his remarks, Chandrajit Banerjee,
Director General, CII also appreciated the
government's vision and receptivity to new
ideas and thoughts, especially from indus-
try.
Naushad Forbes, vice president, CII
and director, Forbes Marshall Pvt Ltd
focused on the promising steps being
taken in India's education sector and the
increasing role of the market in this sec-
tor which is having a net positive impact
on issues related to quality and equity of
access.
He also specifically mentioned the
community college model in the US as one
worth looking at in India as well.
Vikram Kirloskar, vice chairman,
Toyota Kirloskar Motor, highlighted the
importance of the manufacturing sector
and pointed out that the role of industry
in this sector related to enhancing qual-
ity, competitiveness and innovation.
Rajan Navani, chairman, CII National
Committee on India@75 and managing
director, Jetline Group of Companies
spoke about the need for India
to channelize the power of India'
youth through skilling and leadership
development.He also spoke of the use of
technology as a major potential game
changer in India. FTI
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ChEhhA: Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland is pin-
ning hopes on exports and non-truck segment to sustain busi-
ness as it struggles to overcome slump in the commercial vehi-
cles category.
"Outside India we are growing very well. Exports to the Middle
East and Bangladesh continue to perform very well. Sri Lanka
in the first quarter... You saw last year it did very badly but now
you can see there are very large orders from the Sri Lankan gov-
ernment", Ashok Leyland Managing Director Vinod K Dasari told
reporters after the company's 65th AGM on Saturday.
"We are working on a few other things also. We want the
exports and non-truck business to grow very fast. That will
sustain the business and on top of it, we have done enough
to reduce our cost, reduce our break-even so that even if our
truck business does not come back very quickly, we should
not be in trouble", he said.
The company is focusing on other non-truck business that
is growing fast. "The five other businesses -- buses, light com-
mercial vehicle, power solutions, spare parts and defence --
all are growing very fast," he added.
Asked if the heavy commercial vehicle segment had seen
some recovery in the last couple of months, he said, "Well,
compared to the previous year, it has done slightly better, part-
ly because we corrected the inventories in our southern deal-
ers that made an improvement".
"But if you look at overall inventory on a sequential basis,
it is still early signs to say that it is coming back (market). The
decline has slowed down. So I am hoping that it is going to
stop and I believe that in next 4-5 months, things should come
back", he said.
Earlier, he said dividend was not paid to shareholders.
Asked about it, Dasari said, "Yes this is for the first time
since inception (dividend was not paid)".
Ashok Leyland reported a net loss of Rs 47.95 crore for
the quarter ended June 30. It had posted a net loss of Rs 141.75
crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. Earlier, address-
ing shareholders at the AGM, AshokLeyland Chairman
Dheeraj G Hinduja said, "Post elections, the sense of antici-
pation of better tidings to come is palpable.
Sentiments of business and industry for an early economic
revival are buoyant".
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special 09 NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 27, 2014
My daughter asked me yesterday, has
something very bad happened to me? Have I
been punished? What was bhaiya doing?? I
have no answers. She is only six years old. She
has no idea what rape and assault mean. She
knows there is pain, but she doesnt know that
she has been violated. With all the sudden
attention and hushed tones around her, my
daughter is having withdrawal symptoms. As
a father, I cannot do anything much except
tell her that all will be well and she can go back
to school soon. I want her to forget everything
as quickly as she can. Of course, we are never
going to forget what our daughter and the fam-
ily went through
Father of the six-year-old Class 1 girl
in Vibgyor International School in
Bangalore who was raped in school. Her
father, a senior software techie with a reput-
ed firm, has been taking rounds of the school
and the police station ever since he found
out that his child had been violated
W
hen five-year-old Diya
Sharma arrived five min-
utes later than her sched-
uled time at the bus stop,
her mother, a gynaecologist,
got very worked up. She made frantic calls
to the bus attendant but no one answered her
calls. Just when she was on the edge of a
breakdown, she noticed the familiar yellow
and blue bus round the corner. On the way
home, the little one explained the delay:
Driver bhaiya met some of his friends at a
construction site and asked them to take a
ride on our bus. They were very friendly and
chatted with me throughout the journey. All
of them got down on the next red light. They
were 13, no 15 of them, she told her moth-
er.
Aghast at this worrying information and
appalled at the zero security, Shikha con-
fronted this premier international schools
principal with her concerns. I couldnt sleep
the night and what happened to me in school
was even more horrifying. The management
was very hostile. From the administration
head to the principal, everyone was in denial.
They said my daughter had a wild imagi-
nation and no such thing had happened. The
principal stressed that the school was
equipped with the latest technology and any
sort of a security lapse on a bus was impos-
sible. When I insisted on looking at the
arrangement, we found that the CCTVs in
route numbers 1,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,14 ,18 and
24 had not been working for a long time.
There were no GPS trackers on these routes
and there was no monitoring happening at
the administration office! So much for
promised, highly paid for security, Shikha
Sharma says about her experience with the
school, a high-end institution sitting pretty
on the Greater Noida Expressway.
When approached by this newspaper,
the principal refused a comment on this case.
But many mothers like Shikha have been
campaigning for better security measures.
The school charges C1 lakh as admission
fee for pre-primary sections and C3,000 per
month for conveyance. There is an extra
charge of C80,000 under the development
and technology handling charges. Most inter-
national schools charge between C2,500-
4,500 pm for conveyance on an AC bus,
depending on the distance. Middle-level
schools charge C1,500-2,000 pm.
According to the latest National Crime
Records, a child gets sexually assaulted in
school every 21 minutes in India. In 2013,
more than 13,000 cases were registered
against sexual harassment of primary school-
children across India. Of these, 8,990 cases
were of girls in the 13-15 years group. In
2014, there have already been 732 complaints
of sexual harassment in schools across the
nation.
The figure is much more than what is
projected here. When it comes to minor girls
being harassed in school, FIRs are rarely filed.
Often, the child feels too scared to reveal the
details of the torture and doesnt confide in
parents. In cases when the parents find out
about the sexual abuse by school staff, they
are too scared to report the matter, Akash
Sehgal, owner of Save A Girl Child, shelter
for rape victims in Delhi, says. Sehgal tells
you that out of 113 girl children in his hos-
tel, 70 per cent have been sexually abused in
school. They are all under the age of 14 years.
He tells you that no longer are these kind
of sexual abuses limited to the Government
schools in remote towns. In 2014 itself, there
have been three prominent cases reported
from Delhis private schools which contin-
ue to enjoy a good reputation. There were
two cases of molestation and blackmail
reported from a posh kindergarten school
in Mumbai and one incident of an 11-year-
old girl being raped by her Geography
teacher in a premier school in Kolkata. Then
there is the latest Bangalore case of the 6-year-
old girl being raped by staff in school. There
is not much that has been done about these
cases. They have, however, raising one per-
tinent question are our children safe in
school?, Sehgal points out.
Premier schools in Delhi boast of best
technology being in place to cover every
minute detail of the school and schooling
activities but when it comes to safety mea-
sures, the result card is zero zilch.
Homemaker Ruchi Nanda considers it the
gift of God that she was just in the nick of
time to save her daughter from trouble. We
zeroed in on the middle-level senior sec-
ondary school in Vikaspuri for my eight-
year-old girl. She was very happy with the
school until the day when she came back cry-
ing and was very embarrassed. After a lot of
questioning, she told us that there were three
bhaiyas peering at the girls from a window
while they were changing in their classrooms
after the swimming period. The girls had no
idea that they had onlookers, Nanda tells
you. Agitated parents marched into the prin-
cipals office to demand an explanation as to
why the girls were made to strip and put on
fresh clothes in a classroom? We were told
that the washroom were under maintenance,
hence could not be used. But the girls tell us
that they have been changing in the class-
room ever since the session began. Why are
we inviting spectators to watch our girls
naked in school, Nanda says.
Is this kind of callousness of school
authorities pardonable? Any kind of harass-
ment in school should be treated seriously.
It is the sole responsibility of the school to
offer a safe and enriching environment to
children. Apart from security concerns, it is
mandatory to hire people with the right cre-
dentials. A thorough background check is not
enough. A team of experts should scrutinise
every bit of paper and antecedent before hir-
ing, educationist Aarti Chabarria says. She
points out that almost 40 per cent of schools
in Delhi NCR hire teachers and trainers
without even conducting a proper interview,
let alone doing a background check. There
are no norms or code of conduct followed
by schools and institutions wherein the
recruited staff members undergo a manda-
tory background check for child protection.
The biggest irony is that elite schools and col-
leges often run a background check on the
credentials of the child and insist on a par-
ticular education/economic background of
parents but when it comes to having a check
done for their own staff they fall short. Most
incidents which we come across are highly
preventable and all they require is commit-
ment on part of all stakeholders. A zero tol-
erance policy against any form of abuse is
must. There is a need to institutionalise risk
assessment in all spaces and institutions
which children access, she adds.
The Teachers Association Board in
India released a statement after the Bangalore
rape case saying that sexual harassment of
minors within the school is a burning prob-
lem which needs to be done fast to curb it.
According to a recent survey by a news
channel, 13 premier schools across India are
under the scanner in 2013-2014 for rape and
molestation charges. More than 70 per cent
of accused are staffers or trainers. Four to five
per cent rape charges are against classmates
or seniors and 15 per cent by school bus dri-
vers/conductors. Primary school goers are
the most vulnerable to molestation.
Paedophile cases have, however, declined,
the news channel said on July 24, 2014.
A survey of Bangalore schools by
Hyderabad-based NGO Setalvad Children
Mission, says PT and extra-curricular teach-
ers are the most prone to such crimes. Last
month, the child helpline received many
shocking complaints of a physical education
instructor at a Government school in
Kadugodi molesting children. He allegedly
made the children sit on his lap, hugged,
kissed and touched them inappropriately.
More than 15 students confessed to helpline
counsellors that they were subjected to
molestation. Based on their complaint, the
Kadugodi police arrested the instructor
under the POCSO Act. A week or two later,
he was out on bail.
In India, child protection is addressed
through Acts like the Juvenile Justice (Care
and Protection) Act and the Protection Of
Children From Sexual Offences (POSCO)
Act whose implementation is under the
ambit of the Ministry of Women and Child
Development (MWCD). Under the JJ Act
Model Rules 2007 (Rule 31), it is mentioned
that it is the responsibility of the State and
the Centre to lay down guidelines for pre-
vention of sexual abuse in schools. However,
not many States take proactive measures to
make child safety a norm. Despite having
stringent laws there are gaps at the imple-
mentation level. Also, there is a major delay
in the justice process. According to NCRB
data, only 15.3 per cent cases of sexual
offences against children were completed
in 2013 whereas the conviction rate of sex-
ual offences against children is just 31.5 per
cent.
There is an urgent need to take up
these cases on a fast track. Schools in India,
both public and private, do not have ade-
quate mechanisms to ensure that every child
is safe. Poor infrastructure, low quality mid-
day meals, unsafe premises and untrust-
worthy staff contribute in making children
unsafe, Komal Ganotra, Director, Policy,
Research & Advocacy, Child Rights and
You, tells you.
Whatever the principal of the Bangalore
school may say, there is only one truth and
that is: The onus of safety of children in their
premises lies solely with the school. Other
than that, parents require to create a
favourable, non-threatening environment at
home so that their wards can talk about their
fears or any untoward incident that might
have occurred.
There is need for parents to openly talk
about safe and unsafe touch as well as sex-
ual advances. Also, it is important to under-
stand a childs language, verbal and non-ver-
bal behaviour, in order to understand their
thoughts and fears. It is essential that the
problem is detected as early as possible and
rehabilitation done that very moment,
Shivani Dadlani, child counsellor in a pop-
ular South Delhi school, says.
The rincial o a osh rivale school in Bangalore recenlly said lhal lhe securily o sludenls is nol lhe managemenl's resonsibilily. wilh
more lhan 87 er cenl o our oulalion in rimary and secondary schools, is il ine or arenls lo lake losided school securily arrangemenls
in lheir slride? Fronlline inslilulions, which charge over C5O,OOO as admission ee alone, have been in lhe news or shocking securily lase
incidenls. n lhe wake o lhe rae o a sixyearold girl in a Bangalore school and lhe one in 0uwahali wherein lhe sludenl was raed and
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nlernalional School in
Bangalore awails a reoening
ending a FL hearing in lhe
Karnalaka high Courl lomorrow,
many queslions have been raised
aboul lhe saely o children,
esecially wilh lhe school
aulhorilies reusing lo lake
resonsibilily o lhe rae o a six
yearold sludenl on ils camus.
n lhis arlicular incidenl, lhe
managemenl did nol adhere lo lhe
0overnmenl guidelines, il inally
succumbed lo ressure by
arenls and agreed lo lake some
securily measures mulually
agreed uon by lhe arenls and
lhe managemenl.
The unholy incidenl shows
how educalion has lurned inlo a
urely business venlure in lhe
rivale seclor. vibgyor
nlernalional, or examle, is a
highee school run by an
induslrial grou wilh diverse
business inleresls ranging rom
lourism lo olher areas. There are
around 81O branches o lhis
school anndia and lhe owner
wanls lo exand lhe ranchise
urlher.
As il lurns oul, lhe
managemenl did nol have any
background check done on lhe
over 1GO sla members, including
culril Muslaa alias Munna, a
skaling inslruclor who was
embroiled in similar incidenls in a
school he worked al reviously.
The school which collecls hely
ees has nol inslalled securily
cameras lo monilor lhe aclivilies
o lhe remises. The inslruclor
was aid C18,OOO er monlh by
lhe school and lhe sludenls were
charged searalely or skaling
classes.
The 0overnmenl machinery
which is handinglove in running
lhese schools has no checks and
balances on lheir aclivilies. n acl,
a look al lhe ownershi allern
indicales how mosl schools are
eilher run by olilicians,
businessman or inluenlial eole
as arl roilmaking venlures.
There are over 1OO such elile
schools in Bangalore.
According lo vasudeva
Sharma, execulive direclor o
Child Righls Trusl and Slale
convener o lhe Karnalaka Child
Righls 0bservalory, lhe law
machinery has ailed lo mainlain a
record o criminals, aedohiles
and sex oenders. he adds, lhis
inormalion has lo be shared wilh
lhe schools lo lake recaulionary
measures. The Bangalore incidenl
also broughl inlo ocus a lack o
awareness on laws rolecling
children. Many exerls eel lhal
sensilising sla members on
issues relaled lo lhe saely o
children and linkages wilh
0overnmenl enorcemenl
agencies would hel minimise
such brulal allacks on haless
children.
Though lhe vibgyor
nlernalional managemenl inilially
reused lo lake resonsibilily o
lhe incidenl on ils camus, a
recenl meeling belween arenls,
0overnmenl and lhe school
aulhorilies made il see reason.
The managemenl inally agreed lo
do background checks on all ils
1GO slaers, including lhe
rincial, leachers, conlracl and
subconlracl workers. The school
also agreed lo monilor lhe
movemenl o lhe children in lhe
school. Maids will now escorl
children lo reslrooms, buses,
classes, caeleria and lo olher
arls o lhe school. The inslilulion
agreed lo inslall CCTv cameras in
common areas like classrooms,
lhe sa block and lhe lay area.
The Bangalore incidenl has
comelled lhe 0overnmenl lo
come oul wilh a sel o
guidelines, including inslallalion
o CCTv cameras and regular
visils by olice oicers lo
schools. Bul lhese are jusl hal
measures. The cos need lo sel
u a aedohile lracking syslem
which conlains delails o
abusers and cases. Though lhere
has been a 2OO ercenl increase
in child sexual abuse cases over
lhe asl lwo years, lhe olice
doesn'l have any records o
sexual oenders in lhe cily or a
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14:8O: 0ouble Tra Men's
0ualiicalion - knkur MiIIaI and
Mohd ksab
14:8O: 0ouble Tra women's Final
- 8hreyasi 8ingh & Varsha
Varman
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15:18: Men's 5Om Breaslslroke
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1G:1G: Men's 1OOm Bullerly heal
5 8ajan Frakash
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2O:1O: Men's Shol Ful 0ual. Round
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2O:87: women's 1OOm Round 1
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21:25: women's 4OOm Round 1
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Malch India vs hew Zealand
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17:OO: Men's Fours Seclion B, Rd
1, Malch 1 Soulh Arica vs India
22:OO: Men's Singles Seclion B,
Rd 1, Malch 2 8ahadur 8ingh vs
Abdul Rais (MAS)
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acking in preparation and with
most of their top stars struggling,
India may find it hard to match up
their 2010 show when the track and
field events of the 20th edition of
Commonwealth Games kickstart
here on Sunday.
India had won 12 medals,
including two gold, in Delhi but they
are set to lose out on medals this time
around as they have come to
Scotland woefully short on exposure.
Even the most positive are not pre-
dicting more than four medals.
Only a handful of athletes,
including defending discus throw
champion Krishna Poonia and
Seema Antil, have got the chance for
training-cum-exposure trips
outside the country and they
were well short of their per-
sonal best in those events.
Except for US-based mens
discus thrower Vikas Gowda,
none had done anything
noteworthy. Gowda,
himself had not been
consistent in the major internation-
al events. The 32-member strong
Indian teams medal chances will
hinge on Poonia and Gowda and
young Arpinder Singh (mens triple
jump).
Womens 4x400m relay quartet
has
a n
outside
chance
for a medal while womens discus
may give another medal with Seema
Antil in a field which has very few
world-class competitors.
The Indians begin their cam-
paign with mens shot put qualifying
round tomorrow as Om Prakash
Singh Karhana will take guard. Om
Prakash holds the national record of
20.69m but he has struggled in the
last couple of years and his seasons
best is 19.74m.
Poonia is the best medal hope
among Indian women. However,
she has been struggling for form after
suffering a groin injury post 2012
London Olympics. She finished out-
side podium in the 2013 Asian
Championships in Pune and has not
touched 60m since then. She was sent
for training-cum-exposure tour to
United States but her latest best per-
formance was a 59.17m last week.
The 32-year-old Indian, who
holds the national record of 64.76m,
will face stiff competition in Glasgow
from Dani Samuels of Australia. 2009
World Champion Samuels hurled the
discus to 67.99m this May and will
be strong favourite for gold in
Glasgow.
Another Indian who carries bur-
den of expectation is young triple
jumper Arpinder Singh, who is now
both the Commonwealth and Asian
leader this season so far. The 21-year-
old came up with a huge jump of
171.17m in Lucknow in June and if
he repeats that effort, he should be
a strong candidate for gold. But, that
was his first 17m plus effort in his
career. His second best is 16.84m. He
had also won a bronze in 2013 Asian
Championships in Pune with
16.58m.
Sahana Kumari will be compet-
ing in womens High Jump, having
come up with a seasons best of
1.89m, while M R Poovamma may
hope to perform her best in womens
400m. Poovamma, 24, who will also
spearhead Indias 4x400m campaign,
has a seasons best of 51.73sec, mak-
ing her a medal hopeful.
In womens 800m, Tintu Luka
does not have much chance in a
world class field and a medal from
her is a far cry. The 25-year-old has
a personal best and national record
of 1:59.17 which she set in 2010. But
only twice in her career, Luka has
run sub-2min in an international
event and at least five from CW
countries have run sub-2min this
season itself.
Another star of the 2010 Delhi
CWG is Ashwini Akkunji,who came
out last year from a two-year ban for
a doping offence, would want to
prove that she is among the best in
the country but it would be really dif-
ficult to win a medal here in her pet
event of 400m Hurdles.
VI1EhE, Mkh1 WIh
Slar ndian boxer vijender Singh and Manoj
Kumar on Salurday made resounding slarl
lo lheir camaigns al lhe Cw0 winning lheir
reseclive bouls wilh idenlical 8O
scorelines, here. vijender unched his way
lo lhe requarlerinals wilh a unanimous
verdicl over Andrew Komela o Kiribali in lhe
75kg boul while Manoj beal Mokhachane
Moshoshoe o Lesolho wilh lhe same
margin in lhe G4kg calegory. vijender was
asl in his movemenl in his irsl boul o lhe
0ames and layed lo a lan, emerging
viclorious wilhoul laking much risk. vijender,
28, was caulious inilially bul wenl on lhe
allack mode aler gelling a measure o his
oonenl. he lowered his guard and kel
allacking. A righl hook in lhe lhird round and
lhen a lurry o unches rom vijender
lowards lhe end rallled lhe uunancied boxer
rom Kiribali. Two oul o lhree judges gave
1O8 verdicls in avour o vijender in bolh
lhe second and lhird rounds, indicaling his
dominance over Komela.
6 I WIhhIh TEEhkE
A 17yearold Canadian who also holds
Russian cili/enshi has won ive o lhe six
gold medals in rhylhmic gymnaslics.
vancouverborn Falricia Be//oubenko, based
in Thornhill, 0nlario, near Toronlo, bul who
lrains regularly wilh lhe Russian gymnaslics
leam in Moscow, won lhe individual all
around lille and lhe leam lille wilh
Canada.She lhen won lhree o lhe our
individual aaralus evenls on Salurday
lhe clubs, hoo and ball on lhe inal day o
lhe evenl al lhe hydro building near lhe
River Clyde in cenlral 0lasgow. Allemling
lo make il six golds in six evenls,
Be//oubenko inished lhird in lhe ribbon.
Francesca Jones o wales won gold in lhe
ribbon and wong Foh San o Malaysia lhe
silver. Jones also inished wilh ive silver
medals.
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ndia's leading squash layers Saurav 0hosal
and 0iika Fallikal secured hard oughl
viclories lo reach lhe singles quarlerinals al
lhe Commonweallh 0ames or lhe irsl lime.
Fourlh seed 0hosal had a narrow escae
againsl Auslralian Sleven Finilsis as he
recovered rom G7 down in lhe ilh and
deciding game lo ull o a 112, 115, 411,
G11, 118 viclory al lhe Scolsloun Sorls
Camus on Friday evening. wilh lhis viclory,
0hosal became lhe irsl ndian lo reach lhe
singles quarlerinals since lhe sorl was
inlroduced in lhe 0ames rogramme in
1OO8. he nexl lays 12lh seed Cambell
0rayson o hew Zealand lale on Salurday
nighl. .
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The siril o lhe socalled Friendly 0ames
hasn'l exlended lo everyone in 0lasgow.
0lymic long jum chamion 0reg
Rulherord isn'l hay wilh some o his
neighbors al lhe Commonweallh 0ames
alhleles' village. The English alhlele wrole on
Twiller on Salurday lhal "being in an alhleles
village is greal unlil lhe ignoranl alhleles
make more noise lhan a herd o elehanls
slarlled in a china sho." Rulherord
comlained aboul "some serious big eel
banging around," saying lhal "some eole
are delermined lo annoy every olher alhlele
around lhem." Teammale Bianca williams
was equally annoyed, relying lo Rulherord
by describing door slamming as
"inconsiderale." Bul Mike hooer, chie
execulive o lhe Commonweallh 0ames
Federalion, said "we've had absolulely no
comlainls whalsoever." Rulherord lweeled
Salurday morning lhal "slrong words will be
said soon."
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The ndian women's lable lennis leam
blanked hew Zealand, a side ull o Chinese
origin layers, lo march inlo lhe semiinals.
Shamini Kumaresan slarred in ndia's 8O win
over hew Zealand. They ace Singaore,
whom lhey losl lo al 0elhi 0ames lo sellle
or silver, in lhe semiinals laler on Salurday.
The loy lo lay Shamini in lhe irsl singles
againsl 52yearold Chun Li worked. The
ndian layed a solid malch lo beal 2OO2
singles Commonweallh 0ames chamion
and ivelime 0lymian 511, 11O, 115, 11
5. 0elhi girl Manika Balra, who lays wilh a
imled rubber, oulsmarled Chunl Li's sisler
Karen 1118, 11O, 115, 115 lo give ndia a
2O cushion. kgenries
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oung Rajasthan girl Apurvi Chandela
got India its second gold from the
shooting range winning the 10m Air
Rifle event at the Commonwealth Games
here today as compatriot Ayonika Paul
boosted the medal tally with a silver.
Earlier, Prakash Najappa had got a silver
in the 10m Air Pistol event as India now have
two gold and two silver medals from the
range.
21-year-old Chandela led from the
beginning to win the yellow metal with a
score of 206.7 while Ayonika finished a cred-
itable second with a score of 204.9. It was only
fitting that the Jaipur girl, who started
shooting only six years back after watching
Abhinav Bindra get gold in the Beijing
Olympics, won in the legendary shooters pet
event.
Chandela, whose father has built a
shooting range at home, trains under her
uncle Hem Singh.She was consistency per-
sonified throughout the event as she topped
the qualifying rounds with a score of 415.6.
Ayonika qualified with a fourth position.
In the main round, Chandela regularly
scored between 10.2 to 10.7 as she always
maintained atleast 1.5 points difference
from his nearest rival.
Ayonika was not in medal contention till
the first 10 shots but she was brilliant in the
back 10 as she regularly fired 10.5 to 10.7 to
improve her position.
Earlier, Nanjappa finished a heart-break-
ing second in mens 10m Air Pistol to give
India their third medal. Nanjappa, who won
a bronze in the ISSF World Cup in South
Korea last year, was leading at the end of the
second series of the elimination stage but he
apparently lost concentration and shot a dis-
appointing 7.7 to hand the lead to eventual
winner Daniel Repacholi of Australia.
Despite the setback in the sixth shot of
the elimination stage, the 38-year-old
Banglorean tried his best to catch up with the
Australian but failed to do so in the end and
had to settle with a silver at the Barry Buddon
Shooting Centre at Dundee on Saturday.
Repacholi won the gold with a total of
199.5 while Prakash scored 198.2. Englands
60-year-old Michel Gault got the bronze.
Nanjappa, who topped the qualification
round, was seen ruffled by that mistake and
he was taking deep breaths in between the
shots. A team member later said Prakash felt
time constraint and that was why the grip over
his pistol was not proper when he shot 7.7.
Before the last round, Repacholi had
taken a lead of 1.4 points but he could only
come up with a 9.3 in the penultimate shot
and Prakash could have narrowed down the
gap. The Indian could not do that as he also
shot a 9.3 at a crucial juncture.
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he Indian public were left high and
dry when Usain Bolt decided to give
Commonwealth Games in Delhi, a
miss four years back but the Jamaican
legend on Saturday explained that it
was the World Championship in 2011
that stopped him from taking part in
the previous edition.
I had always wanted to be in the
Commonwealth Games and I had
thought of taking part since 2006. I was
injured before Melbourne Games and
I missed it. Then Delhi Games hap-
pened in October-November at end of
season and it was bad timing. I had
Wolrd Championships coming up (in
2011) and so I did not make it to
Delhi, Bolt said at a press conference
here.
This year also, I got injured early
in the year but I told my coach that I
want to take part in Glasgow. The fit-
ness guys did a fantastic job and I am
completely fit now. Only thing is that
I dont want to push myself to the limit
and I did not want to go to the trials.
That is why I am going to run in the
4x100m relay, said Bolt, greatest
sprinter to have ever graced the track.
He refused to buy the line that the
Commonwealth Games has lost rele-
vance and thats why lot of big stars
dont want to compete in these Games.
I think most of the big missed out due
to injury and it happens in the
Olympics and World Championships.
For me, Commonwealth Games is big
and it is big in Jamaica. We looked upto
these Games, he said.
As long there are athletes and
there is a competition, then nobody
cannot just take it lightly. Every athlete
works hard and wants to give his best.
We should respect that. That happens
in every walk of life not in sports only,
Bolt said when asked about big stars
taking CWG lightly due to perceived
lack of competition.
The recent to pull out is long dis-
tance king Mo Farah of England cit-
ing lack of recovery from injury.
Bolt said he was here to run in the
Games and not come here under
pressure from anybody, including the
organisers and his sponsors. I have not
come here under pressure from any-
body, not from he organisers or the
sponsors. I have come here to ru. I am
definitely running in the 4x100m
relay, he said. This is going to be my
first competition in the season and I
want to make my fans happy. I am for
my fans.
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hey have snatched the momentum with a bril-
liant show on the dreaded Lords green-top and
Indias in-form cricketers would now aim to take
an unassailable series lead against a demoralised
England in the third Test starting here on Sunday.
The visitors won the second Test at Lords by 95
runs after the first Test at Nottingham was drawn. The
stage is now set for Mahendra Singh Dhonis men to
overwhelm the hosts, who are in turmoil.
The victory at Lords marked an end to the 15-
match long drought without an overseas Test win. It
stretched as far back as 2011, when India had beaten
West Indies at Kingston. That was also the last time
that the Dhoni-led side took a 1-0 series lead. In that
light, this is uncharted territory for a young team. Back
then, India won the Test series in the Caribbean by
the slimmest of margins, drawing the next two Tests
at Barbados and Dominica.
This is purely a statistical memory because
Dhoni makes it a point to segregate the present from
the past. But there can be some learning from histo-
ry and it is for that purpose they had recruited for-
mer Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid as mentor ahead
of this Test series. At this juncture it can be hoped that
he impressed upon this young team how to wade
through untested waters.
This series doesnt have a tour game in between
any of the Tests. A long drawn-out encounter can be
a gruelling affair especially if its packed in 40-odd days.
India need to watch out against two factors
complacency and bowlers workload
and that the two are indirectly related.
On Friday, three batsmen spent most
time in the nets. Shikhar Dhawan and Virat
Kohli were hard at work because they obvi-
ously want to make an impact before it is too late. The
third was Rohit Sharma whose absence from the eleven
hasnt been noticed thanks to the victory at Lords.
He was as busy in the practice session two days
before the game as someone who had already been
informed of his return to the starting line-up.
It begs the question of the fifth bowler once again.
In the first two Tests, Stuart Binny has only bowled
20 overs and both his spells have been in the first
innings. Binny didnt get a single over at Lords when
India looked to defend 319 runs. Surprisingly,
Dhawan bowled two overs while Murali Vijay sent
down four in that innings.
Even Rohit can bowl some part-time spin
and it could mark a move back to the seven-
batsmen-four-bowlers-formula, especially
now that India have taken a 1-0 lead. The dan-
ger here is inherent.
If India do revert to this line-up, it will
send a message to the opposition that they are
now in safety-first mode on the one side. On the
other hand, it will also put more physical pressure on
the bowlers. The fifth bowler didnt rack up the num-
bers, but his presence in the line-up provided a men-
tal cushion to the primary bowling attack.
The medium-pacers attacked at will, bowling inci-
sive spells, relying on Jadeja and Binnys 20-odd overs
to take a breather. Short-term as it may have been, but
this approach worked.
And this has been highlighted by Indias light-
weight attack out-bowling Englands more experienced
unit on their home turf.
A return to the four-bowlers theory inadvertent-
ly means more physical exertion for the medium-pac-
ers because whenever India will feel the pressure, one
of them will be called into service.
The pitch at Southamptons Ageas Bowl ranks
somewhere in between the ones at Trent Bridge and
Lords green to start with and expected to dry out
over the five days. And the one man who could pro-
vide an ample solution to Indias fifth-bowler conun-
drum R Ashwin has been on the sidelines since
the tour began. Dhoni confessed after the Lords vic-
tory that he isnt even thinking about playing two spin-
ners. With Rohit loosening up, Binny idling away and
Ashwin still only in second gear in the net sessions,
there wont be much change in the captains thinking
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Darwin (Australia): 0arwin (Auslralia): Young
legsinner Karn Sharma's allround exloils
heled ndia A eked oul a lhrilling onewickel
viclory over Soulh Arica A leam lo reach closer lo
lhe lille round in lhe 0uadrangular 'A' series here
on Salurday. Balling irsl, Soulh Arica A scored
275 or eighl in 5O overs wilh Rilee Russouw
scoring 187 o 15O balls wilh 15 boundaries wilh
nexl besl score being 2O by Farhan Behardien.
Leggie Karn was lhe mosl successul bowler
grabbing lwo or 85 in 1O overs and lhen smashed
a 1Gball8O al crucial junclure lo inish lhe malch
wilh a ball lo sare. Karn hil some lusly blows o
acers Merchanl de Lange and Kagiso Rabada lo
snalch a viclory aler ndia A were reduced lo 284
or eighl rom a relalively comorlable 152 or one.
There was a middleorder collase aler lhe lo
lhree including skier Robin ulhaa (4G),
unmukl Chand (52) and Manan vohra (58) were
oul aler gelling slarls. ndia A now have won
lhree oul o lheir our malches and have 15 oinls
lo lheir credil. Brief Scores: 8ouIh kIrira k:
275/8 in 5O overs (Rilee Russouw 187, Karn
Sharma 2/85) losl lo India k: 27G/O in 4O.5 overs
(Manan vohra 58, unmukl Chand 52, Karn
Sharma 8O no) by 1 wickel.
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New Delhi: 0iscus lhrower havjeel Kaur 0hillon
became only lhe second ndian lo grab a medal al
lhe AAF world Junior Chamionshis aler selling
a new ersonal besl lo clinch a bron/e in Eugene,
uSA. The 1Oyearold covered an imressive
5G.8Gm wilh her lhrow al lhe hayward Field lasl
nighl in lhe world Junior Chamionshis. her
revious besl was 58.O7m which she recorded
while winning lhe Junior Federalion Cu al Chennai
lhis May, a release slaled. Bra/il's /abela da Silva
sel a world junior leading mark o 58.O8m or lhe
gold while American valarie Allman (5G.75m)
enlerlained lhe home crowd wilh a silver medal. l
was lhe second ever bron/e medal or ndia in lhe
world juniors aler Seema Anlil's 2OO2 eorl in
Kingslon, Jamaica. ncidenlally Seema won a gold
medal in 2OOO al Sanliago de Chile, bul was
disqualiied lherealer due lo doing violalions.
havjeel's irsl major success came in
Commonweallh Youlh 0ames al 0ouglas (sle o
Man) in 2O11 when she won a bron/e medal wilh a
lhrow o 45.27m.
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New Delhi: Furious al lhe recenl incidenl o
ndia's Sikh baskelball layers being asked lo
remove lurbans al lhe Asia Cu in China, ormer
crickel calain Bishan Singh Bedi on Salurday said
lhe cagers should have walked oul o lhe malch
inslead o comlying wilh lhe diklal. 'Absolulely
revolling Sikh Baskelball layers were nol asked
bul ordered 2 remove lurban/alka & lhey
obliged!'d 've rebelled walked oul..!!' lweeled
Bedi. Two Sikh layers - Amrilal Singh and
Amjyol Singh - were asked lo remove lheir
lurbans beore lhe slarl o a malch on July 12.
They were sloed rom enlering lhe courl
momenls beore ndia were lo oen lheir camaign
againsl Jaan. The malch oicials inormed lhe
layers lhal lhey were breaking nlernalional
Baskelball Federalion (FBA) rules and were nol
allowed lo lay wilh lurbans. The maller was also
discussed al lhe nlernalional Baskelball
Associalion's (FBA) cenlral board recenlly.
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Kolkata: Former ndia calain will begin a new
innings as crickel adminislralor when he's elecled
unconlesled or lhe osl o joinlsecrelary o lhe
Crickel Associalion o Bengal (CAB) al ils 88rd
A0M here on Sunday. The CAB A0M would be a
mundane aair wilh 74yearold crickel
adminislralor Jagmohan 0almiya laking charge or
yel anolher lerm wilhoul any oosilion. having
held some key osilions in various sub commillees
like crickel develomenl, lhis would be a ull lime
enlry or lhe 42yearold ormer skier who called
il quils rom inlernalional crickel in hovember
2OO8. 0anguly will succeed Sujan Mukherjee whose
ouryear lerm is gelling over lhis monlh.
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Perigueux (France): vincen/o hibali conirmed
he will win lhe Tour de France and lwo Frenchmen
will join him on lhe odium aler a dramalic
enullimale slage on Salurday. Aler his
remarkable deeds in lhe mounlains, hibali inished
lhe individual lime lrial in an imressive ourlh
lace behind winner and 0erman seedsler Tony
Marlin, and added his overall lead by more lhan
4O seconds lo nearly eighl minules. l's mainly a
ceremonial ride on Sunday lo lhe ChamsElysees,
where hibali is sel lo become lhe irsl lalian
winner o lhe Tour since Marco Fanlani in 1OO8.
hibali reduced lhe drama on Slage 2O lo who
would join him on lhe odium on Sunday. Jean
Chrislohe Feraud and Thibaul Finol, will, lhe irsl
Frenchmen on lhe odium since Richard virenque
in 1OO7. They did enough lo leave behind an
unlucky Alejandro valverde o Sain in lheir lhree
man race or lhe inal odium. 0nly 15 seconds
searaled lhem when lhe slage began in Bergerac,
bul il became more lhan lwo minules when lhe
lime lrial inished in Ferigueux.
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Geneva: Trying lo douse lhe hurl senlimenls o
Sikh and Muslim layers, lhe nlernalional
Baskelball Federalion (FBA) is ready lo review ils
rule which revenls cagers rom wearing headgear
or religious reasons. A conlroversy eruled al lhe
FBAsanclioned Asia Cu in China lhis monlh aler
lwo ndian Sikh layers were lold lo remove lheir
lurbans ahead o lhe game and lhe world
governing body said on Salurday lhal ils olicy
making board will review lhe issue al an Augusl 27
meel in Sevilla ahead o lhe world Cu. 'FBA's
Cenlral Board, which is ullimalely resonsible or
changes lo lhe 0icial Baskelball Rules, will review
lhese requesls and decide how lo roceed in lhe
besl inleresl o lhe sorl,' lhe 214nalion
governing body said in a slalemenl.
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Mumbai: ndian acer Zaheer Khan has
launched a comany 'FroSorl', which rovides
ilness lraining and hysiolheray services.
Former hysiolheraisl o lhe ndian leam
Andrew Leius and ormer ilness lrainer o lhe
leam Adrian Leroux are arl o lhe comany. The
comany will oerale rom 5,OOOsql 'molher
cenlre' al Lower Farel in Mumbai, wilh anolher
our cenlres lhal would come u in melro cilies,
il said in a slalemenl. 'FroSorl will exlend ils
services across all lhe melro cilies and slralegic
lier cilies." Fh8lkgenries
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sport 11 NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 27, 2014
Ihh: Kevin Fielersen has become lhe lalesl or
mer England skier lo urge Alaslair Cook lo quil lhe
calaincy, saying he was only slill in lhe job because il
would be "yel anolher FR disasler" or lhe England and
wales Crickel Board lo sack him now.
Cook has been aced reealed calls lo resign lhe
calaincy rom lhe likes o Michael vaughan and
hasser hussain during a run lhal has seen
England go 1O Tesls wilhoul a win.
Meanwhile Cook's orm wilh lhe bal has
also declined. l is now 27 innings since he scored
lhe lasl o his England record 25 Tesl hundreds, and
lhe lelhanded oener's lasl nine Tesl innings have
yielded jusl 12O runs.
"Al lhe momenl only olilics are keeing Cook in
a job because lhe England and wales Crickel Board
backed him so much lhal il would be yel anolher FR
disasler i il sacked him now," Fielersen wrole in his
3PX[h CT[TVaP_W column ublished on Salurday.
"Bul lhe ECB needs his runs back more lhan
anylhing else so a big decision has lo be made. Forgel
lhe bad headlines or once," said Fielersen ahead o
Sunday's lhird Tesl belween England and ndia in
Soulhamlon, where Cook's men will lry lo level lhe
ivemalch conlesl al 11 aler Monday's O5run deeal
in lhe second Tesl al Lord's.
"he (Cook) should do whal is righl or England
and resign lhe calaincy. he has shown he does nol
have lhe laclical brain lo lead lhe side," said Fielersen
o lhe 2Oyearold Essex balsman.
"England badly miss Cook lhe oening balsman
scoring 15O lo sel games u al lhe lo o
lhe order and, relieved o lhe
calaincy, don'l lhink il is loo
lale or him lo rediscover lhis
orm." A|P
hEW EIhI: The BCCI Tours and
Fixtures Committee has short-
listed Bangalore, Ahmedabad
and Hyderabad for Indias three-
Test series against the West
Indies during October and
November this year.
The committee has allotted
the five ODIs to Kolkata,
Visakhapatnam, Cuttack,
Dharamsala and Kochi while
Delhis Feroz Shah Kotla will be
hosting its first-ever T20
International.
The exact date-wise match-
schedule will be finalised later on
the basis of logistics.
As per media reports Ranchi
was being dubbed as a possible
venue for a Test match but a senior
BCCI official said that there was
no discussion on the venue.
Yes, Ranchi has got the ICC
nod and BCCI needs to ratify it
as a Test centre during a work-
ing committee meeting. But
above everything, Ranchi needs
to come into the rotation poli-
cy system which is in work, the
source said.
Eden Gardens and
Dharamsala hosted their last one-
dayers in December 2012 (vs
Pakistan) and January 2013 (vs
England) respectively. For Kotla,
it will be the first T20
International that the ground will
host, having staged its first ODI
back in 1982.
The tour will commence with
the ODIs from October 8 and the
final match had been allotted to
Kochi with Guwahati and Kanpur
as stand-by venues, BCCI sources
said. The T20 international is
scheduled on October 21 followed
by a three-day gap before the
commencement of three-Test
series. The last Test is scheduled
from November 15 to 19, the
sources said.
Windies will also play two
warm-up games on October 3 and
6, before the commencement of
the ODI series, they added.
The upcoming visit is as per
the previous Future Tours
Programme of the International
Cricket Council.
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MM8kI: The BCCIs technical
committee headed by Anil
Kumble has decided that the
National ODI Championship
for the Vijay Hazare Trophy
and the Deodhar Trophy (Inter-
Zonal) one dayers will act as trial
tournaments for the ICC World
Cup scheduled in February-
March 2015.
The technical committee has
also decided to do away with the
NKP Salve Challenger Trophy for
the current season along with the
inconsequential BCCI Corporate
Trophy due to cramped schedule.
The Kumble-led technical
committee suggested that some of
the players, who are seriously in
contention for a place in that
Australia-New Zealand bound
squad should get enough oppor-
tunities to make their case before
the national selection committee.
A Vijay Hazare Trophy tour-
nament would give each state
atleast four to five one-day
matches and Deodhar Trophy
will give another two to three
matches. A|i
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ri Lanka offspinner Dilruwan
Perera took a career-best 5-69 to
help dismiss South Africa for 282
in its first innings and give his team
an overall 150-run lead in the sec-
ond test on Saturday.
Hashim Amla finished unbeat-
en on 139 his 22nd test century
but a lack of support from team-
mates meant conceding a big first
innings lead to Sri Lanka.
The hosts made 421 in their
first innings with Mahela
Jayawardene top scoring with 165.
After dismissing South Africa, Sri
Lanka extended the 139-run lead to
150 by finishing 11-0 in its second
innings at stumps on day three.
Amlas patient innings took
more than eight hours with 382
deliveries. Other than a sharp
chance on 93 which Perera dropped
off seam bowler Suranga Lakmal,
Amlas innings was unblemished.
Pereras figures surpassed his
previous best of 5-109 against
Bangladesh earlier this year. Left-
arm spinner Rangana Herath com-
plimented him well with 4-71.
Resuming on 98-3, overnight
batsmen Amla and A.B. de Villiers
added 52 runs before Perera cap-
tured two wickets in three deliver-
ies in the morning session to spoil
South Africas recovery.
First he got De Villiers lbw for
37 with a delivery round the
stumps which straightened along
the middle stump line. The dis-
missal ended a 79-run partnership
for the fourth wicket.
Perera then bowled Quinton
de Kock for a duck two deliveries
later with a ball that drifted into the
left hander. South Africa went to
lunch on 163-5.
After the break JP Duminy was
dismissed for three, stumped by
Niroshan Dickwella off Herath.
Duminy charged down to hit
Herath but missed the ball and
debutant Dickwella collected the
ball off Duminys pads and broke
the stumps. Vernon Philander
was beaten by flight to a Perera
delivery and was bowled between
bat and pad.
At the time South Africa was
still 18 runs from avoiding the fol-
low-on with only three wickets in
hand, but Amla and tailender Dale
Steyn negotiated the required runs.
Brief Scores
Sri Lanka: 421 and 11/0 lead
South Africa: 282 (Amla 139 not
out, Perera 5/69, Herath 4/71) by
150 runs.
8kFE8T: Formula One champi-
onship leader Nico Rosberg claimed
pole position on Saturday for the
Hungarian Grand Prix while
Mercedes teammate Lewis
Hamilton will start at the
back of the race grid as an
engine fire prevented him setting a
qualifying time.
Rosberg's time of 1 minute,
22.715 seconds at the Hungaroring
was 0.486 seconds ahead of Red Bull's
Sebastian Vettel while Valtteri Bottas
of Williams qualified third.
Hamilton, who was fastest in all
three practice sessions, will start at the
back for the second-straight grand
prix as his engine caught fire due to
a fuel leak in the early stages of the
first session of qualifying.
Brake failure caused Hamilton to
crash during qualifying at the
German Grand Prix last week,
but he finished third after
starting 20th. A similar per-
formance will be difficult on the twist-
ing Hungaroring a circuit where
Hamilton has won four times, includ-
ing the past two races as it offers few
clear opportunities for passing.
"There's a lot going through my
mind, but I just have to try to turn it
into positives tomorrow," Hamilton
said. "It's getting to the point when it's
kind of beyond bad luck. We need to
do better." AP
hEW EIhI: For any upcoming
Indian boxer, a fight in the
American boxing circuit is a
dream and it may well turn
into reality as a new firm is all
set to train local pugilists for
a shot at glory.
The idea is to find such tal-
ents who probably have not
been a top amateur and there-
fore missed out on Olympics or
other big events, they can slog it
out with athletes from the coun-
tries like the USA, Mexico,
Russia, Germany, China, Japan
or even Pakistan.
"My sole objective was to
give credentials to those players
who could not make it to the
Olympics and the
Commonwealth Games. I also
have a vision of taking up female
boxers in future," believes CEO
of Guilty Boxing Puneet Dureja,
the firm which will give the tal-
ent a chance.
Keeping in the mind the
lack of Infrastructure available
for the boxers here which has
dented India's chances of bring-
ing up world class boxers, organ-
isers has emphasized on pro-
viding the upgraded facilities to
the young Turks. P|S
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lasl nine Tesls. mmedialely aler England's collase againsl ndia, Cook said lhis run o oor orm has
been his "darkesl lime" as an England crickeler. 0ne glimmer o hoe or lhe oening balsmen is lhal
while he only made 1O and 22 in each o his innings al Lord's, his oolwork was noliceably beller.
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jusl one change lo ils 18man squad
or lhe lhird Tesl, wilh lhe uncaed
Jos Bulller in or injured
wickelkeeer Mall Frior. Frior
announced aler lhe loss lo ndia he
was laking an indeinile break rom
lhe game lo regain his ilness aler
slruggling wilh Achilles, lhigh and
hand injuries. This aved lhe way
or Bulller, England's one day
keeer, lo enler lhe Tesl leam.
Bulller, an aggressive balsman
when nol behind lhe slums, says
he will nol be inlimidaled by making
his debul or a leam under inlense
ressure lo end ils winless slreak.
VETEkh IEkE8hIF: Aler a 1O series deeal lo Sri Lanka in
June and lwo underwhelming erormances againsl ndia,
England coach Feler Moores is also under scruliny, jusl our
monlhs aler laking lhe job or lhe second lime. Al Lord's, he
said lhe orm o his veleran layers was a major concern. n
addilion lo lhe slruggles o Frior and Cook, an Bell only
managed 42 runs overall againsl ndia and bowlers James
Anderson and Sluarl Broad couldn'l slo ndia rom balling
lhrough day one al Lord's.
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o 582 on a lieless Trenl Bridge wickel, and ollowed il u wilh
a career besl G82 in England's irsl innings al Lord's. wilh lhe
bal, he has made 2OO runs rom ninlh in lhe order, including
lhree hal cenluries. he did nol win man o lhe malch in eilher
Tesl, bul has arguably been lhe layer o lhe series so ar.
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After superhits like Jannat, Tum Mile, Jannat 2, the thinking director is back
with yet another thriller titled Raja Natwarlal. The film is loosely based on
Indias first real conman Mithilesh Kumar Shrivasta aka Natwarlal.
Deshmukh tells SANGEETA YADAV how it was emotionally demanding for
Emraan Hashmi as he was dealing with his sons illness
QWhat exactly is Raja Natwarlal based on?
Its a comedy crime film on conman Raja Natwarlal played
by Emraan Hashmi who ends up becoming a master of the
con world. This movie has a little bit of everything com-
edy, romance, crime, thriller and suspense that will keep the
audience hooked to their seats. Expect to see a lot of twists
and turns as Raja Natwarlal seeks revenge from the people
who tried to falsely implicate him in a crime. He manages
to deal with these people in his tedha way. He learns the art
of wriggling in and out of trouble from his godfather Gulati
played by Paresh Rawal.
QHow did you zero in on the starcast of this film?
Raja Natwarlal was penned keeping Emraan in mind. The
title of conman suits him the best. He has the looks, style,
body language and a style that easily fit into the role I had
in mind for this film. There was no need to take his audi-
tion as we knew he would be a perfect fit. Humaima Malik
went through many auditions like other actors but I liked her
confidence. She has done well.
QDuring the production of Raja Natwarlal, Emraan
Hashmis four-year-old son Ayan was being treated for can-
cer. It must have been a difficult phase....
When he got to know that his son was suffering from can-
cer, his life turned upside down. He asked me for a months
off from shooting as he had to take Ayan abroad for treat-
ment. I readily agreed. We would have waited for him for-
ever. But everything ended in a happy note with Ayan being
treated out of this deadly disease and his papa back in action.
Emraan is a thorough professional and made sure we com-
pleted the film without further delay.
QDid the attitude towards Emraan change on the sets after
news of his sons disease came up?
We were all moved. But I stood by him, not as a director
but as a friend whom he could rely on. We have been good
friends for more than 10 years now and Emraan knows he can
trust me on anything. As a director I made sure there was a good
flow with minimum stress on him during shoot hours. Despite
being worried about Ayan, Emraan put in his 100 per cent.
QHow was your experience directing veterans Paresh Rawal
and Kay Kay Menon?
It was a great learning experience for all of us. These actors
are professionals who give their 100 per cent. They know exact-
ly what they are supposed to do. And they
do just that. It was wonderful working
with them.
backpack 12 NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 27, 2014
Was emotionally
tough for Emraan
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M
ove over UP and Bihar
and the regular jhatkas
that come with them. Now, its
Patneywali vying for atten-
tion. Claudia Ciesla has made
Bollywood her home and item
numbers her forte. When she
danced her way to our hearts
in Khiladi 786, filmmakers
knew that the firangi from
Germany had potential to
break all thrust records pos-
sible. With her item gaana
from the movie Desi Kattey,
Ciesla has cemented her place.
Patneywali hoon has com-
pletely desi feel to it. I am wear-
ing a ghagra choli for the first
time and I think I look good in
Indian attires. The song is
catchy and fast paced but not
vulgar. This is a fun song
without any negative conno-
tation. After Munni, Sheela
and Fevicol se, this is going to
be the next big thing. Im hop-
ing to be the lucky mascot for
Desi Kattey, 27-year-old Ciesla
tells you. The music has already
been launched and is making
rave reviews. The promo video
too has been received well by
the audience. For her, dancing
is serious business. I under-
stand the meaning of every
word of the song before taking
it up. It helps me to give the
right expressions and do the
lip-sync. I dont believe in
short cuts and doing a number
without understanding what it
means, she says.
Coming from a non-filmy
background, the balmagirl was
lucky to bag her first project
without having to struggle
very hard.
I was invited to be a part
of Bigg Boss 3 and after 10
weeks, I became a celebrity.
After Bigg Boss, I bagged
Khiladi 786. I got many offers
but nothing excited me. Im
looking for good scripts where
I can give my best, she says.
And her aim? To work
with Sanjay Leela Bhansali
who is my inspiration. I dont
have any back-up career plan.
Im passionate about acting and
have decided that Ill become
a superstar someday, she tells
you.
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Cyclist ]acl Leenars from Jle Netlerlanos is lusy exanoing lis team of guioes wlo are tlere to tale
!elliites on a oifferent tri to rememler, for a mooest sum. He offers secialiseo cycle tours arouno
tle city tlat start at 6: 30 am ano are wraeo u lefore traffic sets in. Jlese tours lring one closer to
culture ano oo a worlo of gooo to lealtl, Leenars tells RAMA !WVI!
'Want to worl witl SLB`
E
xplore is the operative
word that drives his life
and when it comes to con-
necting with the local culture,
cycling is his way to do that.
Meet Jack Leenaars, a Dutch
national who, in 2009, founded
Delhi By Cycle, a service that
provides cycle tours to those
interested. And the journey has
been quite rewarding.
Delhi By Cycle is about
providing guided bicycle tours
in the old town. Cycling is the
best way to connect with and
respect local life and if you
want an earnest peep into the
heart of the city, pedalling is the
right way to do so, Leenaars tells
you.
With approximately 20
guides and equipped with 85
bicycles, they currently offer
five routes covering the most
interesting, scenic and historic
areas of Old and New Delhi.
While Raj tour gives you a
glimpse of Paharganj and
Lutyens Delhi on the bicycle, the
Nizamuddin tour takes you
through the dargah and the
southern pockets of Delhi.
Asked to choose his
favourite route, Jack was in a fix.
Its impossible to answer but I
can choose my preferences
depending on the season. Like,
this is the best time to take the
Yamuna tour though I must say
the Nizamuddin tour repre-
sents Delhi the most. It traces its
history from the 12th century to
now. The Shah Jahan and Haveli
tours take you through the nar-
row and congested streets of Old
Delhi, he says.
Leenars has been living in
Delhi since 2003 with his wife
Noreen and three children. A
former South-Asian correspon-
dent for the Dutch daily De
Telegraaf, he tells you that he
changed his profession from
journalism to running guided
cycle tours in Delhi because he
wanted to pursue his passion.
Not denying his Dutch roots, he
says that cycling is in his blood.
So when it came to starting a
business, this was his first choice.
Cycling, he says, makes
you establish a connection with
the city. You start feeling and
understanding the city in a bet-
ter way. It also contributes large-
ly to the living conditions of the
city.
In a city like Delhi, where
more than 90 lakh vehicles
move on the road daily, cycling
is not an easy job even for an
expert like Leenars.
Eight out of 12 months in
Delhi are suitable for cycling. We
just need to encourage the
cycling culture, for people dont
show any respect to cyclists in
general, Leenaars points out. He
plans the tours in the morning
at 6 am and concludes them
before 10 am just before the
streets start becoming active
and people resume their days
work.
Leenars never had trouble in
forming a team of guides. If you
are responsible, flexible and
have working knowledge about
the history of the city then you
are most welcome to join this
initiative as a guide, he tells you.
For a trip that starts from
Delite Cinema through
Turkman Gate, Chawri Bazar
and Chandni Chowk, culmi-
nating at the banks of the
Yamuna river, he charges C1,850
per person, a price most are will-
ing to pay.
As for road safety, he has
that one under control too.
The tours have two guides
leading the group and two at the
back. So the team is always fol-
lowed by an expert at close quar-
ters, he concludes.
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F
usion food is becoming a fad in the Capital.
Be it Indian with Continental or Indian
with Chinese or fusion of Indian foods with
global cuisines. Keeping this concept in
focus, Barbeque Nation has introduced a
global food festival.
Head of culinary operations, Vijay
Anand Bakshi, tells you that he has tried
to bring to the table some world cuisines
and added the masalas to them to suit the
Indian palate. On offer is Chinese chicken biryani, roast-
ed Lamb in Thai curry, grilled chicken breast in potli gravy,
Mexican baked potato curry, mushroom and pasta in spicy
makhni gravy and much more.
Indians love food so we decided to serve 21 dishes
chosen carefully from a list of 70 dishes. Each item, whether
it is barbeque, the main course or for that matter the dessert
list, has been chosen keeping in mind that Independence
Day is round the corner. Our festival starts fromAugust
1 and will continue till August 17, Bakshi tells you.
To begin with, the dahi ke kebab are a must
have even if one is a non-vegetarian. Those who
love spicy food will want to make a meal out
of this one alone. But then there is mushrooms
and daal kebabs that make for an interesting
fusion. The steamed lamb dumplings were a tad
dry so one can give them a miss and go straight
for the chicken stuffed with chicken mince
and barbeque prawn which have the per-
fect blend of spices and cooked to per-
fection.
With a personal coal barbeque right
on the table, it ensures that the starters
remain hot. One can even add extra spices
and oils with the brush kept at the table.
While, for most of us a meal is incomplete
without having rice and roti, it will be best if one just made
a meal of the starters with either a glass of cocktail with
guava or a jamun filling mocktail. However, if one wants
to be experimental, go for the Chinese chicken biryani or
lamb in Thai curry.
The best part of this festival is that it offers value for
money. A non-vegetarian meal is priced at C1,038
(including taxes) per person. A vegetarian meal is priced
at C917 ((including taxes) per person.
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t is not a big canvass, nor a big starcast and
certainly not the money that attracts veter-
an Om Puri to take up a project. I go by the
script and the vision of the director. If both these
make sense to me, I go for it. As an actor, I take
up only those roles where I have an opportuni-
ty to deliver. Hundred Foot Journey was perfect
in all these aspects. There was a lot of scope for
me to perform and emote. So I am here in this
big budget production of a simple love story told
between flavours of food, he tells you.
Not the types who would promote a film or
take part in its marketing activities, Om Puri says
he has learnt with the times. I may be old and
freckled but I always go with the flow. Nowadays,
I have come to realise how important it is for a
producer to reach his audience through pro-
motional activities. I am happy to be of help, he
adds.
Hundred Foot Journey is about the travails
of an Indian restaurateur who lost his wife and
wealth during a riot in India. As a patriarch and
head of the family, he takes it upon himself to
sort things out. They settle down in southern
France and decide to open a rustic dhaba type
restaurant to dish out Indian and global cuisines.
But his this plan meets with a lot of challenges.
Within 100 ft of our restaurant is another French
Michelin star hotel that is renowned for its
flavours and food. The owner, a French lady,
would not allow us to open our rustic place.
What follows is a lot of fun, masala and
romance, he discloses.
It is not just that the young boy-meets-girl
and fall in love. It is more of a matured love story
of two lonely adults that takes centrestage. It was
wonderful working with Hellen Miller. She is
such a brilliant actor and so comfortable with
everyone. With her every-
thing seemed natural. Even
Manish Dayal looks promis-
ing. He is sharp and perfect
hero material, Puri who loves
working with youngsters tells
you. It is their never-say-die atti-
tude and willingness to work under
dire conditions that attracts him to
these newbies. I love spending time with them
to know more about their generation. There is
a lot to learn from them, he says.
Having tried his hands at all
kinds of films in India and the
West, Puri feels there is a sub-
tle difference in the two indus-
tries. Although Bollywood has
come a long way with respect to
technological advancement, there
is still a lot to be done.
I dont have a problem with films
made for pure entertainment but not everything
should be made with entertainment as the sole
aim. Where are films that address a societal prob-
lem? There are so many burning issues in our
society these days, why dont our directors delve
into these topics? Rape is a scorching issue and
it is time our intelligent and capable directors
come up with something that addresses this
problem, he says, adding that Indian cinema des-
perately needs a Shyam Benegal or a Govind
Nihalani to bring social issues back into the fray.
His other concern is that women are shown
to be extremely regressive in cinema nowadays.
Puri is angry that the lead protagonist does noth-
ing but dance and move. There is no depth in
acting, no serious role play being given to
women. That is disturbing. We have a lot of tal-
ented actresses. But they are seldom seen doing
important roles, he says.
Working with a production team of Steven
Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey was humbling for
Puri who said that although Spielberg never vis-
ited the sets personally, he made sure he knew
what went on on the sets. It was different with
Oprah who visited us frequently. She loved being
a part of the shoots. She was in no way inter-
fering. We shared a lot of interests yoga and
meditation being two of them. Oprah loves vis-
iting India and will be coming to Udaipur soon,
he tells you.
Apart from the Hundred Foot Journey to be
released in August and a small film shot entire-
ly in Delhi, there is not much on Puris plate at
the moment. I am out of job. No one has
approached me with any meaningful offers. I
dont think there is a befitting script for me, he
says, sounding dejected. But, Puri will not sign
up for a TV serial just because. Seniors actors
turning towards television are also in a rut. They
too have nothing better to do. Kuch to karen soci-
ety ke liye. Kab karengey?, he wonders.
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W
hen it comes to an all season
favourite hangout nothing beats
Lodi, the Garden Restaurant which
offers food that go with any season and
absolutely any reason. Add lush green envi-
rons to delectable food which is an eclectic mix
of European cuisine with Asian and Middle
Eastern influences and you get an unforget-
table experience.
People who come here want to revisit
often and each time they go back with a dif-
ferent reason why they are hooked to this place
some come for the ambience, some for our
chef s specialities which they swear by, while
others saunter in for a lazy brunch to enjoy
our sparklers and everything else on offer,
Virender Singh Negi, General Manager of
Lodi, says.
Negi and his team have been working over
time to bring a whole new experience on the
table. Dont be surprised if you see a specialised
menu to call in some celebration or to
announce a festival. Our summer special
menu attracted many people who braved the
heat just so they could relax in the lap of
nature Negi informs.
From the melon and tomato gazpacho
a cool, tangy, refreshing and enjoyable soup
to the marinated tuna salad with runner beans,
olives and hard boiled egg in a tangy lemon
dressing, the appetizers are both exciting and
addictive at the same time.
In Lodi, never skip the all-time favourite,
their non veg mezze platter which has perfectly
cooked chicken shish taouk, delicious sumac
lamb kebab with hummus, tzatziki and home-
made pickles that one will die for.
Chef Elam Singh tells you that apart from
the mezze platter, people rush to this place to
sample their moroccan style braised baby mut-
ton shoulder with rosemary jus that is simply
heavenly. With a perfect dessert like banof-
fee pie, your Lodi experience seems complete
atleast till you visit next.
Go for finger licking food, modestly
priced in a refreshing set-up at Lodi!
There
are many
burning issues in
our society, why
don't our directors
delve into these
topics? We need a
Shyam Benegal or
a Govind
Nihalani
today
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nations destiny is often shaped by
the collective wrong decisions its
leaders take. This appears to be
starkly the case with Nepal, whose
tryst with real democracy which
began nearly a decade ago has remained
wobbly at best and gone horribly wrong at
worst. Such is the situation that the lawmakers
have repeatedly failed to even draft a
Constitution that is broadly acceptable to all
political factions.
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and his
deputy Bamdev Gautam have not been seen on
the same page over the shape of the
Constitution and the federal nature it will
ensure. But the malaise runs deeper and
beyond these two leaders. To understand this,
and the various other issues that have blocked
Nepals transformation into a genuinely inclu-
sive democracy, one need not go further than
read Prashant Jhas excellent book, Battles of
The New Republic.
At the release of the book in New Delhi,
well-known journalist Karan Thapar asked for-
mer External Affairs Minister Salman
Khurshid who was among the panelists on
the discussion why the then Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh didnt pay a single bilateral
visit to Nepal. Khurshids answer, that the visit
could have sent the wrong signals, brought
forth the dilemma that New Delhi has faced in
its relations with its Himalayan neighbour:
Damned if you do, damned if you dont.
The interventions that India made or did-
nt, as Jha narrates in the book, were as critical
to that countrys political fortunes as the inter-
nal politics by Nepali leaders. In that sense, the
book is as much a critique of New Delhis poli-
cies as it is of the local leaders erroneous calls
in critical moments and their rare moments of
sincerity.
The high point of the book is not the depth
in the breadth and scope of its narration; this
was expected given Jhas intensive understand-
ing of the subject and the fact that he has been
diligently covering it for several years, first as a
reporter in Nepal and thereafter from his base
in India. The book scores in being non-judg-
mental without being neutral. The authors soft
corner for Maoists, many of whom eventually
joined the political mainstream, is evident
and he acknowledges it too. But this has not
prevented Jha from being blunt in his criticism
of their policies and decisions. In the same
vein, the author may have relatively few words
in praise of the Nepali Congress, the countrys
most prominent centrist party, but he has been
fair to them when the occasion demanded.
Since this is a book on the contemporary
political history of Nepal, the role of the
monarchy forms the core of developments that
shook up the country and are narrated at some
length. It is tantalising to wonder whether a
dislike for the monarchy respected by the
people in the earlier decades but not much in
the years that preceded its demise triggered
the transformation of Nepal into a Republic or
that the monarchy contributed to the bad
blood which developed between the main-
stream political parties, particularly between
the Nepali Congress and the mainstream
Maoists led by Baburam Bhattarai and Pushp
Kamal Dahal Prachanda, which has led to the
instability. Perhaps both are true, and none can
run away from such accountability. Jha certain-
ly ensures this in his book.
The author offers another interesting
prospect, though he leaves it in the realm of
speculation: What would have been the situa-
tion had Prachanda refrained from his belliger-
ent conduct after he became the Prime
Minister in August 2008? Did he not let go of
the golden opportunity the voters had provided
him by needlessly confronting the Army in
sacking its chief and needling India whom he
desperately needed on his side? Did he go
overboard in trying to too hastily integrate his
comrades of the Peoples Liberation Army
(PLA) into the regular Nepalese Army ranks
without taking into account the concerns of the
institution? After all, Prachanda had received
New Delhis backing overtly and covertly for
some months before he assumed prime minis-
tership, and his visit to India after he became
head of the Government had been hailed as a
fairly successful trip. Why did he give up on all
the goodwill he had built with such care and
effort over the years?
Jha writes that the mercurial though
charismatic Maoist leader admitted to three
mistakes that he had made after entering open
politics and winning the election. The first
was not supporting Girija Prasad Koirala for
the post of the first President of the Republic in
2008. The second blunder Prachanda says he
committed, in Jhas words, was seeking to dis-
miss General Rukmangad Katawal in 2009
this had sharpened the Maoists differences
with India, led to their exit from Government,
and derailed the political process. And the
third mistake was not putting up the con-
tentious constitutional issues to vote in the full
CA (Constituent Assembly), which had led to
the collapse of the CA without elected repre-
sentatives even getting a chance to resolve dif-
ferences through democratic mechanisms.
These are as candid admissions as there can
be, and demonstrate not just the pragmatic side
of Prachanda but also his democratic credentials.
We must acknowledge that he chose the ballot
over the bullet (unlike the Maoists in India). On
the other hand, the decline in his image over the
years since May 2009, when he had to quit as
Prime Minister, also has to do with negative per-
ceptions that people developed of him. The
author writes, Tales of Prachandas wealth, his
luxurious lifestyle, and his debauched son
reminded citizens of the old king. Naya raja
aayo (we have a new king) was a popular refrain
when the Maoist chairmans cavalcade passed
through the streets of the Capital.
Jha devotes considerable space to New
Delhis role in the political affairs of Nepal. This
is understandable because Indias interventions
have decisively determined the fate of that
countrys politics and its leaders. But the author
has mixed feelings about these interventions.
At one stage, he is rather harsh. Writing of
Indias strategy to deal with mainstream
Maoists, he writes, Engage, coerce, divide,
frustrate, exhaust, corrupt, lure, repeat the
cycle, and give nothing It had created a situ-
ation where the (Maoist) leadership could
deliver nothing to the cadre, frustrating them
and increasing the gulf between the top and
the bottom.
And yet Nepal, including the Maoists, had
not just welcomed but actively sought Indias
involvement in its affairs when it suited them.
A couple of months after he had resigned,
Prachanda was in London where he met offi-
cials of the Research & Analysis Wing and tried
to convince them that Maoists were committed
to democracy and that the fiasco over the sack-
ing of the Army chief, in Jhas words, was a
result of internal pressures and the Maoists
cherished the special relationship with India.
Jha writes about the Maoist doublespeak
when it came to Indias role. In the early years,
both Prachanda and Bhattarai, like the rest of
the Maoist cadre, had been indoctrinated to
view India as an enemy. They used this ideolo-
gy to whip up passions against New Delhi
when they felt the political need to do so. The
author observes, The former rebels had raised
the rhetoric about Indian interference only
when they realised that Delhi had taken a stern
position that went against the Maoists stand
on Katawal. At key moments during the
insurgency when top leaders stayed in the
Indian capital, while entering the pact with
other political parties in Delhi, during the
peace negotiations, in the run-up to the elec-
tions, and while forming the Government after
polls when the old fox GP Koirala was refusing
to step down Maoists had been happy to
engage with India, and seek favours from it.
So, the dilemma is both ways. For India, it
is: Should it have intervened less on certain
occasions and more on others? For Nepal, it is:
Should it have heeded New Delhi more on cer-
tain issues and less on the others? The situation
seems to have even affected the author. He
writes, There are legitimate questions about
whether India could have done more in medi-
ating a pact between Nepals political parties.
After all, they had invested enormous capital in
pushing the peace process and conveying the
need to dismantle the PLA. Why were similar
efforts not made with regard to the
Constitution-writing project?
Its still not too late to do so, given that the
lawmakers there are still struggling to shape up
the Constitution. But is the public and political
opinion there in favour of an active and domi-
nant role by New Delhi in this regard?
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Now Dolhi, July 27, 2014
I
ts a short walk from the Mall
Road to Lal Bahadur Shastri
Academy. But in contrast to
the incessant chatter that sur-
rounds me on Mussoories
most prominent landmark, silence
rings aloud on the Academy Road.
But walking away from Mall Road
rather than around it is a choice you
have to make if youre looking for
something offbeat in the Queen of
the Hills.
I was on my way to Happy
Valley, a settlement where the
Tibetans had first arrived, led by the
Dalai Lama, when they fled from
Lhasa in 1959. The Tibetan
Government-in-exile functioned
from here for a year before the Dalai
Lama moved to Dharamsala. Happy
Valley however, still remains home
to thousands of Tibetans. A mini
Tibet of sorts.
Past the practicing footballers,
mounted LBA Academy trainees,
and groups of young Tibetan girls,
I arrived at the monastery. It was a
quiet, tranquil place of worship with
a few monks chanting and a hand-
ful of tourists watching them. Post
my moments of solitude inside, I
started looking around the place
when a group of what looked like
small Tibetan houses at a distance
caught my attention. The SOS
Homes for Tibetan children, I
learned, housed around 1,000
youngsters with no living parents,
or parents who are in Tibet or else-
where.
Without wasting a minute I
made my way to the Homes, which
though seemed to be in quite a dis-
tance. But before I could get there,
Yangzom Samdup, a young girl
who was feeding a bunch of dogs on
the stairs below, asked me to see the
SOS hostel for Tibetan girls. Hidden
amid the lush of hilly greenery, the
hostel was a double-storey structure
that was started alongside the
Homes in 1995 and today houses
185 girls.
Tsering Choezom has been
managing things at the hostel since
its inception and has seen several
batches of residents. However, the
place is not very welcoming of vis-
itors is what I realised within sec-
onds of my arrival there.
I flaunted my most persuasive
smile for Choezom trying hard to
impress her with my business card.
However, the middle-aged warden
at the hostel didnt seem to care
much for smiles. Or for names with
fancy designations. She allowed me
inside the premises only after she
had seen my identity card and
completely assured herself of its
veracity. Mussoories Happy Valley
was almost living upto its name this
far with young Tibetan girls and
monks full of soft, smiling faces.
This seemed like a minor aberra-
tion. I tried to brush off Choezoms
skepticism with an easy conversa-
tion and a slight show of ignorance.
She, however, refused to let her
guard down. She stood across me
almost blocking the doorway to the
hostel courtyard. I could see sever-
al pairs of eyes across the iron chan-
nel gate but Choezom wasnt in the
mood to allow us to interact. By
now, I was getting a little uneasy
with her cautious stance, when in
walked Samdup. My guide to the
place said something to Choezom
in Tibetan following which, I sud-
denly started feeling the lady easing.
She asked one of the girls to open
the channel gate and almost imme-
diately I was surrounded by a bunch
of chirpy youngsters.
Tashi Nhadon was a class XII
student, who still stays at the hos-
tel. She came to India from Tibet in
2005 and hasnt been home since.
Nhadon said that she hadnt seen
her parents in all these years.
Telephone was her saviour, she told
me, adding that she feared her calls
to her family might be tapped by the
Chinese Government. She won-
dered, But how long can we keep
living in that fear?
Her batchmate, Tsering Choden,
has been at the hostel since 2006 after
having made a harrowing escape
from her motherland. My uncle
who brought me here hasnt gone
back since. His friend, who accom-
panied us, did return only to be
arrested, tortured and killed three
years ago under Chinese oppression,
she says. However, Choden does talk
to her parents over the phone though
not very frequently since her home
is in a remote area with erratic mobile
connectivity.
Lhamo Pema is a recent admis-
sion at the hostel and suffers from
the usual emotions of a first-timer
home-sickness, anxiety, etc. But
she did confirm that she was taken
good care of. My parents call every
week. Because letters dont reach
them due to postal surveillance,
she said.
With 185 residents, the hostel
was full of such stories. As were the
SOS Childrens Homes, which have
younger children under the care of
a foster mother. You would be
immediately charmed by the inno-
cence of the young ones and the
assuredness of the girls, even as you
could sense the anxiety in the eyes
of their keepers still living under
the constant fear of the Chinese
authorities. They refused to get
anyone clicked, at the Childrens
Homes they even refused to give out
their names. It was a strange mix of
warmth and suspicion.
Far from their parents, in an
adopted land, the young Tibetans
faced a hard choice as they grew.
Should they cling to their Tibetan
identity or should they be more
accepting of their adopted country?
Of course, learning Hindi is the first
prerequisite in their path to making
India their second home. Little
ones trying make a conversation in
broken Hindi were quite cute. The
girls too, have taken to their sur-
roundings a few even sported sal-
war kurtas. Among the hostellers,
there was no dearth of aspiration.
Multimedia, designing, communi-
cation the career choices they
plan to pursue once out of school are
as varied as they are creative. But
their know-how about these is lim-
ited. And so are the resources.
Choezom said that a lot of girls
came from not very well-to-do
families, which became an imped-
iment in higher education. The
Valley administration provides them
everything from day-care to med-
ical aid, primary and secondary edu-
cation as well as vocational training.
But finding employment for every-
one is a concern. Were just trying
to help these children become self-
dependent, she told me as I bid
everyone goodbye.
T
he baby elephant that had been trail-
ing its mother since the start of our
safari began, squealing panic in its
tone. Mum on whose back I was riding
responded with loud trumpeting and
headed into the long elephant grass after her
baby. Tiger, murmured the mahout.
I was on a river-cruise safari excursion
to the Kaziranga National Park, a World
Heritage Site in the floodplains that flank
the banks of the Brahmaputra. The most
prized inhabitant of Kaziranga is the
greater one-horned Indian rhinoceros, but
the park is home to as many as 180 dif-
ferent mammals, including wild ele-
phants, deer, bison and tiger. At the men-
tion of the word, mild panic ensued.
Excited at the thought of seeing the big cat
so close, I wasnt entirely sure I wanted to
do so while on the back of a mother ele-
phant intent on protecting her baby.
Its an overused term but the
Brahmaputra really does deserve the acco-
lade unique. Its the fastest-flowing water-
way in the world and blazes such a trail
through Assam that the landscape changes
by the hour. Sandbanks come and go, water
levels visibly rise and fall and the island of
Majuli, once the largest inhabited river island
in the world, is now the second largest due
to erosion and the effects of a huge flood
in 2012 (although it still has the largest pop-
ulation of any river island, with some
200,000 people squeezed into its 200 or so
square miles).
One evening we tied up to a sandbank
the river is not navigable at night and
I watched as the sand was washed into the
rushing river at an alarming rate. By the
following morning the river had risen two
feet. The crew was forced to move the
makeshift gangway they had built for us
to go ashore (that mornings yoga, usual-
ly held on the top deck, was moved to the
island) and the anchor of the survey boat
that was guiding us downriver, which had
been buried in sand when we docked, was
now in deep water.
The river gives and takes back else-
where, Sanjay Basu told me. Basu owns Far
Horizon Tours, the India-based holiday
company that operates the Mahabaahu, the
boat I was sailing on. The fact he got this
cruise up and running despite red tape that
more than once threatened to strangle the
project bears testament to his undisguised
love and respect for the river, and his deter-
mination to bring the Brahmaputra, mean-
ing son of Brahma in Sanskrit, to the atten-
tion of the wider world.
The river rises near Mount Kailash in
the Himalayas, winds its way 807 miles east
through the mountains of Tibet and then
curls around, like the bend in a question
mark, cutting through some of the worlds
deepest canyons before heading south to
join the Ganges in Bangladesh. Its total
length is just shy of 2,000 miles.
Around half of the years annual
monsoon rainwater fal l s in the
Brahmaputra valley, and almost half of the
meltwater from the Himalayas also dumps
into the river. During the monsoon sea-
son, from June to September, the river
swells from 6.2 miles wide to more than
18 and becomes unnavigable, forcing the
Mahabaahu into dry dock.
Unremarkable when viewed from the
river bank, the ships comfortable and
informal style was far more suited to this
voyage through India than a boat offering
five-star trappings would have been. Not that
there werent niggles none of the cabin
televisions worked, the air-conditioning unit
in my room was impossible to control so I
either boiled or froze, and the shade canopy
on the ships top deck was just a little too
fragile for comfort.
But these were small beer when set
against the positives: charming Indian
crew who kept the cabins spotless and wel-
comed us back from trips ashore with cold
drinks and towels, powerful showers with
plenty of hot water, and Indian food that
never failed to impress. Excursions were
included in the cruise price and Shagzil, the
cruise tour director, and Payal, a naturalist
sailing with us, gave daily talks about the
routes history, culture and wildlife.
My seven-day trip started with a day in
Delhi, and a cycle rickshaw ride through the
Kinari Bazaar (The biggest thing you learn
in India is patience, my guide Ritu told me,
as we were swallowed up by a seething mass
of people and bicycles that made the M25
look like childs play), before a flight to
Dibrugarh in Assam State.
From the airport it was a four-hour
drive by Jeep to where the Mahabaahu was
docked at Nimati.
Just days after my trip a new air service
opened from Delhi to Jorhat Airport (you
can also fly via Kolkata), which is one hour
from Nimati and cuts out the need for the
long drive, but I was fascinated by the
organised chaos of India, watching as our
driver dodged people, animals, cars, bikes
and lorries non-stop for four hours. Mind
you, there was also plenty of time to expe-
rience Indian driving the next day, as we
were back in the Jeeps for a full-day
excursion to see remains from the Ahom
Kingdom, a dynasty that ruled here from
the 13th to the 19th century, when the
British took over, as well as a Hindu tem-
ple and a tea plantation.
Over the next seven days we visited
monasteries and temples and toured vil-
lages without electricity where tourists
were such an unusual sight that young lads
were excitedly taking our pictures (the
phones charged using solar panels). In the
village of Luit Mukh, home to the Mishing
people, the locals put on an impromptu
dance and then all trooped down to the
shore (landings most days were by small
craft) to wave goodbye.
In the evenings, passengers my co-
travellers were a friendly bunch from the
Britain, Australia and Italy would min-
gle in Mahabaahus bar and restaurant, dis-
cussing the days highlights as we tucked
into the delicious Indian food served for
breakfast, lunch and dinner (western
options were always provided as well).
Even for seasoned travellers the jour-
ney was full of surprises. But the areas ace
was Kaziranga 166 square miles of ele-
phant grass populated by bird and wildlife.
One afternoon we took a boat safari along
the Dhansari River, a tributary of the
Brahmaputra, following the edge of the
park and, incredibly, spotted a Bengal tiger.
As there are only about 60 inhabiting the
park, the odds were probably a million to
one. Such is Kazirangas scale, it was anoth-
er two days before we set off on our ele-
phant-back safari.
The 4am start was worth the effort to
get close to the rhino, buffalo, vultures and
deer that inhabit Kaziranga. And of
course there was that close encounter with
another tiger that had so upset our baby
elephant, which actually turned out to be
a close encounter with the very recent
remains of a tigers breakfast. I felt for the
deer (at least thats what the mahout iden-
tified it as), but having seen the teeth on
the tiger we disturbed two days previous-
ly, I was also just a little relieved that he
had not hung around for dessert.
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Falriarchy asserls men are
suerior lo women. Feminism
clariies women and men are
equal. 0ueerness queslions
whal conslilules male and emale.
0ueerness isn'l only modern, weslern or
sexual, says Fallanaik. Take a close look al
lhe vasl wrillen and oral lradilions in
hinduism, some over 2,OOO years old and
you will ind lales o Shikhandi, who
became a man lo salisy her wie
Mahadeva, who became a woman lo deliver
a devolee's child Chudala, who became a
man lo enlighlen her husband Samavan.
SHKHAND
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winner o lhe 2O14 Fulil/er
Fri/e in oelry. vijay
Seshadri's new oelry is
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rhyming lyric lo lhe hilosohical
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conronls erlexing divisions o
conlemorary lie - a wayward hislory,
an indelerminale ulure, and a resenl
condilion o wanling lo oullhink lime.
This is an exlraordinary book, willy and
vivacious, by one o lhe mosl imorlanl
oels o our lime.
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Vijay Seshadri
HarperCollins, C299
Some hilherlo unamiliar
slories o direclors belonging
lo lhe "1OO crore club" like Rohil Shelly
and Rakeysh 0mrakash Mehra; lhe
advenlurous Kabir Khan; and lhe maverick,
Mahesh Bhall lake us lhrough lhe unusual
lives o 15 ilmmakers. Sonia 0olani
achieves lhe incredible by silling each
direclor down lo candidly discuss lhe hye
around lhe 0scars; lhe exclusivily o lhe
"1OO crore club"; eecl o cororalisalion
and much more. 3TR^SX]V 1^[[hf^^S is
more aboul demysliying lhe "world o
Bollywood" lhan a mere decoding o 15
direclors who have crealed benchmarks in
lheir genres or generalions lo ollow.
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Sonia Golani
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red lighl lo ecocidal
and genocidal alh
o "maldevelomenl"
on which we are
rushing headlong,
crushing lhe very
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suslenance, says
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B
ahar Dutt in her book Green
Wars does not just tell the story
of her engagement as an environ-
ment journalist. Green Wars is about
real wars against the earth, our
rivers, forests, tigers, the Sarus Crane,
Ganges Gharial, and the people of
India. It is the real India story the
story of ecological destruction and
social uprooting, the story of growth
based on resource plunder, and the
criminalisation of the guardians of the
earth and defenders of the land. It is a
saga about how a civilisation based on
the concept of Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam (earth is family) has
been replaced by a family of powerful
oligarchs.
Rabindranath Tagore in his famous
lecture Tapovan had said that India is
different from the industrial, colonis-
ing West because we are an Aranya
Sanskriti, and from the forest we have
learnt our lessons of diversity and
democracy, while the mind of the West
was shaped by brick and mortar.
We seem to be desperate to shape a
civilisation of concrete, both in terms
of infrastructure based on concrete,
and in terms of replacing the philoso-
phies of compassion from the teachings
of Buddha and Gandhi with hearts
of concrete that feel no pain for the
earth, her diverse species, and the mil-
lions of our fellow citizens who are
being treated as disposable as the jug-
gernaut of non-sustainable and unjust
development rolls on blindly.
Green Wars includes the recent IB
report leak targetting those of us who
work to defend the earth and the rights
of our people as enshrined in our
Constitution. While we work for sus-
tainable and inclusive development for
125 crore people of India, we are
labeled anti-development. The chapter
on The Real Avatar Story is about the
struggle of the Dongria Kondhs to pro-
tect Niyamgiri, the mountain that
upholds the sacred law. I too had the
privilege to go to Niyamgiri to support
the tribals. We also organised a tri-
bunal in Delhi to highlight their move-
ment based on their culture, life and
the laws of the land. As Bahar reports:
In 2013, the Supreme Court recog-
nised the fight of the Dongria Kondhs,
and declared that Vedanta could mine
bauxite only if they got consent of all
gram sabhas who lived around
Niyamgiri. The sovereign rights of the
tribals are recognised both in PESA
(Panchayati Raj Extension to
Scheduled Areas Act) as well the Forest
Rights Recognition law, for which I
served as a member of the expert
group for drafting. Interestingly, the IB
report makes the Dongria Kondh and
Niyamgiri disappear. It replaces them
with Vedanta in Orissa. A global cor-
poration recognised for violation of
human rights and laws is made the
defining feature of the issue. Those that
support the tribals to stop Vedantas
crimes against nature and the tribal
communities are defined as anti-devel-
opment. This is Green Wars.
Green Wars also has a chapter on
saving the Ganga. The 2013
Uttarakhand disaster which killed
20,000 people is a wake-up call to rede-
fine development in fragile ecosystems
like the Himalaya. The disaster was a
combination of climate change and
maldevelopment. June 16 and 17, 2013,
received 350 per cent more rain than
normal. The Chorabari lake above
Kedarnath burst. Kedarnath, which just
had the temple when I was a child, had
been transformed into a town to serve
consumer tourism. It was washed away.
The hydel projects, which are blasting
the fragile mountains with dynamite,
had created cracks. When the heavy
rain fell, landslides brought the slope
down. The debris from excavating tun-
nels of 10 to 15 km was dumped on the
river bed. The flood carried the debris,
raising the river bed by 40 ft in places,
washing away roads, villages and
towns. The Supreme Court has recog-
nised the role of dams and hydel pro-
jects in the disaster and set up a com-
mittee to examine their role .
Green Wars shines a red light to
this ecocidal and genocidal path of
maldevelopment on which we are
rushing headlong, crushing the foun-
dations of our sustenance, and crimi-
nalising those who stand in defence of
their land, livelihood and rights.
Reading Green Wars took me back
to my days of volunteering for the
Chipko movement in the 1970s.
Commercial forestry, which valued
forests only as timber mines was lead-
ing to ecological disasters landslides,
floods and droughts. Women were
walking further for water, fuel and fod-
der. When the women of my beloved
Garhwal Himalaya started the Chipko
movement saying they would hug the
trees to protect them to stop the log-
ging, they too were called anti-develop-
ment. But the 1978 floods made the
Government wake up to the truth of
the Chipko slogan:
What do the forests bear
soil, water and pure air
soil, water and pure air
Are the basis of sustenance.
The Government realised that
standing trees and living forests con-
tribute much more to the economy by
protecting the mountains, conserving
water, and absorbing carbon dioxide to
give us oxygen. As a result of the
Chipko movement ,which was original-
ly criminalised, forest management in
Uttarakhand today is based on conser-
vation forestry. The forests of the
Himalaya are being viewed as mitigat-
ing climate change. The ecological ser-
vices of the forests are being recog-
nised as a contribution to the economy.
Across the world there is a realisa-
tion that there are ecological limits and
boundaries that must be respected.
Across the world there is a reassess-
ment of growth as development.
There is a new focus on the rights of
mother earth and on well-being.
How big a disaster will it take to
recognise that the large scale destruc-
tion of the earth and peoples lives is
not development? That the guardians
of the earth are not criminals? That
there are other paths that protect the
earth and improve human well-being?
How long will it take to stop the
wars against the earth and make peace
with it? How long will it take to be true
to Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam?
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S
ri Lankas story has been typical.
Like many diverse, multi-cul-
tured societies, which went
through political and cultural
decolonisation in the mid-20th centu-
ry, Sri Lanka too succumbed to the
temptations of ethnic majoritarian-
ism, and progressively descended into
a bloody chaos which resulted in a
brutally violent rupturing of its politi-
cal, cultural and economic fabric. Like
many such societies, the enforced,
majoritarian peace which this
chaos was recently crowned by has
not been satisfactorily able to answer
the charges of ethnic genocide, and
socio-economic exploitation, nor
reverse many of the policies which led
to these in the first place.
Accordingly, the story of Sri
Lankan literature is not too different
from that of such ruptured multi-cul-
tured societies. Faced with the pres-
sures of nationalistic jingoism and
ethnic majoritarianism, and with the
dilemmas of the flavoured rootedness
of the mother tongue against the eco-
nomic opportunities afforded by the
colonisers language, Sri Lankan liter-
ature displays almost all the charac-
teristics of post-colonial writing typi-
cal to many other erstwhile colonised
societies: Crises of identity, issues of
national pride, of language and of
economic entitlement make much of
contemporary Sri Lankan literature
distinguishably post-colonial.
Yes, the story of Sri Lanka, and of
its literature, is not typical, and it is
this atypicality which makes it all the
more significant and important. That
Sri Lankan literature is distinguish-
ably post-colonial may be an academ-
ic platitude, but it is also, much more
importantly, a comment on the urgent
need to review the conditions which
have engendered this post-coloniality,
and the forces which further the frag-
mentations made natural to that soci-
ety. Many Roads Through Paradise,
Penguins anthology on contemporary
Sri Lankan literature, seems to call for
just such an engagement.
Edited by Shyam Selvadurai,
Many Roads Through Paradise seems
to offer the best of contemporary Sri
Lankan literature from across its tor-
tured linguistic, ethnic and economic
barriers. The collection carries 61
pieces, some of which have been
translated from Sinhalese and Tamil
into English; many of these are
excerpts culled from larger novels, but
are presented so that they seem com-
plete on their own but also provoke a
desire to go ahead and engage with
the larger work in its entirety. There is
a healthy, representative combination
of poetry and prose from a range of
genres, the whole being divided into
four thematic sections. The first of
these deals with the vexed issue of
class and economic entitlement in an
increasingly divided and unequal
world; the second with the crucial
issue of cross-cultural tensions, alien-
ation, exile and diaspora. The third
turns inwards to engage with senti-
ments, passions, and loss; and the
fourth with ethnic violence and war-
fare which ravaged Sri Lanka for the
better part of close to three decades.
In almost all of these, the islands
geography and its flora and fauna
recur consistently as foundational to
not just thematics but also narrative
style. Many pieces are conversational,
with narrators involving readers in
confessional asides, and with nature,
the islands forests and beaches, its
many seasons of the moon, repeatedly
informing the first person I in recov-
ery of the personal and the subjective
against the sweeping generalisations
and glosses of the dehumanising,
ostensibly objectively communal.
A considerable number of these
are descriptive, evoking memories of
a culture lost to civil war and ethnic
paranoia, of the processes which
brought this divisiveness and violence
into being, and of the difficulties of
conceiving a home against the back-
ground of these. Not all, however,
engage with socio-cultural tensions
and hostility: The foibles and idiosyn-
crasies of individuals shaped by their
circumstances, by colonialism and of
nationalism experienced individually,
and by adherence to values received
as well as adopted, and of the quintes-
sentially human aspirations attendant
thereon, are also brought out well in
the collection.
Remembering as well as re-imag-
ining the best, the worst and the mun-
danely everyday in the many stories of
contemporary Sri Lanka, Many Roads
Through Paradise cannot but seem a
potpourri of hope and hopelessness,
nostalgia and amnesia, the carrier of
both a legacy of loss and violence as
well as a vision of better things to
come. Weaving the personal with the
communal, Selvadurais brief yet com-
prehensive introduction, Reading for
My Life, articulates as much and
seems poised to become one of those
seminal representative commentaries
which have become a staple of post-
colonial studies. Of course, this anthol-
ogy does address a growing need in
academic circles for an accessible, rep-
resentative collection of Sri Lankan
works, and thus fills an increasingly
apparent lacuna, but by illuminating
the many roads which run cut across
paradise and which, by their action,
bring the various ideals which consti-
tute it to a crossroad, it also, more
importantly, serves as a reminder of
the all too human losses which are
almost always attendant upon cultural
and ethnic majoritarianism and chau-
vinism. For us in India this is impor-
tant lesson, an almost mirror image,
for, after all, the story of India is not
too different from that of Sri Lanka.
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I
ndias vote against Israel at the
special session of the Geneva-
based UN Human Rights
Council on July 23 has under-
standably come as an unpleasant
surprise to those who had expect-
ed the NDA Government, headed
by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, to abandon the deeply-
flawed foreign policies of the pre-
vious UPA regime. The episodic
framing of foreign policy by
Manmohan Singh under Sonia
Gandhis watch and the many
blunders, including that commit-
ted at Sharm el-Sheikh, had little
to do with Indias national interest.
They were either aimed at vacuous
moral posturing or pandering to
vote-bank politics. Recall the crass
manner in which mention of
Chabad House was omitted from
Indias statement to the UN
Security Council after the 26/11
Mumbai carnage.
The arrival of the Modi
Sarkar was expected to mark the
departure from such deviant poli-
cy-making in New Delhi and put
an end to the Government of
India playing ducks and drakes
with national interest. Sixty days is
a long time in politics but not long
enough to forget that the BJP rode
a massive popularity wave, fuelled
by popular expectations, to power.
Among those expectations was the
hope that it would demolish the
status quo that had become syn-
onymous with the UPAs decade of
decay and reframe the Govern-
ments terms of engagement with
the people at home and the world
at large. It is only natural that
those who reposed their faith in
this Government should have
believed that it would chart a new
course, vastly different from that
charted by the Congress. After all,
Congress mukt Bharat is not
merely about numbers; indeed, it
is about policy and programme
untainted by the sullied and per-
verse thinking of the Congress.
Dismay over Indias statement
at the UNHRC, which was indis-
tinguishable from similar state-
ments of UPA vintage, turned into
disbelief as India voted in support
of the Pakistan-sponsored resolu-
tion condemning Israel for dis-
proportionate use of force and
calling for an international com-
mission of inquiry to investigate
violations of international humani-
tarian law. Indias Yes vote has
made a mockery of the
Governments statement in
Parliament that its position is
neutral and not weighed in favour
of either side in the ongoing con-
flict while blocking a resolution
on Gaza by the Opposition. Worse,
it has forced the country, against
its wishes if widespread support
for Israel is any indication, into
adopting an adversarial role that in
no manner benefits our national
interest. Of equal concern is the
fact that the statement followed by
the vote suggests the NDA Gov-
ernment is in no hurry to break
with the policies of the UPA Gov-
ernment the
Congress, as is evident from its
smirking congratulatory message,
may be out of power but continues
to wield enormous influence. Last
though not least, by seeking to
invoke UN resolutions to resolve
the territorial dispute that lies at
the core of Israels troubles we have
resuscitated the UN resolution on
Jammu & Kashmir that has been
in a coma for decades. Pakistan
has reason to celebrate not only
has the resolution it co-sponsored
sailed through without hard scruti-
ny, its initiative has fetched it an
unexpected bonus. The potential
outcome of our vote shows the dis-
tance that has been travelled from
the occasion when we succeeded
in forcing the withdrawal of a sim-
ilar resolution against India in
Geneva foresight, it would
seem, is a lost virtue.
It has been argued that India
could not have voted differently,
for instance, abstained, as it should
have ideally done, because it had
committed itself to a position
adopted by the member-countries
of BRICS as a block at Fortaleza.
The BRICS declaration, adopted at
the end of the recent sixth summit,
explicitly commits signatories to
contribute to a comprehensive,
just and lasting settlement of the
Arab-Israeli conflict on the basis
of the universally recognised inter-
national legal framework, includ-
ing the relevant UN resolutions,
the Madrid Principles and the
Arab Peace Initiative. We believe
that the resolution of the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict is a fundamen-
tal component for building a sus-
tainable peace in the Middle East.
We call upon Israel and Palestine
to resume negotiations leading to a
two-State solution with a contigu-
ous and economically viable Pales-
tinian State existing side by side in
peace with Israel, within mutually
agreed and internationally recog-
nized borders based on the 4 June
1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as
its capital
The argument is not without
merit. But the counter-argument
that could be posited is that India
need not have appended its signa-
ture to a statement that is more of
an entrapment for us than a blue-
print for a solution to a problem
that has festered since 1948. There
is more that merits comment.
First, the BRICS statement was not
drafted overnight. It was prepared
over months and the preparatory
work, done by Foreign Office
bureaucrats, would have begun
long before the NDA came to
power. Our bureaucrats would
have agreed to the inclusion of
with East Jerusalem as its capital
(unless they actually proposed it
and had it included) because this
was the formulation introduced by
UPA2 in 2009 and articulated for
the first time in the UN by
Manmohan Singh in 2011. It was
done with the narrow objective of
appeasing Muslims at home. More
important, it signalled a tectonic
shift in Indias traditional stand on
the Israel-Palestine issue that was
based on Resolution 242: Our
position on the demand for
Palestinian statehood was restrict-
ed to reiterating support for a two-
state solution based on the sover-
eignty, territorial integrity and
political independence of Israel
and Palestine and their right to live
side by side in peace within secure
and recognised boundaries.
Its inexplicable as to why the
NDA Government would adopt
the unwarranted revision of the
UPA regime. It only adds to the
dismay and disbelief over the July
23 vote. It also raises some ques-
tions. Do we really believe Israel
will be intimidated by sabre-rat-
tling in Geneva? Or that it will
revert to the Green Line? Or that
it will give up East Jerusalem?
These are not merely rhetorical
questions; the answers to these tell
us what is possible in the realm of
peace-making and what is not. We
could join the chorus demanding
Israel should abandon its national
interest, but that will not make an
iota of difference in either
Jerusalem or Tel Aviv or in
Gaza and West Bank, for that mat-
ter. Just how contemptuous Israel
is of those who seek to give it
moral advice is evident from the
manner in which it has dismissed
Brazil as an irrelevant diplomatic
partner after the Brazilian ambas-
sador was recalled. The comment
is not without a message; the other
members of BRICS could, of
course, choose to ignore it. Wise
nations steer clear of others prob-
lems. Look at the list of countries
who abstained from voting on the
Geneva resolution. The lesson it
offers may be lost on a bureaucra-
cy still steeped in Congress-style
duplicity and deviousness, it
should not be lost on the
Government of the day.
(The writer is a Delhi-based
senior journalist)
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Reader response to
Swapan Dasguptas column,
Usual Suspects, published on
July 20:
Right to self-defence:
Congress and other pseudo-
secular parties were waiting
for an opportunity to pin
down Narendra Modi. But in
the process of criticising the
Governments pro-Israel pol-
icy, they forget that they are
supporting terrorists. The
latest conflagration is
Hamass doing and Israel has
every right to defend itself.
Vikram
Fake concern: Its easy to
shadow-box and pretend to
care for Muslims. The Left
will continue to rant against
Israel but the Governments
good sense must prevail.
Ashish Rai
Islamist violence: Hamas is
the face of Islamist violence.
India suffered this kind of
violence and must focus on
protecting itself. Also, have
the Palestinians ever support-
ed us on the Kashmir issue?
Jitendra
Grabbing Arab land: When
Israel was formed, Arabs
were driven out of their
homelands. Now, Israel cre-
ates wars to grab more Arab
land. Israel also collectively
punishes Arabs at the slight-
est pretext, and is supported
by the US in this regard.
San
Resisting Israel: It is because
the Palestinian people
refused to be cowed down by
a strong Israeli military that
Hamas, their elected repre-
sentatives, have fired rockets
from the occupied land.
Sajid Ali Khan
Trusted friend: Our vote-
bank netas must also protest
the killings in Iraq and Syria.
They must realise that Israel
is Indias friend and has sup-
ported us in hard times
Prakash
Vote-bank politics: Israel is
Indias friend and Hamas is a
terrorist organisation.
Indians support Israel.
#IndiawithIsrael was even
trending on Twitter. The par-
liamentary debate is just
vote-bank politics.
Jagan
Defeat terror: It is in Indias
interest that Israel defeats
Islamist terrorists. Israel
deserves our support.
Italian Mafia
Political trick: This debate is
a pseudo-secular ploy to
recover lost electoral ground.
Siddharth
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Reader response to
Kanchan Guptas column,
Coffee Break, published on
July 20:
Retaliatory fire: When
someone is throwing stones
at your house, will you not
retaliate? When Pakistan sent
its intruders into India, did
New Delhi keep quiet?
Hamas attacked Israel with
rockets and Israel has retali-
ated. What business does
India have discussing the
matter in Parliament?
Hamas is responsible for
the death of Palestinians.
India need not shed
crocodile tears.
Venkataraman Jagadesan
Talk to Fatah: Israel should
hold talks with the leaders of
Fatah, which governs the
West Bank, about assimilat-
ing Gaza into Israel. In
return, it can give to the
Palestinians an equal amount
of territory on the West Bank
side. This will enable the
Palestinians to have a con-
tiguous homeland and co-
exist with Israel.
Raveendranath MN
Crocodile tears: The pseu-
do-seculars are shedding
crocodile tears for the
jihadis. Israel has the right to
self-defence and must
destroy Hamas. The terror
outfit is an off-shoot of the
Muslim Brotherhood.
Amarendra Derhgawen
One sided story: This is just
one side of the story. Photos
from Gaza, that are rarely
circulated in the media
because they are too graphic
for public consumption, tell
the other side of the tragedy.
Anupam Rae
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Reader response to
Rajesh Singhs column,
Plain Talk, published on
July 20:
Hitting back: Im delighted
that Israel is giving it back to
those who mess with it.
Indian MPs criticising Israel
rarely condemn, for instance,
the ethnic cleansing of
Kashmiri Pandits.
Arjun
Hardly secular: Indias
minority appeasers feed the
crocodile, hoping it will eat
them last.
TRN N.
Hypocritical MPs: How
many of the MPs condemn-
ing Israel opposed the ethnic
cleansing of Kashmiri
Pandits in India? None.
H Balakrishnan
GUESTCOLUMN
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T
he concel o lhe nalionslale irsl began lo emerge in Euroe in
lhe 1Glh cenlury. l has since endured many lwisls, lurns and lur
moil lo conlinue insiring lhe ever increasing cluslers o eole lo
creale lheir own nalionslales; or kee lhem inlacl as cili/ens o a land
and slale wilh shared languages, cullures, hislories and even mylhs.
The ideological engines behind nalionslales lhal are uelled by a
mixlure o bolh real and imagined ercelions aboul a eole's hislory
have, on many occasions, ushed grous o eole (nalions) lo
achieve some slunning economic, olilical, sorling and cullural eals.
however, lhe same engines have somelimes also been resonsi
ble or generaling eelings o chesllhuming racial and elhnic sue
riorily and aranoia lhal have led lo genocidal violence and discrimi
nalion againsl lhose considered lo be inerior or lreacherous or
unable lo be igeonholed inlo lhe concels o nalionhood conslrucl
ed by a nalionslale.
A majorily o nalionslales in lhe world are roducls o lhe 2Olh
cenlury. Comared lo mosl Euroean nalionslales, lhey are slill lod
dlers. whereas lhe elhnic, religious and cullural homogeneily o many
o lhese slales have heled lhem lo raidly lurn lheir reseclive nalion
slales inlo cohesive olilical and cullural wholes; lhere are many 'new
nalionslales' lhal are slill slruggling in lhis conlexl.
Fakislan is one such 'new nalionslale.' Merely G7 years old, ils
slale, 0overnmenls, ideologues and inlelligenlsia have largely ailed lo
develo and evolve a cohesive concel o Fakislani nalionhood lhal
enjoys a widesread consensus.
n cerlain incidenls o deseralion lhe slale has olen lried lo
bulldo/e lhrough and imose arlicular ideas o Fakislani nalion
hood lhal have ended u aclually oending and uselling large sec
lions o lhe Fakislani sociely, crealing a number o elhnic, religious
and seclarian issures.
The imosilion in lhis regard was done by bolh lhe eslablishmenl
(during mililary diclalorshis) as well lhrough lhe Conslilulion (during
democralic 0overnmenls); and yel lhere is slill no one idea o Fakislani
nalionhood lhal is accelable lo al leasl lhe majorily o Fakislanis.
The roblem may lie in lhe ambiguily lhal slill surrounds lhe idea
o lhe 'Fakislan Movemenl' - a mid2Olh cenlury clusler o olilical
and inlelleclual aclivily led by Muslim nalionalisls in undivided ndia.
These men and women, led by a brillianl and cullivaled lawyer,
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, worked lowards crealing a searale nalion
slale or lhe Muslims o ndia.
Though lhey were success
ul in doing so, lhe vibranl olili
cal and inlelleclual ingenuily and
energy lhal had successully
carved oul a Muslim nalionslale
in lhe region, suddenly slarled lo
seem exhausled and almosl
enlirely devoid o any ruilul
imaginalion aler lhe crealion o
lhe desired nalionslale.
Fakislan was nol a homoge
neous sociely. Though a majori
ly o ils cili/ens were Muslim,
lhey were made u o several
secls and subsecls. Then lhere
was also lhe queslion o il hav
ing various dislincl elhnicilies
(and languages): Funjabis,
Sindhis, Bengalis, Baloch,
Fakhlun, Saraiki, 0ujrali,
Mohajirs. l also had a number
o 'minorily' religions (Chrislian,
hindu, Sikh and Zoroaslrian).
Bul inslead o building a
cohesive nalionhood on lhe
shared hislory o a diverse grou
o eole coming logelher lo
creale a brand new oslcolonial
nalionslale, lhe slale o Fakislan
senl loo much lime navelga/
ing aboul cerlain lheological
abslraclions lo deine lhe
'Muslimness' o lhe new counlry.
This meanl nolhing, really. Bul
wilhin lhe nexl 8O years, lhe
abslracl and illdeined
'Muslimness' evenlually mulaled
lo mean somelhing 'slamic' (bul
nol necessarily Fakislani).
here's whal mean: 've
been orlunale lo lravel across
various conlinenls in lhe lasl
decade or so and meel cili/ens
o various Muslim counlries and members o lhe Muslim diasora in
Euroe and lhe uniled Slales. Almosl always do Muslims rom Algeria,
Egyl, Turkey, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia irsl and oremosl deine
lhemselves as Algerian, Egylian, Turkish, Jordanian and Tunisian.
Bul during my lravels realised lhal many Fakislanis were lhe only
eole rom a Muslimmajorily counlry who called lhemselves
Muslims irsl and lhen Fakislani.
Lel's ul aside lhe acl lhal a number o nonMuslims loo are cili
/ens o Fakislan. nslead, lel me ul il lhis way: Being a Muslim is
given, being Fakislani is laken. whal us Muslims o Fakislan gol as
our religion was already lhere even when lhere was no Fakislan.
Fakislan aeared because a orlion o lhe Muslim minorily in
ndia wanled lo live in a Muslimdominaled slale carved oul rom a
hindumajorily region. Bul lhis slale now had a Muslim majorily made
u o various secls, subsecls and elhnicilies wilh lheir own reseclive
hislorical and cullural lrajeclories. The idea o Fakislan is whal gol
lhem logelher: To creale a Muslimmajorily reublic made u o
diverse grous o Muslims who (along wilh 'religious minorilies')
would be guaranleed equal righls lhrough a Conslilulion based on
dynamic laws, righls and bolh lradilional and modern nolions o egali
larianism (inslead o on any arlicular nolions o lheology).
Bul once logelher lhese Muslims were asked lo ollow a slale
sanclioned idea o a nalionhood lhal was nol exaclly based on a shared
hislory o coming logelher or a searale slale. nslead, il was based
on an idea o nalionhood cullivaled rom hislorical (and many seudo
hislorical) accounls o Muslim cullures delached rom lhe Soulh Asian
Muslim lradilions and al limes even hoslile lo lhe idea o ailh rac
lised by a majorily o Fakislani Muslims.
when someone in a Euroean counlry asks me where am rom,
lell lhem 'm rom Fakislan. when asked whal am, say am
Fakislani. The lrulh is, lhe day mosl Fakislanis begin lo call lhem
selves Fakislanis irsl, is lhe day lhe currenlly ragmenled and weak
nolion o Fakislani nalionhood will inally lake hold lhe way il should
have a long lime ago.
Being Muslim is a given. Being Fakislani was laken. l needs lo be
develoed, nourished and given a cohesive shae. Being a Muslim is
or lhe Almighly lo know (and decide). Being Fakislani is or lhe world
lo know. Thal's nalionhood.
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Do we really
believe srael will
be intimidated by
sabre-rattling in
Geneva? Or that
it will give up
'East Jerusalem'?
These are not
rhetorical
questions; the
answers to these
tell us what is
possible in the
realm of
peace-making
and what is not
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F E E D B A C K
wise nalions sleer clear o olhers roblems. Look al lhe lisl o counlries who abslained in 0eneva. This lesson may
be losl on a bureaucracy sleeed in Congressslyle deviousness, il shouldn'l be losl on lhe 0overnmenl o lhe day
The idea of
Pakistani
nationhood was
cultivated from
historical {and
many pseudo-
historical]
accounts of
Muslim cultures
detached from
South Asian
Muslim traditions,
and at times even
hostile to the idea
of faith practised
by a majority of
Pakistani Muslims
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N
o public office comes with more trappings, or
could be more calculated to give its holder airs and
graces, than the presidency of the United States.
Yet it is an unpalatable truth for all its aspirants that
attaining the Holy Grail of American politics requires a
very unholy scramble.
And after nearly 30 unbroken years in public life, no
one knows more about the hard knocks of the American
political rodeo than Hillary Clinton. Even so, with the
launch of her manifesto-memoir last month, followed by a
national book tour-cum-campaign launch in all but name,
it now seems certain that Hillary is planning to ride again.
She will be 69 on inauguration day in January 2017.
Why on earth would she do it? That was the question
posed openly this week by Barack Obama, the man who
elbowed her into an undignified second place in the
Democrat primaries of 2008 and now, after six frustrating
years in the coveted office, just looks impatient some days
for it all to be over.
Could it really be worth the candle for those like
Hillary and Vice-President Joe Biden who might want
to succeed him, Obama wondered in a New Yorker maga-
zine article. Theyve already accomplished an awful lot in
their lives. Do they, at this phase in their lives, want to go
through the pretty undignifying process of running all
over again? he asked.
The answer is undoubtedly a resounding yes, says
one former Clinton White House staffer, for the very sim-
ple reason that for all Hillarys achievements as First Lady,
Senator and Secretary of State, nothing can cap the presi-
dency. Becoming president makes you into a world, his-
toric figure in a way that Hillary isnt yet. Shes made a
mark on history, sure, but it goes up by an uncountable
factor if she wins the White House, particularly as first
woman president, he says.
But presidential ambition comes at a cost, as Hillary
knows from her husbands scandal-plagued presidency
some of it self-inflicted, like the Monica Lewinsky affair;
some of it grossly unfair and openly confected, like the sto-
ries that the Clintons were involved in unlikely murders
and cover-ups, including that of their own friend, Vince
Foster, the deputy White House counsel who committed
suicide in 1993, a few months after Bill Clinton took office.
Fast forward 20 years to the present and the once-
dormant cottage industry of conspiracy and slander about
the Clintons has started to whirr and clank again, with
the publication of a series of sometimes outrageously
thinly sourced books that tap into the still-visceral dislike
of the Clintons on the American Right.
Exhibit A is Blood Feud, a 320-page book that allegedly
traces the bitter Clinton-Obama rivalry and rifts in the
Clintons marriage. It is written by Ed Klein, a former New
York Times journalist, who has made a new career out of
writing salacious tell-all books on the Clintons and
Obamas. The book is filled with wildly implausible fly-on-
the-wall accounts of the Clintons marital tiffs and White
House showdowns, all relayed in breathless Mills and Boon
prose. At one point, in Kleins telling, Hillary is said to have
jabbed her finger into President Obamas chest, which
enrages Michelle Obama when he tells her: It hurt.
How Klein, a publicly sworn enemy of the Clintons
and the Obama administration, convinces all these aides
to the Clintons to suddenly spill the beans is not
explained. Klein says his books are based on proper
reporting, but Hillarys spokesman, Nick Merrill, impo-
litely disagrees, calling Klein discredited and disgraced
and even suggesting he should take a lie-detector test.
Kleins work is given scant credence by serious
American political media such as Politico, The New York
Times or The Washington Post, but it is gobbled up with
relish by the conservative book-buying public. To whoops
of delight on the Right last month, Kleins book outsold
Hard Choices, Hillarys scrupulously gossip-free memoir
of her four years at the State Department, according to
The New York Times non-fiction bestseller list.
Other works, such as Ronald Kesslers The First
Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden
Lives of Presidents, extracts of which were leaked recently,
are more plausibly sourced but equally salacious.
According to the extract quoted in the Murdoch-owned
tabloid The New York Post, Kessler alleges that Bill keeps
a blonde, surgically enhanced mistress who is code-
named Energiser by the former presidents secret ser-
vice detail, after the indefatigable bunny in a famous bat-
tery commercial.
A third takedown tome, Clinton Inc by Daniel Halper
of the conservative Weekly Standard, has been treated
more seriously, despite attempts from the Clinton
machine to lump it in with more scurrilous works. The
book paints Clinton world as a place where scores are
always settled and where their daughter Chelsea is
described as the wizard behind the curtain.
Given Hillarys past experience and the platform the
Clinton Foundation offers her to effect real change on issues
close to her heart, such as gender equality and free speech,
would she trade her current position for the frustrations of
the modern presidency? You bet she would. Everyone
believes their time in the Oval office will be different, says
the former staffer. And despite the frustrations, recent pres-
idencies show that everyone does get to do something rela-
tively big for a short while. Thats the nature of ambition:
you know the pain that lies ahead, but you accept the chal-
lenge. No one knows that better than Hillary.
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P
roblems of the officials posted at the
PMO during Manmohan Singhs
regime are going up day by day. MK
Narayanan, who was the National
Security Advisor (NSA) in
Manmohan Government, and TKA Nair, who
was the Principal Secretary and later advisor
to the previous PM, may face the heat.
Recently, the CBI quizzed Narayanan
who was till recently the Governor of West
Bengal in AgustaWestland scam. This was
the first time that the investigating agency went
to any Raj Bhawan to question a Governor.
Nair is on the radar in Coalgate scam and it
is said that the investigating agency quizzed
him twice in the last one month. When
Manmohan Singh was looking after the
ministry of coal, Nair was his Principal
Secretary. At that time, many coal blocks were
allotted, which are now being investigated.
Governors ESL Narasimhan and BV
Wanchoo were also interrogated, following
which the former put in his papers.
CONG VETERANS TO OVERSEE STATES
The veteran leaders of the Congress will be sent
to supervise politics in States. It is said that
Rahul Gandhi wants the party to be
strengthened in States. Reliable sources in the
Congress said Rahul can give the command of
the party in a particular State to the seniors
who were once considered kshatrapas. Apart
from this, it has also been decided that all
senior leaders will visit the States at regular
intervals.
The sources said when the party was in
power, a strategy had been devised that Central
ministers would address the press conferences
in State capitals to inform people about
Government schemes. The same strategy is
being followed now and senior leaders will go
to States to tell people about the Governments
failure and explain the schemes launched by the
Congress. The leaders will address press
conferences at the party headquarters in the
State capital. Some old veterans can be made
PCC presidents too. Rahul wants the
Congressmen sitting in Delhi to indulge in
active politics in States.
NEWTICKET DISTRIBUTION FORMULA
The national president of the BJP has devised his
own formula to distribute tickets for 12 seats in
UP by-elections. He doesnt want too many
applicants or chaos. For this, he has decided not
to give tickets to party officials. If any party
official wants ticket, he must first resign.
The second standard is that relatives of MPs
who were MLAs will not get tickets. This is to keep
in mind that now 11 out of the 12 seats where by-
elections are scheduled belong to the BJP and one
seat to Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal. So, MLAs who
won in the last Lok Sabha Elections and became
MPs want to manipulate their seats for relatives.
But Shah is not in favour of this; he wants to give
tickets to other party workers. Due to this formula,
the rush will automatically be reduced. Party
leaders feel this formula will be implemented in
future elections also.
RUSH TO JOIN BJP IN WEST BENGAL
In West Bengal, thousands of workers of the
Congress, CPM and TMC are making a beeline
for the BJP. The BJP inducted around 50,000
people in the party in one day, and claims that on
an average around 7,500 workers are joining
every day. It seems that right from Kolkata to
Jungle Mahal, there is competition among
workers to join the BJP.
But the big leaders of other parties are not in
the race. They are going to the TMC. On
Monday, three Congress MLAs and one MLA of
CPM joined TMC in the presence of Mamata
Banerjee. The leaders from these two parties
have joined TMC even earlier and have become
ministers. But this time, they are not going for
minister post but are apparently mesmerised by
the overwhelming performance of the TMC in
Lok Sabha Elections.
ONLY CONGRESS WILL REMAIN IN UPA
The Congress clan is in a dilapidated condition.
On one hand there is infighting in the party and
on the other its alliance partners are parting ways
after enjoying 10 years of power. Omar Abdullah
continued as CM of Jammu and Kashmir for six
years even when the PDP and Congress had an
arrangement to change the CM after three years.
But Rahul changed the rules due to his
friendship with Omar. However, now Omars
party has deserted the Congress.
The NCP has been an alliance partner of
the Congress in Maharashtra for the past 15
years, and for 10 years at the Centre. But now it
is gearing up to fight the elections alone. NCP
leader and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has
instructed his party men to be prepared for a
fight on all seats.
RJD, the alliance partner of the Congress in
Bihar, has befriended the JDU and will fight by-
elections for 10 seats. In Jharkhand, some of the
leaders of Congress are in talks with Babulal
Marandis JVM. It means that the Congress is
running the Government with the JMM, but for
the next elections seeing a chance with the JVM.
SILENCE IN CONGRESS WAR ROOM
It seems that even after two months of Lok Sabha
election results, the Congress is in trauma. There
is a sense of indifference in the party and works
are still stuck. When Rahul became active in the
Congress, the party had faced a bizarre
decentralisation of power. Apart from Congress
headquarters at 24 Akbar Road, many centres of
power had come up. The Congress war room is
at 15 Gurudwara Rakabganj Road and there is a
mini war room at Rahuls residence 12 Tughlaq
Lane. Many decisions are taken from Sonias
residence at 10 Janpath. There is one more power
centre of Congress 23, Wellington Crescent
which is the residence of Ahmed Patel. But a
complete silence is prevailing everywhere.
Of course, old veterans of the Congress and
journalists can be seen at Congress HQ, and
leaders from States keep coming and going, but
there is not much activity on the political front.
Jairam Ramesh regularly went to go to the
Congress war room, but not now. Leaders like
Suresh Pachauri and Tom Vadakkan still go there
but there is no strategic activity.
Madhusudan Mistry also doesnt go to the
war room and keeps aloof. He is busy scrutinising
the probable candidates for Assembly Elections in
four States and reports to Rahul directly. Earlier,
meetings were held at Rahuls residence but this
has become a tale of the past. Parliament is in
session, so at least the parliamentary office of the
party sees some activity.
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hAR ShAhKAR vYAS
MK hair is on lhe radar
in Coalgale scam
and il is said lhal lhe
invesligaling agency
qui//ed him lwice in lhe
lasl one monlh. when
Manmohan Singh
was looking aler
lhe minislry o coal,
hair was his Frincial
Secrelary. Al lhal lime,
many coal blocks were
allolled, which are now
being invesligaled
H
indi Dalit literary
icon Prof Tej Singh is
no more. The 68-
year-old died on the after-
noon of July 15; the death
came easily and strangely.
Only a week before his
death, Singh underwent all
kinds of medical tests that
were required by Delhi
University (DU) from where
he had retired as professor.
Your health parameters are
like that of a 35-year-old
man, doctors had told him.
On July 15, Singh was at
a market in East Delhi when
he felt uncomfortable and
went to a doctor. The doctor
checked his blood pressure,
which was very high, and
recommended immediate
hospitalisation. Asking Singh
to take a seat, the doctor
looked for some medicines
for immediate relief, but the
professor collapsed.
Six feet in height, beard-
ed and long-haired, Singh
was a source of inspiration.
Born on July 13, 1946, in
Delhis Ghondli village,
Singh was married to Vidya
Devi while he was in Class
IV. His father Nanhey Ram
had a buffalo cart that gave
the family a livelihood. His
mother was a home-maker.
Educated in municipality
schools, Singh joined
Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU) to do Masters in
Hindi literature. He got an
M.Phil and Doctorate from
JNU, and joined DU in 1996
as a research scientist. A few
years later, he was given a
faculty position. Popular
among students, Singh pro-
duced a host PhDs, and
retired in 2011.
A Marxist in JNU, Singh
embraced Ambedkarism in
DU. Conflict within would
erupt often. Once exposed to
Marathi Dalit literature, Singh
moved over to Ambedkarism.
Innately argumentative, he
was now noticed in the main-
stream Hindi literary circle.
Singh would tire opponents
in no time.
His grandfather
Chaudhary Tan Sukh Rai
was the leader of 24 Dalit
Panchayats. His grandmoth-
er Rampyari had confronted
a team of British Police.
Dalit women were forced to
grind black gram for the
horses used by the police-
men and were often unpaid
for their work. The free ser-
vice stopped as the British
Police agreed to pay in
advance for all the work
Dalit women did. Singh
often exhibited his grand-
mothers grit.
While I knew Singh well
and admired his literary
skills, I had the honour of
working with him since
2002. We launched the Hindi
literary magazine Apeksha,
which soon graduated into a
platform for Dalit writers to
confront mainstream Hindi
literary world. Also, Dalit
writers freely expressed con-
cerns of the community.
Let us promote young
Dalit writers, Singh told us.
While Apeksha grew in glory,
we were joined by another
Dalit writer TP Singh in
2004. We all put in our
money to run the magazine.
While we parted ways in
2008, I have no hesitation in
admitting that Prof Singh
had evolved into a pillar of
Hindi Dalit literary move-
ment. As a literary critic, he
was miles ahead of his con-
temporaries.
The rise of Hindi Dalit
literary movement also
required an organisation to
unleash Dalit energies.
Hence, Singh was made the
president of the Dalit Lekhak
Sangh (DLS).
Under him, DLS became
a brand name organising
book launches, workshops
and conferences. As DLS
grew in strength, even main-
stream Hindi intellectuals
started joining events it
organised. Not for nothing
was Singh given another term
to preside over the organisa-
tion. The two platforms that
Singh led brought back many
ideas and Dalit legends into
the picture. Guru Ravidas
and Kabir, for instance, came
to be debated in more ways
than we knew before.
In tears, I salute Singh
for his contribution to the
Dalit literary movement. I
can hardly see anyone
around who can match his
literary skills, genius and
leadership qualities. A void
has been created.
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heres mischief afoot in
one suburban Portland
neighbourhood, but police
say it doesnt involve the typi-
cal spray paint or broken
windows. No, were talking
pastry here maple bars
smeared on cars, dough-
nuts left atop wind-
shield wipers, pastries
littering a yard.
One woman told offi-
cers shes seen more than a
dozen incidents of food
smeared on cars. Not just pas-
try, but yoghurt, cakes and
eggs. She alerted police last
week.
Then another woman told
police her vehicle had been
hit six times twice with a
maple bar, once with a cinna-
mon doughnut, once with
pink yogurt, once with bread
soaked in a white slimy liq-
uid and once with red
potato salad.
Police think the vic-
tims of the night-time vandalism
are chosen at random and children
are likely to be behind it.
In my 25 years in police ser-
vices, I have never investigated
or seen a criminal mischief
involving pastries, said Lt
Mike Rouches.
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A
ustralian Department of
Fisheries officials were
surprised when they found a
sea lion lodged in the throat of
a great white shark after cutting
it open.
Beachgoers saw the shark
thrashing around in the water
two days prior to it washing
up on the shore on
Coronation beach last week.
They cut the shark open to
find an Australian sea lion in
its throat.
This could explain why
the shark was exhibiting such
unusual behaviour in shallow
waters off Coronation Beach. It
is possible that the
shark was trying to
dislodge the block-
age, said Principal
Research Scientist Dr
Rory McAuley.
He added Such a large
object may have damaged the
sharks internal organs or
impeded water flow into its
gills, leading to death.
Alternatively, it may have accidentally
become stranded in its attempts to get
rid of the obstruction. The shark was
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ging are familiar finds for Cornish
beachcombers. But its the pirates
cutlasses, green dragons and the odd
black octopus theyre really after.
The tiny plastic pieces are washing
ashore on Cornwalls north and south
coast beaches, to the delight of chil-
dren on holiday dreaming they must
have come from countries far away.
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of the 4,756,940 pieces
lost from one of 62 con-
tainers aboard the
cargo ship Tokio
Express, which was
battered by
storms just 20
miles off Lands
End in February
1997.
The skipper reported his vessel
being hit by a wave he described as a
once in a century phenomenon
which slammed the ship 60 degrees
one way and then 40 degrees another.
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61 other containers, but for Cornish
beachcombers, the Lego just keeps
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Wyoming town of Buford, another
village is on the market. Aladdin is
available for $1.5 million. The buyer
will get 30 acres and 15 buildings in
northeastern Wyoming, including a
118-year-old general store thats still
operating, The Gillette News-
Record reported last week.
Owners Judy and Rick Brengle
are looking to slow down.
Aladdin is between
Devils Tower National
Monument, Wyoming,
and Belle Fourche,
South Dakota. It draws
crowds every August
during the Sturgis
Motorcycle Rally in South
Dakota. Aladdin also
doesnt have a Government
population count, but
about 15 people live there.
Buford sold last year
for $900,000 and was
renamed PhinDeli Town
by its new owner. Its in
southern Wyoming, and
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the new orange in
a Michigan county
where the sheriff has made a
wardrobe change for jail inmates
after a TV series brought new
popularity to the vibrant colour
associated with prisoners.
The Saginaw County
Jail is replacing its orange
prisoner jumpsuits with
horizontal black and
white striped jumpsuits
because the popular
prison life series Orange
Is the New Black has led
locals to make fashion
choices inspired by the
behind-bars set, a sheriff
said.
For me, it was an easy
decision. It was a cost sav-
ings and it breaks away from
that cultural coolness. Its not
cool to be an inmate of the
Saginaw County Jail, said
Sheriff William Federspiel.
Federspiel said the
stripes will also help the
public differentiate
between an inmate and a
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have been waiting for two weeks
now for someone to explain the
deeper meaning of the Caliph
from Mosuls Arabic message for
Muslims around the world. His
appearance on Friday, July 4, might
have coincided with Americas
Independence Day, but his sermon was
not written for Westerners. He aimed
at Muslims with both his words and
his deeds.
Here are seven points of religious
symbolism from his sermon that res-
onated deeply among observant
Muslims, but were missed by most
outsiders who looked on aghast at Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadis triumphalism:
QHe ascended the minbar (pulpit)
slowly, deliberately climbing one step
at a time. This was how the Prophet
and his companions were reported to
have acted not rushed, but serene
while the call to prayer was given. An
important role of the Caliph historical-
ly was to deliver the Friday sermon,
and Baghdadis actions illustrated to
those in the mosque and elsewhere
that he was not a novice.
QWhile sat on the minbar, and as the
call to prayer continued, Baghdadi
reached for his pocket and took out a
small wooden stick known as a mis-
wak and used widely across the
Muslim world with which to clean
his teeth. It is understood that the
Prophet Mohammed carried such a
cleaner, his objective being hygiene
and fresh breath. Today, that translates
as Colgate and an electric toothbrush.
But to a mind that wishes to return to
the seventh century, the Prophets pur-
pose is lost and clinging onto external
practices alone becomes precious.
Baghdadis actions with his miswak
captured and highlighted by his cam-
eraman were designed to further
bolster Baghdadis credentials as a suc-
cessor to the early Caliphs.
QHe wore a black turban because the
Prophet, it is believed, wore one on his
conquest of Mecca and when he deliv-
ered his last sermon. Moreover, Shia
Muslim leaders of the Prophets blood-
line wear black headgear to indicate
their lineage. Baghdadi was tapping
into Sunni and Shia Muslim symbol-
ism and, indirectly, confirming his
own claim to be a descendant of the
Prophet in the eyes of the Shia majori-
ty in Iraq.
QHe spoke in flawless classical Arabic
of the Quran. Arabic speakers would
be impressed, and non-Arabic speak-
ing clerics around the world would
have recognised the above choreogra-
phy and admired his Arabic skill. Not
even every Arab can speak classical
Arabic without grammatical errors.
His command of the language was
combined with constant citations from
the Quran.
QSalafi Muslims, adherents of a hard-
line Saudi version of Islam, would have
recognised Baghdadi as one of their
own. He started his sermon angrily
warning Muslims against bidah, or
newly invented matters in religion.
Imams in most other Muslim tradi-
tions emphasise love for God and the
Prophet, but the Salafi trend is to warn
against bidah.
QThroughout his 22-minute sermon
he showed a fluent knowledge of the
Quran by frequent citations of verses
popular with Salafis. He emphasised
tawhid (the oneness of God) in the
evangelical mode of Salafism. Most
Muslims agree, as do Christians and
Jews, that God is one, but for Salafis
that oneness must be manifest in gov-
ernment through hakimiyyah (Gods
law). Baghdadi has taken the Saudi
Salafi creed to its logical conclusion.
QHe claimed for himself the religious
duty (wajib) of implementing Gods
law (sharia) as he understood it. The
second caliph of Islam, Umar, had
stood on a pulpit in Medina and said:
If you see me obey God, then obey
me. If I disobey God, then rebel against
me. This early edict on Muslim gover-
nance is known to most educated
Muslims Baghdadi was laying claim
to this mantle. In a Middle East full of
dictatorships, his words had special
religious and political resonance.
All the above was ignored
by the global media, which focussed
on his wristwatch. Was it an Omega?
A Rolex? It turned out to be yet
another visual display of piety: a
timepiece with alarms for prayer
times, a compass facing Mecca,
and an Islamic calendar.
If he is as pious as portrayed, sure-
ly he is a superior Muslim and
deserves obedience from those of us
who are less pious? Not quite: The
same source he claims to emulate, the
Prophet Mohamed, warned us against
the likes of Baghdadi, and such figures
cropped up in early Islamic history
too. Those who killed the Prophets
grandson, Imam Husain in Iraq in the
eighth century, also dressed like the
Prophet and talked of piety but failed
to demonstrate the love of God or the
Prophets teachings. The Prophets
warning was of those who show all the
outward signs of piety even saying
the voluntary night prayers but for
whom the Quran does not permeate
deeper than their throats. The implica-
tion is that if the Quran does not
touch their hearts, they do not love
God and therefore have no faith. Their
religion is anger and ritualistic
actions. And a Caliph who does not
love God is not deserving of obedi-
ence from Muslims anywhere.
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he claims to
emulate, Prophet
Mohamed,
warned us
against the likes
of Baghdadi, and
such figures
cropped up in
early slamic
history too.
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does not love
God is not
deserving of
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obert Downey Jr has rocketed
to the top of Forbes annual list
of the highest paid actors in the
world, thanks to the multi-billion dol-
lar box office success of superhero
movies The Avengers and Iron Man 3.
Downey Jr, who was not even in
last years top 10, has leapfrogged the
likes of Tom Cruise and Leonardo
DiCaprio to the peak of the list. His
success confirms that the once-trou-
bled US actor, who struggled for
many years with substance abuse and
was widely regarded as box office poi-
son by studios, is now a firm fixture
amongst Hollywood royalty. The US
actor reportedly received a share of
the profits from The Avengers, which
took more than $1.5bn last year, and
Forbes estimates his earnings at a
staggering $75m between June 2012
and June 2013.
Second on this years list is an
even more surprising figure, and a
relative newcomer to the acting A-list.
Channing Tatum has transformed his
career via a series of films with the
Oscar-winning filmmaker Stephen
Soderbergh in the past two years.
Most important of these, financially
speaking, was the 2012 drama Magic
Mike, based on the actors own expe-
riences as a youthful Florida stripper.
The film brought in $167m globally.
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ts one of the most famous pianos
in film the one played by Sam
in Ricks Cafe in Casablanca,
triggering dewy-eyed reminiscence
in Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid
Bergman. Now hopeless (and
wealthy) romantics can recreate the
scene for themselves, as it is being
put up for auction at Bonhams this
autumn.
The piano is expected to sell for
a seven-figure sum in New York in
November, after another piano from
the film, used in flashback scenes in
Paris, was sold for $602,500 in 2012.
The Ricks piano is still very much
playable, having been used in a con-
cert of Max Steiners music for
Casablanca at the Hollywood Bowl
in 2006.
There are many other
Casablanca-related lots, including
the interior and exterior doors to
Ricks Cafe, passports and papers
created for the film, and the final
draft of the screenplay. Catherine
Williamson of Bonhams has called it
one of the most significant film
memorabilia collections still in pri-
vate hands.
Elsewhere in the Theres No Place
Like Hollywood memorabilia auc-
tion, you can pick up costumes
including ones worn by Rita
Hayworth in Gilda, Barbara
Streisand in Yentl, and a flying mon-
key in The Wizard of Oz. The items
will go on preview in Los Angeles
from November 6-9, and in New
York from November 20-24.
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eyonc has offered fans a first
glimpse of the forthcoming
trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey,
hinting that she may have some
involvement with the films sound-
track.
The 15-second clip was posted
on the singers Instagram account,
where it was accompanied by a
brief, breathy intro from her hit
song Crazy in Love.
It features shots of two uniden-
tified actors, most likely Jamie
Dornan as kinky billionaire
Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson
as blushing virgin Anastasia Steele.
The man in the clip is seen staring
out of an office window, his face
hidden from the camera; the
woman is seated, seen only from the
waist down while someone elses
hand pulls at her skirt.
Fifty Shades of Grey is expected
to be the first in a trilogy based on
British novelist EL Jamess best-
selling books. The first film is due
in cinemas on February 13, 2015.
Artist turned filmmaker Sam
Taylor-Johnson, whose only feature
to date is the acclaimed 2009 John
Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, was
hired to direct in June last year. She
reportedly beat out luminaries of
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eligion has a long history. Much of it
is only a hangover from the past. The
real religion, the essential religion is
possible only now because man has come of
age. The past of humanity was very childish
not child-like, remember, but childish.
And it was bound to be so; it was inevitable,
unavoidable. So I am not complaining
about it, I am simply stating the fact that
whenever you think of religion, never think
in terms of the past otherwise you will have
a totally wrong orientation. Think more in
terms of the present.
When you think of the Theory of
Relativity, you dont bring Newton in. You
know he did contribute something to scien-
tific growth, but his days are over. We are
grateful for whatsoever he did, whatsoever
he could do, but with Albert Einstein,
Newton was finished. He will remain only a
footnote in the history of scientific growth.
But about religion we are not so rational;
about religion we are very emotional. About
religion we are not so scientific. About reli-
gion we are very illogical, superstitious.
Religion has passed through two phas-
es. The first phase was that of prayer; that is
the bullock cart era of religion. The second
phase is meditation that is the spaceship age
of religion. Their sources are different, their
workings are different, and their whole
milieu is different. And one should not get
confused between the two.
There is much confusion around the
world, so let me explain to you. And be
very patient because we are all conditioned
by the religions of prayer. Their weight is
heavy; every human being is crushed under
a mountainous weight. And the work for a
master has become more and more difficult
because it is not only a question of helping
you to be meditative: Before that can start
much has to be negated in you, much rub-
bish has to be shoveled out, and much dirt
has to be cleaned off. The whole past has to
be dismantled, only then will you be able to
open your wings to the essential, mature,
adult dimension of religion.
Their God is nothing but a creation of
their fear; it is not a discovery, it is imagina-
tion, it is projection. They are full of fear;
they need a father figure to protect them
from all kinds of fear. And there are thou-
sands of fears in life: There are anxieties,
anguishes, problems to be encountered,
insoluble puzzles, unbridgeable gaps, and
man is surrounded by great darkness. He
needs a protective hand. He wants some-
body as a security, as a safety.
Each child is brought up by parents. His
first experience with the parents becomes
very decisive because he is protected, com-
forted, consoled. All his needs are fulfilled,
he does not have to worry, he has no
responsibilities, he is taken care of. He can
rely on the parents. But this is not going to
be so forever: Sooner or later he will have to
stand on his own feet.
The moment he stands on his own
feet a great trembling arises in him: Now
who is going to save him? Now who is
going to console him? And the problems
go on becoming bigger and bigger every
day. As life progresses it starts coming
closer to death, which is the ultimate
problem to be solved. And there is great
anxiety about death.
Each child starts falling back, each
child starts going back to the childhood
state because that seems to be the only
part of his life where there was not a sin-
gle problem at all. This is regression.
This regression has been thought of as
prayer; it is not prayer. Then he falls on his
knees and starts praying to a god.
It is not accidental that all the religions
call God the Father. Yes, there are a few
other religions which call God the
Mother which is the same. And then
every community, society, civilisation,
invents its own God; they say, God created
man in his own image. That is absolutely
wrong man has created God in his own
image. And because there are so many
kinds of people in the world, there are so
many images of God.
That image is your fabrication; you are
praying before your own invention. Prayer
is really one of the most absurd things pos-
sible. It is as if you are praying before a mir-
ror, seeing your own face, kneeling down
before your own image, asking for favors,
and there is nobody in the mirror except
your reflection.
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ost-industrial society has brought about some very
significant technology-driven changes in lifestyles.
Two most crucial of them in terms of impact have
been the rise in social distance and leisure. Technology
has definitely contributed to this. Productivity has grown
manifold and we produce more and more goods and ser-
vices with less and less. In the process we have gained
time. Free time or leisure as we may choose to name. But
wait a moment; try calling to somebody close seeking for
an audience. You can easily guess what will be the stan-
dard reply? It will be an apologetic: I am keeping very
busy and have no time.
Time then proves to be the greatest constraint of
modern living. Despite rise in leisure time. Intriguing,
yes. What has gone wrong, cant say. But the paradox
stays. And brings along with it all its attendant
appendages, undesirable though. Look what is happen-
ing. A shrieking headline in a main line daily reads:
Grave crisis: 158 per cent rise in rapes by juveniles. Pick
up any newspaper or switch on any news channel, this is
what you get: heart-rending, obnoxious, perniciously
flashy headlines.
In fact, as a stress management trainer, I now advice
my audiences to avoid reading newspapers or watching
new channels before bed time. They are depressing and
result in disturbed sleep. Globalisation, they say, has
brought growth and prosperity and made more quality
time available to people in the form of leisure. Dont we
need to introspect and examine if this was the growth
and prosperity, and quality time we longed for? GDPs are
definitely on the rise and so are many more things. Most
of them are undesirable like crime, divorce, poverty, and
unemployment rates and the list continues.
Downsizing and is the new catch phrase to be used
by the highly admired CEOs of big multinationals who
enjoy larger than life reputations and are the new age role
models. If growth means joblessness and disempower-
ment, no growth is certainly a more desirable option.
Where have we gone wrong? Why is there no time
despite increasingly more leisure? We have gradually
withdrawn ourselves into a cocoon created by our false
sense of empowerment, resulting in bloated ego that
technological sophistication has led to.
Technological creations have replaced human rela-
tions. The more time we are getting, the more asocial we
are becoming. And from asocial the logical course is
towards antisocial. Matrimony is losing sanctity and we
have some very interesting nomenclatures related to fam-
ilies these days. There are the SINKS (single income no
kids) and DINKS (double income no kids) families, and
there are online families where husband and wife busy
with their jobs at distanced cities have only electronic
devices as means of connectivity.
Technology is making people motionless and emo-
tionless. And results are not good on three critical health
counts physical, mental and social. While tech-savvy
CEOs are turning towards consultants to learn new ways
of employee engagement, they are forgetting the basic les-
son that an empty mind is a devils workshop. It is time to
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ow often do we find our-
selves asking the questions
what is my purpose in
life? or why am I here?
Humans feel most success-
ful when they have fulfilled their pur-
pose in this world and achieved some-
thing great. We spend our entire lives
trying out new things, taking chances,
experimenting with everything around
us for the sole purpose of reaching a
point in our lives where we have every-
thing figured out, for once and for all.
In todays capitalistic world, adver-
tisements, brands, television, celebrities,
and corporates who employ various
ways to influence our minds always
surround us. All they are doing is their
job, they have to manipulate a cus-
tomers mind to sell their product and
earn profits. But is it okay to let our-
selves be completely influenced by what
others want us to think? A make-up
brand will make you notice flaws you
never knew even existed, and hence
lead you to purchase more of their
products. TV nowadays tells us what we
should drink or how we should look
and behave.
The first step in discovering the
real you is to identify the difference
between our external and internal self.
We are told to never judge a book by its
cover and often we forget to apply this
to ourselves. Our external look or per-
sonality is something created by the
material forces around us. We look to
dress a certain way because people
around us are looking like that. How
many of us shun the logic of not caring
about what people think of us as yet
another motivational irrational logic? It
does take a lot of courage to step away
from the crowd and not get affected by
what others think of us. The people we
interact with at our workplace or social
gatherings dont always know the real
us. Imagine receiving a gift with a beau-
tiful packaging. But once opened, we
realise it doesnt appeal to us at all. It is a
similar case with people. What others
see of us is just one layer of our person-
ality, the external layer. Just because
they have a certain opinion of us does
not mean we have to accept their opin-
ion and let it define us. We are made up
of the thoughts, opinions, likes and dis-
likes we harbour.
Discovering your true self involves
a lot of introspection. So how to discov-
er your purpose in life? While there are
many ways to do this, some of them
fairly involved, here is one of the sim-
plest thing anyone can do. The more
open you are to this process and the
more you expect it to work, the faster it
will work for you. But not being open to
it or having doubts about it or thinking
its a meaningless waste of time wont
prevent it from working as long as you
stick with it again, it will just take
longer to converge. Heres what to do:
Take out a blank sheet of paper or
open up a word processor where you
can type (I prefer the latter because
its faster).
Write at the top, What is my true
purpose in life?
Write an answer that pops into your
head. It doesnt have to be a complete
sentence. A short phrase is fine.
Repeat step 3 until you write the
answer that makes you cry. This is
your purpose.
Thats it. It doesnt matter if youre a
counsellor or an engineer or a body-
builder. To some people this exercise
will make perfect sense. To others it will
seem utterly stupid. Usually it takes 15-
20 minutes to clear your head of all the
clutter and social conditioning about
what you think your purpose in life is.
The false answers will come from your
mind and memories. But when the true
answer finally arrives, it will feel like its
coming to you from a different source.
If you want to discover your true
purpose in life, you must first empty
your mind of all the false purposes
youve been taught (including the idea
that you may have no purpose at all).
We should always think about how
well react if we were stranded on an
island without any technology or
friends. Will we still be able to survive
easily? Once we are in harmony with
our true self, no opinion in this world
will affect us in a way it isnt supposed
to. Often people arent comfortable with
spending time alone. But in order to
discover our true self, it is essential that
we get comfortable with the idea of
being alone sometimes. That is when
we will be able to introspect and focus
on each thought carefully.
Reading good books is highly rec-
ommended as well. It expands ones
horizons and allows us to look at things
from different points of view. An
understanding of all sides of a story will
help us analyse each situation better. It
is important to interact with all sorts of
people and indulge in meaningful dis-
cussions. Hearing a variety of thoughts
on political, social and cultural issues
exposes us in a way like no other.
It is all these small efforts that will
put us on the path of self-discovery.
Self-discovery becomes essential when
we want to succeed in life and leave our
mark. If we havent figured out who we
really are how will we realise what we
are capable of or where our true inter-
ests lie? Once we have figured out our-
selves, it becomes easy to identify our
strengths and weaknesses. We are pre-
pared to face challenges, that earlier
seemed more difficult. We finally get to
focus on things that appeal to us.
It may seem like a trivial issue, but
not knowing our true self and realising
our true potential limits us in more
ways than one. There is no security in
living a life dictated by somebody elses
terms and opinions. By restricting our-
selves to what others think is best for us,
we set ourselves on the path of an
unhappy and dissatisfied life. Life truly
is too short to not listen to your gut and
follow your heart. So its important that
we travel, explore, read and communi-
cate as much as we need to learn to be
comfortable in our own skin. And once
we have discovered who we truly are,
everything is uphill from there!
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Technological crealions have
relaced human relalions; lhe
more lime we are gelling, lhe
more asocial we are becoming
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Man createo Goo in lis image
Frayer means ear, hence all old religions are earorienled, says 0Sh0
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- RuM
work ressure, lravel and challenges o loday's
world could make a loll on your heallh.
Comromising on heallh issues is nol advisable.
You need lo bring balance in your roessional
and ersonal lie. you are lanning lo slarl a
new venlure or new business, you can slarl il
now. you are wailing or a romolion or hike in
salary, lhis eriod will be lhe righl lime. You are
likely lo have an abundance o energy which you
are inclined lo use in a osilive direclion. you
are unemloyed or looking or a new job lhen you
need lo kee looking or new oorlunilies. There
could be romanlic rivalry, lhe erson you wanl in
your lie does nol even lhink aboul you, or he/she
has some olher erson in lie.
Iurky number 1, 5
Iurky roIour Alha green
Iurky day wednesday
8IF8 March 21-April 20
You hold lhe key lo your heallh and vilalily. You
eel abundanl o energy which should be used in
crealive ursuils. Any heallh roblems
maniesling now may be a resull o neglecled
emolional issues. You ind lhings going much
beller al work, almosl oul o lhe blue. This is a
good lime lo ask or a raise or lo seek
emloymenl lhal ays more. you are seeking
unding lhrough a bank or your own business,
you will gel il wilhoul any diicully. Mallers o
hearl could make you overwhelmed in lhis week.
your marriage dale is ixed, or you have
inali/ed lhe alliance or yoursel, il is going lo
work oul or you. Your souse/ arlner may bring
all lhe excilemenl and hainess in your lie.
Iurky number 2, 4
Iurky roIour Banana yellow
Iurky day Thursday
I0808 April 21-May 21
Some medical lesls could be in doldrums, lhings
are nol clear lo lhem, ladies wailing or lheir
regnancy lesls reorl would eel low energy. You
should be clear in your riorilies. ossible, bring
love and comassion in your work silualion. This
will hel you lo eel more al home lhere and will
likely make you more eeclive. You lhink one sle
ahead; your arsighledness will ay you rich
dividends. Feole will be looking lo you or advice
and you will be able lo hel lhem. This is lhe lime
lo move, lranser al desirable lace may lease
you. You may be allending a secial. Romance is
also likely lo be going very well al lhis lime, you
will be roud o yoursel, and olhers will be roud
o you.
Iurky number 8, 7
Iurky roIour Brighl ink
Iurky day Salurday
6FMI8I May 22-June 21
Much negalive energy is al lay making you weak
and ailing. l's crilical lhal you kee a osilive
allilude. Fighl smoking, or any kind o addiclion.
0n lhe career ronl, some new oorlunilies will
come on lhe way lhal would be roilable.
Business erson could exand lhe business, new
venlures, and new rojecls could be assigned as
lhis is lhe lime slars are avorable lo you. Those
who are in job hunl, will gel job call already
aeared or lhe inlerview. Sludenls asiring or
higher educalion sluck due lo lack o inances
could ind lhe inancial suorl and ulill lheir
asiralions. Blessings o elders/0uru will lay
inslrumenlal role in your relalionshi mallers.
Romance also is likely lo be going very well.
Iurky number 1, 8
Iurky roIour havy blue
Iurky day Sunday
080F8 June 22-July 22
Medilalion/yoga exercises are besl or
rejuvenalion. Believe il or nol, your heallh will
imrove and you will eel more al ease and
resh. Fromolion is on lhe cards. Your
delerminalion and slrong willower will hel
you lo resolve your roblems on lhe career
ronl. You eel you are well on your way lo
roundily. Your alience and menlal slrenglh
will go a long way in making your career more
slable and enlerrising. Those who are
lanning lo slarl a new venlure would ind all
lhe suorl rom near and dear ones. There
could be lhe suorl and aeclion wilh your
molher/molher in law. Your relalions mighl
develo, ignore argumenls.
Iurky number 5, O
Iurky roIour Feach
Iurky day Tuesday
I860 Aug 24-Sept 23
Your body, mind and soul are in erecl
balance. You are discilined in all mallers
whelher il is diel or exercise. you have
recenlly had lo have some medical lesls done,
lhe resulls will make you relieved. You have
ower, osilion and slalus. 0r lhere may be a
erson around wilh whom you work closely,
who is assisling in gelling you lhrough a lough
lime by oering sound advice. You are advised
lo resecl lhe answers rom an aulhorily. Those
who are emloyed will work as a sokeserson
and eslablish lheir ersona among lhe
audience. You need lo lake some lime oul, and
send some qualily lime wilh your near and
dear ones.
Iurky number 7, O
Iurky roIour Brown
Iurky day Thursday
lI88 Sept 24-Oct 23
Some osilive changes mighl lake lace on
heallh ronl wilh your renewed regimen.
Consider whal you are doing and erhas
should be doing lo increase your vilalily. You
need more exercise and resl. hulrilion and
lanned diel is imorlanl loo. Avoid addiclion o
any kind, whelher il is slicking lo comulers,
munching or sleeing lale nighl. The lasle o
success could overwhelm you. You need lo
make a decision involving your educalional
ulure, lhe urchase or selling o real eslale or
laking a arlicular job. you are currenlly in a
commilled relalionshi, il may well rise lo new
and beller heighls. Somelhing new could slarl
lhal is very romising in lerms o love.
Iurky number 4, 5
Iurky roIour Furle
Iurky day Sunday
8008FI0 Oct 24-Nov 22
Meeling wilh old riends, associales or a relalive
whom you adore could be inslrumenlal in your
currenl hay mood. you are involved in or
considering a sirilual venlure, il will be
rewarding and ulilling. home remedy could
lreal an ailmenl you've been suering rom. A
surge in your business or call rom lhe
comany you inlerviewed or long back could
surrise you. There could be a oreign
assignmenl or lravel which ays rich dividends.
The scholarshi or inancial aid could be
granled lo you or oreign educalion. Things on
lhe ersonal ronl mighl nol be as smoolh as
lhey aear lo olhers. You need some lime and
sace lo undersland your souse or vice versa.
Iurky number 1, G
Iurky roIour Red
Iurky day wednesday
008I08 Jan 21-Feb 19
You are cheerul, enlhusiaslic and ready lo
lake any challenge in lie. Surrise rom your
loved ones could make you eel secial and
bring a change in erseclive. All o a sudden,
you grooming and making yoursel
aeslhelically adorned. There could be some
changes al work and lhose could comel you
lo relhink cerlain decisions. Your inluilion will
hel you lo lake some new decisions. There
could be discussion aboul inances and work.
Seeking counselling rom a roessional or a
senior member in lhe amily could be in your
advanlage. Try lo lake one sle al a lime. The
exlame is back in your lie and may inlerere
in your currenl relalionshi.
Iurky number 4, 7
Iurky roIour Cyan
Iurky day Salurday
FI80F8 Feb 20-March 20
You may be reressing your emolions, and i so,
lhis will imacl your body negalively. having said
lhal, you musl slill be careul how, when, and
where you venl your emolional reaclions.
Anylhing lhal reduces your slress level will be
helul now, even a ive minule walk. Your
emolions are lhe galeway lo oening u your
sirilual lie. Cooeralion and suorl syslem o
amily will bring you inancial gains. You could
invesl in roerly/ real eslale or any luxury ilem
or home/oice. You enjoy lhe smoolh working,
lhe environmenl al work. Moderalion is lhe key
lo success. This is lhe lime or romance and
manieslalion o desires and ambilions. Message
o love is on lhe cards.
Iurky number 8, 5
Iurky roIour while
Iurky day Tuesday
0F8I0088 Dec 24-Jan 20
heallh is good and you bloom wilh conidence.
You have a leasanl ersonalily wilh louch o
generosily. l's imorlanl lhal you share lhe
good allilude wilh lhe eole around you.
Some reslriclions and hurdles are indicaled on
career ronl. Fear o ailure in lhe exams or
inlerview is holding you back. This is lhe lime
lo lake some lough decision. 0o you eel
rereshed and looking orward lo moving on
wilh lhe currenl job? Are you ursuing as your
lrue calling? Are you able lo brush aside lhe
ambiguilies and comlexilies o lhe asl and
clariy exaclly whal il is you have been
lhrough? Those who are looking or job could
eel disaoinled, no job chance in lhis week!
Iurky number 2, O
Iurky roIour Black
Iurky day Salurday
lF0 July 23-August 23
Aim al balancing your body, mind, and siril. A
sirilual arlnershi wilh jusl one olher erson
may be greally beneicial lo you. Reading
lileralure and religious books will enhance
your aura and ersonalily. This is lhe lime
when you can develo raorl wilh lhe boss.
You are a selorienled erson; don'l overreacl
lo any erceived slighls or disresecl. you're
looking or work, you could imress olhers by
your communicalion skills; leam work will
make lhings easier or you. This is nol lhe
avourable lime or love. You will wanl lo walk
away rom a lroubling relalionshi. A
searalion rom lhe loved one will cause
ruslralion and alienalion.
Iurky number 2, O
Iurky roIour 0rey
Iurky day Friday
86III8I08 Nov 23-Dec 23
YOURWEEKAHEAD
MA0hu K0TYA
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Now Dolhi, July 27, 2014
I
nvariably, we are all born with a
preconditioned mind, coming as it
may with memory imprints carried
over from the past. Obviously, it limits
the scope of ones vision, which makes
it difficult to access full expanse of the
subject in hand. As a consequence, it
becomes difficult to envision the
implications of our issues in the right
perspective. The greater chances then
are that we may pick up wrong leads,
and with harmful consequences.
The problem gets further
compounded if the person happens to
have a swaggering ego. Ego does not let
the person listen to others or be
counselled. It makes him lesser diligent
thereupon. For, invariably they suffer
from the I am the only right person
syndrome stuck to their self-defined
dos and donts. That makes it difficult
for them to digest any advice or counsel
at variance with their self-defined
premise. In the process, such characters
often become victims of pains and
sufferings of their own making.
In the recent past, in one such case,
someone having limited exposure to
astrology sent a specific query: Would
praying before the Shivalinga made of a
material mixed with mercury
(chemical) set off the evil influences of
a strong mars, which accounted for the
health issues I was of late faced with?
He was categorically told that any
belief driven puja would not help
overcome the disease. For, it cannot
anyway correct the physiological
infirmities already developed in the
system. Only a proper treatment would
help.
This is not to suggest that mantras
cannot do any good. If one meditates
with the mantra specifically dedicated
towards improving the absorption level
of solar radiation in the body, it can
help improve the immune system,
which is vital to our overall health
management. Meditation may also help
keep stress level in check, which if
unattended, could otherwise increase
sugar and blood pressure levels.
Since he had indicated having
exposure to astrology, giving proper
astrological reasoning, it was explained
to him that mars had nothing to do
with his diabetes. For, mars has no
association whatsoever, to the sixth
house, its sign lord, or even the sixth
cusp sub-lord, which together deal with
the health profile of a person.
Mars strongly occupying the 10th
house, and that too in the sign it owns,
would rather cover up for many
infirmities created by other planets.
Evidently, therefore, any attempt to
marginalise the influence of strong
mars may amount to a futile exercise.
In terms of his ailments, going by
the fundamental rules of astrology, the
first pointer comes out of an adverse
aspect of a powerful saturn over his
debilitated sun. That speaks of his low
immunity level, which makes him
susceptible to long drawn ailments
particularly when time turns adverse in
astrological parameters. The
debilitation sign of the sun is ruled by
venus, which incidentally has to do
with the release of insulin in the body,
and comes under limitation because of
the presence of fiery sun.
The other major marker to take
note of in terms of his health profile is
the moon. For, it happens to be the lord
of the sixth house as well as the sub-
lord of the sixth cusp. Moon, in the first
place is debilitated. Second, moon is
posited in the lunar constellation
owned by jupiter, which is placed
adverse to the sun. This, points to the
mans sluggish liver functioning.
The implication is that the various
modes of energies released following
digestion of food that nourishes the
respective functional organisms of the
body, would not be available in the
required proportion. As a consequence,
many vital functions of the body would
get compromised, which would further
result in obvious health implications in
the related areas. Accordingly, liver
functioning needs to be toned up
applying alternative medicines. For,
modern clinical tests do not have
provisions for such anomalies, and
therefore, the physicians are bound to
ignore it.
However, such a detailed analysis
report could not move the questioner.
His short and crisp response was that
he still preferred his own perception.
Nothing better could be expected from
the conditioned mind of a stubborn
person charged with a swaggering ego.
For, in the first place, both the lagna
and moon signs fall in fixed signs
pointing to his stubbornness. Second,
sun crosses path with its planet of
limitation, saturn, which speaks loud of
a conditioned mindset. Third, the sun
being placed adverse to jupiter points
to his inflated ego.
I wish this man tempers down his
ego so as to expand the canvas of his
vision. Only then will he realise that
astrology is not a blind belief system. It
is based on sound principles set in
conformity with the energy mechanism
of the living order.
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