national Tv to addross sohoolohildron on Guru Utsav or, i you so proor, Toaohors' Day? Tho answor to this soomingly innoouous but inovitably politioisod quostion will naturally dopond on who you ask. To paronts who soo sohool oduoation as tho oumborsomo waiting poriod booro a ohild gots into an Amorioan univorsity and lio in tho First World, Modi's intoraotion was simply a wasto o timo. Ator all, as a Modi-hator twootod, why oluttor a ohild's mind with politios? n any oaso, tho sooptios will pronounoo, what worthwhilo mossago oan a neta and ono who didn't go to Cambridgo liko chacha Nohru and Pahul baba dolivor to our young oitizons? Tho moro paranoid onos will porhaps go to tho oxtont o dosoribing tho ontiro oxoroiso as PSS-inspirod "brainwashing" o improssionablo minds. suspoot tho answors will bo a littlo dioront i you woro to ask mombors o tho 'aspirational olassos' tho onos who sot asido a disproportionato sharo o thoir annual inoomo or thoir ohildron's oduoation. Thoy would porhaps ool a oortain prido i thoir ohild's Kondriya vidyalaya had boon solootod or tho national hook-up. And, i by ohanoo, thoir son or daughtor had boon pro-solootod to ask ono o thoso (no doubt rohoarsod and somowhat stylisod) quostions to tho PM, thoy will bo walking on air or tho noxt throo months. Yos, Modi's tolovisod Guru Utsav intoraotion did triggor a oontrovorsy. Most things Modi doos inoluding boating tho drum in Tokyo and giting tho Gita to tho Japanoso Emporor booomo a sub|oot o somo aorimony. That's somothing Modi will havo to livo with and darosay ho aotually on|oys tho toofan ho gonoratos. But politioal posturing apart, was tho Guru Utsav ongagomont somothing worthwhilo. And should it bo ropoatod noxt yoar? My answor to both quostions is a oatogorioal 'Yos'. Loaving asido tho prosumptuousnoss o tho assortion that no PM apart rom Jawaharlal Nohru has tho right and tho orodontials to ongago with ndia's sohool goors, tho point to noto is that tho largor mossago o Modi was laudablo. First, ho triod to impross upon tho ohildron tho importanoo o bolonging to a national oommunity. To my mind, howovor, thoro is somothing quito appoaling in ovory (or, at loast, most) sohoolohildron sharing a oommon oxporionoo in an atmosphoro o oollootivo unison. Thoro is a big dioronoo botwoon ohildron watohing Modi's intoraotion rom homo and thom oxporionoing it oollootivoly. Tho oxtonsion o tho oollogiato spirit into a national spirit is what tho programmo intondod. To that oxtont, it will orm an important part o a ohild's largor sohool oxporionoo. ndood, noxt yoar Modi should ondoavour to havo tho intoraotion outsido Dolhi, may bo at a sohool in Arunaohal Pradosh. Sooond, muoh o what Modi said was dovotod to valuos and national prioritios: Having a liolong rospoot or toaohors, motivating paronts into sonding girls to sohool, dovoloping tho roading habit, mastoring all availablo toohnology, saving powor and avoiding wasto, mastoring skills and, most important, on|oying tho oxhilaration o boing young. Tho torm 'valuo oduoation' has boon rubbishod by tho votarios o progrossivo oduoation who boliovo that ohildron mustn't bo taught, only onoouragod to disoovor. With his ormidablo national standing and politioal olout, Modi has attomptod to link good sohooling with good oitizonship. Finally, in attaohing so muoh importanoo to Guru Utsav, Modi sought to oonor on sohool toaohors a largo moasuro o proossional prido. Yos, toaohors havo a litany o oomplaints somo logitimato and othors that smaok o a trado union montality. n timo tho Govornmont will havo to porsuado Stato Govornmonts and privato institutions to bo moro mindul o thoir logitimato noods. But this will bo onormously aoilitatod i tho old-ashionod rospoot or tho guru booomos tho sooial oonsonsus onoo again. n tho proooss o oasing himsol into his primo ministorial rosponsibilitios, Modi, it would soom, is oonorring on politios an additional dimonsion. Pight rom tho Pod Fort spoooh on August 15 to his intorvontion last Friday atornoon, ho has boon strossing aspoots o govornanoo that appoar to havo bypassod ndia's politioal olass. Aooording to oonvontional logio, tho oonstruotion o toilots (ospooially or womon), tho onrolmont o girls in sohools, and tho promiso to oloan up ndia's physioal spaoo don't oonstituto politios. Modi is borrowing a loa rom Mahatma Gandhi's onlargomont o tho politioal spaoo through tho "oonstruotivo programmo" and positioning himsol as somothing moro than |ust a politioal loador ongagod in oompotitivo olootoral politios. Tho transition o Modi in loss than a yoar has boon romarkablo. n Soptombor 2013, ho was |ust tho irst among oquals in tho BJP; by ond-May o this ator his rosounding olootoral viotory ho booamo tho unohallongod loador o his party and ooalition; by tho ond o 2014, ho would havo transormod himsol into a PM who is also tho oountry's aoknowlodgod loador. What wo aro witnossing is not moroly tho transormation o Narondra Modi but a dooisivo shit in tho moaning o politioal loadorship. Tho Modi who will prosont himsol or ro-olootion in 2019 will bo a vory dioront man than tho individual who was tho oandidato or tho top |ob in 2014. Tho ohango promisos to bo vory oxoiting. USUALSUSPECTS SwAFAh 0AS0uFTA Modi's televised Guru Utsav interaction did trigger a controversy. Most things Modi does - including beating the drum in Tokyo and gifting the 6XcP to the Japanese Emperor - become a subject of some acrimony. That's something Modi will have to live with and daresay he actually enjoys the c^^UP] he generates. But political posturing apart, was the Guru Utsav engagement something worthwhile. And should it be repeated next year? My answer to both questions is a categorical 'Yes' |+|u |ip|i| |+| i| puli|i+l l+J||ip kh8hEE WkhI Q SRhA0AR/hEw 0ELh T he toll in the Jammu & Kashmir floods has risen to 160 as the floods, the worst the State has seen in 60 years, affected more than 2,500 vil- lages, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said as he assured help to deal with the grim situation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed on Saturday evening by the Home Minister after his return from Jammu & Kashmir to survey the flood- affected areas. In view of the seriousness of the situation, the Prime Minister immediately called for a review meeting to assess the situation. The meet- ing was attended by the Cabinet Secretary, the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister and the Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister. Rajnath Singh said that 160 people have lost their lives in these floods. Floods of this magnitude have hit Jammu & Kashmir after 60 years. He said more than 2,500 vil- lages were affected, out of which 450 were completely sub- merged. The Union Minister arrived in the State earlier in the day on a days visit to take stock of the flood situation. The devastating floods con- tinued to wreak havoc in Kashmir Valley for the fifth straight day on Saturday as inter- mittent rainfall continued amid free-flow of ferocious streams and the swelling Jhelum River. The Jhelum, flowing many feet above the danger mark breached the banks at several places inundating more popu- lated areas in the Capital Srinagar. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah drove visiting Home Minister Rajnath Singh and MoS Jatinder Singh to several submerged localities to assess the flood situation. The Army, State adminis- tration, civilian volunteers and police continued the massive rescue operation in the worst- affected areas, especially in south Kashmirs Pulwama, Anantnag and Kulgam districts. The degree of devastation is colossal. We are focusing on res- cue and relief operations only. Turn to Page 4 Related reports on P6 Fh8 Q hEw 0ELh I n a rare punitive action, the CRPF has suspended 17 of its personnel, including four junior officers, for dereliction of duty and deserting martyred col- leagues during a deadly ambush in Sukma earlier this year, in which 11 paramilitary person- nel, four from the State police and a civilian were killed. The move comes after a Court of Inquiry (CoI) insti- tuted following the March 11 incident in Chhattisgarh stated in its preliminary findings that these personnel (those sus- pended now) displayed lack of action and did not show satis- factory counter action to save their fellow troops as they themselves ran for cover. CRPF Director General Dilip Trivedi told The Pioneer, They have been suspended by Inspector General Chhattisgarh after the preliminary inquiry found them guilty on these charges. The final quantum of punishment will be decided after the full enquiry is com- pleted within the next three months, officials said. This is a rare disciplinary action taken by the CRPF against its own personnel deployed in the anti-Naxal the- atre. CRPF is designated the lead agency for anti-Naxal operations in the country and is assisting the State police forces for over a decade. These personnel have been suspended as they have been found guilty of dereliction of duty and soldier-like con- duct. Those suspended include 14 constables and four subor- dinate officers in the rank of Inspector and Assistant Sub- inspectors, officials said. The enquiry was conduct- ed by a Commandant rank officer and the recommenda- tions are now being processed by a Deputy Inspector General Turn to Page 4 V 1kYkk1 Q K0Ch K eralas Congress-led UDF Government has decided to recommend a CBI investigation into the murder of RSS leader Manoj at Kathiroor in Kannur allegedly by a CPI(M) killer gang on September 1. Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said that the Government took the decision considering the extremely serious dimensions of the case. The Government decision was based on the recommendation of the State DGP, Chennithala said in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. The Government does not have any particular political interest in this and the decision was not taken under pressure from any quar- ters, he said. The State BJP wel- comed the Government decision. Police had charged the eight accused in the murder case under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and as per its provisions, the matter had to be reported to the Centre within 15 days, the Minister said. It is the Centre which has to take a final decision on which the agency should carry out the probe, he pointed out. A delegation of the BJP and RSS had on Thursday submitted a mem- orandum to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy calling for a probe by a Central agency into the murder. A special team of the Kerala Polices Crime Branch is currently holding the investigation. The gang had murdered Manoj after creating a terror situation on the crime spot by hurling country bombs and they had killed him by slitting the throat. Turn to Page 4 8kk 8EhFTk Q K0LKATA T he Saradha fire has now begun to threaten Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees backyard. For the first time since his arrest in the Saradha chit fund case about 11 months ago, suspended and jailed Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh considered one of the prime accused in the case on Saturday took Banerjees name, literally implicating her in the multi-crore scandal. Ghosh, who also worked as the CEO of Saradhas news channels and media empire, told both the trial court and newsmen that the Chief Minister was the biggest benefi- ciary of the Saradha media projects. The CBI now investigating the multi-crore ponzi scam should bring Banerjee, Saradha chief Sudipto Sen and himself face-to-face to know the truth, he asserted. If anyone who has benefitted the most both directly and indirectly from the Saradha media projects it is Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the jailed Trinamool MP alleged even as he was taken to the CGO complex for a fresh round of CBI grilling. Soon after he made the remarks sources in the central agency said they were look- ing forward to extract volumes of what he knows about the crucial connections between the influential people he is nam- ing and the Saradha scam. Ghosh pleaded his case himself on Saturday at the trial court where he urged his investigators to jointly grill Banerjee, Sen and himself. Curiously, Ghoshs statement comes bare- ly a day after Banerjee had accused the media of trying to falsely implicate her name in the scam and former party leader Asif Khan telling a television channel that he had seen the Trinamool leaders transform economically from a state where they had to fight for two square meals and the one when they had hard cash between C100 crore to C1,000-crore. There were days when I saw many Trinamool leaders who did not have two square meals. But today they have C100, 500 or even 1,000 crore. From where this fund has come only they can answer. Insofar as I am con- cerned, I can show them my bank accounts and statements if they come to me, Khan had said on Friday. In what seemed to be a crucial step on the part of the CBI, the inves- tigating agency took a fresh remand of Ghosh. Turn to Page 4 keraIa 0r4ers 08I r0he Iat0 888 actIvIst's m0r4er Glosl tales scam trail to !ioi |i|+|| Wu||| u pl+|i || |u |ilJ |||l1 ||u| || |+i| + ||] +|p u| + |i|W+] +||| || +|+ ||] W| li1i| i| W+ i|u|J+|J |] |luuJW+|| i| S|i|++| u| S+|u|J+] AP home Minisler Ramesh Chennilhala said lhe 0ovl look lhe decision considering lhe exlremely serious dimensions o lhe case ! CRP| || up|JJ |u| Su||+ +||u| i|+|iu| S Rajnalh Singh said 1GO eole have died so ar S 45O villages are submerged in Kashmir, 1,225 are arlially aecled. Around 1,OOO villages are aecled in Jammu S 5O bridges and hundreds o kilomeler o roads are damaged S hine o 11 Armymen washed away have been rescued, bul lwo slill slranded S Fower and waler suly is culo in mosl o lhe loodaecled villages S Cellhones and mobile lowers are dysunclional S Educalional inslilulions have been closed down S Secial haj lighls have been cancelled S Army and ndian Air Force are engaged in massive rescue oeralions II anyone has beneIiIed Ihe mosI, boIh direrIIy and indirerIIy, Irom Ihe 8aradha media projerIs, iI is 6hieI MinisIer MamaIa 8anerjee l|i|+|uul Cu|| |P |u|+l |u| Finally lhe sin commilled by lhe CM and her men lhrough Saradha is coming lo lighl and everylhing will come oul i Mamala Banerjee is made lo go lhrough a lie deleclion lesl 6FI(M) IEkE 81kh 6hkkk8TY Key M laclroom oerator lelo 8TkII EFTE Q hEw 0ELh I n its relentless pursuit to break the backbone of Indian Mujahideen (IM)s pan-India network, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested Ajaz Sheikh (27), the alleged backroom operator of IM. It was Sheikh who had sent anonymous mails to media hous- es claiming responsibility after the attack on Taiwanese tourists near Jama Masjid and the Varanasi blasts in 2010. Sheikh provided logistical support during IM strikes all over the country. Sheikh was arrested on Friday night from outside Saharanpur Railway Station in Western Uttar Pradesh by a team of Delhi Polices Special Cell following a specific Intelligence about his movement. He is a resident of Pune in Maharashtra and he has been identified as the silent India-based techie, logis- tics man and hawala router of the banned terrorist organisation. Sheikh was on the radar of the security agen- cies after he was identified as the key man of IM behind its subversive activ- ities in the country. He had close links with IM founders Riyaz Bhatkal and Mohsin Chowdhary, who are now housed in Pakistan after the Batla House encounter on September 19, 2008. He is the brother-in-law of Chowdhary and directly took com- mands from these two from across the border, said Special Commissioner (Special Cell) SN Shrivastava. In spite of the busting of several IM modules, and the recent arrests of Yasin Bhatkal, Tehsin Akhtar, Assadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, Waqas and others, the one mystery that had remained unsolved was the identity of the person who was behind the e-mails sent under the signature of Al Arabi, claiming responsibility for the Varanasi serial blasts and the Jama Masjid terror attacks. All investigations into this aspect had consistently hit a dead end with the growing realisation amongst various security agencies that the perpetrator was technically super-smart and had practically left no trace of his identity while espousing the nefarious claims of IM. The arrest of Ajaz Sheikh has final- ly unravelled the mystery behind the claim made on behalf of IM after the infamous Jama Masjid terror strikes of 2010, said Shrivastava. Besides sending e-mails, Ajaz Sheikh used to provide logistics to the IM oper- atives in India and prepared fake IDs required by them for procuring SIM cards, collecting foreign money transfers, obtaining rooms on rent and even in get- ting enrolled in professional educational institutions as a cover, police said. Turn to Page 4 MhIT kkhhkI Q JAMMu T he flood situation in Jammu & Kashmir is turning grim with every passing hour. On Saturday, 26 more deaths were reported from Udhampur, Poonch and Jammu districts in Jammu division. In Jammu, flood fury swept away portion of an embank- ment connecting the newly- constructed bridge over the River Tawi. The district admin- istration also closed down four existing bridges disrupting normal life here. Concertina wires were raised on both sides of the approach roads and bar- ricades were raised to prevent entry of motorists. Regular announcements were made for common people to stay away from bridges amid con- stantly rising water levels. Thirteen deaths were reported from Udhampur where people died due to house collapse at different places in Talpad, Rakhbadali, Manthal, Latti and Upper Tholawa villages. Seven deaths were reported from Poonch and five people died near Bajalta in Jammu after their shed was hit by a mudslide. To assess the flood fury on Ground Zero, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with MoS PMO Jitendra Singh conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in Akhnoor and Jourian in Jammu and termed the situation grim. Addressing a Press confer- ence at Technical Airport in Jammu, the Home Minister later said, The situation is wor- risome and the Central Government is helping the State extend all possible assistance to the affected population. The Home Minister said the Prime Minister has expressed his sympathy and announced that C2 lakh ex-gratia amount would be given to each of next of kin of the deceased and C50,000 to the injured. Turn to Page 4 Rains crile ]ammu, 4 lrioges over Jawi closeo FI004 hIst0ry revIsIte4 T his is the worst floods in Kashmir in six decades. Natures earlier such fury has been recorded in 1902, 1928, 1955, 1957 and 1959. After the 1902 flood, the Srinagar city remained inundated for two years as Jhelum discharged 1,00,000 cusecs of water. In the 1928 flood, the Jhelum dis- charged 80,000 cusecs as against its normal discharge of 9,000 cusecs. The danger mark is crossed after 20,000 cusecs Rajnalh visils Slale lo lake slock, assures all hel; FM lo go loday 0elhi Folice arresls Aja/ Sheikh rom Saharanur A resident of Pune in Maharashtra, Sheikh has been identified as the 'silent' ndia-based techie, logistics man and hawala router of the banned terrorist organisation. 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Tickets available for: C150, C250, C350 and C500. M8I k0M *Ia: FrIyaaka 0h0ra, 0arshaa k0maar, 80aII Ihaa 8ate4: 7/10 U sually biopics are rarely based on the true and authentic facts. In order to commercial it, directors and producers tend to over- dramatise the events that take place and hence, take away the real essence of what the protagonist really went through. For example, in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Milkha Singh himself had said that some events in the movie had been dramatised and that they never took place. And so may be the case in Mary Kom. It is a difficult to imagine that a husband who pushed his wife into go back to boxing would at the most important match of her life give a news that would break her. However, due credit should be given to Omung Kumar for at least showcasing the achievement of a truly great sports woman that India has produced in a long time, Mary Kom is the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six World Championships. It is definitely not a small feat for a woman to excel in a field which is totally male dominated. So one has to see the movie from the sports perspective the rise of a woman from a State which many people still think is another country. Mary Kom played by Priyanka Chopra 8I8 0III: 0MF I0 kIll F08 *Ia: MIckey 800rke, 1essIca Iha, 10sh 8r0IIa, Fva 6reea, 10seh 60r40alevItt, 8r0ce wIIIIs 8ate4: 5/10 T hose who have seen the earlier version, may be familiar with the neo-noir (the new black) style of motion pictures. To make it easier who those who are not familiar with the modern concept of filming, it is more like a comic book version that comes alive on a 70 mm screen. Those who love to watch a movie which is not your usual Hollywood flick, this one will make for an interesting experience even if there are several references to what happened earlier read the Sin City. The good part is that directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller take you in flash back to give a sneak peek into what had happened in the prequel. Of course, the Sin City fans will find this one just as interesting; for its OTT action, artful director, brilliant CGI and the amalgamation of four stories that flow smoothly from one to another without one feeling that these are in fact different stories. And the best story told is that of Eva Green. In a black and white backdrop, her green eyes are a show stopper. Add to this an electric blue dress with red lipstick, perfect nails and a body with all its allure on display, one has a perfect reason to kill for. And killing is the premise of this one. The good part is that most of the blood and gore gets a makeover since it is in black and white. And where there is blood and gore, it has been well-shot. However, movie is not for those who abhor violence in any for. With heads rolling, hands being chopped off, fingers being broken with pliers and people being shot at point-blank range, it is not your average action-drama from the Hollywood kitty. But if one is looking for a movie which doesnt have much to offer in terms of a storyline but has plenty of testosterone running, where women are barely clad and melodrama thrown in for good measure, then Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is worth a watch. S|+li|i S+||+ Printed and pubIished by Chandan Mitra for and on behaIf of CMYK Printech Ltd., 2nd FIoor, Link House, 3 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New DeIhi-110 002, and printed at Jagran Prakashan Ltd, D 210,211 Sector-63, Noida (U.P.). Editor: Chandan Mitra. AIR SURCHARGE of C 2.00 East: CaIcutta, North: Leh West: Mumbai & Ahmedabad South: BangaIore & Chennai. CentraI : Khajuraho, DeIhi TeIephones: EPABX-40754100, 23755271-74, 9871234271. Lucknow Office: 4th FIoor, Sahara Shopping Centre, Faizabad Road, Lucknow-226 016. TeIephones: 0522-2346443, 2346444, 2346445. 6reat rIasI4e vIeW says in the movie: I hate it when I tell people that I am from Manipur and they ask which country is that? As Mary Kom, PC has done a good job. One does see that in some parts she stumbles with the Hindi accent of a girl from Manipur but on the whole PC has managed to keep herself within the ring. And though she has tried to bring forth the emotional turmoil that Mary Kom would have actually gone through in real life, the downer is that nobody can emote the inner battle that MC has had to undergo. Therefore, to step into her shoes and feel her pain and struggle is somewhat missing. Omung Kumar could have done a better job of putting some soul into the film that he was making on a person who is known as the Magnificent Mary. But he somewhat redeems himself for having chosen a good starcast. Darshan Kumar, who plays MCs husband has done a good job as has Sunil Thapa who plays the coach. It is definitely a movie that is worth watching. Not because of some out-of- the-box performance by the starcast but because one must know the story of the Indian boxer who has made the country proud. A special request, kindly stand up at the end of the movie for the National Anthem. It will be small tribute that one can pay to all those sportsperson who have brought glory to the country. S|+li|i S+||+ Wortl a watcl oesite violence 80w IIMF QWhat is your character in Big Magics Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai (AGGJ) all about? I play Jagadamba Shaktishaali, a nani-saas who has a love-hate relationship with her son-in-law Chintu Chautala Shaktishali (played by Sumit Vats). Its a comedy drama which questions the traditional belief that betiya toh paraya dhan hoti hai. Why is it that only women have to leave their home after marriage? Why dont men leave their house after marriage and come and stay with the in-laws is what the serial is all about. So, in that sense, the story is about a matriarchal family. QFrom your debut in Humrahi in the 80s to Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai, how have things changed When I bagged my first show Humrahi I had just passed out from National School of Drama (NSD). I treated TV and films like theatre and used to put in a lot of effort and thought into how I would want to portray my character and how will it move forward. Over an hour would be spent on preparing just one shot before the final take. Today, we get no time to either think or experiment with the character we play. Even then, I try to give the best possible shot in the time slot that we have now. QWhere does TV stand today? Watching television has become painful and daily soaps have only gone from bad to worse. Earlier, daily soap used to come once or twice a week and we used to shoot one episode in five days. But now, in one day, we have to shoot one full episode of 22 minutes. TV has become mechanical, there is no scope to put in your thought into the character one is playing. There is little content in serials these days. I dont think any show can challenge the content which was there in Humrahi. QHow did you cope up with the changes? When I started working for Ekta Kapoors Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, the first few days were a nightmare. Bulky jewellery, heavy sarees and too much make-up was not my style. Being a passionate actor, we used to discuss lines that were written in the script. But then the director and assistant directors would tell us: Jaisa likha hai waise he bol do. Khatam karo. Agla scene bhi shoot kerna hai. Their frustration was quite visible on their face. I wanted to run away from all this but realised that this kind of scenario was here to stay. I had no other option but to adapt myself to these changes. QHow has been your experience working in art and commercial cinema? Coming from NSD, I used to look down upon commercial cinema. But then I realised that commercial films were important if one wanted to eke out a livelihood as an actor. Art is a completely different genre. I loved working with Shayam Benegal especially in movies like Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993) and Mammo (1994). Recently, I worked with him in the tele-series Samvidhan which was based on the making of the Indian Constitution. Shyam Benegal is an encyclopedia in himself. After so many years, he is still the same warm, caring and a genius director. QYou have worked with two generations of Bollywood actors. Can you share some moments? When I was working with Rishi Kapoor in Prem Granth (1996) and Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999), we used to have so much fun on the sets. In fact, I told him during that period that I had fallen in love with him after watching Bobby as had many other of my college friends. He told me never to say this to Ranbir. That time Ranbir was studying in the US and on his visits to India, he would run all over the place and Chintuji used to tell him: What are you doing here. Go and learn something. And turning to me, he would say, Himaniji, take him with you and show some play or opera. More than 15 years down the line, when I was working with Ranbir in Besharam, I never thought that he would remember all that. He told me that he hated watching the plays but did it to please his father. QYou have also worked with Roshans. How was it working with them? I worked with Rakeshji in Koyla (1997) starring Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit. Hrithik was one of the assistants in the film. He used to come to me and say: Madam your shot is ready. It never occurred to me that he was Rakeshjis son. Three years later, I was shooting in Hyderabad for a film and saw the promos of Kaho Naa Pyar Hai. It was then that I came to know that the assistant was Rakeshjis son. Then in 2001, I got an opportunity to work with him in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Main Prem Ki Deewani Hu (2003) and Mujhse Dosti Karogi (2002). Karan Johar jokingly said that now that since I had already worked with two generations of Bollywood actors, a time will come when I will be playing the role of a grandmother to Hrithik, Karisma and Ranbirs sons as well. It was quite funny. QHow difficult has the journey been so far? It was tough being a single parent; to juggle home and a career. There were days when my day would begin at 7 am and end at 3 am. I would get a couple of hours of sleep only to wake up to teach my son Maths. Those days were tough. But I got by. I dont regret having had to work hard. QYou never left working in TV even though you had become popular in films. Why? Somebody once asked me: You are doing films with Yash Raj, Sudhash Ghai, Shayam Benegal. Why are you still doing TV serials?. I told him that even though Im getting good films, TV was what made me popular and Ill never stop working for it. It made me famous as Devki. And one sees big actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar making their way to TV. People have started looking up to television. QWhat are some of the roles that are close to your heart? I have done a variety of roles like comedy, negative and drama. The good part is that I never got typecast. Im happy that I get to do bold and character-driven roles like I got to do in TV serials like Humrahi and Hasratein, and films like Hum Aapke Hai Kaun, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Hero No 1, Pardes, Prem Granth, Veer Gati etc. A sha Negi, known for her character as Purvi in Pavitra Rishta is completely in love with the modern and chic look that she flaunts in Ek Mutthi Asmaan. The actor recently replaced Rachna Parulkar (Kalpi) as female protagonist. Its so nice to be yourself on the screen as well. Suhanas character is very modern as compared to my previous roles, Negi says adding that in order to play Purvis character she had to tone down a bit because, the character was that of a simple and modest girl. However, when it comes to playing Suhana she can be herself. Suhana is jolly and chirpy in nature. You will see me wearing modern outfits and flaunting a very trendy look. I am like that in real life, she says. Negi tells you how smoothly she managed to replace Kalpi by dramatising a well- conspired road accident in which the latter survives the accident but has severe burns and a memory loss. She u n d e r g o e s plastic surgery and the new face is that of Negi. Suhanas uncle is instrumental in giving that new face and identity to her. She is oblivious of her past and trying to adjust to the new life. There will be many instances where she will come face-to-face with her past but wont be able to join the dots like the time when she meets her mother, Negi tells you. She feels that in India, where serials are laced with predictable turns and twists and the plastic surgery scenario has been done to death, the masala daily soaps tap the maximum viewership These high-end dramatic twists have become integral parts of our serials and I agree that these things are impractical and dont really happen in our daily lives. But I think the content mostly depends on what the people want to see, she explains stating the viewers choice behind the unrealistic dramas. She also suggests that we should take a cue from the Pakistani tele- serials and start concentrating on the content rather than dramatisation. Negi relishes the memories of the past decades dramas that had certain underlying flavour to it and tells you that the one character that she always wanted to play was that of Kajal Bhai from Hum Paanch. The character was played by Bhairavi Raichura. It was very challenging and she played it with finesse. I am very tomboyish and find a connect with the character. I wish I had played that one, she says. As for wo r k i n g with Zee TV again after a break, she tells you that nothing has changed since her Pavitra Rishta days and the crew members received her with open arms. I feel very nostalgic as I have enjoyed each and every moment working with this channel. I can relate each and everything with the days spent with Zee, she tells us. And while Negi is looking forward to how her characters journey will be chartered out, the latest buzz is that the show is all set to end abruptly because it has not been able to garner enough TRPs. 'Lovo playing a modorn girl' w0M8 F0wF8 08 808I Fl A new channel, Sony Fal, which showcases slories o modern women, has launched seven new shows. Rashmi Sharma's show Fia 5asanti Fc al 7:8O m is lhe slory o Fia (Adaa Khan), who hails rom low class who earns her slalus lhrough sheer hard work. The makers o Liya Aur 5aati |um , Shashi and Sumeel Millal has come u wilh k Fis|ta Aisa 5|i lhal airs al 8 m. 0J's Crealive unil's |amari 5istcr LiJi is a doclor show. l airs al 8:8O m. Tum 5aat| |c Ja| Apnc lhal lelecasls al O m revolves around Mariyaam (Barkha Bishl). 5in|asan 5attisi is lhe slory o Raja vikramadilya's slruggle lo gel lhe lhrone. This eriodic drama, roduced by Crealive Eye, has Siddharlh Arora and Sayanlani 0hosh as lead aclors. The show airs al O:8O. K|us|iycn Ki 6u||ak| Aas|i lhal airs al 1O m revolves around lhe lead rolagonisl, Aashi. 8Fw 80w Aler lhe success o Fyaar Ka JarJ |ai (Slar Flus), Rajashri Froduclion is all sel lo launch new show on Lie 0K. Mcrc Fan Mcin Fannc Wa|i is amilybased show. Alok halh will lay role o head amily. Samridh Bawa o 5uJJy Frcjcct (Channel v)and Franali 0hoghare have been roed in or lhe male and emale leads reseclively. Mahesh Thakur, 0olly Sohi, vishnu Bholwani and harsh vashishl are olher casls o lhe show. The soa lhal will be aired somelime in 0clober, is sel lo relace |aJaan FarinJcy in 0clober. F8F8 F0F I8 M88 F8IF A lillle birdie lells us lhal Sony Tv's 5|arat Ka Vccr Futra-Ma|arana Fratap will soon inlroduce a new characler. The show has been in lhe news or somelime now lhal lhere is going lo be a lea aler aler which Maharana Frala will be shown all grown u. however, lhe resl o lhe delails are under wras regarding lhe lea. Meanwhile, lhe news o a new characler in lhe show is crealing bu//. According lo reorls, lhe new characler, Change/i, will be a suorler o Akbar. So conlinue lo walch lhe show al 1O m, rom Monday lo Thursday. TELLYTALE Asha hegi, who recenlly relaced Rachna Farulkar in Ek Mullhi Asmaan lells RAMA 0wvE0 lhal laying a modern girl in lhe serial comes very nalurally lo her Altlougl every ossille care ano caution las leen talen to avoio errors or omissions, tlis ullication is leing solo on tle conoition ano unoerstanoing tlat information given in tlis ullication is merely for reference ano must not le talen as laving autlority of or linoing in any way on tle writers, eoitors, ullislers, ano rinters ano sellers wlo oo not owe any resonsilility for any oamage or loss to any erson, a urclaser of tlis ullication or not for tle result of any action talen on tle lasis of tlis worl. All oisutes are sulject to tle exclusive jurisoiction of cometent court ano forums in !elli/New !elli only. weIItraveIIe4 journey watchIa I has hec0me aIaf0I aa4 4aIIy s0as have 0aIy 0ae fr0m ha4 t0 W0rse. I04ay, 0ae 40esa't et tIme t0 et Iat0 the character. 0ae j0st has t0 recIte the IIaes Ivea aa4 the sh0t Is 0ver Be il arl or commercial ilms, Tv or lhealre, laying a caring molher in 0ilwale 0ulhania Le Jayenge or a villainous saas in hasralein, himani Shivuri has been lhere and done lhal. The yesleryear aclress who calured lhe hearlbeals as 0evki bhojai in humrahi, seaks wilh SAh0EETA YA0Av aboul her journey on Tv and her exerience working wilh lwo generalions o Bollywood aclors NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 townhall 0S 8TkII EFTE Q hEw 0ELh T hree-time MLA and senior Delhi BJP leader Karan Singh Tanwar has been appointed as vice-chairperson of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). Tanwar had been elected thrice from the Delhi Cantonment Assembly in 1993, 2003 and 2008. On Saturday, along with Tanwar, three others Anita Arya, Abdul Rasheed Ansari and BS Bhati were also administered oath by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, as new members of the council. Arya is a former Mayor of Delhi and has also represented Karol Bagh parlia- mentary constituency in the 13th Lok Sabha. With the reconstitution of the council, all members nom- inated by the previous the UPA Government have been removed. Surprisingly, except Tanwar, all other three newly- inducted members are not from NDMC area. Ansari, a resident of old Delhi is nation- al president of the BJP Minority Morcha. He has been associat- ed with the party since its inception. He is also one of the founder members of the BJP. While, BS Bhati is leader of the NDMC employees union and had been working with the civic body, till recently. On his appointment, Tanwar said he would make every possible effort to imbibe the idea of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to weed out corruption. Na Khaoonga, Na khane Doonga (neither will I accept bribe, nor let anyone to take bride). My foremost pri- ority will be to make NDMC, a corruption-free model civic body to instill confidence in common man, he said. Tanwar also said the coun- cil would be making concerted endeavour to make New Delhi area garbage free and improve sanitation facilities. Next tar- get will be over all development of youth hence I will propose gymnasium and sporting facil- ity in every colony. New Delhi will be converted into model city, he said. Nominated members unusually have five-year tenure and are appointed on the rec- ommendation of the Centre and notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Apart from par- ticipating in significant policy making council meetings, these members are entitled for several perks including a type-V Government bungalow, a vehi- cle with driver and an office in NDMC headquarters. Present on the occasion were Chairperson NDMC Jalaj Shrivastava, New Delhi Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi Lekhi, New Delhi MLA Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Secretary DM Spolia and other senior officials. Later, Jung congratu- lated the council members and hoped that they will make NDMC area more beautiful with better facilities and infra- structure. Ikh kk Q hEw 0ELh A fter getting permissions from its Trust, the Lady Shri Ram College has finally set up its official alumnae associ- ation called the ELSA Association, which will hold its first annual general meeting on September 13. While informal alumnae get-togethers were always a part of LSRs extra-cur- ricular activities, this is the first time that a registered soci- ety for the alumnae has been formed. According to officials, the aim of the association is to bring together all the alumnae under one roof from where they can help the college grow and subsequently counsel students in their respective career fields. Aditi Misra, president of the ELSA Association, said that it was after a lot of deliberation and planning that the association was formed. Less than a year ago, a handful of enthusiastic ELSAs (ex-students of LSR) were invited by Principal Dr Meenakshi Gopinath, and Chairman Arun Bharat Ram to form a registered association, which could reach out to all ELSAs and create a dynamic net- work of women committed to be change makers and mentor stu- dents of the college, said Misra. The group began this task with a lecture series on Women and Law. Chandni Luthra, vice- president of the association informed, This was followed by a carnival called W3 (women, wisdom and wellness) in the college. The alumni group also organised day-long events like Fleximoms for young mothers working from home and demystifying technology. Additionally, monthly get- togethers were organised for ELSAs called Back to College. After all of this, finally the ELSA Association was regis- tered in July this year. According to Luthra, the whole idea of creating this registered society is to get all of the alumnae together to net- work, bond, mentor, counsel and create professional acces- sibility. We have alumna all over the world now and some of them are people who are doing very well in their respec- tive careers. We want that they all come under one association and help counsel the students at LSR and network in a way that would enhance the future of all the ELSAs, she said. Misra added that the tasks ahead for the association were very clear. We need to get all ELSAs around the world under one umbrella and there needs to be an active and vibrant net- work among them. Once that is done, mentorship programmes with present students will be initiated and helplines for ELSAs will be set up. The plan is to contribute meaningfully to our alma mater, she said. Coming February next year, the ELSA Association will also be organising a mini- literature festival. We want ELSAs to come together and share their own experiences in the fields that they are working in. We will also have film and theatre festivals. This will also help establish a sisterhood among ELSAs, said Luthra. Meanwhile, the ELSA Association will also be bidding farewell to principal Meenakshi Gopinath during their first AGM. She has been the pillar of strength for the institution. If not for her this association would not have been made as it was her vision that drove this endeavour, said Luthra. 8TkII EFTE Q hEw 0ELh W hile expressing its reser- vation over transferring a case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, merely on allega- tions against the local police, the Delhi High Court has observed that such practice may have an adverse effect on the investiga- tion and credibility of the pre- mier investigation agency. The court remark came while dis- posing of a plea challenging the unauthorised constructions in Walled City area and seeking CBI enquiry against Municipal Corporation for its alleged fail- ure to prevent such activities. Justice Manmohan, in an order, said, Otherwise the CBI would be flooded with a large number of cases and with limited resources, may find it difficult to properly investigate even serious cases and in the process lose its credibility and purpose with unsatisfactory investigations? Despite wide power con- ferred by the Constitution, such an order should be not to be passed by the courts as a matter of routine or merely because a party has levelled some allegations against the local police, the judge added. This extraordinary power must be exercised sparingly, cautiously and in exceptional situations where it becomes necessary to provide credibili- ty and instill confidence in investigations or where the inci- dent may have national and international ramifications or where such an order may be necessary for doing complete justice and enforcing the fun- damental rights, the court said. A petition was filed in the court challenging the conver- sion of residential and dwelling houses to markets, showrooms in Walled City area by one Vinay Chand Jain. 8TkII EFTE Q hEw 0ELh W ith the possibilities to have elected Government in the Capital emerging posi- tively, the BJP may be veering round to take a shot at power with the party president Amit Shah virtually justifying such a course of action. In a related development, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh main- tained that the party will take a call once a formal proposal is received from Lieutenant- Governor Najeeb Jung while he ruled out his party indulging in any horse-trading. The State unit of the party is said to be divided on form- ing a Government without fac- ing fresh elections but sources said the high command was inclined to give it a shot. A final decision may be taken on the issue at a meeting of the newly- constitute BJP Parliamentary Board that may be convened early next week, sources said. BJP president Amit Shah told a television channel that the BJP, the single-largest party, has the right to form a Government as it has got the mandate in Delhi in both the Assembly and Lok Sabha elec- tions and does not see any- thing immoral in seeking sup- port for it. Our party got the man- date in the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Delhi, and we think that mandate stands. I do not find anything immoral in seeking support to form a Government, Shah told Rajat Sharma in his Aap Ki Adalat programme on India TV. Everybody wants to avoid fresh elections in Delhi, said Shah, adding that BJP is the single largest party and it has the right to form a Government. On a days trip to Jammu & Kashmir to assess the flood situation there, the Home Minister said the Lt-Governor is free to call any party for Government formation and the BJP is the single largest party. If invited we will think about it. The BJP does not believe in horse-trading. The BJP wil l never favour a Government with horse-trad- ing, Singh said. The Delhi BJP is said to be divided in two distinct camps, one strongly favouring the move to form a Government and the other suggesting going for a fresh mandate. Jung has sent a report to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking permission to call the single largest party to take a shot at power though it is well short of majority in the Assembly. In his report, Jung gave a detailed analysis of the political situation in the city and underlined the need to have an elected Government for Delhi which is under Presidents Rule since February 17 following resignation of AAP Government. The Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress have come down hard on Jung for his report and accused him of promoting horse-trading. Last week the parties had cautioned the Lt-Governor not to take any unconstitutional move by inviting BJP to form Government. Both the parties have been demanding imme- diate dissolution of the Assembly, saying keeping it in suspended animation will encourage horse-trading. 1u| li|| + +|Jl + ||] p|p+| |u i||| +| iJul u| |u|J +||+ i| || Y+|u|+ |i1| i| |W l|i u| S+|u|J+] AP Ikh kk Q hEw 0ELh T he streets are buzzing on various campuses of Delhi University as electioneering has started in full motion. However, with Saturday being the first day of campaigning on campus, student organisations kept to the more sober promotion through face-to-face interac- tions and group discussions with students, explaining them the intricacies of their manifestos. Rohit Chahal of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad visited several colleges and spoke to students in groups. We went around and did one-to-one interactions with students. It was actually good talking to the students and resolving their queries. Students were well aware of the ideologies of the various student organisations and they even asked us why our ideology is better than the oth- ers. That helped us put our point forward, said Chahal. The National Students Union of India also took for- ward their campaign to colleges and basically spoke out about the need for hostel accommodation. Candidates pro- moted their unions secular and inclusive ideas as Amit Sidhu Teema is the first Sikh candidate in three decades in DUSU election. The All India Students Association was also seen campaigning. They also conducted group discussions and spoke to students about issues concerning them. While NSUI has also been a direct competitor to ABVP, this time the inclusion of AISA has made a vast difference. AISA was never too prominent during the DUSU elections but now is. There is a tough competi- tion this time and AISA may also hold chances. However, ABVP has a stronghold too, said Pallavi Anand, a stu- dent in North Campus. Elections are on September 13. 8TkII EFTE Q hEw 0ELh F ormer Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is trying to reach a compromise in the defama- tion case filed by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. Kejriwal on Saturday stated before a city court that there was a possibility of compromise in the criminal defamation complaint filed against him by Gadkari and they were in the process of finalis- ing it. The counsel for Kejriwal made the submissions on being asked by the court if both the politi- cians have arrived at any compro- mise in the matter. It is basically clash of egos. It is better if the matter gets settled, Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha said. To this, the counsel appearing for Kejriwal said, There is a possibility of compromise. We are in the process. The court fixed the matter for further hearing on October 18 after the counsel appearing for Gadkari and Kejriwal sought adjournment on the ground that the matter was pending before the Delhi High Court, which will hear the case on October 16. It may be recalled that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kejriwal was arrested and sent to Tihar Jail on May 21 after he had refused to furnish bail bond in the case but gave in within a week and was released. Meanwhile, the court allowed Kejriwals plea for perma- nent exemption from personal appearance. The court had earlier framed defamation charges against Kejriwal after both the parties had told it that they have not reached any settlement in the case. Section 500 (defamation) of the IPC, being a compoundable offence, the court had advised Kejriwal to bury the hatchet and amicably settle the issue with Gadkari. Gadkari had earlier told the court that he was ready to resolve the issue if Kejriwal with- draws his statement. Kejriwal, however, had refused to withdraw his statement and allegations which he had levelled against Gadkari. !efamation case: Kejriwal lints at truce witl Gaolari Au|Ji| |u C|+|J|i |u|||+, 1ip|iJ|| u| || +ui+|iu|, || W|ul iJ+ u| |+|i| ||i |i||J ui|] i |u | +ll u| || +lu||+ |u||| |u ||Wu||, |u|J, |||u|, uu|l +|J |+| p|u|iu|+l +i|ili|] 8SDGK\D\ KDLOV ORQJ RYHUGXH UHMLJ W hile conveying his wishes to the newly-appointed members of the New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay on Saturday said that it was long overdue and the inclusion of representatives for different sections of the soci- ety will go long way in improving the function of the council. With the nomination of Karan Singh Tanwar as vice-chair- man of NDMC, the Central Government has honoured the peo- ple of Delhi Cantonment Area under NDMC. Besides this, the experience of administrative works of former MP and former Mayor Anita Arya will be useful in managing the affairs of NDMC. SC community of Delhi is also happy with her appoint- ment. The inclusion of BJP Minority Morcha national president Abdul Rasheed Ansari is reprehensive of Minority Community and the nomination of BS Bhati working for the rights for the workers of NDMC is a matter of pride both for the NDMC and the working class, he said. 81F has rIht t0 f0rm 60vt: mIt 8hah II inviIed We WiII Ihink abouI iI. The 81F does noI beIieve in horseIrading. The 81F WiII never Iavour a overnmenI WiIh horseIrading - RAJhATh Sh0h LT00vERh0R hAJEEB Juh0 hAS SEhT A REF0RT T0 FRES0EhT FRAhAB MuKhERJEE SEEKh0 FERMSS0h T0 CALL ThE Sh0LE LAR0EST FARTY T0 TAKE A Sh0T AT F0wER Th0u0h T S wELL Sh0RT 0F MAJ0RTY h ThE ASSEMBLY 0ur arly gol lhe mandale in lhe Assembly and Lok Sabha olls in 0elhi, and we lhink lhal mandale slands. do nol ind anylhing immoral in seeking suorl lo orm a 0overnmenl - AMT ShAh T0L0 RAJAT ShARMA h 'AAF K A0ALAT' NDMCOvEPHAUL B]P`s Janwar sworn in as new vice-clairerson |C ||u CBl p|u| i||u ill+l u|||u|iu| i| w+llJ Ci|] Campus oampaign bogins on sobor noto DUSU POLLS Fl8 t0 hrIa l88 aI0maae cI0ser nation 04 NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 8TkII EFTE Q hEw 0ELh W ith the Assembly elec- tions just round the cor- ner in neighbouring Haryana, the Excise Department of the city have launched a special drive against the persons involved in the trade of illicit liquor. Neeraj Semwal, Comm- issioner Excise, said on Saturday that the Intelligence Bureau of Excise Department has seized 4,692 bottles of illic- it liquor of different brands like Rasila Santra, Impact Whisky, Asli Santra and Imperial Blue Whisky from various parts of the national Capital. Semwal said that the con- fiscated lot of illicit liqour was non-duty paid in the Capital and was being carried by the accused unauthorisedly. A case was registered at Burari Police Station against Bharat Bhushan and Sunil Kumar, residents of Sant Nagar and Kamalpur respectively, in which 480 bottles of Asli Santra were recovered from Haryana. One vehicle also was seized in this case. Another FIR has been reg- istered in Jahangirpuri police Station wherein the accused person is absconding In this case, 480 bottles of Rasila Santra Brand and 840 Bottles of Impact Whisky for sale in Haryana were recovered. One vehicle Tempo TATA- 407 was also seized in this case. The Commissioner added that another FIR was registered in Kalyanpuri Police Station against Suresh, resident of Village Attal, Dist. Sonepat, Haryana for carrying 612 bot- tles of Rasila Santra Brand for sale in Haryana. A Baleno car being used to ferry the liquor has been seized. In another case registered against Vijay, resident of Subhash Mohalla, Faridabad, Haryana at Mayur Vihar Police Station, Excise department offi- cials recovered 696 bottles of Impact Whisky for sale in Haryana. Another FIR No.795 was registered at Mandawali Police Station against Sombir Singh, resident of Vidya Nagar, Bhiwani, Haryana in which 420 bottles of Besto Whisky and 180 bottles of Rasila Santra for sale in Haryana were recovered. Excise officials lodged another FIR against three persons name- ly Ashish, Vikas and Harmail all from Humanyu Pur, Rohtak, Haryana at Frash Bazar Police Station and confiscated 228 bottles of Besto Whisky and 312 Bottles of Rasila Santra for sale in Haryana. Semwal added that Excise Department during its raids conducted at various places has seized a huge number of illic- it liquor. The Department has recovered 36924 bottles of illic- it liquor of different brands and cases were registered against the accused in different Police Stations in the Capital under Delhi Excise Act 2009. The vehicles used in the crime were also confiscated. In its action against the liquor mafia, the excise Department has seized 41616 Bottles of illicit liquor in Delhi during last few week. 8TkII EFTE Q hEw 0ELh K eeping in mind the increas- ing multi-drug resistant (MDR)-TB cases in India, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday launched India's first national Anti-Tuber- culosis Drug Resistance Survey. The survey will be con- ducted on 5,214 patients across the country and will provide information on the prevalence of anti-tuberculosis drug resis- tance among new and already undergoing treatment patients. "It often happens that patients who have TB disease stop taking the drugs soon after they start feeling better. They can become sick again as if the drugs are not taken correctly, the TB bacteria may still remain alive and the person may become resistant to those drugs and will have to then given sec- ond-line drugs," said Vardhan. These additional drugs, called second-line drugs, must be taken for a very long time and is more expensive to treat. MDR-TB is resistant to two or more of the first-line drugs. If a person with MDR-TB spreads the disease to someone else and that person comes down with active disease, it will be multi-drug-resistant from the beginning. The number of MDR-TB cases in the country had increased five-fold between 2011 and 2013. Studies show one-third of the MDR-TB cases are resistant to fluoroquinolones, which are critical for MDR-TB treatment. MDR-TB if quickly identified can be cured sucessfully. Unfortunately, tests to deter- mine whether a particular strain is resistant usually take several weeks to complete. The survey will include tracking the effectiveness of TB prevention and control activities, design standardised regimens for the treatment of drug-resistant TB, assess epidemiological trends and identify and respond to outbreaks of drug-resistant TB. u|iu| |+l|| |i|i|| |+|| V+|J|+| Ju|i| || l+u|| u| |i|| |+|iu|+l A||ilu||ului |u Ri|+| Su|1], l|Ji+ 2J!4!5, i| |W l|i u| S+|u|J+] Pll Haryana cracls oown on illicit liquor traoers as olls oraw near Fh8 Q RAhCh W ith Amit Shah arriving here on his maiden visit on Sunday, the party leaders, who believe that the saffron brigade stands a fair chance to achieve Mission 42 plus, are hopeful that the BJP boss will clear the air over who will lead the electoral battle in the forth- coming Assembly elections in Jharkhand. Though the BJP is euphor- ic over entry of a large number of leaders from other parties, particularly the JVM, which had inflicted a heavy damage to the BJP in the 2009 elections, the party leadership needs to keep its own house in order and work out a plan to manage the ticket hopefuls. Maintaining that the BJP should play its card well, a senior party leader confided that though the party will mainly bank on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charisma to get a majority in the State, but the party needs a local face in the Assembly elections. Also, the party leadership should work out a formula to keep 'Hindutva' vote bank intact and dump the issue of tribal- non-tribal Chief Minister. Pointed out a BJP leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as a brand ambas- sador for nationalism, giving a body blow to the vote bank pol- itics of his rivals, who mainly used to polarise the minority votes in order to survive. But the tribal-non-tribal Chief Minister issue, being raked up by some leaders, is a different brand of divisive politics, which threat- ened to make a dent in the 'Hindutva' vote bank. If the tribals get a message that the BJP will dump them once they get a majority, they may switch over to the grand alliance which is being put in place by the BJP rivals. Also, the Scheduled Castes, who have voted for the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections may feel deprived if our leaders rake up such issues," he pointed out. Notably, the RSS created a social capital by consolidating its base in tribal areas to counter Christian missionaries. Any move to give a raw deal to trib- als might ultimately weaken the RSS foothold in Jharkhand. So, on the face, there might be wave in favour of the BJP, but the insiders role is like- ly to play spoilsport in the elec- tions. The party leadership needs to analyse these factors and take a call to make cor- rective steps before they become a liability, pointed out another party leader. Some may cite example of Chhattisgarh with 30.6 per cent tribal population and still hav- ing a non-tribal Chief Minister whereas Jharkhand has only 26.2 per cent tribals. But the basic difference is that the trib- als in Chhattisgarh are con- centrated in three districts of Bastar, Jashpur and Dantewada while tribals inhabit most of the districts in Jharkhand and influ- ence the voting pattern. Also, the BJP has not been able to get a strong foothold in Santhal Pargana, a JMM's pock- et borough. Already, the ruling JMM has begun playing the tribal card aggressively. Again, among non-tribals also, there are two groups one who have migrated from Bihar and other States and those who are natives called moolvasis. The natives share several common con- cerns with the tribals and do not gel with Biharis'. "It is misnomer to con- clude that the projection of a non-tribal leader will get majority non-tribal votes for the BJP. So, the best option for the BJP will be to go for a trib- al face who is equally accept- able among non-tribals too," pointed out a poll analyst. "Overall, the general per- ception amid emerging political scenario is that the BJP will get 50 plus seats if it plays its card well, like projecting an all accept- able leader and selecting right candidates ahead of the elec- tions," pointed out Harishwar Dayal, associated with various election studies. 1harkhaa4 81F Ias h0es 0a 8hah's maI4ea vIsIt w+|| |u |u|] +|, ||i|+l, |u|||i|+l iu |u u|uliJ+| |i|Ju|1+ 1u| Fh8 Q 0EhRA0uh/FAuR T he Uttarakhand Police on Saturday arrested former Pauri MLA and the Pauri municipality chairperson Yashpal Singh Rawat Benam, who had allegedly sexually assaulted a woman journalist on August 23. The police arrested Benam on Saturday morning from his residence near the district hos- pital. He was produced before the court for the crime of sex- ual assault on a woman jour- nalist under Section 354 A-1, 354- B, 376, 511 and 506 of the Indian Panel Code. Benam was sent to 14 days' judicial custody. However, police had sought police remand, but the court rejected it. The woman complainant had registered a Zero FIR of sexual assault against Benam on August 30 in Dalanwala police station (Dehradun) and later, the FIR was transferred to Pauri district. Taking cog- nisance of this, a case under sections 294, 354, 354a, 354 b, 376, 511 and 506 of the IPC was registered against the chairman in the women's police station, Srinagar. Pauri Superintendent of Police Ajay Joshi said after the investigating police had record- ed the woman complainant's statement under Section 161 of CrPC. Her statement was also recorded under section 164 of the CrPC before the magistrate. One additional Section 354 A- 1 was included in the FIR. Ix-!ttarallano MLA lelo in molestation case New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now con- nect with people over radio, seeking suggestions and answering questions on issues concerning the common man. Having made up his mind to reach out to people over radio, he has sought sugges- tions from the public on how to go about in terms of format and frequency. "Let' s con- nect on the radio. . . Want your ideas," Modi tweeted on Saturday. The PM "has invited sug- gestions from people to connect on radio. He has encouraged people to share their ideas in this regard on the MyGov plat- form , www.Mygov.in," a PMO statement said. Sources said he wants to know from people as to what should be the format of the interaction and what should be the issues to be discussed. Modi also wants to know the frequency of the interac- tion, like whether it should be once a week or once a month. He also wants suggestions as to whether the interaction should be with pre-invited audience or open to all for phone-ins. PTI |uW, |uJi W+|| |u |+| uu| |u pupl 1i+ |+Jiu First national anti-tuboroulosis drug rosistanoo survoy kioks o Fh8 Q ChAh00ARh F ollowing heavy rainfall across Punj ab si nce Thursday, at least 22 people, including women and chil- dren, have been killed in dif- ferent incidents of house and roof collapse. Eight people from one family were killed when the roof of their house in Dhalla village near Batala town col- lapsed. The victims were buried while they were sleeping. At least seven people have been killed so far in Amritsar district. Five of them were from one family who died in a house collapse in Jassu Nanagal village near Amritsa. Five people were killed in a roof collapse in Gubhaya vil- lage in Fazilka district of south-west Punjab while two other deaths due to roof col- lapse were reported from other parts of the State. Most areas in the State were lashed by heavy rainfall since Thursday. The State authorities in various districts have issued an alert to people to stay away from rivers and rivulets. Many of these were flowing near the danger mark. unabaled rain claims 22 lives in Funjab Haryana: Haryana Police Saturday claimed to have bust- ed a gang engaged in sandal- wood smuggling with the arrest of five gang members and the recovery of 250 logs of sandal- wood. A police spokesperson said the sandalwood recovered was worth crores of rupees. The sandalwood was recovered from a premises in Sisana vil- lage in Sonipat district, 190 km from here. PNS S+|J+lWuuJ |ul| +| |u|J, |i1 |lJ From Page 1 No murder of such bru- tality has taken place in Kerala since the killing of (rebel Marxist leader) TP Chandrasekharan (on May 4, 2012)," Chennithala said. "The accused in the Kathiroor murder case have connections outside the State. There is every possibility that they have connections outside the country also. The murder could have shattered the peace prevailing in Kannur. Also, the possibility of a conspiracy behind the murder cannot be ruled out," the Home Minister said. "The DGP had recom- mended a CBI probe into the incident considering all these aspects. The Government has approved that recommenda- tion," Chennithala said. The killers had first hurled country bombs at the vehicle in which Manoj (42) and his friends were travelling. When the vehicle stopped after hitting an electric pole, they pounced on him with swords and other weapons and brutally hacked him. Manoj died on the way to the hospi- tal while his friend Pramod (50) was hospitalized with seri- ous hack wounds. Eight CPI(M) activists have been booked for the murder and the police had the other day issued a lookout notice for the first accused, Vikraman. The police have also regis- tered a case against Jain Raj, son of CPI(M)'s Kannur dis- trict secretary P Jayarajan, for posting a message in Facebook expressing happiness over the murder. Congratulating his "dear comrades" on the inhuman act, Jain Raj, presently in the Gulf, had written in his Facebook page, "How long have I been waiting to hear this happy news!" After the post triggered a controversy, he withdrew it but made another post justifying the happiness he expressed over the murder. From Page 1 rank official related to the anti-Naxal operations. According to preliminary findings, the incident reflected a clear cut violation of the Standard Operating Procedures and soldierly conduct expect- ed from the members of the joint squad. The patrol squad was ambushed around 10 am on that day and the ultras looted the weapons and ammunition from the slain jawans and subordinate officers. "Their conduct during the ambush was sheer cowardice and the casualties on the patrol squad could have been minimised had they acted in due manner. Retaliatory action could also have inflicted casualties on the Naxals," they said. The March 11 ambush brought back memories of the audacious 2010 Dantewada massacre in which 76 CRPF personnel were gunned down in the same area in a flawed operation planned and launched by the then DIG, CRPF and IPS officer Nalin Prabhat. The 200-strong Naxal group attacked the joint contingent of security forces' per- sonnel at Jeerum Nullah. The attack came amid intelligence alerts that the ultras have planned a chunav bahiskar during the Parliamentary elections earlier this year. The area is notorious for Naxal influence. The attack is believed to have been car- ried out by the Dandkaranya Zonal Committee of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). The committee was also responsible for carrying out the auda- cious attack barely five kilometres from the spot in which the entire leadership of the Congress party in the State was wiped out in May 2013. From Page 1 More than a 2,500 villages are submerged in the Valley and thousands of families have left their submerged homes and moved to safer zones," an official in the divisional admin- istration told The Pioneer. An Army rescue team was washed away in Kakapora area near Pampore when the Jhelum embankment was breached causing a massive spill. A column of 11 soldiers rowing a rescue boat was washed away by the strong cur- rents. A helicopter was pressed into service to rescue the stranded soldiers to safety, but due to the bad weather boats were more effective in retriev- ing the soldiers, nine of whom were rescued. Two soldiers, however, were still stranded in the area till reports last came in. Revenue Commissioner Vinod Koul said that 50 bridges and hundreds of kilometers of roads besides power installa- tions and PHE schemes have been damaged due to floods and rains. The 300-km Srinagar- Jammu National Highway remained closed for vehicular traffic for the third consecutive day due to landslides at various places. More than a thousand vehicles were stranded on the highway. Vehicular traffic was suspended on major sub- merged roads connecting dis- trict headquarters with the Capital. Schools and colleges have been closed till Monday and all examinations have been post- poned. The authorities post- poned all Haj flights and said they would issue separate schedule for the pilgrims after the flood fury ends. Most of the newspapers have stopped pub- lication for the last three days. Those publishing have lessened their pages and print order. The authorities issued a fresh warning to the people liv- ing in the vicinity of rivers and nullahs to immediately shift to safer areas. "This is necessary for the safety of lives in view of the prevailing flood situation", an official spokesman said. People complained that the response of the administration was sluggish or there was no response at all. Most marooned villagers were helped by the local volunteers who risked their lives to bring old people, women and children to safety. Rajnath and Omar reviewed the prevailing flood situation in the State at a high- level meeting here. The Chief Minister told Singh, that the topmost concern of the State Government was to ensure safety of human lives and evac- uation of the population trapped in submerged areas. Mentioning huge losses to paddy and fruit crops, Omar said that the real assessment of the losses would be made after the water level recedes. The Chief Minister later drove the Home Minister to the inundated areas in upper Srinagar to get visual appraisal of the devastation of flood and the difficulties people were fac- ing. The two leaders visited Baghat, Barzulla, Rambagh, River Jhelum Bund, Zero Bridge, Budshah Bridge, Exhibition Chowk, Saria Bhalla and other areas of the summer capital. Sources said that dozens of houses have collapsed in Gooripora, Awantipora, Sail, Chersoo, Donigund, Beigund, Padgampora, Bata- gund,Bargam, Nawdal, Chand- rigam, Aaligund and Aripal villages in Pulwama district. At least 22 houses col- lapsed in Sambora, Patalbagh, Haqiwara and Galandar areas of Pampore town when there was sudden breach in the Jehlum embankment. Scores of vil- lages in Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian districts are still sub- merged as people took shelter in safer buildings, schools and colleges. Wuranhal and Gur vil- lages in Khanabal were sub- merged on Saturday after the floods swept the area. The State has demanded 25,000 tents and 40,000 blankets on war- footing basis from the Center. The power supply has snapped in most flood-hit areas leading to communication breakdown. "The mobile towers have gone dysfunctional due to lack of power supply. Mobile phone batteries have exhausted and people are unable to com- municate", said Pulwama-based journalist Mir Nazir. Director Meteorological Department Sonam Lotus pre- dicted improvement in weath- er from Sunday morning. Before the sunset, clouds dis- sipated for a while much to the relief of beleaguered people. "Jammu and Kashmir will have clear weather for the next one week," Lotus said. The State has demanded 25,000 tents and 40,000 blan- kets on war-footing basis from the Center. A Defence spokesman said that in the past 48 hours, Indian Air Force mounted IL-76 sor- ties and pressed into action two AN-32 aircraft to airlift NDRF teams and equipment from Bhatinda to Srinagar and Jammu Air Force Bases. "The HQ Western Air Command has opened a disaster monitoring cell that is coordinating the efforts between all its bases including Srinagar, Udhampur, Jammu & Sarsawa apart from fixed wing effort from other bases. The IAF Command has alerted all its bases to a high state of readiness to respond to the emerging situation", the spokesman said. The Army said that it has launched Sahitya operation in which a total of 11,000 civilians have been rescued. "Around 2,000 civilians have been pro- vided food and temporary shel- ters", an Army handout said. Irom Fage 1 'This will be crucial in lhe sense lhal lhe CB is going lo ile lhe irsl chargesheel somelime nexl week,' agency insiders said adding al leasl eighl names including lhal o Sudilo Sen, 0ebjani Mukherjee, Manoj hagel, Sandhir Agar wal, 0ebabrala Sarkar, Somnalh 0ulla. Reacl ing lo lhe news, CF(M) leader Sujan Chakra borly said: 'Finally lhe sin commilled by lhe CM and her men lhrough Saradha is coming lo lighl and everylhing will come oul i Mamala Banerjee is made lo go lhrough a lie deleclion lesl.'BJF Slale residenl Rahul Sinha said: 'Trinamool's house is on ire and ils members are now running hellerskeller. how lime has come when lhose who are connecled wilh lhe case will oinl lheir ingers al lhe eole who are direclly involved in lhe case. 'however, rubbishing 0hosh's slalemenl, Bengal Educalion Minisler Farlho Challerjee Salurday said lhal lhe jailed leader was making 'reckless commenls because he knows lhal he has no way lo escae unishmenl or whal he has done and so he is lrying lo diverl lhe allenlion lowards lhe CM'. Slale urban 0evelomenl Minisler Firhad hakim said: 'l is a sin lo imlicale Mamala because lhe world knows lhal she is a aragon o honesly and inlegrily.' From Page 1 "This is the reason why his name never cropped up during interrogation of any IM opera- tives in the past and this is why his arrest is so important because he always remained under- ground and undisclosed," said another official. "The first task entrusted to Ajaz by his Pakistan- based handlers was to assist Yasin Bhatkal in the execution of the German Bakery blasts of February 2010," said Shrivastava. In this strike, Ajaz played the facilitating role of arranging a mobile handset, SIM card and the rented accommodation near Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune, which were used by Yasin Bhatkal in fabricating the IEDs and executing the blasts. Ajaz had recced various probable blast sites along with Yasin and was instrumental in the final- ization of the German Bakery site as it was considered to be of maximum impact potential in line with the objectives of the IM. "After the German Bakery blasts, Sheikh played the role of devils' messenger in the Jama Masjid strikes of September 19, 2010. Using expert technologi- cal cover, Ajaz had sent the e- mail to various Indian media houses shortly after the strikes claiming the act to be of IM and as a revenge for the Batla House encounter," said Shrivastava. The draft of the mail, which had been prepared by Riyaz Bhatkal and his associates in Pakistan, was received by Ajaz Sheikh ahead of the strikes and, as directed by the seniors in IM, was mailed to Indian media houses after the strikes had been executed. Extensive use of technical camouflaging was resorted to while sending the mail and therefore, even the best efforts of Indian security agen- cies had so far proved futile in tracking down this terror oper- ative. The successful experi- ment of Jama Masjid strikes was repeated in the Sheetla Ghat, Varanasi strikes of December 7, 2010. On this occasion again, it was Ajaz Sheikh who had sent the e-mail espousing the claim of IM to media houses. On this occasion too, the draft e-mail had been received by him in advance of the actu- al strike and higher technical finesse was shown in sending the mail by using an open WiFi network of Mumbai for the same which left no trace of the identity of the network user. ]&K`s worst flooo in 60 yrs, toll... 17 CRFF men... Korala ordors CB probo into PSS aotivist's murdor 0hosh lakes scam... Koy M baokroom oporator hold Irom Fage 1 Meanwhile, due lo incessanl rains in lhe region orlion o lhe barbed wire encing along lhe nlernalional border in Jammu ronlier was also submerged in lood walers while 84 uniormed men including 2O rom lhe BSF and 5 rom lhe ndian army were rescued aler six border osls were marooned in Akhnoor. Rail lraic lo Kalra was also susended aler orlion o lhe rail lrack was hil by huge mudslides. Some o lhe lunnels loo were walerlogged enroule Kalra orcing lhe horlhern Railways lo susend lhe lraic or lhe lime being. hundreds o Kalra bound assengers on board Shri Shakli exress aced hardshis aler lheir lrain was halled shorl o udhamur near Ramnagar railway slalion or several hours. The ilgrims visiling Mala vaishno devi shrine and olher assengers were lhe worsl hil as lraic was nol allowed lo ly lill lale evening.According lo 0eence Sokesman, "A lolal o 1G sorlies were lown by lhe Air Force M 17 v aircral rescuing 45G civilians. 2O BSF ersonal and O5 Army ersonal on salurday. The Army Avialion lew a lolal o O8 sorlies rescuing 71 BSF ersonal and O8 Army ersonal",he added.So ar 11OOO civilians have been rescued by lhe army and oul o lhese 2OOO have been rovided wilh ood and sheller,deence sokesman said. The Mala vaishno devi yalra also remained susended or lhe ourlh conseculive day while all major Slale highways remained blocked in 0oda, Kishlwar, Rajori and Foonch dislricls. The Slale 0overnmenl is busy wilh rescue oeralions and bringing aecled oulalion lo saer /omes, Chie Minisler 0mar Abdullah lold reorlers aler reviewing lhe currenl silualion. he said lhe 0overnmenl has arrnaged over 2OO boals rom all sources lo shil lhe eole rom waler logged areas in Kashmir valley. he urged lhe Cenlre lo rush lenls, blankels and medicines lo be dislribuled among lhe aecled oulalion. when asked whelher lhe deslruclion due lo loods should be declared as halural calamily as demanded by 0hulam habi A/ad o lhe Congress arly, 0mar claimed all wanl is hel rom lhe Cenlre. "homenclalure is o no signiicance.As long as eole o my slale are exlended hel by lhe cenlre lo deal wilh lhe silualion i would be salisied",he added. R+i| |ippl 1+||u... I, Dushyant S/o Sh. Ramesh Kumar R/o H. No. D-520/ B, Lajpat Nagar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad- 201005 (U.P.) have changed my name to Dushyant Kumar for all purposes. PD(6208)A I, Meera Devi W/o Sh. Bhagwati Prasad R/o N-18, Sector-12, Noida (U.P.) have changed my name to Madhu Prasad for all purposes. PD(6209)A CHANGE OF NAME landmark 05 NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 New Delhi: Former Army chief and Union Minister Gen VK Singh, against whom the Armed Forces tribunal had made some carping comments in the Sukna land scam case, on Saturday questioned the find- ings against him and said the Government should challenge it in a higher court. Lt Gen PK Rath, who was given a clean chit by the tribunal, said he felt vindicated by the judgement. Reacting to the verdict, Singh said instead of issues, the tribunal has made personal attack. In the tribunals judg- ment, instead of reacting on issues, personal attack has been made. Perhaps, we hardly get to see such a judgment. An issue which was very clear and where corruption was tried to be prevented. Perhaps through such a judge- ment, people will not get scared of corruption, former Army chief VK Singh told reporters here. He was commenting on the tribunals virtual indictment of his actions as Army chief in the court martial of former 33 Corps Commander Lt Gen PK Rath, who was given a clean chit by tribunal in the Sukna land scam. They also dont tell any- body that institution was to be constructed on this land and not just a school. Through this judgment, the morale of corrupt people will go up, Singh said. You say that in view of security perspective, an NOC cannot be given on land. But, when new person comes, it is then said that there was no security concern and you don't tell anybody about anything in this regard which suggest wrong-doing, he said. Gen Singh sought to ques- tion the tribunals knowledge of Armed Forces saying the I have nothing to comment on the decision. The tribunal has an honourable judge who is advised by the retired Armed Forces officers. What advise the Armed Forces officers give him is what he goes by because he does not know anything about Armed Forces. There is a need for people to look at it again. In 77 pages, you do not talk whether there was a scam or not, what was the validity of the whole thing. You only talk of peripheral individual issues and we need to look at it again, he said. Gen Singh said the Ministry of Defence goes against several verdicts of the tribunal which are for welfare of troops and expressed hope that it will file an appeal against the verdict. The Minister said Rath had failed to inform higher authorities about the MoU being signed by the 33 Corps with private builders to build educational institutions on a land which was sensitive in terms of security. The Tribunal had on Friday allowed Rath's petition in which he had alleged that Gen VK Singh had given undue importance to the case as he had a serious grudge against the then Military Secretary Lt Gen Avdesh Prakash whom he held responsible for obtaining a commitment from him on the issue of his date of birth, which stood in the way of his exten- sion of tenure as the Chief of the Army Staff. Meanwhile, Rath said the verdict has vindicated his stand that he had done nothing wrong in the alleged scam. I have suffered so much because of this for all these years. But the tribunal's verdict has vindicated my stand, Rath told PTI over phone from Pune. Asked on the role of former Army chief VK Singh, who is now a Union Minister, in his case, he said, I would not like to get personal in these matters but I want to say that no per- son should be victimised by senior officers and the Army should ensure that it does not happen in future. He said that from day one, I have been telling the AFT and the Army authorities that I had done nothing wrong in the process but I am relieved that jus- tice has been done. PTI Fh8 Q hEw 0ELh G erman Foreign Minister Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, along with a strong business delegation, arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for a two-day visit. During his visit, the Foreign Minister will hold political discussions with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his c o u n t e r p a r t Sushma Swaraj, Human Resource De v e l o p me n t Minister Smriti Irani, Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs M Venkaiah Naidu and the Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman. The new Indian Government hopes to improve its trade relations with Germany and is seeking com- mitment from German investors to fund Indian pro- jects. Dr Steinmeier is accom- panied by a high-profile busi- ness delegation which will hold meetings with Indian business leaders to work out measures to boost bilateral trade and facil- itate German investment in India. The business delegation will be received by Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati and prominent business people from Andhra Pradesh. Dr Steinmeiers dele- gation also includes German Members of Parliament and representatives from the cul- tural sector, and journalists. During his visit, the visiting Foreign Minister will hold talks with several Indian intellectu- als and artists. Indo-German relations have always been very good and cordial. The new German and the new Indian Governments share important interests. The individual strengths of our two countries are such, that India and Germany can complement each other very well. There is huge poten- tial in closer cooper- ation in several key areas, like trade, busi- ness, education, sci- ence, environment and energy. This visit will intensify Indo- German relations and help us make progress in these sectors further strengthening our bilat- eral ties, said German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner. The German Government is helping in restoration of Chausath Khamba in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi while a German-made tunnel-drilling machine is being used by Delhi Metro at IIT area. Dr Steinmeier will visit the construction site of the Delhi Metro at IIT Gate on Sunday. He will also visit a Kendriya Vidyalaya School where he will meet Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani and interact with a group of Indian pupils. The German Government supports Deutsch an 1000 Schulen (German in 1000 Schools). The visiting Foreign Minister will also visit Chausath Khamba in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi. The German Foreign Office is financially supporting the restoration of the Chausath Khamba, led by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. New Delhi: Amid reports of friction between the Centre and the Telangana Government, a delegation led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the controversial household survey conducted in the State among other issues. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government had conducted a massive household survey across the State last month to ascertain comprehensive information on citizens, an exercise which attracted criticism from cer- tain quarters. The survey had created apprehension among people hailing from Seemandhra region who reside in Telangana that it was meant to identify Seemandhra natives. We have told the Prime Minister that we have done the survey and got the best of it. We informed him (about) the ben- efits of the survey, TRS Rajya Sabha MP K Keshava Rao told PTI here after the meeting. Keshava Rao asserted that the survey was conducted only to know the true facts on the ground against the backdrop of alleged excess ration cards. There are 80 lakh house- holds, but 1.2 crore ration cards. We wanted to know what is reason behind it... So, we thought that the best thing would be to get the real pic- ture. We had no other inten- tion, he said. The Chief Minister was accompanied by his party MPs. Keshava Rao also said that the delegation has urged the PM to consider a second air- port for Hyderabad in the northern part of the city. Already, we have an air- port in the southern part of Hyderabad. We have request- ed for another airport in the northern part of the city. Telangana special repre- sentative to Del hi, Venugopalachary said the meeting lasted for 30 minutes, during which about 20 issues ranging from power to setting up of educational institutions were discussed. PTI P|i| |i|i|| |+||J|+ |uJi Ju|i| + ||i| Wi|| ll+|+|+ C| | C|+|J|+||+| R+u +lu| Wi|| |i Jl+|iu| i| |W l|i u| S+|u|J+] Pll Fh8 Q hEw 0ELh T he delayed monsoon in north India has upset road building plans in Uttarakhand. Although the officials say that they were expecting a break in work sched- ule due to yearly monsoon pattern but the staggered and delayed rains will cost them dearly in terms of funds and project com- pletion deadlines. The monsoon arrived in the first week of July, and will probably continue all of this month. We were anticipating it by end of August. This delay in rains has come with a mammoth cost as all our manpower and machinery is lying idle, said an official from the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways (MoRTH). After the bad spell of rains last year, which left the entire road network in dis- array, we had been able to restore connec- tivity. We were hoping to start on our sec- ond phase of work by end of August- early September but the delayed rains have derailed our plans, said the official. Although, the officials do not have a ready figure to ascertain the losses but they say that it may escalate costs by at least 30 per cent. Last year, under the UPA tenure, the Roads and Highways Ministry had worked out a C1,000 crore proposal for medium- term repair of roads and highways. This was planned to be the second phase of devel- opment, which had to start post-monsoon. We had planned to start work on the sec- ond phase of re-building the road network in Uttarakhand post monsoon. We had tar- geted a two-year completion period but this delay in rains may delay the project by at least six months or even more, said the official. In the past, most roads in Uttarakhand came up in an unplanned manner. Some were made from walking tracks to roads and then to highways and some just came up to join the existing road network. The plan is to re-build the road network in the hills, which will keep the slopes intact both up the hill and in the valley. This will help pre- vent frequent landslides, said the official. The Ministry wants to the give the hill roads, the semblance of national highways, which would not just serve for a medium term for at least five to 10 years. k8khkM ThMk8 Q hEw 0ELh T he Centre has ordered a CBI enquiry into the mys- terious disappearance of a whi st l ebl ower who had exposed the missing of price- less artifacts at the Kolkata- based Indian Museum, where he was t he Chi ef Conservation Officer. It has been two months since the officer in question Sunil Kumar Upadhyay was reported missing by his friends and family, who allege foul play. The latest development has come as a big moral boost for the family who had approached the Supreme Court last month with a petition to trace out their missing kin. The Court had issued notice to the Centre, West Bengal Government and CBI and their responses are awaited by next week. The Ministry of Culture's decision came to light after the missing officer's brother filed an RTI. On August 14, 2014 the Ministry replied indicating that the present NDA Government was not only concerned about the fate of the missing officer but was even interested to probe deep into the previous Government's conduct to turn a blind eye towards alleged irregularities reported about the Indian Museum by way of revelations made by Upadhyay, later followed up by a damning Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report (Report No 18 of 2013) pointing to gross mismanagement at the museum. Annexing both the letter of the Ministry along with the CAG report to his petition, the missing officer' s brother Krishan Mohan Upadhyay has filed an application in Supreme Court requesting to place these documents in support of his allegation indicating foul play behind his brother's untimely disappearance from his Kolkata home. Interestingly, the Culture Minister Shripad Naik soon after taking charge in June this year dispatched a senior officer of the Ministry to inspect the Indian Museum. The officer who visited Kolkata on July 22- 23 submitted a report based on which the Ministry has sought an explanation from the Director, Indian Museum. In addition it said, Director CBI has been requested to take up the case of disappearance of Sunil Kumar Upadhyay, Preservation Officer, Indian Museum. The application also high- lighted how the Kolkata Police evaded response on a similar RTI query on this issue. When asked to tell the status of probe on a complaint about missing Upadhyay, the Joint Commissioner of Police on August 20, 2014 replied saying that the Indian Museum, Kolkata was the appropriate authority to give information in this regard. This clearly establishes the indecisive, insensitive, inef- feicient, perverse approach of the Kolkata Police to the pre- sent case, stated the application filed by Upadhyay's kin in SC through counsel Anirudh Sharma. With the matter referred to the CBI and the Supreme Court set to monitor the pending enquiry, it could well lead to opening of a Pandora Box as the CAG too has faulted the Museum authorities for main- taining no records of priceless artifacts, fake antiquities on dis- play, and antiquities of nation- al importance making way to international auction houses - Sotheby's, Christie's, without any government record to show ASI or any agency participat- ing or approving of such sale. whIstIehI0Wer mIssIa: 0eatre 0r4ers 08I r0he German !oreign Min on noia visit KCP moots PM, disoussos survoy among othor issuos Sunil Kumar had exosed missing o key arliacls al ndian Museum IT hk8 8EEh TW MhTh8 8Ih6E ThE III6E Ih E8TIh Wk8 EFTE MI88Ih kIEkY, WE hkVE kh kIFT Ih ThE 8ThEh FkT I hYEk8k. WE hkVE EE8TE I khThE kIFT Ih ThE hThEh FkT I ThE 6ITY Monsoon takes toll on U'khand road building Rath gets clean chit Ih8TEk I Ek6TIh h I88E8, FE8hkI kTTk6k hk8 8EEh MkE I hkVE 8IIEE 8 M6h 8E6k8E I ThI8 I kII ThE8E YEk8. 8T ThE TI8hkI'8 VEI6T hk8 VIhI6kTE MY 8Tkh Sukna land scam: VK Singh hits back at tribunal verdict S|i1 S|+ p|iJ|| uJJ|+1 l|+||+] +JJ|i| + |+ll] |u| || upu|i| |+|+|+|||+ A||l] l|iu| +| |u|+ i| |+|+|+|||+ u| S+|u|J+] Pll ' ' nation 06 NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 khF 8hkMk Q 0uwAhAT M aking it clear that the Centre would adopt zero tolerance mechanism over the issue of poaching of one- horned rhino, Union Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday assured to set up a special rhino protection force for protection and conservation of the species. The Union Minister, who had visited the Kaziranga National Park on Friday, also took up the issue of encroach- ment in forest land and pro- tected areas such as Kaziranga and said that a special task force would also be formed soon to look into the matter. We will have zero tolerance for rhino poaching. And thats the reason why we have decid- ed on creating a special rhino protection force, he said while interacting with the media at the BSF camp at Patgaon near Rani, off Guwahati. The assurance of the Union Minister assumes sig- nificance in the backdrop of the spurt in wildlife crimes in the State including poaching of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park and other pro- tected areas of the State. The Cent re, St ate Government and other stake- holders will work together to stop poaching. In the next six months, well evaluate the work, he said. The special rhino pro- tection force will consist of youth who are from the sur- rounding villages of Kaziranga. They have fair knowledge about the park. We want the locals to participate in our efforts to prevent poaching, Javadekar said. He asked the State Government to be more active saying it was the respon- sibility of the State Government to prevent poaching. If there is any encroach- ment of land in the jungle pro- tection areas, we would want the State Government to take action, Javadekar said. Individuals, civil society groups and NGOs in Assam claimed that large tracts of land in Kaziranga had been encroached upon by illegal Bangladeshi settlers. Javadekar had on Friday said illegal immi- gration and encroachment of land in Kaziranga were issues of serious concerns. We believe in develop- ment with protection of envi- ronment. They should go side by side. We cannot have development without the environment, he said. It may be mentioned here that as many as 193 rhinos have been killed by poachers in Kaziranga since 2001. According to the Government statistics, the poachers had already killed over 23 rhinos, most of them in Kaziranga national park, this year. The animal is killed for its horn, considered an aphro- disiac for both men and women. A rhino horn is sold at C1 crore in the international black market. 1ava4ekar r0mIses secIaI rhIa0 f0rce u|iu| E|1i|u|||| |i|i|| P|+|+| 1+1+J|+| Wi|| A+| E|1i|u|||| |i|i|| Ru|]|ul |u+i| +| + P| u|||| +| BS| C+|p i| uW+|+|i u| S+|u|J+] Pll kMk 6hEIIkFFkh Q ChEhhA T his stealth cat of the wild made his first appearance on May 17, 2014 at Chengalpattu, a suburb in Chennai. Many claim to have seen him at close quarters. Normal life in the villages where he was spotted came to a standstill by every evening and it continues till date. Forest officials identified him as a full grown male leop- ard from the pug marks as well as photographs taken by two cameras kept at vantage spots in areas where he was seen by the villagers. He is a healthy eight-year-old leopard and has no medical or physical prob- lems. The leopard had real fun time in the peripheries of the Chengalpattu forest which has a rich population of rabbits, stray dogs and herds of cattle coming for grazing. The leopard was pho- tographed twice in the month of July. When he continued to be elusive, the forest officials increased the number of cam- eras to eight and kept five traps at places frequented by him in need of food and drink- ing water. Interestingly, the big cat never attacked any of the human beings he came across. Whenever the locals raised alarms after spotting him, the leopard disappeared into the dense jungles nearby. He is an intelligent leop- ard..very very intelligent. Though we increased the num- ber of cameras from two to eight and the number of traps to five, he has never been pho- tographed even once. He stays away from the lenses of these cameras and keep off from the traps. This is surprising, Gopu, the seasoned Ranger, Chengalpattu Forest Range, told The Pioneer on Saturday.. Gopu also said the leopard has not given any moment of anxiety to the forest staff or the local people. There is only one complaint against him for poaching from the herd of goats owned by one of the vil- lagers. Otherwise he survives on rabbits and foxes found inside and outside the forest, disclosed Gopu. The Pioneer had reported about how camera crew belonging to a popular Tamil TV channel which had gone to capture the live visuals of the elusive leopard took to their heels when the big cat growled from its hiding place. Some of the locals said that the big cat might have gone into the deep- er forest irritated by people who disturb his sleep! Gopu is confident of capturing the leopard live if he returns to the villages. For that to happen, the Ranger may require another set of cameras and traps. Fh8 Q K0LKATA I n what could turn into a game changer for the BJP, party president Amit Shah will address a rally in Kolkata ahead of the September 13 Chowrunghee Assembly by- elections. Shah embarking on a two- day visit of Kolkata beginning on Saturday was likely to give a road-map to the State party leaders for consolidating its position in the State and counter the Trinamool Congress in a more productive manner. The party had done remarkably well in the General elections by polling about 16.8 per cent votes. The two-day brainstorm- ing meeting of the State com- mittee started in Kolkata on Saturday. The party is confident of winning both the Assembly seats of Chowrunghee in Central Kolkata where Shah is expected to hold a rally. The BJP is expecting to win both the seats of Basirhat in North 24 Parganas and Chowrunghee. From Basirhat Assembly segment the party had secured a 30,000 lead in the Lok Sabha elections and it had trailed by just 1,500 votes in Chowrunghee segment. Shah is likely to pray at the Kali Temple in Kolkata on Sunday before holding a meet- ing of the State executive where he is expected to discuss the strategies that could help the party expand its support base. He will then address a meeting in Bow Bazaar area of Chowrunghee. Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday sacked Milk and Dairy Development Minister V Moorthy and appointed BV Ramanaa in his place. R a ma n a a , who was sacked as Revenue Minister on May 19, is stag- ing a comeback in the Ministry. Governor K Rosaiah accepted the recommenda- tions of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in this regard, a Raj Bhavan commu- nique said. Ramanaa represents Thiruvallur Assembly con- stituency an AIADMK state- ment said general secretary Jayalalithaa also removed Moorthy as Tiruvallur South district Secretary under the party's restructuring exercise. Ramanna was appointed as Tiruvallur West district party secretary while former Ponneri Constituency MLA ' Siruneeyam' P Balaraman was a p p o i n t e d Tiruvallur East dis- trict Secretary, it said. Those con- stituencies that were under Tiruvallur North and South dis- trict units would henceforth come under Tiruvallur East and West district units, it said. The list of new party func- tionaries under Tiruvallur East and West district units would be released soon, it added. PTI Th khhkThk Q MuMBA I n another setback to the rul- ing NCP in the run-up to the Maharashtra Assembly polls, its former Medical Education Minister Dr Vijaykumar Gavit and several of several of its office bearers from the tribal Nandurbar district in north- Maharashtra joined the BJP here on Saturday. Gavit who had been sacked from the State Cabinet at the NCPs behest early this year after his daughter Heena con- tested the Nandurbar Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against nine- term Congress MP Manikrao Gavit and won formally entered the BJP in presence of Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Eknath Khadse. Welcoming the NCPs for- mer Medical Education Ministers and his supporters into the BJP at the State party quarters in south Mumbai, Khadse said that his party had decided to induct Gavit into his party as the charges of dispro- portionate made against the lat- ter and his family members had not been proved yet. Gavit and his family mem- bers are being investigated by the State ACB in an alleged dis- proportionate assets case, claimed that false charges had been made against him by the local Congress leaders. I have not indulged in any illegal activity. Nor have the charges made against me by political rivals been proved yet. If I am found guilty in the case against me, I will not continue to remain in public life, Gavit said Given that he himself is an influential tribal leader in Nandurbar district which has long been a traditional Congress bastion and his daughter Heena is a sitting BJP MP, the entry of Gavit and his supporters to the BJP will provide big boost to the party ahead of the State Assembly polls. New Delhi: With the Supreme Court setting a deadline for completing trial in cases involv- ing lawmakers, the Law Ministry has written to high courts requesting them to ensure that cases against MPs and MLAs facing charges which attract disqualification are fast-tracked. The decision to write to the State Governments as well as the 24 High Courts was taken at a recent high-level meeting chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and attended by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and senior officials of Home and Law Ministries, besides Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi. Cases against MPs and MLAs which attract disqualifi- cation under Section 8(1), 8(2) and 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act needed to be com- pleted within one year of fram- ing charges as per a March 10 direction of the Supreme Court. Any sentence which attracts punishment of two years and above can lead to dis- qualification from Parliament or state legislature. Highly-placed sources said the Attorney General is likely to inform the Apex Court about the Government's deci- sion to write to the States to expedite the cases involving lawmakers. PTI Fh8 Q LuCKh0w P olice inaction in a gang-rape case and the threats issued by the accused pushed a 17-year-old victim to self-immolation in Bahraich. While, a man was shot at in Firozabad for daring to lodge a named FIR in a sexual assault case. In Bahraich, a minor Dalit girl of Kallughari hamlet in Motipur was going to the field to work on Friday evening when Alakh Ram and Sone nabbed her. They pulled the girl to a secluded spot and raped her. When the girl returned home, she narrated the incident to her family members, who went to the local police station and lodged a report. However, the cops took no cognisance and when the girl was returning home, Alakh Ram and Sone, who were loi- tering near the police station, threatened her with dire con- sequences for trying to lodge a case. Humiliated by police inaction and the threats issued by the rapists, the girl, poured kerosene over her body and set herself ablaze. The family members tried to rescue the girl and took her to the hospital but she was pro- nounced dead by the doctors. The self-immolation woke the local police up from their slum- ber. The cops claimed to have raided the house of the accused but failed to arrest them as they were absconding. The police registered a case and sent the body for post-mortem. Jammu: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said India may resort to alternative steps if negotiations with neighbours on incursions do not yield fruitful results. Singh, who is on a day's tour to the State to assess flood situ- ation, was asked about incursions by Chinese Army in Leh area to which he replied that incursions were happening earlier also. Our Jawans are guarding our borders and there will be no let up in the vigil. The Government wants to resolve all issues with its neighbours through dialogue but alternative steps can be taken if they dont believe in negotiations, Singh said without specifying the neighbouring country. Jammu and Kashmir has seen incursions from Pakistan as well as China. When asked whether the Centre and the State are on confrontational path following a resolution passed by Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly seeking resumption of dialogue with Pakistan, the Home Minister said there is no confrontation and the centre and state have cordial relations. Recently, PLA personnel entered Charding Nilu Nullah Junction in Demchok sector on their vehicles claiming it to be Chinese territory, official sources had said. The PLA soldiers who wanted to have a round of the area were stopped by the Indian Army and personnel of Indo Tibetan Border Police, a force which guards the India-China border. After a 30-minute long stand-off followed by a banner drill where armies of both the countries warned each other against moving a step forward, the PLA personnel returned to their side, the sources said. PTI Srinagar/Jammu: The land for rehabilitation of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, who migrat- ed from the Kashmir Valley in the early 1990's due to mili- tancy, can be identified in one or two months, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. We are committed to the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits who have migrated from the valley. The State Government can start the process of identifying the land for their rehabilitation after the floods. They can identify land in one month or two months after dealing with floods, he told reporters here. Singh was on a day-long tour to Jammu and Kashmir during which he made an aer- ial survey of flood affected areas of the State. The Home Minister said the Central Government has already earmarked C500 crore (in general budget) for reha- bilitation of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley. Asked whether it was prop- er to write a letter to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ask- ing him to identify land in the midst of floods, the Home Minister said there was noth- ing wrong in sending the letter as the process was initiated even before the State was hit by floods. The letter has gone in the normal course. The letter only means the process has begun, he said. PTI Force will consisl o locals rom surrounding villages o Ka/iranga ]aya sacls V Moortly, aoints ex-Minister Puli i|+|iu| u|pll i|l |u |J li| S|+| |u |ulJ |+ll] i| |ul|+|+ |uJ+] B1P p|iJ|| A|i| S|+| W+1 |uW+|J |i p+||] uppu||| +||| |i +||i1+l +| |SCBl Ai|pu|| i| |ul|+|+ u| S+|u|J+] Pll |+J| u| ppui|iu| i| || |+|+|+|||+ A||l] E||+|| ||+J Wlu|i| |CP |u||| |i|i|| Vi|+]|u|+| +1i| u| S+|u|J+] Piu|| p|u|u P+W+| l+u|| |CP |+|+ pull +|p+i| Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar here on Saturday launched his party's campaign for the Maharashtra Assembly polls, expressing hope that the peo- ple would elect us for the fourth consecutive term. There was talk of a wave in the country during the Lok Sabha polls. However, the results of the LS polls and State polls vary. People of the State will decide whom to hand over the reins, Pawar said, address- ing a public meeting. We are going to face the people seek- ing votes because we want to make Maharashtra a pro- gressive State, Pawar said. 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E8EI8, TI8E8MEh kIII 40 Ih YEMEh 8anaa: Yemeni securily oicials and lribal leaders say clashes belween Shia rebels and slamisl lribesmen have killed 4O eole over lwo days in lhe counlry's norlh. 8W 6hIhk II8 kIII 44, IEkVE 1B MI88Ih 8eijing: China's Civil Aairs Minislry says 44 eole have been killed and 18 are missing aler a week o looding in lhe counlry's soulhwesl lhal has also caused massive damage lo housing and cros. hEFkI FkTIE8 kEE T E8IVE I8FTE8 kaIhmandu: heal's olilical arlies have agreed lo amend lhe Consliluenl Assembly's work schedule lo sorl oul dierences over conlenlious issues in raming lhe muchawailed Conslilulion wilhin lhe sliulaled lime rame o January 22, 2O15. 8khkIh EXTEh8 k6TIVI8T'8 68TY ubai: A Bahrain courl ruled on Salurday lhal rominenl righls aclivisl Maryam alKhawaja be kel behind bars or an exlra 1O days desile a uh call or her release, her lawyer said. II8Yk'8 I8IkMI8T8k6kE VEhMEhT 8Wh Ih Iondon: Libya's slamislbacked cabinel was sworn in Salurday. The new cabinel is headed by 0mar alhasi. l comrises 1O minislries and lhree sureme councils, Xinhua reorled. According lo Libya's lransilional lan, lhe house o Reresenlalives elecled in lhe June olls has already relaced lhe ormer inlerim 0eneral halional Congress governmenl. 1EhkI8 kMh 31 Ek Ih 8YIk: h 8eiruI: Syrian air slrikes in lhe jehadisl held norlhern cily o Raqa on Salurday killed 81 eole, including 15 slamic Slale members, a moniloring grou said. 8. k1kFkIkh Q wAShh0T0h T he Pakistani Army and its notorious spy wing, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), are engaged in a dangerous game of using terrorist brinkmanship to threaten India and simultaneously undermine their own Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, says former CIA analyst and White House offi- cial Bruce Riedel. The Pakistani Army and its ISI spies are once again play- ing with fire with India, the LeT and Kashmir in order to secure domestic gains against their civilian leaders, writes Riedel in The Daily Beast. A top expert on counter- terrorism who advised four US presidents on South Asia, Riedel goes on to say that America should consider naming Pakistan a state spon- sor of terrorism if it were to mount another terrorist attack against India. It certainly meets the cri- teria and has for decades, Riedel notes in his strongly- worded commentary, disclos- ing: The first Bush adminis- tration seriously considered this measure in 1992, although such a step obviously would have immense consequences for US-Pakistan relations. Riedel also makes the case for America stepping up intel- ligence cooperation with India to prevent and deter terrorist attacks such as the ones in Mumbai and Herat in Afghanistan, where the Indian consulate was targeted on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modis inauguration in May. Even if a terrorist action cannot be foiled, the more information exchanged about Pakistani ISI involvement with LeT, the more likely the US will have credibility with New Delhi if a crisis does occur, notes Riedel, who currently heads the Intelligence Project at the Brookings Institution. Commenting on Al Qaedas latest bid to complicate the situation by announcing the creation of its new franchise in India, Riedel says the videotape by Ayman al-Zawahiri has been made in his hideout in Pakistan, no doubt, and many Indians suspect the ISI is help- ing to protect him. Zawahiri has longstand- ing links to LeT and to (its founder, Hafiz) Saeed, Riedel notes, concluding that the domestic politics of Pakistan are central to the drama sur- rounding the Al Qaeda leaders first tape this year, threatening jihadist attacks across India. In Riedels assessment, one of the goals of the Herat oper- ation that was foiled by Indian security guards was to dis- credit Sharif, who has no con- trol over the ISI or the Pakist ani army. According to him, the army is unhappy with Sharif since his election last year and is particularly upset that he has put former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason. While the Army doesnt care that much for Musharraf, it does not like the judicial system holding a gen- eral accountable for coups, Riedel writes, quipping: For them that sets a bad precedent. kIF Q M0SC0w R ussia on Saturday sent six ships carrying personnel and equipment to a Soviet-era military base in the Arctic that it is reopening to bolster its presence in the region, Russian news agencies reported. Moscow is ramping up its military presence in the pristine but energy-rich region as other countries such as Canada and Norway are also staking claims to access its resources. President Vladimir Putin last year ordered the military to return to a base on the far- Northern New Siberian Islands that was abandoned in 1993. On Saturday, a fleet of six ships including two large land- ing ships set off from the port of Severomorsk in northern Russia, a spokesman for the Western military district, Vadim Serga, told ITAR-TASS news agency. The ships will be accom- panied by several icebreakers. The main task of the lat- est expedition by a number of Northern Fleet ships to the Arctic is to deliver staff, equip- ment and supplies to the task- force that from this year will serve on the New Siberian islands on a permanent basis, said the northern fleets com- mander, Admiral Vladimir Korolyov. Last year, ten ships went to the New Siberian Islands in September to deliver the first equipment and supplies to rebuild the base on an archi- pelago where temperatures can fall to -50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) Russia disalches naval orce lo reoen Arclic base kIF Q wAShh0T0h T he United States and Iran have denied plans for any military coordination in the fight against Islamic State militants operating in Iraq and Syria. We are not going to coor- dinate military action or share intelligence with Iran and have no plans to do so, State Department deputy spokes- woman Marie Harf said on Friday, reacting to reports that Tehran had approved such an arrangement. Harf said that Washington was open to engaging with Iran as it had in the past on select issues, notably on Afghanistan in late 2001, when the two sides worked to put Hamid Karzai into power after the fall of the Taliban. But we will not be coor- dinating our action together, she added. The BBC reported, citing unnamed sources in Tehran, that Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had approved cooperation with the US in the fight against the Islamic State. In a brief statement on Iranian state media, foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham denied the report. Irans stance has already been declared and this news is not correct, she added. US and Iranian officials met earlier for a second day in Geneva as they work toward hammering out a full deal on Tehran's controversial nuclear program ahead of a November deadline. The two countries have not had diplomatic relations in more than 30 years, but in the past year have seen a bit of a rapprochement as they work on the nuclear deal. !S, ran oeny military cooroination lans over S Baghdad: US President Barack Obamas plan for an international anti-jehadi coali- tion is a strong message of support for Baghdad and its fight against militants, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Saturday. We welcome that, and we have repeatedly called on our international partners for help and support because this threat is a very deadly threat... Not only to the peo- ple of Iraq or the region, but to Europe, to America, to NATO, Zebari told AFP. This is basically our fight... But we need the support our capacity is limited, and we need the support to enhance our capacity, he said. Nobodys thinking of any ground troops at this stage they are calling for air support, for tactical sup- port, for arming the forces on the ground, like the (Kurdish) peshmerga, the Iraqi securi- ty forces, and also to pro- vide...Intelligence, recon- naissance, he added. AFP 0hama aatIjeha4I Iaa 'str0a messae 0f s00rt': Irag FM Donetsk: Russia has vowed to respond if the European Union imposes new sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. The EU says the sanc- tions, targeting more Russian individuals, will come in on Monday but could be later sus- pended if Russia withdraws troops from eastern Ukraine and observes a current truce. Fridays ceasefire appears to be largely holding - but there were reports of shootings by both sides. Some 2,600 people have died since a pro-Russian rebel- lion began in April. The Russian foreign min- istry said in a statement: As for the new list of sanctions from the European Union, if they are passed, there will undoubtedly be a reaction from our side The fresh sanctions would add another 24 people to the list of people barred from entering the EU and whose assets have been frozen. Among them would be the rebel leadership in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, officials in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in March, and Russian decision-makers and oligarchs, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commi ssi on chi ef Jose Manuel Barroso said in a state- ment. Agencies Pussia 'will roaot' to Europoan Union sanotions Donetsk: Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on Saturday accused Kievs forces of breaking a ceasefire just hours after it was agreed, and vowed to pursue their independence drive in the east. A leading member of the parliament established by the self-pro- claimed Donetsk Peoples Republic said Ukrainian units had launched several missiles toward rebel positions after the truce went into effect at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Friday. The ceasefires terms are not being observed, Vladimir Makovich told AFP. On Friday at 9:00 pm, we saw several missiles launched on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk, and also a heavy armoured column moving from the (neighbouring south- western region) of Zaporizhia. His comments were echoed by the prime minister of the Peoples Republic, Aleksander Zakharchenko, in comments to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. It is too early to speak completely of a ceasefire, he said. Ukraine's military said earlier there had been no fighting in Donetsk since the ceasefire deal and AFP reporters in con- flict zones said the situation appeared to be calm. AFP Rebel leaders accuse ukraine orces o breaking ceaseire FTI Q SLAMABA0 P akistan on Saturday said Chinese President Xi Jinpings maiden visit to the country has been postponed due to the current political tur- moil and would be re-sched- uled at an early date. In view of the current political situation in Pakistan, the Governments of China and Pakistan have mutually agreed to postpone the State visit of Xi Jinping to Pakistan, a Pakistan Foreign Office statement said. China on Saturday announced the postponement of President Xi Jinpings first visit to Pakistan due to the ongoing political crisis there, in a decision which marks his skipping an all weather ally for the first time during a South Asia trip which will take him to India and Sri Lanka. The visit was scheduled to take place later this month. New dates for the Presidents visit to Pakistan are being dis- cussed through diplomatic channels, it said. The Foreign Office also said both countries underline that they are time-tested all- weather friends and attach high importance to the visit of President Xi to Pakistan, as early as possible, for promoting mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation. Analysts said the postponement was a setback to Pakistan Government which had offered the Chinese dele- gation to land in Lahore but the proposal was rejected. Protests have put Pakistan Government under pressure. The protesters headed by Imran Khan and cleric Xi's visil osloned due lo olilical silualion: Fakislan FTI Q SLAMABA0 A t least 160 people have been killed and 148 others injured in torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan that have wreaked havoc across the country as troops raced to evacuate people from deluged areas. Premier Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting to review rain and flood situation on Saturday in the country and the damage caused to life and property by incessant showers. Monsoon rains continue to wreak havoc across Punjab and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), increasing the death toll to at least 160, Express News reported on Saturday. The downpour, termed as one of the heaviest ever, start- ed on Wednesday and has since continued to lash certain parts of the country. Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Major General Muhammad Saeed Aleem briefed the Prime Minister about the ongoing relief activities and measures being taken at the district, provincial and national levels to cope with the emergent situa- tion. Areas in Punjab, PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan have been affected by the rains and flood- ing. Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions are experiencing seri- ous urban flooding. There is also flooding in Chenab and Jhelum while canals, especial- ly in Gujranwala and Rawalpindi, are also flooded, Aleem said. 160 killed in torrential rains in Pakistan kIF Q M00A0Shu S omalias Government warned on Saturday of a wave of retaliatory attacks by the coun- trys Al-Qaeda- linked Shebab rebels after their leader was con- firmed to have been killed in a US air strike. The Horn of Africa nations president also offered Shebab fighters the chance to lay down their arms and seize on a 45-day amnesty, telling them Government troops and the African Unions AMISOM force was on the brink of overrunning their territory. On Friday the Pentagon confirmed that Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of Al-Qaedas main affil- iate in Africa, perished in an attack on Monday in which US drones and manned aircraft rained Hellfire missiles and laser-guided bombs on a gath- ering of Shebab commanders. There was no comment from the Shebab, who through- out the week have refused to confirm or deny reports of Godances death. Somalias national security minister said he believed they were now bent on revenge. Security agencies have obtained information indi- cating that Al-Shebab is now planning to carry out desperate attacks against medical facilities, education centres and other Government facilities, Kalif Ahmed Ereg told reporters. Su|+li+ u| +l|| + S||+| l+J| u||i||J J+J kF Q wAShh0T0h W hite House officials say President Barack Obama has decided to delay any exec- utive action on immigration until after the November con- gressional elections. The officials say Obama believes taking steps on his own during the midterm campaign would politicise the issue and hurt future efforts to pass a broad overhaul. The officials say Obama believes he has the power to authorise certain measures to ease deportations without con- gressional legislation. And they say he still will act before the end of the year. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to dis- cuss the Presidents decision before it was announced. Obama faces competing pressures from immigration advocacy groups and from Democrats worried that taking steps now would energise Republican opposition against vulnerable Senate Democrats. kF Q KABuL R adicals backing Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah could foment postelection violence if he isnt given an equitable share of power, his spokesman warned on Saturday ahead of a meeting with his rival aimed at resolving a monthslong elec- tion dispute. The camps of the two can- didates former Foreign Minister Abdullah and former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai said the two were expected to meet later on Saturday or on Sunday to nego- tiate a final deal on what pow- ers should be given to a pro- posed chief executive position, the final sticking point of a national unity Government. Ominously, a spokesman for Abdullah the man most here believe is behind in the official ballot count insinuated that the election could still end violently. In what appeared to be either a threat or a negotiating tactic, the spokesman said Abdullahs powerful factional supporters are pressuring their candidate to not cede any power to Ghani Ahmadzai. If we agree and the terms of the agreement are providing an equal opportunity for both camps and defuses that tension, it might reduce the prospect of violence, Mujib Rahman Rahimi, an Abdullah cam- paign spokesman, told The Associated Press. But imagine if you have an agreement that insults one side and promotes the other side and each side firmly believes he is a winner that could be a recipe for radicals to re-emerge and challenge the leadership and say this is not acceptable, he said. Abdullah won the first round of the election in April but did not secure enough votes to avoid a June runoff. A preliminary count showed Ghani Ahmadzai winning the second round, but both sides alleged widespread fraud. kIF Q FREET0wh S ierra Leone is to enforce three days of complete shutdown across the country later this month in a bid to contain the Ebola epidemic, a Government spokesman said on Saturday. The measure, which will come i nto force f rom September 19, means pedes- trians and vehicles on non- essential business will be barred from movement for 72 hours. This will be strictly adhered to without excep- tion, Government spokesman Abdulai Bayratay told AFP by telephone. Authorities in Freetown will use the 72-hour quarantine window to give medical staff access to patients who have yet to be trans- ferred to treatment centres, Bayratay said. In this regard, health workers as well as health- related NGO personnel will make house-to-house checks on homes for likely Ebola suf- ferers that relatives have hid- den, he added. Bayratay said the shutdown would be aided by the arrival of several new ambulances and up to 30 military vehicles, and could be repeated in future. The quarantine plan was announced after the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that the death toll from Ebola since the start of the year had topped 2,000. 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Official sources claim that the situation is not alarming and out of around 100 thermal sta- tions located in the country, it is normal for some to have critical supply of coal, owing to various reasons ranging from logistics, to law and order situation as well as climatic factors. At the same time though, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal had a couple of days back, held a meeting via video- conferencing with CIL acting Chairman A K Dubey as well as heads of all its subsidiaries, to review the coal supply situation. If officials are to be believed, then this was a routine meeting, which is held on a weekly basis to keep a tab on supplies being made to power plants across the country. According to CIL sources, the coal supply to state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) stations has been more than adequate during August 2014, so much so that the company even refused supplies claiming more than sufficient quota with its thermal plants. "The critical and super crit- ical coal supply (which means plants reporting less than seven days and less than four days of coal stock respectively) does not apply to pit head plants. This mainly affects those plants which are located at distant locations. Moreover State-owned thermal plants (like those belonging to NTPC) have adequate supplies. The problem of critical supply therefore is more due to insuffi- cient monsoon in various parts of the country and also could be due to disruptions in rail lines on which coal is carried to plants," a CIL official quoting anonymi- ty said. Last week the situation at NTPC's three stations namely Badarpur in Delhi, Jhajjar in neighbouring Haryana and Sipat in Chhattisgarh was such that they had reported zero days of the essential fuel. Also several stations located in western parts of the country had also report- ed critical as well as super crit- ical supply of coal. However when contacted, the company's Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury had told The Pioneer that there was nothing to worry about as no load shed- ding had occurred during last weekend. Official sources, who are keeping a watch over the coal supply situation, said that it is mainly the private entity-owned power stations which face acute shortage of the dry fuel owing to the fact that their quota is linked to the power purchase agree- ments (PPAs), which makes it costly for them to purchase coal. While the official machinery may underplay the coal supply sit- uation, the fact remains that last month NTPC had to shut down its four units of 890 mw capaci- ty (on August 27) owing to coal shortage. On the same day, the peak power shortfall - deficit in elec- tricity supply when demand is at its maximum - was 5,572 mw at 2000 hours, according to a report by the Northern Region Load Despatch Centre (NRLDC). It is the apex body to ensure integrated operation of the power system in the northern region. 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FTI Q hEw 0ELh D GCA has cracked down on nearly 140 Jet Airways pilots for continuing to fly without clearing mandatory biannual exams and issued show cause notices to the air- line questioning its pilot train- ing programme. The notices were issued to the pilots, as also Jet's chief operating officer and training chief, on the basis of an audit of its training programme by a three-member DGCA team. The DGCA, through the show cause notices, asked these pilots why their licens- es should not be suspended as they were flying without clear- ing their Pilot Proficiency Check (PPC) tests, which have to be carried out every six months. The audit was ordered after one of the airline's planes plunged several thousand feet while flying over the Turkish airspace on the Brussels- Mumbai route early last month. When contacted, a Jet Airways spokesperson said the airline "has not seen the report from the DGCA nor has the airline been advised on when it will be received. We therefore cannot com- ment on the so called findings in the report or the specula- tion in the media." "However we are confi- dent that our training meets all DGCA and international standards and that we will be able to resolve any discrepan- cies or address any observa- tions, however minor, once we have the report and can dis- cuss the findings with the DGCA," the spokesperson said. Maintaining that safety of passengers and crew "remains our paramount pri- ority", she said, "We will work closely with the DGCA to swiftly resolve any issues that may be highlighted by the authorities." Airline officials said they would be seeking a meeting with the DGCA soon. While Jet was asked to ground three pilots "whose training was found to be defi- cient", the DGCA also pro- posed action against some of the airline's trainers who "imparted deficient simulator training to pilots", DGCA officials said. After the August eight incident involving the Jet flight over Turkey, the regu- lator conducted the audit from August 20 -22, claiming to have found discrepancies of "serious nature". Jet employs obout 600 pilots. As per the findings of the audit report, as many as 131 pilots were found to be flying after expiry of validity of certificates of their profi- ciency check, a test that is required to be taken every six months. These tests examine the overall knowledge level and proficiency of a pilot, the officials said. Commenting on the mat- ter, a senior pilot, who refused to be named, said the DGCA has been changing rules in this regard "very often" and it takes time for an airline to meet the detailed guidelines and standards required by the rules. The DGCA rules allow extension of time for Pilot Proficiency Checks (PPCs) by a month, he said, adding that the PPCs include checks on simulator training, on- flight route checks and com- pletion of various courses including aviation security (AVSEC) and Dangerous Goods Course for pilots. "If a pilot clears all flying exams but his AVSEC test gets delayed, he is still proficient enought to fly. The AVSEC test is meant for getting our airport security passes and has nothing to do with actual fly- ing," the pilot argued. Jet officials also said the airline was setting up its own flight simulators in Bangalore and was awaiting certification by the DGCA. Till then, the airline was sending its pilots for simula- tor training to Hong Kong, Jakarta, Dubai and even in Gurgaon, they said. As per the DGCA audit, the private carrier's training and operations chiefs have been charged with "lack of supervision of flight crew training, no review of defi- ciencies recorded in training assessment forms and per- mitting release of flight crew for flying duties without cor- rective training." !GCA tlreatens to suseno licenses of nearly 140 ]et ilots FTI Q hEw Y0RK A |iJ |u| +(ui||+l +|J ||| ||i+l |ilJ |] +| l|Ji+|u|ii| pu|||uliu |+|+|, u|1i|J |u| |i |ul i| || |u| lu|+|i1 i|iJ| ||+Ji| || i| uS |i|u|], |+ || J|iJ |] + uu|| W|i| |ulJ ||+| 1iJ| i| || + u1|W|l|i|l] |uWJ ||+| | i uil|].|+||W |+||u|+, J9, Will | |||J u| || |JulJ J+| u| Sp|||| 8 +||| uS i||i| 1uJ P+ul +|Jp| J|iJ |i |u|iu| |u| + |uJ||| u| +(ui||+l +|J +l|||+|i1l] |u| + |W ||i+l.|+||u|+ W+ u|1i|J i| |||u+|] |u| |i |ul + || |||+l |iu| i| u| u| || |u| lu|+|i1 i|iJ| ||+Ji| || i| uS |i|u|]. MkTMk'8 8I I IE8h TIkI EhIE 8Y 6T hEw 0ELh: SpiceJet on Saturday launched two new slabs of com- petitive basic airfare rates, as other Indian carriers extended dates for booking low cost tick- ets over the past few days.The low one-way base fare tickets of the no-frill carrier can be bought till September ten, costing C599 for travel between January 16- October 24 next year and C1,999 for travel between October seven this year and January 15, 2015.For the C 599 offer, taxes and other fees and charges, bar- ring fuel surcharge, would be additional, but the C1,999 offer is all-inclusive. Sice]et announces ticlets for C599,C1999 till Setemler 10 0Il cIaIms c0aI s0Iy t0 thermaI Iaats a4eg0ate, hIames sh0rtfaII 0a 00r raIas |i|i|| |u| l/|il S+||u| +|W+| i|+uu|+|i| + u|||| u| u|||i|u|iu| u| |/|il |u| i| |plu]||| ||+|iu| +|J p|u|u|iu| u| |+ll |||p|i, |lJ +| || !| |S|E & RuRA| E|lERPRlSE EVE|P|E|l Su||ll Cu| |AlR. |+|iu|+l Cu|1|u| u| B1P |i|u & S|+ll l|Ju||] Cll, R+||i| u||+ i u| || |i|i|| |i||. OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES CIRCLE, UDAIPUR No:- Actt/UDR/NIT/15/7969 Dated: 27.08.2014 CORRIGENDUM The following amendments is hereby made in the NIT No. 15 of 2013-14 was issued vide this office Letter No. 1620 dated 19.04.2014, 3131 dated 25.04.2014, 3976 dated 17.05.2014 & 5670 dated 30.06.2014. S. No. Particular Amendment 1 Period for down loading of tender 03.09.14 to 16.09.14 document up to 6.00 PM 2 Submission for proposal on website 17.09.14 up to 6.00 PM 3 Submission of tender fee, etc. 19.09.14 up to 3.00 PM 4 Date of opening of Technical Bid 19.09.14 at 3.00 PM Remaining term & conditions will same Sd/- Superintending Engineer Water Resources Circle DIPR/C/6624/2014 Udaipur special 09 NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 T he hilhari case has laken a huge loll on me. hol jusl because o all lhe blood and gore associaled wilh il bul also because o lhe olilical wars lhal look lace over il and because gol unnecessarily dragged inlo lhem. Being lhe sociely residenl al lhal lime, lhoughl il was my duly lo hel oul. Bul al lhe end o il all, was lel ighling a lone ballle. l gives me a shiver every lime recall lhe haenings o 0ecember 2OOGJanuary 2OO7 and Koli's dealh is deinilely no closure or anyone. when Ram Krishna and Ashok Kumar who live in lhe servanl quarlers in Seclor 81 aroached me wilh lhe roblem o lheir girls having gone missing rom wilhin 5OO melres o 05, Seclor 81, requesled lhen SSF Ralhore lo lace a oliceman or vigil oulside Fandher's house. holhing much emerged rom lhis exercise. Bul my ordinary rouline suddenly look a ulurn when Jhabulal said he has seen bloodied human remains oulside lhe bylanes o 05. Belween 0ecember 2O, 2OOG and January 2OO7, lhe olice senl an ATS leam lo dig oul more inlo lhe haenings in lhe sociely. Koli was icked u or queslioning in 2OOG and he admilled lo have killed and raed lwo viclims. he also heled lhe olice ind lhe remains o his viclims. we lhoughl lhe case was over. Bul soon, a lol olher skelelons were discovered. The CB look over on January 12, 2OO7 and lhen lhe enlire lrulh came oul. The dales and lhe haenings are elched on my mind orever. Jhabhulal, Ram Krishna and decided lo hel lhe secial leam unearlh lhe drain and lhe indings were so horriying lhal Ram Krishna lel midway. The irsl bloody sack and ils conlenls are slill my worsl nighlmare. Rimy had been jusl married and lhe decomosed body in lhal sack was her. She had been killed only 24 hours beore being discovered in lhe bylane o 05 so lhe blood and slench was slill resh. her head had been severed bul acked alongside. The severed orlion was slill oo/ing blood. She slill had a |inJi on her orehead and sinJccr in her maan. Thal image has haunled me ever since. Koli's hanging dale only revives lhe ainul memories and lhe hard work we ul in lo ensure lhal lhe accused were broughl lo book. have allended all wilness sessions and gave leslimony al leasl GO limes. Bul whal hil me lhe hardesl was when lhe lhen Mayawali 0overnmenl slaed a bribery and raud charge on me, Jhabhulal and Faulal. gol a call around midnighl saying lhal had been charged or raud. gol enlangled inlo a MayawaliMulayam ballle. The eole had been heling in hilhari lhoughl had belrayed lhem. They sloed laking me seriously called me |ikau. Thal hurl. am slill slruggling wilh lhis. Koli's hanging is nol enough bul il is a sle in lhe righl direclion. (A |ulJ |u |+|| |u|+||]) hilhari monsler Surinder Koli will be hanged lhis week in Meerul or lhe brulal rae, killing and axing o women and children in 2OOG. Bul or locals and aulhorilies, lhe brain behind lhis gory crime, Moninder Singh Fandher, has escaed lhe ullimale unishmenl. viclims' arenls have been comensaled economically bul whal do lhey do wilh lheir nighlmares and murmuring shadows o lhe ones lhey have losl, lhey ask 0EEBAShREE M0hAhTY as she revisils lhe localion I ts 6.30 am and 35-year-old Shalu Awasthi walks hurriedly towards a kothi in Sector 31, Noida. Come rain or sunshine, she has not missed a single day at work for the past two-years. Despite her unkempt hair and dirty clothes, people who work in and around Sector 31 dont wince at her appearance. She squats in front of the colony road leading to D5, a bungalow which has been lying locked since 2007, and starts her daily ritual. She places her daughter Pinkis photo frame and keeps it on the pavement. Takes out a candle and a bunch of Cycle brand agarbattis and chants Pinki ke bereham hathyaon ko sazaa do. (Those behind the brutal killing of my daughter be pun- ished severely). People say she has gone crazy. But when she demands that there should be no place for the murderers in heaven or hell, you tend to agree with her. They took away my daughter and killed me in the process too, she says. She has no job, no income, no family and is being treated for her mental illness at the Yathartha hospital in Noida. Tell her that Surinder Koli is going to be hanged on September 12 and Shalu bursts into a smile, froth oozing from her mouth. Woh to murga hai. Bade saheb ka kya hoga?, she asks hysterically, referring to Moninder Singh Pandher. Many believe that Pandher, who owns the D5 house where girls were repeatedly raped, killed, sliced up, their bones dipped in a chemical solvent before being dumped in the drain, was the man behind the blood-curdling Nithari killings. Like Shalu, the localites say that the hanging of Koli is only justice half done. Shalus world collapsed when Koli confessed in 2009 to having raped Pinki (she was 13 then) and strangulating her with a rope before cutting her body into tiny pieces. Pinki had been missing from Nithari for three weeks and Shalu Tai would visit the local police station twice daily to know about her whereabouts. The cops were convinced that Pinki had run away for a better life. Tai was inconsolable initially but when she got no news of her teenage daughter, she too reconciled to the police pre- sumption that her only child had fled. When the Nithari killings began to surface, someone informed Tai that Koli was identifying his victims. She sent her brother with a picture of Pinki and her worst fears came true. Koli identified Pinki and also gave the cops that gory details of her murder. Life has been a nightmare for Tai ever since. Her husband, a rickshaw puller, ran away with the C5 lakh compensation and sold the plot of land for C2.7 lakh. He eloped with another woman and is leading a life with her. When Tai returned to her village in Jamshedpur, no one accepted her. Even her parents shooed her away. The kothis in Sector 29 where she was working removed her from her job, Shikha Verma, who works as a cook in Sector 28 opposite DPS Noida School, tells you. On the day Kolis verdict date was announced, there were muted celebrations in Nithari. Most families who lost their children to this serial killing have left or have been coerced to leave. Those left behind tread cautiously. No one utters Pandher or Kolis names, considering it to be a bad omen. D5 is a monster house for all of us. No one crosses that house after 7 pm. We can hear painful cries coming from within the house sometimes. It is almost as if a girl is being tortured and mur- dered and we cant do anything about it, Papulal who lives in the D2 servant quarter, says. He works as a guard in a nearby sector and is the only one who has yet not sold the plot of land he got as compensation from the Government. His three- and-a-half-year-old daughter was brutalised and dumped in the drain and it was Papulal who dug out the remains from there in 2007. Her yellow polka dot frock stuck to her decomposed body. The limbs had been cut off and the head shaved. What kind of a human being does this, he asks. Although time has somewhat healed his wounds, he still gets very emotional while talking about the Nithari killing. I would rather have my daughter alive and playing in my arms than have the money and land. Her mother is still in shock. And, no, we are not celebrating the hanging of Koli. Well sleep well only the day Pandher is hanged too, he says. There has not been a single night that this family has not seen an apparition of their little girl calling out for them. The same goes for driver Ashok Kumar who lost his nine-year-old daughter. It has been seven years but Kolis hanging is no closure. I dont think there can ever be any closure for parents who saw what was unearthed that day. All I got was my daughters chappals and panties strewn at the back entrance of D5. The rest of the body was in parts. My first visit into the house still gives me nightmares. It was like a hospital where live opera- tions are conducted, he recalls. Kumar has opened a shoes and clothes outlet in Nithari market but life hasnt moved for him. The shop has a picture of his daughter hanging on one side and a family photo in an expensive frame on the other. She was a bright student and want- ed to pursue her education in a private school. I had promised her a better life but see what hap- pened, he says, hiding tears. It was Kumar and dhobi Jhabhulal who had rushed to RWA President SC Mishra with evi- dence that something murky had been happening inside D5. Girls went into the house, never to return. It was around 9 pm when Jhabhulal came to me wanting to talk about something zaroori. His daughter Jyoti was the second victim but back then Jhabu had no idea about this. He was panti- ng when he told me that he had spotted Koli stalking girls and inviting them home. The prob- lem was that the girls never came back. I was curi- ous but had no clue we would stumble upon something as gory as what we did, Mishra who retired as president of the association in 2009, says. The environment in the Sector 31 RWA office is sombre. While the authorities heave a sigh of relief about the hanging date of Koli, they are unhappy that the mastermind did not meet the same fate. Koli was just another criminal carrying out his masters orders. It is Pandher we want. The house had modern CCTV fittings, the latest surgical tools and medical technology. The terrace had a huge tumbler of a chemical solvent. All this suggests Pandher was behind the crime. With Koli gone, can we hope for the rope for Pandher as well, Anjula Chhabaria, general sec- retary, says. She tells you that D5 looks and exudes negative vibes. I used to be a regular at that house when Shalu Jindal was there. She had kept the home very well. But later she sold it to Pandher and all hell broke loose. Pandhers wife did not stay here so none of us went visiting to his house. But after the crime came out in the open, I dared to take a peek. I couldnt go beyond the drawing area which eked of dirty things. The house smelled of blood, Chhabaria recalls. The society will have a silent prayer meeting the day Koli is hanged and they will pray that Pandher, too, meets the same fate. Elsewhere in Nithari, the jhuggi and clusters were celebrating the impending hanging in their own way. The maids conducted a ceremony in one of the pucca houses in the cluster. Women had gathered to pray for the shanti of all those who were brutally killed. Their aatma will be released in the true sense only when Pandher is brought to justice. Phaansi ki saza bahut kam hai uske liye. Why cant they burn him alive? We want him to suffer before dying, the women say. The pooja was also conducted to appease the spirits of those young girls who according to the residents still lurk in the dark. The one man who is extremely pleased about this news related to Koli is Jhabhulal who broke this sensational crime to the world. He took away my life. He is a shaitan. Koli was always a bad influence. He had wanted me to work with him on a project which would fetch lots of money. Thankfully, I didnt. Otherwise he would have made me slice up my own daughter. I can never forgive him. Usne hum sab ki roshni churayi hai. Usko to narak bhi nahin naseeb hoga. He would peer at innocent girls from within Pandhers house, Jhabhulal who continues to visit Sector 31 houses to collect clothes for ironing, says. Jhabhulal has sold the compensation plot but saved the compensation money. He prefers to keep himself busy to take his mind off everything that he had found in that drain all those years ago. After the Nithari happenings, Jhabhulal has become the eyes and ears of the colony. Ab mein sabki khabar rakhta hoon, he says. Aaj mein khush hoon. Koli gaya, Pandher bhi jayega, he says. Meanwhile, there are a host of servants who still see shadows of the past near D5. Most peo- ple have had sightings of Aarti, a Nithari victim. Others, like Ashok Kumar, swear that on a silent night he can still hear screams and muted sobs coming from within that haunted house. Its as if the spirits havent left that place. They are wait- ing to be heard, Kumar says. w0uL0 RAThER hAvE MY 0Au0hTER ALvE Ah0 FLAYh0 h MY ARMS ThAh hAvE ThE M0hEY Ah0 LAh0. wE'LL SLEEF wELL 0hLY ThE 0AY FAh0hER S hAh0E0 T00 'MI w088I 8I6IM8F w8 IF 8l000IF0 80k' SC Mishra, exresidenl o RwA Seclor 81 who was inslrumenlal in unearlhing lhe hilhari killings, recounls lhe incidenl and ils alloul on him Su|i|J| |uli 8I86lF8 'IhIk FIk6E VEY WEII I W6' Birmingham: Former ndian calain Sourav 0anguly has said lhal lhe Men in Blue are eaking al lhe righl lime and are currenlly laced very well or lhe 2O15 world Cu, where lhey will be looking lo deend lheir 2O11 lille. "Every win is imorlanl and winning is good or a young leam," said 0anguly, when asked i lhis series win has been beneicial rom lhe world Cu's rearalion oinl o view. "You can only reare a leam by winning malches. And il is a good win i you consider lhal lhey did nol win any 00s in eilher Soulh Arica or hew Zealand. ndia are laced quile well or lhe world Cu. They have layed some good crickel here in England in lhe 00s. And as long as lhey kee laying good crickel and kee winning, lhey will ind lhe righl combinalion or lhe world Cu," he added. 0anguly ell ndian bowlers had been showing good signs. " lhoughl lhere were good signs aboul ndia's bowling. Mohammad Shami bowled really well in lhis series. Bowling in lhe dealhovers is somelhing lhey will have lo gel beller al and il is lough because almosl every bowler gels hil in lhe dealh overs nowadays. Bul lel us nol be loo judgmenlal. ndia were oulslanding wilh lhe ball in lhis series," said 0anguly, who led ndia lo lhe inal o lhe 2OO8 world Cu in Soulh Arica. kF 8kT8 I IFI London: English crickelers can "orgel" aboul lhe shorler ormal unless lhey embrace lhe ndian Fremier League, according lo lhe maverick Kevin Fielersen, who says his eorls lo gel his counlrymen lo lay in lhe FL have allen on "dea ears". "Looking inlo lhe ulure, unlil we lel our young layers aear in lhe FL we can orgel aboul lhe shorler orm o lhe game. have lried or years lo gel England layers laying in lhe FL bul il has allen on dea ears," Fielersen wrole in his column in lhe '0aily Telegrah'. "English crickel's view is lhal i you lay in lhe FL you are a mercenary. Bul in lhe FL guys learn lo hil sixes. They learn lhal any largel is gellable. The bowlers learn varialions and dierenl lricks. They learn new laclics rom oosilion layers and guys in lheir own leams. They build riendshis wilh layers rom around lhe world and undersland crickel rom a lolally dierenl erseclive. England is lhe only counlry where lhe layers have no idea whal is going on in lhe resl o lhe world." 1k1Ik 8ET T 8E FE8IEhT I 8I New Delhi: Sandee Jajodia, CM0 o ndian boxing's longlime sonsors lhe Monnel 0rou , is all sel lo be elecled unoosed as lhe Fresidenl o lhe muchanlicialed new Federalion aler he was lhe sole candidale lel in ray on lhe inal day o iling nominalions or lhe Selember 11 olls. The new ederalion is sel lo lake shae aler nearly lwo years i lhe eleclions on Selember 11 go ahead as lanned. Fon Bhaskaran was lhe lone candidale againsl Jajodia in lhe inilial lisl o nominalions bul he wilhdrew his candidalure on lhe closing dale loday. "he robably realised lhal he did nol have enough suorl base lo lake on Jajodia and decided lo wilhdraw," said a source. n lhe inal lisl, lhere are lhree candidales in ray or lhe Secrelary 0eneral's osl. 0elhi's Rohil Jain, Jay Kowli o Maharashlra and haryana's Rakesh Thakran. The lhreeway conlesl is execled lo go down lhe wire as lhe candidales have been lrading charges o maniulalion. The Treasurer's osilion will also wilness a lhreeway conlesl. Maniur's Khoibi Salam, Assam's hemanla Kumar Kalila and Triura's 0r Ruak 0ebroy are in lhe ray or lhis osilion. The eleclion was inilially scheduled lo be held on July O bul was osloned by Boxing ndia, lhe nlernalional Boxing Associalionrecogised body enlrusled wilh lhe lask o conducling lhe olls. B ilsel is coing quile a bil o resenlmenl rom lhe slale associalions, some o which have slaled lhal lhe ABArecognised body is lrying lo maniulale lhe olls lo gel ils avoured candidales elecled. The nalional ederalion was lerminaled in 0ecember 2O12 by ABA on charges o "ossible maniulalion" in eleclions. The ederalion was oicially lerminaled in March lhis year. 8kThWkITE 6EhTY 88T8 WI Kingston: Kraigg Bralhwaile's second Tesl hundred was lhe oundalionslone o a ormidable wesl ndies balling eorl as lhe home side closed a rain aecled irsl day o lhe irsl Tesl againsl Bangladesh here al 2G4 or lhree. 0n a day when lhe lourisls relied heavily on debulanl sinners Taijul slam and Shuvagala hom on a lacid ilch al lhe Arnos vale Sladium in Sl vincenl, Bralhwaile's unbealen 128 o 2GO deliveries (eighl ours) relecled lhe 21year old's unlaabilily in almosl any circumslances. The rookie oener ul on 11G or lhe irsl wickel wilh Chris 0ayle (G4) lo make Mushiqur Rahim regrel his decision lo ul lhe wesl ndies in lo bal on winning lhe loss al lhe slarl o lhe day. kTk 8Ih F 8khIk 6kFTkIh Kolkata: Bangaldeshi nalional leam calain Mohammed Mamunul slam was on Salurday signed by lhe cily SL ranchise Allelico de Kolkala in 0haka. The cenlral midielder also leads Bangladesh Fremier League chamions Sheikh Jamal 0hanmondi Club and had led lhe leam lo FA Shields inal here lasl season. Terming lhis an imorlanl mileslone, lhe 25yearold said. Wk IIhI8hE8 VEkII 4Th NewDelhi: Ace ndian discus lhrower vikas 0owda gol a morale boosler ahead o lhe ucoming Asian 0ames as he inished overall ourlh in lhe resligious AAF 0iamond League Series lo ockel $ 8,OOO ri/e money. The uniled Slalesbased ndian, who won a gold in lhe recenl Commonweallh 0ames in 0lasgow, collecled lwo oinls by virlue o inishing second in lhe season oening leg in 0oha on May O wilh a lhrow o G8.28m. his second besl inish was a ilh in Birmingham leg on Augusl 24 wilh a lhrow o G2.78m. IhIk kW 8Ikhk kT k6hEY IIhkI Kolkata: Lone ndian hoe Rajal Chauhan losl lo Fierre Julien 0eloche o France by one oinl (145 14G) lo make a quarlerinal exil in lhe Archery world Cu Final in Lausanne on Sunday. According lo inormalion received here, Chauhan, who was lhe irsl ndian comound archer lo have qualiied or lhe showiece evenl, led 11711G aler our ends. Bul lhe Rajaslhan lad conceded lhe lead in lhe inal sel o arrows aler iring a oor 28 againsl lhe Frenchman's 8O or lhe hearlbreaking loss in lhe oening round. Based on lheir cumulalive scores over our slages o lhe world Cu, lhe lo eighl in each calegory had made il lo lhe Finals. Threelime silver medalisl in lhe revious world Cu Finals, 0eeika Kumari ailed lo make lhe cul aler a miserable slarl lo lhe season as comound archer Chauhan was lhe only ndian conlender. Fh8lkgenries FTI Q BRMh0hAM T he odd loss in the final ODI notwithstanding, India are expected to hold an edge as the visitors seek to bring the curtains down on what has been a mixed tour with a vic- tor y i n t he onl y T20 International against England here on Saturday. Having suffered a 1-3 defeat in the Test series, the Indians found their bearings in the One- dayers, clinching the five-match series 3-1 despite losing Fridays inconsequential final game by 41 runs at Leeds. After struggling to get going in the five-day format, the inclu- sion of fresh legs such as Suresh Raina for the one-day interna- tionals gave the team the much- needed impetus. Young bats- men such as Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan too fared bet- ter in the blue jersey though Virat Kohlis woeful run of form remains a major cause for con- cern for the Indian think-tank. Considered the mainstay of Indian line-up till recently, Kohlis run of poor scores con- tinued in the shorter format and the batsman would be keen to at least end the tour on a decent note. Though they flopped in the inconsequential final ODI, both Rahane and Dhawan have had good outings in the penultimate game, with the former notching up a smash- ing century. Raina has been good on and off while Ambati Rayudu (53) and Jadeja (87) showed their ability with the wil- low on the Headingley wicket. As far as bowling is con- cerned, the Indians enjoyed greater success in the ODIs, with Mohammad Shami man- aging to impress even captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his effort in the death overs yester- day. Bhuvneshwar Kumar rel- ishes bowling on seaming con- ditions and would be keen to extract something out of the Edgbaston track. Dhoni has another option in Umesh Yadav though it remains to seen whether the pacer is picked after a lacklustre outing in Leeds. Left-arm spinner Jadeja can be a handy bowler in the short- er format and he would definitely be a valuable option for the skipper. And then there is the speci al i st spi nner, of f i e Ravichandran Ashwin, who surely knows a thing or two about bowling in the slam-bang format. From Englands point of view, Joe Root, who had just scored his ODI ton, will look to continue in similar fashion hav- ing got a fair idea of how to han- dle the Indian attack. The hosts have named uncapped Surrey batsman Jason Roy in their 14-man squad and it will be interesting to see if he is played or not. Roy is joined by the recalled Tim Bresnan, Ravi Bopara and James Taylor. Bresnan has not played in an international side since the defeat to the Netherlands that ended Engl ands miserabl e World Twenty20 campaign in Bangladesh in March, while Taylor last featured for England 12 months ago in an ODI against Ireland. With Stuart Broad, Englands regular T20 captain, unavail- able due to a knee injury, the team will be led by Eoin Morgan. kF Q hEw Y0RK O vercome by heat and humidity in the second set of her U.S. Open semifinal, Chinas Shuai Peng paused between points to clutch at her left thigh and put her weight on her racket as if it were a cane. Still, she tried to continue Friday against Caroline Wozniacki. One point later, Peng dropped her racket and grabbed at her right knee, then staggered toward the wall behind the baseline and leaned against it, wiping away tears, until a trainer ran to her side. Others arrived, too: a doctor, the chair umpire, a tournament official, a security guard, a ballkid with an umbrella to offer shelter from the sun. Fighting pain in both legs and her back, a limp- ing Peng was helped over to a hallway adjacent to the court, where it was determined she had heat illness and needed treatment. In all, it was a 10- minute delay, which Wozniacki used to practice serving. Yet again, Peng tried to play on. She stuck it out for six more points, before collapsing to the ground, resting on her hands and knees as Wozniacki walked around the net to check on her. Peng stopped while trailing 7-6 (1), 4-3, allowing Denmarks Wozniacki to reach her second Grand Slam final. At a news conference more than four hours later, Peng said she was feeling better. She was not sure whether, in the end, she was the one who said she had to retire or was told to (although tourna- ment director David Brewer said it was Pengs deci- sion). Peng, who is 28, did recall how she reacted when the doctor suggested it might be a good idea to quit. I said, No, no, no. I dont want to give up. I want to try one more time, said Peng, who was playing in her first semifinal in 37 career major tournaments. I knew Im not going to stay maybe too long, but I just want to try, you know. I just wanted to challenge her one more time. Eventually, Peng was taken away in a wheel- chair, closing the scary and surreal scene. It was really hard to watch, said the 10th-seeded Wozniacki, who lost the 2009 U.S. Open title match. To see her struggling out there - I just want- ed to make sure she was OK. In Sundays final, Wozniacki will face good pal Serena Williams, who overwhelmed 17th-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-1, 6-3 to extend her U.S. Open winning streak to 20 matches. If she can make that 21 in a row, the No. 1-ranked Williams will become the first woman since Chris Evert in the 1970s to win three consecutive titles at the tournament. I can say: Yes, shes much better than every- one, Makarova said, when asked to compare Williams to todays other top players. Seeking a sixth U.S. Open championship and 18th major singles title overall, which would tie her with Evert and Martina Navratilova, Williams has won all 12 sets shes played these two weeks. While warming up for her semifinal in which she won nine straight games and 22 of 24 points in one stretch Williams saw on TV what was happen- ing to Peng. I was really, really, really saddened by it. Shes such a great person. We train sometimes at the same academy, Williams said. You never want to see anyone go out like that. Peng, who spoke during the tournament about nearly being forced to quit tennis after hav- ing heart surgery at age 12, began showing signs of distress early in the second set, rubbing her legs between points. When things got really bad, she said, she felt cramping that made it hard to breathe. Players are not allowed to get medical treat- ment from a trainer or doctor in the middle of a game if all that is wrong is cramping. If thats what makes them take a break during the course of play, they can be docked a point or even a full game for taking too much time. But a broader diagnosis of heat illness does make a player eligible for treatment. It was determined that it would not be phys- ically harmful for her to go back out and try to play tennis again, Brewer said. Wozniacki did not complain - while all of this was happening or later at her news conference - about the lack of a penalty for time violation. She was, however, thrown off a bit by the whole scene. First of all, you want her to be OK, Wozniacki said. Then you also are thinking she might still be able to compete, so you have to kind of ... try and think about yourself as well and just say, OK, she might just go out there and start to hit winners. So you have to be ready for everything. TME FOR SOME FUN l| S||+ 1 wu|i+|i |u| uS p| |i|l Aler series wins in 00s and Tesls reseclively, ndiaEngland lock horns one lasl lime on lhis lour in one o T2O FTI Q LEE0S I ndian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has sent out a message to his pacers to work on their death bowling skills if the ODI world champions were to defend their title Down Under next year. Death-over bowl- i ng i s somet hi ng which I would like to improve because con- ditions in Australia- New Zealand will be very different. We are not playing too many games i n New Zeal and but t he grounds are not very big there. So we can- not use spinners too much after the 40th over and to some extent it will put extra pressure on fast bowlers to take more responsibility, Dhoni said. The Men in Blue have five ODIs at home versus the West Indies and then at least four matches in the tri-series i nvol vi ng Austral i a and England in January. If there are any major concerns, they have to be addressed soon. It is really important for them to use the coming games well. But at the same time in the next five matches versus the West Indies, we will get fair amount of dew so they might find it tough to execute their yorkers or may not find their reverse swing. It wont be exactly like what we may face later in Australia- New Zeal and, the skipper said. Asked about the inconsequen- tial match, which England won rid- ing on Joe Roots second ODI hun- dred, Dhoni blamed his bats- men for poor strokes. Overall the bowling was quite good today. It was a good wicket to bat on and 300 was the par score, said Dhoni after the game. But we gave away quite a few soft wickets in the middle overs. We lost too many wickets and were not in position to chase the runs afterwards. So those loose dis- missals really cost us the game. l|Ji+| +p|+i| |S |u|i i |uW|J Wi|| |+|p+| +||| l|Ji+ Wu| || l |i i| |J u| ||iJ+] AP Y0uh0 BATSMEh SuCh AS AJhKYA RAhAhE, ShKhAR 0hAwAh T00 FARE0 BETTER h ThE BLuE JERSEY Th0u0h vRAT K0hL'S w0EFuL Ruh 0F F0RM REMAhS A MAJ0R CAuSE F0R C0hCERh F0R ThE h0Ah ThhKTAhK MS0 wanls imrovemenl in dealh bowling beore wC kF Q hARARE F af du Plessis led South Africa to a six-wicket win over Australia in the final of the one-day inter- national tri-series at Harare Sports Club on Saturday. Du Plessis hit 96 from 99 balls and just missed out on his fourth century in five innings in the tour- nament as South Africa chased down Australias mediocre total of 217-9 with nearly 10 overs to spare to take the triangular title. Du Plessis was caught at mid-on off what turned out to be the penultimate delivery of the game. He was going for a boundary that would have taken him to another century and sealed South Africas victory. Instead, AB de Villiers hit a four next ball to win the series and finish 57 not out from just 41 balls, having hit six fours to take the Proteas home. Fast bowler Dale Steyn set up the win with his 4-34 as Australia wilted to 144-8 and needed a ninth- wicket stand of 71 between tailenders James Faulkner (39) and Mitchell Starc (29 not out) to approach a respectable score. Steyn did the damage, removing Phil Hughes early, fellow opener Aaron Finch for 54 and the mid- dle order of Glenn Maxwell and Brad Haddin cheap- ly. He was backed up by seamers Wayne Parnell and Morne Morkel, who took two wickets each. Hashim Amla hit a half-century in South Africas reply, but Du Plessis was outstanding and the anchor again, collecting eight fours and a six for his 96, another match-winning innings following his three centuries in South Africas four league games earlier in the series. Du Plessis came into the tournament without an ODI hundred but made up with a rich run of form to help topple Australia from No. 1 in the ODI rankings. None of the Australian bowlers claimed more than one wicket as South Africa took advan- tage of winning the toss and choosing to bat sec- ond on a Harare pitch thats renowned for flatten- ing out later in the day. Brief Scores South Africa 221-4 in 40.5 overs (Faf du Plessis 96, AB de Villiers 57 not out, Hashim Amla 51; Steve Smith 1-9) beat Australia 217-9 in 50 overs (Aaron Finch 54, James Faulkner 39; Dale Steyn 4-34) by six wickets. Sleyn, du Flessis shine as Soulh Arica beal Auslralia lo win lriseries Protoas havo inal laugh We are not playing too many games in New Zealand {during WC] but the grounds are not very big there. So we cannot use spinners too much after the 40th over Mahendra Singh Dhoni Yet again, Shuai Peng tried to play on. She stuck it out for six more points, before collapsing to the ground, resting on her hands and knees as Wozniacki walked around the net to check on her. Peng stopped while trailing 7-6 {1], 4-S, allowing Denmark's Wozniacki to reach her second Grand Slam final u|i|J S|+| S||+ willi+| (l||) Will u i||u || |i|+l ++i|| ||+|| C+|uli| wu|i+|i + |+1uu|i| AP Suu|| A||i+ |+| Ju Pli +||| || Wi| AP sport 10 NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 sport 11 QWhat inspired you to write this book? There was this big shift in my life. I was going into academic side and an attempt to adjust my chess style accordingly to be able to manage both chess and studies led to this drastic shift opening kind of shift. I want- ed to make use of what I have been doing all my life. This was one way through which I could make the biggest difference and reach the widest audience. QWhy did you choose this particular sub- ject chess openings for your first book? Because thats my expertise. My area of expertise in the last few years has been openings. I have been working hard on that area. Of course there are people who are better than me but I have worked at a pret- ty high level and this is where I could deliv- er the most. QAt the age of 21 most people are not even sure of what they want to do and you have come up with a book of your own. Its a big achievement. How does it feel? I think there are always people who have achieved more than you. There are people in this chess world who have done better than me. Its easy to say in perspective when you look at other people like (Fabiano Luigi) Caruana. We have grown up together in the chess world and he is the second best play- er in the world. So, there are people better than me. I wouldnt be too confident about whatever I have achieved. QNow that you are going to pursue stud- ies, what will happen to your chess career? Will you still be participating in compe- titions? I think I will still be playing pretty often. You will keep seeing me in tournaments but I am not sure how well I will play. I will try to do my best. I think I have adjusted well to the things and hopefully it will work out well. I will be very selective in my tournaments. I will have to be very careful and Ill have to maintain my energy levels. Ill have a lot of focus on my physical fitness. I am going to play the kind of chess that is less based on home preparation and more based on going there and trying to fight it out. QWhen did you decide to focus on stud- ies and put chess on the backburner? After 12th I decided to completely can- cel out studies for two years. I didnt decide what I would do after two years. I would- nt say studies at the front yet. It might be in the future. I havent even decided what I am going to study. Its more about exploring. After four years I probably would decide whether to put chess in the front or studies because then I would have a direc- tion what I am studying, whether I want to take it really seriously and do my fur- ther studies. So, a lot of it depends on the next few years. Right now I am not sure what I will be doing but I will definitely be exploring that area as well. So, the time will be divided between the two. Q So, there is no particular sub- ject that you are going to study? The under-graduate course doesnt require me to declare a subject right away. I can exper- iment with various subjects until I choose the final thing after two years. Q Do you have any subject in mind? There are a lot of subjects in mind, basically. Thats what I like about the American college system that its very inter- disciplinary. There is nothing like that I have to be in psychology department or econom- ics department. I can take classes in every department. Q What interests you the most? To be honest, I am not sure about it. Thats why I wanted the inter-disciplinary thing. After I got admission into Stanford, I have had no time to actually think about what I will be studying. I have interest in psy- chology, economics, computer science by these are very varied fields. I dont know yet what I will be good at. The key thing actu- ally is what interests me and what I am good at. I will try to combine that. Q Four-year break is huge. Have you thought about the risk that you are putting your chess career in? I think without the break without the studies at least the way I was playing chess the whole year, it wasnt working out that well for me. It didnt really satisfy me. I had some good results but I also wanted to have a sustainable way. This way I will be able to play whenever I want to play at least in the first year that will be pretty often. I will have to check how tough the studies go later on because the first year courses arent that tough. But I will be able play these periods with lot more intensity because there is sort of satisfaction that you get by doing different things. QSo, the decision to pursue studies was influenced by unfavourable results in chess and your attempt to secure your future? Yes, something like that. After 12th I decided to give two years to chess. For me to break into the world elite, I have to get, lets say, about 2700 points, thats about top- 50 in the world. Its hard to say how close or how far I was. It could be one more good tournament and I could breakthrough but instead I was just there. I think I still can break into the top-50 but I dont want to be purely dependent on that. Even at the very elite level in chess there is no back-up. And, its good to have a back-up. When you dont have other option but to depend on just one thing, there is more pressure and much greater risk of burn out. When I am 25, I am not too old to continue playing chess. 25 and World No. 70, there are people who would still play very ambitiously at that stage but I would definitely be too old to contin- ue studying its already been a three-year break since school. It was already too hard to get admission and in another two years it would have become impossible. Q Would you be participating in the national championships? I could play but I probably wouldnt play because the prize money at the national championships would be much lesser than what it would cost me to come back to India to play the event. So, it makes no sense to me to play that unless there is a drastic revi- sion of the rules. I might still be in the Indian team. The rules are pretty complicated but I hope they will revise the rules to actually not benefit the players who are playing the nationals because I would very much like to play the international events for India. They are some of the toughest events and are really useful for the chess career. I would have time to play the tournaments but I would have to balance. Finances wont be as easy as I have left the security of what we have in India the job set up, sponsors so I cant just travel from US to Asia, to Europe to just play one event. Q Viswanathan Anand is going to play Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship title. You think Anand has a chance to win it back? Carlsen has been struggling recently so its way closer match than last time when Carlsen had been just crushing everything on his way. Anand had been in a dodgy form but this year his performance has gone up. I will say Carlsen is the favourite in this match and Anand is the underdog. However, its going to be a very close match compared to the last time. Though there have been good results for Anand recently, Carlsen is still going to be the favourite. When Carlsen is there, he is always the favourite irrespective of the oppo- nent. Despite his shaky form this year, you still expect him to win. He is really good. But as I said he is in a shaky form and he has shown lot more vulnerability, he no longer has that unbeatable aura around him. Q What do you make out of his reserva- tions about playing in Sochi, the venue for the World Championship match? I dont know whats happening there. I hope the match would take place. Its a com- plicated issue. I am sure he has some valid argument about how the tournament was awarded and other things that I actually know about. But hopefully the matter will be resolved because any World Championship match with Carlsen would not be a World Championship match. Q From your experience, does the place really matter? May be it matters for him. I mean I havent really played a million-dollar match! Stakes are very different. He has got his rep- utation and the prize money is much lower which is something you cant be very happy about. The stakes are very different, especially for him since he is the face of chess right now. He wants to promote it more in the west. The issues are very different so its hard to comment on that. EDUCATON OVER CHESS kF Q M0hZA, TALY L ewis Hamilton broke Mercedes teammate Nico Rosbergs recent stranglehold on pole position by qualifying ahead of the championship leader at the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday - although the rival- ry between the pair remains as heated as ever. Rosberg had taken four straight poles and six of the last seven. Hamilton clocked 1 minute, 24.109 seconds at the Monza circuit, Rosberg was second in 1:24.383 and Valtteri Bottas of Williams qualified third in 1:24.697. Its Hamiltons fifth pole of the season and 36th of his career. He hasnt started first since the Spanish GP back in May. Tomorrow will be real- ly good to get another 1-2 for the team, Hamilton said. And I hope we have some competition as that will be great for the fans. Rosberg enters Sundays race with a 29- point lead over Hamilton in the drivers standings - the biggest it has been all season. A big part of that gap was built in the controversial Belgian GP two weeks ago, when Rosberg finished second after crash- ing into Hamilton early and sending his teammate out of the incident-packed race. Rosberg didnt seem interested in con- gratulating Hamilton on his pole position. Likewise, Hamilton appeared to do his best to ignore Rosberg after both drivers got out of their cars. After taking off his helmet, Hamilton flashed a victory sign to photographers while Rosberg appeared to frown behind him. Rosberg was disci- plined by Mercedes for the incident at Spa and while no team orders were installed, the pair was told explicitly not to make contact again. When Hamilton was asked what effect the teams warning would have on him Sunday, he replied: It wont be ring- ing in my ears. We are free to race. That was the deci- sion last week so it contin- ues as usual. Rosberg reportedly received a hefty fine for the Spa incident but he, too, didnt appear ready to change tactics. It has not changed since before we started the season, Rosberg said. The message has been clear. There is no real change at the moment. It is the same as always. Racing conditions were ideal, with sunny skies and a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit). More good weath- er was forecast for Sunday. Q ualifying for the largest-ever European Championship should be a cruise for the continents heavyweights. For once, though, the weaker nations arent just there to make up the numbers. The Euros have been expanded from 16 to 24 teams for the 2016 tournament in France, with the top two countries from nine groups qualifying automatically along with the best third-place finisher. The other eight teams placing third will compete in the playoffs. It means the so-called lesser nations have been given a rare chance to qualify for a major tournament, and should ensure group play maintains interest and excitement through to the final games. Except, maybe, for the big teams, some of whom head into the first round of qual- ifiers looking to shrug off a World Cup hangover. Less than two months after win- ning the world title, Germany returns to competitive action after being brought back down to earth with a 4-2 friendly loss to Argentina in a rematch of the final. The Netherlands and Spain also lost friendlies in midweek. Here are some things to know about the start of qualifying for Euro 2016: EMkhY'8 WkkEF 6kII: A wake- up call was how former Germany defender Per Mertesacker described his countrys defeat Argentina on Wednesday. The Germans will be determined to atone with a convincing win over Scotland in Group D on Sunday on their first step to what they hope are back-to-back major titles. Loew has to contend with several absentees, including injured midfielders Sami Khedira, Mesut Ozil, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Julian Draxler, and defender Mats Hummels. Thomas Mueller was rested against Argentina and is likely to start in Dortmund. 8FkIh: Spains dominance of world football came to an end at the World Cup and the rebuilding job under coach Vicente Del Bosque could take some time. Already down to No. 7 in the FIFA rankings, Spain played France on Thursday in its first match since the tournament in Brazil and lost 1-0 without even having a shot on target. The golden era is over, with the likes of David Villa, Xavi Hernandez and Xabi Alonso retiring from internationals, and the Spanish could be paying for its over- reliance on core players during their run of three straight major titles. Spains first Euro 2016 qualifier is against Macedonia on Monday, with Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus and Luxembourg also in Group C. hIIhk hEkk6hE: Guus Hiddinks return to the helm of the Netherlands has given him plenty to ponder ahead of his teams first qualifier in Group A, against the Czech Republic in Prague. Hiddink reverted to the traditional, attacking 4-3-3 formation on Thursday in a friendly against Italy. His predecessor, Louis van Gaal, had largely abandoned it in favor of a five- man defense at the World Cup, where an inexperienced Dutch team finished an impressive third thanks in large part to its tight defending. But within 10 minutes in Bari, Hiddinks team conceded two goals and had defender Bruno Martins Indi sent off. The Dutch managed to hold the scoreline to a 2-0 loss, but Hiddink will want to shore up the defense against the Czechs. Great teams dont lose twice in a row, Hiddink said. hkMME Mkh: Antonio Conte has made a big impact since taking over from Cesare Prandelli as Italy coach. Italy appeared much-improved in its win over the Dutch and players gave a lot of the credit to Conte, a hard-line disciplinarian who guided Juventus to the last three Italian league titles. Hes a hammer, said forward Ciro Immobile, who opened the scoring against the Dutch with his first international goal. He expects a lot from every player and thats the way it should be. Contes approach is a drastic turnaround from the leniency afforded by Prandelli, who resigned after the Azzurris first-round elimination from the World Cup. Italy opens Group H qualifying on Tuesday at Norway, which was resolute in a 1-0 loss to England on Wednesday. Striker Mario Balotelli is suspended. EhIkh h EIEh8IVE: England has been playing like a second-tier international team for a while. Now it has the mindset of one. Speaking ahead of his teams opening Group E qualifier at Switzerland on Monday, England coach Roy Hodgson said his side might play on the defensive like opponent Norway did at Wembley Stadium in a drab 1-0 friendly win for the English on Wednesday. England has lost star quality with the international retirements of Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard and Hodgson is missing some key players through injury, leaving him with an inexperienced squad. Hodgson lost his cool after criticism of Englands display against Norway, in which the team had only two shots on target. The pressure is on Hodgson after England won just one point in three matches at the World Cup. kh EI8EWhEE: Already qualified as the host nation, France will play friendly matches against the teams in Group I although the results wont count in the standings. The French play Serbia on Monday. Tiny Gibraltar, newest member of UEFA, will play its first competitive international when it hosts Poland on Sunday. As well as the expansion of the tournament, UEFAs other change sees each round of qualifiers played over three days and at set times. AP FARMARJAh hE0 has always surprisod pooplo with his movos both on tho ohossboard and in lio. Ho booamo a grandmastor at 13, an Asian ohampion at 19 and now, at 21, ho has booomo ndia's youngost ohoss author. His book titlod 1.e4 vs The French, Caro-Kann an Phi|ior irst o a ivo-part sorios was roloasod in ndia on Friday. Ator a simplo unotion, Stanord-bound Nogi spoko to kmiI 6haudhary about tho book, ohoss oaroor, dooision to pursuo studios in tho US and muoh moro. Exoorpts |+|il|u| ||+| Ru|| |ulJ, |+| pul |u| l|+li+| P ThhK ThERE ARE ALwAYS FE0FLE wh0'vE AChEvE0 M0RE ThAh Y0u. T'S EASY T0 SAY h FERSFECTvE whEh Y0u L00K AT 0ThER FE0FLE LKE CARuAhA. wE'vE 0R0wh uF T00EThER Ah0 hE'S ThE SEC0h0 BEST FLAYER h ThE w0RL0. 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But each one is busy in his own world. Its unbelievable that in India there is a job for every man, Donaldson who has been to Mumbai and Kolkata, says. He tells you that Agra and Jaipur are places on his bucket list and he may soon realise that dream. Donaldson has had a long, productive career, featuring glossy Hollywood pro- ductions as No Way Out (1987), Cocktail (1988), Species (1995), Thirteen Days (2000), and The Recruit (2003). He got started in New Zealand, back when there was no film industry there. But everything changed when the director teamed up with Sam Neill in Sleeping Dogs (1977), a political drama set in the near-future. This was the first feature film made in New Zealand in about fifteen years, and also the first one to premier in the US. Who would have thought, I would be a prolific writer and filmmaker one day, the 68-year-old tells you. As we speak, I am reading a script that has landed up on my desk. It is a socially relevant concept retold in a mod- ern set up. I like scripts that have an intrigue element to it. What is life with- out any surprises?, he queries. Will it be yet another thriller, we ask him. I love that genre. I like to do screen- play in my mind. If a concept appeals to me, I already have thought the movie in my head. My stars help in bringing that imagination alive. At the moment there are many scripts that are vying for attention, he tells you. He is also planning to shoot in parts of India for his upcoming movie. It is an untitled film and shooting in India has been on top priority. I was very impressed with the way Zero Dark Thirty was shot in locations. Indian cities have that old world charm that can be utilised in various ways, he says. As for his favourite Indian filmmak- er, Satyajit Ray undoubtedly. He has trav- elled the world over and his movies are like an experience in itself. One will have to live it to believe it, the Dante's Peak director tells you. He explains how getting the location right for a perfect film is half the battle won for the filmmaker. It was this philosophy that made him opt for Belgrade to shoot for November Man. Belgrade was a polit- ical hotbed. There couldnt have been a better place to shoot. I believe if the actor can feel the tension within himself, he will deliver better, he explains. So, how was it working with the big- gies in Hollywood? They are stars not because they have an attitude but due to the lack of it. And they are all poles apart and they are all very hardwork- ing, he says. Out of all his movies, Donaldson feels biased about those that he has written himself. The Worlds Fastest Indian about Burt Munro will go down as my favourite because it was Munro who inspired me to make a film, he says. 'ndian oinoma has a lot o potontial' I n a setting that seems just out of a George Milies fantasy film, the piano called Phillip plays on its own and Jojo is a dancing vase; the bat-like dressed witches prey on the chil- dren and the hotel manager resembles Jack Sparrow. Welcome to the Poo Pot hotel where We are funkdunctious, children are scrumptious, sing Wizwits in the open- ing sequence of Kingdom of Dreams brand new show with the same name. Expanding in the territory of live enter- tainment industry, Great Indian Nautanki Companys KOD showcased its new fanta- sy show Wizwits at the ShowShaa theatre on the occasion of its fourth anniversary. Adapted from Roald Dahls story The Witches, the show is tailored for children above six years of age. Brought to life by the efforts of the seasoned theatre personalities Lushin Dubey and Bubbles Sabharwal, Wizwits aims at taking a giant leap as far as theatre is concerned. We have spent over two decades in the theatre and still feel there is lot more to do, Bubbles Sabharwal, who has always wanted to create a space for chil- dren in theatres, says. The act takes you on a wacky tour by staging the encounter between a group of children with the ugly witches and wizards who are holding their conclave. The plot gradually unfolds as the Wizwits who detest children hatch a plan to decimate them by turning them into rats while hum- ming the tunes of dig diggity da da da. Their plan backfires. Entertaining, energetic and yet with a moral message that good always triumphs over the evil, Wizwits is a show with the underlying theme of fearlessness. The essence of our work is the spirit of being bold and fearless. You see confident children acting on the stage, thats what I always wanted to see, Lushin Dubey tells us. Five- year old Nargis, who is the youngest actor of the lot, tells us how the- atre is fun: I love delivering dialogues and dancing on the stage. We have been prac- ticing for over a year. Though it is tough to manage studies and Wizwits at the same time, the actors tell us how they get a friend- ly environment at school and work as well. We have extra classes at school that helps us to catch up with studies. Working here is never hectic as we enjoy each and every moment spent at KOD, 12-year-old Vansh, tells you. Despite the fact that Dubey has always performed on stage with minimal technol- ogy at hand, she believes it is always judi- cious to move at pace with time and tech- nology. I understand the purist attitude towards art forms. But when we have the infra- structure why not use it! This is a conjunc- tion where the western style of story-telling mingles with our native values, she says. Best known for her association with Arvind Gaurs theatre club, she will soon be screen- ing her fourth solo act in Patna. A venue studded with screens on both the sides and an extravagant set sur- mounted with LED lights, ShowShaa the- atre gives ample opportunity to the per- formers to woo audiences. I got scared when the witches tumbled down the stage. One of them even came to me to take a sniff. But I enjoyed the songs and choreography, seven-year-old Taraksh from the audience says. Wizwits will play at ShowShaa theatre on the weekdays at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm and on weekends at 6:00pm only. W hat makes a movie in Bollywood a super hit? Is it the popular starcast and their flawless acting, beautiful location set in the backdrop of foreign destinations or foot tapping item numbers? For veterans, these things play a secondary role in filmmaking. The heart and soul lies in the script which is the foundation of the film. It is a known fact that scriptwriting is very cre- ative yet challenging. To come up with original sto- ries that will appeal to the audience is very tough. Its this story that generates work for the actors, direc- tors and producers, scriptwriter-turned-actor Anjum Rajabali opines. For a man who has been writing stories for the past 12 years, Gopi Puthran, the scriptwriter of Mardaani also feels that the writer in the industry is the actual hero. There is stiff competition everywhere and a lot depends on the story. In earlier times, a flim- sy theme could have done wonders if the stars were chosen carefully. Not today. What works is a good story, he says, adding that movies like Queen and Lunchbox were super hits because they were written well. Im not taking anything away from the actors or the director of the films who were the main pil- lars. But story writers have a role to play as well, he says. If a movie bombs at the Box Office, the blame naturally falls on the story. But the day when a scriptwriter hands over the script to the director, its the death of the script for him. From thereon, scriptwriters have no say in the filming of the script. There is a common joke in Bollywood when the final script is handed over to the director, two min- utes of silence is maintained because the script is dead for the writer, Rajabali, who was the man behind the scripts of Satyagraha, Chakravyuh, Aarakshan, Raajneeti, Apaharan, Naina, The Legend of Bhagat, Pukar and many others says. Both Rajabali and Puthran agree that the film industry has been very cordial towards scriptwriters but sometimes they get frustrated when they see how their story has been represented in a big medium. It can be quite irritating to see your script being turning into something completely different. There is nothing you can do about it. When the movie comes out, no scriptwriter is ever happy and satisfied with the end product. But such is life, Rajabali insists . Story writers reveal that their job is the most chal- lenging one in the film industry. A little problem and the film will fall flat. The trick, scriptwriters believe lies in how much to show and what to delete. Let the audience put two and two together. You cant push a concept down their throat. In Mardaani that was a challenge. We had to be sure about how much to show and what to hide. The aim was to get a strong message across to the audience, not to petrify them, Puthran tells you from Mumbai. The other challenge, he insists is always to keep emotions out of the script. As a storyteller one has to present both sides of the coin. We cant present a biased view, he tells you. This is where some stories are lagging behind and films that could have done well are falling flat. I dont understand the penchant of over-the-top dramatisation, he adds. When scripting a story, the most important aspect is working as a team with the director. Its impor- tant to have a wavelength between the director and scriptwriter. Otherwise the story would go haywire. Its like a relay race where the director and the scriptwriter are at the two ends and you have to coor- dinate and understand right from the start, Rajabali explains. Prakash Jha and I share a very strong bond and have immense faith in each other. Aarakshan (2011), Chakravyuh (2012) and Satyagraha (2013) happened back-to-back but Raajneeti took two to four years of scripting. Prakash and I used to disagree a lot during the discussion but that never affected our relationship, he says. For Rajabali,The Legend of Bhagat Singh was the most difficult and enjoyable film. More than 17 months of research work went in its scripting. Aamir Khan and Rani Mukherjis Gulaam which was an adaptation of Elia Kazans On the Waterfront (1954) was also a fun film. Whereas Chakravyuh was an easy task. I made the first draft of the script in 1995 and in every two years, I used to revise the script and the character. It was Prakash who showed interest in it and turned in to a film. Raajneeti was also an inter- esting story to do but Prakash and I had a lot of argu- ment in every single dialogue, he adds. In 1992, when Rajabali decided to learn the craft of scriptwriting, he found himself alienated because there was not a single college which offered him a course. In 2004, Rajabali introduced scriptwriting course in FTII and its alumni went on to produce films like Shaitan, Rock On, De Dhakka and several other films and TV shows. His dream of launching a plat- form that can train the budding scriptwriters for Bollywood and TV is taking its shape in the form of Cinerise which will mentor and assist budding scriptwriters to learn this art and pitch their stories to the top-notch filmmakers. Baba Azmi was struggling to complete his script when I agreed to help him out. That is how I landed up in this profession. The offers start pouring in and I got an opportuni- ty to co-write with veteran director Govind Nihalini in Drohkaal (1998), Rajabali, who learnt scriptwrit- ing on his own, tells you. Around 100 scriptwriters will be selected for the workshop where the story will be revised. Out of those 15 scriptwriters will be selected for the Script Lab phase where theyll be guided by 12 mentors eight from India and others from abroad. After six months of train- ing, these scriptwriters will be pitching their stories to the filmmakers, corporate and production houses. There are no commercial returns attached to Cinerise. The programme is free of cost for the budding scriptwriters. Only they will have the copyright to their stories. There is no agreement or bond signed by them, he says, adding that the whole purpose of Cinerise is to channelise the talent of potential and competent scriptwriters to develop good scripts. The veteran writer feels that India being a nation of folklore and rich literature, the craft of scriptwrit- ing and storytelling did not receive much attention and doesnt have a well defined work structure. During 1950s, there was no separate field of scriptwriters in Bollywood. Directors like Mehboob Khan, known for Mother India, used to script their own stories. Screen by screen dialogue was penned and a lot of importance was given on each dialogue. This is lacking in todays time, he tells you. But slowly things started changing and scriptwrit- ers started getting their due credit. In the past few decades we have seen a lot of talent in Bollywood. From Mani Ratnam, Yash Raj, Karan Johar to Vikram Aditya Motwani, Anurag Kashyap and many more. The contract between the scriptwriters and produc- tion house became more transparent. Script became an important factor and writers started getting cred- it in the film. In 2012, Indian Copyright Act which got amended favoured the writers. 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They lell you lhal is high lime lhal lhe wrilers gol lheir due in Bollywood and allhough lhey are nol hay wilh 0TT dramalisalion, lhey will never comlain Kingdom o 0reams in 0urgaon recenlly unveiled ils new show called wi/wils, and lhe launch has been quile a success. RAMA 0wvE0 reviews lhe new lhealre and show OYour neW shoW is based on IanIasy. TeII us more abouI iI. The musical show is based on a very simle slory which is sel in a holel named Foo Fol holel which is haunled by wi/wils - wi/ards and wilches. OWhaI is Ihe inspiraIion? we have reviously done lwo shows Zangoora and Jhumroo. we wanled lo creale a dierenl kind o show which could be rimarily enjoyed by children. had lhis design which laler malerialised when Lushin and Bubbles aroached me wilh lhe scril. romlly gave a nod lo lhe show. Oo you see kingdom oI reams as revivaI oI rirrus and Ihe advenI oI 8roadWaysIyIe sIage arIs in India? have seen musicals and Broadways across lhe globe and eel K00 is al ar wilh lhe inlernalional slandards. believe Zangoora is one o ils kinds in lhe enlire world. n ndia and across lhe world, lwo arl orms are dying: one is uelry and lhe olher being circus. we are lrying lo merge lhe dierenl arl orms and bring il on one slage. Though animal circus is banned, we are delermined lo use human circus inlo olher lays. OhoW is k ronIribuIing Io Ihe IheaIre? Thealre is an elernal arl orm. have observed lhal lhe markel has changed over a eriod o lime. To meel wilh lhe growing demands, we jusl look orward lo imrovisalion lhrough lhe hel o lechnology. OWhaI are Ihe oIher projerIs in Ihe pipeIine? Al lhe momenl, we are working on lwo new rojecls. we wanl lo la lhe junior audiences; 0||cta 5|ccm will be our nexl venlure or children. uP |EXl lS C||lA B|EE| 'FIE6E I8 Ek8Y Ih & k66E88I8IE' Modellurnedaclress 0L0A KuRYLEhK0 lells ShALh SAKSEhA in an email, lhal aclion roles are her avourile bul she is oen lo olher roles as well QWhat was it like working with Pierce Brosnan? He is a wonderful man. Easy going and accessible with great English humour. QHow did you find time for activities? Most of it I did when I was a child. Children can explore the world. QYou have done quite a few action movies. Is this something that you have pursued or did it happen by chance? It happened purely by chance. I decided to act because I was a fan of Bergman, Lars Von Trier, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Woody Allen, and many others. When you are starting your career you dont really say no to roles just to choose a genre unless they are harmful for you as an actor. It just hap- pened that my first English speaking parts were in the action genre. QOther projects? The Water Diviner (drama) directed by Russell Crowe will be released soon. I just finished two films. A Perfect Day by Fernando Leon de Aranoa and Momentumby Stephen Campanelli. QTell us about your role in The November Man? I play a social worker in a refugee centre who helps victims of sex trafficking. My character is multi dimensional. She has the information that everyone is after and she has to protect it. QWhy did you say yes to the role? Im a fan of thrillers and I loved the script and my character. Also working with Roger and Pierce was very appealing especially after they told me that the part was writ- ten for me. Let the audience put two and two together. You can't push a concept down their throat. n Mardaani that was a challenge. We had to be sure about how much to show and what to hide. The aim was to get a strong message across to the audience, not to petrify them GOP PUTHRAN t's important to have a wavelength between the director and scriptwriter. Otherwise the story would go haywire. t's like a relay race where the director and the scriptwriter are at the two ends and you have to coordinate and understand right from the start ANJUM RAJABAL wiWi| p||u||+| +| | Vi|+| S+||+|i, i||u|, | sunday magazino Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014 Soreood] car oe ol ard a|so oe lurr] ard ra|e lur ol erse|l ard erjo] ard Wor| ard ra|e rore] - Sol|a Vergara T he political storm in Islamabad is beginning to abate as Parliament chose to stand solidly behind Nawaz Sharif and his Government. Those who scripted the storm taking the country to the precipice, hoping against hope that a political tsunami would sweep the Nawaz Government out of power must be very unhappy. It is one of the rarest cases in Pakistans history that the silent majority finally overcame a howling minority baying for Nawazs ouster from office. While Imran Khan and Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri the principal visible actors in the high-voltage drama that went on for more than two weeks in the red zone of Islamabad strained their vocal cords hop- ing to draw people to the streets in millions, they could muster only a crowd of tame sup- porters that turned out only in hundreds or thousands at the most. Those unseen (if not completely unknown) puppeteers pulling the strings from behind the scene had no other option but to give up in the end. A visibly sick Javed Hashmi, number two in Imrans party, who left his hospital bed to be beside his leader, true to his reputation as a rebel (baghi), finally shared his anxiety about the unseen directors of the farcical show. Parliament solidly backed Nawazs Government in a joint session, and an oppo- sition jirga as the media called it nego- tiated well with both Imran and Qadri. All this has led to the much-awaited anti- climax as overwhelming majority of people heaved sighs of relief across the country. But does this mean victory for forces of democra- cy? Does it indicate that the Army has lost the plot and made the final retreat? The whole episode deserves closer scrutiny. D85 2579>>9>7 To start with, following the May 2013 General Elections in Pakistan, Imran had alleged that the results had been stolen from his party. His party had performed much better than in pre- vious elections and had overtaken the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in terms of absolute votes. Of 46,217,482 votes polled, Imrans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secured 7,679,954 votes (16.6 per cent) compared to PPPs 6,911,218 (15 per cent). Pakistan Muslim League emerged as the largest party, securing absolute majority in Parliament with 14,874,104 votes (32 per cent). Imran suspected foul play at almost all lev- els the Election Commission, the judiciary and the caretaker Government. He was insis- tent on recounting of votes in four constituen- cies NA-110 Sialkot I, NA-122, Lahore IV, NA-125 Lahore VIII, and NA-154 Lodhran I. Of these, in NA-122, Imran had lost out to Ayaz Sadiq, now speaker of the National Assembly by 8,872 votes. In NA-110, former PML-N Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif had defeated the PTI candidate by over 21,000 votes. In NA-125, the incumbent PML- N Minister for Railways, Khawaja Saad Rafique, had defeated PTI stalwart Hamid Khan by 18,921 votes. In case of NA-154, Pakistani busi- nessman entrepreneur and PTI candidate Jahangir Tareen had lost to an Independent candidate by about 10,000 votes. For Imran, the performance of his party was much worse than what he had anticipated and he attributed his failure to massive elec- toral fraud by PML-N. He went to the extent of saying that the 2013 elections were the worst-rigged in the history of Pakistan. Looking at the high profile PML-N candi- dates, who had won from three of the four constituencies, the Nawaz Government was not quite keen to reopen the cases, and was visibly dragging its feet over the issue, even if the Electoral Commission had gone ahead with about 400 electoral complaints, about 65 of them from PTI. It was a clear case of underes- timating the political opponent. However, Imran had his doubts about the commission enquiring into the cases in an impartial man- ner under the PML-N Government. He was raising this demand off and on throughout the last 14 months, until he decided to go all out and announce a long march. But the issue is why he chose this moment and could he have done it all by himself? G8I D85 E>B5CD >?G/ There was, in general, a storm building up on the horizon, which went largely unnoticed by Nawaz and his men. Nawazs imperious behav- iour, his overdependence on a coterie full of his relatives, his regular absence from Parliament sessions, failure to revive the econ- omy, and worsening power situation began to be discussed widely. A sense of popular frus- tration with the Government, especially in urban centres, seemed to build up quietly, even as the Sharif brothers tried their best to invite foreign investment, particularly from China ($32 billion), and repair relationship with the US and immediate neighbours. Against this backdrop, when popular dis- satisfaction was beginning to shape up, forces opposed to Nawaz were waiting for an oppor- tune moment, which came their way in the wake of police excesses against demonstrators from Qadris party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on June 17, at Model Town in Lahore, which led to death of seven persons. From that time onwards, all hell broke loose. Imrans PTI was waiting for such a chance, as were other dark forces within the military establishment. 39F9<=9<9D1BI D5>C9?> Ever since Nawaz came to power, there was a common view in Pakistan that the Army did not want him in office. Nawaz treaded softly to begin with. He included military chiefs in his newly formed Cabinet Committee on National Security (CCNS), which replaced the Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC), and hoped that civilian induction of Army leadership into the apex decision-making structure on security would help reduce their antipathy towards him and his Government. That was not to be. Even if Nawaz saw off Ashfaq Parvez Kayani rather peacefully and picked Raheel Sharif as Kayanis successor, the tension continued. Perhaps Raheel may be having some sense of personal loyalty towards Nawaz, but the institu- tional distaste for Nawaz and his policies is per- haps too widespread within the Army for it to reconcile to Nawazs leadership. That may be the reason why the Army, as a whole or at least pow- erful sections within it, choose pawns like Imran and Qadri to show Nawaz his limits. To begin with, Nawaz disregarded the Armys perspective on handling militancy in the tribal belt. He chose to talk, which the Army contemplated as a military operation. Ultimately, militants provoked the Government and the Army to launch Operation Zarb-e-Azb. It is also well known that the Army has reservations about Nawazs policies towards Afghanistan and India. It would not like Nawaz to build bridges with the ruling dispensations in these countries. It is believed that Nawazs com- ing to India to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new PM was also not received well by the establishment. His decision not to meet the sepa- ratists had riled the Army even more. F R O M T H E N S D E kuIhor kaIyan ay IaIks abouI his serond noveI, =^ 2^d]cah, and his misIrusI oI maps and boundaries in Ihe WorId 80 h00a4arIes aaIty vs charIty EarIier, peopIe donaIed anonymousIy. 8uI noW Ihere is no esrape Irom Ihe dispIay oI peopIe's phiIanIhropy
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The olilical slorm in Fakislan seems lo have assed even as lhe slalemale conlinues. The eole have won in lhe end; by reusing lo arliciale in mran Khan's arcical march, lhey have shown signs o malurily. FM hawa/ Shari - a awn in lhe hands o lhe Army - has erhas learnl his lesson lhe hard way, says ASh0K BEhuRA ThERE wAS A ST0RM BuL0h0 uF, whCh wEhT uhh0TCE0 BY hAwAZ Ah0 hS MEh. hAwAZ'S MFER0uS BEhAv0uR, ABSEhCE FR0M FARLAMEhT, Ah0 FALuRE T0 REvvE EC0h0MY BE0Ah T0 BE 0SCuSSE0 w0ELY
B+| ||u| p|ipi >> Z sunday magazino l|t1s ! h FFTh CEhTuRY A0, SuShRuTA, Ah h0Ah SuR0E0h, wR0TE SEMhAL ME0CAL TEXTS, Ah0 wAS ThE FRST T0 REC0MMEh0 FRACTCE 0h wATERMEL0hS Ah0 AhMALS BEF0RE SuR0ERY 0h huMAh BEh0S Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014 T here is indeed so much to do about the human skin than participating in social experi- ments by applying soap on one side and a self-proclaimed nourishing bathing soap on the other. Registering oneself as an organ donor sure is a venerable decision, but the skin too could also of be of higher services. Skin can be donated within six hours of a persons death. Anyone can donate skin irrespective of their age and gender, provided they are 18 years of age and above. The whole pro- cedure takes only about 30-45 minutes, but it could metamorphosise the life of a burns victim. The procedure entails dif- ferent stages of blood collection, followed by skin harvesting and bandaging. The face and neck of the donor will be untouched, thereby dispelling doubts about the dignity of the dead or for the purpose of funeral. While treating severe burn cases, most doctors contact skin banks to help their patients. Burn injuries are not only physically traumatic but also subject a person to perpetual mental and social dis- comfort. A battery-operated instrument called Dermatome is used while harvest- ing skin. Usually, only the 1/8th layer, that is the uppermost layer of the skin, is har- vested. In the preservation of the skin, it is kept cleanly covered in containers con- taining Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) and antibiotics like Penicillin, stored at 4 degrees Celsius, for about two to four weeks. Alternatively, it can also be pre- served with Glycerol and antibiotics at 70 degrees Celsius. In this case, it could be stored for more than a month. Beyond burn injuries, one of the most inhuman and traumatic experiences for a person could be an acid attack. And statistics imply that acid attacks are prevalent in countries like India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Uganda and Cambodia, among others. The BBC reports that 1,500 attacks are reported worldwide every year, but the actual fig- ure could be much higher. In India, following the Delhi gan- grape case of December 16, 2012, a new law was passed which criminalised acid attacks. It proposed punishment of not less than 10 years to a maximum of life imprisonment for perpetrators and fine that could go up to C10 lakh. The Supreme Court on July 18, 2013, passed an order to regulate the sale of acids across the country. While hoping that this would lower the number of such cases, one can still not shy away from helping those already in need. Depending upon the depth of injury, skin donation or skin transplantation could at times heal an acid attack victim entirely or at least heal 70 per cent of the burns. Here are some of the most important steps while handling acid attacks as also listed in www.stopacidattacks.org: Wash affected body part of patient with plenty of fresh or saline water. Dont rinse the burn area with dirty water as it can cause severe infection. Keep splashing the affected burn area with plenty of cool water for around 30- 45 minutes. Take off all clothing and jewellery which may have had contact with acid. Do not apply any cream or ointment on the affected area without medical con- sultation. Use sterilised gauze to loosely wrap the affected area. Rush the patient to a burn specialty hospital. P ost surgery, three steps could be relied upon for quicker relief: Regular massage with Contratubex and coconut oil two times each daily. Gell sheet to be applied on affected area at least for 12 hours a day. Pressure garment to be worn for at least 10-12 hours a day. Skin grafting is another surgical procedure in which skin is removed from one part of the body and placed over burned or damaged skin. Third-degree burns must be covered as quickly as pos- sible to prevent infection as well as loss of fluid. For first or second degree burns, skin grafting is the most effective solution. Tissue expansion too is a med- ical procedure that enables the body to grow extra skin for use in procedures concerning reconstruction. From ulcers to cosmetic reasons and skin cancer, skin grafting can be the answer to all these woes. Unfortunately, skin banks in India are rare, causing double trouble for patients who require immediate transplant. And the few that exist are ceaselessly hunting for donors. Interestingly, at the same time, the Indian aesthetic industry, over the past few years, is reported to have seen a surge in demand with huge opportunities for growth. The aesthetics and wellness market is speculated to touch $20 billion over the next two years with equal weightage to vanity for men and women. A newly opened clinic in Delhi, Reva, offers an entire suite of aesthetics ser- vices. It is said to be a high-tech aesthet- ics clinic, the first in India to acquire a BBL Sciton machine, which is the safest and most advanced machine and has introduced programmes combining Eastern practices with Western technol- ogy. The clinic also uses the Forever Young laser, a superior technology intro- duced for the first time in the Indian aes- thetics industry along with Cool sculpt- ing a proven non-surgical fat reduc- tion technique. Moreover, for a whole- some experience, there would be cus- tomised meals at EaThin caf based on the European weight management pro- gram, which would be delivered to patrons across the city. The team at Reva is led by the high- ly renowned facial plastic surgeon, Dr Devinder S Mangat, MD, as Chief Medical Director. His skill in this field is unparalleled and he says, With Reva, my handpicked team brings to India a whole new world of beauty and aesthetics ser- vices as never seen before with interna- tional standards practiced and cutting edge technology. My team and I hope to bring about both art and science to the field of aesthetics. On board this team are Dr Reema Arora, a senior consultant renowned as the Mother of Aesthetics in India, Dr Aarushi Passi (cosmetic physi- cian), and Dr Shubhangi Perkar (derma- tologist). Backed by the UNICEF and NACO, Reva is also working with Stop Acid Attacks, an NGO, to stabilise the lives of acid attack victims. One victim will be treated at Reva pro bono annually. They also say that they will partake in events to raise awareness on the need to stop such crimes. Reva also claims to have contributed generously to Mamta, which works with International HIV/AIDS Alliance. Dr Mangat will have three addi- tional America-trained plastic surgeons, Neena Will, Tripti Burt, and Mark Been , performing surgical and non-surgical procedures at the clinic. Additionally, there will be two full- time cosmetic dermatologists evaluating and treating patients. Some of the services that will be provided include treatment of wrinkles, facial skin blemishes, and pig- mentation using chemical peels, non- invasive lasers and skin care products. Fractional lasers for skin surface reju- venation and skin tightening radio fre- quency and infra red lasers to improve skin texture and colour are also used in surgical procedures related to the skin. Other surgical procedures for skin include the facial rejuvenation with facelifts, eyelid lifts, facial implants for chin and cheek augmentation, rhinoplas- ty, scar revisions, removal of skin blem- ishes, and so on. However, they often cost the common man a bomb. Acid attack victims could be from any strata of society and it is often seen that they hail from a background with limited means. Unfortunately, until last year, Government hospitals did not have skin banks, rendering the poor help- less and further traumatised. A report in 2010 stated that in India, incidents of burns amount to a shocking six to seven million per year. This is attrib- uted to illiteracy, poverty and lack of safe- ty awareness among people. The absence of burn care facilities makes the situation worse despite the fact that 90 per cent of the burn injuries are preventable. Almost a decade of the millennium, the supposedly shining 21st century, saw almost no trace of skin banks across the country. Not many, in fact, know that skin can be donated too. Collective social apathy towards donation of organs or skin deters a lot of scientific progress that could have helped mankind. Only a thin layer from the thigh and back are collected and that too without any dis- figurement to the body of the donor. But it gives a new life to another person. Procedures such as skin grafting, skin donating, and skin banking need urgent attention and active participation to spread awareness. +|+|]+piu||@|+il.u| N awaz Governments indecision over Pervez Musharraf was another irritant for Army. The Army leadership was also quite upset about Nawaz paying a courtesy visit to the nursing home where noted journalist Hamid Mir was recuperating after being attacked allegedly by people associated with the ISI. Together, there was enough reason for the Army to look for willing collaborators in their minus-one dislodge Nawaz project. @1G>C B55=@<?I54/ On the eve of 2013 elections, there was wide- spread suspicion in Pakistan that some invisible powers in Pakistan (read ISI) were priming forces to stall Nawazs return to power, which had started looking inevitable towards the end of 2012. This is how the rumour went: Qadri was flown in from Canada and Imran was propped up from inside to put up a close fight against Nawaz. The electronic media also joined the fray by anointing Imran as the prime ministerial candidate. As it has been mentioned earlier, PTI managed to reap a good harvest but could not stop Nawaz from coming to power. In the changed circumstances, it was per- haps considered opportune to re-energise Imran and Qadri to launch a protest movement against Nawaz. Other pro-military forces like PML- Qaid, Awami Muslim League (AML) and some religious outfits like Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen (MWM) were always ready to play ball with the Army. Once the movement gathered traction, other mainstream parties were expected to join. 45=1>4C* 1 D?D1< ?F5B81E< ?6 CICD5= A close look at the demands presented by Imran and Qadri reveals that they were framed in a non-negotiable manner. They asked the Government to own up all the allegations made by them, resign and pack up, leaving the door open for them to rebuild Pakistan. The six main demands of Imran were resig- nation of the Prime Minister, electoral reforms, re-election to follow reforms, establish a neutral caretaker Government, resignation of all mem- bers of the Election Commission who managed the previous election, those responsible for elec- tion rigging be imprisoned and tried under Article 6, which deals with high treason. The 10-point demands of Qadri were quite rhetorical and aimed at establishing a democrat- ic society which would result in rule of the peo- ple, alleviate poverty, cater to basic needs of the people, transform society, eradicate terror, and protect the rights of minorities and women. Qadri would argue that such re-engineering could only be possible if the national and provincial Assemblies were dissolved and the Government relinquished its power, making room for fresh elections and election of a new Government. The demands were thus designed to force the Government to quit. The calculation of those scripting the drama was simple driven by a sense of optimism that there would be enough gravitas to floor Nawaz or at least cor- ner and weaken him. There was a hope that when Imran would start his march from Lahore on the Pakistan Independence Day on August 14, and as he would move towards Islamabad along the Grand Trunk Road, people of Pakistan would pour out in millions and take Islamabad by storm, forcing the Government to quit or at least compelling Nawaz to resign. 1B=I @B?D53DC D85 @B?D5CD5BC Both Imran, the voluble maverick, and Qadri, the self-indulgent rabble rouser, perhaps failed to feel the pulse of the people. As they started from Lahore, it became quite clear that at its peak the crowd did not go beyond 20,000- 25,000, and waned after that. After reaching Islamabad, despite raising their decibels, both leaders could hardly inflate their ranks. Even PTI legislators in Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa refused to oblige Imran and resign from their seats. With a lot of effort, Imran could send in the resignation letters of PTI members of the National Assembly. In spite of such a poor show, the two leaders decided to go on, lodged in their containers, while their supporters outside grew restive. Imrans intentions became even clearer when he decided to continue with his sit-in in front of the Parliament, even if the Government pan- icked and agreed to accept five of the six demands made by him. The whole movement now revolved around resignation of Nawaz, which was impossible for any self-respecting Government to concede. In this context, Nawazs decision to hand over the security of Islamabad, the capital city, to the Army was intended to force it to behave. He entrusted the Army with the responsibility vide article 245 of the Constitution to act in aid of civil power and provide protection to the red zone in the capital city, which houses all impor- tant institutions of democracy the Parliament house, the Supreme Court, the Government sec- retariat, and Prime Ministers house. As the crowds grew restless and Imran threatened to march into PMs house, the Army spokesman was forced to issue a Twitter state- ment that sanctity of these institutions must be upheld at all costs. However, revealing its collusion with the demonstrators further, the Army decided not to intervene despite active provocation from the leaders, even after the crowd attacked the Government buildings. Finally, when the police responded to the acts of violence by the protest- ers, which resulted in the death of four persons (seven, according to Imran), the Army issued a statement condemning armed action and chose to admonish the Government to resolve the deadlock without use of force. When the pro- testers entered Pakistan Television (PTV) office and vandalised the premises, the Army rangers were seen to be dealing with them in the kindest manner possible. Coming to the Armys response to such a sponsored crisis it waited in patience for the movement to gather momentum. In the mean- while, the Army chief did meet PM thrice with- in a week and even had meetings with Imran and Qadri, but failed to persuade them to stop their protest. Cynics in Pakistan held that the Army enjoyed the spectacle and did not want to resolve it so soon. Otherwise, one wink from the Army chief would have been enough to bring the protest to a close. 81C8=9C B5F5<1D9?>C 1B=I ?> 213; 6??D There was little doubt that Imran could not have gone ahead with his protest without assurances or direction from some quarters that he would not be harmed. Imrans threat to the Government that the umpire was looking at everything and will raise his fingers clearly pointed towards the military. However, putting all speculations to rest, the president of Imrans party, Javed Hashmi, known for his impeccable democratic credentials, walked away from the demonstration over the issue of ordering PTI followers to march into the PM house. Later, Hashmi attended the joint ses- sion of the Parliament and revealed that Imran was all along guided by unseen forces in his protest march and there was a sense of conster- nation among the sponsors that both the leaders could not muster enough popular support. The Army in a press release following Hashmis statements said it was not in any way connected to the protest. It categorically reject- ed the assertions that the Army and ISI were backing PTI/PAT in the ongoing political stand- off in any way. It stated further that it was an apolitical institution and talked about its unequivocal support for democracy at numer- ous occasions. The Army was clearly on the back foot and the more it denied its role, the more the analysts in Pakistan seemed convinced that it was the main architect of the drama being enacted at the Parliament Square. @1B<91=5>D E>9D5C In a rare show of unity, perhaps for the first time in the history of Pakistan, almost all mainstream political parties, except PTI, came together and rallied behind Nawaz, reiterating their support for democracy. During the joint session, the Opposition leaders criticised Nawaz severely for his lapses but conveyed a clear message to the protesters that such undemocratic methods would not be allowed to succeed. Simultaneously, a reconciliation committee comprising mainly opposition parties includ- ing Jamat-i-Islami, PTIs alliance partner negotiated with Imran and Qadri to bring the protests to a halt. Such demonstration of unity was a loud call to the Army to not tamper with the ongoing democratic experiment in Pakistan. 9BB5C@?>C92<5 =5491 The media community of Pakistan played a big role in exaggerating the importance of the march. It was shocking to see most of the elec- tronic channels prosecuting and passing ver- dict on Nawaz Government, brazenly siding with Imran and Qadri and throwing all decen- cy to winds. However, it was refreshing to see the print media advocating restraint and behaving responsibly. It is necessary for the media com- munity to engage in soul-searching once the drama ends and help the process of democratic transition consolidate, rather than invite praeto- rian forces to make a mockery of it. 6EDEB5 @?BD5>DC As things stand today, it appears on the surface that the threat to Nawazs Government may have been averted, and the Army is on the back foot. The news of Chinese President contemplating cancellation of his upcoming trip in September may have also discouraged mischief-makers from going ahead with the comic circus. Nevertheless, the damage has been done even though the plan has not succeeded fully. Nawaz has realised the consequences of acting against the wishes of the Army. Reports in Pakistani media say he has already assured the Army that he would not conduct his foreign and security policy without its consent. He may spend the rest of his tenure doubly conscious of the long shadow of the Army on the politics of Pakistan. On the positive side, the Nawaz Government has been jolted out of its sense of complacence. It has now learnt that coterie poli- tics will not work and it cannot afford to be arrogant and dismissive about the Opposition. Nawaz must be thankful to the Opposition for having forgiven him despite his haughty and overbearing style of functioning all in the name of saving democracy and stopping a possible coup. If he is clever, he must imple- ment Imrans saner suggestions, conduct a thorough investigation into the allegations, invest in electoral reforms to strengthen democracy and progressively roll back Armys role in politics by bringing about structural reforms in a gradual manner. The people of Pakistan have won in the end. By refusing to participate in Imrans farcical march, they have shown signs of maturity. After all, if the crowds would have started building up in Islamabad, no amount of speeches in Parliament could have saved Nawaz. The baton and bayonet would have hijacked democracy. Had they poured out in greater numbers, it would have boosted the morale of the military and its pawns. Nawaz, a pawn in the hands of the military, has perhaps learnt his lessons the hard way, so have other mature politicians in Pakistan. This is good news for Pakistan that unlike in the past, there is no temptation to rally around the Army in moments of crisis and project it as a saviour, only to topple the Government and come to power. Let us hope, it will last. l| W|i|| i || uu|Ji|+|u|, Suu|| Ai+ C|||, +|J + |lluW +| l||i|u| |u| || S|uJi +|J A|+l] (lSA) ALM0ST A 0ECA0E 0F ThE 21sl CEhTuRY 00h'T SEE SKh BAhKS h h0A. h0T MAhY Kh0w ThAT SKh CAh BE 00hATE0. S0CAL AFAThY 0ETERS SCEhTFC FR00RESS The skin rouId be used Ior so murh more Ihan parIiripaIing in soriaI experimenIs by appIying soap on one side and a seIIprorIaimed nourishing baIhing soap on Ihe oIher! khkhYk 8hkIh expIores hoW iI rouId breaIhe a neW IiIe inIo anoIher person soriaIIy, physiraIIy and psyrhoIogiraIIy even aIIer one's deaIh F R O M P A G E 1 FakIstaa: 8ack fr0m recIIce E xcavations and archaeological research on Tin Route brings evidence on tin, brought from the mountains of Afghanistan to Baluchistan and Indus basins, and overland across Iran to the city of Eshnunna on the Tigris river in Mesopotamia. From Mesopotamia it was later transported overland, via the city of Mari on the Euphrates, to the port of Ugarit in northern Syria, and into the Middle East. There were two known sources of tin Afghanistan and Anatolia. The increased demand of tin for bronze production opened up trade with Afghanistan, and thus the first known trade route, the Tin Road, was born. S Kalyanaramans new book juxta- poses archaeology and hermaneutics. The philosophical hermaneutics attempted in this work provides evi- dence associated with Meluhha speakers of the Bronze Age. Meluhha was the name by which Harappan or Indus-Sarasvati civilisation was known to Mesopotamia. Growth of bronze technology necessitated a writing system of Meluhha cipher as evident from corpora of nearly 7000 inscriptions. Meluhha cipher was used with cuneiform syllable symbol- ic forms in Fertile Crescent and Ancient Near East. Kalyanaraman argues that Meluhha is cognate of Sanskrit Mleccha. The author traces the evolu- tion of the term in literary corpus and archaeological remains in Western India and Mesopotamia. Kalyanaraman identifies and discuss- es Mleccha as referred to in Sathapathabrahmana, Valmiki Ramayana, Mahabharata, Matsyapurana, and Arthasastra. Sathapathabrahmana provides the early evidence of the Mleccha speech. Thus a Brahmana text refers to Mleccha in terms of linguistic identi- ty. In Paninis Ashtadhyayi, Mleccha gets semantically associated with indistinct speech. Proto Indic language in ancient Indian texts by Bharatamuni and also in Manusmriti are discussed by Kalyanaraman. In the Mahabharata, Pahlava, Sabara, Saka, Yavana, Pundra, Kirata, Dramila, Simbhala, Barbara and Darada are collectively referred as Mleccha. Presenting literary evidence from Mahabharata and Vishnupurana, Kalyanaraman proposes that Meluhha is the region around Gandhara. The author also discusses at length the influence of Sanskrit language and lit- erature on Tamil Sangam literary cor- pus. Presenting archaeological evi- dence, Kalyanaraman argues a cultural continuity in India and proposes the rechristening of over 2,000 Bronze Age sites on the Sarasvati basin as Sarasvati civilisation. The presence of Meluhha artisans in a comprehensive mercantile region extending from the foothills of the Himalayas to Pontic mountains in Turkey is supported by Meluhha hieroglyphs. From the mid-third millennium BCE, Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform sources frequently mention Makkan, the southern shore of the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea and Meluhha, the northern shore of Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea which includes the Indus valley. Further, Melukka appears occasionally in cuni- form texts of the Old Akkadian and Ur III Periods referring to the region of Sarasvati civilisation. As testimony, Kalyanaraman cites Asko and Simo Parpola. The author has substantially documented hieroglyphs from British museum, seals as well as Sumerian and Ur inscriptions. In the archaeometallurgical con- text, the importance of zinc is dis- cussed by the author. Zinc smelting at Udaipur in Rajasthan is the earliest site of zinc production in the world. Copper and bronze metallurgy are dis- cussed in Harappan context as well as Mesopotamian trade network. Hieroglyphs on tablets from Harappa and Mohenjo-daro and other Indus-Sarasvati sites are presented by the author symbolising processions of lapidary-artisan competence. Evidence of Sivalingas in terracotta and stone unearthed from Kalibangan, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are discussed in relation to pillars from Dholavira shaped as lingas. Kalyanaraman discusses ancient Indian texts such as Vishnusamhita, Manasara Silpa and Manasollasa in support of lost wax method which was largely practiced in Ganga valley and Odisha-Andhra region. Further, the chronology of archaeological cultures of Ganga valley has gone back to 1800 BC, changing our idea of the late Vedic Period.The author highlights the importance of the Painted Grey Ware site of Purola which has yielded Syenachiti or the brickaltar associated with Vedic sacrifices. Kalyanaraman argues that reduplication as a hallmark of Indian languages, is an important feature explains the presence of many homonyms in Mleccha. It enabled symbolic forms of words to be signi- fied by Meluhha hieroglyphs. The importance of major trade routes link- ing Indus-Sarasvati civilisation, Mesopotamia and central Asia are also discussed from the archaeological per- spective. Meticulously researched with wide ranging tools, Kalyanaraman has dis- cussed the work quite comprehensive- ly and presented in a rather thematic way. Using interdisciplinary data, it breaks our conventional concept of Mleccha. There are more than hun- dred figures, and also maps as well as reference and index which supplement the rather new and brilliant presenta- tion. It is a premier research work for all interested in early India. K alyan Ray is the author of the novel Eastwords and has translated several books of contemporary Indian poetry into English, including City of Memories which has a preface by Allen Ginsberg. Owing to natural disasters, political unrest, and poverty, his family was uprooted from the Ganges Delta (now Bangladesh). He grew up in Calcutta, was educated in India and the US, where he is now a professor of English Literature. He spends his time between India and America, and is the husband of renowned Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen. In his new novel, No Country, he intertwines private histories and political events. It is the story of two friends Padraig and Brendan and a chain of unforeseeable, irrevocable events that will propel one to North America and the other to Bengal. It begins in 1989 when an Indian couple are discovered murdered in a small town in upstate New York. They lie together as though just disengaged from a long embrace. Yet their murder has been two centuries in the making. In an interview, the author speaks about how he lived the past while writing the novel and how he would like his readers to live those phases and hear those voices too. QIdentity, borders, nationality and so on are the crucial themes of your book. What does statehood mean to you? I find most of the borders to be elusive. If you think about it, you will realise that you can have borders, but they will get redrawn in the next economic onrush. Very often, borders mean so little, because in the old days entire countries were controlled by companies. Think about how Gabriel Garcia Marquez writes about the United Fruit Company, and what borders mean to him. Likewise, borders have been redrawn in the last 150 years; they have been reduced to matters of convenience. QYour book has passages of Yeatss Sailing to Byzantium. Is Yeats an influence upon you? Yes, I realised when I was writing the book that so many aspects of it could be summed up in this one poem. All of the epigraphs and the title come from it. The idea of crossing over, of change and changelessness both, the notion of an inexorable passage of time set upon a golden to bough to sing to the lords of Byzantium inspired me to find a name for my story from that poem. No Country is the title because no country is permanent. We are talking about impermanence. Do you remember that place on the famine ship where Brendan, Maeve are sailing? Brendan is a man of belief but hes lying there, thinking, about how almost every one of Gods most remarkable miracles was about food, be it The Last Supper, Sea of Galilee, or Loaves and Fishes. He then says to God, Are we not your children too? Do we not deserve sustenance? Its a cry from the soul. Think about the Partition, or the creation of Bangladesh. Yeats comes with these ideas of identity. There are few poets who had such an amazing idea of history. QWas it a conscious ploy to narrate the accounts in the first person narrative? Does that reinforce the idea of identity in the book? Yes, nothing establishes identity as the voice itself; the first person singular I. The examination of Who am I? is constant. In the letter that Robert (a British era policeman in colonial Calcutta) writes, he asks, Where do we come from? And he wonders about names. How the name Aryana changes to Iran or how the Gypsies are called Manush in French. Have you ever wondered what is the real persona of an otherwise familiar acquaintance? Its the ultimate familiar unknowability. Right now, we are talking but we dont really know each other. Or think about the dying Maire Aherne. There is a substantial contrast between the fiery woman who lived and the miserable Maire who has nobody by her side in her last moments. Madgy too is someone who doesnt have a voice, but is sorted. QWas there a conscious attack upon iconoclasm? Both Captain Connolly and Father Conlon are not inspiring figures for a clergyman and captain respectively? There is indeed a sense of disillusionment, of course. Maire Aherne, for instance, rushes in because she cant bear the sight of her neighbours hut being demolished. But there is no sentimentality when she lies dying. In fact, even in that crisis, she is robbed. You dont associate tears with her but in her last moments, she is in tears. QWhat is the relevance of political history? All histories are political. Also, consider how we tell a story. The moment we start thinking, that moment has gone to the past. All stories are about the past. You think on a canvas, that canvas is time. QHow did you research for this novel? I did research a lot but I made much effort to hide the effort I was putting in. I wanted to tell a story which was a page turner. I wanted people to go through it as if they were living through those lives, voices and phases, and then wonder Oh my God, how much politics has gone into it! Everything is about politics. I took a sabbatical and read Irish accounts from 1835 to 1847. I went through Irish political works, newspapers, folk songs and so on of that period. In my head, I was living in that age. Even the description of Dublin in 1843, when Padraig is walking through the street, they all had existed. I looked at their pictures with magnifying glasses. I tried recreating the past just like that, not a pretty one, but just right. QYou are a professor of literature, how do you solve the problems in literary historiography? More so, because your book is about the Ireland of 1840s, India of 1910s and New York of 1980s. Can Literary History be defined? You know, I could talk on and on about theory but one might still not come out with a jot of understanding literature without a complete, immersive reading of the text itself. In the last 35 or so years, we have had a lot of sheer jargons and superficial isms in the name of literature; I am tired of it and tried to tell a story with voices that are clear enough and not dependent on deconstructive and reader- response theories. They are clear voices of life. They are more real. What Yeats called the rag and bone shop of the heart: I made my song a coat, covered with embroideries out of old mythologies from heel to throat; But the fools caught it, wore it in the worlds eyes as though theyd wrought it. Song, let them take it, for theres more enterprise in walking naked. QHow do you look at the East-West dichotomy? If you look at a globe, can you say which is the East and which is the West? Even the International Date Line is an artificial construct. So many civilisations, like the Greek, have passed through the East. Spanish architecture is actually Moorish architecture. Think about the Islamic middle ages, they are the reason why renaissance or the ideas of Aristotle or modern maths flourished. Not that they are superior. Ideas will flow. The name Saraswati (goddess of knowledge) means flowing water. If it remains stagnant it wouldnt be knowledge. sunday magazino l|s l CAR0LYh KEEhE'S hAME MAY AFFEAR h EvERY hAhCY 0REw B00K, BuT MAhY AuTh0RS ARE ACTuALLY hv0LvE0 h ThEM. CAR0LYh KEEhE S A FSEu00hYM Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014 0uring lhe asl lhree decades, lwo lerms, "oslmodernism" and "globalisalion" have enlered nol only academic discourse, bul everyday discussions oulside lhe groves o academia. This book conlains essays assembled wilh a conviclion lhal bolh oslmodernism and globalisalion have lhe olenlial lo be valuable lools or social analysls, lhis desile lhe uncerlainlies and ambiguilies lhal ersisl. uncerlainlies and ambiguilies. POSTMODERNSM N A GLOBAL PERSPECTVE Samir Dasgupta and Peter Kivisto Sage, C895 NEW ARRVALS The lhird in T|c 6rantc|cstcr Mystcrics series, 5iJncy 0|am|crs AnJ T|c Frc||cm cf vi|, includes our slories guaranleed lo delighl lhe ans o Sidney Chambers. 0ur avourile clerical deleclive allemls lo slo a serial killer who has a grievance againsl lhe clergy; uncovers lhal an 'accidenlal' drowning on a ilm shool may nol have been so accidenlal; discovers lhe reasons behind lhe lhel o a baby rom a hosilal in lhe runu lo Chrislmas, 1OG8, and much more. THE GRANTCHESTER MYSTERES James Runcie Bloomsbury, C99 Uff T|c FcccrJ. Lntc|J 5tcrics frcm A Fcpcrtcr's Liary by Ajilh Fillai lells you lhe lrulh behind some o lhe mosl hisloric evenls lhal have occurred in ndia. The book lells you aboul lhe lives o journalisls, lhe dangers lhal lhey ace, lhe lhrill o being on lhe lail o a big slory and lhe horrors lhey wilness. This book also lalks aboul lhe amounl o lrulh lhal journalisl's are aclually allowed lo orlray along wilh lhe secrels lhal lhey unearlh. This book oers you a irslhand view o some o lhe mosl shocking, lrue slories behind classiied evenls. OFF THE RECORD Ajith Pillai Hachette, C395 The aulhor has subslanlially documenled hieroglyhs rom Brilish museum, seals as well as Sumerian and ur inscrilions. l is a remier research work or all inleresled in early ndia, wriles hAR ShAhKAR S+||i| |u| |lu||+ FIl080FI 0F 8IM80lI0 F08M8 I8 MFl0 0IFF8 8 kaIyaaaramaa era40a , CZ,490 Kalyan Ray lakes his readers lhrough lhe reland o 184Os, ndia o 1O1Os and hew York o 1O8Os. he shares wilh AhAhYA B0R00hAh his ideas o idenlily, olilics, hislory, and senlimenls Artiioo o otornity 80 000atry kaIyaa 8ay 8I00msh0ry, C599 T hese are bad times for the Central Bureau of Investigation. Suddenly, too many roofs seem to be caving in on what is supposed to be the countrys premier crime and scam busting agency. The rather sordid chapter that began with the Supreme Court loquaciously describing the CBI as the previous Congress-led UPA Governments caged parrot for parroting the regimes laughable defence of cor- ruption in high places, is yet to come to a conclusion. The latest episode to feature in this chapter is the revelation that CBI Director Ranjit Sinha has been meeting, over the past couple of years, people with known links to individuals and entities facing charges of corruption in various high profile scams like the Great 2G Spectrum Robbery and the Coalgate scandal. The contents of the visitors register maintained by security personnel posted at his resi- dence are now in the public domain. It could be argued, and validly so, it is perfectly legitimate for the CBI Director to meet people who may be linked to cases being inves- tigated or prosecuted by the CBI. This could be for two purposes. First, the accused or their rep- resentatives have the right to pre- sent their case to the Director if they feel CBI officials have been unfair or refused to listen to them. Second, the Director could be seek- ing additional information or ensuring that investigations are on the right track. Such meetings usually take place in the Directors office at the CBI headquarters in Delhi. And Sinhas predecessors would have also met the accused, those being investigated or their representatives. It is presumed that these meetings will in no manner compromise either investigation or prosecution. The CBI, thankfully, does not oper- ate from behind an impenetrable iron curtain. It would then be asked, then why is Sinha being pilloried for meeting people directly or indirect- ly linked to scams and scandal that are being investigated or prosecuted on his watch? The answer to this question could be found in the facts that have emerged till now. The meetings were held at his home, the visitors usually came to meet him late at night, and the same people met him several times. What has also called into ques- tion the legitimacy of these meet- ings is Sinhas shifting statements on the visitors register records that have found their way into the pub- lic domain. He initially questioned the authenticity of the details, then defended meeting these people, and later said it was an invasion of his privacy. In between, he offered to recuse himself from these cases if the Supreme Court so desired. Why would he want to do that? That all is not fine is further demonstrated by his decision to change the agencys stand on allega- tions against specific individuals and entities in the Great 2G Spectrum Robbery and Coalgate scams. A scrutiny of the list of visi- tors and the dates on which they visited Sinha, and his subsequent decisions, prima facie does not reflect well on him. Unless he is able to conclusively disprove this conclusion, questions will continue to be asked. All that would not be flattering for either him or the CBI. But the unfolding debate on whether the CBI Director displayed disregard for rectitude or showed little respect for probity that promises to get more vicious and acrimonious, cannot be restricted to Sinha alone. Irrespective of how this sordid saga of an agency run to ground ends it would be wrong not to raise related, perhaps equally if not more important, questions at this point of time. Indeed, this opportunity for a larger debate should not be missed if we are to clean the Augean sta- bles that the Government of India and its institutions and organisa- tions have been reduced to over the past decade. Glossing over discom- fiting facts will no longer serve any purpose; papering over gaping cracks are not going to save institu- tions from collapsing into rubble. We should, for instance, ask if Sinha has proved to be a wrong choice for what is possibly one of the most sensitive posts, how come he was recommended for the job by the Central Vigilance Commission? What were the criteria applied to select him? And, if they erred hor- ribly, where did they actually go wrong? Last, though not the least, what lessons have been learned from this mistake, which is not the first by any means? It should also be asked why is it that there is little or no talk of either reforming the CBI or dis- banding it entirely? Why must political correctness prevent any frank discussion and public debate on the CBI why it was set up, what it has been used for, where it has landed and whether we need it at all? Instead what we hear is politi- cally correct bunk about the need to free the CBI from political inter- ference and let it function as an independent agency. Truth be told, there is nothing called an indepen- dent agency anywhere in the world. It is very much the Governments job to fight organised inter-State crime and bust scams and for that it needs an agency. A dishonest Government would use an investigative and prosecuting agency for dishonest purposes. Examples abound. The decade-long hounding of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his associates like Amit Shah is not the only instance of misuse of the CBI for political purposes. We can go back in time to the days of Indira Gandhi and later Rajiv Gandhi. Nor is the planting of damaging stories by the CBI that ultimately turn up dead a recent phenomenon. Here are two propositions. First, could we seriously consider adopting the American method of appointing agency heads through public hearings? That would auto- matically shrink, if not eliminate, the scope for a wrong person being appointed for a big job. Second, could we simply abrogate the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act of 1946 and dismantle the CBI? Frankly the NIA negates the need for the CBI. If the purpose is to have a crime-busting agency which has jurisdiction across States, that purpose is amply fulfilled by the NIA. If the NIA requires further strengthening and empowering, that too can be done without any great effort. Also, if there are gen- uine police reforms and State police forces are trained, empowered, equipped and allowed to function without fear or favour, the need for the CBI is virtually eliminated. Or we could let it be business as usual, indulge in stale rhetoric and allow the cycle of recrimina- tion and counter-recrimination to continue unbroken. Being politi- cally correct and toeing the line of least resistance are always the easi- er options. To do otherwise requires courage and commitment. If Modi Sarkar cant do the right thing, nobody can. (The writer is a Delhi-based senior journalist) FakIstaa's hIst0ry 0f jahherIa C]Q\\ SXQ^WUc ]ecd gYdX RYW RQ^W bUV_b]c Reader response to Swapan Dasguptas column, Usual Suspects, published on August 31: Bankers mindset: The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana by banks aimed at vil- lages and for the poor, is wel- come. But can the poor bear the cost of SMS, ATM and debit card charges? It is an open secret that most nation- alised banks have the poorest of services. Know your cus- tomer forms are absurd, which go into very personal information like an Income Tax scrutiny case; everyone fears it. There should be no charge for savings bank opera- tions outside the home branch, if indeed the Governments policy is to encourage banking transactions. RL Pathak Minimum Government: The author shouldnt be soft on the Modi Government which is seemingly unable to name key Union Ministers for portfolios like Defence, Rural Development, Communications and IT, Parliamentary Affairs and so on. Most Ministers are doing the humanly-undoable exer- cise of helming two gigantic Ministries under their nest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the NDA to a once-in-a-five-year flash rule. He is caught in his own echo chamber of minimum Government which is creat- ing a huge concentration of power in the hands of a few. Raveendranath MN Give some time: Are these laboratories in Chennai and Faridabad run by the Union Government? If yes, it is my understanding there is a website to connect directly to the Prime Ministers office. One needs to send ones sug- gestions to the PMO and wait for a reasonable time for the response. If there are issues, fast-track officers may deal with those issues, con- sidering the Prime Ministers directives. Sixty years of messing has ruined the sys- tem. It will take some time to change the rules. There is no instant magic. Premolal These are not major revamps: What is a big bang reform supply-side revamp or doling out licences to multi-national companies? Giving licenses in retail, or tax-favoured treatment to offshore enti- ties, are being marketed as big bang reform, but this is not really the big bang reform the country needs. Supply-side reform, like eliminating restrictions, needless licences, permits and entities like we see at the Regional Transport Offices, de-control of non-crucial sectors like retail, are the big bang reforms which are needed. The Modi Government has made a good start in reducing restrictions; more needs to be done in this direction. M Patel No family connection: One more unique feature of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana that was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech and thereafter launched with great fanfare is that it is not named after a Nehru-Gandhi family mem- ber. So, let us be thankful for small mercies. Kanu Mistry Reverse the trend: The author has spoken about transmission losses in the matter of converting announcements by the Narendra Modi Government into action on the ground. This has always been a prob- lem. The Government makes many attractive promises but these promises fall flat on the face whey they have to be implemented. The various assurances that this Government has given could meet a similar fate if the authorities do not follow them up with action. Modi must ensure that the Governments policies are effectively implemented. Raju Beware of failure: The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana may not be the usual sop that Governments are in the habit of giving out to appease people and present a fake image of the regime being pro-poor. At the same time, the scheme can well fall into the category if it fails to sustain its purpose, which is that of financial inclusion of the mar- ginalised sections of our soci- ety, especially in rural India. Experts will then refer to the scheme as a trick to win over voters in the short term, with- out the Government having the inclination to ensure that the benefits trickle down to the people who have been target- ed for the purpose. Clearmind Learn lessons: The Jan Dhan Yojana is the NDA Governments flagship programme, much like the MGNREGA was of the UPA1 regime. Narendra Modi must learn from the mess that the UPAs pet project became, and not repeat the mistakes. Keshav GUESTCOLUMN hA0EEM F FARAChA Point is, oo we really neeo a motl-eaten CB? R ecenlly mran Khan's slyle o seaking al his arly's rallies has come under scruliny. Commenling on lhe more lhan a do/en seeches lhal he has so ar delivered al Fakislan Tehreeke nsa's anli0overnmenl J|arna (silin) in slamabad, his crilics are o lhe view lhal he olen uses 'uncoulh language' and symbolism lo demean his olilical oonenls; which, in lurn, urlher encourages his many young suorlers lo adol similar allerns o seech in social media where lhey are already nolorious or lheir |aJtamcczi (illmannered ranls) and requenl bursls o exlelives. Though Khan can cerlainly be censured or esousing a slyle o seechmaking lhal is delrimenlal lo lhe ine arl o olilical oralory, lhe lrulh is, he did nol inlroduce il in Fakislan. Beore Zuliqar Ali Bhullo arrived on lhe scene in lhe lale 1OGOs, olilical rallies and oralory in Fakislan were relly hohum aairs. Bhullo changed all lhal by being willy and even a lillle wild al lhe rallies lhal he addressed. he convincingly mimicked lhe anlics o a reckless rabble rouser. This was one o lhe reasons why Bhullo ullimalely managed lo make his oonenls aear lislless and lacking in energy by comarison. Bhullo would knock down lhe microhones in ronl o him and ri oen his shirl and mock his oonenls or being sissies, unman ly and sluid. his rallies became unique evenls as he layed lhe role o an inloxicaled olilical ma|an (sirilual vagabond), who would olen ridicule his oonenls in lhe mosl unabashed manner. Bhullo's suorlers would resond by lurning his rallies inlo carnivals o oulisl Sui songs, slogans and J|amaa| (imassioned Sui dances). Slung by Bhullo's anlics in lhis resecl, by lhe lale 1O7Os, many o his oonenls decided lo gradually change lhe comlexion o lheir rallies and oralory as well. however, as Bhullo's oonenls umed u lhe drama aclor and volume o lheir rallies (esecially during lhe 1O77 eleclion cam aign), il was quile aarenl lhal lhey lacked lhe slreelsmarl wil lhal Bhullo had maslered, lhough al limes he did end u sounding jusl lain crude. So, minus lhe wil, lhe now animaled rallies and seeches o lhe anliBhullo/FFF arlies began lo sound more like loudly laid oul fatwas lhan anylhing even close lo whal Bhullo was u lo in his galherings. For examle, as Bhullo lurned launling his oonenls or lheir conservalism inlo an arl orm, his oonenls in lheir newly renovaled slyle o seak ing, relalialed by lhuming lhe dais and loudly denouncing Bhullo's 'unslamic' ways, calling him a drunkard and a womaniser. Aler 1O77, boislerous o ulism became a mainslay in lhe cullure o rallies o almosl all arlies in Fakislan. 0lher ersuasive exonenls o lhe Bhullo slyle were his daughler, Bena/ir Bhullo, and M0M chie Alla hussain. Bena/ir maslered lhe arl aboul seaking wilh assion even i she couldn'l really come lo gris wilh lhe wil. Alla hussain gave lhe lechnique a lwisl by using urban bourgeois man nerisms wilh cocky Karachi slreel lingo. Bul nol all could lruly mas ler lhis arl, and in less skilled hands, drama degeneraled inlo somelhing more debased and crude. The rallies were loud, yes, bul increasingly devoid o wil and calering inslead lo lhe lowesl inslincls. Thal's whal we saw in lhe Funjab in lhe rallies o hawa/ Shari and lhe slami Jamhoori llehad jusl beore lhe 1O88 eleclion. To combal Bena/ir's oulisl anlics and robusl ral lies, lhe J irsl loaled obscene lealels conlaining crudely engi neered iclures o Bena/ir and her molher in which lheir heads were asled on lo lhe bodies o bikiniclad women. Then newsaers reorled how during an J rally in Lahore, some J leaders and workers had nol only used obscene language againsl lhe lwo women, bul (as one eslablished urdu newsaer reorled), some o lhese leaders also reorledly made 'crude, obscene geslures'. n olher words, lhe Bhullo lechnique when il crossed over and was adoled by lhe Righlisls, mulaled inlo a jamboree o reac lionary abuse. This was erhas due lo lhe reulsion lhe Righlisls had ell walching oulisl olilicians like Bhullo and arlies like lhe Fakislan Feole's Farly mocking middle and uermiddleclass mannerisms al rallies cheered along by lhe ja|i| awam (illilerale masses). however, over lhe years, hawa/ Shari has greally loned down his ways. Today, even lhough lhe rallies o lhe FFF have largely relained lheir raving and inebrialed characler, and M0M rallies conlinue lo be conslanl rollercoasler rides o sudden luclualions belween sombre, angry roars and oulisl, selarodying Karachi wil, il is lhe con cel o bourgeois oulism in rallies lhal is making headlines. 0iven currency by oular lelevision lalk shows, lhis version has grown (as exemliied by Fakislan Muslim League (hawa/) and FT rallies during lhe camaigning o lhe 2O18 eleclion). Though mran Khan now does manage lo inuse some humour in his rheloric and in his enchanl o delivering lales o middleclass moralily, il is slunning lo nole lhe ullerly kneejerk babble lhal so unaologelically rolls oul rom many o his young ollowers who are insired by Khan's bravado. Bul FMLh's leadershi wasn'l so ar behind during lhe eleclion camaigning as well. Today, il is ralher inleresling lo nole lhal il is nol lhe awam lhal is gelling all exciled by such gabble anymore. Ralher, il is lhe so called educaled, urban middleclass youlh lhal is alauding away al lhis rough jabber. Mind you (and ralher ironically), lhis is lhe same seclion o Fakislani sociely lhal olherwise ound men like Bhullo and Alla hussain 'uncoulh'. 0curtcsy. Lawn What we hear is politically correct bunk about freeing the CB from political interference. Truth is there is nothing called an independent agency. t is very much the Government's job to fight organised inter-State crime and bust scams and for that it needs an agency sunday magazino jitit Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014 F E E D B A C K The hA is lhere lo lackle organised inlerSlale and olher crime. Slrenglhen il, emower il. Reorm lhe Slale olice orces. And simly abrogale lhe 0elhi Secial Folice Eslablishmenl Acl o 1O4G and lel CB cease lo exisl Though mran Khan can be censured for espousing a style of speech-making that is detrimental to the fine art of political oratory, the truth is, he did not introduce it in Pakistan. Before ZA Bhutto arrived on the scene in the late 1960s, political rallies in Pakistan were pretty ho-hum affairs. Bhutto changed all that AS ZA BhuTT0'S 0FF0hEhTS FuMFE0 uF ThE 0RAMA FACT0R 0F ThER RALLES, T wAS AFFAREhT ThAT ThEY LACKE0 BhuTT0'S STREETSMART wT, Th0u0h AT TMES EvEh hE 00 S0uh0 JuST FLAh CRu0E COFFEEBREAK KAhChAh 0uFTA A man from Oxfam was on television last weekend, asking people to donate just 5 so that the charity could help provide clean water to the displaced peo- ple of South Sudan. Clean water, he explained, was some- thing most of us took for granted, but there, only 30 per cent of the population has access to it. A third of children suffer from diarrhoea, cholera is barely controlled, while hepatitis E and guinea-worm disease proliferate. Guinea- worm disease, in case you were wondering, is rarely fatal, but can cause ulcers, fever and vomiting for months, as the larvae move through your intestines. Sorry, have I put you off your breakfast? Anyway, about half an hour later I was looking at Facebook on my phone, when a friend, currently on a business trip in India, posted a picture of himself beside the pool of a five-star hotel, the kind where colonialism is not just alive and well, but kicking. He had asked for an ice bucket, but been denied it on the grounds that pouring water over your head was not appropriate behaviour at said establishment; he promised that he would find a way round this and fulfil his charita- ble nomination at a later date. I imagined the brave waiter who had turned down his request, and smiled to myself quietly. What a desperately ill child in South Sudan or just around the corner from the hotel would do to be doused in ice cold, clean water. The ice-bucket challenge has been around for a month now and shows no signs of cooling down (pardon the pun). Even the most sensible of my friends have suc- cumbed to its chilly charms, talking to camera about their chosen charity and their nominations with all the profes- sionalism of a Blue Peter presenter about to do a bungee jump. Its kind of impressive how polished these videos are; I never knew that so many of my friends were so screen ready, so relaxed about the prospect of being uploaded to YouTube as if they were performing cats. But, then, nowadays, whats the point in doing some- thing if you are not prepared to share it with your 536 Facebook friends or your 3,754 Twitter followers? Its the tree falling in the woods theory, writ large: if you donate money to charity but nobody sees it, did it really happen? The ice-bucket challenge has been getting a lot of heat, partly on the water wastage front, and partly because the executives at the American charity that started it, the ALS Association, have had their massive wages exposed like the nipple of a freshly-drenched starlet. The charitys President is on 200,000, its chief financial officer 120,000 and its chief of public policy 110,000. That does seem like a hell of a lot of money for a char- ity that, even before the ice-bucket challenge, was making 15 million a year, but it seems silly to begrudge hard- working fundraisers their wages while simultaneously cel- ebrating all the millionaire film stars and models who, in the name of a good cause, have done little more than get their hair wet. Plus, why pick on the architects of the ice-bucket chal- lenge when they are only tapping in to the changing face of charity? It used to be about doing good. Now its about showing off. Time was that people didnt talk about their charity work for fear of appearing gauche, but now you cant move on Facebook for screen grabs of texts proving acts of phil- anthropy. Before we had the internet, people who wanted to donate to a good cause had to fill out a standing order form or write a cheque that no one bar an office adminis- trator would see. Then along came Just Giving, a website that allowed everyone to fund-raise, and, though it provid- ed us with an anonymous button, hardly anyone bothered to use it, instead choosing to display their fabulous largesse alongside a message of support for all to marvel at. At first it was just marathon runners and Everest- scalers who used this exciting new website. But, before long, friends were asking for sponsorship for everything from piddly 5k runs to week-long holidays in Africa, the excuse for a Mount Kilimanjaro climb or a paddle down the Zambezi. This year, the charitable challenge has truly made its mark. Remember the no make-up selfie campaign, which involved women posing without their mascara on as if they were brave game-changers on a level with Emmeline Pankhurst or Amelia Earhart? Though the lem- ming-like uptake of this challenge earned a reported 8 million for cancer charities, there was something awkward and uneasy about it all. It was vanity, pure and simple, and even worse, it was dressed up as humility, as if going lip- stick-free was somehow an act of solidarity, or even vague- ly comparable to losing your hair through chemotherapy. As with that campaign, every nomination I receive for the ice-bucket challenge annoys me intensely because if you dont do it, you end up looking mean-spirited and nasty, even if youve spent your entire adult life quietly donating half your wages to a homeless cats trust or vol- unteering at the local soup kitchen. Its bad enough being accosted on the high street by out-of-work actors brandishing clipboards without being chugged by all your friends, too. Donate to this! Give to that! Its the equivalent of going to church and waving a 20 quid note in front of the whole congregation on your way to the collection plate. Maybe we shouldnt care how charities like the ALS Association get their money, just as long as they get it. But wouldnt it be nice if we all took it as read that we should donate money every month to a charity we believe in, without making a song and dance about it? l| +il] ll|+p| sunday magazino lJ||lt l T0 hSFRE STu0EhTS AhEA0 0F ThE 0ELh uhvERSTY STu0EhTS uh0h ELECT0hS, BhARATYA JAhATA FARTY S 0FFERh0 FREE TCKETS 0F ThE LATEST FRYAhKA Ch0FRA STARRER, MAF KUM Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014 T here is a million dollar question who will hold the command of the anti-BJP campaign in the country? Earlier, there was an anti-Congress campaign and leaders of the Left par- ties led them. In the same manner, there are campaigns against the BJP. But interestingly, Left parties are not coming to the fore to lead these. CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat and Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury are not fit for the role. CPIs former General Secretary AB Bardhan is active, but his age and the position of his party wont help him build confidence among the regional kshatrapas. This is why it is being said that former Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, can play this role. Under the Congress leadership, he can bring Samajwadi Party and the Left parties on one platform to campaign against the BJP. He has done this experiment in Bihar. He put his image at stake and forged an alliance with the RJD and Congress; soon he will bring the CPI and CPM to the platform as well. Nitish has also become active outside Bihar. When he went to Mumbai to see an ailing Lalu Prasad, he also met Congress General Secretary Mohan Prakash, who was admitted in another hospital at the time. Nitish can take a national role in place of Sharad Yadav and can try to build an anti-BJP alliance after talking to leaders like Mamata Banerjee, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati, Naveen Patnaik, Prakash Karat, Karunanidhi and K Chandrashekhar Rao. BJP, SHIV SENA TO FIGHT TOGETHER In Maharashtra, the BJP and Shiv Sena will fight elections together and the decades-old alliance will continue. It doesnt matter whether Amit Shah goes to Matoshree to meet Uddhav Thackeray or not; it will not affect the alliance. Earlier, BJP leaders went to Matoshree to pay respects to Bal Thackeray, but things changed after his death. Shah can meet Uddhav anywhere to discuss the seat-sharing arrangement. Reliable sources in the BJP say after Lok Sabha results in Haryana, the party was in a mood to part ways with Kuldeep Bishnoi. That is the reason why Shah didnt meet him, and the alliance was over. But this is not the case with Shiv Sena. Before this, the BJP had not broken the alliance in Bihar. Shah has given a clear cut message to party leaders that Sena is an old ally and has helped at the time of crisis. In reply to this, Uddhav wrote in Saamana that Hindutva was not the basis of alliance in Bihar and Haryana. Both parties agree in-principle, so there will not be any hassle for two or four seats. SHORTAGE OF SPOKESPERSONS It seems that the Congress is facing a shortage of spokespersons. Very few leaders are coming before the media and only two or three leaders are active on Twitter to present the partys views on important issues. When the Congress was in power, many leaders held press conferences and issued statements, but most of them are silent now. Leaders like Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid and P Chidambaram are giving few statements. Only Anand Sharma, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Manish Tewari are available to the media. One of the vocal spokespersons of the Congress, the Twitter-friendly Dr Shakeel Ahmad, is on foreign tour. That is why Ajay Maken has temporarily been given charge of Haryana. Another spokesperson Randeep Surjewala is busy in elections in his State. Assembly Elections are scheduled in Haryana and he has to fight there. At the same time, Surjewala is close to Bhupinder Singh Hooda, which is why his responsibility increases. Sandeep Dikshit is not being seen after Lok Sabha results. In the past three and a half months, he has given statements only once or twice. Rita Bahuguna Joshi is also keeping away from the media. The old faces, who put the partys views on TV channels, are also out of the scene. That is why, maybe, only BJP leaders are being seen everywhere. LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON Sonia and Rahul Gandhis perception about their constituencies has changed drastically after Lok Sabha Elections. It must be noted that the mar- gin of Rahuls victory in the Lok Sabha Elections had reduced in comparison to previous elec- tions. BJPs Smriti Irani gave him a good fight. At the same time, Kumar Vishwas had brought the people out of their homes and persuaded them to speak against Rahul. After that, Congress leaders views about Raebareli and Amethi have changed. That is why when Sonia went to her con- stituency this time, she roamed around on foot. This was probably the first time, besides the election campaign, when she met the general public of her constituency and enquired about their well-being. Before her, Rahul had also been to his constituency and met the people. Reliable sources of the Congress say the managers of both constituencies have been instructed that continuous contact must be established with vot- ers. Iranis visit to Amethi made them more cau- tious. Apart from this, it is being said that Sanjay Singhs son Anant Vikram Singh might join the BJP and fight against Rahul. This has also made Congress leaders cautious. POLITICS OVER GOVERNORS The Congress is in no mood to stop politics on Governors. First, the Congress high command instructed all Governors appointed by the UPA Government to not put in their papers, creating a deadlock between the Centre and Governors. Officers-turned-Governors started resigning but the Congress leaders didnt put in their papers. When Virendra Kataria and Kamal Beniwal were removed, and K Sankaranarayanan and Sheila Dikshit were targetted, only then the two Governors resigned. Now, when the Central Government is appointing new Governors, Congress leaders are saying it should be done in consultation with the State Governments. First, Karnatakas CM Siddharamaiah raised questions that he was not consulted while appointing Vajubhai Vala as Governor of the State. Then, Keralas CM Oommen Chandy raised the same question when P Sathasivam was appointed. Though it is not binding on the Central Government to consult the State Government at the time of appointment of Governor, after the Sarkaria Commission report, a tradition started that the Central Government will take the advice of State Governments while doing so. Even Rajnath Singh had spoken to Mamata Banerjee before appointing Keshari Nath Tripathi as the Governor of West Bengal. sunday gupshup hAR ShAhKAR vYAS under lhe Congress leadershi, hilish Kumar can bring Samajwadi Farly and lhe Lel arlies on one lalorm lo camaign againsl lhe BJF. he did lhis exerimenl in Bihar. he ul his image al slake and orged an alliance wilh lhe RJ0 and Congress; soon he will bring lhe CF and CFM lo lhe lalorm as well I SISs video editors have carefully manipulated colour and screen size to make Barack Obama look as haggard as possible in their recent productions. The two videos disclos- ing the murders of James Foley and Steven Sotloff dis- play ISISs mastery of com- plex editing and animation techniques. Both produc- tions set out to denigrate Obama and present a narra- tive that blames him for the deaths of the two journalists. Comparing the two videos shows how ISIS has improved its techniques but the terrorist filmmakers still remain capable of basic mistakes. The videos share the same structure: they begin with clips of Obama order- ing air strikes and then cut to a scene of the hostage kneeling in the desert and denouncing America. They conclude with the black- clad ISIS terrorist announc- ing in an English accent that the captive will now be killed. But there are important differences. In the first video, Obama is shown speaking for 86 seconds. The editor has introduced some white streaks across the screen, like an old VHS tape, to lend a tired and dated feel to the Presidents appearance. But the impact is reduced by the fact that Obama speaks before a spotless wall of white mar- ble and the Presidential flag. In the second video, the editor pays Obama a back- handed compliment by going to far greater lengths to make him look wearied and careworn. First of all, the clip of the President speaking is reduced to only 22 seconds. Then the editor has exploit- ed the fact that Obama is shown not against a back- drop of marble, but a blue curtain and an American flag. That allows the colour grade to be artfully manipu- lated, making both the cur- tain and the flag look frayed and washed out. In the same way, Obamas blue jacket is made to appear as a funereal black. His strands of grey hair are picked up and exag- gerated. The editor has also caused an interlacing effect of black lines to run across the Presidents white shirt. For good measure, he has carefully stretched the screen lengthways in order to make Obama appear thin and gaunt. To achieve these effects, you would need to know what you are doing, explained Alice Wagstaffe, the senior filmmaker for Telegraph Media Group. Its not the work of a beginner: its the work of a profession- al or a semi-professional editor. But the video crew film- ing still make mistakes either as a result of haste or relative inexperience. When the hostages deliver their scripted statements, both are simultaneously filmed by two cameras, one in front and another to the side. In the second video, however, the camera filming Sotloff from the side is over- exposed. The operator has also forgotten to synchro- nise the white balance of the two cameras. When filmed from the front, Sotloff s orange robe and the black clothes of his murderer look sharp and clear. From the side, however, the picture is obscured by the suns glare. For all their undoubted sophistication, ISISs video- makers are still learning. l| +il] ll|+p| SS ooctors Olama`s 'image` Nitish Kumar to load anti-BJP oampaign? Terrorisl grou maniulaling videos lo make uS residenl look lired and weary, says 0Av0 BLAR Earlier, eole donaled anonymously. Bul now lhere is no escae rom lhe dislay o eole's hilanlhroy, says BRY0hY 00R00h aaIty vs charIty (|||) |+|+ i1i| + p|, + || |+| ||u| + 1iJu 'Ju|u|J |] lSlS sunday magazino itl|tJlitJl | Ah0ELhA J0LE'S vERSACE wE00h0 0RESS hA0 A uh0uE TwST. 0000LES MA0E BY hER SX K0S wERE EMBR00ERE0 0hT0 ThE BACK 0F ThE 0RESS Ah0 vEL Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014 CULTURE LANE A series of high-profile stars includ- ing Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and Jenny McCarthy have fallen victim to one of the biggest celebrity pri- vacy breaches in history, resulting in photographs and videos apparently showing them in the nude being widely circulated on the internet. The pho- tographs of mainly female celebrities were shared online after an anonymous hacker using the name Tristan posted what was claimed were authentic images on the 4chan website, an online message board used for sharing pictures. Some of the celebrities targetted immediately said the images were fake, while others confirmed their veracity and said they had been taken in pri- vate and had never been shared. The 4chan website quickly removed the hackers posts, but a screenshot of the list of hacked celebri- ties included pop star Avril Lavigne and actors Kirsten Dunst, Aubrey Plaza and Winona Ryder, while experts have warned that more images could emerge over time. Other alleged victims include the models Candice Swanepoel, Cara Delevingne and Kelly Brook, and the TV host Cat Deeley. A number of photographs, includ- ing images of Lawrence, have been cir- culating on file-sharing and image- sharing sites. The hacker also posted images of his computer desktop, which included what appeared to be an image of Lawrence. A lost chapter of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, deemed too wild, subversive and insuffi- ciently moral for the tender minds of British children almost 50 years ago, has been published for the first time. The chapter with new illustrations by Sir Quentin Blake was found among Roald Dahls papers after his death. It was chapter five in one of many early drafts of the book, one of the best- loved childrens books, but was cut from the version first published in the US in 1964 and in the UK in 1967. In the chapter Charlie Bucket accompanied by his mother, not his sprightly grandfather and the other children are led into the Vanilla Fudge Room, where they face the sinister prospect of the Pounding and Cutting Room. In the centre of the room there was an actual mountain, a colos- sal jagged mountain as high as a five- storey building, and the whole thing was made of pale-brown, creamy, vanilla fudge, the chapter reads. All the way up the sides of the mountain, hundreds of men were working away with picks and drills, hacking great hunks of fudge out of the mountainside... as the huge hunks of fudge were pried loose, they went tumbling and bouncing down the mountain and when they reached the bottom they were picked up by cranes with grab-buckets, and the cranes dumped the fudge into open wagons. The chapter reveals the original larger cast of characters, and their fates, as well as the original names of some of those who survived into later drafts. L indsay Lohan has been accused of seeking publicity by the makers of Grand Theft Auto after the actor sued, claiming the video game breaches her image rights. Take-Two Interactive Software and subsidiary Rockstar Games described the suit as frivolous and demanded that a New York judge dismiss Lohans case, which was filed in July over an alleged like- ness to the character Lacey Jonas. Lohan complains that her image and persona have been wrongfully used by Take-Two in the video game Grand Theft Auto V, but her claim is so legally meritless that it lacks any good-faith basis, and can only have been filed for publicity purposes, the defendants said in court papers filed on August 20. They also noted that Lohan recently lost a legal battle against the rapper Pitbull for using her name in lyrics, and argued that the two cases were similar. Lacey Jonas is described as a famous actor and minor character in Grand Theft Auto V, which was released in September 2013. Players meet Jonas in an alley in downtown Vinewood where she is hiding from the paparazzi. She asks to be driven home and, during the ride, Jonas complains about the problems of being famous and reveals she is anorexic. The character bears a strong physical resemblance to Lohan, especially on the front cover of the Grand Theft Auto game, where the char- acter appears holding a mobile phone. Lohan claimed Rockstar used her voice, image and outfits from her clothing label without permission. A ny little girl toddling about unaided for the first time is an adorable sight. But when the child is three, and only now able to walk freely like others her age, thanks to a life-saving heart operation, that simple movement is incredibly emotional to watch. Add in the fact that she is joyously waddling about on real grass for the first time, and picking leaves from west London shrub- bery not crawling around bomb craters full of concrete dust and twisted metal in a war zone. Meet Hala al- Massri, the miracle child of Gaza. Three weeks ago, Hala was barely alive. Born with a serious congenital heart defect that prevented oxygen pass- ing round her body, she was surviving just. She and her family were staying in a UN shelter in the Palestinian enclave that was under daily bombardment. Today, she is recovering after a successful opera- tion at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, giggling and playing, munching cheese sandwiches, looking for all the world like any healthy child. Her skin is still pale, and she tires eas- ily, but the international mercy mission sparked by a news bulletin that revealed her plight, and carried out by the charities Chain of Hope, the Palestinian Childrens Relief Fund and the International Red Cross, has been a huge success. Talk to Halas mother, 36-year-old Mahdeya Abdullah and you understand how des- perate the situation had been, and how remarkable the outcome. Four weeks ago, I couldnt see a future for any member of my family, let alone Hala, she tells me in Arabic, trans- lated by 22-year-old Joann Khatib, and her sister Bana, 17. Their parents, Sami and Wesam Khatib, host families in need for Chain of Hope, the charity set up by eminent British heart surgeon Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub. I prayed every day and night that we would be spared by the bombs. I lived in constant fear for my family. Mahdeya and her husband Majid, 32, have three other children: Saja, four, Mazen, six, and Waroud, 12. Life in Gaza before the war began at the start of July had been tough by any standard. Majid does not work as he has health problems he had heart surgery at 15 in Jordan (Halas condition may be genetic, explains Mahdeya), and Waroud is disabled, too. The family survived on handouts, living in a two-room home made of corrugated iron. But the chil- dren went to school; an opportunity Mahdeya did not have. Halas heart condition was diagnosed about 20 days after she was born. She was constantly tired, had difficulty eat- ing, and sometimes breathing. Every time I left the room, she would cry. We were all frightened for her. Mahdeya was told she would have to join a waiting list for charitable surgery in Israel or America. In the meantime, she was given an oxygen tank for Hala to use daily, and was told to bring her in for regular check-ups. Then war broke out. What was daily life like under bombard- ment? There was no life. It was all tears and shouts and bombs, and being scared. At the beginning of August, we were advised to leave our homes, and we were offered a space at a UN school in Jabila. We left in just our clothes. Two days later, Majid went back home. He said: Ill either come back with some more childrens clothes, or not at all. When he returned, all he brought was news our home had been destroyed by a bomb. We had lost everything. Mahdeya is remarkably calm, she is neither angry nor bitter. So many peo- ple have died, both in Palestine and Israel, she says. I couldnt see it would ever be resolved, that we would be a community ever again. I still cant imag- ine what life will be like from now on. At the UN shelter, food (meat, cheese, milk) was rationed. Each family was assigned a part of a classroom and that human need to feel normal the mother would try her best to clean and dust it. Wed take it in turns to clean the communal stairs. At night, the family slept on two mattresses side by side; one night, a rock- et hit the classroom they were sleeping in. The bomb hit the school and every- one jumped up and ran around, kids and adults shouting, dashing through the stairs to shelter. My first reaction was to grab my children, hug them and reassure them it was OK, but in my head, I thought: This is our time.? Not surpris- ingly, Mahdeya says she never really slept. One of her greatest worries was the lack of oxygen for Hala; she wasnt allowed to leave the shelter to get the cylinder topped up, so Hala was becom- ing increasingly listless as it ran out. Medics locally knew she was in a critical condition, but any attempt to get her out of the war zone was deemed impossible. Then the Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy was alerted to her problem and made an emotional broadcast from Gaza. Suddenly, there was international (and multi-faith) co- operation; the Israelis arranged safe pas- sage to Jordan, where Hala and her mother were placed on a flight to London. The journey took three days. Hala nearly died on the flight. I was so glad to go, says Mahdeya, but it was hard to leave the rest of the family behind. Never having been out- side Gaza before, she was really quite terrified here, it is so different. One of the charity workers tells me that Mahdeya was shaking constantly in the early days, and that she was horrified when she heard a police siren go by. Hala was getting more poorly every day, so the operation was brought for- ward and took place 12 days ago. Her condition was diagnosed as Tetralogy of Fallot, one of the most common congen- ital heart defects in children. Hala was suffering from decreased blood flow to the lung; a hole between the two ventri- cles in the heart; displacement of the aorta; and increased thickness of the right ventricle. Surgery took four hours as paedi- atric heart surgeon Prof Francois Lacour-Gayet closed the hole with a patch and enlarged the pulmonary artery. Even as she came round from the anaesthetic, Hala began to look better. Her lips had been blue through lack of oxygen, but were now a healthy pink. I was screaming with happiness, shouting and crying with joy, admits her mother. But even as Mahdeya dared to believe her youngest child would survive, she admits her joy was tempered with fear for the rest of the family. Mother and daughter should be ready to leave UK in a weeks time, and soon Hala will be running around after her siblings and getting into mischief like any other child. l| +il] ll|+p| Mkh F8 I6E WkTE h khkhTE I n the latest controversy of the internet sensation, a grandfather in the US is being investigated for making his 10-month- old granddaughter take the ice bucket challenge. In a video posted to Facebook earli- er this week, Reggie Stewart from Houston, Texas announced: Ive been called out for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and my granddaughter is going to do it with me. He then dumped a bucket of freezing water on himself and the child. Claude Dalcour, the girls father, said he has reported the video to the local authorities who have since visited Stewarts home to investigate the childs welfare. The Texas Department of Children and Family have also been contacted. Dalcour, who is separated from the girls mother, told local news station Fox26: I was shocked, appalled. It brought me to tears. Its abuse because my daughter is an infant. She doesnt know whats going on. Stewart has not been charged with any crime. He has since removed the video from his page. CWT 8]ST_T]ST]c Th8 h 8TVE, 8ET8 IkFTF h IIE P olice say a New Jersey fam- ilys dog turned on the stove, which set the laptop resting on the burner on fire and sent smoke through the roof. The fire was reported last week in Lacey Township while the owners were away. Police believe the dog acciden- tally turned on the stove, though they didnt specify how that occurred. Police say heat from the stove eventually burned a laptop computer that had been left on top of the appli- ance. Smoke was emanating from the roof when firefighters arrived, but the blaze was quickly extinguished. Firefighters rescued the dog, which emerged unscathed. 0? kIZhk Mkh kE8TE I 8hIh, IhkTIh h 8I8IE A 22-year-old Arizona man calling himself Dark Lord has been arrested for allegedly burning a Bible and urinating on it outside a Christian-oriented homeless shelter in northern Arizona, police said last week. Eric Minerault was booked into the Yavapai County Detention Center on suspicion of one count of unlawful symbol burning stemming from the incident at the Gospel Rescue Mission, Prescott police spokesman Lieutenant Ken Morley said. Police were called to the scene at about 9 pm by a mission representative reporting that someone was burning something on the missions front steps, Morley said. Officers found Minerault standing on the steps, with a burned and wet Bible on the ground near him. He quickly admitted to the act. He told officers the mission was selected because he believed it was a place of Christian worship and he was cursing the Christians, police said. Asked why, officers reported that he said because he was the Dark Lord. Minerault was clad in black and was wearing a black-and-red robe and a pentagram necklace. He remained at the detention cen- ter last Friday afternoon on the misde- meanor charge, sheriff s officials said. Dan Pochoda, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, said the arrest raises ques- tions as to whether Mineraults First Amendment freedom of speech rights were violated. But Pochoda, who was not familiar with the charge cited, said courts have upheld laws that bar symbols like crosses from being burned. ATdcTab WMEh TIE8 T 8h EX'8 h8E WITh 8k6h A woman whose last name is Crispi has been accused of trying to burn down her ex- boyfriends house by intentionally leaving a pound of bacon on the stove. Crispi is alleged to have purposely left the meat on a lit burner. Police said the 32-year-old from Vernal, Utah called and sent text messages to her former flame through- out the alleged incident, compelling him to call 911. On arrival, officers found smoke streaming out of the front door, hot coals on the floor and a pound of severely burned bacon inside the property. A police report said of the inci- dent: I asked to come in and observed a wood stove left open with a fire burning inside and hot coals on the floor around the stove. I observed the burner to be on the setting high and the bacon to be severely burned and smok- ing badly. Crispi, who was four times over the legal drink-driving limit, will stand trial on charges of arson and burglary when she returns to court in October. <Xaa^a O D D L Y E N O U G H Hala's condition was diagnosed as Tetralogy of Fallot, one of the most common congenital heart defects in kids. She had decreased blood flow to the lung; a hole between two ventricles in the heart; displacement of aorta; as well as increased thickness of the right ventricle l0st chater 0f kI4s' h00k 0hIIshe4 804e h0t0s 0f 1eaaIfer, 8Ihaaaa hacke4 The molher o hala, lhe loddler whose lighl made headlines worldwide, lells vCT0RA LAMBERT lheir slory o survival, and why her joy is linged wilh ain 'lIa4say l0haa s0e4 0s f0r 0hIIcIty' HDDENSOULS FRAM00 FAThAK I will cite multiple examples in which we will see that we do have knowledge about certain things but we dont practise them. Why is that? Because we lack reali- sation that they are useful. Starting with the example of being truthful, how many of us are entirely truth- ful? Unfortunately, the number will be very small. Why is that? Dont we know that being untruthful may give advantages in the short run, but ultimately the truth comes out and we are punished. The worst part is that we teach our young impressionable children the habit of lying. When they see us lying, they do the same. Not only are we hurting ourselves by lying, we condemn our children to the habit of lying. Let us take another example. From our childhood, we are taught to be disciplined. Fortunately, many are disciplined and they suc- ceed in life. The ones who are not, dont have to look very far. One of the main reasons for their failure is lack of discipline in their lives. Let us take the example of bad habits like heavy drinking, smok- ing, gambling, etc. Dont we all know that these are extremely harmful? But the worst part is that we are helplessly attracted towards these, and we dont seriously try to stop ourselves. Someone offers us a drink and knowing well what this could lead to, we dont refuse. Same goes for smoking and gam- bling. We just do not wish to think of their long-term consequences. This is like an insect getting help- lessly attracted to a fire. What about being jealous? Does it give any benefit whatsoev- er? The person or persons we are jealous of may not even know that we are harbouring such negative feelings towards them. They are certainly not getting hurt while we burn ourselves internally. Being lusty brings no benefits whatsoever. Whether it is in the matter of eating, drinking or in the matter of sensuous pleasures. They all bring unthinkable misery only. What is the major cause of illness- es and obesity? When we have no control over what we eat, we get in trouble. Less said the better in the matter of illicit sensuous pleasures. How many families have been ruined because of this? But we dont learn. We feel we can get away with it. Nobody does. Avoiding anger is another good example. Does it benefit any- one? The one who loses control over oneself hurts himself or her- self as anger produces many harm- ful toxins in the body. The one who is recipient of such anger feels hurt and may retaliate leading to even physical fights. The last example is that of being greedy. How many have destroyed their lives in not being satisfied with what they have achieved, which is good enough to sustain them? The number is significantly large, but we dont learn. Then, what should we do? Yes, it is important to gain knowledge but it is more important to act upon it, otherwise such knowledge remains theoretical only. We should make sincere efforts to inculcate good habits. It is not going to be easy but can be done with some effort. Advantages of doing so are enormous. Bi||ui i + pi|i|u+l W|i|| sunday magazino sji|ilJlil; i ThE BEST REME0Y F0R Th0SE wh0 ARE AFRA0, L0hELY 0R uhhAFFY S T0 00 0uTS0E, S0MEwhERE whERE ThEY CAh BE 0uET, AL0hE wTh ThE hEAvEhS, hATuRE Ah0 000 - AhhE FRAhK Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014 W e have celebrated one more Teachers Day. But the question what makes a good teacher remains unanswered. While there may be many views, the one quality often sought in teachers is the leadership quality. And there is a reason teachers, like leaders, are supposed to influence behaviour. How to do that. No easy answers, yet, some broad but clear enough guidelines, rather cues can be picked up by our experiences. If the time machine would have been a reality this would have been easy. But, H G Wells, neverthe- less deserves credit. He was rightly aware that even if his time machine is not a real mechanical device to help us travel back in time, human beings do have the ability to travel down the memory lane. Only this ability is subject to individual differences. Not all can travel as far and as easily as others. But we all have a memory that can help us reflect in the past with rea- sonable alacrity. And to talk about the leadership skills for teach- ers, I would like to travel down the memory lane, 45 long years ago. My school, that is the place I would like to take the readers to. And for a valid reason. Teaching is both an art and a science. This science has undergone a sea change with the introduction of new technologies and ideas, but the art has retained its character. And rightly so because the basic pur- pose of teaching remains the same to transform personalities and influence behaviours. How effec- tively a teacher can do this will depend on his ability to impact the personalities of the students. If the ear- lier teachers could do this, the present ones can also. Any prescriptions? No. Only a subscription. To the basic philosophy of teaching create a better new generation. To quote Robert Browning: Progress is the law of life, man is not man yet. As I enter the corridors of my school building, through the recesses of my mind, a tall Americans image emerges from the far end of the corner Fr George A Hess. The person who epitomises the teacher leader for me. For the years I was in school, not a single day, when he was present, would pass without being impacted by his personality. The person who talked less, yet spoke volumes. The person who spoke softly, yet gave loud and clear messages. The person who punished us, yet we accepted with a smile. The person who had the authority, yet never had to use it for disciplining us. How could he do it? No easy answers. But that he did it is proof enough that teachers can do it. Apart from our parents, our teachers have the greatest impact on our lives. This impact facilitates learning. And this learning must bring the desired change. Teaching is not enough. Mere informing will not help. The goal of teaching is not to stuff infor- mation, it is to illuminate minds. Transforming is required; transforming the personality. The best way is walking the talk as Gandhi ji had said, to be the change that we want to see in the world. Teaching was a mission. It became a profession. Let it be mission. Remember the words of William Arthur Ward: The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. l| W|i|| i + p|u|u|, l|Ji+| S|uul u| |i|, |+||+J (1|+|||+|J). | +| | |+|J +| pp+||+|.i|@|+il.u| F omegranale has many heallh beneils, and il can do wonders or one's skin loo. From laying lhe role o owerul anlioxi danl lo a roducl o anli ageing, lhe ruil can hel in many ways, suggesls wren holmes, brand man ager o urban veda. Skin nulrilion is vilal al lackling one o lhe biggesl causes o aging: ree radical dam age, and omegranales are righlly known as sueroods or lheir anlioxidanl conlenl. hol only is omegranale anli inlammalory and high in essenlial ally acids, il has also been shown lo slimu lale Keralinocyle skin cells, which hel wilh cel lular regeneralion, making il a anlaslic anliaging ingredienl. S cienlisls have develoed a asl, reliable and inex ensive melhod lo diag nose malaria lhal uses magnelic ield lo delecl lhe arasile's wasle roducls in lhe blood o inecled alienls. 0ver lhe asl sev eral decades, malaria diag nosis has changed very lil lle. Aler laking a blood samle rom a alienl, a lechnician smears lhe blood across a glass slide, slains il wilh a secial dye, and looks under a micro scoe or lhe Flasmodium arasile, which causes lhe disease. This aroach gives an accurale counl o how many arasiles are in lhe blood, bul lhere is olenlial or human error. A research leam rom lhe SingaoreMT Alliance or Research and Technology has claimed lo have come u wilh a ossible allerna live. l has devised a way lo use Magnelic Resonance Relaxomelry lo delecl a arasilic wasle roducl in lhe blood o alienls.
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drinking can rolecl againsl cardiovascular dis eases, you are robably righl; jusl mix daily exercise lo il. Earlier sludies have ound lhal red and while wine increases levels o highdensily liorolein, lhe "good" choleslerol. "we ound lhal moderale wine drinking was only roleclive in eole who exercised. Red and while wine ro duced lhe same resulls," said roessor Milos Taborsky rom lhe C/ech Reublic. The sludy includ ed 14G eole wilh mild lo moderale risk o cardiovas cular disease. Researchers ound lhal lhere was no di erence belween h0L cho leslerol levels al lhe begin ning o lhe sludy. Aler one year, lowdensily liorolein - "bad choleslerol" - was lower in bolh grous while lolal choleslerol was lower only in lhe red wine grou. @?=57B1>1D5 @5B653D 6?B I?EB C;9> >5G =5D8?4 D? 4917>?C5 =1<1B91 G9>5 9C 7??4 ?><I 96 I?E 5H5B39C5 D id you know that fasting gives your body and mind a chance to break out of a pattern and give it a new direction? It is a gift to an overburdened body and an overindulged mind. Fasting is indeed a denial of the physical needs of the body and the emotional cravings of the mind. The tendency of the human mind is to draw patterns and get stuck to it. While following a pattern is a sign of self-discipline, it has its down- side too. When it involves food and eating, it often makes us forget that we ought to be eating to live and not the other way around. The body needs only so much for sustenance and the stomach can hold only so much, but the senses continue to crave, and we continue to feed those cravings. Hence, fasting gives a chance to the body and mind to break out of a pattern and give it a new direction. WhY Ik8T Ih hkVkTk8? This is the most important question that needs to be answered logically and scientifically. The general idea is for the fulfillment of all desires and a way to appease the Goddess. In the Hindu religion and culture, it is also considered to be a part of the reli- gious rituals. For example, those who wish for a child, beget a child; those who wish for wealth get wealth. Those who wish for educa- tion get education. Those who are sick, get rid of their diseases, etc. It is also believed by many that fasting during Navratras makes a person free from all bondages. Devotees fasting during Navratras believe that all their sins would get washed and they would become free from wor- ries, as a blessing from the Goddess, making their lives peaceful, happier and prosperous. Ik8TIh ThE kYVEI6 WkY Ayurveda favours regular and short- term fasting, depending on individual constitutions and cleansing require- ments. The ancient science of Ayurveda has spoken elaborately of the merits of fasting. According to this ancient discipline, fasting is an effective way to kindle the digestive fire and burn away accumulated tox- ins from the body and mind. It also eliminates gas, lightens the body, improves mental clarity, provides a clean tongue and fresh breath, and preserves overall health. However, it also does not recommend infrequent and long-term fasting that could deplete bodily tissues and create imbalance in the constitution. It favours regular and short-term fast- ing, which could be on the same day each week, or setting aside a few days each month, all depending on indi- vidual constitutions and cleansing requirements. There is an increasing support for fasting by the scientific community and those who are health-conscious. This is because there is an overcon- sumption of salt in our diets today than the normal requirements of the body. This can be seen in the increased incidence of water retention in the body, a major factor for hyper- tension and cardiovascular problems. Fasting helps the body desalt. Fasting, if done properly, has another major advantage. It is a kind of ritual that can purify the body and mind and develop the pure qualities of detachment and equanimity. Whether it is done as a part of a reli- gious sacrament or a part of a penance, or as a mark of worship, fasting can only give benefits. Fasting helps create an atonement with the Absolute by establishing a harmo- nious relationship between the body and the soul. It nourishes the physical and spiritual demands necessary for overall health. hM8 T 88EVE Ik8T8 Fasting has to be done with an enor- mous sense of responsibility. There are norms as to who should and should not be observing fast. The very young, the old and infirm, pregnant and nursing mothers should be extremely cautious when it comes to choosing to fast. Besides these norms, it is also important how fasting should be observed so that we are able to make the most of this practice. TIF8 I II8TTIME8 Just as there is a yogic way of eating, there is a yogic way of fasting. For many, fasting is a new and, hence, a very challenging exercise. It is best that the new initiates start with a sin- gle-day fasting just to test the waters. If they are used to three meals a day, they could start with one meal of grains and vegetables during lunch and then just restrict themselves to water and juices during the rest of the day. Its also important that those who want to fast choose the kind of fast it could be a water fast, a fruit juice fast or a vegetable juice fast. But to avoid dehydration, one should con- sume at least seven to eight glasses of fluids every day. A cardinal rule, to absorb all the prana (life-force ener- gy) from the foods, is to drink fluids very slowly. Fruits and nuts are ideal for the system during long fasting periods. Juices that are fresh and sugar free along with plenty of water is extremely important to prevent dehydration and constipation. This will keep the mind light and easy and enable better quali- ty of prayer or worship. For instance, after 21 days of fasting, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Father of our Nation called this 21 days of uninterrupted prayer. He said, There is no prayer without fasting. Yk, MEITkTIh Ih Ik8T8 For many, fasting brings about a psy- chological tiredness and reluctance to engage in any form of exercise. This is not a desirable attitude. Mild exercise is crucial during fasting. Gentle, flow- ing, meditative and ballet-like move- ments of yoga are ideal during fasting. Hence to contemplate peacefully and worship Goddess Durga, the epitome of strength, power and goodness, especially during Navratras, lets observe fasting the right way with correct awareness, joy and incorpo- rate light exercise, yoga and medita- tion every day to enjoy its merits. l| W|i|| i + l|i|+J 1+|u /p|| T S A Kh0 0F RTuAL ThAT CAh FuRFY ThE B00Y Ah0 Mh0 Ah0 0EvEL0F ThE FuRE 0uALTES 0F 0ETAChMEhT Ah0 E0uAhMTY. whEThER T S 00hE AS A FART 0F A REL00uS SACRAMEhT 0R A FART 0F A FEhAhCE 0R AS A MARK 0F w0RShF, FASTh0 CAh 0hLY 0vE BEhEFTS The body needs only so much or suslenance and lhe slomach can hold only so much, bul lhe senses conlinue lo crave and we conlinue lo eed lhose cravings. Fasling hels lhe body break oul o a allern, says vASTuShASTR KhuSh0EEF BAhSAL lu i|, Wi|| lu1 Jle goal of teacling is not to stuff information, it is to illuminate stuoents` minos ano transform ersonalities Feast f0r h04y, s00I Knowleoge ano realisation l is imorlanl lo gain knowledge bul il is more imorlanl lo acl uon il, says AJT KuMAR BShh0 You are likely lo be exciled lhis week. The excilemenl which demands your lime, aclion and money. 0on'l ignore your heallh amidsl all lhese. Regular resl, diel and slee are as much required and you should ollow a slricl reslriclion in lhis area o lie. Aler all heallh is weallh! A balance will be solely needed belween work and ersonal lie. Manage your emolions and remain sloic. n career equi yoursel wilh good reading, underslanding and awareness. l is nol humanly ossible lo do everylhing and be everywhere yoursel. This is a good lime lo gel involved wilh grous even i you don'l lhink o yoursel as a grou erson, as you will ind lhal you have much lo learn rom lhem in a very osilive way. Iurky number 4, 7 Iurky roIour Yellow Iurky day Thursday 8IF8 March 21-April 20 Be an aclive arlicianl in your medical lrealmenl. you've symloms lhal are conusing, lake second or lhird oinion. weslern, homoeoalhy, ayurvedic and even naluroalh cure can hel in lheir own dislinguished way. Educale yoursel beore you lake a inal decision. You can deeen your sirilual awareness and raclice by aclively seeking oul new sources o inormalion and insighl. Aclive medilalions are useul. This is an excellenl lime lo ursue any aclivily lhal requires menlal concenlralion. 0ood lhings are heading your way and you musl sle u and make lhe mosl o lhe oorlunilies. 0el involved in lhe aclivilies lhal will challenge you lo do your besl. Chances are lhal lhe oulcome will be osilive. Iurky number 5, 8 Iurky roIour havy blue Iurky day Salurday I0808 April 21-May 21 This week makes you eel relroseclive and lhinking aboul asl ailures. ward o any negalive allilude lhal crees in and you will slowly come lo realise lhal now is a good lime or conlemlalion. you are acing heallh roblems, lhere is a need or you lo have a lrusled arlnershi wilh a healer lhal you can work well logelher wilh. l is also very imorlanl lo kee a osilive allilude and be suorlive o good heallh. Things will be moving along well, and you'll be eeling hoeul aboul lhe ulure wilh good cause. A new source o income is likely lo emerge. 0ains rom arenlal roerly are on lhe cards. whal is haening now or in lhe immediale ulure will be a direcl resull o whal you have done in lhe asl. Iurky number 2, 7 Iurky roIour 0rey Iurky day Friday 6FMI8I May 22-June 21 Faligue, weariness, and lack o energy can overower you lhis week. Creale your own slruclures and design a lie rom your own imaginalion. Temlalions o alcohol, drugs, and meaningless leasure seeking; gambling and olher escaes rom realily may allracl you lhis week. You may be alling oul o louch wilh realily. l'll hel lo nol believe in lhe alse assumlions. Aim high, bul don'l have execlalions o yoursel or olhers lhal can'l be ossibly mel. 0o your work wilh alience and wilh slamina and il will ay o in lhe long run. how is a good lime lo slarl somelhing new. You will gel suorl rom lhose around you i you are willing lo be a bil more sociable lhan usual. Iurky number 1, 4 Iurky roIour while Iurky day Monday 080F8 June 22-July 22 You are moderale and sensilive in your aroach lo lie. heallh remains good and you will enjoy every bil o il. There is love, comassion; concern and heallhy bonding lhal lay vilal role or your heallh. Mainlain il. You are syslemalic and hard working and know lhe disciline and ils beneils. Reading and crealive ursuils, bolh menlal and hysical, kee you busy and ensure good heallh loo! Some conlicls, challenges are aboul lo come your way. 0on'l overreacl or disresecl. you're looking or work, you're in lhe osilion lo resenl yoursel well. Your inlellecl will ay you well, bul lhe sharness o your longue and crilical behaviour mighl nol be welcomed. Iurky number 5, O Iurky roIour Lighl brown Iurky day Tuesday I860 Aug 24-Sept 23 Embarking uon a sirilual journey is indicaled, because lhings are nol as er your salisaclion. Those who are acing serious ailmenls are disaoinled. All eorls o cure and medical allenlion are no more so eeclive. This is a molivalion or you lo make a radical change wilh your currenl silualion. Look around al lhose closesl lo you lhal may wake you u rom a slale o morose. You eel uncomorlable al work lhis week; i you are execling comassion o lhe seniors, lhis will be a dream. Your boss or coworker will nol suorl hence sharing good raorl wilh lhem is unlikely. As lhe week rogresses lhings are likely lo be imroving al work, and so will your image. Iurky number G, 8 Iurky roIour 0ark ink Iurky day Thursday lI88 Sept 24-Oct 23 Chances are good lhal you've been working loo hard or behaving loo inlensely. There is a beasl inside in all o us which causes unresl. 0ive yoursel and lhe olhers around you a break, your rayed nerves demand il. Silence and resl work wonders. you've slarled a new workoul regime, don'l ush yoursel loo hard. You have also been ignoring your sirilual side. Exlore sirilual belie syslems lhal inleresl you. There will be good ossibilily or inancial beneils in lhe orm o erks/incremenl, arrears or hike in salary. you are looking or work, you will ind a new job soon. A romolion maybe headed your way. You and your work are arecialed and you should see signs o lhis soon. Iurky number 7, O Iurky roIour Black Iurky day Sunday 8008FI0 Oct 24-Nov 22 You are calm and eaceul lhough in ain. You believe in selhealing. You are in a hase where you can lrusl yoursel more lhan a healer. Be sure lhal you are suorling yoursel as besl you can wilh diel, exercise, and vilamins/minerals. Medilalion, yoga, Franayam or joining some course like Reiki, Arl o living elc will be beneicial or you. You need lime and sace lo gel in louch wilh your soul and lhe universal energies around. Travel is indicaled, some quick decisions mighl be required or smoolh sailing o business. Money will be coming in soon, and l could come rom anywhere. Kee your nose lo lhe grindslone and don'l bel more lhan you can aord lo lose. Iurky number 5, 7 Iurky roIour Maroon Iurky day Salurday 008I08 Jan 21-Feb 19 You need lo bring balance among body, mind, and siril lo remain osilive in lie. we do nol creale every symlom or illness, bul heallh is almosl always made worse when our lhinking is negalive or anxious. Find hel i you need. Come oul rom bondage and reslricled menlalily. You will ind a comlele and new alh lhal will ill you wilh new hoes in lie. You will be eeling ambilious and goal orienled, and urlhermore, you will have lhe delerminalion lo accomlish whal you have in mind. Think osilively. A good message is on lhe card. There may be lravel, journey on accounl o work or reresenlalion or which you have been wailing since long. Iurky number 2, 7 Iurky roIour Feach Iurky day wednesday FI80F8 Feb 20-March 20 heallh may nol be as good as you had hoed. Those suering rom serious ailmenls consider allernalive healing melhods loo. 0on'l be araid lo call on all healing energies you can lhink o: Tanlra, Manlra, remedial measures, occull sciences, anceslors, and your higher ower, 0od. There is much more lo lie lhan whal meels lhe eye, and miracles haen every day. You have lo be sure lhal you are doing your arl. There may be windall or sudden luck which will bring changes in your career. There may be an oer or a good job/or aearing in an inlerview which would be or your beneil. You are likely lo gel a new line allogelher in your career. So be reared, lhis could be challenging loo. Iurky number 8, 8 Iurky roIour violel Iurky day Friday 0F8I0088 Dec 24-Jan 20 you have heallh challenges, medical disciline, order, and commilmenl are lhe ways lo go aboul il. You may ollow lradilional lheraeulic, yoga, medilalion. You are very much concerned wilh sirilualily now. Make lime once in a day, week or monlh lo kee you in balance and comosed, and lo allow your siril some lime lo exand. You will see changes in your lie and oullook as a resull o giving yoursel lhis lime. You may be holding yoursel back because you ear moving inlo lhe ulure, or because you are wary o gelling hurl by a new silualion. There may be inancial conslrainls loo. 0o nol ear lhe unknown; many blessings reside or you lhere. 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ThE FAuLT S h0T h 0uR STARS BuT h 0uRSELvES; ThAT wE ARE uh0ERLh0S - wLLAM ShAKESFEARE Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014 S ense of freedom is ingrained in our social construct, which often tempts us to live on our own exclusive terms. So, left to themselves, children will prefer playing continuously, and would not take kindly to any restrictions imposed on their free run. They will prefer home comfort to being sent to school. The youths will wish to grab whatever they would be allured to. Caught in their wishful thinking, they may forget that if they have the right to chase their fancies, the other side too qualifies to deny the for- mers advances on the same ground. The elders would wish unques- tioned compliance of their whips while the youngsters would resist any encroachment in their indepen- dence. If freedom is applied in this spirit, there has to be disorder and chaos all around. Life, however, has to still keep marching ahead, despite all existen- tial constraints. And it ought move in a way that supports fulfillment of individual aspirational urges, and also take care of collective existen- tial concerns. What then is the way forward? A look into the ground on which our life is rooted, becomes imperative. For, the sense of free- dom could prove meaningful only when applied in conformity with the design parameters underlying our existence. And what does that call for? All empirical evidences suggest that we are all born as a part of a large existence, which is framed as a unitary organism, where no indi- vidual holds a reality independent of the totality. But all put together make a self-sufficient world. Now coming down to an indi- vidual plane, we are all born incom- plete, both in terms of constitution- al frame as well as our logistic con- cerns. That, in the first place, calls for relating to ones corresponding opposite, so as to meet each others constitutional void, and help each other to progressively evolve. Also, complement and supplement each others efforts and together take care of existential needs. This is the premise on which a man-woman relationship stands. By and large, women are born emotion-driven, while men are supposed to be head-driven. In togetherness, they could enjoy the best of both head and heart. Also, the two acquire each others virtues, and rise above ones individual lim- itations. The man and woman are also born with a void in their indi- vidual energy-construct. And, in togetherness, they strengthen each others energy structure. They, thus, help each other evolve holistically. But here again, the ones obliv- ious to subtle realities of life as explained above, would not care for the laws of nature. They remain stuck to the callings of their precon- ditioned minds. Such characters are often left behind in the run of time difficult to cover up later. In one such case, a lady who is already in late thirties has been denying mar- riage on one pretext or the other. She begins throwing tantrums whenev- er the parents try to counsel her. Her parents therefore, came asking whether she is promised of mar- riage, and if so, why she has been behaving so. Going by astrological parame- ters, her marriage is very much promised. But, her attitudes, as are reflected by her astrological point- ers, have been playing the spoil- sport. The sun is placed adverse to both neptune and jupiter. This makes her stuck to self-delusions and fanciful dreams out of touch with ground realities. She may habitually and mindlessly prefer to escape the truths of life. She also has a swaggering ego, which reads together with her virgo lagna brings in a sense of I am the only right person syndrome. That restricts the scope of her vision to her self- defined dos and donts not open to explore truths lying beyond. It becomes difficult for her to digest any advice or counsel at variance with her perceptions. The moon placed opposite jupiter makes her emotionally too much sensitive, whereby she takes even trivial issues to heart, and then stretches them beyond due. Mars placed opposite uranus makes her temperamental, irritable, hypercritical, self-willed, irritable, tactless, and at times even irrational. Jupiter locked in adverse formation to neptune brings in a sense of peculiar self-defined beliefs that further distances her from the truths of life. l| W|i|| i +| +||ulu|, 1+|u u|ul|+|| +|J pi|i|u+l uu|llu|. w|i| |u |i| +| 5, B+|||, 1u|pu|+ E/||iu|, |W l|i !4 ll. 98!8JJ2J/ 24J!JJJ! E|+il. piu||(u|i@||+|+|+||u.u| w|i|. WWW.||+|+|+||u.u| ASTROTURF BhARAT BhuShAh FA0MA0E0 |+J|u |u|i]+ i + |+|u| +|J |+J| +|J pi|i|u+l |+l|. Cu||+| J|+il. |+J|u@i|Ji+|+|u|.u|, WWW.i|Ji+|+|u|.u|, |. 98J28JJJ! Nature seels lolistic living