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Indian
New Zealand
Having squandered a great oppor-
tunity to take bold decisions to right
the economy in its frst term, the
John Key-led National government
in New Zealand has continued on its
tack of timid, tepid fnancial leader-
ship in the frst budget of its second
term.
The National Party was elected
in 2008 on the back of a popular
vote and Key turned out to be the
most popular prime minister ever
throughout the frst term. But that
mandate, popularity and goodwill
were largely wasted, with his gov-
ernment avoiding taking tough
economic decisions, instead opting
for softer options that were seen as
favouring the upper crust of New
Zealand society in almost its three
budgets in that frst term.
The National led government and
its Minister of Finance Bill English
have repeated that softly, softly
strategy in the frst budget of its
second term last month. It has once
again pretended not to notice the
several menacing elephants in the
room, going about as though they
simply didnt exist.
John Keys leadership was ex-
pected to bring a whiff of fresh air
in New Zealand politics because
of his successful background in
business and the world of fnance.
But last months budget has proved
beyond doubt that his government
has put realpolitik and political am-
bitions before sound business sense
to deliver a budget that does little, if
at all, by way of bold initiatives to
lift the country out of the fnancial
morass it fnds itself in.
Zero Budget
There is little to nothing in the
budget proposals to encourage new
investment, growth and job creation,
though it projects 2% growth this
year and 3% next year probably
solely based on expected Christ-
church rebuild initiatives. With no
prospects for growth and invest-
ment, the government has been left
to play within the limits of its tax
pie.
Budget 2012 therefore merely
tinkers around the edges, steering
clear of the big issues. As a Zero
Budget it is an elaborate exercise in
rebalancing of the tax take. In doing
this, it leaves personal taxation at the
same levels while severely punish-
ing the easiest of targets smokers.
So, excise on tobacco will go up 10%
on January 1 every year for the next
four years adding over $20 to a pack
of cigarettes. It is estimated to raise
$528 million in revenue over 4 years.
But the budget does nothing
to increase revenue from what is
widely considered by sociologists as
New Zealands Number One social
problem alcohol. It has been left
untouched, not the least because it is
one of the biggest contributors to the
pool of the countrys indirect taxes.
Other tinkering involves saving
the government some $184 million
over four years by eliminating the
ability for farmers to conveniently
swap between livestock valuation
methods.
Widely criticised as a party and
government favouring the well off,
the fnance minister has tried to live
down that image announcing the
governments plan to crack down on
tax loopholes for the rich.
Deductions for expenditure
related to assets like holiday homes,
yachts and aircraft will be disal-
lowed adding $109 million over 4
years to government coffers. The
business and personal use of such
assets is low, but the costs relating
to the period of non-use has been
hitherto treated as tax deductible
in a bid to minimise the owners
other tax liabilities.
Consequently, Inland
Revenue will receive more
funding to help it boost compli-
ance and better tax collection
with better policing.
Raiding kids piggy
banks
Budget 2012 has enough mea-
sures in it to have displeased
lower income earners. Many of
these seem marginal and look
like an easy way out rather than
confront the fundamental mac-
roeconomic problems facing the
country, which undoubtedly look
as though they are ballooning
into something dangerously big
in the coming decades.
For instance, the budget has pro-
posed small, seemingly inconse-
quential measures like the removal
of marginal tax credits raising just
about $117 million over 4 years.
These relate to incomes below $9880
including the active income of chil-
dren, inviting widespread criticism
from the opposition parties as steal-
ing from childrens piggy banks.
At a time when record numbers
of New Zealanders are leaving the
countrys shores to work across the
Tasman, especially in Western Aus-
tralias mining boomtowns and else-
where, the budget does nothing by
way of any bold measures to create
jobs or to develop incentives to per-
suade younger people to live in the
country and fnd work.
On the contrary, cuts to tertiary
student programmes fnancing has
had university students up in arms
disrupting traffc on main thorough-
fares in Auckland on budget day as
also remonstrations from a signif-
cant section of tertiary academics.
The budget also announced cuts
to primary and intermediate school
programmes, which caused wide-
spread outrage from teachers, prin-
cipals and parents alike, forcing the
government to backtrack on some
of them. This is undoubtedly going
to be embarrassing for the govern-
ment, especially since its much-tout-
ed return to surplus in 2014 with a
wafer thin, wishfully thought $197
million margin stands threatened
just a week out from the announce-
ment of Budget 2012.
Big issues left untouched
The government has once again
shown its timidity in confronting the
big issues that face the nation. There
is nothing in the budget that encour-
ages investment and job creation.
True, the global fnancial crisis and
the goings on in Europe are de-
pressing times for the entire world
and this may not be the best time to
embark on a high risk, growth ori-
ented game plan. But there is little
to back the governments claim that
some 154,000 jobs will be created
over the next few years.
Also there seems little support in
the budget in terms of strategy that
tags into the recently announced
super ministry headed by super min-
ister Steven Joyce that is supposed to
combine job creation, business and
investment among other things.
But the biggest elephant in the
room superannuation the annual
costs of which will equal or exceed
the entire education budget by 2016
and threatens to eat into a large
chunk of the outlay over the next
decade has been completely ignored.
The National Party continues its
ostrich like approach of burying its
head in the sand saying it will not
consider raising the super age from
65 to 67 as recommended by fnan-
cial experts.
It has twice fobbed off the Labour
Partys invitation to joint consulta-
tions on the subject. And while it
refuses to raise the super age, the
National government does not speak
publicly of what alternatives it has to
deal with the situation that threatens
to become a well nigh insurmount-
able problem if left untouched.
The government has also left
alone the idea of automatic, compul-
sory enrolment into KiwiSaver for
a later date given the half a billion
dollar costs it would entail, though
it has afforded more transparency to
KiwiSaver users to view the affairs
of their providers on a regular basis.
The much talked about capital
gains tax that other holy cow
has once again been left untouched,
preserving the one and only viable
investment option available to Kiwis
as in the past several decades: prop-
erty.
It is easy to see Budget 2012 as
an insipid and tepid dish capable of
whetting neither the fnancial nor the
political appetite.
A timid chefs tepid,
insipid serving
Dev NaDkarNI
From the Budget lock-up at the Beehive
There is little to nothing in the
budget proposals to encourage new
investment, growth and job creation,
though it projects 2% growth this year
and 3% next year probably solely
based on expected Christchurch
rebuild initiatives. With no prospects
for growth and investment, the gov-
ernment has been left to play within
the limits of its tax pie.
But the biggest elephant in the room
superannuation the annual costs of which
will equal or exceed the entire education
budget by 2016 and threatens to eat into
a large chunk of the outlay over the next
decade has been completely ignored. The
National Party continues its ostrich like
approach of burying its head in the sand
saying it will not consider raising the super
age from 65 to 67 as recommended by
fnancial experts.
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Indian
New Zealand
No frills, no thrills
The Government deserves credit for
its strict controls on Crown spend-
ing, which it projects will increase
by a total of just 11% over the next
four years. With the exception of the
forecast 30% hike in superannua-
tion over this period, businesses will
generally be comfortable with the
forecast spending.
The arguably bullish side is that
GDP growth is projected to average
about 3% over each of the next four
years. That drives the proftability
and employment that underpin the
forecast 29% increase in tax.
economic overview
Its been a year where the risks to
the economy remain incredibly
high, but the promise of signifcant
economic stimulus through the Can-
terbury rebuild and rather bullish
outlook from the Treasury on the
world economy see growth rising-
from 1.2% in 2011 to around 3%
from 2014 onwards.
Notably the growth profle in
Budget 2012 is lower but more stable
than the Treasury has predicted in
its previous two updates.
Unemployment remains elevat-
ed, at 6.6%, and reduces slowly,
even with the impact of the Can-
terbury rebuild. Despite Govern-
ment scaling up its own investment
spending over the last few years,
business and consumer confdence
has remained weak.
Canterbury stimulus
waiting for liftoff
One of the most signifcant impacts
on both the fscal and economic
picture is the effect that the Can-
terbury rebuild will have. Most
notably, the later commencement of
the rebuild has seen the Government
move $2 billion in spending from the
present year to the 2012/13 year.
The government numbers
can we really get back to
surplus by 2014/15?
Budget 2012 holds the line we saw
in Budget 2011 of a return to surplus
in 2014/15.
In the years prior to the return
to surplus, the Budget signifcantly
revises the expense profle with
most of this related to the movement
between years of the Canterbury
spending.
We have seen a signifcant revi-
sion on the debt front compared to
Budget 2011. Net debt is forecast
to peak at 28.7% of GDP in 2014,
almost 1% lower than this time last
year, but still 2% higher than pre-
dicted in Budget 2010. The govern-
ment remains on track to deliver its
long term fscal objective of a debt
fgure of around 20% by 2020.
Overall, Crown expenses as
a proportion of GDP drop as the
economy improves and the Govern-
ments focus on better public servic-
es delivers benefts.
The ability to return to surplus
by 2014/15, and meet the debt targets
is fundamentally dependent on
the Treasurys bullish outlook on
growth, and the associated tax rev-
enues. To average 3% growth from
2014 onwards will require New
Zealand to deliver an economic per-
formance equivalent to that of the
early 2000s
Budget 2012 is conservative and disciplined in one sense but bullish and optimistic in another.
Budget 2012
2
Budget 2012 is conservative and
disciplined in one sense but bullish
and optimistic in another.
its strict controls on Crown spending,
which it projects will increase by a total
of just 11% over the next four years.
With the exception of the forecast 30%
hike in superannuation over this period,
businesses will generally be comfortable
with the forecast spending.
The arguably bullish side is that GDP
growth is projected to average about 3%
over each of the next four years. That
drives the proftability and employment
that underpin the forecast 29% increase
in tax.
Economic overview
Its been a year where the risks to the
economy remain incredibly high, but the
promise of signifcant economic stimulus
through the Canterbury rebuild and
rather bullish outlook from the Treasury
on the world economy see growth rising
from 1.2% in 2011 to around 3% from
2014 onwards.
Notably the growth profle in Budget 2012
is lower but more stable than the Treasury
has predicted in its previous two updates.
Unemployment remains elevated, at
6.6%, and reduces slowly, even with
the impact of the Canterbury rebuild.
Despite Government scaling up its own
investment spending over the last few
years, business and consumer confdence
has remained weak.
Canterbury stimulus
waiting for liftoff
One of the most signifcant impacts on
both the fscal and economic picture is
the effect that the Canterbury rebuild
will have. Most notably, the later
commencement of the rebuild has seen
the Government move $2 billion in
spending from the present year to the
2012/13 year.
surplus by 2014/15?
Budget 2012 holds the line we saw in
Budget 2011 of a return to surplus in
2014/15.
In the years prior to the return to surplus,
the Budget signifcantly revises the
expense profle with most of this related
to the movement between years of the
Canterbury spending.
We have seen a signifcant revision on the
debt front compared to Budget 2011. Net
debt is forecast to peak at 28.7% of GDP in
2014, almost 1% lower than this time last
year, but still 2% higher than predicted in
Budget 2010. The government remains
on track to deliver its long term fscal
objective of a debt fgure of around 20%
by 2020.
Overall, Crown expenses as a proportion
of GDP drop as the economy improves and
the Governments focus on better public
services delivers benefts.
The ability to return to surplus by
2014/15, and meet the debt targets
is fundamentally dependent on the
Treasurys bullish outlook on growth,
and the associated tax revenues. To
average 3% growth from 2014 onwards
will require New Zealand to deliver an
economic performance equivalent to that
of the early 2000s
Budget highlights
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Real GDP Growth 2011 PREFU
2012 BPS 2012 Budget
Forecast GDP growth 2012-2015
Crown expenses as a % of GDP
Key Crown expenses as a % of GDP
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THE WINNERS
Research, Science and Innova-
tion gets a massive boost with $385
million including $166 million for
an Advanced Technology Institute,
$100 million to university research
and a range of other initiatives.
Infrastructure spending survives
and thrives, with previously sig-
nalled expenditure carrying on,
largely unaffected by the tighter fs-
calenvironment.
Fiscal responsibility is a terribly
dry area but the proposed amend-
ments to the Public Finance Act
will be a legacy of this Budget. The
moves towards greater transparency
and potentially forging a greater
link between the economic cycle
and government spending are very
important initiatives.
Health and Education but not in
the way youd think. The additional
funds provided are at the margins,
and the initiatives are worthy, but
the real achievement for the sectors
is the ability of these high-spending
sectors to escape reasonably un-
scathed.
Inland Revenue for getting $78
million for more compliance and
audit activity. IR has often used the
promise of extra revenue to bolster
its departmental capability, and it
has successfully gone to the well
again in Budget 2012. No signifcant
nw taxes are expected in the short
term, a fact confmed by the Min-
ister of Finance in the Budget lock-
up. Mr English also noted that IRs
systems are not currently able to
cope with new taxes.
THE LOSERS
Students as the Budget confms cuts
to student loans and allowances. It
is altering the student loan repay-
ment rate from 10 per cent to 12 per
cent for any earnings over $19,084.
This increase will hit students and
recent graduates hard but will save
the Government $240 million.
Social infrastructure is also a pos-
sible loser with economic infra-
structure nabbing some of the pro-
ceeds from the sale of shares in State
Owned Enterprises. We discuss this
more in a later section.
The public service and public ser-
vices, mainly because the Budget
continues the uncertainty for public
servants and lacks any really bold
moves for people using these servic-
es. The Budget announces the move
to an outcomes focus in 10 areas,
and also cements economies of scale
effcienciesin the amalgamation of
departments and back offces. While
he outcome focus may yield signif-
cant esults over time, the lack of
specifcity about hw services will be
transformed means we are yet to see
the kinds of service improvements
achieved in countries like Canada
and the UK.
Who were the winners and losers in the lolly scramble?
Budget 2012
3
The Winners
Research, Science and Innovation
gets a massive boost with $385 million
including $166 million for an Advanced
Technology Institute, $100 million to
university research and a range of other
initiatives.
Infrastructure spending survives
and thrives, with previously signalled
expenditure carrying on, largely
unaffected by the tighter fscal
environment.
Fiscal responsibility is a terribly dry
area but the proposed amendments to
the Public Finance Act will be a legacy
of this Budget. The moves towards
greater transparency and potentially
forging a greater link between the
economic cycle and government
spending are very important initiatives.
Health and Education but not in
the way youd think. The additional
funds provided are at the margins, and
the initiatives are worthy, but the real
achievement for the sectors is the ability
of these high-spending sectors to escape
reasonably unscathed.
Inland Revenue for getting $78 million
for more compliance and audit activity.
IR has often used the promise of extra
revenue to bolster its departmental
capability, and it has successfully gone
to the well again in Budget 2012. No
signifcant new taxes are expected in
the short term, a fact confrmed by
the Minister of Finance in the Budget
lock-up. Mr English also noted that IRs
systems are not currently able to cope
with new taxes.
The Losers
Students as the Budget confrms cuts
to student loans and allowances. It is
altering the student loan repayment rate
from 10 per cent to 12 per cent for any
earnings over $19,084. This increase
will hit students and recent graduates
hard but will save the Government
$240 million.
Social infrastructure is also a possible
loser with economic infrastructure
nabbing some of the proceeds from the
sale of shares in State Owned Enterprises.
We discuss this more in a later section.
The public service and public
services, mainly because the Budget
continues the uncertainty for public
servants and lacks any really bold
moves for people using these services.
The Budget announces the move to an
outcomes focus in 10 areas, and also
cements economies of scale effciencies
in the amalgamation of departments and
back offces. While the outcome focus
may yield signifcant results over time,
the lack of specifcity about how services
will be transformed means we are yet to
see the kinds of service improvements
achieved in countries like Canada and
the UK.
Who were the winners and losers in the lolly scramble?
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This Budget continues
the trend of diminishing
real spending in some
key expenditure areas.
This Budget
continues the trend
of diminishing real
spending in some key
expenditure areas.
Budget 2012
2
Budget 2012 is conservative and
disciplined in one sense but bullish
and optimistic in another.
its strict controls on Crown spending,
which it projects will increase by a total
of just 11% over the next four years.
With the exception of the forecast 30%
hike in superannuation over this period,
businesses will generally be comfortable
with the forecast spending.
The arguably bullish side is that GDP
growth is projected to average about 3%
over each of the next four years. That
drives the proftability and employment
that underpin the forecast 29% increase
in tax.
Economic overview
Its been a year where the risks to the
economy remain incredibly high, but the
promise of signifcant economic stimulus
through the Canterbury rebuild and
rather bullish outlook from the Treasury
on the world economy see growth rising
from 1.2% in 2011 to around 3% from
2014 onwards.
Notably the growth profle in Budget 2012
is lower but more stable than the Treasury
has predicted in its previous two updates.
Unemployment remains elevated, at
6.6%, and reduces slowly, even with
the impact of the Canterbury rebuild.
Despite Government scaling up its own
investment spending over the last few
years, business and consumer confdence
has remained weak.
Canterbury stimulus
waiting for liftoff
One of the most signifcant impacts on
both the fscal and economic picture is
the effect that the Canterbury rebuild
will have. Most notably, the later
commencement of the rebuild has seen
the Government move $2 billion in
spending from the present year to the
2012/13 year.
surplus by 2014/15?
Budget 2012 holds the line we saw in
Budget 2011 of a return to surplus in
2014/15.
In the years prior to the return to surplus,
the Budget signifcantly revises the
expense profle with most of this related
to the movement between years of the
Canterbury spending.
We have seen a signifcant revision on the
debt front compared to Budget 2011. Net
debt is forecast to peak at 28.7% of GDP in
2014, almost 1% lower than this time last
year, but still 2% higher than predicted in
Budget 2010. The government remains
on track to deliver its long term fscal
objective of a debt fgure of around 20%
by 2020.
Overall, Crown expenses as a proportion
of GDP drop as the economy improves and
the Governments focus on better public
services delivers benefts.
The ability to return to surplus by
2014/15, and meet the debt targets
is fundamentally dependent on the
Treasurys bullish outlook on growth,
and the associated tax revenues. To
average 3% growth from 2014 onwards
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economic performance equivalent to that
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A moving, personal tribute
Long time associate, friend and legal
luminary Thakorbhai Parbhu spoke
engagingly about Sir Anand at the
evening, peppering his address with
little known anecdotes that revealed
many biographical and personal
facets of the Governor General.
Excerpts:
Your connection with the Indian
community goes back to your late
Father Dr Sati as he was affectionately
called. He practised at 201 Ponsonby
Road. He originally came from Fiji and
on completion of his medical degree was
supported by the Indian Association for residency in New Zealand. He was
one of our frst Indian doctors in New Zealand.
You are the by-product of a good family. Your late father and your
mother Taraben were respected stalwarts and great supporters of the Indian
community. You married a lovely girl Lady Susan, a Legal Executive from
the law frm of Cairns Slane & Co. and you both raised your lovely family.
My personal refections over all these years are the dinner parties at our
place, your place and your parents place; too many to mention. You and
Lady Susan attended by grand-daughter Shailas frst birthday at May Road
Hall.
The hockey game you organised with the Justice Department and my
tea, our frequent meetings in the Law Library and the dinner at your unit in
Freemans Bay with David Lange who lived around the corner in Wellington
Street are still fresh in my mind.
I try to keep in touch with your movements at the local gymnasium which
you attend with our mutual friend Norman Elliott.
Your nature, disposition and character, your amiable attitude, your
ability to relate to all ethnicity, your friendship and contact with people and
organisations has made you a likeable and acceptable person in ftting with
your high offce. You have been a great bridge builder in New Zealand with
the various communities.
Your dignity in diffcult circumstances has stood you well. In the position
that you have attained you have brought honour and respect to the Indian
community not only in New Zealand but throughout the world.
You have walked into the pages of New Zealand history.
Remembering a dear mate
there were fewer than 10000, now there are
more than 100,000 making Indians the second
largest ethnic Asian group. The participation
of Indians is huge. When I joined law, Indian
lawyers could be counted on one hand now
there is a whole roomful and more, he added.
While being Governor General, he had the
occasion to attend several functions with an
Indian dimension throughout the country, he
said. Among these he recalled Diwali in many
parts of the country,
the diamond jubilee
of the Wellington
Indian Sports Club,
the 85th anniversary
of NZICA in Palm-
erston North and
the NZICA Womens
Conference in Wel-
lington in 2008 that
Lady Susan inaugu-
rated.
Touching upon relations between Indian
and New Zealand, Sir Anand acknowledged
the current negotiations on the free trade
agreement and the commitment of Prime
Ministers John Key and Manmohan Singh. He
said there was real substance in the negotia-
tions and that the relationship between the two
countries was becoming closer in a substan-
tive way.
Sir Anand described the Pravasi Bharatiya
Award that was presented to him at Vigyan
Bhavan in New Delhi was one of his most cher-
ished. While it made him proud of his Indian
heritage, it also refected the greatness of a
country like New Zealand where it was possi-
ble for a person of Indian, whose grandparents
and parents were migrants, could stand proud
with achievements as lawyer, judge, ombuds-
man and fnally as Governor General.
He said he looked forward to restore the
spontaneity and relative anonymity that comes
out of stepping down from offce. He was car-
rying a multitude of memories with him, he
added, many of these were shared closely with
the Indian community.
NZICA General
Secretary Raj Thandi
said, Sir Anand is a
great New Zealander
and distinguished com-
munity leader. He is a
fne example of a New
Zealander who made
good through hard work
and a commitment to
realising high goals.
The Association was very proud to honour
Sir Anand and his wife, Lady Susan. A special
plaque, designed by myself was presented to
Sir Anand that symbolised the respect that he
deserves.
About 200 members and guests, including
representatives of the New Zealand Govern-
ment attended the function. Sir William Birch,
a former New Zealand Minister of Finance,
Ramesh Patel, a New Zealand Olympian,
Judge Ajit Singh, Auckland City Councillor
Des Morrison and Member of Parliament Kan-
waljit Singh Bakshi also attended the event
among several other community luminaries.
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Together the changes are expected to
save the Government $410 million
over the next four years. They will
have less fscal ipact than the tobacco
excise rate increases ($532 million
over the same four year period) and
the $421 million to be collected from
increases in petrol excise duty and
road user charges. Inland Revenue
is expected to collect $377 million
more in tax with the additional audit
and debt recovery resources it re-
ceives.
Holiday homes, boats and air-
craft used for both private and
business purposes
The Government is concerned that
some taxpayers have been able to use
the current rules to obtain infaed
deductions for assets that are used
for both private and income earning
purposes. In the gun is expenditure
on holiday homes, pleasure boats
and aircraft that relates to periods
when the assets are not being used.
The changes are expected to save
about $109 million over the next four
years.
The Government believes it is
unfair and economically ineffcien
that an owner who uses an asset for
both private and income earning
purposes is currently entitled to
deduct the majority of their costs
because the asset is available for rent
or hire most of the time. In effect, the
owner of the bach, boat or helicopter
is receiving a taxpayer subsidy for
their private use of the asset.
The new rules will require
mixed-use asset owners to apportion
their deductions based on the actual
income earned and private use of
the asset. The Government gives the
example of a bach owner, who rents
the bach for 30 days in a year and
uses it themselves for 30 days in that
year. Under the new rules, the owner
will be able to claim a deduction for
50 per cent of their general costs,
rather than the 90 per cent they
can claim now. The new approach
remains relatively generous. A
tougher approach would have netted
the Government more than the $109
million it is expecting to raise from
the changes.
Livestock
The next omnibus tax bill will
include changes to the livestock
valuation rules aimed at prevent-
ing farmers who change valuation
schemes receiving an unintended
tax break. The changes will reverse
what would otherwise have been an
estimated $184 million fall in op-
erating revenue over the next four
years.
Under the current rules some
farmers were able to switch between
the two main livestock valuation
methods and thereby obtain a tax
advantage. In March, the Govern-
ment announced it would not allow
farmers to move from the herd
scheme to the national standard
cost scheme, except in narrow
circumstances, effective from 18
August 2011
Removal of tax credits
Three outdated tax credits (for
income under $9,880; childcare
and housekeeper expenditure; and
the active income of children) will
be removed with effect from the
2012/13 tax year. The Government
believes its spending on these tax
credits could be better directed to
areas of higher need.
According to the Government
the three tax credits have become
poorly targeted with their use,
in most cases, now quite differ-
ent from what was originally in-
tended. For example, the childcare
and housekeeper tax credit, which
is limited to $310, has been super-
ceded by Working for Families and
20 hours free early childhood edu-
cation.
The tax credit for children will
be replaced by a limited tax exemp-
tion to ensure that children will not
need to fle a ax return if they earn
small amounts of income that would
not usually be taxed at source e.g.
from babysitting or mowing lawns.
However, children will no longer be
able to claim a refund of tax that has
already been correctly deducted by
an employer.
Tax changes at the margins
The Governments changes to the income tax system are at the
margins. Two of the changes (to mixed use assets and the live-
stock rules) were foreshadowed last year. The third (repeal of three
minor tax credits) came as a tiny surprise.
There is not a lot in the latest
budget for small business but
then again there is not a lot to
hurt small business either. In
line with this governments
approach to information man-
agement, there were not a lot
of surprises but that was
because most of the content
was released in the month or
so before the budget.
Most of the changes will
impact individuals, not busi-
ness. The increase in the rate
of student loan repayments, remov-
ing the under $9880 income, child
care and house keeper tax credits
will have little impact for business.
However, the removal of the tax
credit for wages earned by school
children may increase the compli-
ance costs for small business. At
present a school child who earns
less than $2,340.00 per year is not
required to pay tax (PAYE) as they
would get a tax credit for that income
and a refund at year end. So employ-
ers do not include those payments in
their payroll or PAYE returns each
month in future they will have to,
so that will be be more work to do.
Changes to the mixed-use asset
rule will reduce deductibility for
those more well off small business
owners who own holiday homes and
boats but the impact will not be
widely felt.
The government has allocated
another $78 million to IRD for po-
licing tax which is similar to the
increase given last year. So small
business may well feel the impact of
increased IRD scrutiny and audit
especially in the areas of the cash
economy, debt collection and
unfled returns.
On the whole, small businesses
are happy when the tax environ-
ment and government fscal policy
is stable. Forecast GDP growth
seems reasonable for small busi-
ness albeit propped up by the un-
fortunate need for the Christchurch
re-build. The current government
through this budget and its general
policy is taking a cautious approach
to spending and debt and that
should provide the stable economic
platform that small business looks
for, albeit with the proviso of the in-
ternational market situation that will
always be a risk for New Zealand.
* Mike Hartley is director of
Small Business Accounting, New-
market, Auckland
Steady as she
goes
MIke HarTley
The forecast turnaround in the state
of the nations accounts is highly
dependent on bullish growth fore-
casts between now and 2016 say
PwC. The other major contribu-
tor is rigorous control over crown
spending.
We are surprised at the 29% in-
crease in tax and GST forecast over
the next four years, PwC chairman
John Shewan said.
This is highly dependent on
growth projections averaging 3%
over this period.
Clearly, the Christchurch
rebuild will have a signifcant
impact on growth. It is sobering
to note though that New Zealand
has not managed average annual
growth rates at these levels since
the early 2000s, when the domestic
and global economic climates were
radically different.
The tax changes to limit
the extent of deductions allow-
able against income from renting
holiday homes does not go as far as
expected, Mr Shewan said.
It would have been reasonable
to limit deductions to the actual
days a property is rented but the
Government has chosen not to go
this far.
The Budget refects impressive
constraint on Government spend-
ing over the next four years. This
constraint is in both core spend-
ing on departments and on transfer
payments such as unemployment
and domestic purpose benefts.
The standout exception to the
constraint framework is superan-
nuation. Superannuation payments
are forecast to increase by 29% over
the next four years relative to an in-
crease of just 1% in other areas.
The forecast hike in superan-
nuation costs demonstrates the
impact of the aging population, Mr
Shewan said.
This is an elephant that will
have to be addressed if we are to
avoid inevitable hikes in taxes in
the next few years.
High octane
tax take, highly
dependent on
growth
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Labour will reverse National's class size in-
creases, says party leader David Shearer.
There are hundreds of thousands of
parents out there working hard and raising
their kids the best they can, Mr Shearer said.
All they want is a fair deal. They expect
the government to play its part in supporting
them and giving their children the best start
in life at school. Theyre not getting that from
John Keys Government.
Instead National is knowingly undermin-
ing the ability of schools to give their students
a high-quality education by increasing class
sizes. I have never heard of a government
arguing in support of increased class sizes
as part of improving a childs learning. It is
short-sighted and it will damage our childrens
ability to learn, Mr Shearer said.
Some schools will also now have to decide
what classes they will cut as a result of the
Governments action.
Those classes may include reading recov-
ery that helps children who fall behind in
their reading as well as technology, science,
art and drama.
Parents and teachers are deeply worried
by the impact this policy will have on their
childrens learning. National is ignoring their
concerns, Mr Shearer said.
Education should be a priority. It is funda-
mental to the health, wellbeing and success of
our children and it is a key driver in creating
a prosperous and growing economy that ben-
efts us all. Labour is committed to investing
in education and in our children. Its as simple
as that.
Parents need a fair deal: Shearer
The year-on-year 10 per cent
cap on rates proposed for
nearly 200,000 Auckland rate
payers to be decided by Auck-
land Council tomorrow is
unacceptable, says Auckland
Chamber of Commerce head
Michael Barnett.
Equally unfair is the pro-
posal for business ratepayers
to pay 33 per cent extra in
each of the next three years as
part of Councils transition to
the new single rates system,
Mr Barnet said.
For ratepayers on fxed
incomes and the many small-
medium (SME) businesses on
tight margins there will be
serious and unfair consequences, he predicted.
Job losses and business closures are inevi-
table.
The Auckland legislation requires the
council to put in place a single rating system
from 1 July so that properties of equal value
will be paying equal rates, wherever you are
in the new Auckland. In theory properties in
Takapuna will be rated at the same level as
those in Henderson and those in Manukau.
Council has three years to make the tran-
sition, but is being misleading in what it is
telling Aucklanders about the change and its
effects.
Under the proposals Council will be asked
to confrm tomorrow, even with the proposed
10% cap on annual increases, there is no pos-
sibility of Auckland moving to a single rates
system in the next three years where everyone
is treated the same, Mr Barnett said.
* It is seriously mislead-
ing for Mayor Len Brown to
claim that Council is propos-
ing an overall rate increase of
3.6 per cent.
* The business community
is still being expected to con-
tribute 34 per cent of the rates
revenue even though they
represent less than 20 per
cent of Aucklands ratepay-
ers.
* Businesses are expected to
pay 163 per cent more in rates
for equal services on equal
valued properties, and there
is no proposal to remove the
business differential as there
should be if a single rate system is the goal.
These and other serious omissions in the
rates transition proposals must be addressed
by Councillors.
I agree with the Mayor that there is no
more important issue than a fair and equitable
rating system for all Aucklanders. But saying
that means nothing without honest action to
deliver.
Auckland Council urged to
modify rate rise proposal
Under the proposals Council will
be asked to confirm tomorrow,
even with the proposed 10% cap
on annual increases, there is no
possibility of Auckland moving to
a single rates system in the next
three years.
Michael Barnett, Chief Executive, Auckland
Chamber of Commerce.
Indian
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The Indian King of Disco, Bappi
Lahiri will be in Auckland for the
frst time ever in concert in Auck-
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The long awaited show had been
in talks since last year but due to
ongoing show bookings with Bappi
in South Africa and Middle East,
New Zealand gets to witness the
disco king on June 8 in Auckland.
The show promoters vow that
this will be a show of its kind in
Auckland. For the frst time the event
organisers have gone to the extent to
provide a separate set of disco dance
foor for the audience.
We wanted to give something
extra to the audience, wherever
there is music- people want to dance
and that is the case especially when
we are talking about disco music,
Event Promoter Doreen said.
This is not just any ordinary
dance foor we are talking about
a full lit-up, illuminated dance foor
for the audience; this itself will be a
showcase further.
Bappi Lahiri is scheduled for
the Auckland show on Friday, June
8, at Telstra Pacifc Events Centre,
Manukau, followed by a Sydney per-
formance on the 9th.
This event has been the most
talked about show by the public, the
standards have been raised by these
promoters as the event has more to
offer to audience together with ex-
tended hours, fully licensed venue
offering food and drinks, full disco
setup with upmarket sounds and
lights, separate disco dance foor for
audience and a gold piece gift give-
away presented to a lucky audience
by Bappi Lahiri, Doreen said.
Bappi Lahiri is truly a legend for
the Bollywood world; they dont just
call him the disco king for no reason
- a pioneer who invented disco to
India and to Bollywood cinema
screens.
He has worked in excess of 400-
plus Bollywood movies. His re-
freshing, vibrant and rhythmic disco
beats have kept India dancing for
decades. He is renowned as a music
director, singer, composer and his
music for his subsequent flms
were tremendously popular, placing
Bappi on the pedestal of stardom in
Bollywood. His music was mostly
popularised by famous on-screen
actor Mithun Chakraborty.
For the younger audience, his
music had frequently returned back
as remixed versions and Bappi will
be performing a selection of his hit
numbers to entertain the crowd for
his Auckland tour.
Most recently, Bappi made a
comeback with the song Ooh La La
Ooh La La in Bollywood flm Dirty
Picture which had once again put
him back on the Indias hit charts.
So put your dancing shoes on
get dressed in 80s disco style and
come along to a night of Bollywood
Disco that New Zealand will witness
for the frst time ever and probably
once in a life time.
Event starts 7.30pm 8th June at
Telstra Events Centre Manukau,
Gates open 6.30pm. For more in-
formation contact Prakash Mani
021888528
King of Disco live in Auckland next week
Put your dancing
shoes on get
dressed in 80s
disco style and come
along to a night of
Bollywood Disco
that New Zealand
will witness for the
first time ever and
probably once in a
life time.
Mothers Day was celebrated with much pomp
and fanfare on May 13 at the India gate Res-
taurant.
DJ music, amazing competitions between
mothers and lots of other surprises made the
event an evening to remember.
The function was held in association with
Humm 106.2 FM radio station.
We would like to express our gratitude to
Humm FM team for promoting and support-
ing us for Mothers Day celebration and make
this event happen amazingly and in an excel-
lent way with a maximum satisfaction to our
customers, Indian Gate owner Shivani Arora
said.
The event was memorable to all of us.
India Gate Restaurant, located at 380
Manukau Rd, Epsom, is a beautiful dining ex-
perience in Auckland for fne Indian food that
will delight our senses. Its great services from
delicious curries to mouth-watering tandoori
will leave you satisfed. India Gate restaurant
will always there on every step of the way in
providing excellent food to customers and
while using an apt Indian aphorism: Athithi
Devo Bhavo (Guest is God) generously, we
promises a taste sensation you won't forget for
long time.
Mother's Day bash at India Gate Restaurant
Indian
New Zealand
The invasion is set to come from
Penta brand tablets, produced in
India, at prices as low as US$60,
thats NZ$79.
The Noida, Delhi-based Pantel
Technologies Pvt Ltd, is focused on
revolutionising the education sector
with affordable tablets that univer-
sity, or high school students, can
easily access.
Although the initial focus of the
Penta tablet makers may have been
just India, the iPad-like tablet has
become so popular the company is
selling thousands a months, with
orders pending.
And in Auckland this week was
Vijender Singh, the founder and
CEO of the fedgling company that
has revolutionized the tablet market.
He is often called the Bill Gates of
India.
We are a young Information
Technology and Communication
devices hardware company pro-
viding ICT products under the brand
name of PENTA in India market,
the 34-year-old Singh told the Indian
Weekender.
We want to revolutionise the
way people accesses content/ in-
formation on the move, increase
productivity, access smart learning
modules to promote better educa-
tion, easy and clear collation of
data in everyday tasks in banking,
healthcare etc.
With this vision, Pantel Tech-
nologies has entered into a strate-
gic alliance with Auckland-based
Logical Systems to jointly address
the data consumption and ICT needs
of consumers by launching a range
of tablets, named Penta TPADs
bundled with the data services of
BSNL-3G.
We are working together to
ensure affordable and quality hard-
ware; interactive and easily under-
stood content; robust and affordable
carrier service; and friendly and safe
customer service, Singh said.
Our product range includes Net-
books, Laptops and Mobile Internet
Devices (Tablets).
Vijender said Penta was focused
on the education sector in the
country.
Education is a priority sector
for us and we frmly believe that the
new age digital technologies will go
a long way in fulflling the Govern-
ment mission of Quality Education
for all, Singh said.
Innovatively designed and com-
petitively priced ICT devices with
bundled wireless connectivity so-
lutions and appropriate education
content - will contribute in bridging
the digital divide and revolution-
ise.
Delhi-educated Singh is focused
on his goal of ease of education, and
would like to make the tablets avail-
able as cheaply as possible.
The Penta tablets are available in
5in, 7in, 8in, 9.7in, and 10in. They
can all do what a an iPad does.
Singh, who said they sold around
200,000 per month in India, is also
at the forefront of the development
of several universities and educa-
tional institutions in the state and
around the country.
Although the company is head-
quartered in India, it has several
factories in China, and around India.
Singh and the owner of Logical
Systems, Daven Naidu, visited Fiji
this week, and more advances are
planned in this part of the world.
Pantel Technologies has come up
with the worlds frst laptop with a
built in 3G SIM Card slot; enabling
a hot switch-on Internet access in
those areas of India where wireless
is yet to reach and make an impact.
Likewise, when a consumer
will buy our devices they will
also get access to complimentary
school education content, making
the experience that much more su-
perior and noteworthy. Our TPAD
solutions (Tablets) come with 2G/3G
SIM card slot. TPADs ensure con-
nectivity for users across the cities
as well as rural areas.
The Penta TPAD IS701R is a
powerful tablet solution at an unbe-
lievably affordable price you may
never have dreamt of.
It comes with Android OS and
high resolution 7 resistive touch
screen powered by 1GHz proces-
sor and inbuilt DDR II 256M RAM
It is best price-performance tablet
in their price range. You have all
the controls in a single fnger touch
mode. Browse web on wireless or
enjoy media playback on Penta
TPAD IS701R. Its support 32GB
memory on external memory card
slot.
An educational revolution from Penta
A powerful, new IT revolution is set to hit New Zealand soon.
Features:
Browse the web, watch
Youtube videos, check
e-mail, and much more.
Plays popular video, mu-
sic, and photo formats.
Download and Install
Google andriod apps.
Connect to the Internet
wirelessly with high-
speed networking sup-
port (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g).
easy access to email,
Offce and Games.
Be connected to your
friends and dear ones
on facebook and other
social networking media.
seamless Digital Media
experience.
e-Book reader.
rechargeable lithium-
polymer battery.
Is spirituality only for retired people?
The need for spirituality in our life's
is unclear, hence how and when to
practice it is also unclear. The bat-
tlefeld setting in which the Holy
Geeta - one of our greatest spiritual
texts was given out, clearly shows us
as to when the spiritual knowledge
is most effective how can we then
assume or recommend such spiritu-
ality to be best pursued after retire-
ment?
This clearly is an incorrect un-
derstanding of its very purpose.
Spirituality, as shown in the Geeta,
is to be heard, understood and
applied in our most diffcult cir-
cumstances, so that we do not get
lost in our journey in life.
Yet, most of us wait for our re-
tirement to learn the secrets of this
Divine text. Alas! By that time, we
are burdened with too many regrets
of our past actions, or our ego is
so stubborn that it is unwilling to
uplift itself due to the earlier habits
formed. But even if we do under-
stand and appreciate the principles
of the scriptures, we feel there so
much to change, we would have to
start in our next life... How conve-
nient, this is - this reincarnation?
The main reason for such an idea
is that we see Spirituality as a means
for securing a safe future after death
either for ourselves or for our loved
ones who have left the earthly plane.
If this is so, then becoming spiri-
tual after retirement seems like the
right thing to do. But to those of us
who are not afraid to ask why, who
look at the world and ask, what is the
reason behind this all? What is its
purpose? What is my purpose? Spir-
ituality takes a whole new dynamic
meaning and expression.
Our religion is not supposed to
be just a ticket to heaven, instead it's
a faithful map guiding us sincerely
and unbiasedly to our Final Desti-
nation, Liberation from all Bond-
ages. Imagine if your journey is
determined by the direction of the
traffc fow? Sounds silly doesnt it?
But most of our lifes journey is
unfortunately like that, determined
by the fow of others. Spirituality,
when properly heard, correctly un-
derstood and sincerely lived, pro-
vides us with our true inner goals
and prepares us on the path to reach-
ing them in our present life itself.
And when we live this spiritu-
ality consistently from early on in
life let me put it this way, the ben-
efts of That Spirituality, is seen
very evidently throughout our life,
even after retirement.
Br.adarshji is the resident
teacher of Chinmaya
Mission New Zealand
based @ 63 Mckenzie
road, Mangere, auckland.
BraHMaCHarI aDarsH CHaITaNya
Is spirituality only for retired people?
by Brahmachari Adarsh Chaitanya
Br.Adarshji is the resident teacher of Chinmaya Mission New Zealand based @
63 McKenzie Road, Mangere, Auckland.
The need for spirituality in our life's is unclear, hence how and
when to practice it is also unclear. The battlefield setting in which
the Holy Geeta - one of our greatest spiritual texts was given out,
clearly shows us as to when the spiritual knowledge is most
effective how can we then assume or recommend such
spirituality to be best pursued after retirement?
This clearly is an incorrect understanding of its very purpose.
Spirituality, as shown in the Geeta, is to be heard, understood
and applied in our most difficult circumstances, so that we do not
get lost in our journey in life.
Yet, most of us wait for our retirement to learn the secrets of this Divine text. Alas! By that time, we
are burdened with too many regrets of our past actions, or our ego is so stubborn that it is unwilling to
uplift itself due to the earlier habits formed. But even if we do understand and appreciate the
principles of the scriptures, we feel there so much to change, we would have to start in our next life...
How convenient, this is - this reincarnation?
The main reason for such an idea is that we see Spirituality as a means for securing a safe future
after death either for ourselves or for our loved ones who have left the earthly plane.
If this is so, then becoming spiritual after retirement seems like the right thing to do. But to those of us
who are not afraid to ask why, who look at the world and ask, what is the reason behind this all? What
is its purpose? What is my purpose? Spirituality takes a whole new dynamic meaning and expression.
Our religion is not supposed to be just a ticket to
heaven, instead it's a faithful map guiding us
sincerely and unbiasedly to our Final Destination,
Liberation from all Bondages. Imagine if your
journey is determined by the direction of the traffic
flow? Sounds silly doesnt it?
But most of our lifes journey is unfortunately like
that, determined by the flow of others. Spirituality,
when properly heard, correctly understood and
sincerely lived, provides us with our true inner goals and prepares us on the path to reaching them in
our present life itself.
And when we live this spirituality consistently from early on in life let me put it this way, the benefits
of That Spirituality, is seen very evidently throughout our life, even after retirement.
Bramhachari Adarsh Chaitanya serves as the Resident Acharya of Chinmaya Mission Auckland and
conducts weekly spiritual classes for children, youth and adults. For more information about the
Chinmaya Mission and Bramhachari Adarsh Chaitanya please follow this link, www.chinmaya.org.nz
or contact him at 2756954
Spirituality does not mean
retirement to a forest running away
from all worldly responsibilities and
putting oneself into self abnegation
and physical torture eating only
berries and leaves.
- Swami Chinmayananda
Adarshji
Put your dancing shoes on get dressed in
80s disco style and come along to a night of
Bollywood Disco that New Zealand will witness
for the first time ever and probably once in a life
time.
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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Commu-
nity in New Zealand continues to set
its sights on serving New Zealanders
as part of its Silver Jubilee thanks-
giving function to mark 25 years of
progress the community has made
so far.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
New Zealand Inc was established
in March 1987 and the registration
process completed as an incorpo-
rated society on April 5, 1988.
As part of the thanksgiving
celebration, the community will
commence on a 12-month plan of
key events across New Zealand,
ranging from a Feed the Poor Day
to spreading peace pamphlets to at
least 25 per cent of New Zealanders,
completion and launch of the Holy
Quran translated in Te Reo Maori
and holding a Peace Conference in
Auckland.
Mohammed Iqbal, national
president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim
community, said the aim of the silver
jubilee thanksgiving celebrations
was to recognise and remember the
numerous blessings and successes
bestowed upon the Jamaat through
the mercy and will of Allah.
The year-long programme pro-
vides a great source of inspiration
and motivation to come together as
one in all humbleness to celebrate
the achievements of our communi-
ty, Mr Iqbal said.
This milestone is a point in time
to refect on the
past and prepare
for the future. It
is a time to rec-
ognise and cele-
brate collectively
a set of activities
that marks our
25 years of
existence in
New Zealand
with complete
freedom and
safety, Mr Iqbal
said.
The communitys central mis-
sionary, Shafq ur Rehman said,
One of the main objectives of the
silver jubilee thanksgiving celebra-
tions is to arrange spiritual pro-
grammes in thankfulness to Allahs
divine favours on our members for
the growth and living proof of Ah-
madiyyat in New Zealand, fulflling
the grand prophecy of The Promised
Messiah Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad (as), of Qadian, I shall cause
thy message to reach the corners of
the earth.
The community has actively
contributed to New Zealanders in
time of need by contributing gener-
ously to the families of the victims
of the Pike River mines disaster by
sending working parties to help
clean up the liquefaction in the
streets of Christchurch following
the earthquake and giving fnancial
support towards Christchurch earth-
quake appeal by working with
the NZ Immigration services at the
refugee centre to assist with migrant
resettlement programme, organising
charity walk to raise funds for the
Royal NZ Foundation of the Blind,
arranging blood donation to the NZ
blood bank and assisting in other
relief efforts across the Pacifc.
Through Allahs blessing, our
community today consists of a wide
range of ethnicity; from New Zea-
landers, Maori, to migrants from all
parts of Indian Sub-continent, Mr
Iqbal said.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Com-
munity is a religious organisation,
international in its scope. It has
branches in over 193 countries in
Africa, America, Asia, Australasia,
and Europe with worldwide mem-
bership exceeding tens of millions.
Muslim community celebrates Silver
Jubilee in NZ
National president Mohammed Iqbal, left, and central missionary Shafiq ur
Rehman delivering a speech.
Declining eye health affects one in
seven New Zealanders over the age
of 50 and the incidence is increasing.
Charitable organisation Macular
Degeneration New Zealand has
launched the frst-ever Macular
Degeneration Awareness Week,
running from Sunday May 27-Sat-
urday June 2 and in its recent media
statement said New Zealanders
should consider taking a lutein sup-
plement to support eye health.
Scientists have discovered that
lutein and zeaxanthin, two antioxi-
dant nutrients found highly concen-
trated in the eye, can help protect the
eye from oxidative stress due to sun-
light exposure. Recent studies have
shown that appropriate levels of
high-dose antioxidant vitamins and
minerals (vitamins C, E, beta-caro-
tene, copper and zinc) may support
healthy eyesight.
Further studies are underway
investigating the effectiveness of
lutein and zeaxanthin. Lutein and
zeaxanthin are key ingredients in
Clinicians recently released, im-
proved formulation VisionCare
with Lutein dietary supplement, the
number one1 seller for supporting
eye health in New Zealand. Now
branded as Clinicians VisionCare
with Lutein, this unique, scientifcal-
ly-based formula supports macular
health and healthy vision. The new
formulation contains natural forms
of lutein and zeaxanthin.
The product has also changed to a
twice-daily (BID) dosing regime for
greater compliance. Clinicians Vi-
sionCare with Lutein also provides
important high-dose antioxidant vi-
tamins and minerals (vitamins C and
E, zinc, selenium and copper) which
offer support for healthy vision.
The new product includes natural
vitamin E and bio-available mineral
salts for enhanced absorption. New
Clinicians VisionCare with Lutein
is available in packs of 60 capsules.
RRP is $39.90 per pack.
Dietary supplements are not a
replacement for a balanced diet.
Always read the label and use as
directed. Use with a balanced diet
and exercise. If symptoms persist
see your health professional. Do not
exceed the recommended dose.
Antioxidants may help
maintain healthy vision
Scientists have
discovered that lutein
and zeaxanthin, two
antioxidant nutrients
found highly concentrated
in the eye, can help
protect the eye from
oxidative stress due
to sunlight exposure.
New Zealand
Indian
New Zealand
Aucklanders will get a taste of the Northern
Hemisphere winter with an ice rink confrmed
for Aotea Square from late June.
The ice rink will be the focal point of a The
Edges Winter Showtime programme of fam-
ily-friendly events, providing a great range of
entertainment opportunities for families.
Director of The Edge Robbie Macrae said
the ice rink i]was an exciting way to activate
Aotea Square during the colder months.
Were used to many people enjoying their
lunch or playing a game of touch during the
summer, and this gives people a chance to
enjoy Aotea Square in winter, Robbie said.
We think people will be excited about
coming to ice skate in Aotea Square, and they
dont have to worry about our temperamental
Auckland weather, the rink will be covered to
protect the ice and the skaters and the parking
close by at the civic car park.
The ice rink is set to be imported and
managed by Paradice Ice Skating, a local,
family owned business with ice rinks in
Botany and Avondale.
Paradice general manager Chris Blong is
a former National Figure Skating Champion
and said he was excited about bringing ice
skating to the CBD, promising skaters cold ice
and a warm welcome.
Were working to create a place where
beginners and experienced skaters can have a
great time this winter, with the same kind of
feel as the outdoor rinks in places like New
York and Toronto.
Therell be lessons available and were
working on a calendar of themed events to add
to the fun.
Aotea Square Ice RinkOpens: Saturday 23
June
Offcial opening event: Thursday 28 June -
Prices: $15 (children), $20 (adults) and $55
(family of four). Tickets include skate hire and
can be purchased on the door on the day.
Aotea Square Ice Rink
Announced
New Zealanders are taking up fu vaccination
in droves this year. The number of doses dis-
tributed so far this year in New Zealand has
just passed the 910,000 mark.
The previous record high was in 2010 at
the time of the swine fu pandemic when we
distributed over a million doses in the season.
So, if this trend continues we may match that,
says National Infuenza Specialist Group
(NISG)1 spokesperson and virus expert Dr
Lance Jennings.
Dr Jennings says its important that as
many people as possible are vaccinated to
protect themselves and especially those at
serious risk of complications from infuenza
the very young, the elderly, pregnant women
and those with ongoing medical conditions.
We know some people put off vaccina-
tion until mid-winter. But my advice to them
is, dont. The frst seasonal fu cases have
already arrived and activity can rise very
quickly in winter. It can take up to two weeks
to develop immunity from the time of vacci-
nation. So book in with your doctor or nurse
today.
Flu immunisation is free for New Zealand-
ers at high risk of more severe disease and
complications pregnant women, people aged
65 and over, and anyone with ongoing health
conditions such as heart disease, strokes, dia-
betes, respiratory disease (including asthma),
kidney disease and most cancers.
Canterbury residents also qualify for free
vaccination if they are aged between 6 months
and 18 years old.
Dr Jennings says there is low fu activity
in New Zealand at the moment with sporadic
cases of infuenza, mostly associated with
H3N2 infection being identifed. He says a
major outbreak of H3N2 would cause a surge
in hospital admissions and deaths.
The good news is, however, that the in-
fuenza vaccine offered this year covers three
strains currently in circulation in the southern
hemisphere.
Its estimated more than 400 people die
each year in New Zealand because infuenza
can make other conditions, such as breath-
ing or heart problems, even worse.Pregnant
women are also offered free immunisation as
studies have shown they are particularly sus-
ceptible to more severe outcomes from fu.
Pregnant women are now at the top of the
World Health organisation (WHO) at-risk
groups.Additionally, vaccination of pregnant
women has been shown to decrease the inci-
dence of infuenza in their new-born babies
2,3.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand
College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
recently stated that the safety of fu vaccina-
tion during pregnancy is well established and
vaccination should be routine.
The infuenza virus is easily spread and
anyone, young or old, ft or unwell, can catch it
and can get very sick.
Infuenza vaccine is only free for eligible
groups from a doctor or nurse until July 31.
Vaccine is available to other people for a small
charge or provided free by some employers in
workplace schemes.
Immunisation is available, but not free,
for healthy children six months and over and
adults. Infuenza immunisation cannot give
you the fu because it does not contain live
viruses.
There can be side effects, and these usually
disappear within 1-2 days without treatment.
NISG says that as well as getting a fu vac-
cination there are other ways you can protect
yourself and your family/whanau from fu in-
cluding:
* Wash and dry your hands often;
* Stay away from people who are sick;
* Stay away from work or school if youre
unwell;
* Cover your coughs and sneezes.
For further information go to www.fght-
fu.co.nz or www.health.govt.nz or call 0800
IMMUNE 0800 466 863.
Flu shots race towards million mark
Arunjeev Singh has become the frst Indian
lawyer to be honoured with a prestigious
community award for his outstanding service
to the community by the New Zealand Law
Society Auckland Branch.
The award, which carries one trophy, a cer-
tifcate and a cash reward of $2000, was spon-
sored by local law frm Bell Gully.
In a grand function held in the Winter
Garden of The Northern Club, Auckland CBD,
organised by New Zealand Law Society Auck-
land branch and attended by many judges,
legal luminaries and well recognised members
of lawyer fraternity in Auckland, Arunjeev
Singh was honoured with the Outstanding
service to the community award.
There were many nominations in this cat-
egory of the awards.
The award was presented to Mr Singh by
the principal of Bell Gully law frm among a
huge round of applause.
Highlighting the achievements of Arun-
jeev Singh, MC James Elliot, lawyer told
the gathering of over 300 guests that he had
helped New Zealand Police in translating the
Crime Prevention in Business booklet into
Punjabi language.
He has also authored the frst ever infor-
mative guide about New Zealand in Punjabi
language, New Zealand Guide. He had also
worked as volunteer with Community Crime
Watch Patrol, Papakura since 2008 and pro-
viding free legal aid to the clients of Citizens
Advice Bureau, Papakura.
He has provided legal services pro bono
to deserving litigants. He is the General Sec-
retary of Voluntary Law Association of India
New Zealand Inc and provides free legal
advice and free attestation of documents and
give free advice on immigration.
While thanking the council of the New
Zealand Law Society Auckland branch for
recognising his voluntary services, Arunjeev
Singh said that this award was like a life time
achievement award and he was humbled that
such a prestigious award had been given to
an Indian lawyer. He said that now he would
devote more time to social service.
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Hindu Council of New Zealand
(HCNZ) held the fourth National
Hindu Conference on 12th and 13th
of May, 2012, in Auckland.
Hon Judith Collins, Minister
of Ethnic Affairs, and Hon David
Shearer, Leader of Opposition in
NZ Parliament, along with Parlia-
mentarians Kanwaljeet Bakshi, Sua
William Sio and Melissa Lee were
present at the conference. Dr Rajen
Prasad, a Parliamentarian himself,
was the Master of Ceremonies for
the opening session and he repre-
sented as an active member of the
Hindu Organisations, Temples, and
Associations (HOTA) forum.
A notable part of this confer-
ence was that it was coordinated
by Hindu youth, a majority of them
young women, i.e., Pritika Sharma,
Komal Shah, Mamta Bhikha, Nitika
Sharma and Arti Patel. Their organ-
isation skills, as well as their ability
to keep the conference deliberations
at a very high level shone through
the two days.
A number of Hindu organisa-
tions from various parts of the North
Island were present at the confer-
ence. In addition, international pres-
ence from the Pacifc region in the
form of Vishwa Hindu Parishad of
Australia, and Vishwa Hindu Pari-
shad of Fiji, along with Ramakrishna
Mission Fiji added to the growing
sense of common purpose of Hindu
organisations in the region.
The conference deliberated on
a very wide range of topics. The
opening session saw discussions
with Dr Rajiv Chaturvedi from
HCNZ on Hindu-Maori relations,
and Mrs Akila Ramarathinam from
VHP Australia proposing education
on Hindu Dharma in New Zealand
schools, similar to the lines of what
is already achieved in Australia.
During the session on Entrepre-
neurship, a venture capitalist fund to
encourage Hindu entrepreneurship
was discussed by well-known busi-
ness leaders from the Indian diaspo-
ra. The role of ethnic media and that
of educationalists to counter wrong
propaganda and stereotypes led
to some passionate discussion and
practical steps to spread awareness
with Hindu Dharma (as opposed to
the wrong translations of Dharma
into the English words such as reli-
gion, faith and "ism").
Todd Nachowitz of Waikato
University presented his prelimi-
nary results of a New Zealand wide
survey of Hindu and Indian com-
munity. The issue of targeted con-
version of Hindus from Dharma to
various religions and cults came up
during discussions.
In the session on Hindu Mandirs
(Temples) serving the community
saw representatives ranging from
the young Ms Pauthriya from Wan-
ganui sharing about the way the
small Wanganui Hindu commu-
nity runs the Shri Krishna cultural
centre, to those from big and popular
temples and ashrams of Auckland,
with thousands of attendees. The
service a pujari (priest) provides in
the Mandir and to the community on
various Hindu occasions, and his/
her duty towards the community
was spoken on by Acharya Tiwari
and other speakers.
A parallel youth session dis-
cussed ways and means for youth to
be engaged in social and cultural ac-
tivities. The way the conference was
organised already made it clear what
can be achieved when youth brings
in their energy to organisation.
On the second day, which coin-
cided with the Girmitya day celebra-
tion by Fiji Indian community, the
young representatives, Mr Jay Dayal
from VHP Fiji and Swami Tadanan-
da from the Ramakrishna Mission,
spoke on the coordinated efforts by
Hindu organisations to provide relief
to food victims in Fiji in the recent
foods. The support from Hindu or-
ganisations and also from individu-
als in New Zealand, Australia, and
UK in these efforts was mentioned.
Long term service by Friends of Fiji
Health from New Zealand and how
these networks can help in future
was presented.
On the session on Hindu Or-
ganisations serving community, it
was emphasised that the progress
towards individual growth in Hindu
Dharma requires a service oriented
approach towards life, according
to Hindu scriptures. That is what
Hindu scriptures reason and teach.
The session was conducted by the
Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh, which
has been involved in inculcating the
values of sewa (service), through
various activities with youth in
Auckland.
An annual Sewa day was pro-
posed, as a means for strengthening
coordination between various Hindu
organisations in New Zealand,
wherein while continuing with their
service activities. The proposal is to
centrally gather the information on
Sewa activities done by each organ-
isation. This information would then
be shared with all organisations, and
New Zealand people at large.
The session on Hindu festivals
discussed the celebrations of Hindu
Festivals, such as Deepawali, (Hindu
Festival of lights), Holi (Hindu Festi-
val of colours) and Raksha Bandhan
(celebrating Universal Fellowship
& Veneration of Womanhood) on a
public platform. A strong message
about the minimum expectation of
maintaining Hindu traditions on fes-
tival days was stressed. For example,
the minimum an organisation or
workplace can do to show cultural
sensitivity while celebrating Hindu
festivals, is abstain from non-veg-
etarian food, alcohol, smoking, etc.
when organising these Hindu festivi-
ties.
In the concluding session, the
work done in the past two years by
the Hindu Organisations, Temples,
and Associations (HOTA) forum to
help increase coordination between
Hindu organisations by a shared
project whose leadership rotates
among participating organisations
annually was presented by Mamta
Bhikha.
The fnal presentation was on
the upcoming international events
by the World Hindu Congress, with
themes of Youth, Economics, Poli-
tics & Democracy, Women, Organ-
isation, Media and Education to help
in the renaissance and resurgence of
Hindu society. All are invited to reg-
ister interest for these conferences.
Similar events are planned for New
Zealand as well.
Hindu conference motivates women,
youth and business community
London: A 16-year-old Indian origin
schoolboy in Germany has managed
to crack puzzles that baffed the
world of maths for more than 350
years, it was reported in London
Saturday.
Shouryya Ray, from Dresden,
has been hailed a genius after
working out the problems set by Sir
Isaac Newton.
Ray solved two fundamental
particle dynamics theories which
physicists have previously been able
to calculate only by using powerful
computers, Daily Mail reported.
His solutions mean that scientists
can now calculate the fight path of a
thrown ball and then predict how it
will hit and bounce off a wall.
Ray only came across the prob-
lems during a school trip to Dresden
University where professors
claimed they were uncrackable, the
newspaper said.
"I just asked myself, 'Why not?',"
explained Ray.
"I didn't believe there couldn't be
a solution," he added.
Ray began solving complicated
equations as a six-year-old but says
he's no genius.
After arriving from Kolkata four
years ago without any knowledge of
the German language, Shouryya is
now fuent in the language.
His intelligence was quickly
noted in class and he was pushed up
two years in school- he is currently
sitting his exams early, the Mail
said.
Source: NDTV
Wonder boy
solves
Newtons
350-year-old
Math problem
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I had been touched by the famous Indian movie Ruldaali, played by
the enigmatic Dimple Kapadia, to such a great level, that I was sceptical
to see a play on it.
I didnt want anything to change the way I felt for the subject. But, I
was proven wrong by Amit Ohdedar and his team.
Prayas has done another good production and a diffcult one to that,
by touching such a sensitive subject.
The mood was set brilliantly by a live orchestra headed by Kim,
Vidhit, Ahi and the lead vocalist, Moushumi Das. They did a wonderful
job of setting the mood of a Rajasthan village, just by the music. That
was enough to get us into the life of the characters.
Shanichari, the protagonist was played by Patricia Vichmann. She
did a marvellous job of showing the sorrow within something that is
diffcult in theatre due to lack of close-ups.
She had the character intact till the very end. Her dear and only
friend Bhikni, played by Monica, had all the charm of a mature woman,
and the love that she gets into Shanicharis life was well portrayed.
A good mention had to be made of the male cast, all of whom were
very much in character and showcased the support or the lack of it, that
the women face in the rural Indian society.
The entire production was a great team effort with every cast and
crew contributing to the hilt, which is, for me, the best part of any
theatre production. The choreography, art, music and lights were well
synchronised, making the drama gripping to the end.
The subject itself was handled well with a sprinkle of humour here
and there. The carnival and dance
sequence within the play was a
pleasant surprise.
Kudos to the producer, Sudeep-
ta, for supporting such ventures,
which ensure that the Indian ethos
is maintained in the art and cultural
feld here in New Zealand.
It was a prayas that was very
much worthwhile.
Rudali: The Mourner An interesting adaptation
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Creative Director, Photography: Bhavnesh Soni
Choreography: Rahul Chopra
Music: Moushumi Das
Cast:
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NEW DELHI: Sony Pictures has
announced that its upcoming super-
hero fick The Amazing Spider-Man
will hit screens in India at the end of
next month, ahead of opening in the
United States.
The Marc Webb-directed movie,
that also stars Bollywood actor
Irrfan Khan, will premiere in Indian
cinemas on June 29 which and
before releasing on July 3 in the US.
In the movie where 28-year-old
Andrew Garfeld stars as Spider-
Man, Irrfan Khan plays the charac-
ter of Dr Ratha, an associate of the
character Dr Curt Connors, aka The
Lizard, played by Rhys Ifans.
Each of the Spider-Man fran-
chise flms has broken records on its
release in this territory. We are very
confdent that Indian audiences will
enjoy the new reboot of the fran-
chise even more because they are
watching it before the U.S. and also,
as this flm has an India connect,
said Sony Pictures India Manag-
ing Director Kercy Daruwala was
quoted as saying.
Spider-Man 3 grossed Rs 680
million ($13.6 million), which at
the time, made it the highest gross-
ing Hollywood flm here, according
to Sony Pictures India, until that
record was broken by Avatar which grossed
over $22 million in 2009.
Our lineup of strong franchise flms with
mass appeal and already established high
brand recall are ideal for unique and exciting
co-promotional activities with like-minded
brands, both local and international, said
Sony Pictures India, DirectorMarketing,
Divya Pathak.
After completing 75 years as a studio in
India, 31 of which I have personally been a
part of, I can say without a doubt that this is
our biggest and most exciting lineup ever with
tried and tested record-breaking performance
at the Indian box offce, added Daruwala.
Spiderman reaches
India frst
Mumbai, May 25 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) must be ready with a plan and di-
rection to restore the national economy, said
senior party leader Arun Jaitley last week,
hoping that the National Democratic Alliance
(NDA) it leads would come to power riding on
the wave of anti-Congressism.
"The BJP must now be ready with a plan
and direction to restore the national economy,"
said the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
while speaking on the political resolution at
the BJP National Executive at Mumbai.
He said the UPA II has shown governance
at its worst.
This situation presents a challenge and an
opportunity for the BJP, he said, adding that
the national mood of anti-Congressim must be
exploited and the NDA expanded.
"The third front experiment of governance
has been tried repeated. It has failed and con
not be replicated. We must prepare the BJP to
be a cohesive and the ethical party prepared to
give direction to the nation," he said.
"We must avoid any kind of contradictory
voices emerging from within.We have provid-
ed good governance at the centre (1998-2004)
and in the states. Our agenda for good gover-
nance must be strengthened," he said.
He said though traditionally India has
shown a great sense of resilience to emerge
stronger from crisis, the "present crisis of gov-
ernance and lack of credibility has shaken our
national confdence.
"There is a sense of despair and helpless-
ness. UPA II marks a new low in political
management and economic decision making;
in fact there is no economic management or
political direction," he said on the concluding
day of the national executive while making
his comments on the political resolution of the
party.
"There is crisis of leadership. The head
of the government is not the natural leader of
either the party or the nation. The lack of lead-
ership is responsible for the directionless and
the absence of decision making," he said.
"An economic crisis has engulfed us.
Rupee is the worst performing currency in the
region. There is a huge fight of capital and
investment. Infation has been uncontrolled
for years. Agricultural surplus and shortage
are both creating a crisis of mismanagement.
Success stories like Telecom, Highways, Real
Estate etc. are being converted into scandals.
No nation can afford to destroy success. All
this has depleted economic activity and will
result in job losses and a loss of revenue," he
said.
He said the political management of the
UPA is equally disastrous for the nation.
"The allies of the UPA are a discontent lot.
However they are willing to proclaim but un-
willing to strike. Parties like the BSP and the
SP are pushed to submissiveness due to pres-
sures on them by the CBI. Maoism continues
to spread unabated. The government has no
game plan to deal with it. Rather than work for
a fuller constitutional integration of Jammu &
Kashmir with India, the Interlocutors report
has set a reverse process into motion," he said.
Jaitley said misuse of CBI, lack of consulta-
tion with the opposition or even allies, assault
on federalism, discrimination against non-
Congress governments are regular features.
BJP must be ready
with plan: Jaitley
New Delhi: Team Anna has targeted Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and 14 other min-
isters in the union cabinet, including exter-
nal affairs minister S M Krishna and fnance
minister Pranab Mukherjee, by demanding
investigations against them in matters of cor-
ruption.
Later, Krishna, who has been accused of
diverting forest land for mining as the Karna-
taka chief minister, has denied the charges in a
letter to Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal.
"We have sent a letter to the prime minister
demanding a special investigating agency to
probe the charges against all 15 [including the
PM] and come up with fndings in six months,"
Mr Kejriwal said.
This time the group did not spare the PM
even while also targetting Congress stalwarts
like Pranab Mukherjee.
"Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister
since May 2004 and was personally in-charge
of the Coal Ministry from November 2006 to
May 2009. Under his watch a major coal allo-
cation scam took place which allowed private
frms to make windfall gains," alleged Team
Anna in their latest attack on the government.
Team Anna cited portions of a draft CAG
report to bring the charges against Singh.
Other ministers mentioned by Team Anna
are Sharad Pawar, S K Sindhe, M K Alagiri,
Farooq Abdullah, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khur-
shid, G K Vasan, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Praful
Patel, Kamal Nath, P Chidambaram and Virb-
hadra Singh.
Krishna, who has been accused of dere-
serving forest land for mining, said his case
is sub-judice and the Supreme Court had put
a stay on it.
Team Anna group, which is led by the self-
styled Gandhian activist Anna Hazare, has
threatened to launch an indefnite fast from
July 25.
Team Anna targets PM,
Krishna, Pranab
Indian
India
Time magazine last
week labelled Indian
cricket legend as the
worlds greatest sports-
man.
In a cover article
headlined The God
of Cricket, the infu-
ential international
magazine said: Sachin
Tendulkar, the worlds
best athlete, doesnt
just carry the burden
of a billion dreams. His
success is intertwined
with Indias economic
rise.
The Time article
follows Tendulkars
milestone achievement
of a 100th century a
new feat on March 16
against Bangladesh in
Dhaka.
The magazine
further said: The
Indian obsession with
cricket means Ten-
dulkar carries a heavier
burden of expectations
than any other athlete.
Article author
Bobby Ghosh goes on: Of Ten-
dulkars many achievements as a
cricketer, perhaps the most diffcult
is the one he must repeat every time
he bats for India: carrying the hopes
and dreams of an entire nation on
his back. It is the heaviest burden
borne by any modern sportsman,
and his ability to carry it for more
than 22 years while utterly dominat-
ing his sport makes a good case that
Tendulkar is the worlds greatest
athlete. Tendulkars genius stems
from a combination of physical at-
tributes superhuman hand-eye
co-ordination, lightning refexes,
powerful wrists and near perfect
balance and a voracious appetite
to keep accumulating runs to utterly
dominate bowlers.
Opponents have tried to intimi-
date him with speed and bounce,
with guile and spin, all to no avail:
he has no Achilles heel.
Says Indian TV news anchor
Rajdeep Sardesai: Sachins the folk
hero India want, at a time of political
scandal and sense of moral decline.
There are no political heroes in
public life, and Bolly-
wood heroes are fake.
Sachin is the real thing.
1989: Tendulkar
made his debut for India
as a 16-year-old wonder.
1990: Collects his
frst score of 100 or more
in a fve-day test match
against England.
1994: Scores his frst
century in a one-day
game against Australia.
1996: Becomes
captain of the Indian
team.
1997: Named cricket-
er of the year by Wisden,
the sports bible.
2001: Becomes the
frst batsman to score
10,000 runs in the
one-day format.
2002: Scores his 30th
test century, surpassing
Australian legend Don
Bradman, to whom he is
frequently compared.
2003: Racks up 673
runs in a World Cup,
a record, and is named
player of the tournament.
2005: Reaches 10,000 runs in
test cricket.
2008: Surpasses Caribbean great
Brian Lara to become the highest
run scorer in test cricket.
2010: Becomes the frst batsman
to score a double century in a
one-day game.
2011: India wins the World Cup,
beating Sri Lanka, with Tendulkar
as the tournaments leading scorer
again.
2012: Scores his 100th ton, a new
feat.
Sachin the God of cricket: Time
Chennai: The City of Joy witnessed
untimely Diwali celebrations on
Sunday night as Kolkata Knight
Riders (KKR) beat mighty Chennai
Super Kings (CSK) by fve wickets
in the nerve-crunching fnal match
of the Indian Premier League (IPL)
at the MA Chidambaram Stadium
here.
Chasing 191 runs for victory,
KKR reached the winning score of
192 runs for the loss of fve wickets
in 19.4 over in the game.
KKR had the worst possible
start to the match as Gautam
Gambhir (2) perished in the very
frst over of the match. His wicket
was picked up by B Hilfenhaus.
Manoj Tiwary, Manvinder Bisla
and Jacques Kallis emerged as
the new heroes of the city as they
played three crucial knocks that
shattered CSK skipper MS Dhoni's
dream of lifting the maiden IPL
trophy.
It was Bisla who started the
attack by hammering a brilliant
knock of 89 runs from 48 deliveries
that included fve sixes and eight
boundaries.
South African batting icon
Jacques Kallis on the other hand
played a crucial knock of 69 runs
from 49 deliveries to give KKR
supporters enough ingredients
to cheer for the side. He hit seven
boundaries and a six on Sunday.
Bisla and Kallis added 136 runs
in the second wicket partnership.
However, the match slowly
started to get drifted towards
Dhoni's side when KKR lost both
Bisla and Kallis in crucial junc-
tures of the game.
Laxmi Ratan Shukla (3) and Y
Pathan (1) faied to deliver with the
willow.
However, Shakib Al Hasan (11*)
and Manoj Tiwary (9*) kept their
nerves cool in the fag end of the
match and helped KKR reach the
wining score of 192 runs in 19.4
overs.
Dhoni gave Bravo to bowl the
last over of the match as KKR
needed nine runs to win from it.
Manoj hit two back to back
boundaries in the last over of the
innings to cruise to the winning
score as KKR supporters across the
globe burst into celebrations.
B Hilfenhaus picked up two
wickets in the match.
Earlier, CSK scored 190 runs
for the loss of three wickets in their
quota of 20 overs.
Mike Hussey (54) and Murali
Vijay (42) gave Super Kings a great
start with their 87-run stand after
Suresh Raina made an explosive
38-ball 73.
Opting to bat frst, Hussey and
Vijay laid the foundation of the
innings with their 87-run stand that
came off in just 62 balls.
Hussey was also involved in
a 73-run stand with Raina, who
smashed fve sixes and three fours
in his whirlwind knock.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh
Khan, who owns KKR, looked a
happy man as he greeted his players
for the victory.
"We are completely thrilled. I
want to thank Gautam (Gambhir)
and my boys," Khan said.
Bisla, who was announced the
'Man of the Match' for his scintil-
lating knock that helped the entire
nation swing to the tunes of 'Korbo
Lorbo Jitbo re'.
CSK had won the last two edi-
tions of the tournament.
SRKs Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL crown
Punjab putra Varinder Singh
Ghumman has become the chosen
one for legendary bodybuilder, Hol-
lywood actor and former California
Governor Arnold Schwarzennegger.
Ghumman, the 6 feet 3 inch Ja-
landhar athlete will be the brand
ambassador of Schwarzennegers',
health products and food supple-
ments in Asia.
Schwarzenneger, the Termi-
nator actor is so impressed by the
28-year-old that he has dubbed him
on Facebook as an amazing talent
from India.
He has also tagged the links
of Varinder's upcoming movie
'Kabaddi Once Again' clips to show-
case his 23-inch biceps.
Ghumman told reporters it was
an honour for Punjabi cinema.
"It's a great thing for a regional
Punjabi cinema to be recognised
by the Hollywood star. He appreci-
ated my
physi que
and was
sur prised
to see that
India was
producing
athletes of
such big
built. The
contract is
in the fnal
stages and
will be
s i g n e d
soon. I
hope to
popul a r-
ise body
bui l di ng
in India," he said.
The bodybuilder will be acting
in another Punjab flm Fateh - the
Victory soon.
Ghumman had Salman Khan in
awe as his personal trainer intro-
duced him to the celebrity on the
sets of Dabbang near Pune where
Ghumman had attended a body
building show as a chief guest.
The strapping Punjab athlete
claims to be totally vegetarian and
that struck a chord with the former
California governor during their
meeting in 2010.
Ghuman was a gold medallist at
the Australian Grand Prix 2011, one
of the top rankers in the Mr Universe
contest and Captain of the Indian
Bodybuilding team, and also among
the Top Rankers at the Arnold
Classic Europe, the bodybuilding
mega contest of Hollywood Termi-
nator Arnold Schwarzenneger.
Ghumman the chosen
one for Terminator
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Just this week I asked my daughter, a politics student at Auckland Uni-
versity, what she thought of the Finance Minister Bill Englishs recent
Budget.
Ive had a brief look at it and Im not happy, she replied.
What are you not happy about?
The tightening of the student loans; you must have seen the protests
(in the streets) and you can rest assured that will not be forgotten, she
replied vehemently. The student loan repayment rate has increased
from 10 cents to 12 cents, the voluntary repayment bonus has been
removed, as has been the eligibility for student loan allowances and
post-graduate study.
Changes to student loans was one of the sour points of a Budget which
has failed to deliver leadership and vision at a time when it is most
needed.
Englishs paper boy tax has also stunned many. School-aged chil-
dren will no longer be entitled to a tax refund if they earned wages for
part-time work.
As the lead article in this issue points out, the Government has again
failed to show bravery in tackling the big issues, instead showing cow-
ardice in raiding kids piggy banks to gather revenue over the next
four years.
Some may argue that the Government made the hard decisions in
order the save the economy, and the country from the upheavals facing
Italy, Greece and Spain.
As the page 2 article, by Dev Nadkarni, says the biggest elephant in
the room superannuation the annual costs of which will equal or
exceed the entire education budget by 2016 and threatens to eat into
a large chunk of the outlay over the next decade has been completely
ignored.
The National Party continues its ostrich like approach of burying its
head in the sand saying it will not consider raising the super age from
65 to 67 as recommended by fnancial experts.
Refusing to raise the super age may well be tied to a pre-election
pledge may by Prime Minister John Key, who then said he would
resign before a raised super age became a possibility.
Now into its second term in offce, the hard decisions taken by the
Government will not be easily forgotten especially by those directly
affected.
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You can take an Indian out of the country but
Sir
I strongly feel that the article written by Subhash Appana in Indian Weekender, dated
May 11, 2012 (third anniversary issue), is offensive to Fiji Indian people and culture;
also, he is not accurate.
I do understand that it is his opinion but when something like that is published in an
Indian newspaper and read by others, it is inappropriate for others to make or get the
wrong impression of Fiji Indians.
I would like to highlight and correct some of his comments: Why was there a need to
compare Indians from India and from Fiji. Fiji Indians came to Fiji from India during
1879 and 1916, to work on Fijis sugarcane plantations.
They were bought by the Fijis Colonial rulers. The Girmit, or agreement, of inden-
tured labourers and yes, they were signed by our ancestors.
Appana writes that they could not read, let alone, understand; I strongly feel that
it was purely a case of language barrier. There was lack communication between the
two parties.
Secondly, Fiji Indians are very hardworking. Our language is derived from Awadhi
and Bhojpuri and also other parts of India. Since our ancestors came from various
parts of India they all mixed into a related dialect.
The Fiji Indian cuisine consists of variety of fruits, vegetable, poultry, seafood and
meat. The food cooked is mixed herbs and spices and other types of cooking method
like oven, open fre as well as lovo (traditional Fijian earth oven).
So it is unfair to make a comment that Fiji Indian diet has heavy meat. As far as I know,
Fiji Indian foods consist of balanced a diet. In Fiji and even Fiji Indians living in New
Zealand, we love to socialise, we love to meet people and are open hearted.
I grew up from a family where visitors are treated as gods, so we go out of way to make
them welcome.
Drinking alcohol is not a key to socialising; it is the people who make it fun and en-
joyable. We have various prayers and other functions that dont require drinking nor
meat but yet we all have an enjoyable time.
Appana also mentioned that Fiji Indian male and female come across as aggressive.
This generalisation is wrong as every being is unique and the emotions that one dis-
plays doesnt necessarily mean Fiji Indian people are aggressive.
I know a lot of Fiji Indian people who are doctors, accountants, bankers, Justice of
Peace, lawyers and, more importantly, parents. These roles require great deal of pa-
tience and understanding.
And, let us not forget that New Zealands frst Indian Governor-General Sir Anand
Satyanand has Fiji origin.
We are Indians who love and embrace our culture, language, foods, and religions.
We also encourage our future generations to learn about our culture and who we are.
Articles like this makes one feel degraded, and low. Fiji Indians today, in New Zealand
have various mandalis (prayer groups) most of which are run by our youth.
We also some awesome business owners, mentors in the community and other respect-
ed Fiji Indians all over the world. Every being is an individual, I would like to say that
you can take an Indian out of a country but you cant take the Indian from the person.
Devika Chand
Auckland
Letters
Budget 2012 void of bold decisions
A man is but the product of his thoughts
- what he thinks, he becomes.
- Mahatma Gandhi
T H O U G H T O F T H E W E E K
Indian
Comment
Many years ago I was given a chal-
lenge to sort a puzzle. The puzzle
pieces when put correctly would
complete the world map. I remem-
ber spending days as a child trying
to get it right but for a ten year old it
seemed like a mammoth task.
I gave up and fnally asked my
mother for help. She calmly tuned
over all the pieces and asked me
to try completing a family picture
instead. Obeying her instructions I
proceeded to do the same.
Once I had set the family picture
puzzle in order she carefully turned
over the puzzle pieces yet again. Lo
and behold; I found the world map
perfectly complete.
Her words of simple wisdom
have stayed with me for ever since.
If you look after your family and
everybody else does the same, we
will have a perfect world in order.
Should the benefciaries have
access to free contractive pills?
John Campbells programme
poll showed a resounding 82%
yes. To me there is more to it than
preventing pregnancy.
A 16-year-old who is not legally
allowed to drink or drive indepen-
dently can have access to contracep-
tion easily. Should it be allowed? Of
course yes. We should allow this,
still an immature person, to have
access to facilities that will help her
prevent bear the consequences of
her act. Why not?
Contraception is required when
a male and a female embark on an
act which can lead to certain con-
sequences. The anatomy of a male
makes him fool proof to suffer long
term life changing consequences.
While that 16-year-old female
has to carry the burden and brunt
all on her own. Should we not
help the vulnerable of our society?
Should the female not be offered
the protection so that she can stand
should to shoulder with her male
counterpart?
What happens if the sixteen
year old unwittingly falls prey to
her hormones she conceives,
she becomes pregnant? There are
bodily and emotional changes. She
gets caught in a maze of indeci-
sion and guilt. She needs to talk to
somebody about it, the male coun-
terpart who was partly responsible
for her present state more often than
not has long since moved on.
If the female decides to continue
with her pregnancy, she has innu-
merable hurdles to cross such as:
* Family response: many a
family members have become
violent and abusive on fnding out
about these issues as is deemed to
bring shame on the family name
* School dropout: as otherwise
if mates at school come to know
usually she would be subjected to
bullying and name calling.
* Depression: It is after all a
nine month period of roller coaster
ride and so many a times not a real
confdant to share her fear and joys
with.
On the other hand if she decides
to do away with her pregnancy,
then:
There have been so many
debates about the unborns right
to live. (Does the unborn have the
right to chose?)
Termination of pregnancy
(abortion) conficts with many re-
ligious practices. A few of medical
practitioners (doctors) decline re-
ferring a woman for termination
as they themselves dont believe in
abortion.
If she goes ahead with abor-
tion, it is usually an invasive proce-
dure and her health is at risk (even
though our medical facilities are
outstanding).
Guilt and depression can still
be her accompaniments sometimes
even years later when she chooses
to have a family.
So looking at pros and cons of
contraception and making it more
easily available for our economical-
ly vulnerable section of society, it
is ultimately the responsibility and
choice of the young female.
Still we cant shut our eyes to the
fact that many a times these young
brains get the false message that if
you are on the pill (or any other
form of contraceptive) then it is ok
to sleep around.
There is still a huge issue of sex-
ually transmitted diseases which
is quite rampant in New Zealand.
Hence preventing pregnancy might
address just the tip of the iceberg.
Issues of morality, abuse and
exploitation might remain under the
carpet even more than before. Re-
search shows that a stable healthy
family structure goes a long way
in reducing signifcant long term
human errors of judgement.
So even if a young female is
deemed responsible enough to
make choices for contraception,
one cant exempt the collective
family responsibility for her well
being. Let each one of us set our
family puzzle in order the world
will end up being a better place too.
Contraceptives: Yes Forget not Collective family responsibility
Dr PrIMla kHar
The hypocrisy of cultural appropriateness
Dev NaDkarNI
About a month ago, someone called
to ask whether I would like to express
my opinion for a story in a main-
stream newspaper on the idea of a
culturally appropriate rest home
for elderly members of the South
Asian community in New Zealand.
Not only did the caller seem to be
aware that my 90-year-old father is
in a care facility, but also seemed
convinced in their assumption that I
was displeased with the facility.
I said I was perfectly happy with
the care facility and its service and
so was my father who is physically
severely disabled but mentally and
psychologically fne as well as my
family. I also said I did not believe
in the idea of a segregated rest home
and care facility along ethnic lines.
I do not believe that there is a need
for a so-called culturally appropri-
ate rest home and care facility.
Heres why:
People leave their countries of
origin in search of a better life and
make their homes in other countries
of their own volition well, in most
cases anyway. Nobody denies them
their need to stay in touch with their
roots, religions and social mores
in their new adopted homes. They
build their own places of worship,
their own shopping facilities, eating
places and the like.
While some people would see
this as migrants insular mindset,
luckily most do not. These activi-
ties are rather seen as adding to the
cultural diversity of their adopted
countries more and more people
welcome it. But asking for a sepa-
rate system along ethnic lines within
the governments long established
system of services which is targeted
at all New Zealanders equally is not
only going too far but is downright
insulting to the founding principles
of an egalitarian society.
Its akin to a group of guests
telling their host that they dont like
the food theyre being served so they
would like to cook their own food
in the hosts kitchen while they are
there and expect the host to pick up
the expenses of their special menu.
The host might oblige in the inter-
ests of politeness and civility but
the relationship undoubtedly will be
strained. So is there a way around it
that would make both host and guest
happy? There is and well come to
that in a moment.
Food is the biggest reason why
the need for this culturally ap-
propriate facility is most felt. The
other is cultural and religious needs
and compulsions. The person who
called me wanted to know if we
were happy with the food that was
served at my fathers facility. I said
we had found a way around it.
For one, the number of ethni-
cally diverse residents particu-
larly of South Asian cultural stock
has progressively increased. This
has ended up in an increased fre-
quency of food options catering to
these tastes. Secondly, thanks to
hordes of Kiwis leaving for jobs in
Australia and elsewhere, there are
vast numbers of caregivers who are
from India, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Samoa,
Tonga, the Philippines and several
countries in Asia and even Africa.
In fact, if at all anyone must
clamour for a culturally appro-
priate caregiver, it is the falling
number of white New Zealand-
ers at my fathers facility: at the
dusk of their lives theyre having
to make adjustments with a diver-
sity of tastes and accents. But I
have never heard such a clamour
which, indeed, is a measure of their
feeling of inclusiveness as against
the demand for a culturally ap-
propriate facility for South Asians,
which reinforces the impression of
the insular mindset associated with
migrants.
Ethnic organisations that are
promoting a separate care facility
along ethnic lines must frst exhaust
other options before embarking on
this insular path.
Most of these organisations are
well established and have a track
record for working with elderly mi-
grants. They also seem to be well
funded by national and local gov-
ernment programmes. So rather
than spend their energies trying to
raise funds for a facility that will
host 35, 45 or at the most 50 elders
of South Asian origin while leaving
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
others to their own devices in other
care facilities, they should come up
with a strategy to cater to bigger
numbers of such residents across
all care facilities regionally and na-
tionally.
Unlike governments in their
countries of origin, the govern-
ment and the political class in New
Zealand is alive and responsive
to such fner human concerns. It
would therefore not be inconceiv-
able to come up with a programme
that could help take South Asian
food and cultural services across
a great number of facilities rather
than just one dedicated facility
to the exclusion of others. Such a
programme would help serve large
numbers across geographical areas,
irrespective of whether they were of
South Asian origin.
Now, going back to our example
of the guests wanting to cook their
own meals in the hosts home at the
hosts expense. They would be far
better off suggesting to the hosts
that they would love to cook meals
in their style for the whole house-
hold, adding diversity to their col-
lective mealtimes. This is inclusive-
ness winning over insularity.
So there is no need to reinvent
the wheel. When the Muslim com-
munity found that there were in-
creasing numbers of Muslim stu-
dents studying at the University of
Auckland and they needed onsite
prayer facilities, they canvassed for
it and got it they did not ask for
a whole new culturally appropriate
place for tertiary education.
All too often the idea of cultural
appropriateness in misplaced. For
instance, it is quite amusing to see
community leaders of South Asian
ethnicities in New Zealand proudly
display the Queens decorations that
they have been awarded here on oc-
casions like their home countries
Republic Day. How culturally ap-
propriate is that!
Migrants need to be more inclusive than insular in their adopted countries
the case against a culturally appropriate rest home
Straight Talk: a new occasional column by Dev Nadkarni
Its akin to a group of guests telling their host
that they dont like the food theyre being
served so they would like to cook their own
food in the hosts kitchen while they are there
and expect the host to pick up the expenses of
their special menu.
India
Indian Indian
New Delhi: The Protection of Chil-
dren from Sexual Offences Act,
2012, was passed by the Lok Sabha
last week.
The Bill was earlier passed by the
Rajya Sabha on May 10.
The Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences Act, 2012 has been
drafted to strengthen the legal provi-
sions for the protection of children
from sexual abuse and exploitation.
For the frst time, a special law has
been passed to address the issue of
sexual offences against children.
Sexual offences are currently
covered under different sections of
IPC. The IPC does not provide for all
types of sexual offences against chil-
dren and, more importantly, does not
distinguish between adult and child
victims.
The Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences Act, 2012 defnes a
child as any person below the age of
18 years and provides protection to
all children under the age of 18 years
from the offences of sexual assault,
sexual harassment and pornography.
These offences have been clearly
defned for the frst time in law. The
Act provides for stringent punish-
ments, which have been graded as
per the gravity of the offence. The
punishments range from simple to
rigorous imprisonment of varying
periods. There is also provision for
fne, which is to be decided by the
Court.
An offence is treated as aggra-
vated when committed by a person
in a position of trust or authority of
child such as a member of security
forces, police offcer, public servant,
etc.
Punishments for Offences
covered in the Act are:
l Penetrative Sexual Assault
(Section 3) Not less than seven
years which may extend to im-
prisonment for life, and fne
(Section 4)
l Aggravated Penetrative Sexual
Assault (Section 5) Not less
than ten years which may extend
to imprisonment for life, and fne
(Section 6)
l Sexual Assault (Section 7) Not
less than three years which may
extend to fve years, and fne
(Section 8)
l Aggravated Sexual Assault
(Section 9) Not less than fve
years which may extend to seven
years, and fne (Section 10)
l Sexual Harassment of the Child
(Section 11) Three years and
fne (Section 12)
l Use of Child for Pornographic
Purposes (Section 13) Five
years and fne and in the event
of subsequent conviction, seven
years and fne (Section 14 (1))
The Act provides for the estab-
lishment of Special Courts for trial of
offences under the Act, keeping the
best interest of the child as of para-
mount importance at every stage of
the judicial process. The Act incor-
porates child friendly procedures
for reporting, recording of evidence,
investigation and trial of offences.
These include:
l Recording the statement of the
child at the residence of the child
or at the place of his choice, pref-
erably by a woman police offcer
not below the rank of sub-inspec-
tor;
l No child to be detained in the
police station in the night for any
reason.
l Police offcer to not be in uniform
while recording the statement of
the child;
l The statement of the child to be
recorded as spoken by the child;
l Assistance of an interpreter or
translator or an expert as per the
need of the child;
l Assistance of special educator
or any person familiar with the
manner of communication of the
child in case child is disabled;
l Medical examination of the child
to be conducted in the presence
of the parent of the child or any
other person in whom the child
has trust or confdence;
l In case the victim is a girl child,
the medical examination shall be
conducted by a woman doctor;
l Frequent breaks for the child
during trial;
l Child not to be called repeatedly
to testify;
l No aggressive questioning or
character assassination of the
child;
l In-camera trial of cases;
The Act recognises that the intent
to commit an offence, even when
unsuccessful for whatever reason,
needs to be penalized. The attempt to
commit an offence under the Act has
been made liable for punishment for
up to half the punishment prescribed
for the commission of the offence.
The Act also provides for pun-
ishment for abetment of the offence,
which is the same as for the commis-
sion of the offence. This would cover
traffcking of children for sexual
purposes.
For the more heinous offences
of Penetrative Sexual Assault, Ag-
gravated Penetrative Sexual Assault,
Sexual Assault and Aggravated
Sexual Assault, the burden of proof
is shifted on the accused. This provi-
sion has been made keeping in view
the greater vulnerability and inno-
cence of children.
At the same time, to prevent
misuse of the law, punishment has
been provided for making false com-
plaint or proving false information
with malicious intent. Such punish-
ment has been kept relatively light
(six months) to encourage reporting.
If false complaint is made against
a child, punishment is higher (one
year).
The media has been barred from
disclosing the identity of the child
without the permission of the Special
Court. The punishment for breach-
ing this provision by media may be
from six months to one year.
For speedy trial, the Act provides
for the evidence of the child to be
recorded within a period of 30 days.
Also, the Special Court is to com-
plete the trial within a period of one
year, as far as possible.
To provide for relief and reha-
bilitation of the child, as soon as
the complaint is made to the Special
Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU) or local
police, these will make immedi-
ate arrangements to give the child,
care and protection such as admit-
ting the child into shelter home or to
the nearest hospital within 24 hours
of the report. The SJPU or the local
police are also required to report the
matter to the Child Welfare Commit-
tee within 24 hours of recording the
complaint, for long term rehabilita-
tion of the child.
The Act casts a duty on the
Central and State Governments to
spread awareness through media in-
cluding the television, radio and the
print media at regular intervals to
make the general public, children as
well as their parents and guardians
aware of the provisions of this Act.
The National Commission for the
Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
and State Commissions for the Pro-
tection of Child Rights (SCPCRs)
have been made the designated au-
thority to monitor the implementa-
tion of the Act.
Lok Sabha passes Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences Act
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Islamabad: The latest round of talks
between Indian and Pakistan were
held in a cordial and friendly atmo-
sphere, a joint statement issued by
India and Pakistan on the Home Sec-
retary level talks held in Islamabad
on May 25:
The statement said: Under the
resumed bilateral dialogue, the
second round of India-Pakistan
Home/Interior Secretary Talks was
held in Islamabad on May 24-25,
2012. The Pakistan delegation was
led by Mr. K. M. Siddiq Akbar, In-
terior Secretary, and the Indian Del-
egation was led by Shri Raj Kumar
Singh, Home Secretary of India.
The meeting was held in a
cordial and friendly atmosphere.
Both sides exchanged views on
the decisions taken in the last round
of Home/ Interior Secretary Talks
held in New Delhi in March 2011.
The atatement said both sides
agreed that terrorism posed a con-
tinuing threat to peace and security
and full normalisation of bilateral
relations.
They reiterated the frm and
undiluted commitment of the two
countries to fght and eliminate this
scourge in all its forms and manifes-
tations and bring those responsible
for such crimes to justice.
The Pakistan side provided an
update on the ongoing trial and
investigation in Pakistan on the
Mumbai Terror Attacks. Both sides
discussed Judicial Commissions
visit to India from March 14-21,
2012. Pakistan side noted that it had
agreed in principle to receive a Ju-
dicial Commission from India. In
this regard, modalities, mandate and
composition of the Commission will
be worked out through diplomatic
channels. Pakistan side reiterated its
commitment to bring all the perpe-
trators of the Mumbai terror attacks
to justice expeditiously in accor-
dance with due process of law.
The Home and the Interior Secre-
taries agreed to enhance cooperation
between the NIA of India and the
FIA of Pakistan on issues of mutual
concern, including Mumbai terror
attacks investigation.
India provided information on
the on-going Samjhauta Express
blast case investigation. It was men-
tioned by the Indian side that inves-
tigation in this case is still ongoing
and updated information will be
shared with the Pakistan authorities
concerned when the investigation is
completed. The Indian side agreed
to forward updated information on
the investigation through diplomatic
channel.
The Pakistan side noted the
technical parameters, suggested by
the Department of Telecommunica-
tions (DoT), Government of India
for establishing a hotline between
the Home Secretary of India and the
Interior Secretary of Pakistan. Paki-
stan side would examine the techni-
cal parameters and revert.
Both sides welcomed the signing
of the MoU on Drug Demand Re-
duction and Prevention of Illicit
Traffcking in Narcotics Drugs/
Psychotropic Substances and Pre-
cursor Chemicals and related
matters, during the Eighth Director
General level talks between Nar-
cotics Control Bureau of India and
Anti Narcotics Force of Pakistan
on Drugs Traffcking in September
2011. They expressed the hope that
the MoU will help enhance mutual
cooperation between India and Paki-
stan through effective and sustained
steps to control the growing menace
of drug traffcking. In this context,
they also welcomed the outcome of
the DG level talks, held at Rawal-
pindi on September 12-13, 2011, and
noted the decision to hold DG level
talks on Drugs Traffcking annually.
It was decided that CBI and FIA
will schedule a meeting at an early
date to work out the technical details
of moving forward on issues of
human traffcking, counterfeit cur-
rency, cyber crimes and Red Notices
(RNs). Both sides agreed to expe-
ditiously execute all pending RNs.
Pakistan side agreed to examine
issues pertaining to Letters Roga-
tory.
Both sides welcomed the fnal-
ization of the Visa Agreement and
agreed to sign it at an early date. The
Pakistan side informed that some in-
ternal approvals were under process
and the Agreement will be signed
once they are in place.
Both sides welcomed the release
of prisoners and fshermen, includ-
ing those suffering from ailments,
since the last round of Home/ Inte-
rior Secretary Talks. They noted the
need to fully implement the under-
standing reached during the previ-
ous Home/ Interior Secretary Talks
in March 2011 so that the fsher-
men and the civilian prisoners who
have completed their sentence, and
whose nationality status has been
confrmed by the respective Govern-
ments and whose travel documents
have been received, are released
without delay.
It was also agreed that those fsh-
ermen who have completed their
sentences will be released by both
sides within three months along with
their boats, except where the boats
have been lost, damaged or confs-
cated by the courts. It was decided
that those prisoners, whose nation-
ality status could not be confrmed
either due to lack of information or
due to the physical disabilities of
the prisoner concerned, would be
transferred to charitable institutions
in India and Pakistan pending con-
frmation of their nationality status.
Both sides commended the work
done by the Judicial Committee on
Prisoners and agreed that their work
should continue. They also agreed
on the need for implementing the
2008 Consular Agreement in letter
and spirit, the statement said.
The Secretaries also exchanged
views on the issue of inadvertent
crossing of fshermen from both
sides. The Pakistan side noted the
invitation extended by the Indian
Coast Guards for a meeting with the
Pakistan Maritime Agency in June
2012 in New Delhi, the statement
said.
In order to strengthen mutual
cooperation in criminal matters, the
two sides agreed in principle to initi-
ate negotiations on a Mutual Legal
Assistance Treaty (MLAT). In this
regard, it was agreed that Pakistan
side would examine the draft of the
MLAT handed over by the Indian
side and revert with comments.
The Home Secretary of India
thanked the Interior Secretary of
Pakistan for the warm hospitality
extended to the Indian delegation
and the arrangements made for the
visit. He invited the Interior Secre-
tary of Pakistan to visit India for the
next Home / Interior Secretary level
Talks. The invitation was accepted.
Latest Indian-Pakistan talks 'cordial'
New Delhi: The nation saw a severe hike in
petrol prices on Wednesday, May 23. The
prices went up by Rs. 7.50 per litre.
The state run Indian Oil Corporation in-
creased the prices by Rs. 6.28 per litre ex-
cluding taxes saying that, "Given the losses
being incurred, the company is compelled to
increase the price of MS by Rs.6.28 per litre
(excluding VAT / Sales Tax) w.e.f. mid-night
of 23/ 24.05.12.
This excludes losses already suffered till
date during current fnancial year, i.e., 2012-
13, which would require an
additional increase of around
Rs 1.50/ litre in selling price
of MS for balance part of the
year.
The above increase of
Rs.6.28 per litre is exclusive
of Sales Tax / VAT. Given
that the rate of Sales Tax
/ VAT varies from 15% to
33% in the states, additional
sales tax of Rs.0.94 to Rs 2.07 per litre shall be
added to the aforesaid increase.
This shall be over and above the existing
Sales Tax of Rs.10.30 per litre to Rs.18.74 per
litre already being levied in the existing MS
price. Since last price change international oil
prices have increased and USD-INR exchange
rate has shown further deterioration.
While Indian basket of crude has increased
by 3.5% from $109.23/bbl to $113.08/bbl, in-
ternational MS price has gone up by 14.5%
from $108.62/bbl to $124.42/bbl. USD-INR
exchange rate has deteriorated 3.2% from Rs
51.50/$ to Rs 53.17/$."
This increase in petrol prices has been
met by some severe reaction from the public
with political satire cartoon doing the rounds
on social networking sites like Facebook and
twitter. The people are demanding an answer
from the ruling UPA government, in the hopes
of fnding a solution to their troubles.
Along with the general public, India's main
opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) crit-
cised the Congress-led United Progressive Al-
liance (UPA) government and demanded for
a rollback.
BJP leader Narendra Modi gave his opinion
on the issue by saying that, "The way petrol
prices has been increased, it clearly highlights
the ineffciency of the Delhi (central) govern-
ment. People are angry. I hope Prime Minister
understands the situation of the country seri-
ously. He had promised to reduce price rise.
Congress spokesman Manoj Tiwari on
the other hand said that The
government will fnd a solu-
tion to the issue. He added by
saying that they are aware of
the troubles being faced by the
common man and has urged the
UPA government to rollback
the price of petrol by at least
Rs. 3 per litre. The party also
asked the government to not to
rise the price of diesel.
The recent reaction to this price hike has
been the Delhi government's Budget in which
chief minister Sheila Dixit has stated that
petrol will cost Rs. 71.92 per litre instead of
Rs. 73.18 per litre. She said this change will
come into effect once the budget has been ap-
proved by the Delhi government.
Although proposing a decrease in petrol
prices, this budget has proposed an increase in
CNG prices which will go up from Rs. 35.45
by Rs. 1.77 per kilo. This has cause discon-
tent amongst taxi and auto rickshaw operators
union in Delhi with them going on a strike on
the 31st of May.
They are demanding either a rollback in
CNG prices or an increase in auto rickshaw
and taxi fares.
Sheila Dixit however has said in the bud-
get's defence that, We have continuously
forgone VAT on CNG... UP and Haryana are
already levying 12.5% and 5% VAT, respec-
tively.
Petrol price saga
India
In order to strength-
en mutual coop-
eration in criminal
matters, the two
sides agreed in
principle to initiate
negotiations on a
Mutual Legal Assis-
tance Treaty (MLAT).
Indian
Fiji
Company chief executive Dave
Pfieger recently said the brand Air
Pacifc was not working, not recog-
nisable, not notable and did not help
the airline sell its tickets.
The decision to revert to the
original name of the airline after
42 years was made following a re-
search.
The research stated that on the
internet, the price and word Fiji
drove customers and not the words
"Air Pacifc".
"In addition, online vacation
related searches for the word Fiji
were 10 times greater in number
than searches for Air Pacifc in the
airline's core markets," Mr Pfieger
said.
"In our long haul markets, where
we partner with Tourism Fiji to
promote travel to Fiji's 333 islands,
the word Fiji again drives interest
and sales, "Air Pacifc" does not,"
he said. "In China, a key and very
important growth market for us
we've been forced to refer ourselves
in Chinese as "Air Pacifc Fiji's In-
ternational Airline" to ensure cus-
tomers don't confuse us with Cathay
Pacifc, Cebu Pacifc and even a
Chinese airconditioning company.
"And respondents to our surveys
in our core markets of Australia and
New Zealand overwhelming told us
that they preferred an airline with
the name Fiji in it when they were
asked which names would represent
Fiji's airline."
Mr Pfieger said the rebranding
exercise would take a methodical
and planned process.
The airline will launch the Fiji
Airways logo in July and in October
its A330-200 cabin design.
Early next year, the airline will
introduce its "Fiji Airways" brand
at ticket offces, check-in counters,
website and advertising. The new
aircraft to arrive next year will
display the Fiji Airways name and
livery.
BOLLYWOOD heartthrob Neil Nitin
Mukesh is looking forward to explor-
ing the islands and possibly swimming
with sharks without protective gear.
Mukesh, who is in the country to
shoot his latest flm 3G, said if he had
a chance to swim with sharks in Fiji
he would do away with the protective
cages.
"I suppose in a swim with sharks
you wouldn't want to go down in a
cage, just to get a feel for the full expe-
rience of it all," he said.
The Bollywood star who scored his
frst acting role at the age of four, said
he was also looking forward to trying
out scubadiving and skydiving while
in Fiji.
"Fiji is really beautiful and I'm
looking forward to maybe coming
back in future to shoot more flms," he
said. "I love the colour of the sea and
the sunsets. We have heard so much
about the Fijian sunsets and we are all
looking forward to shooting the sunset
scene later today."
Comparing Fiji to other locations
where he has worked, Mukesh said the
country compared well.
"At the look of it, it's a gorgeous
country. I've shot in locations like
Kenya, New Zealand and all over the
world and indeed every place has its
unique charm."
Mukesh described the flm 3G as
a psychological thriller, saying it was
about a young couple who had come
to settle in Fiji and were haunted by a
supernatural being.
He will star in the thriller opposite
leading lady Sonal Chauhan, to whom
he is rumoured to be romantically
linked.
When asked if Mukesh was indeed
single, Chauhan replied: "No, he's not."
Mukesh has worked on flms in-
cluding Players, 7 Khoon Maaf,
Johnny Gaddar, Aa Dekhen Zara and
New York. Sonal worked in flms like
Jannat and Buddhah Hoga Tera Baap.
The flm 3G, a project of EROS
subsidiary Next Generation flms,
started shooting yesterday in Pacifc
Harbour.
It is projected to spend about $2
million for the 14-day shoot in Fiji.
About 40 local extras will be hired
for the shoot while several Fijians are
expected to have speaking roles in the
flm. Fiji Times
Neil Nitin living it up in islands
National airline Air Pacifc will be known as Fiji
Airways from next year.
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Fiji Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe
Bainimarama, has issued a moratorium on ag-
ricultural land being used for other purposes.
Permanent Secretary
for Sugar, Lieutenant-
Colonel Manasa Vaniqi
confrmed this this week
adding that it would help
protect agricultural lands.
A moratorium is a
delay or suspension by
law of an activity. In a
legal context, it may refer
to the temporary sus-
pension by law to allow
a legal challenge to be
carried out.
Lieutenant-Colonel Vaniqi said only land
that has been scientifcally proven that it could
no longer be used for agricultural purposes
would need to be continued to identify the
best land use option.
I can confrm to you that Ive received
this moratorium issued by the Prime Minister
who is also the Minister for Lands and Mineral
Resources, Lieutenant-Colonel Vaniqi said.
Approximately 12 per cent of the nations
total land area is now left for farming. This
fgure was from a conservative assessment of
the remaining agricultural land.
The moratorium would also allow Gov-
ernment to consider on a case-by-case basis
the need to convert agricultural land for other
purposes like tourism and commercial devel-
opment.
He said many developments had been done
on agricultural land without proper consulta-
tions.
PM moves to protect
agricultural lands
Indian Indian
Fiji
I frst heard of Moti Tikaram in
1967. We were living in Ba with
Miss Kaveri Nair, an old friend of
my husbands aunt, Miss Kistamma
Gaunder. Kaveri Teachers brother,
Harld Krishnan Nair, used to be the
judge in Ba. I was told that he was
only the second local judge, the frst
being Moti Tikaram.
Soon we found out that we are
connected to Kaveri Teachers
family from India itself. A cousins
husband had said to me that he had
a cousin who went to Fiji but after
he died the family lost contact.
He wanted me to see if I could
locate them. I had said I would but
had thought it would be like looking
for a needle in a haystack. Once I
arrived in Fiji in 1966, where ev-
erybody seemed to know everybody
else, it seemed so simple.
After that initial year in Ba,
we moved to Lautoka and that was
when I frst met Moti Tikaram. My
husband knew him from his days
as a soccer administrator. Tikaram
was the President of the Fiji Football
Association from 1959 to 1960 when
my husband was the secretary of the
Nadi Football Association.
Tikaram was credited with
making the As-
sociation multi-
racial and initiating
moves to have its
name changed from
Fiji Indian Football
Association to Fiji
Football Associa-
tion.
In 1970 he and
his wife invited
us for a cocktail
party they hosted
in honour of the
world famous
singer, Kamhal,
who is married to
Tikarams sister
and who was visit-
ing Fiji (Maybe it
was his frst visit).
Since I was new
to the place I knew
few people but
Mrs Tikaram made me feel quite at
home. They had invited most in the
legal profession and that included
Harold Nair and his wife Judith who
were by then transferred to Lautoka.
They were delighted to see me and
we had a pleasant and memorable
evening.
After independence Tikaram
was made the frst Ombudsman
of Fiji and they moved to Suva. In
1980, Tikaram was knighted and
became Sir Moti Tikaram.
Unfortunately, he lost his wife in
1981. But his commitment to his
children, his daughter Savita and
sons, Anil and Sunil continued. I
remember meeting Savita and her
husband once and feeling an instant
affnity on knowing that he is a
Menon like me. After that whenev-
er I met Sir Moti I always asked him
about his daughter and son-in-law.
Sir Moti Tikaram grew up
during the colonial period where
Indians met with discrimination at
every stage. It must have been very
annoying but still he managed to
steer clear of controversies. He
never took part in politics. Instead
he directed his energies to sports.
With great administrators like
Sir Moti Tikaram and an outstand-
ing Prime Minister like Ratu Sir
Kamisese Mara, Fiji became the
Paradise of the Pacifc. Things con-
tinued like this till 1987. Even after
the political upheavals of 1987, Sir
Moti never took part in any contro-
versies. Whatever he did was strictly
according to the law. Nobody could
ever point a fnger at him.
He was not only the President
of Fiji Football Association but
he was interested in various other
sports like lawn tennis, table tennis
and chess. He used to come to New
Zealand for tennis re-unions and at-
tended the last one in 2010.
I last saw Sir Moti in Auckland
when he had come to my daugh-
ters house to see her father-in-law,
Diwakar Rao, an old friend of Sir
Moti, who had similar interests in
sport, especially Lawn Tennis. They
took part in the Associations re-
unions. And I had the last commu-
nication from him at the end of 2010
when I sent him a copy of my book
on the Fiji Ramakrishna Mission and
he sent a handwritten note acknowl-
edging receipt and thanking me and
wishing us a happy new year.
Sir Moti Tikaram had a long
and distinguished career but he led
a simple life taking pleasure in the
simple things of life like watching a
game of soccer or taking part in a
tennis re-union with old friends.
PaDMINI GaUNDer
Sir Moti steered clear of controversies
Fiji recently mourned the loss of one of its favourite sons Sir Moti Tikaram - the countrys first Ombudsman,
former Chief Justice, Supreme Court Judge and sports administrator
Bollywood actress Sonal Chauhan,
who will be back on the big screen
after a long break, has been reported
saying it was a deliberate break.
She is currently in Fiji shooting
for her next flm 3G, opposite Neil
Nitin Mukesh. I am in no hurry to
sign flms and will continue to work
at my pace, the Daily News Analy-
sis quoted her as saying.
I only take up work that I get
excited about and I am glad people
still recognise me for my debut
flm, Ms Chauhan said.
The actress, who made her debut
opposite actor Emraan Hashmi in
Jannat a couple of years ago is
happy that people still know her as
the Zoya girl.
I am really happy to be called
Zoya. I cant thank people enough
for the appreciation and love that has
come my way, she said.
Jannat will always be a special
flm for me. I will always be indebt-
ed to the flm for giving me all that I
could ask for.
3G is a psychological horror
thriller produced under the Next
Gen Film Productions (Fiji) banner
with Eros International as distribu-
tors.
Ms Chauhan said this was a
genre that she was thrilled about.
I am really happy that flm
makers are taking efforts to make
flms in this genre, she said.
I have always been fascinated
by horror, supernatural and thrill-
er. Unfortunately, most flms in
this genre initially were sleazy and
funny.
But now, sensible flms are
being made. A good horror flm is
diffcult to crack and I believe, our
flm has the potential.
The good thing is that the audi-
ence is also hungry for horror flms.
Meanwhile, Neil has been re-
ported to be having a good time in
Fiji living it up with the locals in
Fiji.
The flms 40-day shoot in Fiji
will wrap up on June 23.
The flm is being shot in Pacifc
Harbour currently before it shifts to
Suva and then to the Western Divi-
sion and a bit in the outer islands.
Fiji Sun
Poll teams to start
training soon
Voter registration team leaders and
electronic voter registration (EVR)
clerks have been identifed and will
start training soon, says Elections
Offce Permanent Secretary Mere
Vuniwaqa.
The teams working in the op-
erations rooms have identifed 385
people who will be team leaders for
the teams that will go out into the
feld, Vuniwaqa said.
She said upon the arrival of Code
Inc. offcials, two weeks will be used
to train people involved in the regis-
tration process. Code Inc. is provid-
ing the electronic voter registration
equipment.
Training will be for personnel
who will then go out to train elec-
tronic voter registration clerks so
this will happen for the frst two
weeks before July 3 when EVR will
be launched, she said.
Vuniwaqa said they received
2000 applications for EVR clerks
but only 1400 had met all the re-
quirements. Offcials have also iden-
tifed 1150 venues but are looking
for alternative venues, mainly in the
urban centers.
They (the teams) have fnished
with the Suva-Lami corridor and
they are moving on to Nausori,
Labasa and to the West, Vuniwaqa
said. The logistics team is headed
by Major Isoa Loanakadavu from
the Republic of Fiji Military Forces,
William Hogan, an Australia-based
electoral operations consultant with
the United Nations, and Mark Jones,
manager operations at the Electoral
Enrolment Centre in New Zealand.
The electronic voter registration
will begin on July 3 in Suva, where
the Prime Minister will receive the
frst voter registration card. Regis-
tration will run for eight weeks at
centers across the country.
AG: Ghais commission independent
Fijis Constitution Commission is
not run by the government, says At-
torney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khai-
yum.
The Constitution Commission,
the decision it makes in respect to
where they go, what time they will
hear submissions, who they will
hire, thats their choice and thats
the level of independence that they
enjoy, he said.
Sayed-Khaiyum said during Pro-
fessor Ghais visit to the country he
had already informed the Commis-
sion that they themselves will be
selecting their own staff and will be
working on their own budget.
They have received responses
from multilateral agencies including
various countries to offer budgets
for them and governments has said
this is fne, said Sayed-Khaiyum.
He said Professor Ghai had high-
lighted that they wanted the entire
funding process to be transparent
so everyone would know what their
budget was, who gave it and what
they would do with it.
Zoya
girl
happy
with Fiji
break
raCHNa lal
Sir Moti was an ardent
reader of Indian
Weekender and he
often wrote to us.
Indian
Vidya Balan stands up for
a good cause
Kolkata: Bollywood star Vidya
Balan will be the face of a new cam-
paign by GlaxoSmithKline Con-
sumer Healthcare called Aahar
Abhiyan - to address the issue of
child malnutrition.
The initiative was adopted to in-
crease awareness of the issue among
the consumers and enable access
to nutrition and thus, a better life
to malnourished children in West
Bengal.
"Nutrition does not only depend
upon food but also is infuenced by
the environment" is the premise
based on which Ahar Abhiyan will
be implemented in a phased manner
beginning with a pilot project, in
partnership with the Child In Need
Institute (CINI) in this state.
Vidya Balan is the brand am-
bassador of this mass awareness
programme and has pledged her
support towards the cause.
It feels great to partner with
an initiative that reaches out to the
needy and aims to bring a positive
change to the lives of these children.
I have pledged my support to this
initiative and urge all consumers to
join in the noble cause, Vidya said.
Talking about the project Jayant
Singh, the Marketing Director of
GSKCH, said: As a part of this
project, Horlicks aims to partner
with its consumers to raise funds
for the integrated child development
programme developed by CINI.
During the campaign period,
with the sale of every large pack
of Horlicks in West Bengal the
company will contribute one rupee
towards the initiative, added Singh.
For the time being the project
will be implemented in Mazdoor-
para slum and Chamrapatti slum
in Kolkata. This project will be in-
tegrated with an ongoing scheme in
the Dhupguri Block of Jalpaiguri
district of West Bengal.
Commenting on the issue, Rajib
Haldar, Additional Director of CINI
said: We are very proud to be as-
sociated with a brand like Horlicks
which has always been synonymous
with nutrition.
Apart from Vidya Balan ce-
lebrities like Shantanu Moitra and
Pradeep Sarkar are also associated
with the project.
Kolkata: Director S K from Ban-
galore is currently in Kolkata to
shoot his upcoming Bengali flm
Mistake, a flm that aims to
promote education.
Speaking about the movie, S
K said: Mistake is based on fve
friends. Its not a hard core com-
mercial movie, rather it focuses on
education.
Throughout the movie there are
problems and every problems root
is mistake. Thats why there is a
tagline from directors angle for the
audiences look at the mistakes but
dont commit them, he added.
Actors Preeti Jhangiani ,
Vikram, Malabika, Sourav and Clio
will be seen in the shoes of fve
friends while actor Indrani Halder
will be essaying a key character.
By hovering around these fve
friends the movie will explore the
problems faced by students during
their college and university. It
shows if we dont utilize the right
time for right work then it can lead
us to serious problems, said the di-
rector.
Speaking about her character,
Indrani said: I am playing a very
small part. I am playing the role of
a very caring mother but she is not
that typical mother. She is very con-
temporary in her dressing as well as
in thoughts.
The very same caring mother
later will be seen trying to solve
a crisis. So, apart from being a
mother there is a different identity
of her. But to know the identity you
will have to see the movie, she said
with a smile.
Asked if in terms of climax
can we expect a similarity with
the Vidya Balan starrer movie
Kahaani, the director replied:
Yes, it too had got a suspense
element at the end but its not like
Kahani. My story revolves around
education.
It shows how a polite and
decent student even changes to a
spoilt brat due to circumstantial in-
fuence, he added.
The movie throws light on the
fate of students who invites them to
the wrongdoing, drugs sold by stu-
dents and lots of other mistakes, he
said.
When asked him why an actor
like Indrani is playing a small char-
acter in his movie, he said: Who
said that she is playing a small role?
In fact, her part is very crucial.
From the beginning we will see
her only as a housewife but later she
will be seen cracking a big problem.
Her identify will be revealed later,
he added.
The movie which is produced by
NPV Entertainment Pvt. Ltd will
star other actors like Kunal Padhy,
Biswajit Chakraborty, Dulal Lahiri
and Barun Chatterjee.
Indrani to play pivotal role in
Mistake
Mumbai: Film director Karan Johar
and actor Kunal Khemu turned a
year older on Friday, May 25.
Karan, born 1972, turned 40,
while Khemu, who was born in 1983
turned 29.
Interestingly, Karan Johar who is
one of the successful directors today
entered the flm industry as an actor
in Aditya Chopra's Dilwale Dulha-
nia Le Jayenge.
And as a director, he made his
debut with the box-offce hit rom
com movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
which won him a Filmfare Award
For Best Director and Filmfare Best
Screenplay Award.
His other flms include Kabhi
Khushi Kabhi Gham, Kal Ho Naa
Ho and Dostana to name a few.
On the other hand, Khemu made
his Bollywood debut as a child artist
and appeared in the flms like Raja
Hindustani, Zakhm, Bhai and Hum
Hain Rahi Pyar Ke.
Later, after crossing his child-
hood, as an adult, he returned to
Bollywood with the flm Kalyug in
the year 2005.
His other Bollywood ventures
are Traffc Signal, Dhol, Jai Veeru
and Golmaal 3 to name a few.
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nounced his next venture Yeh Jawaani Hai
Deewani will release in January.
Dharma Productions' Yeh Jawaani Hai
Deewani stars Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika
Padukone, Aditya Roy and Kalki Koechlin.
Directed by Ayaan Mukherji, this is the
second movie where Ayaan and Ranbir will
work together.
Before this, they did Wake Up Sid which
was again a Dharma Productions movie.
entertainment
Indian Indian Indian
entertainment
Your voice in Department is
in tune of that of Vijay Di-
nanath Chauhan in Agnee-
path (1990). Why did you
think of using this tone
again?
The voice you heard in the trailers
of Department is a result of cough
and cold. The day shooting started
for the flm, I had a bad cold and this
Amitabh Bachchan will be seen playing a
gangster-turned politician in Ram Gopal
Vermas Department. TWF correspondent
Sreya Basu in conversation with the
superstar on his latest project in Mumbai
I simply agree to Ramu
was the kind of tone that came out
of my throat and I had to shoot with
it. Then Ramu (Ram Gopal Verma)
said this is the voice which suits my
character (Sarjerao Gaikwad). So I
said: Chaliye yehi thik hai toh thik
hai.
You have played gangster-
politician earlier in Ramus
flms Sarkar (2005) and
Sarkar Raj (2008). What
made you say yes to a same
character once again?
Ramu comes to me and says I am
making a flm and you have to work
in it. And I simply agree to him.
How did you prepare for this
role?
All the preparations are done by
Mr Ram Gopal Verma. He nearly
guides me as to how it should be
patterned, how the dialogues should
be spoken, where to moveI just
follow what he says. There is very
little contribution that I do person-
ally.
You were also seen shaking
legs with Sanjay Dutt and
Rana Duggubati in the song
Kammo for Department.
How was the experience?
I feel this is one of the important
songs in the flm, not just for the
value it brings as far as the tune
and picturisation are concerned,
but the context in which the song
comes. I cannot disclose further
but when you see the flm you will
realize there is a lot more meaning
than just the wedding happening
and three real men with real power
dancing.
You have played an effective
role in Indias pulse polio
campaign. What made you
promote our health sector so
vigorously?
Every time I have been overseas,
I have often faced certain remarks
from foreigners about India as a
third world country or a develop-
ing country. Its very sad for me.
You will be glad to know that now
we are number 3 in the world as far
as the pharmaceutical industry is
concerned. I wish those foreigners
would check their statistics and our
accomplishments and stop looking
down upon us.
You were recently hon-
oured with Polio Eradica-
tion Champion Award. Was
it easy to convince people
to vaccinate their children
because of your star value?

The journey has not been easy
it has been very long and stress-
ful. In the initial days, I think those
who were listening to this campaign
were not taking it seriously. The
numbers came down a bit and went
up again. It was at that time that the
agency who was designing the cam-
paign decided that may be we need
to wake up the Indian audiences. So
the frst video campaign showed me
getting very annoyed with people
for their indifference to pulse polio.
And quite remarkably, the numbers
came down substantially. Some of
the research teams who went out to
fnd out why this happened (it was
also part of my initiative because
I too wanted to know the reason),
said when they went to a village and
asked mother of a child why she got
the baby vaccinated, she said Am-
itabhji was very angry and so to cool
him down, I thought to give those
two drops to my kid.
Trans World Features (TWF)
Mumbai: Bollywood hunk Akshay
Kumar is full of praises for Diya
Sharma and said he shares a fabu-
lous chemistry with anchor-turned-
actor.
"The frst time I met the gorgeous
Diya was during an event with Dollar
industries. Diya is a combination of
'Beauty with Brains'. Undoubtedly,
she is gifted with the art of commu-
nication and acting," Akshay said.
"She is not only an anchor of
repute but is also a fantastic actor,"
he said.
He said: "We share a fabulous
chemistry on stage. I specially
wanted her to do the launch and
promotion of my flm Houseful 2.
God bless her with happiness and
success."
Diya too was of praises for
Akshay.
"What makes Akshay extremely
special for me is the fact that he too
is from Delhi, my home town and a
place I cherish. I am completely in
love with Delhi, it's food and feel
very proud being a Del-gal," she
said.
"Akki's down to earth and 'I am
one of you' approach makes it very
easy to interact with him. I remem-
ber we had fun during the promotion
of Houseful.
"He certainly knows how to make
a girl special and we all, that is, me,
Jaqueline, Asin, Zarine, Shahzan
were completely at ease with Akki
by our side," she said.
Akshay Kumar praises
Diya Sharma
Mumbai: Gorgeous Bollywood actor and the co-owner of Indian Premiere
League (IPL) franchisee Rajasthan Royals, Shilpa Shetty gave birth to a
baby boy at a Mumbai hospital early Monday, May 21.
She was admitted to Hinduja Healthcare hospital in Khar and was blessed
with a boy at the break of the dawn.
Both mother and baby are doing fne, said doctors.
"God has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. Both mother and baby
are fne. I am thrilled to bits!!!!!!," tweeted her husband and businessman
Raj Kundra.
"A big thank you to my wife @TheShilpaShetty for the bestest gift ever,
DR Kiran Cohelo and all the staff at Hinduja Hospital!" Kundra posted on
micro-blogging site Twitter.
Shetty married Kundra in 2009.
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Need mascara for great eyes: Aishwarya
Cannes: Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan says all a woman
needs for great eyes is
mascara.
She recently dazzled the 65th
edition of the Cannes Film
Festival when she walked the
red carpet for the screening of
the flm Cosmopolis.
Aishwarya was styled by
LOral Paris stylist Michael
Angel for her red carpet
appearance.
Her makeup was understated
with an emphasis on her eyes
which were outlined with the
Instant Impact Felt Liner from
the LOr Electric collection and
highlighted in hues of gold
and purple.
Aishwarya said, For great
eyes all you need is mascara
my favourite being the L'Oral
Paris Volume Million Lashes,
and the new Instant Impact
Felt Liner which has a felt top
like a pen.
"It allows you to get a clean
line on your eyes and is
effortless to use when you are
on the move as it is something
that you can easily carry with
you."
Speaking about the flm
festival, she said: "Cannes this
year is very special for me; it
is my 10th year with LOral
Paris and my 11th year at the
Cannes flm festival and most
importantly Im here with my
daughter making it incredibly
special.
"The festival is only getting
better each year and I have
the L'Oral Paris team to help
me with my hair and makeup.
aishwarya rai
aishwarya rai
sonam kapoor
Ines De la
Fressagne
aimee Mullins
Freida Pinto
Doutzen kroes
Mumbai: Madame Tussauds Hong Kong un-
veiled the superstar collection of Bollywood
A-Lister, including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,
Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, and Shah
Rukh Khan.
They will reside alongside Amitabh Bach-
chan in the World Premiere zone from now
until July 19.
Designed to allow fans across the globe to
meet the Bollywood idols, the wax fgures are
now on a world tour as they travel from Black-
pool to other Madame Tussauds attractions
including Hong Kong, Bangkok, London and
other sites in Europe and the US.
Described as the most beautiful woman
in the world, Aishwarya Rai has starred in
over 40 Bollywood flms and won numerous
awards including Filmfare Awards, Interna-
tional Indian Film Academy Awards, and Star
Screen Awards, etc.
In 2004, she was also selected by TIME
magazine as one of the worlds most infuential
people.
Kareena Kapoor, one of the most sought-af-
ter actresses in Bollywood, has been awarded
numerous prestigious accolades in the past,
making her a leading actress in Hindi flms.
Her distinctive style has also been setting
fashion trends, which established her status as
a fashion icon.
Another superstar in the Bollywood col-
lection the heartthrob Hrithik Roshan is the
youngest male actor from India to be honoured
by Madame Tussauds.
Having starred in a number of award-
winning flms and receiving a few Best Actor
awards, Hrithik Roshan affrmed his position
as one of the top earning male actors in the in-
dustry.
Often referred to as The King of Bol-
lywood, Shah Rukh Khan is an acclaimed
Indian actor who has acted in over 70 Hindi
flms and shares the record for receiving the
highest number of Best Actor awards with
Dilip Kumar.
These four Bollywood icons have already
arrived and are waiting to meet their fans in
Hong Kong, along with Amitabh Bachchan,
one of the most prominent fgures in the history
of Indian cinema and the very frst permanent
Bollywood wax fgure exhibited at Madame
Tussauds Hong Kong.
Kelly Mak, General Manager of Madame
Tussauds Hong Kong, said, We are very
excited to see some of the greatest Bollywood
stars take the stage here in Hong Kong.
"As we observe an increasing number of
visitors from India, Im sure they would be
pleased to see their idols up close even away
from home.
Bollywood collection
at Madame Tussauds
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha last week passed
the Copyright Act (Amendment) Bill, 2012 en-
abling song writers, performers and artists to
claim royalty for their creations.
Members across party lines were seen sup-
porting for the bill.
Lyricist and Parliamentarian Javed Akhtar
played a crucial role in bringing out the
amendment in copyright laws in order to give
lyricists and music directors a share of the
proft gained from their creations.
The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on
May 17.
"I am thankful not only to the govern-
ment but also to the Opposition that did not
see the matter through the glass of politics but
through the glass of humanity," said Akhtar.
"All the parties supported it. No one spoke
against it," he said.
"Our country and society must feel proud
that such a beautiful law has been made by for
the musicians, artists, singers of this nation,"
he said. Appreciating the passage of the bill,
Bollywood stars and people from the world of
music appreciated the move.
Actor and Akhtar's wife Shabana Azmi
tweeted: "COPYRIGHT AMENDBILL is
now LAW! Passed in both Houses of Parlia-
ment. Historic.Congrats to Opposition and
UPA for progressive just law."
Musician Ehsaan Noorani posted on
the micro blogging site Twitter homepage:
"Today is History created! The Copyright Bill
has been passed in the Lok Sabha gratitude
and blessings to @Javedakhtarjadu and@
kapil_sibal."
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar had
earlier said: "I congratulate Javed Akhtar for
the work he did. We will be benefted from
it. The work he did in Delhi will beneft us
all. Not only writers, singers, all will receive
royalty. I was very happy when I came to
know about it."
"I was a Rajya Sabha MP for six years. But
I did not tell a single word. I feel sad that why
I did not do the job that Javed Akhtar did now.
Six years passed away but I could not speak a
single word," she said days after the bill was
passed in the Rajya Sabha.
The crucial bill makes it compulsory for
broadcasters to give royalty to owners of the
copyright every time the artwork is broadcast.
The broadcaster include both radio and
television.
The bill gives creators the power to oppose
flm producers and music companies from
using their songs or writings without giving
royalty to them.
Copyright Bill passed,
welcomed
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Read Raw
Event Genre: Theatre Talk
Family: No
Auckland Playwrights Collective in as-
sociation with
STAMP at THE EDGE
Read Raw takes you from your seat in
the audience into the heart of the creative
process, allowing you to experience the
best new theatre in its early stages.

Join some of Aucklands hottest emerg-
ing playwrights as they showcase their
latest works in a series of rehearsed play
readings, and share your thoughts with
the writer, director and actors following
each reading.
April September
First Sunday of every month, 7pm
Aotea Centre & The Civic
Free
No booking required.
www.buytickets.co.nz
EVENT
Escape into a fantasy world and be se-
duced by the joy and majesty of the New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
For more information about the NZSO
2012 Concert Season and to become
a season ticket holder visit www.nzso.
co.nz
Venue: Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall
Date: Friday 8 June, 7pm
$25 - $115*
0800 BUYTICKETS or www.buytick-
ets.co.nz
*Service fee will apply
www.buytickets.co.nz
Auckland Festival of
Photography
A highlight of Aucklands artistic events
calendar, the Auckland Festival of Pho-
tography is New Zealands largest pho-
tographic event.
Over 400 local and international artists
are featured in 101 exhibitions and events
that appeal to a broad audience, with a
programme of Signature and Fringe ex-
hibitions and community events from
Matakana to Pukekohe and Waiheke to
Piha.
The Auckland Festival of Photography
is free and runs for over three weeks from
1 June 2012.
When: 1-24 June
Cost: Free
Contact : Call the Auckland Festival of
Photography Trust on 09 307 7055
http://www.photographyfestival.org.
nz/
Free entry to MOTAT in June
To celebrate Volunteer Awareness
Week (17-23 June), MOTAT is offering free
entry for general admission throughout
the month of June so you can experience
the work more than 300 volunteers do to
restore and maintain the collection.
When: 1-30 June 2012
Open 7 days a week, 10am-5pm
Where: MOTAT - Museum of Trans-
port and Technology
Great North Road and Meola Road,
Western Springs
Cost: Free entry for general admis-
sion to all visitors between 1 and 30
June 2012. Free entry is not limited,
so visitors may visit as often as they
wish at no cost during June.
Contact: Call 09 815 5800 | http://
www.motat.org.nz/
Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Eliza-
beth II is being celebrated in a right royal
way at Auckland Museum this June.
Do join us this Queen's Birthday week-
end for the experience.
The Queen on Camera, Encounter Gal-
lery: See moving and still archival images
from Her Majestys 1953 visit to New Zea-
land and fnd out more online.
What is a Queen? Weird & Wonderful
: Vox-pops from young visitors respond-
ing to questions about Queen Elizabeth II
Diamond Jubilee
Crown-making - Weird & Wonderful :
10am-noon and 1.30pm-3.30pm daily
| Gold coin payment
Join us to make your very own mag-
nifcently majestic crown! All junior kings
and queens welcome!
A Right Royal Tour
Monday 4 June, 11am, noon, 1.30pm
and 2.30pm | Free
Meet at the Red Arrow in the Grand
Foyer
When: 2-4 June
Where: Auckland Museum, Auckland
Domain, Parnell
Cost: Free (gold coin donation for
crown-making)
Auckland Then and Now
Enjoy this intriguing display of photo-
graphs from the library's special collec-
tion to celebrate the Auckland Festival of
Photography.
See Auckland as it was 100 years ago
and as it is today.
When: Friday 1 June - Friday 20 July
Where: Level 2 Atrium, Central City
Library, 44-46 Lorne Street
Cost: Free
Money Matters Series: Local
Help
Join us for a series of workshops offer-
ing information and advice about how to
keep control of your personal fnances in
these tight fnancial times.
Where to go for local help and informa-
tion
Do you know who to go to for help or in-
formation about babies, money, family is-
sues, legal matters, gambling, etc.? What
do CAYAD, CAB, Salvation Army, Ma-
nurewa Parenting Hub offer? Join us with
the budget team from Manurewa Parent-
ing Hub as they explore what resources
are available in our community and how
they can help you.
Start Date and Time: Wednesday 6
June 2012 11.00am
End Date and Time: Wednesday 6
June 2012 12.30pm
Cost: Free
Who To Contact:
Te Matariki Clendon Library staff |
clendon.library@aucklandcouncil.
govt.nz
17 Palmers Road, Clendon | Ph: 09 269
0500
BollyworX - Full Body
Workout to Bollywood Music
It's not dance but a full body workout that
is just plain fun body movements with
Bollywood music.
BollyworX is a work-out, not dance.
BollyworX is just 'plain fun body move-
ments' with Bollywood music. BollyworX
is exceptionally easy and fun, suitable for
all age groups and all ftness levels.
BollyworX is fun without feeling self-
conscious. BollyworX has no 'jhatka-
matka' or obscene Bollywood moves that
will embarrass anybody.
BollyworX is value for money...
On - 2 April 2012 18 June 2012
At - Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall, 13
May Road, Mt Roskill.
Admission - Gold coin donations $2.00
Website www.bollyworx.co.nz
Salsa Night
After all previous successful salsa nights,
Atico has decided to make it regular. So
every second Friday of the month you can
enjoy salsa lessons and music until late.
This is a great opportunity to try our
great menu from the Caribbean islands
and the music and dance from Coco (an
international award dancer).
On: 8 June 2012 9 November 2012
At: Atico Cocina, 19 Drake Street,
Auckland CBD
Admission: Free
Website: www.atico.co.nz
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Indian Indian
India
New Delhi: At least 11 Tibetan agitators were
detained on Friday as they staged a demonstra-
tion near a city hotel against Chinese President
Hu Jintao as he left India after participating in
the fourth BRICS Summit.
The protesters, who were agitating near
Oberoi Hotel in Delhi an hour before Jintao's
departure from India, were detained as they
kept shouting slogans like 'Swaraj My Birth
Right' and 'Free Tibet' against Jintao. They
even painted the slogans on their chests.
The demonstration was led by Dorjee
Tsetan, National Director of Students for a
Free Tibet-India. At least 25 Tibetans protest-
ers were taken into police custody on Thurs-
day when they were agitating against Jintao.
From last few days Tibetans had been pro-
testing against the visit of the Chinese Presi-
dent.
On Monday, a Tibetan protester died after
he set himself on fre during a demonstration
in New Delhi ahead of the visit of Jintao.
A strong security has been set up in Tibetan
dominated areas to stop any kind of violence.
It is also expected that Jintao will hold bi-
lateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh to resolve many differeces between the
two nations.
Tibetans protest as
Jintao leaves India
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali
Zardari would visit Ajmer in India on April 8
to offer prayer at the shrine of Khwaja Moinud-
din Chishti amid reports that the opportunity
could be used by the host country to pursue
diplomacy.
While the visit is purely a private one for
Zardari, media reports on Sunday said efforts
are on from Indian side to arrange a meeting
between the former and Prime Minister Man-
mohan Singh.
Zardari can bring 12 of his family members
during the visit, reports said.
While the Indian Prime Minister met his
Pakistan counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in
recent times (as recent as on Mar 27 last in
Seoul), he had last met Zardari in July 2009 on
the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Co-
operation Organisation in Russia.
Nuclear armed neighbours India and Paki-
stan are talking since early 2010 now with
foreign secretary level talks held last year in
June.
During the World Cup semifnal in Mohali
between Pakistan and India in March 2011,
Singh and Gilani had met one the sidelines and
over dinner in the much touted cricket diplo-
macy.
An informal meeting between Singh and
Gilani also happened in Seoul on Mar 27 on
the sidelines of Nuclear Security Summit.
The two nations are keen to normalize
trade relations.
Talks between India and Pakistan were
broken after the 26/11 attack in Mumbai in
Nov 2008 when Pakistani terrorists launched
several coordinated strikes in vital places of
India's fnancial heart and two luxury hotels,
killing 166 people and wounding more than
300.
Zardari to visit Ajmer in
India: Reports
New Delhi: Automobile major Tata Motors
on Thursday showcased a new Micro Bullet-
Proof Vehicle (MBPV) at DEFEXPO India
2012, a highly mobile combat vehicle for
indoor combat inside airports, railway stations
and other such infrastructure.
The concept is the frst of its kind design
to assist the countrys elite forces in indoor
combat.
Besides, Tata Motors launched four other
defence vehicles the Tata 12x12 Prahaar
Missile Carrier, the Tata Light Armoured
Vehicle, the Tata Mobile Bunker and the Tata
6x6 7kl Refueler and displayed a range of other
concept vehicles, such as the Tata Quick De-
ployment Mobile Communication Terminal
(QDMCT).
P. M. Telang, Managing Director - India
Operations, Tata Motors, said, The launch of
our new combat & tactical vehicles and equip-
ment, leveraged from our strength in design
and development of a wide range of com-
mercial vehicles, now enables us to cover the
entire defence mobility spectrum.
At the DEFEXPO, Tata Motors displayed
scaled models of its concept Futuristic In-
fantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) (Tracked &
Wheeled), including the turret. In addition, the
proposed layout of the production facility was
also displayed.
Tata showcases Prahar
missile launcher
The launch of our new combat & tactical vehicles and
equipment, leveraged from our strength in design and
development of a wide range of commercial vehicles, now
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Cut chicken breasts into inch cubes and
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and 2tbsp sesame oil and mix well. Keep
aside for 30 minutes.
Slice and separate broccoli forets. Heat oil in
a wok, add broccoli and saut for half minute.
Add salt, 1tsp sugar. Sprinkle a little water
and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or till broccoli is
cooked but crunchy. Take out in a plate and
keep aside.
Heat oil in a wok again, break the dry red
chillis and add to the wok and saut for
minute. Add spring onions, ginger, garlic paste
and saut for 1 minute.
Add marinated chicken and saut on high
heat for 1 minute.
Sprinkle little water and cook.
Add broccoli to the chicken and stir. Add hoi-
sin sauce and mix. Add 1 cup water and salt.
Mix 1tsp cornfour in half cup water and add
to the broccoli/chicken in the wok.
Cook till chicken is done. Sprinkle toasted
sesame seeds.
Serve hot with rice.
BROCCOLI AND CHICKEN STIR FRY
INGREDIENTS
1- broccoli large
2- breasts of boneless chicken
1tsp- ginger paste
1tsp- garlic paste
6- dried red chillies
8- spring onions chopped
2tbsp- soy sauce
2tsp- sugar
4tbsp- cornfour
4tbsp- sesame oil
1tbsp- hoisin sauce
1tbsp- sesame seeds, toasted
2tbsp- oil
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