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C hief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday assured the students wing of BJP, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), of improved higher education in the State, includ- ing enhanced infrastructure in existing colleges and universi- ties and fresh educational insti- tutes with advanced infra- structures installed in them. Addressing ABVP workers in its ongoing 63rd annual National Convention in Morhabadi Grounds here, he said his Government was in process of taking skill devel- opment programmes down to colleges and schools soon. “The State Government is committed to improve quality of higher education in the State. We have come up with more than 145 ITIs, dozens of new colleges and are in process of taking higher education to the farthest areas of the State which has immense potential everywhere. We have to make India the knowledge leader of the world and an independent and firm India,” said the CM addressing thousands of ABVP workers who have gathered in Ranchi for the first time to take part in 63rd National Convention during November 30 - December 3. The Chief Minister and cricketer Suresh Raina con- ferred Prof Yashwant Rao Kelkar Youth Award for the year to Bengaluru based youth R Gopinath who is heading Sparsh Trust for the welfare of abandoned and orphan street children and managing their education and livelihood. Notably, the largest student organisation in the world, ABVP, had been pushing the idea of improved and indige- nous higher education as a hot topic of discussion in its nation- al conventions during recent years. However, it appeared more serious than ever about the subject during ongoing national convention, as requirement of a surgical strike on prevailing education system found place among its resolu- tions for the year which are expected to be passed on con- cluding day of the convention on Sunday. The organisation repeated on Saturday during its Press conference that it was com- pletely against commercialisa- tion of education in a country where only handful of students could afford studies of their choice and build career in fields like management, engineering or healthcare. It said that the Union Government needed to increase education budget from merely 4 per cent at present to at least 6 per cent of GDP so that colleges received consid- erable and even amount as grant for development. Addressing the students, cricketer Suresh Raina sug- gested them to listen to their heart as far as picking up a sec- tor as profession. He also asked them to become a civilised and responsible citizen first who kept thinking about well being of the society. There were rounds of dis- cussions and programmes on 3rd day of convention includ- ing discussion on India of 21stcentury, and threats to the national security from neigh- bouring countries mainly in north-eastern region. W ith the Congress itself seemingly playing the ‘Hindu card’ and actively woo- ing caste communities like OBCs, Dalits and landed Patidars, as the Muslim minori- ties seem to have been pushed to the margins, the BJP is expecting its moves on triple talaq besides the support of the Bohras among them will help it increase its vote share from the community this time around compared to 2012. Muslims constitute around 9.1 per cent of the population in Gujarat. The BJP is hoping it can better its 2012 perfor- mance when it saw around 20 per cent of the Muslim votes cast in its favour. While Congress vice-pres- ident Rahul Gandhi’s 20 visits to temples in last two months in Gujarat have raised many an eyebrow as they are being seen as the Congress playing the ‘soft Hindutva’ card, the BJP feels it can use its development plank to reach out to more and more from the minority community. “The BJP is reaching out in Muslim areas and this time may increase its last Assembly poll’s share of votes among the community to 30 per cent,” asserted BJP MP from Navsari Chandrakant Raghunath Patil. Asked why Muslims would vote for the BJP, Patil, cam- paigning in Surat, claimed that the community has seen through the Congress that it was “not a stable party and was heavily doing caste politics”. Turn to Page 4 T he BJP on Saturday took the war of words with the Congress over Hindu and Hindutva a step further by asserting its Hindutva roots and dubbing the Opposition party a clone. The BJP also sought ‘Shiv bhakt’ Rahul to clear his stand on Lord Ram, whose existence was denied by the Congress-led UPA in 2007 in Supreme Court that was hearing the Ram Sethu matter. “The BJP has always been seen as a pro-Hindutva party and if someone wants to mimic us, I do not have any complaint. But there is a basic principle in politics, if an original is avail- able why would anyone prefer a clone?” Union Finance Minister Arun Jailtey told mediapersons in Surat The Finance Minister’s digs were in response to senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s Turn to Page 4 A day after the BJP did the victory lap in the Uttar Pradesh local body elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) together questioned the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) alleging that the machine- conducted elections had favoured the ruling party. They dared the BJP to contest the next elections using ballot papers. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav cited data to highlight BJP’s poor performance in areas where EVMs were not used, whereas BSP supremo Mayawati claimed the BJP would lose in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls if ballot papers are used instead of EVMs. “The BJP has won only 15 per cent seats in ballot paper areas and 46 per cent in EVM areas,” Akhilesh tweeted, with- out attributing the source of the information. The BJP won 14 out of the 16 mayoral seats in UP. The BSP won the two, Aligarh and Meerut. But the SP won none. Mayawati said, “If the BJP claims that they enjoy the man- date of the people, and the entire country is with them, then they should set aside the EVMs and hold the elections through ballot papers. I can say with full confidence that if the 2019 Lok Sabha polls are held by ballot paper, (the BJP) will not come to power.”

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Chief Minister RaghubarDas on Saturday assured

the students wing of BJP, AkhilBharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP), of improved highereducation in the State, includ-ing enhanced infrastructure inexisting colleges and universi-ties and fresh educational insti-tutes with advanced infra-structures installed in them.Addressing ABVP workers inits ongoing 63rd annualNational Convention inMorhabadi Grounds here, hesaid his Government was inprocess of taking skill devel-opment programmes down tocolleges and schools soon.

“The State Government iscommitted to improve qualityof higher education in theState. We have come up withmore than 145 ITIs, dozens ofnew colleges and are in processof taking higher education tothe farthest areas of the Statewhich has immense potentialeverywhere. We have to makeIndia the knowledge leader ofthe world and an independentand firm India,” said the CMaddressing thousands of ABVPworkers who have gathered inRanchi for the first time to takepart in 63rd NationalConvention during November30 - December 3.

The Chief Minister andcricketer Suresh Raina con-ferred Prof Yashwant RaoKelkar Youth Award for theyear to Bengaluru based youthR Gopinath who is headingSparsh Trust for the welfare ofabandoned and orphan street

children and managing theireducation and livelihood.

Notably, the largest studentorganisation in the world,ABVP, had been pushing theidea of improved and indige-nous higher education as a hottopic of discussion in its nation-al conventions during recentyears. However, it appearedmore serious than ever aboutthe subject during ongoingnational convention, asrequirement of a surgical strikeon prevailing education systemfound place among its resolu-tions for the year which areexpected to be passed on con-

cluding day of the conventionon Sunday.

The organisation repeatedon Saturday during its Pressconference that it was com-pletely against commercialisa-tion of education in a countrywhere only handful of studentscould afford studies of theirchoice and build career in fieldslike management, engineeringor healthcare. It said that theUnion Government needed toincrease education budget frommerely 4 per cent at present toat least 6 per cent of GDP sothat colleges received consid-erable and even amount as

grant for development.Addressing the students,

cricketer Suresh Raina sug-gested them to listen to theirheart as far as picking up a sec-tor as profession. He also askedthem to become a civilised andresponsible citizen first whokept thinking about well beingof the society.

There were rounds of dis-cussions and programmes on3rd day of convention includ-ing discussion on India of21stcentury, and threats to thenational security from neigh-bouring countries mainly innorth-eastern region.

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With the Congress itselfseemingly playing the

‘Hindu card’ and actively woo-ing caste communities likeOBCs, Dalits and landedPatidars, as the Muslim minori-ties seem to have been pushedto the margins, the BJP isexpecting its moves on tripletalaq besides the support of theBohras among them will helpit increase its vote share fromthe community this timearound compared to 2012.

Muslims constitute around9.1 per cent of the populationin Gujarat. The BJP is hopingit can better its 2012 perfor-mance when it saw around 20per cent of the Muslim votescast in its favour.

While Congress vice-pres-

ident Rahul Gandhi’s 20 visits totemples in last two months inGujarat have raised many aneyebrow as they are being seenas the Congress playing the ‘softHindutva’ card, the BJP feels itcan use its development plankto reach out to more and morefrom the minority community.

“The BJP is reaching out inMuslim areas and this timemay increase its last Assemblypoll’s share of votes among thecommunity to 30 per cent,”asserted BJP MP from NavsariChandrakant Raghunath Patil.Asked why Muslims wouldvote for the BJP, Patil, cam-paigning in Surat, claimed thatthe community has seenthrough the Congress that itwas “not a stable party and washeavily doing caste politics”.

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The BJP on Saturday tookthe war of words with the

Congress over Hindu andHindutva a step further byasserting its Hindutva rootsand dubbing the Oppositionparty a clone. The BJP also

sought ‘Shiv bhakt’ Rahul toclear his stand on Lord Ram,whose existence was denied bythe Congress-led UPA in 2007in Supreme Court that washearing the Ram Sethu matter.

“The BJP has always beenseen as a pro-Hindutva partyand if someone wants to mimicus, I do not have any complaint.

But there is a basic principle inpolitics, if an original is avail-able why would anyone prefera clone?” Union FinanceMinister Arun Jailtey toldmediapersons in Surat

The Finance Minister’s digswere in response to seniorCongress leader Kapil Sibal’s

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Aday after the BJP did the victory lap in the Uttar Pradesh localbody elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan

Samaj Party (BSP) together questioned the credibility ofElectronic Voting Machines (EVMs) alleging that the machine-conducted elections had favoured the ruling party. They daredthe BJP to contest the next elections using ballot papers.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav cited data to highlight BJP’s poorperformance in areas where EVMs were not used, whereas BSPsupremo Mayawati claimed the BJP would lose in the 2019Lok Sabha polls if ballot papers are used instead of EVMs.

“The BJP has won only 15 per cent seats in ballot paperareas and 46 per cent in EVM areas,” Akhilesh tweeted, with-out attributing the source of the information.

The BJP won 14 out of the 16 mayoral seats in UP. TheBSP won the two, Aligarh and Meerut. But the SP won none.

Mayawati said, “If the BJP claims that they enjoy the man-date of the people, and the entire country is with them, thenthey should set aside the EVMs and hold the elections throughballot papers. I can say with full confidence that if the 2019Lok Sabha polls are held by ballot paper, (the BJP) will notcome to power.”

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Propelling the virtue of kindness in this fastgrowing unkind world was never soemotionally packed and yet full of

positives as Wonder is.Thanks not so much to established

superstar Julia Roberts or the eternally sweetOwen Wilson but to the kid packed inbelievable prosthetics to, well, look like adeformed monster as his insensitive classmatescall him, that makes you fall in with thisChristmas-y family drama with a message.

Jacob Tremblay, or Auggie as we know himin the film, is born with a genetic flaw sointense that even after 29 surgeries of his face,he looks barely human. So, he hides behind hisastronaut helmet and is completely traumatisedwhen his mom forces him to attend school.Tremblay holds forth with such seasonhistrionics that Auggie and his plight seeps intoyour heart and tear ducts.

At the same time, his quiet perseverance,resignation to his situation, his heartbreaks, hisreturn to class every morning despite the barbs,his agony about losing the sole friend he hasand his daily travails makes you believe in theessentiality of injecting kindness andcompassion as a law into every human body.

The film explores relationships andsituations at various levels, through variouscharacters and their separate back stories. Andthat’s what makes this movie a gem in a sea ofmediocrity, especially this week with thecinemas.

A must watch, must learn from gentleemotional film.

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From the very first shot of asexy Sunny Leone lyingunconscious in an empty

house dominated by paintings, Iwaited and waited and waited forthe film (I might be penalised forcalling it a film) to end.

It is mounts like this that makeyou rue the job of being a film criticwho is doomed to sit through suchutter screen nonsense as TeraIntezaar that can give a complex toall kinds of kitsch put into onemovie.

I wonder how desperate out ofwork Arbaaz Khan would havebeen to do this project and whySunny Leone is so anxious forpopular support that she dresses tokill and instead kills you withboredom around her heavingbreasts, beefy thighs and half openpouting lips. It is an insult to herovert sexuality that the viewer isforced to dip his head and eyes intothe corn basket rather than hercontours, which I suppose was thesecond purpose of this ghost film.

It neither scares, nor movesdespite the dead man walkingaround killing perpetrators of acrime which was genuinely anaccident!

Is there a law against suchfilms assaulting you and yourpocket? Censor Board is there nocriterion to axe such films?

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Kapil Sharma is not hereto make you laugh, or

cry, or think, or, well, doanything at all actuallywith your brains. Fromcourting multiple womenin his previous big screenouting of no ripple, thefallen badshah of televisioncomedy, makes a comebackto public eye by weaving apre-Partition British erapind di story where there iseverything but comedy, anact he is singularly goodwith.

In fact, you amble alonghis do-gooder story of asimpleton Punjabi mundafalling for a coy village belleSargi, joins a Whitebusinessman as an orderly,takes pride in serving thegoras even as Gandhi is on a

roll with the SwadeshiMovement.

Howsoever indulgentyou may be about Kapil ofthe erstwhile The KapilSharma Show, Firangi is nothalf as engaging despite anearnest effort by the leadactor and producer of thefilm. Amid the raja, thegora, Gandhi, pindsimpletons, Hindu Muslimunity, an Oxford educatedprincess and what not, thestory goes for a toss — fromromance, to attemptedintrigue, to a looselydesigned heist, to familydrama to a countrysidelandscape (much toocarefully constructed to lookreal), there is everything putinto the show but all withouta soul.

Kapil needs his TV showback, more desperately forhimself than for viewers.Still not good enough tocarry a feature film on hisfrail shoulders.

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People love to laugh, more sowhen it is through TV

shows. No wonder then showslike Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hain andTaarak Mehta Ka OoltahChashmah have been inbusiness for years. Inspired bysuch comic successes, showmakers are coming out withnew comedies, the latest one tojoin the bandwagon beingPartners on Sony SAB.

Written and directed byParitosh Painter, the show isextra special as it marks thereturn of comedian JohnnyLever to the small screen aftera 10-year gap.

“Painter is a good friendand we worked in the filmPaying Guest together. When hecame to me I had to say yes. Heis a writer who has goodknowledge of what comedy isall about. When a person writeswell, one feels nice to be part ofhis work,” says Lever who playsa police commissioner in theshow and has a special bondwith the men in uniform.

Another surprise? Leverplays a double role here. Whatthe other role is all about isbeing kept under wraps till theshow goes on air.

What make him laugh arenot things that are funny butthe tragedy he sees aroundhim. “The expressions onpeople’s faces when they arestressed and in tension makeme laugh. I observe them andthey become my inspiration forthe various characters that Iplay,” Lever shares.

For him, comedy is serious

business. “There are very manychallenges. The writer and theactor have to work hard to getthe laugh quotient right. Somepeople are born to make peoplelaugh. And then there aredirectors who are born to getthat kind of work out of peoplelike us,” Lever tells you.

Painter agrees. “It isdifficult to make people laugh.There are things that you mayfind hilarious but not theaudience. But I have been lucky

due to my theatre backgroundwhich helps me connect withmy audience directly with aone-on-one response. Iunderstand what works withthe audience. The audiencevaries from place to place.What a north Indian audiencewill enjoy need not necessarilyexcite the south Indians.Comedy shouldn’t look forcedas it disconnects audiences,”Painter says. He zeroed in onJohnny Lever and Kiku Shardabecause he wanted to makecomedy work and for that heneeded great actors.

“It is very difficult to makea comedy work with averageartists, as the most importantthing is the delivery and timingof dialogues and reactions. Nocamera angle or treatment cansave you or make a punch linework if the dialogue delivery orthe reaction is not timed right.Who better than Johnny sir andKiku to give you that,” Painterasks.

To make a comedy work,one needs to work on thecharacters and the world theyare set in. It also depends onwhat kind of comedy it is —subtle, over the top or dark.“One has to create a world andcharacters accordingly. Some‘dips’ in the narrative are crucialto let the audience relax andgarner energy for the next bigroar,” Painter says, who haswritten for films like Dhamaaland Poster Boys and been ascreenplay and dialogue writerfor Tenali Ram, among others.

To make a show where thepolice are not shown in badlight and yet make it funny is achallenge. But Painter says thatall professions have variedpeople — good, bad, funny,serious, quirky, etc. “As long asyou make fun using theircharacteristics or the situationthey get caught in, it’s not aproblem. I think the problemarises when you make fun ofthe profession itself. In ourshow we have varied charactersand to bring out comedy byemphasizing on their funnierside without disrespecting theprofession and the values they

stand for,” he shares.Kiku Sharda, who plays

Manav Desai, a goofy policeofficer, tells you that hischaracter becomes a cop afterpassing an exam. “He is alsorelated to the DGP who isstressed out to have this personaround him all the time soDesai is transferred to a placewhere Johnny Lever is thecommissioner. The idea to givehim a ‘partner’ is to ensure thatDesai is retrained. But hispartner, played by Vipul Roy, isnot too happy to have thisperson with him,” Sharda sayswho has a long history ofplaying a cop.

What makes this roledifferent for Sharda is thathere, Desai, despite being goofyhas good intentions when itcomes to fighting crime andcatching the bad guys.

“We are not trying to showthe police in a bad light. Wehave largely played on the factthat Desai is just goofy, he is notcorrupt or does wrong things,”Sharda tells you, adding thatpeople have seen cute cops forseven-eight years in the serialFIR.

To play a cop again hasbeen great for Sharda. Not thathe feels that he has become areal cop, he is happy he canmake viewers laugh.

“Being the mad guy, beingthe guy who messes up thingsand others get hassled due tothis, is fun. It creates a situationwhere people can have a laughand that is our endeavour in theend,” Sharda says.

�After your long show Uttaran,you are back as a protagonist inShani. Does the change work foryou?

Uttaran was my stepping stoneon the small screen as Vansh. I wasraw and learnt on the sets fromseniors. It had a good run of overthree years and made me what I’mtoday. I went on to do other shows.I’m a choosy actor and pick myroles cautiously. Shows like Uttaranand Shani don’t come very often.One has to wait and be patient.One should not take up roles justfor the sake of staying active on thesmall screen.

The coincidence is that I mademy entry in both the shows aftera leap, playing the grown-uprole of Vansh and Shanirespectively on the samechannel at prime time slot. Iam satisfied that the TRPshave gone up after theleap. �Are you a Shani bhakt?

Not really. I used to bescared of Shani Dev likeother people but now thefear has vanished. �Did you wish to workin a mythological show?

I never imaginedthat I would do amythological show butthis one fell into my lap andI took it. Whatever iswritten in your destinycomes true at the right timeand you have no choice butto embrace it with an openheart. This role was writtenfor me. We choose roles thatwe want to do. But this one,Shani Dev chose for me. Ihave done something goodin my previous life that I

got to portray Shani Dev.�Were there any inhibitions?

When you play a popularmythological character, there isalways a concern of gettingtypecast. Whether it is Shani orMahadev, you leave a lastingimpression in the minds of people.I have only this concern. �What kind of preparation wentinto playing this role?

I am a director’s actor and liketo go with the flow. Initially, I knewit would be challenging but whenI started shooting, I realised howtough it really was. The diction andpronunciation have to be proper.The body language has to be

perfect. There are fight sceneswhich I am doing for the firsttime with action director TinuVerma. Working in chromawas difficult. I am used to it

now and it is fun to seemyself fly in the airand fighting the

energy ball. The wayShani walks andlooks at others ischarismatic. I havebeen working hardon all these thingsand now it isshowing on thescreen as well.People haveaccepted me as theadult Shani.�How is thecostume?

I take an hourand 15 minutes toget ready as I haveto wear a wig,moustache andso much ofm a k e - u p ,jewellery, etc.

It is very heavy but nice.�Why does the show keepchanging its slot?

I’ve experienced it only oncewhen Laado got launched with aone-hour special episode.Otherwise every day it comes at 9pm. The day it didn’t get telecast,I got a lot of calls and messagesfrom my fans asking if the showhad gone off-air or the time hadchanged. �How is the shooting schedulelike?

We shoot back to back dailywith no free time. As we areshooting at Umergaon, there isnothing much to do there asconnectivity is minimal.�You also shot with chhota ShaniKartikey Malviya. How was it?

The scenes where the grown-up Shani encounters his youngerversion are beautiful. He comes totell me to fight back. I could see theresemblance we shared in bodylanguage, eyes, expressions, etc. Isaw some of his episodes andKartikey has done a commendablejob. He has set a benchmark forme.�Has playing Shani impactedyou in any way?

It has changed me from beinga hardcore non-vegetarian to nothaving non-veg food on the sets asalso every Tuesday and Saturdays.I am a religious person but thischange has happened only now. �Would you like to make aspecial appearance as Shani atevents?

I don’t know if this is allowedbut I would not like to do thatunless it is promotional by thechannel. Otherwise, I would loveto go and meet my fans as RohitKhurana.

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Chief Secretary RajbalaVerma on Saturday said the

Budha Pahad area in Garhwa,Palamu and Latehar districts ofthe State was witnessing thefinal and decisive battle againstMaoists. She said that theGovernment wants to beaware of everything thatneeds to be dine as help to thecivil administration and secu-rity forces in the fight.

Verma alongwith DGP DK Pandey, ADG (Operations)RK Mall ik , Pr incipalSecretary, Home, SKG Rahtetoday reached Naxal affectedarea Barakol picket underBhandariya Police Station inGarhwa and took stock of theBudha Pahad operat ionagainst the Maoists.

After holding a high levelreview meeting the CS saidthat the State governmenthas the resolut ion thatJharkhand should be freefrom extremism byDecember 2018. And, thebrave soldiers of State policealongwith CRPF are workingday and night to achieve thegoal.

Verma said the majorproblem felt here was con-struction of roads. Roadsneed to be constructed pri-marily and police picketsshould be also be set up.Land has a lready beenmarked for police picket. Sheassured that the people ofAmwar Village under Dhurkipolice station will get com-pensation for their land assoon as possible through theCommissioner and DeputyCommissioner.

Talking about Saruat hill,she said that the governmentneeds to make an action planand Secretary of tourism willbe sent at the site for the pur-pose. The tourism site status

will be given to Saruat Hill.She said that the villages

that have a population of100 to 250 for the construc-tion of a paved road there, thegovernment has prepared a

project of �8,000 crore. Theirapproval process is going on.No village or Tola will remainwithout roads and electricity.

DGP DK Pandey saidthat the government has

already announced a rewardof Rs one crore on the head ofMaoist Arvind and SudhakarReddy and �25 lakh on hiswife Maoist Nilima. “Weappeal to Arvind ji that he

should leave the forest andsurrender and join the main-stream. The present surrenderpolicy is very good. Police willnot shoot surrendered per-sons. It has never happened.The state Government hascreated such a policy that theNaxalites will leave the forest.It will be done,” Pandey said.

On the occasion, GarhwaDeputy Commissioner NehaArora distributed 50 blanketsamong the poor, who reachedBarakol Picket. She also lis-tened to problems of the vil-lagers, demanding electricityroad pension etc and assuredthem the benefits.

Commissioner PalamuRajiv Arun Ekka, SP, Garhwa,M. Arshi , DDC Faiz AqAhmad Mumtaz, CRPFCommandant SN Mishra,Second Commanding OfficerPN Ghosh, RankaSubdivision Officer JavedAnwar Idrisi, Sub DivisionalPolice Officer Vijay Kumar,DSE Brijmohan Kumar andothers officials were presentin the meeting.

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Stepping into another venturewith a vision to make the

tribal populace self-dependentin beekeeping, the JharkhandKhadi Gram Udyog has suc-cessfully conducted its firstbatch training. Endeavouringhard to transform PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s ideainto reality of making Indiapioneer in ‘Sweet Revolution’,soon the second batch trainingof resource persons will be ini-tiated by the organization.

Khadi Board, Chairperson,Sanjay Seth on Saturday said,“With this project, JharkhandKhadi Gram Udyog hasbecome the first Khadi Boardin India that will produceorganic honey in bulk byPongamia (Karanja). Pongamiais available in sufficient quan-tity here across the State, espe-cially in the districts that havedense forest coverage.”

The Khadi Board has notmerely confined itself toimparting training to the farm-ers or others who intend toearn profit through this busi-ness, however from training tomarketing all major responsi-bility will be handled by theorganization besides just assist-ing the stakeholders. “Toengage more number of farm-ers in the business, all majortasks will be handled by usensuring hefty profit to allthose who are roped in for thisproject,” said Seth.

Jharkhand Khadi GramUdyog in collaboration with

Bee-keeping nursery and pro-duction centre, Johar GramVikash, Goswami Bee-keepingtraining centre, RuralDevelopment and Bee-keepingresearch centre, Lohardaga,Tanishq Gramin SewaSansthan, Uttar Pradesh hastrained 125 people in differenttechniques of bee-keeping.Also, Khadi Gram is eyeing onto open a Honey ProcessingPlant including a honey testinglaboratory in Ranchi byJanuary 2018.

“After imparting training to

approximately 1,000 benefi-ciaries in three batches, soonthe project will be expanded foremploying more number ofpeople. By January 2018,Honey Processing Plant will beestablished here. Experts fromAsia’s biggest bee-researchInstitute, Central Bee ResearchInstitute, Pune have giventheir consent to expertise thebee-keepers while aiding theState government unit in set-ting up a Honey Processingplant,” Seth further added.

Spreading bee-keeping

business across the State, theproject has been initiated inRanchi, Santhal Pargana,Gumla, Simdega, Hazaribagh,Khunti, Palamu, Lohardagaand Kolhan belt. After suc-cessful completion of trainingof the first batch, around 125bee-keepers will be handedover bee-keeping boxes.Within 20-22 days after settingup the apparatus, the produc-tion of honey gets started.

“A week’s training wasgiven to the trainees in bee-keeping management. Perhead �350 was given as stipendto the trainees. On December3, all 125 trainees will get bee-keeping boxes including otheressentials kits worth �22,000.To each person, five bee-keep-ing boxes will be allocated.Around 500 bee-keepingboxes will be distributed in thefirst phase,” the Chairpersonadded.

The project started withthe aim to increase employ-ment in rural pockets of theJharkhand while providingorganic honey to the majorchunk easily and at a nominalprice will be also advertisedduring the launch of KhadiSaras Mela on December 22.

“To promote this practicein much wider scale, there willbe a separate ‘Honey Hut’ onthe premises of Khadi SarasMela to be inaugurated onDecember 22. If we are suc-cessful in our attempt then onebox will be able to produce 45kg honey annually,” Sethadded.

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Second year Engineering stu-dent of BIT, Mesra,

Shubham Kumar, has beennominated for National YouthAward 2017-18 by theDepartment of Youth Affairs,Government of India, for hiswork and contribution innational development andsocial service. Subham’s workhas been reviewed successful-ly by members of the commit-tee under the Chairmanship ofJoint Secretary, Department ofYouth Affairs, Government ofIndia said an e mail sent fromthe ministry. “Our experts aretrying to find an ultimate solu-tion for the problem raised byyou with supporting case stud-ies during your period of“Research Internship” underMission Antyodaya,” stated thee mail.

The Ministry of YouthAffairs and Sports confers theNational Youth Award (NYA)every year to young persons togive recognition to the out-standing work and to motivatethem to achieve excellence inthe field on NationalDevelopment and SocialService, to encourage them todevelop a sense of responsibil-ity to the community and alsoto improve their own potentialas a good citizen.

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Be it women-centricBollywood feature film

Pink Director Aniruddh RoyChowdhary, veteran journalistand die-heart Hindi loverRahul Dev who proclaimedEnglish as his beloved, BJP gov-ernment policy’s ruthless crit-ic and Economist Jean Drèze orCongress leader JairamRamesh, all of them at the endof their respective sessionsemerged with the fact that theyouth of country and genera-tions down the line boreimmense potential and possi-bilities to take the society outof bad times, condition orshape.

The first of its kind litera-ture festival in Ranchi by TataSteel which started on Fridaywith discussion on the lessonswe need to learn from our epicsby Devdutt Pattnaik conclud-ed on Saturday evening withreadings and narration bySharmila Tagore and songs bySoumyojit Das and SourendroMullick with each of the sessionin between discussing aspectsof literature, cinema, sports,politics and affairs which havecompelled society to change theway it used to look at certainthings.

Discussing making andnecessity of one of the equallysuccessful movies among crit-ic and on Box Office, Pink

Director Aniruddh RoyChowdhary said that the soci-ety as a whole apparently start-ed recognizing potential ofwomen which paved way forsuch stories to be put across theaudience. Replying to a ques-tion on crime against womenand how society needed tomove ahead of remaining mereonlooker, Chowdhary citedexample of one courageousmythological character fromRamayana, Jatayu, and saidthat every person is carrying aJatayu in itself which needs tobe recognized and used atright time.

Noted journalist RajdeepSardesai on the sidelines of thefestival did believe that therewere so many internal andideological forces. “There areissues before the society whichcould hurt it in long run.Efforts of hiding certain truthabout many things do exist.Credibility of media is at stakelike never before. But as awhole, I do foresee rays of

hopes popping up every nowand there from one corner orthe other,” said Sardesai.

Jean Drèze came as ruth-less on government policies asusual, finding no balancebetween requirements of soci-ety as a whole in states likeJharkhand and said thatdespite couple of policiesappearing pleasing to the peo-ple, they failed to cater to themass of State. He said thatgovernment needed to relookits priorities and amend itaccording to local needs.

Remembering formerPrime Minister IndiraGandhi, Congress leader andformer Minister JairamRamesh tried to satisfy theaudience with political acu-men and understanding ofsocial fabric of India andworld.

He also recalled her as oneof the most visionary politicianand leader of her time, whosevision was somewhere relevantin even these days.

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Atwo-day GermanLanguage Camp “Hallo

Deutschschule kicked off atDelhi Public School, Ranchi inassociation with GoetheInstitute Max Mueller here onSaturday. The chief guest forSaturday’s inaugural ceremonywas Basant Kumar Goswami,Chairman Tribunal ofCommercial Tax, Governmentof Jharkhand.

As many as 80 students ofVI-IX of DPS Ranchi, DPSBokaro, Kendriya VidylayaBokaro, Kendra VidylayaHinoo, Kendra VidylayaHazaribagh, Kendra VidylayaMaithon and Kendra VidylayaTatanagar participated in thecamp. The purpose of the campis to help students interactwith the other student withsame interest and share differ-ent ideas with each other.

The resource person of thecamp was Archna Rani,Director German LanguageCentre, Patna & Delhi. The

inaugural ceremony began withthe lighting of the lamp and awelcome song in German.

Dr Ram Singh, thePrincipal of the school, whohad recently returned fromhis Germany trip welcomed theparticipants and their escortteacher and said that it was thefirst time that the school wasorganising this camp, whichwas the next step of DPSRanchi towards making thestudents a global citizen. Healso said it was a great exposurefor the students to know andunderstand Germany, its tra-ditions, it culture and about itseducation system.

Chief Guest Basant Kumarappreciated the initiative takenby the school and said know-ing a foreign language was a

positive point as it not onlyhelped a person know foreignculture and make good rela-tions but also helps in gettinggood job opportunities over-seas with a handsome package.

After the inaugural cere-mony, the day continued withmultifarious activities in whichthey formed groups to help thestudents interact with theirfellow participants. The activ-ity was to choose their favouritecolour, food, sport, actor etc. Inorder to make the activitiesmore interesting the studentswere asked to make Germanwords with the letters provid-ed to them.

Later the students weredivided into two groupsaccording to the colour of theirt-shirt. The students of classes

VI&VII were provided withgrey t-shirts and the students ofclasses VIII&IX were providedwith green t-shirts and namedthe groups according to theircolour.

The Grey Group wastaught about time in Germanwhereas the Green Group wastaught about the culture andtraditions of Germany.

Thereafter the studentswere divided into groupsaccording to the rooms allottedto them. The rooms have beennamed after the famous mon-uments of the Germany, name-ly: Brandenburger Tor,Reichtagsgebaude, BremerStadtmusikanten, Holstentor,Ruschhaus, SchlossNeueschwanstein andGanseliesel. Each group con-sisting of 9 members had to pre-pare different models as per theassignment. These models willbe judged tomorrow and thewinners will be awarded. Theday ended with a camp fire anda dance party organized for therefreshment of the students.

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With the passing of theRight to Education Act

(MHRD, 2009), Elementaryeducation in India became anintegral subject of discourse.Education of children withdisabilities has also come to theforefront in policy proclama-tions, particularly throughefforts made under the on-going national educational pro-gramme - the Sarv ShikshaAbhiyan (SSA or Education forAll Movement) -- where it hasadopted a ‘zero rejection’ pol-icy and also put in place vari-

ous structures to address theirneeds. It was further strength-ened by SustainableDevelopment Goal-4, whichfocuses to “Ensure inclusiveand equitable quality educationand promote lifelong learningopportunities for all”. There aresome signs of improvements ineducational opportunities forchildren with disabilities inIndia but still InclusiveEducation is on paper and adream for children with specialneeds.

Enrolment rates (not thepresence of CWD in classrooms) in regular schools hasincreased during last few years.However children with dis-abilities still remain the groupmost likely to be out of school.With quality and learningbecoming centre to post-2015development goals, it is vital toensure that learning needs ofchildren with disabilities arealso being addressed. Inclusiveeducation is important becauseit values diversity. Diverse stu-dents learn to live together, theylearn together, they play togeth-

er, grow together and thusmake an Inclusive Society.

Government of India isfully committed for realisa-tion of the goal ofUniversalisation of ElementaryEducation (UEE). Withoutincluding children with dis-abilities/children with specialneeds, these goals cannot beachieved. Further, India is asignatory to a number ofimportant international devel-opments including (the SDGs& United Nations Conventionon Rights of Persons withDisabilities - CRPD), whichconsiders inclusive education tobe one of the key strategies forenabling all children to learn.In States efforts are being madebut there are still some majorgaps.

Only mild and moderatechildren with locomotor dis-ability and Hearing impairmentattend school regularly. Thereare block level IED coordina-tor and resource centres but theschools don’t have any facilitiesexcept poorly made ramps.Less than 20 per cent enrolled

CWSN are getting escortsallowances and other benefits(JEPC). Even today teachersviolate RTE and deny admis-sion of CWSN in the school. Inthe private schools Circular 45of CBSE is not being followed.If there is something positive itis due to the individual effortsinstead of the system.

There are Acts, Policiesand Schemes but even the offi-cers who have to ensure itsimplementation are not awareof the provisions. Inclusiveeducation is a process ofresponding to the diverse needsof all learners through increas-ing participation in learningand reducing exclusion fromeducation. Inclusive Educationwill not only benefit the chil-dren with special needs butimprove the regular Educationsystem too.

The writer is Rehabilitationprofessional, who played a cru-cial role in drafting ‘JharkhandState Disability Policy’. Theviews expressed in the article arehis own.

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Uneasy calm prevailed inTiger Reserve Palamu

when extremists belonging toa splinter group JJMP(Jharkhand Jan MuktiParishad) slapped a forester ofEast Garu range on Fridayevening in a forest there. Thevictim forester was on his dutysupervising an upcoming mul-tipurpose tower there.

Sources said about twodozen JJMP ultras reached thework site of the tower and thenon identifying the forester, SPathak, there they slapped himas a token of warning not tocontinue the construction ofthe tower.

Sources said the JJMPNaxals forbade the foresterquite threateningly.

The JJMP ultras demand-ed that prior to the construc-tion of this tower permissionfrom JJMP ought to have beentaken. The JJMP ultras hand-ed down one contact numberasking people at the construc-tion site to speak to one of themon cell phone.

Sources said the armstwisting tactic of the JJMP is allfor extraction of levy.

The multipurpose tower iscoming up @ a cost of only 6lakhs of rupees for the largerbenefit of the tiger reserve asthis tower and surveillancefrom here will contain and curbpoaching, felling of trees,immediate action in the eventof outbreak of forest fire etc.

Sources said the towerwatching could also minimizeintrusion by cattle owners.

MK Mahaling deputydirector South division of PTRhas confirmed the incident of

slapping of forester S Pathak bythe ultras of JJMP saying theNaxal outfit is putting thiskind of pressure for levy.

PTR has a plan to build100 such towers which couldhave fortified security and safe-ty of this tiger reserve and itswild life but this Naxal outfit isthrowing spanner into the plan.

Locals said the Naxals resistmaking of road , bridge and twoor three storey building fearingthat police may use such build-ing as Morchas against them.Only last week a tractor wasburnt down by extremists in theEast Garu range. However inthis burning of the tractorrivalry between two tractorowners has come to the fore.

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Four persons including onechild died while four others

injured in separate road acci-dent in Bokaro district onFriday night.

An eight-year-old childdied when a speeding tractorcrushed the child to death atAraldih panchyat under Jaridihpolice station. Police sized thetractor and a case has beenlodged at local police station.

While in another incidentBahadur Vishwakarma (18) aresident of Darid village underPaterwar Police Station diedafter an unidentified speedingvehicle crushed him to deathnear Uttarsara village on NH 23at Paterwar, police said.

Demanding compensationirked villagers blocked the roadon the spot of the accident.Suddenly at that time when thevillagers blocked the road, aspeeding Haiwa (JH 02 A 5334)coming towards form Gola hita bike (TN 20 0371) whichresulted into death of bothbike riders while one got mul-tiple injuries.

The deceased were identi-fied as Mantu Marandi andManoj Marandi, residents ofJorabera under Jaridih policestation. While MukeshHemberam the third bike rideris alive and treating his woundat local hospital, said an eye-witness.

Another accident reportedunder same police station, anSUV car (JH 09 AF 1561) col-lided with a coal-laden Haiwaon NH 23 near Jaridih policestation resulted into multipleinjuries to the three, travellingto Bokaro from Hazaribagh inthe car. With help of policeinjured were rushed to thehospital.

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Chief Electoral Officer ofJharkhand L Khiyangte vis-

ited Hazaribagh on Saturday toreview the progress of ongoingrevision work of electoral roll2018 in Hazaribagh district.Khiyangte also visited Mandublock and Barhi sub-divisionand took a close look of theprogress of ongoing exercise.

DC cum District Electionofficer Ravishankar Shukla andother officials welcomed theCEO at Hazaribagh and madehim acquainted with the pre-sent status of ongoing electoralroll revision work. He gave

some directions to the officialsand said that since the electionwork is directly linked with ourconstitution so all works shouldbe completed within giventime frame.

Khiyangte also sat with theBLOs and computer operatorsof Municipal area and directedthem to complete the work byvisiting every home so thatevery eligible voter should takepart in the festival of democra-cy. He also visited district elec-tion office and the office of localagency to whom the work ofpreparing electoral roll andvoters id-card has been given.

Khiangte also visited

Mandu block office andinspected the election office ofthe block. From HazaribaghKhiyangte went straight toBarhi sub-division where toohe inspected the election offi-cer’s office and sat with theBLOs and other concernedofficials and staffs.

After the end of meetingDC Ravishankar Shukla pre-sented a coffee table book ofHazaribagh to the CEO of theState as a memento from thedistrict. On this occasion SDOAditya Ranjan, AC DilipTirkey, NDC Vivek KumarMehta and others were alsopresent.

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Union Minister cumLohardaga MP Sudarshan

Bhagat today presided overthe meeting of district devel-opment, co-ordination and vig-ilance committee held at col-lectrate office here. In themeeting a sequential review ofprogress of the developmentplans of several departmentswas taken.

“The development plansmust be completed in pre-scribed time period with trans-parency,” Bhagat said express-ing some anguish on absence ofthe Executive Engineer ofMunicipal Council Ganga RamThakur. He also instructed tocall another meeting within aweek and take quick actionagainst illegal mining.

In the meeting a review ofseveral plans was done includ-ed MGNREGA PM AawasYojna, Clean India Mission,

PM Ujjawala Yojna, DigitalYojna, Hondaga bridge con-struction and over Banda river,Agrasen path construction,Jima Path construction, roadconstruction from SomwarBazar to Palmerganj chowk,illegal mining of bauxite,repairing of road fromPalmerganj to Mission Chowk.

DC Binod Kumar, SPRajkumar Lakra, district coun-

cil president Sunaina Kumariand municipal chairpersonPawan Ekka were also presentin the meeting. After that theinauguration of Lamps office tobuy paddy was also done by theminister. Bhagat told that thesupporting value of the rice was17 Rs per kg. On the occasionSDO Raj Maheshwaram andBJP district head RajmohanRam were also present.

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From Page 1The BJP feels the Supreme

Court’s triple talaq judgmentand the Government’s standwill also go towards helping thenew generation Muslimwomen to shed their detest forthe BJP as it is trying to enlargeits support base beyond theBohra and Shia communities inthe State. The BJP has intro-duced a series of Muslim del-egations to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi as its confi-dence building exercise withthe community.

In a way the community isleft in the lurch with littlechoice for the want of its owndecisive leadership in the State,observers said.

Even though the BJP is notthe obvious choice of theMuslims in Gujarat, it is notaverse to approach Muslimvoters and doing rounds ofMuslim-majority areas. ChiefMinister Vijay Rupani, who hasbeen in the forefront of ‘culti-vate the community move’ inthe State, has for the first timetaken out a rally in Muslimmajority Jamalpur area.

“The BJP is approaching allthe communities without abaggage. It is seeking votes onthe issue of development ver-sus corruption and destructionof the Congress,” said BJP

spokesman GVL Rao, campingin Ahmedabad, when asked onBJP’s approach in the electiontowards the minority commu-nity. He too hoped that BJP’sshare of Muslim communityvote would increase from thelast elections, given the StateGovernment’s overwhelmingstress on development.

In the 2012 Assembly elec-tions, the Congress collected 69per cent Muslim votes in theState. The BJP, however, alsodid creditably well with around20 per cent Gujarati Muslimsvoting for the party.

In the outgoing Assemblyelections, there are only twomembers from the Muslimcommunity, a sharp declinefrom 1980 when Muslim rep-resentation in the Assemblystood at 12 with three MuslimRajya Sabha MPs from Gujarat.Today Ahmed Patel of theCongress is the only MuslimMP from Gujarat.

According to CSDS-Lokniti, in the last Assemblypolls, the BJP received 20 percent votes from the middle-class Muslims whereas thelower middle classes as well aseconomically well-off Muslimsvoted for the Congress. About33 per cent poor Muslimsrejected both Congress andthe BJP.

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Minister Narendra Modi wasno longer a Hindu as he hadcompletely embracedHindutva. It was also aimedat the temple-vis it ingCongress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi.

In Vadodara, BJP MPMeenakshi Lekhi questionedRahuls’ claim that he was a“Shiv bhakt” and asked himto clear his stand on LordRam. The Congress-led UPAGovernment had, in an affi-davit on the Ram Sethu filedin the Supreme Court ,denied the existence of LordRam, she said. Talking tonewspersons, the MP fromNew Delhi said Rahul shouldfirst accept the existence ofLord Ram before claiming tobe a “Shiv Bhakt”.

During his vis it toSomnath Temple earlier thisweek, Rahul’s media coordi-nator had mentioned theCongress vice-president’sreligious status as ‘non-Hindu’ in an entry book ofthe temple situated on thewestern coast of Gujarat.This ignited a fresh contro-versy over the Gandhi-Nehrufamily’s religion. While

Rahul himself asserted to bea “Shiv Bhakt”, the Congresscame to his defence terminghim a janeudhari Hindu.

Jaitley also showcasedthe BJP’s stupendous perfor-mance in the UP civic pollsand the Congress’ dismalshow, saying the grand oldparty is on the cusp ofextinction and will meet abitter defeat in Gujarat.

“While the BJP has main-tained its credibility, theCongress is slowly becomingextinct. The results haven’tbeen out yet and they havealready started making excus-es for their defeat,” heremarked when asked aboutallegations of EVM tamper-ing. Coming down heavily onthe erstwhile UPA regimeunder Monmohan Singh,Jaitley called it the “most cor-rupt” and “leaderless”Government in Indian histo-ry.

“The 10 years of gover-nance before Modi Ji’sGovernment was the mostcorrupt Government we haveever seen. It was a leaderlessGovernment. It was said thatthe then PM is a PM in officebut not in power,” he said.

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Aiming to attract pet loversfor the biggest gathering of

pets at one place, the 4th edi-tion of pet festival “Pet Fed”began at NSIC Grounds inOkhla on Saturday. The two-day long festival witnessedthousands of pet lovers havinga glimpse of over 3,000 pets,including dogs, cats, hamstersand guinea pigs.

The fest organised by PetFed India is touted to be the“biggest pet festival” in India.People were seen shoppingspecially designed clothes andfood items for their pets.Various other activities werealso organised for dogs.Security dog show, good dog

citizen programme, and obe-dience display are some of thefeatures of the fest.

The highlights also includea special art gallery for dogs,hundreds of stalls, food anddrinks from multiple brands, acat zone and a separate VIPlounge, discover dogs section,fashion shows, etc. At the “Pet’sGot Talent”, animal lovers canenroll their pets in which theycan jump through a loop, playdead on command or any suchcool tricks. Also, cash prizes liein store for these activities,apart from the whole act beingin front of a live audience of25,000-plus pet lovers. Thefestival will also have a fashionshow for pets on Sunday.

Akshay Gupta, founder of

Pet Fed, said, “Pet Fed 2017 has shown tremendousresponse so far.

“We are quite satisfied withthe turnout on day one. We hada line-up of various new, excit-ing and engaging activities forpets and pet parents, whichwere very well appreciated bythe audience,” he said.

Gupta further said, “Weare quite hopeful about mak-ing it to the Limca Book ofWorld Records for hostingmost number of dogs at agiven place. We are expectingsimilar response on day twoas well as we have our high-lights of this year — Pets GotTalent and Fashion show ofDogs and Cats scheduled forSunday.’’

Saloni Madan, who visit-ed the fest with his Germanshepherd, said that she wasvery excited to be part of thefest. “In the hustle and bustleof our busy life, we don’treally get time to look afterour pets so this fest is a greatopportunity to take our petsout so that they can meet withnew friends,” she said.

“It is a mere attempt tomake our dogs feel special inexchange of the uncondition-al love that they show on usevery day. I am hoping tointeract with lots of peoplealong with their beautifulpets in order to get a newexperience,” said AshimaAhuja who visited the fest toplay with dogs.

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External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj on Saturday

discussed issues of mutualinterests with her Iranian coun-terpart Javed Zarif as she madea stopover at Tehran on her wayback from Russia. She hadgone to Sochi in Russia toattend the annual summit ofthe Shanghai CooperationOrganisation(SCO).

"Reinforcing our tradi-tionally close and civilisation-al linkages, EAM@SushmaSwaraj had a lun-cheon meeting with theForeign Minister of Iran DrJavad Zarif in #Tehran. Bothsides discussed issues of mutu-al interest,” External AffairsMinistry SpokespersonRaveesh Kumar tweeted. Thetwo ministers are understoodto have reviewed the imple-mentation of the Chabaharport project in which India isa key partner.

Over a month ago, Indiahad sent its first consignmentof wheat to Afghanistan by seathrough the Chabahar port inIran, which was seen as a"landmark" move to opera-tionalise a new strategic tran-

sit route among the three coun-tries bypassing Pakistan. Theport is likely to enhance tradebetween India, Afghanistanand Iran in the wake ofPakistan denying transit accessto New Delhi for trade with thetwo countries.

Besides bilateral issues,Swaraj and Zarif are under-stood to have deliberated onregional situation and politicaldevelopments in the Gulfregion. India is looking toincrease engagement with Iranby raising oil imports and pos-sible shipments of natural gasand the issue is believed to havefigured in the meeting.

Swaraj had paid a bilater-al visit to Iran in April last yearduring which both sides haddecided to significantly expandengagement in their overallties, particularly in boostingIndian investment in joint ven-tures in oil and gas sectors. Onher stopover, MEA officialssaid it was a technical stopoverand not an unscheduled one.

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Congress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi on

Saturday posed his fourthquery to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi over lowGovernment spending oneducation in the BJP-ruledGujarat.

Posing the question inthe series “a question a day”, heasked, “Why is Gujarat on the26th position with regard tospending on Governmenteducation? What wrong hasthe youth of the State done?”

The Congress leader, whois leading his party’s poll cam-paign in in the western State,accused the Prime Minister of“commercialising educationat the cost of Governmentschools and institutions andhitting students hard with feehikes”.

“How will the dream of a‘New India’ be realised thisway,” Rahul asked Modi, whohas been canvassing for votesfor his party for the Assemblypolls.

The tagline of his posersto the Prime Minister is “22salon ka hisaab, Gujarat mangejawaab (Gujarat demandsanswers for 22 years of BJPrule”.

Rahul earlier asked Modi

why public moneywas “squandered”in purchasing power athigher rates from private com-panies in Gujarat. He alsoasked why the people ofGujarat should pay up for the“financial mismanagement”and publicity by him.

He asked whether it willtake 45 more years to providenew houses to Gujaratis as theincumbent BJP Governmentin the state has provided only4.72 lakh houses in the last fiveyears against the promised 50lakh.

Gujarat, the home State ofModi and BJP president AmitShah goes to polls in two phas-es on December 9 andDecember 14.

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Former Bihar Chief Minister RabriDevi on Saturday appeared before

the Enforcement Directorate (ED)here in connection with a railwayhotels allotment corruption case,official sources said .

Rabri Devi, the wife of RJD chiefLalu Prasad, has reached the EDzonal office in the state capital.

A special team of the agencyfrom Delhi is expected to questionher and record her statement underthe Prevention of Money LaunderingAct (PMLA).

Lalu Prasad was the railwayminister in the UPA-I Government.Her appearance before the central

probe agency today comes after sheskipped similar summonses at leastsix times.

It is understood that the agencyallowed her request to be questionedin Patna and not in Delhi, where thecriminal case has been registered.

The ED has earlier questionedRabri Devi's son Tejashwi Yadav, theformer deputy chief minister ofBihar, twice in this case.

In July, the agency registered acase against Lalu Prasad, his familymembers and others under variousprovisions of the PMLA.

Before that, the Central Bureauof Investigation (CBI) registered afirst information report and con-ducted multiple searches on the

properties of Lalu Prasad and oth-ers.

The CBI FIR alleged that LaluPrasad, during his tenure as the rail-way minister in the UPA-I govern-ment, handed over the maintenanceof two Indian Railway Catering andTourism Corporation (IRCTC)hotels to a company in 2004 afterreceiving bribe in the form of aprime land in Patna through a'benami' company owned by SarlaGupta, the wife of Prem ChandGupta, a former Union minister.

The ED registered the criminalcase against his family members andothers under the PMLA, based onthe CBI FIR.The CBI has alreadyrecorded the statements of Tejashwi

and Lalu Prasad in this case.The ED is investigating the

alleged "proceeds of crime" gener-ated by the accused, purportedlythrough shell companies, accordingto the officials.

Others named in the CBI FIRinclude Vijay Kochhar, VinayKochhar (both directors of SujataHotels), Delight Marketing compa-ny, now known as Lara Projects, andthe then IRCTC managing directorP K Goel.The CBI FIR was registeredon July 5 in connection with favoursallegedly extended to Sujata Hotelsin awarding a contract for theupkeep of the hotels in Ranchi andPuri and receiving premium land as"quid pro quo".

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India has the "intellectualcapacity" and potential to be

a model for the rest of theworld in tackling environ-mental issues, especiallythrough the use of renewableenergy sources, Sweden's envoyfor climate change has said.

Lars Ronnas, SwedishAmbassador for ClimateChange, on his first visit toIndia, also asserted that thereare "very strong interests" in hiscountry for bilateral coopera-tion in this field.

"You (India) are the majoreconomy, and China. And, itrests on India's shoulders...Theresponsibility and the chal-lenges, as to how we shoulddesign our society. And Indiahas the potential to be a modelfor the rest of the world," he said.

The climate change envoyalso said that India is on thegrowth path to address needsof a large population and meetthe Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDGs) by 2030.

"India also has a veryyoung population who are dri-ving things.

There are skilled peopleand you (India) have theknowledge and the intellectu-al capacity to do so. Also, thestrong move towards use ofrenewable energy in India is

encouraging," Ronnas told PTIin an interview.

Asked in what areas ofenvironmental sectors Swedencan cooperate with India, hesaid, there are "good prospects"of Indo-Swedish collaboration.

There are scopes for work-ing together in the area, frompublic transport to waste-to-energy, but first "we need tofind a business model", the cli-mate change envoy said.

"India and Sweden are dif-ferent in size and other aspects.We are one of the top countriesin innovation and business isglobal. And, we have someheadways in terms of how toaddress waste, a major problem

in all mega cities. So, thescope for collaboration, I amquite convinced they are.

The initiative for any fur-ther partnership has to comefrom India, but "Sweden iswilling", he said.

"We have a number ofMoUs already. Our PMs(Narendra Modi and StefanLofven) met last year. Thebusiness councils in Sweden arevery much engaged.

"So, there is a very stronginterest in my country for col-laboration.

We need to see how we canfind collaborative approacheswith different stakeholders,"Ronnas said.

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Union Minister forPetroleum and Natural

Gas Dharmendra Pradhan onSaturday said that in the three-and-half years, the ModiGovernment gave more than8.5 crore new gas connec-tions across the nation.

Addressing a Press con-ference at BJP Media Centre in

Ahmedabad, Pradhan took apotshot at OppositionCongress, saying that from1955 to 1995, total 13 crore gasconnections were given bydifferent Governments, most-ly ruled by the Congress.

He also claimed that with-in couple of months everyhousehold in poll-boundGujarat would have gas con-nections. “Congress leaders

were questioning Modi Modelof Development. This is thedevelopment model of Modiand BJP," he said, adding thatagainst the national average of76 per cent gas connections,only 27 per cent gas connec-tions had been given inAmethi constituency fromwhere three generations ofNehru-Gandhi family electedover past decades.

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As many as 1828 candidatesare in fray for 182

Assembly seats in Gujarat thatinclude 977 candidates fromSaurashtra-Kutch and SouthGujarat regions’ 89 con-stituencies as well as 851 aspi-rants from North and Central

Gujarat regions’ 93seats whichwould go forpolling in twophases on 9th

and 14thDecember respec-

tively.Interestingly ruling BJP is

the only political party whichhas put candidates in all 182assembly constituencies. MainOpposition party has giventickets 178 candidates as theCongress party has resorted toseat sharing agreement withpowerful tribal leader ChhotuVasava and decided to supportVasava by not fielding candi-dates from three tribal domi-nated constituencies in SouthGujarat. There are as many as788 independent candidatesin the fray.

The oldest political outfit

has also declared its support toJignesh Mevani young Dalitleader emerged post Una Dalitflogging incident who has filednomination from Vadgamassembly constituency in NorthGujarat as independent candi-date. The constituency isreserved for Scheduled Castecandidate.

Former Uttar PradeshChief Minister Mayavati head-ed Bahujan Samaj Party hasfielded its candidates in 139assembly seats. As many as 95candidates from FormerGujarat Chief MinisterShankersinh Vaghela’s politicaloutfit All India HindustanParty are also set to contest2017 Gujarat polls. Strong

Maratha leader Sharad Pawar’spolitical outfit NationalistCongress Party’s 58 candidatestoo are in fray. NationalDemocratic Alliance (NDA)ally Shiv Sena is contestingfrom 42 assembly constituen-cies. Delhi Chief Minister ledAam Aadami Party’s will givefight to candidates of otherpolitical parties in 30 seats.

It is worth mentioning thatsince the first assembly electionsafter formation of Gujarat, thestate is witnessing third highestcandidates in the assembly elec-tions. In 1995 and 1990 assem-bly polls 2545 and 1889 candi-dates contested. In the previousassembly elections in 2012,there were 1666 aspirants.

Most number of candi-dates (34) contesting fromMehsana assembly seats inNorth Gujarat from whereGujarat’s deputy Chief MinisterNitin Patel has filed his candi-dature. Other constituencieswhere high numbers of candi-dates are in fray includeJamnagar rural 27, Botad 25,Jamnagar North 24 andViramgam 22. Least numbersof candidates (three) are con-testing from Bhiloda, Anand,Morva Hadaf, Jhagadia andGandevi.

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As per the ElectionCommission of India’s

data, 198 crorepati candidatesthat include 76 from BJP and60 from Congress in ensuingGujarat assembly polls. Thereare three candidates who havedeclared their wealth morethan �100 crore.

Congress candidateIndranil Rajguru who is con-testing against Gujarat ChiefMinister Vijay Rupani hasdeclared �141 crore wealth.BJP candidates from Botadand Wadhvan Saurabha Pateland Dhanaji Patel havedeclared their wealth in tunewith �123 crore and ̀ 113 crorerespectively. Two independentcandidates – Prakash Unadakatand Rafiq Chauhan fromPorbandar and Gir Somnathconstituencies have given affi-davit that they do not have anywealth on their names.

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Telangana, the youngest stateof India, will have its own

“State song” and it will be“Telangana Bhu MatrukeSuprabhatam”.

Written by famous poet ANateswara Sarma and set totune by Ramachari, the song willbe unveiled by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at theWorld Telugu Conference inHyderabad starting December15.

The song will have 42 stan-zas extolling the greatness of allthe 31 districts. KCR, a vowedadvocate of promoting Telugu

language and Telangana culturehas also agreed to the proposalthat the World TeluguConference should open withthis song. The Conference wasexpected to be attended by morethan 15000 people, many of theTelugu NRIs from United States,Britain, Gulf and other countries

This is first major Telugulanguage event in Hyderabadafter the bifurcation of theAndhra Pradesh and formationof Telangana in 2014.

Both the States claim them-selves to be Telugu States with atinge of rivalry who was the gen-uine repository of the languageand culture.

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Amidst the forecast that Very SevereCyclonic Storm Ockhi could inten-

sify further, Kerala’s coastal villages fellinto the grip of anxiety on Saturday afterbodies of five fishermen were broughtashore from the Arabian Sea where 126fishermen were still feared to be strand-ed even as Lakshadweep, where thecyclone left a trail of destruction sinceFriday night, was cut off from mainland.

Seven deaths were reported in Keralaon Saturday taking the number of Ockhi-related deaths up to 14. A fisherman waskilled in Kannur after a high-mast lightcollapsed on him in heavy rain and gush-ing wind. Water-logging led to the deathof a 45-year-old man at Chellanam nearKochi. Ockhi had caused seven deaths inthe State on Thursday and Friday.Fishermen feared that the toll could stillgo up as the search in the sea progressed.

Anxiety over the fate of the fishermenfeared to have been trapped in turbulentsea transformed into rage and protests atPoonthura in Thiruvananthapuram.According to the authorities, 432 fisher-men had been rescued from the sea so far.The Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard andother forces and agencies were carryingout the rescue work in the sea betweenKerala and Lakshadweep.

Of the 126 fishermen to be rescuedyet, 120 were people who had gone to seafrom different places inThiruvananthapuram. “Keralites andTamil Nadu natives have gone to sea fromhere. The Government still doesn’t knowhow many are trapped in the sea. Also,they have no idea about the regionwhere they can find them,” said Benjaminfrom Poonthura fishing hamlet.

However, the Government main-tained that the rescue operation was pro-gressing well and promised to bring backall those trapped in the sea. But the fish-ermen refused to be satisfied and reportssaid that 14 fishermen had gone to sea onSaturday afternoon to search for thestranded defying the warnings issued bythe authorities.

Those rescued included the 104 fish-ermen from Kerala who had reachedLakshadweep in 13 boats, according tothe Navy, which in coordination withCoast Guard, was carrying out the mis-sion christened Operation Synergy. “Weare committed to support and help thefishermen community to stay safe,” saidSouthern Naval Command chief Vice-Admiral AR Karve.

The Kerala Government announceda financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to thefamilies of each of those killed in Ockhi-related incidents and Rs 20,000 and freetreatment for all those injured. ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan said fair com-pensation would be provided to thosewho had lost their fishing implements likeboats and nets.

On Saturday evening, Pinarayi visit-ed two Government hospitals inThiruvananthapuram where about 90fishermen rescued from sea were admit-ted with injuries. “There will be no short-coming in their treatment. The rescuework is progressing without any problemespecially as the weather had turnedsomewhat calm,” he said.

The Indian Meteorology Departmenton Saturday said that Ockhi, categorizedas very severe cyclone, was “very likely tointensify in the next 24 hours”. An IMDbulletin said, “It is very likely to contin-ue to move north-northwestwards (fromover Lakshadweep) during next 24 hoursand then re-curve northeastwards duringthe subsequent 48 hours.”

Weathermen said that Lakshadweepwould remain in the clutches of thecyclone throughout Saturday with heavyrains and gales continuing to lash it andthe sea between Kerala and Lakshadweepremaining extremely turbulent. Gale-

wind speeds might reach 100 KMPH to110 KMPH over and aroundLakshadweep islands during Saturdaynight, they said.

At the same time, weather remainedlargely calm across Kerala on Saturdayafter two days of furious activity.However, the authorities issued a 24-houralert for the State. The alert was for 48hours for Lakshadweep. Fishermen inKerala and Lakshadweep were instruct-ed not to go to sea for 48 hours as it couldremain extremely turbulent despite thecalmness seen in weather.

Meanwhile, Lakshadweep, lashed bythe cyclone-generated winds and heavyshowers since Friday night, remained iso-lated from mainland on Saturday aftercommunications systems collapsed andextreme turbulence of the sea forced sus-pension of shipping services. Hundredsof islanders were stranded at Kochi andBeypore in Kozhikode, departure portsfor Lakshadweep.

The 75-seater flight service fromAndrott, where the only airstrip forLakshadweep is situated, was suspendedon Friday itself. Power and communica-tions networks collapsed on Kalpeniand Minicoy islands. A breakwater andboat jetty at Kalpeni was washed away andthe 130-year-old lighthouse at Minicoysuffered damages. However, no death hadbeen reported from the islands.

The Indian Navy has been carryingout rescue operations in Lakshadweepand this helped in getting all the work-ers in 19 boats from Kochi to safety. AnUru –dhow-like cargo carrier – sank offKavaratti but all the seven workers on itwere rescued. Ten boats capsized offMinicoy and Kalpeni islands but all theworkers were reportedly safe.

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Jammu and KashmirvChiefMinister Mehbooba Mufti

was unanimously elected as thepresident of PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP) forthe sixth consecutive termonSaturday.

Mehbooba thanked themembers of the electoral col-lege for reposing trust in herleadership. She assured to carryforward the party’s politicalpolicy with renewed enthusi-asm and vigour.

Mehbooba plunged intopolitics in 1996 when her fatherfielded her as Congress candi-date from Bijbehara con-stituency. She quit Congress in1999 and floated the PDP. She

was first time elected as thePDP president in 2003.

Opposition leader and for-mer Chief Minister OmarAbdullah congratulatedMehbooba on her election asPDP president. for the sixthconsecutive time.

“Congratulations to@MehboobaMufti on beingre-elected as President of@jkpdp. We may not agree onmuch these days but I wish youwell,” omar wrote on twitter.

Mehbooba later thankedOmar Abdullah for congratu-lating her.

“Thanks for the wishesOmar. Debate is the essence ofdemocracy so we can agree todisagree on certain issues,” shewrote on twitter.

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Uttar Pradesh Congressaccused the Bharatiya

Janta Party of trying to mis-guide the public by projectingdistorted facts about its victo-ry in the Urban Local Bodiespolls. The party also blamedthe media for not projecting thecorrect picture of the results.

“Even though the BJP won14 out of 16 Mayoral seats inthe recently concluded civicpolls, the fact remains that inoverall elections, they per-formed poorly but still theywere patting their back as if

they had swept the elections,”asserted Congress MLCDeepak Singh. He pointed outthat the BJP’s victory could onlybe attributed to tamperedEVMs as in other seats whereballot papers were used, theBJP performed poorly.

“In the last Lok Sabha elec-tions, the win percentage of theBJP was 90 per cent whichcame to 70 percent in Assemblypoll. Now in Urban LocalBodies poll, the BJP’s win percentage is merely 27 per cent.Even afetr scraping through theparty is projecting its win as aclean sweep,” said Singh

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Tax (GST) India’s informalsector has hit by 30 per cent,said former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh on Saturdayat Surat while interacting withbusinessmen in the poll bound

state. He claimed this on thebasis of the data recentlyreleased by Central StatisticalOrganization (CSO). Singhfurther said that GST wasnothing but tax terrorismwhich took away more than30,000 jobs in Surat alone.

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Government’s policyapproach for exit of finan-

cially stressed units certifiestransparency in the processwith the possibility of takeoverby alternate efficient manage-ment under the new bankrupt-cy law, Steel MinisterChaudhary Birender Singh said.

The statement comes a fewdays after after the Governmentpromulgated an ordinance to barwilful bank loan defaulters aswell as those with NPA accountsfrom bidding in auctions beingdone to recover loans.

“Steel companies have tosustain by being competitiveand having a disciplinedapproach towards loan man-agement,” an official statementquoted the minister as saying.

He was speaking at theGlobal Forum on Excess SteelCapacity in Berlin on November30. In view of the optimisticpossibilities of the future of thesteel sector, India is going to be

a major destination for steelinvestors, he said.

“Steel being a deregulatedsector in India, setting up ofcapacities is based on theinvestor’s own assessment ofprofitability in the sector,” he said.

Investment also dependson the nature of the marketbased on present and futuredemand in the sector, he saidadding the state-owned enter-prises and private companiescompete on equal footing in thesteel sector in India.

In order to take effectivesteps to address the challenges ofexcess steel capacity, members of

the Global Forum agreed toshare information, cooperate anddevelop concrete policy solutions.

“Six guiding principles con-tained in the progress report laythe foundation for taking tan-gible policy actions to reduceexcess steel capacity,” he said.

On the basis of these prin-ciples, the Global Forum madefew key recommendations.

While most of the key rec-ommendations in the draftreport generally have beenagreed by all members, there area few recommendations wheresome member countries haveexpressed caution, the state-

ment said.“One such area of concern

for India is regarding the basisof prescribing key recommen-dations. While India agreesthat the policy recommenda-tions cover all market distort-ing subsidies and other types ofsupport provided by govern-ment or government-relatedentities, there should beacknowledgement of existingWTO agreements,” the state-ment said.

The draft report has indi-cated support only for theWTO agreement on subsidiesand countervailing measureswhich is not sufficient as thereis another support measuresought to be covered in the keyrecommendations in theprogress report which findsmention elsewhere in WTOagreements.

It would accordingly be desir-able that while making key rec-ommendations, there is acknowl-edgement of WTO agreements,the statement said.

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Google is taking aim at the “nextbillion” internet users with a way

to stop smartphone apps from need-lessly burning through costly mobiledata allowances.

A newly release applicationdubbed Datally made available free atthe Google Play Store this week letspeople see when games, social net-works or other programs are usinginternet connections in the back-ground, and then put a stop to it.

A “Next Billion Users” unit formedby Google Chief Executive SundarPichai set to work on Datally abouttwo years ago, after traveling theworld and finding that the cost ofmobile data services was a vexation,especially in places where budgets aretight and smartphones are the mainway people go online.

While smartphones seemed ubiq-uitous, it was common for them to bein “airplane mode,” severing connec-tions to networks out of fear of run-away mobile data costs, according toproduct manager Josh Woodward.

“Almost every app on your phonewill run in the background —whether a game, video app, a chatapp — without you knowing aboutit,” Woodward said.

“Those living on Wi-Fi or withlarge data plans may not notice, but formany users around the world data islike money to them so they budget it.”

Along with showing real-timesmartphone data use, Datally revealswhich apps are involved and lets peo-ple stop them as they wish.

“It really acts as a speedometer foryour mobile data, along with the abil-ity to block data if things are gettingout of hand,” Woodward said.

Datally also has a feature that helpspeople find nearby hotspots wherethey can connect with the internetwithout using telecom networks.

Google tested Datally earlier thisyear in the Philippines with a half-mil-lion users, finding they cut mobile datause by about 30 per cent, according toWoodward.

Datally works on Android smart-phones with Lollipop (5.0) or newerversions of the Google-backed mobileoperating system.

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Infosys on Saturday said it hasappointed Salil S Parekh as its CEOand Managing Director, conclud-

ing the 3-month high-profile execu-tive search at the country's secondlargest IT firm.

The Bengaluru-based firm hadinitiated the search after CEO VishalSikka resigned in August following aprotracted acrimony between themanagement and the founders.

UB Pravin Rao, who was filling inthe CEO role on interim basis, will nowcontinue as Chief Operating Officerand a whole-time Director of thecompany, Infosys said in a statement.

Parekh, who will take over onJanuary 2, 2018 for a period of fiveyears, was a member of the GroupExecutive Board at French firmCapgemini, Infosys added.

“He (Parekh) has nearly threedecades of global experience in the ITservices industry. He has a strong trackrecord of executing business turn-arounds and managing very success-ful acquisitions,” said NandanNilekani, Chairman of Infosys Board.

The Board believes that Parekh is theright person to lead Infosys at this “trans-formative time in the industry”, he added.

This is the second time the com-pany is bringing in an outsider for thetop job. Sikka, who was brought infrom SAP in 2014, was the first non-

founder CEO at the over $10 billioncompany.

The year-long spat between thehigh-profile founders like NRNarayana Murthy and the Infosysmanagement, saw Sikka quitting inAugust. Over the next few days, thethen Chairman R Seshasayee and twoothers also relinquished their positions.

Murthy, along with some formerInfosys executives, had alleged seriouscorporate governance lapses and ques-tioned the high severance packagespaid to ex-CFO and others.

Another major contention was thePanaya acquisition by Infosys. Thefounders citing whistleblower reportshad raised concerns about the buyout.

It was then that Nilekani — oneof the Infosys co-founders andAadhaar architect — was brought inas non-executive chairman to restoreorder at the embattled company.

He was also tasked with findingSikka's successor as the shareholdersentiment was hit by the develop-ments at the firm.

Interestingly, the new Board,under Nilekani, has given a clean chitto the $200 million Panaya deal say-ing there was no merit in the allega-tions of wrongdoing related to the deal.

For the executive search, Infosyscast a wide net to include alumni,internal and external candidates in theglobal search for the lead role. It hadalso hired consultancy firm Egon

Zehnder to search forSikka's successor.

According to reports,Infosys executives like UBPravin Rao, CFORanganath D Mavinakereas well as Ashok Vemuri(former Americas Headand Board member atInfosys) and B G Srinivas(former Infosys President)were considered for thetop job.

Infosys' statement onSaturday noted that theselection of Parekh wasdone based on the recom-mendation of Nominationand RenumerationCommittee.

Parekh had joinedCapgemini in 2000 as aresult of the acquisitionof the consulting divi-sion of Ernst and Young,and occupied variousleadership positions inthe Group.

He holds a Mastersdegree in Computer Science andMechanical Engineering from CornellUniversity as well as a Bachelorsdegree in Aeronautical Engineeringfrom the IIT Bombay.

According to industry watchers,Parekh will face multiple challenges inthe new role.

A major one would involvemaintaining peace between thefounders and the management, theysaid, adding that Parekh's perfor-mance would also depend on thehow much independence he gets indecision making.

Besides, he will have to push fur-

ther the innovation agenda in areaslike cloud, blockchain and analyticsgiven the increasing automation acrossindustries, rapid pace of technologychange and increasing visa scrutiny inkey markets, they said.

AHMEDABAD: UnionPetroleum and Natural GasMinister DharmendraPradhan on Saturday said theGovernment is planning tocurb the imports of petroleumcoke, also known as ‘pet coke’,which is believed to be amajor polluter.

The statement followsreports that US-based oilrefineries are exporting pet coke— a carbon-rich solid materialderived from oil refining — toIndia as there aren't many tak-ers for it in their country.

“Recently the SupremeCourt banned the use of petcoke in three states sur-rounding the Delhi-NCR.Consumption of pet coke isaround 25 million tonnes inour country. Of this, around13 million tonnes is producedby Indian refineries (rest isimported),” said Pradhan at apress conference here.

Asked about his plans forreducing the imports as well asuse of pet coke, Pradhan saida policy is being framed byvarious stake-holder ministriesto put curbs on its imports.

Pet coke does not causepollution if it is used as fuel incertain industries such ascement production, the min-ister said. At present, Ministryof Petroleum along with min-istries of environment, com-merce and some other min-istries are framing a policy toincrease restrict ions onimports of pet coke.

“We are planning to imple-ment a system to stop importsand use home-produced pet cokefor non-polluting sectors, such ascement production,” he said.

Giving details of ongoingwork by ONGC in KutchOffshore Basin, Pradhan said thebasin, near the Gujarat coast,

would produce nearly three mil-lion metric standard cubic meterper day of gas for the next 15 years.

“It is a significant discovery.ONGC is carrying out explorato-ry work in the basin for the lastone year. This is a �2,500 croreproject, which would produce 3MMCM per day for the next 15years,” he said. PTI

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NEW DELHI: JSW Energy on Saturdaysaid it has secured power purchase pactsaggregating to 208 MW, taking the long-term PPA proportion of the company ona consolidated basis to 69.3 per cent from64.6 per cent.

“JSW Energy has successfully securedPPAs aggregating to 208 MW. With this, thelong-term PPA proportion of the companyon a consolidated basis has increased from64.6 per cent at the end of second quarterof 2017-18 to 69.3 per cent currently,” thecompany said in a filing to BSE.

A power purchase agreement (PPA), orelectricity power agreement, is a contractbetween two parties, one which generateselectricity and the other which is looking topurchase electricity.

The pacts include a 176 MW PPA withHaryana Power Purchase Centre to be sup-plied from Karcham Wangtoo HydroElectric Project of Himachal Baspa PowerCompany Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary ofthe company, and 32 MW under group cap-tive scheme to be supplied from theRatnagiri plant of the company, it said.

According to the company's website,JSW Energy operates 4,531 MW of powergeneration capacity with the vision toachieve 10,000 MW by 2020. PNS

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Murthy had a protracted standoff with the previous Infosys man-agement over issues of corporategovernance and compensation toformer executives, leading to theabrupt resignation of the then CEO,Vishal Sikka.

“I am happy that Infosys hasappointed Salil Parekh as the CEO.My best wishes to him,” Murthy

said in a brief statement.He, however, did not answer

detailed queries on the develop-ment. Infosys on Saturday appoint-ed Parekh as its Chief ExecutiveOfficer and Managing Director,concluding the 3-month high-pro-file executive search at the country'ssecond largest IT firm.

UB Pravin Rao, who was fillingin the CEO role on interim basis,wi l l now cont inue as Chie fOperating Officer and a whole-timeDirector of the company, Infosyshas said in a statement.

Parekh, who will take over onJanuary 2, 2018 for a period of fiveyears, was a member of the Group

Executive Board at French firmCapgemini. This is the second timeInfosys is bringing in an outsiderfor the top job.

Sikka, who was brought in fromSAP in 2014, was the first non-founder CEO at the over $10 billioncompany.

In August this year, he resignedfrom the company fol lowingmonths of acrimony with high-pro-file founders, led Murthy, citing“malicious” and “personal attacks”on him. Nandan Nilekani, one ofthe co-founders of Infosys, wasbrought in as Non-execut iveChairman to restore order at theembattled company. PTI

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President Donald Trump andPrime Minister Narendra

Modi held a telephone con-versation on Friday, duringwhich they both expressed sat-isfaction with the recent GlobalEntrepreneurship Summit heldin Hyderabad.

In a brief readout of thecall, the White House said,“The leaders expressed satis-faction with the recent GlobalEntrepreneurship Summit, co-hosted by the United States andIndia, which brought togetherentrepreneurs and investors

from around the world, includ-ing 38 US states, the District ofColombia, and Puerto Rico.”

Trump’s daughter and advi-

sor, Ivanka Trump, led the USdelegation to the three-daysummit, which focused on thetheme of “Women First,Prosperity for All”.

Commenting on the sum-mit, State Departmentspokesperson Heather Nauertsaid this year’s GES focused onsupporting women entrepre-neurs and fostering economicgrowth globally.

“For all of our progress,gender divides on access totechnology, nutrition, andhealth, preventing women,their families, and their com-munities from reaching theirfull potential,” Nauert said.

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President Donald Trump hasfinally cleared the air over

media reports that he is all setto oust his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replace him with CIA directorMike Pompeo.

In a rather belated Twitterpost on Friday, Trump trashedthe reportage on the subject,calling it “fake news”.

“The media has been spec-ulating that I fired RexTillerson or that he would beleaving soon — FAKE NEWS!He’s not leaving and while wedisagree on certain subjects, (Icall the final shots) we workwell together and America is

highly respected again!”Tillerson for his part dis-

missed as “laughable” the mediareports that cited senior admin-istration officials to say that hewas set to get the marchingorders in a matter of weeks.

Tillerson made the com-ment when asked about thereports during a photo-op withthe visiting Libyan PrimeMinister.

The State Department let itbe known that all was well withTillerson as it rolled out detailsof his official, four-countryEuropean visit, beginningMonday.

The New York Times, fol-lowed by several other mediaoutlets, had on Thursdayreported that the White Househas developed a plan to “forceout” Tillerson in the face of

severely strained relationsbetween the two.

CNN went a step further tosay that the media leaks on

Tillerson’s impending ousterwere intended to “publiclyshame” him, signifying Trump’s“deep displeasure” with him.

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In a major victory forPresident Donald Trump on

a day when the widening probeinto Russian meddling in theUS presidential electionbecame a cause for concern forhis inner circle, the US Senateapproved a sweeping $1.5 tril-lion tax overhaul plan.

What Trump has for longbeen touting as his plannedChristmas gift for Americansthat will also reignite the USeconomy with big cuts in cor-porate taxes as well, the Senatesat well past midnight to final-ly pass the most ambitious taxlegislation in decades.

In what was a narrowapproval (51-49), theRepublican leadership had tobend over backwards with con-cessions to bring on boardsome of the party’s own mem-bers even as Democrats reject-ed the bill, deriding it as aRepublican gift to the rich andthe business class with very lit-tle for the working class. OneRepublican Senator, BobCorker, who has crossedswords with Trump, continuedto hold out.

“Biggest Tax Bill and TaxCuts in history just passed inthe Senate,” Trump tweetedafter his first legislative tri-umph. “We are one step clos-er to delivering massive tax cutsfor working families acrossAmerica….Look forward tosigning a final bill beforeChristmas!”

More work, however,

remains till the bill can get tohis table. This is because theSenate and House ofRepresentatives have passedtheir own versions with somediffering elements that willnow have to be reconciledthrough the conference mech-anism and then passed again bythe two chambers before thelegislation is sent to thePresident for his signature. Butthe Republicans appear confi-dent about averting any furtherhiccups.

The bill, among otherthings, reduces the number oftax brackets, doubles the stan-dard deduction for couples to$24,ooo, grows the per-childtax credit and at the top endmarginally lowers the person-al income tax rate for thewealthy. Significantly, the billslashes corporate taxes from 35per cent to 20 per cent.

Senate Majority LeaderMitch McConnell called it “agreat day for the country”,while House Speaker Paul Ryansaid that with the Senate’sapproval “we will move quick-ly to a conference committee sowe can get a final bill toPresident Trump’s desk.”

In contrast, SenateMinority Leader ChuckSchumer slammed theRepublicans for rushingthrough with a bill of suchmonumental implications. Hecalled it “a process and a prod-uct that no one can be proudof and everyone should beashamed of ”.

If the advance of his taxreform plan was a cause forjubilation for Trump, the ongo-ing probe by Special CounselRobert Mueller into his cam-paign’s contacts with theRussian authorities in the run-up to the last November elec-tion and during the transitionappears to have become amajor worry for the WhiteHouse.

The action of Trump’s for-mer National Security AdvisorMichael Flynn in pleadingguilty on Friday to lying to FBIabout his contacts with theRussian Ambassador andpromising to cooperate withthe investigators is beingviewed as an “ominous sign” forthe Trump White House.

This is all the more so sincethe court records in respect tothe charging of Flynn also saythat a “very senior member ofthe Presidential TransitionTeam” directed Flynn to con-tact officials from foreign gov-ernments, including Russia,about the UN resolution onIsrael.

While the court records didnot name the official, TheWashington Post, citing peoplefamiliar with the matter, report-ed that it refers to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.According to one transitionteam official, Kushner toldFlynn that blocking the reso-lution was a top priority of thepresident-elect.

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Awoman born without auterus has given birth via

a donated uterus in the US —a first for the country.

The women suffered fromabsolute uterine factor infer-tility (AUI) — a conditionwhere the uterus is non-func-tioning or non-existent.

The world’s first successfuluterus transplant was carriedout in Sweden on a woman inher mid-thirties born withoututerus, after a 61-year oldunrelated woman donated heruterus, according to The

Lancet. Later, the woman gave

birth to a male child.Till date, nearly two dozen

such uterus transplants havebeen carried out across theworld, including in India.

“We’ve been preparing forthis moment for a very long time.I think everyone had tears intheir eyes when the baby cameout. I did for sure,” Liza Johan-nesson, an obstetrician andgynaecologists as well as uterustransplant surgeon at BaylorUniversity Medical Centre atDallas, was quoted as saying inTime magazine on Friday.

The birth, through

Caesarean section, took placeas part of the hospital’s ongo-ing uterus transplant clinicaltrial on women.

“I’ve delivered a lot ofbabies, but this one was special.When I started my career wedidn’t even have sonograms.Now we are putting in uterus-es from someone else and get-ting a baby,” said Robert T.Gunby Jr., obstetrician andgynaecologists from the Baylorhospital. The donor in the USwas Taylor Siler, 36, a nurse inthe Dallas area, who donatedher uterus to the mother (whowish to remain anonymousdue to privacy concerns).

San Francisco: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is likely togive group administrators morepowers where they will be ableto restrict all other membersfrom sending text messages,photographs, videos, GIFs,documents or voice messagesin case the admin thinks so.

According to WABetaInfo,a fan site that tests newWhatsApp features early, thepopular mobile messaging plat-form has submitted the“Restricted Groups” setting viaGoogle Play Beta Programmein the version 2.17.430.

The “Restricted Groups”setting can only be activated bygroup admininstrators.

Administrators can keep sharingmedia and chatting as normal asthey restrict other members.

Once restricted, othermembers will simply have toread their messages and willnot be able to respond. They will have to use the“Message Admin” button topost a message or share mediato the group.

The message will need tobe approved by the adminis-trator before going through tothe rest of the group.

“A group can be restrictedonce every 72 hours but thanksto the 2.17.430 beta, we discov-ered that WhatsApp will befinally able to change this value

from the server,” the website said.WhatsApp has also

announced advanced features,bug fixes and general improve-ments in the upcoming update.

The features will be avail-able once WhatsApp enables itfor all users.

In October, reports saidadministrators on WhatsAppgroups will soon be able tochoose if other participantscan modify the subject of thegroup, its icon and its descrip-tion. WhatsApp has rolled out“delete messages for everyone”feature that lets users revokemessages in case they sentthose to a wrong person or agroup. IANS

Jakarta: Lava has filled upone-third of the crater ofAgung volcano in Indonesia’sBali island as the area remainedon maximum alert Saturdayover a possible bigger eruption.

“High-frequency earth-quakes continue to occur andshow that the volcano is veryactive and capable of pressur-ization to cause the ongoingeruptions,” the Centre forVolcanology and GeologicalHazard Mitigation said.

The director of informationfor the Indonesian NationalDisaster Management Agency(BNPB), Sutopo PurwoNugroho, said that the crater hasbeen spewing ash up to a height

of 2,000 metres,reports Efe news.Nugroho said that the gases andash have affected an area of upto 5 kms from the crater.

There is a 10-km safetyradius around the 3,031-metre-high volcano.

There are more than 48,000people registered in emergencyshelters, according to officialfigures, and the authoritieshave calculated between 90,000and 100,000 are still livinginside the security radius. Manyof those affected have soughtshelter in the houses of relativesand friends, while thousandshave refused to leave the dan-ger zone due to economic orspiritual reasons. IANS

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At 13 billion miles fromEarth, there’s no mechan-

ic shop nearby to get a tune-up.But NASA enginners have suc-cessfully fired up a set of “dor-mant” backup thrusters aboardthe Voyager 1 spacecraft — thefarthest and fastest spacecraft— after 37 years.

The only human-madeobject in interstellar space —the environment between thestars — Voyager 1 has been fly-ing for 40 years.

It relies on small devicescalled thrusters to orient itselfso it can communicate withEarth. These thrusters fire intiny pulses, or “puffs,” lastingmere milliseconds, to subtlyrotate the spacecraft so that itsantenna points at our planet.

Now, the Voyager team isable to use a set of four backupthrusters, dormant since 1980.The Voyager team assembled agroup of propulsion experts at NASA’s Jet PropulsionLaboratory, Pasadena,California, for the job.

Baghdad: Iraqi paramilitaryforces have uncovered twomore mass graves containingthe bodies of 140 civilians,including women and chil-dren, in an area home to theYazidi religious minority, theysaid on Saturday.

In 2014, ISIS killed thou-sands of Yazidis in Sinjar andkidnapped thousands ofwomen and girls from the com-munity to abuse them as sexslaves. The Hashed al-Shaabiparamilitary alliance said it

had found “a mass grave withthe bodies of 20 women andabout 40 children in the villageof Kabusi, south of Sinjar.”

Elsewhere, “in the Jaziraresidential complex, also southof Sinjar, 80 other bodies,mostly Yazidis, were discov-ered,” it said. Kurdish fightersbacked by the US-led coalitionagainst IS captured Sinjar fromthe jihadists in November 2015before Iraqi security forcestook control of the region inOctober. AFP

Beirut: Israel fired several sur-face-to-surface missiles at amilitary post near the Syriancapital of Damascus early onSaturday, causing materialdamage but no casualties,Syria’s state-run news agencyreported. The airstrike came asviolence resumed in theDamascus suburbs after days ofcalm while the governmentand opposition delegationsattended peace talks in Geneva.

The Israeli military didnot comment on the missileattack, which occurred short-ly after midnight on Friday, tar-geting a military area near thesouthern Damascus suburb ofKiswah.

SANA, the state newsagency, said the missile attackcaused material damage butgave no details. The report alsosaid that Syrian air defences shot down two of theIsraeli missiles.

Israel has carried out anumber of airstrikes againstsuspected arms shipmentsbelieved to be bound forLebanon’s Hezbollah militantgroup, which is fighting along-side Syrian government forcesin the civil war.

Israel has also struck sever-al Syrian military facilities sincethe conflict began, mostly nearthe Israeli-occupied GolanHeights. In September, Israeliwarplanes hit a military positionnear the Mediterranean coast inwestern Syria, killing two sol-diers and causing material dam-age. Rami Abdurrahman whoheads the opposition’s Britain-based SyrianObservatory for Human Rightssaid the missile attack targetedan arms depot near Kiswahwhere the Syrian army’s 1stDivision is based. AP

Dhaka: Pope Francis wrappedup a high-stakes Asia tourtoday after meeting Rohingyarefugees in Bangladesh in ahighly symbolic gesture of sol-idarity with the Muslim minor-ity fleeing violence in Myanmar.

The Catholic leader flewout of Dhaka after visiting ahospital run by the order ofMother Theresa and addressingthousands of students on thefinal day of a visit toBangladesh and Myanmar thathas been dominated by theplight of the Rohingya. PopeFrancis is known for champi-oning the rights of refugees andhas repeatedly expressed sup-port for the long- sufferingRohingya, describing them ashis “brothers and sisters”.AFP

Beijing: Chinese armed policeand Russian national guards onSaturday began a joint anti-ter-rorism drill in northwestChina’s Ningxia HuiAutonomous Region.

The exercise, which runstill December 13, is aimed atstrengthening friendly coop-eration and enriching practicalexchange, an official with theChinese armed police said.

The exercise, nearYinchuan capital of NingxiaHui Autonomous Region, isalso meant to improve the par-ticipants’ capabilities in carry-ing out joint anti-terrorismmissions and tackling terrorismthreats, the official said, addingthat the exercise is not direct-ed at any third party. PTI

Istanbul: A retired CIA analysthas dismissed Turkish accusa-tions that he was involved inlast year’s failed coup, saying hewas a “choice target” followinga warrant for his detention.

Graham Fuller, an ex-vicechairman of the CIA’s NationalIntelligence Council, told TheAssociated Press he was accusedof being the “CIA handler” ofa US-based Muslim cleric.

Turkey blames FethullahGulen for the 2016 coupattempt, but the cleric denies theallegations. In an emailed state-ment late yesterday, Fuller dis-missed claims he was in Turkey“directing the coup attempt.”

He said he was speaking toa group of 100 people inCanada that night. AP

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India continued their dominant showingagainst Sri Lanka with another scintil-lating batting display, mainly thanks to

the centurions Murali Vijay (155 off 267balls) and skipper Virat Kohli (156 not outfrom 186 balls). The 283-run partnershipfor the third wicket between Vijay and Kohliwas the key reason behind hosts putting upa massive 371/4 on board at the end of dayone at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium here onSaturday.

With 1-0 up in the three-match series,India looked to be well on course to scoreanother massive first innings total.

On an otherwise impressive day, theonly negative for the hosts was seeing thesettled Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane (1 off 5)losing their wickets at the fag end of the day.

Earlier, India started the game on anattacking note. In the very first over, Vijaystruck two consecutive boundaries - the firstone was placed in the vacant third-man spot,while the next one raced to the fine-legboundary.

Then slowly Dhawan joined the partyand started displaying some neat footworkto notch couple of effortless boundaries.

However, just when the partnershiplooked to be blooming, Dilruwan Pererastruck for Sri Lanka.

From an attempted sweep shot, Dhawancould only manage to get a top edge, whichwas caught in the deep backward square bySuranga Lakmal. Shikhar went for 23 off 35balls (4x4s) as India were 42/1 in 10 overs.

New batsman Cheteshwar Pujara didwell to settle down initially and then seemto be in fine touch with four boundaries inthe space of couple of overs.

But, Pujara (23 off 39 balls, 4x4s) wasunable to convert it into a big score as hefell to Lahiru Gamage. It was good captaincyby Dinesh Chandimal. He kept a fielder onleg-slip and it worked as SadeeraSamarawickrama took a sharp catch toreduce India to 78/2 in 20.2 overs.

In-came skipper Kohli and provided themuch needed support for Vijay as the twostarted to build an important partnership.

It didn't take long for Virat to join the

party as he opened his account with histrademark flick off the wrist to get his firstboundary in the same over from Gamage.

In the 27th over, Vijay raced to his fiftyunder lucky circumstances. He tried to takea quick single but the fielder at the cover hitthe stumps at the bowler's end, however, notonly the batsman made it over the crease,the ball deflected away from the stumps andraced to the boundary, giving the opener fiveruns in the process.

Soon, Kohli reached his 50 off just 52balls after hitting 2 consecutive fours off

Gamage.In the 41st over, the duo then reached

the 100-run partnership with a single byVijay. Kohli had been the main run providerin this partnership, but the opener supportedhim ably well from the other end.

Quickly the duo raced to their 150-runpartnership, following a single by Vijay offLakmal. It was also achieved at a brisk runrate as both the batsmen took just 193 deliv-eries to reach the mark. After a patientknock, Vijay reached his hundred. On hisback-foot, the opener hit one into the cov-

ers region. If the shot was good, his cele-bration was even better. After raising his batto the dressing room and to the crowd, Vijaypunched Kohli's gloves and followed it witha dab, making the crowd go wild.

At tea break, India were 245/2 with Vijaygoing strong on 101 off 170 balls, while skip-per was equally flawless at 94 off 101 balls.

Soon after the break, Kohli also racedto a well-deserved 20th Test century, witha single off Perera. It was the third succes-sive ton for the skipper and the crowdacknowledged the man-in-form with a huge

roar.With hundreds in their kitty, both the

players made little work of Lankan bowlers.They took singles at regular intervals andput away the odd ball for boundary as Indiastill kept going at a brisk run-rate.

Few overs later it looked as if Vijay's staycame to an end after a thick inside edge fellvery short off Chandimal in short-mid-wicket. The opener survived.

Soon, the duo reached their 200-runpartnership off 272 balls with a single fromKohli in the 66th over.

With every passing minute, India keptreaching one landmark after the other.

Next came the 250-run partnership witha single from Vijay off Dhananjaya de Silva.

It was followed by Vijay reaching the150-run mark. After a steady display ofpatience and determination, Vijay reachedthe landmark with a single into the covers.He took 251 balls to score his fourth 150 plusscore. At the end of 82 overs, India were349/2. Next was Kohli's turn to reach the 150mark. By nicely placing the ball in the deepcovers region, India's skipper managed toget three runs and in the process reached150 runs from 178 balls.

The only blip of an otherwise excellentday for India was seeing Vijay gettingstumped right towards the end of the day.Lakshan Sandakan tossed one outside theoff stump, Vijay stretching to reach the ball,dragged his foot off the line as the wicket-keeper Niroshan Dickwella made no mis-take in taking the bails off to give the visi-tors a bit of hope. Vijay (155 off 267 balls,13x4s) walked off with a deserved standingovation from the crowd.

New batsman Rahane's miserable timein this series continued as the 29-year-oldyet again fell cheaply.

He got dismissed in identical fashion toVijay's dismissal. Rahane leaped forward butmissed the ball off Sandakan as keeperDickwella yet again was quick off the markto remove the bails, sending the 29-year-oldback into the dressing room for just one runfrom five balls.

New batsman Rohit Sharma and Kohlimade sure Indian did not lose anymorewicket on the day.

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India's assistant coach SanjayBangar defended out-of-form

batsman Ajinkya Rahane, byreminding his doubters on hisbrilliant overseas record and hasassured that it is just a matter oftime before the 29-year-old willstart scoring big.

Rahane's poor form in theongoing 3-match Test seriesagainst Sri Lanka continued afterhe was stumped by wicket-keep-er Niroshan Dickwella offLakshan Sandakan's bowling forjust one run from five balls. It wasfollowed by scores of 2, 4 and 0in the previous two Test match-es.

However, the assistant coachis confident that he will bounceback soon.

"He would be disappointedin the manner he got out. He issomebody who works hard on hisgame like all players do. May belast match and this match, heerred in shot selection. He is aquality player and has the abili-ty to bounce back quickly," hesaid at the post-match press con-ference here on Saturday.

"Rahane's overseas record isphenomenal. That speaks thequality that he possesses. He hasperformed when the chips aredown and he is somebody whomust be hurt with his dismissal,but he is too good a player to notbe making runs for a long time,"he added.

Bangar also stressed on theimportance of a coach's role ininteracting with the players, say-ing the preparation for all play-ers is similar.

"I think a coach should beconsistent as to how he interactswith a particular player. Everyplayer wants to work on a certainaspect of his game and raise thebar. Irrespective of a player'sform, our preparation for allplayers is similar.

"As far as confidence is con-cerned, if any player is not ingood form, it also depends on hisattitude also - whether negativethoughts creep into the system ornot and how one can counter andtransform the negative thoughtsinto positive thoughts. These arethings we discuss. The hunger issame in all players," he said.

Bangar also defended thecurators, saying that only somuch can be done to get the pitchthey want as it all depends on thenature of the soil in the end.

"The nature of surfaces can-not be consistent since we are adiverse country and as we hopfrom region to region, the natureof the pitch is changed. Even

though we wanted to have a wick-et with pace and bounce, with abit of grass cover, the curators canonly do so much because it alldepends on nature of the soil,which is peculiar to the region.

"You can't expect a Mumbaiwicket to play like a Delhi wick-et and a Kolkata wicket to playlike a Nagpur wicket. So that's thebeauty of cricket. You may wantsomething but the curator isnever able to give you what youwant because of the peculiarnature of the track and diverseconditions in such a vast coun-try that we live in," he elaborat-ed.

He also explained that play-ers are selected for the playingeleven only based on the form.

"Team management is veryclear that it is basically the formand the form of the player. Andbecause we are so spoilt forchoices, everybody is battingwell and whoever is getting thatopportunity is making it count.Team management is very clearthat the current form and the wayin which the mindset of theplayer is going to be paramountin picking the final XI," he added.

KL Rahul, who played inboth the previous Test matches,

was dropped on Saturday toaccommodate the returningShikhar Dhawan.

"It does affect the rhythm. Itis hard on some players that theyhave to miss out. It is the dilem-ma of the selection. But the play-ers understand these things.Somebody like Shikhar, who hasbeen in brilliant form not justhere but also in Sri Lanka, has setthe tone for the series with a bril-liant century. And when youhave a left-arm bowler or off-spinner, you need to fact in thatas well. So you need to considerthe combination of the opposi-tion attack and think if a left-rightcombination can counter it bet-ter when you pick the final XI,"he explained.

Bangar stressed that the play-ers understand that when playingwith five batsmen, it is importantfor those five to take the respon-sibility on their shoulders toscore big.

"In the last two and a half andthree years under Kohli's leader-ship, the team-management hasopted for difficult choices — playwith five batsmen. And the kindof development the lower-orderhas shown, allows us to play withfive batsmen. But the responsi-bility and ownership also lies withthe top-order, whoever gets inwants to make it big and theyhave embraced it well.

"You can see when they score100 they have converted into bigscores. The number of big scoresthat we have had is purelybecause they understand theresponsibility taking into accountthat team is a batsman short andhow somebody who is set canmake big contribution to theteam and get a decisive result inthe Test match," he concluded.

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Sri Lanka bowling coach RumeshRatnayake felt Lakshan Sandakan

should have bowled more googlydeliveries as India struggled to copewith it at the end of the first day'splay.

With India on a roll on Day 1 ofthe third and final Test, Sandakangave some sort of hope to the visi-tors, picking up wickets of MuraliVijay (155 off 267 balls) and AjinkyaRahane (1 off 5 balls) right at the endof the day's play.

However, Ratnayake is of theopinion that Sandakan should havebrought his googly deliveries muchearlier.

"We try to encourage what wehave done well and keep doing themlike Sandakan, he should havebrought in the googly much earlier,that's one of the things we spoke attea and which he did only at the end.So we are asking why he didn't bringit on more," he said during thepost-match press conference.

"He is comfortable with his nor-mal chinaman deliveries but thegoogly is the thing that we seemight trouble the batsmen which he

hides very well and not very easy toread. He should bring it on and mixit."

Ratnayake said the team decid-ed to go with seven batsmen, toimprove their batting performances.

"It was a decision which we had

to take. We had to decide whether togo with the extra bowler or with anextra batsman since we hadn't donewell in our batting we wanted tomake a better statement establishinga better score. "If we were going tobat the first day we were to have

those seven batsmen that was thedecision we had to take. It certainlytaxes the opening bowlers becausethey are the ones who bowled themost in the last game also. Eventoday they are heavily taxed," he said.

When asked whether the injuredRangana Herath was missed, hereplied, "He is our leading wicket-taker, we do miss him a lot sayingthat we had to bring Sandakan inbecause of the fact that he is next inline and we saw a glimpse of what hecan do at the end. I wish it had cometwo sessions earlier."

Skipper Dinesh Chandimal'sclever field placement helped LahiruGamage dismiss Cheteshwar Pujara(23 off 39 balls, four 4s). He kept afielder on leg-slip and the planworked as Sadeera Samarawickramatook a sharp catch to reduce India to78/2 in 20.2 overs.

When asked whether it was apre-planned tactic, Ratnayake said,"It was good captaincy there byChandimal by having that leg slipgoing. It was a spur of the momentthing they thought that he is liftingthe ball there and had that leg slipwhich worked out for us. It was notpre-planned."

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Ross Taylor fell for 93, sevenruns short of his 17th test

century, then watched Colinde Grandhomme score amaiden century from 71 ballsas New Zealand took controlof the first cricket test againstthe West Indies by stumps onSaturday.

Taylor carried NewZealand past the West Indies'meager first innings of 134 ina 127-run fourth wicket part-nership with Henry Nicholls(66), then de Grandhommescored the second-fastest testcentury by a New Zealanderin a 148-run seventh wicketstand with Tom Blundell whobecame the third NewZealand wicketkeeper tomake a half century on testdebut.

At stumps New Zealandwas 447-9, holding a firstinnings lead of 313 runs withBlundell 57 not out and TrentBoult 2.

De Grandhomme rushedto a century faster than anyNew Zealand batsman otherthan Brendon McCullum whoscored the fastest-ever centu-ry in tests, from 54 balls,against Australia inChristchurch last year. His wasthe ninth-fast century of alltime and comprised a half

century from 44 balls and asecond 50 from 27 deliverieswith 11 fours and three sixes.

New Zealand's grip on thegame was strong when hecame to the crease andbecame almost unbreakablewhen de Grandhomme andBlundell combined to plundera tiring West Indies attack,with Blundell reaching ahalfcentury on debut from 83balls.

"It was a good innings, setup by our top order, by Ross(Taylor) and Henry and Jeet(Raval)," de Grandhommesaid. "They made the bowlerscome back more and moreand made it a bit easier for meat the end there.

"I just batted according towhat the situation was. I don'tmind coming in in that situ-ation. It makes it a lot easierfor me. I just saw what I sawin front of me and my scorejust got higher and higher.Tom (Blundell) and I justtried to get to the end of theday and get them comingback tomorrow. That was theplan. Tom was awesome. Helooked pretty confident andchilled and was just enjoyingthe time."

The 17-century mark is aparticularly personal andemotional one for Taylor as itwould allow him to draw

level with Martin Crowe andcaptain Kane Williamson whoshare the New Zealand recordof 17 test hundreds. Crowe,who died last year of canceraged 53, was Taylor's closefriend and adviser, creditedwith being a major influenceon his career, and Taylor hasfrequently spoken of his desireto match Crowe's record as atribute to his mentorship.

New Zealand lost onlyone wicket in each of the first

two sessions on the secondday as it increased its con-trolling position in the match.Opener Jeet Raval (42) was theonly man out in the morningas New Zealand reached 181-3 after resuming at 85-2, andTaylor's was the only wicket tofall between lunch and teawhen he was lost in the thirdover of the second new ball.

Taylor reached his 28thtest half century before lunchSaturday, from 87 balls with

six fours, during the earlystages of his partnership withNicholls which guided NewZealand past the West Indies'total shortly before the firstdrinks break.

He was playing withincreasing authority and hadhit 10 boundaries when he felllbw to Kemar Roach in the84th over of the innings. Theball struck Taylor low, first onthe front pad, then on the backand directly in front of mid-dle stump but the umpireturned down the West Indies'appeal having heard two nois-es and concluded the first wasfrom the bat.

Roach and the WestIndies' referred the decision tothe video referee, BruceOxenford of Australia, whoquickly determined the ballhad missed the inside edgeand with the ball clearly hit-ting the stumps he called oncompatriot Rod Tucker toreverse his decision. WithNicholls, Taylor had steeredNew Zealand from 109-3 onRaval's dismissal to 236, a leadof 102.

New Zealand then added180 runs after tea, thanks to deGrandhomme who complet-ed a century in a single sessionand took the first match of thetwo-test series away from theWest Indies.

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Shortly, in a provocative response toTrump’s announcement, North Korea fired anapparent long-range missile — possibly thelongest-range yet — injecting fresh uncertain-ty into the nuclear crisis in the KoreanPeninsula. Trump has now vowed to “takecare of it” after North Korea claimed to havesuccessfully tested the new intercontinentalballistic missile that it said was capable ofstriking any target in the US. The USPresident was briefed while the missile was inthe air, the White House said, and laterdeclared: “It is a situation that we will handle.”

The announcement of the new Hwasong-15 missile came hours after a long-range mis-sile was fired into waters off Japan in whatwas believed to be its longest-range test yet.Kim Jong-un’s rogue regime launched themissile, its first for more than two months, inthe middle of the night and it flew for around590 miles, reaching an altitude of 2,781 miles— more than 10 times the height of theinternational space station — and splashingdown 53 minutes later in the Sea of Japan.

The missile ended up within Japan’sexclusive economic zone, which extends 200 nautical miles from its coast. The dictator later declared that his country had achieved full nuclear statehood.

The question that arises now is sinceNorth Korea is already facing heavy sanc-tions under the UNSC resolutions, can addi-tional sanctions have an impact onPyongyang? If Trump thinks so, that wouldbe mere kite-flying. The best he can expect

is to send a message to the countries that aredirectly or indirectly supporting the KimJong-un regime or trading with it clandes-tinely. Even that could be too minimal. Itmay be recalled that the US has designatedonly three other counties — Iran, Sudan,and Syria — as state sponsors of terrorismbut with little success. Yet, the Trumpadministration was convinced thatPyongyang repeatedly provided support toacts of international terrorism, includingassassinations on foreign soil.

The bigger question is: Did Trump haveenough reason to designate North Korea as asponsor of terrorism? The truism is that todesignate a state as such requires evidencethat it has repeatedly provided support toacts of international terrorism, which NorthKorea — despite its nuclear and missile pro-grammes — has done or is there any evi-dence though suspicions exist? So, the basisfor the designation is arguable, and therefore,Trump’s decision could backfire.

Given that Kim Jong-un reacts aggres-sively, he is now likely to respond in a num-ber of ways, including renewing missile ornuclear tests in “a very volatile environment”.China might as well be miffed and Trump’shopes for China’s cooperation in pressuringNorth Korea to halt its nuclear and ballisticmissile tests might flounder. The Trumpadministration is linking Pyongyang’s com-plicity in the murder of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, at the Kuala Lumpurairport in February 2017 to justify that NorthKorea is sponsoring terrorism. North Koreawas probably responsible but without anyfirm evidence it could lack justification tocharge solely the Kim regime to be responsi-ble. Normally, one defines terrorism asinvolving non-state actors, such as Al Qaeda,not state agents. But the Trump administra-tion used the term “clandestine agents” tojustify its action. Thus, the Gaddafi regime’sbombing of Pan Am 103, which involvedLibyan intelligence operatives, counted asterrorism rather than an act of war.

It is not the first time North Korea hasbeen put on the US terrorism sponsor list. Itwas earlier done after the 1987 bombing of aKorean Air flight that killed 115 peopleaboard. The administration of George WBush, a Republican, removed Pyongyangfrom the list in 2008 in exchange for progressin denuclearisation talks. The China-bro-

kered Six-Party Disarmament Talks collapseda short time later and North Korea declaredthe nuclear deal void. It has since conductedsix more nuclear tests and steadily rampedup its ballistic missile programme in viola-tion of the UN Security Council resolutions.Trump felt that since North Korea seems tohave the graphite-moderated reactor back inservice, it is a fit case to be back on the list.

Opinions inside the US were divided onwhether to put North Korea back on the listor whether it meets the criteria of activelysponsoring international terrorism. Whilethe supporters of putting North Korea backon the list hoped that Trump’s decision shallhelp in putting more diplomatic and finan-cial pressure on Kim Jong-un regime, thosewho opposed it held the view that the desig-nation “ratchets up the rhetoric”, but doesnothing to hold North Korea accountable forits weapons programme.

Under the US law, a Government musthave “repeatedly provided support for acts ofinternational terrorism” to be included in thelist. True, North Korean regime is opaqueand has the reputation of being the mostoppressive, but whether its involvement withinternational terrorism exists is arguable.Those who endorse the view that NorthKorea fits to be listed in the category of statessponsoring terrorism cite the cases of the2014 attack against Sony Pictures for produc-ing a film critical of Kim Jong-un, and NorthKorea’s complicity in the assassination ofKim’s half-brother in Malaysia. The allegedhuman rights violations are also cited in sup-port of this argument. The supporters alsoadd the case of the American college student,Otto Warmbier, who died in June 2017,shortly after being released from NorthKorean custody. Warmbier was sentenced to15 years of hard labour for the alleged theftof a propaganda poster from his NorthKorean hotel. But whether Warmbier’s case,though tragic, meets the statutory criteria forinternational terrorism is debatable.

China neither endorsed nor openlyopposed Trump’s decision, but the response ithoped for underpinned its discomfort withthe way Trump deals with the North Koreanregime. In contrast, South Korea’s reactionwas more vocal. Welcoming the decision, itsForeign Ministry hoped Trump’s decisionwould contribute to the peaceful denucleari-sation of North Korea. However, it observed

that Trump’s announcement will not changethe joint stance of South Korea and the US oftrying to bring North Korea to the dialoguetable. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abehailed Trump’s decision. Pre-empting aNorth Korean response with more provoca-tive actions, Japan’s Defence Minister,Itsunori Onodera, announced his country’sreadiness to “firmly respond with a sense oftension” and “strengthen surveillance”.

What it means in real terms is that NorthKorea would be subject to greater restrictionson the US assistance, defence exports andsales, and other financial transactions. Sincenone of these are there in the first place, thestrategic value of Trump’s move is purelysymbolic. Technically, if a country that putsanother country on the list cannot vote on aWorld Bank loan and cannot sell militaryequipment, but in North Korea’s case, thisquestion simply does not arise — whether or not it is put on the list.

Not surprisingly, Pyongyang reacted to Trump’s decision as a “serious provoca-tion” that justifies its development of nuclearweapons. It said that it “does not carewhether or not the United States places the hat of terrorism on (our) heads”, andfirmly resolved to continue to “grab the treasured nuclear sword” to protect itselffrom American hostility. The overwhelmingexpert opinion is that the decision to putNorth Korea back on the terror backlist will have limited practical effect, and willmake a diplomatic solution on the nuclearstandoff more difficult, and that Trumpmight have erred on this.

What could be the after-effects ofTrump’s decision? For one, North Korea isnot expected to remain silent and can reactin a more belligerent manner — as proved bythe firing of a long-range missile recently. Itsfirst reaction was threatening to annihilateJapan as a means to provoke the US.

Does that mean the door to dialogue hasbeen closed? Opinions on this differ. Trump’sdecision was not a surprise as he was notonly miffed with Pyongyang’s defiant attitudebut also its interactions with Syria and Iran,including proliferation activities. Trump wasfurther angered by Pyongyang’s threat toconduct a “9/11-style” attack.

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So, it seems that the Trumpadministration wanted tosend a message that now is

not the time to talk with NorthKorea. Trump probably wanted towait for the results of Song Tao’svisit to Pyongyang (as ChinesePresident Xi Jinping’s specialenvoy) and see if North Korea wasresponsive to dialogue. That didnot happen. Had Trumpannounced re-designating NorthKorea when Song Tao was still inPyongyang, Beijing would havebeen angered and seen it as cir-cumventing its efforts to pursuedialogue. By delaying theannouncement, Trump helpedBeijing save face. Washingtonwanted to wait and watch theresults of Song’s visit.

For some time, North Korea’sresponse had been muted. It ispossible it is busy in making moretechnical preparations before con-ducting further missile launchesor even cyber-attacks againstmajor US websites, similar towhat they did to Sony Picturesnot long ago. Pyongyang could beexpected to pursue its agenda dic-tated by its own perceived strate-gic demands. North Korea isexpected to continue to do what ithas been doing thus far. The strat-egy is slow but in consistent pur-suit of its strategic goals largelyirrespective of the efforts of the

international community to stopit. In light of the recent incidents,a military retaliation by the UScould seem unpreventable.

So, coming back to the origi-nal question: How does NorthKorea find itself after Trump’sdecision to list it as a state spon-sor of terrorism and if it couldreturn to the dialogue option?

There could be two possibilities inextreme situations: North Koreaconfident with striking capabilitywith completely survivable andreliable nuclear-tipped missiles orif it is completely squeezed tight,leading Kim Jong-un to fear that acollapse is imminent. Either of thetwo possibilities could be preg-nant with future uncertainties and

unpredictability.The truism is that Kim Jong-

un is not against negotiating withthe US, but it does not want todiscuss its denuclearisation as itsgoal is to be recognised as anuclear state. It has repeatedlydeclared its unwillingness tonegotiate a freeze or denucleari-sation. So, the odds for a negoti-

ated settlement are bleak andTrump’s decision on re-listingseems to have closed this option.His intention to build pressureseems to have misfired. Giventhat either side is unwilling toyield, Kim Jong-un could threat-en to target the US mainlandwith a nuclear-tipped missile,making matters worse.

If Trump expects that hisdecision opens up sanctions pos-sibilities that did not alreadyexist, that could be an overesti-mation. The re-listing could, ofcourse, help Trump in convinc-ing other countries to end orcurtail commercial or diplomaticrelationships with North Korea.But one is not sure if this will

impact major Chinese banks andnetworks that facilitate NorthKorea’s sanctions evasion. Trumpmay just be sending a strongmessage to the UN members thathave trade relations with the US,urging them to sever trade tieswith the North. The countrieswhich are neutral could comeunder pressure to take a standon North Korea.

Whatever the impact ofTrump’s decision could be, forthe time being the route to dia-logue seems to have been closed,or at least the atmosphere for ithas been frozen. China would bemost unhappy as this woulddirectly affect the financial trans-actions its private companieshave with North Korea. Thoughthe overall economic impact ofsanctions on North Korea mightnot make any significant differ-ence, in the political domain, itcould undermine efforts bySouth Korea and China to engagein dialogue with North Korea.So, the view that Trump haserred could merit support.

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We all know Mark Tully morefor his BBC coverage of Indianpolitics than for the books he

has written. His origins may be Britishbut he is a true Indian at heart. Withevery book he writes , he proves his‘Indianness’ and understanding of Indiaeven more. Especially with his latest col-lection of short stories where he goesback to the Hindi heartland,‘Purvanchal’ as he calls it.

The title and the subtitle give us aclue of the background and setting ofhis stories. The cover gives you aglimpse into the everyday life in a ruralarea — a makeshift brick structurewhere a barber is giving his customer ahaircut and the customer is looking at aCongress party poster with RajivGandhi’s photograph. The tales are setin pre-liberalisation India, during thesecond half of the 1980s. The blurbrefers to Tully’s reputation as a celebrat-ed observer of Indian politics and soci-ety and a master of the short story.

The genre of the short story is alsointeresting — it not only gives us asneak peak into the life of villagers,their difficulties but also makes theseobservations more impressionable andimpactful. Tully is venting his frustra-tion here regarding the issues that stillplague the Indian political system —those of corruption at every level, bador poor governance, rigidity of the castesystem post partition, lack of basic facil-ities of sanitation, education and jobopportunities. According to him, theangst of the middle class is widely writ-ten about but nobody expresses whatthe downtrodden masses feel.

This latest collection is a follow upof the previously published book ofshort stories — ‘The Heart of India’.Even the title seems a reworking of theprevious one, also reminding us of TheHeart of Darkness. Thankfully, Tully’scriticism hints at the follies of the sys-tem , not at ‘The Horror! The Horror!’as in Joseph Conrad’s magnum opus.The tone is light yet the message is clear,the cynicism on spot and the sympathyand empathy with the grieved side.

Apart from seven brilliant tales —covering themes of caste oppression,failure of religious ideas, victory of thegood over the corrupt, a model police-man, great sacrifice, an undeservingheir and a farmer who doesn’t want toembrace modernity — there is also anextremely well written introduction.An introduction is usually a part of

academic literature and translationswhich forms the backbone of the read-ing material, also guiding us how toread and analyse what we read. Tullyuses it to the same effect, explaininghow he chooses to write historical sto-ries set in recent times, how absolutelyno improvements have been maderegarding economic inequality andinstitutional decay. He also explainswhy he chose Purvanchal, the easternregion of Uttar Pradesh, his ancestralconnect with the state where his previ-ous generations lived. He mentions hisrelationship with prominent personali-ties and conversations with PrimeMinisters — Indira Gandhi, MorarjiDesai and Rajiv Gandhi. His interviewswith Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, ZulfikarAli Bhutto and General Zia ul Haq aredescribed to give us an idea of hispolitical leanings. He describes hismeetings with Archbishop Desmond

Tutu and His Holiness Dalai Lama, thered-tape riddled license-permit raj,Narasimha Rao’s radical reforms; all ofwhich form a sound backdrop to histales set in the villages.

The tales cover diverse issues —both personal and political, showingthe contrasts between village and citylife, schooling, attitudes and mentality.Life for the people who live belowpoverty line is already tough, but thesystems of governance don't make itany easier. Same goes for the dalits,who are still marginalised and keptaway from the benefits that the gov-ernment has constitutionalised forthem. These stories show us the realpicture, a different angle, a fresh per-spective, a bird’s eye view of the insid-er-outsider that Tully really is.

“Murder in Milanpur” is an interest-ing story with a policemen who reallywants to solve the case to prevent the

innocent from being imprisoned,despite political pressure from hisseniors ordering him not to getinvolved. These kind of characters instillhope in the reader — that good peoplestill live amongst us and try their best tofollow the right path.

“The Family Business” shows howpolitical genes cannot always be inher-ited even if the seat can be passed onfrom father to son, how a foreigndegree (even if it is in DevelopmentStudies) cannot work in the practicalworld of grassroot politics.

In “The Reluctant Lover”, we areshown the vast differences betweencity and village upbringing , education,mannerisms; how these gaps cannot bebridged even by the most potent forceof all — love.

“The Making of a Monk” forcesyou to think about God, religion,worldly suffering while “The Battle for

a Temple” shows you how Dalits sufferat the hands of the higher castes. “ThePloughman’s Lament” shows how hardit is for some farmers to get accus-tomed to the modern methods offarming while “Slow Train toSantnagar” proves how good managesto triumph over evil many a times.

Tully goes to the root of the prob-lem that lies at the bottom of varioushierarchies, governance and other agen-cies and also helps you locate it througha very simplistic way of looking.

The writing is simple, easy to readand understand, the underlying witenjoyable and the message lucid as theday. You will feel for the characters,understand their lives and motivations.A good read for the lay readers and theavid readers, old and young,the politi-cal and the apolitical.

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Ayoung woman with atroubled childhood,grieving the loss of her

husband and unborn child isinstitutionalised for burningher house down. Has themental illness that runs in herfamily finally manifesteditself or is there somethingmore than meets the eye?How did Mrs Elsie Bain-bridge end up in an asylum…burnt, mute and with no rec-ollection of the grave crimesshe is accused of.

With the hangman’snoose dangling over herhead, Elsie’s fate rests on thedoctor’s evaluation report.The young and progressivedoctor in-charge encouragesElsie to remember anythingthat might help her case. OnDr Shepherd’s insistence, shebegins to write about her lifeprior to institutionalization.As memory beckons and Elsierecalls the events that led herhere, what unfolds before usis an enchanting tale ofintrigue and horror.

Far moved from her usuallife in London, Elsie arrives ather late husband’s countrymansion, The Bridge, accom-panied by Sarah, her hus-band’s poor cousin. A small

household staff and hostilelocals welcome them to thecrumbling property. As Elsieand Sarah explore the familyhome, they unearth a diary ofan ancestor and paintings onwooden cut-outs that lookpeculiarly animated, as ifalmost real. They learn thatthese are called Companionsand due to their lifelike quali-ty, used to provide respitefrom solitude. They bring one

down to be displayed in theliving room.

What follows then is aseries of odd incidents, allinvolving the companions insome way or other. There seemto be more and more of them,an eye movement here, a handimprint on the window there.Are the strange happenings inthe house of human or para-normal origin?Who is respon-sible? Is the grieving widow’s

mind tricking her? Is it thepoor cousin deprived of par-ents, love and inheritance? Is itthe housekeeper with a secret,wary of the new occupants? Isit a silly, harmless mischief ofthe maids? Is it the locals, waryof the property and its history?

When our mind starts dis-secting the events and asks ustroubling questions, when ourown fears become entwinedwith that of the characters, we

know we have laid hands on agood horror story. That’ssomething The Silent Compan-ions achieves competently.Eerily, the narrative makesway into your consciousness.From being slightly spooky tooutright creepy, it gnaws atyour imagination, until yousuddenly find yourself grippedin an irrational, inexplicablefear of what is to happen next.A parallel narrative apprises

the reader of the contents ofthe aforementioned diary. Itbelonged to Anne Bainbridge— the woman who had takenhelp of herbs and incantationsto conjure up a pregnancy thatwasn’t; the mother of a lonely,mute girl who was thought tobe an aberration; Anne whohad bought the companionsto please her guests; PoorAnne, condemned as a dia-bolical witch responsible forseveral violent deaths; Anne,who saw the downfall herdigression had brought onlywhen it was too late.

Abject loneliness and needfor love and acceptance hadgiven way to spite and malevo-lence. The sad fate of TheBridge was sealed and con-demned to repeat itself overand over again. In the presenttimeline, history unfolds as itwas meant to be. Things take anespecially cruel turn when thecompanions are hacked andburnt..Death descends thehouse and it was one such inci-dent that led to the burningdown of The Bridge, Elsieaccused of arson and Sarahmissing. The themes of femalebonhomie, autonomy, love, loss,loneliness and friendship, shinethrough what is essentially adark tale of unfortunate events.

However, despite a com-pelling and a well written nar-rative, something feels amiss.Certain strong plot points andtwists that evoke much curiosi-ty are left unexplored. Whilewriters routinely leave spacesin their works, enticing thereader to speculate and cravefor more, in this case, an expla-nation would’ve elevated thefright quotient. Nevertheless,the novel is a nice addition toyour Victorian goth horror col-lection. Almost like an ode tothe horror genre, Purcell usesthe usual tropes — secludedhouse, strange incidents, fami-ly secrets — to weave a grip-ping tale, capable of encirclingthe reader in cold mist of anuneasy fear. Go grab thisblood, gore, horror fest andbeware of strange noises in thedead of the night!

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From the days of Ashoka till theadvent of Islam in 12th century,Indian religions co-existed in

Indian subcontinent. There was nodiscrimination based on religion andthe State granted citizenship to eachindividual regardless of whethe someone’s religion was Hinduism, Bud-dhism, Jainism or any other. Withthe onset of Mughal rule anotherreligion was introduce which was anon-Indian religion. The colonial erasaw the emergence of another non-Indian religion Christianity. All reli-gions co-existed and India wasknown world over as multi- ethnic,multi-culture, multi-race, multi-religion and multi-languagenation with no Principal religionunlike her counterparts in the West.Hence, much before India became apolitical identity after independenceit had evolved into a pluralistic soci-ety. Till the early twentieth century,Indians still lived together cuttingacross religious groupings. Thebonding forces were culture, lan-guage and tradition. A Hindu Khatriin Bahawalpur in West Punjab hadmore in common in language, foodhabits, culture and outlook with aMuslim land lord of same area thanhis counterpart in Hoshiarpur or anyother area in East Punjab. It is theBritish who set in motion theprocess of gradual erosion of theseshared traditions in their lust for rul-ing India through divide-and-rule.

The partition of Indian subconti-nent in August 1947 on the basis ofreligion and the aftermath of thatresulting in terrifying outbreak ofsectarian violence leading to unex-pected and unprecedented mutualgenocide as well as greatest migra-tions in human history resulted inpolarisation. The divide was sopainful and severe that manybelieved that it was impossible forthe followers of two religions to livetogether peacefully. But India true toits tradition of Sarva Dharma Samb-hav decided to retain her identity asa land of diversities. It welcomedthose Muslims who decided againstmigrating to Pakistan and those whodecided to stay back believed in theidea of India. Maulana Azad’s idea ofIndia was “Wholesomeness”, inwhich there was no compromise ofthe ‘cultural or religious’ identity ofan Indian whether he was a Hindu,Muslim, Sikh, Jain or Christianaccording to Prof Anwar Moazzam,an expert on comparative religion.

Our founding fathers took cog-nisance of an existential reality, aplural society with diverse cultures.Accordingly, they gave us a Constitu-tion that stood for equality of all reli-gions. They refrained from referringto the term ‘secularism’ in the Con-stitution because real ‘secularism’ isan alien concept. Real secularismmeans that state and religion cannotoccupy the same space, customarilyreferred to as ‘separation of churchand state.’ Since India never had aPrincipal Religion, this concept ofsecularism did not suit us. Indianconcept of secularism as envisionedby our founding fathers was moreakin to ‘Pluralism’, a political philos-ophy that recognises diversity andpropagates peaceful co-existence ofdifferent religion, lifestyle and out-look. It differs from Western Secular-ism which advocates separation of

state and religion (Dharma Nir-pekshta). Secularism is the centralthought of Indian State, without it, itwas almost impossible to sustain asOne Nation, because the kind ofdiversity India has, cannot be foundanywhere else. Our Freedom fightershad this conviction since long.

India is a religious country. Reli-gion forms an important part of dayto day life of majority of Indianspractising different religions. In viewof the prevailing diversity, the found-ing fathers also thought that secular-ism will also act as a binding forcefor Indian nationalism. Such a typeof secularism (Sarva Dharma Samb-hav) has a greater edge than separa-tion of religion from politics (Dhar-ma Nirpekshta). It enables the Gov-ernment to extend support to theminorities and prevent dominationof majority religion. The lofty idealsenshrined in the Constitution failedto be applied on the ground by theexecutive and political class becausethey took for guaranteed the majori-ty and started appeasing the minori-ties albeit under the garb of provid-ing a sense of security to them. Anumber of articles were enshrined inthe Constitution with the aim of pro-moting equality among all religionsand bring about the integration ofdiverse elements of Indian society.Neutrality to all religious groups asenvisaged in the Constitution did notfind favour with the political classwhich was entrusted the responsibili-ty of fulfilling the lofty ideals of theConstitution. Religion in India con-tinues to exert its political authorityin matters of personal law. While allHindus are governed by a UniformCivil Code, any attempt to demandthe same for all Indians is opposedby the Muslims as a threat to theirreligious personal laws and is sup-ported by a section of the politicalclass in the name of secularism.Author Taslima Nasreen sees Indiansecularists as pseudo-secularist,accusing them of being biasedtowards Muslims saying, “Most secu-lar people are pro-Muslims and anti-Hindu. They protest against the acts

of Hindu fundamentalists anddefend the heinous acts of Muslimfundamentalists. It is unfortunatethat pseudo-secularists are exploitingthe minorities for electoral politicsby treating them as a vote bank. Inorder to win their confidence, theyresort to ‘politics of appeasement’.”

Subsequent events have provedbeyond doubt that these politicalleaders were not interested in thewelfare of the minorities, but onlyinterested in their vote. Such type ofpseudo-secularism led to disen-chantment among the majority reli-gion and promoted “Intolerance”.Net result is that neither the majoritynor the minorities feel satisfieddefeating the very concept of SarvDharma Sambhav. The idea of Indiaas envisioned by our foundingfathers felt threatened from pseudo-seculars.

Unfortunately, after Indepen-dence Nehruvian secularism becamethe benchmark of the “politics ofappeasement” and was gladly adopt-ed by the Leftists and Socialists. Theredline was crossed when some ofthem even batted for religion basedreservations for the minorities.Another glaring example of Nehru-vian secularism is the application ofparliament-based, non-religious uni-form civil code passed in mid-1950sto Hindus (including Buddhists,Sikhs, Jains and Parsees). While, theantiquated Indian Muslim PersonalLaw (Shariat) Application Act-1937still continues to be applicable to theMuslims in India. Christians andJews also enjoy religion based per-sonal laws.The Supreme Court ruling in Shah Bano case and thesubsequent enactment of a new lawby Rajiv Gandhi Government underpressure from the Muslim clergy,men and the Personal Law Board isanother example of pseudo-secular-ism. This politics of appeasement hasnot only disturbed the social fabricof our great nation by encouragingreligious conversions but alsoencouraged spread of Wahhabism,separatism, terrorismand radicalisa-tion. The pseudo-secular idea of

India has done great harm to thecountry’s integration and identity asa land of diversities. India is secularconstitutionally but not politicallyand socially as the idea of secularismhas been subverted by the pseudo-seculars.

Our population of 1.3 billioncomprises of over 4635 communi-ties, 78% of whom are not only lin-guistic and cultural but social cate-gories. Religious minorities consti-tute 19.4% of the total. Our forefa-thers dreamt of a secular democrat-ic India. India will remain secularas long as ‘we the people of India’are determined to honour the willof our forefathers. We all, particu-larly political class, have to do ourbit to strengthen the secular cre-dentials of our great nation. Pseu-do-secularism has generally beenrejected by the people cuttingacross religious groupings. But stillthe pseudo-seculars refuse to yieldand cling to the concept as the onlyhope of their political survival lead-ing to increased polarisation andhostility. Without a uniform civilcode applicable across the board,Indian concept of secu-larism cannot succeed.

“Religion impinges on everyhuman right in the civil law-whether it is birth, death, marriage,divorce — the religions have laws onall these, and so making India secu-lar necessarily means demarcatingreligion out of our social institutions.Secularising India has to begin witha uniform civil code that ensuresequal rights to all citizens withoutexceptions,” according to RomillaThapar, an eminent historian. Thetime is ripe for all Indians irrespec-tive of caste, colour or creed to joinhands to defeat those forces who areusing religion for political ends, atthe cost of welfare of people andnational image. The “politics of per-formance” need to replace the “poli-tics of appeasement,” for us to berecognised as truly secular.

(The author is a Jammu basedpolitical commentator, columnist,

security and strategic analyst.)

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In the May 9, 1991, issue of The Frontier Post, veteran journalistand intellectual Ahmad Bashir wrote that just days before MAJinnah’s Muslim League managed to turn the demand for a

separate Muslim-majority country into a living reality, Bashir (whowas in his 20s at the time) attended an important Muslim Leaguesession in Karachi. The session was chaired by Jinnah himself.Bashir wrote that during the gathering, a man in the audience sud-denly stood up to interrupt the proceedings and said “Jinnah Sahib,we have been promising people, ‘Pakistan ka matlab kya, laillahaillalah...!” (What is the meaning of Pakistan? There is no God butAllah!) Most probably the man was not happy about the kind ofIslam Jinnah and his comrades were discussing at the meeting.

In his article, Bashir writes that as soon as the man stood up andsaid his bit, Jinnah immediately asked him to sit down. Bashirquotes Jinnah as saying, “Sit down! Neither I nor the working com-mittee of the Muslim League have ever passed any such resolution.You might have done so to catch a few votes.” Pakistan’s formerambassador and writer, Saad Khairi, also mentions this incident inhis book Jinnah Reinterpreted.

In a July 26, 2014 article, Anwar Iqbal, US correspondent andcolumnist for Dawn, wrote that the aforementioned slogan (Pak-istan ka matlab kya...) was directly lifted from a poem written by anobscure poet and school teacher, Asghar Sodai. Sodai had pennedit in his hometown, Sialkot, just before the all-important election of1946. The 1946 election was crucial for the League. It had to win bigin Muslim-majority provinces of pre-Partition India to strengthenits case and call for a separate Muslim country in the region.

Jamal Malik in his book Islam In South Asia and Andreas Rieckin A Beleaguered Minority write that in the Punjab the CongressParty openly patronised and funded radical clerics associated withthe Islamic parties that were against the League. Both the authorsadd that these clerics and radicals tried to corner Jinnah from allangles, calling him a “fake Muslim”, “leader of infidels” and a“British agent.”

Jinnah and his party’s idea of Islam was that of a progressive,inclusive, moderate, constructive and democratic faith. The roots ofthis strand lay in the ‘Muslim Modernism’ of 19th century scholarssuch as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Syed Amir Ali. These men toowere not very popular with the clerics.

Jamal Malik writes that whereas the League’s message in theurban areas remained consistent with its modernist Muslimethos, the party allowed the co-option of some pro-League cler-ics and Islamic scholars to counter the anti-Jinnah propagandain Punjab’s rural areas where Muslims were under the sway ofclerics and pirs. It is during this period of the 1946 electioncampaign that some League workers began to use the slogan,“Pakistan ka matlab kya ....”

Nevertheless, once the election was won and Pakistan becamea reality, this slogan quickly vanished. It is said that Asghar Sodaiwas not happy with the way Jinnah had casually sidelined his wordsduring the mentioned conference. But Sodai (who passed away in2008) would live long enough to see the project of Jinnah’s MuslimModernism collapse and be replaced by that other, more stringenttendency of Muslim nationalism that had emerged alongside themodernist tendency.

By the 1940s there were clearly three distinct tendencies withinMuslim nationalism that had first emerged in India in the mid-19thcentury. The first one was about the creation of a separate Muslimpolity empowered by reason, modernity and an enterprising dispo-sition, which would free the Muslim minority of India from the“economic and political hegemony of the Hindu majority.” The sec-ond tendency wanted to couple an empowered Muslim polity withthe Indian nationalism being espoused by the Congress. The thirdtendency had a more theocratic outlook. It wanted to construct aMuslim nation directly driven by sharia laws. This tendency hadtwo factions. The larger faction wanted to work towards creatingsuch a nation within India. The other faction emerged during the1946 election and sided with Jinnah in the hope that Pakistan wouldbecome an “Islamic state.”

But from 1947 till the mid-1970s, this latter faction was side-lined and marginalised by the modernist Muslim project. However,after the 1971 East Pakistan debacle, the modernist Muslim projectbegan to erode and was gradually replaced by a new ideologicalproject that was close to the idea of Muslim nationalism of the third(more theocratic) tendency. This created an opening for the oncediscarded line of thinking to enter the country’s evolving ideologi-cal cannon. By the 1980s, it had managed to completely overpowerthe modernist tendency.

Today, the theocratic project too is in crisis. Whereas the mod-ernist tendency was accused of being burdened by “colonial bag-gage” and for causing the violent 1971 departure of East Pakistan,the theocratic tendency of Muslim nationalism that replaced it isnow increasingly being accused of creating a myopic, isolationistand bigoted polity and state.

The post-1970s state and society have politically, socially andeven constitutionally entrapped themselves to become hapless vic-tims of this tendency’s many devices. This has made state and soci-ety vulnerable to constantly become hostages of exactly the line ofthinking which had initially opposed Jinnah and his party’s idea ofIslam and Pakistan. It is thus disturbing to realise that had Jinnahbeen alive today, not only would the angry man at the conferencehave been able to easily shout him down, it would be equally con-venient to drag Jinnah to the courts for going against certain aspectsof the this country’s constitution as it stands today.

After all, today there is a party of controversial theocrats withthe words Muslim League in their party’s name, whereas there’sanother one that insists that demonising minorities was what Pak-istan ought to be. Then there is also a more modern outfit whosecharismatic leader has no qualms of chanting Sodai’s slogan at hisrallies, suggesting that this is what led Jinnah to createPakistan. Strange days, indeed.

Courtesy: Dawn

History never leaves Ire-land alone. In the late19th and early 20th

centuries the lethal alliance ofthe Conservative Party inBritain and the Unionist Party,which represented the Protes-tant minority in Ireland, madeit impossible for the Britishparliament to pass a HomeRule Bill for Ireland.

A Home Rule Bill mighthave let the two countries taketheir distance peacefully andgradually, while retainingclose links — or maybe not,but it was worth a try. Insteadcame the Easter Rebellion of1916, the Irish War of Inde-pendence, the partition of theisland between the indepen-dent Republic and NorthernIreland (part of the UK), theIrish Civil War, and threedecades of terrorist war inNorthern Ireland that only

ended 20 years ago.Well, the Conservatives

and the Unionists are back incoalition now, and anotherwar is brewing on the borderbetween Northern Ireland andthe Republic. At the momentit’s practically an invisiblefrontier, with no border postsor customs checks, becauseboth the UK and the IrishRepublic belong to the Euro-pean Union. Brexit, however,will put an end to that, andprobably to peace as well.

In principle, Britainflouncing out of the EUshouldn’t hurt anybody exceptthe British themselves, but theUK’s Irish border is a night-mare. Prime Minister TheresaMay has sworn a mighty oaththat the UK will leave both the‘single market’ and the cus-toms union, but that will turnthis ‘soft’ frontier into a ‘hard’

EU border with a non-EUcountry: border guards, cus-toms checks, passports,queues and all the rest. Whatmade the Good Friday peaceagreement of 1998 possiblewas the promise that the bor-der between the two Irelandswould practically disappear,which allowed the Catholicnationalists of the IrishRepublican Army (IRA) tobelieve that their war had notbeen just a futile struggle thatkilled 3,000 people. Theycould dream that with all thecoming and going across anopen border, the two parts ofIreland would grow closer andeventually reunite.

Recreate a hard borderand they will feel cheated. Notall the militants of the IRA willpick up their guns again, butsome almost certainly will. Itwas very hard to stop the first

time, and there is no particularreason why a renewed warcouldn’t last another thirtyyears and kill thousands more.

Presumably Theresa Maydoes not want to see this, andthe EU recently offered her away out. If you must go, theysaid, then leave the inner Irishborder open and put your cus-toms and immigration con-trols between Northern Ire-land and the rest of the UK(which are conveniently sepa-rated by the Irish Sea). Shemust reject that offer becauseshe lost her parliamentarymajority in the election sheneedlessly called last June, andremains in power only thanksto the votes of the DemocraticUnionist Party — i.e., thehard-line Protestants ofNorthern Ireland. And theDUP, always terrified thatBritain will abandon them,

simply will not allow any kindof border, however soft, to beput between Northern Irelandand the rest of the UK.

May cannot defy the DUPon this or her government willfall — and the Conservativeswould probably lose the sub-sequent election, putting hernemesis, the dreaded Labourleader Jeremy Corbyn, inpower.

However, if May insists onleaving the EU customs union,there will have to be a ‘hard’border — and if there is, saysIreland’s Prime Minister LeoVaradkar, he will veto anynegotiations between the EUand the UK on a free tradedeal after it leaves the Union.

Theresa May is finally cor-nered, and the United King-dom may end up 'crashing out'of the EU with no deal at all.The UK can then spend the

next decade trying to renego-tiate on less favourable termsthe 59 trade deals it nowenjoys with other countries asa member of the EU - and,more likely than not, dealingwith a renewed IRA insur-gency in Northern Ireland.

Or May could aim for adeal that keeps the UK in thecustoms union. Then the bor-der would remain open, andthere would be no Irish veto,and a reasonable deal onpost-Brexit trade would bepossible. But that would splitthe Conservative Party, andavoiding that is far moreimportant to her than allthese other issues.

(The writer is an independent journalist)

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Ireland should take TheresaMay “at her word” when shesays the UK Government does

not want a post-Brexit hard bor-der between Northern Irelandand the Republic, a formerTaoiseach has said. Bertie Ahern,who served as Irish PrimeMinister for more than a decadebefore leaving office in 2008, saidMay had “constantly said shedoesn’t want a physical border”between the two countries.

The European Union andIreland have expressed a similarsentiment and as a result bothsides of the negotiating tableshould concentrate on finding atechnological solution to the bor-der issue, he said.

Ahern said he believed tech-nology could be used to keeptrack of the majority of goodsand therefore the creation of ahard border could be avoided.However, he suggested bothIreland and the UK might haveto “turn a blind eye” on themovement of certain itemswhich technology could notprovide a solution for.

The Irish border has emergedas a key Brexit stumbling block inrecent days with the EU havingsaid the UK must spell out anacceptable solution before acrunch summit in December

when European leaders willdecide whether withdrawal talkscan move onto trade. Dublin hasurged May to accept a solutionthat would see either the whole ofthe UK or just Northern Irelandremain in the single market andcustoms union.

Such a scenario would likelybe impossible for theGovernment to sign off on givenits insistence that the UK will beleaving both. Ahern told BBCRadio 4’s Today programme hebelieved a hard border is avoid-able. He said: “Theresa May, totake her at her word, she has con-stantly said she doesn’t want aphysical border, the EU don’twant a physical border, the IrishGovernment don’t, so you are leftdown with the one alternative: Tomake technology work in mostcases and to turn a blind eye tothose areas that can’t come inwithin technology.”

May said in her Florencespeech in September that the UK“will not accept any physicalinfrastructure at the border”between Northern Ireland and

the Republic. Ahern said it mightbe possible for customs checks tobe conducted “back at base” withmulti-national firms to avoid the

need for formal border checks. He said: “Some people I talk

to tell me that is possible to agreat extent but there are some

areas where you just have to say itis impossible to check thoseitems. I would imagine our econ-omy is relatively small, a huge

amount of the trade is multi-nationals, it should be possible Ithink to do that by technology.

“But, of course, when youcome down to agriculture andsmaller items, I don’t think tech-nology would work. One thingwe do not want, can’t have, is

back to a physical border.”Donald Tusk, the president of

the European Council, warnedthe Prime Minister that she had10 days to reach a deal if shewants to make a Brexit break-through at the European Councilsummit on December 14.

Ireland has threatened toblock talks on the future relationship between the EUand the UK unless it is given“credible answers and a credibleroad map” to ensure that thereis no hard border.

Liam Fox, the InternationalTrade Secretary, signalled lastSunday that Britain will notmeet the deadline and that afinal position on the bordercould not be reached until thepost-Brexit relationship betweenthe UK and EU is finalised.

Ahern’s comments came asSimon Coveney, the Irish ForeignMinister, said he received person-al assurances from senior EU fig-ures Michel Barnier, Donald Tuskand Jean Claude Juncker lastFriday that the EU would backIreland on the border issue.“They have repeated the messagethat Ireland’s problems are theEU’s problem, so Ireland is notgoing to be isolated and forced touse a veto,” Coveney said.

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It is common knowledge that onefamily member of the Nehru-Gandhi family — Rahul Gandhi —is very active these days, but at thesame time, people have started

enquiring about Priyanka. In recenttimes, there has been no news about her;she used to look after Sonia and Rahul’sconstituency, Raebareli and Amethi. Sheeven visited these places often but hasnot been seen there for a long time.

Priyanka and her supporters hadgone quiet just before the decision togive the party command to Rahul wastaken. It is being said that Sonia hadclearly stated that only Rahul would bethe party president. After that, Priyankadecreased her activities according to awell thought-out strategy and instructedher followers to keep mum.

A Congress leader says that sometime ago, a few party leaders had plantedthe news that Priyanka would be thegeneral secretary in Rahul’s team. Thisnews went viral and the party’s mediachief had to give a clarification that shewas, in fact, not going to take any post.

Sources in the Congress say Soniadoesn’t want two power centres onceRahul assumes charge. If Priyanka hadbeen active like earlier, there would havebeen questions on Rahul’s command.Apart from this, questions could alsohave been raised over the Vadra issue.So, to establish unquestioned commandof Rahul, Sonia decided to quit the partypresident’s post and to keep Priyankaaway from active politics.

Though this decision is temporaryand there might be some place in thescheme of things for Priyanka but onlyafter some time. Priyanka might bepushed into active politics just before theLok Sabha Elections. By that time, Rahulwould have been declared the PM candi-date by the party and if action againstRobert Vadra speeds up, then theCongress will link that to election vendet-ta, hoping it goes in favour of the party.

On the other hand, many leaders ofthe Congress are certain that Rahul willnot succeed. These leaders will give theslogan: “Priyanka lao, Congress bachao”after the Gujarat elections. If Priyankadoesn’t enter active politics before the LokSabha polls and if the Congress doesn’tperform well, then the party leaders willdemand that Priyanka takes the front seat.

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Apart from Priyanka, Varun Gandhi isthe other member of the Nehru-

Gandhi clan whose political actions spelluncertainty. On November 19 — thebirth anniversary of his grandmother,Indira Gandhi — Varun tweeted some-thing that caused ripples in the politicalarena. He wrote that Indira was themother of the nation. He also wrote thatcourage is the most important qualitybecause you can’t keep other qualitiesalive without courage.

He has been quiet after this tweet,but in the political circle, people arewaiting to see his courage. When RajnathSingh was the party president, Varun wasthe general secretary and in-charge of

West Bengal. But he is still finding hisfeet in the current scheme of things.

Before the UP elections, some saidhe might join the Congress and the partymight even declare him as the CM candi-date. In pre-poll surveys, Varun wasdeclared as the most popular candidatefor the CM’s post. However, he wasapparently told to decrease his activitiesand as a result, he didn’t campaign forthe party. That is why there is specula-tion that he could change his stance.

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In Maharashtra, the BJP has sidelinedNarayan Rane, who formed his own

party leaving the Congress, ostensiblyunder the pressure of the Shiv Sena.Before forming the MaharashtraSwabhimaan Paksh, Rane had resignedfrom the MLC post also. He was hopefulthat in the by-elections for the sameMLC seat, the BJP would support himbut that didn’t happen.

Instead, the BJP gave the ticket toPrasad Lad, who had joined the partyafter leaving the NCP. For victory in theby-election of one seat, 145 votes wereneeded and the BJP has 122 MLAs. Theparty was well aware that its candidatecould not win without the support of theShiv Sena. On the other hand, the Senawas ready to field an alternative candidatewith the help of the Congress and NCP.

Sensing the situation, the BJP didn’tsupport Rane and gave the ticket toLad. There was a lot of controversybecause Madhav Gadgil, an old workerand spokesperson of the party, was

expecting a ticket. However, the BJPcandidate would win now.

Now the question is what will Ranedo? He is not expected to get anychance till the BJP-Sena alliance isintact. He could find an opportunityonly when both parties part ways andthis could be possible only at the timeof elections. So, Rane will now instructhis son to remain in the Congress sothat he continues to be an MLA.

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Now, there is no chance that formerIAS officer and former Rajya Sabha

MP of the JDU from Bihar wouldbecome a Rajya Sabha MP again. In2014, when Nitish Kumar decided to notsend him to the Rajya Sabha again, hehad left the party and joined the BJP. Hewas hopeful that he would get a goodposition in the BJP. When the BJP cameto power, his expectations went up.

However, even after three years ofwaiting, he has not got any constitutionalpost. Now, the Government has madehim the chairman of the 15th FinanceCommission. For the next two years, hewill decide the formula for distributionof revenue between the Centre andStates. Along with that, he will advise theCentral Government on ways to bolsterthe country’s economy.

NK Singh is 76 years old, and manyleaders, especially from Bihar, say thismight be his last assignment. His tenurewill come to an end in October 2019and after that, he might not get anypost. This must be noted that former

Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha hadsaid that the Government should con-stitute the Finance Commission with-out delay, and suggested Vijay Kelkar’sname for the chairman’s post.

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Many leaders of the Congress havealready declared Rahul as the PM

candidate for 2019. Former CentralMinister and leader of UP Congress, JitinPrasada, said as much. But Rahul’s candi-dature will depend upon the Gujaratelection result. If the Congress wins, thenthe Opposition parties might reject theidea of fighting under the leadership ofRahul. At least two parties, the NCP andTMC, are trying to project their ownleaders. If the Congress loses in Gujarat,then they will find an opportunity.

A senior Congress leader saysGujarat is an agni pariksha for Rahul,and will indicate whether or not an elec-tion can be won under his leadership.Almost all Opposition leaders are keep-ing a close eye on this. If the Congresswins in Gujarat or gets 90 seats, whichwould bring it on an equal footing withthe BJP, the Opposition will have toaccept Rahul as its leader and fight underhim. But if the BJP registers an easy win,then the Opposition will keep lookingfor an alternative face.

This is also possible that theOpposition parties might put pressure onthe Congress to not present any face. ATMC leader suggested the 2004 formula,when the Congress had not put forwardany face and had given the command to

Manmohan Singh after the results. TheOpposition might suggest that theCongress fights without any PM candi-date. But no new party is ready to jointhe alliance and this is the biggest prob-lem for the Congress leaders who aretrying to form a UPA 3. The other prob-lem is that the regional stalwarts, whoare very strong, don’t want to leave manyseats for the Congress.

If the Congress doesn’t win Gujaratelections, then it will face problems ingoing into an alliance with the DMK andTMC. Sources say that both parties aregoing to offer only five seats for the LokSabha Elections. That is why people aresaying that many things are at stake inGujarat elections. If the Congress puts upa good fight, it will be considered as thenatural alternative for the BJP. In thatcase, the Opposition parties will not onlygo into an alliance with the Congress butalso accept Rahul as their leader. If not,things could get even tougher for Rahul.

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The three main Opposition parties inUttar Pradesh are fighting local

body elections not only to either saveor increase their seats, but also to showtheir strength. They want to prove theirmight not only to the BJP but amongstthemselves as well. That means thiselection will prove which party - theCongress, BSP, or SP — has maximumstrength in UP politics.

However, this is almost clear fromthe past few elections that the SamajwadiParty is the strongest. But the BSP is notready to accept this, and the reason is itsvote bank. It used to get around 18-20per cent votes even though it didn’t getseats. That is why it is being said that theSP, BSP, and Congress will discuss ticketdistribution on the 2009 formula.

In the last Assembly Elections, onlyseven MLAs of the Congress had won,and before that in the Lok SabhaElections, only Sonia and Rahul couldmanage to win. On the other hand, theBSP got 19 seats in the Assembly pollsand didn’t get even a single one in theLok Sabha Elections. So, both partiesthink that if a mahagathbandhan isformed, the seat distribution must be onthe basis of 2009 results. If there is anytalk for an alliance between theCongress, SP, and BSP, then sources saythat all three will press for equal seats.

The three parties are considering the2009 Lok Sabha Elections as basis forticket distribution. They are saying thatthe 2014 election is an exception, whichwas fought under the great NarendraModi wave. The BSP didn’t get any seatin that election, while the Congress gotonly two. In 2009, the Congress had won21 seats, and the BSP had got 20. Thatmeans these two parties had got more orless same number of seats. So, some ofthe leaders of the Congress and BSPhave unofficially agreed over this formu-la, but the SP is not on board. So, allthree parties are trying to prove theirmight in the local body elections, andthe results will help them agree upon aformula for ticket distribution.

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Uma Thurman has broken hersilence on Harvey Weinstein,saying of the ongoing stream of

allegations against him: “I’m glad it’sgoing slowly — you don’t deserve abullet.” The actor, who worked onseven films with Weinstein includingPulp Fiction and the Kill Bill movies,posted a picture of herself as The Bridefrom Kill Bill. In the post, ostensiblyabout Thanksgiving, she said she was“grateful today, to be alive, for all thoseI love, and for all those who have thecourage to stand up for others”.

Referring to a video interviewfrom October in which she said shewas too angry to discuss the Weinsteinscandal, she seemed to confirm shehad been a victim of sexual harass-ment and abuse in Hollywood.

“I said I was angry recently, and Ihave a few reasons, #metoo, in caseyou couldn’t tell by the look on myface.” In words reminiscent of therevenge thriller, in which Thurmanplayed a woman bent on avenging herunborn child and methodically tortur-ing and murdering her abusers, she

went on to say she was pleased to wit-ness Weinstein’s downfall.

“I feel it’s important to take yourtime, be fair, be exact, so... HappyThanksgiving everyone! (Except youHarvey, and all your wicked conspir-ators — I’m glad it’s going slowly —you don’t deserve a bullet).” Thepost ended with the words “staytuned”, suggesting Thurman plans to reveal more soon.

Russian election influence, theever-widening sexual harass-ment scandal, mass shootings

and the opioid epidemic helped ele-vate the word “complicit” as theDictionary.com word of the year for2017. Look-ups of the word increasednearly 300 per cent over the last year,lexicographer Jane Solomon said.

“This year, a conversation thatkeeps on surfacing is what exactly itmeans to be complicit,” she said.“Complicit has sprung up in conversa-tions about those who speak outagainst powerful figures in institu-tions, and those who stay silent.”

The first of three major spikes forthe word struck on March 12, the dayafter Saturday Night Live aired asketch starring Scarlett Johansson asIvanka Trump in a glittery gold dresspeddling a fragrance called“Complicit” because: “She’s beautiful,she’s powerful, she’s complicit.”

The bump was followed by anotheron April 5 also related to Ivanka,Solomon said. It was the day after sheappeared on CBS This Morning and

told Gayle King, among other things:“I don’t know what it means to becomplicit.” It was unclear if Ivanka wasdeflecting or whether the economicsgraduate of the University ofPennsylvania’s Wharton School ofBusiness really didn’t know. Anothermajor spike occurred on October 24,the day the Arizona Republican JeffFlake announced from the Senate floorthat he would not seek re-election.

The $94m debut for JusticeLeague in the US has beenbranded a disappointment, but

it’s not so clear that the £7.26m UKdebut can be so easily described.First, if previews are ignored, thatfigure ranks as the eighth-biggestopening of 2017, behind Beauty andthe Beast, Guardians of the GalaxyVol 2, Despicable Me 3, Dunkirk, It,Fast & Furious 8, and Paddington 2.So, not so shabby.

Second, the UK just hasn’t beensuch a consistent supporter of DCmovies. Take Wonder Woman,

which opened at $103m in the US,on its way to a $413m total. It’s thesecond-biggest hit of the year so farin North America. In the UK, itbegan with £4.96m (£6.18m includ-ing previews), maxing out with£22.2m — only the 16th-biggest hitof the year so far in this market.Justice League has opened bigger.

Wonder Woman benefited fromwarm word-of-mouth, ending up withmore than four times its opening box-office number. It remains to be seenhow Justice League holds up. User rat-ing is a decent 7.4/10 at IMDb.

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The parents of a Texas toddlershared video of the exhausted

young girl telling Santa exactlywhat she wants forChristmas: A nap.Allen Bartell ofTrinity posted a videoto YouTube showinghis daughter, LindenMae Bartell, takingher turn on Santa’slap at Bering’sHardware in Houston.The video showsLinden, tuckered outfrom a long day ofshopping with herparents, sitting on StNick’s lap and beingasked what she wantsfor Christmas. She says shewants to “take a nap.” Santaand the girl then mimedtaking a snoozetogether. Linden even-tually told Santa shewould also like a reindeer.

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owner’s Ohio home andwandered loose throughtown for about an hourand a half, witnesses

said. Locals snappedphotos of the 1-1/2-year-old camel as it

wandered thestreets ofSpringfieldTownship, in theToledo area, on

Friday afternoonand caused minor trafficdelays. A neighbour

alerted the Lucas CountySheriff ’s Office, which dis-patched deputies to the

scene about 3 pm.Neighbors who recog-

nized Scooby helped corralthe camel and contacted

owner Nabil Shaheen, 54, whowas out of town at the timeof the escape. Shaheenreturned to the township and

walked Scoobyhome. Shaheensaid he does not know howScooby managed to escapefrom his fenced-in property.

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ACold War-era missilesilo in rural northeast Kansas that

housed a nuclear warhead 65 years agoand was later converted into an under-ground mansion is now finding a newlease on life as an Airbnb location. TheSubterra Castle Airbnb opened for busi-ness about six months ago. It’s located inrural Wabaunsee County, about 25 kmsouthwest of Topeka. Airbnbs are pri-vately owned residences that are offeredonline for short-term rental, TheTopeka Capital-Journal reports .

Matthew Fulkerson, 37, is the hostfor Subterra, and said it was his idea toturn the site into an Airbnb. Fulkersonis a neighbor of Subterra’s owners, Edand Dianna Peden, who have lived inthe converted missile base since 1994and are on board with the Airbnb idea.

More than being a place for people

to stay when passing throughKansas, Fulkerson said hehas a bigger vision for thesite. “I see it as becoming adestination,” he said, addingthat the base has already

been featured in severalmedia outlets.

In addition to a main-floorbedroom, Airbnb guests at

Subterra will have a full kitchen, privatebathroom, laundry services and a fire-place which gives a “nice, cozy feeling inthe fall and winter months,” Fulkersonsaid. He said he and the Pedens “are con-sidering using both apartments upstairsand down” should Airbnb traffic pick up,“especially because some people reallywant the experience of sleeping under-ground.” Fulkerson said Subterra is thefirst and currently the only Airbnb locat-ed in a converted missile silo.

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Wizards and muggles have turnedout in droves for a Harry Potter-

themed celebration in a small commu-nity, so much so the town is now look-

ing to turn it into an annual event.Spring Street in Newton was trans-

formed on Saturday into Diagon Alley,the magical market fromthe JK Rowling bookseries. More than twodozen restaurants and storesin Newton’s main business dis-trict featured elements of thefranchise, including a restau-rant that served Butterbeer anda store that gave patrons magicwands. Many attendeesdressed up in Harry Potterattire. Some donned scarveswith colors from the variousHogwarts houses and Harry’ssignature round eyeglasses.

Mayor Wayne Levante toldthe New Jersey Herald that theoverwhelming crowd was muchlarger than organisers initially envi-sioned. “It’s just awesome to see thismany people here in Newton,”Levante said. “There’s obviously ademand for this... A rising tide raisesall boats, so we’re going to makesure that we do this bigger and bet-ter next year because this is light-ning in a bottle.”

Town and localbusiness leaders

planned to meetMonday to discuss next

year’s event and howit could be improved,

including the possi-bility of making

it a two-dayevent. Theyplanned toaddress con-cerns raised byattendees, suchas a lack ofparking and theneed for morebathroom facil-ities. Somepeople alsovoiced displea-sure over long

waits to get into some stores,but officials saythat was mostlydue to the largerthan expectedcrowds.

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The only reason I’m not ordi-nary,” says 10-year-old AuggiePullman at the start of best-selling children’s novel,Wonder, “is that no one else

sees me that way.” Auggie has TreacherCollins syndrome, a rare congenital con-dition in which the cheekbones, jaw andeye sockets fail to develop properly lead-ing to facial disfigurement. “I won’tdescribe what I look like,” he says.“Whatever you are thinking, it’s probablyworse.” Now Auggie’s story — by authorRJ Palacio — is being told on the bigscreen, with the film version starringJacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts and OwenWilson as Auggie and his parents. ForLucy Ritchie, a 21-year-old student withthe same condition, the film is an excit-ing opportunity to raise awareness ofwhat life with facial disfigurement can belike. She is one of 569,000 people in theUK living with significant facial disfig-urement. Causes include congenital con-ditions, scarring from accidents, burnsand surgery and some skin conditions.

Lucy was born with no cheekbones,ears or jaw. She was fed through a tubefor two years, required a ventilator atnight for eight years, uses a hearing aidand, so far, has had 19 operations. Noneof this, she says, has held her back. “Ithas made me more determined. It is myway of proving that I may look unusual,but that isn’t going to get in my way. I geton with what I want to do.” Next sum-mer, Lucy will graduate in managementand marketing and, after a year’s place-ment at Disney’s London office, she isexcited about beginning her career. Sheenjoys going to the cinema, playing ten-nis, listening to music, watching Netflixand going out with friends. “I am verymuch a social person. I like the usualstuff,” she concludes.

Difference may be part of her life —“I get stared at on a daily basis” — but itis not how she defines herself. “Yes, it isunfortunate to be in this situation, but ifyou have the attitude that you are no dif-ferent, others will eventually share that,”she says. “I try to be more friendly andforward so that people have to see that.”

For the most part, Lucy doesn’t letreactions to her appearance upset her. “Iam used to it and I have cracked the differ-ent stares — confused, curious, sympathet-ic or disapproving. If people really keep

staring, I tend to think of it as their prob-lem, their ignorance, but I think for manypeople it is curiosity and I accept that.”There are, she laughs, even some upsides.“The local coffee shops all know my order.”

On one occasion, queuing forMadame Tussauds in London, she adds,Lucy’s father was told she and a carercould get in free, due to disability. “Mymum was furious with him for accept-ing, because they always wanted to showme I was no different, but Dad’s anaccountant.” Of course, Lucy acknowl-edges, her striking positivity is notalways enough. She recalls, aged 13, sit-ting in the back of the car with heryounger brother and sister and seeing agroup of teenagers filming her on theirphones. “It can really hurt,” she says.

The instinct of her family and closefriends — “who just see me as me” — isoften to become angry or upset and per-haps to confront, something Lucy avoids.“I don’t want to have to deal with people’sreactions,” she says. “I find it easier tochange how I deal with people than howthey deal with me.”

The impact of Lucy’s condition hasbeen not only an emotional but also aphysical one. At the age of 16, she walkedout of hospital, already in her surgicalgown, having taken the decision not togo through with an operation to build onprevious skin and bone grafts, easing herairway. “One aim was to make it lessobvious so people didn’t stare as much,”she says. But the idea of the operationwas “terrifying”: “I concluded I wouldrather not change the way I look if thatwas what it meant.”

Life is too busy to reconsider herdecision just now, she says, although shewill need the airway surgery at somestage. Having moved from her Glasgowhome to university in Aberdeen, andwith graduation — another milestone —on the horizon, Lucy is focussed on hersocial life, studies and career. Many ofher friends are now in relationships andit is here, Lucy says, that the impact ofher difference is hard to ignore. “Peopledo judge a book by its cover. I don’tknow if that will change. It would be niceto have a relationship, but I have plentyto keep me busy in the meantime.”

Lucy’s belief, that many still find ithard to see beyond her different appear-ance, is common, says Elizabeth Noble,

psychotherapist and head of client ser-vices at the charity Changing Faces,which supports those with disfigure-ment. “Someone isn’t just their scar ortheir birthmark or whatever it might be.They are a whole person,” she says.

Many of those she speaks to find ithard to share Lucy’s resilience to nega-tive reactions. “Anxiety and fear aboutsocial situations can build. The worldcan shrink. There can be frustrationand anger and resentment at stigmaand discrimination. Did I really not getthat job because of something on myCV, or on my face? We want people tobe able to live the lives they choose,”she says. Learning ways to take controlof their reactions can really help thoseaffected. But crucially, she adds, it isalso incumbent on society to changeperceptions and prejudices.

Sam Thompson, 13, from Sheffield,was born with a cleft lip and palate, themost common facial birth disfigure-ment in the UK, affecting around 1 in700 babies each year. Like Lucy, he hasa group of close friends, hobbies —swimming, riding his bike with friendsand watching rugby — and enjoys life.“He is kind, sensitive to others, he has agreat sense of humour and he is confi-dent in himself, which was always ourmain concern,” says his mother, Claire,44, a call centre manager. “I do feelanxious and protective,” she says.“When he gets on the bus to school, Iworry. He is open to comments, stares,bullying. I know as he gets older thatyoung people find it harder to seebeyond the looks to the character.”

Sam has had eight operations for abilateral cleft affecting his lip, soft andhard palate, and this, for Claire, has beenthe hardest thing. “I hate it when theyput him to sleep, even though he alwaystakes it in his stride.” Sam has now hadall the medically necessary repairs. Aspecialist team is continuing to monitorhim as he grows and will take intoaccount his own wishes about any fur-ther surgery. Claire worries that pressureto look a certain way may make lifeharder for Sam in the coming years. “Idon’t want to let other people dictatehow he should look. I want him to carryon being who he is.” At the moment,says Sam, he is confident he will.

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objective of all societies, the preferred state.Interestingly, practising goodness has always been dif-ficult as evil somehow seems to prevail. This is thegreatest paradox that the desired state remains elusivewhile the undesirable is in vogue. Little wonder-discus-sions about the problem of evil in the philosophy ofreligion have not been conclusive. Why evil exists andpersists is difficult to explain. More so, because Godrepresents good and the devil symbolises evil. It was inthe Garden of Eden that the dispute between good andevil began, if we go by the Holy Book. And the out-come was that evil won and the good had to eat thehumble pie. The devil, in the guise of a serpent, per-suaded Eve to coax Adam to eat the forbidden fruit.That perhaps was the first lesson in marketing, withthe devil being the pioneering marketer. It also tells uswhy evil persists. Attractive packaging of ideas is whatmakes evil survive and thrive down the ages. It isagainst this backdrop that the problem of evil and itsapparent success needs to be broached over.Particularly because the present times seem to be tooobsessed with fighting against evil. Be it our own coun-try or the world. There is a lot of clamour against evil.Nations, organisations and institutions are all up inarms against this evil for which the preferred expres-sion these days is corruption. As integrity and probitybecome the most desired attributes, aggressive cam-paigns and forceful actions are being designed toachieve the ends. Yet, the more intense the efforts themore gory are the exposes that hint at failure of thoseattempts to rein in the evil. Why? Why is the propensi-ty to err in favour of evil easily persistent? Why do wefail to learn from our past so that our present changes?Why do we fall victim to the same temptations that theprevious generations did? The lessons from the past donot translate into practice because the information inthose lessons does not become learning. And as long asthis continues, no matter how intensive the efforts, theresults will not be as desired. There is need to rethinkand redesign the learning paradigm in order to make iteffective. Evil propositions are attractive because theyarouse the base emotions, the hedonistic feelingsappealing to gains and pleasure. As they lead to instantgratifications they have greater reward value due to thepriming effect. Further, they come in attractive pack-ages offering many freebies and giving a feeling of thewinning advantage. They thus feed the ego and satisfyenvy. In fact, ego and envy are intricately linked. Theycomplement one another. Teaching goodness, then, hasto come in a better package, emphasising the long-term benefits of being good. Since the fruits of good-ness are intrinsically rewarding, there is a need to linkit with experience of higher order pleasure — anandaas per our Indian philosophical thought. Creating thisexperience would involve a different kind of campaign.External awareness against evil will not help untilinternal awareness for goodness is created. Vigorouscampaigns to glorify goodness will be a basic first step.

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come and go. (Gita 2.14)However, when good times come,they lull us into thinking that theywill last but they don’t. Similarly,bad times appear like never-end-ing but they do end also. Becauseboth good and bad times arelinked to what we have done inthe past, and all our karmas arelimited; they are never unlimited.

I will cite some famous exam-ples. Shankaracharya’s mother hada dream in which Lord Shiva toldher that He would incarnate in theform of her first born child. Therewas great happiness in her heart.And when Shankaracharya was achild, she could relate her dreamto what she saw. Shankaracharyashowed a penchant towards spiri-tual knowledge. In his early years,he could easily recite the Puranasand the epics. He mastered theVedas when he was studying inGurukul. However, Shankaracharyatook sanyasa and left her. Whenher son left, she began to cry.Time passed and she came to theend of her life. She was muchpleased when her son returned to

her as per the promise he hadgiven to her prior to leaving.

Abraham Lincoln’s early yearswere tough is common knowledgebut what transpired during hisfirst presidency was very painfulto him. Lincoln took the oath ofoffice in early 1861 and becamethe 16th President of the UnitedStates. This must have been agreat source of happiness to himhaving struggled for so long toreach this position. However,things soon became very painfulas the Southern States seceded.Lincoln was very careful in thisresponse but as the situationworsened, he took energeticaction. The Civil War began onApril 12, 1861, and ended withdestruction of life and property.Lincoln was re-elected President

in 1869, which must have been amatter of great satisfaction.

The third example is that ofValmiki Rishi. This was his givenname; he was named Ratnakar byhis parents. He used to rob people

of their belongings. One day hechanced to meet Narada Muni,and as usual asked him to give allhis valuables. Naradji explainedthat he only possessed one veena.To cut a long story short,

Ratnakar was a changed man aftermeeting Narada Muni. From aperson who obtained pervertpleasure by robbing people, heenjoyed the highest pleasure ofcompiling the epic Ramayana. Hecould have never ever dreamedabout what ultimately he became.

The fourth and the lastexample is that of Adolf Hitler.He rose the power after theWorld War I when Germany wasdefeated. He managed to bringthe Germans together; he waspreparing Germany for war. Hebegan attacking differentEuropean countries. He hadmany impressive victories.However, the tide turned againstGermany and in early 1945, theAllies marched into the heart ofGermany. Hitler committed sui-

cide. Could he have thought ofsuch an end for himself?

Why do we speculate somuch when results can be com-pletely at variance with what weare thinking, but we do as ahabit? This habit gives us a lot ofpain. Unfortunately, pessimistsoutnumber optimists. For evenpositive thinkers, results could bevery disappointing. So whatshould one ideally do? Stop spec-ulating? Aiming, planning, set-ting goals, and hoping are all finebut predetermining results isgenerally very painful.

A wise person will focus onwhat all he can do as per his orher plan and stop speculatingabout the likely result. And theresult will surely come accord-ing to the efforts made now andearlier. Fate is also a factor,(Gita 18.14) One can do betterby involving God because Godis the only one who has overrid-ing powers over everything.How do we involve God? TheBhagavad Gita has detailedinformation on the subject. Dowe still need to speculate?

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The fascinating aspect ofKrishna’s personae is that heserves the only instance inthe world history where aperson ever acquired so vast

number of names and epithets byvirtue of his deeds and high personalqualities. The great number of namesacquired by Krishna is, in fact, a mea-sure of his greatness. TheVishnusahasranama in theMahabharata consists of a long list ofnames attributed to Krishna. In thePuranas also one comes across variousnames of Krishna. He is calledJanardana, Govind, Madhusudhana,Madhava, Achyuta, Keshava,Vasudevaso on and so forth. Study of theMahabharata shows that he wasaddressed differently by different per-sons with whom he came into contact.

For instance, Draupadi addresseshim as Govinda, whereas, Arjunacalls him Madhusudana, Madhava,and Acyuta. As the human intellect istoo feeble to understand the mysteryof the divinity and divine epithets,one is naturally desirous to knowhow Shri Krishna acquired so manynames and epithets and what signifi-cations each name carries.

The tradition goes that variousoft-repeated adjective epithets andnames of the Lord have some hiddenmeanings. The objective is to solvethe mystery behind the diverse namesof Shri Krishna. Sufficient clues to itare available in the scriptures. Forinstance, in the Mahabharata, Arjunahad asked Shri Krishna about theimports of the names by which theLord is mostly adored. Then ShriKrishna gave ample clues to solve themystery of his various names by stat-ing that: “I am evoked with manynames. But among these names, someare subordinate figurative andmetaphorical, while the others arederivable from my attributes, andsome others relate to my acts.”

From this statement of the Lord,it follows that there are two categoriesof Shri Krishna’s names. One com-prises the names which are assignedto him on account of his variousdeeds (karmaja) and the same aretherefore quite famous. While, thesecond category consists of thosenames which are figurative and henceare subordinate (gauna) and are notused so often. Besides, theBrahmavaivartapurana refers to a list

of 11 names with which Shri Krishnawas addressed by Yudhishthira.Similarly, the Vishnusahasranamapresents a list of synonyms illustrat-ing Krishna’s connection with theYadavas and other anecdotes of theepic. Of these there are 20 names ofKrishna which are very famous.Herein only the popular names of theLord will be discussed with referenceto their purports and significations.

To start with Vasudeva name,which will be explained as “one whois the son of Vasudeva of the Yadavaclan”, or that who covers or per-vades the whole universe and alsothat in whom the whole universeresides, since Shri Krishna himselfhas explained this name that “I amVasudeva because I am the abode ofall beings and also that I pervadethe whole universe”.

Let us next know why Krishna iscalled Keshava. Firstly, because he isimmeasurable as being above thepower of speech to describe.Secondly, he is called Keshava onaccount of the reasons that He beingthe presiding deity of sun possessesKeshas ie, the rays, in the form ofSun, He provides heat to the world;one who donates the brilliance of theSun-Moon, fire; since he is the killerof the Keshi demon in the form of ahorse-Keshava Keshisudana; since Hecombines in himself the trinityBrahma-Vishnu-Shiva (K+a+isha)and also above all since he has verybeautiful long curly hair.

Although all names of ShriKrishna are propitious, Keshava isespecially productive of boons (var-dam naam Keshavah). Keshava epi-thet also denotes “one who sleeps inKe-sea waters; and that one who isthe abode of all the beings”.

Next, as to why Krishna isaddressed as Hari? Because he partakes the appropriate share of offer-ings (ahutis) made by the devoteesin prayers; because his complexionis like the Harit gem (nilamani) andis ever beautiful and charming;because he destroys (harati) theworld assuming the form ofPrachand-Rudra; and since he dailyremoves the sins of his devotees.

Further about Krishna’s mostfamous name Damodara, it be learntthat he is called so since his brillianceis uncreated and is very of his ownsva prakashashatvat, also that he has

self-control (doman) and is endowedwith rope (dama) around his waist; ashe is attained by the devotees whohave restraint over their senses; thatwho as sky remains between heavenand Earth. Similarly, Krishna is calledGovinda because he is well versed inthe Vedas; for his knowledge of thespeech of every kind; because healways resides in truth and truth inhim; because in former Yuga, he inthe form of boar had raised the earththat had submerged in the depths ofsea waters and as he is thus the onlysovereign of earth; since he is alsothat one who got afloat on waters onthe leaf of banyan tree at the time ofdestruction of the world; since he isknowable by prayers and last not theleast one who is the obtainer of thecows. Govinda name of Krishna isimportant as it connects him with thecows, gopas and gopis.

Krishna’s other name Madhavasuggests him as the Lord of penances;as Lord of Maya, Saraswati andRadha (Mahalakshmi) because he isthe descendant of Madhu clan;because he has slain the Madhudemon, He is Mukunda because hedestroys the evil karmas of his devo-tees; and bestows moksha, excellentbelief, love and faith on them. He isknown as Achyut as he had neverswerved from his highest state(param brahmatva).

Over and above all, he is calledKrishna — the best of his names —as is said: “Krishna naama paramnaama”. He is Krishna since he tillsthe earth in the form of black ploughshare; because he destroys the evils ofhis devotees; since he combines with-in happiness and eternal peace, excel-lence and since he grants all these tohis devotees. His Krishna name alsoproves him as an enticing personaewho proves the motto of unceasingaction, since the name Krishnadenotes one who is always tireless inaction — aklishta karman.

While concluding, it is ascer-tained that the diverse names ofKrishna were construed on accountof his numerous forms as conceptu-alised in the Indian tradition for ful-filling the spiritual urge of the peopleat large apart from serving the keynotes to his mysteries which wouldbe impossible otherwise.

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us now track down its implication infuture terms. Study revealed that thesaid horary chart did not simply offeran answer to the query raised, it alsovery clearly signalled likelihood of otherimportant events in his life in theemerging times, and with precision.

Remember, events — both good andbad — an astrological chart indicates,come into effect when astrologicaldirections — dasha chakra and transit ofslow-moving planets — offer groundconducive to their fruition. In this con-text, let us have a look at the implicationof some important astrological direc-tions. Loss of power comes when plan-ets operative in dasha chakra signify3rd, 5th, and 9th houses. For, thesehouses respectively being 6th, 8th, and12th from the 10th house identifiedwith status, serve as latter’s nemesis.The event happens at a time when tran-sit of slow-moving planets, such asSaturn, Jupiter, Rahu, and Ketu, stand inconformity with the above indicators.

Detailed cross-checking revealedthat most powerful planets signifyingthe 3rd, 5th, and 9th houses together

appeared to be the Sun and Venus.Together they had to play the devil asboth were ill-disposed to each other inthe horary chart. On April 4, began thesub period of Venus, during major peri-od of Sun. What further lent strength toinimical forces was that KarmakarakaSaturn in transit was closing ranks withits dire enemy Mars in the horary chart.If that was not enough, transit Ketujoined hands with Venus in the horarychart to cast the die, as both wereadversely placed in the horary chart.And he lost power on April 9, 2007.

Later in August 2010, the man gotarrested on some charges. The questionthat naturally arises: Was he due forimprisonment? The main pointer toimprisonment happens to be the 12thcusp. If ever Rahu, be directly associat-ed to the 12th cusp, simultaneously sig-nifying the 3rd and 8th house matters,makes one vulnerable to imprisonment.Incidentally, Rahu happened to be thenakshatra lord of the 12th cusp, whichstrongly signified 3rd and 8th houses.Mercury, the 12th cusp sub-lord, too,joined Rahu in its devilish manifesta-tion. For, it occupied the nakshatraowned by 12th lord Saturn occupyingthe 3rd house. So, he was due for

imprisonment. In terms of time frame,Jupiter signified 3rd and 12th houses,but being in exchange with Moon, thelatter would acquire former’s significa-tion. And he was behind bars whensub-sub period of Venus in the sub-period of Rahu, during major period ofMoon was in vogue.

Incidentally, the man’s challengerdid also consult me on March 28, 2007,when the power struggle was in fullbloom. In the map of heaven drawn atthe moment of query, 11th sub-lordJupiter, identified with fulfillment ofdesires occupied the 2nd house. Itextended its benevolent aspect on careersignifying 10th house and its lordMoon; Karmakaraka Saturn posited inthe 10th; and the 11th lord Sun occupy-ing the 6th house identified with successover adversaries. All relevant housespromising success in his efforts werethus exemplified. Since a movable signwas rising, therefore, the result had tocome within a month. Twelve daysthereafter, Sun moved to a positionwhen it would be exactly trine — themost beneficial planetary alignment —to Jupiter. But then Moon was shadedby its planet of nemesis, Saturn. So, hecould regain power in another 12 daysbut not before facing initial hurdle.

Serious obstacle did arise a few dayslater. Hassled, he consulted again onApril 3. A fresh chart was drawn.Incidentally the ruling planets at themoment of consideration were the sameas on March 28. The only difference wasthat Moon had moved out of Saturn’sambit. By this chart, the Sun had to gain6 degrees in the next six days to formexact trine with Jupiter. And he gainedpower on April 9, as predicted.

The poor man had accidental deathon April 30, 2007. On that date, the sub-sub period of Mars, in the sub-period ofthe Sun, during major period of Marswas operative. For movable sign Librarising, the Sun as 11th lord becomesbadhaka, and Mars being 2nd and 7thlord remains the maraka, both thus,carry killing propensity. To sum up,reflections of horary chart drawn anymoment prove true to the callings ofemerging times. It, thus, offers empiricalevidence suggestive of continuum exis-tent all through the run of time.

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