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T he toll in the Jammu & Kashmir floods has risen to 160 as the floods, the worst the State has seen in 60 years, affected more than 2,500 vil- lages, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said as he assured help to deal with the grim situation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed on Saturday evening by the Home Minister after his return from Jammu & Kashmir to survey the flood- affected areas. In view of the seriousness of the situation, the Prime Minister immediately called for a review meeting to assess the situation. The meet- ing was attended by the Cabinet Secretary, the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister and the Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister. Rajnath Singh said that “160 people have lost their lives in these floods”. Floods of this magnitude have hit Jammu & Kashmir after 60 years.” He said more than 2,500 vil- lages were affected, out of which 450 were completely sub- merged. The Union Minister arrived in the State earlier in the day on a day’s visit to take stock of the flood situation. The devastating floods con- tinued to wreak havoc in Kashmir Valley for the fifth straight day on Saturday as inter- mittent rainfall continued amid free-flow of ferocious streams and the swelling Jhelum River. The Jhelum, flowing many feet above the danger mark breached the banks at several places inundating more popu- lated areas in the Capital Srinagar. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah drove visiting Home Minister Rajnath Singh and MoS Jatinder Singh to several submerged localities to assess the flood situation. The Army, State adminis- tration, civilian volunteers and police continued the massive rescue operation in the worst- affected areas, especially in south Kashmir’s Pulwama, Anantnag and Kulgam districts. “The degree of devastation is colossal. We are focusing on res- cue and relief operations only.” Turn to Page 4 Related reports on P6 I n a rare punitive action, the CRPF has suspended 17 of its personnel, including four junior officers, for dereliction of duty and deserting martyred col- leagues during a deadly ambush in Sukma earlier this year, in which 11 paramilitary person- nel, four from the State police and a civilian were killed. The move comes after a Court of Inquiry (CoI) insti- tuted following the March 11 incident in Chhattisgarh stated in its preliminary findings that these personnel (those sus- pended now) displayed “lack of action and did not show satis- factory counter action” to save their fellow troops as they themselves ran for cover. CRPF Director General Dilip Trivedi told The Pioneer, “They have been suspended by Inspector General Chhattisgarh after the preliminary inquiry found them guilty on these charges.” The final quantum of punishment will be decided after the full enquiry is com- pleted within the next three months, officials said. This is a rare disciplinary action taken by the CRPF against its own personnel deployed in the anti-Naxal the- atre. CRPF is designated the lead agency for anti-Naxal operations in the country and is assisting the State police forces for over a decade. “These personnel have been suspended as they have been found guilty of dereliction of duty and soldier-like con- duct. Those suspended include 14 constables and four subor- dinate officers in the rank of Inspector and Assistant Sub- inspectors,” officials said. The enquiry was conduct- ed by a Commandant rank officer and the recommenda- tions are now being processed by a Deputy Inspector General Turn to Page 4 K erala’s Congress-led UDF Government has decided to recommend a CBI investigation into the murder of RSS leader Manoj at Kathiroor in Kannur allegedly by a CPI(M) killer gang on September 1. Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said that the Government took the decision considering the extremely serious dimensions of the case. The Government decision was based on the recommendation of the State DGP, Chennithala said in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. “The Government does not have any particular political interest in this and the decision was not taken under pressure from any quar- ters,” he said. The State BJP wel- comed the Government decision. Police had charged the eight accused in the murder case under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and as per its provisions, the matter had to be reported to the Centre within 15 days, the Minister said. “It is the Centre which has to take a final decision on which the agency should carry out the probe,” he pointed out. A delegation of the BJP and RSS had on Thursday submitted a mem- orandum to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy calling for a probe by a Central agency into the murder. A special team of the Kerala Police’s Crime Branch is currently holding the investigation. “The gang had murdered Manoj after creating a terror situation on the crime spot by hurling country bombs and they had killed him by slitting the throat.” Turn to Page 4 T he Saradha fire has now begun to threaten Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s backyard. For the first time since his arrest in the Saradha chit fund case about 11 months ago, suspended and jailed Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh — considered one of the prime accused in the case — on Saturday took Banerjee’s name, literally implicating her in the multi-crore scandal. Ghosh, who also worked as the CEO of Saradha’s news channels and media empire, told both the trial court and newsmen that the Chief Minister was the biggest benefi- ciary of the Saradha media projects. The CBI now investigating the multi-crore ponzi scam should bring Banerjee, Saradha chief Sudipto Sen and himself face-to-face to know the truth, he asserted. “If anyone who has benefitted the most both directly and indirectly from the Saradha media projects it is Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,” the jailed Trinamool MP alleged even as he was taken to the CGO complex for a fresh round of CBI grilling. Soon after he made the remarks sources in the central agency said they were look- ing forward to extract “volumes of what he knows about the crucial connections between the influential people he is nam- ing and the Saradha scam”. Ghosh pleaded his case himself on Saturday at the trial court where he urged his investigators to jointly grill Banerjee, Sen and himself. Curiously, Ghosh’s statement comes bare- ly a day after Banerjee had accused the media of trying to falsely implicate her name in the scam and former party leader Asif Khan telling a television channel that he had seen the Trinamool leaders transform economically from a state where they had to fight for two square meals and the one when they had hard cash between 100 crore to 1,000-crore. “There were days when I saw many Trinamool leaders who did not have two square meals. But today they have 100, 500 or even 1,000 crore. From where this fund has come only they can answer.” Insofar as I am con- cerned, I can show them my bank accounts and statements if they come to me,” Khan had said on Friday. In what seemed to be a crucial step on the part of the CBI, the inves- tigating agency took a fresh remand of Ghosh. Turn to Page 4 I n its relentless pursuit to break the backbone of Indian Mujahideen (IM)’s pan-India network, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested Ajaz Sheikh (27), the alleged backroom operator of IM. It was Sheikh who had sent anonymous mails to media hous- es claiming responsibility after the attack on Taiwanese tourists near Jama Masjid and the Varanasi blasts in 2010. Sheikh provided logistical support during IM strikes all over the country. Sheikh was arrested on Friday night from outside Saharanpur Railway Station in Western Uttar Pradesh by a team of Delhi Police’s Special Cell following a specific Intelligence about his movement. He is a resident of Pune in Maharashtra and he has been identified as the ‘silent’ India-based techie, logis- tics man and hawala router of the banned terrorist organisation. Sheikh was on the radar of the security agen- cies after he was identified as the key man of IM behind its subversive activ- ities in the country. “He had close links with IM founders Riyaz Bhatkal and Mohsin Chowdhary, who are now housed in Pakistan after the Batla House encounter on September 19, 2008. He is the brother-in-law of Chowdhary and directly took com- mands from these two from across the border,” said Special Commissioner (Special Cell) SN Shrivastava. In spite of the busting of several IM modules, and the recent arrests of Yasin Bhatkal, Tehsin Akhtar, Assadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, Waqas and others, the one mystery that had remained unsolved was the identity of the person who was behind the e-mails sent under the signature of ‘Al Arabi’, claiming responsibility for the Varanasi serial blasts and the Jama Masjid terror attacks. All investigations into this aspect had consistently hit a dead end with the growing realisation amongst various security agencies that the perpetrator was technically super-smart and had practically left no trace of his identity while espousing the nefarious claims of IM. “The arrest of Ajaz Sheikh has final- ly unravelled the mystery behind the claim made on behalf of IM after the infamous Jama Masjid terror strikes of 2010,” said Shrivastava. Besides sending e-mails, Ajaz Sheikh used to provide logistics to the IM oper- atives in India and prepared fake IDs required by them for procuring SIM cards, collecting foreign money transfers, obtaining rooms on rent and even in get- ting enrolled in professional educational institutions as a cover, police said. Turn to Page 4 T he flood situation in Jammu & Kashmir is turning grim with every passing hour. On Saturday, 26 more deaths were reported from Udhampur, Poonch and Jammu districts in Jammu division. In Jammu, flood fury swept away portion of an embank- ment connecting the newly- constructed bridge over the River Tawi. The district admin- istration also closed down four existing bridges disrupting normal life here. Concertina wires were raised on both sides of the approach roads and bar- ricades were raised to prevent entry of motorists. Regular announcements were made for common people to stay away from bridges amid con- stantly rising water levels. Thirteen deaths were reported from Udhampur where people died due to house collapse at different places in Talpad, Rakhbadali, Manthal, Latti and Upper Tholawa villages. Seven deaths were reported from Poonch and five people died near Bajalta in Jammu after their shed was hit by a mudslide. To assess the flood fury on Ground Zero, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with MoS PMO Jitendra Singh conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in Akhnoor and Jourian in Jammu and termed the situation ‘grim’. Addressing a Press confer- ence at Technical Airport in Jammu, the Home Minister later said, “The situation is wor- risome and the Central Government is helping the State extend all possible assistance to the affected population”. The Home Minister said the Prime Minister has expressed his sympathy and announced that 2 lakh ex-gratia amount would be given to each of next of kin of the deceased and 50,000 to the injured. Turn to Page 4 T his is the worst floods in Kashmir in six decades. Nature’s earlier such fury has been recorded in 1902, 1928, 1955, 1957 and 1959. After the 1902 flood, the Srinagar city remained inundated for two years as Jhelum discharged 1,00,000 cusecs of water. In the 1928 flood, the Jhelum dis- charged 80,000 cusecs as against its normal discharge of 9,000 cusecs. The danger mark is crossed after 20,000 cusecs

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The toll in the Jammu &Kashmir floods has risen to

160 as the floods, the worst theState has seen in 60 years,affected more than 2,500 vil-lages, Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh on Saturday saidas he assured help to deal withthe grim situation.

Prime Minister NarendraModi was briefed on Saturdayevening by the Home Ministerafter his return from Jammu &Kashmir to survey the flood-affected areas. In view of theseriousness of the situation, thePrime Minister immediatelycalled for a review meeting toassess the situation. The meet-ing was attended by theCabinet Secretary, the PrincipalSecretary to Prime Ministerand the Additional PrincipalSecretary to Prime Minister.

Rajnath Singh said that“160 people have lost theirlives in these floods”. Floods ofthis magnitude have hit Jammu& Kashmir after 60 years.”

He said more than 2,500 vil-lages were affected, out of which450 were completely sub-merged. The Union Ministerarrived in the State earlier in theday on a day’s visit to take stockof the flood situation.

The devastating floods con-tinued to wreak havoc inKashmir Valley for the fifth

straight day on Saturday as inter-mittent rainfall continued amidfree-flow of ferocious streamsand the swelling Jhelum River.

The Jhelum, flowing manyfeet above the danger markbreached the banks at severalplaces inundating more popu-lated areas in the Capital

Srinagar. Chief Minister OmarAbdullah drove visiting HomeMinister Rajnath Singh andMoS Jatinder Singh to severalsubmerged localities to assessthe flood situation.

The Army, State adminis-tration, civilian volunteers andpolice continued the massive

rescue operation in the worst-affected areas, especially insouth Kashmir’s Pulwama,Anantnag and Kulgam districts.“The degree of devastation iscolossal. We are focusing on res-cue and relief operations only.”

Turn to Page 4Related reports on P6

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In a rare punitive action, theCRPF has suspended 17 of its

personnel, including four juniorofficers, for dereliction of dutyand deserting martyred col-leagues during a deadly ambushin Sukma earlier this year, inwhich 11 paramilitary person-nel, four from the State policeand a civilian were killed.

The move comes after aCourt of Inquiry (CoI) insti-tuted following the March 11incident in Chhattisgarh statedin its preliminary findings thatthese personnel (those sus-pended now) displayed “lack ofaction and did not show satis-factory counter action” to savetheir fellow troops as theythemselves ran for cover.

CRPF Director GeneralDilip Trivedi told The Pioneer,“They have been suspended byInspector General Chhattisgarhafter the preliminary inquiryfound them guilty on these

charges.” The final quantum ofpunishment will be decidedafter the full enquiry is com-pleted within the next threemonths, officials said.

This is a rare disciplinaryaction taken by the CRPFagainst its own personneldeployed in the anti-Naxal the-atre. CRPF is designated thelead agency for anti-Naxaloperations in the country andis assisting the State policeforces for over a decade.

“These personnel havebeen suspended as they havebeen found guilty of derelictionof duty and soldier-like con-duct. Those suspended include14 constables and four subor-dinate officers in the rank ofInspector and Assistant Sub-inspectors,” officials said.

The enquiry was conduct-ed by a Commandant rankofficer and the recommenda-tions are now being processedby a Deputy Inspector General

Turn to Page 4

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Kerala’s Congress-led UDFGovernment has decided to

recommend a CBI investigationinto the murder of RSS leaderManoj at Kathiroor in Kannurallegedly by a CPI(M) killer gangon September 1. Home MinisterRamesh Chennithala said that theGovernment took the decisionconsidering the extremely seriousdimensions of the case.

The Government decision wasbased on the recommendation ofthe State DGP, Chennithala said inThiruvananthapuram on Saturday.“The Government does not haveany particular political interest inthis and the decision was not takenunder pressure from any quar-ters,” he said. The State BJP wel-comed the Government decision.

Police had charged the eightaccused in the murder case underUnlawful Activities (Prevention)Act, and as per its provisions, thematter had to be reported to the

Centre within 15 days, the Ministersaid. “It is the Centre which has totake a final decision on which theagency should carry out the probe,”he pointed out.

A delegation of the BJP and RSShad on Thursday submitted a mem-orandum to Chief MinisterOommen Chandy calling for aprobe by a Central agency into themurder. A special team of the KeralaPolice’s Crime Branch is currentlyholding the investigation. “The ganghad murdered Manoj after creatinga terror situation on the crime spotby hurling country bombs and theyhad killed him by slitting the throat.”

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The Saradha fire has now begun tothreaten Bengal Chief Minister Mamata

Banerjee’s backyard.For the first time since his arrest in the

Saradha chit fund case about 11 months ago,suspended and jailed Trinamool CongressMP Kunal Ghosh — considered one of theprime accused in the case — on Saturdaytook Banerjee’s name, literally implicatingher in the multi-crore scandal.

Ghosh, who also worked as the CEO ofSaradha’s news channels and media empire,told both the trial court and newsmen thatthe Chief Minister was the biggest benefi-ciary of the Saradha media projects. The CBInow investigating the multi-crore ponziscam should bring Banerjee, Saradha chiefSudipto Sen and himself face-to-face toknow the truth, he asserted.

“If anyone who has benefitted the mostboth directly and indirectly from theSaradha media projects it is Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee,” the jailed Trinamool MPalleged even as he was taken to the CGOcomplex for a fresh round of CBI grilling.

Soon after he made the remarks sourcesin the central agency said they were look-ing forward to extract “volumes of what heknows about the crucial connectionsbetween the influential people he is nam-

ing and the Saradha scam”.Ghosh pleaded his case himself on

Saturday at the trial court where he urgedhis investigators to jointly grill Banerjee,Sen and himself.

Curiously, Ghosh’s statement comes bare-ly a day after Banerjee had accused the mediaof trying to falsely implicate her name in thescam and former party leader Asif Khan tellinga television channel that he had seen theTrinamool leaders transform economicallyfrom a state where they had to fight for twosquare meals and the one when they had hardcash between �100 crore to �1,000-crore.

“There were days when I saw manyTrinamool leaders who did not have twosquare meals. But today they have�100, 500 or even 1,000crore. From wherethis fund has comeonly they can answer.”

Insofar as I am con-cerned, I can show themmy bank accounts andstatements if they cometo me,” Khan had said onFriday. In what seemedto be a crucial step on thepart of the CBI, the inves-tigating agency took afresh remand of Ghosh.

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In its relentless pursuit to break thebackbone of Indian Mujahideen

(IM)’s pan-India network, the SpecialCell of Delhi Police has arrested AjazSheikh (27), the alleged backroomoperator of IM. It was Sheikh who hadsent anonymous mails to media hous-es claiming responsibility after theattack on Taiwanese tourists near JamaMasjid and the Varanasi blasts in 2010.

Sheikh provided logistical supportduring IM strikes all over the country.Sheikh was arrested on Friday night fromoutside Saharanpur Railway Station inWestern Uttar Pradesh by a team of DelhiPolice’s Special Cell following a specificIntelligence about his movement.

He is a resident of Pune inMaharashtra and he has been identifiedas the ‘silent’ India-based techie, logis-tics man and hawala router of thebanned terrorist organisation. Sheikh

was on the radar of the security agen-cies after he was identified as the keyman of IM behind its subversive activ-ities in the country.

“He had close links with IM foundersRiyaz Bhatkal and Mohsin Chowdhary,who are now housed in Pakistan after theBatla House encounter on September 19,2008. He is the brother-in-law ofChowdhary and directly took com-mands from these two from across theborder,” said Special Commissioner(Special Cell) SN Shrivastava.

In spite of the busting of several IMmodules, and the recent arrests of YasinBhatkal, Tehsin Akhtar, AssadullahAkhtar alias Haddi, Waqas and others,the one mystery that had remainedunsolved was the identity of the personwho was behind the e-mails sent underthe signature of ‘Al Arabi’, claimingresponsibility for the Varanasi serialblasts and the Jama Masjid terror attacks.

All investigations into this aspecthad consistently hit a dead end with thegrowing realisation amongst varioussecurity agencies that the perpetratorwas technically super-smart and hadpractically left no trace of his identitywhile espousing the nefarious claims ofIM. “The arrest of Ajaz Sheikh has final-ly unravelled the mystery behind theclaim made on behalf of IM after theinfamous Jama Masjid terror strikes of2010,” said Shrivastava.

Besides sending e-mails, Ajaz Sheikhused to provide logistics to the IM oper-atives in India and prepared fake IDsrequired by them for procuring SIMcards, collecting foreign money transfers,obtaining rooms on rent and even in get-ting enrolled in professional educationalinstitutions as a cover, police said.

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The flood situation in Jammu& Kashmir is turning grim

with every passing hour. OnSaturday, 26 more deaths werereported from Udhampur,Poonch and Jammu districts inJammu division.

In Jammu, flood fury sweptaway portion of an embank-ment connecting the newly-constructed bridge over theRiver Tawi. The district admin-istration also closed down fourexisting bridges disrupting normal life here. Concertinawires were raised on both sidesof the approach roads and bar-ricades were raised to prevententry of motorists. Regularannouncements were made forcommon people to stay away from bridges amid con-stantly rising water levels.

Thirteen deaths werereported from Udhampurwhere people died due tohouse collapse at differentplaces in Talpad, Rakhbadali,Manthal, Latti and UpperTholawa villages. Seven deathswere reported from Poonchand five people died nearBajalta in Jammu after theirshed was hit by a mudslide.

To assess the flood fury onGround Zero, Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh alongwith MoS PMO Jitendra Singh

conducted an aerial survey ofthe flood-hit areas in Akhnoorand Jourian in Jammu andtermed the situation ‘grim’.

Addressing a Press confer-ence at Technical Airport inJammu, the Home Ministerlater said, “The situation is wor-risome and the CentralGovernment is helping the Stateextend all possible assistance tothe affected population”.

The Home Minister said thePrime Minister has expressed his sympathy and announcedthat �2 lakh ex-gratia amountwould be given to each of nextof kin of the deceased and�50,000 to the injured.

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THEATREWatch Amrit Kashyap’s Hindi comedy play— Begum Ka Pyada — directed by KS Kalsiat Shri Ram Centre, 4, Safdar Hashmi Marg,Mandi House Chowk, Delhi from 7 pmonwards. Tickets available for: �150, �250,�350 and �500.

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Usually biopics are rarely basedon the true and authentic facts.In order to commercial it,

directors and producers tend to over-dramatise the events that take placeand hence, take away the real essenceof what the protagonist really wentthrough. For example, in Bhaag MilkhaBhaag, Milkha Singh himself had saidthat some events in the movie hadbeen dramatised and that they nevertook place. And so may be the case inMary Kom. It is a difficult to imaginethat a husband who pushed his wifeinto go back to boxing would at themost important match of her life give anews that would break her.

However, due credit should begiven to Omung Kumar for at leastshowcasing the achievement of a trulygreat sports woman that India hasproduced in a long time, Mary Kom isthe only woman boxer to have won amedal in each one of the six WorldChampionships. It is definitely not asmall feat for a woman to excel in afield which is totally male dominated.

So one has to see the movie fromthe sports perspective — the rise of awoman from a State which manypeople still think is another country.Mary Kom played by Priyanka Chopra

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Those who love to watch amovie which is not your usualHollywood flick, this one willmake for an interestingexperience even if there areseveral references to whathappened earlier — read the SinCity. The good part is thatdirectors Robert Rodriguez andFrank Miller take you in flashback to give a sneak peek intowhat had happened in theprequel. Of course, the Sin Cityfans will find this one just asinteresting; for its OTT action,artful director, brilliant CGI andthe amalgamation of four stories

that flow smoothly from one toanother without one feeling thatthese are in fact different stories.

And the best story told is thatof Eva Green. In a black andwhite backdrop, her green eyesare a show stopper. Add to this anelectric blue dress with redlipstick, perfect nails and a bodywith all its allure on display, onehas a perfect reason to kill for.And killing is the premise of thisone. The good part is that mostof the blood and gore gets amakeover since it is in black andwhite. And where there is bloodand gore, it has been well-shot.

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But if one is looking for amovie which doesn’t have muchto offer in terms of a storyline buthas plenty of testosteronerunning, where women are barelyclad and melodrama thrown infor good measure, then Sin City:A Dame to Kill For is worth awatch.

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says in the movie: ‘I hate it when I tellpeople that I am from Manipur andthey ask which country is that?’

As Mary Kom, PC has done a goodjob. One does see that in some parts shestumbles with the Hindi accent of a girlfrom Manipur but on the whole PC hasmanaged to keep herself within the ring.And though she has tried to bring forththe emotional turmoil that Mary Komwould have actually gone through in reallife, the downer is that nobody canemote the inner battle that MC has hadto undergo. Therefore, to step into hershoes and feel her pain and struggle issomewhat missing.

Omung Kumar could have done abetter job of putting some soul into thefilm that he was making on a personwho is known as the Magnificent Mary.But he somewhat redeems himself forhaving chosen a good starcast. DarshanKumar, who plays MC’s husband hasdone a good job as has Sunil Thapa whoplays the coach.

It is definitely a movie that is worthwatching. Not because of some out-of-the-box performance by the starcastbut because one must know the storyof the Indian boxer who has made thecountry proud.

A special request, kindly stand upat the end of the movie for the NationalAnthem. It will be small tribute that onecan pay to all those sportsperson whohave brought glory to the country.

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�What is your character in Big Magic’sAjab Gajab Ghar Jamai (AGGJ) all about?

I play Jagadamba Shaktishaali, a nani-saaswho has a love-hate relationship with herson-in-law — Chintu Chautala Shaktishali(played by Sumit Vats). It’s a comedy dramawhich questions the traditional belief that‘betiya toh paraya dhan hoti hai’. Why is itthat only women have to leave their homeafter marriage? Why don’t men leave theirhouse after marriage and come and stay withthe in-laws is what the serial is all about. So,in that sense, the story is about a matriarchalfamily.�From your debut in Humrahi in the 80s toAjab Gajab Ghar Jamai, how have thingschanged

When I bagged my first show Humrahi Ihad just passed out from National School ofDrama (NSD). I treated TV and films liketheatre and used to put in a lot of effort andthought into how I would want to portray mycharacter and how will it move forward. Overan hour would be spent on preparing just oneshot before the final take. Today, we get notime to either think or experiment with thecharacter we play. Even then, I try to give thebest possible shot in the time slot that wehave now.�Where does TV stand today?

Watching television has become painfuland daily soaps have only gone from badto worse. Earlier, daily soap used tocome once or twice a week and weused to shoot one episode in fivedays. But now, in one day, wehave to shoot one full episode of22 minutes. TV has becomemechanical, there is no scope toput in your thought into thecharacter one is playing. There islittle content in serials thesedays. I don’t think any show canchallenge the content which wasthere in Humrahi. �How did you cope up with thechanges?

When I started working for EktaKapoor’s Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi BahuThi, the first few days were anightmare. Bulky jewellery, heavysarees and too much make-up was notmy style. Being a passionate actor, weused to discuss lines that were written inthe script. But then the director andassistant directors would tell us: ‘Jaisalikha hai waise he bol do. Khatam karo.Agla scene bhi shoot kerna hai.’ Theirfrustration was quite visible on their face.I wanted to run away from all this butrealised that this kind of scenario washere to stay. I had no other option but toadapt myself to these changes. �How has been your experience workingin art and commercial cinema?

Coming from NSD, Iused to look down uponcommercial cinema. Butthen I realised thatcommercial films wereimportant if one wanted to ekeout a livelihood as an actor. Art is acompletely different genre. I lovedworking with Shayam Benegal especiallyin movies like Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993)and Mammo (1994). Recently, I worked withhim in the tele-series Samvidhan which wasbased on the making of the Indian

Constitution. Shyam Benegal is anencyclopedia in himself. After so many years,he is still the same — warm, caring and agenius director.�You have worked with two generations ofBollywood actors. Can you share somemoments?

When I was working with Rishi Kapoorin Prem Granth (1996) and Aa Ab LautChalen (1999), we used to have so much funon the sets. In fact, I told him during thatperiod that I had fallen in love with him afterwatching Bobby as had many other of mycollege friends. He told me never to say thisto Ranbir. That time Ranbir was studying inthe US and on his visits to India, he wouldrun all over the place and Chintuji used totell him: ‘What are you doing here. Go andlearn something.’ And turning to me, hewould say, ‘Himaniji, take him with you andshow some play or opera.’

More than 15 years down the line, when Iwas working with Ranbir in Besharam, Inever thought that he would remember allthat. He told me that he hated watching theplays but did it to please his father.�You have also worked with Roshans. Howwas it working with them?

I worked with Rakeshji in Koyla (1997)starring Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit.Hrithik was one of the assistants in the film.He used to come to me and say: ‘Madamyour shot is ready’. It never occurred to methat he was Rakeshji’s son. Three years later, Iwas shooting in Hyderabad for a film and sawthe promos of Kaho Naa Pyar Hai. It wasthen that I came to know that the assistantwas Rakeshji’s son.

Then in 2001, I got an opportunity towork with him in Kabhi Khushi KabhieGham, Main Prem Ki Deewani Hu (2003) andMujhse Dosti Karogi (2002). Karan Joharjokingly said that now that since I hadalready worked with two generations ofBollywood actors, a time will come when Iwill be playing the role of a grandmother toHrithik, Karisma and Ranbir’s sons as well. Itwas quite funny. �How difficult has the journey been so far?

It was tough being a single parent; tojuggle home and a career. There were dayswhen my day would begin at 7 am and end at3 am. I would get a couple of hours of sleeponly to wake up to teach my son Maths.Those days were tough. But I got by. I don’tregret having had to work hard. �You never left working in TV even thoughyou had become popular in films. Why?

Somebody once asked me: ‘You are doingfilms with Yash Raj, Sudhash Ghai, ShayamBenegal. Why are you still doing TV serials?’.I told him that even though I’m getting goodfilms, TV was what made me popular and I’llnever stop working for it. It made me famousas Devki. And one sees big actors likeAmitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, AkshayKumar making their way to TV. People havestarted looking up to television.�What are some of the roles that are closeto your heart?

I have done a variety of roles like comedy,negative and drama. The good part is that Inever got typecast. I’m happy that I get to dobold and character-driven roles like I got todo in TV serials like Humrahi and Hasratein,and films like Hum Aapke Hai Kaun, DilwaleDulhania Le Jayenge, Hero No 1, Pardes, PremGranth, Veer Gati etc.

Asha Negi, known for hercharacter as Purvi inPavitra Rishta is

completely in love with themodern and chic look that sheflaunts in Ek Mutthi Asmaan.The actor recently replacedRachna Parulkar (Kalpi) asfemale protagonist. “It’s so niceto be yourself on the screen aswell. Suhana’s character is verymodern as compared to myprevious roles,” Negi says addingthat in order to play Purvi’scharacter she had to tone downa bit because, the character wasthat of a simple and modest girl.However, when it comes toplaying Suhana she can beherself. “Suhana is jolly andchirpy in nature. You will see mewearing modern outfits andflaunting a very trendy look. Iam like that in real life,”she says.

Negi tells you howsmoothly shemanaged to replaceKalpi — bydramatising a well-conspired roadaccident in whichthe latter survivesthe accident buthas severe burnsand a memoryloss. Sheu n d e r g o e splastic surgeryand the newface is that ofNegi.

“Suhana’suncle isinstrumentalin giving thatnew face andidentity to her.She isoblivious of herpast and trying toadjust to the new life.There will be manyinstances where she willcome face-to-face with herpast but won’t be able tojoin the dots like the timewhen she meets her mother,”Negi tells you.

She feels that inIndia, where serialsare laced withpredictable turns and twists

and the plastic surgery scenariohas been done to death, themasala daily soaps tap themaximum viewership “Thesehigh-end dramatic twists havebecome integral parts of ourserials and I agree that thesethings are impractical and don’treally happen in our daily lives.But I think the content mostlydepends on what the peoplewant to see,” she explains statingthe viewers’ choice behind theunrealistic dramas. She alsosuggests that we should take acue from the Pakistani tele-serials and start concentratingon the content rather thandramatisation.

Negi relishes the memoriesof the past decade’s dramas thathad certain underlying flavourto it and tells you that the onecharacter that she always wanted

to play was that of Kajal Bhaifrom Hum Paanch. “Thecharacter was played byBhairavi Raichura. It wasvery challenging and sheplayed it with finesse. I amvery tomboyish and find a

connect with thecharacter. I wish I

had played thatone,” she says.

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Pavitra Rishta days andthe crew membersreceived her with openarms. “I feel verynostalgic as I haveenjoyed each andevery moment

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and everything with thedays spent with Zee,” shetells us.

And while Negi islooking forward to how her

character’s journey will bechartered out, the latest buzz

is that the show is all set toend abruptly because it has

not been able to garnerenough TRPs.

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Three-time MLA and seniorDelhi BJP leader Karan

Singh Tanwar has beenappointed as vice-chairpersonof the New Delhi MunicipalCouncil (NDMC). Tanwar hadbeen elected thrice from theDelhi Cantonment Assembly in1993, 2003 and 2008. OnSaturday, along with Tanwar,three others Anita Arya, AbdulRasheed Ansari and BS Bhati —were also administered oath byDelhi Lieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung, as new membersof the council. Arya is a formerMayor of Delhi and has alsorepresented Karol Bagh parlia-mentary constituency in the13th Lok Sabha.

With the reconstitution ofthe council, all members nom-inated by the previous theUPA Government have beenremoved. Surprisingly, exceptTanwar, all other three newly-inducted members are notfrom NDMC area. Ansari, aresident of old Delhi is nation-al president of the BJP MinorityMorcha. He has been associat-ed with the party since itsinception. He is also one of thefounder members of the BJP.While, BS Bhati is leader of theNDMC employees’ union andhad been working with thecivic body, till recently.

On his appointment,Tanwar said he would makeevery possible effort to imbibethe idea of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi to weed outcorruption. “Na Khaoonga, Nakhane Doonga (neither will Iaccept bribe, nor let anyone totake bride). My foremost pri-ority will be to make NDMC,a corruption-free model civicbody to instill confidence incommon man,” he said.

Tanwar also said the coun-cil would be making concertedendeavour to make New Delhiarea garbage free and improvesanitation facilities. “Next tar-get will be over all developmentof youth hence I will proposegymnasium and sporting facil-ity in every colony. New Delhiwill be converted into modelcity,” he said.

Nominated membersunusually have five-year tenureand are appointed on the rec-

ommendation of the Centreand notified by the Ministry ofHome Affairs. Apart from par-ticipating in significant policymaking council meetings, thesemembers are entitled for severalperks — including a type-VGovernment bungalow, a vehi-cle with driver and an office inNDMC headquarters.

Present on the occasionwere Chairperson NDMC JalajShrivastava, New Delhi LokSabha MP Meenakshi Lekhi,New Delhi MLA ArvindKejriwal, Delhi Chief SecretaryDM Spolia and other seniorofficials. Later, Jung congratu-lated the council members andhoped that they will makeNDMC area more beautifulwith better facilities and infra-structure.

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After getting permissionsfrom its Trust, the Lady

Shri Ram College has finally setup its official alumnae associ-ation called the ELSAAssociation, which will hold itsfirst annual general meeting onSeptember 13. While informalalumnae get-togethers werealways a part of LSR’s extra-cur-ricular activities, this is thefirst time that a registered soci-ety for the alumnae has beenformed. According to officials,the aim of the association is tobring together all the alumnaeunder one roof from where theycan help the college grow andsubsequently counsel studentsin their respective career fields.

Aditi Misra, president of theELSA Association, said that itwas after a lot of deliberation andplanning that the associationwas formed. “Less than a yearago, a handful of enthusiasticELSAs (ex-students of LSR)were invited by Principal DrMeenakshi Gopinath, andChairman Arun Bharat Ram toform a registered association,

which could reach out to allELSAs and create a dynamic net-work of women committed to bechange makers and mentor stu-dents of the college,” said Misra.

The group began this taskwith a lecture series on Womenand Law. Chandni Luthra, vice-president of the associationinformed, “This was followed bya carnival called W3 (women,wisdom and wellness) in thecollege. The alumni group alsoorganised day-long events likeFleximoms for young mothersworking from home anddemystifying technology.Additionally, monthly get-togethers were organised forELSAs called ‘Back to College’.

After all of this, finally theELSA Association was regis-tered in July this year.”

According to Luthra, thewhole idea of creating thisregistered society is to get all ofthe alumnae together to net-work, bond, mentor, counseland create professional acces-sibility. “We have alumna allover the world now and someof them are people who aredoing very well in their respec-tive careers. We want that theyall come under one associationand help counsel the studentsat LSR and network in a waythat would enhance the futureof all the ELSAs,” she said.

Misra added that the tasks

ahead for the association werevery clear. “We need to get allELSAs around the world underone umbrella and there needsto be an active and vibrant net-work among them. Once that isdone, mentorship programmeswith present students will beinitiated and helplines forELSAs will be set up. The planis to contribute meaningfully toour alma mater,” she said.

Coming February nextyear, the ELSA Associationwill also be organising a mini-literature festival. “We wantELSAs to come together andshare their own experiences inthe fields that they are workingin. We will also have film andtheatre festivals. This will alsohelp establish a sisterhoodamong ELSAs,” said Luthra.

Meanwhile, the ELSAAssociation will also be biddingfarewell to principal MeenakshiGopinath during their firstAGM. “She has been the pillarof strength for the institution.If not for her this associationwould not have been made asit was her vision that drove thisendeavour,” said Luthra.

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While expressing its reser-vation over transferring a

case to the Central Bureau ofInvestigation, merely on allega-tions against the local police, theDelhi High Court has observedthat such practice may have anadverse effect on the investiga-tion and credibility of the pre-mier investigation agency. Thecourt remark came while dis-posing of a plea challenging theunauthorised constructions inWalled City area and seekingCBI enquiry against MunicipalCorporation for its alleged fail-ure to prevent such activities.

Justice Manmohan, in anorder, said, “Otherwise theCBI would be flooded with alarge number of cases and withlimited resources, may find itdifficult to properly investigateeven serious cases and in theprocess lose its credibility andpurpose with unsatisfactory

investigations?”Despite wide power con-

ferred by the Constitution,such an order should be not tobe passed by the courts as amatter of routine or merelybecause a party has levelledsome allegations against thelocal police, the judge added.

“This extraordinary powermust be exercised sparingly,cautiously and in exceptionalsituations where it becomesnecessary to provide credibili-ty and instill confidence ininvestigations or where the inci-dent may have national andinternational ramifications orwhere such an order may benecessary for doing completejustice and enforcing the fun-damental rights,” the court said.

A petition was filed in thecourt challenging the conver-sion of residential and dwellinghouses to markets, showroomsin Walled City area by oneVinay Chand Jain.

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With the possibilities tohave elected Government

in the Capital emerging posi-tively, the BJP may be veeringround to take a shot at powerwith the party president AmitShah virtually justifying such acourse of action. In a relateddevelopment, Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh main-tained that the party will takea call once a formal proposal isreceived from Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung while heruled out his party indulging inany horse-trading.

The State unit of the partyis said to be divided on form-ing a Government without fac-ing fresh elections but sourcessaid the high command wasinclined to give it a shot. A finaldecision may be taken on theissue at a meeting of the newly-constitute BJP ParliamentaryBoard that may be convened

early next week, sources said.BJP president Amit Shah

told a television channel thatthe BJP, the single-largestparty, has the right to form aGovernment as it has got themandate in Delhi in both theAssembly and Lok Sabha elec-tions and does not see any-

thing immoral in seeking sup-port for it.

“Our party got the man-date in the Assembly and LokSabha polls in Delhi, and wethink that mandate stands. I donot find anything immoral inseeking support to form aGovernment,” Shah told Rajat

Sharma in his Aap Ki Adalatprogramme on India TV.“Everybody wants to avoidfresh elections in Delhi,” saidShah, adding that “BJP is thesingle largest party and it hasthe right to form aGovernment.”

On a day’s trip to Jammu& Kashmir to assess the floodsituation there, the HomeMinister said the Lt-Governoris free to call any party forGovernment formation andthe BJP is the single largestparty. “If invited we will thinkabout it. The BJP does notbelieve in horse-trading. TheBJP will never favour aGovernment with horse-trad-ing,” Singh said. The Delhi BJPis said to be divided in twodistinct camps, one stronglyfavouring the move to form aGovernment and the othersuggesting going for a freshmandate.

Jung has sent a report to

President Pranab Mukherjeeseeking permission to call thesingle largest party to take ashot at power though it is wellshort of majority in theAssembly. In his report, Junggave a detailed analysis of thepolitical situation in the cityand underlined the need tohave an elected Governmentfor Delhi which is underPresident’s Rule since February17 following resignation ofAAP Government. The AamAadmi Party and the Congresshave come down hard on Jungfor his report and accused himof promoting “horse-trading”.

Last week the parties hadcautioned the Lt-Governor notto take any “unconstitutionalmove” by inviting BJP to formGovernment. Both the partieshave been demanding imme-diate dissolution of theAssembly, saying keeping it insuspended animation willencourage horse-trading.

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The streets are buzzing on various campuses of DelhiUniversity as electioneering has started in full

motion. However, with Saturday being the first day ofcampaigning on campus, student organisations kept tothe more sober promotion through face-to-face interac-tions and group discussions with students, explainingthem the intricacies of their manifestos.

Rohit Chahal of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishadvisited several colleges and spoke to students in groups.“We went around and did one-to-one interactions withstudents. It was actually good talking to the students andresolving their queries. Students were well aware of theideologies of the various student organisations and theyeven asked us why our ideology is better than the oth-ers. That helped us put our point forward,” said Chahal.

The National Students’ Union of India also took for-ward their campaign to colleges and basically spoke outabout the need for hostel accommodation. Candidates pro-moted their union’s secular and inclusive ideas as Amit SidhuTeema is the first Sikh candidate in three decades in DUSUelection. The All India Students’ Association was also seencampaigning. They also conducted group discussions andspoke to students about issues concerning them.

While NSUI has also been a direct competitor toABVP, this time the inclusion of AISA has made a vastdifference. AISA was never too prominent during theDUSU elections but now is. “There is a tough competi-tion this time and AISA may also hold chances. However,ABVP has a stronghold too,” said Pallavi Anand, a stu-dent in North Campus. Elections are on September 13.

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Former Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal is trying to

reach a compromise in the defama-tion case filed by Union Ministerfor Road Transport and HighwaysNitin Gadkari. Kejriwal on Saturdaystated before a city court that therewas a possibility of compromise inthe criminal defamation complaintfiled against him by Gadkari andthey were in the process of finalis-ing it. The counsel for Kejriwalmade the submissions on beingasked by the court if both the politi-cians have arrived at any compro-mise in the matter.

“It is basically clash of egos. Itis better if the matter gets settled,”Metropolitan Magistrate GomatiManocha said. To this, the counselappearing for Kejriwal said, “Thereis a possibility of compromise. Weare in the process.” The court fixedthe matter for further hearing onOctober 18 after the counselappearing for Gadkari and Kejriwalsought adjournment on the groundthat the matter was pending beforethe Delhi High Court, which willhear the case on October 16.

It may be recalled that Aam

Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kejriwalwas arrested and sent to Tihar Jailon May 21 after he had refused tofurnish bail bond in the case butgave in within a week and wasreleased. Meanwhile, the courtallowed Kejriwal’s plea for perma-nent exemption from personalappearance. The court had earlierframed defamation charges againstKejriwal after both the parties hadtold it that they have not reachedany settlement in the case.

Section 500 (defamation) ofthe IPC, being a compoundableoffence, the court had advisedKejriwal to bury the hatchet andamicably settle the issue withGadkari. Gadkari had earlier toldthe court that he was ready toresolve the issue if Kejriwal with-draws his statement. Kejriwal,however, had refused to withdrawhis statement and allegations whichhe had levelled against Gadkari.

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While conveying his wishes to the newly-appointed membersof the New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi BJP president

Satish Upadhyay on Saturday said that it was long overdue andthe inclusion of representatives for different sections of the soci-ety will go long way in improving the function of the council.

“With the nomination of Karan Singh Tanwar as vice-chair-man of NDMC, the Central Government has honoured the peo-ple of Delhi Cantonment Area under NDMC. Besides this, theexperience of administrative works of former MP and formerMayor Anita Arya will be useful in managing the affairs ofNDMC. SC community of Delhi is also happy with her appoint-ment. The inclusion of BJP Minority Morcha national presidentAbdul Rasheed Ansari is reprehensive of Minority Communityand the nomination of BS Bhati — working for the rights forthe workers of NDMC — is a matter of pride both for the NDMCand the working class,” he said.

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With the Assembly elec-tions just round the cor-

ner in neighbouring Haryana,the Excise Department of thecity have launched a special driveagainst the persons involved inthe trade of illicit liquor.

Neeraj Semwal, Comm-issioner Excise, said onSaturday that the IntelligenceBureau of Excise Departmenthas seized 4,692 bottles of illic-it liquor of different brands likeRasila Santra, Impact Whisky,Asli Santra and Imperial BlueWhisky from various parts ofthe national Capital.

Semwal said that the con-fiscated lot of illicit liqour wasnon-duty paid in the Capitaland was being carried by theaccused unauthorisedly.

A case was registered atBurari Police Station againstBharat Bhushan and SunilKumar, residents of Sant Nagarand Kamalpur respectively, inwhich 480 bottles of Asli Santrawere recovered from Haryana.One vehicle also was seized inthis case.

Another FIR has been reg-istered in Jahangirpuri policeStation wherein the accusedperson is absconding In thiscase, 480 bottles of Rasila

Santra Brand and 840 Bottles ofImpact Whisky for sale inHaryana were recovered. Onevehicle Tempo TATA- 407 wasalso seized in this case.

The Commissioner addedthat another FIR was registeredin Kalyanpuri Police Stationagainst Suresh, resident ofVillage Attal, Dist. Sonepat,Haryana for carrying 612 bot-tles of Rasila Santra Brand forsale in Haryana. A Baleno carbeing used to ferry the liquorhas been seized.

In another case registeredagainst Vijay, resident ofSubhash Mohalla, Faridabad,Haryana at Mayur Vihar PoliceStation, Excise department offi-cials recovered 696 bottles ofImpact Whisky for sale inHaryana. Another FIR No.795was registered at MandawaliPolice Station against SombirSingh, resident of Vidya Nagar,Bhiwani, Haryana in which 420bottles of Besto Whisky and 180bottles of Rasila Santra for salein Haryana were recovered.Excise officials lodged anotherFIR against three persons name-ly Ashish, Vikas and Harmail allfrom Humanyu Pur, Rohtak,Haryana at Frash Bazar PoliceStation and confiscated 228bottles of Besto Whisky and 312Bottles of Rasila Santra for sale

in Haryana.Semwal added that Excise

Department during its raidsconducted at various places hasseized a huge number of illic-it liquor. The Department hasrecovered 36924 bottles of illic-it liquor of different brands andcases were registered againstthe accused in different PoliceStations in the Capital underDelhi Excise Act 2009. Thevehicles used in the crime werealso confiscated. In its actionagainst the liquor mafia, theexcise Department has seized41616 Bottles of illicit liquor inDelhi during last few week.

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Keeping in mind the increas-ing multi-drug resistant

(MDR)-TB cases in India, theUnion Health Minister HarshVardhan on Saturday launchedIndia's first national Anti-Tuber-culosis Drug Resistance Survey.

The survey will be con-ducted on 5,214 patients acrossthe country and will provideinformation on the prevalenceof anti-tuberculosis drug resis-tance among new and alreadyundergoing treatment patients.

"It often happens thatpatients who have TB diseasestop taking the drugs soon afterthey start feeling better. They

can become sick again as if thedrugs are not taken correctly,the TB bacteria may still remainalive and the person maybecome resistant to those drugsand will have to then given sec-ond-line drugs," said Vardhan.

These additional drugs,called second-line drugs, mustbe taken for a very long timeand is more expensive to treat.MDR-TB is resistant to two ormore of the first-line drugs.

If a person with MDR-TBspreads the disease to someoneelse and that person comesdown with active disease, it willbe multi-drug-resistant fromthe beginning. The number ofMDR-TB cases in the country

had increased five-fold between2011 and 2013.

Studies show one-third ofthe MDR-TB cases are resistantto fluoroquinolones, which arecritical for MDR-TB treatment.MDR-TB if quickly identifiedcan be cured sucessfully.Unfortunately, tests to deter-mine whether a particularstrain is resistant usually takeseveral weeks to complete.

The survey will includetracking the effectiveness of TBprevention and control activities,design standardised regimens forthe treatment of drug-resistantTB, assess epidemiological trendsand identify and respond tooutbreaks of drug-resistant TB.

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With Amit Shah arrivinghere on his maiden visit

on Sunday, the party leaders,who believe that the saffronbrigade stands a fair chance toachieve ‘Mission 42 plus’, arehopeful that the BJP boss willclear the air over who will leadthe electoral battle in the forth-coming Assembly elections inJharkhand.

Though the BJP is euphor-ic over entry of a large numberof leaders from other parties,particularly the JVM, which

had inflicted a heavy damage tothe BJP in the 2009 elections,the party leadership needs tokeep its own house in orderand work out a plan to managethe ticket hopefuls.

Maintaining that the BJPshould play its card well, asenior party leader confidedthat though the party willmainly bank on Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's charisma toget a majority in the State, butthe party needs a local face inthe Assembly elections.

Also, the party leadershipshould work out a formula tokeep 'Hindutva' vote bank intactand dump the issue of tribal-non-tribal Chief Minister.

Pointed out a BJP leader,“Prime Minister Narendra Modihas emerged as a brand ambas-sador for nationalism, giving a

body blow to the vote bank pol-itics of his rivals, who mainlyused to polarise the minorityvotes in order to survive. But thetribal-non-tribal Chief Ministerissue, being raked up by someleaders, is a different brand ofdivisive politics, which threat-ened to make a dent in the'Hindutva' vote bank.”

“If the tribals get a messagethat the BJP will dump themonce they get a majority, theymay switch over to the grandalliance which is being put inplace by the BJP rivals. Also, theScheduled Castes, who havevoted for the BJP in the LokSabha elections may feeldeprived if our leaders rake upsuch issues," he pointed out.

Notably, the RSS created asocial capital by consolidatingits base in tribal areas to counter

Christian missionaries. Anymove to give a raw deal to trib-als might ultimately weaken theRSS foothold in Jharkhand.

“So, on the face, theremight be wave in favour of theBJP, but the insiders’ role is like-ly to play spoilsport in the elec-tions. The party leadershipneeds to analyse these factorsand take a call to make cor-rective steps before they

become a liability,” pointed outanother party leader.

Some may cite example ofChhattisgarh with 30.6 per centtribal population and still hav-ing a non-tribal Chief Ministerwhereas Jharkhand has only26.2 per cent tribals. But thebasic difference is that the trib-als in Chhattisgarh are con-centrated in three districts ofBastar, Jashpur and Dantewadawhile tribals inhabit most of thedistricts in Jharkhand and influ-ence the voting pattern.

Also, the BJP has not beenable to get a strong foothold inSanthal Pargana, a JMM's pock-et borough. Already, the rulingJMM has begun playing thetribal card aggressively. Again,among non-tribals also, thereare two groups — one who havemigrated from Bihar and other

States and those who are nativescalled moolvasis. The nativesshare several common con-cerns with the tribals and donot gel with Biharis'.

"It is misnomer to con-clude that the projection of anon-tribal leader will getmajority non-tribal votes forthe BJP. So, the best option forthe BJP will be to go for a trib-al face who is equally accept-able among non-tribals too,"pointed out a poll analyst.

"Overall, the general per-ception amid emerging politicalscenario is that the BJP will get50 plus seats if it plays its cardwell, like projecting an all accept-able leader and selecting rightcandidates ahead of the elec-tions," pointed out HarishwarDayal, associated with variouselection studies.

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The Uttarakhand Police onSaturday arrested former

Pauri MLA and the Paurimunicipality chairpersonYashpal Singh Rawat ‘Benam’,who had allegedly sexuallyassaulted a woman journaliston August 23.

The police arrested Benamon Saturday morning from hisresidence near the district hos-pital. He was produced beforethe court for the crime of sex-ual assault on a woman jour-nalist under Section 354 A-1,354- B, 376, 511 and 506 of theIndian Panel Code. Benamwas sent to 14 days' judicialcustody. However, police hadsought police remand, but thecourt rejected it.

The woman complainanthad registered a Zero FIR ofsexual assault against Benamon August 30 in Dalanwalapolice station (Dehradun) andlater, the FIR was transferredto Pauri district. Taking cog-nisance of this, a case undersections 294, 354, 354a, 354 b,376, 511 and 506 of the IPCwas registered against thechairman in the women'spolice station, Srinagar.

Pauri Superintendent ofPolice Ajay Joshi said after theinvestigating police had record-ed the woman complainant'sstatement under Section 161 ofCrPC. Her statement was alsorecorded under section 164 ofthe CrPC before the magistrate.One additional Section 354 A-1 was included in the FIR.

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New Delhi: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will now con-nect with people over radio,seeking suggestions andanswering questions on issuesconcerning the common man.

Having made up his mindto reach out to people overradio, he has sought sugges-tions from the public on howto go about in terms of formatand frequency.

"Let's con-nect on theradio... Wantyour ideas," Moditweeted onSaturday.

The PM "has invited sug-gestions from people to connecton radio. He has encouragedpeople to share their ideas inthis regard on the MyGov plat-form , www.Mygov.in," a PMOstatement said.

Sources said he wants toknow from people as to whatshould be the format of theinteraction and what shouldbe the issues to be discussed.

Modi also wants to knowthe frequency of the interac-tion, like whether it should beonce a week or once a month.He also wants suggestions as towhether the interaction shouldbe with pre-invited audience oropen to all for phone-ins.PTI

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Thursday, at least 22 people,including women and chil-dren, have been killed in dif-ferent incidents of house and roof collapse.

Eight people from onefamily were killed when theroof of their house in Dhallavillage near Batala town col-lapsed. The victims were buriedwhile they were sleeping.

At least seven people havebeen killed so far in Amritsardistrict. Five of them werefrom one family who died ina house collapse in JassuNanagal village near Amritsa.

Five people were killed ina roof collapse in Gubhaya vil-lage in Fazilka district ofsouth-west Punjab while twoother deaths due to roof col-lapse were reported fromother parts of the State.

Most areas in the Statewere lashed by heavy rainfallsince Thursday.

The State authorities invarious districts have issuedan alert to people to stayaway from rivers and rivulets.Many of these were flowingnear the danger mark.

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Haryana: Haryana PoliceSaturday claimed to have bust-ed a gang engaged in sandal-wood smuggling with the arrestof five gang members and therecovery of 250 logs of sandal-wood. A police spokespersonsaid the sandalwood recoveredwas worth crores of rupees. Thesandalwood was recoveredfrom a premises in Sisana vil-lage in Sonipat district, 190 kmfrom here. PNS

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From Page 1“No murder of such bru-

tality has taken place in Keralasince the killing of (rebelMarxist leader) TPChandrasekharan (on May 4,2012)," Chennithala said.

"The accused in theKathiroor murder case haveconnections outside the State.There is every possibility thatthey have connections outsidethe country also. The murdercould have shattered the peaceprevailing in Kannur. Also, thepossibility of a conspiracybehind the murder cannot beruled out," the Home Ministersaid. "The DGP had recom-mended a CBI probe into theincident considering all theseaspects. The Government has

approved that recommenda-tion," Chennithala said.

The killers had first hurledcountry bombs at the vehicle inwhich Manoj (42) and hisfriends were travelling.

When the vehicle stoppedafter hitting an electric pole,they pounced on him withswords and other weapons andbrutally hacked him. Manojdied on the way to the hospi-tal while his friend Pramod(50) was hospitalized with seri-ous hack wounds.

Eight CPI(M) activists havebeen booked for the murderand the police had the otherday issued a lookout notice forthe first accused, Vikraman.The police have also regis-tered a case against Jain Raj,son of CPI(M)'s Kannur dis-trict secretary P Jayarajan, forposting a message in Facebookexpressing happiness over themurder.

Congratulating his "dearcomrades" on the inhumanact, Jain Raj, presently in theGulf, had written in hisFacebook page, "How longhave I been waiting to hear thishappy news!" After the posttriggered a controversy, hewithdrew it but made anotherpost justifying the happiness heexpressed over the murder.

From Page 1rank official related to the anti-Naxal

operations. According to preliminaryfindings, the incident reflected a clear cutviolation of the Standard OperatingProcedures and soldierly conduct expect-ed from the members of the joint squad.The patrol squad was ambushed around10 am on that day and the ultras lootedthe weapons and ammunition from theslain jawans and subordinate officers."Their conduct during the ambush wassheer cowardice and the casualties on thepatrol squad could have been minimisedhad they acted in due manner. Retaliatoryaction could also have inflicted casualtieson the Naxals," they said.

The March 11 ambush brought backmemories of the audacious 2010Dantewada massacre in which 76 CRPFpersonnel were gunned down in thesame area in a flawed operation plannedand launched by the then DIG, CRPF andIPS officer Nalin Prabhat.

The 200-strong Naxal group attackedthe joint contingent of security forces' per-sonnel at Jeerum Nullah. The attack cameamid intelligence alerts that the ultras haveplanned a chunav bahiskar during theParliamentary elections earlier this year.The area is notorious for Naxal influence.

The attack is believed to have been car-ried out by the Dandkaranya ZonalCommittee of the banned CommunistParty of India (Maoist). The committee wasalso responsible for carrying out the auda-cious attack barely five kilometres from thespot in which the entire leadership of theCongress party in the State was wiped outin May 2013.

From Page 1“More than a 2,500 villages

are submerged in the Valleyand thousands of families haveleft their submerged homesand moved to safer zones," anofficial in the divisional admin-istration told The Pioneer.

An Army rescue team waswashed away in Kakapora areanear Pampore when the Jhelumembankment was breachedcausing a massive spill.

A column of 11 soldiersrowing a rescue boat waswashed away by the strong cur-rents. A helicopter was pressedinto service to rescue thestranded soldiers to safety, but

due to the bad weather boatswere more effective in retriev-ing the soldiers, nine of whomwere rescued. Two soldiers,however, were still stranded inthe area till reports last came in.

Revenue CommissionerVinod Koul said that 50 bridgesand hundreds of kilometers ofroads besides power installa-tions and PHE schemes havebeen damaged due to floodsand rains.

The 300-km Srinagar-Jammu National Highwayremained closed for vehiculartraffic for the third consecutiveday due to landslides at variousplaces. More than a thousandvehicles were stranded on thehighway. Vehicular traffic wassuspended on major sub-merged roads connecting dis-trict headquarters with theCapital.

Schools and colleges have

been closed till Monday and allexaminations have been post-poned. The authorities post-poned all Haj flights and saidthey would issue separateschedule for the pilgrims afterthe flood fury ends. Most of thenewspapers have stopped pub-lication for the last three days.Those publishing have lessenedtheir pages and print order.

The authorities issued afresh warning to the people liv-ing in the vicinity of rivers andnullahs to immediately shift tosafer areas. "This is necessaryfor the safety of lives in view ofthe prevailing flood situation",an official spokesman said.

People complained that theresponse of the administrationwas sluggish or there was noresponse at all. Most maroonedvillagers were helped by thelocal volunteers who riskedtheir lives to bring old people,

women and children to safety.Rajnath and Omar

reviewed the prevailing floodsituation in the State at a high-level meeting here. The ChiefMinister told Singh, that thetopmost concern of the StateGovernment was to ensuresafety of human lives and evac-uation of the populationtrapped in submerged areas.Mentioning huge losses topaddy and fruit crops, Omarsaid that the real assessment ofthe losses would be made afterthe water level recedes.

The Chief Minister laterdrove the Home Minister to theinundated areas in upperSrinagar to get visual appraisalof the devastation of flood andthe difficulties people were fac-ing. The two leaders visitedBaghat, Barzulla, Rambagh,River Jhelum Bund, Zero Bridge,Budshah Bridge, Exhibition

Chowk, Saria Bhalla and otherareas of the summer capital.

Sources said that dozens ofhouses have collapsed inGooripora, Awantipora, Sail,Chersoo, Donigund, Beigund,Padgampora, Bata-gund,Bargam, Nawdal, Chand-rigam, Aaligund and Aripalvillages in Pulwama district.

At least 22 houses col-lapsed in Sambora, Patalbagh,Haqiwara and Galandar areas ofPampore town when there wassudden breach in the Jehlumembankment. Scores of vil-lages in Anantnag, Kulgam andShopian districts are still sub-merged as people took shelterin safer buildings, schools andcolleges. Wuranhal and Gur vil-lages in Khanabal were sub-merged on Saturday after thefloods swept the area. The Statehas demanded 25,000 tentsand 40,000 blankets on war-

footing basis from the Center.The power supply has

snapped in most flood-hit areasleading to communicationbreakdown. "The mobile towershave gone dysfunctional due tolack of power supply. Mobilephone batteries have exhaustedand people are unable to com-municate", said Pulwama-basedjournalist Mir Nazir.

Director MeteorologicalDepartment Sonam Lotus pre-dicted improvement in weath-er from Sunday morning.Before the sunset, clouds dis-sipated for a while much to therelief of beleaguered people."Jammu and Kashmir will haveclear weather for the next oneweek," Lotus said.

The State has demanded25,000 tents and 40,000 blan-kets on war-footing basis fromthe Center.

A Defence spokesman said

that in the past 48 hours, IndianAir Force mounted IL-76 sor-ties and pressed into action twoAN-32 aircraft to airlift NDRFteams and equipment fromBhatinda to Srinagar andJammu Air Force Bases. "TheHQ Western Air Command hasopened a disaster monitoringcell that is coordinating theefforts between all its basesincluding Srinagar, Udhampur,Jammu & Sarsawa apart fromfixed wing effort from otherbases. The IAF Command hasalerted all its bases to a highstate of readiness to respond tothe emerging situation", thespokesman said.

The Army said that it haslaunched Sahitya operation inwhich a total of 11,000 civilianshave been rescued. "Around2,000 civilians have been pro-vided food and temporary shel-ters", an Army handout said.

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name never cropped up duringinterrogation of any IM opera-tives in the past and this is whyhis arrest is so important becausehe always remained under-ground and undisclosed," saidanother official. "The first taskentrusted to Ajaz by his Pakistan-based handlers was to assistYasin Bhatkal in the execution ofthe German Bakery blasts ofFebruary 2010," said Shrivastava.

In this strike, Ajaz playedthe facilitating role of arranginga mobile handset, SIM card andthe rented accommodation nearBharati Vidyapeeth, Pune,which were used by YasinBhatkal in fabricating the IEDsand executing the blasts. Ajazhad recced various probableblast sites along with Yasin andwas instrumental in the final-ization of the German Bakerysite as it was considered to be ofmaximum impact potential inline with the objectives of theIM. "After the German Bakeryblasts, Sheikh played the role ofdevils' messenger in the JamaMasjid strikes of September 19,2010. Using expert technologi-cal cover, Ajaz had sent the e-mail to various Indian media

houses shortly after the strikesclaiming the act to be of IM andas a revenge for the Batla Houseencounter," said Shrivastava.

The draft of the mail, whichhad been prepared by RiyazBhatkal and his associates inPakistan, was received by AjazSheikh ahead of the strikes and,as directed by the seniors in IM,was mailed to Indian mediahouses after the strikes hadbeen executed. Extensive use oftechnical camouflaging wasresorted to while sending themail and therefore, even the bestefforts of Indian security agen-cies had so far proved futile intracking down this terror oper-ative. The successful experi-ment of Jama Masjid strikes wasrepeated in the Sheetla Ghat,Varanasi strikes of December 7,2010. On this occasion again, itwas Ajaz Sheikh who had sentthe e-mail espousing the claimof IM to media houses.

On this occasion too, thedraft e-mail had been receivedby him in advance of the actu-al strike and higher technicalfinesse was shown in sendingthe mail by using an open WiFinetwork of Mumbai for thesame which left no trace of theidentity of the network user.

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New Delhi: Former Army chiefand Union Minister Gen VKSingh, against whom theArmed Forces tribunal hadmade some carping commentsin the Sukna land scam case, onSaturday questioned the find-ings against him and said theGovernment should challengeit in a higher court. Lt Gen PKRath, who was given a cleanchit by the tribunal, said he feltvindicated by the judgement.

Reacting to the verdict,Singh said instead of issues, thetribunal has made personalattack. “In the tribunal’s judg-ment, instead of reacting onissues, personal attack has beenmade. Perhaps, we hardly get to

see such a judgment”.“An issue which was very

clear and where corruptionwas tried to be prevented.Perhaps through such a judge-ment, people will not getscared of corruption,” formerArmy chief VK Singh toldreporters here.

He was commenting on thetribunal’s virtual indictmentof his actions as Army chief inthe court martial of former 33Corps Commander Lt Gen PKRath, who was given a cleanchit by tribunal in the Suknaland scam.

“They also don’t tell any-body that institution was to beconstructed on this land andnot just a school. Throughthis judgment, the morale ofcorrupt people will go up,”Singh said.

“You say that in view of

security perspective, an NOCcannot be given on land. But,when new person comes, it isthen said that there was nosecurity concern and you don'ttell anybody about anything inthis regard which suggestwrong-doing,” he said.

Gen Singh sought to ques-tion the tribunal’s knowledge ofArmed Forces saying the “Ihave nothing to comment onthe decision. The tribunal hasan honourable judge who isadvised by the retired ArmedForces officers. What advise the

Armed Forces officers givehim is what he goes by becausehe does not know anythingabout Armed Forces.” “There isa need for people to look at itagain. In 77 pages, you do nottalk whether there was a scamor not, what was the validity of

the whole thing. You only talkof peripheral individual issuesand we need to look at itagain,” he said.

Gen Singh said the Ministryof Defence goes against severalverdicts of the tribunal whichare for welfare of troops and

expressed hope that it will filean appeal against the verdict.

The Minister said Rathhad failed to inform higherauthorities about the MoUbeing signed by the 33 Corpswith private builders to buildeducational institutions on aland which was sensitive interms of security.

The Tribunal had onFriday allowed Rath's petitionin which he had alleged thatGen VK Singh had given“undue importance” to thecase as he had a “seriousgrudge” against the thenMilitary Secretary Lt GenAvdesh Prakash whom he heldresponsible for obtaining acommitment from him on theissue of his date of birth, whichstood in the way of his exten-sion of tenure as the Chief ofthe Army Staff.

Meanwhile, Rath said theverdict has vindicated his standthat he had done nothingwrong in the alleged scam.

“I have suffered so muchbecause of this for all theseyears. But the tribunal's verdicthas vindicated my stand,” Rathtold PTI over phone from Pune.

Asked on the role of formerArmy chief VK Singh, who isnow a Union Minister, in hiscase, he said, “I would not liketo get personal in these mattersbut I want to say that no per-son should be victimised bysenior officers and the Armyshould ensure that it does nothappen in future.”

He said that “from day one,I have been telling the AFT andthe Army authorities that I haddone nothing wrong in theprocess but I am relieved that jus-tice has been done”. PTI

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German Foreign MinisterDr Frank-Walter

Steinmeier, along with a strongbusiness delegation, arrived inNew Delhi on Saturday for atwo-day visit.

During his visit, theForeign Ministerwill hold politicaldiscussions withthe Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, hisc o u n t e r p a r tSushma Swaraj,Human ResourceD e v e l o p m e n tMinister Smriti Irani, Ministerfor Urban Development andParliamentary Affairs MVenkaiah Naidu and theMinister for Commerce andIndustry Nirmala Sitharaman.

The new IndianGovernment hopes to improveits trade relations withGermany and is seeking com-mitment from Germaninvestors to fund Indian pro-jects. Dr Steinmeier is accom-panied by a high-profile busi-ness delegation which will holdmeetings with Indian businessleaders to work out measures toboost bilateral trade and facil-itate German investment inIndia. The business delegationwill be received by Minister ofCivil Aviation Ashok GajapathiRaju Pusapati and prominentbusiness people from AndhraPradesh. Dr Steinmeier’s dele-gation also includes GermanMembers of Parliament andrepresentatives from the cul-tural sector, and journalists.During his visit, the visitingForeign Minister will hold talkswith several Indian intellectu-

als and artists.“Indo-German relations

have always been very good andcordial. The new German andthe new Indian Governmentsshare important interests. Theindividual strengths of our twocountries are such, that Indiaand Germany can complement

each other very well.There is huge poten-tial in closer cooper-ation in several keyareas, like trade, busi-ness, education, sci-ence, environmentand energy. This visitwill intensify Indo-

German relations and help usmake progress in these sectorsfurther strengthening our bilat-eral ties,” said GermanAmbassador to India MichaelSteiner.

The German Governmentis helping in restoration ofChausath Khamba in theNizamuddin area of Delhi whilea German-made tunnel-drillingmachine is being used by DelhiMetro at IIT area. Dr Steinmeierwill visit the construction site ofthe Delhi Metro at IIT Gate onSunday. He will also visit aKendriya Vidyalaya Schoolwhere he will meet HumanResource Development MinisterSmriti Irani and interact with agroup of Indian pupils. TheGerman Government supports‘Deutsch an 1000 Schulen’(German in 1000 Schools).

The visiting ForeignMinister will also visit ChausathKhamba in the Nizamuddinarea of Delhi. The GermanForeign Office is financiallysupporting the restoration of theChausath Khamba, led by theAga Khan Trust for Culture.

New Delhi: Amid reports offriction between the Centreand the TelanganaGovernment, a delegation ledby Chief Minister KChandrashekar Rao onSaturday called on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi anddiscussed the controversialhousehold survey conducted inthe State among other issues.

The Telangana RashtraSamithi (TRS) Governmenthad conducted a massivehousehold survey across theState last month to ascertaincomprehensive informationon citizens, an exercise whichattracted criticism from cer-tain quarters.

The survey had createdapprehension among peoplehailing from Seemandhraregion who reside in Telanganathat it was meant to identifySeemandhra natives.

“We have told the PrimeMinister that we have done the

survey and got the best of it. Weinformed him (about) the ben-efits of the survey,” TRS RajyaSabha MP K Keshava Rao toldPTI here after the meeting.

Keshava Rao asserted thatthe survey was conducted onlyto know the true facts on theground against the backdrop ofalleged excess ration cards.

“There are 80 lakh house-holds, but 1.2 crore rationcards. We wanted to knowwhat is reason behind it... So,we thought that the best thingwould be to get the real pic-ture. We had no other inten-tion,” he said.

The Chief Minister wasaccompanied by his party MPs.

Keshava Rao also said thatthe delegation has urged thePM to consider a second air-port for Hyderabad in thenorthern part of the city.

“Already, we have an air-port in the southern part ofHyderabad. We have request-ed for another airport in thenorthern part of the city.”

Telangana special repre-sentative to Delhi,Venugopalachary said themeeting lasted for 30 minutes,during which about 20 issuesranging from power to settingup of educational institutionswere discussed. PTI

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The delayed monsoon in north India hasupset road building plans in

Uttarakhand. Although the officials say thatthey were expecting a break in work sched-ule due to yearly monsoon pattern but thestaggered and delayed rains will cost themdearly in terms of funds and project com-pletion deadlines.

“The monsoon arrived in the first weekof July, and will probably continue all of thismonth. We were anticipating it by end ofAugust. This delay in rains has come witha mammoth cost as all our manpower andmachinery is lying idle,” said an official fromthe Ministry of Roads, Transport andHighways (MoRTH).

“After the bad spell of rains last year,which left the entire road network in dis-array, we had been able to restore connec-tivity. We were hoping to start on our sec-ond phase of work by end of August- earlySeptember but the delayed rains havederailed our plans,” said the official.Although, the officials do not have a ready

figure to ascertain the losses but they say thatit may escalate costs by at least 30 per cent.

Last year, under the UPA tenure, theRoads and Highways Ministry had workedout a �1,000 crore proposal for medium-term repair of roads and highways. This wasplanned to be the second phase of devel-opment, which had to start post-monsoon.

“We had planned to start work on the sec-ond phase of re-building the road networkin Uttarakhand post monsoon. We had tar-geted a two-year completion period but thisdelay in rains may delay the project by at leastsix months or even more,” said the official.

“In the past, most roads in Uttarakhandcame up in an unplanned manner. Somewere made from walking tracks to roads andthen to highways and some just came up tojoin the existing road network. The plan isto re-build the road network in the hills,which will keep the slopes intact — both upthe hill and in the valley. This will help pre-vent frequent landslides,” said the official.

The Ministry wants to the give the hillroads, the semblance of national highways,which would not just serve for a “mediumterm”— for at least five to 10 years.

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The Centre has ordered aCBI enquiry into the mys-

terious disappearance of awhist leblower who hadexposed the missing of price-less artifacts at the Kolkata-based Indian Museum, wherehe was the ChiefConservation Officer.

It has been two monthssince the officer in questionSunil Kumar Upadhyay wasreported missing by his friendsand family, who allege foul play.The latest development hascome as a big moral boost forthe family who had approachedthe Supreme Court last monthwith a petition to trace out theirmissing kin. The Court hadissued notice to the Centre,West Bengal Government andCBI and their responses areawaited by next week.

The Ministry of Culture'sdecision came to light after themissing officer's brother filedan RTI. On August 14, 2014 theMinistry replied indicating thatthe present NDA Governmentwas not only concerned aboutthe fate of the missing officerbut was even interested toprobe deep into the previousGovernment's conduct to turna blind eye towards allegedirregularities reported about

the Indian Museum by way ofrevelations made by Upadhyay,later followed up by a damningComptroller and AuditorGeneral (CAG) report (ReportNo 18 of 2013) pointing togross mismanagement at themuseum.

Annexing both the letter ofthe Ministry along with theCAG report to his petition, themissing officer's brotherKrishan Mohan Upadhyay hasfiled an application in SupremeCourt requesting to place thesedocuments in support of hisallegation indicating foul playbehind his brother's untimelydisappearance from his Kolkatahome.

Interestingly, the CultureMinister Shripad Naik soonafter taking charge in June thisyear dispatched a senior officerof the Ministry to inspect theIndian Museum. The officerwho visited Kolkata on July 22-23 submitted a report based onwhich the Ministry has soughtan explanation from theDirector, Indian Museum. Inaddition it said, “Director CBIhas been requested to take upthe case of disappearance ofSunil Kumar Upadhyay,Preservation Officer, IndianMuseum.”

The application also high-lighted how the Kolkata Policeevaded response on a similarRTI query on this issue. Whenasked to tell the status of probeon a complaint about missingUpadhyay, the JointCommissioner of Police onAugust 20, 2014 replied sayingthat the Indian Museum,Kolkata was the “appropriateauthority” to give informationin this regard.

“This clearly establishesthe indecisive, insensitive, inef-feicient, perverse approach ofthe Kolkata Police to the pre-sent case,” stated the applicationfiled by Upadhyay's kin in SCthrough counsel AnirudhSharma.

With the matter referred tothe CBI and the Supreme Courtset to monitor the pendingenquiry, it could well lead toopening of a Pandora Box asthe CAG too has faulted theMuseum authorities for main-taining no records of pricelessartifacts, fake antiquities on dis-play, and antiquities of nation-al importance making way tointernational auction houses -Sotheby's, Christie's, withoutany government record to showASI or any agency participat-ing or approving of such sale.

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Making it clear that theCentre would adopt zero

tolerance mechanism over theissue of poaching of one-horned rhino, UnionEnvironment and ForestsMinister Prakash Javadekar onSaturday assured to set up aspecial rhino protection forcefor protection and conservationof the species.

The Union Minister, whohad visited the KazirangaNational Park on Friday, alsotook up the issue of encroach-ment in forest land and pro-tected areas such as Kaziranga

and said that a special task forcewould also be formed soon tolook into the matter.

“We will have zero tolerancefor rhino poaching. And that’sthe reason why we have decid-ed on creating a special rhinoprotection force,” he said whileinteracting with the media at theBSF camp at Patgaon near Rani,off Guwahati.

The assurance of theUnion Minister assumes sig-nificance in the backdrop ofthe spurt in wildlife crimes inthe State including poachingof rhinos in the KazirangaNational Park and other pro-tected areas of the State.

“ The Centre, StateGovernment and other stake-holders will work together to

stop poaching. In the next sixmonths, we’ll evaluate thework,” he said.

“The special rhino pro-tection force will consist ofyouth who are from the sur-rounding villages of Kaziranga.They have fair knowledgeabout the park. We want thelocals to participate in ourefforts to prevent poaching,”Javadekar said. He asked theState Government to be moreactive saying it was the respon-sibility of the State Governmentto prevent poaching.

“If there is any encroach-ment of land in the jungle pro-tection areas, we would wantthe State Government to takeaction,” Javadekar said.

Individuals, civil societygroups and NGOs in Assamclaimed that large tracts ofland in Kaziranga had beenencroached upon by illegal

Bangladeshi settlers. Javadekarhad on Friday said illegal immi-gration and encroachment ofland in Kaziranga were issues ofserious concerns.

“We believe in develop-ment with protection of envi-ronment. They should go sideby side. We cannot havedevelopment without theenvironment,” he said.

It may be mentioned herethat as many as 193 rhinos havebeen killed by poachers inKaziranga since 2001.According to the Governmentstatistics, the poachers hadalready killed over 23 rhinos,most of them in Kaziranganational park, this year.

The animal is killed for itshorn, considered an aphro-disiac for both men andwomen. A rhino horn is sold at�1 crore in the internationalblack market.

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This stealth cat of the wildmade his first appearance

on May 17, 2014 atChengalpattu, a suburb inChennai. Many claim to haveseen him at close quarters.Normal life in the villageswhere he was spotted came toa standstill by every eveningand it continues till date.

Forest officials identifiedhim as a full grown male leop-ard from the pug marks as wellas photographs taken by twocameras kept at vantage spotsin areas where he was seen bythe villagers. He is a healthyeight-year-old leopard and hasno medical or physical prob-lems. The leopard had ‘real funtime in the peripheries of the

Chengalpattu forest which hasa rich population of rabbits,stray dogs and herds of cattlecoming for grazing.

The leopard was pho-tographed twice in the monthof July. When he continued tobe elusive, the forest officialsincreased the number of cam-eras to eight and kept fivetraps at places frequented byhim in need of food and drink-

ing water. Interestingly, the bigcat never attacked any of thehuman beings he came across.Whenever the locals raisedalarms after spotting him, theleopard disappeared into thedense jungles nearby.

“He is an intelligent leop-ard..very very intelligent.Though we increased the num-ber of cameras from two toeight and the number of trapsto five, he has never been pho-tographed even once. He staysaway from the lenses of thesecameras and keep off from thetraps. This is surprising,” Gopu,the seasoned Ranger,Chengalpattu Forest Range,told The Pioneer on Saturday..

Gopu also said the leopardhas not given any moment ofanxiety to the forest staff or thelocal people. “There is only one

complaint against him forpoaching from the herd ofgoats owned by one of the vil-lagers. Otherwise he surviveson rabbits and foxes foundinside and outside the forest,”disclosed Gopu.

The Pioneer had reportedabout how camera crewbelonging to a popular TamilTV channel which had gone tocapture the live visuals of theelusive leopard took to theirheels when the big cat growledfrom its hiding place. Some ofthe locals said that the big catmight have gone into the deep-er forest irritated by peoplewho disturb his sleep! Gopu isconfident of capturing theleopard live if he returns to thevillages. For that to happen, theRanger may require another setof cameras and traps.

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In what could turn into agame changer for the BJP,

party president Amit Shah willaddress a rally in Kolkata aheadof the September 13Chowrunghee Assembly by-elections.

Shah embarking on a two-day visit of Kolkata beginningon Saturday was likely to givea road-map to the State partyleaders for consolidating itsposition in the State andcounter the TrinamoolCongress in a more productivemanner.

The party had doneremarkably well in the Generalelections by polling about 16.8per cent votes.

The two-day brainstorm-ing meeting of the State com-mittee started in Kolkata onSaturday.

The party is confident ofwinning both the Assemblyseats of Chowrunghee inCentral Kolkata where Shah is

expected to hold a rally.The BJP is expecting to win

both the seats of Basirhat inNorth 24 Parganas andChowrunghee. From BasirhatAssembly segment the partyhad secured a 30,000 lead in theLok Sabha elections and it hadtrailed by just 1,500 votes inChowrunghee segment.

Shah is likely to pray at theKali Temple in Kolkata onSunday before holding a meet-ing of the State executive wherehe is expected to discuss thestrategies that could help theparty expand its support base.

He will then address ameeting in Bow Bazaar area ofChowrunghee.

Chennai: Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister Jayalalithaa onSaturday sacked Milk andDairy Development Minister VMoorthy and appointed BVRamanaa in his place.

R a m a n a a ,who was sacked asRevenue Ministeron May 19, is stag-ing a comeback inthe Ministry.Governor KRosaiah acceptedthe recommenda-tions of ChiefMinister Jayalalithaa in thisregard, a Raj Bhavan commu-nique said.

Ramanaa representsThiruvallur Assembly con-stituency an AIADMK state-ment said general secretaryJayalalithaa also removed

Moorthy as Tiruvallur Southdistrict Secretary under theparty's restructuring exercise.

Ramanna was appointed asTiruvallur West district partysecretary while former Ponneri

Constituency MLA'Siruneeyam' PBalaraman wasa p p o i n t e dTiruvallur East dis-trict Secretary, itsaid.

Those con-stituencies thatwere under

Tiruvallur North and South dis-trict units would henceforthcome under Tiruvallur Eastand West district units, it said.The list of new party func-tionaries under Tiruvallur Eastand West district units would bereleased soon, it added. PTI

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In another setback to the rul-ing NCP in the run-up to the

Maharashtra Assembly polls, itsformer Medical EducationMinister Dr Vijaykumar Gavitand several of several of itsoffice bearers from the tribalNandurbar district in north-Maharashtra joined the BJPhere on Saturday.

Gavit — who had beensacked from the State Cabinet atthe NCP’s behest early this yearafter his daughter Heena con-tested the Nandurbar Lok Sabhaseat on a BJP ticket against nine-term Congress MP ManikraoGavit and won — formallyentered the BJP in presence ofLeader of Opposition in theMaharashtra LegislativeAssembly Eknath Khadse.

Welcoming the NCP’s for-mer Medical EducationMinisters and his supportersinto the BJP at the State partyquarters in south Mumbai,Khadse said that his party had

decided to induct Gavit into hisparty as the charges of dispro-portionate made against the lat-ter and his family members hadnot been proved yet.

Gavit and his family mem-bers are being investigated bythe State ACB in an alleged dis-proportionate assets case,claimed that false charges hadbeen made against him by thelocal Congress leaders.

“I have not indulged in anyillegal activity. Nor have thecharges made against me by

political rivals been proved yet.If I am found guilty in the caseagainst me, I will not continue toremain in public life,” Gavit said

Given that he himself isan influential tribal leader inNandurbar district — whichhas long been a traditionalCongress bastion — and hisdaughter Heena is a sittingBJP MP, the entry of Gavitand his supporters to the BJPwill provide big boost to theparty ahead of the StateAssembly polls.

New Delhi: With the SupremeCourt setting a deadline forcompleting trial in cases involv-ing lawmakers, the LawMinistry has written to highcourts requesting them toensure that cases against MPsand MLAs facing chargeswhich attract disqualificationare fast-tracked.

The decision to write to theState Governments as well asthe 24 High Courts was takenat a recent high-level meetingchaired by Home MinisterRajnath Singh and attended byLaw Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad and senior officials ofHome and Law Ministries,besides Attorney GeneralMukul Rohatgi.

Cases against MPs andMLAs which attract disqualifi-cation under Section 8(1), 8(2)and 8(3) of the Representation ofthe People Act needed to be com-pleted within one year of fram-ing charges as per a March 10direction of the Supreme Court.

Any sentence whichattracts punishment of twoyears and above can lead to dis-qualification from Parliamentor state legislature.

Highly-placed sources saidthe Attorney General is likelyto inform the Apex Courtabout the Government's deci-sion to write to the States toexpedite the cases involvinglawmakers. PTI

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Police inaction in a gang-rape case and the

threats issued by the accusedpushed a 17-year-old victim toself-immolation in Bahraich.While, a man was shot at inFirozabad for daring to lodgea named FIR in a sexual assaultcase.

In Bahraich, a minor Dalitgirl of Kallughari hamlet inMotipur was going to the fieldto work on Friday eveningwhen Alakh Ram and Sonenabbed her. They pulled the girlto a secluded spot and rapedher. When the girl returnedhome, she narrated the incidentto her family members, whowent to the local police stationand lodged a report.

However, the cops tookno cognisance and when thegirl was returning home, AlakhRam and Sone, who were loi-tering near the police station,threatened her with dire con-sequences for trying to lodge acase. Humiliated by policeinaction and the threats issuedby the rapists, the girl, pouredkerosene over her body and setherself ablaze.

The family members triedto rescue the girl and took herto the hospital but she was pro-nounced dead by the doctors.The self-immolation woke thelocal police up from their slum-ber. The cops claimed to haveraided the house of the accusedbut failed to arrest them as theywere absconding. The policeregistered a case and sent thebody for post-mortem.

Jammu: Home MinisterRajnath Singh on Saturday saidIndia may resort to “alternativesteps” if negotiations withneighbours on incursions donot yield fruitful results.

Singh, who is on a day's tourto the State to assess flood situ-ation, was asked about incursionsby Chinese Army in Leh area towhich he replied that incursionswere happening earlier also.

“Our Jawans are guardingour borders and there will be nolet up in the vigil. TheGovernment wants to resolve allissues with its neighboursthrough dialogue but alternative

steps can be taken if they don’tbelieve in negotiations,” Singhsaid without specifying theneighbouring country. Jammuand Kashmir has seen incursionsfrom Pakistan as well as China.

When asked whether theCentre and the State are onconfrontational path followinga resolution passed by Jammuand Kashmir LegislativeAssembly seeking resumptionof dialogue with Pakistan, theHome Minister said there is noconfrontation and the centreand state have cordial relations.

Recently, PLA personnelentered Charding Nilu Nullah

Junction in Demchok sector ontheir vehicles claiming it to beChinese territory, officialsources had said.

The PLA soldiers whowanted to have a round of thearea were stopped by the IndianArmy and personnel of IndoTibetan Border Police, a forcewhich guards the India-Chinaborder.

After a 30-minute longstand-off followed by a bannerdrill where armies of both thecountries warned each otheragainst moving a step forward,the PLA personnel returned totheir side, the sources said. PTI

Srinagar/Jammu: The land forrehabilitation of displacedKashmiri Pandits, who migrat-ed from the Kashmir Valley inthe early 1990's due to mili-tancy, can be identified in oneor two months, Home MinisterRajnath Singh said on Saturday.

“We are committed to therehabilitation of KashmiriPandits who have migratedfrom the valley. The StateGovernment can start theprocess of identifying the landfor their rehabilitation after thefloods. They can identify landin one month or two monthsafter dealing with floods,” hetold reporters here.

Singh was on a day-longtour to Jammu and Kashmirduring which he made an aer-

ial survey of flood affectedareas of the State.

The Home Minister saidthe Central Government hasalready earmarked �500 crore(in general budget) for reha-bilitation of Kashmiri Panditsin the valley.

Asked whether it was prop-er to write a letter to ChiefMinister Omar Abdullah ask-ing him to identify land in themidst of floods, the HomeMinister said there was noth-ing wrong in sending the letteras the process was initiatedeven before the State was hit byfloods.

“The letter has gone in thenormal course. The letter onlymeans the process has begun,”he said. PTI

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The Pakistani Army and itsnotorious spy wing, the

Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),are engaged in a “dangerousgame” of using terroristbrinkmanship to threaten Indiaand simultaneously underminetheir own Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif, says former CIAanalyst and White House offi-cial Bruce Riedel.

“The Pakistani Army andits ISI spies are once again play-ing with fire — with India, theLeT and Kashmir — in order tosecure domestic gains againsttheir civilian leaders,” writesRiedel in The Daily Beast.

A top expert on counter-terrorism who advised four USpresidents on South Asia,Riedel goes on to say thatAmerica should considernaming Pakistan a state spon-sor of terrorism if it were tomount another terrorist attackagainst India.

“It certainly meets the cri-teria and has for decades,”Riedel notes in his strongly-worded commentary, disclos-ing: “The first Bush adminis-tration seriously consideredthis measure in 1992, althoughsuch a step obviously would

have immense consequencesfor US-Pakistan relations.”

Riedel also makes the casefor America stepping up intel-ligence cooperation with Indiato prevent and deter terroristattacks such as the ones inMumbai and Herat inAfghanistan, where the Indian

consulate was targeted on theeve of Prime Minister NarendraModi’s inauguration in May.

“Even if a terrorist actioncannot be foiled, the moreinformation exchanged aboutPakistani ISI involvement withLeT, the more likely the US willhave credibility with New Delhi

if a crisis does occur,” notesRiedel, who currently heads theIntelligence Project at theBrookings Institution.

Commenting on AlQaeda’s latest bid to complicatethe situation by announcing thecreation of its new franchise inIndia, Riedel says the videotapeby Ayman al-Zawahiri hasbeen made “in his hideout inPakistan, no doubt, and manyIndians suspect the ISI is help-ing to protect him”.

“Zawahiri has longstand-ing links to LeT and to (itsfounder, Hafiz) Saeed,” Riedelnotes, concluding that thedomestic politics of Pakistanare central to the drama sur-rounding the Al Qaeda leader’sfirst tape this year, threateningjihadist attacks across India.

In Riedel’s assessment, oneof the goals of the Herat oper-ation that was foiled by Indiansecurity guards was to dis-credit Sharif, who has no con-trol over the ISI or the Pakistani army.

According to him, thearmy is unhappy with Sharifsince his election last year andis particularly upset that he hasput former military rulerPervez Musharraf on trial fortreason. “While the Armydoesn’t care that much forMusharraf, it does not like thejudicial system holding a gen-eral accountable for coups,”Riedel writes, quipping: “Forthem that sets a bad precedent.”

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Russia on Saturday sent sixships carrying personnel

and equipment to a Soviet-eramilitary base in the Arctic thatit is reopening to bolster itspresence in the region, Russiannews agencies reported.

Moscow is ramping up itsmilitary presence in the pristinebut energy-rich region as othercountries such as Canada andNorway are also staking claimsto access its resources.

President Vladimir Putinlast year ordered the military toreturn to a base on the far-Northern New Siberian Islandsthat was abandoned in 1993.

On Saturday, a fleet of six

ships including two large land-ing ships set off from the portof Severomorsk in northernRussia, a spokesman for theWestern military district,Vadim Serga, told ITAR-TASSnews agency.

The ships will be accom-panied by several icebreakers.

“The main task of the lat-est expedition by a number ofNorthern Fleet ships to theArctic is to deliver staff, equip-ment and supplies to the task-force that from this year willserve on the New Siberianislands on a permanent basis,”said the northern fleet’s com-mander, Admiral VladimirKorolyov.

Last year, ten ships went tothe New Siberian Islands inSeptember to deliver the firstequipment and supplies torebuild the base on an archi-pelago where temperatures canfall to -50 degrees Celsius (-58Fahrenheit)

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The United States and Iranhave denied plans for any

military coordination in thefight against Islamic Statemilitants operating in Iraqand Syria.

“We are not going to coor-dinate military action or shareintelligence with Iran and haveno plans to do so,” StateDepartment deputy spokes-woman Marie Harf said onFriday, reacting to reports thatTehran had approved such anarrangement.

Harf said that Washingtonwas “open to engaging” withIran as it had in the past onselect issues, notably onAfghanistan in late 2001, whenthe two sides worked to putHamid Karzai into power afterthe fall of the Taliban.

“But we will not be coor-dinating our action together,”she added.

The BBC reported, citingunnamed sources in Tehran,that Iran’s supreme leaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei hadapproved cooperation with theUS in the fight against theIslamic State.

In a brief statement onIranian state media, foreignministry spokeswomanMarzieh Afkham denied the report.

“Iran’s stance has alreadybeen declared and this news isnot correct,” she added.

US and Iranian officialsmet earlier for a second day inGeneva as they work towardhammering out a full deal onTehran's controversial nuclearprogram ahead of a Novemberdeadline.

The two countries havenot had diplomatic relations inmore than 30 years, but in thepast year have seen a bit of arapprochement as they workon the nuclear deal.

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Baghdad: US PresidentBarack Obama’s plan for aninternational anti-jehadi coali-tion is a “strong message ofsupport” for Baghdad and itsfight against militants, IraqiForeign Minister HoshyarZebari said on Saturday.

“We welcome that, andwe have repeatedly called onour international partners forhelp and support becausethis threat is a very deadlythreat... Not only to the peo-ple of Iraq or the region, butto Europe, to America, toNATO,” Zebari told AFP.

“This is basically ourfight... But we need the support— our capacity is limited, andwe need the support toenhance our capacity,” he said.

“Nobody’s thinking ofany ground troops at thisstage — they are calling forair support, for tactical sup-port, for arming the forces onthe ground, like the (Kurdish)peshmerga, the Iraqi securi-ty forces, and also to pro-vide...Intelligence, recon-naissance,” he added. AFP

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Donetsk: Russia has vowed torespond if the EuropeanUnion imposes new sanctionsover the Ukraine crisis.

The EU says the sanc-tions, targeting more Russianindividuals, will come in onMonday but could be later sus-pended if Russia withdrawstroops from eastern Ukraineand observes a current truce.

Friday’s ceasefire appearsto be largely holding - butthere were reports of shootingsby both sides.

Some 2,600 people havedied since a pro-Russian rebel-lion began in April.

The Russian foreign min-istry said in a statement: “Asfor the new list of sanctionsfrom the European Union, ifthey are passed, there willundoubtedly be a reactionfrom our side”

The fresh sanctions wouldadd another 24 people to thelist of people barred fromentering the EU and whoseassets have been frozen.Among them would be therebel leadership in the eastern

Donetsk and Luhansk regions,officials in Crimea, which wasannexed by Russia in March,and Russian “decision-makersand oligarchs”, European

Council President HermanVan Rompuy and EuropeanCommission chief JoseManuel Barroso said in a state-ment. Agencies

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Donetsk: Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on Saturday accusedKiev’s forces of breaking a ceasefire just hours after it was agreed,and vowed to pursue their independence drive in the east. Aleading member of the parliament established by the self-pro-claimed Donetsk People’s Republic said Ukrainian units hadlaunched several missiles toward rebel positions after the trucewent into effect at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Friday.

“The ceasefire’s terms are not being observed,” VladimirMakovich told AFP.

On Friday “at 9:00 pm, we saw several missiles launchedon the outskirts of the city of Donetsk, and also a heavyarmoured column moving from the (neighbouring south-western region) of Zaporizhia.” His comments were echoedby the “prime minister” of the People’s Republic, AleksanderZakharchenko, in comments to Russian state news agency RIANovosti.

“It is too early to speak completely of a ceasefire,” he said.Ukraine's military said earlier there had been no fighting

in Donetsk since the ceasefire deal and AFP reporters in con-flict zones said the situation appeared to be calm. AFP

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Pakistan on Saturday saidChinese President Xi

Jinping’s maiden visit to thecountry has been postponeddue to the current political tur-moil and would be “re-sched-uled at an early date”.

“In view of the currentpolitical situation in Pakistan,the Governments of China andPakistan have mutually agreedto postpone the State visit of XiJinping to Pakistan,” a PakistanForeign Office statement said.

China on Saturdayannounced the postponementof President Xi Jinping’s firstvisit to Pakistan due to theongoing political crisis there, ina decision which marks hisskipping an “all weather” allyfor the first time during aSouth Asia trip which will takehim to India and Sri Lanka.

The visit was scheduled totake place later this month.“New dates for the President’svisit to Pakistan are being dis-cussed through diplomaticchannels,” it said.

The Foreign Office also

said both countries underlinethat they are time-tested all-weather friends and attachhigh importance to the visit ofPresident Xi to Pakistan, asearly as possible, for promotingmutually beneficial bilateralcooperation. Analysts said thepostponement was a setback toPakistan Government whichhad offered the Chinese dele-gation to land in Lahore but theproposal was rejected.

Protests have put PakistanGovernment under pressure.The protesters headed byImran Khan and cleric

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At least 160 people havebeen killed and 148 others

injured in torrential monsoonrains in Pakistan that havewreaked havoc across thecountry as troops raced toevacuate people from delugedareas.

Premier Nawaz Sharifchaired a meeting to reviewrain and flood situation onSaturday in the country and thedamage caused to life andproperty by incessant showers.

Monsoon rains continue towreak havoc across Punjaband Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK), increasing thedeath toll to at least 160, ExpressNews reported on Saturday.

The downpour, termed asone of the heaviest ever, start-ed on Wednesday and hassince continued to lash certainparts of the country.

Chairman NationalDisaster ManagementAuthority (NDMA), MajorGeneral Muhammad SaeedAleem briefed the PrimeMinister about the ongoing

relief activities and measuresbeing taken at the district,provincial and national levels tocope with the emergent situa-tion. Areas in Punjab, PoKand Gilgit-Baltistan have beenaffected by the rains and flood-ing.

Lahore and Rawalpindidivisions are experiencing seri-ous urban flooding. There isalso flooding in Chenab andJhelum while canals, especial-ly in Gujranwala andRawalpindi, are also flooded,Aleem said.

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Somalia’s Government warnedon Saturday of a wave of

retaliatory attacks by the coun-try’s Al-Qaeda- linked Shebabrebels after their leader was con-firmed to have been killed in aUS air strike.

The Horn of Africa nation’spresident also offered Shebabfighters the chance to lay downtheir arms and seize on a 45-dayamnesty, telling themGovernment troops and theAfrican Union’s AMISOM forcewas on the brink of overrunningtheir territory. On Friday thePentagon confirmed thatAhmed Abdi Godane, theleader of Al-Qaeda’s main affil-

iate in Africa, perished in anattack on Monday in which USdrones and manned aircraftrained Hellfire missiles andlaser-guided bombs on a gath-ering of Shebab commanders.

There was no commentfrom the Shebab, who through-out the week have refused toconfirm or deny reports ofGodance’s death. Somalia’snational security minister saidhe believed they were now benton revenge. “Security agencieshave obtained information indi-cating that Al-Shebab is nowplanning to carry out desperateattacks against medical facilities,education centres and otherGovernment facilities,” KalifAhmed Ereg told reporters.

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White House officials sayPresident Barack Obama

has decided to delay any exec-utive action on immigrationuntil after the November con-gressional elections.

The officials say Obamabelieves taking steps on his ownduring the midterm campaignwould politicise the issue andhurt future efforts to pass abroad overhaul.

The officials say Obamabelieves he has the power toauthorise certain measures toease deportations without con-gressional legislation. And theysay he still will act before theend of the year.

The officials spoke on thecondition of anonymity to dis-

cuss the President’s decisionbefore it was announced.

Obama faces competingpressures from immigrationadvocacy groups and fromDemocrats worried that takingsteps now would energiseRepublican opposition againstvulnerable Senate Democrats.

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Radicals” backing Afghanpresidential candidate

Abdullah Abdullah couldfoment postelection violence ifhe isn’t given an equitableshare of power, his spokesmanwarned on Saturday ahead of ameeting with his rival aimed atresolving a monthslong elec-tion dispute.

The camps of the two can-didates former ForeignMinister Abdullah and formerFinance Minister Ashraf GhaniAhmadzai said the two wereexpected to meet later onSaturday or on Sunday to nego-tiate a final deal on what pow-ers should be given to a pro-

posed chief executive position,the final sticking point of anational unity Government.

Ominously, a spokesmanfor Abdullah the man mosthere believe is behind in theofficial ballot count insinuatedthat the election could still end violently.

In what appeared to beeither a threat or a negotiatingtactic, the spokesman saidAbdullah’s powerful factionalsupporters are pressuring theircandidate to not cede anypower to Ghani Ahmadzai.

“If we agree and the termsof the agreement are providingan equal opportunity for bothcamps and defuses that tension,it might reduce the prospect of

violence,” Mujib RahmanRahimi, an Abdullah cam-paign spokesman, told TheAssociated Press.

“But imagine if you have anagreement that insults one sideand promotes the other sideand each side firmly believes heis a winner that could be arecipe for radicals to re-emergeand challenge the leadershipand say this is not acceptable,”he said.

Abdullah won the firstround of the election in Aprilbut did not secure enoughvotes to avoid a June runoff. Apreliminary count showedGhani Ahmadzai winning thesecond round, but both sidesalleged widespread fraud.

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Sierra Leone is to enforcethree days of “complete

shutdown” across the countrylater this month in a bid tocontain the Ebola epidemic, aGovernment spokesman saidon Saturday.

The measure, which willcome into force fromSeptember 19, means pedes-trians and vehicles on non-essential business will bebarred from movement for 72hours. “This will be strictlyadhered to without excep-tion,” Government spokesmanAbdulai Bayratay told AFPby telephone. Authorities inFreetown will use the 72-hourquarantine window to give

medical staff access to patientswho have yet to be trans-ferred to treatment centres,Bayratay said.

“In this regard, healthworkers as well as health-related NGO personnel willmake house-to-house checkson homes for likely Ebola suf-ferers that relatives have hid-den,” he added.

Bayratay said the shutdownwould be aided by the arrival ofseveral new ambulances and upto 30 military vehicles, andcould be repeated in future. Thequarantine plan was announcedafter the World HealthOrganization (WHO) saidFriday that the death toll fromEbola since the start of the yearhad topped 2,000.

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Downplaying the critical coalsupply situation to thermal

plants, the nation's largest sup-plier of dry fuel Coal India Ltd(CIL) has claimed that thoughthe quota being supplied tothese units during the monsoonmonths of July and August ismore than last year, the shortagein several of these plants couldbe mainly due to erratic mon-soon and logistical reasons likedisruption in rail lines whichcarry these consignments toplants located in distant places.

Official sources claim thatthe situation is not alarming andout of around 100 thermal sta-tions located in the country, it isnormal for some to have criticalsupply of coal, owing to variousreasons ranging from logistics, tolaw and order situation as well asclimatic factors.

At the same time though,Coal and Power Minister PiyushGoyal had a couple of daysback, held a meeting via video-conferencing with CIL actingChairman A K Dubey as well asheads of all its subsidiaries, toreview the coal supply situation.If officials are to be believed, thenthis was a routine meeting,which is held on a weekly basisto keep a tab on supplies beingmade to power plants across the

country.According to CIL sources,

the coal supply to state-ownedNational Thermal PowerCorporation's (NTPC) stationshas been more than adequateduring August 2014, so much sothat the company even refusedsupplies claiming more thansufficient quota with its thermalplants.

"The critical and super crit-ical coal supply (which meansplants reporting less than seven

days and less than four days ofcoal stock respectively) does notapply to pit head plants. Thismainly affects those plants whichare located at distant locations.Moreover State-owned thermalplants (like those belonging toNTPC) have adequate supplies.The problem of critical supplytherefore is more due to insuffi-cient monsoon in various partsof the country and also could bedue to disruptions in rail lines onwhich coal is carried to plants,"

a CIL official quoting anonymi-ty said.

Last week the situation atNTPC's three stations namelyBadarpur in Delhi, Jhajjar inneighbouring Haryana and Sipatin Chhattisgarh was such thatthey had reported zero days ofthe essential fuel. Also severalstations located in western partsof the country had also report-ed critical as well as super crit-ical supply of coal. Howeverwhen contacted, the company's

Chairman Arup RoyChoudhury had told ThePioneer that there was nothingto worry about as no load shed-ding had occurred during lastweekend.

Official sources, who arekeeping a watch over the coalsupply situation, said that it ismainly the private entity-ownedpower stations which face acuteshortage of the dry fuel owing tothe fact that their quota is linkedto the power purchase agree-ments (PPAs), which makes itcostly for them to purchasecoal.

While the official machinerymay underplay the coal supply sit-uation, the fact remains that lastmonth NTPC had to shut downits four units of 890 mw capaci-ty (on August 27) owing to coalshortage.

On the same day, the peakpower shortfall - deficit in elec-tricity supply when demand isat its maximum - was 5,572 mwat 2000 hours, according to areport by the Northern RegionLoad Despatch Centre(NRLDC). It is the apex body toensure integrated operation of thepower system in the northernregion.

The total electricity require-ment of the region during thattime was 50,173 MW of which4,4601 MW was met.

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DGCA has cracked downon nearly 140 Jet Airways

pilots for continuing to flywithout clearing mandatorybiannual exams and issuedshow cause notices to the air-line questioning its pilot train-ing programme.

The notices were issued tothe pilots, as also Jet's chiefoperating officer and trainingchief, on the basis of an auditof its training programme bya three-member DGCA team.

The DGCA, through theshow cause notices, askedthese pilots why their licens-es should not be suspended asthey were flying without clear-ing their Pilot ProficiencyCheck (PPC) tests, whichhave to be carried out everysix months.

The audit was orderedafter one of the airline's planesplunged several thousand feetwhile flying over the Turkishairspace on the Brussels-Mumbai route early lastmonth.

When contacted, a JetAirways spokesperson saidthe airline "has not seen thereport from the DGCA norhas the airline been advisedon when it will be received.We therefore cannot com-ment on the so called findingsin the report or the specula-tion in the media."

"However we are confi-dent that our training meetsall DGCA and internationalstandards and that we will beable to resolve any discrepan-cies or address any observa-tions, however minor, once wehave the report and can dis-cuss the findings with theDGCA," the spokespersonsaid.

Maintaining that safetyof passengers and crew"remains our paramount pri-ority", she said, "We will workclosely with the DGCA toswiftly resolve any issues thatmay be highlighted by theauthorities."

Airline officials said theywould be seeking a meetingwith the DGCA soon.

While Jet was asked toground three pilots "whosetraining was found to be defi-cient", the DGCA also pro-posed action against some ofthe airline's trainers who"imparted deficient simulator

training to pilots", DGCAofficials said.

After the August eightincident involving the Jetflight over Turkey, the regu-lator conducted the auditfrom August 20 -22, claimingto have found discrepancies of"serious nature".

Jet employs obout 600pilots. As per the findings ofthe audit report, as many as131 pilots were found to beflying after expiry of validityof certificates of their profi-ciency check, a test that isrequired to be taken every sixmonths.

These tests examine theoverall knowledge level andproficiency of a pilot, theofficials said.

Commenting on the mat-ter, a senior pilot, who refusedto be named, said the DGCAhas been changing rules inthis regard "very often" and ittakes time for an airline tomeet the detailed guidelinesand standards required bythe rules.

The DGCA rules allowextension of time for PilotProficiency Checks (PPCs)by a month, he said, addingthat the PPCs include checkson simulator training, on-flight route checks and com-pletion of various coursesincluding aviation security(AVSEC) and DangerousGoods Course for pilots.

"If a pilot clears all flyingexams but his AVSEC test getsdelayed, he is still proficientenought to fly. The AVSECtest is meant for getting ourairport security passes and hasnothing to do with actual fly-ing," the pilot argued.

Jet officials also said theairline was setting up its ownflight simulators in Bangaloreand was awaiting certificationby the DGCA.

Till then, the airline wassending its pilots for simula-tor training to Hong Kong,Jakarta, Dubai and even inGurgaon, they said.

As per the DGCA audit,the private carrier's trainingand operations chiefs havebeen charged with "lack ofsupervision of flight crewtraining, no review of defi-ciencies recorded in trainingassessment forms and per-mitting release of flight crewfor flying duties without cor-rective training."

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No:- Actt/UDR/NIT/15/7969 Dated: 27.08.2014CORRIGENDUM

The following amendments is hereby made in the NIT No. 15 of 2013-14 was issuedvide this office Letter No. 1620 dated 19.04.2014, 3131 dated 25.04.2014, 3976 dated17.05.2014 & 5670 dated 30.06.2014.S. No. Particular Amendment1 Period for down loading of tender 03.09.14 to 16.09.14

document up to 6.00 PM2 Submission for proposal on website 17.09.14 up to 6.00 PM3 Submission of tender fee, etc. 19.09.14 up to 3.00 PM4 Date of opening of Technical Bid 19.09.14 at 3.00 PMRemaining term & conditions will same

Sd/-Superintending Engineer

Water Resources CircleDIPR/C/6624/2014 Udaipur

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It’s 6.30 am and 35-year-old Shalu Awasthiwalks hurriedly towards a ‘kothi’ in Sector 31,Noida. Come rain or sunshine, she has not

missed a single day at work for the past two-years.Despite her unkempt hair and dirty clothes, peoplewho work in and around Sector 31 don’t wince ather appearance. She squats in front of the colonyroad leading to D5, a bungalow which has beenlying locked since 2007, and starts her daily ritual.

She places her daughter Pinki’s photo frameand keeps it on the pavement. Takes out a candleand a bunch of Cycle brand agarbattis and chants— ‘Pinki ke bereham hathyaon ko sazaa do. (Thosebehind the brutal killing of my daughter be pun-ished severely).’

People say she has gone crazy. But when shedemands that there should be no place for themurderers in heaven or hell, you tend to agreewith her. “They took away my daughter and killedme in the process too,” she says.

She has no job, no income, no family and isbeing treated for her mental illness at theYathartha hospital in Noida. Tell her that SurinderKoli is going to be hanged on September 12 andShalu bursts into a smile, froth oozing from hermouth. “Woh to murga hai. Bade saheb ka kyahoga?,” she asks hysterically, referring to MoninderSingh Pandher.

Many believe that Pandher, who owns the D5house where girls were repeatedly raped, killed,sliced up, their bones dipped in a chemical solventbefore being dumped in the drain, was the manbehind the blood-curdling Nithari killings. LikeShalu, the localites say that the hanging of Koli isonly justice half done.

Shalu’s world collapsed when Koli confessed in2009 to having raped Pinki (she was 13 then) andstrangulating her with a rope before cutting herbody into tiny pieces.

“Pinki had been missing from Nithari forthree weeks and Shalu Tai would visit the localpolice station twice daily to know about herwhereabouts. The cops were convinced that Pinkihad run away for a better life. Tai was inconsolableinitially but when she got no news of her teenagedaughter, she too reconciled to the police pre-sumption that her only child had fled. When theNithari killings began to surface, someoneinformed Tai that Koli was identifying his victims.

She sent her brother with a picture of Pinki andher worst fears came true. Koli identified Pinkiand also gave the cops that gory details of hermurder. Life has been a nightmare for Tai eversince. Her husband, a rickshaw puller, ran awaywith the �5 lakh compensation and sold the plot ofland for �2.7 lakh. He eloped with another womanand is leading a life with her. When Tai returned toher village in Jamshedpur, no one accepted her.Even her parents shooed her away. The kothis inSector 29 where she was working removed herfrom her job,” Shikha Verma, who works as a cookin Sector 28 opposite DPS Noida School, tells you.

On the day Koli’s verdict date was announced,there were muted celebrations in Nithari. Mostfamilies who lost their children to this serial killinghave left or have been coerced to leave. Those leftbehind tread cautiously. No one utters Pandher orKoli’s names, considering it to be a bad omen.

“D5 is a monster house for all of us. No onecrosses that house after 7 pm. We can hear painfulcries coming from within the house sometimes. Itis almost as if a girl is being tortured and mur-dered and we can’t do anything about it,” Papulalwho lives in the D2 servant quarter, says. He worksas a guard in a nearby sector and is the only onewho has yet not sold the plot of land he got ascompensation from the Government. His three-and-a-half-year-old daughter was brutalised anddumped in the drain and it was Papulal who dugout the remains from there in 2007.

“Her yellow polka dot frock stuck to herdecomposed body. The limbs had been cut off andthe head shaved. What kind of a human beingdoes this,” he asks. Although time has somewhathealed his wounds, he still gets very emotionalwhile talking about the Nithari killing. “I wouldrather have my daughter alive and playing in myarms than have the money and land. Her motheris still in shock. And, no, we are not celebrating thehanging of Koli. We’ll sleep well only the dayPandher is hanged too,” he says. There has notbeen a single night that this family has not seen anapparition of their little girl calling out for them.

The same goes for driver Ashok Kumar wholost his nine-year-old daughter. It has been sevenyears but Koli’s hanging is no closure. “I don’tthink there can ever be any closure for parentswho saw what was unearthed that day. All I got

was my daughter’s chappals and panties strewn atthe back entrance of D5. The rest of the body wasin parts. My first visit into the house still gives menightmares. It was like a hospital where live opera-tions are conducted,” he recalls.

Kumar has opened a shoes and clothes outletin Nithari market but life hasn’t moved for him.The shop has a picture of his daughter hanging onone side and a family photo in an expensive frameon the other. “She was a bright student and want-ed to pursue her education in a private school. Ihad promised her a better life but see what hap-pened,” he says, hiding tears.

It was Kumar and dhobi Jhabhulal who hadrushed to RWA President SC Mishra with evi-dence that something murky had been happeninginside D5. Girls went into the house, never toreturn. “It was around 9 pm when Jhabhulal cameto me wanting to talk about something zaroori.His daughter Jyoti was the second victim but backthen Jhabu had no idea about this. He was panti-ng when he told me that he had spotted Kolistalking girls and inviting them home. The prob-lem was that the girls never came back. I was curi-ous but had no clue we would stumble uponsomething as gory as what we did,” Mishra whoretired as president of the association in 2009,says.

The environment in the Sector 31 RWAoffice is sombre. While the authorities heave asigh of relief about the hanging date of Koli, theyare unhappy that the mastermind did not meetthe same fate. “Koli was just another criminalcarrying out his master’s orders. It is Pandher wewant. The house had modern CCTV fittings, thelatest surgical tools and medical technology. Theterrace had a huge tumbler of a chemical solvent.All this suggests Pandher was behind the crime.

With Koli gone, can we hope for the rope forPandher as well,” Anjula Chhabaria, general sec-retary, says. She tells you that D5 looks andexudes negative vibes. “I used to be a regular atthat house when Shalu Jindal was there. She hadkept the home very well. But later she sold it toPandher and all hell broke loose.

“Pandher’s wife did not stay here so none ofus went visiting to his house. But after the crimecame out in the open, I dared to take a peek. Icouldn’t go beyond the drawing area which eked

of dirty things. The house smelled of blood,”Chhabaria recalls. The society will have a silentprayer meeting the day Koli is hanged and theywill pray that Pandher, too, meets the same fate.

Elsewhere in Nithari, the jhuggi and clusterswere celebrating the impending hanging in theirown way. The maids conducted a ceremony inone of the pucca houses in the cluster. Womenhad gathered to pray for the shanti of all thosewho were brutally killed.

“Their aatma will be released in the truesense only when Pandher is brought to justice.Phaansi ki saza bahut kam hai uske liye. Whycan’t they burn him alive? We want him to sufferbefore dying,” the women say. The pooja was alsoconducted to appease the spirits of those younggirls who according to the residents still lurk inthe dark.

The one man who is extremely pleased aboutthis news related to Koli is Jhabhulal who brokethis sensational crime to the world. “He tookaway my life. He is a shaitan. Koli was always abad influence. He had wanted me to work withhim on a project which would fetch lots ofmoney. Thankfully, I didn’t.

“Otherwise he would have made me slice upmy own daughter. I can never forgive him. Usnehum sab ki roshni churayi hai. Usko to narak bhinahin naseeb hoga. He would peer at innocentgirls from within Pandher’s house,” Jhabhulalwho continues to visit Sector 31 houses to collectclothes for ironing, says.

Jhabhulal has sold the compensation plot butsaved the compensation money. He prefers tokeep himself busy to take his mind off everythingthat he had found in that drain all those years ago.

After the Nithari happenings, Jhabhulal hasbecome the eyes and ears of the colony. “Ab meinsabki khabar rakhta hoon,” he says. “Aaj meinkhush hoon. Koli gaya, Pandher bhi jayega,” hesays.

Meanwhile, there are a host of servants whostill see shadows of the past near D5. Most peo-ple have had sightings of Aarti, a Nithari victim.Others, like Ashok Kumar, swear that on a silentnight he can still hear screams and muted sobscoming from within that haunted house. “It’s asif the spirits haven’t left that place. They are wait-ing to be heard,” Kumar says.

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The odd loss in the finalODI notwithstanding,India are expected to hold

an edge as the visitors seek tobring the curtains down on whathas been a mixed tour with a vic-tor y in the only T20International against Englandhere on Saturday.

Having suffered a 1-3 defeatin the Test series, the Indiansfound their bearings in the One-dayers, clinching the five-matchseries 3-1 despite losing Friday’sinconsequential final game by 41runs at Leeds.

After struggling to get goingin the five-day format, the inclu-sion of fresh legs such as SureshRaina for the one-day interna-tionals gave the team the much-needed impetus. Young bats-men such as Ajinkya Rahane,Shikhar Dhawan too fared bet-ter in the blue jersey thoughVirat Kohli’s woeful run of formremains a major cause for con-cern for the Indian think-tank.

Considered the mainstay ofIndian line-up till recently,Kohli’s run of poor scores con-tinued in the shorter formatand the batsman would be keento at least end the tour on adecent note. Though theyflopped in the inconsequentialfinal ODI, both Rahane andDhawan have had good outingsin the penultimate game, withthe former notching up a smash-ing century. Raina has beengood on and off while AmbatiRayudu (53) and Jadeja (87)showed their ability with the wil-low on the Headingley wicket.

As far as bowling is con-cerned, the Indians enjoyedgreater success in the ODIs,with Mohammad Shami man-aging to impress even captainMahendra Singh Dhoni with hiseffort in the death overs yester-day. Bhuvneshwar Kumar rel-ishes bowling on seaming con-ditions and would be keen toextract something out of theEdgbaston track. Dhoni hasanother option in Umesh Yadav

though it remains to seenwhether the pacer is picked aftera lacklustre outing in Leeds.

Left-arm spinner Jadeja canbe a handy bowler in the short-er format and he would definitelybe a valuable option for theskipper. And then there is thespecialist spinner, of f ieRavichandran Ashwin, whosurely knows a thing or twoabout bowling in the slam-bangformat.

From England’s point ofview, Joe Root, who had justscored his ODI ton, will look tocontinue in similar fashion hav-ing got a fair idea of how to han-dle the Indian attack.

The hosts have nameduncapped Surrey batsman JasonRoy in their 14-man squad andit will be interesting to see if heis played or not. Roy is joined bythe recalled Tim Bresnan, RaviBopara and James Taylor.

Bresnan has not played in aninternational side since thedefeat to the Netherlands thatended England’s miserableWorld Twenty20 campaign inBangladesh in March, whileTaylor last featured for England12 months ago in an ODI againstIreland.

With Stuart Broad, England’sregular T20 captain, unavail-able due to a knee injury, theteam will be led by Eoin Morgan.

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Overcome by heat and humidity in the secondset of her U.S. Open semifinal, China’s Shuai

Peng paused between points to clutch at her leftthigh and put her weight on her racket as if it werea cane.

Still, she tried to continue Friday againstCaroline Wozniacki.

One point later, Peng dropped her racket andgrabbed at her right knee, then staggered towardthe wall behind the baseline and leaned against it,wiping away tears, until a trainer ran to her side.

Others arrived, too: a doctor, the chair umpire,a tournament official, a security guard, a ballkidwith an umbrella to offer shelter from the sun.

Fighting pain in both legs and her back, a limp-ing Peng was helped over to a hallway adjacent tothe court, where it was determined she had heatillness and needed treatment. In all, it was a 10-minute delay, which Wozniacki used to practiceserving.

Yet again, Peng tried to play on. She stuck itout for six more points, before collapsing to theground, resting on her hands and knees asWozniacki walked around the net to check on her.Peng stopped while trailing 7-6 (1), 4-3, allowingDenmark’s Wozniacki to reach her second GrandSlam final.

At a news conference more than four hourslater, Peng said she was feeling better. She was notsure whether, in the end, she was the one who saidshe had to retire or was told to (although tourna-ment director David Brewer said it was Peng’s deci-sion).

Peng, who is 28, did recall how she reactedwhen the doctor suggested it might be a good ideato quit. “I said, ‘No, no, no. I don’t want to give up.I want to try one more time,’” said Peng, who wasplaying in her first semifinal in 37 career majortournaments.

“I knew I’m not going to stay maybe too long,but I just want to try, you know. I just wanted tochallenge her one more time.”

Eventually, Peng was taken away in a wheel-chair, closing the scary and surreal scene. “It wasreally hard to watch,” said the 10th-seededWozniacki, who lost the 2009 U.S. Open title match.

“To see her struggling out there - I just want-ed to make sure she was OK.”

In Sunday’s final, Wozniacki will face good palSerena Williams, who overwhelmed 17th-seededEkaterina Makarova of Russia 6-1, 6-3 to extendher U.S. Open winning streak to 20 matches. If shecan make that 21 in a row, the No. 1-rankedWilliams will become the first woman sinceChris Evert in the 1970s to win three consecutivetitles at the tournament.

“I can say: Yes, she’s much better than every-one,” Makarova said, when asked to compareWilliams to today’s other top players.

Seeking a sixth U.S. Open championship and18th major singles title overall, which would tie herwith Evert and Martina Navratilova, Williams haswon all 12 sets she’s played these two weeks. Whilewarming up for her semifinal — in which she wonnine straight games and 22 of 24 points in onestretch — Williams saw on TV what was happen-ing to Peng.

“I was really, really, really saddened by it. She’ssuch a great person. We train sometimes at the

same academy,” Williams said. “You never want tosee anyone go out like that.”

Peng, who spoke during the tournamentabout nearly being forced to quit tennis after hav-ing heart surgery at age 12, began showing signs

of distress early in the second set, rubbing her legsbetween points.

When things got really bad, she said, she feltcramping that made it hard to breathe.

Players are not allowed to get medical treat-ment from a trainer or doctor in the middle of agame if all that is wrong is cramping. If that’s whatmakes them take a break during the course of play,they can be docked a point — or even a full game— for taking too much time.

But a broader diagnosis of heat illness doesmake a player eligible for treatment.

“It was determined that it would not be phys-ically harmful for her to go back out and try to playtennis again,” Brewer said.

Wozniacki did not complain - while all of thiswas happening or later at her news conference -about the lack of a penalty for time violation.

She was, however, thrown off a bit by the wholescene. “First of all, you want her to be OK,”Wozniacki said.

“Then you also are thinking she might still beable to compete, so you have to kind of ... try andthink about yourself as well and just say, ‘OK, shemight just go out there and start to hit winners.’So you have to be ready for everything.”

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message to his pacers to workon their “death bowling” skillsif the ODI world championswere to defend their title DownUnder next year.

“Death-over bowl-ing is somethingwhich I would like toimprove because con-ditions in Australia-New Zealand will bevery different. We arenot playing too manygames in NewZealand but thegrounds are not verybig there. So we can-not use spinners toomuch after the 40thover and to someextent it will put extrapressure on fastbowlers to take moreresponsibility,” Dhonisaid.

The Men in Bluehave five ODIs athome versus the WestIndies and then at least fourmatches in the tri-seriesinvolving Australia andEngland in January. If there areany major concerns, they haveto be addressed soon.

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them to use the coming gameswell. But at the same time inthe next five matches versusthe West Indies, we will get fairamount of dew so they mightfind it tough to execute theiryorkers or may not find theirreverse swing.

“It won’t be exactly likewhat we may facelater in Australia-New Zealand,”the skipper said.

Asked aboutthe inconsequen-tial match, whichEngland won rid-ing on Joe Root’ssecond ODI hun-dred, Dhoniblamed his bats-men for poorstrokes. “Overallthe bowling wasquite good today.It was a goodwicket to bat onand 300 was thepar score,” saidDhoni after thegame.

“But we gaveaway quite a few soft wickets inthe middle overs. We lost toomany wickets and were not inposition to chase the runsafterwards. So those loose dis-missals really cost us thegame.”

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Faf du Plessis led South Africa to a six-wicket winover Australia in the final of the one-day inter-

national tri-series at Harare Sports Club onSaturday.

Du Plessis hit 96 from 99 balls and just missedout on his fourth century in five innings in the tour-nament as South Africa chased down Australia’smediocre total of 217-9 with nearly 10 overs to spareto take the triangular title.

Du Plessis was caught at mid-on off what turnedout to be the penultimate delivery of the game. Hewas going for a boundary that would have taken himto another century and sealed South Africa’s victory.

Instead, AB de Villiers hit a four next ball to winthe series and finish 57 not out from just 41 balls,having hit six fours to take the Proteas home.

Fast bowler Dale Steyn set up the win with his4-34 as Australia wilted to 144-8 and needed a ninth-wicket stand of 71 between tailenders JamesFaulkner (39) and Mitchell Starc (29 not out) toapproach a respectable score.

Steyn did the damage, removing Phil Hughesearly, fellow opener Aaron Finch for 54 and the mid-dle order of Glenn Maxwell and Brad Haddin cheap-ly.

He was backed up by seamers Wayne Parnelland Morne Morkel, who took two wickets each.

Hashim Amla hit a half-century in SouthAfrica’s reply, but Du Plessis was outstanding andthe anchor again, collecting eight fours and a six forhis 96, another match-winning innings followinghis three centuries in South Africa’s four leaguegames earlier in the series.

Du Plessis came into the tournament withoutan ODI hundred but made up with a rich run ofform to help topple Australia from No. 1 in the ODIrankings. None of the Australian bowlers claimedmore than one wicket as South Africa took advan-tage of winning the toss and choosing to bat sec-ond on a Harare pitch that’s renowned for flatten-ing out later in the day.

Brief ScoresSouth Africa 221-4 in 40.5 overs (Faf du Plessis 96,AB de Villiers 57 not out, Hashim Amla 51; SteveSmith 1-9) beat Australia 217-9 in 50 overs (AaronFinch 54, James Faulkner 39; Dale Steyn 4-34) bysix wickets.

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�What inspired you to write this book?There was this big shift in my life. I was

going into academic side and an attempt toadjust my chess style accordingly to be ableto manage both chess and studies led to thisdrastic shift — opening kind of shift. I want-ed to make use of what I have been doingall my life. This was one way through whichI could make the biggest difference andreach the widest audience.

�Why did you choose this particular sub-ject — chess openings — for your firstbook?

Because that’s my expertise. My areaof expertise in the last few years has beenopenings. I have been working hard on thatarea. Of course there are people who arebetter than me but I have worked at a pret-ty high level and this is where I could deliv-er the most.

�At the age of 21 most people are not evensure of what they want to do and you havecome up with a book of your own. It’s abig achievement. How does it feel?

I think there are always people who haveachieved more than you. There are peoplein this chess world who have done betterthan me. It’s easy to say in perspective whenyou look at other people like (Fabiano Luigi)Caruana. We have grown up together in thechess world and he is the second best play-er in the world. So, there are people betterthan me. I wouldn’t be too confident aboutwhatever I have achieved.

�Now that you are going to pursue stud-ies, what will happen to your chess career?Will you still be participating in compe-titions?

I think I will still be playing pretty often.You will keep seeing me in tournaments butI am not sure how well I will play.I will try to do my best. I think Ihave adjusted well to the thingsand hopefully it will work out well.

I will be very selective in mytournaments. I will have to be verycareful and I’ll have to maintainmy energy levels. I’ll have a lot offocus on my physical fitness. I amgoing to play the kind of chess thatis less based on home preparationand more based on going thereand trying to fight it out.

�When did you decide to focus on stud-ies and put chess on the backburner?

After 12th I decided to completely can-cel out studies for two years. I didn’t decidewhat I would do after two years. I would-n’t say studies at the front yet. It might bein the future. I haven’t even decided whatI am going to study. It’s more aboutexploring. After four years I probably woulddecide whether to put chess in the front orstudies because then I would have a direc-tion what I am studying, whether I wantto take it really seriously and do my fur-ther studies. So, a lot of it depends on thenext few years. Right now I am not surewhat I will be doing but I will definitely beexploring that area as well. So, the time will

be divided between the two.

� So, there is no particular sub-ject that you are going to study?

The under-graduate coursedoesn’t require me to declare asubject right away. I can exper-iment with various subjectsuntil I choose the final thingafter two years.

� Do you have any subject inmind?

There are a lot of subjects inmind, basically. That’s what I like about theAmerican college system that it’s very inter-disciplinary. There is nothing like that I haveto be in psychology department or econom-ics department. I can take classes in everydepartment.

� What interests you the most?To be honest, I am not sure about it.

That’s why I wanted the inter-disciplinarything. After I got admission into Stanford,I have had no time to actually think aboutwhat I will be studying. I have interest in psy-chology, economics, computer science bythese are very varied fields. I don’t know yetwhat I will be good at. The key thing actu-ally is what interests me and what I am good

at. I will try to combine that.

� Four-year break is huge. Have youthought about the risk that you areputting your chess career in?

I think without the break — without thestudies at least — the way I was playing

chess the whole year, it wasn’t working outthat well for me. It didn’t really satisfy me.I had some good results but I also wantedto have a sustainable way. This way I willbe able to play whenever I want to play —at least in the first year that will be prettyoften. I will have to check how tough the

studies go later on because the first yearcourses aren’t that tough. But I will be ableplay these periods with lot more intensitybecause there is sort of satisfaction that youget by doing different things.

� So, the decision to pursue studies wasinfluenced by unfavourable results inchess and your attempt to secure yourfuture?

Yes, something like that. After 12th Idecided to give two years to chess. For meto break into the world elite, I have to get,let’s say, about 2700 points, that’s about top-50 in the world. It’s hard to say how closeor how far I was. It could be one more goodtournament and I could breakthrough butinstead I was just there. I think I still canbreak into the top-50 but I don’t want to bepurely dependent on that. Even at the veryelite level in chess there is no back-up. And,it’s good to have a back-up. When you don’thave other option but to depend on just onething, there is more pressure and muchgreater risk of burn out. When I am 25, Iam not too old to continue playing chess.25 and World No. 70, there are people whowould still play very ambitiously at that stagebut I would definitely be too old to contin-ue studying — it’s already been a three-yearbreak since school. It was already too hard

to get admission and in another two yearsit would have become impossible.

� Would you be participating in thenational championships?

I could play but I probably wouldn’t playbecause the prize money at the nationalchampionships would be much lesser thanwhat it would cost me to come back to Indiato play the event. So, it makes no sense tome to play that unless there is a drastic revi-sion of the rules. I might still be in the Indianteam. The rules are pretty complicated butI hope they will revise the rules to actuallynot benefit the players who are playing thenationals because I would very much liketo play the international events for India.They are some of the toughest events andare really useful for the chess career. I wouldhave time to play the tournaments but Iwould have to balance. Finances won’t be aseasy as I have left the security of what wehave in India — the job set up, sponsors —so I can’t just travel from US to Asia, toEurope to just play one event.

� Viswanathan Anand is going to playMagnus Carlsen for the WorldChampionship title. You think Anand hasa chance to win it back?

Carlsen has been struggling recently soit’s way closer match than last time whenCarlsen had been just crushing everythingon his way. Anand had been in a dodgy formbut this year his performance has gone up.I will say Carlsen is the favourite in thismatch and Anand is the underdog. However,it’s going to be a very close match comparedto the last time.

Though there have been good results forAnand recently, Carlsen is still going to bethe favourite. When Carlsen is there, he isalways the favourite irrespective of the oppo-nent. Despite his shaky form this year, youstill expect him to win. He is really good. Butas I said he is in a shaky form and he hasshown lot more vulnerability, he no longerhas that unbeatable aura around him.

� What do you make out of his reserva-tions about playing in Sochi, the venue forthe World Championship match?

I don’t know what’s happening there. Ihope the match would take place. It’s a com-plicated issue. I am sure he has some validargument about how the tournament wasawarded and other things that I actuallyknow about. But hopefully the matter willbe resolved because any WorldChampionship match with Carlsen wouldnot be a World Championship match.

� From your experience, does the placereally matter?

May be it matters for him. I mean Ihaven’t really played a million-dollar match!Stakes are very different. He has got his rep-utation and the prize money is much lowerwhich is something you can’t be veryhappy about. The stakes are very different,especially for him since he is the face of chessright now. He wants to promote it more inthe west. The issues are very different so it’shard to comment on that.

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Lewis Hamilton broke Mercedes teammateNico Rosberg’s recent stranglehold on

pole position by qualifying ahead of thechampionship leader at theItalian Grand Prix onSaturday - although the rival-ry between the pair remainsas heated as ever. Rosberghad taken four straight polesand six of the last seven.

Hamilton clocked 1minute, 24.109 seconds at theMonza circuit, Rosberg wassecond in 1:24.383 andValtteri Bottas of Williamsqualified third in 1:24.697.

It’s Hamilton’s fifth poleof the season and 36th of hiscareer. He hasn’t started firstsince the Spanish GP back inMay. “Tomorrow will be real-ly good to get another 1-2 forthe team,” Hamilton said.“And I hope we have somecompetition as that will begreat for the fans.”

Rosberg enters Sunday’s race with a 29-point lead over Hamilton in the drivers’standings - the biggest it has been all season.

A big part of that gap was built in thecontroversial Belgian GP two weeks ago,when Rosberg finished second after crash-ing into Hamilton early and sending histeammate out of the incident-packed race.

Rosberg didn’t seem interested in con-

gratulating Hamilton on his pole position.Likewise, Hamilton appeared to do his bestto ignore Rosberg after both drivers got outof their cars.

After taking off his helmet, Hamiltonflashed a victory sign tophotographers whileRosberg appeared tofrown behind him.

Rosberg was disci-plined by Mercedes forthe incident at Spa andwhile no team orderswere installed, the pairwas told explicitly not tomake contact again.

When Hamilton wasasked what effect theteam’s warning wouldhave on him Sunday, hereplied: “It won’t be ring-ing in my ears. We are freeto race. That was the deci-sion last week so it contin-ues as usual.”

Rosberg reportedlyreceived a hefty fine forthe Spa incident but he,

too, didn’t appear ready to change tactics. “Ithas not changed since before we started theseason,” Rosberg said. “The message has beenclear. There is no real change at the moment.It is the same as always.”

Racing conditions were ideal, withsunny skies and a temperature of 25 degreesCelsius (77 Fahrenheit). More good weath-er was forecast for Sunday.

Qualifying for the largest-ever EuropeanChampionship should be a cruise for

the continent’s heavyweights.For once, though, the weaker nations

aren’t just there to make up the numbers.The Euros have been expanded from

16 to 24 teams for the 2016 tournamentin France, with the top two countries fromnine groups qualifying automaticallyalong with the best third-place finisher.The other eight teams placing third willcompete in the playoffs.

It means the so-called lesser nationshave been given a rare chance to qualifyfor a major tournament, and shouldensure group play maintains interest andexcitement through to the final games.

Except, maybe, for the big teams, someof whom head into the first round of qual-ifiers looking to shrug off a World Cuphangover. Less than two months after win-ning the world title, Germany returns tocompetitive action after being broughtback down to earth with a 4-2 friendly lossto Argentina in a rematch of the final.

The Netherlands and Spain also lostfriendlies in midweek.

Here are some things to know aboutthe start of qualifying for Euro 2016:

���(���B����>��'�--C “A wake-up call” was how former Germanydefender Per Mertesacker described hiscountry’s defeat Argentina onWednesday. The Germans will bedetermined to atone with a convincingwin over Scotland in Group D onSunday on their first step to what theyhope are back-to-back major titles. Loewhas to contend with several absentees,including injured midfielders SamiKhedira, Mesut Ozil, BastianSchweinsteiger and Julian Draxler, anddefender Mats Hummels. ThomasMueller was rested against Argentinaand is likely to start in Dortmund.

��� �C Spain’s dominance of worldfootball came to an end at the WorldCup — and the rebuilding job undercoach Vicente Del Bosque could takesome time. Already down to No. 7 in theFIFA rankings, Spain played France onThursday in its first match since thetournament in Brazil and lost 1-0without even having a shot on target.

The golden era is over, with the likesof David Villa, Xavi Hernandez and XabiAlonso retiring from internationals, andthe Spanish could be paying for its over-reliance on core players during their runof three straight major titles. Spain’s firstEuro 2016 qualifier is against Macedoniaon Monday, with Ukraine,Slovakia, Belarus andLuxembourg also in Group C.

� �� �������'��CGuusHiddink’s return to the helm of theNetherlands has given him plenty toponder ahead of his team’s first qualifierin Group A, against the Czech Republicin Prague. Hiddink reverted to thetraditional, attacking 4-3-3 formationon Thursday in a friendly against Italy.His predecessor, Louis van Gaal, hadlargely abandoned it in favor of a five-man defense at the World Cup, wherean inexperienced Dutch team finishedan impressive third thanks in large partto its tight defending. But within 10minutes in Bari, Hiddink’s teamconceded two goals and had defenderBruno Martins Indi sent off. The Dutchmanaged to hold the scoreline to a 2-0loss, but Hiddink will want to shore upthe defense against the Czechs. “Great

teams don’t lose twice in a row,”Hiddink said.

��((�� (��C Antonio Conte hasmade a big impact since taking overfrom Cesare Prandelli as Italy coach.Italy appeared much-improved in its

win over the Dutch andplayers gave a lot of thecredit to Conte, a hard-linedisciplinarian who guidedJuventus to the last three

Italian league titles. “He’s a hammer,”said forward Ciro Immobile, whoopened the scoring against the Dutchwith his first international goal. “Heexpects a lot from every player andthat’s the way it should be.” Conte’sapproach is a drastic turnaround fromthe leniency afforded by Prandelli, whoresigned after the Azzurri’s first-roundelimination from the World Cup. Italyopens Group H qualifying on Tuesdayat Norway, which was resolute in a 1-0loss to England on Wednesday. StrikerMario Balotelli is suspended.

���-���.���/��� ��CEngland hasbeen playing like a second-tierinternational team for a while. Now ithas the mindset of one. Speaking ahead

of his team’s opening Group E qualifierat Switzerland on Monday, Englandcoach Roy Hodgson said his side mightplay on the defensive — like opponentNorway did at Wembley Stadium in adrab 1-0 friendly win for the English onWednesday. England has lost star qualitywith the international retirements ofAshley Cole, Steven Gerrard and FrankLampard and Hodgson is missing somekey players through injury, leaving himwith an inexperienced squad. Hodgsonlost his cool after criticism of England’sdisplay against Norway, in which theteam had only two shots on target. Thepressure is on Hodgson after Englandwon just one point in three matches atthe World Cup.

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It’s a fascinating country, it truly is. Thereare people, lots of them. But each one is

busy in his own world. It’s unbelievable thatin India there is a job for every man,”Donaldson who has been to Mumbai andKolkata, says. He tells you that Agra andJaipur are places on his bucket list and hemay soon realise that dream.

Donaldson has had a long, productivecareer, featuring glossy Hollywood pro-ductions as No Way Out (1987), Cocktail(1988), Species (1995), Thirteen Days(2000), and The Recruit (2003). He gotstarted in New Zealand, back when therewas no film industry there. But everythingchanged when the director teamed up withSam Neill in Sleeping Dogs (1977), apolitical drama set in the near-future. Thiswas the first feature film made in NewZealand in about fifteen years, and also thefirst one to premier in the US. “Who wouldhave thought, I would be a prolific writerand filmmaker one day,” the 68-year-oldtells you. “As we speak, I am reading ascript that has landed up on my desk. It isa socially relevant concept retold in a mod-ern set up. I like scripts that have anintrigue element to it. What is life with-out any surprises?,” he queries.

Will it be yet another thriller, we askhim. “I love that genre. I like to do screen-play in my mind. If a concept appeals tome, I already have thought the movie inmy head. My stars help in bringing thatimagination alive. At the moment there aremany scripts that are vying for attention,”he tells you. He is also planning to shootin parts of India for his upcoming movie.

“It is an untitled film and shooting inIndia has been on top priority. I was veryimpressed with the way Zero Dark Thirtywas shot in locations. Indian cities havethat old world charm that can be utilisedin various ways,” he says.

As for his favourite Indian filmmak-er, “Satyajit Ray undoubtedly. He has trav-elled the world over and his movies are likean experience in itself. One will have to liveit to believe it,” the Dante's Peak directortells you.

He explains how getting the locationright for a perfect film is half the battle wonfor the filmmaker. It was this philosophy

that made him opt for Belgrade to shootfor November Man. “Belgrade was a polit-ical hotbed. There couldn’t havebeen a better place to shoot.I believe if the actor canfeel the tension withinhimself, he will deliverbetter,” he explains.

So, how was itworking with the big-gies in Hollywood?“They are stars notbecause they have anattitude but due tothe lack of it. Andthey are all polesapart and they areall very hardwork-ing,” he says.

Out of all hismovies, Donaldsonfeels biased aboutthose that he haswritten himself.“The World’sFastest Indianabout Burt Munrowill go down asmy favouritebecause it wasMunro whoinspired me tomake a film,”he says.

3+��������� ������������������� �������In a setting that seems just out of a George

Milies’ fantasy film, the piano called Phillipplays on its own and Jojo is a dancing vase;the bat-like dressed witches prey on the chil-dren and the hotel manager resembles JackSparrow. Welcome to the Poo Pot hotelwhere ‘We are funkdunctious, children arescrumptious…,’ sing Wizwits in the open-ing sequence of Kingdom of Dream’s brandnew show with the same name.

Expanding in the territory of live enter-tainment industry, Great Indian NautankiCompany’s KOD showcased its new fanta-sy show Wizwits at the ShowShaa theatreon the occasion of its fourth anniversary.Adapted from Roald Dahl’s story TheWitches, the show is tailored for childrenabove six years of age. Brought to life by theefforts of the seasoned theatre personalitiesLushin Dubey and Bubbles Sabharwal,Wizwits aims at taking a giant leap as far astheatre is concerned. “We have spent overtwo decades in the theatre and still feel thereis lot more to do,” Bubbles Sabharwal, whohas always wanted to create a space for chil-dren in theatres, says.

The act takes you on a wacky tour bystaging the encounter between a group ofchildren with the ugly witches and wizardswho are holding their conclave. The plotgradually unfolds as the Wizwits whodetest children hatch a plan to decimatethem by turning them into rats while hum-ming the tunes of dig diggity da da da. Theirplan backfires. Entertaining, energetic andyet with a moral message that ‘good alwaystriumphs over the evil’, Wizwits is a showwith the underlying theme of fearlessness.“The essence of our work is the spirit ofbeing bold and fearless. You see confidentchildren acting on the stage, that’s what Ialways wanted to see,” Lushin Dubey tellsus.

Five- year old Nargis, who is theyoungest actor of the lot, tells us how the-atre is fun: “I love delivering dialogues anddancing on the stage. We have been prac-ticing for over a year.” Though it is toughto manage studies and Wizwits at the sametime, the actors tell us how they get a friend-ly environment at school and work as well.“We have extra classes at school that helpsus to catch up with studies. Working hereis never hectic as we enjoy each and everymoment spent at KOD,” 12-year-old Vansh,tells you.

Despite the fact that Dubey has alwaysperformed on stage with minimal technol-

ogy at hand, she believes it is always judi-cious to move at pace with time and tech-nology.

“I understand the purist attitude towardsart forms. But when we have the infra-structure why not use it! This is a conjunc-tion where the western style of story-tellingmingles with our native values,” she says.Best known for her association with ArvindGaur’s theatre club, she will soon be screen-ing her fourth solo act in Patna.

A venue studded with screens on both

the sides and an extravagant set sur-mounted with LED lights, ShowShaa the-atre gives ample opportunity to the per-formers to woo audiences. “I got scaredwhen the witches tumbled down the stage.One of them even came to me to take a sniff.But I enjoyed the songs and choreography,”seven-year-old Taraksh from the audiencesays.

Wizwits will play at ShowShaa theatreon the weekdays at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pmand on weekends at 6:00pm only.

What makes a movie in Bollywood a super hit?Is it the popular starcast and their flawlessacting, beautiful location set in the backdrop

of foreign destinations or foot tapping item numbers?For veterans, these things play a secondary role infilmmaking. The heart and soul lies in the script whichis the foundation of the film.

“It is a known fact that scriptwriting is very cre-ative yet challenging. To come up with original sto-ries that will appeal to the audience is very tough. It’sthis story that generates work for the actors, direc-tors and producers,” scriptwriter-turned-actor AnjumRajabali opines.

For a man who has been writing stories for thepast 12 years, Gopi Puthran, the scriptwriter ofMardaani also feels that the writer in the industry isthe actual hero. “There is stiff competition everywhereand a lot depends on the story. In earlier times, a flim-sy theme could have done wonders if the stars werechosen carefully. Not today. What works is a goodstory,” he says, adding that movies like Queen andLunchbox were super hits because they were writtenwell. “I’m not taking anything away from the actorsor the director of the films who were the main pil-lars. But story writers have a role to play as well,” hesays.

If a movie bombs at the Box Office, the blamenaturally falls on the story. But the day when ascriptwriter hands over the script to the director, it’sthe death of the script for him. From thereon,scriptwriters have no say in the filming of the script.

“There is a common joke in Bollywood — whenthe final script is handed over to the director, two min-utes of silence is maintained because the script is deadfor the writer,” Rajabali, who was the man behind thescripts of Satyagraha, Chakravyuh, Aarakshan,Raajneeti, Apaharan, Naina, The Legend of Bhagat,Pukar and many others says.

Both Rajabali and Puthran agree that the filmindustry has been very cordial towards scriptwritersbut sometimes they get frustrated when they see howtheir story has been represented in a big medium.

“It can be quite irritating to see your script beingturning into something completely different. Thereis nothing you can do about it. When the movie comes

out, no scriptwriter is ever happy and satisfied withthe end product. But such is life,” Rajabali insists .

Story writers reveal that their job is the most chal-lenging one in the film industry. A little problem andthe film will fall flat. The trick, scriptwriters believelies in how much to show and what to delete. “Letthe audience put two and two together. You can’t pusha concept down their throat. In Mardaani that wasa challenge. We had to be sure about how much toshow and what to hide. The aim was to get a strongmessage across to the audience, not to petrify them,”Puthran tells you from Mumbai.

The other challenge, he insists is always to keepemotions out of the script. “As a storyteller one hasto present both sides of the coin. We can’t present abiased view,” he tells you. This is where some storiesare lagging behind and films that could have donewell are falling flat. “I don’t understand the penchantof over-the-top dramatisation,” he adds.

When scripting a story, the most important aspectis working as a team with the director. “It’s impor-tant to have a wavelength between the director andscriptwriter. Otherwise the story would go haywire.It’s like a relay race where the director and thescriptwriter are at the two ends and you have to coor-dinate and understand right from the start,” Rajabaliexplains. “Prakash Jha and I share a very strong bondand have immense faith in each other. Aarakshan(2011), Chakravyuh (2012) and Satyagraha (2013)happened back-to-back but Raajneeti took two to fouryears of scripting. Prakash and I used to disagree alot during the discussion but that never affected ourrelationship,” he says.

For Rajabali,The Legend of Bhagat Singh was themost difficult and enjoyable film. “More than 17months of research work went in its scripting. AamirKhan and Rani Mukherji’s Gulaam which was anadaptation of Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront (1954)was also a fun film. Whereas Chakravyuh was an easytask. I made the first draft of the script in 1995 andin every two years, I used to revise the script and thecharacter. It was Prakash who showed interest in itand turned in to a film. Raajneeti was also an inter-esting story to do but Prakash and I had a lot of argu-ment in every single dialogue,” he adds.

In 1992, when Rajabali decided to learn the craftof scriptwriting, he found himself alienated becausethere was not a single college which offered him acourse. In 2004, Rajabali introduced scriptwritingcourse in FTII and its alumni went on to produce filmslike Shaitan, Rock On, De Dhakka and several otherfilms and TV shows. His dream of launching a plat-form that can train the budding scriptwriters forBollywood and TV is taking its shape in the form ofCinerise which will mentor and assist buddingscriptwriters to learn this art and pitch their storiesto the top-notch filmmakers. “Baba Azmi wasstruggling to complete his script when I agreed to helphim out. That is how I landed up in this profession.The offers start pouring in and I got an opportuni-ty to co-write with veteran director Govind Nihaliniin Drohkaal (1998),” Rajabali, who learnt scriptwrit-ing on his own, tells you.

Around 100 scriptwriters will be selected for theworkshop where the story will be revised. Out of those15 scriptwriters will be selected for the Script Lab phasewhere they’ll be guided by 12 mentors— eight fromIndia and others from abroad. After six months of train-ing, these scriptwriters will be pitching their stories tothe filmmakers, corporate and production houses.There are no commercial returns attached to Cinerise.“The programme is free of cost for the buddingscriptwriters. Only they will have the copyright to theirstories. There is no agreement or bond signed by them,”he says, adding that the whole purpose of Cinerise isto channelise the talent of potential and competentscriptwriters to develop good scripts.

The veteran writer feels that India being a nationof folklore and rich literature, the craft of scriptwrit-ing and storytelling did not receive much attentionand doesn’t have a well defined work structure.“During 1950s, there was no separate field ofscriptwriters in Bollywood. Directors like MehboobKhan, known for Mother India, used to script theirown stories. Screen by screen dialogue was pennedand a lot of importance was given on each dialogue.This is lacking in today’s time,” he tells you.

But slowly things started changing and scriptwrit-ers started getting their due credit. “In the past fewdecades we have seen a lot of talent in Bollywood.From Mani Ratnam, Yash Raj, Karan Johar to VikramAditya Motwani, Anurag Kashyap and many more.The contract between the scriptwriters and produc-tion house became more transparent. Script becamean important factor and writers started getting cred-it in the film. In 2012, Indian Copyright Act whichgot amended favoured the writers. The court becamesensitive. This is the good time to join scriptwritingin India,” Rajabali points out.

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The political storm in Islamabad isbeginning to abate as Parliamentchose to stand solidly behindNawaz Sharif and his Government.Those who scripted the storm —

taking the country to the precipice, hopingagainst hope that a political tsunami wouldsweep the Nawaz Government out of power— must be very unhappy. It is one of therarest cases in Pakistan’s history that thesilent majority finally overcame a howlingminority baying for Nawaz’s ouster fromoffice.

While Imran Khan and MuhammadTahir-ul-Qadri — the principal visible actorsin the high-voltage drama that went on formore than two weeks in the red zone ofIslamabad — strained their vocal cords hop-ing to draw people to the streets in millions,they could muster only a crowd of tame sup-porters that turned out only in hundreds orthousands at the most. Those unseen (if notcompletely unknown) puppeteers pulling thestrings from behind the scene had no otheroption but to give up in the end.

A visibly sick Javed Hashmi, number twoin Imran’s party, who left his hospital bed tobe beside his leader, true to his reputation asa rebel (baghi), finally shared his anxietyabout the unseen directors of the farcicalshow. Parliament solidly backed Nawaz’sGovernment in a joint session, and an oppo-sition ‘jirga’ — as the media called it — nego-tiated well with both Imran and Qadri.

All this has led to the much-awaited anti-climax as overwhelming majority of peopleheaved sighs of relief across the country. Butdoes this mean victory for forces of democra-cy? Does it indicate that the Army has lostthe plot and made the final retreat? Thewhole episode deserves closer scrutiny.

����������To start with, following the May 2013 GeneralElections in Pakistan, Imran had alleged thatthe results had been stolen from his party. Hisparty had performed much better than in pre-vious elections and had overtaken the PakistanPeoples Party (PPP) in terms of absolute votes.Of 46,217,482 votes polled, Imran’s PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secured 7,679,954 votes(16.6 per cent) compared to PPP’s 6,911,218(15 per cent). Pakistan Muslim Leagueemerged as the largest party, securing absolutemajority in Parliament with 14,874,104 votes(32 per cent).

Imran suspected foul play at almost all lev-els — the Election Commission, the judiciaryand the caretaker Government. He was insis-tent on recounting of votes in four constituen-cies — NA-110 Sialkot I, NA-122, Lahore IV,NA-125 Lahore VIII, and NA-154 Lodhran I.

Of these, in NA-122, Imran had lost out toAyaz Sadiq, now speaker of the NationalAssembly by 8,872 votes. In NA-110, formerPML-N Defence Minister Khawaja MuhammadAsif had defeated the PTI candidate by over21,000 votes. In NA-125, the incumbent PML-N Minister for Railways, Khawaja Saad Rafique,had defeated PTI stalwart Hamid Khan by18,921 votes. In case of NA-154, Pakistani busi-nessman entrepreneur and PTI candidateJahangir Tareen had lost to an Independentcandidate by about 10,000 votes.

For Imran, the performance of his partywas much worse than what he had anticipatedand he attributed his failure to “massive elec-toral fraud by PML-N”. He went to the extentof saying that the 2013 elections were theworst-rigged in the history of Pakistan.

Looking at the high profile PML-N candi-dates, who had won from three of the fourconstituencies, the Nawaz Government was not

quite keen to reopen the cases, and was visiblydragging its feet over the issue, even if theElectoral Commission had gone ahead withabout 400 electoral complaints, about 65 ofthem from PTI. It was a clear case of underes-timating the political opponent. However,Imran had his doubts about the commissionenquiring into the cases in an impartial man-ner under the PML-N Government. He wasraising this demand off and on throughout thelast 14 months, until he decided to go all outand announce a long march. But the issue iswhy he chose this moment and could he havedone it all by himself?

�������� ������There was, in general, a storm building up onthe horizon, which went largely unnoticed byNawaz and his men. Nawaz’s imperious behav-iour, his overdependence on a coterie full ofhis relatives, his regular absence fromParliament sessions, failure to revive the econ-omy, and worsening power situation began tobe discussed widely. A sense of popular frus-tration with the Government, especially inurban centres, seemed to build up quietly,even as the Sharif brothers tried their best toinvite foreign investment, particularly fromChina ($32 billion), and repair relationshipwith the US and immediate neighbours.

Against this backdrop, when popular dis-satisfaction was beginning to shape up, forcesopposed to Nawaz were waiting for an oppor-tune moment, which came their way in thewake of police excesses against demonstratorsfrom Qadri’s party Pakistan Awami Tehreek(PAT) on June 17, at Model Town in Lahore,which led to death of seven persons. From thattime onwards, all hell broke loose. Imran’s PTIwas waiting for such a chance, as were otherdark forces within the military establishment.

������������ �������Ever since Nawaz came to power, there was acommon view in Pakistan that the Army did notwant him in office. Nawaz treaded softly tobegin with. He included military chiefs in hisnewly formed Cabinet Committee on NationalSecurity (CCNS), which replaced the DefenceCommittee of the Cabinet (DCC), and hopedthat civilian induction of Army leadership intothe apex decision-making structure on securitywould help reduce their antipathy towards himand his Government. That was not to be.

Even if Nawaz saw off Ashfaq Parvez Kayanirather peacefully and picked Raheel Sharif asKayani’s successor, the tension continued.Perhaps Raheel may be having some sense ofpersonal loyalty towards Nawaz, but the institu-tional distaste for Nawaz and his policies is per-haps too widespread within the Army for it toreconcile to Nawaz’s leadership. That may be thereason why the Army, as a whole or at least pow-erful sections within it, choose pawns like Imranand Qadri to show Nawaz his limits.

To begin with, Nawaz disregarded theArmy’s perspective on handling militancy in thetribal belt. He chose to talk, which the Armycontemplated as a military operation. Ultimately,militants provoked the Government and theArmy to launch Operation Zarb-e-Azb.

It is also well known that the Army hasreservations about Nawaz’s policies towardsAfghanistan and India. It would not like Nawazto build bridges with the ruling dispensations inthese countries. It is believed that Nawaz’s com-ing to India to attend the swearing-in ceremonyof the new PM was also not received well by theestablishment. His decision not to meet the sepa-ratists had riled the Army even more.

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There is indeed so much to doabout the human skin thanparticipating in social experi-ments by applying soap on oneside and a self-proclaimed

nourishing bathing soap on the other.Registering oneself as an organ donorsure is a venerable decision, but the skintoo could also of be of higher services.Skin can be donated within six hours ofa person’s death.

Anyone can donate skin irrespectiveof their age and gender, provided they are18 years of age and above. The whole pro-cedure takes only about 30-45 minutes,but it could metamorphosise the life ofa burns victim. The procedure entails dif-ferent stages of blood collection, followedby skin harvesting and bandaging. Theface and neck of the donor will beuntouched, thereby dispelling doubtsabout the dignity of the dead or for thepurpose of funeral.

While treating severe burn cases,most doctors contact skin banks to helptheir patients. Burn injuries are not onlyphysically traumatic but also subject aperson to perpetual mental and social dis-comfort. A battery-operated instrumentcalled Dermatome is used while harvest-ing skin. Usually, only the 1/8th layer, thatis the uppermost layer of the skin, is har-vested. In the preservation of the skin, itis kept cleanly covered in containers con-taining Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)and antibiotics like Penicillin, stored at 4degrees Celsius, for about two to fourweeks. Alternatively, it can also be pre-served with Glycerol and antibiotics at 70degrees Celsius. In this case, it could bestored for more than a month.

Beyond burn injuries, one of themost inhuman and traumatic experiencesfor a person could be an acid attack. Andstatistics imply that acid attacks areprevalent in countries like India,Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Uganda andCambodia, among others. The BBCreports that 1,500 attacks are reportedworldwide every year, but the actual fig-ure could be much higher.

In India, following the Delhi gan-grape case of December 16, 2012, a newlaw was passed which criminalised acidattacks. It proposed punishment of notless than 10 years to a maximum of lifeimprisonment for perpetrators and finethat could go up to �10 lakh. TheSupreme Court on July 18, 2013, passedan order to regulate the sale of acidsacross the country. While hoping that thiswould lower the number of such cases,one can still not shy away from helpingthose already in need. Depending uponthe depth of injury, skin donation or skintransplantation could at times heal anacid attack victim entirely or at least heal70 per cent of the burns.

Here are some of the most importantsteps while handling acid attacks as alsolisted in www.stopacidattacks.org:� Wash affected body part of patientwith plenty of fresh or saline water.� Don’t rinse the burn area with dirty

water as it can cause severe infection.� Keep splashing the affected burn areawith plenty of cool water for around 30-45 minutes.� Take off all clothing and jewellerywhich may have had contact with acid.� Do not apply any cream or ointmenton the affected area without medical con-sultation.� Use sterilised gauze to loosely wrap theaffected area. � Rush the patient to a burn specialtyhospital.

Post surgery, three steps could berelied upon for quicker relief:

� Regular massage with Contratubex andcoconut oil two times each daily.� Gell sheet to be applied on affectedarea at least for 12 hours a day.� Pressure garment to be worn for atleast 10-12 hours a day.

Skin grafting is another surgicalprocedure in which skin is removed fromone part of the body and placed overburned or damaged skin. Third-degree

burns must be covered as quickly as pos-sible to prevent infection as well as lossof fluid. For first or second degreeburns, skin grafting is the most effectivesolution. Tissue expansion too is a med-ical procedure that enables the body togrow extra skin for use in proceduresconcerning reconstruction. From ulcersto cosmetic reasons and skin cancer, skingrafting can be the answer to all thesewoes.

Unfortunately, skin banks in India arerare, causing double trouble for patientswho require immediate transplant. Andthe few that exist are ceaselessly huntingfor donors. Interestingly, at the sametime, the Indian aesthetic industry, overthe past few years, is reported to haveseen a surge in demand with hugeopportunities for growth. The aestheticsand wellness market is speculated totouch $20 billion over the next two yearswith equal weightage to vanity for menand women.

A newly opened clinic in Delhi, Reva,offers an entire suite of aesthetics ser-

vices. It is said to be a high-tech aesthet-ics clinic, the first in India to acquire aBBL Sciton machine, which is the safestand most advanced machine and hasintroduced programmes combiningEastern practices with Western technol-ogy. The clinic also uses the ForeverYoung laser, a superior technology intro-duced for the first time in the Indian aes-thetics industry along with Cool sculpt-ing — a proven non-surgical fat reduc-tion technique. Moreover, for a whole-some experience, there would be cus-tomised meals at Ea’T’hin café based onthe European weight management pro-gram, which would be delivered topatrons across the city.

The team at Reva is led by the high-ly renowned facial plastic surgeon, DrDevinder S Mangat, MD, as ChiefMedical Director. His skill in this field isunparalleled and he says, “With Reva, myhandpicked team brings to India a wholenew world of beauty and aesthetics ser-vices as never seen before with interna-tional standards practiced and cutting

edge technology. My team and I hope tobring about both art and science to thefield of aesthetics.” On board this teamare Dr Reema Arora, a senior consultantrenowned as the ‘Mother of Aesthetics inIndia’, Dr Aarushi Passi (cosmetic physi-cian), and Dr Shubhangi Perkar (derma-tologist).

Backed by the UNICEF and NACO,Reva is also working with Stop AcidAttacks, an NGO, to stabilise the lives ofacid attack victims. One victim will betreated at Reva pro bono annually. Theyalso say that they will partake in eventsto raise awareness on the need to stopsuch crimes. Reva also claims to havecontributed generously to Mamta, whichworks with International HIV/AIDSAlliance. Dr Mangat will have three addi-tional America-trained plastic surgeons,Neena Will, Tripti Burt, and Mark Been, performing surgical and non-surgicalprocedures at the clinic.

Additionally, there will be two full-time cosmetic dermatologists evaluatingand treating patients. Some of the servicesthat will be provided include treatmentof wrinkles, facial skin blemishes, and pig-mentation using chemical peels, non-invasive lasers and skin care products.

Fractional lasers for skin surface reju-venation and skin tightening radio fre-quency and infra red lasers to improveskin texture and colour are also used insurgical procedures related to the skin.Other surgical procedures for skininclude the facial rejuvenation withfacelifts, eyelid lifts, facial implants forchin and cheek augmentation, rhinoplas-ty, scar revisions, removal of skin blem-ishes, and so on.

However, they often cost the commonman a bomb. Acid attack victims couldbe from any strata of society and it is oftenseen that they hail from a backgroundwith limited means. Unfortunately, untillast year, Government hospitals did nothave skin banks, rendering the poor help-less and further traumatised.

A report in 2010 stated that in India,incidents of burns amount to a shockingsix to seven million per year. This is attrib-uted to illiteracy, poverty and lack of safe-ty awareness among people. The absenceof burn care facilities makes the situationworse despite the fact that 90 per cent ofthe burn injuries are preventable.

Almost a decade of the millennium,the supposedly shining 21st century, sawalmost no trace of skin banks across thecountry. Not many, in fact, know thatskin can be donated too. Collectivesocial apathy towards donation of organsor skin deters a lot of scientific progressthat could have helped mankind. Only athin layer from the thigh and back arecollected and that too without any dis-figurement to the body of the donor. Butit gives a new life to another person.Procedures such as skin grafting, skindonating, and skin banking need urgentattention and active participation tospread awareness.

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Nawaz Government’s indecision overPervez Musharraf was another irritant forArmy. The Army leadership was also

quite upset about Nawaz paying a courtesy visitto the nursing home where noted journalistHamid Mir was recuperating after beingattacked allegedly by people associated with theISI. Together, there was enough reason for theArmy to look for willing collaborators in their“minus-one” dislodge Nawaz project.

���� ����������On the eve of 2013 elections, there was wide-spread suspicion in Pakistan that some invisiblepowers in Pakistan (read ISI) were primingforces to stall Nawaz’s return to power, whichhad started looking inevitable towards the endof 2012.

This is how the rumour went: Qadri wasflown in from Canada and Imran was proppedup from inside to put up a close fight againstNawaz. The electronic media also joined thefray by anointing Imran as the prime ministerialcandidate. As it has been mentioned earlier, PTImanaged to reap a good harvest but could notstop Nawaz from coming to power.

In the changed circumstances, it was per-haps considered opportune to re-energise Imranand Qadri to launch a protest movement againstNawaz. Other pro-military forces like PML-Qaid, Awami Muslim League (AML) and somereligious outfits like Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen(MWM) were always ready to play ball with theArmy. Once the movement gathered traction,other mainstream parties were expected to join.

������������������� ��������������A close look at the demands presented by Imranand Qadri reveals that they were framed in anon-negotiable manner. They asked theGovernment to own up all the allegations madeby them, resign and pack up, leaving the dooropen for them to rebuild Pakistan.

The six main demands of Imran were resig-nation of the Prime Minister, electoral reforms,re-election to follow reforms, establish a neutralcaretaker Government, resignation of all mem-bers of the Election Commission who managedthe previous election, those responsible for elec-tion rigging be imprisoned and tried underArticle 6, which deals with high treason.

The 10-point demands of Qadri were quiterhetorical and aimed at establishing a democrat-ic society which would result in rule of the peo-ple, alleviate poverty, cater to basic needs of thepeople, transform society, eradicate terror, andprotect the rights of minorities and women.Qadri would argue that such re-engineeringcould only be possible if the national andprovincial Assemblies were dissolved and theGovernment relinquished its power, makingroom for fresh elections and election of a newGovernment.

The demands were thus designed to forcethe Government to quit. The calculation ofthose scripting the drama was simple — drivenby a sense of optimism — that there would beenough gravitas to floor Nawaz or at least cor-

ner and weaken him. There was a hope that when Imran would

start his march from Lahore on the PakistanIndependence Day on August 14, and as hewould move towards Islamabad along the GrandTrunk Road, people of Pakistan would pour outin millions and take Islamabad by storm, forcingthe Government to quit or at least compellingNawaz to resign.

� ���� ������������ ������ �Both Imran, the voluble maverick, and Qadri,the self-indulgent rabble rouser, perhaps failedto feel the pulse of the people. As they startedfrom Lahore, it became quite clear that at itspeak the crowd did not go beyond 20,000-25,000, and waned after that.

After reaching Islamabad, despite raisingtheir decibels, both leaders could hardly inflatetheir ranks. Even PTI legislators in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa refused to oblige Imran andresign from their seats. With a lot of effort,Imran could send in the resignation letters ofPTI members of the National Assembly. In spiteof such a poor show, the two leaders decided togo on, lodged in their containers, while theirsupporters outside grew restive.

Imran’s intentions became even clearer whenhe decided to continue with his sit-in in front ofthe Parliament, even if the Government pan-icked and agreed to accept five of the sixdemands made by him. The whole movementnow revolved around resignation of Nawaz,which was impossible for any self-respectingGovernment to concede.

In this context, Nawaz’s decision to handover the security of Islamabad, the capital city,to the Army was intended to force it to behave.He entrusted the Army with the responsibilityvide article 245 of the Constitution to “act in aidof civil power” and provide protection to the redzone in the capital city, which houses all impor-tant institutions of democracy — the Parliamenthouse, the Supreme Court, the Government sec-retariat, and Prime Minister’s house.

As the crowds grew restless and Imranthreatened to march into PM’s house, the Armyspokesman was forced to issue a Twitter state-ment that sanctity of these institutions must beupheld at all costs.

However, revealing its collusion with thedemonstrators further, the Army decided not tointervene despite active provocation from theleaders, even after the crowd attacked theGovernment buildings. Finally, when the policeresponded to the acts of violence by the protest-ers, which resulted in the death of four persons(seven, according to Imran), the Army issued astatement condemning armed action and choseto admonish the Government to resolve thedeadlock without use of force. When the pro-testers entered Pakistan Television (PTV) officeand vandalised the premises, the Army rangerswere seen to be dealing with them in the kindestmanner possible.

Coming to the Army’s response to such asponsored crisis — it waited in patience for themovement to gather momentum. In the mean-while, the Army chief did meet PM thrice with-in a week and even had meetings with Imran

and Qadri, but failed to persuade them to stoptheir protest. Cynics in Pakistan held that theArmy enjoyed the spectacle and did not want toresolve it so soon. Otherwise, one wink from theArmy chief would have been enough to bringthe protest to a close.

��������� ������������ ��������������There was little doubt that Imran could not havegone ahead with his protest without assurancesor direction from some quarters that he wouldnot be harmed. Imran’s threat to theGovernment that the ‘umpire’ was looking ateverything and “will raise his fingers” clearlypointed towards the military.

However, putting all speculations to rest, thepresident of Imran’s party, Javed Hashmi, knownfor his impeccable democratic credentials,walked away from the demonstration over theissue of ordering PTI followers to march into thePM house. Later, Hashmi attended the joint ses-sion of the Parliament and revealed that Imranwas all along guided by unseen forces in hisprotest march and there was a sense of conster-nation among the sponsors that both the leaderscould not muster enough popular support.

The Army in a press release followingHashmi’s statements said it was not in any wayconnected to the protest. It “categorically reject-ed the assertions” that the Army and ISI werebacking PTI/PAT in the ongoing political stand-off “in any way”. It stated further that it was “anapolitical institution” and talked about “itsunequivocal support for democracy at numer-ous occasions”.

The Army was clearly on the back foot andthe more it denied its role, the more the analystsin Pakistan seemed convinced that it was themain architect of the drama being enacted at theParliament Square.

�� ������������In a rare show of unity, perhaps for the first timein the history of Pakistan, almost all mainstreampolitical parties, except PTI, came together andrallied behind Nawaz, reiterating their supportfor democracy. During the joint session, theOpposition leaders criticised Nawaz severely forhis lapses but conveyed a clear message to theprotesters that such undemocratic methodswould not be allowed to succeed.

Simultaneously, a reconciliation committeecomprising mainly opposition parties —includ-ing Jamat-i-Islami, PTI’s alliance partner —negotiated with Imran and Qadri to bring theprotests to a halt. Such demonstration of unitywas a loud call to the Army to not tamper withthe ongoing democratic experiment in Pakistan.

� ���������������The media community of Pakistan played a big

role in exaggerating the importance of themarch. It was shocking to see most of the elec-tronic channels prosecuting and passing ver-dict on Nawaz Government, brazenly sidingwith Imran and Qadri and throwing all decen-cy to winds.

However, it was refreshing to see the printmedia advocating restraint and behavingresponsibly. It is necessary for the media com-munity to engage in soul-searching once thedrama ends and help the process of democratictransition consolidate, rather than invite praeto-rian forces to make a mockery of it.

���� ���� ����As things stand today, it appears on the surfacethat the threat to Nawaz’s Government may havebeen averted, and the Army is on the back foot.The news of Chinese President contemplatingcancellation of his upcoming trip in Septembermay have also discouraged mischief-makersfrom going ahead with the comic circus.

Nevertheless, the damage has been doneeven though the plan has not succeeded fully.Nawaz has realised the consequences of actingagainst the wishes of the Army. Reports inPakistani media say he has already assured theArmy that he would not conduct his foreign andsecurity policy without its consent. He mayspend the rest of his tenure doubly conscious ofthe long shadow of the Army on the politics ofPakistan.

On the positive side, the NawazGovernment has been jolted out of its sense ofcomplacence. It has now learnt that coterie poli-tics will not work and it cannot afford to bearrogant and dismissive about the Opposition.

Nawaz must be thankful to the Oppositionfor having forgiven him despite his haughtyand overbearing style of functioning — all inthe name of saving democracy and stopping apossible coup. If he is clever, he must imple-ment Imran’s saner suggestions, conduct athorough investigation into the allegations,invest in electoral reforms to strengthendemocracy and progressively roll back Army’srole in politics by bringing about structuralreforms in a gradual manner.

The people of Pakistan have won in the end.By refusing to participate in Imran’s farcicalmarch, they have shown signs of maturity. Afterall, if the crowds would have started building upin Islamabad, no amount of speeches inParliament could have saved Nawaz. The batonand bayonet would have hijacked democracy.

Had they poured out in greater numbers, itwould have boosted the morale of the militaryand its pawns. Nawaz, a pawn in the hands ofthe military, has perhaps learnt his lessons thehard way, so have other mature politicians inPakistan.

This is good news for Pakistan that unlike inthe past, there is no temptation to rally aroundthe Army in moments of crisis and project it asa saviour, only to topple the Government andcome to power. Let us hope, it will last.

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Excavations and archaeologicalresearch on Tin Route bringsevidence on tin, brought from

the mountains of Afghanistan toBaluchistan and Indus basins, andoverland across Iran to the city ofEshnunna on the Tigris river inMesopotamia. From Mesopotamia itwas later transported overland, via thecity of Mari on the Euphrates, to theport of Ugarit in northern Syria, andinto the Middle East. There were twoknown sources of tin — Afghanistanand Anatolia. The increased demandof tin for bronze production openedup trade with Afghanistan, and thusthe first known trade route, the TinRoad, was born.

S Kalyanaraman’s new book juxta-poses archaeology and hermaneutics.The philosophical hermaneuticsattempted in this work provides evi-dence associated with Meluhhaspeakers of the Bronze Age. Meluhhawas the name by which Harappan orIndus-Sarasvati civilisation wasknown to Mesopotamia. Growth ofbronze technology necessitated awriting system of Meluhha cipher asevident from corpora of nearly 7000inscriptions. Meluhha cipher wasused with cuneiform syllable symbol-ic forms in Fertile Crescent andAncient Near East.

Kalyanaraman argues thatMeluhha is cognate of SanskritMleccha. The author traces the evolu-tion of the term in literary corpusand archaeological remains inWestern India and Mesopotamia.Kalyanaraman identifies and discuss-es Mleccha as referred to inSathapathabrahmana, ValmikiRamayana, Mahabharata,Matsyapurana, and Arthasastra.Sathapathabrahmana provides theearly evidence of the Mleccha speech.Thus a Brahmana text refers toMleccha in terms of linguistic identi-ty. In Panini’s Ashtadhyayi, Mlecchagets semantically associated withindistinct speech.

Proto Indic language in ancientIndian texts by Bharatamuni and alsoin Manusmriti are discussed byKalyanaraman. In the Mahabharata,Pahlava, Sabara, Saka, Yavana, Pundra,Kirata, Dramila, Simbhala, Barbaraand Darada are collectively referred asMleccha. Presenting literary evidencefrom Mahabharata and Vishnupurana,Kalyanaraman proposes that Meluhhais the region around Gandhara. Theauthor also discusses at length theinfluence of Sanskrit language and lit-

erature on Tamil Sangam literary cor-pus.

Presenting archaeological evi-dence, Kalyanaraman argues a culturalcontinuity in India and proposes therechristening of over 2,000 Bronze Agesites on the Sarasvati basin as Sarasvaticivilisation. The presence of Meluhhaartisans in a comprehensive mercantileregion extending from the foothills ofthe Himalayas to Pontic mountains inTurkey is supported by Meluhhahieroglyphs.

From the mid-third millenniumBCE, Sumerian and Akkadian

cuneiform sources frequently mentionMakkan, the southern shore of thePersian Gulf and Arabian Sea andMeluhha, the northern shore ofPersian Gulf and Arabian Sea whichincludes the Indus valley. Further,Melukka appears occasionally in cuni-form texts of the Old Akkadian andUr III Periods referring to the regionof Sarasvati civilisation. As testimony,Kalyanaraman cites Asko and SimoParpola. The author has substantiallydocumented hieroglyphs from Britishmuseum, seals as well as Sumerianand Ur inscriptions.

In the archaeometallurgical con-text, the importance of zinc is dis-cussed by the author. Zinc smelting atUdaipur in Rajasthan is the earliestsite of zinc production in the world.Copper and bronze metallurgy are dis-cussed in Harappan context as well asMesopotamian trade network.

Hieroglyphs on tablets fromHarappa and Mohenjo-daro and otherIndus-Sarasvati sites are presented bythe author symbolising processions oflapidary-artisan competence. Evidenceof Sivalingas in terracotta and stoneunearthed from Kalibangan, Harappa

and Mohenjo-daro are discussed inrelation to pillars from Dholavirashaped as lingas.

Kalyanaraman discusses ancientIndian texts such as Vishnusamhita,Manasara Silpa and Manasollasa insupport of lost wax method which waslargely practiced in Ganga valley andOdisha-Andhra region. Further, thechronology of archaeological culturesof Ganga valley has gone back to 1800BC, changing our idea of the late VedicPeriod.The author highlights theimportance of the Painted Grey Waresite of Purola which has yieldedSyenachiti or the brickaltar associatedwith Vedic sacrifices. Kalyanaramanargues that reduplication as a hallmarkof Indian languages, is an importantfeature explains the presence of manyhomonyms in Mleccha. It enabled

symbolic forms of words to be signi-fied by Meluhha hieroglyphs. Theimportance of major trade routes link-ing Indus-Sarasvati civilisation,Mesopotamia and central Asia are alsodiscussed from the archaeological per-spective.

Meticulously researched with wideranging tools, Kalyanaraman has dis-cussed the work quite comprehensive-ly and presented in a rather thematicway. Using interdisciplinary data, itbreaks our conventional concept ofMleccha. There are more than hun-dred figures, and also maps as well asreference and index which supplementthe rather new and brilliant presenta-tion. It is a premier research work forall interested in early India.

Kalyan Ray is the author of thenovel Eastwords and hastranslated several books ofcontemporary Indian poetryinto English, including City of

Memories which has a preface by AllenGinsberg. Owing to natural disasters,political unrest, and poverty, his familywas uprooted from the Ganges Delta(now Bangladesh). He grew up inCalcutta, was educated in India and theUS, where he is now a professor ofEnglish Literature. He spends his timebetween India and America, and is thehusband of renowned Indian filmmakerAparna Sen. In his new novel, NoCountry, he intertwines private historiesand political events. It is the story of twofriends — Padraig and Brendan — “and achain of unforeseeable, irrevocable eventsthat will propel one to North Americaand the other to Bengal”. It begins in 1989when “an Indian couple are discoveredmurdered in a small town in upstate NewYork. They lie together as though justdisengaged from a long embrace. Yettheir murder has been two centuries inthe making”. In an interview, the authorspeaks about how he lived the past whilewriting the novel and how he would likehis readers to live those phases and hearthose voices too.

� Identity, borders, nationality and soon are the crucial themes of your book.What does statehood mean to you?I find most of the borders to be elusive.If you think about it, you will realise thatyou can have borders, but they will getredrawn in the next economic onrush.Very often, borders mean so little,because in the old days entire countrieswere controlled by companies. Thinkabout how Gabriel Garcia Marquezwrites about the United Fruit Company,

and what borders mean to him.Likewise, borders have been redrawn inthe last 150 years; they have beenreduced to matters of convenience.

�Your book has passages of Yeats’sSailing to Byzantium. Is Yeats aninfluence upon you?Yes, I realised when I was writing thebook that so many aspects of it could besummed up in this one poem. All of theepigraphs and the title come from it. Theidea of crossing over, of change andchangelessness both, the notion of aninexorable passage of time “set upon agolden to bough to sing to the lords ofByzantium” inspired me to find a namefor my story from that poem. ‘NoCountry’ is the title because no countryis permanent. We are talking aboutimpermanence. Do you remember thatplace on the famine ship where Brendan,Maeve are sailing? Brendan is a man ofbelief but he’s lying there, thinking,about how almost every one of God’smost remarkable miracles was aboutfood, be it The Last Supper, Sea ofGalilee, or Loaves and Fishes. He thensays to God, “Are we not your childrentoo? Do we not deserve sustenance?” It’sa cry from the soul. Think about thePartition, or the creation of Bangladesh.Yeats comes with these ideas of identity.There are few poets who had such anamazing idea of history.

�Was it a conscious ploy to narratethe accounts in the first personnarrative? Does that reinforce the ideaof ‘identity’ in the book?Yes, nothing establishes identity as thevoice itself; the first person singular ‘I’.The examination of ‘Who am I?’ isconstant. In the letter that Robert (aBritish era policeman in colonial

Calcutta) writes, he asks, “Where do wecome from?” And he wonders aboutnames. How the name Aryana changesto Iran or how the Gypsies are called‘Manush’ in French. Have you everwondered what is the real persona of anotherwise familiar acquaintance? It’s theultimate familiar unknowability. Rightnow, we are talking but we don’t reallyknow each other. Or think about thedying Maire Aherne. There is asubstantial contrast between the fierywoman who lived and the miserableMaire who has nobody by her side in herlast moments. Madgy too is someonewho doesn’t have a voice, but is sorted.

�Was there a conscious attack uponiconoclasm? Both Captain Connollyand Father Conlon are not inspiringfigures for a clergyman and captainrespectively?There is indeed a sense ofdisillusionment, of course. MaireAherne, for instance, rushes in becauseshe can’t bear the sight of her neighbour’shut being demolished. But there is nosentimentality when she lies dying. Infact, even in that crisis, she is robbed. Youdon’t associate tears with her but in herlast moments, she is in tears.

�What is the relevance of politicalhistory?

All histories are political. Also, considerhow we tell a story. The moment we startthinking, that moment has gone to thepast. All stories are about the past. Youthink on a canvas, that canvas is time.

�How did you research for this novel?I did research a lot but I made much effortto hide the effort I was putting in. I wantedto tell a story which was a page turner. Iwanted people to go through it as if theywere living through those lives, voices andphases, and then wonder “Oh my God,how much politics has gone into it!Everything is about politics.” I took asabbatical and read Irish accounts from1835 to 1847. I went through Irish politicalworks, newspapers, folk songs and so on ofthat period. In my head, I was living in thatage. Even the description of Dublin in1843, when Padraig is walking through thestreet, they all had existed. I looked at theirpictures with magnifying glasses. I triedrecreating the past just like that, not apretty one, but just right.

�You are a professor of literature, howdo you solve the problems in literaryhistoriography? More so, because yourbook is about the Ireland of 1840s, Indiaof 1910s and New York of 1980s. Can‘Literary History’ be defined?You know, I could talk on and on abouttheory but one might still not come out

with a jot of understanding literaturewithout a complete, immersive reading ofthe text itself. In the last 35 or so years, wehave had a lot of sheer jargons andsuperficial isms in the name of literature;I am tired of it and tried to tell a story withvoices that are clear enough and notdependent on deconstructive and reader-response theories. They are clear voices oflife. They are more real. What Yeats called‘the rag and bone shop of the heart’: “Imade my song a coat, covered withembroideries out of old mythologies fromheel to throat; But the fools caught it, woreit in the world’s eyes as though they’dwrought it. Song, let them take it, forthere’s more enterprise in walking naked.”

�How do you look at the East-Westdichotomy?If you look at a globe, can you say which isthe East and which is the West? Even theInternational Date Line is an artificialconstruct. So many civilisations, like theGreek, have passed through the “East”.Spanish architecture is actually Moorisharchitecture. Think about the Islamicmiddle ages, they are the reason whyrenaissance or the ideas of Aristotle ormodern maths flourished. Not that theyare superior. Ideas will flow. The nameSaraswati (goddess of knowledge) means‘flowing water’. If it remains stagnant itwouldn’t be knowledge.

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These are bad times for theCentral Bureau of Investigation. Suddenly, too

many roofs seem to be caving inon what is supposed to be thecountry’s premier crime and scambusting agency. The rather sordidchapter that began with theSupreme Court loquaciouslydescribing the CBI as the previousCongress-led UPA Government’s“caged parrot” for parroting theregime’s laughable defence of cor-ruption in high places, is yet tocome to a conclusion.

The latest episode to feature inthis chapter is the revelation thatCBI Director Ranjit Sinha has beenmeeting, over the past couple ofyears, people with known links toindividuals and entities facingcharges of corruption in varioushigh profile scams like the Great 2GSpectrum Robbery and the ‘Coalgate’ scandal. The contents ofthe visitors’ register maintained bysecurity personnel posted at his resi-dence are now in the public domain.

It could be argued, and validlyso, it is perfectly legitimate for theCBI Director to meet people whomay be linked to cases being inves-tigated or prosecuted by the CBI.This could be for two purposes.

First, the accused or their rep-resentatives have the right to pre-sent their case to the Director ifthey feel CBI officials have beenunfair or refused to listen to them.Second, the Director could be seek-ing additional information orensuring that investigations are onthe right track.

Such meetings usually takeplace in the Director’s office at theCBI headquarters in Delhi. AndSinha’s predecessors would havealso met the accused, those beinginvestigated or their representatives.It is presumed that these meetingswill in no manner compromiseeither investigation or prosecution.The CBI, thankfully, does not oper-ate from behind an impenetrableiron curtain.

It would then be asked, thenwhy is Sinha being pilloried formeeting people directly or indirect-ly linked to scams and scandal thatare being investigated or prosecutedon his watch? The answer to thisquestion could be found in the factsthat have emerged till now. Themeetings were held at his home, thevisitors usually came to meet himlate at night, and the same peoplemet him several times.

What has also called into ques-tion the legitimacy of these meet-ings is Sinha’s shifting statementson the visitors’ register records thathave found their way into the pub-lic domain. He initially questionedthe authenticity of the details, thendefended meeting these people, andlater said it was an invasion of hisprivacy. In between, he offered to‘recuse’ himself from these cases ifthe Supreme Court so desired. Whywould he want to do that?

That all is not fine is furtherdemonstrated by his decision tochange the agency’s stand on allega-tions against specific individualsand entities in the Great 2G Spectrum Robbery and Coalgatescams. A scrutiny of the list of visi-tors and the dates on which they

visited Sinha, and his subsequentdecisions, prima facie does notreflect well on him. Unless he isable to conclusively disprove thisconclusion, questions will continueto be asked. All that would not beflattering for either him or the CBI.

But the unfolding debate onwhether the CBI Director displayeddisregard for rectitude or showedlittle respect for probity thatpromises to get more vicious andacrimonious, cannot be restrictedto Sinha alone. Irrespective of howthis sordid saga of an agency run toground ends it would be wrong notto raise related, perhaps equally ifnot more important, questions atthis point of time.

Indeed, this opportunity for alarger debate should not be missedif we are to clean the Augean sta-bles that the Government of Indiaand its institutions and organisa-tions have been reduced to over thepast decade. Glossing over discom-fiting facts will no longer serve anypurpose; papering over gapingcracks are not going to save institu-tions from collapsing into rubble.

We should, for instance, ask ifSinha has proved to be a wrongchoice for what is possibly one ofthe most sensitive posts, how comehe was recommended for the job bythe Central Vigilance Commission?What were the criteria applied toselect him? And, if they erred hor-ribly, where did they actually go

wrong? Last, though not the least,what lessons have been learnedfrom this mistake, which is not thefirst by any means?

It should also be asked why is itthat there is little or no talk ofeither reforming the CBI or dis-banding it entirely? Why mustpolitical correctness prevent anyfrank discussion and public debateon the CBI — why it was set up,what it has been used for, where ithas landed and whether we need itat all?

Instead what we hear is politi-cally correct bunk about the needto free the CBI from political inter-ference and let it function as anindependent agency. Truth be told,there is nothing called an indepen-dent agency anywhere in the world.It is very much the Government’sjob to fight organised inter-Statecrime and bust scams and for that itneeds an agency.

A dishonest Governmentwould use an investigative andprosecuting agency for dishonestpurposes. Examples abound. Thedecade-long hounding of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi and hisassociates like Amit Shah is notthe only instance of misuse of theCBI for political purposes. We cango back in time to the days ofIndira Gandhi and later RajivGandhi. Nor is the planting ofdamaging stories by the CBI thatultimately turn up dead a

recent phenomenon.Here are two propositions.

First, could we seriously consideradopting the American method ofappointing agency heads throughpublic hearings? That would auto-matically shrink, if not eliminate,the scope for a wrong person beingappointed for a big job. Second,could we simply abrogate the DelhiSpecial Police Establishment Act of1946 and dismantle the CBI?

Frankly the NIA negates theneed for the CBI. If the purpose isto have a crime-busting agencywhich has jurisdiction across States,that purpose is amply fulfilled bythe NIA. If the NIA requires furtherstrengthening and empowering,that too can be done without anygreat effort. Also, if there are gen-uine police reforms and State policeforces are trained, empowered,equipped and allowed to functionwithout fear or favour, the need forthe CBI is virtually eliminated.

Or we could let it be businessas usual, indulge in stale rhetoricand allow the cycle of recrimina-tion and counter-recrimination tocontinue unbroken. Being politi-cally correct and toeing the line ofleast resistance are always the easi-er options. To do otherwiserequires courage and commitment.If Modi Sarkar can’t do the rightthing, nobody can.

(The writer is a Delhi-basedsenior journalist)

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��� �!"�#$%&��'&(�)*("+*$�+�#$�,%-.,�&Reader response to Swapan Dasgupta’s column,Usual Suspects, published onAugust 31:

Bankers’ mindset: ThePradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana by banks aimed at vil-lages and for the poor, is wel-come. But can the poor bearthe cost of SMS, ATM anddebit card charges? It is anopen secret that most nation-alised banks have the poorestof services. ‘Know your cus-tomer’ forms are absurd,which go into very personalinformation like an IncomeTax scrutiny case; everyonefears it. There should be nocharge for savings bank opera-tions outside the home branch,if indeed the Government’spolicy is to encourage banking transactions.

RL Pathak

‘Minimum’ Government:The author shouldn’t be softon the Modi Governmentwhich is seemingly unable toname key Union Ministersfor portfolios like Defence,Rural Development,Communications and IT,Parliamentary Affairs and soon. Most Ministers are doingthe humanly-undoable exer-cise of helming two giganticMinistries under their nest.Prime Minister NarendraModi is leading the NDA toa once-in-a-five-year flashrule. He is caught in his ownecho chamber of ‘minimumGovernment’ which is creat-ing a huge concentration ofpower in the hands of a few.

Raveendranath MN

Give some time: Are theselaboratories in Chennai andFaridabad run by the UnionGovernment? If yes, it is myunderstanding there is a

website to connect directly tothe Prime Minister’s office.One needs to send one’s sug-gestions to the PMO andwait for a reasonable time forthe response. If there areissues, fast-track officers maydeal with those issues, con-sidering the Prime Minister’sdirectives. Sixty years ofmessing has ruined the sys-tem. It will take some time tochange the rules. There is noinstant magic.

Premolal

These are not majorrevamps: What is a big bangreform — supply-siderevamp or doling outlicences to multi-nationalcompanies? Giving licensesin retail, or tax-favouredtreatment to offshore enti-ties, are being marketed asbig bang reform, but this isnot really the ‘big bang’reform the country needs.

Supply-side reform, likeeliminating restrictions,needless licences, permitsand entities like we see at theRegional Transport Offices,de-control of non-crucialsectors like retail, are the bigbang reforms which areneeded. The ModiGovernment has made agood start in reducingrestrictions; more needs tobe done in this direction.

M Patel

No family connection: Onemore unique feature of thePradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana that was announcedby Prime Minister NarendraModi in his IndependenceDay speech and thereafterlaunched with great fanfareis that it is not named after aNehru-Gandhi family mem-ber. So, let us be thankful forsmall mercies.

Kanu Mistry

Reverse the trend: Theauthor has spoken about“transmission losses” in thematter of convertingannouncements by theNarendra Modi Governmentinto action on the ground.This has always been a prob-lem. The Government makesmany attractive promises butthese promises fall flat on theface whey they have to beimplemented. The variousassurances that thisGovernment has given couldmeet a similar fate if theauthorities do not followthem up with action. Modimust ensure that theGovernment’s policies areeffectively implemented.

Raju

Beware of failure: ThePradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana may not be the usualsop that Governments are inthe habit of giving out to

appease people and present afake image of the regime being‘pro-poor’. At the same time,the scheme can well fall intothe category if it fails to sustainits purpose, which is that offinancial inclusion of the mar-ginalised sections of our soci-ety, especially in rural India.Experts will then refer to thescheme as a trick to win overvoters in the short term, with-out the Government having theinclination to ensure that thebenefits trickle down to thepeople who have been target-ed for the purpose.

Clearmind

Learn lessons: The Jan DhanYojana is the NDA Government’sflagship programme, much likethe MGNREGA was of theUPA1 regime. Narendra Modimust learn from the mess thatthe UPA’s pet project became,and not repeat the mistakes.

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Aman from Oxfam was on television last weekend,asking people to donate just £5 so that the charitycould help provide clean water to the displaced peo-

ple of South Sudan. Clean water, he explained, was some-thing most of us took for granted, but there, only 30 percent of the population has access to it. A third of childrensuffer from diarrhoea, cholera is barely controlled, whilehepatitis E and guinea-worm disease proliferate. Guinea-worm disease, in case you were wondering, is rarely fatal,but can cause ulcers, fever and vomiting for months, as thelarvae move through your intestines.

Sorry, have I put you off your breakfast?Anyway, about half an hour later I was looking at

Facebook on my phone, when a friend, currently on abusiness trip in India, posted a picture of himself besidethe pool of a five-star hotel, the kind where colonialism isnot just alive and well, but kicking.

He had asked for an ice bucket, but been denied it onthe grounds that pouring water over your head was notappropriate behaviour at said establishment; he promisedthat he would find a way round this and fulfil his charita-ble nomination at a later date. I imagined the brave waiterwho had turned down his request, and smiled to myselfquietly. What a desperately ill child in South Sudan — orjust around the corner from the hotel — would do to bedoused in ice cold, clean water.

The ice-bucket challenge has been around for a monthnow and shows no signs of cooling down (pardon thepun). Even the most sensible of my friends have suc-cumbed to its chilly charms, talking to camera about theirchosen charity and their nominations with all the profes-sionalism of a Blue Peter presenter about to do a bungeejump. It’s kind of impressive how polished these videosare; I never knew that so many of my friends were soscreen ready, so relaxed about the prospect of beinguploaded to YouTube as if they were performing cats.

But, then, nowadays, what’s the point in doing some-thing if you are not prepared to share it with your 536Facebook friends or your 3,754 Twitter followers? It’s thetree falling in the woods theory, writ large: if you donatemoney to charity but nobody sees it, did it really happen?

The ice-bucket challenge has been getting a lot of heat,partly on the water wastage front, and partly because theexecutives at the American charity that started it, the ALSAssociation, have had their massive wages exposed like thenipple of a freshly-drenched starlet. The charity’s Presidentis on £200,000, its chief financial officer £120,000 and itschief of public policy £110,000.

That does seem like a hell of a lot of money for a char-ity that, even before the ice-bucket challenge, was making£15 million a year, but it seems silly to begrudge hard-working fundraisers their wages while simultaneously cel-ebrating all the millionaire film stars and models who, inthe name of a good cause, have done little more than gettheir hair wet.

Plus, why pick on the architects of the ice-bucket chal-lenge when they are only tapping in to the changing faceof charity? It used to be about doing good. Now it’s aboutshowing off.

Time was that people didn’t talk about their charitywork for fear of appearing gauche, but now you can’t moveon Facebook for screen grabs of texts proving acts of phil-anthropy. Before we had the internet, people who wantedto donate to a good cause had to fill out a standing orderform or write a cheque that no one bar an office adminis-trator would see. Then along came Just Giving, a websitethat allowed everyone to fund-raise, and, though it provid-ed us with an “anonymous” button, hardly anyone botheredto use it, instead choosing to display their fabulous largessealongside a message of support for all to marvel at.

At first it was just marathon runners and Everest-scalers who used this exciting new website. But, beforelong, friends were asking for sponsorship for everythingfrom piddly 5k runs to week-long holidays in Africa, theexcuse for a Mount Kilimanjaro climb or a paddle downthe Zambezi.

This year, the charitable challenge has truly made itsmark. Remember the “no make-up selfie” campaign,which involved women posing without their mascara onas if they were brave game-changers on a level withEmmeline Pankhurst or Amelia Earhart? Though the lem-ming-like uptake of this “challenge” earned a reported £8million for cancer charities, there was something awkwardand uneasy about it all. It was vanity, pure and simple, andeven worse, it was dressed up as humility, as if going lip-stick-free was somehow an act of solidarity, or even vague-ly comparable to losing your hair through chemotherapy.

As with that campaign, every nomination I receive forthe ice-bucket challenge annoys me intensely — because ifyou don’t do it, you end up looking mean-spirited andnasty, even if you’ve spent your entire adult life quietlydonating half your wages to a homeless cats’ trust or vol-unteering at the local soup kitchen.

It’s bad enough being accosted on the high street byout-of-work actors brandishing clipboards without beingchugged by all your friends, too. “Donate to this! Give tothat!” It’s the equivalent of going to church and waving a20 quid note in front of the whole congregation on yourway to the collection plate.

Maybe we shouldn’t care how charities like the ALSAssociation get their money, just as long as they get it. Butwouldn’t it be nice if we all took it as read that we shoulddonate money every month to a charity we believe in,without making a song and dance about it?

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There is a million dollar question —who will hold the command of theanti-BJP campaign in the country?Earlier, there was an anti-Congresscampaign and leaders of the Left par-

ties led them. In the same manner, there arecampaigns against the BJP. But interestingly, Leftparties are not coming to the fore to lead these.CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat and PolitBureau member Sitaram Yechury are not fit forthe role. CPI’s former General Secretary ABBardhan is active, but his age and the position ofhis party won’t help him build confidenceamong the regional kshatrapas.

This is why it is being said that former ChiefMinister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, can play thisrole. Under the Congress leadership, he canbring Samajwadi Party and the Left parties onone platform to campaign against the BJP. Hehas done this experiment in Bihar. He put hisimage at stake and forged an alliance with theRJD and Congress; soon he will bring the CPIand CPM to the platform as well.

Nitish has also become active outside Bihar.When he went to Mumbai to see an ailing LaluPrasad, he also met Congress General SecretaryMohan Prakash, who was admitted in anotherhospital at the time. Nitish can take a nationalrole in place of Sharad Yadav and can try tobuild an anti-BJP alliance after talking to leaderslike Mamata Banerjee, Mulayam Singh Yadav,Mayawati, Naveen Patnaik, Prakash Karat,Karunanidhi and K Chandrashekhar Rao.

BJP, SHIV SENA TO FIGHT TOGETHER In Maharashtra, the BJP and Shiv Sena will fightelections together and the decades-old alliancewill continue. It doesn’t matter whether AmitShah goes to Matoshree to meet UddhavThackeray or not; it will not affect the alliance.Earlier, BJP leaders went to Matoshree to payrespects to Bal Thackeray, but things changedafter his death. Shah can meet Uddhav anywhereto discuss the seat-sharing arrangement.

Reliable sources in the BJP say after LokSabha results in Haryana, the party was in amood to part ways with Kuldeep Bishnoi. That isthe reason why Shah didn’t meet him, and thealliance was over. But this is not the case with

Shiv Sena. Before this, the BJP had not brokenthe alliance in Bihar. Shah has given a clear cutmessage to party leaders that Sena is an old allyand has helped at the time of crisis. In reply tothis, Uddhav wrote in Saamana that Hindutvawas not the basis of alliance in Bihar andHaryana. Both parties agree in-principle, sothere will not be any hassle for two or four seats.

SHORTAGE OF SPOKESPERSONSIt seems that the Congress is facing a shortage ofspokespersons. Very few leaders are comingbefore the media and only two or three leadersare active on Twitter to present the party’s viewson important issues. When the Congress was inpower, many leaders held press conferences andissued statements, but most of them are silentnow. Leaders like Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshidand P Chidambaram are giving few statements.Only Anand Sharma, Abhishek Manu Singhviand Manish Tewari are available to the media.

One of the vocal spokespersons of theCongress, the Twitter-friendly Dr ShakeelAhmad, is on foreign tour. That is why AjayMaken has temporarily been given charge ofHaryana. Another spokesperson RandeepSurjewala is busy in elections in his State.Assembly Elections are scheduled in Haryanaand he has to fight there. At the same time,Surjewala is close to Bhupinder Singh Hooda,which is why his responsibility increases.

Sandeep Dikshit is not being seen after LokSabha results. In the past three and a halfmonths, he has given statements only once ortwice. Rita Bahuguna Joshi is also keeping awayfrom the media. The old faces, who put theparty’s views on TV channels, are also out of thescene. That is why, maybe, only BJP leaders arebeing seen everywhere.

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON Sonia and Rahul Gandhi’s perception about theirconstituencies has changed drastically after LokSabha Elections. It must be noted that the mar-gin of Rahul’s victory in the Lok Sabha Electionshad reduced in comparison to previous elec-tions. BJP’s Smriti Irani gave him a good fight.At the same time, Kumar Vishwas had broughtthe people out of their homes and persuaded

them to speak against Rahul. After that,Congress leaders’ views about Raebareli andAmethi have changed.

That is why when Sonia went to her con-stituency this time, she roamed around on foot.This was probably the first time, besides theelection campaign, when she met the generalpublic of her constituency and enquired abouttheir well-being. Before her, Rahul had also beento his constituency and met the people. Reliablesources of the Congress say the managers ofboth constituencies have been instructed thatcontinuous contact must be established with vot-ers. Irani’s visit to Amethi made them more cau-tious. Apart from this, it is being said that SanjaySingh’s son Anant Vikram Singh might join theBJP and fight against Rahul. This has also madeCongress leaders cautious.

POLITICS OVER GOVERNORS The Congress is in no mood to stop politics onGovernors. First, the Congress high commandinstructed all Governors appointed by the UPAGovernment to not put in their papers, creatinga deadlock between the Centre and Governors.Officers-turned-Governors started resigning butthe Congress leaders didn’t put in their papers.When Virendra Kataria and Kamal Beniwal wereremoved, and K Sankaranarayanan and SheilaDikshit were targetted, only then the twoGovernors resigned.

Now, when the Central Government isappointing new Governors, Congress leaders aresaying it should be done in consultation with theState Governments. First, Karnataka’s CMSiddharamaiah raised questions that he was notconsulted while appointing Vajubhai Vala asGovernor of the State. Then, Kerala’s CMOommen Chandy raised the same questionwhen P Sathasivam was appointed.

Though it is not binding on the CentralGovernment to consult the State Government atthe time of appointment of Governor, after theSarkaria Commission report, a tradition startedthat the Central Government will take the adviceof State Governments while doing so. EvenRajnath Singh had spoken to Mamata Banerjeebefore appointing Keshari Nath Tripathi as theGovernor of West Bengal.

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ISIS’s video editors havecarefully manipulatedcolour and screen size to

make Barack Obama look ashaggard as possible in theirrecent productions.

The two videos disclos-ing the murders of JamesFoley and Steven Sotloff dis-play ISIS’s mastery of com-plex editing and animationtechniques. Both produc-tions set out to denigrateObama and present a narra-tive that blames him for thedeaths of the two journalists.

Comparing the twovideos shows how ISIS hasimproved its techniques —but the terrorist filmmakersstill remain capable of basicmistakes.

The videos share thesame structure: they beginwith clips of Obama order-

ing air strikes and then cutto a scene of the hostagekneeling in the desert anddenouncing America. Theyconclude with the black-clad ISIS terrorist announc-ing in an English accent thatthe captive will now bekilled.

But there are importantdifferences. In the firstvideo, Obama is shownspeaking for 86 seconds.The editor has introducedsome white streaks acrossthe screen, like an old VHStape, to lend a tired anddated feel to the President’sappearance. But the impactis reduced by the fact thatObama speaks before aspotless wall of white mar-ble and the Presidential flag.

In the second video, theeditor pays Obama a back-

handed compliment bygoing to far greater lengthsto make him look weariedand careworn.

First of all, the clip ofthe President speaking isreduced to only 22 seconds.Then the editor has exploit-

ed the fact that Obama isshown not against a back-drop of marble, but a bluecurtain and an Americanflag. That allows the colourgrade to be artfully manipu-lated, making both the cur-tain and the flag look frayed

and washed out. In the sameway, Obama’s blue jacket ismade to appear as a funerealblack. His strands of greyhair are picked up and exag-gerated. The editor has alsocaused an interlacing effectof black lines to run acrossthe President’s white shirt.For good measure, he hascarefully stretched thescreen lengthways in orderto make Obama appear thinand gaunt.

“To achieve theseeffects, you would need toknow what you are doing,”explained Alice Wagstaffe,the senior filmmaker forTelegraph Media Group. “It’snot the work of a beginner:it’s the work of a profession-al or a semi-professionaleditor.”

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ing still make mistakes —either as a result of haste orrelative inexperience. Whenthe hostages deliver theirscripted statements, bothare simultaneously filmedby two cameras, one in frontand another to the side.

In the second video,however, the camera filmingSotloff from the side is over-exposed. The operator hasalso forgotten to synchro-nise the white balance of thetwo cameras. When filmedfrom the front, Sotloff ’sorange robe and the blackclothes of his murderer looksharp and clear. From theside, however, the picture isobscured by the sun’s glare.

For all their undoubtedsophistication, ISIS’s video-makers are still learning.

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Aseries of high-profile stars includ-ing Jennifer Lawrence, Rihannaand Jenny McCarthy have fallen

victim to one of the biggest celebrity pri-vacy breaches in history, resulting inphotographs and videos apparentlyshowing them in the nude being widelycirculated on the internet. The pho-tographs of mainly female celebritieswere shared online after an anonymoushacker using the name Tristan postedwhat was claimed were authentic imageson the 4chan website, an online messageboard used for sharing pictures.

Some of the celebrities targettedimmediately said the images were fake,while others confirmed their veracityand said they had been taken in pri-vate and had never been shared.

The 4chan website quicklyremoved the hacker’s posts, but ascreenshot of the list of hacked celebri-ties included pop star Avril Lavigneand actors Kirsten Dunst, AubreyPlaza and Winona Ryder, whileexperts have warned that more imagescould emerge over time. Other allegedvictims include the models CandiceSwanepoel, Cara Delevingne and Kelly

Brook, and the TV host Cat Deeley.A number of photographs, includ-

ing images of Lawrence, have been cir-culating on file-sharing and image-sharing sites. The hacker also postedimages of his computer desktop, whichincluded what appeared to be animage of Lawrence.

Alost chapter of Charlie and theChocolate Factory, deemed toowild, subversive and insuffi-

ciently moral for the tender minds ofBritish children almost 50 years ago,has been published for the first time.

The chapter with new illustrationsby Sir Quentin Blake was found amongRoald Dahl’s papers after his death. Itwas chapter five in one of many earlydrafts of the book, one of the best-loved children’s books, but was cutfrom the version first published in theUS in 1964 and in the UK in 1967.

In the chapter Charlie Bucket —accompanied by his mother, not hissprightly grandfather — and the otherchildren are led into the Vanilla FudgeRoom, where they face the sinisterprospect of the Pounding and CuttingRoom. “In the centre of the roomthere was an actual mountain, a colos-sal jagged mountain as high as a five-storey building, and the whole thingwas made of pale-brown, creamy,vanilla fudge,” the chapter reads.

“All the way up the sides of themountain, hundreds of men wereworking away with picks and drills,hacking great hunks of fudge out ofthe mountainside... as the huge hunksof fudge were pried loose, they went

tumbling and bouncing down themountain and when they reached thebottom they were picked up by craneswith grab-buckets, and the cranesdumped the fudge into open wagons.”

The chapter reveals the originallarger cast of characters, and their fates,as well as the original names of some ofthose who survived into later drafts.

Lindsay Lohan has been accused ofseeking publicity by the makersof Grand Theft Auto after the

actor sued, claiming the video gamebreaches her image rights. Take-TwoInteractive Software and subsidiaryRockstar Games described the suit asfrivolous and demanded that a NewYork judge dismiss Lohan’s case, whichwas filed in July over an alleged like-ness to the character Lacey Jonas.

“Lohan complains that her imageand persona have been wrongfullyused by Take-Two in the video gameGrand Theft Auto V, but her claim isso legally meritless that it lacks anygood-faith basis, and can only havebeen filed for publicity purposes,” thedefendants said in court papers filedon August 20. They also noted thatLohan recently lost a legal battleagainst the rapper Pitbull for using hername in lyrics, and argued that thetwo cases were similar.

Lacey Jonas is described as a famousactor and minor character in GrandTheft Auto V, which was released inSeptember 2013. Players meet Jonas inan alley in downtown “Vinewood”where she is hiding from the paparazzi.

She asks to be driven home and, duringthe ride, Jonas complains about theproblems of being famous and revealsshe is anorexic. The character bears astrong physical resemblance to Lohan,especially on the front cover of theGrand Theft Auto game, where the char-acter appears holding a mobile phone.

Lohan claimed Rockstar used hervoice, image and outfits from herclothing label without permission.

Any little girl toddling aboutunaided for the first time isan adorable sight. But whenthe child is three, and onlynow able to walk freely like

others her age, thanks to a life-savingheart operation, that simple movement isincredibly emotional to watch. Add inthe fact that she is joyously waddlingabout on real grass for the first time, andpicking leaves from west London shrub-bery — not crawling around bombcraters full of concrete dust and twistedmetal in a war zone. Meet Hala al-Massri, the miracle child of Gaza.

Three weeks ago, Hala was barelyalive. Born with a serious congenitalheart defect that prevented oxygen pass-ing round her body, she was surviving —just. She and her family were staying in aUN shelter in the Palestinian enclave thatwas under daily bombardment. Today,she is recovering after a successful opera-tion at the Royal Brompton Hospital inLondon, giggling and playing, munchingcheese sandwiches, looking for all theworld like any healthy child.

Her skin is still pale, and she tires eas-ily, but the international mercy missionsparked by a news bulletin that revealedher plight, and carried out by the charitiesChain of Hope, the Palestinian Children’sRelief Fund and the International RedCross, has been a huge success. Talk toHala’s mother, 36-year-old MahdeyaAbdullah and you understand how des-perate the situation had been, and howremarkable the outcome.

“Four weeks ago, I couldn’t see afuture for any member of my family, letalone Hala,” she tells me in Arabic, trans-lated by 22-year-old Joann Khatib, andher sister Bana, 17. Their parents, Samiand Wesam Khatib, host families in needfor Chain of Hope, the charity set up byeminent British heart surgeon Prof SirMagdi Yacoub. “I prayed every day andnight that we would be spared by thebombs. I lived in constant fear for myfamily.” Mahdeya and her husbandMajid, 32, have three other children:Saja, four, Mazen, six, and Waroud, 12.

Life in Gaza before the war began atthe start of July had been tough by anystandard. Majid does not work as he hashealth problems — he had heart surgeryat 15 in Jordan (Hala’s condition may be

genetic, explains Mahdeya), and Waroudis disabled, too. The family survived onhandouts, living in a two-room homemade of corrugated iron. But the chil-dren went to school; an opportunityMahdeya did not have.

Hala’s heart condition was diagnosedabout 20 days after she was born. “Shewas constantly tired, had difficulty eat-ing, and sometimes breathing. Everytime I left the room, she would cry. Wewere all frightened for her.”

Mahdeya was told she would have tojoin a waiting list for charitable surgeryin Israel or America. In the meantime,she was given an oxygen tank for Hala touse daily, and was told to bring her in forregular check-ups. Then war broke out.What was daily life like under bombard-ment? “There was no life. It was all tearsand shouts and bombs, and being scared.At the beginning of August, we wereadvised to leave our homes, and we wereoffered a space at a UN school in Jabila.We left in just our clothes. Two dayslater, Majid went back home. He said:‘I’ll either come back with some morechildren’s clothes, or not at all.’ When hereturned, all he brought was news — ourhome had been destroyed by a bomb.We had lost everything.”

Mahdeya is remarkably calm, she isneither angry nor bitter. “So many peo-ple have died, both in Palestine andIsrael,” she says. “I couldn’t see it wouldever be resolved, that we would be acommunity ever again. I still can’t imag-ine what life will be like from now on.”

At the UN shelter, food (meat,cheese, milk) was rationed. Each familywas assigned a part of a classroom and— that human need to feel normal —“the mother would try her best to cleanand dust it. We’d take it in turns to cleanthe communal stairs”.

At night, the family slept on twomattresses side by side; one night, a rock-et hit the classroom they were sleepingin. “The bomb hit the school and every-one jumped up and ran around, kids andadults shouting, dashing through thestairs to shelter. My first reaction was tograb my children, hug them and reassurethem it was OK, but in my head, Ithought: ‘This is our time.’? “Not surpris-ingly, Mahdeya says she never reallyslept. One of her greatest worries was the

lack of oxygen for Hala; she wasn’tallowed to leave the shelter to get thecylinder topped up, so Hala was becom-ing increasingly listless as it ran out.Medics locally knew she was in a criticalcondition, but any attempt to get her outof the war zone was deemed impossible.

Then the Channel 4 News presenterKrishnan Guru-Murthy was alerted toher problem and made an emotionalbroadcast from Gaza. Suddenly, therewas international (and multi-faith) co-operation; the Israelis arranged safe pas-sage to Jordan, where Hala and hermother were placed on a flight toLondon. The journey took three days.Hala nearly died on the flight.

“I was so glad to go,” says Mahdeya,“but it was hard to leave the rest of thefamily behind.” Never having been out-side Gaza before, she was “really quiteterrified here, it is so different”.

One of the charity workers tells methat Mahdeya was shaking constantly inthe early days, and that she was horrifiedwhen she heard a police siren go by.

Hala was getting more poorly everyday, so the operation was brought for-ward and took place 12 days ago. Hercondition was diagnosed as Tetralogy ofFallot, one of the most common congen-ital heart defects in children. Hala wassuffering from decreased blood flow tothe lung; a hole between the two ventri-cles in the heart; displacement of theaorta; and increased thickness of theright ventricle.

Surgery took four hours as paedi-atric heart surgeon Prof FrancoisLacour-Gayet closed the hole with apatch and enlarged the pulmonaryartery. Even as she came round from theanaesthetic, Hala began to look better.Her lips had been blue through lack ofoxygen, but were now a healthy pink. “Iwas screaming with happiness, shoutingand crying with joy,” admits her mother.

But even as Mahdeya dared tobelieve her youngest child would survive,she admits her joy was tempered withfear for the rest of the family. Mother anddaughter should be ready to leave UK in

a week’s time, and soon Hala willbe running around after hersiblings — and getting intomischief — like any other child.

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In the latest controversyof the internet sensation,

a grandfather in the US isbeing investigated formaking his 10-month-old granddaughtertake the ice bucketchallenge.

In a videoposted toFacebook earli-er this week,Reggie Stewartfrom Houston,Texasannounced:“I’ve beencalled out forthe ALS IceBucketChallenge, and mygranddaughter isgoing to do it withme.” He then dumpeda bucket offreezingwater onhimself and the child.

Claude Dalcour, the girl’s father,said he has reported the video to thelocal authorities who have since visitedStewart’s home to investigate thechild’s welfare. The Texas Departmentof Children and Family have also been

contacted.Dalcour, who is separated from

the girl’s mother, told local newsstation Fox26: “I was shocked,

appalled. It brought me totears. It’s abuse because mydaughter is an infant. Shedoesn’t know what’s going on.”

Stewart has not beencharged with any crime. He hassince removed the video fromhis page.

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Police say a New Jersey fam-ily’s dog turned on the

stove, which set the laptop resting onthe burner on fire and sent smoke

through the roof.The fire was reported

last week in LaceyTownship while the owners were

away. Police believe the dog acciden-tally turned on the stove, though theydidn’t specify how that occurred.

Police say heat from the stoveeventually burned a laptop computerthat had been left on top of the appli-ance. Smoke was emanating from theroof when firefighters arrived, but theblaze was quickly extinguished.Firefighters rescued the dog, whichemerged unscathed.

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A22-year-old Arizona man callinghimself “Dark Lord” has been

arrested for allegedly burning a Bibleand urinating on it outside aChristian-oriented homeless shelter innorthern Arizona, police said lastweek.

Eric Minerault was booked intothe Yavapai County Detention Center

on suspicion of one count ofunlawful symbol burningstemming from the incidentat the Gospel Rescue Mission,

Prescott police spokesman LieutenantKen Morley said.

Police were called to the scene atabout 9 pm by a mission representativereporting that someone was burningsomething on the mission’s front steps,Morley said. Officers found Mineraultstanding on the steps, with a burnedand wet Bible on the ground near him.He quickly admitted to the act.

He told officers the mission wasselected because he believed it was aplace of Christian worship and he was“cursing the Christians,” police said.

Asked why, officers reported thathe said because he was the “DarkLord.” Minerault was clad in black andwas wearing a black-and-red robe anda pentagram necklace.

He remained at the detention cen-ter last Friday afternoon on the misde-meanor charge, sheriff ’s officials said.

Dan Pochoda, legal director forthe American Civil Liberties Union ofArizona, said the arrest raises ques-tions as to whether Minerault’s First

Amendment freedom of speech rightswere violated.

But Pochoda, who was notfamiliar with the charge cited,said courts have upheld laws thatbar symbols like crosses frombeing burned.

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Awoman whose last nameis Crispi has been

accused of trying to burndown her ex-boyfriend’s houseby intentionallyleaving a pound ofbacon on the stove.

Crispi is alleged to havepurposely left the meat on alit burner. Police said the32-year-old from Vernal,Utah called and sent textmessages to her former flame through-out the alleged incident, compellinghim to call 911.

On arrival, officers found smokestreaming out of the front door,hot coals on the floor and a

pound of “severely burned bacon”inside the property.

A police report said of the inci-dent: “I asked to come in and observed

a wood stove left open with afire burning inside

and hot coals on the floor around

the stove.”“I observed the

burner to be on thesetting ‘high’ and

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times over thelegal drink-drivinglimit, will stand trialon charges of arsonand burglary whenshe returns to courtin October.

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Iwill cite multiple examples inwhich we will see that we dohave knowledge about certain

things but we don’t practise them.Why is that? Because we lack reali-sation that they are useful. Startingwith the example of being truthful,how many of us are entirely truth-ful? Unfortunately, the number willbe very small. Why is that? Don’twe know that being untruthfulmay give advantages in the shortrun, but ultimately the truth comesout and we are punished. Theworst part is that we teach ouryoung impressionable children thehabit of lying. When they see uslying, they do the same. Not onlyare we hurting ourselves by lying,we condemn our children to thehabit of lying.

Let us take another example.From our childhood, we are taughtto be disciplined. Fortunately,many are disciplined and they suc-ceed in life. The ones who are not,don’t have to look very far. One ofthe main reasons for their failure islack of discipline in their lives.

Let us take the example of badhabits like heavy drinking, smok-

ing, gambling, etc. Don’t we allknow that these are extremelyharmful? But the worst part is thatwe are helplessly attracted towardsthese, and we don’t seriously try tostop ourselves. Someone offers usa drink and knowing well whatthis could lead to, we don’t refuse.Same goes for smoking and gam-bling. We just do not wish to thinkof their long-term consequences.This is like an insect getting help-lessly attracted to a fire.

What about being jealous?Does it give any benefit whatsoev-er? The person or persons we arejealous of may not even know thatwe are harbouring such negativefeelings towards them. They arecertainly not getting hurt while weburn ourselves internally.

Being lusty brings no benefitswhatsoever. Whether it is in thematter of eating, drinking or in thematter of sensuous pleasures. Theyall bring unthinkable misery only.What is the major cause of illness-es and obesity?

When we have no control overwhat we eat, we get in trouble. Lesssaid the better in the matter ofillicit sensuous pleasures. Howmany families have been ruinedbecause of this? But we don’t learn.We feel we can get away with it.Nobody does.

Avoiding anger is anothergood example. Does it benefit any-one? The one who loses controlover oneself hurts himself or her-self as anger produces many harm-ful toxins in the body. The one

who is recipient of such anger feelshurt and may retaliate leading toeven physical fights. The lastexample is that of being greedy.How many have destroyed theirlives in not being satisfied withwhat they have achieved, which isgood enough to sustain them? Thenumber is significantly large, butwe don’t learn.

Then, what should we do? Yes,it is important to gain knowledgebut it is more important to actupon it, otherwise such knowledgeremains theoretical only. Weshould make sincere efforts toinculcate good habits. It is notgoing to be easy but can be donewith some effort. Advantages ofdoing so are enormous.

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We have celebrated one more Teachers’ Day.But the question — what makes a goodteacher — remains unanswered. While

there may be many views, the one quality oftensought in teachers is the leadership quality. And there is a reason — teachers, like leaders, aresupposed to influence behaviour. How to do that. No easy answers, yet, some broad but clear enoughguidelines, rather cues can be picked up by our experiences.

If the time machine would have been a realitythis would have been easy. But, H G Wells, neverthe-less deserves credit. He was rightly aware that even ifhis time machine is not a real mechanical device tohelp us travel back in time, human beings do havethe ability to travel down the memory lane. Only thisability is subject to individual differences. Not all cantravel as far and as easily as others. But we all have amemory that can help us reflect in the past with rea-sonable alacrity.

And to talk about the leadership skills for teach-ers, I would like to travel down the memory lane, 45long years ago. My school, that is the place I wouldlike to take the readers to. And for a valid reason.Teaching is both an art and a science. This sciencehas undergone a sea change with the introduction ofnew technologies and ideas, but the art has retainedits character. And rightly so because the basic pur-pose of teaching remains the same — to transformpersonalities and influence behaviours. How effec-tively a teacher can do this will depend on his abilityto impact the personalities of the students. If the ear-lier teachers could do this, the present ones can also.Any prescriptions? No. Only a subscription. To thebasic philosophy of teaching — create a better newgeneration.

To quote Robert Browning: “Progress is the lawof life, man is not man yet.” As I enter the corridorsof my school building, through the recesses of mymind, a tall American’s image emerges from the farend of the corner — Fr George A Hess. The personwho epitomises the teacher leader for me. For theyears I was in school, not a single day, when he waspresent, would pass without being impacted by hispersonality. The person who talked less, yet spokevolumes. The person who spoke softly, yet gave loudand clear messages. The person who punished us, yetwe accepted with a smile. The person who had theauthority, yet never had to use it for disciplining us.How could he do it? No easy answers. But that hedid it is proof enough that teachers can do it.

Apart from our parents, our teachers have thegreatest impact on our lives. This impact facilitateslearning. And this learning must bring the desiredchange. Teaching is not enough. Mere informing willnot help. The goal of teaching is not to stuff infor-mation, it is to illuminate minds. Transforming isrequired; transforming the personality. The best wayis walking the talk as Gandhi ji had said, “to be thechange that we want to see in the world”.

Teaching was a mission. It became a profession.Let it be mission. Remember the words of WilliamArthur Ward: “The mediocre teacher tells. The goodteacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.The great teacher inspires.”

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Did you know that fastinggives your body andmind a chance to breakout of a pattern and giveit a new direction? It is a

gift to an overburdened body and anoverindulged mind. Fasting is indeeda denial of the physical needs of thebody and the emotional cravings ofthe mind. The tendency of the humanmind is to draw patterns and get stuckto it. While following a pattern is asign of self-discipline, it has its down-side too. When it involves food andeating, it often makes us forget thatwe ought to be eating to live and notthe other way around. The bodyneeds only so much for sustenanceand the stomach can hold only somuch, but the senses continue tocrave, and we continue to feed thosecravings. Hence, fasting gives achance to the body and mind to breakout of a pattern and give it a newdirection.

��/������ �����������IThis is the most important questionthat needs to be answered logicallyand scientifically. The general idea isfor the fulfillment of all desires anda way to appease the Goddess. In theHindu religion and culture, it is alsoconsidered to be a part of the reli-gious rituals. For example, thosewho wish for a child, beget a child;those who wish for wealth getwealth. Those who wish for educa-tion get education. Those who aresick, get rid of their diseases, etc. Itis also believed by many that fastingduring Navratras makes a personfree from all bondages. Devoteesfasting during Navratras believe thatall their sins would get washed andthey would become free from wor-ries, as a blessing from the Goddess,making their lives peaceful, happierand prosperous.

/��� ������������ '��Ayurveda favours regular and short-term fasting, depending on individualconstitutions and cleansing require-ments. The ancient science ofAyurveda has spoken elaborately of

the merits of fasting. According tothis ancient discipline, fasting is aneffective way to kindle the digestivefire and burn away accumulated tox-ins from the body and mind. It alsoeliminates gas, lightens the body,improves mental clarity, provides aclean tongue and fresh breath, andpreserves overall health. However, italso does not recommend infrequentand long-term fasting that coulddeplete bodily tissues and createimbalance in the constitution. Itfavours regular and short-term fast-ing, which could be on the same dayeach week, or setting aside a few dayseach month, all depending on indi-vidual constitutions and cleansingrequirements.

There is an increasing support forfasting by the scientific communityand those who are health-conscious.This is because there is an overcon-sumption of salt in our diets todaythan the normal requirements of thebody. This can be seen in theincreased incidence of water retentionin the body, a major factor for hyper-tension and cardiovascular problems.Fasting helps the body ‘desalt’.

Fasting, if done properly, hasanother major advantage. It is a kindof ritual that can purify the body andmind and develop the pure qualitiesof detachment and equanimity.Whether it is done as a part of a reli-gious sacrament or a part of apenance, or as a mark of worship,fasting can only give benefits. Fastinghelps create an atonement with theAbsolute by establishing a harmo-nious relationship between the bodyand the soul. It nourishes the physicaland spiritual demands necessary foroverall health.

�.�(��..)�����/����Fasting has to be done with an enor-mous sense of responsibility. Thereare norms as to who should andshould not be observing fast. The veryyoung, the old and infirm, pregnantand nursing mothers should beextremely cautious when it comes tochoosing to fast. Besides these norms,it is also important how fasting

should be observed so that we are ableto make the most of this practice.

� ��/.�/ ���>� (���Just as there is a yogic way of eating,there is a yogic way of fasting. Formany, fasting is a new and, hence, avery challenging exercise. It is bestthat the new initiates start with a sin-gle-day fasting just to test the waters.If they are used to three meals a day,they could start with one meal ofgrains and vegetables during lunchand then just restrict themselves towater and juices during the rest of theday. It’s also important that those whowant to fast choose the kind of fast —it could be a water fast, a fruit juicefast or a vegetable juice fast. But toavoid dehydration, one should con-sume at least seven to eight glasses offluids every day. A cardinal rule, toabsorb all the ‘prana’ (life-force ener-gy) from the foods, is to drink fluidsvery slowly.

Fruits and nuts are ideal for thesystem during long fasting periods.Juices that are fresh and sugar freealong with plenty of water is extremelyimportant to prevent dehydration andconstipation. This will keep the mindlight and easy and enable better quali-ty of prayer or worship. For instance,after 21 days of fasting, MohandasKaramchand Gandhi, the Father ofour Nation called this “21 days ofuninterrupted prayer”. He said, “Thereis no prayer without fasting.”

�.��!(�� ��� .���� ��/����For many, fasting brings about a psy-chological tiredness and reluctance toengage in any form of exercise. This isnot a desirable attitude. Mild exerciseis crucial during fasting. Gentle, flow-ing, meditative and ballet-like move-ments of yoga are ideal during fasting.Hence to contemplate peacefully andworship Goddess Durga, the epitomeof strength, power and goodness,especially during Navratras, let’sobserve fasting the right way withcorrect awareness, joy and incorpo-rate light exercise, yoga and medita-tion every day to enjoy its merits.

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Sense of freedom is ingrained inour social construct, whichoften tempts us to live on our

own exclusive terms. So, left tothemselves, children will preferplaying continuously, and would nottake kindly to any restrictionsimposed on their free run. They willprefer home comfort to being sentto school. The youths will wish tograb whatever they would be alluredto. Caught in their wishful thinking,they may forget that if they have theright to chase their fancies, the otherside too qualifies to deny the for-mer’s advances on the same ground.The elders would wish unques-tioned compliance of their whipswhile the youngsters would resistany encroachment in their indepen-dence. If freedom is applied in thisspirit, there has to be disorder andchaos all around.

Life, however, has to still keepmarching ahead, despite all existen-tial constraints. And it ought movein a way that supports fulfillment ofindividual aspirational urges, andalso take care of collective existen-tial concerns. What then is the wayforward? A look into the ground onwhich our life is rooted, becomes

imperative. For, the sense of free-dom could prove meaningful onlywhen applied in conformity with thedesign parameters underlying ourexistence. And what does that callfor?

All empirical evidences suggestthat we are all born as a part of alarge existence, which is framed asa unitary organism, where no indi-vidual holds a reality independentof the totality. But all put togethermake a self-sufficient world.

Now coming down to an indi-vidual plane, we are all born incom-plete, both in terms of constitution-al frame as well as our logistic con-cerns. That, in the first place, callsfor relating to one’s correspondingopposite, so as to meet each other’sconstitutional void, and help eachother to progressively evolve. Also,complement and supplement eachother’s efforts and together take careof existential needs. This is thepremise on which a man-womanrelationship stands.

By and large, women are bornemotion-driven, while men aresupposed to be head-driven. Intogetherness, they could enjoy thebest of both head and heart. Also,

the two acquire each other’s virtues,and rise above one’s individual lim-itations. The man and woman arealso born with a void in their indi-vidual energy-construct. And, intogetherness, they strengthen eachother’s energy structure. They, thus,help each other evolve holistically.

But here again, the ones obliv-ious to subtle realities of life asexplained above, would not care forthe laws of nature. They remainstuck to the callings of their precon-ditioned minds. Such characters areoften left behind in the run of timedifficult to cover up later. In onesuch case, a lady who is already inlate thirties has been denying mar-riage on one pretext or the other. Shebegins throwing tantrums whenev-er the parents try to counsel her. Herparents therefore, came askingwhether she is promised of mar-riage, and if so, why she has beenbehaving so.

Going by astrological parame-ters, her marriage is very muchpromised. But, her attitudes, as arereflected by her astrological point-ers, have been playing the spoil-sport. The sun is placed adverse toboth neptune and jupiter. Thismakes her stuck to self-delusions

and fanciful dreams out of touchwith ground realities. She mayhabitually and mindlessly prefer toescape the truths of life. She also hasa swaggering ego, which readstogether with her virgo lagna bringsin a sense of “I am the only rightperson syndrome.” That restricts thescope of her vision to her self-defined dos and don’ts not open toexplore truths lying beyond. Itbecomes difficult for her to digestany advice or counsel at variancewith her perceptions. The moonplaced opposite jupiter makes heremotionally too much sensitive,whereby she takes even trivial issuesto heart, and then stretches thembeyond due. Mars placed oppositeuranus makes her temperamental,irritable, hypercritical, self-willed,irritable, tactless, and at times evenirrational. Jupiter locked in adverseformation to neptune brings in asense of peculiar self-defined beliefsthat further distances her from thetruths of life.

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