ˇˇ ˝ # - english news | breaking news | latest news in … hai/bir hamara shibban lal" the...

16
M aharashtra Congress lead- ers on Saturday appeared divided in their opinion on whether or not to extend the party's support to the Shiv Sena in its bid to gain control over the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), even as the Sena kept its cards close to it chest and the BJP ruled out the possibility of it seeking the Congress' support in the BMC's Mayoral elec- tions. While former Union Minister Gurudas Kamat and his arch rival and Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam opposed any post- alliance with the Sena in the BMC, former chief ministers Narayan Rane and Ashok Chavan seemed to be open to the idea of extending support to the Sena to keep the BJP away from power in the Mumbai civic body. Chavan left the issue open- ended when he indicated on Friday that the Congress might look at the issue after the Sena walked out of the BJP-led Maharashtra Government. On the other hand, Rane's MLA-son Nilesh Rane went to town, saying the talks were at various levels within the Congress on extending the support to the Sena to capture power in the BMC. However, another former Chief Minister Prithiviraj Chavan took a balanced view when he said it was for the Congress high command to take a decision on whether to extend support to the Sena or not. Prithiviraj Chavan told The Pioneer over the phone from his hometown of Satara in western Maharashtra that as far as we are concerned, we have two options: To do noth- ing or put up a candidate of our own in the BMC Mayoral polls. I n a bizarre and disturbing act of self-proclamation, a woman named Ganga Devi sliced off her tongue into two on Friday evening in a Goddess Kali temple in Kudu area of Lohardaga district and offered it to Kali then and there. The woman from Jinghi Basti of Kudu area, proclaiming a rein- carnation of Kali herself, was rushed to Devkamal Hospital in Ranchi around Friday mid- night and has been reported out of danger after successful treatment by surgeon Dr Anant Sinha and Dr Raj Kumar Pathak. The incident which has taken place in less than a month after a CRPF constable slit his throat at Chhinnmastika temple of Rajrappa in Ramgarh in January this year, has raised seri- ous questions on Govern- ment’s programmes to eradicate such superstitions. “As the woman was brought by her family members after more than three hours she harmed her tongue badly, it was practically not possible for us to stitch same slit half again. However, we took her through surgery and woman is considerably fine now. She is able to utter some words and eat few solid foods. She has been discharged on Saturday,” Sinha said. He added that the woman, probably in her late 30s, kept on proclaiming herself as the Goddess even after surgery, and it sounded as if she was not in her senses. “That is why we have suggested family members to take her to a psychiatrist. Though we have given them few names of psychiatrists, I am not sure if she has been taken to any of them after she was released,” said Sinha. Ironically, despite all efforts by Government and NGOs working for such causes, unfor- tunate incidents of slitting body parts and offering them to Gods either to appease them or for self-proclamation have not met with their end. The State was in limelight even in international media three years ago, when Lalmohan Soren (17) had sliced his tongue in Dugda in early May 2014 and had offered to Lord Shiva to get his wishes fulfilled. In yet another disturbing incident, a 11-year-old girl had cut off two of her fingers in the same tem- ple in Bokaro in July last year. GORAKHPUR: There was a time, not many years ago, when universal electoral slogans in north India revolved around Bijli-Sadak- Pani or (B-S-P). It was widely believed that the party credibly promising to provide these three basic needs would have a head-start in the polls. If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won successive elections in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, it was largely because of the abil- ity of the State Governments to ensure B-S-P was provided; anything above this, as in industrialised and prosperous Gujarat was a bonus. Travelling through what was once one of the country's most impoverished parts, namely the Gorakhpur division of UP — wracked by floods, malaria and encephalitis, poor agricultural productivity, no roads worth the name and total absence of industry (which once drove labourers in lakhs to Kolkata and Mumbai and even to distant British colonies such as Mauritius, Fiji, West Indies and so on) — the story has changed com- pletely. Traffic hurtles down four- lane highways, thatched roof cottages have been mostly replaced by RCC terraces and brick structures and even eat- ing habits have changed. A cel- ebrated local song of the Independence era ran thus: "Randi-barandi Collector nachawe/Desh nachawe Jawahar Lal/Goda khaike ladne chala hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister in the UP Government. Goda, inciden- tally, was a gruel made of coarse grain which was the sta- ple diet of local people for lit- tle else grew in these flood- riven parts. Today, this is the rice granary of UP and wheat too is grown in abundance dur- ing the winter. Goda is some- thing unheard of to the post- 70s generations. In the last two decades, development has transformed the face of most of Eastern UP. Successive Governments, whether headed by Kalyan Singh or Rajnath Singh, Mayawati or Mulayam Singh and now Akhilesh Yadav have kept the pace of development going. Turn to Page 4 A Delhi couple plunged into grief on Saturday after- noon as their three-year-old twins, left alone by their moth- er at home for a few minutes, climbed up the top of a wash- ing machine filled with water and drowned in it at Avantika Apartments at KV Block in Rohini Sector 1 in West Delhi. According to police, the mother of Naksh and Neeshu had set up the top-loading machine for laundry, filled it with water and had gone out to buy detergent. When she returned, approximately "six minutes later" she could not find the children in the house. After an abortinve search in the flat, she informed her husband about the missing children. Deceased kids' mother Rekha also informed her neigh- bour who made a PCR call at 1.10 pm. In the meanwhile, Ravindra, father of children, rushed to the house and on search, he found the kids float- ing inside the washing machine. The kids were then rushed to a local hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead. Police said there was about 15 liters water in the spinning tub of washing machine, and there is a possibility that chil- dren climbed the pile of laun- dry to reach the top of the washing machine. Police have ruled out the possibility of homicide. The family members are also not suspecting any foul play. "The family is in incon- solable state, we will try to con- tact them later. The bodies have been sent to North Delhi's Baba Saheb Ambedkar (BSA) hospital in Rohini for post- mortem. Inquest proceedings under Section 174 CrPC are underway," said MN Tiwari, DCP (Rohini). A n Anti-Terrorist Squad team arrested Md. Gulam Sarwar from Bathani village of Gaya district on Friday night. Sarwar had been declared absconding in case no. 39/2002 in 2008 relating to attack on the American Centre, Kolkata in 2001. The ATS team handed over Sarwar to Hazaribagh police on Saturday and, after inter- rogation, police produced him in the court and sent him to JP Central Jail. Hazaribagh SP Anup Birthare said that it was Sarwar who had managed a rented house in Hazaribagh for the terrorists of Lashkar- e-Tayyeba. The house in which Md. Salim and Md. Idrish, who had been shot down on February 28, 2002 by ATS team, stayed was of Md. Majid Khan, a close relative of Sarwar. At the time of encounter Md. Sadakat and Md. Jamil were not in that house and were arrested later by the ATS team. All these terrorists were residents of Pakistan. Sarwar has said that he used to visit Hazaribagh those days for selling footwear. When the job of searching a safe hiding place for the ter- rorists was given to him, he contacted Md. Majid Khan, his relative, and managed him to give some rooms in his house on rent. After the action of ATS, he stopped vis- iting Hazaribagh but finally, he was caught last night. Notably, the anti-terrorist squad had shot down two ter- rorists of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba at Khirgaon Muhalla of Hazaribagh town on February 28, 2002. Later, two more terrorists were nabbed by the ATS team who are presently lodged in a Kolkata jail. P resident Pranab Mukherjee has returned the 'Minimum Wages (Delhi) Amendment Bill 2015', passed by the Delhi Assembly, on the suggestion of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) saying that the Bill is in violation of the Government of National Capital Territory (GNCT) Act 1994. The Minimum Wages (Delhi) Amendment Bill 2015 stipulates strin- gent punish- ment like high- er fines and imprisonment for violations. Incidentally, the Arvind Kejriwal Cabinet on Saturday yet again approved a hike in minimum wages, as recom- mended by a special commit- tee set up for the purpose. This is the second such committee set up by the Kejriwal dispensation. The rec- ommendations made by the earlier committee were reject- ed by then Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on the ground that the AAP Government did not seek his prior approval to form the panel. Turn to Page 4

Upload: phungtuong

Post on 21-Jun-2018

213 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

��������������� ������

Maharashtra Congress lead-ers on Saturday appeared

divided in their opinion onwhether or not to extend theparty's support to the ShivSena in its bid to gain controlover the BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation(BMC), even as the Sena keptits cards close to it chest and theBJP ruled out the possibility ofit seeking the Congress' supportin the BMC's Mayoral elec-tions.

While former UnionMinister Gurudas Kamat andhis arch rival and MumbaiCongress president SanjayNirupam opposed any post-alliance with the Sena in theBMC, former chief ministersNarayan Rane and AshokChavan seemed to be open tothe idea of extending supportto the Sena to keep the BJPaway from power in the

Mumbai civic body. Chavan left the issue open-

ended when he indicated onFriday that the Congress mightlook at the issue after the Senawalked out of the BJP-ledMaharashtra Government.

On the other hand, Rane'sMLA-son Nilesh Rane went totown, saying the talks were atvarious levels within theCongress on extending thesupport to the Sena to capturepower in the BMC.

However, another formerChief Minister PrithivirajChavan took a balanced viewwhen he said it was for theCongress high command to takea decision on whether to extendsupport to the Sena or not.

Prithiviraj Chavan told

The Pioneer over the phonefrom his hometown of Satarain western Maharashtra thatas far as we are concerned, wehave two options: To do noth-ing or put up a candidate ofour own in the BMC Mayoralpolls.

������������� �����������������������������������������

�������������� �������������

����� ������ ����

In a bizarre and disturbing actof self-proclamation, a

woman named Ganga Devisliced off her tongue into twoon Friday evening in a GoddessKali temple in Kudu area ofLohardaga district and offeredit to Kali then and there. Thewoman from Jinghi Basti ofKudu area, proclaiming a rein-carnation of Kali herself, wasrushed to Devkamal Hospitalin Ranchi around Friday mid-night and has been reportedout of danger after successfultreatment by surgeon Dr AnantSinha and Dr Raj KumarPathak.

The incident which hastaken place in less than a monthafter a CRPF constable slit histhroat at Chhinnmastika templeof Rajrappa in Ramgarh inJanuary this year, has raised seri-ous questions on Govern-ment’s programmes to eradicatesuch superstitions. “As thewoman was brought by herfamily members after more thanthree hours she harmed hertongue badly, it was practicallynot possible for us to stitch sameslit half again. However, wetook her through surgery andwoman is considerably fine now.She is able to utter some wordsand eat few solid foods. She hasbeen discharged on Saturday,”Sinha said.

He added that the woman,

probably in her late 30s, kept onproclaiming herself as theGoddess even after surgery, andit sounded as if she was not inher senses. “That is why wehave suggested family membersto take her to a psychiatrist.Though we have given themfew names of psychiatrists, I amnot sure if she has been takento any of them after she wasreleased,” said Sinha.

Ironically, despite all effortsby Government and NGOsworking for such causes, unfor-tunate incidents of slitting bodyparts and offering them toGods either to appease themor for self-proclamation havenot met with their end. TheState was in limelight even ininternational media three yearsago, when Lalmohan Soren(17) had sliced his tongue inDugda in early May 2014 andhad offered to Lord Shiva to gethis wishes fulfilled. In yetanother disturbing incident, a11-year-old girl had cut off twoof her fingers in the same tem-ple in Bokaro in July last year.

������������ �GORAKHPUR: There was atime, not many years ago,when universal electoralslogans in north Indiarevolved around Bijli-Sadak-Pani or (B-S-P). It was widelybelieved that the partycredibly promising to providethese three basic needs wouldhave a head-start in the polls.

If the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) won successiveelections in Gujarat, MadhyaPradesh and Chhattisgarh, itwas largely because of the abil-ity of the State Governments toensure B-S-P was provided;anything above this, as inindustrialised and prosperousGujarat was a bonus.

Travelling through whatwas once one of the country's

most impoverished parts,namely the Gorakhpur divisionof UP — wracked by floods,malaria and encephalitis, pooragricultural productivity, noroads worth the name andtotal absence of industry

(which once drove labourers inlakhs to Kolkata and Mumbaiand even to distant Britishcolonies such as Mauritius,Fiji, West Indies and so on) —the story has changed com-pletely.

Traffic hurtles down four-lane highways, thatched roofcottages have been mostlyreplaced by RCC terraces andbrick structures and even eat-ing habits have changed. A cel-ebrated local song of theIndependence era ran thus:

"Randi-barandi Collectornachawe/Desh nachaweJawahar Lal/Goda khaike ladnechala hai/Bir hamara ShibbanLal" The reference was to a

local Congress hero of the1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena,later a Minister in the UPGovernment. Goda, inciden-tally, was a gruel made ofcoarse grain which was the sta-ple diet of local people for lit-tle else grew in these flood-riven parts. Today, this is therice granary of UP and wheattoo is grown in abundance dur-ing the winter. Goda is some-thing unheard of to the post-70s generations.

In the last two decades,development has transformedthe face of most of Eastern UP.Successive Governments,whether headed by Kalyan Singhor Rajnath Singh, Mayawati orMulayam Singh and nowAkhilesh Yadav have kept thepace of development going.

Turn to Page 4

��������������� ��� ����

ADelhi couple plunged intogrief on Saturday after-

noon as their three-year-oldtwins, left alone by their moth-er at home for a few minutes,climbed up the top of a wash-ing machine filled with waterand drowned in it at AvantikaApartments at KV Block inRohini Sector 1 in West Delhi.

According to police, themother of Naksh and Neeshuhad set up the top-loadingmachine for laundry, filled it

with water and had gone out tobuy detergent. When shereturned, approximately "sixminutes later" she could notfind the children in the house.After an abortinve search in theflat, she informed her husband about the missingchildren.

Deceased kids' motherRekha also informed her neigh-bour who made a PCR call at1.10 pm. In the meanwhile,Ravindra, father of children,rushed to the house and on

search, he found the kids float-ing inside the washingmachine. The kids were thenrushed to a local hospital,where doctors declared thembrought dead.

Police said there was about15 liters water in the spinningtub of washing machine, andthere is a possibility that chil-dren climbed the pile of laun-dry to reach the top of thewashing machine.

Police have ruled out thepossibility of homicide. Thefamily members are also notsuspecting any foul play.

"The family is in incon-solable state, we will try to con-tact them later. The bodies havebeen sent to North Delhi'sBaba Saheb Ambedkar (BSA)hospital in Rohini for post-mortem. Inquest proceedingsunder Section 174 CrPC areunderway," said MN Tiwari,DCP (Rohini).

����� ��� ��� ��������

An Anti-Terrorist Squadteam arrested Md. Gulam

Sarwar from Bathani villageof Gaya district on Fridaynight. Sar war had beendeclared absconding in caseno. 39/2002 in 2008 relatingto attack on the AmericanCentre, Kolkata in 2001. TheATS team handed overSarwar to Hazaribagh policeon Saturday and, after inter-rogation, police producedhim in the court and sent himto JP Central Jail.

Hazaribagh SP AnupBirthare said that it wasSarwar who had managed arented house in Hazaribaghfor the terrorists of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba. The house inwhich Md. Salim and Md.Idrish, who had been shotdown on February 28, 2002 byATS team, stayed was of Md.Majid Khan, a close relative ofSar war. At the t ime ofencounter Md. Sadakat andMd. Jamil were not in thathouse and were arrested laterby the ATS team. All theseterrorists were residents ofPakistan.

Sarwar has said that he

used to visit Hazaribagh thosedays for selling footwear.When the job of searching asafe hiding place for the ter-rorists was given to him, hecontacted Md. Majid Khan,his relative, and managedhim to give some rooms in hishouse on rent. After theaction of ATS, he stopped vis-iting Hazaribagh but finally,he was caught last night.

Notably, the anti-terroristsquad had shot down two ter-

rorists of Lashkar-e-Tayyebaat Khirgaon Muhalla ofHazaribagh town on February28, 2002. Later, two moreterrorists were nabbed by theATS team who are presentlylodged in a Kolkata jail.

�������������� ����� ��������������������

������������������� ��������

��������������� ����������� ������ ����� ��� ������ ����������� ���������������������������� ��

�� � ������������������������� �!�����������������������������������������������������������"!������������������� �#$�%������� ���� �&�������������� ������������� ���� ������� ��� � �� ��� '������������������� ����������(������������'���)�� ����� ��������!��$�'�������������*����! �� ����� ���������+�������� �������'������������,���� ��� � )�������������������� ������� ��������-������ ����������)����� � �� ������"�����$�������� �%��� ��������� ����������������.��� �������

%������������������������ � ��/������ ���������� ������������������������0������������������'��������� ��� � ���� ���������������������������1�� ��%�������������!�����2��� �%� ��%���$�'����������� � ���� ���������������������������)�������� ���������� ���������+��� ���'��� �2���'��)�������� ������ ����������0��������������� ��� �3����'��)����� ������������2�� ���*������������������������ ��'��� ���%�������' �������������������� ����������� � ���������������+��������� �������� ��� �� ����������� �� �4��)�����������������0������������� ��&��������������������������� ��� ���������%���$�'������

5���)�������� �������'���������� ������������"6������������$�������)�����!���$�3 �������! ��������1*�� ����'��� � ������ ��������7�������������������������� �'������������� ��������6�'������

��������)�������� �������������� ��� ����������������� ������� �!����������� �3�����������$�������������������������������������� ���� ��� ������������������������ $������ � �������� ����������������)���� ����� ��)�����������������)��������������� �������� ��� ������ '������������'����������%�����'��������������/������ ����� ��� ��������������������� �%����������������������0�������������� �������������� ������������������ �����������0��������� �� ���� ������+�������� '�� �������������� ��������� ��

5�� ���)��������������������� ������ �����������%���� ��������� �%��������� �� �������������������88���������������������� �����!�����2������5���� ����9 �5�������������� ����� ��������'������%,)�%������ ������� �:�������������;������������� ��� ��� ��� �������� '����������������'����������������� � �������� � ����������������� ��� ������� ��������� ����<��9 %����0���������������������� ���������������� �'�����������'������ � ������ ������0�����0 ������� ��������'������ ���������� ������������ ������������������������ $��������������

������������� ��������=�� ��>���� ��� ��������� �%������ � �����������������%���$�� ������ ���?�������� ����������� ���������������� �����?����������������0�� ��������

%����������� � ������������������%���� ����������������������/������ ������������������� � ����������� �� ������+��,������������)�������%�/����)�������'�� ��'������������ �����=� ��������� ���������� ��'�>���������������� ������ �%������� �������� �������������� ���������������������������������������������� ���%��������������� ������� � �� ��������� �� ���� �*��������������������)����������������� '�� ��� ����������� ��������������+�

% �������� ���������+@ �.��������� �������������A� �/������ ����)������ ���=���� ����� �������>� ���������� ���� ������������������������������$�����&������������ ���������+@�� '�������� ��� ������ ����������(�������������'�������'���������B��0�� �%���)������'������B�������� ���� ���������������������$��������� ������)�� �����'��������� ������ ��'���������B������������������� '������C����� �+���� �2��� ���'�������%���� �3 ��D�'������� ������� �������������� ������ ���������������� ��� �5���%� ���/�������� ���������+@��0�������C+

1������������������'�����)�������������'������%�������-������� ���������� ��� ��������������� ������'������ ��������������������������������� ��'���� �������� ��������/�� ���� �!� ��������� '������� ������ �������������� �+@��� ���� �&��������� ������������������C+)� ������������� ���0�������������� � �����

%���B�������0������������������������.��� �%���������� ���������� � ��������+���������������� �������������'������� ������������.��� $�� ��������������+� �%����� ���� �������%���$ ���� ����������������?������������������������������� ��� �)�� ������� ���������������� ��� �)��� ���� ��� ��������������������� ��������������� ���0� �������*��� ?��� ���������������.��� $�� ���� ��������� �/����� �����)��������������������������������������� ��������� ������.��� ����� ������ ��� '�� ���������������������������������������������� ������ �5�� ���)������ ��������� ��������� '����������������(����� %����� ���� ����������������������� �������(� ������+����� �������'��� �3 ����������� ���� ���� �� ������������ � ���� '������������� �� ���������� ����� �%���������� '�� ��� ��������.��� $������������ ���� �� ���������������������������� �������� �

� ��� �)������0 ���)�� � ��� ���� ������������������������� ����������� �������������&�� �� �%����� �������� ������ ��������������� ������%���$��� ��1�� ������������� �� %�������(��������� �+�������������������������� ����������������� ��������� ���� ����� �!���������� �����/������ ��������������� ���� �������������)�� ������� ����������� �����/���� $������ ��' ��� �E�������%���������������/���� $��� � �����������������.��� $��������

��� ������� ����������� ��� !������ ����"�#$ �#%���#�& ����#'�!�& �#� #!��#"(��#���" �� � ��� ��� ���� ��� #����)"� ��*#�"���� "�'����� +��#"��$���� �� �#��!( ��#������#���� � �����,!�#����� ��)'�-� ��#�����#��'��� ��)!"�#%�$��� �����.)������ # �� �����"���"����'���" �� ,��#%��� '�)!" �� ����#�� ��,� #�/��#����0

��������������������������� ���� ����

������������������������������������������1 � �)�!�' ��0#���#���� �����#� #�%�" ��� ������ ,�#�" ��� ���!�#� ��� ��#%#�� 2�#/���")��" �!'3�������% ��"�� �( �)�%�#4$�"5����( �#��! � �#"�(# ��#"���)��� � �!! ��"�# �)�!�' ���*#� �''����� #!!�0�" ��#� ��� �!' *#�3#0#���� ��� "�0���( � �)� *�'�� #�" ������ � ��!#'4$

������������������������������������� !"�#�1 �� # 0��"*�!! 0���)��&��� ��6 �#� �#�"�" �5�� # 78/(�#�/�!" �#%���#�� �#����#!& *�� �#"��#"5������!( ������" ���� ��� ��"�#���������(& �� �#%���#� �#�0���& #�� ���#! �#�" �� 6��"#($

$%&&&�������������������'� �������������(#("#�)1 �)�)0�#' �� �#(��0 #��#5( ����� �� ,)�!"��0 ��)��#! ��#"�� �#���)��)�� #� �5�� 9&888 ������#5� ,��� �!!�" �� "�5�!�� # !(�5��#�" ����� )�"���#���� �� ��� ���(&�#����0 ��� ��� � ��5����'���#!����$

�*&����������'���������������+�������#,!��-. ����!�/%��*� �)�!�'��0#���#���� �!!/��"�# 6#�:#�/�/�#"��# �)���! �#� "��!#��" #,�)��( � �;8 !#%� �� #�(���,���#"��0 #�#"�#� �)�!�' #���5����#��% 6#��� �� ��� �����0 3)�/��!#'��4 5��*� �� # �<���0�#''�$

������������������������������.�������)#!/0�#1 �#%��0 # "� �#�� ��#�" �5����� �=� �#�#! ���)�& �)�+#, ���)�(��� �������� �)%�,�� ���0� �#"#!�� �#�)�"#( �#�" ��� �5�� # ���0!�"��� � *#��� *�)!" ,� ��#��" *������ ���0�,�)���0 ��#���$

�����1����'������2������������� �/!3����!/-1 ���� 6�#���� �#�.)���!( ��")��" �#������� #0#���� #�#�" )! � ��"����!� �������&#��!(��0 ��� 5����� � # '���� )!��)��� �5�� �� ��� *���� � ��"��� ��*#(� ��#� �)�5�5��� � #,)�� #�" �������>� �*� #"5����� .)������$

�������

����������������������������������������� ����� ������������������������������������� ���� ��������������������������� �

���������������� ����!��"�"��������������� #�����

��� ������������� �������������

���/�,���0/�/4�� ,3� ,0%� ,5,���),�/���0�/#��06�#), �/�,6�3,��6�)�0/��6���0/,#�����(33,00!5,���5,#�),�/0���5,7,�/�/�,���3,��6� ,5,���),�/�"�!�"������� 8�9�!0�#,� !�-�5�!��:�,���4%��/��,�0/�6�#�����5,#�",��6�*;���(#0��� �-����� 89%�,5,��!��/�,�!�/,#!�#%�4�,/�,#�/�/,��!"�4�-0��#����'���,0%��#,�0)��/�%��� ���� 8�9���0��,5,#�

:,,�����#�:�,)�!��/�,0,���#/0

� 6��'�� ����� ���������)�)"#� ?#'#� #�" �)',#���0���� �����"��� �#�+#(���)�#' ������" #�( ����/#!!�#��� *��� ��� ���# �� ��� ��

� �#5#� !� � ��� ���)� ����/��"�" *��� �� ��"��#��" ��6��"#( ��#� ��� ��0���� '�0��!��% #� ��� ���)� # ��� ��� ���#*#!%�" �)� � ��� �2�/!�"�#�#�#����# ��5���'���

� �#��>� ���/��� ��!��� �#��*��� �� ��*�& �#(��0 ��� �#!%�*��� #� 5#���)� !�5�!� *����� �����0���� �� �����"��0 ����)����� �� ��� ���# �� �#��)����*�� �� ��� ��

���� !��"#�

������������� �� ���� ��� ����� ��� ��� ����������� �������� ������������ � �� �����

���� ��� ����

President Pranab Mukherjeehas returned the 'Minimum

Wages (Delhi) AmendmentBill 2015', passed by the DelhiAssembly, on the suggestion ofthe Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) saying that the Bill is inviolation of the Government ofNational Capital Territory(GNCT) Act 1994.

The Minimum Wages(Delhi) Amendment Bill 2015stipulates strin-gent punish-ment like high-er fines andimprisonmentfor violations.

Incidentally, the ArvindKejriwal Cabinet on Saturdayyet again approved a hike inminimum wages, as recom-mended by a special commit-tee set up for the purpose.

This is the second suchcommittee set up by theKejriwal dispensation. The rec-ommendations made by theearlier committee were reject-ed by then LieutenantGovernor Najeeb Jung on theground that the AAPGovernment did not seek hisprior approval to form thepanel.

Turn to Page 4

$�%��� ���&���'���������(�##$�"�����������

" ������������������ �����������)���#�����������(�*��)���

����!�"���#������ �������$� ���$���$����������������������� ���!�"���#����%������������� � ��%���&�������� ���$�����'�&���(�����'�&���� ��$�������#�� ������$��)�#����*�+,�+--+�#*���������� ��*���$� �%�'�&�'�.��/��������(������%����$��

$%� ��������&�&�#��"�����������##���"�

��������� ����������������� ����������������� ��������������������������������

�#�� ��( ��� ;8 �00(, @@A��� �)���#�0� ����# � ���!��#,!�

�0/�:�!0�, �*<=; ������������� ����������������������������� �����

!"��#$��% !&��

������%����'�������'�>=%�>&*?@������<A<��B

�$+!,�-����� C������ �C���������� ��6���

.#�&�#!*�/������ ������ 6���??�

������� 6C� ����� �C��

0+!.&�1������/����� 6��/C66

��������

F%��1 ���������� � ������ ��G� ����������2������ ����3

Page 2: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

��������'������( '��������( )*+�),-. %�(� �0����-+

#��'�������������4����

!#�"++�5���3������#���*���(��������*�����(*�������!��� �!���3�6789

Rangoon, the name itself conjures up acompelling nostalgia that directorVishal Bhardwaj has worked hard,

apparently for more than a decade, toportray in this war-romance.

The canvas is big and the intentionshonest but Rangoon unfortunately gets toocaught up in the razzle-dazzle of lookingand sounding much too grand and therebywalking away from both the war at handand the romance brewing around theuniform, at a time when India was in themidst of many battles.

But there’s no denying the fact that thisfilm is a visual, musical treat as is expectedfrom the haunting strains of Bhardwaj,which suddenly peak in the film and catchyou unawares when the directorpassionately sings the INA version of therashtra gaan.

It is a musicless, deep-voiced renditionthat compels you to stand up in ovationand while you are paying your respect tothe nation, you do spare a nod for the film’slead character Miss Julia aka KanganaRanaut.

Though we all know there’s no stoppingRanaut in her pursuit of ultimate glory onthe screen, in Vishal’s deft hands, she isstunning both in appearance and

demeanour, leaving all other well-fleshedout characters around her far behind.

In a Naida Hunterwali type of persona,she is spontaneous, wanton and completelyat ease with the energy that was needed tobe unleashed to be that kind of actionsuperstar of the 1940s.

Not to say that Bhardwaj’s acumen inenrolling Saif Ali Khan as the shadedBollywood money bag with an upturnedmoustache and a thing for goras, and anupright soldier in Shahid Kapoor was anyless. Saif is a perfect fit as an unscrupulous,obsessive stuntman-turned-producer andShahid wins the battle with himself bymerely looking old enough to be on screenas a grown man and not a youngster tooyoung for either romance or war. Betweenthese three and, of course, the Hindi-obsessed Lt General David Harding playedto perfection by Richard McCabe, the filmflits between the compulsions of the IndianNational Army of Subhash Chandra Bose,the swish corridors of well-heeled tinseltown Mumbai and the war unfolding attwo levels — Indians in the Brit Army andthe guerrilla soldiers of Bose wanting tofree India with an un-Gandhian force.

The film could have been so muchmore than just a picture perfect visualdelight. It could have had more momentsof love and battle. It would then have beenmore of a movie and less of a soiree ofcinematic excellence.

.:+�5���3��&�$���(�!���������(�&����0��������������*�����!���3�1789

The film ends with the adopted mother comingall the way from Tasmania to an unknown bellyof India called Khandwa to hug the biological

mother of Saroo and one would have wanted to knowmore of life after. But Lion does not tell you that.

What it tells you is an amazing, rare andincredible story of a small boy lost in a train,marooned in the bad streets of Kolkata for someyears, taken to a shady orphanage and then gettingmiraculously adopted by a childless couple all the wayaway in Hobart.

He grows up there and it is only after 25 years thathe makes an amazing return to his roots of which hedid not know or remember anything other than theplace he called “Ganeshtalay”. It’s not on the map, it’snot even in his memory and no one knows how far itis from Kolkata where he was found. But he finds it,and that’s an amazing part of the journey that thissensitively made film delves into.

With Nicole Kidman as the adopted mother andPriyanka Bose as the biological one, Dev Patel flowersas Saroo and his faded memories with the finesse of aseasoned actor. He is good, so is Nicole and others,but it is the story that is the ultimate winner.

An Oscar or more for such a stunning tale anyday. So, only correct that it received six Oscarnominations at the 89th Academy Awards, includingBest Picture, Best Actor (Patel), Best SupportingActress (Kidman) and Best Adapted Screenplay. Wayto go really.

;#�*: 5���3���������$������(�$������������(�"����"����!���3�-789

Miles away from America and its 1960s, Indiastill knows the John F Kennedy assassinationtale by heart. So does America. Or so both

nations and their gentries thought, till Jackie camealong to press their imagination on what might havehappened behind the scenes four days into theassassination of the most youthful and handsomePresident of America.

Straightaway, full marks to Natalie Portman whoplays the agonised and terrorised but determined andpoised Mrs Kennedy all through the aftermath of herhusband being killed. Straightaway, full marks to directorPablo Larrain for making such a compelling docu-drama, that too coming all the way from Chili if youdon’t mind and not being great with English language!

Jackie is his version of what might have happened inthe White House in those four days, an imaginaryversion if one must point out. The in-fights, thetensions, the issues of world leaders descending withsecurity scares, the undercurrents of a has-been FirstLady and the uncertainties of life after a new Presidentis sworn in next to her assassinated husband’s coffin.

Really, Portman lends life to this film almostentirely if, that is, you chose to ignore the brilliant workthat has gone into screen-writing and costuming thisuncomfortably happening slice of history hidden awayfrom all eyes, thanks to the fierce privacy desire of thewoman in the centre of it all — Jackie Kennedy.

Portman so convincingly lives and displays Jackie’sagony of those four days that you get inexorably drawninto the proceedings even when they are sometimesslow to unfold and somewhat staccato in display.

Deserves that Oscar it has been nominated for.

���������� ���� ��������

�����������������

�<+0�,:� ��� �����?�� ��C

����������� ������ �������������������� ��������������������������� ����������� ��������� ��!�������"�������������#���#����$%&'((%�)���(* &'&(( &&� &(&& � &(&&*�$���+,�������������-.����������������/������� ������.0����������01������2�3��0�4�#���#����56������78�����+����������#/1#�.��60�8/9: ((%: *&(�#89;�/��#/$<' : ((%��1#�=#�0�#98��#��<�((8��+�������4�� ���>��/����+���?���+��� �@����� ������+4�.����@�������������+��,�����;����)���������+8��4A+(<<$ &BCC B<$B'�(<<$'(BC'<((�(*%B< &' B<!2+(<<$ &BCC BC������>3�����+'��!���������������.�������!�D �#���������> E(<E�)���������+(C $ &'E''&� &'E'''� &'E''C�

���������� �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ��������������� �� ���������������������������������������������������������� ������������ ����� ��������������� ��������������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������� �!����������������"���������� ���������������������������� �������������������� ���� ��������������������������������� �����������������������������#��������������������������� ���� ����$����%����&�������������������������� ��������������� �����������������������'����������������������������������� ���������������"��������������������(�����������������������������

�):!,�3,���#�!5����,�.�6�,�)#�( ;9& D8;E #� F �' ��,#,.��',����� �#!!& <#�#�� ?)�+& ��!����/#-. 6���

�',����� #���5#! #�'�" #� ������#����0����!� *��� ��" �!#���� ��0#����" ,( ��� ��),6��� �� ��")!0� ��G #!��0 *��� ��� !�5� 0���5��0')��� ��� ��'#���� ��' !�#"��0 ')���#!,#�"�$ �',����� �#!! *�!! ��0#���� 5#���)�������#��'��� #���5����� !�%� !�5� ')������ ��'#����& �2-� ��� ��'#����& �����#����#!#���5����� !�%� !�*� #�" #����� ������#��'���& !�#'#�%�� #�" ��"�#-� ,�00��� ��" ����5#! *��������#)�#��� "���!#( ����� ��0�#�)�� "�!��#���� �5��0��" ')��� #�" ��#��( ��� ��'#���� ��#�����#���� *��� ��� ��), 6���$ ��� �#���5#! *�!!*������ ���� � ��#��( ��� ��'#���� ,( #����� !�%��)�) �#�"�#*#& 6#:�! �)��#& �#�#5# ?& ���# ��#�H �#!�%# #("��& #�� H �)%�'#�� #�" ������$

$���=� ��1��2

������������!! ,� ������������*�����0

��� C��#�� *��� ��� �����",��#%��0 ;I ��'��#�����J ��!!2)���� ��',��!#%� *�� ��� ����5��( C��#� �� ��#�# ,� �#%��0#*#( ��� ���� ���'#��" 6�!'C��#�J 6��' ����#�"� ���#���� ���''# �����& ��� C��#������������ *�!! ,� 0�#���0 �����#0� #�" �� �)��!( *�!! ,� #'�'��� �� ��5�� ��0��$ ���C��#�� *�!! *�#� )� ��� D8;E#*#�"� ��#��� �� #� ��� ��!,(���#��� �� ��� ��0�!�� �����"#($ ����" ,( 2�''( ?�''�!& ��� ��" �#������5��#0� *�!! %��% � #� @1B8 #' �!!�*�" ,( ��� #*#�"���* !�5�$ ���-� ��0�� �� �)�� �� �� ��#� ��5���& ��#���5��� � #�" ��#� ��5��� ��!��� � �� 6�,�)#�( DE�� *#��� !�5� #� @1B8#'& �!!�*�" ,( # ����#� #� F1B8�'$

���������'���������& �� ��!!#,��#���� *��� ���( ����)��� ���*��%&

�������� ���� 6�!'�& # ������ � "��)'���#�( �!'����*�#���0 ��� '��� ��'��!!��0 #�" ���0��#! �������������$ ��� "��)'���#���� ������� � 5#���" ������� ��' ��� *��!" � ������ ��0�!�0����0 #��!����& �5����#�" ������������� *��� ������( #� !#�0�$ C�� � ���

"��)'���#���� ��#�*�!! ,� #���" ��"#(�� ������� ��� ,(��� ������#��'���#�" "������� ��!�������0�$ �� �� �������( � ��)�#0�#�" 5#!�� *��������% ��� ���

��'')���( 0��)�" )�$ C� ��5�',�� E& ;99;& ��� �!!/��#� �#�5�� K�#0��- 2������& ��!" # ����� ��� ������#���)����0 ��#� �� *#� �</������5�$ ��� �!'�������!�� ��� ��'�� �<�-� �����"�,!� +�)���( #�"���!���� ��* �� ������)�� �� ����5� "��#"�� !#���$ �)���� �� �C�= ���� #�" �C�= ���� � �#���!�& ��"#(&6�,�)#�( D7 #� ;D �'$

������� ������������5�� �!� !�%� %������ �� ��� ��!( �!#�� (�)-5� �5��

,�!��0�" ��J � (��& ���� ��'�"( ��* �� ��� �� ���#��5��(��� ��' ����!!��� ��� � �� ��"��� #�" '�5��!�5���& *��� ��� ��"�#� �< ���'���� � ��'�"(/"�#'#'�5�� �)���$ ��� '�5�� *�!! ,� #���" �� �)�"#(&6�,�)#�( D7& D8;E #� ;�' #�" 9�'$

�������" ,( ���'���'� �''( �*#�" *����� 2���2��� ��!!�& ��#����0 C��#� �*#�" *�����0 #���� ��#"!�(����� L�"#' 2����M #�" ��6�� �*#�" *����� �����#��!!�� L�!���M �� ��� '#�� ��!��& ��� ����( �� #,�)� �� �"#' 2���� *�� �#" �� #!! #�" !��� ��$ �� ����������0���5�# #,�)� ��� �!' �� ��#� *��!" ����*��" ��� ����"�� �#'�#(& �#��� ������ �����& �#��)� �#����0#�" !#�� �'(�� ���5�"�" ������#���� �� �����>���#�#���� / �"#' 2����& ���)0� ����� '��� �!���!(�')!#��� �#'�#(>� ��#�#��������� %������ �#���$

�Did you ever think of doing anIndian fairy tale before Chandrakanta- Prem Ya Paheli?

Yes, I always wanted to dosomething like this. Chandrakanta isexactly what any girl would dream to be,a princess who has her own kingdomwhich has both a villain and a princecharming. At the same time, there arelayers to her struggle. You will seepeople fighting for her and wanting heras a war trophy. �What is the most difficult thingabout your role?

Everything is new to me. I had noreferences to play this role and itrequired a lot of effort. The challengeis to make it look different from itsprevious version. You have to be inheavy costume and walk straight, nomatter what. You don’t act like this indaily life. I am no princess in real life.Also, I need to speak in klisht Hindi andUrdu which requires a lot of practice.�Your previous show Reporters got amixed response...

With Reporters, we tried to make arealistic show in a finite format, doingsomething different from what wasgoing on TV those days. It was a greatmove. It went well for me. I would neversay that it didn’t work out. Reporters wasfor a niche audience and it worked inthat space. It couldn’t cut across to themasses which is fine because itwasn’t designed for them.�Do you prefer shortfilms or web?

I don’t want torestrict myself toone medium. Iwant to be act across allmediums and do excitingroles. I don’t want to beknown as just a TV actor. �As an actor, whatdifferentiates a web seriesa from TV serial?

There is a lot ofmoney in television and itis our bread and butter.There are pros and consto both. Web is a newmedium and good forthose who want toexperiment. Creatively,web is richer and has norestrictions orcensorship. All youneed is a channel on

which you can put up the content whichyou can shoot yourself. If it’s good, it willgo viral. TV, on the other hand, is safer.It targets the masses. All we need is aright balance of both.�You’ve been in the industry for 10years. When do we get to see you onthe big screen?

I got some opportunities but thingsdidn’t work out. I never left televisionwith an aim to doing Bollywood films.I am open to any medium that excitesme. I would not do a bad film just tobe labelled as a film actor. If I do a film,it has to be substantial. I am notdesperate for the big screen.

He has given many googlies on thecricket field and bowled outgreats in the blink of an eye. This

time, Punjab daa puttar HarbhajanSingh is all set to clean bowl the roadiesof Season 15 which promises to be thedeadliest of all seasons of Roadies Rising.This spin bowler, who was last seen asjudge on comedy TV show MazaakMazaak Mein, will tell you what it takesto be a real roadie.

“It’s a different from the other TVshows that I have done in the past. Theshow is about youth and bringing out thebest version of yourself. My role will beto bring twists and turns. The task that weare planning to put in front of them willbe really tough. You have to be like awarrior to take up the challenge. Someroadies might think that it is an impossibletask and but the real roadies will makeimpossible possible,” Singh tells you.

Unlike today’s youth who want toride fancy bikes, Singh has never beenfond of it. The only purpose of having avehicle was to commute from his hometo the cricket fields “Those days, Ialways had a scooter which I used totravel from my home to the cricketground and back home. I got my firstbike when I won the Man Of TheMatch award at the start of my career butthe irony is that I never got anopportunity to ride it,” Singh says.

Recalling his teenage days as a

roadie, Singh says: “I was a roadie on thecricket ground, expressing myselfthrough this sport and enjoying themoment by doing what I love to do. Tobringing the best foot forward no matterhow difficult are the times. I am still aroadie as I continue to cherish what Iaspired to do, even after achieving mygoals. That’s what roadies is all about”.

He says he is different from today’stech savvy and cool generation. “I am adifferent roadie for today’s youngsters.Roadies is all about giving the youthcourage and belief that you can achieveeverything. If one person can do it,others can too. It was my belief to becomea cricketer and that time I didn’t thoughwhether the neighbours would see thatspark in me or not, or coming from asmall village would I be able to representIndia at international level. I knew I hadit in me and I can achieve it one day andworked towards it no matter how muchtime it takes. In life, whatever you want,you can get, if not tomorrow, then laterunless you continue to work towardsachieving it. If you can’t run towards yourgoal, just walk and you will get theresomehow in sometime. This is how Ibelieve and live my life,” Singh says.

During the auditions, Singh sentback many contestants who applied forthe show looking at its name and fame.“I came across many contestants whowere strong and good but didn’t respect

and value their parents and family. Theydidn’t have a sound understanding of life.The second thing that put me off wasthem disrespecting women and hurtingthem, be it their mother, girlfriend orwife. You can’t take them for a ride. Third,many people think using abusivelanguage is cool. There are other waysto be cool. I will not be able to entertainsuch people. Not just boys but girls aswell. I sent them back told them to createtheir identity and learn how to speakdecently because they will set an examplefor others,” Singh says.

Talking about what Roadies is allabout, he says: “It’s not about talking inEnglish, looking cool and showing off. It’sabout facing competition, winning it,being a strong leader and so on. It’s notabout driving a bike, wearing torn jeans,and sunglasses or carrying a fancy hairstyle. We are looking for warriors whowill not run or give up in any situation.”

After a much-needed break to tendto his six-month-old daughter HinayaHeer Plaha, Singh is back with a bang.“I had taken a long break for my babybut now I am back and can’t wait to gowhere I want to be. I recently had a Ranjitrophy game in Delhi. I have six gamescoming up in next 10 days. It’s going totiring but fun and I am looking forwardto it. Then IPL comes up. I believe thatthe best thing I can do is what I know,”Singh says.

�������A6�%�.�B7/(�#�/�!" ������� #�,�#+#� ���0� �� #!! ��� �� ,�*! �)� ��� ��#"���*��� ��� "�#"!( 0)�!�$ � �#!%� �� �������� =���< #,�)� *�#� �� *#����)� �� �� ��� ���* #�" *�#� '#%�� ��' # ��#"�� �� ��#! !� �

����3/���

����������������� �� ���������� � ����� ������������ ���� ��� ��� ����������!����� "��� #"���#�����$��������%$�&��������'���� ��������� ���%����� �(��������������)��������&�������������*����+�������� �!���� ����� �$�+(����%�)(,�$� ���� ���"��������"����������

(� �-��#(�3���,#,. ��� !#��"0��& ;D& ��2 �,")! ?#!#'��#"& ��* ��!�� N ;;88;;��. 6�,�)#�( ;7 �� ;@ �#���& D8;E �!)!�"0.�@ #' �� 9�'

��!#� #�" )�*��" �� ��� ���! �)�"���� *������ !#��"0�� #� ��� ��� � �����")�� # !�5� 0��!!'��) #� ��� !#��"0�� �#�"��$ ���#�� ��' ���"�� � ��� ���( #�" ��+�( ��� !#�� !�0 � ���,�#)�� )! *����� ���!! *��� ��� ��* 0��!! '��) ��#�*�!! #���#! �� �5��( �#!#��$ ����" *��� # ��������* � �#!' �����& ��� ���#���5� !)�� 0����0#�"�� �� ��� ��� ��� �#5�� �� ���#�� ��' #,)�( "#( �� ��� ���($ ��� ��.)����� #! �������#���0 �� ��� !#*�� �#� '#"� �� # #5�)���� ����/��# ��������& ,�)����� �� # ��)�" � ,���$ ������)'����)� '��) �!#��� )� ��� ����� � ����0� ��' #��)�" ��� *��!" #�" ���!)"�� "����� !�%��!#�%���" ��# �#�� *��� ��'�� �)���� �#)��&�#�!�� ��'�� �#���#��" 2)',� ��#*��& ���!!�"��* ��#!#�" �#', ���� #�" ���!!�" ��� ��#!��!���# *��� �#�#��)�!!�$ �)���0 ��� ����5#!& ���0��!!� *�!! ,� ����!!���!( �#���" *��� # *���%(��)���� �� ,��� #� ��� 0#�"��$

'(������������&��������)�����%*�#������

Page 3: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

��$��((�-4�������'������( '��������( )*+�),-.

���� ����

Former CM Babulal Marandihas written to Chief

Minister Raghubar Das onalleged irregularities conduct-ed during the 6th JPSC pre-liminary examination andurged him to take appropriatesteps. He wanted the CM toinstruct JPSC to publich arevised result of the exam.

Marandi said that a groupof students have apprised him ofgross irregularities in the JPSCpreliminary examination. Thestudents alleged that results were

published keeping reservedquota aspirants in the sameleague despite them getting equalor more marks than the candi-dates of unreserved category.

Also, the cut off marks for theunreserved quota aspirants werekept below than that of thereserved quota aspirants. Thestudents said that this was againstthe principle of natural justice.

Similarly, the students saidthat the OMR sheets of 12,000PT examinees were cancelleddue to technical reasons and theaspirants were not provided withthe carbon copy of the OMRsheets, which is in violation of theinstructions of the government.

Writing on behalf of thestudents, Marandi said thatdoubts of students increa-

���������� �C?��C

Chief Minister RaghubarDas has pitched in for

development of tribals, sayingJharkhand is a tribal State andit can develop only when trib-als are developed. He wasspeaking at the inaugural ses-sion of BJP’s ST Morcha meetat Jaina More in Bokaro onSaturday.

Das said that the Statecould not be developed bydeveloping cities like Tata,Bokaro, Dhanbad. The realgrowth will come only whenvillages are developed.

“Development of the Stateon all fronts is the only agen-da of the government. In a bidto prevent migration from vil-lages, our government is focus-ing to set up small, medium

and micro industries. Throughthe Global Investors Summit,focus has been accorded onsetting up of medium, smalland rural industries so that

unemployment problem can beaddressed,” added the CM.

“Several national and inter-national investors have showedtheir interest in the area of agri-

culture, food processing, tex-tiles, higher education andhealthcare,” the CM said.

“The State governmentcannot provide employment toeveryone, so MukhyamantriUdyami Board has been con-stituted and the governmentwill ensure imparting skilldevelopment training to theunemployed youth. There aretremendous growth opportu-nities in the lac and silk sectorin the State,” he added.

The CM said that AdimJanjati Vikas Pradhikaran hasbeen constituted for the devel-opment of primitive tribes.Das urged the party workers toreach out to the tribals andmake them aware of theirrights and ensure that they aregetting the benefits of all gov-ernment sponsored schemes.

“In the State budget, sep-arate funds were allotted for thedevelopment of the ScheduledTribes (ST) and ScheduledCastes (SC). A total of �22,259crore was granted for specialschemes related to their uplift-ment,” the CM said.

“Apart from agriculture,education and skill develop-ment and rural development,the budget also laid emphasison women empowerment andinfrastructure – electricity,roads, communication (includ-ing civil aviation and rail-ways),” he said.

Others present on theoccasion included SportsMinister Amar Kumar Bauri,Giridih MP Ravindra Pandey,and MLAs Ram Kumar Pahan,Gangotri Kujur, ViranchiNarayan, and Laxman Tuddu.

sed after the PT examinationresults were not published cat-egory-wise. In the wake ofthese issues, Marandi urged theCM to take cognisance of theissues, initiate a probe into thematter and instruct the JPSC topublish a revised result.

���������������������'���������

���������������+���&��(��������������,�""����-���������� ������ �����+)�������+ �����������"� �������������

5���'.++/,0�$+.%./��

+�����������������%��1 2����"�������

Page 4: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

�����-6�������'������( '��������( )*+�),-.

��������������������������������������������3�!�. �!! ��"�# �)�+#, �#����#! �#�% C ����� ������#����

#���)���"�#'�� � ��*����)��5���''�����'�',��� ")���0��� ;I�� �������#!'�����0 ���#�)�"#($ �#��������!� ��#" �?��#"�#�& ���#�/2�#�%�#�" :��#!'#�#0�� �#%���

�)��#& �����C� 0����#! ������#�( ��!�� �#�#& ��#��'#� �� ��(#!&�����"��� �+#( 2#��!�( #�" "�:��� � ����� � ���#!� ��' ���#�&2�#�%�#�"& �#+#���#�& ��& ��#����0#�� #�" ����� ��#��� #����"�" ���'�����0$

���B��'����������������������������3�!. ����#!�#! ��!"� ��'���"��0#����" # *��%������ K�#+,�#��#- *���#� �,+����5� �����#��� %��*!�"0� � ��"� #'��0����)��5��& *�� #��"�#!��0 *��� "� ������(��� � �!�� �� �������������5�"��#��'����& �� �#���� �� �#�)�"#($ �#+��� ���"& #� � ���#! � �#+,�#��#& �!!#�#,#" �#�% ���%� #,�)� 5#���)� #��� � �#+,�#��##�" ��� #��!��#���� �� "#(/��/"#( � ���#! *��%�$ ������#�� '#�#0��L�#+,�#�#M ��$ ��5�"��# �#���+�� #!�� ���!#���" ������ ��#�0�� � ���/'����!( ������ � �#+,�#�# #�" �!�#��" ��� "�),�� � � ���#!�$ �#+���?)'#� #�" ������ � �#+,�#��# ���#��'���& � �!#(�" #���5� ��!� ����0#��:��0 ��� "#(/!��0 *��%����$

�;&%&&&�������������������������������

���3�!. ��',��� � 2�#�%�#�" ��� C ����� ��5�� ������#����L22��C��M 5�����" ��#+%������ ����#���� �#!�%# <�"(#!#(#& �#"0#�� ���#����$ ���( "��#��" �I8& 888 �� ��� ������)���� �� ���5�"��0��'�)��� ��#����0 �� ��)"����$ ���( #!�� "�����,)��" �*����& �)���&�� ��� #�" ��!" "���%� �� ��� ��)"����$

����������������;�����������3�!. �*� *������ � ��"�#��#��� �����! �)'� *��� #*#�"�"

�#'�)�0 I� '�,�!����� ,( ��('#! ��5&:��#! �#�#0��& �#������ �#�)�"#( ")���0�����'#� ��* =�#���#'#%# ��0#����" ,(��"�#� C�!$ �#�#0��&�#��+ �)��# #�""��)�( '#�#0��&��#���% �#!)%"#� � �����0#���#���� *���������� ")���0 ����5���$

������������������������������������������3�!. 2�&�#���� K�"##�-��0#����" # ��� '�"��#����#�" ��#!��0�#'� #� 6�5����" <�,����"��#������)"�� �� ?#�%��� �#�)�"#($�#������#���*��� �#)0�� ���,#���� � '�"��#���� *��!� ��� %�"� *��� �#)0�� ,�#�� (�0#$

7�8�)

�� � ��������

Apanchayat sewak wascaught red-handed while

taking a bribe of �2,000. The divisional Anti

Corruption Bureau (ACB)team led by DSP Pran Ranjannabbed Anand Dev of Bagidihpanchayat in Koderma whilethe government servant wasaccepting money from oneRizwana Khatoon.

Officials from the ACBsaid that Anand Dev demand-ed money from Rizwana forissuing birth certificate.Agitated over this, Rizwanaapproached the ACB officials.As per the plan, the ACB teamcaught the panchayat sewakwhile taking the bribe.

���� ����

Chief Secretary RajbalaVerma along with DGP

DK Pandey and other seniorofficials on Saturday visited oneof the most interior andextremism ravaged areas ofthe State in Gumla district,where a special Banalat ActionPlan is running for upliftmentof the poor. While reviewingworks under Banalat ActionPlan at Bishunpur block,Verma instructed officials toaddress people’s grievances.

She told them to speed upthe developmental schemes inrevenue villages and sort outproblems of the common peo-ple with coordinated efforts.She directed them to ensureadmission of 100 per cent chil-dren of the area in the localschools and admit dropoutchildren in Kasturba and otherresidential schools.

Verma said that basic infra-structure should be strength-ened and school managingcommittees should be madecomprising of villagers. Thedistrict planning officer wasdirected to form Sakhi mandalscomprising of 10-12 womenfrom villages and connectthem with income generatingactivities. She directed thelabour officer to make a list ofunemployed people after get-

ting it surveyed and connectthem with financial schemes ofthe government.

Verma, on the occasion,said that the government willhelp in opening nurseryschools in the line of Englishschools at anganwadi centres.She said that more mobiletowers will be installed forbetter communication by theBSNL. She instructed the offi-cials to conduct health campsin all four nearby police pick-ets and provide treatment tothe needy.

The CS also directed civil

surgeon Gumla to recommendto the government to give vol-untary retirement to the in-charge medical officer ofBishunpur. She told the exec-utive engineer to install handpump in two days at Gobersela.Verma said that drinking watershould be ensured and checkdams and sack dams should beconstructed in small rivers toirrigate the nearby area.

Principal secretary, homeSK G Rahate, DGP DK Pandey,ADGP RK Mallick, panchayatraj secretary Vandana Dadeland other officers were present.

����� ������ ����

Secondary EducationDirector Manish Ranjan has

said that every panchayat in theState will have at least onelibrary from next year, forwhich government has alreadyannounced budgetary alloca-tion of �1 lakh each to startwith. He was addressing agathering during the inaugur-al session of the two-daynational conference on Libraryand Information Managementin Digital Environment. Ranjansaid librarians need to revalu-ate their role in changing timeslike this.

“This is an age whichinspires us to adapt with theculture. This conference is anopportunity for librarians tothink on how libraries could bechanged to cater to the next

generation,” said Ranjan duringJILACON 2017, organised byJharkhand Information andLibrary Association (JILA).

“Libraries need to changethemselves into open sourcedigital libraries as the demandsof the generation have changeddrastically. There are new chal-lenges and new opportunities,too. I believe libraries will haveto change and innovate accord-ing to changing times toremain relevant,” said JILAsecretary and JILACON con-vener Shiva Prakash .

JILA vice president andJILACON 2017 directorBhaskar Karn spoke aboutmodern library and informa-tion system and its future.

Ranjan also suggestedsome of the ideas whichaccording to him could workwonders for betterment oflibraries. “We will have to findpossibilities in the two-dayseminar on setting standardsfor libraries and rating themwith stars. This will help to cre-ate good libraries,” he added.

He urged to find ways to

mobilise a fraction ofCorporate Social Responsibility(CSR) funds of different com-

panies in library managementand development. SIRD ex-librarian Ramchandra Prasad

was awarded with LifetimeAchievement for Librarianshipon the occasion.

������������� ����

No dream is big or small, itis your efforts and dedica-

tion that makes it what it is”,said Harshima Sharma, a free-lance journalist and sub-editorat NDTV, while speaking to thestudents of ISMR at RYLA2017 here on Saturday. She toldthe students not to be deterredby failures and criticism as ithappens in everyone’s life. Sheurged them to always listen totheir parents and respect themand their suggestions becausethey play a crucial role on theirpath to success.

C Shaleena Chaturvedi, adancer who has transcendedKathak in an innovative tradi-tion of Kathak yoga, laid stresson the importance of willpower and hard work tobecome successful. “Your timeis in your own hands and youcan change it the way youwant. Never lose heart and

never be depressed in life. Justwork hard and results will takecare of themselves”, she saidwhile encouraging the stu-dents.

Earlier, a workshop onyouthfulness – ‘YUVA’ wasconducted by Saket Kumar,vice-chairman of ISMR, to

induce leadership skills in thestudents of ISMR . He empha-sised on the importance ofdecision making, learning fromone’s failures and the impor-tance of having a goal in life.

He also highlighted thequalities of a good leader and discussed several problemsfaced by the students whichlead to depression, a big obstacle students face nowa-days.

Several young achieversfrom the State were invited tobe felicitated and to interactwith around 300 students ofInstitute of Science andManagement at the RotaryYouth Leadership Awards(RYLA 2017), a two-day eventorganised on Feb 25 and 26, atISM, Pundag, Ranchi.

The young icons sharedtheir saga of struggle and suc-cess on day one of the event,motivating the students torealise their dreams in life.

�� ���������������������������������3���

��������#������+)&��*�� �����������(,��(-���"����"�$(,�3���������4�+-�����#��"�����������������#����"�����������$#���������������� ���������������������#����,� ���������"�� �������������

<��'# ��5��*� *��% )�"�� �#�#!#� ������ �!#�&"������ � ���#!� �� #"'�� "����)�� �� �����!�

��������"� �� ���'��-�������"��������� �"��

�.�$���#�5�����"�����"��.�$�67�!89:�"���#���������-�������#���������#��"����"�#�����"���#����������+�)��"�������������#�������#�������&�����"�.���� ��������� �������(������/������ ������..������+�#�� *������� ��;��������

��5���'��� #!!����; !#%� �#�� ����#�� !�,�#����

<�����#����������������#����"��#�� ����������"���������������"�� ��

����������=��� ���� �""�����������������"����������+�����<������"�������$��"�!89:���.������"����+�#����������"�� �������������

�#���#(#���*#% �#%��,��,�& �#)0��

�������������� �������C�

Ihave a question in my mind:Do we belong (here in the

US)?” asked Sunayana Dumala,wife of slain Indian engineerSrinivas Kuchibhotla, raisingpointed questions on what theUS Government plans to stopthe spread of hate crimes.

At a news conference host-ed by GPS-maker Garmin,where Kuchibhotla worked,Dumala recalled that whileshe would always worry aboutliving safely in a country withfrequent reports of shootings,her husband would keep assur-ing her, saying “only goodthings happen to good people”and that “good things happenin America”.

Such a hardworking manwho loved America “did notdeserve a death like this”, saidDumala who was to fly toIndia with the mortal remainsof her husband for a funeralback home in Hyderabad. “He(the shooter) has taken a life –a very lovable soul — fromeveryone,” she said.

Dumala, who works as adata systems developer with apharmaceutical marketingagency, was quoted by TheKansas City Star as saying thatshe would want to come backto their home in Olathe to ful-fil her husband’s wishes for anAmerican life, but before doingthat she would “need ananswer”.

“I need an answer from theGovernment….What are theygoing to do to stop this hatecrime?” she said.

At the White House, PressSecretary Sean Spicer called theshooting episode “tragic”, butrejected a reporter’s query ifsome of the anti-immigrantrhetoric from President DonaldTrump would have contributedto the violence, saying it wouldbe “absurd” to see any such cor-relation.

“Obviously, any loss of lifeis tragic, but I'm not going toget into, like, to suggest thatthere’s any correlation I thinkis a bit absurd. So I’m not goingto go any further than that,”Spicer said while responding toa question on the Kansas shoot-ing.

Although it was an obvioushate crime with the shooterhurling racial slurs atKuchibhotla and his friend,Alok Madasani, before openingfire, the FBI is in the process ofinvestigations to determine if itwas a bias-motivated hatecrime in violation of the vic-tims’ civil rights”.

The Indian Embassy in

Washington, meanwhile, issueda demarche to the StateDepartment on the incidentand called for a speedy inves-tigation. “US Government,while condemning the attack,have assured us that they areconducting a thorough inves-tigation into the matter,” anembassy statement said.

The Indian Consulate inHouston is in close contactwith the family of Kuchibhotlato provide all assistance, includ-ing making arrangements totransport his mortal remains toIndia. Officials have also metwith the injured victim,Madasani.

US Senator Jerry Moranfrom Kansas condemned theshooting and expressed con-cern for the safety of immi-grants. “I strongly condemnviolence of any kind, especial-ly if it is motivated by prejudiceand xenophobia,” Moran saidin a Facebook post.

Garmin president andCEO Cliff Pemble said: “OnWednesday night, our familyand our community was tornapart by a senseless act of hateand violence. This has been avery difficult time as friendsand co-workers of SrinivasKuchibhotla are grieving andwe cannot make sense of thesituation.”

Indian-American lawmak-ers in the US Congressdenounced the shooting, say-ing there is no place for thesesenseless acts of violence in thecountry. “We can’t let hatredwin,” said Kamala Harris, theDemocratic Senator fromCalifornia. “Extremely sad-dened to hear the news out ofKansas. My sympathies go outto the victims and their fami-lies,” she tweeted.

“My thoughts are with thevictims and families shaken bythe shooting in Kansas.Senseless acts of violence haveno place in our country. I’mheartbroken by this tragedy,”said Democratic Congress-woman Pramila Jayapal, addinghate crimes were on the risesince the election of Trump asPresident.

Ro Khanna, anotherIndian-American lawmakerfrom California, Ro Khanna ina statement: “Any act of vio-lence fuelled by hatred andxenophobia and prejudice can-not be tolerated.”

�� ���"�����./�������������� ����� ��0���0����<� ����������������������(� ���>�������)���,� ����������

���� �����

Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturday promised

to end the crippling economicblockade in Manipur if the BJPcomes to power in the State andsaid what the Congress couldnot do in 15 years, the BJP willdo in 15 months. Addressingan election meeting in Imphal,he also accused the CongressGovernment in Manipur ofspreading false propaganda onthe Naga Accord and said therewas nothing in it that wasdetrimental to the interests ofthe State.

Modi accused ChiefMinister O Ibobi Singh of"running the most corruptGovernment" and "taking 10per cent commission". He said,"Manipur's development wasstalled under the Congressgovernment."

Lashing out at theCongress Government for "fail-ing" to provide jobs, infra-structure, and proper drinkingwater to the people in Manipur,the PM said, "What theCongress Government couldnot do in 15 years our (BJP)Government will do it in 15months."

Hitting hard at the IbobiGovernment for spreading"false campaign

and misleading the people"on the Naga Accord, he said,"I assure you that there is nosingle reference of ditchingManipur people or their inter-ests in the Naga Accord."

Modi said, "Naga accordwas done one-and-half yearsback. What were you doing ?Were you in a deep sleep?And all of a sudden you havewoken up before elections. Youare making false claims to mis-lead the people."

On the indefinite economicblockade launched by UnitedNaga Council (UNC) inNovember last year, the primeminister said, "It is the respon-

sibility of the State Governmentto make available essentialcommodities. But the peoplehere are not getting medicinesand other commodities…There is a blockade on thenational highways for so manymonths, but no action hasbeen taken. Congress is hand-in-glove with those who haveresorted to the blockade. I toldthe state government that theCentre is ready to extend what-ever help it required."

"BJP will form the nextGovernment in Manipur andno blockade will be allowedthen. We will show how aGovernment is run," he said.

7��&��#"������������ �,�������������2��������������������������������������� �������#������

��� �����������7���"����"�������������0�����=+(�����������������"���"��������������"������������#���������������)����$#���&������"��. ���>�����������"� �%.�

From Page 1During the last more

than a year since the DelhiAssembly passed the Bill andthe legislation awaited thePresidential assent, the matterof minimum wages has beenraising the hackles of the AamAadmi Party dispensation onone side and the LieutenantGovernor and the Centre on

the other. As per the latest decision

of the Delhi Cabinet, the min-imum wages for unskilled per-sons will be �13,350 per monthagainst the existing � 9,724 per month; for semi-skilledand skilled persons, it willincrease from �10,764 to�14,698 and from �11,830 to �16,182 per month respec-

tively. Sources in the Ministry of

Home Affairs (MHA) said the President has returned theBill seeking “an explanation”from the Delhi Government on a particular clause of defin-ing its character. “This is thefifth Bill of the DelhiGovernment which has beenreturned to it on a particular

clause of defining its character,”sources said.

According to sources, “Anew Amendment to the ClauseC(f) of the Central legislationhad been inserted throughwhich the expression‘Government’ meaning theLieutenant Governor of theNational Capital Territory ofDelhi appointed by the

President was substituted with‘Government’ meaning theNational Capital Territory ofDelhi.”

Also, a new clause f(i)under subsection 2 of the pro-posed Act was added to definethe role of the LieutenantGovernor of Delhi, sourcesadded.

From Page 1Electricity is readily avail-

able now, at least for an aver-age of 14 hours a day. Sadak, orroads, even in the interior, be they State Highways orPMGSY ones, are smooth andwell maintained, and waterwas never a problem in theseparts.

After 20 years of steadyimprovement in people's stan-dard of living, B-S-P is simplynot enough anymore. Peoplewant industry, jobs and bettereducational facilities. Basicallythey want avenues to acquiremore money so that they canfulfil their consumerist urges.

But even as many thingschange, some things refuse to;one such factor is caste. Comeelections and it is not so muchdevelopment but caste factorsthat determine voting inten-tions of a population that ishighly aware of politics, thanksto the penetration of the media,particularly television newschannels.

Depending on a combina-tion of all these factors, thistime in Eastern UP, trends arevarying from seat to seat, dis-trict to district and region toregion. After an extensive tourof Faizabad, including theAyodhya Assembly segment,interior villages of Gorakhpurand adjoining Deoria,Siddharthnagar andKushinagar districts, the onlydiscernible trend was that theBJP is in the race in every seat,barring a couple that Iexplored. Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav's personal pop-ularity and appreciation forwork done notwithstanding, hecan only hope to retain hisauthority only if both Muslimsand Yadavs vote unitedly forthe cycle symbol.

��� ������������ � �������&&

$�%��� ����&���'����������(�##$�"���������???

Page 5: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

(�����2�-9�������'������( '��������( )*+�),-.

�������������� �������� ����

As Defence and strategic tiesgrow between India and

United Arab Emirates (UAE),Navy Chief Admiral SunilLanba will embark on a visit tothe Gulf country on Sunday toconsolidate bilateral naval rela-tions. His visit comes weeksafter New Delhi hosted UAECrown Prince and deputysupreme commander of itsarmed forces Sheikh Mohamedbin Zayed Al Nahyan as thechief guest at this year’sRepublic Day parade signifyingthe robust relationship.

Attaching importance tofurther enhance engagementwith UAE, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had visited thecountry in 2015. The two coun-tries have crucial agreements inthe field of Defence, sharinginformation on terrorism andstrategic issues besides tradeand commerce and energy.

Moreover, UAE hasevinced interest in having jointventures with India for manu-facturing weapon systems andIndia is likely to exportBrahmos and Akash missilesystems to that country.

In this backdrop, the NavyChief ’s visit is important as hewill also explore new avenuesfor naval co-operation withUAE. He will also visit Oman,

another key Gulf nation forIndia’s interests, after UAE,officials said on Saturday. Thevisit to these two countries willend on March 2.

Lanba will hold bilateraldiscussions with the UAEMinister of State for DefenceMohammed bin Ahmad AlBowardi, Chief of ArmedForces Lieutenant GeneralHamad Mohammed Thani AlRumaithi and Commander ofUAE Naval Forces RearAdmiral Ibrahim SalimMohammed Al Musharrakh.

The Indian Navy Chiefwill also visit the GhantootNaval Base, where he willbriefed on the latest BaynunahClass corvette. He will also visitthe National Defence College ofUAE, where he will interactwith the Student Officers, andtour the training facilities at theRashid Bin Saeed Al MaktoumNaval College of UAE.

In Oman, Lanba will havebilateral discussions MinisterResponsbile for Defence Affairs

Bader Bin Saud Bin Harib AlBusaidi as also the three ServiceChiefs. The Admiral will visitthe Sultan Qaboos NavalAcademy, the Said Bin NavalBase, where he will also visit theFleet Maintenance Facility andthe latest Khareef Classcorvette, RNOV Al Shamikh.

The Indian Navy cooper-ates with both the navies of UAEand Oman on many fronts,which include training, opera-tional interactions and exchangeof ‘White Shipping Information,’through the medium of Navy-to-Navy Staff Talks with both countries, as also throughJoint Defence CooperationCommittee (JDCC) with UAEand Joint Military CooperationCommittee (JMCC) withOman. In addition, the IndianNavy and the Royal Navy ofOman have been conductingthe bilateral Maritime Exercise‘Naseem Al Bahr’ since 1993.Ten editions have been held sofar, the last being held off Goain January 16.

����������������������

The much acclaimed AmmaRestaurants as well as a

number of products and ser-vices bearing the brand nameAmma are under attack andmay soon go down under. TheDMK, the main Oppositionparty, has demanded the wind-ing up of all welfare measuresnamed after the former chiefminister late J Jayalalithaa withimmediate effect.

Leader of the Opposition,MK Stalin on Saturday calledon Chief Secretary GirijaVaidyanathan at the Secretariatand demanded the removal ofthe pictures and name of lateJayalalithaa from allGovernment offices as well aslocal body offices in the State.

The timing of Stalin’s meet-ing with the chief secretary andhis demand assume significanceas they come immediately afterhis calling on Sonia Gandhi, theCongress president in NewDelhi on Friday. The Congresschief ’s dislike for Jayalalithaa iswell known. TNCC president SThirunavakarrassar, a formerJayalalithaa fan, was kept out ofthe meeting Sonia Gandhi hadwith Stalin.

“She has been indicted bythe Supreme Court in theDisproportionate Asset case. Itis only because of her death thatJayalalithaa was not sentencedand imprisoned. By all

accounts she is an accused in acriminal case. The photographsof a person accused in crimi-nal case can never be used toadore Government offices. Theschemes and welfare measuresnamed after her too should bediscontinued or re-named withimmediate effect,” said Stalinafter his meeting with the chiefsecretary.

Stalin said if theGovernment fails to remove thephotographs of Jayalalithaafrom Government offices andrename the products and ser-vices named after her, the DMKwill take recourse to court oflaw. He also said that the use ofJayalalithaa’s portraits inGovernment offices has thepotential to cause law and orderproblems in Tamil Nadu.

Late Jayalalithaa, whoseAIADMK had defeated theDMK in the 2011 Assemblyelection had launched a seriesof welfare measures under thebrand name Amma. Thisincluded Amma Restaurantsselling breakfast, lunch anddinner at unbelievably reducedrates, Amma Pharmacy sellingmedicines at reduced prices,Amma mineral water, Ammaneighbourhood shops sellinggarden fresh fruits and vegeta-bles, Amma health carescheme, to name a few. Therewas Amma Cement andAmma Houses which becameinstant hit like all other AmmaBrands.

��� �!��"�#.���5���'��� � ��"�#-� ��� �����'�� �"5������5��" �),�#'#��#� �������" ���)�,��0 ��� !�* � ,!#�% '���(���� "�'������#���� �������0���� ��� �#����-� �����'(�#(��0 ��#� ����� �� # ���" �� �!!�* �#���� #�" ����% #����#���� ����% ��� !�* � '���( #�"�)�, 0����#���� � ,!#�% '���($

�""������0 # 0#������0 #���"�#� ������)�� � �#�#0�'���&��'�"#,#" L����M �� K��� �)��������#� �� ��� ��"�#� �����'(-�),�#'#��#� �#�" ����� *#� # ���"�� ��" �)� ������� ��#��� �� ���/"���!��)�� � ����'�$ �!#�% '���(�#� �*� "�'������� O 0����#���0'���( 5�# �����,���" �!!�0#!#���5����� #� *�!! #� ���/"���!��)��� ������� ����'� ,� ��� ��� �#�#)���������& �� �#�"$

3����� �� �� ������� ���5�"���� �� �)00��� ��#� � (�)0�5� '���( "�����!( �� ���� ���(*�)!" �.)#�"�� ��$ ���� �� '��� � #� �!����� ���)0�� �������&4 ���#�"& #""��0 ��� ,�0 #"5#��#0�"���0 �� �� ����� *�)!"�-� ,� #�(!�#%#0� �� �)�� ����'�$ C����5���#! �#��� ����'�& �� �#�" ����)!" ���� #��)�" @P � ��� #�"� �C� �#" �� # ��" ��& ���������'� *�)!" �#5� �� 0� #�" ��*�)!" ,� ��� ,�0 ��#!!��0�$ ��

���� ��� ����

Information and BroadcastingMinister M Venkaiah Naidu

Saturday condemned formerHome Minister PChidambaram for his com-ment describing Army Chief ’scomments on Kashmir as“thoughtless” as also formerJammu & Kashmir ChiefMinister Farooq Abdullah’s takethat new generation of terroristswere “fighting for freedom”.

Taking a swipe at theCongress and Abdullah’sNational Conference Party,Naidu said after losing powerthe Congress and its allies hadbecome like “fish out of water”.While the senior Ministersought to know the Congress’stand on the issue, he describedAbdullah’s comment as that of“double talk, opportunistic andhypocritical”.

Naidu targeted formerHome Minister for making acritical comment against ArmyChief Bipin Rawat’s commentthat those blocking Army’s oper-ations against terrorist would bedealt harshly.

“He knows about the frag-ile situation in Kashmir as hehas also served as the HomeMinister of the country. It iswrong to make such statementsand is not in the best interest ofthe country. We condemn thisstatement,” Naidu said onChidambaram’s comment.

“We want to ask theCongress what is their stand onKashmir?” he asked.

At an event in Hyderabadon Friday, Chidambaram hadreportedly answered a questionabout Jammu & Kashmir, sayinghe felt the situation there wasgrim and that a series of mis-takes were made which were“almost too late” to correct now.

He had also criticisedrecent controversial commentsof Army Chief General BipinRawat that anyone interferingwith security operations will betreated as anti-national.

“That’s, I think, thoughtless,intemperate words,” the for-mer Union Home Minister said,remarks which did not go downwell with Naidu...”I mean, is it

wrong what he (Rawat) saidagainst the terrorists? And arethe terrorists right?” Naidudescribed Chidambarm’s com-ment as “shocking”.

Former Home Ministeralso claimed that seven millionpeople of Kashmir valley feltalienated by the “oppressivemethods” of the IndianGovernment, which was a “ter-rible” mistake. Chidambaramfurther added that he feared thesituation will worsen if the BJP-lead NDA Government didnot make a course correction inframing their policies forKashmir, the same ways theCabinet Committee on securi-ty did, back in 2010.

On Abdullah’s statementon Friday, Naidu said his com-

ments were irresponsible andborders on anti-national tone.The Minister said after losingpower in the State, Abdullahhad changed his ‘tone andtune’. “Its opportunistic doubletalk,” he said.

Abdullah kicked up a con-troversy by saying that thenew generation of terrorists inKashmir were fighting for“freedom”.

Incidently, both Abdullahand his son Omar Abdullahhad held ministerial positionsat the Centre during previousUPA and BJP regimes and inthe past regularly made a highpitch anti-terrorists statements.

The change in Abdullahline on militancy does not comeas a surprise as they have beentrying to win popular supportin the Valley for some time tocome back to power in the State.

At one point of time earlylast year when PDP leaderMehbooba went into politicalhibernation and kept suspenseon her continuing PDP-BJPinnings in J&K, Abdullah hadopened gates for talks with theBJP to form Government there.

On Friday Abdullah, how-ever, drastically shifted his line

while addressing NC workersat the Nawa-e-Subh partyheadquarters in Srinagar, say-ing the youth were not sacri-ficing their lives to become anMLA, an MP or a minister but“demanding their rights” andfighting for “freedom”.

������������������# (+��������������

�#5( ��� -� 5���� ���'����#�� #� �� *�!!#!�� ���!��� ��*#5��)�� �� �#5#! ��/����#���� *������$ � *�!! #!��5���� C'#�& #������%�( �)! �#���� ����"�#-� ���������& # ������& � ���#!� �#�"

��� 5���� �� ����� �*���)������ *�!! ��" ���#��� D��� ��"�#� �#5( ��� *�!! #!�� 5���� �����#����� �#5#! �#��&*���� �� *�!! ,��� �"�� ��� !#�����#(�)�#� !#�����5����

���� ��� ����

Economic offences cannot bequashed even after parties

have entered into a compro-mise, ruled the Supreme Courtin a recent judgment.

Finding fault with a Punjaband Haryana High Court deci-sion that went against the rule-book prescribed under theCriminal Procedure Code(CrPC) and quashed a cheatingand forgery case against a com-pany even when such offencesare described as “non-com-poundable”, the apex court feltthat the High Court went toofar to encroach upon the rightof other organs of theGovernment by its action.

The Bench of Justices PCGhose and Amitava Roy said,“Since the present case pertainsto the crucial doctrine of judi-cial restraint, we are of the con-sidered opinion that encroach-ing into the right of the otherorgan of the Governmentwould tantamount to clear vio-lation of the rule of law, whichis one of the basic structure ofthe Constitution.”

The order came on an

appeal filed by Central Bureauof Investigation (CBI) againstan order of June 2, 2011 of theHigh Court of Punjab andHaryana which quashed a caseunder IPC Sections 420 (cheat-ing) and 471 (forgery) againsta Bhatinda-based companyRom Industries and its Boardof Directors. The companyhad caused a loss of over Rs28.49 crore to the State Bank ofPatiala by getting a highercredit limit on basis of falsestock statements and forgedbank guarantee.

After the company officialswere chargesheet in a Bhatindacourt, a one-time settlementwas entered between the bankand the company on November11, 2009.

On deposit of Rs 7.25 croreby the company, the bankagreed to release the securitiesand guarantees under its pos-session and withdrew pro-ceedings before the DebtRecovery Tribunal (DRT).

With this letter of settle-ment, the company approachedthe Bhatinda court to quash theFIR but the trial court refusedciting Section 320(9) of CrPC.

���� ��� ����

The Congress on Saturdaydemanded a thorough probe

into the Kanpur train tragedyand accused the Prime Ministerof “low-level politicking” byusing such sensitive matters toattack political opponents.

The opposition party’sattack comes a day after PrimeMinister Narendra Modi said ata poll rally in Uttar Pradesh’sGonda that the Kanpur railwayaccident, in which 150 people

lost their lives in November lastyear, was a conspiracy whichwas hatched across the border.

“It does not suit the statureof the PM to comment on anongoing investigation andinfluence it while speaking inan election rally. By making thisa political tool to attack hisopponents, Modi has againstooped to extremely low levelof politicking,” Congress’ seniorspokesperson CP Joshi said.

“We demand that a firm,proper and fair probe take place

in this incident and the guilty(whosoever it may be) must bebrought to book,” he said.

Accusing Modi of trying todivide the society in UttarPradesh on communal lines, hesaid people of the state will nottake such language lying downand will give a united and abefitting reply to the BJP.

“The Prime Minister haslost his political balance in thewake of a definite electoraldefeat staring at him. Not onlyhas he brought down the digni-

ty of the prime ministerial chair,he continuously brings insult tothe oath of allegiance to theConstitution,” he claimed.

“Staring at imminent defeatin Uttar Pradesh, Modi’s sheerdesperation is clearly visible.The Prime Minister made nobones about the fact that hewants to flaunt the polarisationcard,” he claimed. The Congressleader also posed five questionsto Modi, saying if he is telling thenation that the train tragedy is aterror attack, “then isn’t it the

second biggest terror attack afterMumbai 26/11 terror attack?”

He said the then HomeMinister Shivraj Patil hadresigned, accepting responsibil-ity of 26/11 attack, “Will the PMensure the accountability andresponsibility of present HomeMinister Rajnath Singh andRailway Minister Suresh Prabhuby making them resign?” “Or isit that Rajnath is only being usedin UP elections for political ben-efits and is going to be droppedafterwards,” he asked.

������������ ��� ����

The Central InvestigativeAgencies (CIA) probing

the controversial real estatedeveloper Paras Mal Lodhahave approached the FinancialIntelligence Unit (FIU) to col-lect the account details ofaround “500 Kolkata-basedshell companies” allegedly usedby the businessman to converthuge amounts of banned cur-rency post-demonetisation.

Investigators are also wait-ing for the forensic reports ofsome computer peripheralsand other hardware that hadbeen recovered during search-es at his premises. On theother hand, the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) is also mak-

ing a list of the frequent visitorsat two of Lodha’s premises inKolkata’s SN Roy Road andQueens Park areas after thenote ban.

Sources said that the FIUhas been approached with a‘special request’ as agenciessuspect that he executed theexchange by depositing themoney into these shell com-panies accounts and thenissued demand drafts in ficti-tious names.

“The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) is making alist of the frequent visitors attwo of Lodha’s premises inKolkata’s S.N. Roy Road andQueens Park areas after thenote ban,” said sources addingthat this will help in identify-

ing his (Lodha’s) aides as wellas individuals linked to theshell companies.

Sources said, “Forensicreports may unravel allegedinvolvement of other privatepersons and even bank offi-cials”. Investigators see theentire Lodha operation as a“deep-rooted conspiracy” asthe businessman allegedlycharged a commission at therate of 15-20 percent to convertold notes into new currency.

Lodha (62) was arrested bythe agency on December 22,2016 after the recovery of largeamount in new currency notesfrom a company belonging toDelhi-based lawyer, RohitTandon and J.Sekhar Reddy ofChennai.

���C���������� �����

And quite flows the Ganges.Not at all, at least not in

Bihar. There are many obstaclesand hurdles in the flow of theriver Ganga, which is treated assacred, from Buxar down toFarakka. Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar has almost start-ed a movement for making theState’s main river clean andensure its incessant flow whileblaming the Farakka barrage asthe main culprit for all the woes.

Bihar Government orga-nized a two-day internationalconference on Incessant Gangain which experts and environ-mental activists expressed con-cern over the flooding, sedi-mentation and man madeobstacles in the incessant flowof the river originating fromGangotri and called for creat-ing public awareness about thethreat to the river.

Strongly opposing the pro-posed Inland Waterways,Nitish said some way has to befind out with the consent of allstakeholders to get rid of thehuge silt deposit in the river ofwhich the flow in Bihar hasdrastically reduced due to anumber of dams. He said, “Lessthan 400 cumecs water comesto Bihar while the Centre hasan agreement with Bangladeshfor discharge of 1,500 cumecs.

We are not allowed to use thewater but forced to face itswrath in shape of floods,” saidthe CM while inauguratingthe conference.

Nitish said he was notdemanding decommissioningof Farakka barrage but wanteda national debate on purity andincessant flow of Ganga andwould help to create publicawareness and make a move-ment. “Ganga’s purity andunhindered flow is in the inter-est of the country and in theecology and environment,” headded.

Senior expert ChandiPrasad Bhatt said the floods inGanga were man made and dueto unabated cutting of trees.

He favoured a united frontinvolving India, Nepal, Bhutanand China to the protection ofenvironment and flow of rivers

for which a public awarenessprogramme should belaunched. Environmentalactivist Vandana Shivaji, whohad been associated withChipko movement expressedconcern over the commercial-ization of Ganga and said anumber of hotels along the riverparticularly in Uttarakhandwere built from the funds forGanga Action Plan.

She said the flow of Gangawas not only disturbed in Biharbut the obstruction starts rightfrom Rishikesh. She alsofavoured organic farming say-ing the major water was beingused in chemical farming.

Prominent activistRajendra Singh, also called JalPurush, said Ganga was usedfor political gains but nothingconcerted being done for itshealth and sanctity.

����'������ ?C�

In an inspiring act of incred-ible courage and determina-

tion, a leading Malayalam filmactress who was assaulted,abused, humiliated and filmedby a gang of hoodlums in amoving car near Kochi onFebruary 17 has overcome itsshock, shame and pain in lessthan ten days and decided toget back to her work even asshe identified four of her tor-mentors and a court left twoother accused in the custody ofpolice for nine days.

“I am not the one whoshould be bowing the head inshame,” the actress was quotedas saying about her decision toreturn to her work so fast to anoted dubbing artist ofMalayalam cinema. “This showsher incredible courage,” the dub-bing artist said. The entireMalayalam film field pledgedsupport for her bold decision.

“I bear witness to an extra-ordinary moment of couragefrom an extraordinarywoman… Today, she makes astatement that no one or noincident has control over yourlife but you!” said superstarPrithviraj on the victim’s returnto her career within such a shorttime. Prithviraj is doing the leadrole in the film — Adam —through which the actress hasnow resumed her work.

The actress had planned to

meet the media on Saturday atthe new movie’s location inKochi but the idea was droppedin the last moment on the basisof instructions from the police,who held that her interactionwith the Press at this juncturecould affect the investigationand that it would be better ifshe spoke only before the court.

The 31-year-old actress,whose filmography spans over90 films including around 40 inTamil, Telugu and Kannadalanguages, had not been gettingprojects for quite some time,allegedly due to the interferenceof a male superstar. She wasabducted, assaulted and filmedby the hoodlums when she wasworking with the film HoneyBee 2, her comeback project.

The determination andcourage with which the actressovercame the trauma of theattack prompted Prithviraj todeclare: “Never again will I letdisrespect for women be cele-brated in my movies.” Political,cultural and film personalitiessaid the actress’s decision wouldact as an inspiration for allwomen who fall prey to abusersand blackmailers for comingback to life.

The gang, headed by SunilKumar alias Pulsar Suni, hadassaulted, humiliated andobscene-filmed the actress onthe night of February 17 whenshe was on her way to Kochifrom Thrissur. Though Suni

had told her that he was car-rying out a “quotation” work(crime on contract), the policesay there was no contract andthat he had done it on his ownto extract money from her.

All the six hoodlums —including Suni and the man whowas acting as her driver on hertrip to Kochi from Thrissur —who took part in the attack onher have been arrested. Suni andanother accused, Vijeesh, werearrested on Thursday frominside a court room in Kochiwhere they had arrived for sur-rendering before the Magistrate.

Meanwhile, the First ClassJudicial Magistrate Court atAluva near Kochi on Saturdaysent Suni and Vijeesh intopolice custody for nine daysthough the request was for cus-tody for ten days. Asked aboutthe reason why he committedthe crime, Suni told newsmen,“My own statements will not betaken seriously. Only the policeversion will come out.”

Meanwhile, the actressidentified four of the six hood-lums who had attacked andabused her – Martin Antony,the driver of the car she wastravelling in, Pradeep,Manikantan and Saleem – dur-ing an identification paradeheld at the Sub-Jail at Aluva onSaturday afternoon. The policewill take the four accused intocustody with the court per-mission in the coming days.

7�"���� �����" &� ������*�����#� ���

Hyderabad: Union MinisterM Venkaiah Naidu onSaturday admitted that theruling BJP failed to take thepositives of demonetisationto the masses fully.

“We should note onething. Our party workers’weakness is that on noteban or demonetisation, we(BJP workers) could nottransmit it (the idea to mass-es) to the required levels. Weshould agree that but we gotsupport from unexpectedquarters. Congress andCommunists started oppos-ing the Government’s move.

Then people started real-ising that there must be some-thing good in the whole exer-cise as they believed thatPrime Minister NarendraModi will always do the need-ful,” Naidu said in a partyworkers’ meeting here. PTI

� �� ��'#���� #�" ���#"�#����0 �������� � <��%#�#� �#�" �#�0���" ��'�� �'� �������� �� '#%��0 # ������#! ��''��� #0#������'( ��� ����� �#*#�-� ��''��� ��#� ����� ,!��%��0 ��'(-�����#����� #0#���� ��������� *�!! ,� "�#!� �#���!(

� �� #� �5��� �� ("��#,#" �� 6��"#(& � ��"#',#�#' �#"�������"!( #��*���" # .)������ #,�)� 2#'') H ?#��'��& �#(��0�� �!� ��� ���)#���� ����� *#� 0��' #�" ��#� # ������ � '���#%��*��� '#"� *���� *��� 3#!'��� ��� !#��4 �� ������� ��*

� ���!� �#�") ��)0�� �� %��* ��� ��0����- ��#�" �� ��� ���)�& ��"�����,�" 6#���. �,")!!#�-� ��''��� #� ��#� � K"�),!� �#!%&������)������ #�" �(��������#!-

� �#�") �#�" �,")!!#�-� ��''���� *��� ����������,!� #�" ,��"����� #���/�#����#! ����$ ��� �������� �#�" # ��� !����0 ��*�� �� �����#��& �,")!!#� �#" ��#�0�" ��� K���� #�" �)��-$ 3���������)������ "�),!� �#!%&4 �� �#�"

� �,")!!#� %��%�" )� # ������5���( ,( �#(��0 ��#� ��� ��*0����#���� � ���������� �� ?#��'�� *��� �0����0 �� K ���"�'-

�;$�����������)��������������������������3����

��������%�9--�/�(2����#� �� ��((�%��� ������ ����6�����������

�� ����������������� �H���� �� �

0�����.���� ��������������*�����7�"���0����������������"���(�������"%���������������"������� ��#���&������#���������� &������#������#���������=�"��&"���������#���������"� �%.�

/#��� �#������#���#����&� ����"�����������������������#� ��� ���2���

*������ �����������������������@ ������� ����� ����

&�*����������������)��� ������'������1�"����� ����� ��� �&������������������������

�� ������'���������������-2���"�&��� ����� ������

�������������2���))������������"��������� �� ����'���� ������������� � � ���������'��������

��������������������7������-� ��""�����������5"�������������#�������#�����'.�#������,������������������"� �%.�

Page 6: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

���*$� ��-:�������'������( '��������( )*+�),-.

0�1

=*��� ���'������������'�������������������� #'�)� ��'( ��!� �#'�������� ��#� ��''����" �� B;�� 2#�&D8;E *�������" # ����!!��0 ��#! '#��� �� ��� !#�� 6��"#( ,��*��� 7;�<���= #�" ��'( ���5��� ���� # ��� ��)0� ��)�" � !�#0)�'#����� *���� #!�� �#* �#������#���� ��' ���� � ����!!��(&��'�)�� #�" <������#�( ���� #�" ��'���" ����$ ��'( �#�"�'��#��" �.)�����#� ������ �� # !��0 ��'� ���")���0 # !#�0��)',�� � ���#� �#'�� '�"#!����& � �!#(���& �#"#' ����� #�"��+)�# #*#�"��� #�" �� �)��)��0 �� #� �#�� � ��� ������� C!('�������0�#''�$ ��'( ��!� �#'�������� *���� *#� ��/������)��" �� (�#�D8;@ # ��� # 0#� � ��� (�#�� *�������" ��� �#������#���� � ��'� � ��� ����*��" �!#(��� �� ��� ��"�#� ��!� ���)�� !�%� �! �#5+�� ���0��#�"�) #�" �� �! �#5� �#����� �!#(��0 #� QD #�" Q@ �#�"��#����������5�!($ �� �! �#5� �#�����& *�� �� ��� ��0���� �#�"��#���" ��!��!#(�� �� ��"�#� ��'( �#� #!�� �!#(�" �)� ���!" )�� �� ��� ��"�#���!� ��#'$ �� ��� �< ?#���%#�& R)#���� �#���� �����#!& ��������" �����'( ��!� �#'�������� �����( �� 7; �<���= �� ��� �������� � # ,�0 #)"����� ���!)"��0 '#�( ������ � �����$

�������������'����������������?&������������'

�� ���� ���)���( ���� L��M& *���� *#� �#���" �� D@�� 6�,& ;9IE #� >�� ���� ���#��'��� ����#,)!#�(>& ��!�,�#��" ���E8�� �#����0 �#( �� �#�)�"#($ �� ������ �#5� ,��� ���5�"��0 ���)���( �� 5#���)� �������5� "� ���� #�" ��5�! ����#!!#�����#����� ��� !��0�� #�" ,��#"�� � ��� ��)���( ����� ;9IE$ �� ��� 2� ���'#& �( ��� � ��'( ��# L�� ��'#���� �(���' H��#����0M #�" �!���! �''#�"#�� � ��& �#�!�" #!! �#�%� #�" ��'�!�'����" ���' �� ����� ��!���!��� � ���� �� 0)#�"��0�������5� �� ���� #�" ��5�! ���#,!���'����$ � #!�� ��'�',���" ��� �)���'� �#��� ���� '#"� ,( ��� '#��(�� � ��� ����&�������" #!! �#�%� �� ���% ������#���� ��' ����� 5#!�)� #�" �!����#��" ��0�� 2)���� �''�������" C ����� #�" C���� �#�%� �� ����� "�����0)����" ���5���$ �� #�& �� �#� ,��� #*#�"�" ����� <�� �#%�#�& ��� ?���� �#%�#& �)� ��#)�(# �#%�#�& ������# ��"#!�& �*� <������� ��5# ��"#!� #�" � ���� ��� � ��'(& ��� #�" �#5#! ��# �''��"#���� #�"�$

��������������'������������2������������������%�>&*=��� ���)!�� � 1 L�M ����)��5� ���0�#''� #�" L��M ��� ������#! ���0�#''� � �'�#�( ������#���� ��#'��#����� ��!" ��

����',��& D8;7 �#5� ,���"��!#��" �� �#�)�"#(& #� ��*��!�� #�" ��!�#��" �� #!! �����0���#! #�" �#���� C ����� ��� ������)�� ����)0��)� �����)���( �� �� ��'#���� � #!!

��������"$ �� #""����� �� '#%��0 #5#�!#,!� ���)!�� #!��0 *��� �),+��� *��� ,��#%/)� � '#�%� �� ��� ������)��>� *�,���� /***$����$�") ��� ��� �#� �����"�" ��� #��!��( � "�*�!�#"��0 � �/���)!�/�)'/'#�%� ��#��'��� ,( ��� ��#'����� � ����)��5����0�#''�$ ���=��� ������� ���)��" ��� �������� �� ��"�� � '���� #� �!!/��"�# !�5�! �� ��� ������#! ���0�#''� � �'�#�( ������#����$ ���� �C�� ���)��" ��� �������� �� ��"�� � '���� #� �!!/��"�# !�5�! �� ����)��5� ���0�#''� � �'�#�( ������#����$ ��� �������/DI8B8IFIFS8FSD8;I& ����� ������& ���T0'#�!$��'$ ��� ���� ��#'��#���� � �'�#�( ������#���� ����)��5� ���0�#''� #�" ��� ������#! ���0�#''� *�!! ,� ��!" ��' ��)��"#(& ��� ;�� 2)��& D8;E ��6��"#(& ��� ;8�� 2)��& D8;E$ ��� !#�� "#�� �� C�/!��� �),'������ � ����!'��� #��!��#����� ��0����� *��� ��.)����� ��#'��#���� �� �� D@�� �#���& D8;E$ ��� ������#! ���0�#''� ��#'��#���� ����',�� D8;71 ���=��� �������/DI8DE9FIDS8ESD8;I& ����� ������&�)�(#���B;DT0'#�!$��'G ��� �����/DI8B8II8DS8FSD8;I& ��=���& �#���0;88T0'#�!$��'G ��� �������/DI8B8IFIFS8FSD8;I& ����� ������& ���T0'#�!$��'G ����)��5� ���0�#''� ��#'��#���� ����',�� D8;71 ���� �C�� /DI8IEI9;@S8DSD8;7& ����& �#����00��!97T0'#�!$��'G ������ ����/DI8IEE;F;S8DSD8;7& ����&0)��##��*#��97T0'#�!$��'G ����� 2���& DI8I9FDDES8DSD8;7& ��2�����& �'����#,�+#��T0'#�!$��'$

����������

Google said it will begin offer-ing media groups an artificial

intelligence (AI) tool designed tostamp out incendiary commentson their websites. The program-ming tool, called Perspective,aims to assist editors trying tomoderate discussions by filteringout abusive ‘troll’ comments,which Google says can stymiesmart online discussions.

“Seventy-two per cent ofAmerican internet users havewitnessed harassment online andnearly half have personally expe-rienced it,” said Jared Cohen,president of Google’s Jigsaw tech-nology incubator. “Almost a thirdself-censor what they post onlinefor fear of retribution,” he addedin a blog post yesterday titled‘When computers learn to swear’.Perspective is an application pro-gramming interface (API), or setof methods for facilitating com-munication between systems anddevices, that uses machine learn-ing to rate how comments mightbe regarded by other users.

The system, which will beprovided free to media groupsincluding social media sites, isbeing tested by The Economist,The Guardian, The New YorkTimes and Wikipedia. Manynews organisations have closeddown their comments sectionsfor lack of sufficient humanresources to monitor the post-ings for abusive content. “Wehope we can help improve con-versations online,” Cohen said.Google has been testing the tool

since September with The NewYork Times, which wanted to finda way to maintain a ‘civil andthoughtful’ atmosphere in read-er comment sections.Perspective’s initial task is to spottoxic language in English, butCohen said the goal was to buildtools for other languages, andwhich could identify when com-ments are ‘unsubstantial or off-topic’. Twitter said earlier thismonth that it too would start root-ing out hateful messages, which areoften anonymous, by identifyingthe authors and prohibiting themfrom opening new accounts, orhiding them from internet search-es. Last year, Google, Twitter,Facebook and Microsoft signed a‘code of good conduct’ with theEuropean Commission, pledgingto examine most abusive contentsignalled by users within 24 hours.

��� ���� ������� ���������"���������������� ��/�������

EDP C6�������������������� �<�������������������C����� ��� �����= ��6�<� ����C����=�U�������� ��$ �� �CC����� �� ��<�� 6��� �C����� ��C��� ���������C��� ����� �����& ������� ������ �= ���C�C����& �� ��������&�� ��� =C�? ����� �����?������& ��=� 2����C��& ��6 C6 �CC���-�2����� �� ������C�

����� ��� ����

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has

no plans to launch an app-basedtaxi service as the company seesno logic in diversifying intounrelated sectors. It has beenspeculated for months thatReliance Jio, the company's tele-com venture that has created rip-ples by signing up 100 millioncustomers in just 170 days oflaunch, will soon launch a taxiservice. The company had notcommented on the speculationsso far but took to the Twitter todeny the foray after an onlinepublication stated that Jio hasordered some 600 cars to ‘kick-

start’ the service.A Reliance spokesperson

tweeted that the report is‘WRONG and DENIED’. Thecompany has no plans to get intounrelated diversification, anoth-er official explained. Reliance Jiohad earlier this week announced

a strategic partnership with Uberto allow users of the app-basedtaxi aggregator to pay for theirrides through Jio's prepaid wal-let. Enabling commuters to payfor their rides through JioMoneyis as far as the company intendsto go, the official added.

�������������� ���������������@������3!������:�� �����

���� �#��� ���(�����%������ ������8�(�����5���������; ���(������������������� ���������� (� �#*� ������ <--����� ����� ���.� ��<=-��* ��%�(������$�((� ���(��������>�� ������&�������� �*��� �� (� ���������������(��������� �%����������������%%����(�> (����

����� �����

Setting the ball rolling for itsambitious aerospace park to

come up in Sriperumbudur,Tamil Nadu Government hasallocated land for 14 companiesbesides setting up an AdvancedComputing and DesignEngineering Centre at an out-lay of �350 crore.

Tamil Nadu IndustriesDevelopment Corporation(TIDCO) has proposed to setup an aerospace park in a moveto help the industry grow in thestate on a 600-acre land at theState Industries PromotionCorporation of Tamil Nadu(SIPCOT) Industrial Park,Sriperumbudur. “Land has beenallocated for 14 companieswhile seven more firms haveapproached TIDCO seekingland,” an official release said onSaturday.

In order to attract aeroparts

component manufacturingcompanies, TIDCO is setting upan Advanced Computing andDesign Engineering Centre atan investment of �350 crore, itsaid. Similarly, Tidal Park Ltdwould also set up a multi-storeyed building in the park ona 12-acre land. The constructionwork is expected to begin byJune-July.

Referring to the recentlyconducted Aero India exhibi-tion in Bengaluru, the releasesaid, 11 companies from TamilNadu participated and seniorgovernment officials includingIndustries DepartmentPrincipal Secretary, VikramKapur met the company offi-cials representing various com-panies during the event.

%6�D�'�� �������� ��������I ���� ��� ��� ����������

�?�@��� � �� � ������ ���� ������� ������2���������������( �������� ��*����$������ ���������:--������(�������������@��� ����(����2����� ����#����&������� #����((�������%���<6�%��� �$��(�� ���������%��� ������� ���������?�@� ��2���(���� �* ����%%����(�

NEW DELHI:World’s largest coalproducer Coal India on Saturdaysaid the board of its arm NorthernCoalfield has approved a sharebuyback plan worth �1,244 crore.“Board of Directors of NorthernCoalfields Limited (NCL), ourwholly-owned subsidiary ... Hasconsidered and approved thebuyback of 76,356 fully paid equi-ty shares of face value of �1,000each from the members of NCLon a proportionate basis throughtender offer,” Coal India Ltd (CIL)said in a BSE filing on Saturday.

The maximum buyback sizeis �1,244 crore, it said, adding theequity shares proposed to bebought back by NCL represent4.29 per cent of the existing paidup capital of NCL. The equityshares are proposed to be boughtback “for an aggregate amount notexceeding �1,244 crore (maxi-mum buyback size being up to 25per cent of the paid-up equityshare capital”, the filing said. PTI

�� #�' �� �%#(� �;&DII/����#�� ,)(,#�%

����� ��� ����

After RBI and IMF, eco-nomic think-tank National

Council of Applied EconomicResearch (NCAER) has low-ered the country's growth fore-cast to 6.9 per cent for the cur-rent fiscal on account ofdemonetisation. A few daysbefore demonetisation wasannounced, NCAER had pro-jected a growth rate of 7.6 percent for 2016-17.

“The removal of the legaltender status of high valuecurrency notes (�500 and�1,000) with effect from themidnight of November 8, tookthe domestic economy by sur-prise, raising fresh anxietiesabout economic recovery, lead-ing to a downward forecast.Global economic uncertaintyhas added to these concerns,”NCAER said in a statement onSaturday. Earlier this week,

International Monetary Fund(IMF) lowered GDP growthforecast to 6.6 per cent due tothe strains that have emergedin the economy as a result of‘temporary disruptions’ causedby demonetisation.

According to NCAER, thegrowth rate would rebound to7.3 per cent for 2017–18.The Gross Value Added(GVA) at Basic Prices at con-stant (2011–12) prices is pre-dicted to grow at 6.3 per centin 2016–17 and 7 per cent in2017–18, it said.

Real Agriculture GVA isforecast to grow at 3.7 per cent,real Industry GVA at 5.5 percent and real Services GVA at7.3 per cent in 2016–17, it said.Wholesale Price Index (WPI)inflation is projected at 3.6 percent for 2016–17. Inflation isprojected to accelerate in2017–18 due to rising crude oilinflation, it added.

Notwithstanding the factthat the monsoon arrived aboutnine days later than its normaldate of arrival, it said, the year2016–17 has been a good one

for the agricultural sector. NCAER estimates suggest

that the total foodgrain pro-duction is going to touch arecord of 272 million tonnes, 8per cent higher than the cor-responding figure of 251.6 mil-lion tonnes harvested last year.

The growth of the indus-trial sector remained lacklustre,it said, adding the overall Indexof Industrial Production (IIP),a measure of industrial per-formance n the country, showsa growth of 0.3 per cent duringApril–December 2016–17,

against 3.2 per cent growthrecorded during the same peri-od of 2015–16. The year-on-year (y-o-y) growth of GrossValue Added for the servicessector (excluding construc-tion) showed stagnant growthbetween 2015–16 (8.9 per cent)and 2016–17 (8.8 per cent).

“The performance of theexternal sector in the thirdquarter of 2016–17 hasshown signs of improve-ment. Merchandise exportsgrew for the fifth consecu-tive month in January 2017,up by 4.3 per cent,” it said.

This improvement canbe attributed to economicnormalisation of the worldeconomy, led by revival ofgrowth in the US, the UK,Germany and Japan.Consumerprice inflation trended downwith inflation being at a two-year low of 3.2 per cent inJanuary 2017.

�� ���C<�� C6 �� ����� ������ ������ C6 ��<���� �����= �C��� L�@88 ��� �;&888M ����66�� 6�C� �� ������� C6 �C<����� F& �CC? ���C����� �C�C�= �= ��������& ������� 6�����U������ ��C�� �C�C�� ��C<��=& ������� �C ��C������ 6C�����$ ��C��� �C�C�����������= �� ����� �C ���� C�����

NEW DELHI: As many as 64exporters from the agriculture andprocessed food sector are partic-ipating in the 5-day ‘Gulf Food2017’ event in Dubai, theCommerce Ministry said onSaturday. The show will start onSunday. The event assumes sig-nificance as UAE is a potentialmarket for Indian food productssuch as basmati rice, fresh fruits& vegetables, buffalo meat,processed fruits, dairy products,wheat and other cereals.

The Agricultural and ProcessedFood Products ExportDevelopment Authority (APEDA)pavilion would be inauguratedCommerce Secretary by RitaTeaotia. APEDA is mandatedwith the responsibility for pro-motion and development of theexport of various agro products.India is one of the largest producerof food in the world. India exportsagricultural products to morethan 80 countries. PTI

7I ��������� �#%��#�� �� �),#�-� K�)! 6��" D8;E-

LONDON:Finance Minister ArunJaitley on Saturday said the demon-etisation (DeMo) process is almostcomplete, hailing it as the ‘smoothestpossible replacement’ of highdenomination currency anywherein the world. Describing theGovernment's decision to take�500 and �1,000 notes out of cir-culation as a move towards creat-ing a ‘new normal’ in India, theMinister told an audience of stu-dents and academics at the presti-gious London School of Economicsthat it would ultimately lead to farhigher growth rates.

“We have almost completedthe demonetisation process and ithas been the smoothest possiblereplacement of currency anywherein the world,” said Jaitley, the UnionMinister for Finance and CorporateAffairs. “Demonetisation was amove to change the Indian normal...

a new normal had to be created. Apredominantly cash economy hasnow to be substituted with a digi-tal economy, which will bringmore money into the banking sys-

tem and lead to better revenue gen-eration; the integration of the infor-mal economy with the more formalone is now taking place. “The post-demonetisation regime is actuallygoing to generate a far bigger GDPin the long run,” he said, adding thatany arguments in favour of the‘virtues of a cash economy’ were‘absolutely trivial’.

Speaking on the subject of‘Transforming India: Vision for theNext Decade’, the Minister saidIndia was standing ‘at a point of his-tory’ where the country as a wholebecoming ‘more and more aspira-tional’. “The global economy con-tinues to face its own challenges.Any slow growth in the worldimpacts us also. But 7-8 per centgrowth rate is the new Indian normand if we get the support of the glob-al economy, that figure has a scopeof shooting up,” he said. PTI

30�%����������������� ������ �

������C�6����� L������=M

German car giant Volkswagenon Saturday said it was cap-

ping its chief executive’s paypackage at 10 million euros as itmoved to rein in top brass salariesin the wake of the ‘dieselgate’scandal that has cost the compa-ny billions. Other members of theboard will see their annual remu-neration capped at 5.5 millioneuros. “This reduces the maxi-mum remuneration theoretical-ly possible by up to 40 per centcompared with the previous sys-tem,” the group said in a state-ment after a meeting of thesupervisory board at its

Wolfsburg headquarters.VW’s generous pay and bonussystem has come under increas-

ing scrutiny since the groupadmitted in September 2015 tohaving installed software in 11million diesel engines world-wide to cheat emissions tests. Theresulting fallout has already costVW more than $22 billion (20billion euros) in fines and com-

pensation to drivers, dealers andauthorities in the United Statesalone. With the company still fac-ing a string of legal claims aroundthe world, experts say the final billcould be far higher. VW’s paypackages have also threatened tobecome a political hot potato asGermany heads for a tight gen-eral election in September.

The German state of LowerSaxony, where VW is based, is amajor shareholder and holdstwo seats on the group’s supervi-sory board. The state is led by thecentre-left Social Democrats,who have made clamping downon executive pay a key plank oftheir campaign. VW has long

vowed to come up with a new paysystem but the issue was givenfresh urgency last month whencompliance chief ChristineHohmann-Dennhardt left thecompany with a 12- million-eurogolden parachute after just ayear in the job.

Before that, former chiefexecutive Martin Winterkorn,who quit over the dieselgatescandal and remains under inves-tigation over his role, regularlycame under fire for his high pay-outs. He controversially pocket-ed 17 million euros in 2011, arecord for a chief executive run-ning a firm listed on the Daxindex of leading German shares.

<� �#�� ����)��5� �#( # ��� "����!0#�� ������NEW DELHI;Larsen and ToubroHydrocarbon Engineering onSaturday said it has bagged ordersworth �1,100 crore from IOC forits Bongaigaon refinery in Assam.

The orders are for IOC’sIndane Maximisation project,under which it will set up a fluidisedcracking unit including LPG treat-ment facility. Larsen and ToubroHydrocarbon Engineering Ltd is awholly-owned subsidiary of engi-neering major L&T. “It has baggedan onshore EPC contract fromIOC worth around �1,100 crore forsetting up a 0.740 MMTPAFluidised Cracking Unit (FCU)including LPG treatment facility attheir Bongaigaon refinery, Assam,”it said in a BSE filing. PTI

.4,�����������8?8�����������������:+�

LONDON: FinanceMinister Arun Jaitleyon Saturday saiddemocracy is liberalenough in the UK topermit defaulters to stay here andthat ‘normal’ needs to be cracked,in an apparent reference to liquorbaron Vijay Mallya, who is want-ed in India for loan default andother cases. Referring to loandefault as a major problem thatneeds to be addressed, FM saidIndia was no longer willing to letdefaulters escape the law. PTI

7�$/+��������,(�������������#�������?@A�����B<�9:K��'���#�( !�,��#! ���)0� �� �? �� "� #)!���� �� ��#(-

�����������������%�����������%�����'���� ����'%�����������Standing in front of half a million people with a divine burden to bring bless-ings to the brokenhearted, ready to preach the good news with power andauthority, and to deliver the Word of God to the masses, Dr Paul Dhinakaran,a mighty Apostle of God from the Nation of India, speaks with divine author-ity. Since 1980, Dr Paul Dhinakaran has been serving the people of all ages,faith and nationalities bringing comfort and hope to the broken hearted andhealing to the souls, minds, bodies and families turning their sorrow into joy.Since his transformation at the age of 18, he went on to acquire his Bsc degree

at Loyola college and an MBA and a Phd degree from Madras University in marketing, relating toyouth and mass media. At the age of 20, he began to speak at rallies to the masses. His messagesoffered hope to the youth who had to battle the evils in society and the corruptions of the world andoffered hope and strength to them. His speeches through the radio broadcasts and public televisionprograms in 8 languages have had tremendous response across the world. Dr Paul Dhinakaran alongwith his late father Bro DGS Dhinakaran had founded the Karunya Educational Institutions whichstarted in 1986. During the past years, nearly 25,000 have graduated from the Karunya University,at coimbatore, the Karunya School and the Evangeline Matriculation School. Dr Paul Dhinakaranhas written many books which encourage people to provide life to those who are in darkness.

Page 7: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

�������'������( '��������( )*+�),-. -=

Page 8: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

�������'������( '��������( )*+��),-. ����-,

����� ?C�?���

Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit couple of toweringsixes in his 43 but once again failed as a finisher

with Karnataka pipping Jharkhand by five runs in agroup D league encounter.

More than 1000 people turned up at the EdenGardens, simply because Dhoni was playing. He didbat for a period but as luck would have it, Jharkhandwere all-out for 261 in 49.5 overs after Karnatakascored 266 in 49.4 overs. For Karnataka, IPL specialistManish Pandey scored 77. The Jharkhand skipperalong with burly Saurabh Tiwary (68) added 81 runsfor the fifth wicket after coming to bat at 79 for 4.

Dhoni changed his bat more than a couple oftimes as the spectators cheered every shot from the

former India captain.However at the score of 160 with another 100 plus

runs to get, Dhoni was bowled as he tried to scoopdebutant seamer T Pradeep over fine leg exposing hismiddle and leg stump.

���������������2�������� �����'����������.�Favourites Punjab on Saturday cruisedto an easy six wicket win over Vidarbha in a groupA league encounter of the Vijay Hazare Trophywith skipper Harbhajan Singh bowling an econom-ical spell and Mandeep Singh blasting an unbeaten86.

Batting first, Vidarbha were bowled out for 218in 49.3 overs with Ambati Rayudu scoring 86 off 109balls. He hit six boundaries and three sixes.

���� ��������C�

Milestone innings from Quinton de Kock andAB de Villiers and superb bowling from

Andile Phehlukwayo and Dwaine Pretorius lift-ed South Africa to a 159-run win over NewZealand in the third one-day cricket internationalon Saturday and a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

De Kock scored 68 to tie Jonty Rhodes' recordof five half centuries in consecutive innings forSouth Africa and A.B. de Villiers made 85, sur-passing 9,000 runs in ODIs as he steered SouthAfrica to 271-8 as it batted first after winning thetoss.

Pretorius then took 3-5 from 5.2 overs andPhehlukwayo 2-12 from four as South Africabowled out New Zealand for only 112 in 32.2overs, returning to winning form after their six-run loss in the second match on Thursday endedtheir record winning streak in ODIs at 12.

After Wayne Parnell and Kagiso Rabadacheaply dismissed the New Zealand openers TomLatham (0) and Dean Brownlie (2), leaving NewZealand 2-11, Phehlukwayo and Pretorius tookapart the Kiwi middle order, leaving it 58-6 andensuring South Africa's comfortable victory.

The pair first stalled the New Zealand run flowwith impeccable line and length, then rattledthrough the New Zealand innings with out-standing variations of bounce, pace and with pro-nounced seam movement.

Phehlukwayo dismissed Kane Williamson for23, pouncing when the New Zealand captain triedto run a tight delivery from the medium pacer tothird man and succeeded only in chopping on.

Pretorius then removed Ross Taylor for 18 toleave New Zealand 48-4 and without its two best-performed batsmen.

Phehlukwayo then removed Broom for a duckand Mitchell Santner for 1 as the New Zealandinnings steadily unraveled.

Pretorius dismissed Trent Boult (4) to end theinnings with almost 18 overs remaining, fitting-ly to a catch by de Villiers. The South African cap-tain said it had been vital for the Proteas to bounce

back quickly from their loss in Christchurch andhe was delighted with their allround effort.

"It was a great team performance," de Villierssaid. "It was exactly what we asked for and empha-sized before the game.

"I put a lot of emphasis on us playing as a teamtoday. I didn't feel a lot of that kind of presencein the last game so I really asked for that todayand the guys delivered. I'm not sure how we gotto 270 but we did and then we produced a greatbowling performance."

De Kock's 12th half century in ODIs laid thefoundation for the Proteas' total but his wicket fellduring a brief slump in South Africa's middleorder and de Villiers had to lead a rally with his51st half century in one-day internationals.

On reaching five, de Villiers became the 17thbatsman to surpass 9,000 runs in 50-overs inter-nationals and the fastest, in 205 innings. He alsodid so with a strike rate of 100 and an average of54 which far outstrips any other player on the list.

.61./�*A�6C�C1�J�2/33C�C1C>?�� �-� ;D *��%��� 0)�"� �)���#!�# �� BBB/�)� 5�����(G ����- ;9/'#��� )�,�#��� ����#% ��"�

����� ����

Australian captain StevenSmith rubbed salt into

India's wounds saying that ViratKohli and company dug theirown grave by preparing a rankturner which backfired badly inthe first Test.

Indian batsmen were madeto hop skip and jump by left-armspinner Steve O'Keefe as theysurrendered to a 333-run loss inthe first Test of the four-matchseries.

"It was up to them to preparea wicket and they prepared awicket that actually played intoour hands," Smith said at thepost-match media conference.

"I think it was certainly awicket that was likely to suit theIndian players. I think it evenedup the contest a lot more. We sawthe way our spinners bowled onthat. They were able to generatesome good spin and good naturalvariation out of the wicket," saidSmith.

In a subtle way, Smith saidthat he is curious to know whatkind of wicket will be preparedin Bengaluru.

"It would be interesting tosee what they come up withcome Bangalore (for the secondTest commencing March 4),"added Smith, who led the way inbatting with a second inningshundred that took the gameaway from the hosts.

Smith termed this Test winas an achievement right up therewith some of the memorableAustralian victories on Indiansub-continent.

"Right up there. Coming toIndia, we haven't won a gamehere in 4,502 days. I have beentold those facts. So it has been anincredibly long time. Guys havebeen excited by the opportunityto come and play here. We knowit's a great challenge and in thisgame the boys were up to thechallenge," said Smith.

"I think it was fortunate, Day1, win the toss and post 260 onthat wicket was very good. Andthen our bowlers went to work.I thought Sock (O'Keefe) wasabsolutely amazing to consis-tently land the ball in good areasand get the natural variation wasabsolutely outstanding. It waswell supported by Nathan Lyonand the two fast bowlers aswell."

While he was dropped asmany as five times, Smith ratedhis own knock of 109 on thispitch as one of his big accom-plishment.

"It's going to be right up there

as well. I obviously rode my luckthroughout the innings, had afew lives. But you need a bit ofluck on a wicket like that, and Iwas pleased with myself to scorea second innings hundred inIndia. Formulate some differentplans than how I normally playand sort of problem solving onthe spot."

"So from that aspect, I ampleased with myself. It was greatthat we were able to get such a biglead and give our bowlers plen-ty to bowl at."

He took an indirect dig atformer Indian spinner HarbhajanSingh for his taunt that this wasthe worst team to come out fromAustralia to this country. "Thepressure was on us. Everyonewrote us off and expected Indiato win 4-0. That can't happenanymore. It's great to have wonthis first Test match and there isstill long way to go throughoutthis series. India are going tocome back hard. I am reallyproud of the way the boys haveplayed in this test match and goone-up in this series."

But he also cautioned thatthere were three more games leftwhen asked what he would tellhis teammates. "Congratulations,terrific job over the last threedays. But it's only one game. It isa four-match series and wewould like to win the series asyou like to do with every series.”

����� ����

Unheralded left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefeon Saturday grabbed a sensational match-haul of 12 wickets as a sloppy India

slumped to a humiliating 333-run defeat insidethree days in the first cricket Test against Australiahere.

Australia set a daunting target of 441, ridingon skipper Steve Smith's batting masterclass on arank turner, and then skittled out the hapless hostsfor a paltry 107 in 33.5 overs to take a 1-0 lead inthe four-match series.

The embarrassing defeat also ended India'sunbeaten streak of 19 Tests with the last defeatcoming against England at Kolkata in late 2012.

The 32-year-old O'Keefe did the star turn onceagain with identical figures of 6/35 in both inningsas India failed to even cross 110 in both innings.

It was a total disaster for the World No.1 Testteam, who were simply outclassed in all depart-ments of the game and they further compound-ed their miseries with atrocious shot selection,shoddy fielding and poor referrals.

Skipper Virat Kohli had a rare bad Test matchwhere he had scores 0 and 13 in both innings ofthe game. India collectively posted their lowestaggregate for a home Test match and ended up suf-fering their second biggest defeat at home in termsof runs.

Kohli was out in the second innings shoul-dering arms to an angled delivery from O'Keefewhich dashed India's minuscule hopes of a mirac-ulous comeback.

As many as six Indian batsmen failed to reachdouble figures with only Cheteshwar Pujarashowing some stomach for fight with a score of31.

After Smith's superb 109 — his 18th Test tonon a spiteful pitch — there was no comeback forIndia as both openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijaymade a mess of DRS when it was the umpire'scall.

With demons of the turner working overtimeon their minds, the Indian batsmen were unableto negotiate the turner which boomeranged onthem. The Indian batsmen, similar to the firstinnings, had no clue on how to tackle 32-year-old O'Keefe, who had his finest hour in inter-national cricket. Neither could they properlynegotiate wily Nathan Lyon (4/53) as bothmade life miserable for the Indian batsmen.

In fact, the Aussie spinners showed how to

bowl on a turner something that was lackingin Ravichandran Ashwin (match figures of7/182), Ravindra Jadeja (match haul of 5/139)and Jayant Yadav (2/101).

After the 7/11 debacle in the first innings,the second innings saw India lose 6 for 8.

Earlier, Australia — having taken a com-manding first innings lead of 155 by scoring260 and then bundling out the hosts for a pal-try 105 — rode on captain Stephen Smith'slucky and plucky first-ever century on Indiansoil (109) to make 285 before they were dis-missed at the end of the first session which was

extended.Smith, given multiple lives, compiled his

first hundred in this country and of the seriesitself as Australia tightened the noose arounda dispirited and deflated India.

India crashed from 89 for five to 107 all outin under ten overs.

Vijay and Rahul both were trapped legbefore, by O'Keefe and Lyon respectively andalso foolishly decided to go in for DRS whenboth appeared to be caught plumb in front,leaving India without any DRS calls after 5.3overs when they had slumped to 16 for 2.

3��������"���� ����������

������� �� �� ������ "� <�!!���� L��M D;I D8@ ;D (�#�� #�" DI "#(�� �#�0)!( L��"�#M DB7 DDF ;;(�#�� #�" B7B "#(�� ���"")!%#� L��"�#M DID DB@ ;8 (�#�� #�" 9D "#(�� �#�# L��M DI7 DB9 ;I (�#�� #�" 77 "#(�� ������0 L�)�M DIF DID ;; (�#�� #�" ;F "#(�2 ?#!!�� L��M D@7 DID ;;(�#�� #�" 9F "#(�

���������$&&&����������

/B��� ����3������ ��/���������@���

��������������� ��� ����

���� ��� ,�00��� *�#��� �� ��"�#>� #����#!,���0 ��������& �� *#� �� �)������ �� ��� ���

����� ����#�� # ����/ ����"!( *��%�� #0#�����)���#!�# �� ��� ���� ����$ �*�5��& ��� ��'���#'>� "������� �� ���#�� #� �������5�!( ����/ ����"!( *��%��& #� #,��!)�� ")�� ,�*! �� ,)����,)���� O #� ��� �)���#!�#�� *�)!" �#!! �� O�!#(�" ��� 0#'� ���#�0�� ���� ��� 5������>� �#�"$

6�� # *��!�& #� ��� ��#�� � ��� �����" "#(&��"�#� ,�*!��� ���'�" �� �#5� "��� # 0��" +�,&����������0 �)���#!�# �� D78$ �*�5��& # ��� �����0��� *#( ��� ����� ���)00!�" �� ��!" ����� *��%��&��� ���'��"�)� � ��� �)� �� ,( ?#�0#����>,#��'�� *#� .)��� �5�"���$

���� ��� ,#!! �)����0 �.)#�� ��' ��� ����"#(& �)���#!�# "�" *�!! �� �)� )� # "����� ���#!& ,)���"�#� ,#��'�� �) ���" # !#�� ��!!#��� �� !�����5�� *��%��� �� ��� ��#�� � ;; �)�� �� �#���)!#�� �� ;8@$ �����" �����0� *#� �� ,����� �� �������� #� ���( �����" �*� '��� �)�� ��#� ����� ���������0� ���#!$

�)���� �%����� ���5�� �'��� '#�#0�" '�����#� ��"�#>� ���#!� �� ,��� �����0� *��� # 0����(;89& *���� +)�� ���*�" ��* ,#"!( ��"�#�,#��'�� ����)��" ����� �!#��$

�*�5��& ��� #!�� ���"� �� %��� �� '��" ���!)�%/ #���� *���� ���5� C>?�� � �#!%�" # ��� ��������" "#(>� �!#($ V�� �!#(�" #�" '����" # !�� � ,#!!� #�" ���)�#��!( �� )�& ���( ���%�" ���' #�"*� �#)0�� ���'&V �#�" ��� �������& *�� �#" ��!(;I *��%��� ,� ��� ��'��0 �� ��"�#& ,)� ��* �#� ;D'���$

��� #��*�� �� ��� .)������& *�( "�" ��"�#���5�"� # *��%��& *���� #!�� �#� # �)0� !)�%/ #���� #��#���" �� ��& ��'#��� )��!�#�$

��� !#�� ��'� *��� �������"�'��#��" ��� ��#"!����& '�����#� ��� ���)!� *#� ")���0 ���D8;@ �#0�)� ���� #0#���� ��)��� ���# #�" ��� D8;D ���� #0#������0!#�" �� �)',#�$

���!� ��"�# "� �#��" ��������#� ,( # *������0 ;DI/�)�'#�0�� *����� ����� "#(�& ��������& ���� !�" ,( �#���"�#���0� ����� �) ���" #��',#��#����0 ;8/*��%�� !��� ����0!#�" �� D8;D& *���� ���5�"��5��#! �� ��� ��0!���'�� �!#*��0����� *#( ,#�% �� �� *�� ��� ���������� D/;$ ��� �� '��������0!#�">� ���� �*��� ����( �#���#�#�" ��#�'� �*#�� #���)���" ��;9 � ��� D8 *��%��� ��� 5������� ���%�� ��#� '#���$

���� ��"�#>� �����0�� !(��0 ����0)!#� �),/���������#! *��%��� O*���� �!�*!( "�������#�� ,( ��� ��"� �#( B O *���� ,��� ����������� �#� ����� *��!� ���,#��'�� �#� ����� )� ,�0������& �� ���'� �)�������0 ��#���� �� ; �#�%�" ��"� �#'� )�*��� # *��%�� *���� !��%�" "�������#��" �5��,� ��� ��� '#��� ��#���"$

���%��0 #� ��� ,�00�� ����)��& ���� ���)!� (��#0#�� ���*� ��"�#>� ���#�#,�!��( �� �!#( �� *��%�������� ��#� ��� #'�!�#� �)���'/'#"� �),/���������#! �������$ ���� ��� !��0 ��'� ��#���#,�)� �� ��"& ��>� ��'� �� ?��!� #�" ��� ,�(� �� 0��)��" �� "� ����� %��"� � *��%��� � ��"�# #�� ��'#���#�� ����� �� ; ���� �� ��� �#�%��0� ��#��$

����� ���� ���� C� ���� �C��

-4���5� C>?�� � �����"�" ��� ,��� ,�*!��0��� ��'#��� �� # ���� '#��� �� �)���#!�##0#���� ��"�# ,( �#%��0 ;D �� E8 �� ���

���� ����$ C>?�� �>� ;D �� E8 �� ��� ,��� ,�*!��0 ,(# ������� #0#���� ��"�# �� ��"�# #�" �����" ,����5��#!! # ��� �#� ����#'>� ;B �� ;87 #� �)',#� ��;9E9/F8

5�)���#!�# �����"�" ����� ����" ,�00��� *�� �5����"�# �� ���'� � �)�� ,( *�����0 ��� ����'#��� ,( BBB �)��$ �� *#� ��"�#>� �)���

,�00��� !��� �� ���'� � �)��$ �)���#!�#>� BID/�)�5�����( #� �#0�)� �� D88I/8@ �� ,�00��� #0#���� ��"�#

6�)���#!�# !��� ��5�� ������)��5� ����� �� ��"�#,� ��� ��0�������0 # 5�����($ ����� !#�� *�� �����#'� �� D88I �� �#0�)�$ �!��& ,� ��� ���� *��

���( �#" ���� ������)��5� !����� �� ���# O �)� ����"�#& �*� #0#���� �#%���#� �� �����" ��#, �'��#���#�" ����� �� ��� �#�%#

4-4��"�# �����" D;D �� ���� ���� '#���/ ;8@ �� ���� �����0� #�" ;8E �������" �����0�$ �� *#� ����� !�*���

�� # ��'� ���� !����0 #!! D8 *��%���$ ����� ���5��)�!�*��� *#� DED �)�� #0#���� ��� �#'� ������������� ?�!%#�# �� ;9@7/@E

777��"�#� ,#��'�� #��" III ,#!!� ����� *��!� ���� '#���$ �� *#� ���������" !�*��� �� #�( ���� *��� !����0

D8 *��%���& #�" !�*��� #� ��'�

5���5� C>?�� � ���% ��� *��%��� �� B@ �)��*��!� �#��#� �(�� "��'����" �)� ,#��'�� ��@B �)�� �� ��"�#� �����" �����0�$ �� *#� ��!(

����" ��'� �� �)���#!�# #�" ��5���� ��'� �5��#!!*��� �������� ���% #!! ;8 *��%��� �� #� �����0�#0#���� ��"�# �� ��"�# 6#���! B������

FIGURATIVELY

(������#�����CD�&��������"������&��E�����

����� ����

Captain Virat Kohli loathed theway Indian batsmen negotiated

a rank turner, saying they showedhow not to bat on such tracks andtermed the massive defeat againstAustralia as their "worst" batting per-formance in recent times.

Kohli suffered his first Testdefeat as captain at home with Indiaplumetting to a humiliating 333-runloss.

"The batting let us down in boththe innings. Our application was notgood. There were no partnershipsworth mentioning, it's an area whichfills us with pride. The batsmen needto pull their socks up. The battingwas not up to standards, it showedhow we shouldn't bat, that's all I willsay," Kohli lamented.

The India captain said it was"criminal" to concede a 155-run firstinnings lead as it made it too diffi-cult to pull things back.

"It rarely happens that 4-5 peo-

ple make judgment errors in both theinnings and especially with the waywe have batted over the last fewmonths, I would say this was ourworst batting performance. We needto accept that we batted badly andneed to improve and back strongerin Bangalore. There's lot of cricket leftin the series."

Talking about his own dismissal— he was bowled by spinner SteeveO' Keefe whie leaving a ball — Kohlisaid he made a "judgment error".

"I left the ball too early. I shouldhave waited for a little more. It wasmy fault," he said.

Kohli said the team will take thedefeat in its stride and move aheadlike it did after the loss at Galleagainst Sri Lanka in late 2015 fromwhere the golden run commenced.

"It's just another internationalgame, no big deal. Just as you shouldbe calm and composed and not getover-excited when we win, the sameway we should stay the same waywhen we lose. We take it on the chin.

"The last time we had a perfor-mance like this we had an out-standing run from Galle. I would saythat we needed something like thisfor a reality check and understandwhat we need to work on and nottake anything for granted especial-ly at the international level," hecontinued.

"If you drop five catches off onebatsman (Australia captain SteveSmith), you certainly don't deserveto win and also if you lose sevenwickets for 11 runs. I am sure youwould not have asked me this ques-tion had we won. Our mindsetdoes not change with the results," hesaid to a pointed query.

He maintained the Indianbowlers, world's no.1 ranked bowler,Ravichandran Ashwin, did their bit.

"I won't blame the bowlers at all.Our batsmen put us in that position.It's very difficult to come back afterconceding such a big lead. Thebowlers tried their level best," saidKohli.

0���������������������3�*����

Page 9: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

��� � � 7���

,�����������=����� �-%�4,��#,�0(##�(� , �:-�/�,�",)0��6�03!,�3,%�:(/�3���,�0!�-�6!� ���04,#0�/������"#,�/D(,0/!��0�,):, , �!���(#�#��/0 �

#���� �����������4,�/-�-,�#0��6/,#��,�4�0�7!��, �(/0! ,��!0���(0,�!���!�)!%��!���! ,#0�3,�3��/!�(,0�/��!�0�!#,��,4 ,0!"�,#0�!��,5,#-�6�0�!���0,�0�� ���""!,���E/,#F0�:��7��(/0�/�,

0��/�!"�/���� ,0!"�,#0�4����#,!�6(0!�"�/#� !/!�����/,E/!�,0�4!/�3��/,)��#�#-�0,�0!:!�!/!,0

5���� ���<9)�<��8

"��������)����������) 8 @ ' � ! � 7 � ? �

�%#2��%3�2�"2��$%�#����$���2��%"��#���3��%3�2����$"&2#�� �"&2�%3!�" %2���+

�&���%3�"����+& 2"�%�#����2�"24�� ��������

,6�$�$7�$�$�=$7(+$7

National elections andchange ofGovernment is routinein most democraciesand except for a tem-

porary interest in the outcome,such elections are not subjectmatters of sustained global inter-ests, except in case of a few majordemocracies, especially the US.American Presidential electionsand the events that precede itgenerally evoke strong and sus-tained interest in the electoralresults. This is not unusualgiven the vast expanse of theUS influence on globalaffairs due to its predomi-nant economic and militarypresence around the world.

Even then, given theorderly nature of powertransfer in the US, globalinterest and concern aboutits election outcome sub-sides substantially after

some time, except for thosecountries that have special,

real or imaginary relationshipwith the US. However, as read-

ers of the major national dailiesand information outlets around the

world would have noticed, that interest isstill fueled by the uncertain nature of, or the reasonsbehind, that transfer of power by the outcome of the2016 US Presidential elections that resulted in theelection of Donald Trump as the 45th President andhis assumption of power on January 20, 2017.

Such interest is also intensified because of theactions and behaviour of the President, which, asfollowers of the major national dailies around theglobe would have noticed, has evoked mostly nega-tive views of his presidency. However, since muchof the negative image of President Trump is basedon the strong negative reaction in the US, which toa large extent, has been influenced by the negativereactions to some of his actions on the domesticfront — which may or may not have any apprecia-ble impact on the bilateral relations between USand other countries — it is necessary to make anobjective analysis of the potential impact of Trumppresidency on such bilateral relations, includingthat between India and the US.

It is true that President Trump has the lowestGallup Presidential Approval ratings (40 per cent)amongst all adults since Gallup began these ratingsat the time of Harry S Truman. The approval rat-ings of the immediate past presidents at the corre-sponding period of their presidency was: BarackObama (62 per cent), George Bush (62 per cent),and Bill Clinton (59 per cent). Conversely,Trump’s disapproval ratings are the highest at 54per cent in comparison to Obama (25 per cent),Bush (21 per cent), and Clinton (29 per cent).

Before attempting any such analysis, it isimportant to study the (possible) changes thathave taken place in the US political space.Firstly, it has become highly polarised in recenttimes. Whatever approval ratings amongst “All

Adults” all Presidents have had, including Trump,approval ratings amongst their own party was well inexcess of 80 per cent during their term. What haschanged in recent times starting with the rise of theRepublican ‘Tea Party’ — strictly conservative, anti-establishment candidates who have dominated the partysince then. With the rise of the Tea Party, the US polity— especially after 2013 when Obama won his secondterm as President — has become highly polarised withthe incumbent President enjoying very low rates ofapproval amongst members of the Opposition party.

While in earlier times, the approval ratingsamongst members of the Opposition party used to bewell over 30 per cent, since then, the average has fallenbelow 10 per cent. Trump currently has a 6 per centapproval rating amongst Democrats. It should be men-tioned in all fairness that if Hillary Clinton had wonthe presidency, the reverse would be equally true with ahigh approval rating amongst Democrats and a verylow rating amongst Republicans.

While this would have profound impact on the US

society, which needs to be studied indepth, it is also true that such changeswould have a strong impact on the USforeign policy and bilateral relations.Secondly, there has been a strong risein the ‘anti-establishment’ bandwagonin both parties. It is not surprising,therefore, that Trump who had noprior experience in any public office, atwhatever level, chose to run as an anti-establishment Republican against muchof the official/establishmentRepublicans, and not only won theRepublican nomination but went on towin the presidency as well.

Thirdly, globalisation has had pro-foundly different impact on the devel-oping world and the developed. Whilein both instances the rich had becomericher and the poor poorer, in the for-mer the middle class had been squeezedwith stagnant or falling levels or realincome in the past decade; in the latter,they have gained substantially in termsof real income. Finally, advances inIC2T (Information, Computer andCommunication Technologies) havebeen steadily reducing the requirementsfor the on-site presence of humanlabour for many traditional blue collarand white collar jobs.

Dealing with all these complexissues while attempting to satisfy theaspirations of supporters would requirewell-thought-out strategies and effi-ciently executed programmes.Otherwise, ill and hastily thought outprogrammes could cause more socialupheaval with potentially grave foreignpolicy/relations implications.

It is on these grounds one is appre-hensive about President Trump’s innatecapability and competence as well asprofessional experience to effectivelymanage a team with diverse talents tocome up with intelligent programmes,and the experience of the administrationduring the past one month since he tookoffice, in both domestic and foreignarena, lends credence to such doubts.

First, he has been unable to articu-late any philosophical or politicalunderpinning of his ideology. Much ofthe actions that he has taken or indi-cated that he will take have been dictat-ed more by his anathema to anythingthat has any connection to what hispredecessor (Barack Obama) or hiselectoral opponent (Hillary Clinton)did and his penchant to be seen to bedoing something that would irk or dis-comfit the traditional establishment.

Thus, his first acts were to dismantleregulations that had been put in place indefence of environment — (i) removesrules regulating the construction DakotaAccess Pipeline (DAPL) designed tocarry 500,000 barrels of oil per daythrough vast stretches of the US territo-ry; (ii) approves all licenses relating tothe Keystone XL Pipeline — a majorpipeline to import petroleum productsfrom Canada. Both these had been puton hold by the Obama administration.

He also removed a key requirementfrom the Obama administration’s keylegislation, the Affordable Care Act(ACA) (Obamacare). ACA had enabledsome 20 million Americans to havehealthcare protection. President Trumpand the Republicans had been clam-ouring to repeal the Act without hav-ing any replacement. In a similar vein,he withdrew the US from the TransPacific Partnership (TPP), an initiativeof the Obama administration for amajor multilateral trade agreement.

����� �� �� �)��( �� ��' # +)"0�'��� �� ��)'� ��0�� #*#($ ���������"��� ��)'� #�" �� ��"� ��#�� ��'� ��#��� O ��� #!! #����'�!�'���#�($ ��#� '#( ,� #� #"5#��#0�& ,)� ���� #0#�� ���

AA��B

���� �� �C�C��� ��� ��=

;/� ����������C� �C���

�<� ����C����

����� C� �������� ��= C���C����=& ��<��

��� ������C����

6C� ���� C<����C/����� C6 ��� ;/�

<��� C����� �� �� ��

Page 10: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

��� � � 7���

�������5���� ���<9)�<��8

�� 6���C� ���? �� ��� =C�? ��= 6������

����CU������= WD8 �����C� ���C ��C����=-� �C�C�=

Then in a major move on thequestion of immigrationreforms, he signed a series

of Executive Orders (EO), againto negate some of the initiatives ofObama administration. One ofthese, the EO of ‘Protecting TheNation From Foreign Terrorists’was so broad in its scope that itwas challenged in federal courtsby civil society resulting in thatEO being stayed by the courts.The Trump administration haschosen not to fight the stay orderin the US Supreme Court fearfulof the outcome of any such chal-lenge at the moment and insteadplanning to have a new EO.

However, the rules formulatedto execute the other EOs relatingto immigration, ‘EnhancingPublic Safety in the Interior of theUnited States’ and ‘BorderSecurity and ImmigrationEnforcement Improvements’, areso broad that there are legitimatefears that many of rules — put inplace by the Obama administra-tion to protect law abiding andminor illegal immigrants fromforcibly being separated fromtheir families and sent to othercountries — will now be disre-garded by the immigrationauthorities with potentially mil-lions being removed from the US.

This is, however, not a fore-gone conclusion as it is very likelythat these would be challenged incourts. The point is not that thePresident is without any executivepowers but that these are beingexercised without proper applica-tion of mind.

This is because PresidentTrump has been unable toattract/hold any bright andresourceful group of talented per-sons to staff his administration.

This applies to persons at all lev-els. So far, Trump has been ableto put in place only nine of 15Cabinet appointees. OtherPresidents at similar point in timehad in place many more Cabinetappointees. President Obama, forinstance, had in place 13 of the 15Cabinet appointees at the corre-sponding time. The same appliesto subcabinet appointees. In theState Department, six of the topnine appointments are still

vacant; the remaining three beingheld by “acting” heads. A largenumber of civilian appointees atthe higher levels of the adminis-tration have to be approved bythe Senate. So far, Trump hassubmitted only 59 nominations,while at the corresponding peri-od, his predecessors had nomi-nated and obtained approvals formany more appointees.

The problem has been thereluctance of many qualified and

competent persons with sufficientexperience to work in an adminis-tration that seems to act onwhims and fancies (oftenexpressed through tweets). It isunlikely, on the basis of PresidentTrump’s public utterances so far,that he would have much greatersuccess in attracting sufficientlytalented people to join his admin-istration. So far, his actions andutterances seem to have beenguided by the philosophy of fewextreme ideologues of the right.

This could have far-reachingimplications both domesticallyand internationally. The domesticaspects have been discussed earli-er in respect of his immigrationpolicies. On foreign policy, hisrecord has not been very encour-aging so far. After an initial phonecall to the Taiwanese President inviolation of all protocol — seem-ing to question the ‘One China’policy and creating an interna-tional furore — he did finallymanage to assuage China’s feel-ings by accepting, albeit withsome qualification, the traditionalUS ‘One China’ policy.

On the other hand, he man-aged to displease the MexicanPresident so much that the lattercancelled his planned visit toWashington. In a similar vein, hemanaged to annoy the AustralianPrime Minister by tweeting that anagreement brokered by Australiawith the Obama administrationwas a “dumb deal”. The Australian

Prime Minister, however, down-played the tweet by saying thatwhile the deal may not have beenone Trump would’ve done or con-sidered a “good deal”, the Presidentand his administration have com-mitted to honour it. He has, how-ever, conducted himself muchmore maturely in his meetings andcalls to many of the Heads of State,especially the Japanese PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe.

Finally, what does a Trumpregime portend for India-US bilat-eral relations? So far nothing thathe has done is relevant for ourbilateral relations. However, thisdoes not mean that one or more ofhis domestically influencedactions — whether through legis-lation or through the advice ofsome ideologue — may not havean impact in the future. Forinstance, the rules enforcing hisEOs in relation to enhancing secu-rity in the US through stricterenforcement of laws on illegalimmigrants may not affect illegalIndian immigrants (even thoughthey may form a small percent oftotal illegal immigrants in the US).

Then again, immigrationrelated action, especially inrespect to H1-B visas, couldaffect India in a negative manner.Much would depend on how thetwo countries approach the sub-ject, but there can be no doubtthat any H1-B related actionwould have a stronger impact onIndia than any other country,

given that India accounts for wellover two-thirds of all H1-B visaholders in the US.

Trade is another area withpotential pitfalls. Both PresidentTrump and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi would like manu-facturing to take place in theirrespective countries. While inmany areas there may not be con-flict, it will certainly have someimplication for India wanting theUS companies to manufacture inIndia for both the Indian marketand exports. What then?

Another potential troublingarea could be free trade negotia-tions. Trump has expressed hisopposition to multilateral tradenegotiations. India, on the otherhand, has preferred bilateral tradenegotiations within the broadframework of multilateral treaties.In the absence of such a protec-tive umbrella, would India be theweaker party in a purely bilateralnegotiation with the US?

The final conclusion is thatIndia needs to wait and watch thecurrent US administration’s poli-cies and actions and scrutinisethem carefully. There is no needto hurry to form judgement onTrump administration at thispoint in time. Both PresidentTrump and PM Modi share sometraits, not all of them complimen-tary. That may be an advantage.But then again not.

%��������������(�����������"�B�����������.�������������(����#�����"�����"�$������

$����/7(.(�$7(/(0�$%.67$�%+/$%.�/�

���� ,��%-� "���0� ��'��'������0$ ��� �)'���)�5��)#! "��#�!� 0�5� ���� ,��% #

%������ #�� ��#� # ��#�����������$ �� �)�� ���

����!�0�� �� ����5#��5�"���0����& *�� #�� �� )���0

��#"�����#! �����!�� *��������'���#�( �����,�!�����&

*����� �<����?� �C��

The author of this prolific bookUnfolding: Contemporary IndianTextiles,Maggie Baxter is anAustralian artist, writer, indepen-dent curator and public art coor-

dinator. In this book she has explored theadaptation of traditional Indian textile crafttraditions in contemporary forms.

Baxter visited India in 1990 and has sincebeen a frequent visitor, particularly to Kutch,in Gujarat, where she maintains a textile artpractice that uses traditional textile tech-niques as media for contemporary art. Shehas exhibited regularly since 1984 in bothgroup and solo exhibitions in Australia, India,Japan and the UK. She held her first solo exhi-bition in India at the Visual Arts Gallery, IndiaHabitat Centre in December 2004, for whichshe won an award for the Best Design andCraft Show that year. In Australia she worksprimarily in the area of public art coordina-tion managing a significant number of large-scale individual integrated artworks formajor urban redevelopment projects.

Textile historian, Rahul Jain was theone who gave her the idea to write thisbook. He was aware of her work inKutch, and that in the past she had writ-ten about Indian contemporary art so hesuggested her to write a book on Indiantextiles. In an interview with anewspaper, Baxter says, “The bookis titled Unfolding because you lit-erally fold and unfold fabric. Buthere, I also meant that this is a bookthat unfolds the story of textiles inIndia”. In the same inter-view she also mentionsthat she met with severalartists and designers, and only aftervisiting their galleries and stu-dios and after interview-ing them was sheable to gather allthe necessaryinformation towrite this book.As not a lot ofmaterial was availableon this topic, Baxter had toresort to informal ways of research

such as shopping. However, it was only afterattending two weddings and an engagementparty and meeting the people there that shewas able to go on the right track.

In her book she has written about 25design labels in India that are reinvigoratingthe traditional textiles of the country such asbandhni, leheriya and jamdani, by givingthem a new and an appealing identity in theworld of contemporary designs. “These arenot just making heads turn but are also re-interpreting tradition in a new mould,” saysBaxter, in an interview.

The book explores the rich and diversetextile craft tradition of India that has beenadopted and adapted by craftsmen, artistsand designers of the 21st century. Theauthor looks at ‘new interpretations madewithin the current cultural landscape bydesigners who dare to take steps into theunknown’. Traditional techniques and motifsare reworked in atypical, up-to-date ways,creating a fresh new visual language that isdefinitely Indian.

Different chapters in the bookexplore the design philosophies ofdesigners and artists who are workingin the ambit of craft revival, minimal-ism, surface decoration, textures, and

narratives through various natural,mythological, and religioussymbols, changing how themarket consumes these tradi-tional textiles. These includethe Delhi-based Raw Mango,Play Clan, Gaurav Jai Guptafor Akaaro, 11.11/eleveneleven, Aneeth Arora for

Pero andGoodearth andN o i d a - b a s e d

Abraham and Thakore,Kolkata-based bailou and

GreenEarth. This booksalso talks about thesmall but growingnumber of Indian artist

such as Mithu Sen,Manisha Parekh, and

Parul Thacker for whom fibreand fabric are integral of part of their

%���$�� �������.��� ) 8 @ ' � � � A � � <

studio and gallery practices. “The book is an unprece-

dented effort as it is likely thefirst major document to recordand share the more recent andexciting period of Indian tex-tile design,” says textile histo-rian Rahul Jain.”

Indian textiles todayinclude almost unimaginableplethora of regionally specificskills, techniques and motifsfrom every state and region inIndia, far exceeding any othercountry in the enduring, pro-lific production of its livingmaterial culture. This bookdelves into an overwhelmingsense of Indian cultural iden-tity manifested in the beauti-ful art of contemporary textilesas well as the productionmethods using traditionalskills that has always madeIndian textiles unique.

The book is filled withworks of various artists anddesigners but what piqued my

interest the most is the work ofGoodearth founded by AnitaLal. Goodearth is a productdesign company with a smallchain of shops. It’s very easy tobe seduced by the unashamedromanticism of Goodearth’ssmall scale-digital prints. Theirchoice of imagery, blendedfrom old and new photographs,historic miniature paintings,and Bollywood posters revealsa postmodern determination tocombine historical vernacularwith decorative, playful illusion.For me anything with even ahint of Bollywood automatical-ly attracts my attention. Andthe Goodearth team uses oldmovie stills and lyrics and dig-itally prints them in profusiononto cushions and wallpaper.Their products are quirky,colourful, unique, and delvinginto Bollywood, history andlegends — what’s there not tolove about these products!

The work of textile and

fashion designer, Aneeth Arorawho is also the founder of thefashion label, Péro intriguedme. She calls herself a ‘textileand dress maker’ and what fas-cinates and inspires her mostis the clothing and dressingstyles of the local people, whichmakes them so effortlesslystylish and trendy, thereforemaking them real trend-settersof our time. Arora travelswidely to develop unique,region specific fabrics. For her‘Indian-ness’ is confident andglobal, not parochial.

This books design is mes-merising. The numerous visu-al details gives this book akinetic air than a static pres-ence. Unfolding: ContemporaryIndian Textiles bridges the gapbetween scholarship and enjoy-ment. The print and layout onthe glossy pages of the book areextremely elegant. The photosare shot and lighted in such atactile way that you will wantto caress each piece of fabricthis book provides. For allthose textile design geeks orthose interested in Indian tex-tiles, this treatise by MaggieBaxter should be one of thebooks on their lists.

Baxter herself sums upwhat this book is about —“the evolution of ancient tra-dition into a 21st centuryidiom”. This book puts thespot l ight on innovat ivedesigners, who are infusingtraditional textiles with con-temporary sensibilities.

�������������� ������������� ���������������� ���� �

&���������1�����"���&�����"�&��7����������

������ ��U����� �C��= ������ �����C�� ������������ ����C�� C6 ����C����= ����6� �?����&

����R��� ��� �C��6� 6�C� �<��=����� ��� ����C� �� �����& 6��

�U������ ��= C��� C����= ���� ��������& ��C��6� ��C����C�

C6 ��� ��<��� �������� ������

Page 11: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

��� � � 7���

����� �CC?� ���� �C ������� �C ���<��

�� ��������� �� C�����C ���<��� ��������

5���� ���<9)�<��8

��0��� "��-� �#!% L#� !�#�� ����� K����!�- !#�0)#0�M$ ��0���"��-� �#5� �#'�� ������$ �)� ���� �/), �� #5��( �����#! ��0�� �), #�" �� *#��� �� ��!!(�) ��� ����($ ��-� #,�)� ��� !� � �� # ����� ����"�#& #�" ��� #��'#! ����"� L#�" ���M$ �/), �� �#)0��(& �)���)�& !�5#,!� #�" ,�#5�L#�" ��'���'�� ��#��" ���XM$ � �� !�5��0��� 0��" !� � � # *�!" ��0�� O ���*!��0 ��� �����& !�5�" ,( ��� �#& ��#��" ,( ��� ������$��" ���� ��� "#( ��� '����� 5#������& #�"�/), !�#��� �� ���-� �#�( ,���0 # ��0��$ ��-��!!)���#��" ,( �#(# �#'#�*#'($

1!�7��A8@1����1�7���@�������A�8

� %"���%3����% "�$"5�%3�/�3 +��)6,

7�1�88B���

�,�#( ? �� #� ��"�#� ����/"��!�'#� #�" ��� #)���� � �*� '�'���� #�" �5���!!������� � ���'�$ ��

���'� �#5� #���#��" �� �5�� �*� "�:��!����#�( +�)��#!� ���!)"��0 ������������������& ����������������& ��������������& �������& �������& ��������������#'��0 ������ #�" �#5� ,��� ��#��!#��" ���������& �)���#�& ��#!�#�& ��#����& �!�5���#�&����)0)���& �#�"#��� #�" ���#!�$ �� ��������� �#� ,��� ��#��!#��" ���� DF!#�0)#0��$� �����5�" ��� ���� �����#�(�*#�" D8;B$

����������"#���������� #+��677

� "#( )!! � ����'��' �� # "#(�#�%�" *��� ��*��& # ����/')!���!��� ��#� !��� (�) �#%� �� *�#� ��� *��!"����*� #� (�) O 0��"& ,#" �� )0!( O *��� #��5��/�#(/"��/������$ C���'��' ,���"� ��)��&�!�5#��� )�"����#�"��0 #�" �5�� *��� (�) #�!&�� #!!�*� (�) �� ����5�� .)��%!( #�" ������)�(�)� +�)���( ��� +)�� �� ��� �#�� � �)�����,)� �� ,���0 #� ����#�#�!)& # ')!��"�'������#!������#!��($ ���� ��#����#!& �������5� #�" ������,��%& *������ ���#�0�� ��' ��� ��#�� ,(��'���� *�� �#� ,�)���" ,#�% �� !� � *��� ���������5� #����)"�& *�!! ,���0 # �����0 �� (�)� ����#�" # ����*�" 5�0�)� �� (�)� ��#��$

�@?�3���'3)�B@�8���?�3����" 2����� ���

������/ +��-6,

Far away from the ‘centre’ of acad-emic and creative excellence, awell-known literary writer hasbeen working quietly in the fieldof Maithili and Hindi literature.

This is none other than Usha Kiran Khanwho got the prestigious Sahitya AcademyPrize for her novel, Bhamati, written inMaithili. She writes a blazing prose enter-taining and engaging to the extent thatyou take her book any morning or leisure-ly afternoon and forget the surroundings,only to derive tremendous aesthetic plea-sure to soothe your mind. The nativespeakers and readers of Maithili languagewill you about inimitable beauty of themetaphors she creates and the web sheweaves and the narrative she builds out ofthe historical figures and events keenlyobserved and intensely experienced.

Bhamati offers us an unforgettableand unbelievable love story between anextraordinarily outstanding scholar hus-band and almost equally caring and lov-ing wife who willingly sacrifices all heremotional needs in order to help her hus-band Vachaspati Mishra successfully pur-sue his scholarly pursuits. Bhamati, theperson is a legend in the region ofMithila, Bihar. She is very fondly remem-bered and revered as a cultural iconwhose strength of character and sense ofselfless love was so strong and powerfulthat her husband Vachaspati Mishra whohad abandoned worldly pleasures andwas completely engrossed with the pur-suit of knowledge surrendered the fruitsof his scholarly endeavours to honour hiswife’s amazing perception and equallyamazing practice of unconditional love.One of the best minds who wrote one offinest commentaries on Brahma SutraBhasya of Adi Shankara who himselfrequested the scholar to do so, dedicatedthe entire book to his wife. The namingof the commentary on Brahma Sutra asBhamati by Vachaspati Mishra who juxta-poses the sanctity of human love with theauthority of philosophical scholarship is aclassic example of two different traditionsof Indian way of life coming together insuch a way that her love is not only recip-

rocated but also valorised over theunflinching commitment of her husbandto the pursuit of knowledge. Those whoharbour misgivings about the reciprocityof love are naive and know little of thecomplexities of human relationships andthe power of true emotional attachmentsto move not only the most reluctantminds but also those whose knowledgeand understanding have led them com-pletely detach themselves from the mater-ial world which they have decided torenounce once they are free from theiracademic commitments.

Khan’s Hasina Manzil is another fab-

ulous novel in Maithili that tells us amoving account of a forlorn father res-olutely in search of his daughter withwhom he accidentally ends up living for along time without any inkling of the iden-tity of his host who also holds an ardentdesire to see her father whom she doesnot recognise. Khan has contributed anumber of literary gems to the domainsof both Hindi and Maithili literatures,and given us some perceptive andprovocative interpretations of historicaland cultural interface from a literarypoint of view as it in her opinion unfold-ed during the distinct phases of precolo-

nial Mithila.Her novel Sirjanhar has been written

in Hindi and published by the prestigiousBhartiya Jnanpeeth publications. It pri-marily revolves around the medievalpoet, dramatist and travelogue writerVidyapati who is often considered thefountainhead of Maithilli literature.Though Maithili literature began withJyotirishwar Thakur’s Varna Ratnakara inthe 12th century, it was Vidyapati whomade it popular with his Padavalis amongthe masses during the late 14th and early15th centuries. He was intimately associ-ated with the ruler of the land. The most

generous patron he had was the king,Shiva Singh, who awarded him the title ofAbhinav Jayadev, placing him alongsideJayadev, the author of Gita Govinda(1205). He also gifted him his native vil-lage, Bisphi, on the occasion of his coro-nation in 1412. Vidyapati wrote in threelanguages such as Sanskrit, Avahatta andMaithili but his claim to fame today restslargely on his contribution to Maithilli lit-erature, particularly for the love songs ofRadha and Krishna which are stillextremely popular in that region.

The trajectory which these novels,Bhamati and Sirjanhar, especially havecharted appears to underline two percep-tive and rather provocative points. Thefirst is that it is erroneous and fallaciousto suggest that those women like Bhamatiand Radha who have given up the road ofmaterial aggrandisement on their ownand seek to sacrifice their self interest fortheir loved ones are week in strength andcharacter. Their sacrifice makes themtotally subservient to male predominanceand their exploitation is an inevitableconsequence of such an independent butunwise choice. The novel makes it verycategorical drawing on Gandhian valueswhich seem to have made a lastingimpact on the psyche of the novelist dur-ing her childhood and shaped her con-sciousness in an enduring manner, thatonly powerful women can afford to makesacrifices for those they love and deeplycare for. Many have utterly failed tounderstand these empowered and eman-cipated women who accomplished whatthey wished through selfless love.Gandhian vision of an independent andstrong woman appeared to them a con-servative version of feminine self. UshaKiran Khan has demolished such percep-tion of female subjectivity. Bhamati is afiercely independent and strong woman,no way submissive at all. Her sacrifice isher own choice which Western styled ten-dencies under the influence of colonialmodernity find impossibly difficult todigest. One of the highly notablestrengths of this novel is that it has explic-itly revisited Indian tradition in order to

foreground the emancipatory hallmark ofunconditional love while it has implicitlyrethought the nature of colonial moderni-ty to redefine the idea of feminine subjec-tivity.

The second is that these literaryworks unfailingly highlight the culturalpride which goes into the making of aMaithil identity. Both Bhamati andVidyapati have emerged as the represen-tative figures of Maithil cultural identity,and the novelist shows some kind of evi-dent desire to glorify the culture of theregion. This in my assessment is one ofthe drawbacks of an otherwise creativelysatisfying engagement with extremely dis-tinguished historical characters. Bhamatiand Vidyapati are indisputably the best ofwhat Maithili identity stands for. But thekind of circumstances which defineMaithil cultural identity in our times havelost sight of those values and principleswhich made them genuinely enlightenedhuman beings who had nothing to dowith casteist and patriarchal practices.

A certain kind of new and extremelyinnovative thinking emerged in fifth cen-tury India when Bhatrahari says inVakyapadiya that “the human mindattains a much better and greater insightand acumen after interacting with othertraditions. What does he know who doesnot know his own tradition? What doeshe know who knows only his own tradi-tion?” This is precisely what the Bhamatiand Vachaspati Mishra story tells us. Agreat philosophical mind who soughtspiritual liberation through vidya (knowl-edge) of soul as ultimate a reality as Godhimself comes to develop tremendousrespect for his wife’s way of attaining sal-vation through selfless love. He wasabsolutely awed by the path of undyingand unconditional love his wife, Bhamatihas chosen to achieve emancipation. Thelegend has it that he could never forgether love despite the fact that he left homeand went to the Himalayas as he haddecided even before he knew about hiswife’s unbelievably fulfilling love for him.

%�����������������$���������������������/���������+)"�������������(0

���# ?��#� ?�#�-� ��5�! !������ � ��� )� #� )�,�!��5#,!� !�5� ����( ,��*��� #� ����#��"��#��!( �)���#�"��0 ����!#� #�" ����.)#!!( �#���0 *� � *�� *�!!��0!( �#��� ���� #!! ��� �'�����#! ���"� �� ��!� ��' �)��)� %��*!�"0�& *����� ����� ���� 2�

Arjun Raj Gaind’s first partof this mystery trilogy is acomplete package which

keeps the readers hooked. Theinteresting background wherethe British Raj gets entangledwith the Indian kingship pro-vides the narrative innumerabletwists and turns. The noveltraces the sudden death of theBritish Resident of Rajporewhose mystery the Maharaja setsout to unravel. These two char-acters, one dead and the otherhell bent on unearthing the causeof death become our protago-nists. The intricate web of theBritish power structure thatoperates in Rajpore is intelli-gently disclosed by the author.The array of English characterssketched by Gaind is believableand has distinct defining ele-ments. With fine details Gaindmakes sure to distinguish theEnglish officials from the nativepower holders. The co-existenceof the two hostile sides formsthe core of the novel.

The Maharaja of Rajpore isa multi-faceted colourful per-son. Well versed with the lifeand ways of the English as aresult of having spent timeabroad, he feels himselfequipped to string together thedisparate threads of Russell’smurder. He then takes uponhimself the self-appointed roleof the detective. Though, hedoes confess that this mysteri-ous murder is another opportu-nity for him to take a breakfrom his boring kingly duties.The suspicious death of a Britishofficial is a chance for him tohave just a little fun. But with thegradual progression of the novelwe notice that the incidententices the Maharaja to an extentthat he even forgets to eat orsleep. He proceeds as a typicalprofessional detective does, ques-tioning everyone who falls in theorbit of his suspicion. His ques-tioning forms a large part of thestory. It is through these ques-tioning sessions which are car-ried on between Sikander andthe rest of the characters that thereaders get a close glimpse of thelife at Rajpore. Though the life ofthe high and mighty runs at thecore of Gaind’s work a fewperipheral characters such as

those of Sikander’s bodyguardand Gurkha soldier are inevitablepeg points of the novel.

But what is most starklyrevealed through the investiga-tion process itself is the vibrantnature of the Maharaja. His lovefor women and intoxication arenot hidden and he indulges inthe two whenever he fancies. Thelocal brothel houses and the notso famous hotels are also regular-

ly visited by him. He mingleswith the cream of the society aswell as those not so consequen-tial in Rajpore. He knows thepurview of his powers and canvery well manipulate his waythrough the gentry. Whatengages the readers intoSikander’s character is that hecan be the dominating emperorand the easy going worldly manwithout effort. He leaves no

stone unturned to catch the cul-prit’s neck as he proceeds in anextremely professional mannerwith every little proof and fact.But what keeps the narrativegoing is that when we as readersand Sikander himself feels to beon the verge of decoding themystery all his hypothesis comescrashing down.

On a level, Sikander’s interestin Russell’s murder is also one of

his ways to exert some controlover the British officials. In a sce-nario where divisions over thephysical and political are sharplymarked, this investigationbecomes the ground whereMaharaja Sikander locks hornwith the foreign rulers. Hisattempt to investigate the murderreinforces his kingly confidenceand pushes him to an upper handvis-à-vis the English. The clevermanoeuvres played by Sikanderas well as the English whom hequestions give us insights into thevarious characters. From the irri-tating journalist Miller toFletcher, Jardine and theextremely vengeful Jane, we wit-ness a plethora of human frailtiesand weaknesses which could besufficient reasons for any of theseto kill Resident Russell.

The story of Gaind’s novelproceeds in retrospection. It isafter his death that we get toknow about the past life ofRussell through the various othercharacters. Those who had beenin close touch with him duringhis lifetime and were connectedto him through official reasonsare found openly despising himlater on. Gaind brings us close tothe English official machinerywhere people in hierarchicalsetups harbour negativitytowards each other bringing thecorrupt face of power politics tothe surface. We know now thateven the seemingly smoothEnglish official machinery wasreplete with chinks and loop-holes. It only took Sikander a fewmeetings with the who’s who toreach deeper into the murkierwaters of the British society.

Fine detailing and characteri-sation is another highpoint of thenovel. The author makes hischaracters real and life-like. Weas readers are transported to thepast where the British officialsand the Indian kings had createdtheir separate worlds within thesame country. Even though thetwo prefer being as distant aspossible, nonetheless their worldscross paths much to the dismayof both. The novel has interestingtwists and turns and the delay inreaching the culprit just adds tothe suspense in the story.

%��������������������������(����� �������.�"��������������(0

5������������������������ ���'���'�������������

���� �� �'�������8�

#�C !=�$�**#��!& !

#�> ��!�>�"����<������������(��BDD

�� ������C������ C6 �

������ C66������ � ��� 6C��� �����2�

�C �<� � ������6��$ ��� ��

������� �������� �C �� �U����

��� � �<��6C����� �C ���

C� �����

���� ��5�! ��#��� ��� �)""�� "�#�� � ��� ������� ����"��� � �#+���� *���� '(����(��� �#�#�#+# ���� �)� �� )��#5�!$ ���� ��� "��#�!�& ��+)� �#+ �#��" '#%�� �)�� ��#� �����/��������� � ��� �*� �����!� ��"�� ��'� ��� ���� � ��� ��5�!& *����� ���� 2C��

Page 12: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

There was much excited chatterin Lutyens’s Delhi on howelections after Prime Minister

Narendra Modi’s bold gamble withdemonetisation would return a neg-ative verdict for the BJP. The chatter,admittedly, was largely restricted toOpposition politicians and the usualsuspects beggared by the overnightde-legitimisation of �1,000 and�500 notes. Sizeable wealth, illegiti-mately acquired, was wiped out thiswinter. What could be salvagedcame attached with a fat bill.

Senior journalists, orphaned bythe passing of the Congress-ledUPA regime, amplified that chatter,making common cause with rabble-rousers like Arvind Kejriwal,Mamata Banerjee and Mayawati. PChidambaram was accorded spaceand time to put out spurious data.Every tuppenny economist wastouted as an expert. Intellectualsknown for their relentless acid rantagainst ‘neo-liberalism’ and eco-nomic growth as an index of devel-opment became raucous championsof GDP. Deprived of access to thecorridors of power and denied theperks and privileges of being estab-lishment hacks, these journalistsextracted their revenge on Modisarkar by playing Cassandra.

Or so they thought. As did theirpatron politicians in the Opposi-tion. The results that have come inso far of local elections, in bothurban and rural areas, have provedthem wrong. In Odisha, where theBJP had been floundering ever sinceit parted company with the BJD, theparty has taken off on a steep trajec-tory, landing as a close second to itsformer ally and leaving the Con-gress a distant straggler. In Maha-

rashtra, the BJP has demolished theShiv Sena in Mumbai and swept thepolls in other places.

Notebandi seems to have had anopposite effect in Odisha, Maha-rashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattis-garh, Gujarat, Haryana and Chandi-garh — all the places where localbody elections have been held sincedemonetisation. This indicates thatnearly three years into his term, notonly is Modi riding an extraordinarypopularity wave, people are willingto repose their trust in him despitethe turbulence and enormous diffi-culties caused by demonetisation.

Let there be no mistake inunderstanding the phenomenalwinning streak of the BJP. A revivedand reinvigorated party organisa-tion is no doubt to be credited, butthe real credit must go to Modi.“We support Modi” is the commonrefrain among the masses. And thatrefrain is heard in the States whereAssembly elections are on at themoment. Which is not to suggestthat the BJP will necessarily sweepthese polls too.

Conventional wisdom has itthat the Akali Dal-BJP combine ison its way out in Punjab; the BJPwill hold on to Goa and upstage theCongress in Uttarakhand; and likelycome to power in Manipur. Whichleaves us with the biggest battle inthis round of State elections: UttarPradesh. Halfway through the polls,the party bosses are upbeat andconfident of ousting the SamajwadiParty from power in Lucknow. Theamazing response to Modi at hisrallies across Uttar Pradesh explainstheir confidence.

How well or badly the BJP per-forms in Uttar Pradesh will also

reflect the success or failure ofModi’s audacious social-engineer-ing. It will also test the effectivenessof his many social welfare schemes.Victory in Uttar Pradesh will meanthe BJP is no longer circumscribedby a narrow social base but has suc-cessfully expanded it to includenon-Yadav OBCs and non-JatavScheduled Castes. It would alsomark an endorsement for schemeslike Jan Dhan Yojana aimed atincluding the poor in the bankingsector for direct benefit transfersand providing them with free cook-ing gas, something which theycould only dream about till now.

If the local body elections areany indication, the Congress is onits way to extinction. Even if it wereto scrape through in Punjab, itwould be dishonest of the Con-gress’s central leadership, the party’sFirst Family and more so heirapparent Rahul Gandhi, to claimcredit for it. Clutching on to a strawis an altogether different matter.

The larger point is the continu-ing decay and decline of India’s onlyother (now increasingly notional)national party, as Rahul Gandhileads it from disaster to unmitigateddisaster. His unintelligent and unin-telligible blather leaves even themost diehard Congress voter won-dering whether it would be wise toswitch loyalties. The gentle formerChief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, who was named theCongress’s chief ministerial candi-date for Uttar Pradesh and thenunceremoniously abandoned asRahul swung a deal with AkhileshYadav, agreeing to play second fid-dle to Samajwadi Party, puts it downto the lad’s lack of maturity.

Rahul will be 47 this year. Atthat age, people whose votes heseeks have lived more than halftheir lives, fulfilling onerous respon-sibilities. Immaturity is not a virtuethat voters seek in their leaders; it isa liability. The voter today is aspira-tional and seeks inspirational lead-ership. With Rahul leading the Con-gress, it gets auto-rejected. Thissimple fact is not unknown to eitherCongress president Sonia Gandhi orthe loyal retainers who crowd hercourt. It’s a recognised fact downthe Congress hierarchy, such as it is,and among those who still take outa party membership.

Yet they are reluctant to do theright thing: Tell the dynast that thefine robe he sees himself clothed inis no more than the imagination ofan addled mind. It’s almost a deathwish, a paralysis of the body andspirit. As a result, the Congress’sfortunes continue to sink and aparty that once scripted India’s his-tory is now reduced to a footnote ofthat history. “Congress-muktBharat” was a BJP slogan that hasbeen rendered real by the Congress.

This may delight those whodespise the Congress for its venality.But it also leaves only one party, theBJP, at pole position at the nationallevel. There’s only that much spacevacated by the Congress at astound-ing speed which the BJP can occu-py. The rest will be occupied by dis-parate regional parties who have nonational vision and whose leaders’views should alarm nationalists whowish to see India grow and prosper.Sadly, this realisation escapes boththe Congress and its critics.

(The writer is commissioningeditor & commentator, ABP News)

9� ������������#��������:1;�����������������

����������#����� ��2���

���� ��������� ������(

$���� ����2��%�����5�&�������������������������

���*����� ������ ��

���#�����#�����������#���������(���������� �������'���&�C1� � ����'���D�� �����������%��������������� �

��� � � 7���

���������5���� �� <9)�<��8

��� !#�0�� ����� �� ��� ������)��0 "��#( #�" "��!��� � ��"�#>� ��!( ����� L��* �����#���0!( ������#!M �#����#! �#��(&#� �#�)! �#�"�� !�#"� �� ��' "��#���� �� )�'���0#��" "��#����$ �� 5����� #�� �����#���0!( �*������0 ��"��

���� ����� ���?�� ��C�� ����?��� ������������� <��� ������� �C 6C���������C����& �� ���<� ����������

��C����� 6C� ��������C�� C� ���������C���� ����= C6 �=���� ��6�����

��@�������,� ��30�������������E

6���� �#'� ������ #�" ���� ���#!" ��)'�-� �!������ #� ��� �������"���$ ����� �*� �5���� #�� ��� '��� ���'����� ���� �������� ��'�� ��#� �#5� ��'� #� # �)����0 ����� �� 0!�,#!

0����!����� #�" ��� �����'�� �)�"#���� � ��� "�5�!���" *��!"$ C���� ��� �#�"& ������ �#� !� � ��� �)����#� ����� L��M �� ��� ,���%� ,��#%��0 #�#��$ C� ��� ����� �#�"& *��!" !�#"��� #�� �%�����#! � ��� ��!����� � ��� ��*!( �!����" �� �����"���$

��� �������� �� ����")' *#� ��!" �� 2)�� DB& D8;7& *���� @D��� ���� � ����#��-� 5����� 5���" �� #5�)� � ������$ ��� ��'#! ���� ��' ��� �� ,( D8;9 *�)!" '�#� ��#� ��� �?>� �),��.)��� ��!#����/���� *��� ��� ��'#����0 '�',�� ��)������ ��)!" �#%� ��5��#! ��'�$����� #�� ��#���� ��#� # �#�" ������ '�0�� ��� ��� �? �����'(,#"!($ �� # �#�" ������ #0���'���& ��� �? *�!! 0�5� )� )!! #����� �� #���0!� '#�%�� #�" )!! #����� � ��� �)���' )���� #!��0 *��� ��� ��$

��� D8;7 �� �����"����#! �!������ *#� .)��� �5��� )!$ ����#�(�� ��� ���� ��!!� #�" ���)!#� �����������& ���),!��#� �#�"�"#����)'� *��$ �!!#�( !����� !��� "������ �#5��0 '#���5� �)����� ��'��� '�"�#& ���)!#� #� #��& *�'�� �����'��� #�" *�!!/"� ���" �����'��& ����#! #�" ����0� ��!�����$ ��)'�& �� ��� ����� �#�"&*#� #��)��" � #���/�''�0�#�� �����'���& ��#�0�� � ���)#! #��#)!�&�!!/"� ���" ��!����� #�" ������5����#! ��������$ �)� �� ,)�!� # �(���/�#����#!����� �#'�#�0� #�" ���'���" �#�( �#��#0� � !#*���!#���0 �� �#� �)�� �� ��� ������#��� � �'����#G �)�� �� *�! #�����0�#''�� )�"�" ����)0� �#��� �� *�#!��( �'����#�� #�" ���*���"�#*#! ��' ��� ��#�� �#�� �� �#��������� L���M$

����& ��)'�>� *�� #�" ������& '#( ���' )���!#��" ,)� # �#�� )!!��% �)00���� �����*���$ ���( ���' ��' ��'�!#� ����� � "�'���#��� �������!��$ �!���)0� �����"����#! �!������ �� # ��)�����������& ������ *#� ���$ �*�5��& ,��� ����� �� ����")'� ���+������ �����0�� � ����� "�'���#�(& ����� ���"�' �� ������ *�#� ���(*#��& ����������5� � ������#����#! �����)��& �������� #�" ��� �����.)�����$ ��)'�>� ���5��#��5� ������& �!������� �� #��� ��5#!�)���#& )�")� �� ������� �� ���# ���& *��� #0#���� ��� 0!�,#! 5����� � #� �'����#� �����"���$ =��& �� *#� �!����"$

���� ��� �#'�#�0�� O *������ �� *#� ��� !�#5� �#'�#�0�>�K�#%� ,#�% ������!- �� ��)'�>� K�#%� �'����# 0��#� #0#��>- O �)� ��*#�" # '���#0�$ ��� �!�0#�� �����#���" *��� ��#� � ����� ��������� *�� ���)00!�" �� '#��� ��#� �!#���($ #! � ��)'� 5�����*��� *��� ��0� �����! �")�#���� �� !��� #�" ��'�!#�!( !����� �")�#��" ���)!#���� ����� �� !�#5� ��� ��$ ���#��!(& ���� ,���0���'� ��� ����� ��#� 0!�,#!��#���� #�" ���� '#�%�� �����'(& *��� ��� '�5�'��� � 0��"�& ���5���� #�" ��� ������#!�& �#5� �����!��" '#+����( �#��5�� *��� !�'���" �")�#���� #�" �%�!!� �� ,��� ��� �� #�" ��� �?$

����� ��� D88F ��#���#! '�!�"�*�& ,��� ��� �����'��� �#5� #��" ��#0�#���� �� 0��*�� #�" �'�!�('���$ ����.)���!(& !#�% � �'�!�('��� ������)������& �����%��0 ��")����#! ,#�� #�" # �!�0��0��' )�)�� #��#" '#"� ,���& ��� �'����#�� #�" ��� �������& ��#!������ #�� ��#� ���5������#! �!�����#! ���'���� #�" ��!����� #�� ��")�"#��$ ����#��& ��� !�#5� �#'�#�0���� #�" ��� ��)'� �#'� )�"������" ���� #�" �)���" �� ���� �!�����#! #"5#��#0�$

���� ��� �#����� ,)�!" ����� '�"�!� � �����'�� ���0����#��)�" ��� ������� � ��*#�"/!��%��0 #�" ������������'$ ��)'��������5�!( �#!%�" #,�)� ��� ����#� ��' ��� ������ '#�) #��)���0������ �� ��� �� #�" �5�� #�%�" ��� ')!��/�#����#! ������#����� ����� � ����� ���")����� ,#�� �� ��� ��$ C� ��'�!#� !����& ��� !�#5��#'�#�0���� ���'���" �� �)��#��)�" ��� �����'( ,( �*�#%��0 �������!����� �)�� ��#� �)���)����0 � +�,� �� '���'#!$

6����0� ��!�����& ������#!!( *��� ������� �� �''�0�#���& *��� #'#+�� ��0�!�0�� � ,��� ��� �#'�#�0��$ ����� ;97@& ��� �)',�� � ���� 0����#���� �''�0�#��� !�5��0 �� ��� �� �#� .)#"�)�!�" ��' 9$7 '�!!��� �� ;9E8 �� #,�)� BF '�!!��� �� D88E$ ��#�!( ;I '�!!����''�0�#��� ������" ��� �� ��' D888 �� D8;8$ �!'��� �#'� �)������5� �#�� � �''�0�#���� ���% �!#�� �� ��� �?$ ����� ;9I@&�?-� �����'( �#� ,��� �) ����0 ��' ���� ���,!�'$ �,�)� E8 ������� �����#�� �� ���)!#���� ,��*��� D88; #�" D8;; ����)��� *#�")� �� ����0�/,��� �''�0�#����$ ��� �)',�� � ����!� �''�0�#���0�� ��� �? �����#��" ,��*��� D8;D #�" D8;B ,( DF&888$

�� �� ,�!��5�" ��#� # '#+�� �#)�� � )��'�!�('��� �� ��� �? #�"��� �� �� ")� �� �''�0�#����$ ���� �#�����" ,��#)�� �''�0�#���#�� '��� �%�!!�"& � ������ #�" ���#�!( #5#�!#,!� �� ��")������$ ��������'��& ����#! #�" ��!����#! #������ � �''�0�#���� �#5� �#���"������5���( ��0#�"��0 �����'�� ,��� ���& +�,� �� ���/�''�0�#���&�'�#�� �� ����#! '�,�!��( #�" ���'�$

���!� ��)'� �#!%�" #,�)� �*�#%��0 !#*� ��0#�"��0 5��# ���'��� �� ����0� �#����#!�& ������#!!( �� *��%& ��� !�#5� �#'�#�0���� ���'���" �� ������������ �� �''�0�#���� #�" ����( � �(��#� �� )0���$ �� �������& ,��� ��"�� #�0)�" ��#� �)�� �#'�#���''�0�#���� *#� ��� ���� �#)�� � �����/�����'�� ���,!�'� ��#���������" �� ����� ��)������$ #'�#�0���� *��� #,!� �� �����!! ���� �#� #'��0 ��� 5����� #�" ���!����" �� �� �!�����#! 0#���$

������� ���,!�' *���� �����#��" )��'�!�('��� *#� ���"��!��� � ��� '#�) #��)���0 ������ �� ,��� ��� ��)������ ����� ���#�#� ,���'� ��� �), � ���#� '#�) #��)���0$ �� '#�) #��)���0 ������ �#� ,��� ��� �#�" ,( ��#�!( �*� "��#"�� � ��!��( #�!)���*���� "#'#0�" ��� ������#����#! ��'������5�����$ �#�) #��)���0������ �!#(� #� �'����#�� �� +�, ���#����$ ��� �� !��� @$E '�!!���+�,� ,��*��� ;99F #�" D8;B �� '#�) #��)���0$ ��� �������#! �#)���� '#�) #��)���0 +�, !����� *��� ��#"� "� �����& ������#!!( *������#& ������ #�" ����� !�* *#0� �#����� #�" ��� *��% ����5��( ��' ��� ���#� ��������� ����� D889$

��#% 0��*�� � "�'����� "�'#�" �� #!�� # '#+�� ������,)��� ����� ��!#��5�!( *�#% '#�) #��)���0 ����5��($ ���� �#�����" ,��#)�����# *#� ���")���0 ��� �#'� 0��"� #� ���#��� ����$ ����� ���&����� �� #� �����#���0 #5�)� �� ������������' �� ,��� ��� �� #�"��� �? ��#� ��!��" ��)'� #�" ������$

����� '#+�� ��)������ �� ��� �� L��� ������!#�"�& ���'#�( #�"6�#���M ��#" �� �!������� ���� (�#� *��� ���)���(& '�0�#���� #�" ��5����0��( ���)�� !��'��0 !#�0�$ ���( ��)!" *�!! ,� +����" ,( # �)��� �)�"��0 '�',��& ��#!(& *���� ��� #���/���#,!���'��� '��" �� )�!!��0 �#!!� �� # ��#� �!������$

�� #��& ��� �)��� ���'� '��������#! �#�"�"#�� 5�*�" �� �#!! #�� ����")' �� �)��� �� '�',������ #�" �� ��" �''�0�#���� ��' �)�!�' ��)������$ ����� ���& ����� )��������" �)���'�� �� #� #�" '�5�'���� ��* �#5� ��'� ��''�� 0��)�"$

"�����#������������������ �������$����������������!���������� �� ����������� ���������$�� ����� �������%�&���'

�@))�������?���� �����

��������������''�

The developments at theTata and Infosys groupsare not only a matter of

concern from the point ofview of the future prospectsof these two IT giants, but more so from the angle ofcorporate governance and accountability.

In a surprise boardroomcoup on October 24, 2016,Nitin Nohria, Dean of Har-vard Business School (HBS),along with other Tata Sonsdirectors voted to oust CyrusMistry as the chairman ofTata Sons.

John C Coffee, director atthe Centre on CorporateGovernance at Columbia LawSchool said, “A dean or uni-

versity president cannot be anadequate independent direc-tor on the board of a compa-ny that is a major donor. Tatais a very major donor to HBSand its dean is thereby com-promised. Moreover, to raiseethical questions about cor-porate governance in the con-text of Nohria’s connectionwith Ajay Piramal as well ashis brother-in-law AmitChandra (of Bain CapitalIndia) who were brought onthe board of Tata Sons, justbefore Mistry’s sacking, isonly very logical”.

Further, of the over 50companies under the group’sumbrella, only Tata Consul-tancy Services and Tata

Motors JLR are doing well.Mistry reportedly wanted toset right matters by takingbold, if uncomfortable deci-sions that would have dimin-ished Tata’s legacy.

Be that as it may, the rea-son for the removal of achairman, who was appoint-ed with much fanfare, as wasdone in Tata group, need tobe clearly spelt out so that hisfailings/misdemeanours areidentified and accountabilitybe fixed. The need for trans-parency of this high staturecompany, even if it is in theprivate sector, cannot be overemphasised.

On the other hand, theallegations against Infosys’

board raise much suspicionof breach of corporate gover-nance and serious lack oftransparency. As alleged, theIsraeli software company,Panaya, was purchased at amark-up much above the val-uation of the company anddespite the opposition of thethen chief financial officer(CFO). Also, the reason forthe mark-up was reportedlynot explained/recorded any-where. Further, there arehints at insider trading.

Issues also include thehuge severance packagesgiven to two outgoingemployees, including the thenCFO, as well as the stratos-pheric compensation awarded

to Sikka. All of this stillremain shrouded in mystery.

The company got a cleanchit from an independentinvestigation done by Mum-bai-headquartered law firmCyril Amarchand Mangaldas.The same law firm has beenhired to engage with share-holders, including thefounders, on governancelapses. Infosys has main-tained that it complied withfiduciary duties and adoptedgood governance norms. Italso said that the acquisitionwas made at a price withinthe band recommended byDeutsche Bank, the thirdparty valuer.

All said and done, there

comes to fore the problem ofinadequate corporate com-munication. Firms which talkof corporate social responsi-bility, and claim the highground of ethics, have tocommunicate in a differentway to society.

The two companies obvi-ously have so far failed mis-erably in this respect. Theymust, sooner than later comeout of the self-imposedshroud of secrecy and startcommunicating to share-holders and public clearlyand transparently on all theiroutstanding issues of corpo-rate governance.

(The writer is a commen-tator on contemporary issues)

��5�!��'���� #� �� ��(� #�" ��� �#�# 0��)� �#5� ,��)0�� �� ��� ���)�� � ������#�� 0�5���#��� #�" #���)��#,�!��($���� ')�� ��'� �)� � ����� ��! /�'����" ����)" � ������( #�" ��#�� ��'')���#���0 �� ��#����!"��� #�" �),!��

:�"���� ���� ������� ������� �

����& ��)'�>� *�� #�" ������& '#( ���' )���!#��",)� # �#�� )! !��% �)00���� �����*���$ ���( ���' ��' ��'�!#� ����� � "�'���#��� �������!�� *������� ����������G����������

Page 13: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

��� � � 7���

��������5���� ���<9)�<��8

True to his election campaignpromises, after being electedas the 45th President of the

United States, Donald Trumpstarted adopting the hard-line pol-icy towards China. The first trig-ger came in the form of his tele-phone conversation with TaiwanPresident Tsai Ing-wen, therebyannoying China as this questionedthe basic premise of US honour-ing the ‘One China’ policy. Thencame the announcement on whatthe US policy would be towardsthe South China Sea, anotherhotspot in Asia and a potentialflashpoint where over half a dozencountries are jostling for a share ofpie for the rich resources lyingbeneath the ocean bed.

Trump wasn’t just makingempty threats but seemed to be get-ting ready to throw the first punch.The new Secretary of State, RexTillerson called for a more con-frontational stance on China’sexpansion of military bases off theircoast in the South China Sea. Insending the first signal to China,Tillerson urged China to stop theisland building and that its accessto those islands would not beallowed. Having scuttled the muchtouted Trans-Pacific Partnership, akey agenda of Obama’s administra-tion, Trump started eliminatingstatecraft from America’s foreignpolicy toolbox with a view to coun-teract China’s ambitions with theuse of only hard power. What itcould mean in practical terms wasa military blockade against Chinesenavy in the South China Sea, aclear recipe for a potential conflict.Trump also criticised the Chinesemilitary’s island-building programin the South China Sea.

Such belligerent posturing onChina was soon followed by atelephone conversation betweenTrump and Chinese President XiJinping, during which Trumpseemed to have retracted from hisearlier stance on “one China” poli-cy. First, a brief discussion onwhat were the initial pronounce-ments on China is necessary tounderstand and possibly help toproject what could be Trump’sChina policy during his term inoffice and whether the same

stance would remain sustainedand if the sign of retreat is a tem-porary measure as Trump is yet tosettle down in office and deal withother domestic issues.

It might be timely to recall thatTrump’s close aide and far-right fig-ure Steve Bannon who has beengiven unprecedented power in theWhite House had made a startlingobservation in a radio show inMarch 2016 that the US will fight awar with China in the next five to10 years over the strategic SouthChina Sea.Beijing’s reactions wereequally belligerent, with a seniorChinese military official openlysaying the war with the US is “notjust a slogan” but is becoming a“practical reality”.

To up the ante, during a visit toCanberra Foreign Minister WangYi reminded the US to brush up onits history, as according to him,World War II-related agreementssuch as the 1943 Cairo Declarationand 1945 Potsdam Declarationmandated that all Chinese territo-ries taken by Japan had to bereturned to China. This, accordingto him, included the NanshaIslands (Spratly Islands). Wang fur-ther said that in 1946, the then-Chinese government with the helpof the US openly and in accor-dance with the law took back theNansha Islands and reefs thatJapan had occupied, and resumedexercising sovereignty.

In view of such volatility with apotentially conflict-prone situation,the dreaded question that arises is:who would win if a war breaks out?The simple answer would be: Noone. If a conflict breaks outbetween the US and China, bothsides will lose and therefore bothcannot afford that. But Beijing isnot prepared to loosen prepared-ness for a possible military conflict

with the US given Trump’s hard-line policy to counter China’sclaims on the disputed South ChinaSea and other issues. It is worthy ofnote given the belligerence thatTrump had shown even beforemoving to the While House on20th January, the PLA in its websiteran a commentary saying thatchances of war had become “morereal” amid a more complex securitysituation in the Asia Pacific. It alsomentioned the decision to deploythe Terminal High-Altitude AreaDefence (THAAD) in South Korea,making the region as a hotspot fora potential conflict.

This was the scenario untilTrump had a telephonic conversa-tion with Xi Jinping on 9 February2017. The first sign of thaw duringthe Trump presidency in US-Chinarelations appeared when DefenceSecretary Jim Mattis during his vis-its to Japan and South Korea inearly February suggested that diplo-macy should be the priority in theSouth China Sea. China was quickto endorse Mattis’ comments say-

ing diplomatic efforts are the “cor-rect choice” for countries outsidethe region to address to the disput-ed South China Sea issue. ForTrump to back down on his threatto use the status of Taiwan as lever-age in negotiations with China,meant avoiding a serious con-frontation with Beijing. Does this‘reset’ represent a new realism inTrump administration’s foreign pol-icy or just a tactical retreat thatsimply delays an inevitable clash?Maybe, It’s too early to arrive at adefinite answer. However, someexplanations can be offered.

For now, a possible seriousconfrontation is at least avoided, ifnot altogether eliminated. Trumpmight have realised that some ofhis earlier statements on the “oneChina” and Taiwan policy haveproved to be counterproductive.Barring charges of China being acurrency manipulator, Trump hasavoided taking any concrete mea-sures in order not to provokeChina. On Taiwan, Trump wasprobably not able to judge Beijing’s

reaction the way it infuriated it as itsees the issue in the context of pastWestern humiliations. The deepfreeze in US-China relations fol-lowing Trump receiving a call fromTaiwan President Tsai in December2016 was a warning bell to Trumpnot to notice the peril that liesahead if he abandons the “oneChina” strictures.

What it demonstrates that byquestioning the “One China” in thefirst place and then retracting,Trump proved to be politicallyimmature. He could have looked forother ways to negotiate with Chinabut certainly not raise what Chinasees it as its “core interests” andtherefore was bound to be counter-productive. Did Trump then proveto be a mere paper tiger, “someonethat seems threatening but is whollyineffectual and unable to stomach achallenge”? The outcome seems tobe so. Trump need not have takenlightly the fact that Beijing hasnever renounced the use of force tobring Taiwan under its control.

The telephone conversation in

which Trump intended to honourthe “One China” policy andacknowledging China’s positionthat it has sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan may have averted theimpending threat of being a spoilerin the bilateral ties but just howlong the new found calm may lastis difficult to say.

According to the White Housestatement, Trump agreed at therequest of Xi to honour “our ‘oneChina’ policy”. This statement isnow being interpreted differently byanalysts. One version holds the viewthat Trump capitulated to Beijing,while another says that by using theword “our” and not China’s “oneChina” policy, Trump was becom-ing just diplomatic. It is argued thatif one examines the semantics orthe nuance of “our” and not China’s“one China” policy, it could suggestthat Trump was not prepared tohave China’s version of the “OneChina” policy force fed to him.

Did Trump then fool Xi? It ispossible that State Department andnational security officials couldhave briefed Trump to carefullyrespond to Xi during his tele-talk.Given the larger issues of trade,currency and South China Seainvolved in Trump’s dealing withChina, the Trump administrationis likely to continue deepening tieswith Taiwan with other non-offi-cial means. Trump labelled Chinaas being a currency manipulatorand threatened to levy heavyimport taxes on Chinese importbut not acted as yet. In Trump’sway of running the government,things can change within days, oreven within hours.

Taiwan’s reaction to Trump-Xi’s talks was mild as it has noleverage whatsoever to changeanother country’s foreign policy.The ruling Democratic Progressive

Party merely said that Trump isjust back on US’ long-standing pol-icy. The truism, however, is thatunder its “one China” policy, theUS acknowledges and respectsChina’s “One China” principle thatTaiwan is a part of China, but doesnot accept it. The US maintains theposition that Taiwan’s sovereigntyis an unresolved issue. Beijing,however, holds the view that theUS is bound by diplomaticacknowledgment that there is onlyone government of China and thatthe People’s Republic of China(PRC) and not the Republic ofChina (Taiwan) is the legitimateChina. While the debate on whattranspired during the Trump-Xitelephone conversation is likely tocontinue. It would be presumptu-ous to dismiss that Trump hasabandoned the Taiwan card to geta better trade deal with Beijing.

Every US Presidents have han-dled the Taiwan issue differentlywhile dealing with China and it isunclear how Trump’s policy will bedifferent. Taiwan feels reassured bySecretary of State Rex Tillerson’sreaffirmation of the Six Assurancesissued by former President RonaldReagan in 1982. These include (1)US pledges not to set a date forending arms sales to Taiwan, (2)not to hold prior consultationswith China regarding arms sales toTaiwan, (3) not to play a mediationrole between Taiwan and China,(4) not to revise the TaiwanRelation Act, (5) not to pressureTaiwan to enter into negotiationswith China, and (6) not to formallyrecognise Chinese sovereignty overTaiwan. This suggests that even ifUS and China get locked in a con-frontation over the bilateral tradeand South China Sea issues,Taiwan would have reason to feelsafe and its sovereignty not beingbreached. If Beijing, however, usesforce against Taiwan to integratewith the mainland, US is bound tomilitarily intervene and the escala-tion would go out of control withwider ramifications.

%������������#���������.��+�.�"������*��������������������+�����0�������������?�%����������1������"������������

�"�"������������������������������.��+��������,����� �������.�"�

��)'�-� #"'������#���� �������� #�" #�%��*!�"0�� ���#-� KC�� ���#- �������!�&��#� �#�*#� �� # �#�� � ���#& ,)� "����-� ��)!( #����� ��& *����� ��2���� �����

F��������������'����+��������������

����� �� ���� ��� ���C�������� ������ ����C�

����? ���������� �6������� �� � �C���� 6����

���� �= ��?�����

Many parties are trying tocreate hurdles in theBJP’s path to pitch itscandidate for thePresident of India’s post.

Even before the Uttar Pradesh electionsend, anti-BJP parties are predictingdoom for it. Most leaders and politicalexperts who are against the BJP are ofthe view that either the SamajwadiParty-Congress combine or the BahujanSamaj Party would win. And then thereare those who are seeing the BJP in abetter position, and predict a hungAssembly. This means that there is spec-ulation that 84,000 votes of UP forPresident’s election will be divided.

Apart from this, there is speculationthat the BJP is not comfortable withAIADMK’s new general secretarySasikala Natarajan. Though BJP MPSubramanian Swamy was in favour ofearly swearing-in for her, Governor CVidyasagar Rao waited for the SupremeCourt’s decision, and she was finally sentto jail. So, people are saying that Sasikalawill not support the Government’s nom-inee for the President’s post.

In the same manner, leaders of theBJD are seeing the BJP as strong com-petition. In the local body elections,the BJP posed serious challenges forthe BJD. So, it is possible that the BJDmight support a non-NDA candidatefor the post. The DMK, TMC, RJD, andJDU are already lobbying against theBJP, and could forge an alliance withthe Congress.

In both Houses of Parliament, theBJP and its allies have more numbersthan their rivals. But in the Assembliesof States, the numbers are almost equalfor both sides. In this scenario, the BJPhas to look for a candidate most partieswould agree on. Though this is a matterfor post-elections, but many leaders ofthe Opposition have become active. Therace for the posts of President and Vice-President is surely hotting up.

����F�����������������

In Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, theCongress seems to have found a new

power centre. Rahul Gandhi, too, point-ed this out at his Raebareli rally. Afterfinishing his speech, Rahul gestured atPriyanka to deliver her speech, makingher the last speaker at the rally. This inturn sent a message that Priyanka wasindeed the real star of the party.

This time around, Priyanka alsoplayed a bigger role in preparing elec-tion strategies and choosing the candi-dates. She is said to have sidelined theold team of the Congress and taken theidea of alliance forward. Though latershe did need the veteran leaders, but ini-tially she started the talk for alliancethrough Prashant Kishor. Then she

roped in her trusted former officerDheeraj Shrivastava. Probably, she didn’thave much faith on Rahul’s close aides,so she took the talks forward with thehelp of PK and Shrivastava.

It was Priyanka who motivated AditiSingh, daughter of Raebareli muscleman, Akhilesh Singh, to join theCongress and then gave a ticket to her.Sending Sanjay Singh to the Rajya Sabhaand giving a ticket to his wife GarimaSingh were also said to be Priyanka’sdecisions. Former BJP leader ofVaranasi, Ajai Rai, was also taken intothe Congress on the insistence ofPriyanka. Supposedly, she has trustedaides in all cities, following in the foot-steps of her grandmother Indira Gandhi.

However, sources in the Congresssay that the decision to include Priyankain active politics might be deferred forsome time. The party is waiting for theCentre’s and Haryana Government’sdecision on Robert Vadra. If theGovernment takes a year and the inves-tigation pace remains the same,Priyanka might openly join politics. TheCongress leaders feel that if theGovernment takes any action in the lastyear of its regime, there will be no politi-cal effect of that.

��������������������

The JDU has decided to fight theMCD elections, assigning the

responsibilities to Sanjay Jha. Beforethis, the JDU had also contested theDelhi Assembly Elections. At that time,Sabir Ali was put at the helm of affairs.Sabir Ali was a Rajya Sabha MP fromthe Lok Janshakti Party, and the JDUhad promised to send him to the RajyaSabha again. However, the party’s per-formance in Delhi was poor, to say theleast. Sabir Ali was somehow successfulin motivating Shoaib Iqbal to join hands,but after winning the election, they part-ed ways. Barring a couple of candidates,all of them got less than 1,000 votes —one got less than 100 votes!

After the result of the DelhiAssembly Elections, Sabir Ali was mar-ginalised in the party and at last he leftthe JDU and joined the BJP.

The case with Sanjay Jha is theopposite. At the time of the Lok SabhaElections, Jha was not an importantleader in the JDU. But when Nitish start-ed praising Prime Minister NarendraModi, Jha suddenly got a boost. He wasappointed as the general secretary of theparty and has now been assigned theresponsibilities of the MCD elections.

Now the question is if the JDU per-formed worse than Independent candi-dates in the Assembly Elections, whyfight the MCD polls? Has the JDUdecided to help the BJP in the MCDelections, like it is said to be doing in UPelections? The JDU is not fighting elec-tions in UP and Nitish is not campaign-ing for anyone, and this has directlybenefitted the BJP.

In Delhi, if the JDU fights on all272 MCD seats, then it will directlyaffect the AAP and Congress. Thoughthe BJP has appointed Purvanchalileader Manoj Tiwari as its State head,the AAP and Congress have a goodhold over migrant voters, and on theOBCs, Dalits, and Muslim voters. If theJDU fights and Nitish campaigns forhis party, this vote bank will be divid-ed. In this scenario, the BJP will reapthe benefits. Is the old JDU-BJP equa-tion behind all this?

��������������������

What kind of politics is BabaRamdev playing? Nobody will

doubt that he has become a businessmannow and works according to businessstrategies. Though he has shown aninclination towards the BJP and PM

Modi, everybody was amazed when hesaid that Modi has only two years to ful-fil his promise on black money. Thefocus of the Centre does seem to bemore on domestic black money thanwhat is parked in foreign shores.

If the Government is not able todeliver on its promise to bring backblack money by 2019 Lok SabhaElections and the people don’t getmoney in their accounts, what willRamdev’s strategy be? Will he opposethe BJP and Modi? There is least possi-bility of that happening. He could sup-port the party openly like he did in thelast elections. That is why his statementon the Congress assumes significance —he had said that if the Congress doesanything for the benefit of the country,he would back the party too.

That is indeed a U-turn. Ramdevearlier targeted the Congress, calling itthe root cause of all problems, and nowhe is talking about supporting the party!Before this, he had praised MamataBanerjee, even called her PM material.Ramdev also praised Akhilesh Yadav,and had gone to Bihar to meet LaluPrasad Yadav too. The Virbhadra SinghGovernment has ordered restoration ofthe land lease to Ramdev’s Trust.

However, Ramdev has kept suspi-ciously mum during the UP elections,which brings us to the logical question:What is his political game plan?

��� �����B����������

The BJP is taking the North-East quiteseriously. The North East

Democratic Alliance (NEDA) is doingwell under the leadership of HimantaBiswa Sarma. This is going to play a bigrole in Manipur elections, where pollingis scheduled for next month. For the 60seats of Manipur Assembly, polling willbe held on March 4 and 8.

But before that, the BJP and its N-Ealliance have taken a big step inNagaland. The NPF has removed TRZeliang and chosen S Lizitsu as its newleader. Lizitsu is the new Chief Ministerof Nagaland. The BJP and CentralGovernment are said to have played anactive role in this development, and thiswill have a huge impact on Manipurelections. The NPF has a good hold overthe Naga population of Manipur.

People are saying that the BJP leadersare talking directly with the NPF. If theBJP gets votes in the Naga stronghold inManipur, then it will usher in a new poli-tics. Though the CM of Manipur, OkramIbobi Singh, is confident of his victory,many Congress leaders are saying it willbe difficult for the party to repeat it pre-vious performance. In the Assembly of60 seats, the Congress had 40 MLAs. Butin the next elections, the picture isbound to change.

���*3�$���$��� ���?�� <=��

�� ,��� �)��� � �#�!�#'���& ��� �2� #�"

��� #!!��� �#5� '����)',��� ��#� �����

��5#!�$ �)� �� �������',!��� � ��#���& ���

�)',��� #�� #!'����.)#! �� ,��� ��"��$ �� ���� ����#���& ���

�2� �#� �� !��% �� #�#�"�"#�� '��� �#�����

*�)!" #0��� ��

<"���������� ��;������� �������� ���

Page 14: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

��� � � 7���

���������������5���� ���<9)�<��8

�����8� ����

Mick Jagger wrote a 75,000-wordmemoir in the early 80s, whichremains unpublished, accord-

ing to the publisher John Blake. Writingin the Spectator, Blake says that threeyears ago he was handed “a pristinetypescript Mick had written”, after hehad become tired of the number ofbooks written about Jagger and theRolling Stones. Blake says the book fea-tures stories of Jagger buying hisHampshire mansion, Stargroves, whiletripping on acid and having to punch ahorse between the eyes to slow it downwhen he decided to try “the life of ahorse-riding country squire”. The book,Blake says, “is a little masterpiece”.

The reason the book has never beenpublished, Blake writes, is that “a pub-lisher rejected the manuscript because itwas light on sex and drugs. In the early1980s, shock and awe was a vital part ofany successful autobiography”.

Blake tried to secure the rights topublish the manuscript only to be toldby Stones’ manager, Joyce Smyth, thatJagger had no memory of it: “Once hesaw it, he asked if he could write a

foreword to establish that he wrotethis story long ago and far away. Itseemed we were there. But then, as isthe way with the Rolling Stones, lifetook over. There was a tragic death, atour, a film, a TV series, the Saatchiexhibition. I kept gently pushing butwhen, eventually, I tried to force adecision, the steel gates clanged shut.Mick wanted nothing further to dowith this project. He never wanted tosee it published.”

Mel Gibson may make a latemove into superhero moviesby directing the forthcoming

sequel to Suicide Squad. Gibson, 61, iscurrently riding high after his com-mercial and critical hit, HacksawRidge, was nominated for six Oscars.

Warner Bros are said to be in talkswith Gibson to take over from DavidAyer, who directed the first film,which met with mixed notices buttook $746m worldwide. It starred WillSmith, Margot Robbie and Jared Letoas a ragtag bunch of baddies forcedinto the Government’s service.

Since the film’s release, Ayer hasexpressed scepticism about some ele-ments of his film, but stayed withinthe DC stable for his next project,Gotham City Sirens, which reuniteshim with Robbie and concentrates onDC’s female villains.

The Hollywood Reporter quotessources who say Gibson is familiaris-ing himself with the material, and thatthe studio is also casting around forother filmmakers. The name DanielEspinosa has been mentioned; the

Child 44 director took over fromBryon Howard on forthcoming big-budget sci-fi film Life, starring JakeGyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds.

Gibson’s renaissance after years inthe industry doghouse was cementedby the news he’s joining Will Ferrelland Mark Wahlberg for the Daddy’sHome sequel, as well as collaboratingwith Vince Vaughn on a crime thrillerabout police corruption.

Speculation has long raged overthe fate of the characters in LoveActually, Richard Curtis’s 2003

Christmas classic. Thirteen monthsago, script editor (and Curtis’s wife)Emma Freud sated some fans with ascattering of answers: Alan Rickmanand Emma Thompson remain mar-ried but aren’t as happy; KeiraKnightley and Andrew Lincoln neverget together; the little lad and that girlhe saw off at the airport do.

But the day so many have beenwaiting for has finally come. OnWednesday, Curtis announced a belat-

ed sequel to the film — albeit with anabbreviated running time, and premier-ing on TV rather than at the cinema.

Red Nose Day Actually will bebroadcast on BBC1 on Red NoseDay, March 24 in the UK, and onNBC to coincide with the US equiva-lent on May 25. It promises toreunite many of the cast, includingHugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon,Keira Knightley, Andrew Lincoln,Colin Firth, Lucia Moniz, LiamNeeson, Thomas Brodie-Sangster,Olivia Olson, Bill Nighy, MarcusBrigstocke and Rowan Atkinson.

����������������������H�������������������F

NASA announced the winners of its“Space Poop Challenge” to

develop a solution to helpastronauts safely expelphysical waste inspacesuits. Usingcrowdsourcing siteHeroX NASA awardeda total of $30,000 inprizes to five mem-bers of the public,including two doc-tors, a dentist, anengineer and a prod-uct designer.

Astronauts nowwear diapers whileconducting launch andentry activities and in-space activities whichoften require the use of aspace suit for about 10hours at a time.

NASA began to seek amore high tech solutionthat would provide ahealthy or protectiveoption for astronauts to

expel waste for periods longer than oneday, as they begin to travel beyond lowearth orbit. “What this challenge set outto crowdsource was a complete systeminside a space suit that collects human

waste for up to 144 hours and routes itaway from the body, without the use ofhands,” NASA said. “The system had tooperate in the conditions of space —

where solids, fluids, and gases floataround in microgravity (what mostof us think of as “zero gravity”)and don’t necessarily mix or actthe way they would on earth.”

�����

H������'������������'������������������F

Police in a Connecticut townare reminding people to not

open their doors to “any unfamil-iar cattle” after a pair of cows escapedfrom their pen and were found near

the front door of a home a couple ofhouses away.

Sgt Geoffrey Miner says a driverreported seeing the cows walking on

the side of a road and in yards inSuffield on Sunday morning.Officers managed to take a photo

of the cows beforeherding them back totheir pen. Police postedthe photo on Facebook,saying two “suspicious males”were going door-to-door “tryingto sell dairy products”. They were“apprehended after a short foot pursuit”.Police say the cows were able to escapedue to a faulty electrical wire fence.

����

����1�������������������������������

An Idaho man returned home to dis-cover his pet squirrel had protected

his home from would-be burglars whilehe was away. Adam Pearl noticed sever-al signs of break-in before walking intohis home on Tuesday, where his petsquirrel Joey had been left alone.

“I came in the front door and I sawsnow prints out in the front drivewaygoing to the back of the house, so Ithought something was awry becauseno one usually goes through the yard,”Pearl told KIVI.

He soon walked into his back roomand had his suspicions confirmed whenhe noticed scratches around the locking

area of his gun safe.He called the police,

and when Meridian Police OfficerAshley Turner arrived at hishome, she was startled by the

presence of the friendly pet squirrel.“During her investigations Joey had

run in the bedroom just screwing aroundlike he always does between her legs andkind of startled her,” Pearl said. Turnermanaged to track down the burglarswithin hours and learned that Joey leftthe suspects with multiple scratches inhis attempt to defend Pearl’s belongings.

“She said while she was questioningthe individual, he had scratches on hishands, so she asked him, ‘So did you getthat from the squirrel’ and he says yeah,damn thing kept attacking me andwouldn’t stop until I left,” Pearl said.Pearl had his belongings returned andhe rewarded Joey for his heroics by feed-ing him his favourite candy, whoppers.

�����

���'������������������������������������%�������'��

In Philadelphia, no one escapes thescrutiny of the parking authority —

not even the city’s police commissioner.

Commissioner Richard Ross wasattending a speaking engagement at adowntown hotel Tuesday morning whenhe was ticketed for parking in a zonethat is off limits during rush hour.Police say he paid the ticket. Theamount was not disclosed. Anyonewho parks in the city knows thePhiladelphia Parking Authoritymeans business. It’s a reputationthat was reinforced when itsticket-writers and booters werefeatured on the A&E reality TVseries Parking Wars.

����

������'�������������������'��%�����������

Atalking doll namedCayla has been banned

by German authoritiesbecause the software insideher could be hacked, posinga security risk and allowingpersonal data to be revealed.

The Federal Network Agencyrecommended that parents whobought the doll for their chil-dren destroy it. “The Cayla dollis banned in Germany,” agency

head Jochen Homann said. “This isalso about protecting the weakestmembers of society.” The software inthe doll — created by the US companyGenesis Toys — allows a child to have a

conversation with the doll. But thiscarried a risk of espionage and

could compromise privacy,Homann said in a statement.

Researcher Stefan Hessel,who had examined the toyand alerted the agency, saidhackers could use an unse-cure bluetooth deviceembedded in it to listenand talk to the child play-ing with it. “In a test, I wasable to hack the toy eventhrough several walls. Itlacks any security fea-tures,” Hessel told theGerman websiteNetzpolitik.org. The

German distributor, VividGmbH, could not be

reached for comment.Surveillance is asensitive issuein Germany.

�� �� ���

"����������������������������E

@ ? ? � 3 � � � � � �

�� ��� ��� 6C��<�� ���� �� �6����= ��� �C ��� �� C� � ��C����$$$ ��� 6������ � ��= �C��?� ���� ��� ��� �C��C�

��?�� �� ���C���� ��� �C���O �������� 2C���

� ���������� �G �������� ������

���)�;����'�� �� �������������*���( (�#�� # ��� ��� "���0���-� "�#��& ��� #�������� !�0#�( �� ���� �� �#�� #�������#���& *��� ��* ���#���� �#(��0 ���( #�� �������" ,( ��'& *����� �C�6��= ����=

In the fashion community one defin-ing moment will always be the mur-der of Gianni Versace outside hismansion, Casa Casuarina, in SouthBeach, Miami. His murder marked

the cold realisation that fashion hadbecome a major social and artistic phe-nomenon. He was assassinated on thedoorstep of his own house by AndrewCunanan on July 15, 1997. It’s hard tounderestimate the impact Gianni had onfashion, and greater pop culture — he rev-olutionised fashion with his high-octaneblend of rock and roll and couture.

When he first took Atelier Versace,the haute couture arm of his label, toParis, venerable French houses were stillstaging shows with an MC calling out thenumber and reference of each look.Gianni blasted this staid institution apart,reinventing it as a global glam fest — lur-ing everyone from Madonna, Sting, BonJovi and George Michael to Hugh Grant,Jackie Collins and Rupert Everett to hisfront row for epic shows, staged on aPerspex catwalk over the swimming poolof The Ritz. Suddenly, hundreds ofscreaming fans fought to get into hissupermodel-packed shows inside the hotel.

His final Ritz show featured NaomiCampbell in a dazzling white silk columndress, a huge crystal choker around herneck, and Erin O’Connor in a microleather cocktail number embroidered withChinese script. Gianni’s skill was to con-nect raunchy sex with couture audacity —like his iconic safety pin dress, catapultedinto fashion history by Liz Hurley. It evenhas its own Wikipedia page, where it islisted as ‘That Dress’.

With the celebrities came intensesecurity, but when Gianni went for hisfinal fateful walk in South Beach to buyItalian newspapers in News Café, therewas no bodyguard around.

Gianni was born on December 2,1946, in Reggio Calabria, Italy. He camefrom a modest background. His fatherwas a local coal merchant and his mothera seamstress. Gianni made his first dress— a blue one-shoulder evening gown —at the age of nine. Princess Diana wore aversion of that creation 40 years later.

He spent 10 years as an everyman fora variety of mainstream labels, before hecame to attention in the late 1970s whenhe staged his first signature show in thePalazzo della Permanente in Milan. Fromthe get-go his clothes were revolutionary,particularly his fabric mixes — leather andlace with metal, studs and Swarovski crys-tals. Using three elements in the samedress was unheard of at the time. He wasalso a brilliant draper, who knew his fash-ion history. His greatest work containedsavvy references to the Grecian goddessgowns of Madame Grès, and the bias-cutdesigns of Madeleine Vionnet that accen-tuated the human form.

Moreover, Gianni had a genius forbranding — giving his label a triple stamp:The golden name Versace; the Medusahead and most memorably, the Grecianfrieze. The latter was inspired by his nativeReggio Calabria, an ancient Greek colonyof Magna Grecia, and showed up in everycollection, even his underwear.

His business grew incredibly rapidly,creating a fortune large enough to affordhis private palazzo on Via Gesù and hismagnificent Villa Fontanelle on LakeComo — all containing his eclectic mix ofancient Greek and Roman statuary,Renaissance furniture and modern art.

No client meant more to Gianni thanPrincess Diana, whom he famouslydressed for a Vanity Fair cover in a whitehaute couture gown, shot by MarioTestino. Gianni was openly gay, livingpublically with loyal partner Antonio

D’Amico. Yet he was also very much afamily man. Gianni’s brother Santo ranthe commercial side, while Donatella, 11years his junior, would design the sports-wear line of the business.

Gianni also rewrote the book on howto communicate fashion, creating a bril-liant new world of fantasy opulence —mingling Slim Aarons with MTV — in hisad campaigns. He understood by spend-ing money on photography greats andhiring only supermodels, he could simplygive these images to key colour supple-ments in emerging markets who couldonly dream of publishing such fashionlegends in their pages. It was a brilliantlyinnovative early form of advertorial in away and garnered him endless 10-page

magazine features starring the likes ofNadja Auermann and Claudia Schiffer. Hewas also the first designer to take fashionon the road: Staging his Versus catwalkshows in New York and Atelier Versace inParis. And the first to fly around a loyalgroup of journalists to attend.

There was always lots to write aboutwith Gianni. A true Renaissance man wholoved the arts, and a great collector, he wasamong the first to put giant art works in hisFifth Avenue stores, with pieces by FrankStella and Julian Schnabel hanging up onthe walls. A workaholic, he stayed lateputting the final touches to each collectionthe night before. Gianni was known tosketch all night. So talented an illustratorthat he used to send and receive sketchesfrom fashion’s other legendary sketcherKarl Lagerfeld. So enamoured was Karl, thepair once threw a joint dinner party insideLagerfeld’s St Germain hôtel particulier.

Above all, Versace was the first tounderstand the power of rock music, andhow hinging it to fashion generated enor-mous attention. He courted rock legends— dressing them in his designs and let-ting stars like Madonna and BruceSpringsteen stay in his homes.

In 1992, he acquired Casa Casuarinain South Beach, Miami, and turned it intohis power base. He ripped down a 10-storey adjacent hotel to create space for aswimming pool, with Grecian frieze ofcourse, and flew in an army of stonema-sons from Italy to achieve the exact effecthe wanted. Friends likeAnna Wintour wouldcome to stay with herfamily, and picnic in

splendour on the beach. But also, partyanimals like Whitney Huston and BobbyBrown, for whom he threw legendary par-ties. It was on the doorstep of his ownhouse that he was shot by Cunanan, afailed dreamer who had met Gianni sevenyears before — when the designer dressedthe San Francisco Opera — and feltbizarrely embittered about him. His funer-al packed out Milan’s great cathedral, IlDuomo. Diana arrived to pay her respects,and the entire fashion industry came too.

Gianni’s huge aesthetic legacy isapparent every season in fashion — with anew generation of diverse creators allopenly admitting the Versace inspiration,while a new wave of contemporary musicicons including Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga,Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj have fallen forthe brand all over again.

“Gianni Versace was about pure,unadulterated glamour and his collectionswere always joyful moments in fashion.Within that exuberance, though, was adesigner with an eye for precision andsuperb tailoring and who above all elseloved women,” says William Banks-Blaney, the founder of luxury vintagebrand William. Noticing a resurgence inthe popularity of the late designer’s work,Banks-Blaney has spent three years scour-ing the globe to amass a museum-worthycollection that spans Gianni’s glory daysbetween 1981 and 1997.

“From the Pop collection of 1991 tothe 1992 S&M collection and the Punkcollection of 1994, he changed the per-ception of fashion, and created the ideaof the supermodel; the confident,unapologetic and unashamedly femininewoman,” says Banks-Blaney. “Gianni wasa king in fashion. Even after he died, hestill ruled,” says Donatella, whose tenureat the house has not always been plainsailing. “At the beginning of my work, Imade so many mistakes and I did notreally know what to do because I listenedto too many people. When I finallyfound my own path, it was much better.”

After Gianni’s death it was announcedthat Donatella would become the creativedirector with 20 per cent share and herdaughter Allegra would get 50 per centshare. Santo was appointed the CEO, with30 per cent share of the business.

Before his death, the annual revenuewas $1bn, however, after a few years itplummeted to less than half of that.Donatella, who was addicted to cocainefor 18 years, was sent to rehab; she cleanedup and came back to work with gusto.The family brought in outside executivesto steady the ship. In 2008, Versace did seesales rise eight per cent though the netprofit declined by 30 per cent. New CEOGian Giacomo Ferraris made some toughdecisions, laying off 350 employees.

Donatella, meanwhile, began receiv-ing rave reviews.Her autumn/winter 2011collection was a standout. By November2011, she was taking Manhattan by storm.Her collaboration with retail giant H&Mwas a huge triumph — launching with ahigh-speed runway show and with agroundbreaking after party that featuredits own boutique. Indeed, Donatella hasgrown to be as legendary a fashion icon asGianni in her own right.

At London Fashion Week, ex-OneDirection singer and teen heartthrob ZaynMalik will make his design debut for thebrand in a move no one saw coming.Asked what to expect, she virtually shoutsback: “Expect to see a young rebel!” Anapt description of Donatella herself, andindeed Gianni, who built a fashion empireand a unique style that will influence fash-ion forever by leading a revolt against thestaid values of bourgeois convention.

%���(����%�������

<�����-� ����=

<����� ��� ��C������& �����������������C��& ��� ��C�����C�� ��������=� 2C=6���C����� �� 6���C�$����� ����U�������& �C��&��� � �������� ����� �=� 6C� ������C���� ����������C���� ��� �C&��C<� ��� ����&�C<�� �C���

Page 15: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

��� � � 7���

5���� ���<9)�<��8

������" #,�)� (�)� %�"-��5�� �����#���0 *#���!���J

�!#'� (�)� !�5�! � �,����(&#� #����"��0 �� # ��* ��)"(&%�"� #�� ��#�!( B@/I8 ��� ����!�%�!( �� ������� ��� ���& ��#��� ��* #� �� ���� ���( #��& ��' ����� �#�����$ ��� ��"/��0� ���*�" ��#� �� ���!"���*�� #�� �� ��� ��#5( �,����#��0��(& ��� ���������� ������� @@/78 ��� ����& �)00�����0��#� '��� ��#� �#! � ��������"���( ��*#�"� �,����( ��"����'���" ,( 0������� #�" #'�!( ��5����'���$��5����!(& ��� K�#����#!� ���- *#� �)�" �� ,� ���!�*��� �� ��� �������� ���!"&#� ������" �� ,���0 ��� ��0�/��� �� ��� '��� �,��� ���!"$6�� ��� �������� ���!" �������� �� ;8 ��� ���� ")� ������� '����� #�" ;8 ��� ����")� �� ����� #����& *����#�& �� ��� #����� ���!" ���� ��#��/'������ �� �!���� �� B8 ������� ")� �� �#�� �#����$ �������*� ��#� ��� ���!"��� � �,��� �#����� #�� ')�� '���!�%�!( �� ,� �,��� ���'��!5��*��� ���( 0��* )� O ����#����#! � ��� �� '��� ��#�"�),!� �� ��� '��� �,������!"��� #� ��'�#��" �� *�#��� �� �� ��� �������� ���!"���$

�5�� #��" # ������,��*��� ,��*� #�"

*���� ,��#"J ��!!& �**�)!" "�),� ��#� ��� !#����*#� '��� !�%�!( �� ���/���,)�� �� �,����($ �)� #��* ��)"( �)00���� ������� �� �)�� ����0 #� K0��"-�� K,#"- ,��#" *��� ����'�� �� !����0 *��0��$�����#" ��� � ��� � "��� ������!�-� *#���!���� �� ')��'��� "����"��� �� #� ��"�/5�")#!-� )��.)� �������� ��"� ����� %��"� � ��"&����#������ ,�!��5�$ ���5#� �!��#5 � ������:'#�� ������)�� � ������� �� ���#�! �#�"13����� �� ���� ������ ��#���'� ,��#" �� ,����� ��#�������$ ��")����#! ,��#" ������ #� ,#" #�" ��'�/'#"� ��)�"�)0� �� ���� #�0��"$ �� �)�" ��#� +)��!�%� #�( ����� ��"& �)���������� �� ,��#" #����'�!���!( ������#!$4

�0��)� � �)���#� #�"�*�"��� ���������� �),/

!����" # ,��#%����)0��#���& ��������0 ���)!�� � # +���� ��)"( ,(��'�����5 �����* ��#�����5�����( #�" ����%��!'���5�����($ ��� #����!� *#��),!����" �� ��� �� +�)��#!����$ ��� '#+�� 0�#! � ��� ��)"( *#� �� ��5����/0#�� ��� ��!� � ����#��!!)!#���*�� ��#�����& '�������/"��#& �� ��� ������� � #0�/��0 � ��0#���'$�'����#��!(& ����������'#"� #� #���'�� �� �!�*"�*� #0���0 )���0 # ��5�!��'��)�"1 ���� ���#!#������"#�� �%R; �������!(�#�0���" ���� '�������"��#$���� ��'��)�" *#� "�5�!/���" �� ��� �����* ��#�����5�����( ,( ��� '�������" �)���#� ,��!�0��� ���/ ����� <!#"�'�� �%)!#���5$������'���� ��5�!5�" #�����#! ���#�� � 0������#!!('�"� ��" '��� ���#��" #�"��#�#�������" �� �*�"��$ ����0!� ')�#���� *#� �����/")��" ���� 0���'� � �����'��� ���)!���0 �� ��� �),/��#���#!!( #���!��#��" ')�#/0������ �� '�������"��#$

��������� ����� ������� �

������������� ����������� ���

!??�7���������C� ����?

Two of the leading Indian corporations havebeen in the news recently. That too, for rea-sons that at best border on controversy and

are usually not supposed to be their ways. It was theTATA some time back and now Infosys. In fact,both these organisations have a corporate imagearound the globe that has been impeccable. Theirreputation, their culture are all subject matters ofbusiness school curriculum.

The TATA culture, the Infosys way is what themanagement academic are wont to talk about inclassrooms. Though the corporate experts may likeus to believe that the issue in the two cases is notthe same, yet there is an underlying connectinglink. The disapproval of the ways of doing businessby the young CEOs who were toeing a different linein the eyes of the company patriarchs. If it wasRatan Tata in case of TATA, who did not approveof many of the actions of Cyrus Mistry, it wasNarayana Murthy in case of Infosys who felt VishalSikka was not on the right track.

But why are we debating the matters related to thetwo companies? The simple reason is that these com-panies had built a reputation for being above board.Ethically driven value based companies, founded fornot just business. To use a popular management jar-gon these were the model corporations. But what ishappening is not doing much good to the image ofthese corporations. That brings us to the basic ques-tion — why is this happening? Why the ways of thepresent day CEOs are not acceptable to companypatriarchs? Well, that is the issue. It may not exactlybe a clash of egos apparently. But it certainly is a clashof individual values. Values of those who are at thehelm with the values of those who were at the helm.

It is against this backdrop that the clash of theTitans of these two corporations has to be seen.When the old order changeth, the flag bearer of thatorder expects continuity of culture and traditionsthat was so assiduously developed. But the neworder that takes over wants to be in full control.That is to severe the umbilical cord. It is not a ques-tion of right and wrong as both will have theirapprovers and detractors. The question is of thecourse of action to be taken. A big question thatcannot have any impromptu answers.

But there is need to think from a different angle.The angle that is conciliatory. The issue is of manag-ing transition. It is like the generational divide of afamily. The old guard has to relinquish charge infavour of the new. It is a situation that is inevitableand has to be accepted in a detached way. Withoutany trappings. In management literature, this couldwell be explained by the popular psychology theory oftransaction analysis — I am OK, you are OK. In fact,I am OK, you are OK is the ideal life position that isthe recommended approach.

Somehow, this state is rather difficult to arrive atbecause willy-nilly the ego does intervene. We seemto have forgotten the ‘I am OK, you are OK’ stance.Nay, we are not able to accept it as our ego keeps onprompting I am OK, you are not OK. As long as thishappens, staying OK may not be easy.

%��������������������������� ��� �����"���&��#������?�=��#��&����#��"�������?�� F� ��?#�

����� �� ��������������������

����������������� �

=C� �� CC������ ��� �C�C���C���� =C�� C�� <�����$��� �C������� =C�-<� �C� �C��?� ����� C�� C6 �� ������������ C6 �� �C�� �����

O 2��C� � ����

��������������

0� ������������ ������������� ���������)���� #�� ��� ,��"��0 ����� ��#� �)��#�� #�( ��!#�������� �� �)� !�5��& *����� �2�� ?���� ����C�

Let us examine some relation-ships and see whether doingduties is essential for main-

taining them or not. Beginningwith husband and wife relation-ship, people get married for vari-ety of reasons in which love is theprimary reason, but how is thisrelationship sustained? Theanswer is apparent; the husbandmust fulfill his responsibilities andthe wife must do likewise. Whenone or both don’t do so, strainsdevelop, which even result indivorces in some cases; mutualacrimony starts the process.

The next example is of parentsand children. In this case also,both parties must fulfill theirresponsibilities, ie parents lookingafter the needs of their children,and children doing their duties ofbeing disciplined in matters ofstudying, behaviour, etc. If eitherparty neglects to do duties,

unpleasantness develops whichresults in break in many cases,when children after growing upmove away or are forced to leaveby parents. This, however, hap-pens mostly in the West.

The third example is that ofemployer-employee relationship.Both have certain responsibilities,which they are expected to shoul-der. The employer must meet hisor her obligation of paying agreedemoluments and provide perks asnegotiated, and the employeemust perform the tasks he or shehas been assigned to do honestlyand diligently. Failure on the partof either party results in sackingor resignation.

The fourth example is that ofa spiritual mentor (guru) and adisciple (shishya). It is the bound-ed duty of the guru to help who-ever comes to him or her for helpby guiding properly without any

material consideration. Theshishya on his or her part must berespectful to the guru, express hisenquiries in clear terms and servethe guru.

The last example is that ofrelationship between God and us.

As usual, this has duties for both.We are supposed to follow God’sinstructions and lead our lives asper dharma, doing all our duties.The Lord takes care of us keepingin mind all our past and presentactions. I have written about the

benefits which accrue to us due tothis connection in earlier articles.

Now that it is clear that rela-tionships are sustained by doingduties, we should be clear aboutthem. Generally, our duties aredetermined by time, place and cir-cumstances, but still leaving somechoices to us. For example, a stu-dent must pursue his or her stud-ies diligently as a duty but he orshe is free to choose what he orshe wishes to specialise in.Additionally, we must look afterour bodies the best way possible.We should cooperate with others.Complementing one another isanother duty.

Relationships start when weare born because we have auto-matically a father and a mother.We may already have siblings too.These relationships start definingour duties. To sustain these rela-tionships, we must be dutiful. We

are trained from our childhood tolive life in this manner. This isnature’s design. However, there areoptions of prioritising which rela-tionship is to be given higherimportance. For example, in laterstages of life, one begins to orshould pay more attention toduties towards God. Why?Because as souls we live eternally.And there is only one permanentrelationship, ie with God; all otherrelationships are temporary.

In conclusion, it must beemphasised that duties are bind-ing forces that sustain any rela-tionship. We start with relation-ships but what will remain willdepend upon how dutiful we havebeen towards any relationship.Duties and relationships are heav-ily interlinked. We should neverforget this fact.

�����������������������������"�#��&���#��"�����������F)��&������?#�

Indian tradition is full of won-ders in every form, which haveinteresting applications on theModern day studies as well.One such gift of Indian tradi-

tion is ‘Yogic ‘Perfections’ or ‘Siddhis’which sound similar to the ‘PsychicScience’, a discipline born out ofmodern studies on psychic powers orPsychology. Both the IndianPaatanjal Yoga-Shastra and thePsychic science deal with the phe-nomena of the subliminal conscious-ness (chitt in the Yogashastra) andextra sensory perceptions.

In Patanjali’s Yogasutras, it is stat-ed that by practising particularasceticism or Tapas, the mysteriousoccult powers known as SpiritualPerfections or Siddhis can beacquired. These Tapas include con-centration of mind along with prac-tice of developing the inner mind tooverpower one’s Ego (ahamkara) andrealisation of the individual self aswell as the supreme cosmic self.Amongst the Yoga sutras, thirty fiveof them from the third chapter (16-50) are devoted to the elaboration ofYogic Perfections, which are deemedas the integral part of the Yoga phi-losophy. It teaches disciplines of the‘Manomayakosha’ which is the subtleinner sheath of the man. Also calledas ‘Dhyana’ or ‘Meditation’, this is ascientific discipline through whichthe knowledge about anyperson/object can be achieved. It isvery different from the practical Yogaor the ‘Hathyoga’.

Meditation can affect humanconsciousness in such a way that canuplift the mind to the superior facul-ties, thus uniting it with the divinepotentialities which are present in thehuman mind latently. This effectiveoperation of subliminal conscious-ness leads to the achievement ofYogic perfection or the power of con-sciousness. It is said that such perfec-tions can be obtained by a personwith strong ‘Ritambhara Prajnaa’(spiritual clarity), which materialise athought or concept into a solid fact.In the Yoga shastra such perfections,are treated as manifestations of thehigher state of one’s consciousness. Itis interesting to note that Patanjali

suggested numerous methods forachieving perfections, but he mainlyrelied on ‘samaadhijaahsiddayah’which means using ‘Dhyana’ or medi-tation to reach these perfections. Theothers which are the mediate modessuch as partaking of certain herbs,certain Tapas, certain incantations(mantras) can bring only the perfec-tions of lower category.

The super Perfections enumerat-ed by Patanjali are Anima, Mahima,Laghima, Prapti, Praakaamya, Ishita,Vashita which respectively meanassuming form as small as that of anatom, increasing size of any form,becoming as light as the air, acquiringthe godly power, seeing and enjoyingall the objects being seen or unseen,having control over the other beings,and finally acquiring control over allthe living and non living things.Besides these super perfections,Patanjali has also mentioned somesubordinate perfections which are theknowledge of the past and futureevents; knowledge of the language ofall the beings; of the experiences ofthe former births; knowing thoughtsof others; power to disappear; powerof elephant, lion or wind; power toovercome hunger or thirst; to walkover water, mud and thorns andwalking through the air and excel-lence of body. Thus, these Siddhiswhich are eighteen in total whenunderstood thoroughly sound verysimilar to the Psychic powers oftelepathy, clairvoyance, pre-visionand other such substantive phenome-na of spiritualism.

The Psychic science like the YogaShastra mainly deals with the investi-gations of the human beings’ para-normal behaviour or the extraordi-nary powers related to human beingswith spiritual bent of mind. Thus, itmay be ascertained that the YogicPerfections as discussed by Patanjaliare the same as the Psychic powersdiscovered by the Psychic science.The former are stated to haveacquired by a Yogi, the person whopractices the requisite yogic disci-plines whereas the Psychic powers areowned by a person who has awak-ened his sub-conscious mind.

It is important to note that

Patanjali had dealt at length with thevariety of mind powers and themethods to acquire them, as early asin the Second century BC. He statedthat by keeping restraint (Samyama)in regard to each of the five forms ofPanchamahabhutas along with theirqualities, such perfections take place.It implies that the super perfectionscan be acquired by a person by unit-ing with the divine power (Yujyateiti)by restraining his mental faculties.

Such perfections were displayedby the ancient sages, Vishwamitraand Atri, for the welfare of the soci-ety. The great Buddha is also said tohave displayed such perfections. Inthe Jaina chronicles, such yogicSiddhis of the sages have been widelyrecounted, which were the conse-quence of their severe ascetic yogicdisciplines. Surprisingly, such yogicperfections are synonymous withmiracles which are often not acceptedby the science, since these run oppo-site to the course of Nature. Hence,the great scientists like Hume andHuxley were non-believers of suchSiddhis (perfections). However,according to the Psychic science,these are the psychic powers resultingfrom the super qualities of a spiritu-ally enlightened man. Hence, suchhuman functions treated as the YogicPerfections by Patanjali and the psy-chic powers by the psychic science,cannot be blamed for violating thelaw of nature. Since both treat themas the genuine functions of a spiritu-ally enlightened person, who is a yogiby virtue of his restraint and mantras.

Even the ShvetaashvataraUpanishad confirms that throughyogic practices, a seeker can not onlyattain such perfections, but alsoattain the proximity of God. Thus,keeping in mind the perspective ofthe Indian sage Patanjali and that ofthe Psychic science, there is no exag-geration in ascertaining that theYogic perfections are the outcome ofthe higher mental faculties of ahuman being, acclaimed both as amaster of the Yogic perfections aswell as of Psychic powers, since bothare one and the same.

%������������������"�.�"���������"������������-������������"���

,< � �! ,�=+"#

�� !�5� �� # '�"��� *��!" �)���)�"�" ,( ��� 0�'� � �������& ��!( �� ��"#��*��� �� #!! 0��#� .)������� �',�""�" �� �)� �����$ ����� ��(���� ��������#� ��#���" ��* �#" ,��� ����� #!! #!��0 �� =�0#& �#(� �� ��� �C�����

+2

,< � �! ,�=+"#+2

�= ��������� ���&�=�����C�� C���

�C���� ?�C�� �� � &&( � �� ���R�����$ ������� ������

C��������C� C6�� ���� ��C��

��� ������ C6��<��C���� �� ��������� �C C<���C�����C& ��� ���������C�

C6 �� ����<��������6 �� ���� �� ��

������� C��� ���6

Page 16: ˇˇ ˝ # - English News | Breaking News | Latest News in … hai/Bir hamara Shibban Lal" The reference was to a local Congress hero of the 1940s, Shibban Lal Saxena, later a Minister

=�) ��! *#�'�� #�" ��:����� �� (�)� �)�������5����'��� #�" ��#� #""� ��#�% �� (�)� !� �$ =�)���#!�� #�" *�!!/,���0 ���)!" ,� #� # ��0� �����$ ������ # 0��#� ��'� �� �#%� ��'� ��'� � ������#!!( ����+�(��0 !� �$ ���� �� �#��!( '���#! #� *�!! #���(���#! O � (�) !��% ,#�% (�) #�� !�%�!( �� ��"��#� (�)� #����)"� �#� ,��� '��� ������5� � !#�� ���$=�) '#( ,� ���)00!��0 *��� #� ���)� #�" *��"����0#,�)� (�)� ��)��� � #����� �� ��� �#'�$ ���� *��%�� #!! #,�)� "���0 ��� ��0�� ����0$ =�) '#( #������������ ��' (�)� ��#� #�" "�#� ���� ���� *��%$��'� �� �� #�" ��� !���� �� ��� #'�!( #�� �����,!�$�� # !���!� �� ��� #�" ��'�#�����#�� �� #5��" ���#�"!� ����� �!�0�� ��� !����$ � (�) #�� ���0!�& (�)'�0�� '��� ��'���� ����$�(37-��():,#�;;�(37-�3���(# ��#�!( *�����(37-� �- ��"���"#(

#!: � 8" &��)-9�$ ���-7

���� )�X ������'��� #�" �#������� #�� �� ����#�"�$ =�) ���)!" ,���0 '��� !)�)�( �� (�)� !� �$��5��� ��'� �� ��#& '#��#0�& ,�#)�( �#�� #�"0���'��0$ �#%� �)� ��'� �� ��#!��0 #�" '#��#0�����#�($ �#!!��0�� �� ��#!�� ���� ���)!" ��'� ��#� ��" ��*$ ��* (�) #�� �������)� #�" #*#�� � ��� ���"� � (�)� ,�"( #�" '��"$ ��� ��� ������#!!� � :��'� #�" �� *�!! (�)$ � ��#! ,):: �� ��� #���5�%�� ��* �����,�!����� �� 0��* #� *��%$ ����� *�!!,� '���(& ������0� #�" ����)� #�" '#�( �#����� #�*��%$ ���� *��% #""� !�5� #�" ��'#��� �� (�)�������#! !� �$ � ��'#���� ����)���� '�0�� !� � (�)��������$ ����� �� ��� ���#���� #�" #������#�� #!! ���!�5� #�" 0��" *����� ��#� '#( ��'� (�)� *#($ 6��!��� # ������ #�" �#�� ��' ��� �!���" ����$�(37-��():,#�E�(37-�3���(#��!)��(37-� �- �)�"#(

,#�!����$ ���),98"#�),

�)����� #�" !�5� #�� ���"�" *��� �� ��'�� ����#!��$ �� '#���� *�#� ��� ���)#���� ��& (�)� ,�"( �#�,��� 0��" �� (�) �� ��'� *#( �� ��� �����$ ��& ����%������5�!( #�" �#5� ��)�� �� ��� )��5����-� ��#!��0����0($ �#!�� ��'#��� 0��" � (�) *��% �� ����"��������$ �)� (�)� ,��� ��� ��*#�" #�" �)�� ��(�)� �#�#,�!����� �� '#%� ��� *��% ,��" �� (�)�#"5#��#0�$ � (�) #�� ��� "�"��#��" �� (�)� *��%& (�)*�!! �#5� �� �#( �� ��$ 6�#� �� ������#���� '�0�� ,� �!� �� !�5�$ ������ (�) #�� ��!"��0 �� #� ��� ��0�� �� #���)#���� �� # !�5��& �� ��'���� �� #���'����0 �� "���� �#'� �� (�)$ �!�#�� )�"����#�" ��#� �����!��0����� �� ��� ��#!��($ ��)� !�5� #!!�*� ��#��,��*��� ��� !�5���& #�" �� '#���� *�#�& ��� �#���5�� ��#!!( ������! #������ ������$�(37-��():,# DB�(37-�3���(#��'��#!" 0�����(37-� �-���)��"#(

" �:�:�8"#�)-9:�%�),

=�) *�!! ,� ��5�!5�" �� ������ #���5����� ���� *��%$�#���#�� ��� ���! #�" ,#!#��� ,��*��� (�)� ��!��0� � 5��#!��( #�" �(��� #���5�����$ �#%� �)�� ���� ����0( ��"������" �� ���#��5� �)��)���$ ����% #,�)� (�)� )�)#!'�"� � ���)0�� ,��#)�� (�)� '��"��� # ���� (�)���#!��$ �� #� ������5� #� (�) �#�$ =�) #�� ��#���0 �������� *��� ����� ��)!" ,� ��#���#! ��)���$ =�) '#(�#5� �� �!�'��#�� ��#���#!!( )����")���5� #��#� #�"��#�� '��� '�#���0 )! �)��)���$ �� (�)� ,��� �� ,���0#����" #�" ���")���5�$ �)�% *�!! �!!�* (�) ��'#����� � ��#��$ =�) *�!! ,� �#����)!#�!( �#��( *��!�'�����0 �!" ����"�$ � (�)-�� #!��#"( �� # ��!#��������&�����,�!��( �� ��#� �� *�!! "����� #�" ,���'� ,����� #�"�*�����$ � (�)-�� ���0!�& ���� �� # 0��#� ��'� �� '�������!�$ ��� �"�# �� �� �#5� )�$�(37-��():,# F�(37-�3���(# ��"�(37-� �- ��"���"#(

�#�� !�:�%�)-9:��#�))

?�����0 (�)� ������ !�5�!� '#�#0�#,!� �� # ')�� ����"�� �� ��#( �� 0��" ��#!�� ��*$ ��#! *��� #�(���,!�'� ��#� ��'� )� ��(���#!!( #�" "� ��� ��( ��#5��" ���'$ �� �)�� �� 0�� ���)0� ����& #� ,��� (�)�#�$ �""������ � #�( %��" �� ��� 0��"$ � (�) ���"��#!��0& #�% �� �� �� ,��� ��� !����#! #�" ��� ������)#!�!#���$ ���� �� # 0��" *��% #�" (�) �#� ��+�( #� #!!!�5�!�$ �� ���#���" ��#�)�& ���'����� �� "���0�#���� ���� ��� �#�"�$ =�) �#�-� ������ ��� ��'��#���� � ��#����0# ,�0 ���+���$ =�) '#( ,� !)�%( ���)0� �� �',#�% ��#� �5����#� ���� ����)0� *��% �� ��)"���$ ����0� '#(��� *��% �)� #� (�) *�)!" �#5� ����" �� # !�5���!#��������$ �� ������ *��� (�)���! ����& #�" ���� ,������� *��� (�)� ,�!�5�"$ �������0 ��!#��������� '#(�) �� ")� �� !#�% � )�"����#�"��0$�(37-��():,#�DE�(37-�3���(# ���0��(37-� �-����"#(

C:!"+���3�);9�$�))

=�) *�!! ,� �� # ����� )! #�" ������5� '��"$�#���#!!(& (�) #�� #*#�� #�" �������)� �� ��� ��#!�� ���� #�" #�� "�5���" ��*#�"� (�)� *�!! ,���0$��#����0 ��' 0��" �)������� �� �������� �� ��!#�#������ %��� (�)���! #*#( ��' *������& (�) %��* 5��(*�!! ��* �� ������� (�)� ��#!��$ ����� �� # ������ � ������#���� ��#� *��%� *��"�� )!!( *�!! ���� *��%$=�) ��#�� ���"�#! ��!#����� *��� ��!!�#0)��& ����"�#�" �5�� �������$ ����� �� ,)������ ��)!" ,���0"����#,!� ��#�0�� � ���( *#�� #� ���� ��'�$ �� # 0��"!�������& ��)�� (�)� ��������� #�" ������� *��� (�)������'��� "������$ �� #���#�� ��#� (�) '#( ,���5�!5�" �� # �����)� ��� !��� � ��'� %��"$ ������)#���� '#( ,� #!!�5�#��" �� �5����'� *��� ����)����� � # �!��� ����" �� #'�!( '�',��$�(37-��():,# ;9�(37-�3���(#��� ���%�(37-� �-���)��"#(

.:�!#��$�);9�&2�))

=�) ���" ��'� ����"( ��#�0�� �� (�)� ����")!�#� ��� ���5��)� ���)#���� �#� ��#�0�" #�" (�)�#5� �� )! �!! ��� ���"� � ��� ������� ��#�� (�)#�� ��$ =�) #�� !�%�!( �� ,� #������#��" #� (�)��)����� *��%�!#�� #�" ���)!" ,� ��!��0��' ���#,!� �����& #� !�#�� �� # !#�0�� "�0��� �5��� (�) "��-� �#����)!#�!( !�%� (�)� +�,$ 6��! ,!����"#�" �#��( #,�)� 0�����0 ��� �)����� � (�)� !�5�"����$ �� #)������)� ����'��( '#( ,� ��0#����"$�� ��)!" ,� #�(����0$ ����#�� (�)� '#���#0� ��)!",� ���" �� '#(,� ��'� ��'#��� �� !�%�!( �� 0�5��( *�!! �� (�)$ �*�5��& #� ��� �#'� ��'� �� #5��( ��#"�����#! *#(& ����� ����0��� *�!! *��% ,��� �� (�) � (�) ���")�� (�)���! �� *�#��5�� *#((�) #�� #!��#"( �������" �� ,�$�(37-��():,# DD�(37-�3���(# C�#�0��(37-� �- �)�"#(

��+!$:+��&2�);9��<�)-

����0 ,#!#��� ,��*��� *��% #�" #'�!(& ,�"( #�"'��"$ =�) #�� 5��( �'#0��#��5� #�" ����" # !�� � ��'��� ����%��0& "��#'��0 #�" *�#5��0 �������$ ��� "������#�" �#������ ��)!" �����#�� ���� *��%& '#%��0 (�) #*�#% ������$ =�)� � ������( '#( 0� "�*�$ ����0� *�!!%��� �� '�5��0 #� ��� (�)� "������ 0�5��0 (�) ����� �� ��� )�)��$ �� ����#��" �� # �)������$ =�) '#( 0��# ����!#����� �� (�)� ��0��� �")�#���� �� #,��#"$ ����*��% "��� ��� #)0)� *�!! �� ��� '#����� � ��#��$ =�)'#( ��! �'�����#!!( �)�� #�" ,��%��$ ��5���!#��������� ��)!" ,� "����#������0 �� ��� ������ ��#�(�) "���"� �� ��#( #!���$ =�) #�� #� ���% � ,���'��0�5���!( #,���,�" �� ��� !��� �� ��� �)���)�"��0�'������ ��#� (�) �#� !��� ��0�� � ��� ���" �� +)�� !��0� #�" '�5� ��$ �� �� ,� ��� ��-� ��� !#��$�(37-��():,# ;D�(37-�3���(# �#���! ���%�(37-� �- �#�)�"#(

#H�#!:�� :"%�),9���-=

����0� #�� 0���0 #!! ��0�� )� �� (�)� �#��� #����� !�5�!$=�) *�!! ��+�( 0��" ��#!��& ��" #�" ������#��'���$���������(& ���0���� #�" �#������� ��)!" ,� ��+�(�"$����� '#( ,� #)������)� ����'��( #� ��'� !�%�����������& ,���� � ���!"& '#���#0�& ��0#0�'���& �� #������)#! ��!�0����'���$ =�) *�!! 0�� ���#,!����"*����5�� (�) #��& �� ,)������ �� +�,$ ���� �� ��� ��'�*��� (�)� ��#'*��% *�!! ,� #������#��" #�"#�%��*!�"0�"$ =�)� !�#"������ .)#!����� #�� ,���0*#����" #�" �� �� (�)� �������#!$ =�) #�� !�%�!( ��'#%� 0��" �#����� *��� (�)� ��!!�#0)�� #�" �������$=�) *�!! '#%� ��'�����0 ��''��"#,!� �� �����!#�������� #��# ���� *��%$ � ��� ��'� ��5���'��� � ��'�& ����0( #�" '���(& ����0� *�!! 0� *�!! �� ��������� ��#� (�) �#5� (�)� ��#�� ��� ��$�(37-��():,# 9�(37-�3���(#���!5���(37-� �- ��)��"#(

$:�� �����-798" &��),

C5��#!!& ��#!�� �� #!��0�� ���� *��%$ �#%� ��'� ��� ����#'��� *�#� (�) #�� ��#!!( ��!��0 "��� "�*�$ ��0��#�" ��0#��5� �'������ �#� �#%� # ��!! �� (�)� ,�"($�!!�* (�)���! �� ��! *�#� (�) ��!& ,)� !�� ����� ��!��0� 0� �� # ������5� *#($ ����(��0 #,�)� (�)� +�, ����� 0���0 �� ��!�$ 6��)� �� *�#� (�) �#� ������!$ � (�)#�� !��%��0 �� *��%& ����% ������5�!(& #�" "��-� �����#���� #�% �� ��!� �� (�)� ��#���$ �)�� ���)��& � #�(&'�0�� 0�� #00�#5#��" ���� *��%$ ���-� �����)���� (�)����)�� ���� "���0 ��'�����0 ��#� �� �� ��� "��!�%��$ ��!�5� ��!#��������� (�)� �#����� '#( ,� 5��( ��.)�����5�#�" "�'#�"��0$ �� ������ *��� ��' �� ���$ � (�) #�����0!�& (�) *�!! '��� ��'���� (�) *�!! ,� #���#���" ��&���� *��%$ �� ��� ,� �#��( *��� (�)� '�5��$ 2)"0� ��������� �������!( #�" 0�5� ��0�� #����"��0!($�(37-��():,# DF�(37-�3���(# =�!!�*�(37-� �- �)��"#(

�#$!:�+!���&�))9:"%�-7

��� �#�� �� 0���$ 6��)� �� ��� ������� #�" ��� )�)��$��� 0��" ��*� �� ��#� ��#!�� *�!! ��'#�� 0��" #�" (�)*�!! ��! '��� ,#!#���"$ 6�!!�* (�)� ������ ��0�'���0���)�!($ ����� �� # �����,�!��( ��#� (�) *�!! ,� "�#!��0*��� #� ��5�!)��#�( !��� � ����'� ,��#)�� � # �)�,#�%�� +�, �� !��� � '���( �� ����%�$ ���-� #5��" ��#!��(& � ���� ��'�� #,�)�$ 6�0)�� �)� ��#��!( *�#� (�) #��"�#!��0 *��� #�" #�� ��� ���)#����$ �*�5��& ������)� ���)����� '�0�� ���5� �������5� ���� *��%$ =�) ���" ��#"#�� �� ��� �������0 ��� � ,�!�� � #�" �(���'� ��#� #��#!��#"( �� �!#��$ =�) *�!! �#5� �� ��#( *����� ������5������#! ,�)�"� � *�#� �� �(���#!!( #� �����"��#����#��$ ��#� *�!! ,� �� (�)� #5�)�$ ��#� *�!! *��% ��(�)� #5�)� �� ��#� (�) *�!! ,� #,!� �� '#���#�� ��!#�����*��� (�)� ������� #� ��'�$�(37-��():,# D@�(37-�3���(#���0�� 0�����(37-� �- �#�)�"#(

. + :��#�);9��3�))�KC!" �#,��� "�� �#�"- O ���� *�)!" ,� ��� ��'� ��!��% # ��� (�)� ��������� #�" *#( � !�5��0$��'��#����� #�" "������ *�)!" �#%� ���� ��#� ����*��% ���)!���0 �� ��'� "����"��� #�" �',#!#��� ����#!�� ����$ ����(& ������& #�" #�����( #�� 5��( !�%�!(�� ,� # �����0 (�)� !� � ��*$ =�)� ��#���#! ���)#����*�!! �'���5�$ =�) '#( ��#�� # ��* ���+��� ����'�!����� � #� �'����#�� ���+��� *�!! 0�5� (�)�#��� #����� #� *�!! #� '���($ =�) �#� ��� ��� ��#"#��#" #�" '#%� ��� ��0�� �������$ �#%� ��* ����"�#�" ��#�� (�)� �"�#�$ ������� *�!! ��#��� (�) �� (�)�������5� #����#��$ =�) *��% 5��( �#�" �� �#������0������ #�" '���($ � (�) #�� �)�����!(��''����"& (�)� *��%!�#" �� ��#� � (�)� �#�����'#( ,� ����� ����0 *��� ��� ��!#��������$�(37-��():,#�@�(37-�3���(# �!#�%�(37-� �-���)��"#(

�#":,,#!:�����<�))9�&�)-

3@�81��/

�!��?���� ?C��=�

��� � � 7���

�������� ��=� ������� ���-� 2�����C�� �����& 6C����� C�������� ���������$ ��-� �

����� �C���� �C ����6������=C�� ���� ������=

O ���C� �� ������� 5���� ���<9)�<��8

The faithful devout were makingofferings to Lord Shiva on thesolemn occasion of Shivaratri last

Friday. Around the same time, the polit-ical discourse during the ongoing Stateelection was seen hitting its bottommostlow. In fact, it lacked any sense of civili-ty, sanity, and propriety. Those at thehelm of affairs were trying to exciteemotional passion of a targeted socialgroup seeking their support. Would itnot widen social divide? And in a com-plex world with all its enormity anddiversity, where each being is an enigmaby oneself, but essentially set into aninterdependent framework, can weafford such divisive acts?

Given the ground situation, itappears that those at the helm ofaffairs need to be subjected to lessonin the defining principles of gover-nance at regular periodic interval.Purposely with this very intent, thelearned masters of the yore, made pro-vision for remembering the lessonsentailed in Lord Shiva’s symbolism,twice every year – Shivaratri and themonth of Shravana. For, Lord Shiva is‘Existence personified’. The symbolismas such covers the primal-source; themanifest plural world; the complex

intervening dynamism between thesource and manifest; as well as thegaming rules of life on planet earth.

A look at the symbolism of LordShiva’s marriage party reveals that themanifest plural world is a unifiedorganism premised on the concept of‘Unity in diversity’. How? Lord Shiva isperceived bare bodied clad in tiger skin;with poison charged blue neck encir-cled by venomous serpent; crescentover head; river Ganges flowing downhair locks; eyes remaining half open;armed with trident in one arm, anddamru (two-headed drum) in another.Mounted on a bull, he presides over anenormous living world with all itsdiversity. That is exemplified by thepresence of deva (forces vital to exis-tence); manava (imbued with humanevirtues and intelligence); danava (peo-ple with low intelligence driven by ani-malistic instincts); animals; birds; gob-lins etc in his entourage.

Moon’s presence over Lord’s headimplies that he is the repository of allcosmic forces. For, Moon’s luminosity issourced to all planetary and stellar bod-ies in the cosmos, implying convergenceof all cosmic forces. These forces, other-wise in an equilibrated state earlier,

when shaken by the play of damru,emerges energy-trinity – Sata, Rajasa,and Tamasa. This is symbolised by thethree phalange of the trident. Randommutation of these forces led to a cre-ation chain which is carried forward bythe river Ganges (force of conscious-ness), and which holds the key to thedynamism of all diverse existences.Thus came into place the manifest multipolar living world comprising of crea-tures, all unique, and each bound byindividualistic limitations. All of themare inherently incompatible and incom-municative to each other.

Overriding all that, Lord Shivaremains in accord with all of themwithout making any differentiation. Notthat, he is not aware of their individuallimitations. In fact, he can see through,but consciously ignores as would hishalf shut eyes imply. Not simply that, herather absolves them of their Daihika,Daivika, and Bhautika sins and absorbsthem in the form of snake venom.There could be no compulsion of thepart of Lord Shiva to take so much ofpains. But if he does that, it is purpose-ful. For, he is aware that though everyexistence is imperfect and incapable ofmeeting even individual existentialneeds. But all of them put together,

complimenting and supplementing eachother’s efforts in a giving mode in theservice of the living order, make out aself-sufficient wholesome world. For, ifeach of them has limitations, all of themare also armed with such virtues andattributes as would be necessary for thesustenance of the world, wherein but forone, the very existence would be atstake. Lord Shiva wished to make themost out of all in order to ensuresmooth run of existential order, as isimplied by being mounted on a bull. For,a bull keeps pulling the cart at a con-stant pace till it reaches its destination.

Bare bodied Shiva just covering hislower part with a tiger skin implies thatdespite being the lord, he is not posses-sive, which is why he enjoys the confi-dence all. To sum up, Lord Shiva poolsin all resources in hand to create andsustain the living order, and yet remainsdetached with them. I wish; those at thehelm of affairs draw lessons out of thisgovernance model. Life will then turninto a pleasant experience.

%����������������������������������##����������"�����������##���������?�>>������������ ���,,5EE���� ��������������//1���������77���((�����99C�

%��2�@@G9G8D:!:DH�!!CD988D9�/ ��2��������� ������F&�������?#�

>�&����2�����?&�������?#�

���8@��������� ����� �������C

�"���-��������������#�"���"���������������������"�B���"��������I� �.������������%����J�(��������?�����#��"�����2� "��F��"�����?#� �����?��"�����?#� ���2�@G:D!GDDD9

)������'��������� ���������������

����������� �������Y �C�C�� ������� ★ ����Y ����?� ����C��� C2�& ����C� ����C� Z ����=� �C��C���& ��������� ����C� L�CC?�M ★ ��'���G������ Y ����� ����� 2�?�C��& ����C� ����C� L�����<�M Z ������ ����& ����C� ��������

6���������� ���������������� � ���� �������F� �� ��