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M aking his first foray into the bastion of Hindutva identity politics — Ayodhya, BJP ally and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray asked the Modi Government on Saturday to spell out the date when the Ram temple would be con- structed. Reaching Ayodhya for his two-day visit to the town ahead of a planned VHP’s ‘Dharma Sabha’ on Sunday, the Sena chief said, “Days, months, years and generations have passed. Mandir wahin baneyenge, par date nahin batayenge (You say you will make the temple there, but won’t tell the date),” he said. “First spell out when you will construct the temple, the rest we will talk later. I have come to Ayodhya and will return only after learning about the date of temple construction. I have not come here for poli- tics. The Government should either bring a Bill in Parliament or promulgate an Ordinance for temple construction at Ayodhya,” Thackeray said dar- ing the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre, ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Questioning the delay in construction of temple the Sena chief said, “The BJP has a majority Government in Delhi and hence this inordinate delay in temple construction is beyond comprehension. Honouring the promise is real Hindutva,” said Thackeray, who is slated to visit the Ram Janmabhoomi temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya on Sunday. Soon after landing at Ayodhya airport by a special flight on Saturday, Thackeray took part in rituals on Saryu river banks and performed Saryu pujan and Saryu arti with wife Rashmi and son Aditya. The Sena chief was sched- uled to address a meeting of Shiv Sainiks at Saryu banks but permission was denied by Ayodhya district administra- tion. Thackeray has brought a pot of soil from Shivaji’s bastion Shivneri Fort in Pune, which will be handed over to the priest at Ram Janmabhoomi. His visit comes amid a clamour among Hindu outfits to bring an Ordinance to build the Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya. Shiv Sena leaders Sanjay Raut, Eknath Shinde and Rajan Vichare and Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar have been camp- ing in Ayodhya for the last few days to prepare for Thackeray’s programmes. “All Sena shakhas across Maharashtra and party units across the country have been asked to perform arti at the same time,” a Sena leader said. Earlier this week, Thackeray had said that his trip to Ayodhya was to ‘remind’ the BJP of its poll promise. A head of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad-sponsored Dharma Sabha to push for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya on Sunday, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said if required Army personnel be deployed in the town. Thousands of people started gathering at Ayodhya ahead of the VHP pro- gramme. Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray also reached there on Saturday. : In the wake of the Dharma Sabha, Ayodhya — the birth place of Ram — was transformed into a fortress and over 70,000 security personnel including PAC and RAF personnel were deployed for the VHP function and visit of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thakeray. Section 144 has already been clamped. Two senior officers — ADG (Technical) Ashutosh Pandey and DIG (Jhansi Range) Subhash Singh Baghel were rushed to Ayodhya to ensure security. While Pandey would be supervising blue and yellow zone of disputed area, Baghel would look after the red zone. P rime Minister Narendra Modi once again targeted the Nehru-Gandhi family on Saturday, saying farmers would not have been “ruined” had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel been the country's first prime min- ister. Addressing a rally here ahead of the November 28 Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, he accused the Congress of “making false promises” and asked the opposition party whether late Indira Gandhi's “Garibi Hatao” (remove poverty) slogan a was a “lie” or not. The prime minister's com- ments came in the wake of Congress president Rahul Gandhi accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “making false promises” to people during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Modi also referred to a video clip purportedly showing Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath, saying the Congress leader seeking votes only from a “particular com- munity” was an insult to democracy. A video clip surfaced last week, purportedly showing Nath telling Muslim leaders to ensure “90 per cent voting” in Muslim-dominated areas. Modi also ridiculed “nam- daar” Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress chief was not being taken seriously by his own party. “Farmers are suffering due to the wrong policies of the Congress governments...The result is that farmers are suf- fering...Now, they (the Congress) are defaming us. “But the farmers would not have been ruined during the Congress's 55-year-rule had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel been the country's first prime minister,” he said. The government “remote- controlled by Madam” gave loans to farmers at an interest rate of 15-16 per cent, while the BJP Government was giving them interest-free loans, Modi said, in a veiled swipe at UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Mandsaur had witnessed intense farmers' protests last year, leading to the death of six protesters in police firing. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 C M Y K C M Y K

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Making his first foray intothe bastion of Hindutva

identity politics — Ayodhya,BJP ally and Shiv Sena chiefUddhav Thackeray asked theModi Government on Saturdayto spell out the date when theRam temple would be con-structed.

Reaching Ayodhya for histwo-day visit to the town aheadof a planned VHP’s ‘DharmaSabha’ on Sunday, the Senachief said, “Days, months, yearsand generations have passed.Mandir wahin baneyenge, pardate nahin batayenge (You sayyou will make the temple there,but won’t tell the date),” he said.

“First spell out when youwill construct the temple, therest we will talk later. I have

come to Ayodhya and willreturn only after learning aboutthe date of temple construction.I have not come here for poli-tics. The Government shouldeither bring a Bill in Parliamentor promulgate an Ordinancefor temple construction atAyodhya,” Thackeray said dar-ing the BJP-led NDAGovernment at the Centre,ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls.

Questioning the delay inconstruction of temple theSena chief said, “The BJP hasa majority Government inDelhi and hence this inordinatedelay in temple construction isbeyond comprehension.Honouring the promise is realHindutva,” said Thackeray, whois slated to visit the RamJanmabhoomi temple at the

disputed site at Ayodhya onSunday.

Soon after landing atAyodhya airport by a specialflight on Saturday, Thackeraytook part in rituals on Saryuriver banks and performedSaryu pujan and Saryu arti with

wife Rashmi and son Aditya.The Sena chief was sched-

uled to address a meeting ofShiv Sainiks at Saryu banks butpermission was denied byAyodhya district administra-tion. Thackeray has brought apot of soil from Shivaji’s bastion

Shivneri Fort in Pune, whichwill be handed over to thepriest at Ram Janmabhoomi.His visit comes amid a clamouramong Hindu outfits to bringan Ordinance to build the Ramtemple at the disputed site atAyodhya. Shiv Sena leadersSanjay Raut, Eknath Shindeand Rajan Vichare andMumbai Mayor VishwanathMahadeshwar have been camp-ing in Ayodhya for the last fewdays to prepare for Thackeray’sprogrammes.

“All Sena shakhas acrossMaharashtra and party unitsacross the country have beenasked to perform arti at thesame time,” a Sena leader said.

Earlier this week,Thackeray had said that his tripto Ayodhya was to ‘remind’ theBJP of its poll promise.

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Dharma Sabha to push for theconstruction of Ram temple atAyodhya on Sunday,Samajwadi Party chiefAkhilesh Yadav said ifrequired Army personnel bedeployed in the town.

Thousands of peoplestarted gathering at Ayodhyaahead of the VHP pro-gramme. Shiv Sena leaderUddhav Thackeray alsoreached there on Saturday.

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clamped. Two senior officers— ADG (Technical)Ashutosh Pandey and DIG(Jhansi Range) SubhashSingh Baghel were rushed toAyodhya to ensure security.While Pandey would besupervising blue and yellowzone of disputed area, Baghelwould look after the redzone. �����

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Prime Minister NarendraModi once again targeted

the Nehru-Gandhi family onSaturday, saying farmers wouldnot have been “ruined” hadSardar Vallabhbhai Patel beenthe country's first prime min-ister.

Addressing a rally hereahead of the November 28Madhya Pradesh Assemblypolls, he accused the Congressof “making false promises” andasked the opposition partywhether late Indira Gandhi's “Garibi Hatao”(remove poverty) slogan a wasa “lie” or not.

The prime minister's com-ments came in the wake ofCongress president RahulGandhi accusing the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) of “makingfalse promises” to people during the 2014 LokSabha polls.

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week, purportedly showingNath telling Muslim leaders toensure “90 per cent voting” inMuslim-dominated areas.

Modi also ridiculed “nam-daar” Rahul Gandhi, saying theCongress chief was not beingtaken seriously by his ownparty. “Farmers are sufferingdue to the wrong policies of theCongress governments...Theresult is that farmers are suf-fering...Now, they (theCongress) are defaming us.

“But the farmers wouldnot have been ruined duringthe Congress's 55-year-rulehad Sardar Vallabhbhai Patelbeen the country's first primeminister,” he said.

The government “remote-controlled by Madam” gaveloans to farmers at an interestrate of 15-16 per cent, while theBJP Government was giving them interest-free loans,

Modi said, in a veiled swipe atUPA chairperson SoniaGandhi.

Mandsaur had witnessedintense farmers' protests lastyear, leading to the death of sixprotesters in police firing.

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The soap dish on televisionmay have started with asaas-bahu domination

but much content has flowninto the tube with a variety ofserials.

Be it Yeh Hai Mohabbateinor Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai,all of them share the same ideaor concept with a mere shufflein the characters.

To break this stereotype,producers have now come upwith a unique concept of male-centric or male-oriented serials.The show that brought thisconcept to light was Star Plus'Saraswatichandra, featuringGautam Rode.

Though a love-story, Rodewas the main protagonist in theshow. The show was muchloved and accepted by theaudience because it followed adifferent storyline and theactors put in powerfulperformances.

Though the show wentoff-air after some time, it left adeep impact on the audience.It did not take another show-makers to pick up the strandsand change this new conceptinto a trend.

After Saraswatichandra,another show that revolvedaround a jamai was Zee TV'sJamai Raja, which receivedrave reviews from the audience.

The latest one in the samegenre is Sab TV's MangalamDangalam which is again amale-centric show but with acomic twist to it. The showhighlights a father-in-law-son-in-law relationship. It talks ofthe tussle between the two andhow the son-in-law goes on toimpress his father-in-law andcompel him to accept that hewas the right person for hisdaughter. This despite the factthat the father-in-law was of thefirm opinion that his daughterdeserved someone better.

Male-centric shows aremaking a place for themselvesin the industry.

Manoj Joshi, who playsSanjeev Saklecha (father-in-law) in Mangalam Dangalamsays that he doesn’t consider theshow male-centric or woman-centric as both genderscontribute equally to thesuccess of any effort on TV.

“I will never say that a showis male-centric or woman-

centric. Though my showdepicts the father-in-law andson-in-law relationship, it hasenough focus on women starstoo. If the message of the showis conveyed in the right waythen it doesn't matter reallywho the central character inthe show is. Both genders areequally important for anyshow. I don’t believe inlabelling any show male-centric because even if the leadcharacter is a man, the femalecharacters around him areequally important,” Joshi says.

Talking about his roleJoshi adds: “I play SanjeevSaklecha, an owner of awedding trousseau andaccessories shop. He ispossessive about his daughterto an extent that he cannottolerate any man looking at heror being around her. Everyfather is like that but Sanjeevis over-protective. The showtells the story of a family inIndore. One can find suchfathers in almost everyhousehold. Every person andfamily in India will relate tothe show and its characters,” hesays.

Speaking on the kind ofrelationship he shares withhis son-in-law, he says: “Therelationship between Sanjeevand his son-in-law resemblesthat of a cat and a mouse.Sanjeev actually considers himas the daswaan greh.”

On the other hand,Karanvir Sharma who playsthe prospective son-in-law inMangalam Dangalam feels thatnewer concepts should beintroduced continuously inthe small screen industry andthe evolution of conceptsshould not stop.

“The television industryhas evolved well with even filmactors getting so muchappreciation and love on thesmall screen. The other thingis that emotions have becomemore real now. I feel that theaudience has become morediverse in nature and keepingall this in mind concepts alsoneed to evolve. If the audienceis ready to accept uniqueconcepts, we should beconfident enough to come upwith them,” he says.

Talking about hischaracter, he says: “I amplaying Nagarjun Kutty, theman who falls in love withSaklecha’s daughter Rumi.Kutty is a south Indian lawyer.He respects every woman,never lies and always stands byhis word. He has the difficultjob of trying to convinceRumi's father that he is anideal match for her. The entirestory will revolve this and thechallenges Kutty will face inwinning Saklecha over”.

"It is a unique concept andthe audience will love it,” headds.

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A28-year old Indore-basedman was robbed of his

electronic goods worth �48,000near Pipleshwar temple underTalaiya police station area onFriday.

According to the police, thevictim Abhisek Saxena wasrobbed by two miscreants, anauto rickshaw driver and hisaide, when the victim hiredauto rickshaw to AshokaGarden and in deserted areahe was robbed with knife point.

Victim lodged a complaintwith the Talaiya police andclaimed that he came to the cityand hired an auto rickshaw forAshoka Gaden in which a per-son was already present andinstead of taking the victim toAshoka Garden the two tookthem near Pipleshawar templeand tried to snatch bag whichthe victim resisted but one ofthe accused took knife androbbed him at knife point andescaped the spot.

The bag was carrying onelaptop and three mobile phonesworth �48000.

The victim works withAirtel Company in Indore andis resident of Harda.

Based on the preliminaryinvestigation the police haveregistered a case under section392 of the IPC and have start-ed further investigation.

Police said that the search

for the miscreants has beenstarted but due to lack of prop-er light the victim was not ableto notice the registration num-ber of the auto rickshaw.

Area where the incidenttook place usually remainsdeserted due to which the mis-creants targeted the victim torob in that area. The nearbyCCTV cameras installed inthe area would be investigated.

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Under the NationalIntegration Week and

World Heritage Week beingorganised at IGRMS premises,P Sankara Rao, AssistantKeeper, IGRMS delivered lec-ture on the topic ‘Role ofwomen in the process of NationBuilding’.

He said that there are vari-eties in women's outer form,beauty and dress but in hismind, Ekakar and centralpower are 'Unique' like God.For women it can be said thatthis is ‘unity in diversity’... thenthere will be not an exaggera-tion.

A variety of virtues areconstantly moving around thispower like - Faith, love, com-passion, loyalty, dedication,sacrifice, coolness, affection,skill, dutifulness, tolerance,limit, equality, creativity and tol-erance etc. During his field work, he told theworks done by women throughslideshow.

It is important to recognizethese works, then people willunderstand about the contri-

bution of women in nation-building and developmentamazing and incomparable.

Thereafter, various Womenentrepreneurs NGOs fromBhopal, in the panel discussionsaid that Under what circumstances they started their

work, and today, through theirduties, skills and creativity, theyare making unprecedented con-tributions to nation-buildingand development.

In this panel discussion,Veenu Dheer, Rashmi Goliya,Shivani Gosh, Sonam

Chhatwani, Sheela Purohit,Sangeeta Jain and PratibhaShukla participated andexpressed their views.

The programme waschaired by Dilip Singh (ITS),Joint Director of IGRMS; Hesaid that Contribution, qualifi-

cations, achievements, poignan-cy and creativity give a directpresence of Women.

At the national and inter-national levels, women haveHandling the family and soci-ety as well as made their specialand unprecedented contribu-tion to nation-building anddevelopment while waving theirvictory.

The programme was con-ducted by Garima A Dubey(Museum Associate). On thisoccasion visitor were present alarge number.

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Sagar Public School, Saket Nagar culminatedits two-day 18th Annual Cultural Fest with

theme ‘Humanity– Cohesion of Relations’ pre-sented by the senior wing. The two day annu-al function festival comprised of Junior andSenior wings in which Sagarites exhibited theirtalents and values inherited of the quintessenceof humanism and élan – ‘Humanity is OurReligion.

Justice G Raghuram, Director, NationalJudicial Academy, Bhopal was the esteemedChief Guest on the occasion. The presentationbegan with lighting of lamp and seeking bless-ings of ‘Goddess Saraswati’ followed by floralwelcome of esteemed Guest by ChairmanSudhir Kumar Agrawal and Principal PankajSharma.

Siddharth Sudhir Agrawal, ManagingDirector, Sagar Group, Sagar Agarwal, Director,Sagar Group, governing members of Sagar

Public School and SISTec, parents, guests,media and invitees were also present on theoccasion.

A vibrant and colourful programme markedthe celebration based on the theme ‘Humanity-A Cohesion of Relations’ depicting relationshipsencouraging humanity from writings ofGurudev Rabindranath Tagore and songs from‘Gitanjali’ offered prayers to God in ‘TheMystical Bond’ followed by traditional dance towelcome all in ‘An Expression of Sagacity.’Sagarites presented ‘Life of Buddha’in TiesBeyond Self ’ to showcase humanity to live inpresent and re-born every day in a dance form.

‘The Humane Connect’ in dance, mime,action, Kathakali, Mohiniattam by Sagarites con-nected everyone with emotions on Kerala cri-sis(hit bya cyclone) depicted how humanitysuperseded the loss.

Hindi Play, ‘Dil Ke Rishtey’ revealed aspectsof our relationships with parents, friends andchildren in complex situations.

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Regional Science Centre, Bhopalin collaboration with MP

Council of Science andTechnology organised the LakeCity Science Drama Festival-2018at the Centre on Saturday.

Competing Six different dra-mas on themes viz- SaveEnvironment, Swachhta andTourism, Life Line, PadharoMhare Desh, Vigyan Sabke Liye,Chhoti Si Bhool were staged by thetalents of Campion School AreraColony, Carmel Convent SeniorSecondary School BHEL, DelhiPublic School, Neelbad, St Mary'sConvent Senior Secondary School,Tulsi Nagar, Bal Bharti PublicSchool, Nisahatpura and ShardaVidya Mandir, Ratibad.

First Prize on Chotissi BhoolTheme went to Sharda VidyaMandir, second Prize to Bal BhartiPublic School on Science for alltheme and the third Prize went toSt Mary's Convent SeniorSecondary School on PadharoMhare Desh theme. TanishaParkhe of Class- VIII, CarmelConvent Senior Secondary School,BHEL stood first in the BestActress category, while SuyashShrivastava (Class- IV) of ShardaVidya Mandir was adjudged as

Best Actor. Vanalee Sahaaria (Class - IX),

Delhi Public School won the BestScript Writer competition andthe Best Director award went toMegha Muramkar (Teacher),

Sharda Vidya Mandir. In the valedictory function at

4.00 pm on Saturday, Prof SaritKumar Chaudhuri, Director,Indira Gandhi Rashtriya ManavSangrahalaya, Bhopal was the

Chief Guest and advised studentsto participate and explore in suchcultural fusion communicatingscience taking cue from our richculture. Rajesh Sharma, anotherguest, Chief Scientist, MP Council

of Science and Technology wasprominently present on the occa-sion stated that he was mes-merised to see performance of stu-dents. The dignitaries gave awaythe trophies, prizes & certificatesto the winners.

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The crime branch police of Bhopal havenabbed six miscreants near Malipura and

recovered 18 stolen two-wheelers worth �9 lakhfrom their possession on Friday.

Police said that acting on a tip off a mis-creant who was trying to sell a scooter wasnabbed and when he was questioned he failedto provide details of motorbike and later con-fessed stealing of motorbike along with hisaccomplice Abhisek Jain who was nabbedbased on the details provided.

The two were identified as Ajay Sakalle (29)of Shahjehanabad and Abhisek Jain (35) ofKumarpura.

Later, during the investigation they con-fessed to have stolen 17 other two wheelers fromdifferent parts of the city. The nabbed accusedconfessed stealing of vehicles with Bhawani andRahul. Police nabbed the two based on the infor-mation. The two nabbed accused were identi-fied as Bhawani Shankar of Ghora Nakkas andRahul Chakrobarty of Damoh. The four nabbedaccused were quizzed and they confessed sell-

ing of one two wheeler at �10,000 to SonuMalviya of Teelajamalpura and one two wheel-er at �12,000 to Prakash Namdev.

During the investigation two vehicles wererecovered from Sonu and Bhawani while 17vehicles were recovered from four accused.

The four vehicle lifters have stolen the vehi-cles in the past one year. The accused do not haveany crime record and their details would beinvestigated in the further investigation. Ajay,Rahul and Sonu works as labour, Bhawani worksas electrician, Abhisek works as shopkeeper.

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A17-year-old girl committed suicideby hanging from the ceiling at her

residence in Anna Nagar underGovindpura police station area onSaturday.

According to police, the deceasedRanjana Sonkar was found hanging inthe morning and was declared deadwhen she was taken to a nearby hospi-tal.

The deceased left her school stud-ies after 8th standard and used to stayat home.

On Thursday after taking dinnerwith family members, she went to sleepin her room and on next day around6am, her mother spotted her hangingbody from the ceiling fan after which shewoke up other family members andrushed the deceased to hospital.

The reason remained unknown.The body was sent for the post mortemafter the preliminary investigation anda case under section 174 of the CrPCwas registered.

Meanwhile, a 32-year-old man com-mitted suicide by hanging with the ceil-ing at Semra Kalan under Bajaria policestation area on Saturday. The deceasedidentified as Sanjay Malviya was found

hanging and was rushed to a nearby hos-pital where he was declared dead.

The body was sent for the postmortem after the preliminary investi-gation and a case under section 174 ofthe CrPC was registered.

Police said that the deceased was ahabitual drinker and used to fight andassault his family members.

The deceased used to work aslabour and would spend his earning onliquor.

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dren that they should readany enlightening book withconcentration at least 15 min-utes daily along with the textbooks.

They will feel happy trans-formation in them after sometime. The Governor Smt. Patelwas addressing the students ofgovernment primary and mid-dle school of Adupura ofGwalior district on Saturday.

She also administeredpledge to the students to readenlightening books for 15 min-utes by raising both theirhands.

Patel also distributed fruitsand toffees to the children ofAdarsh Aaganbadi Centre andprimary and middle schoolon the occasion. Moreover,she also gathered informationabout studies by interactingwith the children.

The Governor has alsotold the parents that theyshould pay attention that theirchildren should go regularly forstudies. They should ensurethat the children do their com-plete homework. She furthermentioned that several greatpersonalities of the countryhave studied in schools of vil-lages and have earned name

and fame in the entire world.She stated that it is also aresponsibility of the society toensure that no children shoulddeprive of education.

During the tour ofAdupura village, Smt. Patel alsoinspected digital class roomand computer class. The digitalclass room and computer classhave been established with thecooperation of MuskanFoundation and ITM Universityrespectively. Similarly, slide andswings have been installed inAdupura school campus withthe cooperation of social orga-nizations. Smt.

Patel appreciated thearrangements of AdarshAaganbadi centre andGovernment schools. She saidthat it is a matter of joy that allthe girls and boys who hadpassed class 8th in the last aca-demic session from Adupuraschool have taken admissions inclass 9.

It may be mentioned thatthe Governor Smt. Patel hadconducted an inspection ofAaganbadi Centre and Schoolin the month of February thisyear and had urged the villagersto get their daughters enrolledin class 9th after passing class8. This has borne the fruitfulresult and all the girls of the vil-lage have continued furtherstudies.

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Three persons of infamousserial killer gang were

nabbed by Special InvestigationTeam (SIT) and recovered atruck which went missing nearMP Nagar said SP Bhopal andSIT head Rahul Kumar Lodhawhile speaking with the mediapersons on Saturday.

The truck drivers andcleaners were murdered and inthe investigation it was foundthe members of AdeshKhambra gang were involved inthe crime. After AdeshKhambra was found in serialkilling and robberies a SIT wasformed on September 30, 2018and during the investigation the

police have search for gangmembers of serial killer AdeshKhambra and nabbed threeaccused which have committedcrimes with Adesh Khambra.

SP Rahul Kumar said thatthree arrested accused areinvolved in disposing off thetrucks which were looted byAdesh Khambra and his gang.These accused are expert inmodifying the trucks and havetransformed this 12 wheelertruck to 6 wheeler truck.

The accused are identifiedas Rajesh Kumar (35), GudduSingh (35) and Shashi Rai (26).The accused revealed duringinterrogation that they havelooted a truck with help ofJaikaran Prajapati, who wasarrested in this case fromRaipur.

They handed over the truckto Saheb Singh and Sunil afterwhich they took the truck toBihar where Mamu and Rajeshpurchased it in 6 lakh. Thetruck was sold to Guddu andmade �2 lakh profit. Guddualso sold the truck in 10 lakh toShashi Rai. They have changednumber plate, colour and thelook of truck to hide it frompolice.

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The Punjab Police onSaturday claimed to have

nabbed the man who alleged-ly threw a grenade on a reli-gious congregation at NirankariBhavan in Amritsar last Sundayleaving three persons dead,the second arrest in the case.

Weapons, including a .32bore pistol, a US made pistol,four magazines and 25 live car-tridges have been recoveredfrom the accused identified asAvtar Singh, Director Generalof Police Suresh Arora toldreporters here.

Avtar Singh has beenarrested from Khayala villageunder police station Lopoke (inAmritsar), the DGP said. We will produce him before thecourt for police remand, he said.

Three persons, including apreacher were killed and over20 injured in the attack by two-motorcycle borne men whichpolice treated as a terrorist act.

Police have already arrest-ed Bikramjit Singh, an opera-

tive of militant organisationKhalistan Liberation Force(KLF) who was allegedly dri-

ving the motorcycle on thatday. It is alleged that AvtarSingh threw the grenade.

Avtar Singh is a resident ofvillage Chak Mishri Khan,Lopoke (Ajnala), Amritsar.

The DGP said initial inves-tigations revealed that a personidentified as Javed, who is

Pakistan-based, was allegedlyinvolved in misguiding theaccused to carry out the ter-rorist act.

The name of another manidentified as Paramajit SinghBaba, based in Italy, has alsoemerged during investigation,police said. Rejecting claims ofthe families of the accused

that they have been falselyimplicated, the DGP said, “Wehave enough evidence againstthem. We do not believe in falseimplications. We have recov-ered weapons in the presenceof the duty magistrate.”

The DGP also expressedconcern that “inimical forceswere trying to spread a disin-

formation campaign” on socialmedia to misguide youth of the State. Both the accusedin this case had no past crim-inal record, he noted.

The incident had takenplace insidethe NirankariBhavan’s prayer hall at Adliwalvillage near Amritsar’sRajasansi.

The Punjab Police onSaturday ruled out a terror

angle in the SUV snatchingincident in Pathankot lastweek, saying a local criminalwas involved in it.

However, police have notbeen able to trace the vehicle.

Four persons, travellingin a hired SUV from Jammu,had snatched the vehicle fromits driver at gunpoint nearMadhopur area here inPathankot on November 13.

The incident took place

when the driver stopped thecar near Madhopur after oneof the passengers complainedof vomiting.

“One of them (vehiclesnatchers) has been identified.He turned out to be a criminalbelonging to Punjab. There isno terror angle involved in thisincident, Punjab DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP)Suresh Arora said.

The criminal belonging toJalandhar district was identi-fied after the driver of the SUV

recognised him from a picture,police said.

The accused, who werespeaking in Punjabi, hadbooked the car from the Jammutaxi stand, police had said.

Security was tightened inand around Pathankot dis-trict following the incident.

Police were maintaining avigil as in 2016, terrorists,who had launched attacks onthe Pathankot air base, hadsnatched a Punjab Police offi-cer’s car to get to the air base.

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The annual share of foreigntourists visiting Odisha in the

country’s total foreign tourists’arrival remained to be below oneper cent for the last eight years.

This was revealed from theinformation furnished by theTourism Minister Ashok ChandarPanda in the State Assembly inresponse to a question of BJP MLADilip Ray on Saturday.

According to the Minister, atotal of 1,00,014 tourists fromabroad visited Odisha in 2017while 1,01,77,000 such tourists vis-ited the country during the same

year, constituting Odisha’s share tothe nation’s foreign tourist arrival atmere 0.98 per cent. Foreign tourists’share of Odisha in national arrivalwas 0.87 per cent in 2010, 0.96 percent in 2011, 0.98 per cent in 2012,0.96 per cent in 2013, 0.93 per centin 2014, 0.83 per cent in 2015 and0.87 per cent in 2016.

As regards to domestic touristsvisiting the State, the Ministerinformed that a total of 1,40,11,229tourist from Odisha and otherStates had visited different touristspots in 2017. These domestictourists comprised 84,06,401 fromOdisha and 56,04,828 from otherStates and the Union Territories.

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Maoist leader Umakant, who is sec-retary of the Basadhara-

Ghumusar-Nagavali Division of thebanned outfit, released an audio tapewarning the State Government, the BJDleaders, MLA Rajib Patra of Baligudaand other Hindu fascist organisationsincluding the Sangh Paivar for anti-peo-ple activities.

He dubbed the anti-Maoist opera-tions of the security forces as uncon-stitutional and suppression of a strug-gle for rights by the Adibasis, Dalits andother weaker sections of the society.

He raised the issue of indiscrimi-nate arrest and torturing by police of theDangaria Kandha tribals of Niyamagirion the pretext of being Maoists. TheGovernment has failed to curb illiter-acy, unemployment, malnutrition andpoverty in general in spite of indepen-dence for last seventy two years, he said.

Neatly- typed posters by Odisha

State CPI(Maoist) on the walls ofGram Panchayat(GP) office, Office ofDangaria Kandha DevelopmentAgency(DKDA), trees and other placesof Parsali village in Niyamagiri hills, ahotbed of Red corridor, were also wit-nessed, urging the public to observe‘Resistance Week’ from December 6 to12.

The Maoists through the postersgave a call to resist communalism in thename of religion, attack on Muslims,Christians, Dalits and Adivasis in thename of “Gorakshya” and yatra by

Mohan Bhagawat and Prabin Togadiafor the construction of Ram temple bypromulgation a special Act.

“Check Modi Government -SanghParivar’s agenda, thereby keeping com-munal harmony in the country andprotest the move to curb reservation forweaker sections of society and attack onjournalists, writers, progressive writers,human right defenders, students, etc.,”said the posters.

They also mentioned to protest theSangh Parivar’s agenda on food, dress,love and women.

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Accusing the Centre ofgrossly neglecting SC and

ST students, the State’s rulingBiju Janata Dal (BJD) staged ademonstration in front of the Raj Bhavan here onSaturday protesting the modi-fication in the funding patternfor post-Matric scholarship bythe Centre.

“It shows the anti-devel-opment attitude of the Centre.The move to modify the postMatric scholarship normswould push the future of near-ly 2 lakh tribal students in theState into darkness. Due tosuch modification, Odisha isbearing an additional financialburden of around Rs 500 crore,”alleged Finance Minister SashiBhusan Behera.

The ruling party allegedthat the Centre has reduced thepost-Matric scholarship fundsfor Schedule Caste (SC) stu-dents. Until 2016-17, theCentre was providing 90 per-cent of funds while the Statewas bearing the remaining10percent.

However, the Centre hasrevised the liability of the StateGovernment during 2017-18,wherein the State had to bearthe 80 per cent of the totalexpenditure.

Earlier, expressing displea-sure, Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik in a letter had urgedUnion Minister of Social Justiceand Empowerment ThaawarChand Gehlot to restore theprevious funding pattern of90:10 for smooth implementa-tion of the programme.

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Indian superwoman MCMary Kom added another

milestone in her list ofachievements in 18 years ofglorious career by winningher record sixth WorldChampionship Gold medalhere at KD Jadhav Stadium in Delhion Saturday.

Fighting in Blue, 2012Olympic Bronze medalistand mother of three,‘Magnificent Mary’ out-shines her Ukranian HannaOkhota by a unanimousdecision of 5-0 (27-30, 28-29,28-29, 27-30, 27-30) in thefirst place bout of light fly-weight 48kg category. Komtook control of the bout assoon as the starting bellrung.

And with all her experi-ence, she was clearly better ofher opponent whom she hadbeaten previously at theSilesian international boxingchampionships in Poland in

September.With this win in front of

a jam-packed home crowdcheering for their superstar,she became the most suc-cessful pugilist in the histo-ry of Women’s World BoxingChampionships.

35-year old Mary, whowon her last World title eightyears back at Bridgetown,Barbados in 2010 was ingreat touch during this entiretourney and has also won allher previous bouts en routeto final by the same identi-cal margin to stay perfectthroughout.

The mother of threechildren now has an incred-ible six Gold and one Silver

in the WorldChampionships.

Before this, she was tiedwith Ireland’s Katie Taylor(five Gold and a Bronze) onthe number of medals wonby a woman.

London Olympic cham-pion, Taylor now plies hertrade in the professional cir-cuit. With this Gold,‘Magnificent Mary’ alsomatched Cuban men’s legendFelix Savon as the joint mostsuccessful pugilist (men andwomen) in the WorldChampionships history.

Savon, who also wonthree Olympic Gold medalsduring his illustrious career,won six Gold and one Silver

in heavyweight category atthe World Championshipsbetween 1986 and 1997.

Mary Kom won Silver inthe inaugural edition atScranton in 2001 and thenwent on to win Gold each inthe next five consecutiveeditions -- 2002, 2005, 2006,2008 and 2010.

Overwhelmed by thecrowd support that gatheredin huge number, emotionalMary Kom broke down aftercoming out the ring as shewent around to greet thepacked stadium and the offi-cials.

Wrapped in the tri-color,she thanked her fans fortheir "unstinted" support.

"I am a little bit emo-tional.

There is no (48kg)weight category in theOlympic Games. Because ofyour love and support, I feelI will be able to qualify forthe 2020 Tokyo Olympics.Four years ago, I was not ableto qualify for Rio. I am stillsuffering from that," she said.

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Aprivate bus fell into theVishveshwaraiah Canal on

Saturday around noon atKanaganamaradi village nearPandavapura town, in Mandya dis-trict in South Karnataka killing atleast 30 people, most of themschoolchildren, officials said.

According to police sources thebus skidded off the bridge and fellinto the Cauvery river canal.Sources said more than 40 peoplewere travelling on the bus whichwas going to Mandya town. Theschoolchildren had boarded the busafter Saturday’s morning class.

Still rescue operations wereon, said officials. An eyewitness saidmany passengers could not escapefrom the bus as it fell trapping thedoors on the floor of the canal. Thebus soon submerged. The driverreportedly managed to come out ofthe bus and swam to safety.

Farmers working in nearbyfields started the rescue workimmediately and saved a few pas-sengers, said sources.

Bodies of at least 10 childrenhave been found so far by rescuers.

It is understood that a Class VIIstudent who jumped out of the bus

at the last minute is the lone sur-vivor. The boy, Rohit, is still in astate of shock and is yet to confirmthe exact number of people travel-ling on the bus.

Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy rushed to the acci-dent site and announced an ex gra-tia payment of rupees five lakh tothe kith and kin of the dead.

The CM accompanied by otherlocal leaders spent time supervisingrescue work and consoled the kithand kin of the dead. He said morebuses will be introduced to theserural areas.

President Ram Nath Kovind,Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Congress President Rahul Gandhiand many other leaders have con-doled the death of 25 passengers.

Prime Minister Narendra Moditweeted, "Deeply pained the busaccident in Karnataka’s Mandya. Mythoughts are with the families of thedeceased.

May God give them strengthin this hour of sadness."

Rahul also shared his condo-lences on Twitter. "I’m sorry to hearabout the terrible bus accident inMandya district of Karnataka inwhich over 20 people are feareddead and many others injured.

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In a significant decision theBJP-ruled Tripura

Government has conveyed tothe HRD Ministry to do awaywith the Left Front-orientedsecondary school syllabus andfollow the curriculum on theCBSE pattern.

The State Government hasinformed the HRD Ministrythat school-going studentswould be taught from NationalCouncil of EducationalResearch and Training(NCERT) textbooks. A team ofNCERT experts will be sentduring the first week ofDecember to impart a three-month-long training to theteachers about the new syllabus.

Shortly after coming topower in March this year end-ing the 25-year uninterruptedrule of the CPI(M)-led LeftFront, the BJP Governmenthad set up an expert commit-tee on the change of schoolsyllabus.

Tripura Chief MinisterBiplab Deb told The Pioneerthat to impart quality education

in the State, NCERT syllabuswould be introduced in the2019 academic session. "Thecommittee set up by myGovernment has recommend-ed for adopting the CBSE andNCERT curriculum and we arekeen on imparting the same,"Deb said.

The state education depart-ment would introduce theNCERT textbooks and CBSEsyllabus from the next acade-mic session in place of the pre-sent curriculum prescribed bythe State Council ofEducational Research andTraining.

"Complete NCERT text-books and CBSE syllabus fromnext academic year will beintroduced in the schools ofTripura because the studentsare lagging behind the standardof the country. They should beas competitive as students ofother States," said a seniorHRD Ministry official.

The BJP-IndigenousPeople's Front of Tripura(IPFT) combine Governmenthad set up an expert commit-tee on the change of school syl-labus early this year. Thepanel recommended NCERTcurriculum along with theimplementation of the CentralBoard of Secondary Education(CBSE) syllabus across allGovernment and Government-aided schools in the State.

Recently a controversyerupted in which a school inUnakoti district had asked classnine students to write a shortnote on the ruling BJP in anexamination. The questionpaper had gone viral on socialmedia over the matter.

The Education Departmentexamined the question paperand found that the syllabusincluded a chapter on electoralpolitics and political parties. Asper media reports then thesyllabus has a chapter on theBJP, the Congress, the CPI(M),the CPI etc and the textbooksalso got mention of rigging andbooth capturing to the surpriseof educationist involved in thechange of education pattern inthe state. "The previous LeftFront regime had indulged incriminalization of the schoolcurriculum by teaching wronglessons to students," alleged anexpert involved in the processduring the last nine months.

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Days after Congress leaderCP Joshi stirred a contro-

versy with his alleged casteistremarks, the ElectionCommission (EC) on Saturdayissued a notice asking him tofile a reply by 11 am on Sunday.The notice was given a day afterthe BJP lodged a complaintwith the EC.

Joshi had on Friday apol-ogised for his casteist remarksafter Congress chief RahulGandhi disapproved of hiscomments and asked him toexpress regret.

The BJP had, however,rejected Joshi's apology, sayingthe comments "insulted" theIndian culture and the Hindureligion. The RajasthanAssembly Elections 2018 isscheduled to take place onDecember 7.

According to EC officials,the notice was served to Joshiby the returning officer ofRajsamand district. Joshi iscontesting the December 7Rajasthan assembly electionsfrom Nathdwara constituency.EC officials said that furthercourse of action in the matterwill be decided after the can-didate's response.

Addressing a poll meetingin Rajasthan on Thursday,Joshi had reportedly saidPrime Minister NarendraModi, BJP MP Uma Bhartiand Hindu activist SadhviRitambhara are from "lowercastes" and know nothing of Hinduism.

He said it is the Brahminswho are learned and know ofHinduism.

Congress President RahulGandhi on Friday disap-proved of Joshi's remarks in a tweet. The Congress chiefsaid the remark is contrary tothe party's ideals. Later, Joshitendered an apology.

The BJP, however, rejectedthe apology and said Gandhimust take responsibility andexpress regret.

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Former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh Saturday

said that a nation without well-functioning institution "runsthe risk of being a failednation". Singh stated this in anobvious reference to the con-troversy related to CBI and RBIin recent times.

"Such a situation can cre-ate chaos in society, economyand polity. A nation withoutwell-functioning institutionsis bound to fail," said Singhadding that when institutionsfall prey to extra-constitution-al powers and no state actors,there is a risk of violence enter-ing the process or transition.

"The deterioration of theinstitutions adversely affectsthe functioning of variousorgans of the State and ineroding their credibility, " Singhsaid while addressing an audi-ence at former PresidentPranab Mukherjee Foundationevent in the national Capital.

The former PrimeMinister said that the well-functioning institutions ofgovernance are a necessarycondition to maintain peaceand harmony. "Besides, theinstitutions must be impartial,objective and should functionfor the benefit of all sectionsof society. Unfortunately,integrity of major institutionsfaces many challenges," he added.

"To maintain secularcharacter of all the institu-tions (Judiciary, Executiveand Legislatures) is a pre-req-uisite for peace and harmonyand a violence free transitionand transformation.Eventually, it is the responsi-bility of the political and reli-gious leadership, civil society,intelligentsia and the media touphold the Constitution andthe integrity of institutions.When the institutions startdeviating from a just dis-charge of their constitution-al responsibilities and know-ingly or unknowingly fallprey to the extra-constitu-

tional powers and non-stateactors then there is a dangerof violence entering into theprocess of transition andtransformation," he said.

The ex-PM also elucidat-ed on the theme of the idea ofIndia while referring to thesecular character of thenation. "The very idea of Indiarevolves around unity indiversity and diversity inunity…India is a multicultur-al, multilingual, multireligioussociety…communal harmo-ny is extremely important forcitizens," he said.

Referring the MahatmaGandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Act,Food Security Act and Rightto Education Act are some ofthe initiatives taken by theUPA Government, Singh said

that more and more suchmeasures, along with an effec-tive implementation of poli-cies and programmes arerequired so that the people atthe margin could live a dig-nified and peaceful life. Thiswould certainly improve theirhappiness index.

"Environment is anotherarea which has a direct bearingon every aspect of life.However, the consumption-led growth model and ever-increasing human greed aregiving rise to a reckless use andmisuse of scarce naturalresources. This, in turn, is pos-ing a serious threat to envi-ronment and sustainability ofgrowth and development and isresulting into an ever-increas-ing conflict between man andnature," Singh said.

New Delhi: Former PrimeMinsiter Manmohan Singhwelcomed the building of theKartarpur corridor, linkingIndia's border district ofGurdaspur with the historicGurdwara Darbar Sahib inKartarpur, Pakistan.

Asked about PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'scomments that the corridorwill act as a bridge between thepeople of the two countries,Singh, however, cautioned thatthere were many hurdles tocross before it could beachieved.

"There are many hurdlesand one should not underesti-mate those hurdles. But anybeginning is a good beginning,I hope it is successful," he toldreporters on the sidelines of aconference titled "TowardsPeace, Harmony andHappiness: Transition toTransformation", organised bythe Pranab MukherjeeFoundation.

Earlier, addressing the

gathering at the PranabMukherjee Foundation, theformer PM said that 'GuruNanak, the founder of SikhReligion, says, "Truth is highbut higher still is truthfulliving".

Mahatma Gandhi did notwant any division among peo-ple based on their caste, creed,colour and religion or baselesssuperstitions'.

"He firmly believed thatcommunal harmony wasessential for the freedom and growth of India. 'Manaski jaat sabhe eke pehchanbo'is the underlying message ofthe Sikh religion," he said.

Earlier, in a significantdecision, the Union Cabinethad cleared a proposal onThursday to develop a corri-dor from Dera Baba Nanak inPunjab's Gurdaspur districtto the International Border tofacilitate Indian pilgrims tovisit Gurdwara Darbar Sahibin Kartarpur, Pakistan.

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Bengaluru: Congress leaderand former Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah said on Saturdaysix months was too early a peri-od to assess the performance ofthe Congress- Janata Dal(Secular) coalitionGovernment in Karnataka.

Siddaramaiah, who is alsothe head of the coalition coor-dination committee, said themuch-awaited expansion of theH D Kumaraswamy-led cabinet

would take place at the earliest,after discussions with Congresspresident Rahul Gandhi, who isbusy campaigning for assemblypolls in five States.

"It (Govt) is going fine. Sixmonths... It is too early to assessthe performance of the govern-ment," Siddaramaiah toldreporters in Mysuru. The formerchief minister said theGovernment was implement-ing the common minimum pro-

gramme set out by the coalitioncoordination committee and theprogrammes of the previousGovernment were also continu-ing. Responding to a question,Siddaramaiah maintained thatthere was good coordinationbetween both the Congress andthe JDS. The coalition Govt,which came to power withKumaraswamy assuming officeon May 23, completed six yearsin office on Friday.

"(The) Cabinet will beexpanded at the earliest.@INCIndia president@RahulGandhi is busy in theassembly elections of 5 states &we shall discuss about theexpansion as soon as hebecomes free from his busycampaign schedule,"Siddaramaiah said in a tweet.

He said the party Stateleaders would go to New Delhito finalise details after getting

an appointment from Gandhi.There are now six vacant

ministerial positions left for theCongress, and two for the JDS inthe cabinet. Currently,Kumaraswamy heads a cabinetof 26 Ministers.

On the 2019 Lok Sabhapoll, Siddaramaiah said prepa-rations were on and discussionsabout seat-sharing with the JDSwould begin after elections forfive states were over. PTI

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Congress leader PChidambaram has termed

as "false" and "baseless" the alle-gations of the CBI before acourt here that he as FinanceMinister had unlawfully grant-ed FIPB approval to aMauritius-based company inthe Aircel-Maxis case.

The submissions weremade by the politician in hisrejoinder filed in response tothe reply of the probe agency.The CBI, in its reply to theanticipatory bail plea ofChidambaram, had alleged thathe was not cooperating in theinvestigations.

The averments (by theCBI) that the applicant(Chidambaram) had usurpedthe power of the CabinetCommittee of EconomicAffairs, unlawfully granted theFIPB (Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board) approval toGlobal CommunicationServices Ltd, Mauritius, andhad chosen not to disclosefacts which are in his exclusiveknowledge are denied as beingfalse, baseless and untenable,the politician said.

The rejoinder submissionswere filed before Special JudgeO P Saini through advocates PK Dubey and Arshdeep Singh.

It is submitted that theFIPB was chaired by the secre-tary, economic affairs, andincluded four other secretaries(industry, commerce, externalaffairs and overseas Indianaffairs), and the secretary of theAdministrative Ministry con-cerned.

"Five of them were amongthe senior most IAS officersand sixth was a senior IFS offi-cer of the Ministry of Externalaffairs. Each one of them hada long and distinguished recordof service," the rejoinder said.

It said as per the normalprocedure, the recommenda-tions of the FIPB are submit-ted to the Ministry of Financewhere they are once againexamined by junior officersand then by the additionalsecretary and secretary beforethe file is put up to the com-petent authority (FinanceMinister).

It is the FIPB that decideswho is the competent author-ity in the given case, the rejoin-der said.

New Delhi: The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has seized sixhigh-end cars, including Ferrari,Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz, reportedly belonging toTDP MP YS Chowdary and hassummoned him for questioningnext week in connection with analleged �5,700-crore bank loanfraud case.

The agency said it took theaction under the Prevention ofMoney Laundering Act(PMLA) after it conductedsearches at eight premises of theSujana Group in Hyderabadand Delhi on Friday.

The ED said Chowdary, asitting Rajya Sabha member ofthe Telugu Desam Party (TDP),was the man behind the SujanaGroup of companies and it hasgathered evidence that "alldirectors of various SujanaGroup of companies act underhis instructions".

The agency said the high-end cars seized were registeredin the name of dummy com-panies. The TDP MP, consid-ered close aide of AndhraPradesh Chief Minister andparty president N ChandrababuNaidu, has been summoned forquestioning on November 27 inthe case, it said.

Chowdary was a Ministerof State (MoS) in the Union

cabinet before Naidu quit theNDA early this year over theCentre's refusal to grant specialstatus to Andhra Pradesh

The ED said it raided thecompany (Sujana group) inpursuance of a bank fraud caseof a Chennai based firm MsBest and CromptonEngineering Projects Ltd(BCEPL).

Documents related toalleged shell firms, under theumbrella of the Sujana group,were recovered after raids werecarried out against the Chennaifirm, it said

"Verification conductedwith the documents/recordsseized indicated that BCEPLalong with other companies ofSujana group were functioningunder the chairmanship of Y SChowdary, who is a sitting RSMP of TDP.

"Investigations revealed thatall directors of various Sujanagroup companies act under theinstructions of Chowdary whichis evidenced by the email cor-respondences and communica-tions recovered from the busi-ness/residential premises of thedirectors of BCEPL," the ED saidin a statement.

It said that in "voluntarystatements tendered underSection 50 of the PMLA, direc-

tors of BCEPL had statedChowdary is the personresponsible for the entire activ-ities of Sujana group of com-panies and that they all haveacted/rendered their signatureson the insistence Chowdary,either directly or through CFOand company secretary ofSujana group and that they arenamesake directors and as suchthey had no idea as to how thefunds of BCEPL were utilisedand that the entire opera-tions/transactions of SujanaGroup of companies are knownonly to these key persons."

In light of these charges,the agency searched eight loca-tions of the Sujana group onFriday which "revealed thatthe banks have been defraud-ed by the group companies tothe tune of more than �5,700crore", the ED said.

Documents recovered indi-cate that the group was control-ling over 120 companies andmost of them are non-operatingor existed on paper only (shellfirms) without any genuine busi-ness activity, the agency said.

Preliminary statementsindicate that certain loans togroup companies were sanc-tioned against the personalguarantee of Chowdary, itadded. PNS

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The banned ULFA(Independent) on Saturday

claimed responsibility for thegrenade attack in Sibsagar dis-trict on Thursday that killedtwo people.

A grenade had explodedat a hardware shop in theDemow Chariali area of thedistrict, killing a customer,Anup Gupta, and theshopowner, Kamal Agarwal,on Thursday.

"We take responsibility forThursday's explosion andsooner or later stern action willbe taken against those whobetray us. But our target wasnot the customer Anup Gupta

but the owner of the shop,"ULFA(I) Assistant SecretaryPublicity and InformationArunodoy Asom said in an e-mailed statement.

The outfit expressed con-dolences to Gupta's family say-ing "our hearts go out to them".

The organisation, howev-er, denied any role in thekillings of five persons atDhola in Tinsukia district onNovember 1, as claimed bythe Assam police and National InvestigationAgency (NIA).

Unidentified gunmen inbattle fatigue had shot dead fiveBengali speaking individuals,including three members of afamily, on November 1.

"We had clarified earlierthat the ULFA (I) is not respon-sible for the Tinsukia incidentand we challenge the NIA totell the people of Assam onwhat basis they are accusing usof the killings," Asom said inthe statement.

Director General of Police,Kuladhar Saikia, had said onThursday that the ULFA (I)was behind the Tinsukiakillings.

According to the prelimi-nary investigations conductedby police and NIA, there wassufficient "technical evidence"about a six-member team ofthe ULFA-I being behind theTinsukia firing incident, theDGP had said.

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Chennai: A Central teamdeputed to assess the damagecaused by Cyclone Gaja inTamil Nadu on Saturday helddiscussions with ChiefMinister K Palaniswami here.

The seven-member team isheaded by Daniel E Richard, asenior official in the UnionHome Ministry in New Delhi.The team members met theChief Minister at the Secretariatand held discussions with him,an official release said.

Tamil Nadu Ministers DJayakumar, C Ve Shanmugamand RB Udayakumar and seniorofficials including ChiefSecretary Girija Vaidyanathanwere present during the meeting.While five members of the teamhad arrived from Delhi yester-day, two others who are sta-tioned here, have joined them.

The offcials belong to var-ious Central departments suchas Finance, Power andAgriculture. The team isexpected to complete its assess-ment in three days starting witha visit to Tiruchirapalli.

During his meeting withPrime Minister Narendra Modi

in New Delhi Thursday,Palaniswami sought about�15,000 crore as central assis-tance towards relief and reha-bilitation activities in cyclone-hit districts of the state.

He also asked Modi todepute a central team to assessthe damage. Cyclone 'Gaja'had crossed the Tamil Naducoast early on November 16between Nagapattinam andVedaranyam, about 300 kmfrom Chennai. It left behind atrail of destruction inNagapattinam district and alsoin several other districts.

The cyclone has claimed 63lives, with Nagapattinam,Tiruvarur, Thanjavur andPudukottai being the worstaffected districts. PTI

Chennai: Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister K PalaniswamiSaturday announced a solatiumof �15 lakh to the families ofeach of the two workers of State-run power utility, TANGEDCOwho were electrocuted whilerepairing electricity poles dam-aged due to cyclone Gaja.

Condoling the deaths of thetwo workers, he said one personfrom each of their families wouldalso be provided employment ina Government enterprise.

The two workers of theelectricity monolith TANGED-CO -Shanmugam andMurgesan- were electrocuteddays ago while they were restor-ing damaged power poles atNagapattinam and Pudukottaidistricts respectively.

"I have ordered the releaseof �15 lakh -�13 lakh from theChief Minister's Public ReliefFund and �2 lakh from theTANGEDCO funds- to theirfamilies," Palaniswami said inan official release.

As many as 1,13,566 elec-tricity poles, 1,082 transform-ers and 194 substations weredamaged due to the severecyclonic storm 'Gaja.' PTI

Thiruvananthapuram: TheKerala unit of the Congresson Saturday asked thePinarayi Vijayan Governmentto end the prevailing "policeraj" in Sabarimala for morepilgrims to visit the LordAyyappa shrine.

The district authoritieshave now extended the pro-hibitory orders in and aroundthe temple town t i l lNovember 26 and accordingto official figures, there hasbeen a drop of �14 crore inrevenue for the first week ofthe season as compared to theprevious year.

Last year the total collec-tion was �22 crore.

"We were there at the tem-ple town and the place looksdeserted. If one looks into theprevious seasons, by now amillion pilgrims would havecome and gone, whereas thistime due to the 'police raj' pre-vailing at the temple town, justaround 2 lakhs have come tilltoday," Leader of oppositionRamesh Chennithala told themedia here.

"Pilgrims will only comewhen the 'police raj' is lifted,"Chennithala said, adding thatSabarimala was the only reli-gious place where prohibitoryorders were in force.

An uneasy calm has beenprevailing in the temple townever since protests by Hindugroups started after theSeptember Supreme Court ver-dict that allowed women of allages to enter the temple thathitherto banned girls andwomen aged 10-50.

The apex court onNovember 13 refused to staythe September verdict, threedays before the temple openedfor this season.

The Left DemocraticFront Government led by theCPI-M has been trying toimplement the apex court'sverdict even as the Congress,the Bharatiya Janata Partyand several Hindu groupswere up in arms against it.

Reacting to the drop inrevenue, State Minister forDevasoms (temples)Kadakampally Surendran toldthe media that while the stategovernment will not have anyissues due to it, the salaries,pension and other expendi-ture of the TravancoreDevasom Board wi l l be affected.

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The insolvency law hashelped in directly and indi-

rectly addressing stressed assetsworth �3 lakh crore in the lasttwo years, a senior Governmentofficial said on Saturday.

More than 9,000 cases havecome for redressal under theInsolvency and BankruptcyCode (IBC), which became fullyoperational in December 2016.

Corporate AffairsSecretary Injeti Srinivas saidthere has been a direct andindirect impact of the Code onstressed assets worth close to�3 lakh crore.

The estimated amount,included recoveries madethrough resolution plans andcases settled before admis-sion by the National CompanyLaw Tribunal (NCLT) underthe Code.

Over 3,500 cases have beenresolved at pre-admission stageand resulted in claims worth�1.2 lakh crore getting settled,

he said.Under the Code, cases are

taken up for resolution onlyafter approval from the NCLT.

"About 1,300 cases havebeen admitted and out of that,in about 400 cases, corporateinsolvency resolution processhas been completed... In 60cases resolution plans havebeen approved, in 240 cases liq-uidation orders have beengiven, 126 cases are in appeal.These cases which have beenresolved have led to recovery of�71,000 crore as of now,"Srinivas said here.

Taking into considerationcases that are at a mature stageof being addressed under theCode, he said the amount wouldbe another �50,000 crore.

"If you factor that, youhave around �1.2 lakh crorecoming through resolutions...(then adding up) pre-admis-sion settlements, then itbecomes �2.4 lakh crore,"Srinivas said.

Further, the Corporate

Affairs Secretary noted thatthere are non-standard NPAaccounts that have been con-verted to standard accounts byvirtue of borrowers payingback the overdue amount andthat figure would be around�45,000 to �50,000 crore.

Together, the amountwould be close to �3 lakh crorein terms of stressed assets thathave been directly and indi-rectly impacted by the Code, headded.

Srinivas also said thatmuch of the money might bepertaining to operational cred-

itors.Besides, he said there are

some bottlenecks with NCLT,insolvency resolution profes-sionals and Committee ofCreditors (CoC).

"Today, I find that morethan 3,200 cases pending formore than 90 days for admis-sion... So who to blame? I willnot blame NCLT but NCLT hasto be more conscious abouttime (line)," he noted.

According to him, there arealso instances of delay in prepa-ration of Expression of Interests(EoI) with respect to entitiesunder the resolution process aswell as in evaluation of bids.

These are issues that needto be seriously looked into bythe insolvency resolution pro-fessionals.

"CoC should really becomemore responsible, moreempowered and more account-able. Ultimately, they are tak-ing decision which is affectingpublic interest and nationalinterest," Srinivas emphasised.

He said that there shouldnot be asymmetry of informa-tion as the objective of resolu-tion process is maximisation ofthe value of assets.

"I would urge upon theIBBI Chairperson to look at asystem where information isavailable in the public domaintransparently... So that it isnot the prerogative of the few,"he added.

Srinivas also suggested theidea of having a "pre-packed"model, like in some maturedjurisdictions, for cases comingup before the NCLT forapproval under the Code.

"It has to be a completelytransparent process. Literally, aninsolvency practioner should beappointed by the board... It(pre-packed model) is littlepremature. I think we can lookat it. It needs more assessmentand research," he noted.

Insolvency and BankruptcyBoard of India (IBBI)Chairperson M S Sahoo said itwas not advisable to exclusive-

ly rely on the Code for resolu-tion of all problems, addingthat everyone has to play theirroles under the Code.

Noting that the Code pro-vides for basically a "cash flowapproach and not a balancesheet approach", Srinivas saidthere has been a tectonicchange in the behaviour of bor-rowers and lenders.

"Today's estimation is(that) about �10 lakh crore ormore is stuck up in NPA andmay be another about �8 lakhcrore is stuck up in DRTs(Debt Recovery Tribunals) andother places.

"The amount of moneystuck up that can be releasedcan give a push to economicgrowth," he said.

The Code has beenchanged four times, includingthrough two ordinances, inthe last two years.

They were speaking at aconference on 'EnsuringEfficiency in ResolutionProcess' here.

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyhas said the Government

does not need any extra fundsfrom the Reserve Bank or anyother institution to meet thefiscal deficit target.

However, he added thatextra funds, which may accruefrom the new capital frame-work of the Reserve Bank, canalways be used for povertyalleviation programmes overthe years by futureGovernments.

"We don't need any extrafunds from any other institu-tion to finance our fiscal deficit.Let's be very clear that's not theintention of the Government.And we are not saying that innext six months give me somemoney. I don't need it,” theminister said in an interview toTV channel Times Now.

India's fiscal deficit is slat-ed to come down to 3.3 percent of GDP at the end of thecurrent fiscal.

Responding to criticismthat the Government was eye-ing RBI's reserves, Jaitley saidglobally central banks have acapital framework which deter-mines the amount of funds thatought to be maintained asreserves.

"All we are saying is therehas to be some discussion andsome norms under whichReserve Bank will have a cap-ital framework," he said, addingthat surplus funds could beused for poverty alleviationprogrammes by futureGovernments over the nextseveral years.

The RBI board at its meet-ing earlier in the month decid-ed to set up a high-level com-mittee for examining theEconomic Capital Framework(ECF) to determine the appro-priate levels of reserve the cen-tral bank should hold.

The RBI is reported to beholding a massive �9.59 lakhcrore of reserves.

Answering questions with

regard to the autonomy of theReserve Bank, Jaitley said it hasto be exercised within theframework of law.

"The Government's view-point is that we respect and wewill always maintain the auton-omy within the framework ofthe laws which have been laiddown," he said.

The Government, Jaitleyadded, would continue to flagissues with the Reserve Bank inthe larger interest of the econ-omy, and there has to be coor-dination between the centralbank and the Government

"If there are sectors ofeconomy which are starved ofliquidity or credit, as a sover-eign Government... We cer-tainly will flag those issueswherever the RBI has theauthority to decide certainthings," the Minister said,adding there is no institution-al failure.

He further said that duringthe Congress-led UPA regime,fiscal deficit went as high as 6per cent of the GDP.

"We inherited a 4.6 per centfiscal deficit. This Governmentsince 1947 in five-year tenurehas the best record of fiscalprudence that any Governmenthas. From 4.6 per cent this yearwe are going to bring it downto 3.3 per cent," he added.

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Cash-starved private carrierJet Airways has temporari-

ly suspended its complimenta-ry lounge services to JetPrivilegeplatinum and gold memberstravelling in economy class, asit battles high operations costdue to increased jet fuel pricesand falling rupee.

The revised complimenta-ry lounge access policy, whichis not applicable for flightsoperated by its codeshare part-ner carrier, will come into effectfrom December 1, Jet Airwayssaid in a communication to cus-tomers on its website.

"Effective December 1, wehave revised our complimen-tary lounge access policy forguests travelling in economy.Complimentary lounge accessfor JetPrivilege platinum andgold members travelling ineconomy will be temporarilysuspended," it said.

Queries sent to Jet Airwaysspokesperson on this issueremained unanswered.

These services, however,will continue to be provided tocustomers travelling in the firstand business class across JetAirways domestic and interna-

tional network, the airline said.The move comes weeks

after Travel Food Services(TFS), the firm that operatesthe lounge at Mumbai airport,discontinued the facility for JetAirways passengers due tonon-payment of dues.

The Naresh Goyal-con-trolled full service carrier, par-tially owned by Etihad Airwaysof Abu Dhabi, has posted a netloss of �1,261 crore in theSeptember quarter, as the toughoperating environment for theaviation industry continues toimpact.

This was the third succes-sive quarterly loss for JetAirways, which is struggling toraise capital to keep itself afloat.

"In view of this extremelychallenging operating envi-

ronment, we at Jet Airwayshave had to take some unprece-dented steps," the airline said inthe communication.

One such step is suspen-sion of these services for plat-inum and gold members ofJetPrivilege travelling in econ-omy class, it added.

Last week, airline chief exec-utive officer Vinay Dube hadsaid it was in "active discussion"with various investors to securesustainable financing to navigatethrough current headwinds andcreate long-term growth.

The airline also said in thecommunication that Silver tiermembers starting their journeyor transiting through AbuDhabi will not be able to enjoycomplimentary lounge accessat Abu Dhabi airport.

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Microsoft has become themost valuable US compa-

ny with $753.3 billion in mar-ket capitalisation, riding pastApple for the first time since2010 when it came close to theCupertino-based tech giant.

Apple, which became thefirst $1-trillion US company inAugust, came down to $746.8billion on Friday, owing tolower-than-expected iPhonesales amid reports of its suppli-ers cutting cost and workforce.

Amazon with $736.6 bil-lion is currently at third andAlphabet (the parent companyof Google) with $725.5 billionis at the fourth spot.

"With Microsoft now over-shadowing all three, includingAlphabet Inc, the firm nowlooks to be the most valuabletech company of the SiliconValley giants," mspoweruser.comreported.

The investors are now bet-ting big on companies withrobust Cloud services and soft-ware services which are wit-nessing an increased demandfrom big and small enterpris-es the world over for their dig-ital journey, at a time whengiants like Facebook andGoogle face intense scrutiny forusers' data practices.

Riding on its growingAzure Cloud, gaming andSurface laptop portfolio,Microsoft posted a revenue of$29.1 billion and net income of$8.8 billion for the first quar-ter of its 2019 financial results.

Revenue was up 19 percent while net incomeincreased by 34 per cent.Operating income was $10 bil-lion and increased 29 per cent.

"We are off to a great startin fiscal 2019, a result of ourinnovation and the trust cus-

tomers are placing in us topower their digital transfor-mation," CEO Satya Nadellasaid in a statement.

Revenue in IntelligentCloud was $8.6 billion andincreased 24 per cent. Serverproducts and Cloud servicesrevenue increased 28 per centdriven by Azure revenuegrowth of 76 per cent,Microsoft informed.

Revenue in More PersonalComputing was $10.7 billionand increased 15 per cent.

"Windows commercialproducts and Cloud servicesrevenue increased 12 per cent,"said the company.

Microsoft's gaming rev-enue increased 44 per centwith Xbox software and ser-vices revenue growth of 36 percent while Surface revenueincreased 14 per cent.

On the other hand, slower-than-expected demand hasreportedly led Apple to directits top phone assemblers,Foxconn and Pegatron, to halta planned production boost foriPhone XR, a relatively cost-effective model that hit theshelves late last month.

Foxconn, a Taiwan-basedcompany, would produce around100,000 fewer units daily toreflect the new demand outlook,down 20-25 per cent from theoriginal optimistic outlook,Japanese financial paper Nikkeireported earlier this week.

The estimates of iPhoneXR have been cut by nearly 30million shipments, according toan Apple analyst.

Ming Chi-Kuo, an Appleanalyst working with TFInternational Securities, saidearlier this month that ship-ment forecast for the iPhoneXR has been cut from 100 mil-lion units to 70 million unitsduring the product lifecycle.

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US stocks closed lowerFriday, bumping the

benchmark S&P 500 indexinto a correction, or drop of 10per cent or more from itsrecent all-time high inSeptember.

Energy companies led themarket slide as the price of U.S.Crude oil tumbled to its low-est level in more than a year,reflecting worries amongtraders that a slowing globaleconomy could hurt demandfor oil.

"Oil is really falling sharply,continuing its downwarddescent, and that appears to begiving investors a lot of concernthat there's slowing globalgrowth," said Jeff Kravetz,regional investment director atU.S. Bank Private WealthManagement.

"You have that, and thenyou have the recent sell-off intech and in retail, and thenthrow on there trade tensionsand rising rates." Losses intechnology and internet com-panies and banks outweighedgains in health care and house-hold goods stocks. Several bigretailers declined as investorsmonitored Black Friday forsigns of a strong holiday shop-ping season.

Trading volume was lighterthan usual with the marketsopen for only a half day afterthe Thanksgiving holiday.The S&P 500 index fell 17.37points, or 0.7 per cent, to2,632.56. The index is nowdown 10.2 per cent from its lastall-time high set Sept 20. Thelast time the index entered acorrection was in February.

The Dow Jones IndustrialAverage lost 178.74 points, or0.7 per cent, to 24,285.95. TheNasdaq composite dropped33.27 points, or 0.5 per cent, to6,938.98. The Russell 2000index of smaller-company

stocks picked up 0.40points, or 0.03 percent, to1,488.68.

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The first three subway traincoaches produced by a

Chinese train manufacturerfor the Nagpur Metro havecome off the production line,according to the company.

CRRC Dalian, an affiliatedcompany under China's toptrain manufacturer CRRCCorporation, received a traincoach order from the NagpurMetro last year.

The company is scheduledto produce 69 coaches andprovide train maintenance ser-vices for 10 years for the city'smetro rail, state-run Xinhuanews agency reported onSaturday.

With a stainless-steelbody, the train coaches aredesigned to run at a maxi-mum speed of 80 kms perhour. The coaches will be

used on two urban railwaylines totalling 38 kms inlength in Nagpur.

CRRC Dalian develops,produces and exports diesellocomotives, e lectr ic locomotives and urban rail cars.

The company has export-ed its products to countriessuch as New Zealand,Malaysia and Nigeria

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Nissan chief Hiroto Saikawaspoke of his "resentment

and dismay" at revelations ofmisconduct by former compa-ny chief Carlos Ghosn in a letter to company employees.

Saikawa said he could notreveal all details of what hadhappened because the case wasstill under investigation.

But the company accusedGhosn of having under-reported compensationamounts, misrepresented thecompany's investments andused company assets for per-sonal use.

It also accused representa-tive director Greg Kelly of hav-ing masterminded the fraudwith Ghosn. The company dis-missed Ghosn and Kelly onThursday.

As someone who haddevoted himself to the Nissanrevival plan, "I am left withgreat resentment and dismaythat is difficult to articulate",

wrote Saikawa."I truly regret, and would

like to apologise for, us betray-ing and completely lettingdown our customers, businesspartners and other stakehold-ers who supported us afterour revival," he wrote.

The internal memo invitedall staff to a "town hall" meet-ing Monday with Saikawa todiscuss the future of the com-pany.

Nissan's former chairmanGhosn has since Monday

been held in custody in Japanaccused of having understat-ed his income by some fivebillion yen (USD 44 million)between June 2011 and June 2015.

Japanese prosecutors havealso accused Kelly of having arole in the offences.

Deputy chief prosecutorShin Kukimoto said theGhosn case was "one of themost serious types of crime"under Japan's FinancialInstruments Act, and thatGhosn could face up to 10years in jail.

Although the Nissan boardsacked Ghosn and Kelly, theyhave made it clear they want totheir alliance with Renault andMitsubishi survive.

The board of MitsubishiMotors was reportedly set tomeet on Monday to discussGhosn's future.

Renault's board has so farstood by Ghosn -- naming hisdeputy Thierry Bollore to han-dle day-to-day business.

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The European Unionremoved the last major

obstacle to sealing an agree-ment on Brexit after Spainsaid it had reached a deal onSaturday with Britain overGibraltar on the eve of an EUsummit. British Prime MinisterTheresa May will then have themomentous task to sell the dealto her recalcitrant Parliamentand a nation still fundamentallysplit whether the UK shouldleave the EU on March 29 andunder what conditions.

Spanish Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez announcedSaturday that Madrid wouldsupport the Brexit divorce dealafter the UK and the EU agreedto give Spain a say in thefuture of the disputed Britishterritory of Gibraltar, which liesat the southern tip of theMediterranean nation.

“Europe and the UnitedKingdom have accepted theconditions imposed by Spain.Therefore, as a consequence ofthis, Spain will lift its veto andtomorrow will vote in favor ofBrexit,” Sanchez said.

Sanchez said that the dealis “is going to allow us to havedirect negotiations with theU.K. regarding Gibraltar.”

The move should allowEU leaders to sign off on theBrexit agreement betweenBritain and the EU at Sunday

morning’s summit.The tiny territory of

Gibraltar — ceded to Britain in1713 but still claimed by Spain— was the only dispute lefthanging before the summitand had turned into an obsti-nate stumbling block.

On Friday, Spain said itwouldn’t back the Brexit dealunless it gets a cast-iron guar-antee of its say over Gibraltar’sfuture. Sanchez said the agree-ment reached would give Spain“absolute guarantees to resolvethe conflict that has lasted formore than 300 years beforeSpain and the UK.”

May was on her way toBrussels when the deal camethrough and hopes to leave EUheadquarters on Sunday with afirm agreement.

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In our solar system family,Mars is Earth’s next-of-kin,

the next-door relative that hascaptivated humans for millen-nia. The attraction is sure togrow with Monday’s arrival ofa NASA lander named InSight.

InSight should provide ourbest look yet at Mars’ deep inte-rior, using a mechanical moleto tunnel 16 feet (5 meters)deep to measure internal heat,and a seismometer to registerquakes, meteorite strikes andanything else that might startthe red planet shaking.

Scientists consider Mars atantalizing time capsule. It isless geologically active than thetwice-as-big Earth and soretains much of its early histo-ry. By studying the preservedheart of Mars, InSight canteach us how our solar system’srocky planets formed 4 1/2 bil-

lion years ago and why theyturned out so different.

“Venus is hot enough tomelt lead. Mercury has a sun-baked surface. Mars is pretty

cold today. But Earth is a niceplace to take a vacation, so we’dreally like to know why oneplanet goes one way, anotherplanet goes another way,” said

InSight’s lead scientist BruceBanerdt of NASA’s JetPropulsion Laboratory inPasadena, California.

Today’s Earthlings arelured to Mars for a variety ofreasons.

Mars — “an incredible nat-ural laboratory” — is reason-ably easy to get to, and the U.S.,at least, has a proven trackrecord there, noted Lori Glaze,NASA’s acting director of plan-etary science.

The cherry on top is thatMars may have once been flushwith water and could haveharbored life.

“Trying to understand howlife is — or was — distributedacross our solar system is oneof the major questions that wehave,” Glaze said Wednesday ata news conference.

“Are we alone? Were wealone sometime in the past?”

In two years, NASA will

actually seek evidence ofancient microbial life on Mars— if, indeed, it’s there.

On Monday, the spaceagency announced JezeroCrater as the landing site for theMars 2020 rover, which willgather samples and stash themfor return to Earth in the early2030s. The crater’s ancient lakeand river system is brimmingwith diverse rocks, making it apotential hot spot for past life.

Repeat, past life. NOT pre-sent.

Michael Meyer, NASA’slead scientist for Mars explo-ration, said the Martian surfaceis too cold and dry, with toomuch radiation bombardment,for life to currently exist.

Recorded observations ofMars — about double the sizeof Earth’s moon — date back toancient Egypt. But it wasn’tuntil the 19th century thatMars mania truly set in.

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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as leader of

the ruling DemocraticProgressive Party (DPP) onSaturday after it suffered majordefeats in key mid-term polls,a significant blow to herprospects for re-election in2020.

The Beijing-friendly mainopposition Kuomintang(KMT) made gains in the faceof China’s increasing pressureon the island.

Taiwan is still awaiting theresult of a closely watched ref-erendum on gay marriage, withactivists fearing a win for con-servative “pro-family” cam-paigners would turn back theclock on the island’s reputationas a trailblazer for marriageequality.

Tsai and her DemocraticProgressive Party (DPP) havefaced a mounting backlashover domestic reforms includ-ing pension cuts, as well as con-cerns about deteriorating tieswith China, which still seesself-ruling Taiwan as part of itsterritory to be reunified.

Tsai told reporters that shewould take “complete respon-sibility” for the defeat as chairof the party.

“I resign as DPP chairper-son. Our efforts weren’t enoughand we let down all our sup-porters who fought with us. Iwant to express our most sin-cere apologies.” The KMT,which oversaw an unprece-dented thaw with Beijing beforeTsai took office in 2016,

declared victory in 15 of 22 cityand county seats, up from justsix going into the election.

The DPP, which went intothe election with 13 seats,declared victory in only six andlost its traditional stronghold inKaohsiung city for the first timein 20 years.

The Taipei mayoral seat isstill to be announced.

Beijing has intensified pres-sure on Taiwan under Tsai,upping military drills, poach-ing diplomatic allies and suc-cessfully convincing interna-tional businesses to list Taiwanas part of China on their web-sites. The DPP is traditionallypro-independence and Tsai hasrefused to acknowledgeBeijing’s stance that Taiwan ispart of “one China”, unlike herKMT predecessor Ma Ying-jeou. Ahead of the vote, Tsaiand DPP officials repeatedlysaid they believed China has

meddled in the lead-up to theelections through a “fake news”campaign, which Beijing hasdenied.

The KMT — which lost theleadership and its majority inparliament two years ago as thepublic feared it had moved tooclose to Beijing — framed theelection as a vote of no confi-dence in Tsai, with promises toboost the economy and pro-mote peaceful relations withChina.

Votes in 10 referendumswhich were also on the ballotpaper were still being countedlate Saturday and include pro-and anti-gay marriage propos-als.

A landmark court decisionlegalising gay marriage is stillto be implemented and LGBTgroups are concerned a refer-endum win for conservativecampaigners could limit theirnewly won rights.

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Iran’s President HassanRouhani on Saturday called

Israel a “cancerous tumour”established by Western coun-tries to advance their interestsin the Middle East.

Iran’s leaders frequentlycondemn Israel and predict itsdemise, but Rouhani, a relativemoderate, rarely employs suchrhetoric.

Addressing an annualIslamic Unity Conference onSaturday, Rouhani said “one ofthe ominous results of WorldWar II was the formation of acancerous tumor in the region.”

He went on to refer toIsrael as a “fake regime” set upby Western countries.

Iran supports militantgroups like Hezbollah andHamas that are pledged toIsrael’s destruction.

Iran has never threatenedto attack Israel, but has vowedto retaliate if it is attacked.

Israel views Iran as an exis-tential threat.

Rouhani said the UnitedStates cultivates close ties with“regional Muslim nations” toprotect Israel, an apparent ref-erence to Iran’s regional rivalSaudi Arabia and the kingdom’sSunni Arab allies.

He said bowing toAmerican pressure amountsto “treason.”

He added, however, thatIran was prepared to defendSaudi Arabia from “terrorismand superpowers.”

“We do consider you as abrother,” he said.

“We do consider the peo-ple of Mecca and Media ourbrothers,” he added.

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South Korea said on Saturdaythat the United Nations

Security Council granted anexemption to sanctions thatwill allow surveys on NorthKorean railroad sections theKoreas want to connect withthe South.

The surveys would requirethe South to bring to the Northfuel and a variety of goods,including possibly cars to teston northern tracks.

The Koreas plan to hold agroundbreaking ceremony bythe end of the year on anambitious project to connecttheir railways and roads asagreed by their leaders.

But beyond surveys andtape-cuttings, they cannotmove much further along with-out the lifting of US-led sanc-tions against North Korea,which isn’t likely beforePyongyang takes firmer stepstoward relinquishing its nuclearweapons and missiles.

The plan to moderniseNorth Korea’s outdated railwaysand roads and reconnect themwith the South was amongmany agreements reachedbetween North Korean leaderKim Jong Un and SouthKorean President Moon Jae-in,who met three times this yearamid a diplomatic push thateased tensions over the North’snuclear program.

Kim also met withPresident Donald Trump inSingapore in June, when theyissued a statement about a

nuclear-free Korean Peninsulawithout describing how orwhen it would occur.

North Korea insists thatsanctions should be removedfirst before any progress innuclear negotiations.

There’s also uneasebetween the United States andSouth Korea over the pace ofinter-Korean engagement,which Washington says shouldmove in tandem with US-ledefforts to denuclearise theNorth.

South Korea initially saidthat the joint surveys of NorthKorean railroads wouldn’t vio-late UN sanctions and hadhoped to start them in October.

Seoul later said thatWashington had different viewsand the two sides had discussedthe matter in a newly launchedworking group.

Even if the North takesconcrete steps toward denu-clearisation and gains sanctionsrelief, experts say updatingNorth Korean rail networksand trains, which creak slowlyalong the rails that were firstbuilt in the early 20th century,would require a massive effortthat could take decades andtens of billions of dollars.

Moon’s office released astatement saying it was mean-ingful that the plan to jointlyexamine North Korean rail-roads gained “recognition andsupport from the United Statesand international community”and that the project wouldallow inter-Korean cooperation“enter a new level.”

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Police fired tear gas andwater cannon on Saturday

in central Paris against “yellowvest” protesters demandingFrench President EmmanuelMacron roll back tax hikes onmotor fuel.

Some 3,000 police weredeployed in the capital asdemonstrators who haveblocked French roads over thepast week wearing their nowsignature high-visibility jacketswere set to cause another dayof disruption after calls tobring Paris to a standstill.

AFP reporters said severalthousand had gathered by earlySaturday on the famousChamps-Elysees where theyclashed with police trying toprevent them moving down tothe Place de la Concorde nearthe Louvre museum. Policesaid the protestors had tried tobreak through a cordon sever-al times but had been prevent-ed from doing so, with tear gasused more than once.

“We have just demonstrat-ed peacefully, and we wereteargassed,” said Christophe,49, who travelled from theIsere region in eastern Francewith his wife to protest in thecapital.

“We see how we are wel-comed in Paris.” Paris policeauthorities said Saturday’s inci-dents were linked to the “pres-ence of members of the far-right who harassed the securi-ty forces.”

The ‘yellow vest’ protesterswere seen ripping up pavingstones or starting to build bar-ricades. Nearly 3,00,000 peopleblocked motorways, round-

abouts, businesses, and fueldepots last Saturday and small-er protests have continued thisweek, with an estimated 5,000people wearing the fluores-cent yellow jackets taking parton Friday. The demonstrationswere sparked by an increase indiesel tax, justified as an anti-pollution levy by the govern-ment, but have since morphedinto a broad opposition front tocentrist Macron.

“I hope there will be a ver-itable yellow tide,” one of theleaders of the movement, right-wing political figure FrankBuhler, said this week as heurged supporters to descend onParis. But with some protestersbaulking at the cost of travel-ling to the capital, it wasunclear whether the organiserswould achieve their aim ofcausing gridlock in the City ofLight. Protesters had convergedearly Saturday on the Place del’Etoile at the top of theChamps-Elysee avenue, shout-ing “Macron resign”.

More than 35,000 people

had vowed on Facebook to rallyin the Place de la Concorde, agathering banned by authori-ties due to its proximity to thepresidential palace.

Police early Saturday hadcordoned off the zone thatincluded the Place de laConcorde, the NationalAssembly and a section of theChamps-Elysee.

“In this zone, no demon-stration, no gathering, nomarch linked to the ‘yellowvests’ can take place,” said Parispolice chief Michel Delpuech.

He said mobile police unitsbacked by helicopters wereready to intervene in case ofviolence or attempts to blockthe Paris ring road.

Paris authorities haveauthorised a demonstration ina park next to the Eiffel Tower.

“The government has doneeverything to demonise themovement that will take placein Paris,” said Clement Jonie ashe joined protesters gatheringin the west of Paris early onSaturday.

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Donald Trump has praisedthe work of his treasury

secretary after a report said thepresident was dissatisfied withhis pick and blames him for theappointment of a FederalReserve chairman who hasraised interest rates.

“I am extremely happy andproud of the job being done by@USTreasury Secretary”Steven Mnuchin, Trump saidon Twitter.

Citing Trump’s advisors,the Journal reported thatTrump has also voiced his dis-pleasure over Mnuchin’s skep-ticism toward punitive trade

actions against China, as wellas recent volatility of the stockmarket.

Quoting a person familiarwith the matter, the Journalreported that during a conver-sation with someone whopraised Mnuchin’s perfor-mance, Trump mentioned tur-bulence on the stock marketand asked: “If he’s so good, whyis this happening?”

The Trump White Househas been notorious for its highturnover, with heavyweightsincluding former secretary ofstate Rex Tillerson and attorneygeneral Jeff Sessions pushed outafter losing their boss’s confi-dence.

Trump said the reportabout Mnuchin was “fakenews,” a retort he also issued inlate 2017 over reports thatTillerson would leave theadministration. Working inMnuchin’s favour is his longhistory with Trump and repu-tation as an unswerving loyal-ist who does not allow dis-agreements to spill out into thepublic domain.

The main sticking point,however, is reportedly Trump’sannoyance with Jerome Powell,the chairman of the FederalReserve, whose ascendance hepins on Mnuchin — althoughTrump nominated Powell tothe post.

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Polls opened in Bahrain onSaturday to elect a new par-

liament, but absent from theballot is the country’s Shiite-dominated opposition, whosemost prominent figures areserving lengthy prison sen-tences. Up for grabs are 40seats in Bahrain’s lower houseof parliament and 30 munici-pal council seats. Runoffs willbe held next month.

It’s the second election inBahrain since mass protests ledby the country’s Shiite major-ity erupted in early 2011.

The government, whichis ruled by a Sunni monarchy,crushed the Arab Spring-

inspired protests with helpfrom Saudi and Emirati forces,but disenfranchised Shiiteyouth continue to hold scat-tered street protests in thetiny Persian Gulf nation.

Rights groups saySaturday’s vote is taking placein a repressive environmentthat is not conducive to freeelections.

Just before Bahrain held itslast parliamentary elections in2014, the country’s largestopposition bloc, Al-Wefaq,was suspended. Fourteen Shiitecandidates won seats in thoseelections, which were boy-cotted by much of the Shiite-dominated opposition.

Since then, Al-Wefaq has

been ordered dissolved and itsleader, Sheikh Ali Salman, hasbeen sentenced to life inprison.

Courts also dissolved thesecular Waad group and closedthe last independent newspa-per in the country, Al-Wasat.

Just this month, prosecu-tors detained and charged aformer lawmaker for express-ing his intention on Twitter toboycott the elections.

Prosecutors say the tweetssought to “hamper the demo-cratic process.”

More than 100 Bahrainishave been stripped of theirnationality in recent years,forced to take up residence inIraq and other countries.

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The leader of NorthernIreland’s Democratic

Unionist Party has used herkeynote speech at the annual conference to rejectthe British Government’splanned Brexit deal.

Arlene Foster said inBelfast on Saturday that thedeal agreed by Prime MinisterTheresa May is unacceptableand must be improved upon inthe weeks ahead.

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India's M C Mary Kom wona historic sixth Gold in theWorld Championships here

Saturday, the mother-of-threedoing, without breaking asweat, what no other womanboxer has done or knownbefore.

Moments after Mary Kombecame the most successfulboxer in the history of women'sworld championships by beat-ing Ukraine's Hanna Okhota inan unanimous 5-0 verdict inthe 48kg category summitbout, young Sonia Chahal set-tled for a Silver medal after los-ing her final.

The Olympic Bronzemedallist came into the all-important bout, optimistic ofadding to her five world cham-pionships titles, and, withoutan iota of doubt, she walked thetalk against Okhota in front ofa packed K D Jhadav Stadium.

The feisty Manipuri nowhas an incredible six Gold andone Silver in the showpiece, thelast yellow metal coming in2010 in Bridgetown.

India ended the champi-onships with 1 Gold, 1 Silverand 2 Bronze — from LovlinaBorgohain (69kg) andSimranjit Kaur (64kg).

India's best performanceever was the eight medals,including four Gold, it won in2006 in New Delhi.

She thanked the coacheswho taught her throughoutand the current Indian supportstaff.

"I dedicate this Gold to thenation and my countrymen."

A packed crowd waited forMary Kom to come out in thefirst final of the day. TheIndian straightaway went intothe ring and had her smallprayer in the blue corner.

It was a watchful start forboth the boxers and the

Ukrainian, much younger tothe Indian, showed attackingintent and kept coming onMary Kom. The wily Indiansoon began to take control. Shestepped back and pounced onher opponent to land someclear punches. The first roundclearly belonged to Mary Kom

and all the judges gave pointsin her favour.

The second round wasthe most closely contested onewith Mary Kom going formore attack. Okhota was ableto land a few strikes on theIndian. This round also wentin favour of Mary Kom, with

three judges favouring her andtwo going for Okhota.

The third round was dom-inated by Mary as she landedsome telling blows on Okhota— a right-handed jab, left-handcombination which rattled theUkrainian. The crowd wentberserk and when the result

was announced, the noisereached its crescendo, andMary Kom bowed to acknowl-edge.

The other Indian finalist,21-year-old Sonia lost toWahner Ornella Gabriele ofGermany in the 57kg final ina split 4-1 decision to settle fora Silver in her debut WorldChampionships.

Sonia, a rookie boxer whobegan competing at the seniorlevel only since 2016, won theclosely-contested first roundbut from there went downhillwith her German opponentgetting the upper hand to win29-28, 29-28, 28-29, 29-28,29-28.

The German landed a lotof punches on Sonia in the sec-ond and the Indian appearedto be trying to just play out thebout.

"I did my best but it wasnot enough. My opponent wasbetter on the day. I am happyto have won a Silver in my firstWorld Championships," shesaid.

"I will analyse my weak-nesses and work hard for the2020 Olympics."

Hailing from Bhiwani dis-trict, Sonia began her career in2011 when she was 14 and rosethrough the ranks by compet-ing at the school and sub-junior levels. She first won asenior level medal in 2016.

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Australia captain Aran Zalewski believesit will be one of the most open men's

hockey World Cups in recent times andhis team will have to test themselvesagainst the best to defend the title here.

"World hockey is close at the momentand very competitive and any team canwin and obviously India at home withhome crowd will be very tough to beat,"said Zalewski after arriving here with histeam for the World Cup.

"We have a chance to test ourselvesagainst the best in the world as we haven'ttested ourselves since Rio (2016 Olympics)so we want to do very well here," he added.

It is a sort of home coming forAustralia, who had claimed theChampions Trophy in 2014 and theHockey World League Final in 2017 here.

Australia has Ireland, England andChina in Pool B and head coach ColinBatch said it isn't going to be an easy taskfor his side even in Pool Stages.

"We are the Champions buta long way from winning thistournament. We have a lot ofwork to do. We saw that in theWomen's World Cup, a lot ofsurprises sprung up so we have to performat our best against Ireland in the first gameand then see what happens from there,"said Batch, a World Cup winner himselfin 1986.

"We haven't seen Irelandfor a while but they haveplayed some good hockey.England we have played thema few times, they are a good

side and China are a bit unknown so wejust take one game a time."

Australia open their title-defencecampaign against Ireland on November30.

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ber three Belgium and the fourth rankedNetherlands arrived in the city for theupcoming World Cup.

Clubbed in Pool D, also called the'Pool of Death' with heavyweightsGermany, Pakistan and Malaysia, theDutch are looking for tough matches rightfrom the start.

"We need to make sure we keep ourheads down and play our best everymatch," asserted Max Caldas, head coachof the Netherlands.

Speaking of the team's excitement tobe back in the city, experienced playerBilly Baker said, "We have won almostevery match we have played this seasonand we have also had really tough prepa-rations for the tournament.

"We are aware of the Bhubaneswarcrowds who come in large numbers andwe want to enjoy playing in front of themand also use their support to feel moti-vated."

The Netherlands begin their cam-paign on December 1.

World No 3 Belgium too arrived fewminutes after the Netherlands playerstouched down.

"We are arriving after three monthsof solid preparations. We pretty muchtrained full time and the preparationswere heavy. The guys are really fit andsharp. We are excited to get going," saidBelgium skipper Thomas Briels.

Belgium are grouped with hostsIndia, Canada and South Africa in PoolB and begin their campaign againstCanada on November 28.

England and New Zealand tooarrived late Friday night and were alreadyon the pitch on Saturday to get a feel ofthe newly-laid turf at the KalingaStadium.

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Indian gymnast Dipa Karmarkar onSaturday claimed a Bronze medal at

the vault event on the third day of theArtistic Gymnastics World Cup inCottbus, Germany.

The 25-year-old from Tripura, whohad an injury-marred campaign at theAsian Games, scored 14.316 to securethe Bronze in the tournament, which isalso a part of the eight-event qualifyingsystem for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Dipa had qualified for the vaultfinals on Friday, scoring 14.100 to fin-ish at the sixth place out of 16 gymnastsin the qualification.

Brazil's Rebeca Andrade won theGold with a score of 14.728, while USA'sJade Carey (14.516) bagged the Silver.

Dipa had won a Gold in the vaultevent of Artistic Gymnastics WorldChallenge Cup at Mersin, Turkey in Julyfor her first medal after returning toaction following a long lay-off of near-ly two years.

However, she had hurt her kneeagain during the Asian Games, missedthe vault final and was forced to pull outof the team event.

With this performance, the Indian,who had finished fourth at the RioOlympics, inched closer to qualifying

for the 2020 Olympics."Dipa has done well in the first tour-

nament. She will be travelling to twomore events out of Australia, Doha andBaku. But this event was the toughest.Congratulations to her coachBisweshwar Nandi. They have made thecountry proud. Now Olympics is notfar," said Riyaz Ahmed Bhati, Vice-President of Gymnastic Federation ofIndia (GFI).

"I am also thankful to the sportsministry and SAI for showing faith."

In the balance beam event, Dipascored 11.066 (4.8 + 6.266) for a lowlyfinish out of the 32 competing gym-nasts.

Rakesh Patra was ranked 16th outof 29 gymnasts in parallel bar qualifi-cation round with a score of 13,033 (5.3+ 7.733).

In the qualification round of men'svault, Ashish Kumar finished at the 23rdplace out of 27 gymnasts after scoring12.866.

Aruna Reddy, however, couldn'tparticipate in floor due to the kneeinjury she suffered on the opening day.

The Cottbus meet is part of aneight-event qualifying system for the2020 Olympics, under which the gym-nasts will make the cut based on thetheir top three scores.

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Former three-time winner Saina Nehwaland reigning champion Sameer Verma

were a step away from clinching the men'sand women's singles titles respectively,reaching the finals of the Syed ModiInternational World Tour Super 300 here onSaturday.

Commonwealth Games Silver medallistsSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shettyand Gold Coast bronze medallists AshwiniPonnappa and N Sikki Reddy also progressedto the summit clash in men's doubles andwomen's doubles respectively.

Third seed Sameer, who won titles atSwiss and Hyderabad this year, saw offIndonesia's Chico Aura DwiWardoyo 21-13 17-21 21-8 in a 57-minute men's singles semifinals.

The world number 16 Indian,who needs to win the title to qualifyfor the year-ending HSBC BWFWorld Tour Finals, will face sixthseeded Chinese Lu Guangzu in the summitclash. If he wins the title, Sameer will displaceJapan's Kenta Nishimoto at No 8 in the Raceto Guangzhou Rankings.

Saina, seeded second, also prevailed overanother Indonesian Ruselli Hartawan 12-21,21-7, 21-6 to set up a meeting with China'sHan Yue, who defeated compatriot Li Xuerui21-15, 19-21, 21-9 in another semifinal.

Men's pair of Satwiksairaj and Chiragstunned London Olympics Silver medallists

Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen ofDenmark 22-20, 25-23 to secure theirmaiden place in a Super 300 final.

The Indian duo, who had won aSuper 100 title at Hyderabad, will facesecond seeded Indonesian combi-nation of Fajar Alfian and RianArdianto in the men's doubles finals.

Ashwini and Sikki also made it to theirsecond successive finals here with a 21-18,21-16 win over Russian combination ofEkaterina Bolotova and Alina Davletova inwomen's doubles.

Ashwini, however, couldn't progress tothe finals of the mixed doubles event aftershe and her partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddywent down narrowly 12-21, 21-18, 19-21 tothe Chinese pair of Ou Xuanyi and FengXueying in the semifinals early in the day.

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Santiago Solari proved the perfectcaretaker but his debut as perma-

nent coach of Real Madrid on Saturdayended in a disastrous 3-0 defeat atEibar.

Four wins while in temporarycharge earned Solari a contract until2021 over the internationalbreak, only for Real to revertto the kind of chaotic displaythat cost Julen Lopetegui thesack.

This defeat also broughtinto focus the mindset ofMadrid's players, after theircaptain Sergio Ramos faced allegationsof an anti-doping violation on Fridaynight from German magazine DerSpiegel. The club denied any breach.

Eibar were stronger, more aggres-sive and, worryingly for Solari,appeared clearer about the plan theywanted to execute. Marc Cucurella,brilliant down the left, was instru-mental in all three goals, scored byGonzalo Escalante, Sergi Enrich andKike Garcia.

Real's loss halts their revival underSolari and denies them a goldenopportunity to make up ground onBarcelona and Atletico Madrid, whoface each other at the WandaMetropolitano later on Saturday.

"It is not about finding people toblame," Solari said afterwards."Everything is fixable. We had won fourstraight games, done some things verywell, and we have to get back to that."

Defender Raphael Varane added:"We were not well-organised, we werenot comfortable and we did not find

any answers."Eibar, meanwhile, shoot up to

seventh, a reward for their first ever vic-tory over Real Madrid at the 11thattempt, inside their tiny 7,083-capac-ity Ipurua.

"We could even have scored more,"said their coach Jose Luis Mendilibar.

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Spanish striker Paco Alcacer is making his loan dealat Borussia Dortmund permanent, the Bundesliga

leaders announced on Friday."We have informed FC Barcelona today that we will

apply the buy option," Dortmund's sport directorMichael Zorc said in a statement on the club website.

"Paco is wholeheartedly with us, he has quickly inte-grated and has become an integral part of our squad.

"He is a real scorer of highfootballing quality and hasalready won some importantgames for us. We look forwardto many more goals and assistsfrom Paco in the comingyears."

The 25-year-old Spanishinternational joined Dortmundfrom Barcelona on a one-yearloan deal in the summer andhas made an immediateimpression with nine goals injust eight appearances, includ-ing the winner against BayernMunich two weeks ago.

"I am very happy in Dortmund ... in this wonderfulteam," said Alcacer in the Dortmund statement.

"Borussia Dortmund was and is exactly the right deci-sion for me. I will do everything I can to say thank youfor your trust!"

Alcacer has agreed a contract that will run until June30, 2023.

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Sorry if I sound dramatic,but love for comics is alittle like your faith inGod. Without belief whatis God but a rock or a

mythical person that you have neverseen? Without belief, a comic issome animated story made for kids.

And thus, for the believers — whofrequent the temple of belief when

they pick up the latest comic book —the passing away of Stanley MartinLieber, popularly known as Stan Lee,

is the loss of their high priest. Unlike mere mortals who leave

behind a grieving family and friendsalong with their worldly possessions, StanLee has left behind much more. He hasleft behind the multiverse he created, thesuperheroes who were born from his gift-ed mind, a legacy that will take a lot totop, shoes so big they may never get filledagain, and endless memories.

The zest for life and the energy hepossessed made one wonder if Stan hadsome of the superpowers the charactershe created had. In fact, over the years, asI gorged on everything that the MarvelCinematic Universe (MCU) dished out, Ihave begun to look forward to Stan Lee’sspecial appearances as much as I lookforward to the sneak peek into the futuretimeline. As a postman, as Hef, as LarryKing, as a neighbour, as a rejected wed-ding guest to a person just enjoying hisbook on the subway, it is quite interestingthat he chose to be a common man always.

It is difficult to choose his best specialappearance: His laugh-riot cameo when heappears in Fantastic Four? His first line inHulk? Or as the Army Man who remarksabout Captain America, “I thought he’d betaller,” he is amazing. But for me, the twothat will always stand out are the timewhen he gave Thor, the God of Thunder, ahaircut in Thor: Ragnarok, and when hedelivers a package for the Iron Man as apostman and asks if he indeed is Tony‘Stank’ in Captain America: Civil War.

His cameo in Avengers 4 is confirmedand MCU fans will have one chance tobid him goodbye in 2019. But in the heartof their hearts, everyone expected him tolive beyond 100 because he was a super-hero in his own right. Aware of his mor-tality, Stan Lee had said in a 2010 docu-mentary, “I want to do more movies, Iwant to do more television, more DVDs,more multi-sodes, I want to do more lec-turing, I want to do more of everythingI’m doing. The only problem is time. I justwish there was more time.”

But I think the one quote that willperhaps leave his fans most teary-eyed isthe one where he spoke about them — hisfans — and their significance in his life.In a recently made public video, he is

seen saying: “It’s an equal love-fest. Ilove my fans. I cannot tell you howmuch I love my fans. Sometimes, atnight, when I’m sitting here, and I’mthinking, ‘Oh, what’s it all about?’ andthen I get a letter from a fan, or I read

something, or I see something, or Iremember something, and I realise,

it’s so lucky to have fans... fans whoreally care about you. And that’sthe reason I care so much aboutthe fans, because they make me

feel so great, and there’s something, ifyou think about it, is just so wonder-ful about somebody caring about youas I care about them, whom you’venever met, who may live in anotherpart of the world. But they care, andyou have something in common, andoccasionally, you contact each other.This business of fans, I think is terrif-ic, and I love ‘em all.”

But beyond the many comic books,the breathtaking movies, the charactersthat you will never forget, Stan Lee wasan inspiration as just Stan Lee too. Hesaid, “It’s fun doing something thathasn’t been done before.” Stan was sogreat at what he did because he lovedwhat he did. He couldn’t wait tothink of a new idea. He couldn’tstop putting his thoughts on paper.By his own admission, hefinished most of his workin the first sitting. Whenasked about hanging uphis boots, he said: “Mostpeople say ‘I can’t waitto retire so I can playgolf or go yachting’ orwhatever they do. Well,if I was playing golf, Iwould want that to fin-ish so I could go anddream up a new TV show!”

In his own inimitableway, Stan Lee told us never togrow up. He saw the worldas a comic book witheveryone in it playing adifferent character. He,who described comicbooks as “fairytales forgrown-ups”, told usabout the importanceof never letting go ofthe fun in life. He said,“I used to be embar-rassed because I was just a comic bookwriter, while other people were build-ing bridges or going on to medicalcareers. And then I began to realise:Entertainment is one of the mostimportant things in people’s lives.Without it, they might go off the deepend. I feel that if you’re able to enter-tain people, you’re doing a good thing.”

I think my way of giving a tributeto the genius of Stan Lee would bethrough the work that he dedicated hislife to. Just imagine, if the superheroeshe created walked into his funeral topay respects to their creator, whatwould have they said?

Spider-Man: “He sure spun a webaround us all and the trappings of theMCU were too tempting to resist.”

Hulk: “He smashed the naysayerslike only he can and showed us howto live life.”

Iron Man: “I may be Iron Man,but he is the ‘Man’. If it wasn’t forhim, none of us would be here.”

Dr. Strange: “You know I coulduse the Time Stone to look intothe future. But with him gone, Isee no future.”

Groot: “I am Groot.”Thor: “It is strange. I

am Odinson. But in a way, all of us, each one of us, is LeeSon.”

Black Panther: “He has left a hugehole in our lives. Before Wakanda Forever,it will always be Stan Lee Forever.”

If you’re one of those who is won-dering what the fuss is all about,have been ignorant enough to not

have heard of Stan Lee or unfortunateenough to ignore all superhero moviesas “not your thing”, if the only thingyou remember about comics is a child-hood memory where your schoolscreened Batman for you or when youflipped through your desi ChachaChaudhary or Nagraj, there is nomoment better than now to jump onthe bandwagon. Take a day off or

invest a weekend, invite yourfriends, get some popcorn in themicrowave, and set the tone for amovie marathon.

Here are six MCU super-hero movies that you may havemissed but shouldn’t have:

���(���B)++!CNow one of the most famousutterances from the MarvelCinematic Universe, IronMan describes himself as a“genius, billionaire, play-boy, philanthropist”. As

one of the most succinct butaccurate descriptions, TonyStark is the son of legendaryinventor and weapons contrac-tor, Howard Stark. When TonyStark is assigned to give a

weapons presentation to an Iraqiunit led by Lt Col James Rhodes,he’s given a ride on enemy lines.That ride ends badly when

Stark’s Humvee is attacked byenemy combatants. Hesurvives — barely — witha chest full of shrapnel and

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War II, when you meet the sickly butdetermined Steve Rogers who is dis-appointed at being rejected yet againfor the Army. However, his fatechanges when Dr Erskine recruits himfor the secret Project Rebirth. Makinguse of his big heart, quick thinkingand clear conscience, Rogers under-goes the experiment and his weakbody is suddenly transformed into themaximum human potential. When DrErskine is exterminated by an agent ofNazi Germany’s secret HYDRAresearch department (headed by theRed Skull), Rogers must bring to forehis abilities as the super soldier andsave his comrades who need him. Hegoes on a successful adventure thattruly makes him Captain America,

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the whole world, not justIndia. Albert Einstein, thecelebrated German-borntheoretical physicist, once

said about Gandhi, “Generations to comewill scarce believe that such a one as thisever in flesh and blood walked upon thisearth.” Last month, people across the worldcelebrated the 150th birth anniversary ofMohandas Karamchand Gandhi, betterknown as Bapu or Father of the IndianNation. His journey was as incredible asit was inspiring.

It was in the year 1915 that Gandhi hadreturned from Africa to India. Campaignsof Champaran and Kheda had acquaint-ed him with the conditions of India’s peas-antry. And by the middle of 1920s, Gandhiwas pre-occupied with the ConstructiveProgram. It entailed “doing what one canto imaginatively and positively create jus-tice within one’s own community”.

In 1927, he wrote in Young India “Inspite of my being a staunch Hindu, I findroom in my faith for Christian andIslamic, and Zoroastrian teachings…many Buddhists in Ceylon, as if byinstinct, claimed me as their own.Undoubtedly, if the Buddhists of Ceylon,and Burma, China and Japan, claimed meas their own, I should appreciate that hon-our readily because I know Buddhism isto Hinduism what Protestantism is toRoman Catholicism, only in a muchstronger light, much greater degree”

Gandhi’s efforts towards abolishinguntouchability made for another gloriouschapter in history. A Tamil Dalit oncewrote to Mahatma Gandhi about the sadsituation that faced the Indian society:“Even today a pariah dare not walk intoa street inhibited by Brahmins nor will heeven draw his drinking water from a wellused by the Brahmins”. Gandhi wasinterested in showing people how religionand society should essentially be allembracing and non violent. He had oncearranged for the stay of a Dalit family atSevagram. Ramchandra Guha, a notedhistorian, has talked about how Gandhiwas opposed to child marriage and con-demned the prohibition of widow re-mar-riage. Gandhi’s Ram was in his heart. Hedid not need a big temple. He neverentered a temple except once when theMadurai Meenakshi Temple was openedto Dalits. In regard to his concept of com-munal unity, he appreciated ProphetMuhammad’s idea of austere living.

In 1930, he launched a new phase ofthe Non-violent Resistance Movementwith the Salt Satyagraha. Gandhi madehis way to London for the Round TableConference to negotiate the terms ofIndia’s future. He put forward threeconditions:� I will not speak� I will not take anything� I will come clad in dhoti (loin cloth)

In British society, showing up in frontof the emperor with uncovered knees wasconsidered to be disrespectful. But Gandhihad his own principles and got the infor-mal title of the naked fakir.

In mid-1930, Gandhi started living inSevagram Ashram in Central India. Here,the visitors found him spinning thecharkha or the hand-cranked wheel. In1942, Bapu launched the final phase of thefreedom struggle with the call for theBritish to ‘Quit India’. Netaji SubhashChandra Bose, the rebel President ofCongress, did not believe in non-violence.It’s believed that he escaped from Indiaduring World War II, formed the INA(Indian National Army) and fought for theemancipation of India. In his Radiobroadcast from far East, he lamented“Bapuji, had I known that you would oneday give a call of “Quit India”, then whywould have I left India?”

I recall a sunny day in December, 1944.The writer, then a spirited boy in his teens,opted to follow a dusty track on a bicycle,It was from Wardha to Sevagram andhelped one avoid a ride in a bullock cart,the only public transport available then.

I moved in hurry to be back in time

to catch the night train. I was filled withrare enthusiasm to see the revolutionarysaint who occupied the centre stage inIndia’s struggle for Independence. Hisheartbeat epitomised the rise and fall ofnation’s pulse.

Indeed, it was Mahatma’s magic spellthat Abdul Ghaffar Khan (FrontierGandhi) became a follower of non-vio-lence. Also, amazingly under the Pathanleadership, the fierce tribals, whose credowas ‘Blood for Blood’, abjured violence andred shirts. Gandhi was a tower of strengthfor the unarmed teeming millions of hiscountry . He stood against the barbarismlet loose in Jallianwala Bagh.

With all these thoughts in my my head,at midday I reached Sevagram. Crossinga series of huts, I reached a mud-coveredplatform with two raised walls. Here,Pyarelalji with his team of assistant secre-taries were at work. My request for an audi-ence was regretfully turned down by himbecause Mahatma Gandhi was observing‘maun vrat’ on that day. Soon, an under-standing Mr Sinha, who was the AssistantPrivate Secretary, made me sit beside himon the mat at the mud platform and whis-pered in my ear “Approach Rajaji (CRajagopalachari)”. Rajaji emerged fromMahatma Gandhi’s hut. As I advancedtowards him, I found he had alreadystretched out his hand. The moment ourhands met, he asked, “Who are you?”Apologising for my lapse, I introducedmyself, “Sir, I am a student touring theprincely states. I have just come back fromHyderabad. Quickly, I prayed for MahatmaGandhi’s darshan. Rajaji consented. Myrequest having been accepted, I said, “I

want to tell him…” But Rajaji promptlysaid, “No telling please”. My encounter withthe forceful personality of Rajaji left me abit shook up. Hardly did I then realise thatI was face to face with the would-be firstGovernor General of Free India.

Granting my first request, he said, “Go through the side door leading to an enclosed open space. On your left, therewill be another open door and you will find Mahatma Gandhi sitting there. Have his darshan and come back throughthe same side door”.

A fleeting moment gave me glimpseof Gandhi, sitting on the floor mat in a hutwith mud walls barely two feet high anda hay roof top. His face was resplendentas a radiant sun. I stood respectfully withfolded hands. He responded with foldedhands and a smile on his gracious face. Notcontent, I moved ahead a few paces, andsoon retraced my steps and offered arespectful namaskar for the second time.Likewise, he responded the second time.The kind gesture of the noble man gave meimmense joy. My mission was achieved.

On my way back, I was thinking ofBapu’s favourite song:

Vaishnava Jana To, Tene Kahiye Je,Peed Paraayi Jaane Re

(A good soul is one that feels thepain of others)

This vibrated in many countries.Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore despitedifferences had great regard for each other.He called Gandhi Mahatma and Gandhiregarded him Gurudev. In a letter toRabindranath Tagore, Gandhi, a greatmusic lover, suggested to give bothHindustani as well as Western music and

Bengali music due place in Shantiniketan.Both Mahatma Gandhi and GurudevRabindranath Tagore were greatly influ-enced by Leo Tolstoy, a celebrated Russianwriter whose novel War and Peace is stillwidely read. To earn a meal, Tolstoyworked in his farm for eight hours every-day. Likewise, Mahatma Gandhi engagedin physical activity and did his ownchores. Once, a representative of TheWashington Post came to interview him.Gandhi made him wait as his goat wasthirsty and that was “more important”Self-help was to be practised by allinmates of the Ashram. One has to man-age one’s own waste, big or small.

Gandhi was against the Partition.“Pakistan would be raised only on mygraveyard,” he had once said. But he hadto give in due to bloodshed of his coun-trymen. Mahatma Gandhi had travelledthrough ravaged Hindu and Muslim set-tlements in Bihar and Bengal withManu and Abha who were called hiswalking sticks. Gandhi was of the viewthat India does not belong to Hindusalone nor does Pakistan belong toMuslims alone. India is the home ofMuslims no less than Hindus. He notonly helped in establishment of JamiaMillia Islamia, but also sent one of hissons to study there.

On one of these eventful days,demonstrators who championed thecause of refugees from Pakistan, reachedBirla House, Delhi where Pt JawaharlalNehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel andMaulana Azad were present.Demonstrators said “Let Gandhi die”.Nehru came out and shouted, “How dare

you say that? Come and kill me first!” Atthis, the demonstrators dispersed. As dan-ger stared him in the face, it was incum-bent that due care was taken to protecthim. Even though Gandhi was opposedto any such protection for himself. It maybe pertinent to point out that once KhanAbdul Ghaffar Khan invited Gandhi to hishouse near Mardan (NWFP). He wasextra vigilant to ensure Gandhi’s safetyand to foil any plot or any possible attempton his life. So, he made arrangements onthe rooftop of his room and kept PathanGunmen ready with loaded guns behindhay stacks to guard Gandhi withouteven a whiff of it to his guest. Later on,at the time of departure when it wasrevealed to Gandhi, he was annoyed as itwas against his creed of non-violence’.

Gandhi was also upset with theGovernment decision to withhold fromPakistan the share of sterling balanceowned by British. It was because ofPakistan’s invasion of Kashmir that theIndian Government had delayed payment.But in Gandhi’s view of the world, finan-cial debts to another person or entitywhether friend or enemy had to be takencare of immediately.

To kill a saint who was not even a partof the Government was rather tragic. It isindeed worse that the man who preachednon–violence met a violent end. ButGandhi could still live through his coun-trymen if they only truly follow him. SahirLudhianvi once burst out:

Ham Tere Hi Qatil hainTere Hi Pujjari Hain(Ironically, we his killers arehis worshippers.)

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Since ancient times, whatone eats and how hasdefined one’s place insociety. In South Asia,food cultures have been

as dynamically diverse as themany levels and layers of the soci-ety. Surveyed from above, theyreflect in their vividness the plu-rality of histories and practiceswhich have heterogeneously con-stituted the contours of belongingand identity in the subcontinent.

At a time when Indianness isbeing homogeneously distilled asa series of singular dispensations,this is an important lesson toremember. Even thoughIndianness as we commonlyunderstand it today may well bethe uneasy child of modernity andnationalism, the texture, touch,and taste of what it means to callone’s home India is a legacy mari-nated richly with symbiotic inno-vation. For potently evoking thisshared gastro-cultural heritage,Nandita Haksar’s The Flavours ofNationalism: Recipes for Love,Hate, and Friendship is a memoirwhich deserves to be read.

Presented through five the-matic chapters titled topically as“Meat-Eating Brahmins fromKashmir”, “Growing up Indian”,“Feminist Furies”, “Flavours ofClass, Caste, Religion andEthnicity”, and “Globalisation inGoa,” the book strongly urges forthe personal to be seen as indeli-bly public and political. Haksar’scommunal heritage of centuries ofparticipation in the compositeculture of the Hindustani heart-land and her personal life journeyas a human rights lawyer and afeminist are consistently fore-grounded as the bases of herstaunch commitment toIndianness. This quality of what itmeans to be Indian is an intro-spective acceptance of difference,a readiness to respect and to par-take of foodstuffs and food habitsdivergent from one’s own.

In “Growing up Indian,” forinstance, Haksar recalls the easewith which her parents made

friends within and outside newlyindependent India by experi-menting with different kinds offoods and food traditions. In thecautiously optimistic post-Warenvironment of decolonisation,food diplomacy as Haksar calls itallowed her father — freedomfighter and diplomat — to projectyoung India as an accepting, all-encompassing nation built onmutual and reciprocal apprecia-tion of different cultures andcuisines. While these and other

anecdotes may well seem rarefiedto most readers given the manyprivileges Haksar grew with, theyserve as a representative reminderof the attitudes to nation-buildingand nationalism which the pio-neering generation of India’s rul-ing elites espoused.

By contrast, then, the gradualnarrowing of the ambit of theacceptable in terms of dietaryhabits and preferences appears asa corollary of the corrosion of thisfoundational ideal of Indian

nationalism. Haksar identifiesvarious identitarian movementsas instrumental in the essentiali-sation of communal and regionalidentities and, consequently, offood cultures in contemporaryIndia. As much through riots andbans as through majoritarianindifference to regional cuisinesand customs, the big things aswell as the small, the mutual tol-erance which held Indian societytogether and constituted one ofthe pillars of Indian nationalism

has been in steady abeyance overthe past few decades. One of themany pertinent examples of thisgiven by Haksar is the ongoingtrial of a migrant Naga labourerjailed for killing and attemptingto eat peacocks, a practice com-mon in Nagaland but abhorrentlycriminal in the eyes of the policeand judiciary in Gurugram.

However, what we eat andhow has not just been a victimof internal politics in Haksar’sassessment. The steady liberali-

sation of the Indian economysince the early 1990s, the emer-gent commercialisation of foodproduction and distribution,and the so-called globalisationof dietary aspirations and choic-es have struck a resoundingblow to long-standing indige-nous techniques, traditions, andflavours. For example, frogs’legs, a much-loved Goan delica-cy, has been criminalised andbanned given the sudden deple-tion in frog population in the

State. While local catchers andfarmers have been blamed forexcessive consumption, Haksarargues that the larger share ofblame lies with promotion ofpesticides by the State for agri-culture and in the suddenexport value of this local com-modity discovered by multina-tional corporations.

To Haksar’s credit, her argu-ments in The Flavours ofNationalism appear cogent andconvincing because she makes hercase not simply on the basis offamilial and personal lived experi-ences but also on historical andlegal scholarship on South Asianfood cultures.

The text is also enriched bythe reproduction of choice recipesthrough the text, reflectingHaksar’s syncretic sense and expe-rience of Indianness. True, thenarrative itself appears disjointedand a little too episodic, a seriesof reminisces and not a labouredbildungsroman, but charitablereaders may well find in this deep,gastric and cultural metaphors ofIndianness as a whole.

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able in these times, short storiescan be prove incredibly tricky towrite, to master and to be effec-tive. Although the expanse of ashort story in terms of structureis limited and the focus needs tobe razor sharp, at the same time,a successful writer works towardsbuilding a relatable universe ofcharacters and events whichwould appeal best to his readersat present and in the times tocome. In his second collection ofshort stories titled Beyond theCanopy of Icicles, writer and acad-emic Subhash Chandra strives toexplore unfamiliar territories: Ofmodern day nuclear families,complicated love-relationships,the supernatural, devious as wellas callous offsprings, the prompt-ings of a would-be killer, thedilemmas of a compulsive writerto name a few. His maiden, high-ly entertaining collection titledNot Just Another Story (LiFi,2017) contained seventeen shorttales marked by ample wit andhumour, a few shades of grey andthe tragic, and a nuanced explo-ration of several unusual themesincluding queer identity, trans-genders, female foeticide, parent-child relationship among others.The second collection thereforenaturally gets laden with the bur-

den of raising the bar. The thirteen stories of

Beyond the Canopy of Icicles how-ever manifest a darker world, andreveal a deliberate effort on thepart of the writer to dazzle thereader by unveiling the unusualas it were. Sumanyu Satpathy’sglowing foreword to this collec-tion highlights several usefulpointers vis-à-vis the genre ofshort story. By invoking the mas-ter craftsman Edgar Allen Poewho envisaged the depiction of asingle mood in a short story andevery sentence thereof buildingtowards it in some way, Satpathyidentifies a similar training visiblein Chandra’s stories. Satpathynotes how Chandra’s stories beginwith a certain abruptness whichimmediately arrests a reader’sattention who thereafter getsinvariably drawn into the rivetingworld of the story. Chandra’sdetailed and effusive acknowl-edgements provide a nice back-ground to his beginnings as ashort story writer, a brief historyof his previous publications andhis long list of gratitude towardshis several well-wishers. WhileChandra’s pen flows effortlesslyonce into the core of his story-universe, the second collectiontrudges on a tad drearily at times,as though making its way withgreat effort. The themes tackledhere are indeed complex as well

as sombre, and humour is onlyallowed entry through the harsh-er mode of the tragi-comic. Thebreaks within the stories may attimes seem hurried, half-workedout, and some associations mayfeel contrived, but the tour deforce of each story is unmistak-ably laid out with great expertiseand the story-universe craftedwith careful attention.

The first story of the collec-tion, “Atheist”, begins with a quo-tation linking one’s past life tothe happenings of the present lifeimmediately preceding a disarm-ing statement of the protagonist,“I am a rationalist and an atheist.I don’t have the crutch calledGod.” The story deals with sever-al knotty issues: The disjunctionsof an arranged marriage, the tus-sle between ardent religious faithand an equally religious free will,and the travails of a curiouslynamed, constantly bullied childwho ultimately ends it all by suc-cumbing to peer pressure. Theissues demand gentler handling,but the story takes all of them on

in a whirlwind, and the reader isleft numb with an acute sense ofloss at the end, questioning his/her own faith. The second, short-er story titled “Monster” dealswith the ill effects of unsuper-vised, spurious drugs taken by awoman to abort the child of herunfaithful lover who finallymarries someone else out ofpurely material considerations,and the friend who abets findshimself paralysed into inactiondespite the aggrieved woman’simpassioned pleas. “Man/Superman” is a curious story: Apusillanimous father chidedconstantly by his wife anddaughter suddenly assumesauthority, fighting off not onlythe roadside ruffians, but alsodealing with the two womenwith an iron hand, all thisapparently after watching a filmabout an ageing patriarch.Initially the change is welcomedby the women but they begin toresent the increasingly conserva-

tive atmosphere of the housewhich begins to resemble the

workings of the late grandfather.Then one day, as suddenly andinexplicably, the coward returns,plunging the women into throesof joy, “I’m soooo glad,” says thedaughter, “We must celebrate,”chimes in the mother.

Both “A Caring Son” and“Get the Bill” are brutally real andunblinkered takes on the devi-ousness of contemporary off-springs who are so steeped intothe material world of money,fame and success, that they defyall bonds of filial duty to dupe thefather of his hard earned moneyin the former, and, junk all possi-bilities of an investigation into thehorrific murder of their motherin the latter. Both stories standapart as vivid portrayals of hap-penings one usually comes acrossevery day on the front pages of anewspaper. Chandra must becommended on the choice oftitles of his stories, which aptlycapture either satirically or direct-ly, the focal point so to say, ofeach little universe depicted ineach one of them.

Similarly, “Mother andDaughter” and “A Pinch of Love”are stories with unusual centralcharacters, a dwarf who plays theclown in a circus, and, an autisticchild respectively. Both storiescarry tragic overtones, the lattermore expressly so, and bothreveal different facets of parent-hood. “Dual Curse” and “TheWrit of Destiny” take on mattersof love and issues within a mar-riage. “Prickly Rose” finds a liber-al, educated man locked up forhis supposed connection withMaoists, while “My Sister, Aaliya”has a gentle-minded horse as itsprotagonist who kills his masterto avenge the murder of his kind-hearted mistress. The mostpoignant story of the volumeremains “Romance in Hospital”where a nurse loses her lover-benefactor to a sudden cardiacarrest soon after a night of pas-sion and mutual avowals of love.

Chandra writes with a pas-sion and a sense of keen obser-vation. Beyond the Canopy ofIcicles is a thought-provokingcollection of stories, definitelyun-put-down-able, anddeserves to be read for its sheervariety and sincerity.

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The November 23 attack on the Chineseconsulate in Karachi by Baloch sepa-

ratists has brought to the global limelightthe Baloch movement against the perse-cution by federal Pakistani authorities whohave been depriving the region of its shareof the province’s wealth and naturalresources. Taking responsibility for theassault, the Balochistan Liberation Armyhas claimed it will continue fightingagainst the “Chinese occupation” spreadthrough the China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC). The group had, onAugust 15, warned Chinese authoritiesagainst “exploitation of Balochistan’s min-eral wealth and occupation of Baloch ter-ritory.” However, what surprises the glob-al media is the intensity of the attack.Before this, Baloch separatists have beenfighting a low-level insurgency in Pakistanfor years.

The Baloch movement has a long his-tory. After the Zia-ul-Haq regime whenPakistan moved to the democratic process,Baloch political dissidents tried to swimalong the national political stream foralmost fifteen years, albeit abortively.Now the Baloch people, particularly thenew generation, are disenchanted with thefalse promise and betrayal by the federalauthorities. As a result of increasing dis-content, the idea of a free Balochistan hascome out from its hibernation. This time, the demand for the Baloch nation has intensified.

On their part, the Pakistan Army andits intelligence agencies have strengthenedits crackdown on Baloch separatists. Seenin this perspective is the claim of thePakistani authorities that the disappearedBaloch are responsible for the attack on theChinese Consulate. The counter-attack istwo-pronged: The involuntarily disap-peared Baloch who are either not found ortheir tortured bodies recovered fromuntrodden path have been declared convicts,and second, the accusation has shown theworld the terror face of the separatists.

Since the start of the Baloch move-ment, the Pakistan authorities tried to nipthe problem in the bud by kidnapping andkilling Baloch separatists, who weredeclared missing of their own volition. Thefact is that most of the missing persons arefound dead and their mutilated bodieswere recovered from across the region.Since 2006, the Pakistan Army and otherlaw enforcement agencies in nexus withIslamic religious terrorist groups haveensured disappearance of thousands ofBaloch political activists, social activists,students, journalists, lawyers, engineers,doctor and teachers. Mama QadeerBaloch, the vice-president of The Voice forBaloch Missing Persons (VBMP), aBalochistan-based human rights organi-

sation which has been pursuing the caseof the missing Baloch since 2009, claimsthat more than 40,000 Balochs have gonemissing, thanks to Pakistani law enforce-ment agencies. Over 10,000 have been“killed” and their bullet-ridden mutilatedbodies dumped in disserted areas.

Mama Qadeer led a 3,000-km longhistorical march from Quetta to Islamabadvia Karachi in the memory of the disap-peared Baloch in 2013. However, thePakistan Government remained noncha-lant. Recently Akhter Mengal, the presi-

dent of Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal), claimed that from July 25 toOctober 30 this year, 235 Baloch peoplewent missing, and mutilated bodies of 45people were recovered. This has happenedafter the Imran Khan-led PTI came topower at the Centre.

Accordingly the Bi-annual report2018: The state of Balochistan’s HumanRights by Baloch Human RightsOrganisation, 485 cases of enforced dis-appearances and 144 cases of extra-judi-cial killings were reported between January

2018 and June 2018. Similarly HumanRights Commission of Pakistan’s “THEBALOCH WHO IS NOT MISSING &OTHERS WHO ARE” report, publishedin 2013, came with a similar story: “Theexact number of the involuntary disap-pearance of people is difficult to ascertainas many such cases are not reported to anyGovernment and non-Government organ-isations. Some of the victim families do nothave access to channel their protests, whileothers keep quiet out of the fear that pub-lically airing their grievances could make

the return of the missing persons difficultor impossible.”

In this regard Tullios Scovazzi andGabriel Citroni remark that enforced dis-appearance is one of the most serioushuman rights violations. The right to safe-ty, the right to protection under the law,the right not to be arbitrarily deprived ofone’s liberty, and the right to be subject-ed to torture and to other cruel inhumandegrading treatments have taken a hit.

Further, Articles 1, 2 of the UNInternational Convention for The

Protection of the All Persons from EnforcedDisappearance respectively state, “No oneshall be subjected to enforced disappearanceand no exceptional circumstances what-soever, whether a state of war or a threatof war, internal political instability or anyother public emergency, may be invoked asa justification for enforced disappearance;and enforced disappearance is consideredto be arrest, detention, abduction or anyother form of deprivation of liberty byagents of the state or by persons and groupsof persons acting with the authorisation,support and acquiescence of the state.”

Article 4 says, “Each state shall takenecessary measures to ensure that enforceddisappearance constitutes an offence underits criminal law.” Similarly Pakistan’sConstitution of 1973 Article 10(2) states,“Every person who is arrested anddetained in the custody shall be producedbefore a magistrate within twenty-fourhours, and shall not be denied the right toconsult or be defended by a legal practi-tioner of his choice.”

However, the Pakistan military hasbeen carrying out operations acrossBalochistan in order to crush the separatistorganisations. Baloch political parties,Baloch National Movement (BNM) andBaloch Republican Party, have continu-ously blamed Pakistan forces for theirinvolvement in human rights violations,such as enforced disappearances, burningof Baloch houses, looting livestock, andforcing them to flee their homes and liveas internally displaced persons in Sindhand other parts of Balochistan. These polit-ical parties accuse the Pakistan Army ofevicting hundreds from their houses inBaloch villages in order to bring its“exploitive” $62 billion China-PakistanEconomic Corridor in the area.

Mohammad Hanif, renowned jour-nalist of BBC Service and author of “RedBird”, says it is painful that even journal-ists are grilled when they enter the terri-tory of Balochistan; they are treated asaliens in their own country.

As growing fiscal crisis has put Pakistanin a fix on how it will repay Chinese loansgranted as part of Beijing’s “Belt andRoad” infrastructure initiative, Beijing isfeeling emboldened to exert more pressureon Pakistan to pave path for its partner toexploit natural resources in Balochistan.

Soon after the attack on the ChineseConsulate, its Foreign Ministry spokesmanGeng Shuang claimed that Beijing wouldnot hesitate in pursuing CPEC project and“Pakistan will ensure safety”. The hint isclear: Pakistan must ensure the Bloch peo-ple keep on disappearing.

(The writer is a Baloch national move-ment activist)

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As a doctor and a publichealth specialist, I am often

asked, “What is the best way toprotect the health of our chil-dren?” My answer as usual is:Ensuring safe water and sani-tation, a nutritious diet, andimmunisation against vaccine-preventable diseases.”Immunisation, in particular, isa very powerful tool when itcomes to reducing childhooddeaths and illnesses. With justa few shots, a child can be pro-tected against a disease foryears, even the rest of their life.What can be more miraculous?

Immunisation becomesespecially important in a devel-oping economy like ours. Inany given year, nearly a millionIndian children under the ageof five lose their lives — manydue to diseases that could havebeen prevented, such as pneu-monia and diarrhoea.Pneumonia continues to killover 1.5 lakh children everyyear in India, and is especiallysevere among communitiesfacing socio-economic inequal-ities, with limited access to

health services. Fatalities arealso higher among the poorest and most disadvan-taged children.

Another danger thatimmunisation can protectagainst is anti-microbial resis-tance, which renders certainantibiotics ineffective, makingtreating children suffering frompneumonia more challenging.Hence, in such situations vac-cinating children against com-mon pneumonia-causingorganisms becomes all themore pertinent.

Besides the physical suf-fering and fatalities that pneu-monia causes, the disease alsohas other terrible consequencesfor children who get sick, andfor their families. Childrenwho have had pneumonia inthe past are more susceptible tofuture diseases because theirimmune systems have beenweakened. Additionally, lower-income families are oftenpushed further into povertybecause of the high costs oftreating this disease.

Fortunately, we have the

tools to prevent some of theleading causes of pneumoniadeaths. Along with breastfeed-ing and adequate nutrition,

immunisation plays a key rolein protecting children frompneumonia. Vaccines againstpertussis, measles,

Haemophilus influenzae type B(Hib), and pneumococcus canall help prevent pneumoniaamong our children. In fact, a

recent study concluded that thepneumococcal conjugate vac-cine (PCV), which protectsagainst one of the most com-

mon causes of pneumoniadeaths, could prevent tens ofthousands of under-five deathsand save families tens of mil-lions of rupees in treatmentcosts each year.

Noting the overwhelmingbenefits of immunisation, theModi Government in 2017,introduced PCV as a part of theUniversal ImmunisationProgramme (UIP). It is cur-rently available to children freeof cost in Bihar, HimachalPradesh, Madhya Pradesh,Haryana, parts of Rajasthanand Uttar Pradesh. However,despite this tremendous step,challenges remain. PCV isexpensive in the private mar-ket, and until it is scaled upnationally through the UIP, itremains out of reach for mostfamilies in India.

The Indian Governmenthas made impressive strides in strengthening immu-nisation through MissionIndradhanush. What we nowneed is a focus on strengthen-ing immunisation infrastruc-ture and equitable delivery in

all regions of the country. Wealso need to increase awarenessabout how to protect against,prevent, and treat pneumoniaby providing compelling, accu-rate information and leverag-ing support from grassrootsinstitutions, such as gram sab-has and panchayats.

It is difficult to imagine amore pressing challenge thanpreventing thousands of childdeaths each year. TheGovernment has taken the firststep. There is now an over-whelming case for paediatri-cians, public health experts,political leaders and civil soci-ety to come together and forgea plan of action to save lives.Our vision for AyushmanBharat starts with healthy chil-dren. The time for action isnow - this is what our childrentruly deserve.

(The writer is a medicalprofessional and Professor atCommunity Medicine Schoolof Public Health, PostgraduateInstitute of Medical Educationand Research, Chandigarh)

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The US political landscapewas transformed in therecent midterm elections,

not only by Democrats seizingthe House but the crucial rolethat women played in that victo-ry. As the final results were tal-lied, the power of #MeToocouldn’t be clearer.

At least 100 female candi-dates won seats in the House ofRepresentatives, many of themfirst time candidates. And therewere more firsts — ShariceDavids of Kansas and DebHaaland of New Mexico becamethe first Native American womenelected to congress, and RashidaTlaib of Michigan and IlhanOmar of Minnesota became thefirst Muslim women elected toCongress. Ayanna Pressleybecame the first black womanelected to Congress inMassachusetts, and 29-year-oldAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez madehistory as the youngest womanever elected to Congress.

Many of these women wereinspired to run because ofTrump, and no doubt many ofthem won, in part, because of theappointment of Brett Kavanaugh.By giving Democrats a majorityin the House, these womenbrought an end to one-party rulein Washington. They gaveCongress the power to derail theRepublican agenda, to stop thedecimation of social infrastruc-ture such as Obamacare andsocial security. They showed thathope can overcome fear.

The last time American poli-

tics felt this good was, of course,Obama’s 2008 Presidential elec-tion. I worked on thisPresidential campaign as a fieldorganiser and it felt so good, infact, that I ended the nightclutching a bottle of scotch onan embalming table (short onfunds, the Democrats picked afuneral parlour for their cam-paign headquarters in NorthCarolina). In that moment, Icouldn’t have imagined that adecade later women and minori-ties would be fighting dangerousideas that we allowed ourselvesto believe were marginalised tothe point of extinction.

Lengthy campaigns, near lim-itless spending and a mediacirque du soleil, makes US poli-tics a bigger spectacle than anyother. In the merry-go-round ofelections, the highs are high butthe lows are rock bottom. WhenHillary Clinton lost the electionto a man accused of sexualassault and harassment by adozen women, it felt as thoughthe glass ceiling had been double-glazed. When Christine BlaseyFord opened her heart to tell ofthe attempted rape by SupremeCourt Nominee Brett Kavanaugh,only to be mocked by that samePresident to the delight of hisbase, it felt impossible.

But instead of making them-selves smaller, and ignoringdecades of electoral wisdomcurated by men, these candidatesput their identity front and cen-tre. They stood in Republicansafe seats and campaigned for thehighest office. They breastfed forcampaign ads, told their own sto-ries of sexual abuse and wereunapologetic in presentingwomen’s needs and interests aspolitical demands. The result was

that many women, this timeturned out in huge numbers tosay ‘Me Too’ at the ballot box.

It was this same impetus thatled Sandi Toksvig and CatherineMayer to found the Women’sEquality Party in the UK.Frustrated by the glacial pace ofchange, we wanted to pushwomen’s equality to the top of thepolitical agenda and UKIP hadshown that you need only threat-en the vote share of mainstream

parties to achieve real change. Ifyour policies are popular enough,the old parties will quickly con-tort themselves to look like you.

In just three years, the partyhas grown from an idea onFacebook to a movement of35,000 members and registeredsupporters (Trump is one of ourbiggest recruiters). The party hassucceeded in putting childcareand violence against women andgirls on the political agenda, and

has made it possible for womento take abortion pills in the safe-ty of their own home. In ourfirst election outing in 2016, theparty exceeded its own expecta-tions and gained more than350,000 votes, beating GeorgeGalloway in London.

As the party’s chief of staff, Iwatched as a quarter of voterssupported the Women’s EqualityParty candidate in Lewisham’sLadywell ward in local elections

this year, while our candidate inIslington Hillrise ward came sec-ond to Labour, leapfrogging theGreens and Lib Dems. It wasoverwhelming to think that foryoung people voting for the firsttime in the last General Election,women’s equality has alwaysbeen on the ballot.

We know that progress willnot be linear. The other big storyof the US midterms is that theRepublicans strengthened theirhold on the Senate. That givesthem an opportunity to makefurther appointments to the judi-ciary, which could result inwomen’s rights being rolled backfor many years to come.

It is also notable that everysingle senator who voted againstKavanaugh’s appointment losttheir seat in this election. In theUK, the Article 50 Bill made itpossible for equality andemployment rights to be signedaway by the executive and with-out any parliamentary scrutinyand the austerity agenda thatwomen have paid for, isnowhere near over.

Recently, Bernie Sandersdeclared that midterm electionresults have paved the way for aprogressive candidate to take theWhite House in 2020. He isright that in times of great tur-bulence, we stand to make themost progress. But in what isbeing dubbed ‘the year of thewoman’ he didn’t, of course, ruleout the possibility that he wouldbe the candidate.

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For the Assembly Elections inthree States of the Hindi belt,the Congress is working on thesame strategy it had preparedduring the 1984 Lok Sabha

polls. At that time, the party was fight-ing the elections under the leadership ofRajiv Gandhi, and the party strategistshad decided to not allow anyOpposition leader to enter the LokSabha. So, at the last moment, the partyhad fielded strong candidates against allbig leaders. Madhavrao Scindia was pit-ted against Atal Bihari Vajpayee, andAmitabh Bachchan was fielded againstHemwati Nandan Bahuguna.

In the last Lok Sabha Elections, theBJP had used the same strategy inAmethi when Smriti Irani was fieldedagainst Rahul Gandhi. Though the BJPdidn’t succeed, Rahul’s win wasn’t easy.

Now the Congress is treading a simi-lar path in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,and Chhattisgarh. The party has fieldedstrong candidates against all three CMs,making the fight interesting. Now, thethree CMs can’t take things for granted.They have to go for campaigning andkeep the party and organisation active.Even minor negligence can cost themdear. Only due to the Congress candi-dates, the focus has shifted to the con-stituencies of all three CMs.

The Congress has fielded two for-mer BJP leaders against two CMs, leav-ing the BJP confused. The Congress hasgiven a ticket to Manvendra Singhagainst Vasundhara Raje fromJhalrapatan seat. Manvendra — the sonof an ailing Jaswant Singh — belongs tothe Rajput community, which is said tobe unhappy with the Government. Inthe same manner, the Congress hasfielded Karuna Shukla against RamanSingh. Shukla is the niece of Atal BihariVajpayee, and had been an MP from theBJP. In Madhya Pradesh, the Congresshas fielded Arun Yadav against ShivrajSingh Chouhan from Budhni. All threeare strong candidates and the fight willbe worth watching.

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The seat-sharing formula of the NDAin Bihar is almost final and it is

being said that Ram Vilas Paswan mightbe sent to the Rajya Sabha next year.Earlier, it was being said that the LokJanshakti Party (LJP) would get four LokSabha seats and one Rajya Sabha seat,but now, in all probability, UpendraKushwaha will leave the NDA andPaswan might get an extra seat.

In fact, Paswan and his party don’twant to wait for the Rajya SabhaElections scheduled for 2020. It is beingsaid that if any Rajya Sabha MP fightsthe Lok Sabha polls and wins, then hisseat will also go to Paswan. Sources sayPaswan might be sent to the Rajya Sabhafrom Assam, from where two seats will

be vacated in June next year. Former PMManmohan Singh and S Kujur will retireon June 15, and elections for both seatscould be held in April-May. That meansPaswan could enter the Rajya Sabhaeven before the LS results. Now thequestion is who will fight from his seat?There is a proposal that Chirag Paswanwill leave his Jamui seat and fight fromhis father’s seat, Hajipur. But Chiragdoesn’t want to leave his seat and hassought advice from Prashant Kishor onthe matter. If Chirag doesn’t switch toHajipur, then Paswan’s brother PashupatiKumar Paras might contest from there.Paswan’s other brother, Ram ChandraPaswan, is an MP from Samastipur.

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The Rajya Sabha membership of seniorleader of the Congress and former

PM Manmohan Singh will end in June2019. He has been a Rajya Sabha mem-ber from Assam for a long time. As a for-mer PM, he got all facilities in Delhi, sofor that purpose he doesn’t need to con-tinue as an MP. However, many Congressleaders say his presence in the RajyaSabha maintains pressure on theGovernment. Manmohan often puts for-

ward his views on important issues. Hisspeech on demonetisation is considereda memorable one. So, many party leaderswant him to continue in the Rajya Sabha.

But the reality is he can’t go to theRajya Sabha from Assam, and in 2019,no other seat will be vacated and hewill have to wait for one year. In July2019, seven seats will be vacated fromTamil Nadu. If Stalin wants, he cansend Manmohan to the Rajya Sabha.The Congress is mulling anotheroption: Manmohan can be given a LokSabha ticket from Amritsar, if hishealth permits. However, this is cer-tain that the Congress will send himto either of the Houses.

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Ahigh-level meeting was held inAssam over the Citizenship Bill,

where the minutes of the Bill were dis-cussed. It is being said that theGovernment is considering citizenshipfor those Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, andBuddhists who have either come fromPakistan, Afghanistan, or Bangladesh. Forthis, there are several provisions in theBill. According to the Bill, people —except Muslims — coming from neigh-

bouring countries will be given the citi-zenship of India. This is big issue for theBJP, which could be used for polarisation.

However, the parties which generallyoppose immigrants are opposing the Bill.The BJP’s partner, Asom Gana Parishad(AGP), has vehemently opposed the Bill.The party has been advocating againstimmigrants, irrespective of religion. Theother partner of BJP, Bodoland People’sFront, is also against the Bill. Recently,the AGP leader, Prafulla KumarMahanta, was in Patna and met theJDU leaders, who assured him supporton this issue. The anti-BJP parties arealso gearing up for agitation againstthe Bill. If the Central Governmentgoes ahead on this proposal, then theagitation will increase. The State isalready tense after the murder of fiveBengali-speaking persons.

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The Uttar Pradesh Governmentrecently changed the name of

Allahabad to Prayagraj, but there aremany institutions whose names stillbear Allahabad. So, attempts are beingmade to change the name of all suchinstitutions. Before the official initiative,

several ‘nationalist’ organisations aretrying to rename the institutions. Anorganisation called Rashtra RakshaSamuh recently changed the name ofAllahabad railway station. Workers ofthis organisation put up hoardings andboards of ‘Prayagraj’ whereverAllahabad was written. This is a factthat the name of Allahabad junction hasnot been officially changed.

Though the name of Mughal Saraijunction was changed to Deen DayalUpadhyay junction, but a proper proce-dure was followed. The change in thestation’s name didn’t change the name ofthe city; it is still Mughal Sarai. However,even if the name of the city has changed,the name of the station will not changeautomatically. For this, a proper proce-dure has to be followed. Only then willthe station be renamed, and tickets willbe printed using the new name. It seemseven before that, some organisationshave become active for political advan-tage. Then there’s the AllahabadUniversity in Prayagraj, often called the Oxford of the East. The name of theuniversity will not change automaticallywith the name of the city, and due procedure will have to be followed.

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(BMLG), to sign with RepublicRecords and Universal Music Group(UMG). The financial terms of thedeal have not been made public. Aspart of her new contract, Swift, 28,asked that “any sale of [UMG’s]Spotify shares result in a distributionof money to their artists, non-recoupable”. She said that the label hadagreed to this, “at what they believewill be much better terms than paidout previously by other major labels”.

Swift highlighted this as “a signthat we are headed towards positivechange for creators — a goal I’m nevergoing to stop trying to help achieve, inwhatever ways I can”. Swift has notsingle-handedly brought about thischange. In March 2018, UMG were thelast of the major labels, followingWarner and Sony, to commit to shar-ing any money generated by the sale ofits Spotify equity with its artists. InMay, independent label rights bodyMerlin sold its equity stake in Spotify

and passed on the proceeds to itsmembers. UMG is the last of themajor label groups to divest itself of itsshares in Spotify, a contentious issuegiven Spotify’s fall in value. TheSwedish streaming giant floated on theNew York Stock Exchange for the firsttime this April, opening at a shareprice of $165. It reached highs of$196.28 in July but has since fallen to$134, a fall of more than $11.5bn.

Actor Paz de la Huerta filed alawsuit accusing HarveyWeinstein of raping her in 2010

and then embarking on a campaign ofharassment that harmed her career.The lawsuit filed in LA superior courtalleges Weinstein raped De la Huertatwice in New York in December 2010,taunting her with phone calls betweenthe two assaults. New York police saida year ago that they were investigatingDe la Huerta’s allegations. No chargeshave been filed in the case, butWeinstein is charged there with therape of another woman. In a new alle-gation, the suit states that the follow-ing month Weinstein exposed himselfto the actor in a Beverly Hills hotelwhen she went to confront him. Shealleges Weinstein tried to get De laHuerta to have a sexual encounterwith him and another woman.

About a year after the incidents,De la Huerta was fired from the HBOshow Boardwalk Empire, and the law-suit states she has reason to believeWeinstein was involved. It cites aphotograph that appeared in the New

York Times of Weinstein talking toMartin Scorsese, a director and exec-utive producer on the show, a fewweeks before her departure.

Weinstein’s attorney Ben Brafmanpointed out the lack of charges inNew York, and said De la Huerta’s“newly minted version of eventsincluding her new California claimsare equally preposterous and theproduct of an unstable personality”.

It almost sounded too good to betrue: A Picasso painting stolen inone of the world’s most famous art

heists had been found under a tree ina snowy Romanian forest. It emergedit was totally too good to be true, partof an elaborate and carefully stagedpiece of performance art by a radicalBelgian theatre company.

Picasso’s 1971 Tete d’Arlequin(Harlequin’s Head) was stolen fromthe Kunsthal gallery in Rotterdam sixyears ago in what has gone down asone of the most remarkable art heists

of modern times. It was one of sevenpaintings, along with a Monet,Gauguin, Matisse and Lucian Freud,taken with startling speed and ease inthe dead of night. Two Romanianmen, Radu Dogaru and Eugen Darie,were jailed by a court in Bucharest in2013 after admitting their part in thethefts. Security, the ringleader said,had been “practically non-existent”and he entered “just with a screwdriv-er.” They smuggled the paintings in toRomania in pillowcases before trying,and failing, to sell them on.

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Fast food chain Taco Bell is gettinginto the Thanksgiving spirit by riff-

ing on the tradition of the uglyChristmas sweater. The chain teamedwith ugly Christmas sweatercompany Tipsy Elves to cre-ate two sweaters and twovarieties of leggings thatcelebrate both Taco Belland the tradition of“Friendsgiving,” aThanksgiving dinnershared with friendsinstead of family.

“This delicioussweater makes theperfect outfit forFriendsgiving festiv-ities and will helpyou celebrate instyle,” the productdescription for oneof the sweatersreads. Taco Bell alsoposted a recipe fromthe company’s ownannual Friendsgivingfeast, a Fire Tortilla

Chip Crusted Chicken that incorporatesthe eatery’s own brand of tortilla chips.“Every November at Taco BellHeadquarters, we host a Friendsgivingdinner to celebrate and give thanks tosome of our best friends,” the companysaid in a blog post. “But we don’t serveour guests your typical, traditionalThanksgiving meal — we add a TacoBell Twist to every dish.”

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Half a century after a notoriousprison escape from Alcatraz

Island, the FBI has created repli-cas of decoy heads that inmatesused to distract guards from aplan that still captivatesresearchers and tourists.

Authorities unveiled 3D-printed copies of the decoys

that inmates Frank Morrisand John and ClarenceAnglin constructed with

soap, plaster and humanhair. Morris and the Anglinbrothers placed the decoys intheir beds and climbed through

a wall to escape the islandprison in San FranciscoBay. The men were neverfound. Inmate Clayton Westalso created a head but nevermade it out of the maxi-mum-security prison thathoused dangerous criminals like AlCapone and offenders with a history ofescaping. Authorities said they made thereplicas to share with the public becausethe original decoys are fragile and areevidence in the still-open investigationinto the escape by the US MarshalsService. “We understand the originalitems can’t be out here — they’ve got tobe archived,” said John F Bennett, FBIspecial agent in charge in San Francisco.“But we recognise that those items arealso part of the rich and historic fabricand the landmark of this city.”

Bennett said a team from the FBI’slaboratory in Quantico, Virginia, trav-eled to San Francisco to scan the origi-nal decoys. Employees at the lab donat-ed their own hair to accurately re-createthe original masks, which includedhuman hair that the inmates had col-lected from the prison barber shop.

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exactly what the prison-ers did,” Bennettsaid, showing thereplicas brought to

the island in black,waterproof cases.

The FBI investigated the prisonbreak — which was featured in the 1979movie Escape from Alcatraz starringClint Eastwood — for 17 years before itwas turned over to the Marshals Service.

Now, Alcatraz visitors can see mod-els of the heads on display that wereused in the movie. The FBI hopes thepublic will soon be able to view theagency’s replicas, which were unveiledto some media outlets along with“Wanted” signs for the long-escapedinmates. Authorities are investigatingany and all credible leads, said DonO’Keefe, US marshal for the NorthernDistrict of California.

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Surveillance cameras at an Irish gro-cery store captured the unusual scene

when an otter ran loose through thestore. The video, recorded by CCTV

cameras at Mr. Price in Swinford,County Mayo, shows the otter run inthrough the open doors to the surpriseof a cashier. The footage shows workersattempting to corner the animal as itruns loose through the shop. Storemanager Cathy Nolan said rescuersfrom an animal charity took theotter to be treated for a chestinfection and malnutrition.

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pulled over “FredFlintstone” forspeeding in his “foot-mobile,” which wasactually a disguised Smart car.The Pasco County Sheriff ’sOffice said “Fred Flintstone,” akaDon Swartz, was pulled over forspeeding in the Meadow“Bedrock” Pointe Subdivision inWesley Chapel. Photosreleased by the sheriff ’soffice show Swartz wasdriving a Smart car decked

out to look like the Flintstones’ famousleg-powered “footmobile.” The sheriff ’soffice said “Fred Flintstone” was releasedwith a notice to appear. The officethanked Swartz and his wife, Trina, for

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rather “unruly’ pig on the runalong Interstate 95. State police

say in a Facebookpost they werealerted to the“uncooperative”pig along the inter-

state in Palmyra.Police say the pig was spottedseveral times over the pastweek, but had managed toelude capture. Authorities sayCpt Rick Moody and TrooperJeremy Caron moved the pig

off the highway with thehelp of a town animalcontrol officer.

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Last week, I was at the annualTata Literature Live Festival inMumbai. The festival had anevident focus on quality overquantity, lining up a fantastic

set of topics for panels, envigoratingdiscussions both on and off stage, and adelightfully engaged audience. I spokeon two panels, one of which was aboutthe relevance of Marx’s ideas 200 yearsafter his birth. When Marx died, littledid he know that he would be remem-bered even two centuries later. In fact,Marxism was propagated posthumouslymore by his friend Engels than by Marxhimself whilst he was alive. Indeedthereafter there have been entirenations that have been inspired byMarx’s views, structuring their eco-nomic institutions — if not their poli-tics — accordingly. And so our panel inMumbai was asked to discuss if we arenow finally at the tipping point of capi-talism, heading towards a post-capital-ist society, as imagined by Marx?

The answer to that question is acomplex one, and is relevant to theworld as much as it is specifically toIndia. Marx had certainly got it rightwhen he pointed out the importance ofeconomic forces in shaping humansociety. He wrote how the mode ofproduction, in other words, howlabour and capital combined — andunder what rules — would explainsociety, politics, and culture. Anotherreason for Marx’s relevance today isthat we have seen how a financial bustled to a crisis of capitalism, and Marxhad explained how and why capitalismwould succumb to recurrent crisis aftera credit bust. Marx’s empirical data wasindeed inadequate to help him under-stand how the 1957-58 economicslump started and finished. But itshowed him that crisis would appear ina capitalist economy but not necessari-ly lead to revolution.

However, even though Marx hadrightly pointed out that capitalism cannot escape being subject to regular andrecurring slumps, his analysis was limit-ed in pronouncing profitability to be theultimate cause of crisis in a capitalisteconomy. We have seen in the past that

each crisis can have a different cause.This I would say is also because in thepast 200 years, capitalism has been in aconstant process of metamorphosis, tak-ing new forms and structures from timeto time in different regions. The capital-ism that Marx had analysed haschanged enormously since his times.For example, capital markets are nowbased on demand and supply — andnot alone from value from exploitationof labour, as was suggested by Marx.

Marx had written that capitalismwill perish. On this too he has beenproved wrong thus far. A strong middleclass has developed around mid-levelcorporate managers, and this —amongst many other factors — hashelped in blocking the chances to endcapitalism. Instead, the centre of capitalaccumulation has shifted in the last 200years from Europe to the US and partsof Asia in the 20th Century, and nowtowards China and India. The latter,Marx never saw coming.

In fact, since the death of Marx,capitalism has become global. Whiledeveloping countries provide huge sup-plies of cheap labour overseas, theimperialist economies are still bases offinance capital globally. Today’s globaleconomy bears some resemblance towhat Marx foresaw, but not entirely. Hisrejection of capitalism is highly debat-able too as the big reduction of povertyin the world over the past 40 years wasachieved in large part because ofChina’s rise. And China is not an exam-ple of free enterprise.

One of my co-panelists at the TataLiterature Live Festival was SanjeevSanyal, the firebrand PrincipalEconomist to our Finance Ministry. Helabelled Marxism as the deadliest ideol-ogy of all times that has only led tobloodshed and gore. We did not hearmuch from him that was not temperedwith great emotional drama, in drasticcontrast to my other fellow panelistFerdinand Mount, the prolific Britishwriter and political commentator whodelivered a sage historical explanationof why Marx is indeed relevant today.

My take on the question posed toour panel was that a more practical

approach would be to not limit our-selves to debate or choose betweenMarxism or capitalism alone, andinstead go with any alternative orhybrid economic system that can turneconomic advances into socialprogress. We desperately need to dothis in India, as never before has theshare of our national income taken bytop 1 per cent income earners beenhigher than what it is now.

In India, our richest 1 per cent own53 per cent of the country’s wealth, therichest 5 per cent Indians own 68.6 percent of wealth, while the top 10 per centhave 76.3 per cent of it. At the other endof the pyramid, the poorest half jostlesfor a mere 4.1 per cent of nationalwealth. India dominates the world’spoorest 10 per cent with 22 per cent ofthe country’s population living belowthe international poverty line. We evenhave the unfortunate honour of havingthe largest number of malnourishedchildren in the world in 2016.

But these inequalities in India are byno means exceptional cases. In Europe,there were huge inequalities in the 19thand early 20th Centuries. This trendstopped and was reversed in the 20thcentury after the World War II when thewelfare state redistributed income withinthe framework of a capitalist economy.

I suggested that perhaps integratingwelfare state policies for the most vul-nerable communities within a capitalistframework is a possible solution Indiacan consider until the time we are ableto shrink income and social inequality.The Indian Government does not reallyprovide social security to citizens andnor does the private sector offer prod-ucts such as redundancy insurance thatcan help those who are at the losingend of capitalism. Offering a well-structured safety net for the disabled,employment seekers, single parents, or the aged, will not blunt capitalism’sedge. It will only ensure that whilesome prosper on a level play field, those who lose are not forgotten.

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There are three main constituents.These are: God, individual souls andthe material nature, which is divided

in earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelli-gence and ego. (Gita 7.4) Souls take materi-al bodies, and are of two types. These livingentities are designated divine and demonic.(16.6) Divine are those, who have predomi-nance of divine qualities and demonic arethose who have predominance of demonicqualities. Material bodies are born fromMahat-Brahman — the source of all bodies.(14.7). Having understood the basics, let metake an example of a couple, who havemany children. Though the simile is notexact, but it will shed a lot of light on thecosmic design. What does the couple wantfrom its children? These children are ofboth kinds, ie demonic and divine. It is notvery unusual to see that some parents donot have all good children. The first thingthey want from their children is for them toget along with one another, ie treat siblingsnicely. This is exactly what God expectsfrom us also — to cooperate with oneanother. And if we do so we can all prosper;this will help fulfill all our desires. (3.10)

Parents have higher expectations fromtheir more responsible children. This is nat-ural. God also places more responsibility onmore evolved souls, ie. divine living entities.In the Gita, Lord Krishna instructs them toset good examples for the less evolved ones(3.21), He has asked the divine ones to do

public welfare without attachment. (3.25)God also does not want the superior beingsto cause confusion in the minds of ignorantpersons. (3.26)

Parents try to guide their children asbest as they can. God uses parents as Hismediums. Therefore, it is critical that par-ents should be cognizant of what Godexpects from them vis-à-vis their children.Good children follow in the footsteps oftheir well informed parents. Yes, the badones disregard or disobey their parents, butthis is true of the world also; demonicbeings flout God’s instructions. (16.8) Sameis true about facilities provided by parentsto their children. They are supposed to availof them for their betterment. God has alsomade available all kinds of resources for ushuman beings to make good use of themand advance ourselves.

Parents expect their children to makesacrifices for their siblings. Many times,income levels of brothers and sisters varygreatly. It has been seen that some do help

though it is becoming quite rare. However,God does expect from His divine sons tomake sacrifices for others. God rewardsthem handsomely for these acts.

Parents are expected to teach moralprinciples to their wards, just as Godexpects us to uphold higher principles.God is all for dharma because dharma

only sustains this material creations. Inspite of adharma practiced by demonicpersons, the world goes on because thereare more divine persons or at least theyare more effective. Parents are expectedto do everything possible to make theirchildren disciplined just as God expectsus to be of controlled minds. Same istrue for being dutiful.

If the parents do what is expected ofthem, their children will more likely thannot turn out to be good citizens. God onthe other hand offers much more todivine beings. He grants them peace(5.29), which only He can. (2.66)Consequently, they can be happy. (2.66)

What is the conclusion? The cosmicdesign is based on sound logic. We can findmany parallels in our lives. We should learnmore of the same, which will enable us toalign ourselves with God’s plans for us,which He has for all of us.

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The clash between religion and reason is an oldstory. Centuries have witnessed the two parallelforces influencing the society most. The

Management Theory explains this as the race forsupremacy to gain control over the society. While reli-gion was the first source of authority as humanityacquired civility, the development of human intellectthrough scientific pursuits led to the emergence of ratio-nal-legal authority as a means of social control. As thingsstand, and as the bygone ages testify none is emerging asthe winner. More so in India where religion has alwaysbeen an important source of authority to acquire socialcontrol. Against this back drop, there is a need to revisitthe religion versus reason conflict. Particularly, as therecent times are witnessing a tug-of-war between theinstitutions that represent the religious authority andthose representing the rational-legal sources of authority.We need not go very far behind in the history. FromShah Bano to Sabarimala, cases galore point out at thisconflict. The problem is to be reformulated if we need tocome to an amicable answer. There is need for a philo-sophical approach blending religion and reason, ratherthan looking at it from a religion versus reason issue. Wemust understand that religion is more a matter of faithwhereas reason is based on rational analysis. Naturally,the two concepts have their own standpoints based onvery strong convictions. Faith is something guided by abelief system that is a result of centuries of cultural con-ditioning and hence rationality may not be able tochange the belief that has such strong and deep roots.How far can the institutions of rational-legal authority,especially elected Governments and courts of law, go ininterpreting and demystifying religious beliefs throughrationality? It is a big question that may not be easy toanswer. But it is important to realise that both religionand reason have their roles in effective development ofthe society. While one must admit that many issues ofphilosophy of religion have broad relevance to humanconcerns, they are also quite complex in their ramifica-tions. Obviously, explaining or interpreting them on thetouchstone of rationality alone may not be a prudentapproach. They do need to be rethought in each age inthe light of broader scientific knowledge and deepeningethical and religious experience. But a summary inter-pretation may not be the right approach. Best would beto follow an eclectic approach taking the best of both theviews. The rationalist may have a major limitation in thatfor them the only truth capable of being asserted is basedon analytical and hence tautological reasoning only. Butthat may not be enough in the cases of religious beliefswhich arise out of faith. It is better if faith and reasonjoin hands to reinvent religion and bring out prescrip-tions for right living. Yes, rationality is important to dis-criminate between belief and superstition. But the matterof faith is a crucial issue in religious beliefs and legalinterpretations may not go very far in changing the beliefsystem. Religion is not something that can be inferred bylaw. Hence, there is need to hasten slowly. AlbertEinstein had very rightly suggested that religion beginswhere science ends. Social movements have been suc-cessful in changing many archaic beliefs in the past likeSati or human sacrifice. But it was more a process of atti-tudinal change and opinion creation rather than beingjust mandated by law.

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It is said that of all the blockagesto the soul, the last to be removedis the ego. Ego is both blatant andsubtle. It causes us to forget ourtrue self and God. As it is said in

the Hindu scriptures: Shun all prideand jealousy. Give up all idea of “meand mine”. As long as there is con-sciousness of diversity and not of unityin the Self, a man ignorantly thinks ofhimself as a separate being, as the“doer” of actions and the “experiencer”of effects. He remains subject to birthand death, knows happiness and mis-ery, and is bound by his own deeds,good or bad. (Srimad Bhagavatam)

In the Buddhist tradition, it is said:Travelling powerless, like a bucket

travelling in a wellFirst with the thought “I,” miscon-

ceiving the self, Then, arising attachment to things

with the thought “mine.” (Chandrakirti’sMadhyamakavatara)

Rooting out the ego takes under-standing and a firm grip of the mind.We may suffer from the ego of wealthin which we are proud of how muchmoney or expensive things we have.The ego may cause us to look downupon those who do not have as muchas we have. Ego may even lead us tohurt the feelings of those who are notfinancially endowed.

We may have ego of knowledge inwhich we become proud of how muchwe know. We are full of vanity over thenumber of educational degrees wehave. We may think we know morethan anyone else at our job. We lackhumility and think that we are thesource of all knowledge and look downupon others who know less than we do.Little do we realise that the source of allwisdom is within everyone. When wethink we are more intelligent andknowledgeable than others, we mayhurt those who are simpler in theirthinking or who lack the amount oftraining we have.

There is also the ego of beauty. Wemay think we are the most beautiful ofcreatures. We may flaunt our looks to

such a degree that we make others whoare not as beautiful feel inferior. Wemay use our looks to assume powerover others or to entice others intodoing what we want them to do. Wemay act and pose and try to charmothers into giving us what we want.This type of ego leads to a form ofdeception and hypocrisy. Through ourlooks, we may give the appearance ofbeing something we are not. This maycause harm to others, but most espe-cially harm to ourselves.

We can become an egotist when wetalk too much about ourselves or thinktoo much of ourselves. If our attentionis on our outer being, our personality,looks, mind, or possessions, then weare certainly not going to be focusingon our soul. The soul is the source ofall beauty, wisdom, and wealth, but weremain bereft of these gifts as long aswe are filled with thoughts of our bodyand mind. The outer gifts will leave usone day and we will go empty-handedfrom this world.

The Bible says, “Lay not up foryourselves treasures upon earth, wheremoth and rust doth corrupt, and wherethieves break through and steal. But layup for yourselves treasures in heaven,where neither moth nor rust doth cor-rupt, and where thieves do not breakthrough and steal. For where your trea-sure is, there will your heart be also”.

Outer beauty fades with age. If wedo not have beauty of spirit, few will beattracted to our outer beauty as wrin-kles appear on our face. Knowledge isalso temporary for it changes everyyear. What we learned in elementaryschool may be obsolete today. Thefindings of scientists today will beoutdated tomorrow. Knowledge is nota permanent foundation upon whichto place our ego. Wealth can disap-pear with changes in the economy.Stocks and bonds may lose value, or aserious illness may drain our finances.There is no stability in wealth, whichmeans that pride based on wealthstands on flimsy ground.

Our soul is free of ego. Thus, it is

free from fear of the vicissitudes of life.Empowering our soul means we freeourselves from reliance on outersources of pride to make us happy.Rather, we live in a state of eternal hap-piness with the state of our soulbecause it is one with the Lord.

Ego takes many forms. It is saidthat among the ascetics and monks, thelast enemy they must conquer is ego.They may give up desire for materialpossessions, they may give up lust,anger, greed, and attachment. But ifthey pride themselves on giving upthese things, they are still subtly caughtin the net of ego. That is how egoimperceptibly rears its ugly head.

It is said by the mystics, “Where Iam, God is not. Where God is, I am not.”

In the Sikh scriptures it is written: Where ego exists, Thou are not

experienced,Where thou art, is not egoism. You who are learned, expound in

your mind If God and the soul are one, there

is no question of I and Thou. Both areThou. When we eliminate ego — I-ness, as it is called — we are then onewith God and there is no separationbetween the soul and God. SantKirpal Singh used to say that Godplus mind is man (the term man inhis day encompassed all humanbeings); man minus mind is God. It isthe ego that creates the illusion thatwe are separate from God. It createsthe blockage that keeps us fromempowering our soul. We have for-gotten that we are love, truth, peace,bliss, humility, purity, non-violence,and selflessness. We have forgottenGod and have forgotten who we are asa soul. It is said in the Muslim scrip-tures, “Be not like those who forgotGod, therefore He made them forgettheir own souls”. (Quran)

By following the teachings of thesaints, mystics, and spiritual teachers,we will discover an instruction manualfor removing the coverings that keep usfrom our soul and God.

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Perception drives a being, which ischaracterised by thoughts playingthrough the mind. What we are

tempted to target in life, or the way werespond or react to external promptingsare guided by indwelling thoughts.Evidently, the character and content ofthought define the way we conduct in life,which in turn, account for the fruits ofaction we become due for. So it is said: “Asyou think, so you become.”

The question now is: What accountsfor varying thought trends of an individ-ual, characterising each being as unique?Even twins are found to be exhibitingvarying mind-tends. For an answer, alook into the chemistry of mindbecomes imperative.

Each mind primarily gets going onthe premise set by a stockpile of Karmicimprints carried over from past, as asequel to cause-effect chain driving allactions on the part of a being. Theseimpressions involuntarily define individ-ual specific belief patterns, which holdsthe key to inherent desire-trends, habitsand attitudes. According as the desiresnursed, mind excites correspondingthoughts, which then gravitate followingreflection in the laboratory of mind,translate into action. The habits and atti-

tudes define the quality of efforts put in.The question now is: Are we just a

slave to our indwelling Karmic imprints?Paradoxically, the answer is both yes andno. Should we just leave ourselves to theusual thought flow of mind, we remainstuck to their implications. If, however, weinvoke our buddhi (the faculty of discrim-inate intelligence), we could filter off theundesirables and make a reasoned choicein life. For, intrinsic to buddhi is the senseof dispassion, applying which, we mayjudge things aptly, and accordingly makenecessary amends. But bear in mind; bud-dhi does not play out involuntarily. Itneeds to be consciously invoked.

The irony, however, is that often, ourahamkara (the sense of ‘I’ consciousness),identifies itself with the inherent mind-trends, and then gets tempted to passion-ately pursue them. And in egotisticaloverdrive, often one does not feel thenecessity to invoke buddhi for due dili-gence. Here comes the role of Astrology,which may help identify and overcomemental limitations. For, it is based on theenergy mapping of the cosmos at the timeof one’s birth, which serves as a measureof Karmic imprints carried over from thepast. One could thus figure out the basicfabric of mind’s making with a fair

amount of precision, as energy knows nobias, and make necessary amends.

So goes the saying: “Watch yourthoughts, they become words; watch yourwords, they become action; watch youractions, they become habit; watch yourhabits, they form your character; watchyour character, it defines your destiny.”

A case in point is that of a lady inher late forties and yet not settled in life.Trying to be a perfectionist by her self-defined parameters, she is actually stuckto her self-delusions, distanced fromground reality, and not open to lookbeyond. She detests following well set-tled societal norms but does not knowhow to go about either. She is yet to findout someone who may prove true to her25 points check-list.

Let us now look at her astrologicalpointers. The luminaries, the Sun andMoon are ill-disposed off to each other,both locking horns with mischievousNeptune. That makes her stuck to self-assumed whims and fancies. Habitually anescapist, she would not acknowledge truthon its first appearance, and continue pas-sionately pursuing her self-defined per-ceptions on hope against hope. Also she isemotionally volatile. She can’t take anyadvice kindly if it is not in conformitywith her self-defined perceptions. She

rather gets over-exercised.Saturn placed opposite the Moon,

and also crossing path with Mars, makesher habitually suspicious, impatient, irri-table, and argumentative. Also, it gives anegative orientation to her thoughtprocess. Intelligence signifying Mercuryis ill-disposed off to Uranus as well asJupiter. This, in the first place points toher scattered brain not able to remainfocused for long. And the fact that theSun is placed adverse to restive Rahu,she often misdirects her energies unnec-essarily brooding and contemplating ontrivial issues. Second, it accounts for herfuzzy thinking, impaired reasoning andjudgment. Third, it makes her uncon-ventional, eccentric, and opinionated.Fourth, she has a vacillating mind notable to take a reasoned view in time.And if ever things do not move onexpected lines, she develops nervous-ness, and depression sets in. She reallyneeds to work upon her thought processafresh to move forward in life.

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