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city eventsMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

Children of the pyreChildren of The Pyre is a compellingcompilation of the real-life stories ofthe lives of seven extraordinary chil-dren who make their living out of thedead at Manikarnika, the busiest cre-mation ground in India. Where: Lamkaan,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 1

When: November 237pm onwards

Contact: 96427 31329

Festive dealsAn exclusive handloom exhibition-cum-sale of a variety of traditionalsaris and dress materials is beingheld at Lepakshi, Abids till November12.Where: Lepakshi,

Gunfoundry,Abids

When: Ongoing,10 am to 8pm

Contact: (040) 2323 5028

Two oceansTwo Oceans represents music builton the deep foundations of Carnaticmusic in dialogue with the basics ofwestern jazz traditions. The concertwill be held on November 23.Where: Ravindra Bharati,

SaifabadWhen: November 23,

7.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2323 1245

Women on the 6th floorThe French movie Les femmes du 6eetage ( women on the 6th floor) willbe shown at Alliance Francaise.Where: Alliance Francaise,


When: November 16 ,6.30pm

Contact: (040) 2355-4481

Diwali melaHead to Saptaparni for a Diwali Mela.The mela offers beautiful handmade,eco-friendly products for you andgifts for friends, family, children, andhomes.Where: Saptaparni,


When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 6666 7707

Exile in the windA painting exhibition by Sisir Sahnais being held at Kalakrithi Art Gallery,Banjara Hills from November 28 toDecember 8.Where: Kalakrithi Gallery,


When: November 28 onwards,

11am to 7pmContact: (040) 66564466

O womaniyaA painting exhibition by AnjaniReddy titled O Womaniya is beingheld at Muse Art Gallery.Where: Muse Art Gallery,

Tank BundWhen: Ongoing,

11am onwards Contact: (040) 2752 2999

Painting exhibitionAnuradha Thakur’s exhibition ofpaintings titled Serene Harmony willbe on display upto November 25. Where: Novotel Hyderabad

Airport Hotel,Shamshabad

When: Ongoing, 9am onwards

Contact: (040) 6625 0000Puja art workArtworks by Madipadaga SrikanthAnand are being displayed at BalramArt Gallery. The exhibition is on tillNovember 16.Where: Balram Art Gallery,

Ashwini Nagar,West Marredpally

When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Chilli festTaj Krishna is all set to please thetaste buds of all chilli lovers. Thechilli festival being held at SpiceJunxion. The festival is on for break-fast and lunch till November 15.Where: Taj Banjara,


When: Ongoing,11am and 7pm

Contact: (040) 6666 9999

Awadhi food festivalHead to the great kebab factory forthe Awadhi food festival .The foodfest is on till November 15.Where: The Great Kebab Factory,

Banjara HillsRd No 12

When: OngoingContact: (040) 2330 2244

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BIGBRITISHCALAMITYDespite its lofty self-viewof impartiality, the BritishBroadcasting Corporationhas been tainted with astring of controversiesand scandals since itsearly years.

IS TDP EYEING BJP’SHINDU VOTE-BANK?

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The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.

1 TDP to now focus on wooingHindu voters?

The recent tirade of a TDP leaderagainst Ram Jethmalani’s comment on Lord Rama givessuch indications.

2 Eco-friendly power projectfaces fund crunch.

The RDF power project that was tohelp recycle waste to producepower would help the State facethe current power crisis but is nowin a limbo due to non-release offunds.

3 Perseverance helps fitnesstrainer fulfil his dream.

Manthry Praveen Kumar, broke thenational record by skipping a ropecontinuously for six hours.

4 Auto meter fare changes totake more time.

The Telangana Auto Drivers JointAction Committee, has demandedthe government extend by threemonths the time for meter recalibration.

5Making a career out of hislove for wines.

Matt Thomas took his love forwine quite seriously and is now aprofessional wine consultant.

Protecting the vendorLast year, we had reported how the

government was working towards acentral legislation that would helpprotect the livelihood rights and socialsecurity of vendors. Housing andurban poverty minister Kumar Selijahad announced that a model bill toprovide property rights to slumdwellers was also being prepared bythe ministry and it would be circulatedto all the states. She explained that thebill was aimed to help prevent harass-ment of street vendors by the policeand other civic authorities. A year later,no progress has been made in theaspect.

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Mayor visits AttapurdivisionMajor developmental works in

Attapur Division were inspect-ed by Mayor Md Majid Hussain onSunday. He toured the areas of MMPahadi, Basit Baba Nagar, ImadNagar, Kohe-E-Mahmood, SulemanNagar, Chintelmet, ChintelmetFirangi Nala. He instructed officialto take up desilting of Firangi nallahand remove encroachments.

Mobile phones snatchedfrom youth in CityFour mobile phones were

snatched from two youths in dif-ferent incidents in Secunderabadon Saturday night. In the first inci-dent, the mobile of a 19-year-oldstudent, Mohd Imran, was stolen atSecunderabad railway station. Inanother incident Syed Gaffer, 24,was robbed near the Secunderabadrailway station.

Student arrested formolesting minorAdegree student, Ranjeet Kumar,

accused of molesting a minorgirl was arrested by the LangerHouse police. The accused, a resi-dent of Bapunagar, is said to havekidnapped a five-year-old girl andthen tried to molest her. A case wasregistered and the girl was taken fora check-up after which the arrestwas made.

Sex racket busted inMusheerabadThe Musheerabad police raided a

house and busted a sex racket.Four persons including two cus-tomers, Suryanarayana, 53, andShanker, 41, and two organisers, VMahesh, 32 and his associate Rajniwere arrested. The arrested werelater produced in court. The sexworkers were then sent to rescuehomes.

LAST YEAR... HERE ALTERNATE ENERGY

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5THINGS WELEARNT TODAY

It’s been toughsince I am not

following therequired diet. I amquite confident that Ican easily break thecurrent Guinnessrecord if I getsponsorship.

Praveen K, fitness trainerSee page 5

Deadlock holds backRDF power project

The RDF power project, which was based on the concept of recyclingand producing power from garbage is delayed due to lack of funds.

Md NIZAMUDDIN [email protected]

The much hyped RDFpower project, whichrecycles and producespower from garbage,

continues to be in limbo. Theproject which was supposed tobe started in March is laggingbehind due to the lack of co-ordination between theCentral, State governmentsand GHMC due to non-releaseof funds.

GHMC being one of thestakeholders for the powerproject should be supplying700 tonnes of garbage for pro-

ducing 11 megawatts of powergeneration each day. In return,RDF would be paying `25 pertonne of garbage to theCorporation. But the deadlockpersists, as the GHMC failed torelease the funds amounting to`2.68 crore as per the agree-ment. According to the offi-cials, the delay in providing its

share by GHMC has made thebanks to hold funding of theproject, in terms of loan thatwould have been functional bynow with `10 crore.

The Central governmentteam, which had alreadyexamined the progress of pro-ject, has also delayed release ofsubsidised funds for it. This isbeing cited as one of the majorreasons for GHMC’s reluc-tance in releasing the funds of`2.68 crore. “GHMC officialshave decided that they wouldnot release the funds until theCentral government fulfills itsobligations by releasing thesubsidy,” said a higher official

from, solid waste managementwing.

Estimated at `84 crore in2009, the revised estimatesnow stand at `114 crore for thesame project functioning in theland spread over 26 acres atBibinagar.

With authorities reluctantto release the funds, the muchtalked power projects thatwould have provided somerelief to current power short-age, will continue to be indeadlock for more time, evenas the ever increasing garbageproblem will continue to hauntthe administration and will bea source of disease.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

2City YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONIS IT TIME THE GOVT TOOK STOCK OF HEALTHCARE CENTRES ?

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TODAY’S QUESTIONIS THE TDP MOVING AWAY FROM ITS SECULAR ROOTS?A) YES B) NO

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Is the main oppositionTelugu Desam Party eye-ing Bharatiya Janata

Party’s (BJP’s) Hindu vote-bank in its fresh attempts toreturn to power?

The recent tirade of TDPsenior leader D VeerabadhraRao (right) against BJP stalwartRam Jethmalani (left) for hiscomments on Hindudeities Ram and Sita has led tothis speculation. In his criticismof Jethmalani, Rao said that theformer’s comments hurt thesentiments of millions ofHindus across the country. Raofurther said that nobody in thecountry would appreciate peo-ple who criticise the vedas,puranas and historical figures.

The BJP was quick to reacton the issue as it felt that theTDP is trying to cut into itsHindu vote-bank. BJP leadersadded that the party is notworried about the attemptsinitiated by Telugu Desam towoo its vote-bank. “It is aclear indication that theTelugu Desam Party is tryingto attract our vote-bank. The

comments made by the TDPleader has exposed the factthat the main oppositionparty in the State is a pseudo-secular party and not a secu-lar party. However, we are notscared of these attempts,” BJPsenior leader and formerMLA G Ramakrishna Reddytold Postnoon on Sunday.

Reddy alleged that theTelugu Desam Party survivedby wearing a secular masksince its inception. “Many for-get the fact that it was thefounder of TDP, NT RamaRao, who glorified the charac-

ters of Ram and Krishna as anactor and a politician. Duringhis rath yatra after launchingthe party, his posters andhuge hoardings depicting thecharacters of Ram andKrishna were all over theplace,” he recalled.

Another BJP leader, AijazAhmed Khan, also expressedsimilar feelings and assertedthat the BJP was not a commu-nal party as was perceived bymany. “It is unfortunate thatmany people of the countryfeel that BJP is a communalparty. If it was true, our party

could have won elections atthe Centre and the State as thecountry consists of Hindus asa majority community. Wehave always tried to incul-cate the basic ideals of nation-alism and patriotism in allIndians,” he said.

On the other hand, TDPleaders from the minoritycommunities have extendedtheir full support toVeerabadra Rao for his com-ments. They also asserted thatthe TDP is a secular party andwould remain a secular partyforever. “Apart from a partyleader, Rao belongs to theHindu community. He hascomplete rights to vent hisanger on anybody who triesto malign his religion. He didthe same thing. Why would ithave any bearing on the secu-lar credentials of ourparty,” former minister andTDP senior leader NMDFarooq told Postnoon.

Another party leader, MAShareef, echoed his sentimentand felt that the party’s imagewould not take a hit amongminorities of the State due to the comments made by theTDP leader.

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The LB Nagar policerecently arrested a gangof four that was involved

in four-wheeler thefts on theoutskirts of the City.

The police also recoveredstolen property worth nearly`30 lakh, including lorriesand cars. The four were latersent to prison, said sub-inspector (crime) K Balraj.

The main accused is 20-year-old B Jagdish, a residentof Karmanghat. Jagdish, whois an auto driver, has previ-ously been arrested by thePahadishareef police in vehi-

cle theft cases. He is a habitualdrinker and used to steal largevehicles and sell them at lowprices to fund his habit.

Jagdish formed a gang withM Harikrishna, 20, MVenkatesh, 19, — both resi-dents of Sinagreni colony inSaidabad — and S Shiva -shanker, 21, a resident of Kar -manghat. All of them are autodrivers, said the police.

Due to the thefts in thepast few months, dhaba own-ers were worried as truckdrivers avoided the areas forfear of their vehicles beingstolen. Police teams werepatrolling the areas continu-ously, but the thefts continued.

The gang members toldthe police that they used tofrequent the dhabas andchose vehicles whose ownerswere fast asleep after drink-ing heavily.

In six months, the gangwas involved in 11 thefts inplaces like Saroornagar, LBNagar and Hayath Nagar.

The first case was booked inHayath Nagar police stationin March, said Balraj. Thegang members said that aftercommitting the thefts, theywould go to Guntur MayaBazaar, where they would sellthe vehicles at low prices.

The police nabbed thegang members at LB Nagarbus stand after receiving a tip-off. One lorry, one Innova, twoQualis, three autorickshawsand three motorbikes, as wellas 15 autorickshaw tyres, wererecovered from them.

The four accused wereproduced before the courtand were sent to jail on theorders of the magistrate.

Vehicle thieves arrestedThe gang of four would steal trucks and SUVs parked at roadside dhabas on

the outskirts of the City and sell them at low prices.

Is TDP eyeing BJP’sHindu vote-bank?

The main accused,20-year-old BJagdish, is a habitualdrinker and startedstealing vehicles tofund his habit.

A senior TDP leader’s tirade against Ram Jethmalani for his statements onHindu deities Ram and Sita has sparked off speculation to this effect.

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Manthry Praveen Kumar is onthe verge of making hislong-time dream come true

and yesterday, he showed everyonehow resilient he was. “I have beentraining under my coach MrSudharman for the past few years tobreak the record for skipping rope forthe longest duration. Yesterday, Ibroke the national record by skippingrope continuously for six hours,”Manthry Praveen Kumar said.

A fitness trainer at TalwalkarsGym, Praveen says, “It’s been mylong-time dream to find a place inthe Guinness Book of World Recordsand have something unique to myname.” Initially, he wanted tobecome a cricketer and play for theRanji team; however, that didn’thappen and he finally chose tobecome a fitness trainer. “I must saythat my coach has been my main pil-lar of support over the past six years,ever since I became a fitness trainer.Mr Sudharman is an NIS coach and

he also works with the HyderabadOlympic Association. I don’t think Iwould have come this far withouthis support,” Praveen added.

So how gruelling was the prepa-ration to perform this feat? “It’s beentough since I am not following therequired diet to prepare for suchfeats. I am quite confident that I caneasily break the Guinness record if Iget sponsorship. It’s hard to juggle

between work and training everyday, which is why it would make alot of difference if I find a sponsor,”he said. Praveen’s next aim is to viefor a place in the Guinness Book. “Ihave already decided to give it ashot on December 12 by skippingrope for 12 hours continuously. I’llbegin the feat at 00:12:12 and end itat 12:12:12 on that date which hap-pens to be 12/12/12,” he revealed.

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Yashoda Group of Hospitalsorganised an international livesurgery and hands-on work-

shop on Minimally InvasiveTransforaminal Lumbar InterbodyFusion (MIS TLIF) in Hyderabad.

Renowned spine surgeon ProfJörg Franke, director, Clinic forSpine Surgery, Klinikum Dortmund,Germany, presided over the work-shop.

About 80 per cent of the world’spopulation suffers from severe backpain and the number of Indians suf-fering from back pain is on the rise.

The dramatic increase in obesity inthe country may be partly to blame,as it can significantly contribute tosymptoms associated with backpain. Apart from obesity, sedentarylifestyle, long hours spent sitting infront of a computer, increased smok-ing habits and bad roads also con-tribute to chronic back aches.

The goal of the internationalworkshop was to bring the benefitsof Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery(MISS), including its safety and effi-cacy, to India. MIS TLIF is performedto relieve intractable back pain,numbness, tingling and weakness,restore nerve function and preventor stop abnormal motion in thespine.

While traditional lumbar fusionsurgery involves a long incision, sig-nificant blood loss and injury to theback muscles, MIS TLIF is per-formed through small-hole inci-sions, resulting in a faster recoverywith less tissue damage and lesspain. This results in fewer infections(surgical) and decreased intake ofpain medication, and patients canusually resume all normal activitiestwo to three months after surgery.

Skipping to glory

Spine workshop heldYashoda Group of Hospitals recently organised an international live

surgery and workshop on minimally invasive spinal surgery.

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Praveen’s next aim is tobreak the world record byskipping continously for12 hours on December 12to secure a place in theGuinness Book.

N SHIVA KUMAR

Manthry Praveen Kumar broke the national record skipping rope continuously for six hours. Postnoon talks to him on his achievement.

city MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012 6INTERVIEW

Telangana Auto DriversJoint Action Committee(TADJAC) has demanded

the government extend by threemonths the time for meter recali-bration. The TADJAC threatenedthat they would organise an uto-strike from November 20, if itfails to do so. Speaking to mediapersons, Mohd AmaanullahKhan, convenor, TADJAC,demanded the government stopcorrupt activities of the weightsand measures department offi-

cials along with the meter deal-ers who are troubling the automen by charging a high rate of`250 instead of `100 for calibra-tion. He said that the installationof IC-chip into the meter wouldcost only `28, where as theautomen are asked to pay morethan `200 on each meter.

He expressed anguish thatthe deadline fixed by the govern-ment for recalibration would endby the 19th of this month and thespecial drive from 20th

November, was decided withoutseeking the opinions of the unionside. He criticised the false state-ment of AC Swamy, the commis-sioner of weights and measureson the availability I C chips in themarkets.

He also revealed that about30,000 autos, out of 77,000autos,are moving without fixingany meters and are running onthe roads as sharing autos andthey were not registered inrecords. NSS

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The grapes of MattAs an 11-year-old, New Zealander Matt Thomson sampled wine for the first time. He grew up

and decided to take his love for wine to a different level by becoming a professional winemaker.RAJESH [email protected]

There was an 11-year-oldKiwi boy who wouldsneak up where thewines were kept in his

house and have savoury sips ofthem. The wine would be keptsecured, as the family reserved itfor special occasions... not tomention that the boy was just 11,and the age to enjoy wine legallybeing something less than adecade away. The trysts withwine sealed the boy’s love for itand he decided he shouldbecome a winemaker. And hehas and is a good one at that.

He is Matt Thomson, wineconsultant, Saint Clair, one of thefinest winemakers in NewZealand since 1978 and Matt hasbeen associated with them sinceits inception. Matt had comedown to Hyderabad for a winetasting session at the Park Hyatt.

Matt cannot exactly place hisfascination for wine beyond “Ilove wine”. In those three wordseverything is summed up. Prodhim a little more and he says, “Acrazy love for wine.” He did aMasters in chemistry from theUniversity of Otago and learntand read up everything thatcould help him fulfil his dream.“I enrolled for courses that couldhelp me understand whatevergoes into making it,” Matt said.Back then, wine-making was notthat huge in New Zealand. ButMatt was sure: this was his truecalling.

Wine brought him love, too.Sophie Parker, a lawyer,reviewed Matt’s SauvignonBlanc and she liked it and gave itthe okay. “It tasted great and itwas something for everyone,”

she recalls. True to its descrip-tion, it was light-bodied, dry,crisp wine with the subtleflavours of gooseberry, passionfruit, and grapefruit. Sophieshould know: though a lawyer,Sophie’s father was a winemakerand you may safely rule outchances of errors of judgmentfrom her when it comes to wines.One may say wine “completes”Matt.

There are other connections,too, adds Matt. “My father’s alawyer, my brother’s a lawyer...

so... you know...” he smiles.Though Matt began with “I

love wine”, it is clear it is the var-ious aspects of this work that heenjoys. “It’s like a good chef,”Matt says. “He has to get the bestingredients and the best of prod-ucts. He has a garden and heknows somehow to use what itproduces to make the perfectdish.”

Coming up with the

meal to pair it with seems a chal-lenge to the ordinary. But a wine-maker knows. For instance,Sauvignon Blanc and oystersmake an excellent pair. “Thegrapes are planted in a regionnot far from the sea,” explainsMatt. “So the grapes are influ-enced by the wind that blowsfrom there. You see, there’s a lot

that goes into wine mak-ing: geography, soil,wind, time of harvest.

That’s why you willfind most wine

lovers andwinemakers

are veryc l e v e r

people,”he sayswith a

nod.

Matt Thomson cannot exactly placehis fascination forwine beyond “I lovewine”. In those threewords everything hefeels about it issummed up.

OLD CITY UNDER SIEGE

Violence continued in the Old City even as a curfew was imposed.Incidents of ATMs being damaged were reported. M ANIL KUMAR

Give more time to change meters, saysTelangana Auto Drivers Action Committee

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8CHINA BANK LENDING SLOWS FURTHER IN OCTChinese banks lent less money for a second straight month in October,data showed Monday, as the country's banking regulator acknowl-edged that bad loans have spiked this year.The lenders gave out 505.2billion yuan ($81 billion) last month, the People's Bank of China said.

Greece eyes fresh bailoutfunds after budget passes

ATHENS: The Greek par-liament on Sunday appro -ved a slashed 2013 budgetwhich the government hasvowed will secure therelease of foreign aid vitalto save the debt-riddencountry from insolvency.

The vote marked ano -ther step in the governme -nt coalition’s efforts to me -et the demands of its credi-tors after a separate pack-age was approved onWednesday.

The austerity measu -res, which will result in sa -l ary and pension cuts acr -oss the board, are deeplyunpopular and have fue -led sometimes violent pro -tests in the capital Athens.

The vote passed with acomfortable majority of167 deputies in favourfrom the 300-seat chamber,

though only after animpassioned debate. Thevote paves the way for theEuro pean Uni on, Inter -national Mone tary Fundand the Euro pe an CentralBank to unlo ck a 31.5 bil-lion euro ($40 billion)tranche of bailout funds.

Greece’s unrelent-

ing debt problems will topthe agenda Monday whenEu ro zone finance minis-ters discuss whetherAthens has met all the con-ditions set by its interna-tional cr editors to providefunds so it can stay afloat.

Prime Minister Anto -nis Samaras, was relievedto see his coalition govern-ment hold together, justfour days after a vote onanother round of austeritycuts was passed with aparliamentary majority ofjust three. “The seconddecisive step has beentaken, now it’s time forgrowth and recovery," hesaid after the vote.

During the debate pre-ceding Sunday’s vote, Fin -a nce Minister YannisStournaras said the bud-get, wh ich includes 9.4 bil-

lion euros ($12 billion) incu ts, wo uld guarantee thefu nds. “I assure you in them o st categoric manner th -at the tranche (of aid fu n -ds) will be released in anim minent fashion,” he said.

Europe’s paymasterGermany was less categor-ical earlier this week andsaid the ball was in theGreek camp.

Police estimated thataround 15,000 protestorshad massed outside parlia-ment before the vote.

“The measures willpass but we are here to pr -ove that we are not resi -gned to it,” Olga P, 35, anEn glish teacher in a publicschool, said before the vo -te. Sunday’s protest wasca lled by both the public-se ctor Adedy union andthe private-sector GSEEunion. A GSEE statementcalled urged to reject theausterity policies.

A banner from the op -position radical left-wingSyriza party called for thegovernment’s downfall.

The country is current-ly surviving on two mas-sive bailouts from its inter-national creditors. Thevote came on the eve of aeurozone finance ministersmeeting, during whichAthens’ progress on carry-ing out required reformswill be scrutinised.

Without the freshfunds, Greece risks defaulton November 16, when thegovernment — in themidst of its biggest crisissince taking office inJune — must repay athree-month treasury billworth five billion euros.

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LAGOS: Oil giant Shell said it had shut down a pipelinein southern Nigeria due to damage from oil thieves,causing a 25,000 barrel-per-day cut in crude production.Shell’s Nigerian arm “has shut down the Imo RiverTrunkline in its eastern operations after it found severalcrude theft points on the facility,” a statement said.

Shell cuts productionNIGERIA PIPELINE DAMAGE

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (right) and finance minister Yiannis Stournaras talk atthe Greek Parliament in Athens on November 11 during the discussion over the 2013 budget.

AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI

I assure you inthe m o st cat-

egoric mannerth at the tranchewill be releasedin im minentfashion.

Yannis Stournaras

BOUND BY FRIENDSHIP

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (centre) shakes hands with PresidentPranab Mukherjee (right) and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during aceremonial reception in New Delhi on Monday. Karzai is on five day statevisit to India. AFP/PRAKASH SINGH

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DUBAI: Oman has barred importof poultry and poultry productsfrom India for a second time thisyear following an outbreak of birdflu virus in Karnataka. The deci-sion was taken following reports

that an avian influenza outbreakin Bangalore was confirmed bythe World Organisation forAnimal Health (OIE) last week.

This is the second such ban ina year by Oman.

Oman bans poultry imports from India

MODI BEHIND CAMPAIGN AGAINST GADKARI: RSS IDEOLOGUESenior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue MG Vaidya reportedly said onSunday that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was behind the campaign againstBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari.

ECONOMY

SNIPPET

NEW DELHI: India's economicgrowth will be less than six percent while inflation will remainin the range of six to eight percent next year, according tochief financial officers of leadingIndian firms.

The Eurozone crisis follow -ed by slowdown in the US andincreasing oil prices are expect-ed to have the biggest impact onthe Indian economy, accordingto a survey conducted by theConfederation of Indian Indu -stry (CII) and McKinsey & Coamong other CFOs (chief finan-cial officers) of Indian firms.

Over half of the CFOs (chieffinancial officers) who particip -a ted in the survey, released Sun -day, believe that global econom-ic growth will remain flat in the

coming year, while 67 per centfeel that India's gross domesticproduct growth will be less thansix per cent.

India's economic growth fellto a nine-year low of 5.3 per centin the January-March 2012 quar-ter. It improved marginally to5.5 per cent in the quarter endedJune, but remained much belowthe average annual growth of8.2 per cent recorded in the past

eight years. The government'sbudgetary projection of eco-nomic growth for the currentfinancial year is 7.6 per cent.However, analysts as well aspolicy-makers have expresseddoubts over the achievement ofthis growth rate.

Nearly half of the financialofficers expect inflation toremain in the 6-8 per cent rangein 2013. The Indian rupee isexpected to remain in the rangeof 50-55 against a US dollar in2013, 86 per cent of the surveyedexecutives feel.

Chief financial officers of 32leading Indian companiesacross sectors including manu-facturing, IT services, consul-tancy and financial services par-ticipated in the survey. IANS

Survey finds growthwill be less than 6%

Nearly half of thefinancial officersexpect inflation toremain in the 6-8per cent range in2013.

WorldMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

10RATU EPELI ELECTED FOR SECOND TERM IN FIJIFiji’s military government on Monday appointed President Ratu Epeli Nailatikaufor a second three-year term as the coup-plagued South Pacific nation’s headof state. At a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, whoseized power in 2006, Nailatikau, 71, was sworn in as president until 2015.

CLEARED AT LASTJapan’s one-time political kingmakerIchiro Ozawa was cleared Monday ofmisreporting political funds, endinga drawn-out legal battle for one ofthe country’s more colourful politi-cians. The appeal court upheld anearlier ruling that Ozawa had donenothing wrong when he failed ini-tially to report 400 million yen ($5million) that he had loaned to thefunding body supporting his politi-cal machine. Ozawa was once oneof Japan’s most powerful politicians,earning the moniker “ShadowShogun” for behind-the-scenesmanoeuvring.

Syria’s opposition agreed Sundayto unite against Bashar al-Assadand elected a moderate cleric asits first leader, as Israel fired warn-ing shots into the war-torn coun-try after mortar fire hit the Golan.Muslim cleric Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, 52, a Damascus moderatewho quit Syria three months ago,was elected head of the newgrouping, with prominent dissi-dent Riad Seif and female opposi-tion figure Suhair al-Atassi chosen as his deputies.

SYRIAN REBELS UNITE

NUMEROLOGY

$208kGoogle was ordered to pay

Aus$200,000 (US$208,000) in dam-ages to an Australian man Mondayafter a jury found the Internet giantdefamed him by publishing material

linking him to mobsters.

I think the federal govern-

ment needs to look atthis (church sexabuse) and we needto take a nationaloverview on theseissues. It needs tobe national.

Doug CameronAustralian politician

Taliban leader killed in AfghanistanKABUL: A Taliban leader hasbeen killed during a security opera-tion in Afghanistan’s Helmandprovince, Xinhua reported Sunday. Astatement issued by NATO-ledcoalition forces said: “An Afghanand coalition security force killedTaliban direct-action cell leaderZafran during a security operationin Helmand province Saturday.”

Sandy victims to gethelp from RussiaMOSCOW: Russia will dispatchtwo airplanes worth of necessities tovictims of the hurricane Sandy thatravaged the US East Coast. To bedispatched by the RussianEmergency Situations Ministry, thetwo Il-76 cargo jets will depart forNew York Monday, carrying over 50tonnes of humanitarian helpbetween them.

S Korea’s first lady toface land-deal probe SEOUL: South Korean PresidentLee Myung-Bak’s wife will be ques-tioned in writing by special prosecu-tors probing alleged irregularities inthe purchase of a retirement homefor her husband, officials saidMonday. The questioning of FirstLady Kim Yoon-Ok comes at a sensi-tive time, with S Korea just weeksaway from a presidential election.

Israel warns Hamas of‘heavy price’ for rocketsJERUSALEM: Israel has warnedthe Palestinian Islamist movementHamas that it will strike with “ever-growing intensity” in response tothe latest barrage of rocket attacks.“Hamas is responsible for the rocketfire and all other attempts to harmour soldiers and civilians. And it isHamas that will pay the price,”Defence Minister Ehud Barak said.

NEWS BRIEFS

LONDON: Pressure mountedon Chris Patten, chairman of theBBC’s governing board, onMonday after the world’slargest broadcaster was plungedinto crisis following the resigna-tion of its chief executive in a sexabuse row.

The broadcaster’s director-general George Entwistle quitlate Saturday, just 54 days intothe job, after the flagship BBCprogramme Newsnight admit-ted it had wrongly implicated apolitician in abuse at a Welshchildren’s home.

His departure leaves theorganisation in chaos as it strug-gles to restore trust in its jour-nalism and battles the scandalsurrounding Jimmy Savile, thelate BBC star now alleged tohave been a prolific child sexoffender. Patten, the chairman ofthe BBC Trust, said there mustnow be a “thorough, structural,radical overhaul” of the way theBBC was run, although he saidhe would not be resigning overthe row. However, calls forPatten to quit intensified after itwas reported Entwistle wouldreceive a £1.3 million pay-off.

Entwistle will leave with a£450,000 lump sum plus a£877,000 pension plan, the DailyTelegraph reported on Monday.

Conservative lawmakerPhilip Davies said it was “yetanother reason” why Pattenshould resign. Former Labourpress chief Alastair Campbellsaid Patten’s role surely has tocome under proper examina-

tion. “Not just in relation to theappointment process, but also inrelation to the uncomfortableposition that makes him bothcheerleader and regulator. It isunsustainable,” Campbell wrote

on his blog.As Newsnight storm grows

and director general gets£450,000 payoff, BBC chairmanfaces calls to quit over what HEknew”. The allegations against

Savile, who died last year aged84, and the botched Newsnightreport have left the BBC facingone of the most serious crises ofits 90-year history.

“The wholly exceptionalevents of the past few weekshave led me to conclude that theBBC should appoint a new lead-er,” Entwistle said in a state-ment outside the broadcaster’sLondon headquarters Saturday.

The announcement came theday after Newsnight was forcedto apologise for wrongly impli-cating a senior Conservativeparty figure in abuse in the1970s. AFP

BBC SCANDAL

Calls for BBC overhaulafter chief quits

His departure leaves the organisation in chaos as it struggles to restoretrust in its journalism and battles the scandal surrounding Jimmy Savile.

The allegationsagainst Savile, whodied last year, and thebotched Newsnightreport have left theBBC facing one of themost serious crises.

technologyMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

11CHINESE FIRM VOWS TO SUE OBAMAA Chinese company has vowed to fight against US President BarackObama in court "to the end" for blocking a wind farm project. TheSany Group Co Ltd last month filed an amended complaint againstObama, claiming his order exceeded its constitutional rights.

MIWA SUZUKI Agence France-Presse

TOKYO: It gave us theWalkman, the pocket calculatorand heated toilet seats, butJapan’s path to innovative great-ness is littered with failures suchas the TV-shaped radio and the“walking” toaster.

These and other retro appli-ances are part of a treasure-troveoffering a glimpse of futures thatnever happened on Japan’s jour-ney to becoming a worldwidebyword for invention during thelate 1950s and early 1960s.

“Way back before Cool Japanwas an Uncool Japan,” saidKenichi Masuda, 49, referencingthe marketing slogan Tokyo usesto sell itself at home and abroad.

Masuda has made a life’swork of gathering the also-ransin the race to consumer supremacy.

Witness Iwatsu Electric’s“Both Phone” — two telephonesattached back to back with onlyone receiver, apparently to allowsomeone to make calls fromeither side. But only one at atime. Marvel at Fuji Electric’sdouble-decked electric fan — the“Silent Pair”, which definitely isa pair, but not exactly silent.

Browsing Masuda’s collec-tion sends the viewer through aportal to a different time, a peri-od when the “three sacred trea-sures” — the television, refriger-ator and washing machine —were status symbols to which allself-respecting housewives inbooming Japan would aspire.

But for those who could notafford a real television —Japan’sfirst domestically-produced setcost the equivalent of threeyears’ salary for a mid-1950shigh school graduate — the nextbest thing was readily available.

The “Sharp Cinema Super” isa radio in the shape of a televi-sion and cost 10,900 yen — a lit-tle more than a month’s salaryfor an elite public servant of the time.

“The delight of having theimpression of watching TVwould, however, fade quicklywith this still screen,” saidMasuda, adding: “I bet the man who bought this was

scolded by his wife.”Panasonic’s television-

shaped gas stove GSF-1 is themost expensive model among arange of gas heaters the compa-ny sold over 30 years.

“Is there any real meaning inthis? No, but this shows howpeople admired television sets,”he said as he showed AFP thestove, one of the 2,000 items hehas amassed over nearly threedecades.

Other marvels include the“satellite-type” washingmachine — a round metal podwith a handle that stirs dirtylaundry in water and detergent.

The product was launched in1957, amid public excitementover the Soviet Union’s Sputnik,

the world’s first artificial satellite.

Sharp’s “Quicky” — a pair ofelectric scissors and Toshiba’sprosaically named “CK-31A”electric can opener were bothfailures.

Hitachi’s “Piano” is a desk-top electric fan that is, for no dis-cernable reason, shaped like aminiature piano and is supposedto emit a gently scented breeze.

Not to be confused with typi-cal hotel “conveyor belt” toast-ers, Toshiba’s “walking-typetoaster” has a slit entrance for theslice of bread, which is then“walked” vertically down insidethe toaster on metal rails.

When the toast eventuallyemerges at the other end, it feels

like a major achievement.“This didn’t sell. There’s no

way Japan’s small kitchens hadroom for a product whose sizeand price were twice those ofcommon models,” Masuda said.

His personal favourite in thiscategory is Toshiba’s “Snack-3”,a device that can warm milkwhile toasting a slice of breadand frying an egg.

Would-be consumers mighthave seen through this one.

“People may have wanted tohave Western-Style breakfast atthe time... though you wouldbecome tired of that fairly quick-ly,” he said.

For Masuda, these quixoticgadgets show the bravery andidealism of Japanese companiesin a high-growth era that wascrowned by the 1964 TokyoOlympics and the launch of bul-let trains. “They are adorable.You can see how they cameabout from companies pouringso much effort in to pleasing cus-tomers. It’s just that sometimes,they backfired,” said Masuda.

“But they were serious prod-ucts made by adults for adults.”

Japanese consumer electron-ics evolved from this trial-and-error period to sweep the worldin the late 20th century — withSony’s Walkman standing as per-haps the epitome of NipponKnow-how.

But then it all went wrong.Household names that

appeared almost indestructiblein the 1980s — Panasonic, Sharpand Sony — are shadows of theirformer selves, struggling to keepup with their South Korean andTaiwanese rivals. For Masuda,these companies lost their nim-bleness and their playful sense ofadventure when they got toolarge. “As they grew bigger andbigger, they became mindful of‘marketing,’ ‘profitability’, ‘safe-ty’ and the like. They may havebecome too slow to act,” he said.

“But companies in this peri-od were vigorous and had a ‘go-for-it’ spirit. They weren’t afraidof failures.”

So how do they get back totheir roots? That, admitsMasuda, has him stumped.

“If I knew that, I’d be a com-pany president.”

Japan’s gadget failures: Thefutures that never happened Japan has been known for its inventions. They gave us the Walkman, pocket calculator and

heated toilet seats. But in the course of it all are several inventions that failed to gather steam.

As companieslike Panasonic

and Sony grewbigger and bigger,they became mindfulof ‘marketing,’ ‘prof-itability’, ‘safety’ andthe like. They mayhave become tooslow to act.

Kenichi Masudacollector

This picture taken on September 14, 2012 shows Japan’s home electrical appliances collector Kenichi Masuda dis-playing Toshiba’s “Walking Type Toaster WT-2” (L) and “Snack-3” cooking machine in Tokyo. For Masuda, thesequixotic gadgets show the bravery and idealism of Japanese companies in a high-growth era. Japanese consumerelectronics evolved from this trial-and-error period to sweep the world in the late 20th century, with Sony’s Walkmanstanding as perhaps the epitome of Nippon Know-how. AFP PHOTO

MATTERS OF THE HEART

CommentMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

12HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSBehind every successful man there’s a woman. But more than once couldspell disaster. Ask David Petraeus. He knows too well what happens whenthere are too many women behind a man. Only that he learnt it the hardpainful way.

Some love never fades;ask Laila-Majnu, Ant o - ny-Cleopatra, Salim-An arkali et al. In mod-ern times we have love

stories that look like a love-haterelationship but truly a poem inlove. For instance, love betweenthe Telangana ‘Tiger’ K Chan dr -asekhar Rao and the Congressparty.

Rao is never tired of theaffair. Recently, he camped forthree weeks in Indraprastha,wooing the Congress damsel fora date. He got many false startsand many go-betweens whocame off and on spelling out tohim how the Congress loveshim. And, he too returned thesentiment in limerick.

It comes from KCR himself.“Congress leaders from Delhiinvited me for talks and so Iwent to meet them. They saidthey were willing to form a sep-arate state of Telangana if Iagreed to merge my party theTRS with the Congress.”

Thus he makes it clear thatthe Congress made him an offeron the formation of Telangana.KCR is an honourable man, hewon’t lie. But much as all smartmaidens, the Congress onceagain played will-o-the-wispwith him. Never mind, he told

his supporters. Time will deliverhis love.

Like all good lovers miffedfor a jiffy and red with anguish,KCR has now announced afresha great agitation, fully focusedat the Congress party. He wouldimprove his status and proveworthy of the Congress hand,you wait. So what’s the plan?Raise the stakes, of course. Atleast a ton of Assembly seatsand a dozen of parliament seatsin the next general elections.Once Telangana Rashtra Samiti

reaches the century mark, nomaiden can refuse him, can she?

The only problem is thatthere are spoilsports waiting inthe wings. The YSRC, forinstance. The maverick alsowants to prove itself to theCongress. Why prove? To winits hands, silly.

Then there is a David tryingto fell Goliath in a fluke bid, likeit did in Mahboobnagar. The‘party with a difference,’ the BJP(that proved recently not differ-ent from the Congress) alsowants at least seven lok sabhaseats next time. “We will proveour magic and regain the glory,”says the party chief KishanReddy recalling how the partyhad bagged seven seats to helpNDA come to power.

The only problem is that themaths do not add up consider-ing the number of seats avail-able. If each of these parties is tofulfil its dream, it would requiredouble the number of Assemblyand Lok Sabha seats. So somedream will go sour.

The TRS will be ready foranother bout of agitation in ashort while. The suicide of a stu-dent at the Osmania Hospitaltwo days ago has given the nec-essary impetus. But before the“Tiger” goes on the hunt, it hasto tame the “leopard” ProfKodandaram who believes thatthe time has come to abandonthe dream of a happy life withthe Congress.

‘Fulfil the pledges’

Though these be modern times, we have a Nero among us. He plays no music, but likeNero he refuses to admit that his country is burning and goes about with abandon.

Basher al-Assad in a recent interview has denied that there is civil war in his country andpooh-poohed the whole affair as just random skirmishes. As days pass, he loses face

and friends in the international community, yet the tyrant refuses to realise the days arenot very far when they are numbered. A great stalemate has been resolved with the vari-

ous opposition factions coming together and agreeing to unite against their ruler andcommon enemy under the leadership of cleric Moaz al-Khatib, the former Sunni Muslim

imam of the Umayyad mosque in Damascus. The world powers have been hesitantabout taking action against Basher: the reasons are various, but despite 30,000 deaths,

they just talked. Now that the rebels have united, they have leader, and they have a pur-pose, as al-Khatib said, the international community must "fulfil its pledges".

Bring out the diyas

Diwali, with bright and colourful firecrackersand houses decked with diyas, has always

been one of the most awaited festivals byIndians across the country and abroad. The roadsin the last one week have been brimming withfamilies thronging shops for their festive pur-chases. Over the years, unfortunately, the festivalhas been losing its sheen with the excessive pol-lution and incidents of death due to firecrackers.It is time we bring back the traditional Diwalithat we all grew up with. Bring out the diyas,smiles and the ever popular diwali delicacies.

EDITORIALS

READERS’ VIEWSWe invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to [email protected] or#1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 4067 2222. Editor: Dean Williams

By all means,marry. If you

get a good wife,you'll becomehappy; if you get abad one, you'llbecome aphilosopher.

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HARD TALKPK Surendran

ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE...AND WAR

The demise of greatness

The scandals rocking theBBC may well signalthe end of one of the

bastions of journalism as weknow it. For decades the BBC

has been at the vanguard of thefight for freedom of the Press

and has raised the bar onreportage and quality content so

high, that the New York Timesand the Guardian would be hard-

pressed to top it. But, like PeterParker’s grandfather said, with

great power comes great respon-sibility, and I’m afraid the BBC,

as we now know, has beenrather remiss on the latter.That every news organisa-

tion has a few skeletons in thecloset goes without saying, hell

every human being has a coupleof femurs rattling around some-

where. But the nature of theBBC’s bones was so shocking

that those who would havestood by the Corporation found

themselves slowly distancingthemselves. The rats not so

much flee the ship, as leap over-board and hoped they would

drown. Heads have rolled at theBBC, as they should, but themalaise that has lingered for

decades now needs to be curedof its symptomatic ills. Standingby Top Gear while it maligns theworld is one thing, but protect-

ing the reputation of a serialchild rapist is a whole differentball game, and a putrid one at

that. The BBC must now undergo

a sea change in the way it oper-ates, but it must not relinquish

its hold on quality. Mistakeswere made and must be recti-fied, but not at the expense of

those who have believed in theglory of the BBC.

THE HUMAN CONDITIONDean Williams

But before the “Tiger”goes on the hunt, ithas to tame the “leop-ard” ProfKodandaram whobelieves that the timehas come to abandonthe dream of a happylife with the Congress.

campusMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

13MEET THE ENTREPRENEURSTiE-ISB Connect enables aspiring City-based entrepreneurs to interact with potential investors. The event will be held from November22 to 24 at the ISB campus.

WORD TO THE WISE

Now you’re talking!LOL and OMG are old-school. Words like ROFLOLLAMWWCOHTCS, Interninja and

Onlinalitya are now making their way on to college campuses.AMY ROSE [email protected]

Tania Israni, the rich spoiltbrat played by Sana Saeedin the Bollywood flickStudent of the Year, excited-

ly chirps “OMG” every time shewants to express her outrage. Be ita Bollywood flick or Hollywoodone, if it’s a teen movie, there isinvariably a character that con-veys his/her emotions through anoccasional “LOL” or “LMAO”.

Some of these words havesuch a strong presence on theinternet and in the lives ofyoungsters that Oxford Dict -ionary has added some of theseexpressions to its pages. Wordslike BFF, bro-

mance, my bad, and LBD(Little Black Dress) were all therage when they were introduced.

But net-savvy youngsters arenot stopping there. They aregoing the extra mile each daywhen it comes to introducingnews words. ROFLOLLAMWW-COHTCS, which means RollingOn The Floor Laughing OutLoud Like A Man Whose WifeCheated On Him, ThenCommitted Suicide and FacebookActivist Syndrome, which is a con-tagious disease where a personbelieves that he/she is saving theworld by sharing a video onFacebook, are some of the newwords doing the rounds on theinternet now. These words are

invariably used by today’syouth and they expect

you to follow suit.“I think the pop-

ularity ofAmerican televi-sion shows inIndia is the rea-son why thiskind of lingo isspreading like a

virus among theyouth. In thesetelevision shows,words like “my

bad” and “getting jacked” areused quite frequently. I use thesewords but most of the time, itis not done purposely. I thinkwhen you like a character somuch, you unintentionally tendto emulate the way your favouritecharacter talks,” Gloria Peter, astudent, says.

However, there are many oth-ers who think that this lingo isconfined to those who are netsavvy and those who spend a lotof time surfing the net.

“I enjoy spending time read-ing books rather than surfing thenet. So I am not aware of the newlingo that is doing the rounds. I am familiar with words like ‘galpal’, ‘wardrobe malfunction’ and‘LOL’, but I am clueless about thelatest words. Many of the peoplewho use these words think thatusing them makes them look cool. But I don’t agree with this. Itry to keep away from this lingobecause personally, these are notEnglish,” another student, PreetiDyani says.

Whatever the case may be,the new lingo has acquired manyfans among the youth and thesewords are making their way tothe dictionaries and thus into thelives of the common people.

ROFLOLLAMWWCOHTCS:Rolling On The FloorLaughing Out Loud Like AMan Whose Wife CheatedOn Him, Then CommittedSuicideInterninja: A person whocan find anyone or any-thing on the internet, andusually sends you linksnon-stop.Netgiarism: The act ofshamelessly claimingsomething clever you sawon the net as your own.Onlinality: The place onthe internet where all thecoolest and the most hippeople with class, styleand attitude hangout.Facebionage: UsingFacebook to spy on people,look at their profiles, theirfriends list, in order togather all possible infor-mation about them.naab: The word “nààb”(and later on “naab”) isderived from the wordnoob meaning newb, new-bie or beginner in internetslang.MTVictim: Anyone whowatches, buys a recordfrom a band on, or goes toa concert featuring a bandon MTV or modern musicradio.Facebook ActivistSyndrome: A contagiousdisease where a personbelieves they are savingthe world by sharing avideo on Facebook.Facebookacide: Oftencaused by (a) the friendcounter or (b) the relationship status. This isthe act of deleting ones’Facebook page.Facebookadalean: A classi-fication for someone whouses Facebook every day.

COLLEGE OF THE WEEK

St Xavier’sCollege is a private masters college

located in Kolkata. Founded in 1860, itis named after St Francis Xavier, a Jesuit

saint. In 2006, it became the firstautonomous college in West Bengaland is affiliated to the University of

Calcutta. It is a prestigious undergrad-uate and post-graduate college. Thecollege has repeatedly been featuredon the list of Top Ten colleges in Indiain surveys conducted by both India

Today and Nielsen.

A two-day national-levelConference on “Recent Trends inPower Systems and Drives-2013”will be held at Chaitanya BharathiInstitute of Technology. Theobjective of RTPSD-2013 is tobring researchers, engineers, sci-entists and scholar studentstogether to exchange and sharetheir experiences, new ideas andresearch results in all major areasof electrical engineering. The registration forms for the eventare available.

While in college,it is easy to lose

track of time andlose focus onstudies. Study

Tracker, an iPadapp, helps you on

that front. Ittracks your class

performance.Students can

record their studytimes and grades

per class to moni-tor their effort

and outcomes —and adjust

accordingly.

Skype has agroup video chatservice that’sbeing used byprofessors andstudents toengage in class-room discussionsand host virtualoffice hours. And,of course, useSkype video tokeep in touchwith a long-dis-tance significantother — andmaybe even thefamily back home.

CONFERENCE

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16A ROLLICKING NIGHTDJ Zaid will be spinning the latesttracks at Bottles ‘n’ Chimney so headto the pub to let your hair down andhave a good time.

FASHION FOR A CAUSEFashion show organised by Heal A Child Foundation at Taj Krishna was a

well-attended affair. Spotted were Ramana, Nikki and others.

A HIGH-SPIRITED DO

spotlight

A TREAT FOR THE EYESSamsung Giant 190.5 cm 75 inch LED TV was launched for thefirst time in Andhra Pradesh at RKT Samsung Plaza, Hitech City.

A NEW BEGINNINGKarni Jewellers was launched by Amala Akkineni and Pinky Reddy onSunday. Also spotted was actor Giri Babu at the do.

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MAKING MERRYMembers of Chcoat Boys were seen having agala time at the pool party organised atAmrutha Castle. Singer Madhu kept thecrowd entertained throughout the evening.

MEHNDI MAY CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS, SAY DOCTORSApplying chemical-laced 'mehndi' (henna) on the hands can cause seriousside effects including skin infection, doctors said, cautioning girls andwomen against using it. Mehndi dermatitis cases are on the rise in the city,said Rohit Batra, dermatologist at Sir Gangaram HospitaL, Delhi.health


17Take a deep breath

While it might be a festival of lights, it also brings with it phenomenally high levels of pollutionthat can give asthma patients a hard time. Here’s how you can make this Diwali a little easier.

DIWALI HEALTH CARE

Breathe2relaxBreathe2Relax is an appthat helps with moodstabilisation, anger control, and anxietymanagement. The app,available for iPhone,

iPad, and Android, can be used as astandalone stress reduction aid or intandem with clinical care. It alsoincludes a reference guide on the effectsof stress on the body.

MRSAMRSA stands for meticillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcinormally exists on the surface of ourbodies. There are many strains, andmany people naturally carry this particu-lar strain on their throat, nose and skin.In general, Staphylococci bacteria cancause a mild infection such as pimplesand impetigo. Occasionally,Staphylococci can get cause seriousinfection elsewhere in the body.

It takes 200 msuclesper step

Depending on how youdivide up musclegroups, just to take asingle step you usesomewhere in theneighbourhood of 200

muscles. That’s a lot of work for themuscles considering most of us takeabout 10,000 steps a day.

Christiaan BarnadChristian Neethling Barnard was a SouthAfrican cardiac surgeon who performedthe world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant. Barnard experi-mented for several years with animalheart transplants. He performed theworld's first human heart transplantoperation on December 3, 1967. Theoperation lasted nine hours and used ateam of thirty people. The patient, was a54-year-old grocer.

NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS

in those who are allergic to it.“We often have patients whotake care not to burn firecrack-ers since they are asthmatic,but they still suffer an attackdue to the smoke and pollu-tion in the neighbourhood.Their body cannot tolerate thesmoke and pollution generat-ed. Especially, since the pollu-tion generated by firecrackersis chemical laden,” explainsDr Naveed.

The smoke emitted by fire-crackers are usually ladenwith pollutants like sulphurdioxide, carbon dioxide, car-bon monoxide, manganeseand even cadmium, which areknown to damage the respira-tory tract. The situation onlygets worse for asthma patientswho are already prone to

breathing troubles. These pol-lutants further irritate thebronchial mucosa and causethe inner lining of the respira-tory tract to swell up.

“The best thing to do iscontact your doctor inadvance for precautionarymedication that can be kept athand during the festival likeinhalers and oral medication,in case of an emergency,” saysDr Naveed.

It’s that time of the yearwhen the entire countrylights up, sweets are dis-tributed, homes are

decked up and fireworkslight up the night sky.There’s a festive cheer in theair as families and friends gettogether to celebrate Diwali.But it is also that time of theyear that most people suffer-ing from asthma dread.Given the amount of pollu-tion generated thanks to thevolume of firecrackers burntin every corner of the City,the pollution levels shoot upphenomenally. So even if theasthma patient stays indoors,they are bound to be affectedby the smoke around.

An asthma attack then isinevitable, spoiling the joyfor the patient. “We do see arise in the number of patientswith asthma attacks aroundDiwali every year. While thenumbers might not be verylarge, there are a lot of peo-ple who are affected by thesmoke and pollution. This isespecially true for peoplewho are already asthmatic.These people are allergic tosmoke, pollutants, perfumesand other strong smells, allof which abound duringDiwali,” says DrAleemuddin Naveed, con-sultant pulmonologist atMahavir Hospital.

Even eating excesssweets can trigger an attack

RANJANI [email protected] Avoid fireworks: The chemicals

in the firecrackers can triggerreactions in patients with asthmaas well as those who are sensitiveto them.

Cover up: Try and keep your noseand mouth covered to filter outthe smoke and pollutants in theair before, during and after Diwali.

Be equipped: While it would beunfair to be asked to stay indoors

during a festival do be equippedwith your medications andinhalers in case of an emergency.

Watch your diet: Try and stayaway from oily, greasy food andalso excessive sweets and colddrinks. Smoking is a big no no inany case.

De-stress: Practice breathingexercises to help de-stress yoursystem.

Tips for Diwali

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WELLINGTON: Researcherssaid they had discovered agenetic mutation in people withautism that cuts communicationbetween brain cells to about one-tenth of normal levels.

The study found a proteinwhich helps brain cells transferdata through neurological path-ways called synapses wasmutated in autism sufferers,offering a likely explanation fortheir cognitive and behaviouraldifficulties.

Principal investigatorJohanna Montgomery, fromAuckland University's Centrefor Brain Research, said themutated protein, called Shank3,provided exciting possibilities inthe search for autism treatments.

"(A treatment) is years away,"she told AFP. "But we now knowhow it works, we know whatgoes wrong, so let's try to figureout a way to fix it.

"Now we've got a focus forhow we actually rescue this pro-tein, to make it work appropri-ately again so that brain cells cancommunicate at the right levels."

The two-year study, pub-lished in The Journal ofNeuroscience, was carried outby the Centre for Brain Researchand Stanford University in theUnited States.

Montgomery saidresearchers were beginning tounderstand the complex factorsbehind so-called autism spec-trum disorders (ASD), whichtypically result in learning diffi-culties, lack of socialisation andrepetitive behaviours. AFP

Mutationlinked toautism

BREAKTHROUGHVACCINE

My husband and I havebeen divorced for twoyears now and it took

quite a while for my children.It was difficult for them, butwe tried to comfort them asmuch as we could. I've founda man that I love and we'dlike to get married. I'm wor-ried this news will hit themhard.

Divorce can be very hard onchildren and thus the issue of anew partner in either parent’slife is one that must be handled

with care. If you are seriouslyinterested in the person youhave begun dating, then it’simportant to let the children getto know that person way beforeyou start talking to them aboutmarriage. Let the children getcomfortable with the new per-son and allow them to developa friendship. The best way toapproach this is to introduceyour partner to your children

and then slowly make your part-ner a regular part of your child’slife.

As things progress, talk toyour children about how thisperson is very important to youand tell them about your rela-tionship (this conversation willdepend on the child’s age, sotalk with the kids separately ortogether depending on howclose in age they are). Explain

your intention to marry yourpartner while clearly tellingthem that you will never stoploving them or being there forthem. Let you child tell youwhat they feel, and give themtime to process their feelings.Be honest about how thingsmight change and answer anyquestions they might have astruthfully as possible, even say-ing “I don’t know” if you don’t

know the answer to their ques-tion. Finally, have lots ofpatience while your kids settleinto the idea. You might findone child more accepting thanthe other, so allow for this aswell. If you help your childrenunderstand that you will bethere for them no matter what,they will accept your decision.

The writer is a counsellingpsychologist at the Hyderabad

Academy of Psychology. Youcan write to her at askdr-

[email protected]

Dr Diana MonteiroGrowing pains‘TREAT THE SITUATION WITH CARE’

Mixedresults for

malaria trialvaccine

The results of new tests with a can-didate malaria vaccine have shown

the vaccine to be less effective inweeks-old infants than when it

comes to older babies.

PARIS: New tests with a candi-date malaria vaccine haveshown it to be less effective inweeks-old infants than olderbabies, a "frustrating" result inthe fight against the disease.

The trial vaccine, RTSS, wasshown in Phase III tests to pro-tect only a third of six- to 12-week-old infants inoculated, itsdevelopers announced at a tele-conference on Friday.

The result from tests on 6,500infants was "modest" comparedto success rates of between 47percent and 55 percent in chil-dren between the ages of fiveand 17 months, said a studyreport in the New EnglandJournal of Medicine.

"We... would have liked tohave seen higher efficacy thanwe have of course," saidAndrew Witty, chief executiveofficer of vaccine developerGlaxoSmithKline, calling theresults "a little frustrating".

But he stressed: "This is not amission we should just walkaway from," with the mosquito-borne disease killing hundredsof thousands of children peryear.

"This remains the lead andstill the most encouraging(malaria) candidate vaccine,"said Witty.

A year ago, the RTSS teamannounced that the candidatevaccine cut risk in half over aperiod of 12 months in Africanchildren between the ages of fiveand 17 months who had beeninoculated.

The biggest trial of its kind,underway at 11 sites in sevenAfrican countries, seeks to cre-ate a vaccine to block the para-site that causes malaria.

Several vaccine develop-ment projects are under wayaround the world, with many ofthem in the clinical trial phase.

The disease kills an estimat-ed 655,000 people every year,mainly children under five liv-ing in sub-Saharan Africa.

Dr Salim Abdulla, who leadsthe Tanzanian leg of the trial,said three doses of the drug hadreduced clinical malaria in tinybabies by 31 per cent, and severemalaria by 37 per cent.

"We will continue to exam-ine the different factors that may

be behind the different levels ofefficacy," between the two agegroups, Abdulla said.

The researchers expect tohave final trial results by 2014,including data on the vaccine'sefficacy over a longer period of30 months, and the potentialbenefits of a later, booster dose.

"These data simply confirmthat the vaccine is potentiallyuseful in significantly reducingthe risk of malaria, but that it isnot the complete solution,"London School of Hygiene andTropical Medicine immunolo-gist Eleanor Riley told AFP ofthe findings.

It can be effective if usedwith other prevention measuressuch as insecticide-treated bednets.

University College Londonvaccine expert Jane Zuckermanadded the outcome was notcompletely unexpected.

"Complex immunologicalresponses are intrinsic in thedevelopment of a malaria vac-cine," she said.

Abdulla said the positivesinclude confirmation that thevaccine is safe and that it can beadministered with other child-hood vaccinations without anyworrying side-effects.

"The efficacy came back

lower than we had hoped, butdeveloping a vaccine against aparasite is a very hard thing todo," said US billionaire BillGates, co-founder of the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundationwhich sponsors the trial. AFP

These data simply confirm

that the vaccine ispotentially useful insignificantly reduc-ing the risk of malaria, but thatit is not the com-plete solution.

Eleanor RileyImmunologist

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Ongole Githa’s firstlook on Diwali

The first look of Ram,Kriti Kharbanda-starrer

Ongole Githa is going tobe unveiled on Diwali.Bhaskar is directing thefilm and BVSN Prasad isproducing it. GV Prakash iscomposing the music. Mostpart of the film has beenshot in Guntur, Tenali andOngole.

Maruthi bags a biggie

Maruthi, the director of Ee Rojullo and Bus Stop, is

going to direct a film underGeetha Arts banner. Allu Arvind isgoing to produce the film.Incidentally, the project wasannounced just a day before therelease of Maruthi’s Bus Stop. No wonder Maruthi is all smilesthese days.

Kodi Ramakrishnarecovers after surgery

Director Kodi Ramakrishna isslowly recovering after a

bypass surgery and has beenadvised to take rest for a fewdays. He was admitted to a pri-vate hospital in Chennai after hecomplained of chest pain. Thedirector is working on a filmbased on Sathya Sai Baba’s life. Inthe past, he has directed films likeArundhati and Ammoru.

CINE BYTESSHINING STAR

set toteam

up withNithin

After Radha Mohan’s upcoming bilingualfilm Gauravam, Yami Gautam will soon

be seen in yet another bilingual filmbeing produced by Gautham Menon

under Photon Kathaas banner. She’s all set to teamup with Nithin in Courier Boy Kalyan and it’s being

simultaneously shot in Tamil as TamilselvanumThaniyar Anjalum with Jai in the lead role. Prem Sai, a

former associate of Prabhu Deva, is directing the film.Talking to Postnoon, Prem Sai says, “I had

approached Yami a couple of times earlier, but shewas busy with her prior commitments. Meanwhile,

we began shooting action and comedy scenes featur-ing Nithin, Satyam Rajesh and Harsha in the Teluguversion and Jai, Santhanam and VTV Ganesh in the

Tamil version. Recently, when I approached Yamionce again, she was relatively free from her commit-

ments. She suits the role perfectly. It’s a good scriptand Yami has a meaty role in the film.”

So far, almost 40 per cent of the film has been shotand it’s a little surprising that Prem Sai didn’t cast aheroine so far. Initially, Abhinaya was supposed toplay the lead role and then they approached Richa

Gangopadhyay before the role fell into YamiGautham’s lap. “It’s not like we didn’t want to cast

anyone. The character has a specific look and I wasn’timpressed with most heroines I had come across.

Yami liked the script and she’s a thorough profession-al. After Vicky Donor, you can imagine how many

offers she would have got, but she’s being verychoosy in terms of the quality of films she wants to be

part of,” Prem Sai adds. Having acted in TV serialsfor many years, Prem Sai is making his debut as a

director now. Is he tense? “Not really. I am confidentabout my script, which is why a director like

Gautham Menon is backing the project. I enjoy everymoment of my work and life,” he signs off.

Yami Gautam

Entertainment MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012 20

Big B upset withBihar police

Amitabh Bachchan is upsetafter finding out that the

Bihar police have used hispictures in their campaignagainst the Maoists withouthis consent. He says he maytake legal action againstthem. “Bihar Police uses myphotograph for the recruit-ment of forces in their fightagainst the Maoists... this isillegal and wrong anddefamatory...,” he wrote. IANS

Will Ayushmann workwith his wife?

VJ-turned-actor AyushmannKhurrana, who is married to

his childhood sweetheart Tahira,an author who plans to turn intoa scriptwriter, says he may workwith his wife if she comes up witha unique script. “I don’t know,maybe yeah I think, we can worktogether. Since I am quite cynicaland critical, so I think she betterbe good with her scripts,” the 28-year-old said. IANS

NAVJOT SINGH SIDHULEAVES BIGG BOSS HOUSE

Owing to political commit-ments, Navjot Singh Sidhu

has decided to opt out of BiggBoss Season 6. Sidhu will be leav-ing the Bigg Boss house today,following a request from his wife,Dr. Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who wantsSidhu out of the house in order toresume his party work with BJP.Sidhu has decided to leave thehouse to resume his roles.

CINE BYTESLONELY SUPERSTAR

I WANT A DAY JUSTFOR MYSELF:

Shah RukhKhan He is on the top, but

feels lonely. He has allthe luxuries of life andthe love of his family,

friends, millions of his fans, butall that superstar Shah RukhKhan craves for is a day of hislife just for himself.

“I want one day of my life formyself, but who do I take itfrom? Even when I am free, Ican’t expect everyone to spendtime with me, because their livesare going on. So at times you doget lonely,” Shah Rukh toldIANS in an interview.

Along with his professionalcommitments, the 47-year-oldhas so much on his plate on adaily basis that he often findsit hard to spend quality timewith his family and friends.

“It’s lonely not becauseit’s sad, it’s just that thework takes a lot of time.Your life gets dedicated toothers. I have to do somuch in a day. I wouldlike to go and sit withmy friends, but when Igo somewhere, there are40 people who want tomeet me. So I have todedicate that privatetime to public,” he said.

Caught amidst hisshooting, promotionaland business work, theactor admits he oftenmisses the smaller joys oflife. Even going for amovie with his wife GauriKhan and children —Aryan (15) and Suhana (12)— is sometimes a task.

“I feel, because youstart catering to other peo-ple more than your per-sonal life, you don’t haveany personal life left. Myfamily doesn’t take mewith them to watch a film.They are like ‘you get dis-turbed and so do we’. Yourealise that the personal life andsmall things get taken awayfrom you. So you find that per-sonal life in your work, likeworking with a friend,” he said.

IANS

KEIRAKNIGHTLEYHAS SET ADATE FOR

HER D DAY? Keira Knightley is still

basking in engagedbliss since saying

'Yes!' to beau James Rightonin May. But, is the coupleplanning on getting marriedanytime soon? "We're bothworking too hard, so I'm justenjoying this bit," Knightley,27, explained of her weddingplans on "Good MorningAmerica" on November 9.One thing she couldn't stopgushing about was her$40,000 engagement ring,which she admits she flashesconstantly. "I keep doingthis," the Anna Karenina starsaid as she waved her lefthand back and forth. "It's alovely ring, isn't it?" sheadded, smiling from ear toear. Knightley.

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Selena Gomez dumpedJustin Bieber over‘Trust Issues’

The 20-year-old Wizardsof Waverly Place star is

done with Justin Bieber."She broke up with himabout a week ago," asource told People. "Withthem being apart so muchit got complicated. Shehad some trust issues. It'snot easy, but the relation-ship needed to end."

Matthew McConaughey isat his 'Absolute LowestWeight'

Weight-wise, MatthewMcConaughey is at his lowest

point. McConaughey has lost 30lbs — and gained a mustache —for the role. In the movie, he plays amid-1980s AIDS patient who seeksout experimental HIV drugs to pro-long his life. "Matthew starts shoot-ing this weekend, so he's at hisabsolute lowest weight," a sourceclose to the actor tells PEOPLE.

Judy Garland's Wizard ofOz dress sells for$480,000

Judy Garland's blue and whitegingham dress from The Wizard

of Oz sold for $480,000 (£301,944)at a Beverly Hills. But it was wellbelow the sky-high figures paidlast year for Hollywood costumesworn by Marilyn Monroe andAudrey Hepburn, and a similardress worn during tests for TheWizard of Oz that fetched$910,000 (£572,435) in 2011.

CINE BYTES

ACROSS1 Use a dirk on5 Grandiose display10 It may be saved,

offered or taken14 Saintly radiance15 Bring to a new

level?16 Decorate a copper-

plate17 Ronald Reagan film

of ‘3819 Awww-inspiring?20 Impediment21 Spectrum producer22 Small digit23 ‘Takin’ Care of

Business’ group, tofans

24 First, second, thirdor home

26 International com-munities withshared interests

31 Specialised vocabu-lary

34 Team-boosting bel-low

35 Palindromic femalename

36 Hard of hearing37 Hotel upgrade39 Person or thing

with a following40 Mine entrance41 Series-long story

line42 Romantic ren-

dezvous43 She’s blamed for

bad weather47 Periods of historical

note48 ‘The Book of ___’

(2010 DenzelWashington film)

49 Mu ___ pork52 Take the bolt off55 Allowable57 Cathedral cross58 Native country60 Depleted61 Gospel singers,

often62 Folklore fiend63 ___ out (just man-

aged)64 Canaveral and Fear65 Small river dam

DOWN1 Clog’s cousin2 Engine supercharger,

for short3 Defied gravity4 Sheet of raw cotton5 Puts up6 Where some lemons

are picked?7 Old Parmesan

bread?8 Stubborn ___ mule9 Hanoi holiday10 Desk used for

writing11 Pins and needles

holder12 Fifth book of the

New Testament13 The other guys

18 A bad one shouldbe kicked

21 Last Greek conso-nant

24 Ill-mannered tyke25 Feel a dull pain26 Simpleminded or

lamebrained27 Longtime Susan

Lucci daytime role28 500 mi auto race29 Son of Seth and

nephew of Abel30 Bad thing to get in

a wound31 He has an apple

named after him?32 Vastly improve the

decor33 Horse’s trot37 Gilbert of ‘The Talk’38 Coffeehouse vessels42 Judge, at times44 Need to be

corrected45 Electronics expert46 Stomach ailments49 Actors’ platform50 Artist Matisse51 Bovine milk source52 More than suggest53 Breakfast dining

area54 Item in Pebbles

Flintstone’s hair55 At the peak of56 Caterpillar product58 Broadcast-regulat-ing gp59 ‘Caught you!’

KAKURO QUICK CROSSWORD

Chai TimeMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

24THOUGHT OF THE DAYI happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directlyreflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bearon the same topic. Lisa Alther

PREVIOUSPUZZLEANSWER

How to playkakuroKakuro is a populargame similar tosudoku in some ways.But is also suitably dif-ferent. The key ques-tion: ‘How do you playkakuro?’, well here arethe rules of kakuro.The answer: Thekakuro grid, unlike insudoku, can be of anysize. It has rows andcolumns, and dark cellslike in a crossword.And, just like in acrossword, some of thedark cells will containnumbers. Some cellswill contain two num-bers.

However, in a cross-word the numbers ref-erence clues. In akakuro, the numbersare all you get! Theydenote the total of thedigits in the row or

column referenced bythe number.

Within each collec-tion of cells — called arun — any of the num-bers 1 to 9 may beused but, like sudoku,each number may onlybe used once.Let’shave an example toexplain this conceptmore clearly:

In the imageabove, which shows asection of a kakuropuzzle, you will see thenumbers ‘26’ and ‘14’in the top row. Look atthe 14. This means thatthe total of the threecells underneath mustsum to 14. Therefore 9,4, 1 could be theanswer, or perhaps 7,

4, 3 and so on... So, how do you work

out the actual combi-nation? Well, this isdone through elimina-tion and cross-refer-encing. For instance, asyou work out theanswers for otherkakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the validcombinations, andhence the answer forthis particular run.

Note the second cellin row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30and 11. The 30 refersto the vertical rununderneath the num-ber 30 and the 11refers to the two cellsto the right, horizon-tally, of the number 11.

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ARIESYour status will be upgradedand comforts will increase. Allwishes which were delayed willbe fulfilled now. Businessmenwill see increased profit. Expe -n ses will increase over goodevents. Government officialsand employees will benefit.

ARIES: Queen of Pentacles– You’re driven and motivated bymoney. You need to do things thelogical way by ignoring ego. Think ofyour family and not just yourself.

GEMINI: King of Pentacles– Finances are in focus. A windfall, inthe form of an inheritance or a smartinvestment move, will force you toplan further. All will go well.

LEO: The Chariot – Travel ison the cards. This will be an impor-tant journey when you meet interest-ing people who make an impact onyour future life course.

LIBRA: King of Wands –You believe in symbols and omensand are finding it difficult to interpretone such. These are matters of faith.If faith is strong, nothing can shake it.

TAURUS: Judgement – Youdiscover the joy in the simple plea-sures of life. It could be in a scoop ofice cream or in getting wet in therain. It won’t hurt to be impulsive.

CANCER: Three of Cups –A celebration is about to take place.You will be excited about an achieve-ment, however small that may be. Butit’s important you celebrate it.

VIRGO: Four of Pentacles –Financial stability has been achieved.But you’re still feeling unsettled wit -h in. This may be because you’re me -n tally very anxious about the future.

SCORPIO: Six of Pentacles– A person in your industry is goingto come to your rescue and help youunderstand the difference betweenbeing professional and being pushy.

CAPRICORN: Seven ofPentacles – Avoid picking a fight withsomeone you know for sure you needin the future. By antagonising him/her, you run risk of more obstacles.

SAGITTARIUS: The Devil– You’re tempted to take a shortcut.Not a very good idea because yourun the risk of putting all your goodwork down the drain in no time.

AQUARIUS: Five of Swords– Some conflict is likely. You shouldnot get into a brawl with anyone. Stayaway from all kinds of politicking. Putego aside and do what’s best for you.

PISCES: The Lovers – Dec -i sion time! You may need to be harshon someone. You’ll be expected totake a tough call, which may not bethe best for someone you love.

TAURUSBlames by women likely; becareful. Clashes and misunder-standing between couples like-ly. Children might face healthproblems and their concentra-tion in studies might reduce.Take good care of them andalso provide good support.

GEMINIYou look cheerful and active.Blood relatives might face ten-sion. Financial support fromfriends and close relatives willdrive away the deficit situation.Avoid unwanted disputes. Busi -nessmen will face minor ten-sions and losses. Be patient.

CANCERYou will be fortunate as a lot ofgood opportunities come yourway. Avoid enmity and wishesbeyond your level. Childrenmight embarras you, but dealwith them patiently. Business -men might face problembecause of their partners.

LEOEnemies will be under controland you will gain an upperhand. Health problems likely tocontinue for some more time;take good treatment. Employe -es might face a difficult situa-tion at office. Those in love willsucceed. Businessmen thrive.

VIRGOMaternal relatives mightincrease tension and depressyou. Stay calm and deal withthe situation carefully. Healthneeds to be taken good care of.Businessmen will have loan forthe expansion sanctioned.Artists will perform well.

LIBRALitigation in ancestral propertywill be over. Make careful deci-sions regarding your futurecarefully, as correcting a mis-take committed now might costyou dear. Children might bringtension. Artists will be success-ful in their endeavors.

SCORPIOYou will succeed in whateverchallenge you face and marchahead. Spouse's health needsto be taken good care of. Ma t -ernal relatives improve in theirstatus. Some have a brightchance to go abroad. Business -men go through a struggle.

SAGITTARIUSGood turning points likely. Along-since pending debt issuewill be resolved with the helpof friends and wellwishers. Bu -si nessmen might struggle butthey will get right help fromunexpected sources at the righttime and come out winners.

CAPRICORNMaternal relatives will be help-ful while there are chances ofdifference through paternal rel-atives. Enemies will be undercontrol. Avoid unwanted argu-ments with women and spouse.Take good care of health.Artists will achieve their goals.

AQUARIUSYour administrative capabilitieswill improve. Your approachearns you a name and worksget completed easily and makeyou happy. Those planning togo abroad will succeed. Moth -er's health will be fine. Busines -s men will see a good growth.

PISCESDebt issues might haunt youalong with health problems.Litigation in ancestral propertylikely. Businessmen might facea deficit-finance situation. Ho -w ever, they will come out ofthe problem with a loan. Poli -ticians will be in the limelight.

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Clooney’s girlfriendgets botox in secret

Actor George Clooney’sgirlfriend Stacy Keibler

has been having secret Botoxsessions. She has apparentlybeen going behind theactor’s back to have theinjections. “For a while now,she’s been sneaking aroundbehind George Clooney’sback and getting Botox treat-ments,” showbizspy.comquoted a source as saying.

Brand embarrassedto meet Beckham

Russell Brand wasembarrassed to

meet David Beckhambecause he had com-

mented that he could eatfood off Beckham’s body.“I could see he had heardabout this joke. I wanted

to say ‘I won’t actually doit’,” dailystar.co.uk

quoted Brand as saying.IANS

Justin Timberlake andJessica Biel are hav-

ing problems. The couplefell out after Biel told Justin

to cut ties with his pals.“They are suffering from abad case of post-weddingblues... because she wants

him to dump most of his oldfriends,” showbizspy.com

quoted a source as saying.

Timberlake, Biel already arguing?

CINE BYTES

Four months afterdivorcing Tom

Cruise in one ofthe most talked-about breakupsin the history of

American showbusiness,Katie Holmes is makingher debut on Broadwayin New York, in a show

expected to be one of thehottest tickets of the win-

ter, not least due to herpresence on stage.

Holmes is starring ina comedy focusing on

family relationships inthe Midwest, which is

where she grew up.The career of the for-mer Dawson's Creek

actress floundered duringher marriage and, since

moving to New Yorkwith her daughter Suri,Holmes has kept a rela-tively low profile. In aninterview with the New

York Times last week,Holmes stressed the nor-

mality of her life as aworking New York

actress who rides thesubway, takes her daugh-

ter to school and shopsunaccompanied in the

supermarket below her Chelsea

apartment block.

TO MAKEBROADWAYDEBUTAFTERDIVORCE

KATIE HOLMES

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE:Wayne Ellington drained seventhree-pointers and scored agame-high 25 points Sunday asthe Memphis Grizzlies (right)overpowered the NBA championMiami Heat 104-86.

Zach Randolph added 18points and 12 rebounds, andMike Conley also scored 18 withnine assists as the Grizzliesrolled to their fifth straight victo-ry.

They're off to their best startto an NBA season with a 5-1record.

"We're all just out here grind-ing and working every day,"Ellington said. "We're taking itgame by game to get wins."

Chris Bosh led Miami with 22

points. LeBron James had a dou-ble-double of 20 points and 10rebounds, but it wasn't enoughas the Heat saw their four-gamewinning streak end.

No other Miami playerscored in double figures.Dwyane Wade, who sat outFriday's game at Atlanta with acold, came in averaging 20.4points for the Heat but was heldto eight.

The Heat had pulled within85-76 midway through the fourthquarter when Grizzlies guardJerryd Bayless turned the ballover — opening the door to aMiami fastbreak.

However, as Miami's RayAllen went up for a lay-up,Bayless appeared and blockedthe shot.

The Grizzlies' Rudy Gaygrabbed the rebound and foundEllington, who made a three-pointer shot that ignited a 13-0scoring run.

The Grizzlies finished thegame with 14 three-pointers,something the Heat admittedthey weren't expecting.

Instead, Miami had comeinto the contest focused on neu-tralizing Memphis' inside pres-ence of Marc Gasol and ZachRandolph. "We knew we weregoing to have a job on our handswith Z-Bo and Gasol," Jamessaid. AFP

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LEAGUE CRICKET


HYDERABAD: V Varun andHarshith Krishna won the78th Brilliant Trophy ChessTournament in the open cate-gory here on Sunday. GVSrinivas and PerumalaRamakrishna were placedsecond and third respectively.

Harshith Krishna Pokalaof Johnson Grammar HighSchool, Habsiguda won thejuniors category. Shanmukha,Varun Kumar, K Pranav, GSravankumar, Raivath,Swetha Sri, AiswaryaLakshmi, Aiswarya Lakshmi,Varshitha and Rachitha wonin their respective categories.

Varun,Harshithchamps

Hyderabad Vs Harayana atGymkhana Day 1Haryana was bundled out for 208after electing to bat on Day 1their match against Hyderabadon Sunday. Hyderabad made astrong 97 without losing a wicketin reply. Brief scores: Harayan 208(Sumit B 80, Mehdi Hasan 4 for50); Hyderabad 97 without loss(K Sumanth 53no)A 2 & 3 Two Days LeaguesChampionships Team Speed 428 (SS Bharath 88,P Suresh Kumar 142,Satyanarayana 5 for 122)Inter-District Under-16 League-cum-Knockout One DayTournament played at Suryapet,Nalgonda DistFinalNizambad 179 (Majeed 42,Wajeed 34, Srikanth 3 for 35)Lost to Karimnagar 182 for 6(Shahnawaz 59)

SemifinalsKarimnagar 140 for 8 (N Madukar42, M Madukar 33, Sai Kumar 4for 25) Beat Mahabubnagar 120for 6 (Shahnawaz 59, Laith 3 for26)

Khammam 94 (Majid 3 for 27)Lost to Nizamabad 95 for 2 (Akhil32, Suraj 31)A4-A12 One Day LeagueChampionshipSacred Heart 252 (Berard George67, James Anthony 62, John MCDonald 30, MA Azeem Warsi 4for 43) bt Lal Bahadur PG 127(Devrath Singh 36, Rakesh 43,Berard George 7 for 38)

Bharath CC 254 for 7(Ambathi Sai Varun 66, ShivaDutta 56, A Vijay Kumar 38no) btConcord 72 (Amit Singh 6 for 27,Shiva Dutta 3 for 14)

Sportive 142 (Murali 48,Arvind Yadav 33,Abrar 3 for 45,Haroon Rasheed 5 for 29) lost toRed Hills 144 for 2 (Amjad 44,

MA Waseem 36)All Saints HS 166 (Srinath 46,

Nikhil Naidu 35) bt Saint Sai 142(Jasmin 74,Sanjay Yadav 4 for 26,Vamshi 5 for 50)

Sagar XI 230 (Sachin Naidu37, Ramana 43, Munna 3 foir 55)lost to Tirumala 233 for 5 (mShamshuddin A 40, Munna 98)

Roshanara 225 for 8 (NayarVaru 54, Irfan 30, Ajay SinghRawat 39, Azhar 3 for 61) bt HGC159 for 9 (Sai Kumar 63, Ajay 4for 60, Sai Chander 4 for 29)

All Saints HS 111 (Vamshi 57,Mohammed Safi 3 for 34,Moinuddin 3 for 12) lost to PNYoungsters 113 for 8 (Kamran 32,Sanjay Yadav 3 for 33)

Adams XI 205 for 5 (Bal Ram33, Faraz Baig 39, M Wajahatullah43no) lost to Agarwal Sr 207 for6 (Hasim 101, Ghouse 36)

Satyam Colts 65 (Akshay 6 for36, Tarun 4 for 29) lost toInternational 66 for 1 (Akhil 34)

Mahaboob College 251 for 8(Vinay Uttam 42, Deepak 5 for58) bt Universal 158 for 7 (SaiPramay 37, M Sadanand 3 for 28)

HUCC 174 for 9 (Imtiyaz 38,Moin Uddin 48, Viniy 4 for 47)lost to MP Sporting 175 for 9(Ramakanth 45, Sridhar 43, Ateeq3 for 13)

Swastik Union 136 (AmanYadav 44, Mahir 3 for 26) lost toSt-Andrews School 140 for 2(Sohail 79)

Future Star CC 207 (RajniKanth 40, Suchetan 32, Maneesh30, Muzzafar Khan 3 for15,Muzzammil 4 for 50) lost toGreen Turf 208 for 5 (Muzzammil33, Muza Iqbal 102no, Ravi 3 for35)

Team Kun 105 (B Teja 41,Sanjay Singh 7 for 32) lost toMayura CC 108 for 3 (SanjaySingh 32, Gopal Jha 30)

Vijaya Bharathi 145 (Altaf 43,Malikarjun 3 for 29, Kaleem 3 for

30, Bashir 3 for 42) bt Victory 142(Riyasuddin 35,Altaf 3 for 38,Sailesh 5 for 25)

Dhurv XI 349 for 8 (Manoj109, Melwin Vinay 39, SreeCharan 50, Siddrath Reddy 56,Marshal 4 for 115) bt Saint Sai273 for 9 (Raja 59, Jasmin 40, ESree Charan 4 for 60)

HCA Academy 294 for 7(Mohammed Taha Sheik 115, KAshish 81, Prateek 3 for 53, ManiSurya 3 for 63) bt Chums XI 112(Mohammed Taha Sheik 3 for 14,Yash Kapadiya 3 for 18)

Ameerpet 266 for 9 (Melbinto52, Rao Satyala 64) bt LNCC 190(Pranay 100, Satpal 5 for 51)

Ekalavya 108 (Prakeerth 5 for30) lost to VP Willowmen CC 114for 8 (Shakir 31, Khoremand 32,Sailesh 4 for 66, Akshay 3 for 19)

PKCC 174 for 5 (Vijay KumarKonda 53no, Vijay Kumar Kurha57) lost to RK Puram 175 for 6(Murtuza 37, Kalyan 3 for 44)

Hyderabad bundle out HaryanaElecting to bat after winning the toss, Haryana were skittled out for 208 in the CK Naidu tournament against Hyderabad,

which then batted themselves into a strong position scoring 97 without losing a wicket.

Wayne Ellingtondrained seventhree-pointersand scored 25

points on Sundayas the Memphis

Grizzlies beatchamps Miami

Heat 104-86.

CHESS

Humpy offto winning

startKHANTY MANSIYSK(RUSSIA): Top ratedGrandmaster Koneru Humpystarted off with a win withblack to stake her claim in theround of 32 in the first roundof world women's chesschampionship that got under-way here.

Up against Denise Frick inthe opener, Humpy showedher class in all departments.

Heat fall to Grizzlies hug

sports 28SOUTH AFRICA’S TOUR OF AUSTRALIA PRACTICE MATCH

England drawthird game tooAHMEDABAD: Jonathan Trott notched up ahundred before England knocked out sixHaryana wickets but their third and final practicematch ahead of the Test series against India endedin a tame draw on the last day here today.Haryana were 133 for six in 42 overs, chasing 441,when the match was stopped.

Resuming at 73 for two after tea, opener NitinSaini completed a half century before becomingMonty Panesar’s only victim of the day when theleft-arm spinner had him caught behind after an84-ball stay.

Saini struck nine fours during his entertainingknock but the rest of the Haryana line-up failed toimpress and pacer Tim Bresnan picked up twowickets to finish with a five-wicket haul in thematch.

Earlier, England had useful batting practiceahead of their first cricket Test against India start-ing November 15, as they declared their secondinnings at 254 for six to take an overall 441-runlead.

England declared midway into the secondsession as soon as star batsman and first inningscenturion Kevin Pitersen was out for a two-ballduck of the bowling of off-spinner Jayant Yadav.

Opener Jonathon Trott struck a century asEngland reached 221 for two at lunch to extendtheir lead to 408 runs. PTI


STEVE GRIFFITHS Agence France-Presse

LONDON: Roger Federer is oncourse for a seventh ATP TourFinals title after the defendingchampion defeated third seedAndy Murray 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 onSunday to set up a final show-down with Novak Djokovic.

Federer produced anotherof the supremely dominant dis-plays he seems to reserve forthis tournament as he cruisedpast Murray in one hour and 33minutes at London’s O2 Arenaand the Swiss great is now onewin away from completing ahat-trick of titles at the presti-gious season-ending event.

While the two venues could-n’t be more different, the 17-time Grand Slam championseems just as in his elementunder the O2 Arena’s domedroof as he does on Wimbledon’sCentre Court.

Murray pushed him hard inthe first set, but once Federergot into his stride the result wasinevitable as the 31-year-oldemulated his Wimbledon tri-umph over the Scot and in theprocess gained a measure ofrevenge for losing theirOlympic final clash.

Murray, who was bidding tobecome the first Briton to reachthe final, has enjoyed a year toremember, but this was a frus-trating way to end it as hebowed out in the semi-finals forthe third time.

“It was a special match,”Federer said. “It was the thirdtime in London this year for thetwo of us and the crowd was el -ectric. I have been around theblock a few times and that wassomething. You can’t tire of nig -hts like this. That is why I keeppractising in front of no people,it inspires you to keep workinghard.” AFP

MP back on course

Rory hungry for moreSINGAPORE: Two Major titles, world number one, money titleson both sides of the Atlantic, and still only 23 — but as Rory McIlroymade crystal clear this weekend, he’s just getting started. The tousle-haired, approachable Northern Irishman has ambitions way beyond hishumble roots in Holywood, a port town near Belfast, with an eye ongolf’s most coveted records. After clinching a European Tour-PGA Tourmoney race double in Singapore, McIlroy said his game was still a workin progress, and set his sights on Colin Montgomerie’s eight Europeanmerit wins, and even Jack Nicklaus’s 18 Majors. AFP

Kerr wins as Lewis locks up LPGA Player of YearGUADALAJARA, MEXICO : Cristie Kerr rallied to win theLorena Ochoa Invitational on Sunday as Stacy Lewis locked up LPGAPlayer of the Year honors with a tie for fourth place. Kerr had six birdiesand three bogeys and parred the last three holes at Guadalajara Coun -try Club to hold off fellow American Angela Stanford and overni ght le -ader Inbee Park and win by one stroke. Kerr’s 69 gave her a four-roundtotal of 16-under 272. Stanford carded a 68 and South Korea’s Park a72 for 273. Kerr claimed her 15th LPGA title and her first since she wonthe LPGA Championship in June 2010. “It feels amazing,” said Kerr. AFP

Beljan caps wild week with first PGA win LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA: Charlie Beljan capped awild week with an emotional first US PGA Tour victory Sunday, postinga two-stroke triumph just two days after he was hospitalized with apanic attack. Beljan carded a three-under 69 final round, countering adouble-bogey and three bogeys with eight birdies for a 16-under totalof 272. Matt Every and Robert Garrigus both shot four-under 68 in thefinal round to share second place on 14-under 274, and Brian Gay wasa stroke further back after a 70 for 275. Beljan needed a good week tomove into the top 125 and secure full playing privileges for next season.

SPORTS BRIEFS

B R I S B A N E ,AUSTRALIA: Ed Cowanand Michael Clarke scoredcenturies as Australiaclosed in on South Africa'sbig first innings score on thefourth day of the first Teston Monday. The pair put ona record 259 runs for thefourth wicket at the Gabbabefore opening batsmanCowan was out freakishlyshortly before tea for 136.

At the interval,Australia were 306 for fourwith Clarke unbeaten on126 and Mike Hussey onone, trailing the Proteas by144 runs with four sessionsleft in the first Test of thethree-match series.

Cowan had the misfor-tune to be run out when hebacked up too far at thenon-striker's end and wasout when bowler Dale Steyngot his fingers to a stingingClarke drive and deflectedthe ball onto the stumps.

The pair's partnershipeclipsed the previous high-

est stand for the fourthwicket in Tests againstSouth Africa of 169 set byMark Taylor and MarkWaugh at Melbourne in

1993. Up until Cowan'sunorthodox dismissal,Australia had been in fullflow after resuming the dayat 111 for three.

Cowan broke throughfor his first century in hiseighth Test match when hepulled Vernon Philander forfour shortly after lunch.

But he was almost run

out minutes later when hescampered for a singlebefore he was sent back byClarke and was fortunatethat Steyn's throw missedthe stumps with Cowan outof his ground.

Cowan was alsodropped on 123 by Steynhooking Rory Kleinveldt tofine leg. AFP

Australia’s Ed Cowan (L) runstowards Michael Clarke afterreaching his 100 on day fourof the first Test against SouthAfrica in Brisbane on Monday.

AFP/GREG WOOD

Kallis blames selffor review refusalBRISBANE: Jacques Kallistook some blame for teamm -ate Hashim Amla not challen -ging his dismissal and missingout on a possible bigger scoreagainst Australia in the firstTest on Sunday. Amla was str -uck high on his pad and TVreplays suggested the ballwas going over the stumps.Surprisingly, he did not referumpire Asad Rauf’s decisionto the third umpire. Kallis wasat the non-striker’s end andsaid the pair had talked aboutseeking a review of the deci-sion. AFP

Brief ScoresSouth Africa 1st Innings450:(Jacques Kallis 147,Hashim Amla 104; JamesPattinson 3/93) vsAustralia 1st Innings306/4: (Ed Cowan 136,David Warner 4, RobQuiney 9, RickyPonting 0, Michael Clarke 126 n.o., MichaelHussey 1 n.o. DaleSteyn 1/79, VernonPhilander 0/56, MorneMorkel 2/54, RoryKleinveldt 0/70, JacquesKallis 0/15, GraemeSmith 0/22.

RANJI TROPHY ATP TOUR FINALSClash of the Titans

Switzerland’s Roger Federer cele-brates beating Britain’s AndyMurray in their semi-final singlesmatch on the seventh day of theATP World Tour Finals tennis tour-nament in London on Sunday.

AFP/BEN STANSALL

HYDERABAD: Devendra Bun -dela’s unbeaten hundred rescuedMadhya Pradesh’s flounderinginnings as they reached 265 forfive against Hyderabad on thethird day of their Group ‘A’ RanjiTrophy match here on Sunday.

Bundela’s 106 was the corner-stone of MP’s reply as they beganthe day at a depressing 44 forthree in reply to the home team’s341. Udit Birla’s and then JalajSaxena’s unbeaten 61 are theother notable contribution forMP innings so far.

Bundela and Birla put on 108runs for the fourth wicket to sta-bilise the MP innings before thelatter was caught and bowled byPagadala Naidu.

Moham med Khader andPagad ala Naid u notched up acouple of wickets apiece. Khaderconceded just 51 runs in his 23overs while Naidu gave awayjust 61 in his 25 overs, six ofwhich were maidens.

Brief Scores: Hyderabad 341 vs MP 265/5 (D Bundela 106 bat-ting, Jalaj S Saxena 61 batting, MKhader 2/51, P Naidu 2/60). PTI

Brief Scores:At Vadodara: Vidarbha 264 & 3 forno loss vs Baroda 514/7 decl. At Anantapur: Tripura 260 & 21for no loss vs AP 436/8.At Naduan: Services 312 & 46/2 vsHP 544/6 decl.At Jaipur: Rajasthan 478 vsMumbai 360/3.At Mohali: Bengal 326 & 25/1 vsPunjab 579/7 decl.At Pune: Maharashtra 764/6 declvs UP 287/1.At Surat: Gujarat 600/9 decl vsSaurashtra 323/2.At Jamshedpur: Assam 179 & 207vs Jharkhand 174 & 56/2.At Delhi: Odisha 143 & 229/6 vsDelhi 331.At Porvorim: J&K 338 vs Goa288/2.At Chennai: Chennai 538/4 dec vsKarnataka 239/3.

Cowan, Clarke slam tons

sportsMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

30MESSI SURPASSES PELE TALLY AS BARCA WINLionel Messi hit his fifteenth in the La Liga to lead Barcelona to a 4-2 winover Mallorca and strengthen their position at the top of the league. Messithus made it 76 goals now in 2012, beating Pele's tally of 75 in 1958 andtaking him to within nine of G Muller's all-time record of 85 set in 1972.

TOM WILLIAMSAgence France-Presse

LONDON: John Terryscored a goal on his come-back but went off injuredas Chelsea drew 1-1 withLiverpool on Sunday,

allowing Manchester Cityto go second in the PremierLeague by beatingTottenham Hotspur.

Terry was making hisreturn after a four-gameban and he broke the dead-lock against Liverpool with

a 20th-minute header.However, 19 minutes laterhe left the fray on a stretch-er, his head in his hands,following a collision withLuis Suarez, who addedinsult to injury by scoringthe visitors' equaliser.

Chelsea's English defender JohnTerry walks on crutches aftertheir match against Liverpool atStamford Bridge in London,Sunday. Terry was injured dur-ing the match in a collision withLiverpool player Luis Suarez.

AFP/ ADRIAN DENNIS

Woe for Terry asChelsea held

Luis Suarez scored a header in the 73rd minute to secure anaway point for Liverpool against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

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