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Conference Of ProtestersFor foreign delegates who left the HICC campus for more ‘real’ experience, thePeople’s Biodiversity Festival at NampallyExhibition Ground seems to have fulfilled thepurpose behind their visit to Hyderabad. “Weare the real protectors of biodiversity,” said Dr Uma Shankari here in her inauguraladdress that saw a huge attendance.

THE PARISOF THE BALTIC

Still undiscovered by the touristmasses, sizzling Latvia will

definitely become a star attraction.

PG 16&17

MIR ALAM TANK:IGNORED AND DYING

Mir Alam Tank was once a waterbody very useful to this City and

its denizens, but now it lies chokedby sewage and waste and strugglingto survive. As the CoP carries on, dowe care about our lakes?

RIHANNA, CHRISBACK TOGETHER?

Rihanna and Chris Brownare reportedly planning

to go public with theirrelationship next month.The pair, who havebeen spotted kissingin public in recentweeks, will apparent-ly confirm their rekin-dled rom ance afterRihanna releases hernew album.

PG 4

M ANIL KUMAR

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Listening PostThe Hyderabad Western MusicFoundation is hosting ListeningPost. The first event will be on Jazz.The event is an opportunity to justlisten to recorded music qithoutvisual aids.

Electrojazz Alliance Française is hosting anelectrojazz concert by FrenchJazzman Laurent de Wilde.tÜÉêÉW=Westin Mindspace,

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In tune with lifeJiva — In tune with life, an artexhibition of paintings and sculp-tures by 120 artists and art talks byexperts on the concept of biodiver-sity is being held. tÜÉêÉW=Iconart Gallery,

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Photo exhibitionFrench photographer AllianceFrançaise of Hyderabad invites youto The Upside Down World ofPhilippe Ramette.tÜÉêÉW=Alliance Francaise,

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Padmanabh Bendre titled SpiritualQuest-Lord Shiva will be held atKalakrithi Art Gallery. The exhibitionwill be held from November 3.tÜÉêÉW=Kalakrithi Art Gallery,

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CITY 2SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012

Police commissioner Anurag Sharma, GHMC commissioner Krishna Babu, along with functionaries of National Associationfor Blind, flag off the Blind Car Rally, which paired the visually impaired with the sighted as teams. M AMIL KUMAR

BOND WITH THE BLIND

CITY 3SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012

Aman killed a watchman in aquarrel that ensued afterthe latter trying to pluck

an apple from the garden that theaccused was in charge of. The incidenthappened in Banjara Hills Road No 1.

Srinivas died in a hospital of injuriessuffered when the gardener

Satyanaryana attacked him with aboulder.

Watchman killed

Two incidents of burglary werereported in the city on Friday.Five tolas of gold and other

valuables were stolen from the houseof Mohd Fareed. In the other incident,10 tolas of gold, cash and electronicgoods were stolen from the house of abusiness man, Nagesh. The policehave registered complaints and beguninvestigations.

15 tolas of gold stolen

Ascrap-seller died of injuries sustained in his attempt to commit suicide after quarrelling

with his wife. B Vijay set himself on fireafter dousing himself with kerosene athis home at Sainikpuri on Friday. Hedied while undergoing treatment inGandhi Hospital on Saturday. TheNeeredmet police has registered acase.

Man succumbs to injuries

Inkeshaf Ahmedahmed.m@postnoon.com

After the main OppositionTDP and YSR CongressParty, it is now the turn of

the ruling Congress leaders toundertake a padayatra.

Notwithstanding with thewhirlwind district tours of ChiefMinister N Kiran Kumar Reddyas part of Indiramma Baata, asection of congress leaders fromRayalaseema have decided tohold a padayatra as a counter tothose launched by the opposi-tion.

The main objective of thisyatra is to highlight the develop-ment activities taken up by thegovernment in Rayalaseemaregion including irrigation anddrinking water projects cateringto Kurnool and Anantapur dis-tricts.

Ministers belonging to thesedistricts such as N RaghuveeraReddy, E Pratap Reddy, TG

Venkatesh and S Sailajanath arethe architects of this yatra. Theyhave reportedly begun consulta-tions on the programme withsenior party leaders.

They are planning to rope inthe CM and PCC president BotsaSatyanarayana to launch this‘counter-padayatra’.

Government Chief Whip inAP Legislative Council YSivarami Reddy confirmed thenews.

"Yes, party leaders are seri-ously mulling over undertakinga padayatra. We are now work-ing on the modalities of theyatra. Our main target would beboth the TDP and YSRC, who aremaking issues out of nothing,"he informed.

The ministers have alreadyheld discussions with partyMLAs and MLCs of their respec-tive districts and secured theirsupport. The padayatra isexpected to cover four districtsof Rayalaseema region.

Counter-padayatraon the anvil

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Will the son of TDPpresident NChandrababuNaidu, Nara

Lokesh, try to emulate YSR’sdaughter Sharmila, who haddecided to embark on a 3,000-km padayatra? The TDP circlesabuzz with these reports.

There is a strong reason tobelieve these reports even asNaidu’s ongoing Vastunna MeeKosam Padayatra entered 11thday amidst reports of the TDPchief suffering from varioushealth problems.

Naidu, who launched thisYatra on October 2 fromAnantapur, is not only suffer-ing from dehydration, but alsocaught eye and lung infection.His feet developed blisters fromwalking. The doctors reported-ly told him that his health isvery bad and advised him tosuspend the padayatra till he

recovers. The local TDP leaderstoo reportedly asked Naidu totake a break, but the partypresident out rightly declinedtheir request.

“Yes, our party president isfacing some health problems.But he is adamant on not tak-ing any break as the padayatrais receiving great responsefrom the public. But, we arestill concerned about his

health,” party senior leaderand MLA KE Krishnamurthytold Postnoon.

Unable to convince Naiduto suspend his yatra, someparty leaders adopted a differ-ent strategy. They are trying toimpress upon Naidu to rope inhis son Lokesh to continue hisyatra till he becomes fit.

“Yes, some of the leaderssuggested Naidu to rope inLokesh as YSRC is doing tocontinue the Padayatra. Thiswould not only give a break forour president to gain his nor-mal health but also help himcontinue his endeavor of meet-ing people through his son. Buthe is yet to react on therequest,” a senior leader, onthe condition of anonymity,told Postnoon from Anantapuron Saturday.

However, Anantapur dis-trict president of the partyParthasarathi put aside thereports of Lokesh taking partin the Yatra.

Lokesh to get baton?TDP leaders are worried about Naidu’s health.

One Delhi-based youthKeshav BahadurBam was arrested bythe task force teamof City police for

running a sex racket under theguise of massage centre for thepast few months. Keshav wasraking in moolah from the mas-sage he was running centre withthe help of one J Ramesh, a resi-dent of Tarnaka. Ramesh, anative of UP, however, managedto escape the police dragnet,inspector (Task Force, NorthZone) L Raja Venkat Reddy said.

According to the police,Keshav, 26, is from Radheshyam

Park in Delhi. He came to theCity a few years back in searchof a job but failed to secure one.He was staying in WestMarredpally, Secunderabad,when he came in contact withRamesh, who was also under

similar circumstances.Both brainstormed and came

up with the idea to make a quickbuck by running a sex racketunder the cover of massage cen-tre. Soon they rented a house inWest Marredpally and the

“ayurvedic massage centre"came into being. Ramesh cameup with the money, leaving ‘busi-ness partner’ Keshav to takecare of ‘logistics and supplychain management’.

Keshav hired girls fromplaces such as Pune, Delhi,Mumbai and Goa on contractbasis and they were paid `15,000-`20,000 per month in addition tofood and accommodation.

Leading English dailies ofthe City were soon carryingadvertisements soliciting cus-

tomers for the massage centre.The wordings of the advertise-ments were: “East–West, pro-vides exclusive oil “n” creammassage for M & F at very coolatmosphere, just buzz at8179249128”.

Customers were `2,000-`3,000per customers for massage and‘additional charges’ were leviedfor sexual course with themasseuses. And the businesswas flourishing, inspector Reddysaid.

On specific information, theTask Force raided the massagecentre on October 10 and arrest-ed Keshav. They also seized somecash and a mobile phone fromhim and rescued a sex worker byname Kotiya Mal, who is belongsto Mumbai.

After preliminary inquiries,Keshav was handed over toMarredpally police. Now theforce is looking for Ramesh, whois the main accused.

‘Massage parlour’ bustedTwo youths who came to the City in search of jobs failed in their objective, but instead came up

with a ‘healthy’ plan to make some quick money.

KESHAV HIRED GIRLSFROM PLACES SUCH ASPUNE, DELHI, MUMBAIAND GOA ON CONTRACTBASIS AND THEY WEREPAID `15,000-`20,000PER MONTH.

mohd.s@postnoon.comMOHD SUBHAN

4SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012

CITY

Hussain Sagar’s road torecovery is shrouded inirony. While tall promis-es are being churned out

by the hour at the ongoing CoP-11, growing number of commer-cial establishments around thelake stand in blatant defiance ofthe WALTA Act. More is beingsaid than done, say environmen-talists, while authorities assurethat the lake is on the road to aspeedy recovery.

In its Water BodiesProtection clause, the WALTAAct clearly states that no perma-nent structure ought to be builtin or around a lake, pond, or anywater body declared as a her-itage body or under conserva-tion status. But the reality isoften different. For over sevenyears, a number of commercialestablishments have been flour-ishing successfully on thefringes of the lake. The presenceof eateries and amusementparks around the Hussain Sagaris an example.

But when approached byPostnoon, these establishmentshave surprisingly innocentanswers. “Jalavihar is in no waya permanent structure. It is atemporary structure that can be

dismantled at any time.Furthermore, we have our ownSTP and sewage lines laid inaccordance with the sewageboard’s guidelines,” says Shashi,manager of Jalavihar.Kalicharan, manager ofWaterfront, too has the sameanswer.

Environmentalists and civil

society groups, however, cannotbelieve the irony. “The lake is ahotspot for tourism. The SupremeCourt had laid down variousguidelines in 2001 to protect thelake from encroachments. Butsurprisingly, no local administra-tive body is clear about whoseresponsibility this lake actuallyis. Moreover, after the Hussain

Sagar is cleaned up by the JAICAproject, they wish to put it torecreational use. The only solu-tion to this is that there should beone local authority or agency thatshould be responsible for thelake,” says Major Shiva Kiran, anenvironmentalist.

The Pollution Control Boardoccasionally comes out with dis-

turbing statistics about the pol-lution levels, but nothing isdone, say environmentalists.

The latest case of govern-ment-authorised encroachmentsis the GHMC’s plan to build agarbage yard truck parking spotopposite the Sanjeeviah park —in close vicinity of the lake.

While Chandana Khan, prin-cipal secretary to the AP StateTourism Board, refused to com-ment on this issue, officials fromthe HMDA informed Postnoonthat a major awareness cam-paign is in the offing to pursuethis matter.

“Constant surveys andreports are being made with thehelp of the Lake ProtectionCommittee that is working withthe GHMC to save the lake fromencroachments,” said VivekDeshmukh, chief engineer andexpert on environment, HMDA.

The fact of the matterremains that the once sizeablearea of the lake has shrunkgradually, while authorities haveoverlooked this matter, as itinvolved fortunes in terms ofrevenue. The original size of thelake stood at 1,600 acres andlater in 1995, when the NationalRemote Sensing Agency had sur-veyed the area, it had beenreduced to 416 acres. In 2000,another survey by the then exist-ing HUDA placed its size at 549acres. What will become of thelake in future, is anybody’sguess.

Choking the Hussain Sagar

Mir Alam Tank: Ignored and dyingThe historic tank is now in a pitiable condition, with waste material being dumped in by the nearby chemical and plastic

factories. Residents fall prey to vector-borne diseases as the tank is a fertile breeding ground for mosquitoes.M Nazimuddinmd.nazim@postnoon.com

It is said that the Mir AlamTank, when seen from theair, looks like a half-moon.

Now, however, it looks morelike the moon during a lunareclipse.

Dumping of waste materi-al by local residents and near-by chemical and plastic facto-ries, and encroachment of theadjoining land has choked thelife out of the historic tank.

The Mir Alam Tank, locat-ed off the Hyderabad-Bangalore Highway, was con-structed in 1804 during thereign of the third Nizam, MirAkbar Ali Khan Sikandar JahAsif Jah III. At that time, itwas among the five largestwater bodies in the State andprovided drinking water to thecitizens of Hyderabad for near-ly 125 years. The tank wasbuilt by the Nizam’s PrimeMinister Mir Alam Bahadur,using the money gifted to him

by the Nizam. He did so toensure that the people wouldhave water for drinking andagricultural purposes. AFrench architect, known onlyas Raymond, is also said tohave contributed to the plansto make the lake a tourist spot.

The government and theauthorities have done little toprevent the demise of this his-toric lake. Once, the lake wassurrounded by hundreds ofacres of land. Encroachershave taken possession of thisland over the years, and somehave even filled parts of thetank with mud.

The water, polluted withthe run-off from the variouschemical and plastic indus-tries in the area, has been ren-dered unfit for consumption.The once pristine water is nowa murky shade of grey.

Earlier, Mir Alam Tankwas used as a recreation andan entertainment spot, withlocals offering boat rides and achance to see the animals in

the Nehru Zoological Park,which is situated nearby.Several films were also shotwith the tank as a backdrop.Now, however, no recreationalactivities can take place andmany locals have lost theirsource of livelihood.

The remaining water inthe tank is now a fertile breed-ing ground for mosquitoes,and local residents complainthat cases of malaria, dengueand various vector-borne dis-eases have increased. AmeenaBegum, who lives near thetank, says,“My children are

suffering from dengue, malar-ia and allergies because of thepollution.” Another resident,Razia Begum, said, “We areconcerned about themosquitoes and the open man-holes near our house. My fami-ly members are constantly vis-iting doctors because ofthese.” Syed Zahid Ali, 11, saysthat the children no longerplay outside in the eveningsfor fear of being bitten bymosquitoes. “My siblings and Iare troubled by rashes frommosquito bites, he says. “It isvery painful.”

It has become a commonsight to see plastic waste beingburned near the lake anddrainage being dumped in, addresidents.

With governments and del-egates at the CoP-11 makingpromises to preserve biodiver-sity and natural resources, itis high time that the govern-ment pays attention to this his-toric lake in the heart of theCity.

rahul.r@postnoon.comRAHUL RAMAKRISHNA

While tall promises are being made on a daily basis at the ongoing CoP-11, the ground reality is that theHussain Sagar lake is being killed slowly by waterfront encroachments and mounds of garbage.

MIR ALAM TANK WASAMONG THE FIVELARGEST WATER BODIESIN THE STATE THAT PRO-VIDED DRINKING WATERTO THE CITIZENS OFHYDERABAD FOR NEARLY125 YEARS.

M ANIL KUMAR

For foreign delegates wholeft the HICC campus formore ‘real’ experience,the People’s BiodiversityFestival at Nampally

Exhibition ground seems to havefulfilled their purpose of visit toHyderabad.

“What we are experiencingis the reality, here”, said one ofthe foreign delegates from UKinspecting varieties of foodgrains and aromatic plants.Trying to know more about theindigenous varieties, they recallhow the agriculture was affectedin thier countries, due to themodernisation.

The festival was inauguratedsymbolically, using ‘navdhanya’,placing stalks of a diverse vari-ety of grains in a beautifullydecorated vase, by Bhaskar Save,a 85-year-old organic farmerfrom South Gujarat.

He was joined by eminentactivists representing differentaspects of biodiversity. BharatMansata well-known writerfrom Kolkata, Vijay Jardhari,seed-saver from Beej BachaoAndolan, Uttarakhand,Uzramma, handloom and desicotton activist from MalkhaFabrics, Roy David of National

Adivasi Alliance, UmaShankari, organic farmer fromChittoor, Sagari Ramdas, live-stock expert from Anthra,Bhudevi, an adivasi lady fromVisakhapatnam district,Ratnam from Green Climatecampaigning to protect the Eastcoast of Andhra Pradesh, andactivists from Sompeta andKakarapalli struggling to pro-tect marshlands, and JacobNellithanam working on seeddiversity in Chhattisgarh.

Saraswati Kavula from NAPMmoderated the program.

A Telugu book on under-standing our food system,“Tindi-Tippalu” written byDr.Uma Shankari was releasedon this occasion.

“What is happening at HICCis something between the vari-ous governments and as pertheir protocols. But we are thereal protectors of biodiversity”,said Dr Uma Shankari.According to her, it was nothing

but the combined efforts of peo-ple that could save some of theindigenous varieties of foodgrains, as most of these werelost, owing to the onset GM(genetically modified) seeds.

Vijay Jardhari, famous forhis Chipko Movement and one ofthe founders of Beej BachaoAndolan, termed the GM seedsas ‘conspiracy seeds’, whichmade farmers suffer and affect-ed billions. “When we triedthese, the yield was double in

first year, but decreased in theconsecutive years. It’s like intox-icated person”, he explained.

The proponent of ‘BarahAnaaj’, he claimed that not a sin-gle farmer died who practicedthis age old system of farming.According to him, the issuesbeing discussed at biodiversityconference will not safeguardthe biodiversity and far fromfocusing on reality.

More than a 1000 visitors tothe festival by evening, withmany Hyderabad residents aswell as CBD participants fromvarious states and countries,being thrilled by the public cel-ebration of biodiversity.

In total there were 60 stallsby almost 65 organisations andnetworks, who are working ondifferent natural products,from more than 15 States inIndia. It was a colourful festi-val with lot of hangings,posters, artifacts, designerhand-woven clothes, and richnutritious food includingorganic millets, varieties of redrice and cuisine made fromorganically grown vegetablesand grains.

The festival which will con-tinue till October 16 will be wit-nessing more foreign delegates,apart from Indian agriculturalactivists most of whom areexpected to arrive on the lastday. Medha Patkar, of NarmadaBachao Andolan and severalother activists will be makingher presence felt on October 16.

Padmini Cpadmini.c@postnoon.com

Over the past fewmonths, each morning,you must've noticedone new addition to

the city's landscape. One daythere were pots, next, there wereplants. Then, there were fullygrown trees. Not long after,there were cobbled sidewalksalong the roads, colourful foun-tains between herb gardens,bizarre graffiti under the fly-overs and cut-outs of squirrelson bill boards.

It was as if to leave no doubtin the minds of denizens thatthe GHMC was putting the sanc-tioned Rs170 crores for CoP 11 tobest use. The man behind thedriving seat, Mayor MajidHussain attended the CoP 11venue for the first time on

Saturday to address a press con-ference, ahead of the two-dayCities For Life Summit due totake place on Monday and

Tuesday. The Conference of Mayors is

likely to bring together over 300mayors, administrators, gover-

nors and officials from differentparts of the world. "During thattime, we shall network withother international cities, learnbest practices in conserving bio-diversity, which we will thenalso also try to implement," saidMajid.

Also on the agenda is therelease of a biodiversity index,making Hyderabad the first cityin India to have rated itself onthe 'Singapore Index'. Out of amaximum score of 92,Hyderabad rates 33, as againstBrussels which tops the list ofbiodiverse cities at 55.

The rating is still specula-tive and likely to change by theend of the Summit. "Once weknow where we stand, it willhelp us improve our efforts toconserve biodiversity," saidGHMC commissioner MTKrishna Babu

People’s meet steals the showSeveral participants at the meeting spoke strongly against genetically modified

seeds and urged the farming community to boycott them.

CoPSUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012 5

Hyderabad 2012

A scramble for green rating Green flows freely

Officials say that thePhase I of theMoosi River

Regeneration Project hasbeen completed at a costof `400 crore. And Phase II,involving treatment ofanother 80 ML of water, isbeing taken up at an esti-mated cost of `920 crore.The Centre is believed tohave given in principlesanction. Construction ofthe retaining walls, beautifi-cation of river walls andcreation of a recreationalfacility, as part of the NCRP,is likely to cost another`500 crore. "Just on theMoosi project, we will bespending `1800 crorewhich will bring back theglory of the Moosi river,"said GHMC commissioner.

Md NIZAMUDDIN

nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com

N SHIVA KUMAR

N SHIVA KUMAR

NATION 6SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012

In a horrifying incident, a womanallegedly set ablaze her 15-

year-old stepdaughter at a vil-lage in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police

said today. The accused, identified asRunu Jena, a mother of two children,

was arrested for allegedly committingthe crime at Ambapua village in

Kabisurya Nagar area. The victim Janaki,died while undergoing treatment.

Girl set ablaze by stepmum

OA woman and her eight-monthold daughter were killed andher son critically injured as they

allegedly jumped in front of a runningtrain near Ramahari Nagara levelcrossing in Orissa, police said today.While the bodies of the 25-year-oldwoman and her daughter were recov-ered from the railway tracks, her 3-yearold son is undergoing treatment.

Mum jumps in front of train

Seventeen people sentenced tolife imprisonment for a triple mur-der in Tamil Nadu more than two

decades ago have been acquitted bythe Supreme Court due to lack of evi-dence. A bench of justices PSathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi passedthe order on an appeal filed byMurugesan and the 16 convicts sen-tenced to life by the Madras HC.

SC acquits 17 life convicts

As India witnessed a“long march” by thou-sands of tribals, farmersand landless people for

land reforms, PV Rajagopal, wholed the movement, said a newform of zamindari is emergingin India with corporates acquir-ing huge chunks of land.

Zamindari, the pre-colonialpractice of having landlords tocollect tax from farmers, wasabolished post independence inIndia.

Rajagopal, however, warnedthat with large areas of landbeing acquired by corporates, afresh form of the medieval sys-tem may emerge.

“The situation is very bad.Corporates have become the newzamindars and a few people areaccumulating all the land,”Rajagopal, founder of people’smovement Ekta Parishad, toldIANS in an interview on thephone from Agra where themembers of the group were sta-

tioned.“Those who will actually till

the land have nothing to theirclaim. Even the middle classcannot buy land in this country,forget about the poor. Adivasishave taken to violence, farmersare committing suicide. All thisshould end,” he added.

The march ended Thursdayafter Rural DevelopmentMinister Jairam Ramesh agreedto frame a national policy onland reforms within six months.

The Ekta Parishad, whichled a year-long Jan Satyagrahmarch starting fromKanyakumari, the southern tipof India, on Oct 2, 2011, -Mahatma Gandhi’s birthanniversary - mobilised peopleacross the country demandingland reforms. After covering 352of India’s 640 districts, it con-cluded in Gwalior in MadhyaPradesh on Oct 2 this year.

From Gwalior, thousandsstarted a 350-km-long march to

Delhi. But it ended at Agra afterthe agreement with the govern-ment. Most of those on footmarch were tribals, farmers,landless labourers and othermarginalised sections demand-ing land rights.

Recounting about the yatra,Rajagopal said they succeeded toa great extent in bringingtogether different castes andgroups as well as “invisiblegroups” like transgenders andnomads.

Describing the situation oflandless farmers as poor,

Rajagopal said without govern-ment intervention, the poor can-not get their share of land.

“The rich are buying landfor the next 10 generations.Without government interven-tion, land cannot reach the poor.All existing laws like the LandCeiling Act and other acts arethere. But when it comes to pow-erful people, these acts are over-looked,” he said.

India has witnessed strug-gles on land issues since inde-pendence. The Maoist move-ment, which is currently one ofthe biggest security threats, isalso directly linked to the landstruggle.

As per estimates, over 270laws relating to land reformshave been enacted since inde-pendence in 1947.

The most prominent amongthese is the Land Ceiling Actthat lays down limits of landholdings. It also enables the gov-ernment to acquire surplus land

that it could then distributeamong the landless andmarginal farmers.

Rajagopal, who was for ashort time part of AnnaHazare’s campaign against cor-ruption, said he chose the pathof non-violence to highlight the“burning issue” of the landlessin India.

“There have been differentapproaches, like the Bhoodanmovement was on spiritualground. The Naxals (Maoists)have taken the path of violence,but the problem can only besolved through non-violence,” hemaintained.

The Bhoodan movement wasa voluntary land reform move-ment in India started byAcharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951.

“This is the modern world,we cannot behave like primitivepeople who take to violence.Dialogue is the only way,” headded.

IANS

NEW DELHI: Amid protests byArvind Kejriwal, Law MinisterSalman Khurshid todayreturned to the capital fromabroad and said he will fightback the allegations that hisNGO siphoned off money meantfor disabled with sufficientproof. The Law Minister facedprotests at IGI airport here thismorning where activists ofKejriwal-led India AgainstCorruption raised slogansagainst him and attempted toshow black flags.

Khurshid, who was inLondon for the past few days,denied the allegations levelledby a TV channel and Kejriwal’sIAC that the Zakir HussainMemorial Trust owned by him

and his wife Louise was involvedin cases of financial misappro-priation and forgery.

“I will fight back the allega-tions with sufficient proof,” hetold reporters on arrival.

The protest by Kejriwal anddisabled people demanding theresignation of Khurshid enteredthe third today. The protesters,who were detained two days agoand released yesterday, contin-ued their protest at ParliamentStreet and raised the pitch say-ing they will sit there tillKhurshid resigns from the cabi-net.

Khurshid’s wife Louise, theproject director of the NGO DrZakir Hussain Memorial Trust,had lashed out at Kejriwal yes-terday, terming the allegations of“money bungling” as “baselessinnuendos” and accused him of“doing politics using the shoul-ders of the disabled”.

Supporters of IACstaged aprotest outside Khurshid’s resi-dence on Kushak Road wherepolice has stepped up security. Agroup of seven IAC activistswere subsequently detained bypolice and taken away in a bus.

PTI

Vehicles burnt by protesters at the Basapatti police station and block office building in protest againstkilling to two youths after being hit by bullets and over a dozen were injured during a clash with police inMadhubani, on Saturday. PTI

MADHUBANI BURNSKhurshid backamid protests

Corporates are new zamindars: RajagopalRAJAGOPAL WARNEDTHAT WITH LARGE AREASOF LAND BEINGACQUIRED BY CORPO-RATES, A FRESH FORM OFTHE MEDIEVAL SYSTEMMAY EMERGE.

WASHINGTON: BarackObama may not like askingfor money, but the hundredsof people willing to payupwards of $40,000 a pop toattend star-studded fundrais-ers in his honor show thereare plenty willing to reachdeep into their pockets on hisbehalf.

Since May, the presidenthas gone to 69 fundraisers,each with ticket prices top-ping tens of thousands of dol-lars. His opponent,Republican Mitt Romney, hasheld 105 of the donor events,in a frenzied race for moneythat has already pushed thisyear's presidential campaigncoffers past $1.3 billion.

While the sum may seemstaggering, the 2012 edition ofthe presidential race shouldn'tcost significantly more thanin 2008 since the presidentdidn't have to finance a prima-ry campaign to win theDemocratic nomination.

As of August 31, BarackObama had raised $432 mil-lion, less than the $746 millioncollected four years ago,according to figures filed withthe Federal ElectionCommission.

In comparison, Romneyhad raised $274 million, justbelow John McCain's haul of$288 million.

BUT THE NUMBERSDON'T STOP THEREOn top of the campaignfundraising efforts is themoney raised by the nationalDemocratic and Republicanparties 1 $233 million and $283million, respectively — andindependent partisan groups,or super PACs, which haveraised $36 million for Obamaand $97 million for Romney.

Obama has not yet reachedthe staggering heights of his2008 fundraising success, butremains the uncontested kingof small-scale donations: 37percent of the checks sent tohis campaign are made out forless than $200. Romney’s cof-fers count just 16 per cent oftheir take from small-scaledonations, but theRepublicans make up for thelag with an avalanche ofmoney from rich individuals,free to contribute unlimitedsums to "friendly" indepen-dent groups.

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Ban on Turkish planes Peeping Tomescapes arrestTOKYO: A “peeping Tom”who used a pen-shaped cam-era to take an upskirt shot ofa cabin attendant during adomestic flight in Japan hasavoided charges after prose-cutors failed to decide whichprefecture the plane was fly-ing over at the time, reportssaid.

The 34-year-old manextended his hand with themicro-camera while seatedand took the picture of theflight attendant, the Asahidaily said on its website onSunday. He was arrested bypolice and admitted what hehad done, saying he was“aroused by uniforms,” thereport added. The man wason a Japan Airlines flightfrom Takamatsu in thesouthwest of the country toTokyo last month, accordingto an earlier report by KyodoNews.

DAMASCUS: Fighting ragedbetween troops and rebels inSyria as Damascus ratchetedup the tension with Ankara bybanning all Turkish passengerflights from Syrian airspacefrom Sunday.

Rebels and activists said aSyrian regime warplane wasshot down near Aleppo, whilepart of the embattled north-ern city’s historic Ummayadmosque was set ablaze infighting as rebels attacksarmy positions inside, moni-tors said.

And a car bomb blast nearDamascus killed eight people,including a child and twowomen, in Al-Nabak on theroad to Homs province, saidthe Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights. As the fightingon the ground escalated, sotoo did the tension withTurkey.

Syria banned Turkish pas-senger flights from midnight

(2100 GMT) Saturday, statenews agency SANA said, cit-ing the foreign ministry.

Meanwhile, at least 111armed men were killedSaturday during clashes withthe Syrian troops in Aleppoand the coastal Latakia cities,Xinhua reported. AGENCIES

An image grab taken from avideo uploaded on YouTube onallegedly shows flames risingfrom the remains of a militaryfighter jet that was shot down byrebels in Khan al-Asal.

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It’s unfortunate that people resort tosuicide if they cannot handle prob-lems in their lives. It’s utterly coward-

ly if people just end their lives insteadof fighting and solving it. There ispressure that keeps mounting day byday in every walks of life. But suicide isnot the answer.

Suresh MalaVia email

Don’t give up

When Arogyasri happens to bethe lifeline of thousands ofpeople who cannot afford

treatment from high-end healthcarecentres, where tests are prescribedmore than medicines, those responsi-ble for making people suffer over ‘webrenovation’ must be pulled up.

Rajeev R.Via email

Pull them up Clamp down on khaps

EDITORIALS

EDITORIALS

PREPARE FOR worse times

They said the world wouldend by 2012. Well, even if weescape doomsday then, what

follows in 2013 according toexperts is not very cheerful.

United Nations warn that foodreserves of the world are so

alarmingly low that a bad har-vest in any of the food-export-ing countries like the US could

trigger a crisis globally. And thechances of replenishing the

reserves look dismally low, as,thanks to our abandon and non-chalance about climate change,

weather patterns are no morepredictable. Look at what hap-

pened in the US. It was ravagedby heat waves which claimedlives and triggered a droughtaffecting crops. Experts have

grim news. According to LesterBrown, president of the Earth

policy research centre inWashington, “the climate is no

longer reliable and the demandsfor food are growing so fast thata breakdown is inevitable, unless

urgent action is taken”. "Foodshortages undermined earlier

civilisations. We are on the samepath. Each country is now fend-ing for itself. The world is livingone year to the next," he writes

in a new book. Know whatawaits us if the breakdown hap-pens? Apart from starvation and

deaths, governments will bebrought down in revolts, fighting

over food, and maybe warbetween nations. Very distress-

ing news, indeed.

KHAPS START damage controlSenior leaders of the Sarv

Khap Mahapanchayat has back-tracked from their statementthat the marriageable age of

girls should be reduced to curbrapes and that was the personal

opinion of a few leaders.Another meeting is set for

October 19. Hope somethingsensible comes from it.

Why must khaps be entrustedwith any power to decide onissues is what’s foxing me.

They never have come up with any-thing sensible and I don’t think theyever will. Only lives that wish forchange will be crushed, saying this isagainst the traditions of yore.

Sampath KumarVia email

Water, water, everywhere/Nor anydrop to drink.This is versefrom Samuel

Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime ofthe Ancient Mariner seems likea prelude to the water sharingproblems dogging the world.The long poem’s reflection, par-ticularly ebbing in the Cauveryissue is now at its peak, like itdoes every summer.

The Cauvery water sharingdispute between Karnataka andTamil Nadu is one of the manywater disputes in India and theworld. The other two parties inthis dispute are Kerala andPondicherry.

Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra and Karnatakaare caught in a triangle overthe sharing of Krishna waters.

The same states alongwith Madhya Pradesh andOrissa dispute over theGodavari waters.

The Ravi-Beas dispute isbetween Punjab and Haryana,two agricultural surplus statesthat provide large quantities ofgrains to the rest of India.

Narmada River is the boneof contention betweenRajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Similar water sharingissues bubble at the Mahadayiand Vasandhara rivers too.

Dispute settling mecha-nisms like Acts and Tribunals,methods of resolution includ-ing political interference andconstitutional provisionsapplied during negotiationshave so far yielded partialor no results in resolvingwater disputes.

Declaration of water asa national property mightsettle inter-state water squab-bles. What about the sameissue of water sharingbetween countries?

Water systems usually arise

in one country and passthrough others before reachingthe sea or oceans. Rivers andlakes that come off these largerwater systems are typicallyshared by more than one coun-try. The states where these sys-tems originated tend to try andgain the most control over thewater, like the Nile and theJordan River.

Chinese efforts to divertwater resources of theBrahmaputra away from India,has worsened situations thathave remained tense since the1962 Indo-China war.

Israel and Palestine have atraditional history of fightingover water — conflicts over theTigris and Euphrates. Someexperts believe the only docu-mented case of a ‘water war’happened about 4,500 years ago,when the city-states of Lagashand Umma went to war in theTigris-Euphrates basin.

There is tension betweenIndia and Pakistan over hydro-electric projects in Leh andKargil, which will affect theflow of water from the Indusand Suru rivers.

India and Bangladesh share54 rivers. Despite setting up aJoint River Commission forwater management in 1972, ten-sion between the two countrieson how to share resourcesrecently came to a head in adispute over the Teetsa River.

Whether in South Asiancountries or between MiddleEast provinces, water issueshold up peace talks and posegraver conflicts.

In March 2012, a classifiedUS report listed India’s threemajor river basins — Indus,Ganga and Brahmaputra —among the top 10 world waterconflict zones in ten years fromnow. “Beyond 2022, use of wateras a weapon of war or a tool ofterrorism will become morelikely, particularly in SouthAsia (India), the Middle Eastand North Africa,” the reportbased on National IntelligenceEstimate on Water Securitystated.

A new of genre of waterjournalists address the delicateissue of corruption in thewater sector and sustainablepractices for water conserva-

tion, particularly in countrieslike West Africa.

“Water too often is treatedas a commodity, as an instru-ment with which one popula-tion group can suppress anoth-er,” according to Ignacio Saiz,Centre for Economic andSocial Rights.

Solution to water conflictand ultimate co-operationbetween warring segments isrequired as water is projectedto become scarce and amicabletrans-boundary water distribu-tion will also address issues ofglobal warming and climatechange at the higher level.

Otherwise, water willremain a powerful weapon ofmass conflict to settle otherbubbly episodes, outside thepurview of environmentalissues and the natural resourcewill never be considered as theworld’s water!

Mark Twain’s quote of“Whiskey is for drinking; wateris for fighting over,” does notseem to be exaggerated, despiteTwain’s biographer debatingthe authenticity of this scholar-ly certitude.

From the hipSYED SHOAIB

Water, water, everywhere...

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012

Amajority of mobile phone usersin India prefer unlimited

Internet data plans to usage-based plans, a survey by Ernst &

Young has found. “In India, almost 54per cent of the respondents prefer

unlimited mobile data for a fixed priceper month,” the survey, conducted

across 12 countries including the US,the UK, China and Russia, showed.

Unlimited internet for Indians

Lupin has identified cancer drugs asthe new focus area in the Japanesemarket where patents on products

worth USD 2 billion are expected toexpire in the next five years. The com-pany, which is present in Japan throughtwo wholly-owned subsidiaries, has cre-ated a product basket of about 7-8oncology products there through a mixof in-licensing and co-development.

Cancer drugs in focus

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs)poured in over Rs 10,000 crore inthe stock market this month so far,

enthused by reforms initiatives takenby the government to boost economicgrowth and investor sentiment. DuringOctober 1-12, overseas investors weregross buyers of shares worth Rs 30,605crore, while they sold equities amount-ing to Rs 20,223 crore.

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Hundreds of Zambianshave been left homelessafter their Lusaka slumwas cleared to make way

for a maize mill, highlightingthe country’s struggle to balanceeconomic growth with rights forthe poor.

Fuelled by Africa’s largestdeposits of copper, Zambia’seconomy is expected to grow at atidy clip of seven per cent thisyear.

But an economic boom cre-ates winners and losers.

The inhabitants of the 100homes in Chinika townshipbecame losers when the courtordered their homes to be razedto make way for a food process-ing company’s maize mill.

“This house was built by myhusband who died 10 years ago,”58-year-old mother of eight SaraMwale said, fighting back tears.

Her house, a three-roomedbuilding without electricity andrunning water, has now beendestroyed along with merchan-dise that would have been sold tokeep the family in food.

Like many others in the set-tlement, the family depends onhawking goods on Lusaka’sstreets to make ends meet.

Now Mwale and her 27-year-old son Lazarus are camped outat the site, standing guard over what few household goods survived amid the debrisof CDs, men’s belts and othermerchandise.

“This is not what I voted for,we were promised more money

and proper accommodation butnow people come as early as 2 inthe morning and start demolish-ing houses while are stillasleep,” said Lazarus.

“This is not right andPresident (Michael) Sata shoulddo something about this.”

During the last election cam-paign, Sata had appealed toZambians’ desire for improvedwealth and better housing.

Now some residents are con-

sidering legal action against theauthorities they once backed.

“We are putting up money sothat we can engage a lawyer butfor the time being, we are goingto build our structures usingplastics,” he told AFP.

Other residents, however, arethrowing in the towel.

Joe Bwalya, who is singleand makes a living with carpen-try, said he would now have tomove to his parents’ home in

Kanyama, another Lusaka slum.Bwalya said he could not

keep sleeping out in the chillyopen air.

“I can’t continue staying likethis, I have to go back toKanyama and stay with myfather. All I will need are myequipment and I will be able tostart another life,” the 21-year-old said.

Local government ministerEmmerine Kabanshi said that as

much as her governmentpromised Zambians decentaccommodation, they could notallow lawlessness.

“We want order in the town-ships and we can’t allow peopleto be building anywhere. Whatkind of a country are we goingto have if people even build onsewer lines?”

According to HenryMachina, executive director ofthe Zambia Land Alliance, thisis far from an isolated incident,and it is one that is likely to berepeated without legal changes.

“This country does not havea real land policy,” he said. “We

have had this problem for manyyears and we believed that itwould sort itself out, but this isnot the case.”

“If we have a land policy, itwould tell us how land will beadministered, we should be ableto know who will give out landand who should buy. Not the wayit is being done, where land canbe given out even by politicalparty cadres.”

AFP

Zambia land acquisitionleaves hundreds homeless

Fuelled by Africa’s largest deposits of copper, Zambia’s economy is expected to grow at a tidy clipof seven per cent this year. But an economic boom creates winners and losers.

A kid identifies his toy from the rubble in the Chinika township. Hundreds of Zambians faced a night on the streets,after the authorities cleared their homes to make way for a milling company. AFP/JOSEPH MWENDA

The inhabitants of the100 homes in Chinikatownship becamelosers when the courtordered their homesto be razed to makeway for a food pro-cessing company’smaize mill.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 201210INTERVIEW

Of late, a lot of people havebegun addressing the issue ofpiracy. Do you feel that you arefighting a lost battle, since itcan’t be curbed completely?I agree that tackling piracy is not aneasy task. But I assure you that weare seeing good results in recenttimes. If I could draw an analogy,just because completely eliminatingcrime from society may not be pos-sible, we cannot say policing is notrequired. You need to have moreeffective policing to check crime.And also, you need to securegreater public participation.Similarly, for tackling piracy, on onehand, we need stringent laws suit-able for the digital era and on theother, we need more awarenessabout the seriousness of the issueamong all. As we strive to achievethese, I don’t think it’s a losing bat-tle. In the digital space, tracingpeople who upload or downloadillegal content on the internetbecomes easier because everyoneleaves a trail behind. Compared tothis, it’s far more difficult to catchpeople who pirate movies andmusic in the physical form due tologistic and jurisdictional issues.Hence, we are adopting a zero-tol-erance approach towards thesource of piracy. We have bustedthree major piracy syndicates in thelast three months and shut downone cinema house for camcording.

The anti-piracy cell was createdback in 2005 and so far, the APFilm Chamber of Commerce hasmanaged to make the govern-ment introduce new laws tocombat piracy. What keeps yougoing, despite all the hurdlesyou face?Four years ago, online piracy wasn’tbig, but it’s not the case anymore.Technology is proliferating very fastand with that, the way people con-sume content is changing com-pletely. We are looking at a 100crore internet users who could con-sume the content, be it movies ormusic. There’s an urgent need tounderstand all this and adapt to thechange. The industry and the gov-ernments are being very slow toadopt change. The greatest chal-lenge is to put the issue of piracyand its implications in proper per-spective for everyone. Despite allthe hurdles, we must note that theTelugu film industry has severaldistinctions with regard to our anti-piracy initiatives. It has won appre-

ciation from other film industries, inIndia and even Hollywood. Wemust be doing something right.We have set up a dedicated cyberpiracy cell, which is going fromstrength to strength and is evenservicing Hollywood studios. It is amatter of pride for all of us. It isbreakthroughs like these that helpus believe and keep going.

There’s a school of thoughtwhich says that there’s no harmin pirating a film, if it’s a sub-standard film or if the filmmakerhimself has plagiarized severalscenes from other sources. Howdo you react to that argument?I would say it’s a rather naïve andnarrow argument. Just because we

suspect someone might be doingsome wrong, we do not and cannotknowingly commit a crime. In anycase, honestly, I don’t see a relationbetween the two issues. Let’s say,hypothetically, that some filmmaker

has plagiarized or got inspired fromother sources, but he’s putting hisname on the final product. If theoriginal creator wants to file a casefor copyright infringement, he orshe can do so using all the possiblelegal machinery. That doesn’t giveyou a right to download or shareillegal content. These are two dif-ferent issues. It’s about whether wewant to make a positive contribu-tion or a negative contribution tosociety. Either way, we mustremember that it will all come back to us. People might think that they aren’tdoing any harm to the filmmakersby downloading illegal content, butthey don’t understand the implica-tions. With internet and intellectual

property rights permeating everysphere of our lives, we could soonbe at the receiving end. I said nar-row argument, because when wesay something like this, we are los-ing sight of the bigger picture. Weare entering an age where therewould be innumerous content cre-ators. Be it music or movies, any-one with creative abilities can cre-ate content digitally and can mone-tize it digitally. Only if we have anecosystem where our copyrightsare fully respected and protectedcan we enjoy the benefits and getall the rewards. So the issue con-cerns each one of us in the society,not just few filmmakers. It is thesemisconceptions that need to beremoved. That is possible when wehave a sustained debate on piracywith all concerned.

You talk about the need to intro-duce stringent laws. What exact-ly do you have in mind?Our laws are still ambiguous whenit comes to addressing digital theftand copyright infringement. We stilldon’t have an anti camcording law.We missed a great opportunitywhen the Copyright Act wasamended after decades. The Indianfilm industry could not fully utilisethat opportunity. But we can notafford to miss such opportunities infuture. We have an upcomingRound Table Conference in NewDelhi later this month on anti-cam-cording legislation with the partici-pation of entire Indian film industryand even I&B and HRD ministries.In countries like UK, France, US andJapan, there are some very strictlaws which gives the power to lawenforcers to take immediate action.In fact, France has some of thestrongest anti-piracy laws in theworld. Just two weeks ago, on theOctober 1, Japan has passed a lawwhich makes even downloadingillegal content a punishableoffence, with two years imprison-ment and penalties. More than any-thing, these measures act as deter-rents to people indulging in piracy.There’s a lot we can emulate fromsuch developed countries. It is nocoincidence that all developednations have better intellectualproperty laws, better enforcementand greater respect for copyrights.

So what’s next on your list ofthings to do?(Laughs) We have to understandthat instant results are not possible.We need to keep doing the goodwork and build on it. We need toengage people and secure theirsupport. We need to have the lawsin place. It’s a long journey ahead.Keep the faith!.

There’s definitely aneed to bridge the gapbetween demand andsupply of content.Stopping piracy andmonetizing contentthrough legal plat-forms are our priorities

hemanth.k@postnoon.comHEMANTH KUMAR

Rajkumar, chairman of AP anti-piracy cell, talks about online piracyand the need to introduce stringent laws to fight the battle. It’s a long road ahead!

Looking atthe bigger picture

American performer and compos-er Gene Autry had something tosay when he sang That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine: “Be good

to dear old dad while he’s still got his fac-ulties. Soon he’ll be stuck away in a vine-covered shack in the mountains/ Bravelyfighting the battle of time.” While thesong still rings true, the vine-coveredshack, aka an old age home, has seenmany changes over the years.

Movies have always given us a bleakpicture of old age homes — rundown,decrepit old men and women staringglassily out of a window or cursing theirsons and daughters who left them to rotin these places called ‘home’. It has takensome time for society to come out of thismovie and accept reality. People nowhave taken the initiative to make livingcomfortable for the aged.

The common notion that childrendump their parents at old age homes isnot completely true. Many senior citi-zens are themselves opting to move outof their children’s homes. Take septuage-narian couple Shivanand Rao and Maltifor example. Till 2010, they were livingwith their son in Gachibowli. When theysaw that their lifestyle was beingcramped, they decided to try one of theretirement homes in the City. “I thinkthat was the best decision we took. Myson was opposed to it at first but whenwe explained our stance, he gave in. Hereat the home, we are masters of our time.Our children come visiting every weekand it’s all fine by all of us. In fact, I feelwe have grown closer this way. You see,absence makes the heart grow fonder,”Shivanand says.

Old age homes are now being called‘retirement communities’, which arebeing pitched as a ‘lifestyle’ choice forsenior citizens who want to retain theirindependence and yet ensure that theyare well cared for. Their growing popu-larity is because they offer a relativelystress-free life: freedom from householdchores, modern amenities, a safe envi-ronment and prompt help in case of med-ical emergencies. It’s increasingly catch-ing on with senior citizens who seek thecompanionship of people of the sameage group and social profile.

Sharma of Goldage Hospital andashrams in the City says there is nolonger the stigma attached to old agehomes. In a month, he gets up to 50-60inquiries and near about 10-15 joiningstake place. This is the case at one of thesix old age homes run by them. “NRIsand locals, all inquire about the facilitiesand we have packages from `3,000-`30,000. Whichever is suitable is booked.It is basically the lure of all facilitiesthat brings them here. We have nursesand doctors on call as well as culturalactivities to keep them busy,” he adds.

Meghali Katdare, DGM design devel-opment at Paranjape Schemes(Construction) Ltd in Pune, says that thedemand for residences catering to seniorcitizens has indeed gone up, thanks to

the lessening of the stigma. “We wouldnot exactly call it old age homes but webuild residential complexes designed tobe user-friendly and complete with thelatest amenities. The upper middle classis the economic group that usuallyapproaches us. What we promise is the‘lifestyle home’.”

These homes can be bought outrightor leased, usually by people who are 50years or older. Since they are designed tocater to the physical, social and medicalneeds of senior citizens, safety is a keyconsideration. For instance, grab rails,anti-skid flooring and wheelchair-enabled premises are provided so thateven the physically challenged inmatescan move about independently.

“We also want our freedom, some-place we can spend time peacefully nothaving to worry about the fast-pacedlives the youngsters lead. Both my chil-dren are working and my grandkids areaway at school. After losing my husbandfive years ago, loneliness has been myprime enemy. With my savings, I boughtthis home in a well-known retirementcommunity in the outskirts of the cityand I have had no regrets since. Notions of age and family are changingand society is now open to it. It’s nolonger gray and bleak,” saysKrishnamala, a 62-year-old.

RN Mittal, president of the All IndiaSenior Citizens Confederation, tooagrees with Meghali. He says, “Manypeople are opting to enter old age homeson their own. There is nothing bad aboutit and surely not what is made out to be.The modern-day old age homes, at leastthose that cater to the economically welloff, offer all required facilities and onceyou stay with like-minded people and ofthe same age group, life becomes com-fortable.” On the other hand, he alsopoints out that there are several seniorcitizens who are not financially soundand are left to deal with miserable anddingy homes without healthcare or prop-er sanitation.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 201211GOLDEN YEARS

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TURNINGHOME

Old age homes are now being called ‘retirement communities’,which are being pitched as a ‘lifestyle’ choice for senior citizenswho want to retain their independence and yet ensure that theyare well cared for. Here’s what the elderly feel about it.

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Rayonism is a style ofabstract art that

developed in Russiain 1911. Mikhail Larionov and

Natalia Goncharova developedrayonism after hearing a series

of lectures about Futurism byMarinetti in Moscow. The first

trace of Rayonism can be foundin Mikhail Larionov's illustra-

tions to Alexei Kruchenykh'spamphlet Old-Time Love, pub-

lished in the middle of October1912. The Rayonists sought an art

that floated beyond abstraction,outside of time and space, and to

break the barriers between theartist and the public. They

derived the name from the use ofdynamic rays of contrastingcolour, representing lines ofreflected light — crossing of

reflected rays from variousobjects. Rayonists not only paint-

ed, they also designed theatresets and produced book illustra-

tions. Although short-lived,Rayonism was a crucial step in

the development of Russianabstract art. As Larionov said, it

represented the true freeing ofart from the former realistic con-

ventions that had oppressed theartistic community. Electro act

— The Rayonists took their namefrom the movement. July 1912

was when Larionov purportedlywrote his manifesto Rayonist

Painting, published in theDonkey's Tail and Target miscel-lany in July 1913. This manifestocan be regarded as a theoretical

conclusion and a summing-up ofhis artistic practice. Larionov

intended Rayonists to drawpainting away from objectivityand convert it into the originaland independent art of colour.The picture thus ceases to be a

reflection of the objective world.It itself becomes the "object",

part of the true reality con-structed aesthetically by the

artist. The critics regardedLarionov's Rayonism as one of

the various strands of abstract art.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 201212ART AND CULTURE

Running parallel to theinternational conferenceon biodiversity is an artexhibition — Jiva: InTune With Life — which

showcases a range of paintingsand sculptures by Indian artistson the theme of biodiversity.

The exhibition, on at thesprawling State Gallery for FineArts in Kavuri Hill, Madhapur,consists of the works of severalcontemporary and senior artists,tribal and traditional art, pho-tography, and a small sectionconsisting of artwork by chil-dren.

The artwork isn't all aboutbeautiful landscapes anddetailed nature studies. Mostjuxtapose human life against thebackdrop of nature, and study

the consequences that follow.Work your way down from thethird floor, which had the childart exhibition, down to the firstfloor, where mainstream art isdisplayed to see the changinginterpretation of biodiversity.

The child art section retainsthe innocence of the youth ofthe artists — butterflies, smilingpeople and flowers dominate.But this generation is steeped inthe deterioration of the earth,and this is reflected in the quietmessage of global warming thatpermeates a lot of the paintings.Huge crocodiles, elephants andturtles lay strewn whimsicallyon the ground, lightening theatmosphere.

The traditional paintings tellanother story. With Kalamkariwork and Cheriyal scroll paint-ings, this section is vibrant andcolourful. The theme, as in mosttraditional paintings, showshumans in harmony withnature. The simplicity and beau-ty of the Cheriyal scroll paint-

ings, with its graceful figuresagainst a deep red background,are a real treat.

The photography sectionalso has some unusual pieces ondisplay. While beautiful pho-tographs of animals and birdsare in the majority, PulakHalder's nature paintings, wherehe takes macroscopic pictures ofnatural formations that appearlike figures, add an interestingtwist. The same photographeralso has a series of Hyderabadscapes in negative, with the

edges highlighted in white. In her write-up for the main-

stream artists' exhibition, DrAvani Rao Gandra, the curatorof the show, says that there is adistinct difference in the waythat older and contemporaryartists approach the idea of bio-diversity. The senior lot focus onthe harmonious relationshipbetween man and his surround-ings; while the modern artists'work brims with disgust withthe imbalance caused in natureby the human race.

Here again, the theme of bio-diversity isn't always treated in aconventional or straightforwardsense. While some are obviousrepresentations of man's forcedintrusion into the natural world,others are more subtle and givethe viewer food for thought. Therange of painting styles andmethods is delightful, fromGuduri Prabhakar Rao's earthytraditional motifs to D Shanthi'sblack and white sketches and DrBA Reddy's bold colours.

A lot of handicrafts andknick-knacks are also availablefor sale as part of the exhibition.In the foyer is Abhinandana, ayoung designer whose jewellerydesigns frame world leaders andendangered animals in a settingof metal and jewels. The quietyoungster says she hopes toraise awareness about environ-mental issues with her designs.

Though the theme is one, theinterpretations are many, andthe exhibition truly reflects thediversity and scope of Indianart.

Vibrantstrokes of

natureThe diversity and the scope of Indian art

is pleasantly visible in this exhibitiontitled In tune with Life.

ART FOR DUMMIES

PARIS: Raphael, the third in theRenaissance trinity of Michaelangelo and

Leonardo Da Vinci, is famed for his serenepaintings of classic subjects. But a land-

mark exhibit in Paris' Louvre museumreveals a darker face of the Old Master.

The exhibit shows how, in his last 10 years,Raphael faced a crippling workload andthus allowed his students to finish manyof his commissions in a darker direction.

Louvre reveals dark facesLONDON: London's National PortraitGallery bought a portrait of theChevalier d'Eon — a celebrated Frenchspy, diplomat, fencing champion, andcross-dresser. The painting was discov-ered last November in a salesroom inNew York by art dealer Philip Mould,whose curiosity was piqued by the sit-ter’s manly traits, a jarring deviation fromthe more flattering portraiture of the era.

Chevalier d’Eon’s portraitDETROIT: Adonne Khare's carbon pen-cil on paper drawing "Elephants" isn'tjust a massive display of the lumber-ing yet beautiful mammals. It's a longlook — spanning across a 13-foot-by-8-foot canvas. Khare, of Burbank,Calif., was awarded the top cash prizeof $200,000 t the fourth annualArtPrize international competition inMichigan.

Californian artist wins prize

An aesthetic journeyMichael Larionov who initiated Rayonist style of painting intended rayonist

paintings not be a reflection of the objective world but an object an itself.

JIVA:In Tune With Life

VENUE:The State Gallery of Fine Arts

ON TILL: October 31

TIMING: 10.30am-9.30pm

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Agiant eyeball that washed ashorein Pompano Beach, Fla., is mysti-

fying wildlife officials — butprobably not for long. The softball-

sized eyeball was reported to theFlorida Fish and Wildlife ConservationCommission on Wednesday. It will be

preserved and sent to the Fish andWildlife Research Institute in St.

Petersburg, Fla., for analysis.

Mystery giant eyeball

Despite frequent headlines abouta warming planet, climate ana-lysts pointed to a seemingly

bright spot this week: During SouthernHemisphere winters, sea ice in theAntarctic is actually increasing. In fact,satellite data indicated that Antarcticawas surrounded by the greatest areaof sea ice ever recorded in the region:19.44 million square kilometers.

Antarctic sea ice rising

The US Fish and Wildlife Serviceextended Endangered SpeciesAct protection to eight species of

freshwater mussels and 1,494 miles ofstream in Alabama and Florida, follow-ing an agreement reached with theCenter for Biological Diversity in 2011to speed protection decisions. Themussels have been waiting in line forfederal protection since 2004.

Mussels to be protected

ENVIRONMENT

Planned motorway throughBucharest stirs outcryJonas Mercierfeedback@postnoon.com

At a time when citiesacross the world seekways to reduce traffic,the mayor ofRomania’s capital

Bucharest has launched anambitious project to build a newmotorway in the city, despitewidespread protests.

At a cost of 1.5 billion euros($1.9 billion), the six-lane free-way will be 13 kilometres longand will cut through several res-idential districts.

Notably jacking up the costis a plan to have the motorwaycross under one of Bucharest’slargest parks, Herastrau.

“This means one kilometrewill cost more than 100 millioneuros, whereas the Europeanaverage is around five million,”said Nicusor Dan, president ofthe Save Bucharest association.

Mayor Sorin Oprescu hasmade the project the top priorityof his second four-year term,which ends in 2016.

“The funds will not comefrom our budget,” he pledged,after the city council approvedthe draft plans. “The motorwaywill be built under a public-pri-vate partnership.”

Chinese, US, Russian andSouth Korean investors wereinterested in the motorway deal,Oprescu said.

Last year, the mayor evensigned a memorandum to thiseffect with the ShanghaiConstruction Group.

If urban motorways remainpopular in Asia’s big cities, inwestern Europe, the priority isincreasingly to curb traffic.

“In the short run, a newmotorway does tend to relievetraffic congestion, but after awhile, it only attracts morecars,” Gruia Badescu, a townplanning expert and doctoralstudent at Cambridge, told AFP.

After experiencing similarproblems, several French citiessuch as Marseille and Grenobledecided to bulldoze bridgescrossing built-up areas.

Back in the 1960s, municipalauthorities in Paris planned tobuild a network of urban motor-ways, but gave up the idea before

any harm was done to the Cityof Lights.

Now, the coalition of FrenchSocialists and Greens, which hasthe majority in the city council,promises to turn a road runningalong the Seine through theheart of Paris into a riversidepromenade in 2013.

“Western Europe is increas-ingly calling into question notonly the omnipresence of carsbut also the extensive develop-ment of cities,” Jean Laterrasse,head of the city transport lab ofParis Est university, told AFP.

“Bucharest is facing twomajor problems — on the onehand, the lack of town planningadministrative culture and onthe other, the absence of dia-logue between authorities andthe community,” said GabrielPascariu, a professor at

Bucharest’s Ion Mincu architec-ture university.

“Recent studies have shownthat traffic is not the topmostproblem to Bucharesters,” headded. A Balkan town thatturned into a metropolis underthe communist regime has sometwo million inhabitants and isan economic hub of south-east-ern Europe.

1970S SOLUTIONS CAN’TSOLVE TRAFFIC JAMS TODAYBucharest, disfigured when thelate communist dictator NicolaeCeausescu razed three-quartersof its historical centre to build agigantic palace, has in recentyears fallen prey to real estatepredators and is suffocated bytraffic.

In the middle of the lastdecade, when Romania was

enjoying an unprecedented eco-nomic boom, more than 1,000vehicles were registered daily inBucharest.

The number of cars has dou-bled in the past 10 years and nowtops one million.

“It’s obvious that solutionsthat worked in the 1970s cannotsolve traffic jams today,” saidAlain Bourdin, a town planningprofessor at Paris Est university.

“But we have to be realistic:authorities cannot limit trafficunless they provide a very densepublic transportation network,”he added.

In Bucharest, while themayor has decided to make lifeeasier for drivers, associationsfighting to preserve the city’sarchitectural heritage are sidingwith pedestrians and bicyclists.

AFP

WESTERN EUROPE ISINCREASINGLY CALLINGINTO QUESTION NOTONLY THE OMNIPRES-ENCE OF CARS BUTALSO THE EXTENSIVEDEVELOPMENT OF CITIES.

DANIEL MIHAILESCU /AFP

Star attraction

Masterchef India Season 2 con-tender Puneet Mehta also

attended the cooking work-shop at Nature’s Basket to learn more

about what he loves most — food.“I’ve been cooking since childhood.

While earlier it was a necessity forme, it has become a passion and

stress buster now,” says Mehta. Thereality show contestant adds that heis currently planning to start his ownseries of workshops. “The series willfocus on fusion food — the conceptof which is to use affordable ingredi-

ents to make fancy dishes. Forinstance, ingredients of a basic pesto

sauce are basil, pine nuts and oliveoil — which are a tad expensive.

However, if pine nuts are replacedwith cashews and peanuts, the pesto

not only becomes more affordablebut it also becomes a little more suit-

ed to the Indian palette,” explainsMehta, who is also planning a work-

shop for IT professionals on usingcooking as a stress buster.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 201214FOOD

Grape consumption is linked tohealthier diet habits and

higher intake of nutrients,according to a study presented at the

Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsFood and Nutrition Conference. Results

were derived after researchers lookedat the link between quality of diet

among a sample of kids and adults inthe US and their grape-product intake.

Eating grapes is healthy

The Hershey Company has saidit will source 100 per cent certi-fied cocoa for its global choco-

late product lines by 2020. AsHershey increases its use of certifiedcocoa, the company will also contin-ue to support community-based pro-grammes with local African partners,national governments and develop-ment agencies.

100% certified cocoa

Kelloggs is recalling millions ofboxes of Mini-Wheats cereal thatmay be contaminated with pieces

of metal mesh.The Food and DrugAdministration said Wednesday thatrecalled boxes of Frosted Mini-WheatsBite-Size Original and Mini-WheatsUnfrosted Bite Size cereals were soldto stores nationwide. A “faulty manu-facturing part” is to blame.

Kellogg Mini-Wheats recall

What’s pulling today’s youthto cooking workshops? Is itpassion or just the need topass time? Postnoon finds out.

Hook or 'cook'

Why wait for theweekend to end themonotony of roti,dal and subzi whenyou can cook a

delicious Italian meal at home,feel most youngsters today.Experimenting with differentcuisines is not just a stressbuster for the youth, it is alsoslowly becoming a way of life.Reality TV shows like Masterchef

just give them the push they needto challenge their culinary skills.

“Cooking workshops are pop-ular among people coming fromdifferent walks of life these days.While earlier, such events onlysaw regular food professionalsattending to expand their culi-nary knowledge, now, even thosewho have no interest in making acareer out of cooking turn up togenuinely learn something new,”says Chef Hafizul Shaikh fromLittle Italy, Mumbai. The foodartist, who has come to town toconduct Italian food workshops,has been working in the kitchenfor the past 14 years and has con-ducted more than seven suchworkshops in different cities.

“Even young men come for work-shops to learn how to cook,” heobserves. “Most people turn up tolearn dishes that can be madequickly as not many have thetime or the patience to cook elab-orate meals.”

Shaikh, who cooks because

he likes putting a smile on peo-ple’s faces, says the internet andTV have been instrumental inchanging the perception of a chefover the past decade. “Today’syoungsters find it easier to followtheir passion for cooking profes-sionally. TV shows like Masterchefhave given the art of cooking themuch deserved glamour,” saysShaikh.

For Ruchita Sinha, 26, an ITprofessional in the City, cookingis more of a hobby. “I like experi-menting with different kinds offood. I also enjoy cooking withfriends to pass time and trysomething new,” says Sinha.

“Cooking workshops are goodfor discovering new things and

expanding what you can cookdaily,” says Jayashree K whoworks at ISB. “Apart from being anecessity, cooking is also a stressbuster for me.” However, forJayashree’s husband RavikanthPalvancha, who works as anassistant professor at ITM, cook-ing is a passion. “Cooking work-shops are interesting becausethey rest one’s curiosity aboutdifferent cuisines. I have learntcooking by observing my motherin the kitchen and trying differ-ent things on my own,” he says.

As part of the Italian foodfiesta — Festa Italiana (Sept 28 -Oct 31) — Godrej Nature’s Baskethosted a cooking demonstrationin association with Little Italy.

REALITY TV SHOWS LIKEMASTERCHEF AND THEINTERNET JUST GIVETODAY’S YOUNGSTERSTHE PUSH THEY NEEDTO CHALLENGE THEIRCULINARY SKILLS.

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It’s past the witching hour and you are in the mood for deliciousfood. Don’t worry. There are many restaurants in the city that offeryou varieties of food when you need it the most. Here is a list ofrestaurants for you to pick from.

Basera Hotel

Well past midnight, even if all the eateries in Hyderabadwere to tell you sorry, you may yet retain a faint glim-

mer of hope that Basera Hotel won’t turn you out.The midnight buffet runs “well past midnight” and if the buffet’s

over then there’s the veg and non-veg club sandwiches and coffeewhich is more than enough to see you till daybreak.

ADDRESS: WEST MARREDPALLY, NEAR CLOCK TOWER , SECUNDERABAD

Deccan Pavilion

The Deccan Pavilion at ITC Kakatiya is famous for itsMidnight Biryani. But the list just does not stop there.ITC Kakatiya’s stylish 24-hour fine dining restaurant

offers a delectable spread of Indian and inventive internation-al cuisine, the Deccan Pavilion is the ideal place for round-the-clock dining in Hyderabad. On weeknights the buffetends at 2 am and on weekends it ends at 2.30 pm.

ADDRESS: 6-3-1187, BEGUMPET, HYDERABAD

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SEASONAL TASTES

If you want variety and a goodmeal, head to Seasonal Tastes,

the global cuisine restaurantat The Westin Hyderabad

Mindspace, which offers mid-night buffet on Friday andSaturday from midnight to2am. Indulge in their wide

spread of continental, Asianand Indian dishes, and don’t

forget to hit the delectable

dessert counter. The peacefuldecor and relaxed atmosphere

at Seasonal Tastes is a won-derful way to unwind after a

night of hard partying.ADDRESS: THE WESTIN

HYDERABAD MINDSPACE

TULIP

Experiencing a sudden crav-ing for biryani at the dead ofthe night is not a new feelingfor many. Head to Tulip. The

place never lets you downand serves the most sumptu-

ous biryani. And it’s not justthe biryani, the midnight buf-fet at the restaurant is a treat

for the night owls. But, theicing on the cake is that

unlike other five-star restau-rants, it doesn’t burn a holein your pocket making you

enjoy the night all the more.ADDRESS: HOTEL GREEN

PARK, BEGUMPET

INGREDIENTSn Wheat Dalia - 75 gmsn Dhuli Masoor dal - 50 gmsn Chilka moong - 50 gmsn Urad dal - 50 gmsn Soya bean granules - 50 gmsn Paneer - 50 gmsn Whole garam masala - 1 tbspn Powder garam masala - 1 tspn Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspn Ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn Fried crispy onions 2 medium sizedn Dhania powder - 1 tspn Turmeric - 1/2 tspn Oil / ghee - 50 mln Salt to taste n Green chillies - 2 to 3n Coriander - 2 small bunchesn Fried cashews - 4 to 5n Lemon wedges for garnishing.

PROCEDUREn Wash and soak all the three dals

and dalia, separately for about 1 to2 hours.

n In a thick bottom vessel fry theonions and keep them aside.

n In the same oil, fry the whole garammasala; To this add ginger garlicpaste and all the three dals, stir itfor sometime.

n Strain out the wheat dalia from thewater and add it to the dals, mixwell.Put all the powder masalas &salt, stirring it for a while.

n Add the soya bean granules, mix itwell, and add about one and a halfcup of water; Cook for sometime,till the water is reduced.

n Finely crush the paneer, add it tothe mixture along with fried onionsand few coriander leaves.

n Cook it on a slow fire, with coveredlid, till it is soft and tender.

n Mix it thoroughly and garnish withfried onions, coriander leaves, friedcashews & lemon wedges.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 201218HISTORY

October 151881: British novelist PGWodehouse, best known for creating Jeeves and BlandingsCastle, is born in Surrey.

October 151917: Mata Hari, the famous femalespy and courtesan, is executed forespionage by a French firingsquad.

October 161934: Chinese communists led byMao Zedong break through nation-alist enemy lines and begin the'Long March'.

October 171968: US sprinters Tommie Smithand John Carlos are stripped oftheir Olympic medals because oftheir 'black power' salute.

October 171933: Renowned physicist AlbertEinstein flees Nazi Germany andsettles permanently in the US.

October 181931: Thomas Alva Edison, the pro-lific scientist and inventor, dies atthe age of 84.

October 192003: Mother Teresa is beatified byPope John Paul II, bringing her astep closer to canonization.

October 202011: Former dictator of Libya,Muammar Gaddafi, and his sonMutassim are captured and killedby rebel forces near Sirte.

October 201977: A plane carrying southernrock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes,killing three members of the bandand three others.

October 211967: More than 1,00,000 peoplemarch to Washington DC toprotest against America's war inVietnam.

October 20 1973: The Sydney Opera House, an iconic performing arts centre in Australia, is opened.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 201219SPOTLIGHT

Cooking queen Celebrating ageDisha V Pujar was crowned Mallika-E-Kitchenat a function organised by LG Electronics.

A two-day expo on products and services for senior citizens in the city is on at Expotel Hotel, Tank Bund Road.

Shades of beige galoreOn stage and off, the

fashion quotientwas at an all-timehigh on Day One of

Blender's Pride FashionShow. The day saw fourdesigners including GavinMiguel, Vikram Phadnis,Shantanu and Nikhil andRaghavendra Rathore show-casing their creations. Beigeseems to be the colour of the

season with most of thedesigners opting for variousshades of the colour fortheir designs. Gavin Miguel,whose theme was ‘Stairwayto Heaven’ had modelssashay down the ramp infeminine, flowy gowns in softcolours like beige, pink andlight green. Club Jodhpuriwas the theme ofRaghavendra Rathore and he

stuck to traditional outfits.Shantanu and Nikhil andVikram Phadnis showcasedcreations that had the mix ofboth — traditional as well aswestern outfits. Meanwhile,off stage, guests turned upfor the event dressed to thenines and flaunting the mostglamorous of outfits. “Littleblack dress” seemed to bethe favourite of many.

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Dookudu, Sri Rama Rajyam,Rajanna and Jai BoloTelangana swept the maximumnumber of Nandi Awards for

the year 2011. Sri Rama Rajyam baggedthe Nandi Award for the Best Film andit also won awards for Best Actress(Nayanthara) and Best Music Director(Ilayaraja) among other awards.Mahesh Babu, Samantha starrerDookudu bagged the awards for BestActor (Mahesh Babu), Best Film forproviding wholesome entertainment,Best Screenplay (Srinu Vaitla), Best

Action Choreographer (Vijay), BestEditing (M R Varma). It’s the seventhtime that Mahesh Babu has won aNandi Award, including special juryawards. N Shankar’s Jai BoloTelangana won awards for BestDirector, Best Playback Singer(Gaddar) and Best Film for NationalIntegration. Nagarjuna was given aspecial jury award for his role inRajanna and the film also won awardsfor Second Best Film, Best Art Director(S Ravinder) among others. AnaganagaO Dheerudu too bagged several awards.

Dookudu, SRR, Rajanna, JBT wintop honours at Nandi Awards

Rajamouli bonds with Shekhar KapurSS Rajamouli’s Makkhi has

received rave reviews inBollywood from nearly every

film critic and several leadingBollywood actors and directors. Ajay Devgn, Shah Rukh Khan, Rohit Shetty, Rajkumar Hirani, Onir and few others have praised theace director for making an excellentfilm. In fact, Rajamouli was so over-whelmed with the response, that hefell short of words to describe hisemotions and thanked for support-ing his film.

Couple of days ago, much toRajamouli’s surprise, ShekharKapur, director of Mr India andBandit Queen, joined the growinglist of celebrities who lavishedpraise on the director. “Eega gaveme so much in my life. money, fame,

critical acclaim,offers from bolly-wood. But the one i value most isfriendship wid @shekharkapur(sic),” Rajamouli posted on Twitter.Soon after watching the film,Shekhar Kapur called up Rajamouliand the two reportedly spent hourstalking about films. “Spent hourswith @ssrajamouli talking storiesfilms life characters dreams.Fabulous session. And of course#Makhi. Many tried but only @ssra-jamouli convinced me 2 come backto film. His passion n courage forfilms reminded me of mine (sic),”Shekhar Kapur said, talking aboutthe incident. The film starring Nani,Samantha and Sudeep is expected todo extremely well at the box officegoing by the kind of buzz it has gen-erated so far.

Nithya Menen toteam up with Pawan Kalyan?

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012

Nithya Menen is reportedly incontention to play the lead

role in Pawan Kalyan’supcoming film to be directed by

Trivikram Srinivas. The untitledfilm is said to be a family drama

and buzz is that Trivikram is quitekeen on roping in Nithya for the

lead role, although nothing hasbeen confirmed so far. If Nithya

signs the film, it’ll be her biggestTelugu film so far in her career.

BVSN Prasad is producing thefilm and it’s expected to go on

floors in November. Nithya willsoon be seen in Okkadine and

Nandini Reddy’s upcoming filmstarring Siddharth and Samantha.

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to staroppositeSalman

Khan

Anjela JonssonWho is going to

be the leadactress inSher Khan

seemed to be the questionon everybody’s mind. Itseems the Dabangg Khanhas finally consented toact opposite the beautifulAngela Jonsson. TheSohail Khan-directedmovie will also beAngela’s debut film.Apparently, the debutantehas a lot going for her.Once she was chosen, thedirector decided to dropthe other female lead inthe film and make Angelathe sole focus. But every-thing comes at a price.She has been told to lielow and keep out of thepress.

TV is no longer giv-ing viewers memo-rable characters

like it used to, saysactor Samir Soni. So itis important for actorsto be loyal to their rolesand for viewers to speakout against senselessstorylines, he adds. “Ikeep trying (to ask forchanges) because I don’tlike to fool the audience.If you look into history,we have had shows likeHum Log, Nukkad,Khandaan... people stillremember Basesar andNanhe. They remembercharacters,” the 44-year-old said on the sets ofdaily soap ParichayNayee Zindagi KaySapno Ka here Friday.“These days, shows runfor six or nine months,and in the twists andturns, you forget thename of the characters.This loyalty towardscharacters is importantand I fight for it daily.Ekta (Kapoor) is fed upwith me. But I can’thelp it,” said Samir, whoplays the characternamed Kunal in theserial. IANS

TV charactersno longermemorable:Samir Soni

Oscar-winning director Ang Lee’s much antici-pated 3D film Life Of Pi will open this year’sedition of the International Film Festival of

India (IFFI), while Mira Nair’s The ReluctantFundamentalist will be the closing film. Life Of Pi isbased on the Booker Prize-winning novel by YannMartel. The fantasy-adventure film follows the storyof a young boy who is adrift in the Pacific Ocean formore than 200 days with a Bengal Tiger. It stars debu-tante Suraj Sharma, Tabu and Irrfan Khan. PTI

Ang Lee's Life Of Pito open IFFI in Goa

Shooting inMumbai difficult:Ken Ghosh

Bollywood director Ken Ghosh says despitebeing the country’s entertainment capital,Mumbai is a tough place to shoot in. “Why is

Mumbai (which is the film capital of India) sucha difficult place to shoot in? The red tapethat a producer faces is ridiculous,”tweeted Ghosh. He has earlierdirected movies like IshqVishk, Fida andChance PeDance.

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impressesmoviegoersin Busan

Barfi!

Filmmaker R Balki, who hasproduced Sridevi’s comebackfilm English Vinglish, says the

actress must continue to work inthe film industry for the sake ofcinema. “I think she was bornto act and such talent is veryrare in the country and sheshould continue acting. Forthe sake of cinema, sheshould continue acting,”Balki said.English Vinglish, directed

by Balki’s wife, Gauri Shinde,brought back Sridevi’s magic on

the big screen after 15 years. Themovie has received acclaim from allover.

The husband-wife duo have credit-ed Sridevi for the success of the film.“She (Sridevi) is awesome, she isamazing, she is the best. I think a lotof credit goes to her for making thefilm what it is and I love her,” Shindesaid. Meanwhile, Shinde says heronly aim was to make a respectablefilm and she focussed her entire ener-gy on that. English Vinglish releasedOctober 5 to a superb reception at thebox office. IANS

Sridevi is born toact: Balki

Now ride the `BiggBoss 6’ tour bus!Superstar Salman Khan

flagged off a Bigg Boss 6bus, which will take peo-

ple on a ride to the location ofthe show in Lonavala.

People will be able to seelive scenes from the house atthe production control unitsset up there.

“I am lucky that I get tosee all this up-close. But thosewho watch it on TV, even theymust be wanting to see thesecelebrities. Such people cancome here and take a tour of

the bus,” the 46-year-old, whohosts the reality show, said.

The bus will charge `2,000per person, and all the amountcollected through the tours,will be donated to Salman’sNGO Being Human.

“Come and be a part of ourshow, experience what we areexperiencing. Now, the wholeticket money and not justsome part of it will go to theBeing Human foundation,” hesaid.

IANS

Barfi! India’s official entry for the for-eign film entry at the Oscars, wonhearts at the Busan International

Film Festival, evoking a standing ovationfrom an audience of 4,000 people. Theactors —Priyanka Chopra and RanbirKapoor — are thrilled.

Barfi!, directed by Anurag Basu, wasscreened at the festival in South KoreaThursday evening. It was a sold-out show.Ranbir, who played a deaf and mute mannamed Murphy in the movie, says the teamis “thrilled by the amazing reception”.

“We received a standing ovation at theend of the screening which was bothexhilarating and humbling for us. Barfi!is a very special film for all of usinvolved,” he said in astatement. Priyanka, who essayed anautistic girl named Jhilmil, echoed hisviews, and said: “I am thrilled with theresponse received for the film and also formy performance. This was the first filmfestival to showcase Barfi! and I’m look-ing forward to many more.” The moviehas managed to cross the `6 million-markfrom the overseas market.

“The success of Barfi! proves that audi-ences all over are embracing Indian cine-ma. Audiences are encouraging us as anindustry to work with new ideas and sub-jects. The unprecedented response for thefilm across the globe in both traditionalrelease markets and now newer markets isa step in the right direction,” AmritaPandey, Executive Director - Syndication,International Distribution and DisneyMedia Distribution, Studios, Disney UTV.

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BLENDER’S PRIDE TOUR 25

The Czarina of Indian fashion celebrates the dark and sensuousside of women, drawing inspiration from all things black.

Ruling the ramp for over two decades, this time she presentsThe Dark Side, a range that she says is very baroque, subtle rather

than overtly sexy, using a range of motifs including Kalamkari to giveit an ornate look. The designer is excited to return to Hyderabad, inwhich she spent a lot of her growing up years “I’ve been noticing it

for a long time growing up. The city is conservative yet edgy, stillretains the look and feel of the nawabs,” states Lulla.

SARTORIAL SECRETS

What are the colours and styles/must-havesin your wardrobes this season?

Vintage gold and anything black.

The 60s, for instance, gave us bikinis and mini-skirts, bell-bot-toms, tie-dye, and is generally considered one of the best decadesfor fashion. What would you say has been our era’s contribution? I won’t comment on the specific styles but I would say, comfort

dressing is our contribution.

What style/trend do you wish had never havecome about in fashion?

Balloon dresses and, crinolines which were so constrictive thatthey resulted in the deaths of many women in the 1800s.

What’s special for you about this year’s Blender’sPride Fashion Tour?

Blenders Pride Fashion Tour unlike other fashionevents sets the tone for a complete B2C experi-ence through its runway presentations...keepingthis in mind, we have created a cocktail couture

line for the modern bride. This is our first coutureshowing with BPFT, as in the past we have shown

our western bridge lines on the tour, so we areobviously excited.

What was the inspiration that led you to create thecurrent collection?

We have always been known to balance moder-nity with tradition on a backdrop of contempo-

rary silhouettes depicting fluid romance and fem-ininity. The collection is our take on a modern

bride whose chic tryst and rendezvous with desti-nation weddings on a canvas of romance is what

takes the inspiration forward. This time aroundyou would see a range of new-age lehengas,

saris and gowns and some cocktail inspired struc-tured jackets and achkans for men in the

collection.

Who would be the celebrity you think can bestembody this collection?

A Shantanu & Nikhil muse is someone who isyoung, intelligent, independent, modern, well-

travelled, clear-minded, social, multi-faceted, incontrol and above all extremely

feminine...Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukoneare just a few of the contemporary Indian actors

who could fit the bill perfectly.

New and upcoming designers you think are worthwatching out for?

Haven’t really seen anyone spectacular in recentyears, someone who has the creative vision to

scale up one’s brand from both a marketable andcommercial perspective, either they are too cre-

ative or have lost the plot of balancing art andcommerce through entrepreneurial abilities plus

we have always competed with ourselves andsometimes that is the happiest place to be.

Which cities in India/overseas do you love show-ing your collections in?Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad are the favouriteIndian destinations.

What’s next?This is just the beginning as we have that 12year-business itch which is prompting us to domany exciting things in the world of fashion.Thenext three years, god-willing, should see someinteresting brand endeavours coming from theShantanu & Nikhil stable.

Fashion for dummies:Your top tips

1. Whenever in doubt, wear black. 2. Keep it simple.

3. Carry the right accessories, they are very underrated.

Back inBlack

PADMINI C

padmini.c@postnoon.com

As the who’s who of fashion get set to show at the Blender’s PrideTour, they take some time out to talk

fashion, fads with Postnoon.

NEETA LULLA

SHANTANU AND NIKHIL

Wedding BlissOver the years, Shantanu and Nikhil have come to be synonymous with refinement and luxury in

Indian fashion. Best known for their aesthetic amalgamation of Indian tradition and westernsensibilities, they are a favourite among the crème de la crème of Indian celebrities include the

Big B, Sonam Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone among others. This season they unveiltheir larger-than-life wedding trousseau for the dream wedding.

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ACROSS1 Slowly vanishes6 Andy and Flo of the

comics11 Jazz band16 Snert’s master21 Go-between22 Boor23 Evaporates24 Alpine river25 ‘— — fast!’26 Brittle27 Scrap detente28 Drew together29 Where Peggy Fleming

won gold31 The Stooges and the

Fates33 Wallpaper unit35 Chiang — -shek36 Cake name (2 wds)37 Charley horse38 Aborigine of Japan39 Brazen40 18-wheeler41 Beanstalk menace42 Left the nest44 Sajak or Trebek47 Place for a grill48 Vitamin amts49 Parking place53 Stow54 Rainout-proof55 Link up56 Fragrant white flower57 Larry King’s channel58 Lawn pests59 Judge’s bench60 Mezzanine61 Scratch or dent62 Perfume bottle64 Techniques65 Denver’s altitude66 Lois of ‘Lois & Clark’67 — upon (improves)68 Nope (hyph)69 Bard70 Heavy fliers71 Drowse off72 Subtle change74 Thicken75 Orange-yellow78 Gibe at79 Fireplace need80 Prove more durable84 Extol85 Colours86 Similar87 Calamity88 I, to Fritz89 Phone, slangily90 Colonial dance91 Sings gaily92 Filmdom’s Gardner

93 Treasure ship95 Jamie — of ‘M*A*S*H’96 Stick-in-the-mud97 Mr Flintstone98 More curious99 Hunter’s wear100 Cumulus or nimbus101 Patsy — of country102 Downhill events104 Zeppelin105 — Paulo, Brazil106 Milquetoast109 Distant past110 Shakes hands111 Unfriendly115 Rambler mfr

116 ‘La — Bonita’117 Attacks (2 wds)118 Freebies with soup119 Bit of holly121 Angler — Walton123 Sansei parent125 Clay pots126 Nobel Prize category127 ‘The Velvet Fog’128 Dirty look129 Sunspot activity130 Frozen rain131 Soul132 Mild oaths133 Young deer

DOWN1 Snake teeth2 Mall for Plato3 Advise against4 Trapped5 Cop’s contact6 Dishwasher phase7 Rhine tributary8 — Beta Kappa9 Not COD10 Diva, maybe11 DVD’s kin (hyph)12 Sourdough strikes13 Woody’s ex14 Fruits for jam15 Donny or Marie

16 Mound17 Film speed no18 Sticky-footed lizard19 ‘It’s been — —

pleasure!’20 Overhauled30 Plead32 Hobby ender34 Tourist’s burden37 Construction spots38 Astronaut — Shepard39 House ad abbr41 More sporting42 S&L protector43 Cut some slack44 Dana of ‘MacGyver’45 ‘The Count of —

Cristo’46 — — worms47 Guides a raft48 Howard and Reagan50 Pop singer — Mann51 Watchdog warnings52 Chilling54 Slept fitfully55 Person from Kansas56 Nasty shock58 Petty59 Modem-speed unit60 Claim on property63 Quarried

64 Riddle starter65 Frame of mind66 Blows the whistle68 ‘Topaz’ author69 Subatomic particle70 Hokkaido sandals72 Ms Verdon of

‘Cocoon’73 Elbow grease74 Windy75 Adjust the tires76 Port near Hong Kong

(var)77 Tortoiseshell inlays78 Chance to play80 Fixed the squeak81 Video game pioneer82 Lucky number83 Barter85 Cheers86 Space lead-in87 Unearth (2 wds)89 Foot part90 Woolly animals91 Towers over94 Mispronounce ‘s’95 Renown96 Darting about97 Small fleet99 Ms Aquino100 Disinfect

101 Leave (2 wds)103 Nabokov novel104 Nile god of pleasure105 Our sun106 Yellow jackets107 Use force108 Carmen of jazz110 — — face (grimace)111 Bristles112 Wife’s mom (hyph)

113 Be taught114 Dangerous curves116 ‘Now — — it!’117 Soccer star Mia —118 Sunflower

product120 Bartender’s rocks122 Onassis nickname124 Dolphin habitat

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Seven of Pentacles– You’ll need to mul-titask to finish all thejobs on your plate.Don’t get over-whelmed by thenumber of things todo. Make a list.

The Wheel of For t u -ne – What goes aro -und comes around.Bad times are overand good times arecoming up. Put yourhead down and con-tinue working.

ARIESUnexpected turning point likely withwhich you will feel cheerful. Those inromance can feel happy as favourablesupport is seen from relatives andfriends of both the sides.

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LIBRAThough you face hurdles and obstruc-tions, you will complete all work with-out giving up. Govt-related work willend favourably and without delay.Court issue might get delayed.

CAPRICORNYou undertake challenging tasks andcomplete them successfully though hu -rdles come your way. Financial situati -on will be very strong. Events like mar-riage, grahapravesam to take place.

TAURUSDelayed marriage get finalised. A sev-ered relationship will resume on itsown. Couples will be more affectionatetowards each other. Those planning tochange residence will be successful.

LEOBe careful in food habits as chances ofallergy or an upset stomach. Employ -ees work with a focus and completework to the satisfaction of the manage-ment; all demands will get fulfilled.

SCORPIOYou will participate in a special functionthat will take place at your VIP friend'splace. Those longing for a child, willsoon receive good news. House loanwill get sanctioned. Eye infection likely.

AQUARIUSYour son will go abroad for his careergrowth. Money due to you will comewithout much delay and keep youfinancially comfortable. You will finallybuy a vehicle of your choice.

GEMINIDues never expected will come andsurprise you. Children will do well andmake you happy. Misunderstan ding lik -ely within family members but will res -o lve soon. Spouse will be co-operative.

VIRGOA journey has to be undertaken on offi-cial work, which will be successful.Delayed marriage talk will resume andprogress well. Some will undertake pil-grimage or jolly trip with entire family.

SAGITTARIUSAll worries and tensions will recedegradually and your long-pending wish-es will get fulfilled. Avoid boastingbeyond anybody's tolerance and alsoentrusting important work to others.

PISCESThose upset due to delay in marriagecan feel happy, as their marriage will befinalised soon. Ego clashes betweencouples will go. A major debt, whichwas upsetting you, will get cleared.

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The World – Every -thing’s going verywell. Investments areclicking and money’slooking good. Don’tbe afraid to makemajor changes toyour lifestyle.

Knight of Pentacles– You’re thinkingwith your head andnot so much withyour heart. Thosearound you may seeyou as distant andunapproachable.

Hermit – This is atime for your person-al growth. You makegood use of yourlonely journey andderive your ownanswers to make oflife’s questions.

Ace of Swords – To -day is characterise byextremes in behavi -our. You’re either tooemotional or toopractical. There’s noroom for a middlepath. Slow down.

Five of Wands – Avo -id all kinds of conflict.You’ll be dragged in -to a situation, whichyou have nothing todo with. It’s nothingyou cannot handle.Rein in your anger.

The High Priestess –Harness your intuiti -on to help you makethe right decisions. Aclose friend will seekadvice. Refrain frommaking decisions forthat person.

King of Pentacles –You’re in a positionof authority but ithas its downsides.You will have to reinin your emotionsand keep a distancefrom subordinates.

Five of Cups – The -re’s too much confu-sion and you needspace and time to al -low it all to settle do -w n. You don’t haveall information. Don’tjump to conclusions.

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LEO VIRGO

Resignation: Because I want tobe oblivious to the complexi-

ties of life and be overly excitedby the little things again.

I want things to be simple. Idon't want my day to consist ofcomputer crashes, mountainsof paperwork, depressing news,worrying about how to survivemore days in the month thanthere is money in the bank,doctor bills, gossip, illness, andloss of loved ones.

I want to believe in thepower of smiles, hugs, a kindword, truth, justice, peace,dreams, the imagination,mankind, and making angels in

the snow... so, here's mycheque book, my car-keys, mycredit card bills and my 401Kstatements, oh, and my stockoptions for my 2-year award. Iam officially resigning fromadulthood and if you want todiscuss this further, you'll haveto catch me first.

A lady says to her doctor, "Myhusband has a habit of talkingin his sleep!

What should I give him tocure it?"

The doctor replies, "Givehim an opportunity to speakwhen he's awake!

The must-visit fun corner

Freddie Mercurybiopic due in 2014

“The pieces are all falling into place, thoughwe are now on a slightly later schedule —filming is now scheduled to start in the

spring (of 2013),” wrote Queen axe man Brian Mayon his official website. He was writing, of course,about the as-yet-untitled Freddie Mercury biopic tostar comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as the rockband’s late and legendary frontman. The film — tobe scripted by Peter Morgan (The Queen,Frost/Nixon) and produced by Queen’s remainingmembers May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor) —will be out through Robert DeNiro’s TriBeCaProductions. May was compelled to tell fans that“contractual things” have been holding up a shootdate and drop.

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F reida Pinto has said that

she found the intensive

dance training for Desert

Dancer daunting. Based

on the true story of Iranian dancer

Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his

life for his dream to become a dancer

despite a nationwide ban on dance in

Iran, Pinto undertook an intensive

training schedule for the role that

comprised eight hours of dance

rehearsals every day for 14 weeks.

Speaking to Digital Spy ahead of the

film’s first shooting schedule, the

Slumdog Millionaire star said: “When

I met Richard [Raymond, director] in

November and he said that he wanted

to shoot in March, I said, ‘There’s no

way I’m going to be ready for March’,

especially the way he described this

character... it got pushed back a

couple of months, which has

been a blessing be ca use

that’s the kind of

time I needed to

reach thisstage.”

‘Dance training forDesert Dancer was daunting’

F R E I D A P I N T O

Despite adesire

toreturn to his mostfamous role, Matt

Damon says he’slikely done playing

Jason Bourne. Heplayed the Robert

Ludlum-createdspy in three films,

starting with2002’s The Bourne Identity. He sat out this sum-mer’s spin-off, The Bourne Legacy. “There has

not been any movement,” Damon told Movieline.“I’ve always been open to it as long as

Paul Greengrass directs. I don’t think he’s goingto do it.” Greengrass directed Damon in The

Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum,as well as The Green Zone.

Matt Damon notlikely to playBourne again

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012

SPORTS 29NEW DELHI: The prize purse for womenwinners at the Fenesta Open NationalTennis Championship was increased andbrought at par with the men’s on SaniaMirza's suggestion here on Saturday. Thewinner's prize money for men was Rs1.5lakh, while it was Rs1 lakh for the womanwinner. Chief guest Sania Mirza pointed thisout to AITA president Anil Khanna and AjayShriram, chairman of the sponsors DSCL,who brought about the parity.

Sania gets prize increasedNEW DELHI: After terminating cash-strapped Deccan Chargers from the IndianPremier League, the BCCI today began theprocess of finding a new team by floatingtender notices for a fresh franchise. Underthis invitation to tender, the winning bidderwill be granted right to own and operate anew team which will compete in the IPL ineach year from and including 2013 onwardsand will have the opportunity to competein the CLT20 tournament, BCCI stated.

New franchise to replace DCNEW DELHI: There are few sports in theworld more brutal than boxing but LondonOlympics bronze-medallist MC Mary Komfeels perils exist both inside and outsidethe ring and training in basic lifesavingtechniques is a must for athletes and commoners alike. Mary Kom, a five-timeworld champion and a living legend inwomen's boxing, feels boxers should be equipped to handle some medicalemergencies.

Kom for lifesaving skills

Women’s South ZoneUnder-19 One Day Karnataka 122 all out in 47.4overs (PS Gayakwad 35, MSharavani 4 for 19) Lost toHyderabad 123 for 1 in 29.3overs (Sneha Morey 76no)A2-3 Two Days LeagueChampionshipVisaka 396 Beat Nizam Coll -ege 127 (Tejas 40, Satish Ch -i ntala 4 for 65, Rohit 4 for 44)

Osmania 189 Lose toTeam Speed 191 for 4(Abhinay Reddy 62no,Suresh Kumar 52no)

Raju CC 258 (M VenuMadhav 76, Babu 51, Sirish33, N Vamshi Krishna 4 for30, D Sai Akshay Raj 3 for35) Lose to Gouds XI 259 for8 (KS Arvind 79, Sainadh 31,Nagaraju Yadav 43, TarunYadav 33, Ravi Teja 3 for 75,Babu 3 for 44)A4-A11 One Day LeagueChampionship

Sportive XI 129 (Malcum50, Abhinay Reddy 3 for 31,Ajaz Ahmed 4 for 29) Loseto Southend Raymonds 132for 1 (Rohit Kumar 77no)

HYDERABAD: A Pra -teek , B Shreyas , Har -shith Krishna P and IAvikshit were leadingwith 3 points at the endof the third round inthe junior category ofthe 77th Brilliant trop -hy chess tournamenthe re. In the open categ -ory, J Rama Krishna, JSubrahmanyam, MYRa ju, V Varun, JRC Pr -a sad, Chetan Sarma, DSuresh led with 2 pointsout at the end of thesecond round. The finalrounds will be playedout today.

1st Race: The Tick Tock Pate (about) 1600 metres; Cat-III. A handicap for horses 4-year-old and upward; rated up to 50: 2-10pm1 Kansas City Mac 61 (A Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (3)2 Sporting Star 61 (Satheesh) B Sreekant (2)3 Thirteen Black 61 (S Abbas) A Imraan Khan (6)4 Lake King 60 (L D’Silva) R Vaibhav (5)5 Zero Tolerance 59 (A Sharma) Nitin Singh (4)6 Green Gift 56.5 (SSF Hassan) M Mark (8)7 Home Town 55.5 (Netto) S Asi Kumar (7)8 Three Double Eight 49 (Z Shaikh) G Sai Vamshi (1)Selections: 1 Home Town 2 Thirteen Black 3 Sporting Star

2nd Race: The S Rangarajan Memorial Cup (about) 1200 metres;Cat-II.Terms for horses 3-year-old and upward: 2-40pm1 Yakshagana 62 (A Sharma) Ajit Kumar (4)2 Al-Sarraah 61.5 (S Abbas) A Imrankhan (1)3 Disco Flash 60 (Satya) M Falikhan (7) 4 Indian Epic 60 (Prasda Raju) N Rawal (3)5 Pavan 60 (Z Shaikh) Deep Shanker (6)6 Ashwa Shakti 58.5 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan (5)7 Molecule 56 (Narayan Rao) S John (2)Selections: 1 Ashwa Shakti 2 Molecule 3 Indian Epic

3rd Race: The Loyal Prince Plate (about) 1100 metres; Cat-III.A handicap for horses, 5-year-old and upward, rated up to 50: 3-15pm1 Victorious Sally 61.5 (Kasam) MF Alikhan (6)2 Winning Strides 61.5 (Sequeria) PS Chouhan (5)3 Chayanandan 61 (Srinagesh) Deep Shanker (10)4 Art Connoisseur 56 (Fayaz) Kuldeep Singh (2)5 Geography 56 (Srinagesh) Nitin Singh (8)6 Palace Affairs 55.5 (AVatsalya) Ajit Kumar (4)7 Original Gladiator 55 (Satya) S Sreekant (12)8 Zulu Punch 54 (A Vatsalya) N Rawal (1)9 Queen of Habashe 53 (Shamsuddin) Ch K Chary (7)10 Sugar Deal 50.5 (SSF Hassan) R Vaibhav (9)11 Over Taker 50 (Kassam) Ravinder Singh (3)12 Off Spin 49.5 (A Vatsalya) P Sai Kumar (11)Selections: 1 Winning Strides 2 Original Gladiator 3 Palace Affairs

4th Race: The Smt C Mohana Kumari Satyanarayana Memorial Cup(about) 1400 metres; Cat-III.A handicap for horses 4-year-old and upward, rated up to 50: 3-45pm1 Devil’s Advocate 62 (Silvester) Nitin Singh (11)2 Miss Watermelon 62 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan (10)3 Major Luck 58.5 (Satya) MF Alikhan (4)4 Royal Scotsman 56.5 (SSF Hassan) R Vaibahv (7)5 Triple Eight 56 (Z Shaikh) S Nayak (2)6 Midnight Beauty 54.5 (Prasad Raju) N Rawal (3)7 Caladium 53.5 (A Sharma) M Mark (1)8 All the Fun 53 (Satheesh) B Sreekant (6)9 Lioness heart 53 (Netto) Deep Shanker (12)10 Cherry Hill 52 (L D’Silva) Kuldeep Singh (5)11 Adonia 51.5 (A Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (8)

12 Ace Star 50 (Narayanrao) DK Ashish (9)Selections: 1 Miss Watrermelon 2 All The Fun 3 Midnight Beauty

5th Race: The Golconda St Leger 2012 (Grade II) (about) 2800metres.Terms for Indian horses, 4-year-old only (Foaled in 2008): 4-15pm1 Star Marques 57 (Ganapathy) B Sreekant (6)2 Swiss Don 57 (S Abbas) A Imran Khan (4)3 Vijay’s Jet 57 (Laxman S) PA Culhane (1)4 Vijay’s Haurya 57 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan (5)5 King Arthur 57 (P Quinn) Withdrawn (-)6 Hills and Stars 55.5 (S Padmanaban) A Sandesh (3)7 Surya Lakshmi 55.5 (Srinivas) S John (2)8 Hills and Heights 55.5 (CD Katrak) Withdrawn (-)Selections: 1 Hills and Stars 2 Swiss Don 3 Star Marques

6th Race: The Bangalore Turf Club Trophy (about) 1100 metres; Cat-I.A handicap for horses 3-year-old and upward (Sweepstakes): 4-45pm1 Guiding Light 60.5 (Narayanrao) DK Ashish (1)2 Kohinoor Mystic 60.5 (A Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (16)3 Vijay’s Conquer 58.5 (Laxman S) PA Culhane (14)4 Days of Thunder 56.5 (Prasad Raju) P Sai Kumar (15)5 Genius Empress 56.5 (Fayaz) S John (8)6 Young Soldier 55 (S Abbas) Ch K Chary (18)7 Walnut Creek 54.5 (L D’Silva) S Nayak (5)8 Commanding Heights 54 (Prasad Raju) N Rawal (9)9 Plenipotent 53.5 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan (2)10 Aphrodisiac 53 (S Abbas) Ravinder Singh (3)11 Hidden Destiny 52.5 (Laxman S) Deep Shanker (17)12 Anacostia 51 (L D’Silva) Kuldeep Singh (6)13 Celtic Rose 51 (Prasad Raju) Nitin singh (11)14 Albertan Star 49.5 (Prasad Raju) GSaivamshi (13)15 Blazing Asian 49.5 (S Abbas) B Shanker (10)16 Magic Million 49.5 (L D’Silva) Uday Kiran (4)17 Splendid Act 49.5 (SSF Hassan) R Vaibhav (7)18 Garbaldi 49 (L D’Silva) Harinder Singh (12)Selections: 1 Plenipotent 2 Anacostia 3 Commanding Heights

7th Race: The Scintillating Plate (about) 1600 Metres; Cat-II.A handicap for horses 4-year-old and upward, rated up to 75: 5-15pm1 Hard Kingdom 60.5 (Satya) MF Ali Khan (6)2 Qinghuangdao 60 (A Sharma) PS Chouhan (8)3 Kohinoor Victory 58.5 (A Vatsalya) N Rawal (1)4 Crown Crystal 58 (S Abbas) A Imran Khan (5)5 Star Prospect 53.5 (Prasad Raju) P Sai Kumar (7)6 Fearless Mission 52.5 (Z Shaikh) Deep Shanker (2)7 Bribe Madi 50.5 (Srinagesh) Nitin Singh (4)8 Wedding Gift 50 (Narayanrao) DK Ashish (3)Selections: 1 Crown Crystal 2 Hard Kingdom 3 Wedding GiftDay’s Best: Plenipotent.Jackpot Race Nos: 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7.1st Treble Race Nos: 1, 2 and 3.2nd Treble Race Nos: 4, 6 and 7.No false rails in place.

S Padmanabhan-trained Hills and Stars that ran 3rd at Pune in race No 124 over2,400 metres will be hard to toss in The Golconda St Leger 2012 (Grade II), the main attraction of

Monday afternoon races at Malakpet in Hyderabad.

Hills and Stars is hard to beat LEAGUE CRICKET

HyderabadtrounceKarnataka

Struggle on forchess supremacy

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John Weaver

SHANGHAI: Andy Murray ou-tmuscled Roger Federer in theShanghai Masters on Saturday,taking advantage of a servicemeltdown by the Swiss great toset up a repeat of the US Openfinal against Novak Djokovic.

The US Open champion,who has never been beaten atthe event, won 6-4, 6-4 in a dis-play of controlled aggression.

The pair swapped breaks atthe start of the match but thefirst set hinged on an incrediblefifth game when 17-time GrandSlam champion Federer wasbroken to love after the normal-ly ice-cool Swiss double-faultedthree times in a row.

“He didn’t serve that wellfo-r him tonight so I was able tobe very aggressive on his secon-d serve,” said British third seedMurray, adding it was alwaysspecial to beat Federer, rated asone of the all-time greats. Hemaybe slowed down his firstserve a little bit so I was able totake a few more chances on thefirst serve. Obviously thathelped. But, yeah, I went for itlike I did the last few times Iplayed against him.”

After taking the first setMurray, who won the ShanghaiMasters in 2010 and 2011, imme-diately put the world numberone under the cosh at the startof the second set but the Swissdug deep to save seven breakpoints and edge ahead.

But Federer, 31, continued

to struggle and it was the fifthgame of the second set thatagain proved pivotal, with the25-year-old Scot sealing a breakagainst the Swiss, who had led40-0, with a devastating fore-hand return winner.

Murray faced an agonisingwait of more than half an hourto serve for the match as themagnolia-shaped roof at the QiZhong Stadium was closed afterit started raining and an armyof people dried the court.

Replaying US OpenMurray outmuscled Roger Federer taking advantage of a service meltdown

by the Swiss to set up a repeat of the US Open final against Djokovic.

Andy Murray of Britain arrives on the court before defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland during their semi-finalsmatch at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai on Saturday. AFP/MARK RALSTON

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA:American John Mallinger, win-less in seven years on the PGATour, fired a one-under 70 onSaturday to maintain the leadafter the third round of the $5million Frys.com Open.

The 33-year-old had a 15-under 198 total at the CordeVallegolf course. He equalled thecourse record 62 in the secondround after opening with a 66 onThursday. “It was a little scrap-py,” said Mallinger, who has atwo-shot lead. “I didn’t have mybest off the tee, but I started hit-ting some good shots coming in.I hit a lot of good putts that justdidn’t fall. Hopefully, I canstraighten out the drive andmake some putts tomorrow.”

Mallinger had finished sec-ond twice, including losing in aplayoff to Bo Van Pelt threeyears ago in Milwaukee.

Sweden’s Jonas Blixt wassecond after a 66, while America-ns Charles Howell and Jason Ko-krak were another stroke backat 12 under. Howell shot a 66, andKokrak fired a 67. Fiji’s VijaySingh and Brazil’s AlexandreRocha were 11 under after bothshot 66. The 28-year-old Blixtbirdied five of the last eightholes. He was even-par on thefront nine with a birdie and abogey. He shot up the leader-board with birdies at 11 and 13and then rolled in a birdie on 15to get to 11-under.

Blixt birdied the 17th and fol-lowed with a six-foot birdie puttat 18 to finish two back. He fin-ished third last week in LasVegas. AFP

Mallingermaintainslead

Seengalese police try to repel rampaging fans on Saturday at Léopold Sédar Senghor stadium in Dakar dur-ing Senegal’s African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory Coast. The match was abandoned after homefans went on a violent rampage as their team slipped towards a humiliating defeat. Fires were set in thestands while stones, chairs and bottles were thrown at the players after Ivory Coast went 2-0 ahead, 15 min-utes from the end of the second leg of the tie. AFP/SEYLLOU

NO MORE SPORTING SPIRITCampbell inspotlight

VILAMOURA, PORTUGAL:Former US Open championMichael Campbell, whose careerwent into free-fall after his oneand only major triumph in 2005,moved into contention on thethird day of the PortugalMasters on Saturday.

The New Zealander will gointo Sunday’s final day just fourshots behind leader BerndWiesberger of Austria after fir-ing a third-round 67.

Campbell is now down at 607in the world rankings, havingnot had a top-10 finish on theEuropean Tour since 2008. In2010, he made only one cut in 19starts.

“It’s seven years since mylast win and I was surprised howcalm I was out there, but I’vewon enough around the world toknow what to do, and I’m prettyexcited about Sunday,” saidCampbell, who is on nine-under-par 204 for three rounds.

“Over the last three or fouryears, I’ve put too much pres-sure on myself to perform. I’vegone back to basics, and it’s funonce again.”

Campbell shares third placewith Irishman Shane Lowry andEngland’s Richard Finch, but itcould have been better for theKiwi had he not bogeyed the lasthole.

Six birdies in seven holesaround the turn helpedWiesberger claim a one-shot leadfor the tournament. AFP

I’ve achieved No 1 goal: FedererSHANGHAI: Roger Federer says achieving the year-end num-ber one ranking would be a bonus after a successful seasonbut insists he has already achieved his goal, which was winni-ng back top spot. Playing his first tourname-nt on Tour sincethe US Open, crashed out in Saturday’s semi-final of theShanghai Masters to Britain’s Andy Murray, who also beat the17-time Grand Slam champion in the Olympic final. The 31-year-old, who became number one again after his Wimbledontriumph, will on Monday start his 300th week at the top butfaces a battle to hang on against a charging Novak Djokovic.

FORMER US OPENCHAMPION MICHAELCAMPBELL MOVED INTOCONTENTION ON THETHIRD DAY OF THEPORTUGAL MASTERS ONSATURDAY.

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CENTURION: Delhi Daredevilsproduced a superb bowling showas they crushed Kolkata Knightriders by 52 runs in their open-ing Champions LeagueTwenty20 match here today.

Sent into bat, Daredevilsposted a competitive 160 foreight and then restricted KKR to108 for seven on a Centurionpitch which assisted pace bowl-ing though it had uneven bounceat times.

Pacers Umesh Yadav (2/13),Irfan Pathan (2/20), MorneMorkel (2/25) and Ajit Agarkar(1/21) shared the seven wicketsamong them to inflict a crushingdefeat on KKR in the Group Amatch.

KKR, the reigning IPL cham-pions, made a mess of their runchase with three wickets fallingin seven balls. To make mattersworse for them, Jacques Kallisretired hurt without scoring inthe 10th ball after being hit onhis fingers by a Morne Morkelrising delivery.

Kallis' fingers were seenbleeding on the impact of thedelivery and he had to leave thefield in pain when his side'sscore was just four.

Manoj Tiwary top-scoredwith a 38-ball 33 which includedtwo fours and a six while RajatBhatia was the second highestscorer with 22. Pathan, whoopened bowling, rocked the KKRinnings with his inswingingdeliveries as he took two wickets

in the first over itself. GautamGambhir continued his poorform as he was the first one to gofor a golden duck in the thirdball of the innings. He holed outto Pietersen at mid-on failing tonegotiate an inswinging delivery.

Three balls later, Pathan hadBisla (1) for his second wicket.Bisla missed another inswingingdelivery and was plumbed infront of wicket.

KKR were reeling at threefor two wickets and mattersbecame worse with BrendonMcCullum departing in the firstball of Morkel with Chand hold-ing a catch at point.

Morkel was bowling near150km per hour at times and onesuch delivery rose and hit Kallison his gloves and his fingersbled at the impact.

KKR crawled to 24 for four atthe end of the fifth over and thento 41 for four with just two foursin the first 10 overs. At thehalfway mark, the asking ratehad shot up to 12 runs per over.

Manoj Tiwary and RajatBhatia tried to make a match outof it but that effort ended in the15th over after the duo shared 47runs for the fifth wicket.

At the end of the 15th over,the writing was on the wall forKKR as the asking rate has shotup to around 18 runs per overs.

Earlier, Unmukt Chand andRoss Taylor played fine cameosas Delhi Daredevils posted acompetitive 160 for eight. PTI

Delhi Daredevils team celebrates the win over Kolkata Knight Riders duringtheir Group A CLT20 match in Centurion on Saturday. AFP/ALEXANDER JOE

Delhi Daredevils:Mahela Jayawardene b Narine 21Sehwag c Bisla b Sangwan 22Kevin Pietersen c Narine b Lee 14Unmukt Chand b Narine 40Ross Taylor c Bhatia b Balaji 36Irfan Pathan not out 7Naman Ojha c Pathan b Narine 0Pawan Negi c McCullum b Kallis 15Ajit Agarkar c Narine b Balaji 8Extras: (b-4 lb-2 w-4 nb-1) 11Total: (For 8 wkts in 20 overs) 160Fall of wickets: 1/36 2/58 3/64 4/1275/145 6/145 7/147Bowling: Lee 4-0-19-1 Balaji 4-0-61-2Kallis 4-0-25-1Narine 4-0-21-3Sangwan 3-0-22-1 Bhatia 1-0-6-0.Kolkata Knight Riders:Manvinder Bisla lbw b Pathan 1Gambhir c Pietersen b Pathan 0McCullum c Chand b Morkel 0Jacques Kallis retired hurt 0Manoj Tiwary c & b Agarkar 33Yusuf Pathan b Yadav 11Rajat Bhatia c Ojha b Morkel 22Brett Lee b Yadav 13Pradeep Sangwan not out 11Sunil Narine not out 1Extras: (B-1 LB-11 W-3 NB-1) 16Total: (For 7 wkts in 20 overs) 108Fall of wickets: 1/1 2/3 3/3 3/4 4/245/71 6/82 7/105Bowling:Pathan 4-0-19-2Morkel 4-1-25-2Yadav 4-0-13-2Agarkar 4-0-21-1Negi 4-0-18-0

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ST JOHN'S, ANTIGUA ANDBARBUDA: Guyana left-armspinner Veerasammy Permaul(right) was called into theWest Indies squad for the firsttime on Saturday, for the tourof Bangladesh.

Permaul, 23, has played 45first-class matches since hisdebut five years ago, taking 152wickets at 24.59 apiece.

He has just returned from atour of Bangladesh with theWest Indies High PerformanceCentre, where he collected 21wickets across the three for-mats of the game.

Permaul also skippered theWest Indies A team earlier thisyear when they prevailed overIndia A in a home series.

Meanwhile, Barbados bats-man Kirk Edwards has beenrecalled, after losing his placefor the third Test on the tour of

England earlier this year.West Indies, who won the

World Twenty20 in Sri Lankalast week, are scheduled to playtwo Tests, five one-day interna-tionals and one Twenty20match on their tour ofBangladesh between November3 and December 12.West Indies squad:Darren Sammy (capt), DeneshRamdin (vice-capt), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul,Narsingh Deonarine, KirkEdwards, Assad Fudadin, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine,Veerasammy Permaul, Kieran Powell, Ravi Rampaul,Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels. AFP

CENTURION: Jacques Rudolphled Titans' dominant all-rounddisplay with a 59-ball 83 to prope-l the home team to a convincing39-run win over Perth Scorchersin the Champions League Twen-ty20 opener here on Saturday.

Sent into bat, Titans posted achallenging 163 for four, andthen rode on Cornelius de

Villiers' three wickets to restrictPerth Scorchers to 124 for sevenat the SuperSport Park.

It was left-handed Rudolph's109-run partnership for the firstwicket with Henry Davids (54)that set the tone for Titan's chal-lenging total and in the endproved to be sufficient for theSouth African side.

Rudolph, who has represent-ed the South Africa nationalteam in 46 Tests and 45 One-dayInternationals, was in top formand found the boundaries at willagainst Perth bowlers.

Not far behind was Davids,who matched Rudolph shot forshot, and indicative of that weretheir similar strike rates thathovered around the 140s for amajor part of Titans innings.

While Rudolph smashed ninefours and three sixes during hisbelligerent knock, Davids hitfour fours and as many sixeswhile facing a mere 38 balls.

The century partnershipbetween the two openers tookjust 12.2 overs as Schorcehersstruggled to take wickets. PTI

HYDERABAD: The follow-ing players will represnt theCentral Zone and NorthZone teams for their Duleeptrophy match to be playedat the Rajiv GandhiInternational CricketStadium, Uppal fromOctober 14-17.

Teams:Central Zone: AL Maneria,Bhuvnesh Kumar, IS Pandey,JG Saxena, Mohd Kaif, KMurali, MG Rawat, ParvinderSingh, Piyush Chawala,Praveen Kumar, RS Paradkar,Ritu Raj Singh, RD Bist, TMSrivastav, VA Sexena

North Zone: AR Mishra,Gurvinder K Singh, HarshalPatel, Ishant Sharma,Mandeep Singh, MA Sidana,NR Sani, PK Dogra,Pravinder Awana, RV Dewan,RR Dhawan, SM Dhawan, UTKaul, Yuvraj Singh, RahulSharma.

North zone take on Central Zone in Duleep Trophy semis

Daredevils crush KnightsSent into bat, DD posted 160 for eight and then restricted KKR to 108 for

seven on a pitch which assisted pace bowling though it had uneven bounce.

CENTURION, SOUTHAFRICA: Controversial Engla -nd batsman Kevin Pietersenstruck 14 runs off 18 balls wh -en he ended his cricket exileSaturday by playing for DelhiDaredevils in a CLT20 game.

Batting at No 3 for theIndian Premier League fran-chise in a first round poolmatch at SuperSport Park,Pietersen tried an on-sidepull off Brett Lee and wascaught by Sunil Narine atdeep mid-wicket.

Pietersen managed just

one four in his first appear-ance since being sidelined byEngland during a summerTest series against SouthAfrica following a text mes-sage storm. The South Africa-born batsman allegedly criti-cised England teammates intexts sent to rival players.

England and Wales Crick-et Board chief executive Dav-id Collier later alleged in aradio interview that Pietersenwas provoked into texting theSouth Africans, but the claimwas swiftly denied. AFP

Pietersen ends exile with 14 runs for Delhi Daredevils

Rudolph leadsTitans to victory

Veerasammy in WI squad

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Tom Williams

PARIS: France were dominantin Friday’s friendly with Japanbut their inability to convertthat territorial control intogoals cost them when ShinjiKagawa netted in the 88thminute to give the visitors asmash-and-grab 1-0 win.

As Deschamps confessedafterwards, the home side onlyhad themselves to blame.

The corner count read 10-0to France before the hour mark

had even arrived, but althoughthey recorded seven attemptson target, not once was visitinggoalkeeper Eiji Kawashimareally exposed. It is starting tofeel like something of a recur-ring theme.

Of those four goals scoredsince Deschamps took up thereins, three came in lastmonth’s 3-1 win at home toBelarus, and France were alsoshort of spark in both the goal-less draw with Uruguay and the1-0 victory in Finland.

Karim Benzema is still toscore in the Deschamps era, buthe and Franck Ribery oftenappear the only players capableof making things happen in thefinal third.

The Real Madrid strikercould have scored three or fourgoals against Japan beforebeing withdrawn at half-time,while Ribery tested Kawashimatwice within minutes of enter-ing the fray as a 68th-minutesubstitute.

As France’s L’Equipe sports

newspaper drily noted onSaturday, “without Benzemaand Ribery, nothing much hap-pens”.

Benzema has not scored inhis last eight internationalappearances but although heremains France’s most obviousgoal threat, he has found him-self used in a variety of differ-ent positions under Deschamps.

In the 0-0 draw withUruguay, Deschamps’ firstgame in charge, he playedslightly behind Arsenal’sOlivier Giroud in a 4-4-2 forma-tion.

The following game, inFinland, saw him deployed as alone striker and againstBelarus he played on the right-hand side of the attack, inorder to accommodate Giroudin the centre.

Deschamps’ perseverancewith Giroud meant Benzemaplayed from the left againstJapan but there does notappear to be any real under-standing between the pair, whoexchanged less than a handfulof passes during their time onthe pitch together.

It was not until the secondhalf on Friday that Francebegan to really work Kawa -shima, but Deschamps knowsthat they cannot afford to be soprofligate against Spain.

France must buck upIf France are to take anything from next week’s pivotal World Cup qualifier against Spain, Didier Deschamps may have to reconfigure

an attack that has scored only four times in four matches.

Jim Slater

WASHINGTON: LanceArmstrong was scornedthis week as a dope cheatwhose seven Tour deFrance cycling triumphsare forever tainted.

Next weekend, he willbe hailed in his Texashometown as an inspira-tion to people fighting can-cer, his victories a symbolof how cancer can beovercome.

And there’s plenty ofevidence to support bothportraits of the 41-year-old American, the yin andyang of a man who has

proclaimed his innocenceeven as former teammateshave tarnished their ownreputations to testifyagainst him.

The US Anti-DopingAgency unveiled its reportto the InternationalCycling Union on why itbanned Armstrong for lifein August and strippedhim of his Tour de Francetitles, which the UCI couldyet challenge.

The move came afterArmstrong decided not tofight USADA charges inan arbitration hearing,having lost a US federalcourt fight objecting to the

system in which athletescan appeal the accusa-tions.

Among 202 pages offindings and much moreevidence outlined byUSADA was testimonyfrom 26 people, including11 former Armstrongteammates.

Tyler Hamilton andFloyd Landis were alreadyadmitted dope cheats butUSADA issued six-monthbans to George Hincapie,Tom Danielson, LeviLeipheimer, DavidZabriskie and ChristianVande Velde based ontheir testimony.

Armstrong legacy mix of dope cheat, inspiration

Tyson backsAussie PMon sexism

French forward Franck Ribery (R) vies with Japan’s defender Yuto Nagatamo during their friendly football match onFriday at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris. AFP/ FRANCK FIFE

SYDNEY: Australian PrimeMinister Julia Gillard’s scathingspeech against sexism wonunlikely backing from controver-sial former heavyweight boxingchampion Mike Tyson Sunday,who said history was on herside.

Tyson, who was sentenced tosix years in prison in 1992 forraping an 18-year-old woman,said he watched Gillard’s speechagainst misogyny on televisionin Australia, where he is on aspeaking tour and thought shehad a point.

“I’m not saying she’s rightpersonally, but history provesshe’s right,” Mike Tyson told the Sunday Telegraph newspa-per, describing Gillard’s appoint-ment as Australia’s first femaleleader as “wonderful for thecountry.”

“I’m not saying that I’m onher side, I’m just going by thefacts of what history proves,that most males are that way.”

Tyson said men “can’t helpthat, society told us to be thatway” and it was up to individu-als to “within ourselves over-come that thinking, change thatthinking, and then everybodymight be on equal terms.” AFP

KARIM BENZEMA HASNOT SCORED IN HISLAST EIGHT INTERNA-TIONAL APPEARANCESBUT REMAINS FRANCE’SMOST OBVIOUS GOALTHREAT.