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07-11-2019 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 40,654 ddddddddddddddd0.45 IRDAI cracks down on Reliance Health US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 70.97 ddddddddddddddd0.00 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 38,930 ddddddddddddd-0.18 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 62.52 ddddddddddddd-0.53 Regulator asks health insurer to stop selling policies over solvency worries
N. Ravi Kumar nancial assets to RGICL with nuine claims will continue to NIFTY 50 HYDERABAD eff ect from November 15. be duly honoured.” PRICE CHANGE The Insurance Regulatory “Till that time, RHICL had However, Reliance Capi Adani Ports...... 390.45...... -0.55 and Development Authority been prohibited from using tal, the promoter of Reliance Asian Paints...... 1826.95...... 29.35
Axis Bank ...... 734.75...... -12.50 of India (IRDAI) has directed its assets for any payment Health, said it had proposed Bajaj Auto ...... 3265.85...... 17.55 Reliance Health Insurance other than claim settlement. transfer of the health portfo Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with RBI Governor Bajaj Finserv...... 8832.90...... 60.05 Company (RHICL) to stop It is estimated that the un lio to Reliance General. Shaktikanta Das, left, and Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar. * PTI Bajaj Finance ...... 4225.85...... 37.70 selling new policies. derlying assets are suffi cient “As proposed by Reliance Bharti Airtel ...... 371.75...... 0.30
BPCL...... 513.20...... -10.70 It also directed the insurer to meet the claims of the ex Capital, the promoter com Britannia Ind ...... 3223.80...... -4.05 to transfer the entire policy isting policyholders that may pany of Reliance Health Insu Cipla ...... 471.85...... -9.00 Govt. mulling changes holders’ liabilities along with arise in future,” IRDAI said. rance (RHI) and Reliance Coal India ...... 212.50...... 0.10
Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2871.05...... 8.35 fi nancial assets to Reliance Reliance General Insu General Insurance (RGI), RHI Eicher Motors...... 21423.95. .. -181.60 General Insurance Co. rance Co. had been directed will transfer its health insu to laws to address GAIL (India)...... 132.10...... -4.60 (RGICL) with eff ect from No to service the claims of the rance portfolio covering all Grasim Ind ...... 777.85...... 4.60 vember 15. RHICL policyholders fi nancial assets and policy HCL Tech...... 1148.45...... 0.10 promptly and effi ciently holder liabilities to RGI. This HDFC ...... 2251.00...... 30.40 interregulatory issues HDFC Bank...... 1263.70...... 7.05 Below level with eff ect from November process is being undertaken Hero MotoCorp ...... 2660.85...... -17.50 IRDAI’s direction follows the 15. in consultation with IRDAI Hindalco ...... 205.20...... 3.70 FM discusses economy at FSDC meet Anil Ambani group entity’s from 106% to 77%,” the order surer was issued a show “IRDAI will be closely and has been approved by Hind Unilever ...... 2138.25...... -41.20 Special Correspondent ICICI Bank ...... 478.55...... -2.15 solvency margin falling be said. RHICL’s solvency ratio cause notice and given monitoring the situation to the regulator,” a Reliance thening the regulatory me NEW DELHI IndusInd Bank ...... 1381.90...... 38.90 low the control level of 150% declined to 63% as on Sep another opportunity to pre ensure smooth transfer of Capital spokesperson said. chanism, there is a need for Bharti Infratel ...... 229.45...... 8.30 for some months now. tember 30, 2019. sent its case.” the portfolio, settlement of Sources said Reliance Finance Minister Nirmala certain amendments in the Infosys ...... 720.10...... 7.80
Indian OilCorp...... 135.85...... 0.25 The regulator said in its IRDAI said, it had, in Au As there had been no im claims and protection of the General Insurance and Re Sitharaman held a review relevant Act that governs ITC ...... 265.85...... 4.50 order that the solvency ratio gust, issued a direction to provement, but only deterio interest of the policyhol liance Health Insurance meeting on Thursday with the multiState cooperative JSW Steel...... 252.65...... 4.40 reported by RHICL for the the health insurer to restore ration in the fi nancial posi ders,” a statement said. would be merged and the the Financial Stability and societies and there the pro Kotak Bank ...... 1584.00...... 12.95 quarter ended June was the required level of solven tion of RHICL, a decision was The regulator said it proposal was tabled by Re Development Council cess of amending certain L&T...... 1435.05...... -18.00
M&M ...... 580.35...... 0.55 106%. cy margin within one month. taken to direct the insurer to would like to assure RHICL liance Capital about two (FSDC) during which she provisions of the MultiState Maurti Suzuki...... 7287.15...... -24.00 “There was further dete “Despite repeated follow stop selling new policies and policyholders that “all their weeks ago. discussed the state of the Cooperative Societies Act is Nestle India Ltd...... 14711.25...... 61.60 rioration in solvency bet up, this has not been carried transfer the entire policyhol interests have been adeq (With inputs from Manojit economy in detail. being taken forward by the NTPC ...... 119.55...... -1.10 ween June and August 2019, out so far. Thereafter, the in ders’ liabilities along with fi uately protected and all ge Saha in Mumbai) “The Council reviewed government in consultation ONGC ...... 142.05...... -2.60
PowerGrid Corp ...... 194.20...... -0.90 the current global and dom with the RBI,” Mr. Das Reliance Ind ...... 1458.60...... 23.70 estic macroeconomic situa added. State Bank ...... 318.15...... 0.60 tion and fi nancial stability Sun Pharma ...... 440.60...... 12.70 HDFC Bank and vulnerabilities issues, ‘NBFCs doing well’ Tata Motors ...... 171.50...... -3.00 ArcelorMittal targets yearend for Tata Steel ...... 403.10...... -1.35 including... those concern The RBI Governor said that TCS ...... 2185.35...... -3.15 slashes ing NBFCs and credit rating the current state of NBFCs Tech Mahindra ...... 769.70...... -2.20 agencies,” the government was discussed and there Titan ...... 1167.20...... 11.10 lending rate ...... completion of Essar Steel acquisition said in a release. were many NBFCs that were UltraTech Cement 4187.40 51.75 UPL...... 577.70...... -28.90 Speaking to reporters af performing well. Vedanta ...... 160.95...... 3.00 Global major awaits Supreme Court verdict on appeal against NCLAT’s order SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ter the meeting, RBI Gover “Today, both the banks Wipro ...... 259.65...... 2.80 Mumbai YES Bank...... 66.45...... -2.25 nor Shaktikanta Das said and the markets are diff e Special Correspondent Zee Entertainment ...... 285.75...... -0.05 tional and fi nancial creditors ment signed with the Japa sults, Chairman and CEO HDFC Bank has reduced that the government was rentiating between the good MUMBAI for distribution of claims nese fi rm on January 22, Lakshmi N. Mittal, said: “As the marginal cost of funds looking into making specifi c NBFCs and the notsogood ArcelorMittal is awaiting the from the winning bid in the 2019. “ArcelorMittal and NSC anticipated, we continued to based lending rate (MCLR) legislative amendments to NBFCs,” Mr. Das said. “Even EXCHANGE RATES Supreme Court’s order to insolvency resolution expect to fi nance the joint face tough market condi by 510 basis points (bps) address interregulatory is today, we have a good num Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit complete the ₹ 42,000 crore process. venture through a combina tions in the third quarter, across various tenures with sues, including to the Multi ber of NBFCs that are well except yen at 4 p.m. on November 07 acquisition of Essar Steel be “The Supreme Court case, tion of partnership equity characterised by low steel CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL eff ect from Thursday. State Cooperative Societies functioning, which are able fore the end of this calendar which dealt with appeals ov [onethird] and debt [two prices coupled with high raw While the overnight, Act, 2002. to access funds from the US Dollar...... 70.75...... 71.08
Euro ...... 78.34...... 78.69 year. The steelmaker is ex er NCLAT’s earlier order, thirds], and ArcelorMittal material costs. In these mar one month and three “The state of the econo market and loans from the British Pound...... 90.66...... 91.07 pected to fund the transac concluded on October 24, anticipates that its invest kets, we remain focussed on month MCLR rates have my was discussed in detail banks, and in fact some of Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 64.83...... 65.12 tion with onethird equity 2019. Assuming a favourable ment in the joint venture will our own initiatives to im been kept unchanged, the and there were some inter them have got overseas Chinese Yuan ...... 10.14...... 10.19 Swiss Franc ...... 71.24...... 71.57 and twothird debt along and clear fi nal order which is be equity accounted,” the prove performance and our sixmonth MCLR has been regulatory issues that were funding also.” Singapore Dollar ...... 52.12...... 52.36 with its joint venture partner expected to be issued short statement said. priority is to reduce costs, reduced by 5 bps to 8.1% discussed,” Mr. Das said. He said that the RBI was Canadian Dollar...... 53.74...... 53.98 Nippon Steel Corp (NSC). ly, the transaction closing is adapt production and focus Malaysian Ringitt ...... 17.15...... 17.24 and oneyear MCLR re “We also discussed cyberse monitoring the top 50 The apex court had re expected in 4Q 2019,” Arce Reports loss on ensuring the business re Source:Indian Bank duced by 5 bps to 8.3%. curity issues and going for NBFCs, which represented served its judgment on peti lorMittal said in a statement. ArcelorMittal reported a net mains cash fl ow positive. We The threeyear MCLR ward, from the point of view roughly 75% of the asset size tions challenging the Nation After completion of the loss of $539 million during continue to expect a sub has been reduced by 10 bps of the macro requirements, of the NBFC sector, and held al Company Law Appellate deal, ArcelorMittal will joint the third quarter ended Sep stantial working capital re to 8.5%. Last month, RBI what kind of approach the regular interactions with BULLION RATES CHENNAI Tribunal (NCLAT) ruling in ly own and operate ESIL in tember 30, 2019, compared lease in the fourth quarter reduced the repo rate by 25 regulators would take, par them. However, he did ack November 07 rates in rupees with pre- vious rates in parentheses the Essar Steel insolvency partnership with Nippon to a net profi t of $899 million which should enable us to bps to 5.15% which has ticularly where there is in nowledge that there were case in which the appellate Steel, in line with the joint in the yearago period. further reduce net debt year prompted some lenders to terregulatory overlap.” some NBFCs that were still Retail Silver (1g) ...... 49.2...... (49.1) 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 3658...... (3658) tribunal had equated opera venture formation agree Commenting on the re on year.” reduce interest rates. “With regard to streng in trouble. HPCL net dips 3.66% on BPCL Q2 net Qatar Airways says keen on stake in IndiGo rises 2.68% QA enters into codeshare agreement with the budget airline, says not interested in Air India falling refi nery margins on lower tax JAGRITI CHANDRA CEO Ronojoy Dutta said and the rest of Qatar’s net Company conferred Maharatna status NEW DELHI about the tieup. In choosing work,” explains Lewis Bur Special Correspondent IndiGo and Qatar Airways its partner, IndiGo has not roughs, an aviation analyst at Special Correspondent sakh refi neries processed MUMBAI (QA) on Friday entered into a only focussed on network global consultancy ICF. MUMBAI 4.56 million tonnes of crude Bharat Petroleum Corpora oneway codeshare, which compatibility but also “stra IndiGo also has plans to Hindustan Petroleum Cor during the quarter versus tion Limited (BPCL) has re will allow the Dohahead tegic thinking and company provide nonstop connectivi poration Limited (HPCL) 4.76 million tonnes in the ported a 2.68% increase in quartered airline to place its culture,” Mr. Dutta ex ty to Europe with A321 XLRs. has reported a 3.66% fall in yearago period due to its second quarter net pro code on IndiGo fl ights to Del plained, adding it planned to An industry expert, on the its second quarter net profi t planned shutdown at Visakh fi t to ₹ 1,502.63 crore on hi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. have “a long and binding re condition of anonymity, said to ₹ 1,052 crore on falling re refi nery in September 2019, lower tax outgo. The rise in This is not just any code lationship with Qatar” and the allusion to British history fi ning margins. the company said in a profi ts was reported in share, but a warming of ties the codeshare was only a ‘ba could be a hint of IndiGo try The fall in profi t came on statement. spite of a 9.65% fall in reve between India’s market lead by step.’ ing to join International Air the back of a 9.44% drop in The company has com nue to ₹ 75,627.99 crore. er and one of the world’s big lines Group (IAG) — a multi sales to ₹ 66,165 crore, des missioned a total of 268 new Tax expenses during the gest airlines, which has long Aggressive expansion national airlines company pite the sale of refi ning pro retail outlets during the quarter stood at ₹ 167.13 wanted a foothold in India. The partnership comes at a headquartered in London ducts registering a growth quarter, taking the total re crore compared to tax out QA Group chief executive IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta, left, and Qatar Airways CEO time when IndiGo has been where Qatar has a primary of 1.3% to 8.95 million tail outlet network to 15,739 go of ₹ 910.13 crore in the
Akbar Al Baker, who has long Akbar Al Baker, in New Delhi on Thursday. * SANDEEP SAXENA aggressively expanding over ownership. tonnes. as of September 2019. year ago period. pursued IndiGo for a share in seas — it has added 12 desti This way, IndiGo can save The company’s com Similarly, a total of 87 The oil marketing com the airline as well as had “India has one of the most the bilateral seatsharing ar nations in the past one year on its partnership costs for bined gross refi ning margins new LPG distributorships pany sold 10.31 million plans to set up an airline in restrictive regimes in the rangement between the two and its international net joining global airline’s group for the quarter fell to $2.83 were commissioned during tonnes of refi ned products India, said he continued to world. It is time (to relax the countries, and seamless con work accounts for 24% of its ing such as OneWorld or Star per barrel compared with the quarter, taking the total compared to 10.13 million be “very keen on a stake in norms) for the sake of eco nectivity to its passengers total capacity deployment. Alliance and still benefi t $4.81 in the yearago period. LPG distributorships to tonnes in the year ago pe IndiGo,” adding he was not nomic growth, tourism and from Europe and U.S. des “This is probably a test to from the loyalty programme The company said it was 5,979 as of September 2019. riod. BPCL’s refi ning interested in Air India at all. employment. “Aviation is a tined for India. see how international con of IAG. conferred with the ‘Maha “HPCL refi neries are be throughput during the The FDI policy, which re market that will serve all “It (the international mar nectivity is through a hub, as To a question on whether ratna’ status in October ing upgraded to produce quarter stood at 9.25 mil quires substantial ownership these purposes very well,” ket) is a cold, dark, hostile you will be able to see from the codeshare with QA 2019 by the government, transportation fuels meet lion tonnes compared to and eff ective control (SOEC) Mr. Al Baker told the media. world and we need friends. the sales where the demand would impact a similar and that this would provide ing BS VI specifi cations and 8.75 a year earlier. to rest with an Indian, has The tieup gives QA grea And one thing you learn is coming from and get an in agreement with Turkish Air greater operational and fi HPCL will be ready to roll BPCL’s shares on the proved to be a roadblock for ter access to India over and from British history is that dication of what are the top lines, Mr. Dutta said the two nancial autonomy to the out BS VI fuel on a pan India BSE fell 2.08% to close at Qatar to have its own subsidi above the 24,000 seats per you need to choose your markets into Delhi, Mumbai were not in confl ict in any company. basis as per the scheduled ₹ 512.80 in a fi rm Mumbai ary here. week it can operate under friends carefully,” IndiGo and Hyderabad from Europe way. HPCL’s Mumbai and Vi date,” said the statement. market on Thursday. Cognizant to City Union Bank profi t up Sun Pharma Raymond to demerge lifestyle unit Fuji Electric hire 23,000 logs ₹ 1,064 cr. eyes ₹ 1,500 cr. students 15% on business growth in Q2 profi t Move will simplify group structure, says the company India revenue Lender reports fresh slippages of ₹ 190 cr. Special Correspondent rily convertible preference Special correspondent Special Correspondent MUMBAI shares (CCPS) worth ₹ 225 Special Correspondent CHENNAI Special Correspondent and accounted for 25% of to MUMBAI Raymond Ltd. has an crore and ₹ 125 crore respec Chennai IT fi rm Cognizant will be CHENNAI tal deposits. Sun Pharmaceutical Indus nounced the demerger of its tively to JK Investo Trade (In Power electronics compa hiring over 23,000 students Private sector lender City Briefi ng the media, CUB tries Ltd. reported a net pro lifestyle business into a sepa dia) Ltd ( JKIT), an associate ny Fuji Electric expects to in India in calendar year Union Bank Ltd. (CUB) has MD and CEO N. Kamakodi fi t of ₹ 1,064 crore for the se rate entity that will be listed company, against the infu increase its India revenue 2020, a top offi cial said. posted a 15.21% increase in said the bank recorded an cond quarter ended through a mirror sharehold sion of net proceeds of JKIT to ₹ 1,500 crore by 2023 “We will be hiring over its standalone net profi t for overall steady growth in bu September 30, 2019, com ing structure, the company land sale that was an from ₹ 660 crore in FY1819. 23,000 students and this the second quarter ended siness and profi tability. In pared with a net loss of ₹ 269 said on Thursday. nounced in October 2019. The company has also does not include BPO opera September 2019 to ₹ 168 asset quality too, the bank crore in the same period last Every shareholder of Ray The allotment was done at unveiled a 2.0 strategy for tions,” said Ramkumar Ra crore on ‘strong business had maintained stable per year. mond Ltd. will be issued ₹ 674 per equity share. India. mamoorthy, chairman and growth’. formance, he said. Sales income from opera shares of the new company Gautam Hari Singhania The total of ₹ 350 crore “The 2.0 plan involves MD, Cognizant India. “Our During the period under According to him, fresh tions saw a growth of 16% to in the ratio of 1:1. The move will be used to repay debt integration of business in plan is to hire students from review, the bank’s net inter slippages during the period ₹ 7,949 crore over ₹ 6,846 will create a clear demarca shirting business, engineer thus deleveraging the ba India, including Consul Ne STEM discipline and prima est income (NII) rose 3.4% to stood at ₹ 190 crore and total crore. tion of lifestyle and other bu ing businesses of auto com lance sheet of Raymond Ltd. owatt [which was acquired rily, engineering,” he added. ₹ 411.55 crore and net inter recovery at ₹ 115₹ 120 crore. India sales stood at ₹ 2,515 sinesses leading to the sim ponents and tools and hard Gautam Hari Singhania, this year], Fuji Electric In He said in the last fi ve est margin by 3.91%. The Gross nonperforming as crore, up 35%. The fi nished plifi cation of the group ware, denim and FMCG CMD, Raymond Ltd., said, dia and Fuji Gemco, to en years, Cognizant’s net addi bank’s capital adequacy me sets as a percentage of gross dosage sales in the U.S. mar structure, the fi rm said. businesses. “As we continue to build ca sure all Fuji electric cus tion had been growing . trics stood above the regula advances grew to 3.41% re ket at $339 million remained The new company will Ahead of the announce pacities for enhanced per tomers in India have the “From 2014 to 2018, we had tory requirement of 15%. presenting ₹ 1,135.44 crore, fl at over Q2 last year. have the businesses of ment, the fi rm’s shares formance, demerging the same and consistent pre a net headcount addition of Advances grew to ₹ 33,279 from 2.85% or ₹ 847.88 ‘Emerging markets’ sales, branded textiles, branded closed with a gain of 6.94% core lifestyle business is an sales and post sales expe 66,000 in India. For the fi rst crore from ₹ 29,785 crore crore. at $201 million, were up by apparel and garmenting at ₹ 673.70 on the BSE. affi rmative step towards that rience,” Kenzo Sugai, exec nine months of this year, we and deposits to ₹ 40,451 Net NPAs increased to 3% while ‘rest of world’ while the existing company Raymond Ltd. also an direction and this will also utive vicepresident and have added 9,000 em crore from ₹ 34,534 crore. ₹ 624 crore (1.9%) from sales at $161 million grew will retain real estate pro nounced the allotment of simplify the group elected corporate director, ployees,” he said. CASA deposits grew by 22%, ₹ 497.78 crore (1.69%). 49% over Q2 last year. jects, Thane land bank, B2B equity shares and compulso structure.” Fuji Electric, said.
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of clove smoked beetroot stuff ed Root of the with spiced hung curd, sprinkled BEETS IN SPACE with homemade pudina masala , is When NASA’s Apollo 18 and popular. Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 19 had a Chefs are also using root vegeta historic rendezvous in 1975, the bles to push the culinary boundaries cosmonauts made a of desserts, experimenting with Russian beetroot their natural sweetness and reduc soup called Borscht ing added sugars. Carrot cakes are in zero gravity as a just the beginning — carrot sorbet MATTER sign of friendship. served with parsnip cake is also fi nd ing space on menus today, as chefs Chefs are turning to starchy roots and tubers, expose diners to unknown facets of the familiar vegetable. Beets are apt not just because they are nutritional for cakes and brownies, especially powerhouses, but also for their versatility, ly sweet and easy to hold together when paired with chocolate. It pro while cooking. Hence, the fi nal look vides a vibrant colour, too. Chefs are colour, crunch and earthy fl avours is fabulous, with a good mouthfeel also substituting pumpkin with and the natural taste of the sweet potato puree, for pie. Mini Ribeiro vegetable.” Western desserts apart, beetroot, Chef Metrani prefers to step out of sweet potato and turnips are perfect Think parsnip and fennel sauce with the ordinary. “It is fun to use these in for Indian desserts like halwas and roasted pumpkin, or ovenroasted more interesting ways, like roasted barfi s, as more and more diners are root vegetables with polenta. In the parsnips with pistachio and lemon, turning away from cloyingly sweet last few years, tubers have acquired purple potatoes with rosemary, items. a new meaning and an upscale im whole baby caramelised onions with age — and not just potatoes and car balsamic, roasted yam, salt The health factor rots which have been getting all the baked beetroot,” he says. Chef Dash attributes attention for a while. Chefs are now Healthy root vegeta the popularity of experimenting with less popular ble gratin, beet noodles root vegetables to parsnips, taro, turnips, rutabagas, with yoghurt and dill healthy lifestyle sweet potatoes, yam, Jerusalem arti and parmesan garlic choices. “These choke, celeriac and kohlrabi (also parsnip french fries days, people like to called German turnip). are innovative dis eat healthy. Cus Kohlrabi, the bulbous vegetable hes that Chef Dash tomers focus on with stiff leaves, has taken the food serves at The plantbased world by storm. Steamed, sautéed, Westin Pune. Yet, diets, seeking roasted, stuff ed, creamed, in soup or it is not as if root alternatives to stew, chefs use it in many ways. Ru vegetables only traditional pro tabagas are being served as tacos. denote the Western teins to meet The supple, nutty and sweetish fl a and Continental. their nutritional vour of the Jerusalem artichoke, too, They are used extensively needs. Roots are some of the is often seen in kitchens — at ITC in Indian cuisine, with dishes most nutrientdense Grand Chola in Chennai, it is served ITC Grand Chola, Chennai — he pref Park, prefers sweet potato pancakes. of Tamak, Mumbai, cautions, “Cook like beetroot poriyal, kebabs, vegetables.” as a hearty soup with gorgonzola ers a yam edamame keema ing with root vegetables is challeng yam ke shammi , sweet potato Chef Bangera sums it up and dark chocolate. preparation. Mix and mash ing. Most root vegetables are heavy chaat and more. succinctly, “Root vegetables Yam and sweet potato have also Sweet potato is adaptable and can Roots are not restricted to complete and have a hard outer layer that Chef Vikram feels their un have always been popular received makeovers. When grilled be mashed, roasted, braised. Sweet ly vegetarian dishes. Bangera makes them diffi cult to cook. Each ique textures and fl avours, are and used traditionally in over an open fl ame, they develop a potato falafel, lasagne, and baked opines, “Root vegetables can either type needs to be cooked diff erently, apt for Indian cuisine. Shalgam grandmothers’ kitchens. crusty exterior, their starches be sweet potato are inventive dishes, be used as accompaniments to pro and they all need to be cooked be gosht, shalgam ka bharta , zimikand These have been the essence of good come sweet, and their interiors ten yet, Prasad Metrani, executive chef, tein or seafood, or as binding agents. fore being diced or cubed.” anjeer ke kebab , tandoori shakar stews and gravies. I guess it’s just like der. Fairmont Jaipur, goes a step further These are perfect for stews and slow It is their unique texture that kandi ki chaat , are some of his wayfarers coming back into vogue — Chefs are using this to the opti and serves sweet potato waffl es for cooked gravies, and add immense makes them exciting to work with. creations. whether it is called a chukundar tik mum. Another approach is that of breakfast. Chef Amit Dash, executive value in nutrition and taste.” Chef Bangera concurs, “Most root At Royal Vega, ITC Grand Chola, ki at home or ‘slowcooked organic Ajit Bangera, senior executive chef, chef, The Westin Pune Koregaon Vikram Arora, chef and founder vegetables are high on fi bre, natural madhura tikiya — crisp, fried patties beet and feta’ at a fancy restaurant.”
FOOD SPOT PEOPLE The menu is not as expansive as it is in, say, Saravana Bhavan, but it has a very nice Big B goes traditional mix and variety of dishes. There are, for in Amitabh Bachchan has hit a half century in his stance, various kinds of dosas (plain, masa acting career — he began his tryst with films fifty Plate tectonics la, Mysore plain, rawa plain, butter, paper years ago, in November 1969, with Saat plain, rawa coconut, ragi masala, podi dosa Hindustani. Even as the actor continues to be Much like a fi ne dining restaurant, at a thaali place, you and so on, with costs that range between much sought-after in Bollywood for a variety of ₹ 125 and ₹ 195). It has akki roti (rice fl our, roles, he is also much in demand in advertising simply don't have to gesture to the waiter onion and chillies, ₹ 225), and Ragi roti (ragi, circles. The latest on that front is that Indian- onion, chillies, ₹ 225). There are diff erent wear brand Manyavar has roped him in as their kinds of utthapams (₹ 150180) and rice dis brand ambassador. As a part of the association, hes (lemon rice, tamarind rice, bisi bele Amitabh Bachchan will be seen donning the Rahul Verma bhaat, wangi bhaat and masala rice, ₹ 180). brand’s latest collection through a slew of We had asked for the Malleshwaram 18th commercials spread across TV, digital and social I have a soft spot for South Indian thalis. It Cross dosa – which was described well media. In a press statement, Amitabh said, “It is Manyavar’s belief in Indian culture and tradition started with Andhra Bhavan, where, many (“thick fl uff y and crispy smeared with chut that I totally appreciate. It resonates with my years ago, I had the most delicious food ney podi and white butter”). But somehow it beliefs and sense of belongingness with the served on a thali. At Sagar, again, my pre was a bit too thick, and smeared too heavily timeless Indian tradition.” Even as he continues ferred dish was the thali. Then, when Sara with podi, we thought. It came with a nice to be associated with vana Bhavan opened its fi rst branch in Del assortment of chutneys, and a very tasty multiple brands, the hi, I went there often, mainly for the bowl of sambar, though. senior actor is also platter, though I must confess the ghee But my thali— aah! —was delightful. busy in films — he roast dosa sometimes edged the thali The Patravali Oota thali (₹ 255) comes will soon be seen out. with the salad of the day, seasonal ve in Chehre, in I am not sure what explains my fond getables, saar, kut, a special rice, gojju, which he is ness for thalis, but I suppose it is the plain rice, curd, papad, a sweet dish expected to sport small portions that come in compart and buttermilk. a new look. Also ments on a well laden steel plate. And The saar, a spicy yet light rasamlike lined up are Gulabo then, of course, there is the promise of dish, was superb, as was the kut – a mix of Sitabo, featuring those dockets being fi lled by the ser veggies. I loved the salad — sprouted mung Ayushmann Khurrana, vers who can always spot an empty dal with coconut— and the gojju, a pachari Brahmastra, starring plate from a distance. type of dish. Ranbir Kapoor, and That’s why, when I heard that my old fa The mixed veggies tasted good, and the Marathi vourite, Carnatic Café, had opened a branch tamarind rice was tangy and sharp. The pa director Nagraj in Meharchand Market I decided I had to vi pad was hijacked by the codiner, who also Manjule’s sit the place. A friend had enjoyed a thali at had a portion of rice with her sambar. And Jhund. its Gurugram outlet, and it reminded me Wholesome A tempting thali * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the dessert—kesari bhaat — was sublime: that I had eaten some nice stuff at the New sweet, nutty and grainy. Friends’ Colony Market branch, but I had ac went there a day later and found the place cial dosa, which she did. I thought we’d end It’s good to know that my warm and tually never had the thali. 'Must do someth squeaky clean and the servers all raring to with some Bengaluru ice cream (manufac friendly relationship with thalis is as strong ing about this,' I told myself, and landed up go. I had a look at the menu (for academic in tured by their own sister company, Jaatre Ice as ever. I left with a satisfi ed burp. at Meharchand Market earlier this week. terest), and then told them that I wanted the Cream) but we were so full after the thali The outlet opened its doors on Monday. I thali. My codiner was urged to try out a spe that we didn’t venture near the desserts. The writer is a seasoned food critic Contact us at [email protected]
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TALK CARNIVAL CUISINE PAINTINGS DANCE Music appreciation North East festival New Menu Pop art Odissi dance Westland Publications and May Day Bookstore The seventh edition of North East Festival, which Mei Kun at The Leela Ambience Convention An ongoing solo showcase titled Ethereal Nrityashilp, a dance institution founded to are jointly organising a book reading session. will showcase the diversities of the north- Hotel has now relaunched itself as a specialty Harmony features the modern age paintings of propagate the unique Odissi dance style, is Saba Dewan, author of Tawaifnama, and Namita eastern region begins today. Organised to fine dine Chinese restaurant, with menu curated artist Tanu Yadav. Curated by Mohan Singh, the hosting its annual programme Kalika Utsav. this Devidayal, author of The Sixth String of Vilayat promote entrepreneurship and tourism of this by chef Hsiung Chan Khyage. Apart from a range collections are inspired by the Tanu's favourite evening. Disciples of Guru Pratibha Jena Singh Khan, will read from their work and also interact region, this three-day festival will feature of regular dishes, the new menu offers Crystal pop art artists, Andy Warhol and David Hockney. and Jaya Mehta will be presenting an Odissi with the audience. The session will be workshop on tribal language, food courts, dance Chicken, Xiao Long Bao, Prawn Sui Mai, Gyoza It depicts social landscape, human living spaces dance performance, based on the compositions moderated by Prof. Ashwini Deshpande. performances and handicraft products for sale. Prawn, Sichuan Boiled Fish, and more. and emotions in bright colours. of the late Guru Surendra Nath Jena. Venue: May Day Bookstore, Shadipur Venue: Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts Venue: Maharaja Surajmal Road, Vivek Vihar, Venue: Triveni Gallery, Mandi House Venue: Triveni Kala Sangam, 205 Tansen Marg Time: 5:30 p.m. Time: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Time: 12-3 p.m. and 7 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Time: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Time: 6:30 p.m.
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Black belt pride Sai ‘Speak to them in their idiom’ Deepak B is elated at the opportunity to make India proud * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The biggest issue in Kashmir is still the alienation of its people, fi nds the State’s former Chief Secretary through his memoirs
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Having spent 35 years as a civil servant, in cluding many as Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir decades ago, author Moosa Raza strongly believes that poetry can create human bonds. imprisonment. contact elbow strikes with alternate el fore adding, “I used to be very noto “[When posted in the State,] I disco Raza says his account also looks at the bows in one minute’ at a count of 142. rious back in the day. So the training vered that poetry is part of everyday con State’s election, the Armed Forces Special The next record on December 24 2017 had a very personal eff ect on me.” versations in Kashmir. The ordinary Kash Powers Act and a number of other conten was ‘most fullcontact knee strikes in Practise for Sai Deepak is predictably miri would come up with couplets at the tions. There is plenty to study over the de three minutes’ at a count of 175. The everyday with two or three hours in drop of a hat,” he tells his audience during cades — from pellet guns to continuous most recent one awarded on August the mornings, with much of it dedicat a Madras Book Club discussion of his lat shutdowns at the cost of everyday life and 30 2019, is ‘most one leg fullcontact ed to poomsae. est book Kashmir: Land of Regrets (West education. Raza unfailingly looks at multi knee strikes wearing fi vekilogram an How do Sai Deepak’s family and land). ple perspectives each time. would kle weights in three minutes’ and the friends feel about his route into mar “I have spent a lifetime reading Ghalib, A major point of emphasis during the count there is 87. He adds, “I dedicat tial arts professionally? While his Iqbal, Thiruvalluvar... it helped me con evening is the distinction that the civil ser ed this record to the slain soldiers and friends think it is incredibly cool, his nect with people spontaneously,” he adds. vant draws between “the Kashmir dis to also promote Fit India Movement.” family are not entirely happy because pute” and “the Kashmir problem”. One would assume the Taekwondo of the injuries that are natural with the Mirroring the times As he explains it, “The dispute is the community would be more introvert sport. The Chennaibased author is a Padma technical, legal one between India and Pa ed and not too enthralled about Guin “You can just watch videos of the Bhushan awardee with three other books kistan, that has been brought to the atten die for ness World Records but Sai Deepak knockouts in the sport so it is scary for to his credit, and the crowd listens intent tion of the United Nations. The Kashmir says otherwise. “When I got my certifi loved ones,” he admits. He has, of ly as he recounts memories from his post problem, is the alienation of its people.” ‘I cation at Kukkiwon, they were very course, sustained injuries including ing in the preAFSPA days, following them This, he says, is the aspect that has impressed with how I’ve been promot dislocated shoulders and knees. up with what he has seen in recent visits. been ignored for decades. “By 2014, Sec martial arts’ ing the sport as well. That moment His book, much like his conversation with tion 370 had already been eroded sub meant a lot to me... I mean, I would Forever thankful the evening’s host, author Krupa Ge, is a stantially. What the locals are worried MultiGuinness World Recordholder in die for martial arts!” He is grateful to his Grandmaster M memoir sprinkled liberally with opinion about now, is their land, their jobs.” Sai Deepak has had quite the jour Jayanth Reddy of fi ve years, who has and analysis. Unsurprisingly, one of the Kashmir: Land Of Regrets is available Taekwondo, Hyderabadi Sai Deepak B is ney to get to this point. “In II std, I 29 Guinness World Records and was fi rst questions is the very necessity of the on Amazon.in and major bookstores. headed to the United Kingdom and the United started with karate. Then in 2008, I also awarded fi ve Presidential Sports book, particularly in these times. saw Abhinav Bhindra getting a gold Awards by George Bush Sr and Bill “I was not aware of this Government’s States for world championships medal for India at the Beijing Olym Clinton. Sai Deepak is also thankful to plan to abrogate Section 370 and Sec pics for professional shooting. I actual Master Moinuddin and his mentor tion 35A,” replies Raza, “Since they All that bling Divya Kala Bhavani ly didn’t know that Taekwondo is the Ashish Taneja who runs Infi nio Taek did, I thought to put the whole histo only martial arts at the Olympics until wondo World, the Taekwondo acade ry of Kashmir into perspective: how TAEKWONDO HAS TAKEN As a child, when Sai Deepak my B.Tech counselling. My previous my where Sai Deepak trains. militancy happened, what forces A page from the DEEPAK TO REPUTED used to watch the Bruce certifi cates in karate were rejected But talk international role models came together to keep the State boil Valley Moosa Raza COMPETITIONS SUCH AS: Leestarrer Enter The Dra- by the counsellors. They only took and he mentions Jordanian athlete Ah ing, why Section 370 had to come and his book * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 58th Under-19 State Taekwondo gon and Jackie Chan’s my State bronze medal into ac mad Abughaush, who won the gold about in the fi rst place. I have been Championship 2012-13: Snake in the Eagle’s Sha- count. That’s when I started do medal in the 68kilogram category at mulling over it for some time, talking bronze medal dow with his father, he was ing Taekwondo, really,” he re the 2016 Olympics. to everyone including shikara boat totally entranced by the calls. Sai Deepak got a ‘black belt Dan 2’ men and taxi drivers, and getting in Nepal International Taekwondo energetic martial arts rou Compared to other forms of in March 2017 which is a requirement puts.” Championship 2017: gold medal tines in them . The little kid, martial arts, Sai Deepak real to enter international competitions. Much of what Raza has to say Indian International Taekwondo gazing up at the television ised that the discipline in Taek He also earned his offi cial certifi cate at about the State and its people Championship-2017: had no clue that, as a 23 wondo – which originates in Ko Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Head stems from his personal expe fi fth place yearold, he’d be the coun rea – is in a fi eld of its own, quarters, Korea). rience and conversations. The try’s youngest person to hold largely because of poomsae, a In fact, later this month Sai Deepak evening only had time enough Malaysia Open Taekwondo three individual Guinness defi ned pattern of defenseand will be heading to the British Open to skim over deep and com Championship in 2018: World Records. attack motions which requires Taekwondo Championship in Man plex topics. The book, on the bronze medal The fascination of this intense amounts of focus and chester, England and in February, he’ll other hand, includes other, Indo-Koren Taekwondo Taekwondo artist with Guin dedication. “After undergoing a be competing at the US World Open more historic elements, Championship 2018: ness World Records started good and thorough training, Taekwondo Championship in Oregon. like letters written by Ja AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgold medal two years ago. On Novem the ferocity in you will actually At the moment, Sai Deepak is on the waharlal Nehru about ber 26, 2017, Sai Deepak make you calm and centred.” lookout for sponsors who will back Sheikh Abdullah and was awarded a record for ‘most full He chuckles sheepishly be him on his journey to the Olympics. the latter’s long
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The Saurashtra Cricket Asso BANGLADESH Dube 20120, Krunal ciation Stadium escaped the Liton Das run out 29 (21b, 4x4), 20170. fury of Cyclone Maha on Mohammad Naim c Shreyas b INDIA Thursday, but a storm of a Washington 36 (31b, 5x4), Sou Rohit Sharma c sub (Mithun) b very diff erent nature made mya Sarkar st. Pant b Chahal 30 Aminul 85 (43b, 6x4, 6x6), landfall. In what was his (20b, 2x4, 1x6), Mushfiqur Shikhar Dhawan b Aminul 31 100th T20 international, Ro Rahim c Krunal b Chahal 4 (6b), (27b, 4x4), K.L. Rahul (not out) hit Sharma hammered a sav Mahmudullah c Dube b Deepak 8 (11b), Shreyas Iyer (not out) Chahar 30 (21b, 4x4), Afif 24 (13b, 3x4, 1x6); Extras (lb1, age 43ball85 to wipe Ban Hossain c Rohit b Khaleel 6 gladesh out. Set 154 for w5): 6; Total (for two wkts. in (8b), Mosaddek Hossain (not 15.4 overs): 154. victory in the second T20I out) 7 (9b), Aminul Islam (not FALL OF WICKETS here, India strolled home in out) 5 (5b, 1x4); Extras (b2, 1118 (Dhawan, 10.5 overs), 2 15.4 overs, with eight wickets nb1, w3): 6; Total (for six wkts. 125 (Rohit, 12.2). in hand. in 20 overs): 153. BANGLADESH BOWLING FALL OF WICKETS It was as if Rohit had had Mustafizur 3.40350, Shafiul 160 (Liton, 7.2 overs), 283 enough of all the slipping up, 20230, AlAmin 40320, (Naim, 10.3), 397 (Mushfiqur, enough of all the talk of a se Aminul 40292, Afif 10130, 12.1), 4103 (Sarkar, 12.6), 5128 ries defeat, enough of the Mosaddek 10210. (Afif, 16.3), 6142 (Mahmudul doubts around India’s com lah, 18.3). Toss: India. petence in T20 cricket. He INDIA BOWLING Man-of-the-Match: Rohit. took all that angst and wal Deepak Chahar 40251, India won by eight wickets loped it into the night sky Khaleel 40441, Washington with 26 balls remaining to level high above Rajkot. 40251, Chahal 40282, series 1-1. Any possibility of the run chase being a close aff air melted away as Rohit took The conditions perfect off . Mustafi zur Rahman was thumped for 15 in the fourth over, a crunching coverdrive for hitting, says Rohit followed by a six into the sightscreen. AlAmin Hos Special Correspondent on song today.” sain was twice steered to the RAJKOT Rohit himself was pleased boundary behind square, Bangladesh captain Mahmu with his knock. “I knew con Rohit placing the ball whe dullah admitted that there ditions were perfect so all I rever he pleased. Shafi ul Is was little he could have done had to do was stay still and lam bowled what he thought to stop Rohit Sharma. tonk (sic) the ball,” he said at was a decent delivery; Rohit Hitman: Rohit Sharma did as he pleased, toying with the Bangladesh bowlers. * VIJAY SONEJI “If Rohit is having a good the presentation ceremony. lunged out of the crease and time, it’s really hard to stop India had the upper hand deposited him over longoff . been a fi fth T20I hundred, briskly as Khaleel Ahmed suf of the stumps. Liton was on been their side’s top two found to have gathered the him,” he said. going into the series decider, The off spinner Afi f Hus caught at deep midwicket. fered, leaking 24 runs from 17 then. scorers in Delhi. Chahal dis ball just behind the wickets. Washington Sundar en felt Washington. “Defi nitely. sain was brought on; his fi rst Shreyas Iyer then applied the his fi rst two overs. A little later, he was put missed both of them in the If Chahal was the best of joyed watching Rohit’s in We’ve just lost one game and ball was put into orbit, as Ro fi nishing touches as India le Yuzvendra Chahal came down at square leg by Rohit, same over. Mushfi qur slog India’s bowlers, fi nishing nings. “Honestly, I had the that was also a close game. A hit raced to an 18th T20I fi fty velled the series 11. The third on in the sixth, and struck at who had a lot of ground to swept him, just like he had at with two for 28 from his four best seat in the ground,” he couple of things our way and off 23 balls. Mahmudullah and fi nal T20I will be played once. Or so he thought. Liton cover to complete a high the Kotla, and the ball sailed overs, Washington Sundar said. “If he bats like this, it’s a we would have won that as gave young Mosaddek Hos at Nagpur on Sunday. had been beaten after charg catch. Liton was fi nally run towards Krunal Pandya on and Deepak Chahar were al treat for anyone in the stadi well. sain a try; Rohit clobbered There was no sign of the ing a long way out of his out for 29, after some smart the legside boundary again; so quietly effi cient. Bangla um. Certain boundaries he “This game we won very his fi rst three balls for six. In rain that had lashed the crease, and Rishabh Pant work from Pant, breaking an this time, the fi elder made desh struggled for momen hit were unbelievable. I also very convincingly; and we dia’s 100 arrived in 9.2 overs; ground on matcheve as In had whipped the bails off . opening stand of 60. no mistake. tum towards the close, just think from a bowler’s point can expect a similar track Bangladesh was yet to take a dia won the toss and put Ban The third umpire, however, Mushfi qur Rahim and Sou Sarkar was thoroughly de about crossing the 150run of view. There were a few and boundaries (big) in Nag wicket. Rohit eventually fell gladesh in. Liton Das and Mo ruled that the wicketkeeper mya Sarkar, two of Bangla ceived by a googly and mark. It would prove woeful balls they executed really pur as well and we will look 15 short of what would have hammad Naim started had gathered the ball in front desh’s senior players, had stumped; a relieved Pant was ly inadequate. well but Rohit as usual, was to win there too,” he said. Smriti, Jemimah power India to series win Palpable distress and angst Goa terminates contract INDIA IN WINDIES Gautam and Kazi’s arrest shocks cricketing fraternity oa Cricket Association Press Trust of India has terminated C.M. Money is not always thought that big G North Sound KPL SPOT-FIXING Gautam’s contract. <> cricketers generally don't get everything. It is “As soon as we came to Comebackgirl Smriti Mand N. Sudarshan involved in such things. Why important, but not at know about the incident, hana and Jemimah Ro BENGALURU do they need to? But this is the cost of we terminated his con drigues hit contrasting half There was sense of deep an very very surprising,” he everything else tract. We have also in centuries to lead the Indian guish in the Karnataka crick said. formed the BCCI,” said women’s team to a 21 series eting circles over the arrest of Former Karnataka coach “If you see the reputation GCA secretary Vipul victory over the West Indies senior cricketer C.M. Gautam Karnataka cricket enjoys, this When I was playing, Phadke. — Shayan with a comfortable sixwick and Abrar Kazi in connection <> comes as a huge shock. For I didn't even think Acharya et win in the deciding third with the matchfi xing and such [scams] could get this controversy, we don’t ODI, here. betting scam in the Karnata be possible here even have simple friendly Smriti, who missed the ka Premier League. fi ghts and arguments on the Former Karnataka cricketer Ashwin moves fi rst two matches due to a toe The people The Hindu fi eld! That's how good Karna injury, smashed a 63ball 74 spoke to — players, both even imagine. I never taka cricket is. When I was to Delhi and raised a matchwinning former and active, seasoned thought such big names playing, I didn't even think 141run partnership with fel coaches and offi cials — under would be involved. It’s not as such [scams] could be possi Capitals low opener Jemimah (69 off standably chose to remain if they are some young, gulli ble here.” 92) on Wednesday night. anonymous, but distress and ble players.” A top KSCA offi cial said the Shayan Acharya A solid foundation in Having the last laugh: The Indian team rallied from a 10 defi cit to clinch the ODI series 21. angst was palpable. He added: “Players need to administrative and cricketing MUMBAI place, India cruised to the * COURTESY BCCI TWITTER The Ballari Tuskers players be mentored; they need mo fraternity was left deeply dis Kings XI Punjab has decid 195run target in 42.1 overs The Hindu reached out to ex ral values. The most impor appointed. “I do not think ed to trade off Ravichan after the Indian bowlers did old reached the milestone in ing for the host with a com play a fi vematch Twenty20 pressed their shock at the de tant thing in life is selfrespect any level of player should get dran Ashwin to Delhi Capi a commendable job of bow her 51st innings. bative 79run knock but ran series, beginning Sunday at velopments. During the KPL and how you have lived. Mo involved in such things. It is tals. As per the deal, the ling out the host for a sub Seasoned pacer Jhulan short of partners as other Gros Islet. fi nal, they had not had any ney is not everything. It is im very unfortunate and disap Punjab franchise will be par 194 in 50 overs. Goswami and legspinner West Indies batters struggled The scores: West Indies 194 in reason to suspect anything portant, but not at the cost of pointing that big players are trading Ashwin with anoth Poonam Yadav shared four to negotiate India’s attack. 50 overs (Stafanie Taylor 79, was amiss, they said. everything else.” involved. Now depending on er spinner, Jagadeesha Su Fastest Indian to 2000 wickets between them, trou Apart from Taylor only StacyAnn King 38; Jhulan Gos A former Karnataka coach A former seasoned Karna where the investigations go, chith, and will also get a During the course of her in bling the middleorder after AtacyAnn King showed wami 2/30) lost to India 195/4 expressed a similar senti taka cricketer, who had also we may even consider life sum of ₹ 1.5 crore. nings, Smriti became the fas the West Indies elected to some stomach for a fi ght in 42.1 overs (Smriti Mandhana ment. “I’m really shocked; captained a side in the KPL, bans.” Ashwin is expected to be test Indian woman to score bat. with a 45ball 38. 74, Jemimah Rodrigues 69; I’m feeling absolutely low,” termed the fi asco damaging (With inputs from Shree- paid around ₹ 7.6 crore — 2,000 ODI runs. The 23year Stafanie Taylor kept fi ght The two teams will now Hayley Mathews 3/27). he said. “It is impossible to for the State’s reputation. “I dutta Chidananda) his auction value — by Del hi Capitals. Anand in Goa bests Mumbai in goal fest BCCI invites Juventus, Bayern in knockouts second spot ISL Anand for CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Sports Bureau Nandakumar Marar BUCHAREST MUMBAI daynight Test Agence France-Presse FC Goa’s goalscoring ability Paris Viswanathan Anand start came to the fore during its Y.B. Sarangi Douglas Costa scored a dra ed his campaign in the 42 win over Mumbai City FC KOLKATA matic injurytime winner to Grand Chess Tour Superbet in their HeroISL contest at The BCCI has invited chess send Juventus into the rapid and blitz tournament the Mumbai Football Arena legend Vishwanathan Champions League knock with a resounding 37move on Thursday. Six goals and a Anand for the pinkball out stages after a 21 win at victory with black pieces few misses kept the fans en daynight Test between Lokomotiv Moscow on Wed over Russia’s Vladislav Ar thralled, the visitors scoring India and Bangladesh at nesday, while Paris Saint temiev here on Wednesday. twice in each half to douse the Eden Gardens here Germain and Bayern Munich Anand drew the next the home team’s fi ghtback from November 22. joined the Italian champion In the nick of time: Juventus' Douglas Costa, centre, beats two rounds with USA’s Wes ley So and Azerbaijan’s after the breather. Anand will be in the in the last 16. Lokomotiv goalkeeper Guilherme for the winner. * AP Goalkeepers were in the city, participating in the Mauro Icardi’s fi rsthalf Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to line of fi re at both ends. Am Tata Steel rapid and blitz goal was enough for PSG to lowed the ball to squirm Real Madrid 6 (Rodrygo 4, 7, aggregate two points and share the second spot with rinder Singh, under the In the thick of it: Lenny Rodrigues opened the scoring for tournament, during that edge past Club Brugge 10 at through his legs, with Ram 90+2, Ramos 14pen, Benzema Armenia’s Levon Aronian MCFC bar, was left shaking FC Goa in the 27th minute. * VIVEK BENDRE period. the Parc des Princes, as sey prodding in from on the 45, 81) bt Galatasaray 0. his head in anger at the pace “The BCCI has invited Bayern laboured to a 20 vic goalline. Group B: Bayern Munich 2 (Le and Ukraine’s Anton wandowski 69, Perisic 89) bt Korobov. of his defenders as Goa Mohammed Nawaz, un hosts. Nawaz was fi rst tested Anand for daynight Test,” tory over Olympiakos. Aleksei Miranchuk quick Olympiakos 0; Red Star Bel The results (rapid format): struck a goal following a slick der the Goa bar, too faced by striker Amine Cherminti, said one of the organisers Manchester City missed ly levelled for the host by grade 0 lost to Tottenham Hot Third round: Viswanathan passing bout. Hugo Boumos anxious moments early on before getting beaten by a of the chess event. the chance to progress from tapping in the rebound after spur 4 (Lo Celso 34, Son 57, 61, Anand (2) drew with Shakhri threaded the ball to Seriton in the fi rst half, but Mumbai looping header from Sartak The BCCI and the Group C after a dramatic 11 his own header had struck Eriksen 85). yar Mamedyarov (Aze, 1.5); who tapped back and into did not take advantage of its Golui. Cricket Association of draw at Atalanta which saw the post, with Maurizio Sar Group C: Dinamo Zagreb 3 Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 1) lost the path of Corominas be corners and freekicks. Goa Mumbai pulled level Bengal (CAB) are also rightback Kyle Walker end ri’s Juve then struggling to (Petkovic 25, Ivanusec 83, Ade to Anish Giri (Ned, 2.5); Fabia fore the Spaniard fi nished went ahead in the 27th mi through a stunning strike trying to add more colour the game in goal. break. mi 89) drew with Shakhtar Do no Caruana (USA, 1.5) bt Wes with a cool tap into the net. nute through Rodrigues who from Sauvik Chakravarti, the to the Test by trying to Juventus knew three But Brazilian winger Cos netsk 3 (Patrick 13, Moraes ley So (USA, 0.5); Le Quang Amrinder could only lent the fi nishing touch with defender connecting power have current World chess points in Russia would be ta came off the bench and 90+3, Tete 90+8pen); Atalan Liem (Vie, 1.5) drew with Le ta 1 (Pasalic 49) drew with von Aronian (Arm, 2); Vladis watch from the goalline as a shot on the turn after the fully after the ball was nod champion Magnus Carlsen. enough to secure its passage netted a magnifi cent 93rd the visitors scored off a set ball landed within range off “They are planning to to the knockout rounds, and Manchester City 1 (Sterling 7). lav Artemiev (Rus, 0.5) lost to ded towards him by Rayner minute winner, slipping the Group D: Lokomotiv Moscow 1 Anton Korobov (Ukr, 2). Se- piece to go up 32. Off a free a defl ection following a invite Anand and Carlsen took a fourthminute lead Fernandes. However, it was ball through the hapless (Al. Miranchuk 12) lost to Ju cond round: So drew with kick, the ball was directed Brandon Fernandes Goa which had the fi nal say. to jointly ring the bell at through Aaron Ramsey. Guilherme’s legs after a ma ventus 2 (Ramsey 4, Costa Anand; Giri drew with Carua towards tall defender Mour cornerkick. The result: Mumbai City FC 2 the Eden Gardens to mark Cristiano Ronaldo’s free zy run. 90+3); Bayer Leverkusen 2 na; Aronian drew with Karja tada Fall who headed to Crossing over with a two (Golui 49, Sauvik 55) lost to FC the start of a day’s play,” kick bounced in front of Lo The results: (Partey 41og, Volland 55) bt kin; Korobov drew with Le teammate Boumous who goal cushion, Goa saw a spi Goa 4 (Rodrigues 27, Corominas said the organiser. komotiv goalkeeper Guil Group A: Paris SaintGermain 1 Atletico Madrid 1 (Morata Quang Liem; Mamedyarov nodded it in. rited fi ghtback from the 45, Boumous 59, Pena 89). herme, who inexplicably al (Icardi 22) bt Club Brugge 0; 90+4). drew with Artemiev.
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TV PICKS Tanwar wins NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), Time to unearth new Twenty20 talent 6.30 a.m. mixed doubles Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy : Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 9.30 silver a.m. & 1.30 p.m. The tournament off ers a chance for players to catch the eye Badminton: China Open, Special Correspondent Star Sports 3, 9.30 a.m. MUSHTAQ ALI campaign that will end with NEW DELHI New Zealand vs England : the knockout may do the Jagdish Tanwar of Rajas 4th T20I, Star Sports Select 1 G. Viswanath trick. than who works with the (SD & HD), 10.30 a.m. Mumbai While the tournament can Australia vs Pakistan : 3rd Goods and Services Tax T20I, Sony Six (SD & HD), 2 The stage is all set for some be deemed as a countdown Council (GST) won the p.m. of the gifted cricketers, who primarily for IPL selection, mixed doubles silver with ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), have been plying their trade the teams equipped with all Barbara Mulej of Slovenia 7.30 p.m. in the BCCI domestic tourna round wherewithal would in the over45 section of Premier League: Star Sports ments, to dream big. aim to win the trophy. the World seniors tennis Select 1 (SD & HD), 1 a.m. Last season, Karnataka (Saturday) The Syed Mushtaq Ali Tro championship in Miami. Serie A : Sony Ten 2 (SD & phy Twenty20 tournament put up an outstanding dis The results: Over45 mixed HD), 1 a.m. (Saturday) gets underway from Friday play in the group and the doubles: Final: Patricia Ro Bundesliga: Star Sports Se and will try to evoke the in knockout stages in Indore, gulski & Petr Kovacka (Svk) bt lect 2 (SD & HD), 1 a.m. terest of fans, who otherwise won 12 matches in a row to Jagdish Tanwar & Barbara (Saturday). would be riveted on the T20 clinch the title. Mulej (Slo) 75, 76(4). Semifi nals: bt Dominika Go series between India and Two teams from each of IN BRIEF recka (Por) & Thiemo Maier Bangladesh. the fi ve groups will advance (Aut) 76(5), 36, [103]. The tournament off ers a to the knockout stage. launch pad for the fearless to The sheer unpredictable make an impact and catch nature of the game can pro the attention of the selectors duce an upset or two, but and most importantly of the teams like Karnataka, Tamil many scouts the IPL franchi Nadu, Mumbai, Uttar Pra sees employ. desh and Delhi would fancy been Gujarat’s Jasprit Bum there could be a few players their chances. Exceptions rah who was discovered by from the 38 teams, placed in On Wednesday, the Mizo It is not that the interState Mumbai Indians’ scout John fi ve groups, to get the nod. ram team which will play Shakera Selman returns to T20 tournament, that has Wright six seasons ago. The chances of coming in Mumbai here on Friday, had West Indies T20I squad been in existence for almost The IPL has paved the way to contention as an India to come to terms with losing NORTH SOUND dozen years, has thrown a for cricketers to come into probable for next year’s ICC its captain Abrar Kazi, who Allrounder Shakera Selman Phenomenal fi nd: Six seasons ago, Mumbai Indians’ IPL scout bright prospect every year. the limelight, and with the T20 World Cup may be slim was arrested in connection Jagdish Tanwar and returned to the West Indies’ John Wright identifi ed Jasprit Bumrah as exceptionally There have been exceptions, Season 13 auction to be held for a raw hand, but an excep with malpractices in the Kar Barbara Mulej. 14member squad for the talented. * FILE PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK and the remarkable one has in Kolkata on December 19, tional display throughout the nataka Premier League. fivematch T20 series against India women beginning on Dillip and Saturday in St. Lucia. The squad: Stafanie Taylor Huge jump in prize money Jyoti fashion (Capt.), Anisa Mohammed (Vicecapt.), Aaliyah Alleyne, A colossal conundrum CPT SC’s win Afy Fletcher, Shakera Selman, Penultimate leg of the Grand Chess Tour from Nov. 22 Hayley Matthews, Chedean IANS his credentials, took him to Special Correspondent Nation, Chinelle Henry, Lucknow Hotel Rajdhani on Tuesday TATA CHESS KOLKATA StaceyAnn King, Kyshona night. His height has always made Dillip Lakra and Jyoti Lakra Knight, Natasha McLean, Sher Khan found the Shabika Gajnabi, Shermaine heads turn, but for Sher Special Correspondent scored a brace each as Cal room ‘uncomfortable’. The KOLKATA Campbelle and Sheneta Khan it was a problem of a cutta Port Trust Sports bed was short and he had Grimmond. PTI diff erent kind in the Uttar The Tata Steel Chess India ra Club rallied to beat Bhuba to sleep with his legs Pradesh capital. pid and blitz event will see a neswar Sports Hostel 43 in South Africa cricket in a hanging out, the washroom Here to watch the ODI threefold increase in prize a thrilling Pool ‘D’ engage very bad state: Boucher was ‘inconvenient’ and so series between Afghanistan money and the best of stars ment of the 123rd Beighton JOHANNESBURG were the chairs. and the West Indies, Sher in action in its second edi Cup hockey tournament at Former Proteas As soon as news of the Khan, who stands at eight tion, to be held at the Bhasha the SAI Complex here on wicketkeeperbatsman Mark ‘tall man’ spread in the feet two inches, was not Bhawan auditorium of the Thursday. Boucher believes South area, scores of people able to fi nd suitable iconic National Library here Following two goalless Africa cricket is in dire straits came to the hotel to gape at accommodation. from November 22 to 26. quarters, Bhubaneswar at the moment. “There might Sher Khan. Finally he had be quite a few people saying Hotel staff refused to Sher Khan at the Ekana The event, which has be went ahead through Sibren to be escorted by the police we’re sugarcoating the give him a room and some Stadium. * PTI come part of the high profi le Lakra. The port team hit to the Ekana Stadium, actual situation we are in at even indicated they found eightleg $1.75 million Grand back with goals from Dillip where, again, he was the the moment. We’ve got him ‘suspicious’. approached the Naka Chess Tour (GCT) — inspired and Jyoti before Nilam Xess bigger attraction. ourselves into a pretty bad Sher Khan fi nally Police, who, after verifying by the legendary Gary Kaspa drew parity in the closing state. Hopefully there are rov and launched in 2015 — moments of the third some clever heads to try and will feature 10 Grandmas period. turn things around,” he said. ters, including eight of the IANS In the actionpacked fi top15 in the world. nal quarter, Jyoti found the Ramkumar and Adil in quarterfi nals mark again to put the local Strong fi eld side in the lead but Xess INDIANS ABROAD Clarke (GBR) 63, 63. Doubles: $15,000 ITF men, Maputo, Mo The fi eld features reigning converted a penalty corner Quarterfi nals: Purav Raja & zambique: Prequarterfi nals: World champion Magnus within two minutes. Dil Ramkumar bt Nam Ji Sungh & Benjamin Lock (Zim) bt Prithvi Sports Bureau Carlsen, defending blitz lip’s 58th minute short cor Song MinKyu (Kor) 75, 26, Sekhar 62, 62; Hamid Reza Kobe champion Viswanathan ner conversion sealed the [107]; Andre Goransson (Swe) Nadaf (IRI) bt Jatin Dahiya 76 Anand, Ding Liren, Anish Gi Ramkumar Ramanathan & Christopher Rungkat (Ina) bt (5), 62; Takanyi Garanganga The prize: AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan, contest in the Calcutta ri, Levon Aronian, Wesley outplayed eighth seed Jay Enrique Lopez Perez (Esp) & (Zim) bt Rishab Agarwal 64, GM Dibyendu Barua and Chanakya Chaudhary of Tata Steel team’s favour. Clarke of Britain 63, 63 in Arjun Kadhe 64, 62. 62. So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, de at the unveiling of the trophy. * Y.B. SARANGI The results: Pool A: B.N. Re fending rapid champion Hi creation Club 1 (John Herenj) Harden leads the prequarterfi nals of the $15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Doubles: Quarterfi nals: S.D. Warriors rout $54,160 Challenger tennis karu Nakamura and two the two remaining spots. Naskar — was unveiled in the bt Tamil Nadu XI 0; Pool C: Sheikh: Prequarterfi nals: Prajwal Dev & Rishi Reddy bt presence of GM Dibyendu Eastern Railway Sports Asso LOS ANGELES tournament on Thursday. wildcards in P. Harikrishna “The prize money is Jesper De Jong (Ned) bt Haadin Aziz Ouakaa (Tun) & Rishab ciation 4 (A.M. Tirkey, Deepak Houston Rockets rolled over Ramkumar made the dou and Vidit Gujrathi. thrice that of last year. It’s Barua. Bava 64, 76(4). Agarwal 76(6), 63. Kullu, Abhishek Pratap Singh, the injuryriddled Golden The Kolkata leg — off ering great to be part of the presti All India Chess Federation bles semifi nals in partner $15,000 ITF men, Meshref, Ku $15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Mohammed Riyazuddin) bt State Warriors 129112, $150,000 — will be the penul gious GCT, which is broad secretary Bharat Singh Chau ship with Purav Raja, as the wait: Prequarterfi nals: Adil Tunisia: First round: Lucrezia Naval Tata Hockey Academy 2 timate event before the GCT cast all over the world,” said han said: “This is the fi rst sending last season’s finalist duo beat the Koreans, Nam Ji Kalyanpur bt Aziz Dougaz (Tun) Stefanini (Ita) bt Humera Shaik (Atish Dodrai, Budu Mundu); Chanakya Chaudhary of Tata to a sixth defeat in eight Sung and Song MinKyu, 107 76(3), 64. Doubles: Quarter 64, 64. Doubles: Prequar Finals, to be held in London time Carlsen and Anand will Pool D: Calcutta Port Trust games. James Harden in the super tiebreak. fi nals: Alec Adamson (US) & Si terfi nals: Iana Tishchenko from December 2. Carlsen Steel at the event launch be under one roof in a tour Sports Club 4 (Dillip Lakra2, finished with 36 points and The results: $54,160 Challen mon Freund (Swe) bt Daisuke (Mda) & Camila Zanolini (Ita) bt and Liren have qualifi ed for here on Thursday. nament in India (excepting Jyoti Lakra2) bt Bhubanes 13 assists and shot six of 16 ger, Kobe: Prequarterfi nals: Sumizawa (Jpn) & Kunal Anand Mey Ayari (Tun) & Humera the fi nals, while Anand is The knightshaped trophy the World championship war Sports Hostel 3 (Nilam from beyond the arc for Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Jay 75, 63. Shaik 63, 75. among those in the race for — crafted by Madhusudan match).” Xess2, Sibren Lakra). Rockets. The results: Detroit Pistons 122 bt New York Knicks 102; Indiana Pacers 121 bt Washington Wizards 106; AITA sticks to its guns Juniors strike it rich SatwikChirag duo in lasteight stage Chicago Bulls 113 bt Atlanta not be right to dump the Hawks 93; Toronto Raptors DAVIS CUP gold. Bhakti Bhaskar Kham players who had expressed ASIAN SHOOTING Sai Praneeth, Kashyap and SatwikAshwini pair bow out 124 bt Sacramento Kings 120; kar won the junior women’s their willingness to travel to Houston Rockets 129 bt Special Correspondent Sports Bureau rifl e 3position gold, but the Golden State Warriors 112; NEW DELHI Pakistan. But, in an interest CHINA OPEN DOHA team had to be content with Memphis Grizzlies 137 bt ing twist, Rajpal, who is also Two days after Mahesh Bhu Vivaan Kapoor and Esha the silver. Minnesota Timberwolves 121; the chairman of the selec Press Trust of India pathi slammed the AITA for Singh came up with domi Fuzhou (China) Dallas Mavericks 107 bt tion committee, categorical The results: Junior men: 50m what he termed the “mis nant performances in win rifl e 3position: 1. Yu Hao Orlando Magic 106; Utah Jazz ly mentioned that all eff orts India’s men’s doubles pair of handling” of the Indian Da ning the junior men’s trap (Chn) 459.5 (WRJ) 1166; 2. Ni 106 bt Philadelphia76ers 104; would be made to fi eld the Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Milwaukee Bucks 129 bt Los vis Cup captaincy issue for and junor women’s air pis raj Kumar 455.7 (1166); 3. “best team” for the tie. It Chirag Shetty stunned sixth Angeles Clippers 124. AGENCIES the away tie against Pakis tol gold medals in the Asian Sheng Lihao (Chn) 442.5 now remains to be seen who seeded Hiroyuki Endo and tan, the tennis governing shooting championship on (1163); 6. Harshrajsinhji Gohil forms a part of that team. 406.9 (1158); 8. Nitish Kumar Yuta Watanabe of Japan to body sought to clarify its Thursday. 395.7 (1156). MQS: Sartaj Singh enter the quarterfi nals of the Vaishnavi in stand. Tricky question On a day when Chinki Ya Tiwana 1164. Team: 1. China China Open here on Bhupathi’s seat was tem dav kept herself in the race 3495; 2. India 3480; 3. Korea Thursday. two fi nals But the AITA couldn’t pro porarily off ered to Rohit Raj for the Olympic quota in wo 3451. Satwik and Chirag played Sports Bureau vide an answer to the tricky pal for the Pakistan fi xture men’s 25metre sports pistol Trap: 1. Vivaan Kapoor 45 their hearts out to win 2118, CHANDIGARH question as to why the erst after he expressed reserva event, with a half way score (120); 2. Bhowneesh Mendirat 2123, 2111 a pulsating se Hardfought win: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, right, and Chirag while captain Mahesh Bhu Shetty played their hearts out against Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Vaishnavi Adkar made it to tions about travelling to Pa of 292, two points behind ta 42 (118); 3. Li Siwei (Chn) 33 condround contest that last pathi could not be treated Watanabe of Japan. * FILE PHOTO the fi nals in both the girls kistan. the leader, it was the juniors (117); 8. Manavaditya Singh ed an hour and six minutes. the same way and be consi Rathore 109. Team: 1. India under18 and 16 sections of But the AITA announced who swelled the collection They will face Li Jun Hui and bles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & dered for selection follow 347; 2. China 339; 3. Kuwait fi fthseeded South Korean the AITA Super series ju that Rajpal would continue for India with 10 medals in Liu Yu Chen of China in the Chirag Shetty bt Hiroyuki Endo ing the change of venue. 311. combine of Seo Seung Jae nior tennis tournament as the skipper even after the cluding fi ve gold. quarterfi nals. and Chae Yujung. & Yuta Watanabe (Jpn) 2118, here on Thursday. Vaishna ITF moved the match out of Players like Saketh Myne Vivaan was all class as he Junior women: 10m air pistol: They were the lone In 2123, 2111. 1. Esha Singh 242.2 (579); 2. The results (second round): vi beat Deepalakshmi Van Pakistan. ni, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, won gold by beating compa Jeong Hyo (Kor) 237.3 (568); 3. dians left in the tournament Men: Anders Antonsen (Den) Mixed doubles: Seo Seung Jae araja in the u18 event for It was also peeved by the Arjun Kadhe, Vijay Sundar triot Bhowneesh Mendiratta after P. Kashyap and B. Sai the loss of one game and Prashanth, Sriram Balaji, Priya Raghav 217.6 (574); 7. Yu bt B. Sai Praneeth 2022, 22 & Chae Yujung (Kor) bt Satwik comments made by senior 4542, after having topped vika Tomar 133.7 (568). Team: Praneeth in singles and the 20, 2116; Victor Axelsen (Den) sairaj Rankireddy & Ashwini blanked Suryanshi Tanwar Manish Sureshkumar and player Rohan Bopanna and qualifi cation with 120 out of 1. India 1721 (WRJ); 2. China mixed pair of Satwik and bt P. Kashyap 2113, 2119. Dou Ponnappa 2321, 2116. Sidharth Rawat had ex in the u16 semifi nals. about being projected eter 125. Along with Manavaditya 1702; 3. Chinese Taipei 1687. Ashwini Ponappa were oust The results (semifi nals): nally “unprofessional” in pressed their consent to go Rathore, the Indian trio won ed in the second round. Boys, u18: Krishan Hooda bt 50m rifl e 3position: 1. Bhakti public perception. to Pakistan. the team gold with a score of Deep Munim 61, 62; Sush Bhaskar Khamkar 453.1 (1159); Praneeth fought for one The AITA confi rmed that ant Dabas bt Divanshu Hooda Addressing a press confe 347, eight points better than 2. Yu Jianuan (Chn) 448.7 hour 24 minutes against 60, 60. rence here on Thursday, Ak it also sought the services of China. (1159); 3. Ma Yuting (Chn) fourth seed Anders Anton U16: Deep Munim bt Khush houri Bishwadeep, Olympic medallist and 18 Esha, who had swept the 439.6 (1161); 7. Ayushi Podder sen of Denmark, but lost 20 Sharma 61, 64; Sukhpreet The Chief Executive Offi c time Grand Slam champion women’s, junior and youth 397.9 (1159); 11. Nischal 1142. 22, 2220, 2116. MQS: Vanshika Shahi 1140. Singh Jhoje bt Jitin Kumar er (CEO) of the AITA, stated Leander Paes, who readily gold medals in the last Na Earlier, Kashyap, ranked Team: 1. China 3477; 2. India Chhetry 67(2), 64, 63. that the national federation agreed. 25 in the world, ran out of tional championship in Ker 3460; 3. Korea 3457. Girls, u18: Vaishnavi Adkar bt had the “utmost regard for It was also mentioned ala as a 13yearold, proved steam after a decent start Deepalakshmi Vanaraja 61, Trap: 1. Zhang Ting (Chn) 41 Mahesh Bhupathi and other that the AITA chose to stick too good as she beat Jeong against seventh seed Victor 60; Vanshika Choudhary bt (114); 2 Yang Haiyan (Chn) 38 players”, and that the AITA Axelsen and went down 21 Kavya Khirwar 61, 61. to the pattern of having a Hyo of Korea by 4.9 points (108); 3. Lea Korban (Lbn) 29 U16: Vaishnavi Adkar bt Su had to take certain decisions nonplaying captain rather for the gold. Along with Pri (110); 4. Manisha Keer 23 13, 2119 in a match that last ryanshi Tanwar 60, 60; San because of “many uncer than burden Paes with the ya Raghav who won the (107); 8. Preeti Rajak 102; 9. ed 43 minutes. vi Ahluwalia bt Janani Ra tainties”. task, as he was expected to bronze and Yuvika Tomar, Aadya Tripathi 92. Team: 1. Satwik and Ashwini Pon mesh 64, 61. The AITA said it would play. Esha also clinched the team China 325; 2. India 301. nappa lost 2321, 2116 to the CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI THE HINDU 20 LIFE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ‘EAT-Lancet diet too costly for 1.58 billion people’ Eminent Bengali writer Nabanita Deb Sen is dead Researchers say that at $2.84 per day, meal expenses would exceed daily per capita income in many low-income nations She was also a beloved teacher Bindu Shajan Perappadan sion diet consists of a large the World Bank’s PovcalNet NEW DELHI amount of vegetables, fruits, system. Special Correspondent A diet meant to improve both whole grain, legumes, nuts “Though 1.58 billion is a Kolkata human and planetary health and unsaturated oils, some lot of people, it is actually a Awardwinning poet, writer would be unaff ordable for at seafood and poultry. It has conservative lower limit on and acclaimed teacher Na least 1.58 billion people, little to no red meat, pro the total number who cannot banita Deb Sen passed away mostly in subSaharan Africa cessed meat, added sugar, aff ord the diet recommend in her south Kolkata resi and South Asia, estimates a refi ned grains and starchy ed by the EATLancet Com dence on Thursday night af new study from researchers vegetables. mission. The cost of food ter prolonged illness. She at the International Food Pol preparation and of nonfood was 81. icy Research Institute (IFPRI) Varying prices necessities ensure that an A Sahitya Akademi and and the Friedman School of Fruits, vegetables and ani even larger number of peo Padma Shri awardee, Ms. Nabanita Deb Sen Nutrition Science and Policy malsource foods are often ple cannot aff ord that kind of Deb Sen will be best remem at Tufts University in the U.S. the most expensive compo healthy diet,” said Mr. bered for her feminist take Her travelogue, Truckba- Earlier this year, the EAT nents of a healthy diet, but Masters. on the Ramayana, which hone McMahone [On a Lancet Commission on Food, prices vary widely around “Even if many poor con she has analysed from the Truck Alone to McMohan], Planet, Health published re the world, report the sumers were to aspire to con perspective of Sita. Her provides an entertaining commendations for a univer researchers. sume healthier and more en book, Sitayana, was tran and delicate description of sal diet that addresses both To compute the aff ordabil vironmentally sustainable slated into many languages Tawang in Arunachal Pra human and planetary health. A diet of mostly fruits, vegetables and nuts can be unaff ordable, says study. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK ity of an EATLancet diet in foods, income and price con and read across the world, desh. Ms. Deb Sen, in her The Commission suggested each country, the research straints frequently render establishing her as a formid early twenties, hitchhiked that adherence to this diet — addressing individual and fruits and vegetables is often less than what peo ers drew on retail prices for this diet unaff ordable. In able feminist writer. up to Tawang in an Army could ensure that our future health outcomes as well as than the minimum required ple now spend on food,” said standardised items obtained creased earnings and safety Her parents, both poets, truck to write the alltime food systems can sustainably the health of the planet — the for nutrient adequacy, and Kalle Hirvonen, lead author through the International net transfers, as well as sys were associated with Rabin bestseller of Bengali and nutritiously feed the esti Commission deliberately did much higher quantities than and development economist Comparison Program, a col temic changes to lower food dranath Tagore and thus Ms. literature. mated population of 10 bil not take its cost into ac are now consumed in lowin in Ethiopia at the Interna laboration between the prices, are needed to bring Deb Sen often said she knew lion people in 2050. count,” said senior author come countries. tional Food Policy Research World Bank and country sta healthy and sustainable diets that “one of the signatures Condolences pour in The new study, titled ‘Af William Masters, an econo “We found that the global Institute. tistical agencies. They used within the reach of the of growing up is to write Lamenting her demise, wri fordability of the EAT–Lancet mist at the Friedman School median of the proposed diet In subSaharan Africa, prices for 744 food items in world’s poor,” said Mr. Hirvo poetry”. Her fi rst collection ter Shirshendu Mukherjee reference diet: a global analy of Nutrition Science and Pol would cost $2.84 per day nearly 57% of people earn 159 countries, from which nen. of poems came out in 1959, said Ms. Deb Sen had a sis’ and published on Thurs icy at the Tufts University. (₹ 200). In lowincome coun less than the local cost of the they could identify the low Limitations to the study the year she was married to “huge pool of material” day in The Lancet Global The research team also tries, that amounts to 89.1% EATLancet diet, in South estcost combination of include the aspect that the economist Amartya Sen. which could not be used Health, sought to address found that the EATLancet of a household’s daily per Asia that fi gure is 38.4%, in items in each country to models count only the least The couple had two daught due to her ill health. “Be what many felt was one of diet was 64% more costly capita income, which is West Asia and North Africa meet EATLancet criteria. expensive items in each ers and separated later. sides losing a friend, I would the main components lack than the lowestcost combi more than what people can 19.4%, in East Asia and the They then did the same for country, so other research She taught for many say I will be missing her ing in the creation of the re nation of foods that would actually spend on food. In Pacifi c 15%, in Latin America nutrient requirements and would be needed to address years in the Comparative writings,” Mr. Mukherkee commended diet, namely af provide a balanced mix of 20 highincome countries, we and the Caribbean 11.6%, in compared the cost of food in the additional costs and bar Literature department of said. Chief Minister Mamata fordability. essential nutrients. The EAT found that the EATLancet re Europe and Central Asia 1.7% each country to survey data riers to food use imposed by the Jadavpur University and Banerjee said “her absence “When formulating this Lancet diet has higher quan ference diet would cost 6.1% and in North America 1.2%. on household expenditure time constraints, tastes and was a favourite among stu will be felt by her myriad pioneering benchmark diet tities of animalsource foods of percapita income, which The EATLancet Commis and income per capita from preferences. dents. students and wellwishers”. China cracks down on gaming
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INSIDE Tribute to teachers
Ragini Chandrasekhar’s performance was a garland of fragrant choreographies strung together with love and commitment P2 Universal appeal
Guru Nanak used music to take his message of peace and harmony to the masses P5 ‘We need stars to sell a play’
Vijay Kenkre regrets not having done enough experimental and parallel productions P6 A ‘genuine’ poet
Master Musician A bridge between Hindi and Urdu, Shamsher Bahadur Ahead of Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary, a look at how classical ragas Singh’s poetry has many dimensions P7
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Ranee Kumar in Chandigarh CCCCCCCCC t was a pleasure to watch a Islice of antiquity come The 42nd Chandigarh alive. Ragini Chandrasek har’s tribute to her gurus, in Sangeet Sammelan saw cluding her mother, Jamuna inspired performances Krishnan, was a garland of fra grant choreographies strung from the emerging together with love and com mitment. Each piece of the stars of classical music margam (stage repertoire) blossomed with excellence of Manjari Sinha oldtime tradition and the ar CCCCCCCCC tiste did full justice to it with handigarh is a cosmopolitan ci her energetic nritta (foot ty, with citizens having diverse work) and her expressive ab C hinaya. The most delightful interests. One hardly expected a faithful clientèle for classical music tohear ragas like Nalinikan there. However, it was heartening to tha, Charukesi, Kamas, see a sizeable turnout of culturally Sindhubhairavi and Tilang en and musically literate audiences in riched the performance with Ragini the widest sense, on all three days of a live orchestra. Chandrasekhar’s the 42nd Chandigarh Sangeet Sam From the opening Push melan organised by the Indian Na Winsome performance Shalmali Joshi panjali with its varied hastha performance tional Theatre in collaboration with mudras and intricate rhyth was a garland the Durgadas Foundation at the New a Tarana composed by her husband mic patterns as she seamlessly ton Hall of the Strawberryfi elds High Sunil Joshi. The unhurried pace of shifted the beat (nadai) from of fragrant School, Chandigarh. rendering the khayal traversed the Khanda (fi ve) to Chaturasra choreographies The Indian National Theatre (INT), interior crevices of the raga during (four) to laghu and drutha (ta established more than halfacentury the aalapbarhat followed by the bol la beat) respectively. Despite strung together ago, was inaugurated by Prithviraj vistar and the umpteen varieties of the linearity of this art form, with love and Kapoor way back in the year 1968. taans, executed with eff ortless ease. Ragini brought in an innate Navjeevan Khosla, the 97 year young The exquisite Tarana also got fi rst elegance to her movements commitment founding member and the present rate treatment with short spells of be it in nritta or in expressive president of INT, shares “the Chandi Layakari. dance. Balancing act Ragini Chandrasekhar * INNI SINGH garh Sangeet Sammelan started in The KukubhBilawal next, a combi At the very outset, it de 1978 and nearly all the stalwarts of nation of Nat and Bilawal, and the fol serves to be mentioned that cial expression while under were those of her old gurus, the bygone era have performed here. lowing Sarparda Bilawal, a combina her performance made a last taking complex, lengthy foot the one from Vidyapathi’s He vividly remembers the compell tion of Bihag, Yaman and Bilawal ing impression on the viewer work delineations, poemwas her mother’s cho ing concerts of Ud. Vilayat Khan, Pt. were introduced likewise for the be as she danced from her soul experiencing her own dance reography – the pining of Bhimsen Joshi, Gangubai Hangal, nefi t of lay listeners. Paromita on har which was so evident by the with a sense of joy. Krsna for a glimpse of his Rad Dhondutai Kulkarni and Kumar monium and Tejovrish on tabla pro way her eyes worked in tan The metaphor of the honey ha who left him in a huff . The Gandharva to name just a few. The vided the most inspiring dem with footwork (nritta) bee hovering and fl itting from dancer brought out the emo Sammelan was started with a shoe accompaniment to the vibrant vocal and gestures in the absence of fl ower to fl ower was a very tional situation quite convinc string budget because no one talked ist. The ragas were rare and challeng a song. The varnam esta suggestive way of conveying ingly but the depiction of his about money in those days. We have ing but Shalmali took the audience blished her stamina to say the Krsna’s dallying personality valour that also forms part of abandoned big names now, except along, encouraging even the two least. The longdrawn Charu done with élan. Her abhinaya the song, disturbed the sensi rare artistes like Ashwini Bhide who young tanpura players, Monica and kesi composition of Lalgudi and sanchari to the lines, kuz- tivity of this theme. The con would come and perform for sheer Divyashri, to try their voices. This Jayaram prefaced by an(invo haloodum azagha kanna (me cluding tillana was again pure love of music, accepting whatever we spoke about her compassionate na catory verse (viruttam) from lodic beauty of Kanha’s fl ute). dance with verve and vigour, could off er.” ture that mirrored in her music too. the Mukundamala, was an The muralidhar mudra and which, by now, seemed to be Most welcome and a surprising Shalmali concluded with an alluring acid test to the prowess of this the nritta therein was very im the trademark of this fi ne ar fact remains that the Sammelan has Alhaiya Bilawal and got standing ova dancer and she came out with pressive. Her ‘mugdha nayika’ tiste, who should continue to maintained its high standards with tion. fl ying colours. Her footwork (guileless maiden) portrayal explore her forte in ancient out compromising on quality. Both to swar (bhol) was compli for the Kamas javali was a dance style. Khosla and the honorary secretary, Seasoned voice mentary to the rhapsodic raga combination of complex feel Raghavendra Prasath’s vio Vinita Gupta take the trouble to listen The inaugural evening had vocal and viceversa. Every verse ings and expressions of amo lin that prefaced each piece to hundreds of young artists with po recitals by Sawani Mudgal and Ravin had its exposition done with rous desire, defi ance, delight was melodic to the core. Sha tential and select those who could dra Parchure. Sawani’s ShyamKa perfection: emotive element ful passion – all overcrowding ranya Chandran on nattuvan meet the benchmark of the festival lyan was followed by a rare tap intact, precision and accuracy the nubile maiden torn bet gam was compelling as was Shalmali Joshi, for instance, who Khayal, a combination of tappa and in execution of the most intri ween love with her lord Ven Chandrasekhar on the percus reached the festival to its climax with khayal, in raga Shahana, a dadra in cate jati (footwork) patterns, kateswara and wise and cau sion. Venkateswaran’s vocal her seasoned voice, consummate Mishra Gara, and concluding with a clarity in hastha mudra (ges tious counsel of an support complimented the musicianship and exhaustive reper bhajan. Ravindra Parchure present ticulations). Ragini’s strength experienced senior maiden. performance held at India In toire, was totally a new name for ma ed raga Bhupali with a nom tom aa is her natural, uncontrived fa While the other pieces ternational Centre. ny. Accompanied on tabla by her son lap of Agra gaayaki as a preface to the Tejovrish Joshi and on harmonium khayals. Parchure has a seasoned In Brief by Paromita Mukherjee, Shalmali voice and technical mastery but gave a riveting performance of un needs to focus on content, avoiding common varieties of Bilawal. The repetition. Capturing Garhwal on canvas concert not just entertained but also Raghunandan Panshikar, a dedi had substance. cated disciple of Vidushi Kishori Portraying the beauty of Garh ing the summer of 2019, at from April 4 to 10, artists Introducing each variety ren Amonkar, presented raga Yaman at wal on canvas, “Glimpses of Ratura Village of Karnaprayag lapped up the sights, sounds dered, she opened with YamaniBila length, followed by Nayaki Kanhada. Garhwal”, an exhibition of 50 Tehsil. Swayambhu Social and smells of summer. The ar wal, fi rst demonstrating Yaman then Shyam Kalyan was repeated on sarod paintings by 16 artists will be Foundation conducted the tists include Ramahari Jena, Bilawal and then the combination of by Chandrima Majumdar but the held at AIFACS Art Gallery, camp with the aim to revive Biswajit Mondal, Gauranga both, before elaborating the Jodraga timeless compositions of Abdullah from November 8th to 14. the nearlost art, craft and cul Bariki, Subuddha Ghosh, with a bada khayal, “Prem galiyan Khan, Pt. Radhika Mohan Moitra and The participating artists at tural heritage of Uttarakhand. Sanghamitra Das, Bipin Ku mein…”, set to Bilambit Teentala and Murad Ali Khan were a treat. tended a camp organised dur During the sevenday camp mar, Aswini Kumar Panda. 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Stories of social contradictions Six plays, one A three-day theatre festival in Delhi presented an optimistic scenario of the work of young playwrights in Hindi performance
Diwan Singh Bajeli interpreted the last day of CCCCCCCCC the 18day war between tage directors often the Pandavas and Kaura Ajit Chitturi’s lament the dearth of vas with confrontation “The Journey” Ssignifi cant plays in between characters . The Hindi. Some of the direc playwright has brought portrays a gamut tors resort to evolving into focus the agony of their own script in collab Radhey, the foster mother of human oration of their cast which of Karna on one hand and they call devised script. on the other Karna's bio emotions and The threeday Sanhita logical mother Kunti’s di frailties Manch Natya Mahotsav, lemma. It also defi nes that organised by Being Asso war is basically fought ciation at India Habitat between the owning Centre, recently present classes to monopolise the Raising the bar Ajit Chitturi as ‘Macbeth’ ed an optimistic scenario state apparatus. The mar S. Ravi of the work of young ginalised people are CCCCCCCCC ter. The accent and the slow playwrights in Hindi. merely made pawns in and deliberate gestures and These plays are select the hand of warring forc hose who braved the Del gait create an air of suspicion ed out of a playwright es. hi pollution this weekend and secrecy (like looking for competition by a six There are sequences Tto watch English theatre hidden tape recorders and member distinguished ju which depict the feelings group thespian en’s “The Jour mics) while emphatically ry which had seasoned of fraternity between Kar ney” at Akshara Theatre, were stressing that the swindler is a theatre practitioners such na and his low cast atten well rewarded for their eff ort. top shot offi cial with vital infor as Ranjeet Kapoor, Satish dant because Kshatriya Celebrating the group’s 25th an mation, including a list of Alekar, and Atul Tiwari. clan disdainfully consid niversary, aptly, the play is a those to be executed. Meeting These plays reveal the ers Karna as the one who creative compilation of mono directors, Chitturi’s bending grasp of dramatic tech belongs to the low caste. acts from six works of noted forward to catch a name or re nique and keen insight in The play also illustrates playwrights, staged by thes peating the surname, all con to contemporary social that the Mahabharat war pian en. “The idea is to relive vey eff ectually presence of oth contradictions. The or was not fought to esta the group’s history on stage,” er characters. ganisers deserve praise blish rule of Dharma but observes Ajit Chitturi, who has In Shreekumar Varma’s for their sincere search to establish the suprema adapted and performed the “Five”, Chitturi becomes a for new plays and provid cy of Krishna and the Pan play. kingmaker. Nursing a glass of ing the awarded plays davas. The works brought to fore whisky, he gradually builds the stage to be directed by Refl ecting the anguish A scene from “Kabab” The director has skilful myriad characters, plots and image of man’s anguish on be young and talented direc ly harmonised various situations, covering a wide ing sidelined, who stages a co tors. pient. ner and the way Raunak ideological strands into spectrum of emotions, provid meback later by creating a cri In fact, Sahitya Kala A highly qualifi ed pro bares his inner wolf has a an artistic whole. The per ing the audience an assorted sis and elaborates on his vision Parishad, Delhi has been fessional, he, along with strong element of terror. formances are marked by fare. The adaptation was good, of a grand change in the na consistently following this his cast, created tense The climactic sequence, professional brilliance. as the concise versions high tion. process of discovering emotional atmosphere on where the daughter of Sa Written by Swapnil lighted the basic plot, without Sartre’s “Kean”, provides new plays in Hindi. Now the stage which enable kina is revealed the truth Jain, “Romeo Juliet in diluting the fi ner nuances of Chitturi an entire gamut of considered a contempor the performers to reveal about the death of her Smart Cities of Contem the original. “Condensing the emotions to portray as he es ary classic, “Court Mar their complex psyche. father and brother, is porary India” is directed gist of the mega plays and says the role of a great actor of tial” by Swadesh Deepak The main dramatis perso stunningly horrifying. by Saurabh Anant and transforming dialoguebased late 1600s and early 1700s, Ed was selected by SKP nae are Raunak, the own The grotesque image of a presented by Vihan Dra scripts into monologues was mund Kean. He eff ectively through their playwriting er of kiln, his wife Janani, man in trance is a meta ma Works. Structurally, the real test,” avers Chitturi. brings out the anguish of a per competition. Senior di Sakina, the widow of Ab phor for human cruelty. the play as well as its pro The performance starts with former who is adored by all yet rector Arvind Gaur and dul. In a fi t of rage, Rau The lighting eff ect by Sou duction style is innova William Shakespeare’s “Mac not treated as an equal by the Ujjainbased director Sha nak shoves Abdul and his ti Chakravorty heightens tive. The essence of Sha beth”, bringing out the tur society, not allowed to love the rad Sharma have present son into a furnace. Now the visual impact. kespeare's “Romeo and moil, guilt and paranoia of the woman he is fond of, and is al ed more than 100 shows wearing the mask of a be Amit Saxena as Rau Juliet” is that there is no Scottish general who assassi ways subject to close public of this celebrated play. nevolent employer, he vi nak, Nidhi Mishra as Saki place for love in a cruel nates his king, Duncan to scrutiny. For this, Chitturi Delhi’s leading theatre sits Sakina, bringing hou na, Nalini R. Joshi as Jana world. Jain's “Romeo Ju usurp the throne. Chitturi’s adroitly uses dramatic pauses group Flying Feathers Art sehold material in a bag in ni, Shiv Prashad Gour as liet” explores this themat welldelivered dialogues bring and voice modulation, making Association presented a mournful expression on Adavasi give compelling ic content in the contem out the angst and complexes the audience empathise with “Kabab” written by Rahul his face, insisting her to performances. Shradha porary Indian context Macbeth undergoes. the character. Rai. The play reveals hu accept the heavy bag. His Vasdev as the daughter of plagued by violence, Setting the tempo, “Mac Playing the strong and vio man rapaciousness and wife Janani comes daily to Raunak and Sabina hatred and intolerance. beth”, is followed by Chetan lent Arjun in Timeri Murari’s cruelty against the back the house of Sakina, con creates a portrait that Love is defi led in such an Shah’s “Belle Curv”. Donning a “Hey, Hero!”, Chitturi depicts drop of communal riots. soling her, expressing her symbolises blind fury of atmosphere. Enacted in dark suit and glasses, Chitturi his struggle to mend his ways. The young playwright has husband's emotional humanity obsessed with the format of tragiccome plays the Don, a fi xer of cricket Guided by a coprisoner, Krish intricately woven inci cruelty, persuading Saki revenge and hate. dy, the humour and trage matches, who in a matterof na, he asks himself, “Who am dents of betrayal, cruelty, na to have a life partner. dy are alternated through fact style expounds on why I?” The sentiments of initial and revenge. As the ac Raunak and his wife have Human dilemmas fl uidity of group composi and how the illegal act came disbelief by Arjun, later fol tion unfolds, the play ex no child and are desper Mumbaibased, Being tions. into being. Confi dently seated lowed by understanding the plores the inner lives of ate to have a heir. His ulte Association presented Towards the close, the on a chair, Chitturi’s voice and profundity of the question, are characters and their mo rior motive is to make Sa “Radhey”, written by play raises the question hand and fi nger gestures, give well conveyed through a fi ne tives. There is a strong ele kina a surrogate mother Amit Sharma. Radhey is whether the lovers will the audience a sense of history control of voice pitch and facial ment of suspense that and resorts to clever tac directed by Rasika meet the same fate as Sha and evolution of rigging and gestures. leads to a stage that tics to seduce her. The Agashe, a graduate from kespeare’s Romeo and Ju betting and how it denigrated “The Journey” ends with a shocks the audience. vulnerable Sakina surren the National School of liet met or they would the gentleman’s game. fi ne rendering of the Roman The play is directed by ders and gives birth to a Drama. fi ght against the enemy of Continuing with the theme Emperor Caligula’s character Rajesh Singh, a Sangeet male baby. Inspired by Ramdhari love. The performances of cheating, Jean Paul Sartre’s in Albert Camus play by the Natak Akademi’s Bismil The act of seduction is Singh Dinkar's “Rashmi are marked by spontanei “Nekrassov” sees Chitturi pos same name. lah Khan Award 2017 reci enacted in a subtle man rathi”, the playwright has ty. ing as a Soviet Interior Minis Continued on Page 7 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
DELHI FRIDAYREVIEW ND-ND 4|5 COVER STORY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC4 Creative journeys of the Divine Word Universal appeal Guru Nanak used music to take his message of peace Senior artists tell us This ceremony called Trijan cut creates the word on canvas in si and harmony to the masses across religion, spoke of daily life lence with colour and images. Shailaja Khanna how they draw from such as rites of passage. The Sha Nanak’s poetry asserts the un CCCCCCCCC the teachings and bad soon followed. “Earlier, the ifi ed world within. My work tit s the founder of the experiences of melodies were simple, later per led ‘Gagan thaal’ (sky as a platter) Sikh faith, and as a gu cussion (dholak) and khartal has Guru Nanak above the Aru who attained self Guru Nanak (castanets) became part of the clouds. The idea of contempla realisation, Guru Nanak’s ex women community singing tion augmented by the prayer traordinary musicianship of Navina Jafa CCCCCCCCC which could be seen as a space of beads in his hand. Abstract map ten gets forgotten. He was a their expressional empower of lines, pearls, and stars mark musician par excellence and s a faculty at the Santinike ment. Another modality is when the journey conveying evolving used music to convey the tan, fi lm actor Balraj Sahni women groups gather to sing 40 consciousness.” most sublime teaching. His Aonce asked Guru Rabin 50 Shabad verses as relay sing Behl, known for hitech story way was followed by all the dranath Tagore to write an an ing.” Ah! Nanak’s poetic verse telling in the basement of the nine Gurus who succeeded them for the world. Tagore re says, “In the realm of grace, spir Golden Temple plaza, says, “As a him, all of whom articulated plied that the 15th century Guru itual power prevail…there are designer, I work to recreate the their teachings in a raga. Nanak has already composed a powerful warriors and heroes ‘word’ in spatial and metaphoric Leading kirtankar Bhai Mano world anthem echoing the ethos with Ram inscribed in their representation that will embrace har Singh, grandson of the of humanitarianism, and the heart, there dwells Sita wedded the visitor in an immersive and erudite Bhai Santa Singh and idea of inclusivity of all living be to the Divine word.” ( Japji Sahib, sensory experience of an inward son of the universally popular ings under the sky. pauri 37) journey. For instance, I designed Bhai Mangal Singh opines, Tagore alluded to the incident In the postPartition India, the the drum building as a medita “Guru sahib perhaps felt that when Guru Nanak was denied Divine word psychologically pro tive space for visitors to become dry teaching may not have entry for the aarti at the Jagan vided solace to the millions one with the essence of Ek On such a universal appeal so he nath Temple in Puri, Odisha. The swept in the violence of frac kar. The delicate crystals hung by added the music to make it Guru, as resistance, is believed to tured communities. Special gath fi ber optics refl ect the guiding more popular. This great tra have stood outside the temple erings called diwans in Gurudwa light of the faith and the pro dition was carried on for and sang an aarti. Instead of a ras had Ragis (specialists of grammed LED lights enhance nearly 250 years, a truly un plate with lighted lamps, he sacred Sikh music) come to calmness that off ers a holistic ex ique history. One can com created an allegory of the sky as a perform. perience. Creating the multisen pare the “thaali” Guru sahib plate with lighted stars and celes sory experiential design of the gave us as being the music tial bodies – “the sky presents an Idea of contemplation ‘Gagan Mein Thaal’ involved dra (sangeet), the food on the invocatory platter (Gagan Thaal) Tarundeep Singh, noted envi matic visuals and stirring audio thaali was his “bani” (his say The ber (Ziziphus) tree at Sultanpur Lodhi under which Guru that includes all living beings. A ronmentalist, and musician, eff ects.” ings); one cannot separate Nanak used to sit and meditate * THE HINDU ARCHIVES sky that holds a variety of je says, “My engagement with the The awardwinning sound de music from the Guru’s welled celestial bodies and scent divine word addresses environ signer Kanwaljit Singh Sawhney teachings.” tery as a musician was un group, with their huge centre ed air... the destroyer of fear… Spiritual canvas “Gagan Mein Thaal” by designer Amardeep Behl at Virasat-e-Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib; musicians at Sultanpur Lodhi * SPECIAL ARRANGMENT mental issues under my organi (KJ Singh) worked with Behl, Following the tradition of challenged as he chose “jor at Bhaini sahib, near The sound of your name is subtle sation Fateh – ‘Fraternity of Ac both in Anandpur Sahib and Am the time, handed down since ragas” like Prabhati Vibhas, Ludhiana. goes unheard, resounds endless nies that began on 1st November ru Nanak when he disappeared of existential comprehension, ment) Ramkali is frequently used scholar and senior artist Madan tive citizens Tending ritsar. He used articulatory pho the Vedic times, the “mool Basant Hindol, Maru Kafi and Today, “kirtankars” of the ly.” The aarti, in raga Dhanasri, end on the full moon of the Hin for three days in a river only to compassion, inclusion, and in the Granth Sahib. The early Gopal Singh explains, “the Environment Holistically’ I work netics to create the soundscape mantra” of Guru Nanak, “Jap Suhi Kafi too, to compose and old tradition have reinvented without the plate and oil lamps is du Month of Kartik – 12th Novem return with a describable expe truth. The word which was poet morning melody evokes the soundwave length of the rabab to create community ownership of the word as an aural world ji” comprising 38 verses was sing in. the tunes in which they sing sung every evening in all gurud ber, marking the birthday of Gu rience of the formless truth. His ically spoken, and sung by Baba mood of sweetness and wonder. is short and serves to highlight of ‘Green Amritsar’ using Baba with the eff ects of sonic textures never to be sung, only recit Guru Nanak is said to have “shabads”. Bhai Manohar waras. ru Nanak. Five hundred fi fty fi rst words ‘There is no Hindu Guru Nanak Devji is later given As they converse with mendi the essence of the poetic verse. Nanak’s poetry like ‘Pawan Guru, and an array of creativetechni ed, as per the Vedic tradition. travelled all over the world Singh laments, “Today, there Like a bridge over troubled musicians opened the cultural and no Musalman!’ was followed an alphabetical form ‘Gurumuk cants, the Guru and Bhai Marda Once the sound of rabab ends, Pani pita. Mata Dharat mahat,’ ... cal skills. Referring to the sound Everything else that he com for 37 years. Before he set out is too much of a trend to use waters, the celebrations for Guru programme at Sultanpur Lodhi, by a verse (Ik Onkar) – the central hi’. The script as poetic verses na are in constant wonder vis- the verse aligns itself to a rhyth the air is the guru, water the fath design of Gagan Thaal, KJ says, posed, including his descrip on his travels, Dr Alankar only popular tunes for Gur Nanak’s 550th anniversary the city where the Guru lived and philosophy of the Sikh religion. composed in classical melodies maad,” says Bhai Baldeep Singh, mic cycle. The word and the er and earth, the mother of “The fi rst internalisation of the tion of Heaven that he expe Singh, a classical musician mat sangeet. It is easier, one opens with the inauguration of attained enlightenment. Ik Onkar is the opening of the (raga) and rhythmic cycles (tala) a descendant of the Bhai Sadha music symbolise the process of all….” divine word led to an ode to the rienced during his Self and scholar says the Guru doesn’t need to train proper the Kartarpur corridor between The story of the enlighten fi rst composition of Guru Nanak. refl ect the wisdom of all the ten ran one of the important disci becoming. The sung word gra The journey becomes an im vastness of the universe that is Realisation (“sodar” in raga procured a fi ne rabab for his ly. But it’s important to re India and Pakistan. The ceremo ment suggests the journey of Gu This seminal verse (mul mantra) Sikh gurus and other wise men. ples of Guru Nanak. Baldeep’s dually moves in the silence the age in the paintings of seasoned played in the sacred vicinity of Asa), was set in ragas. Muslim disciple Mardana member what our elders sang is at the beginning of Japji Sahib, They are compiled in the su engagement with the ‘word’ is an story of the refl ective word.” artist Arpana Caur. “The brush the Shri Harmandir Sahib. The Guru Nanak’s entire teach from Bhai Firanda from Dha and sing the same things.” the prayer at the beginning of the preme teacher – the book – “Gu indepth journey in reviving the Brahmand (universe) comprises ing recorded in the Guru roana, near Sultanpur Lodi, Daler Mehndi, who also holy scripture of Sikhs. It approx ru Granth Sahib”. Sikh musical heritage. Women’s engagement the khartal (castanets) variety of Granth Sahib is in 19 authen so that he could accompany trained originally in the sha imately translates as: “There is The historical trajectory of the “I searched, spoke, learned Madan Gopal critiques that the percussion and string instru tic ragas. These are, by and him. bad kirtan tradition, agrees, one reality for all. It is infi nite, ecology of ‘The Word’ – Gurbani and documented several elders – ‘word’ has yielded various cate ments like the rabab and the dil large, known and are popular In fact, this spot is com and recalls hearing the spe allpervasive. The name of which (guru’s voice) transcends artifi the tradition bearers of instru gories of Sikh musical traditions. ruba that reverberates in the ac even today, including Shri, memorated though Gurud cial aarti, “Gagan Mein is Truth, immortality and eterni cial human divisions. Its history ments, and musical genres. I “There is the continuous classi companiment of human chorus Bhairav, Basant, Tilang, Bila wara Rababsar that exists Thaal”, sung in raga Mal ty. It is energy, the power for all is refl ective of tears, ravages of handcrafted the string instru cal music tradition linked with voices creating a sense of com wal, Sarang, Ramkali, Gurja even today, underlying the kauns at the Patna Sahib Gu creation. It is formless, fearless, Partition and miserable solace ments of the rabab, the taus, and the formal space of the gurudwa munity.” ri, Gauri, Manjh. Of course, importance of the accompa rudwara in his early years “I allinclusive represents love for for the marginalised human revived the percussion traditions ras. The category of the folk bal The sung poetry of Baba Guru one cannot be certain the ra niment Guru sahib received. haven’t heard this being sung all. It is timeless and formless, communities. It symbolises mul such as that of the pakhawaj. ladic traditions, and then the tra Nanak and the music of Bhai gas, as we know them today, Dr Alankar recalled Guru Na for so long now, and maybe selfsustained, selfcontained, tiple streams and has sociologi Bhai Gurdas (the scribe who dition of women’s engagement Mardana provides for artists were rendered in the same nak as saying “Chher Mardaa will record it one day,” Mehn selfevolved. The Guru is the su cal implications. It inspires jour wrote the Granth Sahib) men with the singing of the divine layered experiences of existence, form then, some 500 years niya rabab, baani aayee ai” di gushes. preme light that dispels igno neys of creative expressions. The tions that in the time of the Guru, word away from the male gaze. nature, and humanity. The crea ago, as the Guru Granth (play the rabab Mardana, I Dr Singh adds, “One has to rance. It is through the Guru that Niraakar (formless) becomes the Nanak Ji’s poetry resonated in ev As a child, I recall the early hours tive community is stimulated neither gives note notation, am inspired to preach). try out new things too as the one acquires grace and blessings sounds of percussion of instru ery home in the accompaniment of the morning (Amrit Vela), with hope to bridge fractured nor the ‘tala’ in which they Sadly, while around 100 knowledge of authentic com of that One.” mental music. of the percussion mridang and hearing the meditative rhythmic <> imaginations. Each artistic im were to be sung. Dhanashri, years ago there were still ma positions is so sketchy. I am The word ‘Sikh’ comes from the rabab. My journey is similar chanting by my mother and pulse recalls Nanak’s verse on we are told, is a raga that is ny compositions that had often told to sing the old shishya or disciple who commits Fullness in the void to the verse by Guru Nanak that grandmother. The hummed As a child, I recall the ‘Vismaad’ or wonder: “Wonder depicted diff erently today. been handed down the gener things, but who has these to engage with the word of the For several decades, Guru Na says – plough the soul within be blended incantation closest to early hours of the ful is the sound current of the Some ragas including Tukha ations in the form in which now.” He feels more intensive Guru. Noted designer Amardeep nak, the poet, and singer, with fore sowing the seed of the the breath represented cosmic morning (Amrit Vela), Naad, wonderful is the know ri and Vadhans are consi they were originally sung, to research in the music of the Behl, the creator of the museum his fellow Muslim companion ‘word’ and nurture the seed with proximity that formed a spiritual hearing the ledge of the Vedas. Wonderful dered rare today, raga Asa is day these are rare. The mag Guru Granth Sahib needs to VirasteKhalsa (Anandpur Sa and musician Bhai Mardana tra the water from the river of cocoon and granted an iconic are the beings, wonderful is the confi ned, by and large, to nifi cent musical heritage in be done. “The pioneering hib), says, “Sikhism is a way of velled length and breadth of the Truth,” adds Baldeep Singh. stature to the women.” meditative rhythmic species. Wonderful are the musicians with a Punjab con herited over more than fi ve work by Prof Tara Singh, life, a journey of the divine subcontinent. They questioned The string instrument rabab All over Punjab, it was a com chanting by my forms, wonderful are the co nection. Sadly, the tradition centuries is largely lost and is done some 50 years ago, still word!” The sojourn is one of per social norms, explored meta played by Mardana is a metaphor mon sight in the afternoon, mother and lours. ….Wonderful is His Praise, of singing Gurmukh kirtan in in the safekeeping of just a remains the only authentic petual learning by hearing, read physical spheres by conversing for the idea of the journey. The when household chores con wonderful is His adoration. Won grandmother itiated by him few rare repositories. The research on the music of the ing, singing and refl ecting the with a large number of people. instrument travelled from Cen cluded, women got together to derful is the wilderness and won Without a doubt, his mas Namdhari Sikhs are one such Gurus,” he said. word (Shabad). The word speaks “The raga (melodic arrange tral Asia, Afghanistan. Polymath spin on the charkha and sing. 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Raag Taal Gharana Theatre Talk It goes by the clock ‘We need stars to sell a play’ ‘8 Prahar’ explores the time-raag link in Vijay Kenkre regrets not having done enough experimental and parallel Hindustani music productions
Chitra Swaminathan mance of a particular raga at a Deepa Gahlot CCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCC particular time enhances its s the clock ticks through aesthetic eff ects, creating a Vijay Kenkre grew up the day, Hindustani positive impact on the mind in a home surrounded Amusic takes on diff erent and soul,” says Shashi Vyas, di by theatre as his pa hues. Since the raags have rector and founder of Pan rents Damu and Lalita been set based on time, musi cham Nishad Creatives that Kenkre and aunt Sud cians structured concerts ac has been presenting the event ha Karmarkar were cordingly. Raags sung at the since its inception. stalwarts of Marathi theatre. time specifi ed is said to have Venkatesh Kumar, a Hindus “Which is why,” he says, “I decided an added impact on the listen tani stalwart from Dharwad, I would not do theatre. I wanted to ers. stresses on both the learners be a chartered accountant, and I al Over the years, this connect and listeners knowing what so played cricket. I got into theatre between time and raag have makes up a raag. “Though we by accident. I was sitting outside lost its relevance as concerts do not now realise the impor my college, when I was called in to are held usually in the even tance time plays in the making read a play. They said, ‘he is good, ings. ‘8 Prahar’, an annual of a raag, but when you sing or take him’. Some of the intercolle classical event that features listen to it at the specifi ed hour giate plays I did, won awards. But concerts through the day, at you will defi nately experience when I came into professional diff erent prahars (time divi it,” says the senior vocalist. theatre, six of my plays fl opped, till sions of day), has been trying “We need to have classical I did Karti Premat Padli, an adap to introduce contemporary music festivals that focuses on tation of PG Wodehouse’s The audience to this traditional oldworld values. The next Small Bachelor.” link. generation of learners have to Kenkre’s last few plays — like A “It is one of the longest clas be made aware of how these Perfect Murder and Maharathi — shift — the younger mainstream di derstand there are economic com sical music festival that is pre values are integral in interna have been thrillers, and before that rectors are more into visuals than pulsions. But if you go to a produc sented as per tradition,” says lising an art form,” he points he directed a dozen comedies. excellent literature. Theatre may er with an idea, the fi rst thing they Durga Jasraj, who has concep out. “But I still haven’t done a classic be about performance, but litera ask is ‘who’s in it’?” tualised ‘8 Prahar’. Rattan Mohan Sharma, a whodunit and I want to do one; I ture is also important. A reason Kenkre did Othello and several Thirty four musicians, parti frontranking vocalist of the plan on directing plays based on why revivals of old classics do so other Shakespearean plays early cipating in this event, will Mewati Gharana and Pt. Jas Agatha Christie’s Murder Is An- well, but then, the audience is 50 on in his career, also plays by Tom showcase the uniqueness of raj’s nephew, feels it is impor nounced and Unexpected Guest. I plus. These days, I hear there are Stoppard, Luigi Piradello, Vijay each prahar through raags as tant to make the audience also want to do Night Watch (by directors who start without even a Tendulkar, and wanted to continue sociated with it. aware of the traditional nuanc Lucille Fletcher) in Hindi. I think complete script, they just have an on that track. “ When I entered es that make up the classical thrillers are becoming popular on idea, and improvise, so theatre, mainstream theatre I realised that Rich aural treat music system. “With cross the Marathi stage, because the au from being an actor’s medium, has somebody is putting in money with The formidable lineup of vo genre exercises becoming the dience has started watching web become a director’s medium.” the intention of recovering it. calists include Ulhas Kashal order of the day, we seem to be series, and is now interested in a There have to be compromises and kar, Kalapini Komkali, Rattan losing touch with authentic ex genre they were not so keen on be Hunt for venues the need to do popular plays. I did Mohan Sharma, Parveen Sulta pressions. Since I have grown fore. With A Perfect Murder, I Kenkre also believes that the lack direct some off beat plays like Dhol na, Venkatesh Kumar, Sanjeev up listening to Sangeet Mar found that younger people and of auditoriums in Mumbai has Tashe, Music System and Raaste by Chimmalgi, Shubha Mudgal, tand Pt. Jasraj and have nonMaharashtrians were coming killed the experimental play. “I GP Deshpande, and acted in Satya Pandit Jasraj, Gundecha Broth trained under him, I know to see it, because they had heard don’t mean content wise — that is dev Dubey’s Inshallah, but my fo ers, Ashwini Bhide Desh what it means to not deviate of, or seen, the Hitchcock fi lm. At still there — but in terms of sensibil cus was on mainstream theatre, pande, and Jayateerth from one’s artistic roots. Why the same time, they are exposed to ity. In experimental theatre, they which I didn’t really want to do. Mevundi. do you think at the age of 90 too much comedy on TV and the should have a licence to fail. But When I sit and think about it, I wish “The entire structure of he is still a celebrated musi web, so they no longer want to see they are forced to perform at pros I could have done more experi music in India is based on the cian? Because he has been regular slapstick comedy plays. cenium theatres and get no conces mental and parallel plays.” time frame — divided into two pursuing the art in all its puri Even the mainstream audience sions in rentals or newspaper ad He does get to do his kind of parts — from sunrise to sunset ty. I am excited about perform wants something diff erent. rates. So they have to either hunt work when he directs productions and from sunset to sunrise. ing in ‘8 Prahar’ since it is an “Right now,” he continues, for new venues, or stage their plays with university students in Mum Each part is then divided into eff ort to highlight a signifi cant “there is a French playwright Flor at conventional venues, which bai and Pune or with the Goa Re four further subparts called a aspect of Hindustani music,” ian Zeller, whose style I fi nd very hampers the content.” pertory, where he does plays in his 'prahar', comprising three says Sharma. interesting — and I want to do all Talking about opportunities, he mother tongue, Konkani. hours each. Based on the divi ‘8 Prahar’ will be held on No- fi ve of his plays, Father, Mother, feels that if an actor does one good “With the students, I do plays sion of 'prahars', in Hindustani vember 10 at the Shanmukha- Son, Truth and Lie. These plays role in an intercollegiate play com like Medea, Viraasat (Hindi ver music every raga is designed nanda Chandrasekandra Sa- were suggested to me by Paresh Ra petition, he or she right away gets a sion of Marathi masterpiece Wada to be performed during a par raswathi Auditorium, Mumbai. wal. I know Naseerbhai (Shah) has lead role in a TV serial. “But ca Chirebandi), Cherry Orchard, Hi- ticular 'prahar'. The perfor done Father and Truth, but I want reers on TV are shortlived; after roshima. A positive trend I see is to do Truth and Lie together in the serial ends, the actor vanishes. the increase in the number of fe Marathi.” When we were younger, there male playwrights. After Sai Paranj About his decision to do adapta were hardly any training institutes, pye, there are now a few women tions, he says that there is a shor now there is awareness that this like Irawati Karnik, Manaswini Lata tage of playwrights in Marathi fi eld also requires training. But Ravindra, Kalyani Pathare and theatre. “They write, but more for most people come out of these in Shweta Pendse. If they keep doing television . On TV, an episode lasts stitutes and get straight into televi original work, they will make a for 20 minutes and the tracks sion or fi lm. Earlier, we used to do diff erence.” keeps changing. To write for 60 shows a month of a play, now After directing 85 plays, that he theatre you need substance; be we can have shows only on wee admits he does not particularly cause of TV writing that is missing. kends. It’s a vicious circle, because like, “I regret not being trained and The earlier generation of playw there are shows only on weekends, not getting to do a political play. I rights wrote such memorable cha they needs stars. To become stars, did Dhol Tashe (a satire about reli racters that we still remember their the actors have to go to television, gious practices), which provoked names. There is talent, but over which means they can’t do theatre people, but now GP Deshpande is Rattan Mohan Sharma and Venkatesh Kumar the years, there has been a major continuously or comfortably. I un no longer there to write one.” CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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Hindi Belt TELLING VOICES On writing A ‘genuine’ poet biographies A bridge between Hindi and Urdu, Shamsher Bahadur Singh’s poetry has many dimensions Edmund Morris explains why that would meet the literary Kuldeep Kumar writers have to inhabit other CCCCCCCCC requirements of this great poetic form. His ghazal on the lives so that they can come up e was called “a poet of death of Muktibodh readily with their best work poets” because his comes to mind in this context. poetry had raised the To commemorate his birth H Sudhamahi Regunathan bar of the art form so high centenary, literary journal CCCCCCCCC that it seemed rather diffi cult “Udbhavna” brought out a to match it or to take it to any special number running into riters like to higher point. He was one of more than 610 pages. It was inhabit other those few poets who success ably edited by eminent poet “Wlives, other fully achieved the ideal of set criticfi lm expert Vishnu dimensions, other cul ting new aesthetic standards Khare whose death over a tures. If you are born in a while also giving full expres year ago left a void in the Hin colony, particularly one sion to their political ideology di world. Besides off ering as young as Kenya was, I grew up feeling deprived and world view. Shamsher’s poetry, prose and of the culture of the “mattering” world. All around One can have some idea of sketches, this volume also me was Africa…no radio, no infl uence of the out his place in the Hindi poetry contains a large number of ex side world. The place where books were written, of the 20th century from the cellent articles on his perso were movies were made, where symphonies were fact that when Shamsher Ba nality and work, penned by composed was elsewhere…in a world elsewhere…I hadur Singh turned 60, his the likes of Harivansh Rai grew up longing for that world. I discovered the ad fellow poets and publisher ‘Bachchan’, Harishankar Par ventures of Tom Sawyer at the age of ten and iden got together to bring out a col sai, Namwar Singh, Ashok tifi ed completely with Tom! So, it was with no lection of his poems, extracts Vajpeyi, Shrikant Verma, Kun sense of strangeness that I felt I had arrived when I from his diaries and articles war Narain, Rajesh Joshi, Mo came to London, a culture I could write about,” of critical appreciation writ hammad Hasan and Janaki says Edmund Morris author of the new biography ten by them. This slim 144 Prasad Sharma. One fi nds fi ve of Thomas Edison. page commemorative volume interviews of Shamsher that Morris, who is also known as the biographer of was simply titled Shamsher throw more light on his per Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt, passed and contained fulllength arti ken me along to meet the ce poetry. sonal as well as literary life. away before he saw his new book in print. On writ cles on his oeuvre penned by lebrated poet. I met Shamsh Shamsher worked in Sumi ing biographies, Morris says, “You have a feeling the likes of Gajanan Madhav er several times in the next tranandan Pant’s literary ma Need for critical appraisal that your subject is in fl ight and you have to pursue Muktibodh, Vijay Dev Na seveneight years but our in gazine “Roopabh” , Sripat In his editorial, Vishnu him. Any biography has to consist of one or two or rayan Sahi, Malayaj, Ramvilas teractions remained rather Rai’s “Kahani” and other pop Khare makes a plea for bring more strands which you eventually resolves.” Sharma and Dr. Raghuvansh. formal although his warmth ular magazines like “Maya” ing out out complete works of Morris who speaks disparingly of “colonies” Raghuvir Sahay too contribut and childlike simplicity al and “Manohar Kahaniyan”. Shamsher so that a compre and their backwardness, moved to the United ed a short piece that analysed ways touched me. A committed Marxist, he hensive critical appraisal States in 1968 after which his biographies rolled and explained “Tooti Hui, lived in party commune in could become possible. He al out along with prizes beginning with the Pulitzer Bikhari Hui” (Broken, Scat Infl uence of surrealism Bombay (now Mumbai) dur so warns against turning him prize for his biography of Roosevelt. “Oddly tered), perhaps the most cele Shamsher was born in Deh ing 194546 and wrote his fa into an idol, underlining the enough at the same time when I met Tom Sawyer, I brated love poem in modern radun in an educated middle mous poem “Vam vam vam fact that as he was a multidi also met Roosevelt. Nairobi had brought a little Hindi poetry. Surprisingly, class Jat family of western Ut disha, samay samyavadi” mensional man, his poetry book with many famous people who were visiting the book did not carry the tar Pradesh on January 3, 1911. (The direction is left… left… too has many dimensions and at that time. One of them was the former president name of its editor. Initially named Kuldeep left — these are communist in this respect, he comes clos of the United States, Roosevelt. There was someth One does not know if Singh, he received early edu times). His personality could er to great poets like Nirala, ing about the photograph…his teeth…that caught Shamsher possessed an ego cation in Gonda and Dehra be summed up in these words Lorca and Neruda. Namwar my attention. Whenever I see his teeth I think of as a poet but one can say with dun in Urdu, Hindi and En from another of his famous Singh’s article “Shamsher ki this line from Somerset Maugham, “He had rather absolute certainty that he did glish. He started writing poem: “Baat bolegi, ham nahi Shamsheriyat” (The Shamsh more teeth than seemed necessary for any practi not have any ego as an indivi poetry at an early age but also / Bhed kholegi baat hi” (I will erness of Shamsher) draws cal purpose…The picture impregnated in my dual. became deeply interested in not speak, my words will. On attention to the intense yet mind, I guess, but I had forgotten him. I went back It was diffi cult to fi nd a drawing and painting and stu ly they will reveal the secret.) sublime sensuousness that to learn about him when I heard a passage he had more unassuming, selfeff ac died art for some time at Shamsher was a bridge bet permeates his poetry. written on the death of his young wife. …I was ing and humble man than Ukil’s school. He came under ween Hindi and Urdu and his How did Shamsher view browsing at a bookstore and quite by chance him. I met him for the fi rst the infl uence of surrealism prose was considered to be himself? What was his own picked up the Guinness Book of World Records. I time in early 1974 when he and his early poems off er a the ideal specimen of Hindus estimation of his selfworth? opened it up and it said, “On January 1st 1907, The was living in Dayanand Colo glimpse of this. Like his ideal tani. Renowned critic Ramvi Nothing can be truer than his odore Roosevelt shook more hands that anybody ny in South Delhi with poet poet Nirala, he too led a wi las Sharma wrote a fulllength own words about himself: “ else in history…” I decided to investigate that journalist Ajay Singh, his wife dower’s life, struggled a lot to article on his prose. He was Perhaps I have not been able day…anybody could visit the White House and Shobha and their little earn his living, and despite one of those very few Hindi to become a very successful shake hands with the president. I wrote a prologue daughter Bhasha. My poet facing unfair criticism from poets who were familiar with poet but I can probably call where the readers can go through the White House friend Pankaj Singh, whose some wellknown left wing the traditions Urdu literature myself a genuine poet.” and shake hands with the President. The book untimely death nearly four critics, managed to write sub and could write a ghazal – not grew out of that…” Morris has written three vol years ago shook us all, had ta limely beautiful yet complex the socalled Hindi ghazal – umes on Roosevelt. The writer is senior literary critic Morris refl ects, “What is it about some people that makes one develop this vast curiosity? I don’t know. There are only some characters like that… Napoleon, Beethoven… Theodore also…over the ...six plays, one performance turi. “The task of shifting in and out of writing of biographies, I learnt to eliminate the one character after the other and then author…only the subject remained.” Continued from page 3 ing him to go ahead with the assassina shift in the accents, (British, India, South Morris’s wife, Sylvia, also a biographer, wrote Challenging General Cherea, who has tion. The actor’s sudden change from a Indian, etc) was challenging.” on Edith Roosevelt while Morris was writing on hatched a plot to kill him, Chitturi effi ca serious demeanour to loud laughter, are The production was marked by effi Theodore. “She is verbal and likes to read what she ciously depicts how Caligula challenges well timed and show rigorous practice. cient change of sets and stage lighting has written. I cannot talk about what I write…our the General to a logical debate, convinc Playing so many roles was tough for Chit which enhanced the experience. method and style are very diff erent.” CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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Quick Five: Neil Nitin Mukesh Looking Back Being Johnny No longer lonely
Atif Khan CCCCCCCCC Directoractor Tirlok Malik loves to explore issues of the Indian diaspora in the US hriller seems to be the most promising genre for Neil Nitin Mukesh, who has had a roller Murtaza Ali Khan T CCCCCCCCC coaster ride in the fi lm industry. But that does not deter him from trying ew York Emmy Award to create his space in the competitive nominated Indian world. "If I was not a good performer, NAmerican fi lmmaker people would have been forgotten and actor Tirlok Malik is best me as I am sure there are many good known for making fi lms about looking people in the industry. Ami Indian immigrants in the US. tabh Bachchan remains an inspira It all started with his 1990 fi lm tion and I like Rishi Kapoor a lot. I “Lonely in America” which he think he is the only actor who was wrote and produced and also able to blend diff erent nuances of life acted in it. The fi lm was in acting," says Nitin, before he opens shown in over 70 countries up on his latest work “Bypass Road”, and screened at several lead In the realm whodunit, interestingly, ing festivals all across the it is written by Neil and is directed by globe. Since then he has made his brother Naman Nitin Mukesh. several other fi lms about is Excerpts: sues pertaining to the Indian How was your experience of diaspora such as “Love Lust working in “Bypass Road”? and Marriage”, “Khushiyaan”, I think this is the genre I belong to. and “On Golden Years”. Ma I started of with ‘Johnny Gaddar’. I lik, who is in India on a short have gone back to this genre many visit, is currently developing times and I fi nd it not many fi lmmak the script for the last part of ers are doing it. So my constant ap “Lonely in America”. proach is to fi nd fi lmmakers who are Excerpts: making fi lms in the crime thriller Dashing presence Neil Nitin Mukesh in What prompted you to space. Having written the fi lm and make “Lonely in America”? “Bypass Road” * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the fact that it is directed by my youn I wrote the story because I Cultural connection Tirlok Malik * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ger brother, it was a big high on the wanted to make the fi lm in creative level as it feels great when smart way and mixing both sets of America about immigrant In Tell us about your se wanted to touch upon similar you realise your vision. I went all out fi lms was a conscious decision. I dians. I was determined that I cond production venture issues. Fortunately, the situa in its performance, writing, and I am want my fans to enjoy every kind of will never show India in a bad “Love, Lust, and Marriage”. tion has greatly improved ov sure that the murder mystery in this cinema we produce. The actor in me light. ‘Lonely in America’ is a “Love, Lust, and Marriage” er the years. We now have ma fi lm will get people hooked as it is a never compares fi lms in terms of mo story about how the Indian tells the story of an Indian ny more fi lms that focus on completely original work. Conscious ney and scale. immigrants want their chil American doctor’s inability to the stories of IndianAmeri ly or unconsciously, in terms of writ You are always applauded for dren to fulfi l their dreams and balance his work and life. I cans. Also, the audiences are ing, I was inspired by the genre itself, your skills as an actor rather than aspirations while living in star opposite Deepti Naval in more open to new ideas and apart from the great masters of thrill a good looking megastar. Do you America but when it comes to the fi lm. It is an exploration of fresh themes, thereby allow ers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha think the idea of Hindi fi lm hero is marriage they want them to what Freud described as ‘Ma ing fi lmmakers to tell stories Christie, and Sriram Raghavan. fading or changing? get settled with an Indian. donna–whore complex’. It es that they have always wanted How do see your career after so I would say it’s changing. I was one That creates a confl ict. How sentially examines whether to tell. many years in the industry? of the actors in the young generation can you be a part of a culture love and lust can coexist in a What are you doing I consider myself to be very lucky who had seen this change coming and not be a part of it at the marriage. I believe that it was next? to work with people from whom I about. I always came up as a charac same time? Assimilation is ve a fi lm ahead of its time. Inter I like to see myself as a fi lm learnt a lot. One thing I am sure of is ter in my fi lms. If I was shy and want ry important, if you want to estingly, a girl named Samia maker and a healer. Right that I have earned a good amount of ed to project myself only as a hero, I feel at home because as an im Shoaib whom I gave break in now, my major focus is on a goodwill. don't think I would have done many migrant you are always look the fi lm went on to star in new educational platform I believe in one thing very strongly of the fi lms I have done including ing for an anchor but a lot of fi lms like “The Sixth Sense”, that I have developed for that the learning process in an indus ‘Johnny Gaddar’, ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’, them don’t have that anchor. “Requiem for a Dream”, and healthy and happy living. It is try like this is neverending. Every ‘Jail’, etc. People are now saying they The fi lm explores all this and “Pi”. called ‘Happy Life Yoga’. India day technology, platforms, content are doing something diff erent; I have more. How has the situation has been a spiritual teacher are changing and I am very happy been doing it since the start of my ca How did the success of changed for fi lmmakers for the whole world and I that I am not stagnant. I am constant reer. “Lonely in America” help who want to tell stories fi rmly believe that the Indian ly working with people who are I am sure new actors are aware of shape up your career? about Indian immigrants? philosophy holds the key to teaching me a lot and I think that is the change too and that is why they Well, I wrote the story, de When I made “Lonely in living a healthy and fulfi lling very important. The last 12 years are honing their acting skills than veloped the screenplay, and America” there were hardly life. were full of success, failures, come concentrating on certain manne even produced the fi lm. And any fi lms about Indian immi My platform endeavours to backs, mega bigbudget fi lms and risms or looks. You just need to have the journey was quite success grants. But the fi lm’s success provide a holistic approach everything was great. conviction as an actor and that is why ful. The fi lm made a lot of mo opened up new horizons for towards life by leveraging Does your approach diff er with I never projected myself as a star. For ney for my distributors. It also young fi lmmakers who too upon the combined power of the budget of the fi lm? me, looks are always secondary and received good reviews. And Yoga, Ayurveda, and Indian I am very happy with the phase have to be supported by perfor that fi lm today has achieved a Philosophy at large. It was which we are in right now. Here con mance.. cult status. It’s more than 25 <> launched in New York on the tent fi lms are working fantastically. Does your process change with years now and people still talk The situation has occasion of International Yoga Today if your fi lm has something in diff erent directors? about it. Spike Lee gave a ca greatly improved over Day 2019. teresting in it, I am sure people will I like to follow my director's in meo in the fi lm. The fi lm’s suc As far as my fi lm work is grab it. It is no more a stardriven in struction as at the end of the day, it is cess helped me in making the years. We now concerned, I am trying to de dustry. It just boils down to how good his baby. But I have enough know more fi lms on the immigrant have many more fi lms velop the script for a fi lm or bad your fi lm is. I started with a ledge about acting to lend my voice themes and basically paved that focus on the which is the last part of small budget fi lm ‘Johnny Gaddar’ without imposing it. As an actor, I the way for a long and suc stories of Indian “Lonely in America”. So, basi but from there I did ‘New York’. I know fi lmmaking is not only about cessful career as an actor as cally, it will be the fi fth in the N D-ND have balanced my career in a very you; it is a collaborative process. well as a fi lmmaker. Americans series on Indian immigrants.