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Yechury accuses Trump targets media Mauritius PM Saina Nehwal Modi of protecting after millions take Anerood Jugnauth wins the Malaysia black money hoarders out march in America to step down Masters Grand Prix Page 8 Page 14 Page 14 Page 18 • • BRIEFLY 39 killed, over 50 injured as Two soldiers killed in TN CM fails to convince Arunachal encounter Hirakhand Express derails NEW DELHI: Two soldiers were killed and three injured in an encounter with terrorists after Railway Minister an Assam Rifles vehicle was protesters; 2 die in jallikattu visits accident site ambushed in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh on in A.P., orders probe Sunday. Two terrorists were Schools, colleges neutralised later in the search B. MADHU GOPAL operations. to reopen today; KUNERU (VIZIANAGARAM): As ½ NEWS | PAGE 12 agitators stall many as 39 passengers lost Alanganallur event their lives and over 50 were Elusive Kodagu tiger injured when the engine and found dead SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT nine coaches of the Hirakhand Express, bound MYSURU: The elusive tiger, for PUDUKOTTAI/MADURAI: A day for Bhubaneswar from Jag- which a search involving after Tamil Nadu promul- dalpur, derailed near the Ku- elephants and a drone was gated an ordinance to con- neru railway station in Viz- under way, was found dead near duct jallikattu, a bull-tamer ianagaram district of Nittur village in Kodagu district and a spectator were gored Andhra Pradesh late on Sat- of Karnataka on Sunday. The to death by bulls and 129 urday night. The victims in- DISASTER STRIKES AGAIN: The derailed coaches of the Jagdalpur- male tiger, aged 9-10, had spectators injured at an cluded 15 women and an Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express near the Kuneru station stalked cattle in the villages event in Raapusal village in infant. in Andhra Pradesh. — PHOTO: C.V. SUBRAHMANYAM near the Nagarahole National Pudukottai district on The injured passengers Park and attacked a coffee Sunday, though hostile were rushed to hospitals, estate worker on Friday. crowds forced Chief Minis- with 22 persons admitted to ½ SOUTH | PAGE 8 ter O. Panneerselvam to re- the Parvatipuram Govern- Railways suspect foul play turn without inaugurating ment Hospital and 32 Army plans to revamp KUNERU: Railway heard a loud sound. The the event at Alanganallur in treated at the Rayagada Dis- spokesperson Anil area is Naxal prone and recruitment process Madurai. DIGGING IN: Villagers staging a demonstration in front of ‘Vaadivasal’ at Alanganallur trict Hospital. Saxena said there are the incident happened Across the State, protest- on Sunday, demanding a ‘permanent solution.’ — PHOTO: G.GNANAVELMURUGAN Later, nine severely in- NEW DELHI: The Army is indications of foul play as just ahead of Republic ers refused to leave venues, jured passengers were re- considering a proposal to end a goods train had passed Day,” Mr. Saxena said. demanding that the ordin- tion, the government on ferred to Visakhapatnam, chaos in its recruitment rallies, the same track just two Home Ministry sources ance be replaced with a piece Sunday announced that all Leave protest venues and Chief PRO of East Coast where thousands of youngsters hours before the incident, said they may ask the of legislation, which they see colleges and schools will re- Railway J.P. Mishra said. jostle to become soldiers. Under which occurred in the NIA to probe if the as a “permanent” approval to sume functioning from it, the written examination come to arenas: Activists Naxal-prone zone just derailment was a conduct the rural sport sans Monday even as negoti- NDRF teams rushed would be conducted online at ahead of the Republic subversive act. legal impediment. The pro- ations continued with the STAFF REPORTER Stating that they had gone Five NDRF teams were various locations and a smaller Day. However, Odisha DGP testers refused to accept Mr. protesters through some in- and discussed the issue rushed to the site to assist number would then be called for “The driver applied K.B. Singh ruled out Panneerselvam’s assurance terlocutors till late in the CHENNAI: A group of well- with the Central the RPF, CRPF and Odisha the physical and medical emergency brake after involvement of Maoists that legislation will be en- evening. known personalities, which government, Karthikeya Rapid Disaster Action Force evaluation. feeling a big jerk and in the derailment. — PTI acted in the Assembly ses- Following the opposition had lent strong support to Sivasenapathy, managing teams in rescue and relief ½ NEWS | PAGE 12 sion beginning on Monday. in Alanganallur, where the jallikattu protests, late trustee of the Senaapathy operations. people blocked roads lead- on Sunday appealed to Kangayam Cattle Research The Rayagada District Minister escorted to safety ing to the arena, the Chief those at the protest venues Foundation, said they had Collector and the CPRF railed, with four coaches A stationary goods train As the protests continued, Minister told journalists, to disperse and instead been constantly asking for Commandant supervised overturning. on an adjacent line near the jallikattu could not be con- “The people will conduct come to the jallikattu arenas the Prevention of Cruelty to the relief eforts. The Dir- The derailment was cabin prevented another ducted at several venues des- jallikattu as per their wish at now that the State has Animals Act to be amended ector-General, NDRF was caused by a suspected rail coach from toppling over. pite the urgent ordinance. In a time chosen by them.” He promulgated an ordinance to allow jallikattu to take monitoring the situation, of- fracture at a few places near The impact of the derail- Coimbatore, Municipal Ad- left for Chennai in the facilitating the sport. place without hurdles. The ficials said. the railway cabin ahead of ment was severe enough to ministration Minister S.P. afternoon. “Leave the protest venues ordinance was a step Two AC coaches, four the Kuneru station.The S-8 detach the rails from the Velumani had to be escorted and come to the jallikattu towards that, and the group sleeper coaches, two gen- and S-9 coaches were the concrete sleepers, which ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 EDUCATIONPLUS to safety when he faced a ½ arenas,” said Rajesh, who was always for working eral compartments and the worst afected. Coach S-7 were lying broken. 4 Pages hostile crowd soon after he A FLOOD OF CASES | PAGE 8 heads the Veera Vilayattu within the constitutional guard-cum-passenger rammed into S-8, while S-9 inaugurated a rekla race. ½ IN FRUITLESS PURSUIT OF Paathukappu Peravai, at a framework to find a coach, besides the engine of toppled onto its side as did ½ PRABHU PROMISES METROPLUS In a bid to quell the agita- PERMANENCE | EDITORIAL joint press conference here. solution. the Express train, were de- another coach. STRINGENT ACTION | PAGE 9 4 Pages Congress gets 105 seats in deal with Akhilesh Sushma fights bigotry online SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT caste. often indulges in online OMAR RASHID Mulayam skips The parties cited the need “India is my country. In- trolling, posted a comment to preserve secularism and NEW DELHI: External Afairs dians are my people. The for Prime Minister Naren- LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi manifesto release unity of the country as reas- Minister Sushma Swaraj, caste, State, language or re- dra Modi earlier, “your Party and the Congress will ons for coming together. LUCKNOW: Mulayam Singh on during the weekend, took ligion is not relevant to Sushma only takes care of fight the 2017 Uttar Pradesh on aggressive online critics me,” said Ms. Swaraj on her Muslim visas, but Hindus Assembly elections to- Sunday gave a miss to the “New beginning” release of the Samajwadi who accused her of being oicial Twitter handle are getting harassed to get gether, in a move that both Mr. Babbar said the tie-up biased. Hitting back, Ms. when Hindu Jagaran Indian visa. Very upset.” parties hope will help them Party’s manifesto which would usher in a “new be- promised a host of schemes Swaraj, who often uses the Sangha, a fringe outfit, The comment from Ms. consolidate the Muslim ginning” in State and na- social media to rush help to tweeting from @Hindu- Swaraj is part of her ongo- vote, a significant 19 per cent for the development of tional politics and vowed to Uttar Pradesh. Page 12 Indians in diferent parts of Jagoran, accused her of ing eforts to reach out to of the electorate. “throw out communal forces the world, said she made no neglecting the majority the Indians abroad and at After days of wrangling and BJP.” distinction among Indians community. home about the crisis-solv- over the distribution of The formal announce- He said the two parties on the basis of religion and The organisation, which ing abilities of the MEA. seats, the two parties agreed ment of the tie-up was made would form a “political and on a seat sharing formula un- here at a hurriedly convened ideological force and chal- der which the Congress will BATTLE CRY: Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav at a joint press conference by SP lenge divisive politics” with contest 105 seats while the function to release party manifesto in Lucknow on Sunday. State president Naresh Ut- Congress vice-president SP will battle it out in 298 — PHOTO: RAJEEV BHATT tam Patel, SP vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s ideology of seats under Chief Minister Kiranmoy Nanda and Con- empowerment of youth and Akhilesh Yadav. winner from the deal as it got than its 2012 tally of just 28. gress State president Raj Akhilesh Yadav’s leadership. The Congress emerged a thrice the number of seats The SP had won 224 seats. Babbar. ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Paswan attacks When the Budget starts with a subsidy and deficit RSS over For four years, the printed copies were sold at cost, but the trend changed last year quota remarks SOMESH JHA NEW DELHI: Reservation is a NEW DELHI: The ritual ‘halwa constitutional right and ceremony’ heralded the nobody can abolish it, the printing of Budget 2017-18 BJP’s ally and Union Minis- documents on Thursday, ter Ram Vilas Paswan said but if last year’s experience on Sunday, apparently tar- repeats itself, the geting the RSS over contro- government’s strategy to versial comments by its pub- produce the voluminous licity chief on quotas in books could go sour on government jobs and educa- pricing. tional institutions. In a bid to go green and “Reservation [for SC/ST] cut costs, the print run for was implemented in the Union Budget 2016-17 was country under the Pune pact slashed by 60%, from 5,100 between Baba Saheb copies of the 2015-16 level, Ambedkar and Rashtrapita to just 2,047. But the sets were sold at cost, number of Budget sets is set in 2015-16 to ₨3,450 in Mahatma Gandhi. This is printing cost for each set of ranging between ₨835 and being reduced gradually on 2016-17. not a charity granted by the Budget and its ₨1,330, according to replies the recommendations of Moreover, even though someone and it cannot be accompanying explanatory from the Finance Ministry the Standing Committee on the number of 2016-17 abolished,” Mr. Paswan, the documents more than to The Hindu under the Finance.” Budget copies were most prominent Dalit face in doubled, while printed Right to Information (RTI) sharply lower than in the Narendra Modi govern- copies were sold in the Lok Act. The Standing Cost doubles previous years, the total ment, said. Sabha counter at a heavily Committee on Finance in The RTI responses show printing cost went up by He said his party LJP subsidised price. 2014-15 had asked the that Finance Minister Arun 4%. The cost of printing would oppose any attempt The cost of printing a Finance Ministry to set up Jaitley had approved a plan rose to ₨70.62 lakh in 2016- to alter or change the exist- Budget set stood at ₨3,450 an expert group to “make to reduce the number of 17, against ₨67.83 lakh in ing quota system “from Par- last year, but the Centre the whole Budget exercise Budget sets to be printed in 2015-16, (the latter was a liament to streets”. He said, sold each of them at the cost-efective, environment 2015-16 by 35%. 28% decline over the year “RSS is an independent or- Lok Sabha counter for less and people-friendly.” The However, despite a before). Yet, the ganisation and I don’t know than half, at ₨1,500. By Finance Ministry said in a reduction in 2016-17, the “competent authority” why it gives such state- contrast, in the four response to The Hindu’s printing cost more than decided to sell the copies at ments. It is but natural for preceding years, Budget RTI requests, that “the doubled, from ₨1,300 per a subsidised price. people to be confused by such comments.”-PTI CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI 2 | CITY THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017

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STAFF REPORTER would get him a job but ised sections from studying SIDHARTHA ROY would in the future be awar- at JNU and other universit- NEW DELHI: Continuing the de- ded after discriminating ies in the country,” said Mr. NEW DELHI: The much-delayed mands from teachers and against students at the en- Yadav. ITO to Kashmere Gate sec- students against increasing trance examination. Teach- He added that if the ad- tion of Delhi Metro’s ‘Herit- the importance of the inter- ers and students present at ministration does not pay age Corridor’ is going to be view for entry to M.Phil and the venue convinced him heed to his protest by inspected for fire clearance PhD courses, a research not to burn his degree as it Monday, he along with other next week, paving the way scholar from Jawaharlal would not serve any students would be forced to for its likely commissioning Nehru University has begun purpose. escalate the protest. in February. an indefinite hunger strike. Trial runs on the 5.17-kilo- Nafey committee report Rise in fee metre-long ITO – Kashmere Among those suspended “I want to draw the uni- Students have also been Gate section of the Delhi Dileep Yadav, a Ph.D stu- versity's attention to the Ab- protesting against the en- Metro’s violet line began on dent said his hunger-strike dul Nafey Committee set up trance fee structure that has August 10, 2016. This stretch is a “fight-to-the-finish” by the university itself that been raised by 27 per cent will be an extension of the battle for less privileged stu- shows that there is discrim- after 13 years. Earlier, the ap- presently operational Es- dents like him. ination in the university’s plication fees for BA pro- corts Mujesar (Faridabad) – He was one of the nine FIERY WORDS: Dileep Yadav, a Ph.D student said his hunger admission policy when it gramme was ₨ 420 and for ITO corridor. However, students who had been sus- strike is a “fight-to-the-finish” battle. PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT come to the interview. Our choosing one and additional work on the stretch slowed demand was to reduce the programmes was ₨ 630 and ₨ down for several reasons and pended for protesting out- saying that he is protesting marks given for the inter- 800 respectively. Now, the the deadline for its opening side the Academic Council against the entrance policy view but instead the univer- same has been hiked up to ₨ to the public kept getting The new admission meeting that passed the res- that will discriminate sity has adopted the UGC 530, ₨ 800 and ₨ 1,000. the moved up. olution to change the admis- against students on the basis notification of March 2016 fees for M.Phil, Ph.D, become the first ever inter- going to Rajiv Chowk. policy will prevent sion procedure of religion and caste. The that awards 100 per cent im- M.Tech, M.Sc, MCA and MA Open pending approval change facility of the Delhi During the trial runs, the many students student, who is is an activist portance to the interview programmes, which were ₨ According to senior oi- Metro system to provide in- interaction of the Metro from marginalised Attempt to burn degree of the United Other Back- with the written examina- 300 have now been in- cials of the Delhi Metro Rail terconnectivity between train with physical infringe- Mr. Yadav began his fast ward Classes Forum, said tion reduced to a qualifica- creased to ₨ 400. For addi- Corporation (DMRC), the three corridors of the net- ments (civil structure) will sections from by attempting to publicly that he was prepared to burn tion exam. This will prevent tional disciplines, the can- fire inspection of the cor- work. be checked to ensure that studying at JNU burn his M.Phil degree is- his degree because he did many students from back- didates will have to pay ₨ 575 ridor has been scheduled for Apart from the Violet Line there is no physical blockage sued by the university, and not want a degree that ward areas and marginal- and ₨ 750 respectively. next week. connecting it to Escorts during the movement of the Once the inspection for Mujesar, the other two lines train on the track, a DMRC fire clearance is over and the that interchange at spokesperson said. He said corridor is approved from a Kashmere Gate are the Red that the entire signalling sys- fire safety point of view, Line (Dilshad Garden – tem is also being rigorously DMRC would call the Com- Rithala) and Yellow Line (Ja- tested. JNU proposes sharing resources with institutes missioner for Metro Railway hangirpuri – HUDA City Safety (CMRS) for an in- Centre). Thorough trials STAFF REPORTER Vice-Chancellor M. The institutes included institutes. The encouraged to teach and spection. “In addition, the response Jagadesh Kumar that was IIT-Delhi, Safdarjung representatives in a supervise among various It would not take much Alternate corridor of the train at diferent NEW DELHI: To promote high attended by heads and statement said that a institutes,” the time for the section to be Once the ITO – Kashmere speeds, braking of the train quality research in higher nominees of various Hosital and Indian mechanism will be evolved representatives of opened to public, connect- Gate stretch becomes opera- and the interconnection educational institutions, research institutes. Council to sustain and promote the participating institutes ing Kashmere Gate to Es- tional, commuters would get with the Operations Control the Jawaharlal Nehru The institutes included JIRC's financial decided. corts Mujesar, once it gets an alternate corridor Centre (OCC) is being mon- University has proposed IIT-Delhi, Safdarjung of Medical Research implications, It was also proposed to the go ahead from the CMRS. between Kashmere Gate and itored during the trials,” the an initiative called Hosital, Department of responsibilities and hold workshops and This entirely under- Central Secretariat. Also, spokesperson said. Jawaharlal Nehru Science and Technology, Understanding is signed viabilities as well as seminars to enhance and ground section comprises those coming from “The behaviour of the University Inter- Department of by all member-institutes. administrative framework. promote research and four stations – Delhi Gate, Kashmere Gate and destined track system and the Over Institution Research Biotechnology, Indian The Cluster seeks to develop novel courses Jama Masjid, Lal Quila and towards Noida or Vaishali, Head Electrification is being Cluster (JIRC) that will be Council of Medical impart training and Optimum use involving faculty drawn Kashmere Gate. The would be able to interchange checked repeatedly during hosted and administered at Research, National research in cutting-edge They felt that the from the cluster. Kashmere Gate station will at Mandi House, instead of all the trials,” he said. JNU. Institute of Plant Genome areas and sharing of optimum use of JIRC's The members will be Research, among others. resources among its infrastructure will include able to share available V-C’s meeting The participants agreed member institutes/ teaching, training, and e-resources like journal The proposal has come that the cluster would be departments. Researchers credit-sharing. “Teachers subscriptions, books after a brainstorming formed once a will have free access to and scientists from the libraries and research Noida Metro links may be session held recently by Memorandum of resources of the member- member-institutes will be infrastructure. ready before deadline PURUSHARTH ARADHAK Noida. “Electrical work is the Noida Authority has star- National summit pending, which is likely to be ted working on projects, in- Centre stage NOIDA: The upcoming metro completed this year,” he said. cluding connecting on smart cities corridors between Noida Faridabad and Greater and Greater Noida, and City Drive against violators Noida. held in Capital Centre and Sector 62, are Talking about encroach- “An arterial inter-change likely to become operational ment, Mr. Raman said he had road has been planned to of- STAFF REPORTER in 2018, ahead of the directed oicials to run an fer better connectivity to deadline. intensive drive against viol- Sector 150 and its nearby sec- NEW DELHI: A national summit According to Rama Ra- ators. “Noida is known as tors with Noida, Greater on 'smart cities – opportun- man, Uttar Pradesh Principal one of the finest planned cit- Noida and Delhi. Work is ex- ities and challenges' was or- Secretary (Industries) and ies in India. But, we have no- pected to begin in a month. ganised in Delhi, aimed at chairman of the Noida au- ticed that many roads have Apart from this, all internal bringing experts from in- thority, work is on in full been engulfed by encroach- roads have been widened. dustry and academia to- swing on these lines. “Trial ers. This is true for residen- We are also developing the gether to explore business runs on the Noida-Greater tial sectors too. I have direc- 30-acre Saheed Bhagat Singh opportunities from the Noida and City Centre-Sec- ted oicers to identify the park here,” said another Smart Cities Mission. tor 62 lines will take place encroachments and serve senior Noida Authority this year. However, commer- notices to the encroachers,” oicial. Sustainable living cial run of both lines will he added. Organised by the Lal Ba- start in 2018. The deadline is According to Deepak Bridge across Yamuna hadur Shastri Institute of April 2018, but we are ex- Agarwal, CEO of the Greater Sector 150 will be connec- Management, the summit pecting to begin operation Noida Industrial Develop- ted to Faridabad via two had two technical sessions before that,” said Mr. Raman. ment Authority, a heliport is bridges on the Yamuna. on using technology to im- being constructed in Greater Work on these is expected to prove the life of all citizens Functional by July Noida. “This month, the pre- kick-of in the next few in a planned and sustainable Also, oicials say that the bid process was completed. months. Also, once the manner. Noida-Kalindi Kunj line is The heliport will be con- Kalindi Kunj road is opened In one of the technical likely to become functional structed in the next three to public, travelling to south sessions, opportunity for in- in July this year. years,” he said. Delhi will become easier. frastructure and IT sector Mr. Raman, who also re- “We have also started a Oicials also added that was explored as IT-based viewed other development bus service in Noida. Soon, 50,000-seater cricket sta- smart solutions is going to projects, has now directed we will introduce more dium will be built in Noida be a major component in oicials to take action buses. We are encouraging along the expressway in Sec- creating smart cities. against workers and con- people to use this service,” tor 152. This new stadium, tractors responsible for Mr Agarwal added. which the Noida Authority delay in projects. Oicials, meanwhile, said has planned as a venue for IN THE RING: Tableaux artistes from Arunachal Pradesh during the press preview ahead of the Republic Day Parade, He also mentioned that a that to boost infrastructure Test matches, ODIs and Delhi airport on Sunday. PHOTO : R. V. MOORTHY mini-stadium was being con- in sectors along the Noida- T20s, will be part of the wins award structed in Sarfabad in Greater Noida expressway, sports city project. for CSR

STAFF REPORTER Republic Day full dress Sarvodaya schools may open nursery classes

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Interna- STAFF REPORTER tional Airport (Private) rehearsal today, traic to crawl There are 447 Limited (DIAL) has won the NEW DELHI: The Directorate of Sarvodaya schools ‘Golden Peacock Award for STAFF REPORTER heavy traic is likely in other or for other reasons. Education (DoE) has pro- under the DoE, of Corporate Social Respons- parts of the city as well. Commuters will need to posed to introduce nursery which 404 run ibility (CSR) in the trans- NEW DELHI: City commuters Starting Sunday night, no to plan their journey in ad- and pre-primary classes in portation sector under the need to brace themselves for cross traic will be allowed vance as those planning to all of its 477 Sarvodaya KG classes Aviation category for the a clogged start to the new on Rajpath and Rafi Marg, take the north-south corrdi- schools. year 2016. week as traic restrictions Janpath, Man Singh Road – ors can use Kamal Attaturk The proposal comes at a circulated by the DoE. Oi- “We are honoured to re- will be in place in large parts which are the roads inter- Marg and Chanakyapuri time when parents are run- cials have been asked to ceive this prestigious award. of Central Delhi on Monday secting it — till the parade is roads such as Sardar Patel ning to private schools to identify schools and build The award reairms our un- when the full dress rehearsal over. Marg and Mother Teresa seek nursery admission for the infrastructure required flinching commitment to- of the Republic Day parade Crescent or can take a de- their children and are trying for starting these classes. wards achieving exemplary is scheduled to be held. Same route as real parade tour using Ring Road from to make sense of the criteria TIMELY: The move comes when parents are scampering to “After identifying the results for our society while The rehearsal will take the Ashram to go to Rajghat and being introduced by the seek nursery admission for their children. FILE PHOTO schools, estimates should be following the best prac- Central Delhi worst hit same route as the actual further Northwards. schools according to obtained from executing tises,” said DIAL Chief Ex- With traic movement parade on Republic Day. It Similarly for the east-west guidelines issued by the Gupta, a parent seeking ad- There are 447 Sarvodaya agencies for renovation, re- ecutive Oicer I Prabhakara not being allowed along the will start at 9.50 AM on Janu- corridor some of the the sug- government. mission for her ward into a schools under the DoE, out structuring and refurbish- Rao. parade route on Rajpath ary 23 from Vijay Chowk and gested routes are Mathura private school, said: “If the of which KG (pre-primary) ing classrooms for nursery/ from Vijay Chowk to India will proceed to Red Fort Road, Bhairon Marg, Teen ‘A good move’ government is to be be- class is being run in 404 KG sections as per require- World’s best Gate and the C-Hexagon where it commences. The Murti Marg, among others. Reacting to the proposal, lieved, work is being done to schools. ments prepared in Delhi Airport has also also being closed till the traic police have issued an With traic on the altern- many parents said they feel ensure that government consultation with SCERT,” been adjudged the world’s parade is over, vehicles will advisory on which routes to ative routes heavy even by this is a good move consid- schools are at par with Build infrastructure the document reads.”Duties number one airport in ACI have to take a longer route to avoid and their alternatives. weekday standards, Del- ering many of the govern- private schools. This should The department pro- and responsibilities of ASQ survey in 25- 40 Million their destinations, mainly in This means longer commute hiites may want to consider ment schools are being re- start from providing the poses to introduce nursery teachers for Nursery and Passengers Per Annum Central Delhi. for those either headed to another mode of transport. vamped and care is being right foundation to students class in these schools and KG should be clearly pre- (MPPA) category for two As the hexagon roads also parts of Cenral and New The Metro rail services, taken to develop infrastruc- so that learning outcomes start KG class in the schools scribed to ensure proper consecutive years - 2014 and connect the east-west and Delhi and those criss-cross- meanwhile, will function as ture as well as ensure that are monitored from the nas- where the same is not run at utilisation of the teaching 2015. north-south corridors, ing the city for their oices usual. students are learning. Kajal cent stage itself.” present, said a document staf,” it added.

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Caller promised Najeeb’s release Dabri: man killed in late night scule STAFF REPORTER

20-year-old detained for calling the missing JNU student’s kin had even given them a location NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old man was murdered after he was SHUBHOMOY SIKDAR one call. first shot at and later attacked According to Ms. Irshad, they with a sword following a clash NEW DELHI: The 20-year-old arres- had received many calls since Na- between two groups in south- ted for making ransom calls to a jeeb’s disappearance, but the west Delhi’s Dabri late on relative of missing Jawaharlal caller in this case was persistent. Saturday. Nehru University student Najeeb The family, who promptly repor- Ahmed had assured the family of ted the matter to the police, were Business rivalry at heart his release. He had even given advised to “play along.” According to the police, the them a location where they were victim has been identified as asked to come with the ransom Cops were informed Raju who is believed to be a amount, said the police. “We were told to keep the business rival of the main caller engaged by pretending to accused, Nawab Khan. Both Accused being interrogated believe him and even negotiate. the victim and accused have Mohammad Shamim, who has We followed their advice and re- criminal records. MURDER SPOT: The incident happened on Saturday night when the thrown up several names, has vised the ransom amount to ₨15 The incident happened just victim was returning from a wedding. PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT been changing his version ever lakh. Then he went incommunic- before midnight. A police since he was arrested, said the po- A PRANK? During his phone calls and SMSes, the caller told the family to ado,” Ms. Irshad added. oicer said that Raju had Surender Kumar, Deputy the other on his abdomen. lice who have been interrogating bring the money to a spot where he would hand over Najeeb. FILE PHOTO returned from a wedding Commissioner of Police After he was shot, the men him since Sunday, which is when No clean chit yet around 11.40 p.m. Walking (South-West). attacked him on the head with he was brought to the Capital phone calls and SMSes, he had versations her father had with the An investigator said they had towards his house with a group Locals said that they woke a sword and fled. from Maharajganj. During his told the family that they could caller, she did say that he later still not given a clean chit to of friends, he was intercepted up hearing the victim and the bring the money to a fixed spot in switched to sending texts from Shamim as far as the actual kid- by a group of men that accused shouting at each Criminal history his hometown where he would diferent numbers. napping was concerned. His included Khan and his friend other. “By the time we got Both Khan and Raju lived in We were told to hand over the abducted student. claims of a prank call are being and accomplice Aftab. there, Raju had been shot at,” JJ clusters, the police said. Caller had five SIM cards looked into. Police said that an argument said Nasir Ahmed. While Raju had four cases filed keep the caller Calls made to Najeeb’s uncle Investigations have also re- On Sunday, a team sent to Ma- sparked a scule between against him, Khan had 16. The engaged by The calls and texts were sent to vealed that Shamim was carrying harajganj had detained Shamim them. “We received a call late Attacked with a sword last case against Raju was that pretending to believe Musharraf Hussain, Najeeb’s at least five SIM cards that he pro- from the Civil Lines area. last night. The duo is According to the police, the of gambling. Both of them are uncle based in Delhi. Speaking to cured on fake ids. A B.A. student, he was earlier absconding, but will be man received two bullet said to be unemployed at him and even The Hindu, Mr. Hussain’s daugh- “Najeeb chaiye kya? Agar arrested in connection with a arrested at the earliest,” said injuries, one on his chest and present. negotiate ter Sadaf Irshad said that while chahiye to bees lakh dene honge,” murder case. He was later gran- she was not aware of all the con- he is alleged to have said during ted bail, sources said. DELHI TODAY

22-year-old held for raping, Man booked for attacking Talk: Select authors participat- Centre Foyer, India Habitat ing at Jaipur Literature Festival Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. 2016 spending an insightful Paintings: Solo show of paint- molesting younger sisters children with floor cleaner evening at IHC over a conver- ings by Gopi Gajwani at Shrid- sation and Q&A about their harani Gallery, Triveni Kala body of work at Gulmohar Hall, Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, STAFF REPORTER man was arrested from his resid- STAFF REPORTER some children and women. We India Habitat Centre, (IHC) 7 Mandi House, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. ence,” said Vijay Kumar, Deputy sent a team, which reported that p.m. Exhibition: Solo show of paint- Dance: Bharatanatyam recital NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old man from Commissioner of Police (West). NEW DELHI: A 70-year-old man has he had thrown something like a ings by artist Shahanshah Mit- by Katyayani Gupta, disciple of tal at Triveni Kala Sangam, Tilak Nagar has been arrested for The man reportedly told the po- been booked for allegedly throw- floor cleaning liquid at six chil- Kamalini Nagarajan Dutt at The 205, Tansen Marg, 11 a.m. – 7 sexually assaulting his two minor lice that he had been raping one ing an inflammable liquid on a dren and two women,” said Stein Auditorium, India Habitat p.m. sisters over the last nine months. It sister since April last year. Over group of eight persons, which in- Deputy Commissioner of Police Centre (IHC), 7 p.m. Exhibition: “Down the Ages”, Art: “When a ‘Child is born’, solo painting exhibition in wa- is alleged that he raped one sister this period, he told the police, he cluded women and children, out- (North West) Milind Mahadeo solo show by artist Sanjeev ter colour & acrylics by and molested the other. had been molesting his 13-year-old side his residence in north-west Dumbere. Chemical test results Shashwati at Gallery No. 5, Sarnjeet Singh at Delhi ‘o’ Delhi sister too. Delhi’s Bharat Nagar on Sunday are still awaited. Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Foyer, India Habitat Centre Victims approached NGO The police added that their afternoon. According to the police, the vic- Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, (IHC), 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Mandi House,10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Exhibition: “Somewhere over A police oicer said that the father had died in in April last year The police said that the ac- tims complained of a burning sen- Art: 7th All India Digital Art Ex- the rainbow”, a solo exhibition man was arrested on Sunday after- and their mother, who is sufering cused, Vinod Kumar, was angry sation and were rushed to a hos- hibition at All India Fine Arts & by Keerti Raj at Open Palm noon. The victims are aged 17 and from cancer, was unable to keep a after the group allegedly lit a fire pital. The accused reportedly told Craft Society (AIFACS), 1 Rafi Court Gallery, India Habitat 13 years. “The girls came to us check on the man. The victims told in front of his house to keep warm. the police that the incident Marg, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Photography: ‘Eyes Wide (Mail your listings for this along with an NGO representative. the police that they approached “On Sunday, we received a call happened when he objected to the Shut’, solo photography show column at A case had been registered. The the NGO through a friend. that an elderly man threw acid at children playing near his house. by Irfan Khan at Convention [email protected])

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CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 CITY/STATE 5 Bus looted on Yamuna expressway, three injured Armed culprits got inside the Delhi-Lucknow bus near Tappal in Aligarh when one of its tyres got punctured

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MEERUT: Three persons were injured when armed men Authorities to get tough on traic violations looted cash and valuables worth five lakh rupees from PURUSHARTH ARADHAK Expressway is December 7 last year taken of accidents on the a luxury bus on Yamuna ex- stock of the expressway expressway. pressway near Aligarh on GREATER NOIDA: The Yamuna witness to scores of and found that the The expressway has a Sunday. The culprits got in- Expressway Industrial accidents, many of concessionaire had not speed limit of 100 kmph, side the Delhi-Lucknow bus Development Authority them fatal, due to implemented several but there have been near Tappal in Aligarh when (YEIDA) has decided to safety features, which had allegations of people one of its tyres got punc- crackdown on bus and stationary vehicles been earlier recommended driving much faster. tured. truck drivers breaking by the YEIDA and an audit Reacting to the traic rules on the Yamuna Mr. Singh. “Accidents by the Central Road development, Jaypee Cash and valuables Expressway, which occur when buses halt at Research Institute (CRRI). group spokesperson said, The armed bandits barged connects Noida with Agra. spots not designated for “We are taking all steps to “Commuter safety is inside the bus when the tyre YEIDA CEO Arun Vir stopping to pick up or drop ensure commuters have a always the top concern of was being changed. Singh said that he has passengers,” he said. safe journey on this road. Jaypee group. The culprits looted cash HIGHWAY ROBBERY: The men fired their guns to silence those who resisted.FILE PHOTO written to State transport The aim is to deter traic Overspending and illegal and other valuables and star- authorities to take action Illegal parking ofenders rule violators,” he added. parking are the main cause ted firing when some people Rajesh Pandey said. Those ports that the culprits also ers including two women against bus drivers who Oficials further said that of accidents on Yamuna inside the bus protested. who sustained injuries have abducted two women from who were present there. illegally halt their vehicles action is also on the cards Rap for toll authorities Expressway. We have Local police oicials told been identified as Raj Singh, the bus and took them to a “A section of the Hindi on the 165-km-long high- for any vehicle found to be The authority has also urged to ensure police The Hindu that it looked like Vivek Yadav and Puran who nearby farm house belong- media reported that two wo- speed expressway. illegally parked near eating asked toll operators to visibility and challan the armed men were behind have been admitted in a hos- ing to a retired police oicer men were gang raped but it is According to YEIDA joints or at any other ensure safety measures or errant drivers. Yamuna puncturing of the tyre be- pital in Mathura. from Himachal Pradesh, completely false. The two oicials, the expressway is location along the face action. Meanwhile, the Expressway authority has cause they barged in imme- The injured are out of from where they gang raped women construction work- witness to scores of expressway. “The police expressway operator has asked for some more diately after that. danger, the police said. the two women. But the po- ers denied having been sexu- accidents, many of them have been directed to take provided five speed guns arrangements. We are “Passengers said the incid- lice denied the reports. ally assaulted. For precau- fatal, due to stationary strict action against such to update the police on looking into the ent took place when the tyre Unsubstantiated reports According to SSP Pandey, tion we have sent them to vehicles. people. Commuters who speed violations. “The idea arrangements. We have was being changed. The After the matter came to before looting the bus the Aligarh women's hospital for “Halting of vehicles at make unauthorised cuts to is to restrain commuters started working on the armed men got into the bus light the inspector General culprits had barged inside an medical examination. But the entry or exit, or other avoid a longer route to take from over speeding. CRRI directions given by and robbed them. They also of police (Agra Zone) Sujit under-construction farm prima facie there was noth- places along the a u-turn, will also be in its safety audit report Yamuna Expressway fired to silence those who Pandey, DIG R.P. Singh and house of a retired police of- ing to suggest that gang rape expressway not meant for heavily fined,” he added. has said that over-speeding industrial development resisted,” senior superin- SSP Pandey reached the ficer where they beat up the took place,” Mr. Pandey said. stopping, is illegal,” said The CEO had on is one of the major causes authority.” tendent of police Aligarh spot. There were initial re- staf and construction work- Delhi govt. ‘Solid waste management, stray Protesters call MCD trifurcation at pushes for green for solution crematoriums cattle priorities for Gurugram’ to jallikattu ASHOK KUMAR Solid waste management is core of sanitation strike STAFF REPORTER one of my priority points.” STAFF REPORTER GURUGRAM: V. Umashankar, APULA SINGH NEW DELHI: Environment Min- who took over as the com- Diicult problem NEW DELHI: Even as the ister Imran Hussain on Fri- missioner of the Municipal He, however, conceded jallikattu festival began on NEW DELHI: East Delhi day wrote to Union Environ- Corporation of Gurugram on that the problem of stray Sunday in Chennai after the generates 2,000-2,200 ment Minister Anil Dave Tuesday, said that “capacity cattle was more diicult to Centre’s nod to an ordin- metric tonnes of solid asking him to bring in a na- building” and “solid waste deal with. “I was told in a ance, people continued to waste per day and this was tional policy to turn all crem- management” would be his meeting that stray animals protest at Jantar Mantar the fifth time in the last two atoriums ‘green’. priorities, besides tackling are a major issue. The MCG here, demanding a perman- years that it was strewn Mr. Hussain wrote that the stray cattle menace and Commissioner of the has even come out with a ent solution to the ban. over city streets. Safai- since burning of wood in launching a city bus service. Municipal Corporation of tender, which says that any- The group of protesters, karamcharis first went on crematoriums is tradition, Mr. Umashankar has re- Gurugram V. Umashankar. body who catches a pig be- comprising students and strike in March 2015. the government needs to placed T.L. Satyaprakash, PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT comes its owner. It is really professionals from Delhi Another strike in January look for alternatives. “The who was also the Deputy diicult to deal with this and Chennai, said that the 2016 also saw the United Delhi government has in- Commissioner of Gurugram. On the problem of waste menace. I do not think we ordinance was not the solu- Front of MCD employees stalled smoke trappers in Talking to The Hindu, Mr. management Mr. have any successful model to tion as the problem would join in. The reason: delay in crematoriums. The CSIR Umashankar said that he Umashankar said: “The deal with this,” he added. return next year. salaries. But that’s not and National Environment wanted to make the Mil- waste treatment plant at the Mr. Umashankar, who is where it ends – it can be Engineering Research Insti- lenium City a better place to landfill site is not the solu- also Oicer on Special Duty, ‘Ban PETA’ traced back to the tute is being tasked with cre- live in. “The MCG is better tion. We need waste segrega- Gurugram Metropolitan De- “This ordinance is valid trifurcation of the MCD. ating designs for non-pollut- of in terms of resources, but tion at source, which will in- velopment Authority, said only for six months. We Trifurcation was ing crematoriums in Delhi,” we need to go for capacity volve a lot of advocacy and that he planned to roll out a want a permanent solution, finalised in December 2011 he wrote. Mr. Hussain also building,” said Mr. institutional set-up at the city bus service by the end of whereby the Central gov- and East MCD was urged Mr. Dave to replicate Umashankar, who has earlier local level. The MCG will the year. “I plan to have a city ernment amends the Pre- constituted in May 2012. MONEY PROBLEMS: Devolution of funds is missing the idea in other States to headed the Faridabad muni- have to financially or institu- bus service launched by the vention of Cruelty to Anim- East MCD, with its post-trifurcation, leading to deterioration of solid waste combat air pollution. cipal corporation. tionally motivate RWAs. end of this year,” he said. als Act and bans PETA,” the headquarters in Patparganj management. FILE PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA protesters said. Industrial area, has two Tamil culture is under administrative zones and 2014-15 and 2015-16. Funds external support. threat and PETA is ‘misguid- 64 wards. The settlement continue to be given The East MCD’s current CORRIDORS OF POWER ing’ people by portraying types and the waste according to Third DFCs financial turmoil was jallikattu as an animal generated by them varies recommendations (2006- supposedly foreseen by the cruelty issue, they said. The widely across wards. The 2011) - constituted in 2004 Finance Department prior A dog’s world Opposition Vijender include the Rajdhani and Many judges, in fact, are sentiments and culture of day-to-day activities for with mandate for allocation to trifurcation. at JNU Gupta kept insisting that Shatabdi trains that begin famous for writing Tamilians cannot be com- solid waste management to the unified corporation. An East MCD the newly-appointed from Delhi. “The schedule beautiful judgments with a promised at any cost, they (SWM) are coordinated So East MCD gets 19.14% Accountant explained, A Jawaharlal Nehru Lieutenant Governor Anil of these trains is monitored lot of thought. However, said. from the zonal oices and of the share due to local ‘When geographical University (JNU) Baijal should have directly by the Railway when the Delhi “We cannot keep coming ward-wise staf is bodies. This highly skewed division was proposed, we professor has been accused addressed the House. Board. If your boss tells government asked for an back every year to claim responsible for sweeping of and delayed process debated that it will be of attacking a security Mifed with him, Assembly you to do something, you order granting stay to something that is an integral roads, desilting of nallas aggravated the financial financially unviable guard on campus when he Speaker Ram Niwas Goel can’t say no, can you?” said minority schools dasti (by part of our culture. The gov- up to 4 feet and garbage crisis when it was actually because zonal accounts, stopped her from feeding warned Mr Gupta not to a senior railway oicial. hand, which is faster than ernment cannot turn a blind removal [requires supposed to ease it. assets and liabilities were dogs on the campus. Now, create a controversy or ■■■ the usual course), Justice eye to our justified de- removing, storing (in known to us, showing that students and faculty who misunderstanding Beauty of Manmohan didn’t take it mands,” they added. dustbin and dhalao), Shortfall in funds one corporation will have a feed dogs have been asked between the L-G and the lightly. “You think you will transporting via refuse- This 19.14% share is not surplus and two will have a to do so at designated Delhi government as judments get this order dasti? Come ‘Tamilian culture’ removal trucks to Ghazipur enough to make up for the deficit’. spots only as the dogs have things were smooth Those concerned with law on. There has to be some Holding placards with landfill]. shortfall in internal Even though this might been attacking visually- between the two. would appreciate the forethought, some messages that said ‘Save Oddly, the zonal revenue generation - a be known to the Congress- impaired students and ■■■ decade-old SC judgments research. You see the Tamilian Culture, Save administration remains major challenge for East led Delhi government that biting others. Boss is like the Kesavananda judgements written by the Jallikattu’, the protesters unchanged post- MCD. An Administrative trifurcated MCD, no The professor in her Bharti v/s State of Kerala Supreme Court in 1973? said they would keep up the trifurcation. Only the very Oicer remarked, “East attempt was made to make defence has allegedly always right case that upheld the Such beautiful judgments,” protests till the Supreme senior oicials like MCD has many ‘dead MCD financially written to the JNU Vice Since December last year, inviolable structure of the he said. Court reverses its order and Commissioners and zones’, because only 10% of sustainable. In an interview Chancellor saying that all train operations in Delhi Indian Constitution. The “Those judgments are the Prevention of Cruelty to Assistant Commissioners the settlements in East with Sheila Dikshit she “dog feeders” on campus have remain disrupted due “beauty of the judgement” relevant even now. Today, Animals Act, (PCA) 1960, is have increased but the MCD’s jurisdiction are acknowledged that MCD are those who are not with to fog and the concurrent was recently appreciated the judgments we write, no amended. number of junior staf from approved or planned, i.e. was never financially the “anti-national Left” and efect of bunching of trains. by Justice Manmohan of one would want to read The protesters main- headquarters got divided sustainable and it is the find solace in serving Though the number of the Delhi High Court while them after 40 days,” Justice tained that the ‘struggle’ into three. Thus, it was a OPINION Delhi government's nature. trains delayed has come hearing petitions on Manmohan said. would continue till a solu- highly centralised division responsibility to provide ■■■ down, as many as 35 to 45 nursery admission. “Let us not do it just for the tion was found. as no rationalisation of staf 90% of the settlements do the diference amount. Speaker Delhi-bound trains are still Generally, a judgment sake of doing it,” he noted. “When PETA tried to stop requirements was done at not generate any income or Perhaps that’s why East delayed every day. There takes time as it involves - Contributed by (Jaideep the bull sport in France, the the zonal or ward level. are ‘dead zones’ (property MCD managed to make reprimands LoP are, however, some consideration of Deo Bhanj, Maria Akram, French court ruled that it Since SWM is coordinated tax – highest source of ends meet during her During the Assembly premium trains that get arguments, precedents and Sidhartha Roy, Akanksha cannot tamper with tradi- at the zonal level, an internal revenue – is only tenure as financial aid was session, Leader of priority over others. These literature. Jain) tion. Can’t our Supreme Administrative Oicer charged to approved provided. Court do this?” they asked. exclaimed that ‘SWM settlements)”. The situation worsened process remained Also the property tax with AAP-government as it unchanged at ground level. rates, determined by a is accused of trying to Trifurcation’s efect was Municipal Valuation malign MCD to throw BJP more on the administrative Committee (MVC), haven’t out of power. level - more additional been revised since more commissioners, mayors.’ than a decade. Sources of revenue The third MVC which Thus post trifurcation, Tripling of costs submitted its report in 2012 East MCD’s sources of Administrative noted that higher taxation revenue did not increase requirements have tripled slabs can be applied to 42 whereas the bureaucracy at the headquarters. DDA colonies in East expanded at the top-level. Associated with this because of improvement in The paraphernalia attached tripling is the tripling of infrastructure post the 2010 to that multiplied. costs which is impacting Commonwealth games. Even though East MCD the functioning of HQs as But this suggestion was was able to procure well as zones and wards. dropped by the then sanitation equipment using Thus, a deeper financial unified MCD, thus Plan funding, there is never conundrum surfaced post- artificially keeping the enough money to pay for trifurcation. property rates down in the the salaries. The recommendations of area and preventing full Devolution of funds is the Fourth DFC (2011-16) exploitation of the taxbase. missing post-trifurcation, were tabled in the Delhi leading to deterioration of Legislative Assembly only ‘Problem was forseen’ the SWM condition. in December 2015. If the Unless the property tax Unless we address this DFC’s recommendations rates are revised upward or deeper problem, there’s no were implemented starting more areas are brought saying that a strike won’t 2013, when it submitted its under its ambit or other happen again. report, East MCD would sources like parking fees (The writer is a have got ₨ 3,000 crore for are exploited, East MCD Research Associate at financial years 2013-14, will need continuous Vision India Foundation)

CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI 6 | STATE THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 Gurugram child home under scanner AAP refutes Yogendra Two minor girls handed over to an unidentified person for adoption without following procedure Yadav’s claim on loans

ASHOK KUMAR this matter, but there was no STAFF REPORTER assistance of up to ₨10 lakh reply. Ms. Dhull also accused without any collaterals. GURUGRAM: A children’s home Ms. Lily of taking the children NEW DELHI: Refuting the claims “There are no predetermined run by Ujjawal Niketan Char- out of the home without in- of Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yo- slabs for the loan amount. itable Trust in Sector 4 has forming the CWC. gendra Yadav, according to Any amount up to ₨10 lakh can come under the scanner of the When contacted, Ms. Lily whom only three students be availed under the scheme,” Child Welfare Committee conceded that there was lack have been sanctioned loans so it said while adding that ap- (CWC), Gurugram, for illeg- of hygiene in the premises but far this year, the Aam Aadmi plications can be submitted ally handing over two girls, refuted charges of child traf- Party government on Sunday on the web portal aged 7 and 8, to an unidenti- ficking. Ms. Lily said that she said that deliberate attempts www.studentloan.delhi.gov.in. fied person for adoption had given the two girls to her were being made to spread On Saturday, Yogendra Ya- without following the legal VIOLATING THE LAW: A CWC team found that the home lacked relatives for adoption through wrong information about the dav had said that the AAP gov- procedure. proper sanitation and hygiene. PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT court and that the girls were loan scheme. ernment spent ₨30 lakh on ad- The two girls in question now back in the home. vertisements for the loan were handed over to the Trust address. I want the girls back,” tration of an FIR against Lily Rishi Kant of Shakti Vahini 100 applications okayed scheme for students, but by Mamta, a resident of said Mamta. on the presumption of child said that it was mandatory for The government said in a sanctioned just ₨3.15 lakh for Bhawani Enclave in Guru- traicking and sought an in- the children’s home to inform statement that 100 applicants three students till December gram, in July. Mamta told The Child traicking suspected vestigation. The CWC also the CWC before accepting had been sanctioned loans last year. “So far, around 400 Hindu that the two girls be- The CWC team that raided found that the home lacked any child and get their med- amounting to ₨3.55 crore in applications have been re- longed to her sister, who died the home on November 24 last proper sanitation, hygiene ical examination done. “It is in the current financial year so ceived for the current fiscal last year. “I handed over the year has, in a report to the and did not maintain proper complete violation of the JJ far. In the last financial year, year. Of these, more than 100 girls to the Trust in July. A Deputy Commissioner of nutrition chart for the Act to hand over children to 54 students were sanctioned applicants have already been month later the woman run- Gurugram, said that the con- children. someone for adoption loans amounting to ₨1.52 sanctioned loans amounting ning the home, Lily, told me duct of the home has raised without informing the CWC crore, the statement added. to ₨3.55 crore,” the oicial that she had given the two doubts of “child traicking as Notices issued and then bring them back. The The Directorate of Higher statement read. girls to someone. Lily has the home did not provide any CWC chairperson Shakunt- adoption can be done only as Education, meanwhile, said According to the govern- made me speak to the girls document to whom they ala Dhull said that she had per Central Adoption Re- that the Delhi Higher Educa- ment’s statement, three stu- over the phone on a few occa- handed over the children”. already sent notices to Ms. source Authority guidelines tion and Skill Development dents had been sanctioned sions, but not revealed their The CWC suggested regis- Lily seeking explanation in and through the CWC.” Guarantee scheme provided loans of over ₨7.5 lakh. NOIDA/DELHI 8 | SOUTH THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017

Policeman dies 55-year-old A.P. sugar Elusive Kodagu tiger found dead preparing to set factory closed, 700 This is the fifth big cat to die in three weeks in the Nagarahole-Bandipur range swimming record

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT covered more than 15 sq km STAFF REPORTER workers lose jobs of forest area along the An- MYSURU: The elusive tiger, for echokur-Kalalla border VIJAYAWADA: In a tragic turn of RAJULAPUDI SRINIVAS at Chagallu in 1961, with an which a search operation in- abutting Lakshmana Tirtha events, head constable with installed crushing capacity volving elephants and a river close to Nittur village. the Special Protection Force VIJAYAWADA: Oicials have of 850 Tonnes Per Day drone had been under way, and an avid swimmer L. Um- made preparations to auc- (TPD). At present, the com- was found dead near Nittur Conflict situation amaheswara Rao sufered tion on Monday the five-dec- pany was crushing 8,500 village in Thithimathi territ- This is the fifth tiger death cardiac arrest attack while ade-old Jeypore Sugar Com- TPD. The government had orial range of Kodagu dis- in the last three weeks in the practising in the Krishna pany Limited, also known as allotted 156 villages in 13 trict on Sunday morning. Nagarahole-Bandipur range River on Sunday morning. Chagallu Sugars Limited, in mandals in West Godavari The male tiger, around 9 to and the fourth in the Mr. Rao (45), who West Godavari district. The and Seetanagaram mandal in 10 years, was found having Nagarahole range alone. The mastered the skill of swim- company has reportedly East Godavari district under wounds on its face and body 2014 country-wide tiger es- ming with his hands and legs been running in loss for the the Sugarcane Act, 1961 to the from a territorial fight with a timation results pegged the tied up, was preparing to give last few years. About 700 factory. The total cultivable dominant male, which had tiger population in a demonstration before the workers have lost their liveli- area under the factory zone ejected it from its domain. Karnataka at 406, with the representatives of the Guin- hood with the closure of the was 1.16 lakh hectares. The tiger stalked cattle in the Bandipur-Nagarahole land- ness World Records in a sugarcane unit. After the company failed villages close to Nagarahole scape accounting for about couple of days. The Revenue oicials to pay salaries to the work- National Park boundary, and 200 to 220 tigers. On Sunday morning, he seized the factory on January ers, a few farmers ap- attacked a cofee estate But, with nearly 117 vil- ventured into the river at the 20 as the company had failed proached the High Court, worker on Friday, following lages surrounding VIP ghat near Kanakadurga to pay dues to sugarcane which ordered seizure of the which a search operation Nagarahole and 150 villages Temple. farmers and wages to the company under the A.P. Rev- was launched to trap it. VIOLENT END: The male tiger, aged 9 to 10 years, suffered wounds on its face and body in a around Bandipur, the con- Just before reaching the workers for the last few enue Recovery Act (RR Act), Conservator of Forest territorial fight with a dominant male.— PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT flict situation tends to escal- other end, he sufered car- months. 1864. Joint Commissioner of Manoj Kumar told The ate when old tigers are ejec- diac arrest. Velagapudi Ramakrishna, Labour B. Ajay said eforts Hindu that the tiger may post-mortem report indic- gouged out and a deep aerial search and combing ted from their territory and His companions brought a native of Bellamvaripalem were being made to hold have tried to hunt a porcu- ated that the territorial fight wound on the face was infes- operations had not yielded enter the periphery to stalk him to the shore and rushed village in Guntur district, talks with the management pine which may have was the main reason for ted with maggots. Three results. cattle and come into conflict him to a city hospital where started Jeypore Sugar Com- and the union leaders to save hastened its death. But the death. Its right eye had been days of intensive land and The combing operations with humans. he was pronounced dead. pany (VVS Sugars) Limited the unit. It is financial Jallikattu verdict spurred a flood of animal right cases in SC Kozhikode retains emergency, Kerala schools KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL humans or made to stand in private property for prize ernment to clarify whether it says Yechury narrow enclosures amidst roosters. was cruelty to employ ele- arts festival title NEW DELHI: In recent years, the bellows and jeers from In both jallikattu and cock phants for joyrides. A month SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Supreme Court has upheld crowds. In short, the Su- fight cases, the Supreme prior to that, in November SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the rights of animals and preme Court declared that Court refused to heed the 2015, the court had asked the HYDERABAD: CPI(M) general birds to lead a life of “in- animals have a right to pro- common argument that a government to respond on KANNUR: Kozhikode won the secretary Sitaram Yechury trinsic worth, honour and tect their life and dignity ban would destroy the liveli- whether exotic pet birds Gold Cup as the leading dis- has accused the Narendra dignity,” even at the cost of from human excesses. hoods of farmers and end the were safer in cages or do they trict at the 57th State School Modi Government of un- popular faith and practices Article 21, till then, had indigenous species of bulls have a fundamental right to Arts Festival here on Sunday. leashing a “financial emer- of human beings. been confined to only human and roosters, respectively. fly. This debate was between It was Kozhikode’s 11th gency” in the name of de- The starting point of the life and dignity. In May 2014, the right to livelihood of pet title in a row. But the stu- monetisation of high trend dates back to May 7, with its jallikattu verdict, the Thrissur Pooram shop owners and the right of dents of Kozhikode were denomination currency. The 2014 — the day of pro- Supreme Court Bench of In another case dealing birds to live freely. Animal kept on tenterhooks till the move would have a bearing nouncement of the judgment Justice (as he was then) K.S. with the rights of captive ele- lovers want the apex court to end by Palakkad and host on the country’s economic banning jallikattu, a bull- Radhakrishnan and Justice phants used in Kerala for ban practices like ringing, Kannur. Kozhikode finished growth, he said. taming sport practised in P.C. Ghose stretched the fun- temple festivals like Thrissur tagging and stamping of with 939 points, just three The Government’s eforts Tamil Nadu. damental right to include The Supreme Court did not lift the ban on rooster fights Pooram, the Supreme Court birds. more than the runner-up to protect capitalists who In Animal Welfare Board “every species.” during the Makarsankranthi festival in A.P. — FILE PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK put temple managements Again, a “shocked” Su- Palakkad. Kannur took the crippled the functioning of of India versus A. Nagaraja, Since May 2014, the court and private owners of the preme Court recently found third place with 933 points. the banks saddling them the Supreme Court historic- has heard a flood of cases templating how to induce nificance, was an act of “in- elephants on a tight leash, out that its message of com- The week-long mega fest- with huge non-performing ally extended the funda- dealing with the rights of the humans to treat animals with herent cruelty.” threatening them with crim- passion for stray dogs had ival saw 14,000 students tak- assets was evident from the mental right to life to anim- animal world ranging from compassion. Often, the court In Andhra Pradesh, the Su- inal prosecution and “severe been blatantly ignored in ing part in 232 events. Past fact that none of the object- als. It held that bulls have the bulls, elephants, horses, has played a game-changing preme Court did not lift the consequences” if they were Kerala. The top court has for winners of the festival in- ives which the Prime Minis- fundamental right under dogs, roosters to even exotic role in the way animals are ban on rooster fights con- found torturing the animals the past one year been trying clude singers Yesudas, Chi- ter listed out at the time of Article 21 of the Indian Con- birds. treated during religious ducted during the merely for the sake of the to find a balance between thra, P. Jayachandran, Su- demonetisation was stitution to live in a healthy events and festivities. Makarsankranthi festival. grandeur of the festival. saving stray dogs from tor- jatha, Minmini and Srinivas, achieved, he said while ad- and clean atmosphere, not to Treating with compassion In the jallikattu case, the The court only stayed the In December 2015, in an- ture and death at the hands of actors Manju Warrier, Vin- dressing a public meeting on be beaten, kicked, bitten, tor- The apex court has spent court had held that the sport, power of the police to arbit- other case, the Supreme an enraged population in eeth and Vineeth Dalit rights here on Sunday. tured, plied with alcohol by precious judicial hours con- even though has cultural sig- rarily raid farmsteads and Court asked the Central gov- Kerala. Sreenivasan. NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 NATION 9 ‘Good speed, loud thud, wobbly bogies and a lot of dust’ Passengers recollect the moments before Hirakhand Express derailed Minister visits site,

B. MADHU GOPAL ally wounded. The next bo- gie was on top of us. I some- promises strict action KUNERU (ANDHRA PRADESH): A how dragged myself out and loud, deafening sound woke the first help came about an STAFF REPORTER tims are from Odisha, eight up several passengers from hour later.” are from Andhra Pradesh. their sleep. It took some time Maharana, a daily wager, KUNERU: Railway Minister The bodies of the victims for them to realise that some was on his way to Berham- Suresh Prabhu Prabhu, ac- have been sent to Parvath- of the coaches had derailed. pur. He somehow managed companied by Railway ipuram and Rayagada for Pangi Trinadh, a native of to take out his cellphone and Board chairman A.K. Mittal post-mortem and will be Koraput, and his relative inform his family members. and other senior oicials, handed over to kin on Pangi Bangar, who were trav- He is admitted to King visited the accident site on Monday. “We have informed elling in a sleeper coach, said George Hospital in Vi- Sunday and later called on most of the family members. they heard “a loud sound sakhapatnam with fractures. injured passengers at the Around 13 bodies are yet to around 11.15 p.m. and later we Geetanjali Bhanjo, who Rayagada District Hospital. be identified,” a Railway oi- came to know that the bogies sufered minor injuries, is Promising stringent action cial said. had derailed.” still in shock. Tears rolling against those responsible for Divisional Railway Man- “While most of the passen- down her cheeks, she keeps the derailment, Mr. Prabhu ager Chandralekha Mukher- gers were asleep, a few of us asking about her 10-year-old announced an ex gratia of ₨2 jee, reached the spot in a spe- were chatting. The train was son, who was travelling with lakh to the next of kin of the cial relief train around 2 a.m. in good speed and we heard a her. Her son sufered serious 39 victims, ₨50,000 for the on Sunday. “This is the first loud thud and thereafter the injuries and is in the ICU of severely injured and ₨25,000 time in my two decades of train started wobbling viol- the King George Hospital. to those with simple injuries. experience that I am seeing ently and there was a lot of The Railway authorities While the government of such badly broken rails. arranged buses to transport Odisha also announced an ex Though it appears to be rail We have conducted the injured and the stranded gratia of ₨5 lakh for the next fracture, the possibility of passengers from Kuneru. of kin, Chief Minister sabotage cannot be ruled out speed trials and The injured were sent to hos- Chandrababu Naidu an- and we shall have an inde- safety checks on this pitals at Rayagada, Parvath- nounced ₨5 lakh ex gratia for pendent and impartial in- line, says Railway ipuram and the KGH in TOUGH TASK: Rescue workers search for victims in the derailed bogies of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express train near Kuneru victims from Andhra Pra- quiry,” Ms. Mukherjee told Visakhapatnam. station in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.— PHOTO: AFP desh. Thirty-one of the vic- The Hindu. official ‘Inspection was done’ dust,” says passenger Hargo- “We have conducted bind Maharana. speed trials and safety “Within a couple of checks on this line. The Gen- Derailments rise but safety reports gather dust seconds the train lost control eral Manager’s inspection is and derailed. I lost my con- scheduled for February 3. I Parliamentary panel pulls up Railways for lack at present, only 2,700 km sciousness in the impact and have come to the Rayagada- of urgency on track renewal, safety measures track was targeted to be re- when I regained my con- Vizianagaram (RV) line 25 newed by the Railways. sciousness, my leg was under times in the recent past,” Di- the water tank of the train visional Railway Manager SOMESH JHA Hirakhand Express in Human error unchecked that broke open from the Chandralekha Mukherjee Andhra Pradesh has claimed The Standing Committee ceiling of the train. Most of was heard telling a former NEW DELHI: The Commission the lives of 39 persons with also criticised the Railways the passengers were critic- Minister from Odisha. of Railway Safety (CRS) is over 50 injured. for failing to address the hu- yet to submit the prelimin- man error involved in rail ac- ary finding report of the No action yet cidents. Around 70 % of the Patna-bound Indore-Ra- The Railways was re- rail accidents in 2015-16 oc- Safety of Railways being jendranagar Express derail- cently rapped by a Parlia- curred due to the fault of ment that took place two mentary panel for failing to railway staf such as poor months back in November establish the causes behind maintenance, non-adher- compromised: Mamata in which at least 146 people rising derailment cases this ence to safety rules and ad- lost their lives. year. opting short-cuts, according STAFF REPORTER train derailed near the Ku- A Railway Ministry oi- According to a Railway to oicial reports. neru railway station in Ko- cial said the CRS, under ad- Board oicial, there were 68 “Looking at the huge num- KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief marada mandal in Viz- ministrative control of the derailments till December ber of rail accidents due to Minister Mamata Banerjee ianagaram late on Saturday Civil Aviation Ministry, 2016, compared to 65 in the lapse of the railway staf, the has expressed concern over night. hasn’t submitted its report previous year — a six-year Committee derive that the “safety and security” of the In a series of tweets on yet as the sabotage angle is high. Derailments happen (Railway) Ministry have Railways following the de- Sunday, the Chief Minister being probed by the Na- due to fault in either railway ing safety standards of the there seems to be total fail- It said that ideally 4,500 failed to assess the root railment of Jagdalpur– not only accused the Centre tional Investigation Agency tracks or the rolling stock. rail tracks. “…track forms the ure in regard to maintaining kilometres of the rail tracks cause of continuous and Bhubaneswar Hirakhand of neglecting the Railways (NIA). The Standing Committee backbone of the rail trans- the safety standards of their should have been renewed possibly repeated lapses by Express in the Viz- but also said that “safety and The delay in submitting on Railways in its recent portation system and there- tracks,” the Standing Com- annually out of the total railway staf and therefore ianagaram district of security” are being com- the report assumes signific- ‘Safety and Security in Rail- fore, needs to be maintained mittee had said in its report track length of 1,14,907 kms. have failed completely to Andhra Pradesh on Sat- promised due to budget cur- ance as yet another derail- ways’ report said the Rail- in a safe and fit condition. tabled in Lok Sabha on However, out of 5,000 km curb such accidents,” the urday. Nine bogies of the tailment. ment on Saturday of the ways has failed in maintain- However, in the instant case December 14. track length due for renewal Committee said. Canine squad plays key role in rescue ops Indian model to predict impact of STAFF REPORTER ment and a possible high cas- According to reports there are 35 German shep- ualty, four teams under reaching the headquarters of herd and labrador dogs are climate change BHUBANESWAR: Even as res- leadership of Commandant the third battalion of NDRF undergoing training here. Of cuers drawn from diferent M.K. Yadav left for Kuneru here from accident sites, them, nine dogs belonging to JACOB KOSHY departments were pressed immediately. One of the snifer dogs led rescue teams third battalion are certified into service following the de- NDRF teams was a canine to mangled coaches where to be deployed for rescue PUNE: Scientists at the Indian railment of Jagdalpur– squad comprising four victims were trapped. One operations. Institute of Tropical Meteor- Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Ex- highly trained dogs and their dog and its handler were de- After Swiss experts com- ology (IITM), Pune, are press near Kuneru Railway handlers. ployed for detecting lives at plete their training sessions, likely to unveil in December a Station in Andhra Pradesh, “Our dogs are well trained the accident site. master trainers from the computerised model that can canine squad of the third bat- to detect humans under col- NDRF continue skilling forecast the impact of climate talion of National Disaster lapsed structures. This is the Trainers visit campus these dogs so that eiciency change on the Indian mon- Response Force (NDRF) second time that our canine Third battalion of the of canine squad does not di- soon until 2100. played its bit in detecting squad was deployed in res- NDRF has been identified as minish, said Mr. Kumar. This model is significant victims in the mangled train cue operation. Earlier our the key centre for training These dogs trained for res- because it is the first time In- bogies on Sunday. snifer dogs performed their snifer dogs those are de- cue operation during dis- dia will be submitting a Soon after the third bat- role well at coal mine mishap ployed at disaster-hit sites. asters are also taken to rail- home-grown assessment to talion of NDRF based at site in Sundargarh district in Trainers from Switzerland way stations and other the Intergovernmental Panel Mundali, on the outskirt of 2013,” said Sunil Kumar, an regularly visit the NDRF crowded place for socialisa- on Climate Change (IPCC), a capital city region, was aler- inspector of NDRF in charge campus here to master the tion. It helps them stay calm body convened by the United ted about the train derail- of canine squad. trainers and dogs. At present, during these operations. Nations, and hugely influen- tial to policymakers and gov- ernments on the risks posed by climate change. Bengal sees highest number of police injuries in violence A test version of the model is already available on web- SHIV SAHAY SINGH sonnel injured in the country killed in police firing across country, 328 were from sites of research groups aili- by riotous mobs in 2015, 641 the country, only four were Bengal. ated to the IPCC. KOLKATA: Four out of every 10 (39.5%) are from West from West Bengal; and just In terms of the number of The IPCC summarises police personnel injured in Bengal alone. Kerala comes a five civilians from the State violent agitations, West projections from such mod- agitations across India are distant second with 264. Of were among the 572 injured Bengal recorded far less els, developed by scientists from West Bengal, reveals the 10 policemen killed by police action all over the number of incidents at 3,089, from around the world, to re- the latest statistics released across the country by violent country. The data for the pre- when compared to some of port on the level of con- by the Bureau of Police Re- mobs, three were from West vious year (2014) presents the other States. The highest sensus, among scientists, of search and Development Bengal. more or less the same pic- number of 20,450 agitations the extent to which specific (BPR&D). The statistics also reveal ture. In 2014, of the 858 police was reported in Tamil Nadu, pollutants and gases — from Out of the 1,623 police per- that of the total of 34 persons personnel injured across the followed by 13,089 in Punjab. carbon dioxide to particulate matter — interfere with weather patterns and ocean temperatures. So far, IITM 80 ill after drinking scientists have customised Books more resilient than we significant parts of a model, milk of cows bitten called CFS 2 (Climate Fore- cast System version 2) and by rabid dogs imagine, says Booker winner used it to give three month forecasts of the Indian mon- MUMBAI: As many as 80 per- SNEHA VAKHARIA “Books are slow, but they soon, to project how the it sons in Aurangabad district can speak truth to power, like will be altered by climate took ill after consuming milk JAIPUR: Ample conversation a few things can. Moby Dick change over the next century. of cows bitten by rabies-in- and insight summed up the sold 2,000 copies in the first fected dogs, said an oicer. fourth day of the Jaipur Lit- 60 years. That’s not a great ‘Diicult job’ “The incident came to erature Festival. In conversa- number. Which proves that To be viable, the model has light on Saturday evening tion with journalist and au- you simply can’t measure the to first reasonably simulate when many people com- thor Manu Joseph, Richard influence of literature in land and ocean temperatures plained of nausea and vomit- Flanagan revealed that not book sales. Books are more that existed in the 1850s, or ing. They are being treated everyone enjoyed his Booker resilient than we imagine. before the carbon dioxide- and no one is serious,” Vish- Prize winning novel — The They will endure,” he said. spewing Industrial Revolu- wambhar Gawande, Resid- Narrow Road to the Deep tion, and also capture ent District Collector of Aur- North. On colonial plunder droughts and floods in the angabad, said on Sunday. “I had a man chase me up a Early in the afternoon, years up to the present. “It is “We have found two cows street in Sydney, saying politician and author Shashi an extremely diicult job and whose milk was consumed you’re ugly and bald,” he Richard Flanagan Tharoor spoke about his requires manpower as well as by people who fell sick later. said, accepting that he can- latest book, The Era of Dark- extensive processing power,” Oicers from the health and not make everyone happy, Flanagan was convinced that ness with Irish journalist Mi- IITM Acting Director R. animal husbandry depart- and that he could, perhaps, books would prevail as a chael Dwyer on the Diggi Krishnan told The Hindu. ment found that these cows be ugly and bald. form of entertainment and Palace premises. The book “Our plan is to first get a low- were bitten by rabid dogs. “But everything in the insight, even in the face of documents colonial plunder resolution model working The cows are being treated,” book is deeply considered. I technologically sophistic- of the Indian sub-continent properly and gradually in- he said. — PTI re-wrote it 20 times.” Mr. ated media. during the British rule. crease its (resolution).” CM YK NOIDA/DELHI 10 | EDITORIAL THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 The nowhere people next door New Delhi should use creative diplomacy to persuade Myanmar to resolve the Rohingya crisis. It could appoint a special envoy to hold discreet negotiations with Myanmar’s military and other stakeholders

moral question of the Rohingyas’ human plight has no direct bearing on the West’s in- MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 rights. For example, she has not fully ac- terests. Having steadfastly invested in the HAPPYMON JACOB knowledged the extent of violence the Ro- pro-democracy movement led by Ms. Suu hingyas are systematically subjected to by Kyi, and by recently lifting the 20-year-long the government she leads. During the 2015 sanctions against Myanmar, the U.S. finds it- In fruitless pursuit election campaign, she was even accused of self in no position to bargain or put pressure The Rohingyas are a people struck by not visiting the Rohingyas, lest it invite the on the country. tragedy: persecuted at home in Myanmar, re- wrath of the majority Buddhist community, The UN has also proven to be powerless of permanence jected or barely tolerated abroad, and sacri- some of whose leaders are vociferously on the Rohingya question, as it has been on ficed at the altar of strategic calculations by anti-Rohingya. most questions lately. In May 2015, when the he Tamil Nadu government may have powerful neighbours. To add to it, the In August last year, Ms. Suu Kyi formed an UN Security Council held a closed-door had few political options but to go in for refugee crisis in Europe has overshadowed advisory commission on Rakhine State un- briefing on the human rights situation in My- an ordinance to facilitate the conduct of their plight. Both institutionally discrimin- der the chairmanship of Kofi Annan, former anmar, China made it clear that it was an in- jallikattu once the surge in popular sen- ated and denied basic human rights in a leg- Secretary General of the United Nations. ternal matter of Myanmar. For Beijing, its re- T ally-sanctioned manner as well as removed However, the commission, which “has been lationship with Myanmar’s Generals is timent in favour of the traditional bull-taming sport gathered an enormous, unstoppable mo- from the mainstream, over a million Ro- founded as a neutral and impartial body important to gain access to the country’s nat- mentum. The State amendment to the Prevention hingyas have no land they can call home. It is which aims to propose concrete measures ural resources, and recruiting Myanmar for of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, seeks to exempt as though they have been expelled from hu- for improving the welfare of all people in China’s larger economic goals which include manity itself. Rakhine state”, seems to be an advisory body opening a land corridor to the Bay of Bengal. jallikattu from the purview of the law. With the im- for development and reconciliation rather India, a traditional home for Myanmar’s placable mass movement demanding a legal solu- Anatomy of a tragedy than one that can objectively investigate vi- pro-democracy activists, has been reluctant tion to overcome the judicial ban on jallikattu on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine olence committed against the Rohingya to either speak out about the violence the one side, and related litigation pending in the state, neighbouring Bangladesh, are not re- community. While normalcy is welcome and against the Rohingyas or accommodate Supreme Court on the other, there was little that cognised by the Myanmar government as an much-needed, isn’t justice for the tens of them in significant numbers. Beijing’s close- the Union government could have done on its oicial ethnic group and are therefore thousands of Rohingyas, whose rights have ness to Myanmar clearly worries New Delhi. own. For the Centre to bring in an amendment denied citizenship. Most Rohingyas are not Ms. Suu Kyi’s response to the been snatched away or killed by the state Its reluctance also comes from the fact that would have incurred the wrath of the Supreme qualified to be citizens of Myanmar as per crisis has been inadequate and forces, as important? Can there be peace Myanmar’s assistance is seen as significant Court, which stayed a January 2016 notification the 1982 Citizenship Law, which was promul- without justice? in dealing with the insurgency in the North- gated by the erstwhile military junta. While When critiqued by the international com- east. Moreover, should we expect China, or and will rule on its validity soon. Instead, the half-hearted. She is clearly unable it is claimed that there were no Rohingyas in to reconcile the moral question of munity for her inadequate and irresolute re- for that matter India, to speak out against Centre granted its consent to the State Governor Myanmar before the British brought sponse, Ms. Suu Kyi retorted, “I would ap- Myanmar’s human rights violations when promulgating the ordinance. However, just when ‘Bengalis’ to Burma, there is suicient evid- the Rohingyas’ human rights preciate it so much if the international both have enough human rights skeletons in it seemed that a legal solution has been found, ence to show that the Rohingyas pre-existed community would help us to maintain peace the cupboard? In any case, the Rohingyas are there is another twist. The protests are continu- the British-engineered migration (during What makes the anti-Rohingya violence in and stability, and to make progress in build- of no strategic value to anyone. Compare this ing, as its spearheads demand a ‘permanent solu- the British occupation of the Arakan State in Myanmar even more distressing is that all of ing better relations between the two com- to how both India and China rushed in with tion’. Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam’s plan to 1823) from present-day Bangladesh to this is now happening under the stewardship munities, instead of always drumming up aid during the earthquake in Nepal nearly inaugurate the jallikattu event in Alanganallur did Burma. Even those who arrived in Burma of Aung San Suu Kyi, who was awarded the cause for bigger fires of resentment.” Curi- two years ago. not fructify. post-1823 could not go back to Bangladesh Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous and in- ously, the same international community New Delhi’s record of accommodating the The protesters are obviously under the mis- now given that they have no citizenship spiring “non-violent struggle for democracy had played a major role in helping her own Rohingyas is manifestly better than that of claims there. This efectively makes them a and human rights”. struggle for democracy become a success! Beijing as it has accepted thousands of Ro- taken impression that an ordinance is ‘temporary’. stateless people. Over a dozen of her fellow Nobel Laur- hingyas over the past many years. Yet, this They remain unmoved even after the State gov- For the Rohingyas, such a ‘solitary, poor, Dilemmas of a Nobel Peace laureate eates recently wrote an ‘open letter to the policy may already be undergoing some ernment clarified that it intends to replace it with nasty, brutish’ existence has now become Clearly, Ms. Suu Kyi’s precarious political President of the Security Council’, stating: changes, slowly but steadily. Today, many a Bill when the Assembly convenes on January 23. ‘short’ thanks to the state-induced mass ex- position makes it hard for her to respond to “Despite repeated appeals to Daw Aung San Rohingyas are either turned away while try- But even a parliamentary Act is subject to judicial odus that has been taking place ever since the crisis as efectively as she could have. Suu Kyi we are frustrated that she has not ing to enter the country or sent to jail for il- scrutiny. The ordinance has pleased neither side nine police oicers were killed by alleged Despite the return of democracy in 2015, the taken any initiative to ensure full and equal legal entry. Recall that India has not signed in the jallikattu vs. animal rights debate. The Rohingya militants in October 2016. The res- military continues to have a strong hold over citizenship rights of the Rohingyas. Daw Suu the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention Centre’s nod may have ensured that the ordinance ult has been horrifying: hundreds of people the civilian government in Myanmar, espe- Kyi is the leader and is the one with the or its 1967 Protocol which require countries will not be opposed as being repugnant to a Cent- have been killed at the hands of the military, cially on key issues such as defence, border primary responsibility to lead, and lead with to accept refugees. many more hundreds have disappeared, afairs and home afairs. The country’s con- courage, humanity and compassion.” The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jammu and ral law, but other legal hurdles remain. The Su- scores of women sexually assaulted, villages stitution also reserves one-fourth of the Could it be that Ms. Suu Kyi’s pursuit of Kashmir unit has also demanded that Ro- preme Court has declared that jallikattu is inher- razed to the ground, and tens of thousands seats in Parliament for the military. And political expediency and consequent unwill- hingya refugees from Jammu be sent away. ently cruel and contrary to the objectives of the have fled the country. A large number of though Ms. Suu Kyi’s party is in power, she ingness to condemn mass violence against a The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has called them PCA. Unless it recognises culture and tradition as those escaping the brutal violence end up in herself is barred from becoming the coun- minority is, in fact, complicity — by ambival- a security threat. Now let’s read it with the valid grounds to permit events involving bulls, the the well-oiled traicking networks of the re- try’s president (she holds the post of State ence, silence and inaction? BJP government’s controversial proposal to exemption given to jallikattu may be invalidated. gion who smuggle them out for huge Counsellor) since her children are British amend the country’s citizenship laws. The Meanwhile, the public uprising has gone beyond amounts of money. Some die en route, some citizens. Under such circumstances, her Geostrategic considerations new bill, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, jallikattu, attained a critical mass as an assertion of make it to the borders of neighbouring coun- ability to take on the powerful military estab- The predicament of the Rohingyas is also 2016, proposes that Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Tamil identity and culture and metamorphosed tries only to be turned away: hordes, includ- lishment remains limited. a result of contemporary geopolitical realit- Parsis and Christians entering India from into a protest against mainstream political parties. ing little children, often get stranded at sea. And yet, Ms. Suu Kyi’s response to the Ro- ies and strategic calculations by key stake- Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan not be Myanmar, however, denies that its milit- hingya crisis has been both inadequate and holders in the region and elsewhere. The considered as “illegal immigrants”. While It is time the protesters took a step back and let the ary has committed any wrong. A govern- half-hearted. She is clearly floundering in Western world is busy with the unfolding of the proposed amendment is technically ‘pro- legislative and judicial institutions determine the ment-appointed inquiry committee recently her attempts to reconcile the political utility events in Syria and the resultant refugee minority’, it certainly is anti-Muslim. future of jallikattu. It is also time for them to reas- concluded that “there were no cases of geno- of Myanmar’s quasi-democracy, which is a crisis. Hence they would not want to get sess the cruelty and the risks to life posed by the cide and religious persecution in the region”. result of her decades-long struggle, and the bogged down with the Rohingyas, whose Need for imaginative diplomacy sport, and link any demand to its reintroduction Although New Delhi’s reluctance to speak with the strictest of regulations. Two people were CARTOONSCAPE out publicly about the violations against the tragically killed and over 120 injured in the Rohingyas is understandable, it can ill aford jallikattu at Pudukottai on Sunday. A culture that to ignore the crisis in Myanmar. Even if hu- legitimises such mindless and unnecessary death man rights considerations are the least of New Delhi’s worries, it is clearly in its in- is not Tamil culture. In fact, it is no culture at all. terest to ensure that stability and peace re- turn to the Rakhine state. For one, as and when peace returns to Myanmar, India can America’s era ask the latter to rehabilitate the Rohingyas (like it did vis-à-vis East Pakistan refugees after the 1971 war). Second, a stable and of anger democratic Myanmar will naturally gravit- ate towards New Delhi. Third, and perhaps espite the belligerence and rhetoric of his most importantly, the Rohingya crisis, if it re- campaign, some had hoped that Donald mains unsettled, can become a path toward Trump, in his inaugural address, would radicalisation and pose a greater security seek to heal the wounds created by a di- threat for India. There are reports of increas- D ing radicalisation among sections of the Ro- visive campaign. But the 45th President of the U.S. trumped those expectations with a speech that was hingya community. A December 2016 report resonant of campaign rhetoric rather than one that by the International Crisis Group spoke pre- should have been a vision statement for a united fu- cisely about this challenge and highlighted how rights violations can lead to radicalisa- ture under his leadership. Certain omissions in the tion. speech were stark. The humility that American New Delhi should use creative diplomacy Presidents usually embrace in their first address to persuade Myanmar to resolve the Ro- was missing. So was the historical emphasis on hingya crisis. It should perhaps consider ap- American values. No word of thanks for the work of pointing a special envoy for this purpose his predecessor, Barack Obama. Instead, Mr. who should hold discreet negotiations with Trump continued his attacks on the Washington es- Myanmar’s military, Ms. Suu Kyi, Dhaka and tablishment, vowing to end the “American Beijing in order to bring an end to the crisis. carnage”, put “America First” in all policy decisions Happymon Jacob teaches Disarmament and National and eradicate “radical Islamic terror” from the Security at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal “face of the earth”. These remarks, along with his Nehru University, New Delhi. first set of decisions in the White House, ofer an in- dication of the priorities. Mr. Trump has already is- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR sued an executive order to roll back certain aspects Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. of Obamacare, a health-care programme which the former President fought long and hard to get passed in Congress. Pages on LGBT rights, climate The rallying point unconditional solidarity by all proceeding. The judiciary should especially when the Supreme Court The Trump era begins change and Obamacare are already removed from sections to the cause. The exemplary not cave in to the pressure and must is involved may lead to losing the the White House website. The administration is As a senior citizen, I have not seen, conduct so far is commendable ban this so-called sport for ever. moral right to push for solutions to Donald J. Trump’s inaugural address also planning a missile defence system that could ever since the Independence given that a congregation of Yash Saxena, other disputes such as the Cauvery woefully lacked the statesmanship struggle, such a peaceful chain and youngsters can easily resort to acts Indore water sharing issue. Cruelty to and vision that behoves a leader of trigger a nuclear arms race. Put together, the wave of protests across the State of that afect law and order. animals is an abhorrent practice in a the world’s most powerful nation Trump team is likely to pursue a hardline social Tamil Nadu. Most of us have only N. Rengarajan, The sincere eforts by the State and modern society. Courage, valiance, (“It’ll be America first, says Trump”, conservative agenda buttressed by economic pro- heard of the satyagraha agitation. Chennai Central governments to pursue the tact and strategy in dangerous Jan.21). That he played to the the tectionism and passionate nationalism. Without resorting to exaggeration, I ordinance route is commendable. situations are best demonstrated in gallery, chanting the nationalist and This poses a new set of challenges, for the U.S. can say what is happening now is a Impartial observers have reason to However it seems that a section of sport. protectionist mantra for a major part and the rest of the world. First, American liberalism close second to that. The fact that feel that the ordinance on jallikattu the protesters now wants a S.R. Devaprakash, of his address, runs contrary to the faces a major crisis. The hundreds of thousands of here women are safe in the crowds is a knee-jerk reaction to buy time “permanent solution”. They should Tumakuru, Karnataka fact that the U.S. is predominantly a women who thronged several cities in the U.S. on and are equally enthusiastic about and prevent the mass of protesters understand that the issue is sub- capitalist nation that led the Saturday to protest against him show how divided participating in the agitation shows from adding more unresolved issues judice, and with possible claims and I am a bit surprised by such mass globalisation bandwagon. His the country is. Second, if the world’s largest eco- that the young generation can teach and prolonging the agitation. Apart counter-claims, such a solution mobilisation of people over an issue assertion that ‘it’ll be America first’ us many lessons. How else can one from setting a bad precedent, it could take months. You can such as jallikattu. It is even more is surprising as bilateral and nomy, the main pillar of the global economic order, explain the presence of homemakers sends out a wrong message that pressurise a government but not a puzzling when there are far more multilateral trade agreements with turns protectionist, it would have far-reaching im- at times with infants in arms, old governments can be humbled by court of law. Reasoning at this stage serious issues such as the U.S. were arrived at after much pact on other major economies. This means the women, and exuberant young popular protests and frenzy. Those is more important and emotions demonetisation and violence against deliberation. Attributing the loss of current crisis in globalisation, which in a way college girls gathering in such huge who support jallikattu should should be controlled. The Tamil women. Now that the State has lost a jobs in the U.S. to his predecessor’s helped Mr. Trump’s rise, is likely to deepen. Third, numbers across the State? One may exercise their wish for the ban to be Nadu government has also other strong, no-nonsense leader, there more immigrant-friendly and liberal Mr. Trump’s foreign policy direction, especially his difer on the merits of jallikattu but lifted without trampling on the pressing issues to resolve such as appears to be a general fear among economic policies is equally bizarre disdain towards multilateralism and unfriendly ap- one should never attempt to dilute rights of animal rights activists. drought and agrarian distress. The the Dravidian parties, of the BJP in as it is technological innovation that proach towards China, is confrontational. He has the value heritage has in the minds Haridasan Rajan, best course now would be to particular attempting to gain a has led to the growth of the repeatedly said he is a deal-maker and will get the of Tamils (“A movement to reclaim Kozhikode gracefully call of the agitation. Let foothold in Tamil Nadu though manufacturing sector. There is also Tamil pride”, Jan.22). the law take its own course (Tamil political manoeuvring. Therefore, the prohibitively high cost of “best deals” for the U.S. But in international dip- M. Meenakshisundaram, We cannot subject animals to Nadu, “Ordinance fails to placate they may be wanting to whip up the American labour. lomacy, his business logic may not work. Finally, Tiruchi cruelty in the name of culture. The protesters”, Jan.22). sentiments of Tamilians, consolidate His vitriolic outburst against how Mr. Trump is going to meet the tall promises notion that the cultural identity of V. Subramanian, Dravidian power and not leave immigration is also inexplicable to he has made to rally supporters, largely the anxious, Irrespective of the merits or Tamilians is being eroded through Thane, Maharashtra anything to chance. As far as I know, say the least considering his migrant angered, anti-establishment white working class. otherwise of the cause of the stir, the ban is totally misplaced. The no such mobilisation is possible roots and the fact that his family is He has unleashed forces of extreme nationalism most of us should recognise that the very purpose of the Prevention of There is no doubt that this is a without political backing. also of mixed race. which many hoped belonged to a bygone era. singularly positive aspect of the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 is being peaceful protest. Nevertheless, N.G.R. Prasad, Nalini Vijayaraghavan, whole movement has been defeated by the way events are adopting a confrontational stance Chennai Thiruvananthapuram

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FROM THE READERS’ EDITOR Dealing with the deadwood Translation, attribution It has taken more than 40 years for the Centre to administer a shock to a complacent civil service and accuracy one service. The IPS, IAS and the Indian Forest Service (IFS) each have their own On the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the Presid- R.K. RAGHAVAN sizeable number of dishonest oicers. ent of the U.S., the newspaper retracted a story that dealt The tragedy is that many oicers, early with a possible shift in the foreign policy. We ofered a in their careers, fall into the trap and lengthy clarification explaining the reasons for the with- never retrace their paths. How else drawal. It is a moment when the American media is trying The Central government’s recent de- would you explain the large numbers of A.S. to work out new methods to cover a hostile President cision to compulsorily retire two Indian oicers who had not completed even PANNEERSELVAN and a reluctant White House. Though the underlying Police Service (IPS) oicers and one In- five years in government getting caught tension is a metaphor for the number of challenges fa- dian Administrative Service (IAS) of- for corrupt acts? This rot has to be cing journalists, I would like to explore one eternal trial a foreign corres- ficer for ‘non-performance’ is bold and stemmed if our prized All India Services pondent faces. laudable. One of the oicers is reported and Central Services are not to become The ability to read, listen and converse is the key for efective journalism. to have been under investigation for dis- the laughing stock. During foreign postings, most journalists depend on translators and inter- proportionate assets. The compulsory preters. Learning a new language with all its nuances takes time. The rela- retirements are in pursuance of the ser- Models of probity tionship between the interpreter and the reporter has an unwritten compact vice rules that contemplate a review The failure to show the right way to based on mutual understanding and respect. But despite best intentions, at either when an oicer reaches the age of those getting into the services is of su- times something gets lost in this process of translation. 50 or completes 25 years of service. pervisory oicers and not of the much- Such action was a long-needed cor- maligned politician who may be guilty Lost in translation rective. There was a similar, but feeble, of other misdeeds. If a District Collector I had my own share of these vulnerabilities in reporting from places attempt in the wake of the Emergency or a District Superintendent of Police is where I needed a translator. In 1988, Sri Lanka was witnessing two civil wars. under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. It himself not a model of eiciency and In the Tamil-speaking area, it was between the Indian Peace Keeping Force has taken more than 40 years for the honesty, the trainee Assistant Collector (IPKF) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In the Sinhala- Centre to again administer a shock to a or Assistant Superintendent of Police speaking areas, the strife was between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the complacent and growingly dishonest cannot go elsewhere to learn the virtues Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). I travelled to Sabaragamuwa Province to civil service. Cynics may say this is a of hard work and probity. meet second-line JVP leaders who spoke gimmick or a symbolic act that would If the system is functioning and has mainly in Sinhala. During the course of the hardly mend the ways of the bureau- not collapsed, it is because we still have lengthy interview, JVP leaders wanted me to Between the cracy. This is a defeatist approach. We a handful of outstanding men and wo- take a look at their oicial description of India interpreter and the need to uphold the basic democratic men in the higher bureaucracy, who are and its armed forces. My interpreter promptly principle of a healthy executive control motivated by a spirit of service and have translated three operative paragraphs from a reporter, some over the civil service, and actions like the conviction that they will be models small booklet. I filed my report based on this things get lost in these, undertaken clinically and without to young oicers. It is in this context that translation. translation at times malice, are a sine qua non if we want to all of us should plead for an incessant A week later, Gamini Navaratne, Editor of enhance the currently poor standards of KEEPING WATCH: “We need to uphold the democratic principle of a healthy executive drive against the deadwood in govern- Saturday Review, pointed out the error in my reporting. He explained that public administration. control over the civil service.” Trainee IPS officers from the National Police Academy ment services. the description I had cited in my report was JVP’s analysis of India after the interact with the DCP (South Zone) in Hyderabad. FILE PHOTO: NAGARA GOPAL The only obstacle in the way of drastic failed 1971 insurrection in which the Indian armed forces played a major Perks of the services civil service reform — like the one pur- role. It was not about the IPKF-LTTE confrontation. A correction was sub- The public should know that our All a few dedicated oicers, both in the The obstacle in the way of sued by the present government at the sequently published. India Services and the Central Services higher echelons and in the lower rungs, Centre — is the judiciary that overturns The Corrections and Clarifications column is meant to address these are paid well by Indian standards. Each it is a sad fact that ordinary citizens drastic civil service reform is or stays every administrative action types of inadvertent errors and rectify mistakes. In the case of the report Pay Commission has enlarged the civil mostly cannot get through to any senior the judiciary that overturns or against an erring senior oicer. Courts from Beijing, which was subsequently withdrawn from our Internet edition, service pay packet and perquisites. You member of the bureaucracy, either in would earn the admiration of a harassed the mistake was not about the content but wrong attribution. It is the ethical don’t have to exert yourself on the job to person or over the telephone, to express stays administrative action public if they stopped interfering in dis- compass of the newspaper that gives space for acknowledging errors and earn a promotion. If you did not go to jail their grievances. Even if we concede against an erring senior officer ciplinary matters once they are satisfied amending them. I am surprised by the self-contradicting criticisms against for some grave impropriety while in ser- that pressures on senior oicers have that prescribed procedures had been this commitment to set the record straight. vice, you still get to reach the peak and greatly multiplied, is it too much to ex- followed in a case coming up before earn the maximum pension of ₨1,12,500 pect every government oicial to re- product of this is indolence, and a long them and there is no malice writ large on The Pillsbury story per month. After passing the Union spond to the common man who pays his spell of inactivity leads to loss of initiat- a decision. Judicial overstepping, while First, some facts: Michael Pillsbury was in China recently and spoke at Public Service Commission examina- taxes to fund the bureaucracy? It is sad ive and a desire to be productive. It is correcting unjust action against a few Pangoal Institution, a Beijing-based think tank. The deliberations at Pangoal tion, the system takes care of you. Only that the IPS is no longer the ‘service’ it against this backdrop that one should honest civil servants, unwittingly pro- Institution are important to India because of its proximity to the around 10 per cent of oicers remain was meant to be; it is now a mere ‘force’. study the phenomenon of how some motes the cause of many unscrupulous Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), whose former director is Ajit current in their knowledge and exert The malady of non-performance senior oicers become deadwood, and elements. The track record of adminis- Doval, presently the National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of In- themselves to keep the administrative arises from the fact that not all positions how only a few select ones get to be in trative tribunals in the country is a mat- dia. The VIF website says: “Leading a four-member delegation, Mr. YI Peng, system in shape. in governments at the Centre and in the important positions during their ter of great concern to those looking for founder President of the Pangoal Institution, a Beijing-based non-govern- If Prime Minister Narendra Modi is States are meaningful. You have a careers. a balanced and objective bureaucracy. mental think tank, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation on 20 trying to change this, we need to sup- bloated bureaucracy, and portfolios are More appalling is the number of of- There is need here for an immediate Sep 2016 for an interaction, targeted at exploring potentials for expanding port his efort to convert the bureau- created only to accommodate oicers. ficers who choose to abandon integrity corrective by the Union Law Ministry. economic cooperation between China and India, especially in the private cracy into an accountable body that is As a result, many oicers do not have and line their pockets. Lack of integrity sectors.” This establishes the need to report to Indian readers Mr. Pillsbury’s sensitive to public demands. Except for more than a few hours of work a day. A is undeniably not the monopoly of any R.K. Raghavan is a former CBI Director. comments. The second issue is the status of Mr. Pillsbury: is he an adviser to Mr. Trump or not? Though in his letter to the Editor, Mr. Pillsbury denied being an adviser to either Mr. Trump or his transitional team, and said that he only ofers informal advice by answering questions from Mr. Trump’s staf, many From Jellicut to jallikattu major publications have described him as an adviser. The public broad- caster, NPR, during an interview, introduced him as an adviser to the Trump transition team. The Washington Post called him an adviser to Mr. Trump. Interestingly, Mr. Pillsbury himself tweeted a story from The Tibet Post that Only science can ensure commercial viability and protection of indigenous breeds was critical of The Hindu report whose headline ironically read: “Trump’s top advisor slams The Hindu for ‘Fake News’ story on Tibet.” I am confident cially valuable cattle breeds including that readers will arrive at the right conclusion about his status. the Brangus, created by cross-breeding The third and crucial issue is what he said about the Dalai Lama and Pres- SWAPNA SUNDAR Brahman and Angus, in the 1950s. The ident Trump in China. We have the audio recording of his speech at Pangoal cross-breeding of Brahman bulls with Institute. Here is the operative part of the speech in translation: “Third, European cows is a popular cross- Dalai Lama held a press conference in India. He said, I really want to go to breeding practice in the U.S. Washington to meet Obama... besides Obama... he has already met Obama... With the Tamil Nadu Governor clearing African Zebu breeds evolved in paral- wants to (meet) Trump. Trump does not accept it. Should he accept it?” The an ordinance on jallikattu, the question lel with Indian variants. It is determined dots signify the pause in his speech and no words of his have been skipped. is whether the sport will help preserve that Zebu were first introduced in This speech firmly establishes the content of The Hindu story. indigenous breeds of cattle. The pro- around 1,500 BC, crossed with longhorn Despite all these facts, the story was retracted because there were grey ponents of jallikattu say that first, if the humpless varieties to produce the San- areas in attribution. Mr. Pillsbury, in his letter to The Hindu, denied talking sport is banned, owners of indigenous gas. The Sanga later spread into central to CCTV and the newspaper’s report attributed it to an interview to CCTV bulls may no longer find it worth pre- and southern Africa. Later around 670 as reported on a Chinese language website. As we could not find a conclus- serving the indigenous variants. AD, short-horned zebu cattle were in- ive answer to the question whether he said what he said on CCTV or not, the Second, they say it is the ‘untamed’ bull troduced via Ethiopia and Somalia. remedial measure was taken. Being a foreign correspondent is an unenvi- that is used for breeding and so they They evolved into stable indigenous able distinction. may no longer be able to identify the breeds like the Red Fulani, White Fu- strongest male, as a result of which the lani, Boran and Ankole-Watusi. Zebu [email protected] stock will weaken. have been strengthened with genes It is only the Jellicut (identified as Pu- from the Gujarat, Ongole and Gir lines. likulam) that has been described scien- The Nelore (known as Ongole in In- tifically (between 1870 and 1930) as a dia) first arrived in Brazil in 1868. Ten “small bull specially bred for bull-fight- years later, a couple were imported ing/taming in the Tamil region“, ac- from Hamburg Zoo. In 1938, the Nelore FROM THE ARCHIVES cording to the Roslin Institute of the CONSERVATION: “If jallikattu is banned, owners of indigenous bulls may no longer Herd Book was created defining the University of Edinburgh. I am unable to find it worth preserving the indigenous variants, say proponents of the sport.” breed standards. Between 1890 and 1921, identify what breeds are currently used Kangayam bulls lined up for a beauty contest at Vellakoil. PHOTO: BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT it is estimated that over 5,000 Indian in jallikattu. Again, it is medieval to specimens were exported to Brazil. In identify a herd bull through an inei- group, and unfortunately so does the 1960, 20 animals were imported, and in dated January 23, 1967 cient method like jallikattu. Better Jharkhand Census. Yet again, the breed While breed development has 1962 another 84. These became methods to identify a herd bull are by survey of 2013 estimates the breed-wise been undertaken in the past founders of important Brazilian breed- Making of atom the memorial lecture, Sir John identifying desirable heritable qualities population of several indigenous in India, little has been done ing lines like Godahvari, Karvadi and bomb by India Cockcroft and Mr. Menon, who in the animal, ensuring pedigree variants. Taj Mahal. Today, Brazil is also the pos- followed him, both covered much (purebred or cross-breed), reading ex- While breed development has been to record and scientifically sessor of 5 million registered pure-bred Conflicting versions of the late the same ground in dealing with Dr. pected progeny diferences, breeding undertaken in the past in India, little has manage the herd Nelore. Dr. Homi Bhabha’s attitude to the Bhabha’s life and career and soundness (ability to get cows preg- been done to record and scientifically Science has enhanced the value and development of nuclear weapons scientific achievements, but when nant), and semen examination. Altern- manage the herd. The 1928 Linlithgow strength of Indian native breeds across in India were given in London it came to Dr. Bhabha’s views on atives such as artificial insemination Commission on Indian Agriculture tions. Careful cross-breeding improves the globe. For example, sales of yesterday [January 21] by two nuclear proliferation and what should also be considered. A herd book names the Pattagarar of Palayakottai as hybrid vigour and long-term viability of Brazilian Nelore semen represent 65 eminent scientists who both knew India’s policy should be, there was or register should be established. an example of a breeder whose careful desirable indigenous traits. U.S. ser- per cent of the artificial insemination him well, Sir John Cockcroft and a marked diference in their Accurate and permanent records of breeding had resulted in the Kangayam vicemen stationed in Italy during World market of all beef breeds in Brazil. The Prof. M.G.K. Menon. The occasion presentation. Sir John left the individual cows and breeding herds breed. However, till date, there is no War II discovered that the Italian Chi- leading Nelore sire there produced and was a meeting held here [London] impression that Dr. Bhabha was in also need to be maintained, even for herd book or register established for the anina was excellent for draught and sold 34,000 straws of semen in 1995, fol- under the Royal Institution of favour of India producing nuclear those cows that are culled and sold, to breed, according to the Animal Genetic beef. In 1971, Chianina genetics was in- lowed by another Nelore that sold Great Britain to mark the first weapons and implied that this was trace family histories. Herd bulls should Resources of India website. Some troduced in the U.S. with semen import. 30,000, which means that both sires anniversary of the death of Dr. indeed one of the reasons why he also be recorded for health treatments, breeds like the Gir and Ongole have an Breeders of indigenous varieties must have bred more than 20,000 cows. Bhabha who was killed in an air wanted a plutonium separation frame size, testicular size, breeding established herd book. A Jellicut herd should also explore other commercial While private players Genus ABS In- accident on January 24, 1966. plant. According to Mr. Menon, soundness and identification. Elec- book is also not available. Genetic data possibilities like intellectual property dia Private Limited and Hanu Reddy About 300 guests, mostly however, Dr. Bhabha was deeply tronic tagging is used to identify indi- on livestock is now being maintained in rights. Tamil Nadu is yet to explore the Ongoles are developing gene banks and distinguished scientists and committed to the proposition that vidual members of the herd over their several countries. This data will help lucrative possibilities of protecting live- animal resources, it is also important to oicials, were present. Dr. Bhabha nuclear energy should be life spans. Mating group records help enthusiasts and commercial organisa- stock-based GIs, as Serbia has done improve our national data banks. Fur- was Chairman of India’s Atomic developed solely for peaceful the breeder to check on group fertility tions to choose the kind of animal they with their Uzicka govedja prsuta ther, national data banks ought also to Energy Commission. Delivering purposes. and identify issues. These records en- would like to breed. (smoked beef ham) and are seeking to hold samples and data of animals able viability of the herd over Several important considerations de- do with Kraljevacki kajmak, a milk around the world. The National Animal generations. termine breeding and herd strategies. product. Germplasm Program of the U.S. govern- The purpose of breeding could be to en- ment is a multinational efort in collab- CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS Lack of data hance or maintain existing qualities Enhancement of native breeds oration with Canada and Brazil. They There don’t seem to be accurate re- such as strength for draught work, milk- Indian or South Asian breeds of cattle preserve samples from about 25,000 an- >>In the report headlined “All eyes on Washington as Trump set to take oath” corded data for indigenous cattle. The ing, or carcass quality for beef. Another have led to enhancement of native imals around the world — frozen se- (Jan. 20, 2017, some editions) there was a reference to a Bible that Abraham 18th Livestock Census, 2007, enumer- is to breed animals that would be good breeds across the world. The American men, embryos, ovaries, and tissue Lincoln used for his first oath in 1961. The year should have been 1861. ates no indigenous variants at all for breeders. A third is to breed animals Brahman, the first beef cattle breed de- which can be used to reconstitute live- Tamil Nadu. It lists only Exotic Jersey, that provide good growth to progeny so veloped in the U.S., was bred from a stock populations or simply lend a use- The Readers’ Editor’s oice can be contacted by Exotic Holstein Friesian, Exotic Other, that the market value of calves is higher. nucleus of approximately 266 bulls and ful gene to an animal. Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Fri- and Exotic Cross-breeds. On the other Breeding strategies are also structured 22 females of four diferent Bos Indicus Neither chauvinism nor mere good- day); Fax: +91-44-28552963; E-mail:[email protected]; hand, the Jharkhand Livestock Census to develop new breed lines. Show anim- varieties: Gir (Gyr), Gujarat (Kankrej), will is an alternative to science. Only Mail: Readers’ Editor, The Hindu, Kasturi Buildings, only has data on numerous indigenous als and animals used for sport need spe- Ongole (Nellore) and Krishna Valley, science can ensure commercial viabil- 859 & 860 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002, India. cattle by name: Alambadi, Bachaur, cial selective breeding strategies. imported into the U.S. between 1854 and ity and enduring pride in our native All communication must carry the full postal address and Deoni, Gaolao, Jellicut (0), Kangayam While it is perfectly natural and desir- 1926. The Brahman cattle tolerates heat, breeds. telephone number. (0), etc. However, the 19th Livestock able to be proud of our native fauna, it is is resistant to insects, and produces No personal visits. The Terms of Reference for the Readers’ Editor are on Census of 2012 enumerates indigenous also necessary to supplement, enhance, calves even at the age of 15. The Brah- Swapna Sundar is the founder of IP Dome: IP www.thehindu.com cattle in Tamil Nadu as an unsorted and improve their viability over genera- man is a root breed for many commer- Strategy Advisors, Chennai. CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI 12 | NEWS THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017

FROM PAGE ONE Congress gets 105 SP manifesto bears stamp of Akhilesh seats in deal with SP While oriented to development and infrastructure, the 32-page document is hazy in its approach towards Muslims In 2012, the Congress had the “good alliance” and RJD OMAR RASHID reservation in getting e-rick- fared badly in Amethi and chief Lalu Prasad high- shaws and assured to open Rae Bareli, winning only lighted his eforts in “stitch- LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi skill-development centres one seat, while the SP had ing a Bihar-like alliance” in Party’s manifesto for the As- for those involved in tradi- secured eight. U.P. through his “talks” sembly elections, released tional arts. Poor Muslims with the top leadership of on Sunday, marked the will be provided two-room Mamata, Lalu welcome SP and Congress. His son party’s transition under homes under the Asra Awas The news of the SP-Con- Tejaswi Yadav tweeted: Akhilesh Yadav from a party Yojana. gress alliance was wel- “Lalooji’s eforts paid of in that received flak for wooing comed by top non-BJP stitching SP/INC in UP for Muslims to one that is ori- Beautification of schools leaders. West Bengal Chief social equality, brother- ented mainly to develop- The SP has also promised Minister Mamata Banerjee hood and Akhilesh Yadav’s ment and infrastructure. “beautification” of minority extended “full support” to development.” Significantly, Mulayam schools and institutions, Singh and Shivpal Yadav while vowing to make the skipped the event, while minority financial develop- senior Minister Azam Khan ment corporation more ef- T.N. CM fails to was on stage but left before fective. Memorials of the manifesto was unveiled Muslim freedom fighters by Mr. Akhilesh, along with will be constructed and convince protesters his wife, Dimple Yadav, and beautified. Interestingly, the Ministers close to him. SP has decided to continue To a question on the de- suitable instructions for the In sharp contrast to the with the “Padhe betiya bade mand for banning the arrangements to be put in party’s manifesto for the 2012 betiya” scheme that People for Ethical Treat- place. “Wooden barricades Assembly and 2014 Lok provides financial help to ment of Animals (PETA), were erected on either side Sabha elections, the party Muslim girls. Mr. Panneerselvam said the of the ground on Saturday had little sops for the minor- Minister Ahmed Hasan, State government will take night to prevent onlookers ity community this time. who was present on stage, all measures to prevent at- from entering the arena. said the Akhilesh Yadav gov- tempts by any forces to stop Besides this, a coir track 16 promises ernment had done a lot of jallikattu. was laid to prevent injuries In 2012, the SP made 16 key FATHER, SON AND PARTY: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadavvisits the party headquarters work for Muslims, while the Health Minister C. Vijaya to bull tamers and dust em- promises to Muslims, in- to seek the blessings of Mulayam Singh. Party leader Azam Khan is also seen. — PHOTO: RAJEEV BHATT BSP was the “most anti- Baskar, who had flagged of anating from the ground,” cluding reservation in ac- Muslim party” and an the jallikattu event in his he told The Hindu. The cordance with their share of employ Muslims in security tion of reservation for the ment that the “security” and One lakh micro, small and “opportunist.” native Raapusal village that PWD oicials had given the population, release of inno- forces and imparting tech- community. “religious freedom” of medium industries would be Mr. Yadav said while BSP claimed two lives, however, stability certificate after cent Muslims implicated in nical education in madrasas. minorities would be en- created for Muslim youths chief Mayawati was busy claimed that all-safety inspection. terror charges, establishing The 32-page manifesto re- General statement sured, before promising over the next five years, stitching electoral alliance guidelines, as laid down by “It is sheer bad luck and government schools in leased by Mr. Akhilesh was The section titled them a “share” in “all welfare along with career coun- with Muslims, his govern- the Supreme Court, were really unfortunate that the Muslim-populated areas, a hazy in its approach towards “Schemes for minorities” schemes in accordance with selling and training. The SP ment worked for balanced adhered to. tragedy had taken place,” special recruitment drive to Muslims, making no men- starts of with a general state- their population”. has promised poor Muslims development. While G. Raja (34), a bull- the Minister said after con- tamer was gored by a bull soling the families of the when he attempted to tame victims. it, a school teacher R. Mo- Mr. Baskar said the spec- han (30), was attacked by a tators turned out in large Political heirs hog BJP’s U.P. second list Cong. releases first bull outside the barricaded numbers this time. Seating area. Both sustained seri- for onlookers was usually SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Prominent among those The list was announced by ous injuries and were taken not arranged at Raapusal included in the list is Rita BJP general secretary Arun list of 43 candidates to a hospital where they village unlike Alanganallur. NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday Bahuguna Joshi, who had re- Singh and Uttar Pradesh BJP died due to excessive A makeshift stage was erec- released its second list of 155 cently crossed over to the chief Keshav Prasad Maurya. OMAR RASHID The SP has conceded bleeding. ted for VIPs and oicials to candidates for the upcoming BJP from the Congress. She It had been finalised at a The Health Minister watch the event. Assembly polls in Uttar Pra- will contest from Lucknow. meeting of the party’s Cent- LUCKNOW: Late on Sunday, the to the Congress seats said, “Jallikattu, a centur- Every bull was let out desh which included Pankaj BJP spokesperson and ral Election Commission Congress released its first that the latter had ies-old-tradition in the vil- from the Vaadi Vaasal a few Singh, son of Home Minister former Prime Minister Lal (CEC) on Thursday, of which list of 41 candidates for west lage, was held after a gap of moments after the earlier Rajnath Singh from Noida Bahadur Shastri’s grandson Prime Minister Narendra U.P., including seats where won or come second three years. We did not vi- one was released and med- and Mriganka Singh, daugh- Siddharth Nath Singh has Modi and party chief Amit the Samajwadi Party had in 2012 olate any rule.” ical teams were stationed to ter of BJP MP Hukum Singh, been allotted the west Alla- Shah are members. earlier fielded candidates attend to the injured from the Kirana seat in west- habad seat. against its wishes. In efect ence announcing the alli- Despite precautions immediately. ern Uttar Pradesh. Brajesh Pathak, who, like PM’s directive ignored the SP has returned the seats ance, State Congress Presid- The District Collector, A fleet of 108 ambulances With this, the BJP has an- Ms. Bahuguna Joshi, defec- Mr. Modi had, in the BJP’s to the Congress in which the ent Raj Babbar said, the Superintendent of Police, were also deployed to im- nounced 303 of the 403 seats ted to the BJP, albeit from the Rita Bahuguna Joshi recently National Executive latter had either won or alliance would “set an ex- oicials from the Public mediately shift the injured in contest in the seven-phase Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), meet in New Delhi, cau- come a close second in 2012. ample” in development and Works Department, An- to the hospital, he added. Assembly poll, results for has been fielded from central Nagar. Along with Mr. Pankaj tioned party leaders from AICC general secretary the two parties would issue a imal Husbandry and Rev- Health oicials said some which will be out on March Lucknow. and Ms. Mriganka Singh, Ra- canvassing for ticket for rel- Madhusudan Mistry later common minimum pro- enue Departments had in- of the injured were referred 11. The party had released its State unit spokesperson jasthan Governor Kalyan atives. But looking at the two announced two additional gramme in one week, a “new spected the venue on to government hospitals in first list of 149 candidates on Hriday Narayan Dikshit has Singh’s grandson has been lists put out by the party, that nominees cleared by the agenda that is accountable Saturday night and gave Pudukottai and Iluppur. Monday. been fielded from Bhagwant nominated from Atrauli. hasn’t had an efect. party’s Central Election and far-sighted”. Committee (CEC): Masud Akhtar from Saharanpur Another SP list Nagar and Sherbaz Khan Soon after the press meet, Indian firms dupe AAP failed to from Chandpur Assembly Samajwadi Party released Army recruitment to get less taxing constituency another list of 77 candidates, Tehran company keep promises in The Congress has fielded including three from Rae DINAKAR PERI The force is trying to U.P. vice-president Imran Bareli —Salon, Unchahar of ₨18.64 crore Delhi: Congress Masood from Nakur (Saha- and Sareni. NEW DELHI: The chaotic Army reverse the current ranpur), where the SP had It was soon followed up by DEVESH K. PANDEY recruitment rallies, where system and the SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT earlier declared a candidate. the party announcing in a thousands of youngsters written exams will The shift in balance also separate note that it would NEW DELHI: At the intervention jostle to become soldiers, has CHANDIGARH: Former Union means that Umar Khan, the also contest on two seats in of the Iranian Embassy, the for long been an integral part be conducted online Minister and Congress leader SP candidate who is the son- neighbouring Amethi — Central Bureau of Investiga- of Indian landscape. If a pro- Anand Sharma on Sunday in-law of the Shahi Imam Amethi and Gauriganj. tion (CBI) has registered a posal under discussion in the will be outsourced to a said the Aam Aadmi Party had Bukhari of Jama Masjid, has While sitting MLA Rakesh case against unknown oi- Army headquarters is to private company,” oicials failed to fulfil even a single been replaced from Behat in Pratap Singh is fielded in cials of UCO Bank and the fructify, Indian youth may said. promise made to the people of Saharanpur by the Congress Gauriganj, the SP has fielded owners of some private firms find a more peaceful way to Based on the written test, Delhi, where it is in power. candidate Naresh Saini. corruption tainted contro- for allegedly defrauding a don the uniform. 7-8 times of the vacancies Mr. Sharma, addressing a While Congress strong- versial minister Gayatri Tehran-based company of In the present system, par- An Army recruiting officer addressing aspirants at a training would be called for the phys- press conference here, ac- man Pankaj Malik gets back Prasad Prajapati from ₨18.64 crore. ticipants go through physical camp at M.G.R Stadium in Madurai. — FILE PHOTO ical test and 2.5 times for the cused Delhi CM Arvind Kejri- his Shamli seat, the Congress Amethi. The agency has named 12 and medical evaluation fol- medical test. The target date wal of coming to Punjab only leader of the party in State Interestingly, the SP has entities, including half-a- lowed by a written examina- and order issues. With the rejected, who poses massive for the first exam is July, oi- to aggravate the problems of Assembly Pradeep Mathur is fielded a candidate, Atlaf An- dozen companies in Delhi, tion. The Army is trying to new system, disturbance to logistics and security chal- cials said. The process of se- its people, who had been fielded form the seat he won sari, from Mau, held by con- Gurugram and Mumbai, be- reverse the procedure, in the local population will be lenges. With the new system, lecting the outsourcing part- already sufering under the in 2012, Mathura. troversial leader Mukhtar sides unknown oicials of which the written examina- reduced,” a senior oicer the crowds will be much ner has started. ‘Badal’ regime. The Congress also got Ansari but not yet an- the Parliament Street branch tion would be conducted on- said. smaller and easily manage- The estimated cost of the Mr. Kejriwal was bringing back the Deoband, Hapur. nounced a candidate on the of UCO Bank, as accused in line at various locations na- Roughly 25-30 lakh people able,” the oicer said. roll-out in the three pilot people from outside to man- Hathras, Khurja, Syana, Mohamadabad seat in the case registered on the tionwide and a smaller take part in the over 100 ral- The new system will be zones is ₨15 crore. age his party’s poll campaign Bareilly and Bareilly Can- Ghazipur, where Mukhtar’s basis of a complaint from the number would then be called lies each year, and only 6% tested in Ambala, Chennai Under the new system in Punjab, which clearly tontment seats. The SP brother Sibgatullah Ansari is Embassy. The complainant, for the physical and medical clear the medical evaluation and Jaipur and then rolled Army intends to recover 50% showed that he did not trust seems to have retained Gan- sitting MLA. the proprietor of the Tehran- evaluation. and sit for the examination out all over the country. of the cost from the candid- the people of the State, he goh in Saharanpur. Mr. Akhilesh Yadav was based Wist General Trading, “Currently, the civil ad- and eventually 2.5% get re- “Registration will be on- ate while 50% would be said. He asked rebel candid- Congress has fielded opposed to the merger of the said the Indian government ministration spends ₨10-15 cruited. On an average, line and the exam will be borne by the government. ates to withdraw from the former minister Jitin Prasad Ansaris’ Quami Ekta Dal wanted to give incentives to lakh on organising each rally. 60,000 jawans are recruited computer-based at multiple “This works out between race and strengthen the from Tilhar in with the SP and whether he nations for doing business In addition, there are hidden every year. “This leaves a centres. The online exam, ₨400-600 per candidate,” of- party’s hands against the SAD Sahahjahanpur. snubs them again would be with India. In response, the costs and security and law very large group of people from registration to results, ficials stated. and AAP. Earlier at a press confer- keenly watched. Iranian nationals wanted to do business with their Indian counterparts. The business- man, dealing in dry fruits, Two soldiers killed in was introduced to the ac- Kashmir Super League, a desert storm from the Valley cused, Rajesh Khanna, who allegedly introduced himself The cricket tournament in Dubai has helped 52 youths from the State land jobs in the Emirate Arunachal encounter as the biggest exporter of dryfruits in the world. PEERZADA ASHIQ told The Hindu on the Valley. “It’s an impressive SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tending the Pangsau festival He and the other accused phone from Dubai. tournament. I have when it was attacked with convinced the businessman SRINAGAR: Faraway in a Dubai At present, a Dubai suggested to the KSL to NEW DELHI: Two soldiers were grenades along the Assam- to get into a contract for sup- stadium, a cricket telecom company, du, has have two cricketing talents, killed and three injured in an Arunachal border. ply of cashew nuts worth tournament — organised 165 employees from who otherwise cannot encounter with terrorists The United Liberation ₨18.64 crore. The terms in- by aficionados from Kashmir and the aford it, to play in each after an Assam Rifles vehicle Front of Asom–Independent cluded payment of the Kashmir and live-streamed tournament is providing team for this kind of was ambushed in Changlang and the Coordination Com- amount in advance. The talks on social media with the more chances of exposure. They are district of Arunachal Pra- mittee (CorCom), an um- formally began in January score card ticking in real employment. working on it,” said Mr. desh on Sunday. Two terror- brella group of six banned 2015. time on an Android app — “The tournament is Rasool, an all-rounder, who ists were neutralised during underground organisations “The performa invoice is fast becoming a game- providing a new platform also played in the IPL for the search operations later. of Manipur, claimed re- was prepared by the seller, changer for the Valley’s for people who come from Sunrisers Hyderabad. The vehicle was escorting sponsibility for the attack. with the intention of cheat- unemployed and budding J&K,” Mr. Shah said. Mr. Rasool went to Dubai a large number of tourists at- (With inputs from PTI) ing the buyer… The sellers cricketers. Organised on the pattern to inaugurate the were neither having any Every Friday, a weekly- of the Indian Premier tournament. stock of cashew nuts nor did of in the United Arab League (IPL), of the 51 they ever intend to supply Emirates, 14 teams, FROM THE DUGOUT: Every Friday, 14 teams, comprising 224 matches scheduled, 13 have Preserving culture the same,” the complaint comprising 224 cricketers cricketers from the Valley, get together at the Ajman Oval already been played, with The tournament aims to said. The businessman de- from the Valley, get stadium. — PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the finals to be held on preserve the Kashmiri posited the whole considera- together at the Ajman Oval March 24. culture too. “We named the tion amount in bank. The stadium, 30 km away from visitor visa in Dubai in number of Kashmiris Impressed by the teams after many forgotten money, transferred from Dubai city, to play under secured jobs because of the working in Dubai. We organisers’ use of bridges in the Valley,” said Kish International Bank, was the lights. tournament that started in pooled our resources to technology, including a live Mr. Shah. to be released by UCO Bank A self-sponsored the first week of January. ensure that deserving app for Android and Teams are also named only after verifying that the tournament, the Kashmir youth is absorbed in streaming on social Dachigam Hangul, after an consignment was shipped to Super League (KSL) is Employment chances diferent fields. The networking sites, Pervaiz endangered Kashmiri stag, the buyer. becoming a big hit back “The idea behind the tournament helped in that,” Rasool, who debuted for Hokarsar Rangers after the However, it is alleged that home for diferent reasons. KSL was to bond and Zubair Shah, an IT India on June 15, 2014, sees fast-shrinking wetland, and the accused got the amount At least 52 unemployed connect with each other. engineer and player of the in it a ray of hope for Kanqah Hamdans, after an released in connivance with Kashmiri youths on a There is phenomenal rise Buhrikadal Badshah team, budding cricketers in the oldest shrine. some bank oicials.

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POLLDIARY Uproar over Rawat contesting two seats The jangled nerves of jewellery-makers DEHRADUN: In its first list of 63 candidates for Uttarakhand, the Congress has fielded Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who is also the party’s Hit by demonetisation, the merchants of Saharanpur say they find Samajwadi Party a better choice this time chief ministerial candidate, from two seats, Haridwar Rural and Kichha. Supporters of other SMITA GUPTA would be good, it would end Akhilesh becomes Chief Congress leaders — whom the party terrorism, corruption, but it Minister again, it will be be- did not field for the polls — created a SAHARANPUR (U.P.): In Saharan- has destroyed our business cause of Modi,” Mr. Chandra ruckus at the party office following pur’s busy shopping district, completely. Young people adds. the announcement. While many new the necessities of everyday like Akhilesh; he will be good And it isn’t just the jew- candidates have been fielded by the life — warm clothes, shoes, for the State. The jewellers’ ellers of Saharanpur. Congress, Suresh Chand Jain, blankets, quilts, and aro- community will not vote for Sandeep Aggarwal of the Rajkumar and Shailendra Singh matic spices — are being BJP this time in U.P.” Bareilly Mahanagar Sarafa Rawat, who joined the party after snapped up. In the Sarafa Mr. Jain, it turns out, is no Association says: “Much of they were denied candidature by the BJP, would be Bazaar, the street of jew- exception here. As I ran- our clientele was from neigh- contesting the polls as Congress candidates. Two ellers, there is a hushed si- domly enter other jewellery bouring villages. Now, they of the six Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) lence. shops, the story is are cashless: so no one is members, who supported the Rawat government, There are virtu- the same. All tradi- buying anything… this will have been fielded. While the BJP, which had ally no customers in tional BJP voters, afect the elections.” declared its list of 64 candidates on January 16, this part of western the jewellers have declared the remaining list of six candidates on Uttar Pradesh and, decided to vote for Feeling betrayed Sunday, the Congress, which took much time in as the shopkeepers the SP this time. Ravi Dev of the finalising its first list, is yet to declare its inform us, it’s been Jitendra Aggar- Moradabad Jewellers Wel- candidates for seven seats. — Staff Reporter like this since wal stresses de- fare Association, too, con- November 8, when monetisation has curs: “When people don’t ₨500 and ₨1000 cur- “broken the back- have cash, jewellery is the rency notes were bone of the jew- last thing on their mind. Add Of gifts, cash and casinos rendered worthless. ellery business” — pur- GST, and the current reces- PANAJI: Following apprehensions raised by political At TT Jewellers, in exist- chases are now around 10 per sion: traders feel betrayed parties in Goa about luring voters with cash ence since 1870, young T.T. cent of what they were that the party they supported inducements, the Election Commission has Jain belongs to the eighth earlier. has kicked them so hard.” directed that strict vigil be maintained and action generation of his family. “For weddings, no one is Jewellery shops in the Sarafa Bazar area of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.— PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY India’s jewellery market, taken against malpractices. Talking “Akhilesh Yadav, in alliance buying new jewellery; they estimated at ₨3 lakh crore, is to the media after a review with the Congress, will be are just getting old pieces Jan Sangh days, and have a says Mr. Kumar, “it adversely ers because we thought it 85% unorganised: demonet- of election preparations, very strong. He has thrown polished and refurbished.” It few thousand votes in every afected small businessman was a pro-business party,” isation and the introduction Chief Election out all the tainted people, he isn’t just jewellers who are urban constituency. like us, not the corporate Mr. Chandra says. of the Goods and Services Commissioner (CEC) Nasim believes in development,” he moving SP-wards, but “half Shashi Kumar and his son, giants.” “But demonetisation has Tax will, in the long run, alter Zaidi expressed satisfaction says, adding, “I am going to the trading community”, he destroyed not just the jew- the shape of the sector. But with the arrangements vote for him — and so is my continues. INFOCUS I-T notice ellery business but all small for the moment, it appears ahead of the February 4 entire family.” Subhash Chandra is even scale businesses, let they be likely to afect the BJP vote in polls. “Parties expressed But is he a traditional The backbone Sachin Singhal, say that angrier — he has just re- carpets in Bhadohi, bangles Uttar Pradesh, a State in apprehension about abuse of Samajwadi Party voter? The trading community when they cast their votes, ceived a notice from the In- in Firozabad, brass orna- which, otherwise, caste alle- money, distribution of gifts and “No,” he says, “we are tradi- may not be large, but it was “the impact of demonetisa- come Tax authorities, adding ments in Moradabad. And giances will largely decide on possible misuse of withdrawal tional BJP voters ... initially, always considered the back- tion will be on our minds”. insult to injury. this has been followed by people’s electoral of cash in casinos. The parties further stated the we thought demonetisation bone of the BJP, right from its “Modi’s mission has failed,” “We were all BJP support- raids — this is persecution. If preferences. likelihood of distribution of gifts in the last week before the poll,” Mr. Zaidi said. The CEC said senior officials of the Income Tax(Investigation Wing) of Karnataka-Goa, have been apprised on Sunday morning of the concerns regarding cash flow from casinos. The Director General (Investigation), IT, Old habits die hard Goa and Karnataka, was in the State to monitor the Darim and other entry and exit from casinos to track any unusually high cash movement during the electioneering tales of loss period, he added. — Special Correspondent in the hills Cong. riding pillion on ‘bicycle’: Venkaiah PANAJI: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu leader on Sunday Monkeys have dismissed the Congress’ chances in the destroyed a whole forthcoming Assembly polls across five States, fruit crop in saying it was so weakened as a national party that it was reduced to Uttarakhand riding pillion on Akhilesh Yadav’s cycle in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a KAVITA UPADHYAY poll rally at Porvorim near here, Mr. Naidu called the Congress a “sinking ALMORA (UTTARAKHAND): ship”, referring to an exodus of its Passing through the top leaders in recent times. “The Almora hills, a sign board country is moving towards the BJP and the painted Darim Khola Congress is getting increasingly weakened. So points to a village which much so, they were even willing to sit behind the no more grows Darim — a Maya Devi from Fulsaini in bicycle of Akhilesh Yadav. In some States, it is not fruit that the village is Dehradun shows the there any more. They are in fact disappearing from named after. barren land. — PHOTO: SPECIAL one State after another,” the Minister said. Stating “There are no Darim ARRANGEMENT that the Left parties were no more a force, Mr. trees in the village Naidu exuded confidence that the BJP would come anymore. All the trees menace, Ms. Kandpal said. to power in Karnataka in the next elections. He have been chopped of for However, the problem said Kerala was the saffron party’s next target. — the fear of monkeys,” keeps escalating, she Special Correspondent village head Devendra added. Nayal said. “After we vote them Other crops too are [the MLAs] to power, they SPECTATOR SPORT: Navjot Singh Sidhu, Congress candidate for the Punjab Assembly elections and ex-cricketer, swings the afected as monkeys simply tell us that there is bat again during a morning walk at Ram Bagh Garden in Amritsar on Sunday. — PHOTO: AFP On a high in dry Manipur attack whatever little the no solution to the IMPHAL: Prices of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) villagers grow for their problem,” Ms. Kandpal and country liquor are going up in Manipur as the own consumption. said. Assembly elections are on. But bootleggers say the “The monkeys destroy In the upcoming demand is increasing. There are election-related everything that we grow elections, the Parishad, lunches and dinners everywhere during which there which consists of 3,500 is a heavy demand for liquor. It does not make any INFOCUS women from the Fear and loathing about drug dens difference that Manipur has been dry Dwarahat, Bhikiasain and since 1991. Police and excise in our fields. Earlier, we Ranikhet regions, has A main campaign wara, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, the Opposition parties to ish Bikram Singh Majithia personnel confiscated and could keep some decided to vote for only Chandigarh and Patiala. In corner the SAD-BJP govern- and his associates who have destroyed country liquor and agricultural produce for that candidate who issue in Punjab is the past few years, we have ment. pushed Punjab into the prob- IMFL worth over Rs. 4 lakh in our consumption, and we assures them to solve this the drug menace noticed that the number of In his campaign speeches, lem. On March 11, the elec- the past few days. would still have items in problem. gripping the State people addicted to heroin is Punjab Pradesh Congress tion results will be declared Bootleggers say that IMFL suicient quantities left to “They [the candidates] on the rise,” Mr. Puri says. Committee president Capt. and a government will be in bottles cannot be transported be sold in the market. But, will have to give in writing VIKAS VASUDEVA Amarinder Singh place by March 22. from Assam and Meghalaya now we grow only that they would solve our Free availability says he will wipe out And on April 15, we where there is unrestricted because we cannot see problem, or we shall not DAULATPUR (PUNJAB): With the Patients say that whether the problem in four will send Majithia sale. This is because Manipur is our fields barren,” Mr. vote for them,” Ms. drug menace at the core of it is the Shiromani Akali Dal- weeks after assum- to jail,” he said at a ILLUSTRATION: SREEJITH R. KUMAR facing an economic blockade Nayal said. Kandpal asserted. the high-voltage campaign BJP alliance or the Congress ing oice. The Con- meeting recently. and the police are permitting Declining forest quality for the Punjab Assembly that is in power, drugs are gress, he says, will The government only essential commodities to be brought under Man-animal conflict that has disturbed the elections, the political freely available in the State. bring in a special has been denying escort in trucks from Assam’s border town. Some The human-wildlife food cycle, and the parties promise the voters “Drugs are easily available law to crack down that the number of enterprising traders have been smuggling foreign conflict, which especially proximity of human that they will stamp it out if here. Initially, during my col- on the drug mafia, drug addicts is in- liquor from Myanmar, which is just 110 km from afects the lives of over 70 habitations to forest areas voted to power. But the “suf- lege days, I started taking and those found creasing, saying the Imphal, Manipur’s capital. — A Correspondent lakh people who reside in are the primary reasons ferers” have their doubts. cough syrup ... Then I turned guilty will be jailed issue has been “ex- Uttarakhand villages, has “The parties talk about to opium and poppy husk. All and their assets confiscated. aggerated”. Deputy Chief especially afected Candidates ask for eradication of drugs, but these were easily available. Minister Sukhbir Singh agriculture in the State. drugs have been freely avail- Drug-peddlers sell openly,” Blaming the govt. Badal of the SAD has criti- Wild boar, monkeys, votes on the able here. It doesn’t matter says a 35-year-old man who is Aam Aadmi Party national cised the Congress and the POLLSTAT elephants, and nilgais promise that they who is in power,” said a 42- in the last leg of his treatment convener and Delhi Chief AAP for “defaming” the destroy crops across the will solve the year-old man who got ad- at the centre. “I have no faith Minister Arvind Kejriwal youth of the State by calling State. In 2015, crop dicted soon after his school- in the political parties which says the SAD-BJP govern- them “drug-addicts”. Mr. damage was recorded on simian menace ing in Patiala. He is cured of say they will stamp out the ment is responsible for the Badal has said only 1.27 per 307 hectares across the addiction at a rehabilitation menace.” problem. cent of the 3.75 lakh youths State due to man-animal behind the growing centre, where he now works The drug menace is one of “When an AAP govern- had “tested positive” for conflict. The damage was human-wildlife conflict in as a caretaker. the issues being played up ment is formed, we will pun- drug abuse during a recent twice that was recorded in Uttarakhand. Speaking to The Hindu, on police recruitment drive. He 2014. On February 3, 2016, the condition of anonymity, he has also said the government In Dwarahat village, Environment Ministry said: “I got addicted to drugs has launched a “decisive” which is about 110 km issued a notification in in my teens. Drugs were war on drugs and has enlis- from Darim Khola, the which it declared wild freely available then — be it ted support, especially of the villagers have distributed boars as vermin for a opium, poppy husk or charas youth. duties by which every day, period of one year. extracted from cannabis. SAD leader and Union four villagers are assigned With the notification in They are freely available Minister for Food Processing the task of shooing away place, but with no help even now. Though the gov- Harsimrat Kaurrecently told the monkeys from the from the forest ernments have changed, the The Hindu in an interview: agricultural land. department, the villagers problem remains.” “The claims about the prolif- who have small land At the Navjivan rehabilita- eration of drugs is a pure False promises holdings and are not in tion centre at Daulatpur, 70 slander by both the Congress “It is a temporary possession of licenced km from the capital Chand- and the AAP.” solution, not a viable one,” guns stick to traditional igarh, patients come in for The drug-traicking in Madhubala Kandpal, methods of dissuading the treatment. “We have patients Punjab, through which secretary of Dwarahat- boars when they enter the in the age group of 20-50, but passes 553 km of the Interna- based Mahila Ekta fields. the problem is prevalent tional Border with Pakistan, Parishad, said. Hence, even as the among teenagers too, and has three elements: smug- Each time during the one-year deadline of the this is a cause for worry,” says gling of heroin from across State Assembly elections, notification approaches, Rohit Puri, who is in charge the border; smuggling of the candidates ask for the villagers have of the centre. opium, poppy husk and ganja votes on the promise that experienced no respite “Patients come here from THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION: Inmates at a drug de-addiction and from across the inter-State they would solve the from the problem. all over the State, especially rehabilitation centre at Daulatpur village on the outskirts of border; and misuse of pre- from Barnala, Moga, Phag- Patiala.— PHOTO: AKHILESH KUMAR scription drugs. SOURCE: ELECTION COMMISSION

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Israel approves After protests, Trump wages war against media permits for 560 settlement units Calls them ‘dishonest’ after they published pictures comparing the crowd at his inauguration ceremony with that at Obama’s swearing in JERUSALEM: Israel approved VARGHESE K. GEORGE building permits on Sunday for hundreds of homes in WASHINGTON: Coming under three East Jerusalem settle- public pressure soon after as- ments, two days after U.S. suming oice, President Don- President Donald Trump ald Trump hit back, extending took oice, expecting him to his campaign tone into pres- row back on the last adminis- idency and targeting his ire at tration’s criticism of such the media. Speaking at the projects. CIA headquarters, Mr. Trump The housing projects, on was angry with the media for land that the Palestinians comparing the crowd at his seek as part of a future state, inauguration with that at Mr. had been taken of the Jerus- Obama’s swearing in. alem municipality’s agenda Several media outlets had in December at the last published pictures that minute at the request of showed that inauguration ce- Prime Minister Benjamin remonies in 2009 and 2013 Netanyahu, in order to avoid had many more people com- further censure from the ad- pared to Friday. Mr. Trump ministration of Barack said — wrongly — that his Obama. crowd “went all the way back Israel’s right-wing expects to the Washington Monu- Mr. Trump’s attitude to- ment”, at the other end of the wards settlements built in Washington Mall. “I have a the West Bank and East Jeru- running war with the media. salem, areas Israel captured They are among the most dis- in a 1967 war, to be far more honest human beings on supportive than that of his earth, right?” he asked. predecessor. In the evening, the first me- Mr. Netanyahu said he dia briefing of the new presid- would hold his first conver- ency held out the prospects of ‘NOT OUR PRESIDENT’: (Clockwise) People pack the National Mall for the ‘Women’s March’ in Washington on Saturday; a similar sation with Mr. Trump since a White House openly at war march in Toronto; and actor Scarlett Johansson and Senator Kamala Harris speaking at the rally. — PHOTOS: REUTERS, AP, NYT, AFP he took oice, by telephone with journalists. “We’re going on Sunday. “Many matters to hold the press account- Luther King Jr. from the Oval crowds that had flooded all ing environment, civil rights, face us, the Israeli- able,” said press secretary Oice. He later apologised for streets around the area. “This marriage equality and the Palestinian issue, the situ- Sean Spicer, accusing some the mistake and withdrew his is what a movement looks rights of the LGBT com- ‘Why didn’t these people ation in Syria, the Iranian reporters of “deliberate false tweet. Mr. Spicer termed the like! Can’t see the end of the munity. threat,” he said in broadcast reporting” of the inaugural misreporting “irresponsible crowds from stage,” Indian- The marches on Saturday remarks at the start of his ceremony and following and reckless”. American Congresswoman formed the biggest protest in vote?’ tweets President weekly Cabinet meeting. events. Meanwhile, more than half Pramila Jayapal, one of the or- the country’s history. One of Jerusalem’s City Hall ap- a million people filled to the ganisers, tweeted. the biggest earlier was the MARTIN PENGELLY supposed size of crowds for his memorial wall. proved the building permits ‘Inaccurate numbers’ brim the National Mall in the Hannah Sandin, a sculptor, 1982 anti-nuclear march in inauguration; expressions of airily Mr. Trump also sought to turn for more than 560 units in the “…photographs of the in- U.S. capital on Saturday to travelled from New York New York City that drew a resident Donald Trump stayed defined love and support for the table on the protests on urban settlements of Pisgat augural proceedings were in- protest against Mr. Trump, ri- along with a bus load of oth- crowd of around a million. Ptrue to campaign-trail form, intelligence agencies with which Sunday morning, tweeting: Zeev, Ramat Shlomo and tentionally framed in a way, in valling the crowds that wit- ers to be in Washington, The 1969 anti-Vietnam war using his personal Twitter he has been at odds over their “Watched protests yesterday but Ramot, areas annexed to Jer- one particular tweet, to min- nessed his oath the previous rather than joining the protest protest in Washington had an account rather than his newly belief in Russian attempts to was under the impression that we usalem in a move unrecog- imise the enormous support day at the same place. Protest- in her city. “He is a sociopath. estimated attendance of five acquired handle @POTUS on influence the election on his just had an election! Why didn’t nised internationally. that had gathered on the Na- ers marched in several cities And he must be resisted,” she to six lakh people. Sunday to praise his own behalf; boasts about the number these people vote? Celebs hurt Meir Turgeman, the chair- tional Mall…” he said. across the U.S, in an unpre- said of Mr. Trump, adding that While the public outcry performance in a meeting with of times he has appeared on the cause badly.” man of the municipality’s “Inaccurate numbers in- cedented outpouring of pub- at the same time, there should against Mr. Trump raised the intelligence officials. cover of Time magazine; the He later added : “Peaceful Planning and Building com- volving crowd size were also lic anger against a President be a more empathetic under- hope of progressive activists He tweeted: “Had a great supposed God-given fact that it protests are a hallmark of our mittee, told Israel Radio that tweeted... the National Park on his second day in oice. standing of his supporters. in the U.S., David Axelrod, a meeting at CIA Headquarters stopped raining when he spoke at democracy. Even if I don’t always the permits had been held up Service, which controls the “No Trump, no KKK, no In New York, Los Angeles, strategist who worked on yesterday, packed house, paid the Capitol on Friday (it didn’t); agree, I recognise the rights of until the end of the Obama National Mall, does not put fascist USA!” protesters Chicago, Denver and Boston, Barack Obama’s 2008 presid- great respect to Wall, long and an insinuation that he might people to express their views.” administration. any [numbers] out. By the chanted as they walked past massive rallies surpassed ex- ential campaign, sounded a standing ovations, amazing start another war in Iraq. He also tweeted about TV The Palestinians de- way, this applies to any at- the White House, referring to pectations of the police and word of caution. “This out- people. WIN!” On Saturday night, the recently ratings for his inauguration on nounced the move. “We tempts to try to count the the Ku Klux Klan, a white su- organisers. The protest was pouring today is extraordin- Mr. Trump had spoken on retired CIA director John Brennan Friday. “Wow, television ratings strongly condemn the Israeli number of protesters today in premacist organisation that initially billed as a women’s ary and inspiring. But if all Saturday at the Langley, Virginia communicated through a former just out,” he wrote. “31 million decision to approve the con- the same fashion,” he said. had supported Mr. Trump. march, but the slogans and this energy isn’t channeled CIA HQ in front of the memorial aide that he was “deeply people watched the Inauguration, struction,” Nabil Abu Rdai- A reporter had on Friday The organisers had earlier signs alluded to a wide range into sustained pol [political] wall for officers killed in the line saddened and angered at Trump’s 11 million more than the very nah, spokesman for tweeted that Mr. Trump had called of plans to march from of concerns that the new pres- action, it will mean little,” he of duty. His 15-minute speech despicable display of self- good ratings from 4 years ago!” Palestinian President Mah- removed the bust of Martin the Mall, owing to the massive idency has raised — regard- said on Twitter. included boasts about the aggrandisement” in front of the — The Guardian moud Abbas, said. — Reuters U.K. n-missile test Mauritius PM Anerood failed last year, Complexities old and new beset Batticaloa MEERA SRINIVASAN went. In the early 1990s, the Jugnauth to step down says report Apart from land and LTTE killed over 100 Muslim BATTICALOA: From coping with livelihood concerns, men in Kattankudy. The PORT LOUIS (MAURITIUS): Mauri- LONDON: A test firing of an un- the legacy of a brutal war to indebtedness and same year, they ordered tius Prime Minister Anerood armed British nuclear Tri- confronting a severe drought 1,00,000 Muslim residents of Jugnauth announced on Sat- dent missile from a submar- to falling into the menacing drought have Jafna to vacate, souring urday he would be stepping ine malfunctioned last June, trap of micro-credit, the affected people here years of cordial ties. down to make way for his son The Sunday Times reported, Tamil-majority district of “[T]he Tamils opposed Pravind, a move that could prompting questions about Batticaloa is faced with prob- came into their villages and oppression by the Sinhalese, spark turmoil in the Indian why Prime Minister Theresa lems old and new. thrust the loans on them. but in turn oppressed us.” Ocean island. May did not tell Parliament Located on Sri Lanka’s east With no income, the women said Mr. Sabeel. “I will tender my resigna- ahead of a vote on renewing coast and flanked by Trinco- succumbed.” The distrust appears mu- tion on Monday as President the submarines. malee and Ampara districts, Over 20 new finance com- tual. According to Eastern of the republic. I will relin- The paper quoted an un- Batticaloa is home to nearly panies were set up in the dis- Province Agriculture Minis- quish my place to a younger named senior naval source as five lakh, largely Tamil- trict following the war, each ter K. Thurairajasingam, the and more dynamic leader, saying the missile may have speaking, Sri Lankans This charging from 26 to 30 per Muslims fear that a merger Pravind Jugnauth, who has a veered of in the wrong dir- includes Muslims who make cent interest on the bor- would bring down their per- parliamentary majority,” ection towards the American up a fourth of the district’s rowed sums, a group of wo- centage in the total popula- said the 86-year-old political mainland when it was fired population. men community workers tion. “After the split [in 2006] veteran. of the coast of Florida. And nearly eight years said. they have been dominating In 2014, Mr. Jugnauth was It was the only test firing after the war, Batticaloa re- the East. They do not want elected to his sixth term as Tamil-Muslim divisions of a British nuclear missile in flects problems that overlap that to change,” he said, al- Prime Minister, 22 years Six-term Prime Minister four years and came shortly with the war-torn North, as Even as the Tamil polity leging that Muslim parties after first being voted in. He Anerood Jugnauth. before Ms. May became well those peculiar to the is- continues demanding a mer- have a “tendency to get fa- also served as President Prime Minister in the wake land’s Eastern Province. SYMBOLISM ON SHORES: The Mahatma Gandhi statue is among ger of North and East in the vours” from the Colombo from 2003 to 2012. His resig- liament, the governing coali- of Britain’s vote last June to the most-visited spots in Batticaloa. — PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS new Constitution — as was government. nation is no surprise as back tion should hold, although leave the European Union Land in military control the case until 2006 when the While the politicians in September he had already four Ministers defected to (EU), the paper said. Sathasivam Viyalendran, claims to have rehabilitated war, struggle to make ends North-Eastern Province split among Tamils and Muslims indicated he would not see the Opposition in December It said Ms. May had omit- the Tamil National Alliance former combatants who meet, with hardly any job — the Muslim community, may have diferences, rela- out his term, due to end in over a constitutional row. ted any mention of the failed (TNA) parliamentarian rep- fought the LTTE’s battle, creation and a growing cul- which is politically signific- tions among the Tamils, 2019. Pravind Jugnauth, the Some people believe that test when she persuaded par- resenting the district, said they have few livelihood op- ture of micro-credit trapping ant, is reluctant. “We com- Muslims and the Sinhalese current Minister of Finance, Pravind Jugnauth should not liament to spend £40 billion land has remained a key, con- tions, he noted. them in debt. pletely reject the idea of a on the ground are mostly is also leader of the Militant be able to succeed his father ($49.5 billion) on new Tri- tentious issue for Tamils Meanwhile, Sri Lanka is merger. The North should be cordial, according to Battic- Socialist Movement (MSM), without elections. dent submarines in her first ever since the war ended in also experiencing a severe Micro-credit trap North, the East should be aloa-based disability activist the largest party in the gov- Mauritius is a multi-ethnic major speech to Parliament 2009. “Even now, a major drought, pressuring farmers Local journalist Sharmila East,” said A.L.M. Sabeel, K. Kandeepan. It is the na- erning coalition. archipelago nation of 1.2 mil- as Prime Minister last July. portion of school land, cul- in the district to consider says micro-credit has be- secretary of the Federation tionalist forces that complic- According to the Mauri- lion people of the east coast Asked four times during a tivable land and private land alternatives. come “the single biggest of Mosques in Kattankudy, a ate ties, he said. tian Constitution, President of Africa. It is the only BBC television interview on belonging to the Tamils are Thousands of people re- problem” that the women of Muslim settlement. “As the state delays taking Ameenah Gurib-Fakim Hindu-majority country in Sunday whether she knew under military control, main missing since the war, Batticaloa face. “Almost Tamil-Muslim relations steps towards reconciliation, would ask Pravind Jugnauth Africa. It was colonised by about the misfire before she though the government has and their families continue every woman has borrowed are yet to improve signific- the ultra-nationalist and ra- (55) to see if he can form a the Dutch in the 17th century, made that speech, Ms. May released some land in a few the search for them. Women, or purchased gadgets on antly after the war, though cist elements in all com- government once his father then the French and finally repeatedly declined to an- places.” particularly those who lost lease… it is not as if they had a both communities grapple munities make it harder to leaves oice. Britain before gaining inde- swer directly. — Reuters While the government their husbands during the choice. These companies with challenges of resettlem- move ahead.” With 41 of 69 seats in Par- pendence in 1968. — AFP

Iranian-British woman given jail term Troops enter Gambia to sentenced to five years in prison. The report by Mizanonline.ir quoted Tehran secure new leader’s return prosecutor Abbas Jafari BANJUL (GAMBIA): West African pulled out shortly afterwards, Dolatabadi as saying the troops entered The Gambia on with Sunday’s troop movement sentence on security charges Sunday to secure President the first by soldiers from the against Nazanin Zaghari- Adama Barrow’s arrival from joint force. TEHRAN: An Iranian news Ratcliffe has been finalised. neighbouring Senegal, as con- Marcel Alain de Souza, a top agency reported that a She works for the Thomson troversy erupted over the assur- oicial with the Economic woman with dual Iranian and Reuters Foundation. — AP ances ofered to Yahya Jammeh Community Of West African British citizenship has been to guarantee his exit. States (ECOWAS), which or- Mr. Jammeh flew out of The ganised the deployment, said Gambia on Saturday, ending 22 pro-Jammeh elements and mer- Powerful quake hits Papua New Guinea years at the helm of the nation, Former President Yahya cenaries remained on the and landed in Equatorial Jammeh, who left the ground and had open fired as SYDNEY: A powerful 7.9- nation and its neighbours Guinea a few hours later. country on Saturday. troops crossed the border. magnitude earthquake struck was later cancelled. The The Senegalese general lead- “They were neutralised,” he Papua New Guinea on tremor struck 40 km west of ing a joint force of troops from the Gambian border town of said in a statement seen by AFP, Sunday, shaking homes and Panguna on Papua New five African nations said sol- Farafenni saw a convoy cross- without elaborating. sparking a tsunami alert, but Guinea’s Bougainville island diers had nonetheless entered ing the frontier on Sunday Following Mr. Barrow’s win there were no immediate at a depth of 153 km at 3:30 The Gambia to “control stra- morning, which would leave in the December 1 election, Mr. reports of casualties or major pm local time (0430 GMT), tegic points to ensure the safety them several hours to reach Jammeh refused to step down, damage. The tsunami the U.S. Geological Survey of the population and facilit- Banjul. Senegalese forces had triggering weeks of uncertainty warning for the Pacific island said. — AFP ate... Barrow’s assumption of briefly crossed into the former that almost ended in a full milit- his role”. An AFP journalist in British colony on Thursday but ary intervention. — AFP CM YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 BUSINESS 15 Toyota sees flat sales on demonetisation GM withholds investments in India Gold imports shrink 32% in April-Dec. Toyota is expecting its vehicle sales in India to In a bid to turn a corner in India, General Motors Gold imports fell 32% to $17.7 billion in April- remain flat in the current year due to uncertainty has put on hold its investments in new models as December of FY17, a decline that is expected to in the market post-demonetisation. — PTI it reviews its future product portfolio. — PTI keep a lid on the current account deficit. — PTI

TRAI to suggest Aadhaar eKYC Curbs on outsourcing may hit U.S. economy: Nasscom for outstation The premier trade body plans to take a delegation to the U.S. in February in an attempt to reach out to the Trump administration users buying SIM YUTHIKA BHARAGAVA that the Indian IT industry cancies in computer and IT- So, the definition has been a group in February to put NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator provided services to Amer- related skills. crafted in a way that only In- across these perspectives to TRAI is likely to recommend NEW DELHI: India’s IT industry ican companies, which dian companies get afected the new setup,” he said. to the Department of Tele- has warned about the ad- helped them to be competit- Foreign students and even some of the other Last year, seeking to as- com (DoT) that Aadhaar- verse impact that curbs on ive in the global market. The Nasscom president bills which have been intro- suage some concerns ex- based eKYC be allowed even outsourcing will have on the “In the U.S., the job cre- said even in colleges and uni- duced are only targeting so pressed by the industry over for outstation customers U.S. economy, which lacks ation engine is only corpor- versities in the U.S., more called 50-50 companies. the outcome of the U.S. Pres- who want to get a mobile high-skilled workers. ate America. There is no than 50% of the students are “If, for a moment, we hy- idential elections given Pres- connection in a particular The country’s premier other way that U.S. economy foreigners in STEM courses. pothetically (accept) the ar- ident Trump’s anti-out- service area. trade body, Nasscom, will be can generate jobs. And there- “So, even if you want to hire gument that one visa worker sourcing posturing during Further, the regulator may taking a delegation to the fore, to keep corporate people from American uni- coming in is displacing an pre-election campaigns, suggest that the existing mo- U.S. in February in an at- America fighting fit, ensure versities, you can only hire American worker, which is Electronics and IT minister bile subscribers in the coun- tempt to reach out to the new that it remains globally com- them on visa because they not true… then how does it Ravi Shankar Prasad had said try should be encouraged to administration. U.S. Presid- petitive, ensure continuous are foreigners as well.” matter if the person comes that the Indian government go in for Aadhaar-based ent Donald Trump had increase in productivity, On creation of jobs in from company A or company would “respond” in a co- electronic Know Your Cus- promised to follow a ‘Buy these services are needed. If PROTECTING JOBS: In the four-year period between 2011-15, America, he noted that the B? If you say it is all right for ordinated manner in case the tomer verification, for which American, Hire American’ you need these services, you Indian IT industry paid $20 billion in taxes to the U.S. — FILE PHOTO Indian industry hires a lot of company A to do it and not new administration takes telecom service providers policy in his inaugural need skilled people.” people, including right for company B to do it, any decision that has poten- could ofer incentives such speech on January 21 in More than 60% of the In- and the bonds are strong. According to December Americans. then the argument itself is in- tial bearing on the sector. as free data or talk time. Washington. dian IT industry’s $108-bil- There may be some marginal 2015 projections by the U.S. According to a 2015 report, valid,” he said. He also poin- “…if certain issues come The facilitation of “The critical thing for this lion export revenue comes rebalancing but I expect Labour Department, em- the industry had created ted out that Indian compan- (up), the matter will be taken Aadhaar-driven eKYC for industry is high-skilled from the U.S. business to go on and actu- ployment of computer and more than 4 lakh jobs in the ies actually account for little up at the Government-level the existing customer base workers and the fact of the ally grow in the medium- information technology oc- U.S., including 150,000 direct over 15% of H1-B visas issued. where, the IT Ministry, Min- would ensure proper verific- matter is that those high- Short-term impact term,” he said. cupations will grow 12% employment positions. istry of Commerce, and Min- ation of subscribers and ad- skilled workers are not avail- Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Citing an example, Mr. from 2014 to 2024 (faster Mr. Chandrasekhar high- Coordinated approach istry of External Afairs..., all dress the security concerns able in the U.S… If the agenda Founder of Info Edge, said Chandrashekhar said that an than the average for all other lighted that the problem is Asked if Nasscom would the three have to work in co- pertaining to fake or bogus of creation of jobs needs to there may be a short-term Indian IT company which occupations). “discriminatory”, referring reach out to the new admin- ordination,” the IT minister mobile connections, accord- be pursued, we feel that cur- impact, but in the medium- tried to hire people in the However, due to shortfalls to provisions implemented istration, he said: “We will;, had said. ing to sources. rent windows will need to be term, businesses could actu- U.S., had interviewed more in college graduates in sci- by the U.S. to curb immigra- these issues need to be pro- He had further pointed out It would also help tele- kept open to get the requisite ally grow. than 4,000 people but could ence, technology, engineer- tion of high skilled workers. jected and shared with the the Indian IT industry’s in- communication operators to skilled workers,” R. “There is huge inter-de- hire only about 20. “These ing and mathematics “The restrictions which new administration. All the vestments in the U.S. were to avoid the hassle of storing Chandrasekhar, president of pendency between the U.S. facts have been shared with (STEM), entering the STEM were imposed in terms of members of the new admin- the tune of $2 billion physical customer verifica- National Association of Soft- and the Indian economy. The the authorities. It’s not that workforce, there could be 2.4 higher cost of visa is applic- istration or the lawmakers between 2011-13 and in the tion paper documents that ware and Service Companies economic logic for U.S. com- they not qualified, but are million unfilled STEM jobs able only to so called 50-50 may not be familiar with all four-year period between could get damaged or mis- or Nasscom told The Hindu. panies to work with Indian not qualified with the skills in the U.S. by 2018 — with companies, which is actually aspects. We will go to the 2011-15, Indian IT industry placed in the long run. — PTI Mr. Chandrasekhar said IT companies is compelling that are needed,” he said. more than half of these va- only the Indian companies. U.S… we are planning to take had paid $20 billion in taxes. GSPC mulls revamp post-ONGC deal Solapur ready-made garment units eye ₨1,000 cr. business

NEW DELHI: After selling its “We are going through our sub-committee of the board N. ANAND Iraq, Czech Republic and uniform market size is Dubai-based Abco LLC, a The investment would be stake in KG gas block to entire financial restructur- to look at this. Prior to the Kenya for ready-made pegged at ₨18,000 crore, of full-fledged manufacturer, about ₨25 crore,” he said. ONGC for $1.2 billion, Gu- ing exercise... Options are next financial year [it should CHENNAI: Garment units man- school uniforms. Represent- which the organised sector distributor and service pro- “Though Solapur has a jarat State Petroleum Corp some dilution of the stake, be before the board],” he ufacturing ready-made atives from Sudan are inter- accounts for nearly ₨12,000 vider of uniforms, safety gear large number of units, it suf- (GSPC) is mulling major fin- some dilution of the equity said. school and corporate uni- ested in putting up a manu- crore. Uniform-making units and apparel, among others, fers from (lack of) con- ancial restructuring includ- [in some businesses],” Mr. GSPC has already ofered forms in Solapur have drawn facturing unit in Solapur,” are scattered across seven to has decided to downsize its nectivity. Overseas buyers ing trimming stake in some Singh told PTI in an to IOC its entire 50% stake in up plans to achieve ₨1,000 said Amit Kumar C. Jain, eight major cities such as purchase order for school skipped Solapur as they have businesses such as LNG and interview. the ₨4,500-crore LNG import crore in revenues in two Joint Secretary, Sri Solapur Tiruppur, Kolkata, New uniforms from China due to to travel at least three hours portfolio readjustment, its Refusing to elaborate, he terminal being set up at years, said a top oicial. Readymade Kapad Utpadak Delhi, Mumbai, Indore and low quality, said the com- from the nearest airport. We managing director J.N. Singh said various options of “fin- Mundra in Gujarat in part- “We can easily do ₨1,000 Sangh. Ludhiana. pany’s Purchase oicer have urged the Centre to said. ancial reconstruction of the nership with the Adani crore business in two years. There are more than 1,000 The Sangh is in the pro- Imthiyaz Basheer Ahmed. provide air connectivity, so The Gujarat government company and portfolio read- Group. The 5 million tonne a We recently conducted a garment units in Solapur em- cess of commissioning a “We have initiated talks to that these units can thrive,” firm, which is saddled with justments” were being year import terminal is 90% uniform and garments fair, ploying more than 60,000 training centre in Solapur procure uniforms from Sol- said Nilesh S. Shah, the close to ₨20,000 crore of looked at. complete. Asked if divesting which will fetch us addi- people. The units do annual within the next two weeks. apur units. We are also plan- Sangh’s vice-president. Mr. debt, has a large gas trading “It will take some time [to stake in other ventures was tional business of ₨200-250 business of ₨600-650 crore Initially, it will train 200 ning to put up a 500-machine Jain said that eforts were on business, gas transmission take it to the board]. We are an option, Mr. Singh said, crore. We also received en- and boast a market share of stitchers and over two years, uniform manufacturing unit by the Maharashtra govern- pipelines and city gas in the process [of doing so]. “That is one of the things we quiries from international 7% to 8%, he said. it aims to train at least 5,000 in Solapur. It will be done in ment to set up a ₨300 crore business. We have set up an internal are considering.” — PTI buyers based in Sudan, Iran, The Indian ready-made women stitchers. association with local units. Garment Park in Solapur. NOIDA/DELHI 16 | BUSINESS THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 BOTTOMLINE No snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast global round-up Apple files $1 billion lawsuit against BSE’s IPO opens this week. It has a track record of profit but there are areas, like equity derivatives, that need attention chip supplier Qualcomm Apple Inc. filed a $1 billion lawsuit against supplier ASHISH RUKHAIYAR While the exit of Singapore Qualcomm Inc. on Friday, Exchange as shareholder is days after the U.S. ver since the National Stock Ex- government accused the Echange (NSE) came into exist- seen as unhealthy, the chip maker of resorting to ence in 1994, it has always been per- Deutsche Boerse staying anti-competitive tactics to ceived to be one step ahead of its invested is a positive maintain a monopoly over much older rival, BSE, whose ori- key semiconductors in gins date all the way back to 1875, mobile phones. Qualcomm making it Asia’s oldest stock provider nationally. BSE, while be- is a major supplier to both exchange. ing much older, is still trying to re- Apple and Samsung But, the much-older exchange, vive its fortunes. BSE has consider- Electronics Co. Ltd. for which also claims to be the fastest in able optionality and has come a long “modem” chips that connect phones to wireless networks. terms of trading speed of six micro way from being the ‘sleepy hollow’ it The two companies together accounted for 40% of seconds, has pipped NSE on the way had become by the mid-1990s when Qualcomm’s $23.5 billion in revenue in its most recent fiscal to becoming the first publicly-listed NSE was formed,” said Mr. Young. year. In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern stock exchange of India. The initial District of California, Apple accused Qualcomm of over- public ofer (IPO) of BSE opens on Potential in exchanges charging for chips and refusing to pay some $1 billion in Monday and shares are being There is no doubt that there is po- promised rebates. Apple said Qualcomm withheld the rebates ofered in the band of ₨805-806. If tential in the exchange business. because of Apple’s discussions with South Korea’s antitrust regulator, the Korea Fair Trade Commission. “Qualcomm then the response to the anchor portion The share of equity as a percentage attempted to extort Apple into changing its responses and of the ofer is anything to go by, then of financial savings in India is only providing false information to the KFTC in exchange for the issue should have a smooth sail- 5% compared with 14% in China, 15% Qualcomm’s release of those payments to Apple.” — Reuters ing. Prominent institutional in- in Brazil, 20% in Indonesia and 42% vestors like Massachusetts Institute in USA. of Technology, Goldman Sachs As- Among the leading listed ex- set Management, The Washington changes of the world like Nasdaq, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup plan University, Citigroup, Kuwait In- Intercontinental Exchange, CME job moves following Brexit vestment Authority Fund, ICICI Group, London Stock Exchange, U.S. banks Morgan Stanley Prudential Mutual Fund, DSP Black- Hong Kong Exchange, Singapore Ex- and Citigroup have rock Alternative Investment Fund change and Deutsche Boerse, In- identified many of the and Kotak Mutual Fund among oth- dia’s BSE tops in terms of share of roles that will need to be ers have participated in the ofer. listing fee as part of its overall moved from Britain It is a fact that anyone wanting to revenue. following its exit from the own a pie in the Indian stock ex- Its EBITDA margins are better European Union, sources change segment cannot ignore BSE. than Nasdaq, LSE and Deutsche involved in the processes Borse. Even its profit margins are told Reuters. Morgan ‘Exchange as epicentre’ comparable to LSE and Deutsche Stanley, which bases the “The challenge for the BSE is that Boerse and are better than Nasdaq. bulk of its European staff in Britain, will have to it has spent several years honing a “BSE is not vastly expensive for an move up to 1,000 jobs in ‘comeback’ story but in reality it has The challenge for the in equity derivatives, it has neatly – will completely exit the bourse. emerging market exchange... the sales and trading, risk management, legal and compliance, as struggled to make a breakthrough stolen the show in the SME space. Market participants said that biggest risk is not the market but in well as slimming the back office in favour of locations and goes to market as a niche BSE is that it has BSE has more than 160 small and while the complete exit of Singapore fact the risk of the clunking fist of overseas, according to one source. Citigroup, which already player,” says Patrick Young of D.V. spent several years medium enterprises (SMEs) listed Exchange along with the partial sell- the regulatory nexus harming the has a large banking unit in Dublin, will need to shift 100 Advisors, a Europe-based capital honing a ‘comeback’ story on its platform, much higher than of by global exchange investor business through unnecessary in- positions in its sales and trading business, sources with markets advisory firm. NSE that has just more than 30 such Caldwell Holdings Inc. could be tervention,” said Mr. Young. knowledge of the matter said. Leading financial firms warned “Then again, exchanges per se are but in reality, it has entities. Both, BSE and NSE started looked as a negative, the decision of India has restrictions on the own- for months before last June’s Brexit referendum that they at the epicentre of the future of fin- struggled to make a their SME platform in 2012. the Deutsche Boerse to stay inves- ership of exchanges. Only a few cat- would have to move some jobs if there was a ‘leave’ vote, and ancial markets. There is consider- On the mutual fund platform of ted would be seen as positive. egories of investors are allowed to have been working on plans for how they would do so for the able upside in the exchange model, breakthrough and goes to stock exchanges as well, there are Interestingly, domestic institu- hold up to 15% in an exchange and past six months. — Reuters so even if BSE remains a niche market as a niche player more trades pouring in through the tional investors like State Bank of In- most have to be content at 5%. player it can continue to profit, even BSE compared to that of the NSE. dia (SBI) and Life Insurance Cor- Interestingly, there are relaxed if it remains in the shadow of the Patrick Young The older exchange has also been poration of India (LIC) have chosen norms for exchanges located at In- NSE,” adds Mr Young. D.V. Advisors able to create a place for itself in the not to sell any shares as part of the ternational Financial Services Chief of Taiwan’s Foxconn says rise Incidentally, for the financial year currency derivatives segment. public issue. While SBI has a stake of Centre (IFSC) like GIFT City at Gu- of protectionism unavoidable ended March 31, 2016, BSE reported While these are obvious suc- 4.75% in the BSE, LIC owns 4.68%. jarat and BSE is clearly eager to be at The head of Foxconn, the a net profit of ₨159.15 crore. In FY15 exchange spent ₨269 crore as incent- cesses, it still has to hold on to its pie Likewise, some prominent in- the forefront. world’s largest contract and FY14, the net profit was ₨151.35 ives in the market-making scheme. in the equity segment, where again vestors in the NSE are also looking BSE may not be the world’s best manufacturer of electronic crore and ₨159.44 crore, respectively. Still, there was a sharp decline in NSE has grabbed a lion’s share. On to exit during the public ofering of exchange and may lag in many para- goods and a major Apple While the exchange boasts of a the equity derivatives segment an average, BSE sees a daily the larger exchange. According to meters but it has surely come a long Inc. supplier, said on good track record in terms of profit turnover when the exchange turnover in the range of ₨2,500 crore the draft prospectus of the NSE, way from the ‘broker’s den’ that it Sunday that the rise of and a cash kitty, there are problem stopped doling out incentives on and ₨3,000 crore. This is much lower some of the bigger shareholders that was once known. It is a profession- protectionism is areas for which it has been trying to April 1, 2016. From a high of 20.80 than that of NSE that clocks more will ofer their shares as part of the ally-managed exchange and has unavoidable. Terry Gou, find solutions for years. lakh contracts traded in FY15, the than ₨17,000 crore on most days. IPO are Tiger Global, Aranda In- been striving hard to create its own chairman of Foxconn, Equity derivatives is one segment number fell to a paltry 954 in the six The exchange is also betting big vestments, Citigroup Strategic niche in a space that is hugely dom- formally known as Hon Hai where BSE has been trying to get a months ended September 30, 2016. on GIFT City, having operational- Holdings, IDBI Bank, SBI, SAIF In- inated by its larger rival. Precision Industry Co., foothold for many years now. ised its wholly-owned subsidiary In- vestments, GS Strategic Invest- Investors should remember that warned that uncertainties “We may not be able to maintain Areas of strength dia International Exchange (INX), ments and Norwest Venture the exchange business is a good for this year make it tough or increase trading in our equity de- Interestingly, BSE’s CEO which will function 22 hours a day, Partners. model to look at, especially in a to have a very clear analysis and outlook, but he said it was clear politics would underpin economic development. His rivatives segment and there is no Ashishkumar Chauhan has, on nu- five days a week. Incidentally, the public issue of country like India with low equity remarks came after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to guarantee that we will be able to merous occasions, said that derivat- The IPO of BSE would see some NSE has been in the news for long penetration. put ‘America First’ in his inauguration speech Friday, compete in this segment with the ives were not instruments of capital of its prominent shareholders exit with its existing investors even writ- Exchanges deliver profits (as has reinforcing concerns of a U.S. protectionist agenda that has NSE,” it states in its IPO prospectus. formation and so the success of an the bourse. While more than 300 en- ing to the board and senior manage- been the case with NSE and BSE) cast a cloud over the outlook on global trade. Since September 2011, BSE has exchange should not be solely meas- tities – individuals, brokerages, in- ment of the exchange to expedite its and also have restricted risk during “The rise of protectionism is unavoidable,” Gou been doing a series of market-mak- ured in terms of derivatives stitutional investors, exchanges – listing process so that there is downturns due to the absence of said.”Secondly, the trend of politics serving the economy is ing schemes – paying to trade on the turnover, an obvious jibe at rival are selling their shares as part of the greater transparency in pricing of leverage. Also, post-listing, the ex- clearly defined.” Taiwan’s tech-dominated manufacturers are BSE – to attract traders to its equity NSE that boasts of a near-monopoly public issue, Singapore Exchange, shares and exits are facilitated on change would enjoy greater flexibil- nervous about potential U.S. trade policies because Trump derivatives segment. Between fin- in equity futures and options. Quantum (M) and Atticus Mauri- the stock exchange platform. ity in terms of raising capital, if has threatened to raise tariffs on imports from some ancial year 2012 and fiscal 2016, the While it has clearly lost the battle tius – among the top 10 shareholders “Clearly, NSE is the dominant needed. countries, notably China.— Reuters

Start-ups ofer tech to tame INTERVIEW  SRIRAM RAGHAVAN the bulls and the bears Watson helps automate intelligence

PEERZADA ABRAR B. PRADEEP NAIR possible to analyse and un- reasoning better. personalises the adverts tions in the U.S. We are hav- derstand only structured and the ofers for you, ing discussions with some agandeep Singh, a 24- In 2011, ‘supercomputer’ data, which make up just • Manipal Hospitals was the teachers can personalise educational institutions in Gyear-old engineering Watson beat human con- 20% (of all available data). first to deploy Watson Health the delivery of content to India for cognitive tutoring. graduate in Khanna in Ludhi- testants in a quiz game With cognitive technology, in India. Are you looking at students. Customising ana, Punjab, is a happy man. show Jeopardy!, sparking we can analyse with preci- newer areas in healthcare? helps, as students have their • One of the applications of AI His investments in stocks speculation on whether ma- sion unstructured data as own strengths and weak- is in vetting of resumes during such as Dishman Pharma chines would one day re- well. Genomics is another area. It nesses, and they learn recruitment. But does AI dilute and Caplin Point Labs re- place human beings in the It is about understanding, is about understanding the diferently. the importance of the human cently yielded good returns. workforce. In the last six reasoning and learning. innards of our body, and it Traditionally, teachers as- element? Though Mr. Singh is unem- years, Watson has come a Watson Oncology Advisor, provides additional inputs sess students by looking at ployed, the successful bets long way. It is now a cognit- for example, has been besides medical literature, their past records or tests or Resumes are huge unstruc- are helping him earn his live- ive technology platform taught to understand data clinical trials and electronic by talking to them. But this tured documents, and if you lihood. This turnaround in that uses natural language about cancer. This is revolu- patient records. is not scalable. Can we have want to apply a set of object- fortune was largely due to a CHANGING DYNAMICS: India has more than 1.2 billion people, but processing and machine tionary because the amount A good case study was re- one teacher for every ive criteria (like whether all young company — TrakIn- only 2% currently invest in equity markets. — FILE PHOTO learning to reveal insights of data on clinical trials and ported from Japan in 2015. A student? applicants are graduates), vest — which has improved from unstructured data. For research material is so vast woman was admitted to a We are working on the there is no harm in ma- the skills of many retail in- ive at American Interna- also tied up with the Indian example, it can assist doc- that the average doctor can’t hospital and diagnosed with notion of cognitive tutor. Its chines doing that, since you vestors like him through tional Group and JP Morgan Institute of Science (IISc) to tors by recommending pos- keep up. With understand- acute myeloid leukemia, a capabilities are understand- don’t have the scale to apply technology. Partners, TrakInvest set up a centre that would sible diagnosis and lines of ing and reasoning, Watson type of blood cancer. Post- ing students’ strengths and that criteria. Three years ago, Mr. Singh provides users access to 10 provide training in equity treatment. Sriram has become the assistant. chemotherapy recovery, weaknesses, and using that For example, if the exist- lost ₨3 lakh in just one year in international stock ex- stock markets. Raghavan, Director of In- The system also keeps however, was abnormally data to personalise the de- ing number of people can the stock market due to lack changes. They also get vir- dia Research Labs, IBM, learning, with the feedback slow. That’s when the hos- livery of content. cover only 200 resumes, the of knowledge. “I was dis- tual money to build a stock Analyst recommendations spoke recently on the rap- from doctors. Its applica- pital turned to Watson, Technology enables us to machine can do 2,000 re- heartened and had decided portfolio. Mr. Bhatia said the Similarly, to help people idly evolving cognitive tech- tions are: assisting human which cross-checked the track how students use con- sumes. But if you are going to quit trading,” said Mr. firm was educating new in- make smarter investment nology, and how it is being beings, scaling expertise woman’s genetic data with tent. Data on content usage - to extend it and hand over Singh who later used the ser- vestors in a zero-risk envir- decisions, another start-up applied in diferent areas. and personalisation. its database and detected such as starting point, por- the whole recruitment pro- vices of TrakInvest, an edu- onment where everything MilkorWater uses data ana- Edited excerpts: gene mutations. tions of video that the stu- cess, then probably you are cational platform for virtual including the stock prices of lytics and recommendations • How difficult is it for Watson She had mutations in over dent watched repeatedly, exceeding the maturity of stock trading. The company more than 15,000 stocks is from professional analysts. It • How different is cognitive to understand, reason and 1,000 genes, many of them points where the student technology. crowdsources financial wis- real, except the money, ranks these analysts based computing from robotics? learn? were not related to her dis- paused, for how long, dom to help retail investors which is virtual. “I have seen on the performance of their ease. Watson found out how the eye moved make smarter decisions. It so many investors lose stock recommendations. Robots automate mundane One, the system has to un- which of these 1,000 genes while reading, etc. — uses analytics to mine hid- money and then stay intim- The firm has also built sys- tasks. But cognitive techno- derstand if the same inform- were diagnostically import- can provide valuable den insights, patterns and idated with this asset class tems that can analyse a large logy enables automation of ation is presented in difer- ant, in just 10 minutes; while insights for the soft- unknown correlations from forever,” said Mr. Bhatia. amount of data and provide tasks that require human ent ways. For example, you scientists would have taken ware to inter- large chunks of data. India has a population of insights to retail investors. beings to think and make can write in diferent ways nearly two weeks to do that. vene and sug- “If I am interested in par- more than 1.2 billion, but “We are targeting about 18 decisions. In other words, an email to me to say that Based on Watson's re- gest study ticular stocks, I can now test only 2% Indians invest in the million active demat account cognitive computing in- you will meet me at 6 p.m. commendations, the doc- material. them virtually before invest- equity market. TrakInvest is holders in the country,” said volves automation of tasks tomorrow. But irrespective tors changed their line of The product, ing,” said Mr. Singh who uses trying to change this by al- Amardeep Lakhtakia, a serial that require intelligence. It of the way you write, I will treatment, and her condi- Watson Enlight, a mobile app and the website lowing a user to learn to in- entrepreneur who founded is actually ‘intelligence understand what you mean. tion improved. has been deployed of TrakInvest to make invest- vest in stocks in a social man- MilkorWater with Dinesh automation’, but for Another challenge is ambi- at multiple loca- ment decisions. A ‘stock ner which includes Somani. Mr. Lakhtakia smelt whatever reason the term guity. The same informa- • In October, you announced chatbot’ which is designed to acquiring skills from peers. a business opportunity when ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) tion can have diferent the release of Watson Element simulate conversations or “We are now seeing a lot of he examined his father’s re- has stuck. meanings in diferent con- for teachers to tailor ‘chatter’ of a human being, talent coming out to invest in turns. He realised that most texts. educational material for helps users like him to mon- the stock market,” said Arjun of the investments were in • Why is cognitive technology We had this example of students. How does it work? itor his investment portfolio. Chakraborti, chief executive the poorest-performing mu- being spoken of as Katrina, to mean the hur- It follows market dynamics TrakInvest, India, in an inter- tual funds and stocks. The transformative? ricane that hit the U.S. or the Education is the third area and answers questions, such view. He said that about company now analyses stock Indian actor. The system is where we are making pro- as who the top gainers in the 100,000 users have joined the recommendations of more Cognitive technology is getting better by looking at gress. There is great poten- stock market are. TrakInvest platform and than 1,800 analysts from 150 gaining a lot of attention be- the context. Learning re- tial to personalise educa- Founded in 2013 by Bobby three-fourths of them are brokerage firms for over 900 cause traditionally, it was moves ambiguity, making tion. Just as a travel portal Bhatia, a former top execut- based in India. The firm has stocks traded on the NSE.

CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 SPORT 17 Irani Cup: STAR Sports 4 & HD 4, 9.30 a.m.; Pavlyuchenkova in the frame ‘Stanimal’ puts rivals on notice Australian Open: Sony Six & Sony Six HD, 1.30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova credited experience and a new-found mental Stan Wawrinka warned he was getting stronger p.m. & 5.30 a.m. (Tuesday); HIL: STAR Sports 2, 3 & toughness for helping her break an Australian Open jinx and move into the as the Australian Open goes on. “Probably my level, HD 2 & 3, 7 p.m.; NBA: Sony ESPN & Sony ESPN HD, Ī quarterfinals. Pavlyuchenkova has been competing for a decade without Ī confidence,” Wawrinka said, when asked why he 7.30 a.m. (Tuesday) managing to step beyond the quarters. “Like mentally I’m just taking it was so hard to beat in the latter stages. “Mentally I differently. I’m more serious,” she said. know I can beat any player on any day.”

Johri to run afairs until SC So near, yet so far for India appoints panel CRICKET / England weathers Jadhav effort, snatches narrow win SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT AMITABHA DAS SHARMA MUMBAI: The Supreme Court of India has directed the Board of KOLKATA: Kedar Jadhav raised Control for Cricket in India’s the possibility of a spectacular (BCCI’s) chief executive of- win for India with a splendid ficer Rahul Johri to continue to batting efort, but Chris look after the day-to-day activ- Woakes stuck to his bowling ities till it appoints the Com- discipline in the death to help mittee of Administrators. England snatch victory by five The directive thus erased runs in the third ODI at the hopes of some of the incum- Eden Gardens here on Sunday. bent functionaries who were Jadhav, who is emerging as a hoping to resume work as finisher for India, fell short of BCCI oice-bearers. completing his task this time, Following the hearing on stumbling at the last moment Friday, an interim order of the when India needed six runs of three-judge bench of Justice four balls. Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Jadhav hit a six and a bound- Khanwilkar and Justice Dr. ary of successive balls in the D.Y. Chandrachud was made final over of Woakes but could public on Sunday. not get the next six runs as the “We have been apprised England pacer bowled four that presently the CEO is func- successive dot balls (which tioning and looking after the also included Jadhav’s wicket) working of the BCCI and he to realise a fantastic win for shall continue to do so till we England. nominate the Committee, un- This was England’s first der whose supervision he shall ODI win at the Eden Gardens, work.” where it had lost all its three The provision supersedes appearances, as the series the January 2 direction, elevat- ended 2-1 in India’s favour. ing “seniormost vice-presid- Jadhav, who scored 120 on ent” — widely believed to be debut to finish it for India in C.K. Khanna — to the presid- the first match at Pune, scored ent’s post and letting joint sec- 90 of 75 balls (including 12 retary Amitabh Chaudhary fours and a six) to haul India VALIANT EFFORT: Kedar Jadhav’s 75-ball 90 brought India tantalisingly close to victory. — PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK function as interim secretary. out of a hopeless situation and Meanwhile, the apex court take it very close to realising a middle even as his captain, The India captain finally de- out the Indian pacers — bench also agreed to discuss win. Virat Kohli, joined him. parted for 55 (63b, 8x4) in the Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik whether the FAQs issued by Hardik Pandya joined Kohli stepped up the run 20th over when Ben Stokes got Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. Dhoni felicitated, Eden gets four the Lodha Committee last Jadhav in his efort, and the rate with some good hitting. him slashing outside of- Batting in the company of week are to be followed. two added 104 runs for the But, even that failed to instil stump and Buttler grabbed the Sam Billings, Roy forged a stands named after stalwarts Kapil Sibal, representing sixth wicket, when all the top confidence in Rahul, who mis- catch. partnership of 98 runs that set various State associations, names in the batting order timed an intended pull and Yuvraj, hardly looking the the base for a big score. Roy SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT on Sunday, also saw the CAB spectators were shown a short brought it to the Court’s notice were back in the pavilion. ended up top-edging to wick- devastating self that saw him scored 65 (56b, 10x4, 1x6) to ag- felicitating Mahendra Singh Dhoni, video of him playing his trademark that the Lodha panel was issu- etkeeper Jos Buttler. reach a career-best 150 in the gregate a total of 220 runs at an KOLKATA: Sourav Ganguly, Pankaj in recognition of a career during the shots. ing FAQs despite the January 2 Early jolts Kohli, joined by comeback previous match at Cuttack, average of 73.33. Roy, Jagmohan Dalmiya and course of which he led India to Dhoni was in his usual self, order restricting its role to England’s pace battery man Yuvraj Singh, tried to re- went for 45 (57b, 5x4, 1x6), Biswanath Dutt were immortalised World Cup triumphs in both the ODI receiving the accolades with a “overall policy and direction rocked the Indian resolve right surrect the run chase. Yuvraj, caught at deep midwicket. England captain Eoin Mor- on Sunday, with four stands at the and the T20 formats, and to the No. smile, before rushing back to his on such matters as may be re- from the start as the host despite being hit on the rib- M.S. Dhoni (25) could not do gan took on the task of run Eden Gardens being named after 1 ranking in Tests. colleagues in the pavilion. ferred by this Court”. altered its opening partner- cage by Jake Ball in the 10th much either, and left snicking compilation with a breezy 43 them. Over the last few years, Eden Kapil Dev joined other former “It is urged by him (Sibal) ship bringing in Ajinkya Ra- over, played on valiantly. to Buttler to usher in the and put on 84 runs in the com- The only other aspect of the Gardens has made it a tradition, captains — India’s Sunil Gavaskar that the Committee is still hane for Shikhar Dhawan. Kohli, dropped once in the Jadhav-Pandya partnership. pany of Jonny Bairstow (56) 150-year-old venue to be named when it hosts an international and England’s Nasser Hussein — in sending certain FAQs. Rahane failed to justify his 13th over by Ball at long-leg Earlier, England, put in, for the third wicket. after an individual was the club match, of felicitating those to have unveiling the illuminated signages Whether the FAQs would selection walking back to the when he tried to hit Liam Plun- sailed on its batting strength to Ben Stokes (57 not out, 39b, house, which bears the name of graced the game with distinction. bearing the names of the four come under direction No.(ix) pavilion in the second over. ket over the ropes, continued score 321 for eight. 4x4, 2x6) and Chris Woakes Bengal’s first Chief Minister, B.C. Dhoni was feted by another stalwarts who had served Indian or not, shall be deliberated on Unsettled by the early jolt, to time well and reached his 50 Jason Roy, the most prolific (34) raised a veritable hur- Roy. The short ceremony, which World Cup-winning captain, Kapil cricket as players (Ganguly and the next date (2 p.m., Tuesday) the other opener K.L. Rahul in an unusually patient England batsman in the series, ricane pairing in a 73-run part- was held during the innings break Dev. He was presented with a Roy) or administrators (Dalmiya of hearing,” the order states. continued to flounder in the manner. played as is his wont, picking nership. of the third India-England ODI here memento and a shawl, and the and Dutt). Mathews guides Adhiban wins; EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES I-LEAGUE Gurjinder stars Sri Lanka to a close win Carlsen loses Saints dump Leicester Aizawl downs Mumbai for Lancers WIJK AAN ZEE: Continuing his NANDAKUMAR MARAR the move in style. Kattimani Y.B. SARANGI JOHANNESBURG: Injured captain said Mathews, who made 54 stunning run, B. Adhiban under the MFC bar dealt with Angelo Mathews hit two sixes not out as Sri Lanka chased cornered Dmitry Andreikin MUMBAI: Aizawl FC banked on other threats. The home team BHUBANESWAR: Drag-flicker in the last over to hand Sri down a low South African into a checkmating net in 46 pacy attacks and swift breaks lacked a finisher and paid the Gurjinder Singh converted Lanka a series-levelling three- total of 113 with two balls to moves and jumped to the tied to put pressure on home team price with a defeat on home Kalinga Lancer’s lone penalty- wicket win in the second spare. fourth spot with 4.5 points after Mumbai FC at every oppor- turf at the Cooperage ground. corner in the fourth quarter to Twenty20 international On an unusually dry, slow eight rounds of the Tata Steel tunity. Goalkeeper Laxmikant Aizawl had missed two enable the host start its against South Africa on Wanderers pitch, South Africa Masters chess tournament Kattimani was beaten just chances in the first half, both Hockey India League cam- Sunday. was bowled out 113 in 19.3 here on Sunday. once in the match, Syrian mid- creadted by Albert Z on the paign with a 1-0 win over Delhi But the win came at a cost. overs. Playing white, Adhiban fielder Mahmoud Al Amna right flank. He passed the ball Waveriders here on Sunday. Mathews said at the after- Left-arm wrist spinner Lak- seized control of this Vienna slotted the ball home in the the across the goalmouth but did Waveriders sufered be- match presentation that he shan Sandakan, playing in his game between moves 17 and 19 79th minute and earned a not find any teammate in posi- cause of its finishing woes as could miss the rest of the tour first T20 international — al- and tightened his grip to win hard-earned 1-0 win for the tion to tap in. The second time last year’s runners-up Lancers after twisting his right ankle though he has played in three with ease. Adhiban’s third vic- TIME TO CELEBRATE: James Ward-Prowse scored one and visitors in Hero I-League 2017. he crossed, the MFC goal- notched up full points. tory, including a lucky one when he dived to avoid being Tests and a One-Day Interna- supplied one to Jay Rodriguez (centre) in Southampton’s win Mahmoud darted into space keeper blocked. Ivory Coast Both teams preferred to run out in the penultimate tional — took four for 23 and against Poland’s Radoslaw between defenders and fired striker Stephane Bayikamo have possession and look for over Leicester. Cedric Soares is also seen. — PHOTO: REUTERS over. bamboozled the South African Wojtaszek on Saturday, in four home a pass from Lalruatthara chased a pass from the right openings in the first quarter. “It’s pretty bad, I think I will batsmen with his ability to rounds saw him overtake his SOUTHAMPTON: Southampton lost to Sevilla 4 (Iborra 43, 65, for the match-winner, after the and slid along the turf with a Lancers captain Moritz be out for a couple of weeks,” spin the ball both ways. — AFP more illustrious teammate P. put aside the row over former Vazquez 80, Sarabia 90+2); Athletic latter had done well to take the foot stretched out, but missed. Furste impressed with his dis- Hari Krishna, who reached captain Jose Fonte’s departure Bilbao 2 (Lekue 42, De Marcos 56) ball upto the touchline beyond The result: tribution skills, while Tom SCOREBOARD four points after drawing with to beat struggling champion drew with Atletico Madrid 2 (Koke 3, the left post and pull the ball Aizawl FC 1 (Mahmoud Al Amna, Craig had some fantastic runs China’s youth sensation Wei Yi Leicester 3-0 in the Premier Griezmann 80). back for his teammate to finish 79) bt Mumbai FC 0. on the left flank but could not South Africa: J. Smuts c 27-0, D. de Silva 1-0-3-1. in 27 moves of Petrof Defence. League at St Mary’s on Sunday. Saturday: Real Madrid 2 (Ramos find a partner to capitalise on Sandakan b Kulasekera 4, H. Kuhn st Sri Lanka: N. Dickwella c Mosehle Going into Monday's rest For Leicester, this latest loss 35, 43) bt Malaga 1 (Juanpi 63); Vil- his speed. Chandimal b Sandakan 29, T. de b Ngidi 22, D. de Silva c Miller b Ngidi day, Hungary’s Richard Rap- was its 11th in 22 league games larreal 0 lost to Valencia 2 (Soler 35, Waveriders had a fine Bruyn c D. de Silva b Udana 7, M. 2, K. Mendis b Ngidi 4, D. Chandimal c port provided the biggest upset so far this season and left it Mina 42). East Bengal stuns chance to grab the lead in the Mosehle c Chandimal b Sandakan 11, Mosehle b Ngidi 22, A. Mathews (not of the event, stunning World worryingly close to the relega- Bundesliga: Sunday: Bayer ninth minute but Mandeep D. Miller c Mathews b D. de Silva 11, out) 54, A. Gunaratne lbw b Imran champion Magnus Carlsen in tion zone. Southampton was Leverkusen 3 (Toprak 12, Calhanoglu Singh, who received the ball F. Behardien c Chandimal b Udana Tahir 3, S. Prasanna c Imran Tahir b 33 moves. This result over- 2-0 up before half-time thanks 36, 88) bt Hertha Berlin 1 (Stocker Bengaluru FC on the edge of the circle, hit 27, W. Parnell c Mathews b Smuts 2, T. de Silva c Behardien b shadowed the rare defeat to goals from James Ward- 44) wide of the far post. Sandakan 3, A. Phehlukwayo c Parnell 3, N. Kulasekera (not out) 0; sufered by Anish Giri at the Prowse and Jay Rodriguez. Saturday: RB Leipzig 3 (Compper BARASAT: Striker Robin Singh East Bengal recovered after The touring side surprised Chandimal b Sandakan 0, A. Extras (b-3, lb-2, w-2) 7; Total (for hands of Levon Aronian. The results: Premier League: 6, Werner 45+4, Vallejo 67-og) bt struck the match-winner as the jolt with Lalrindika Ralte the host with some rapid raids Phangiso c Gunaratne b Udana 13, seven wkts, 19.4 overs) 119. The results (eighth round): B. Sunday: Arsenal 2 (Mustafi 59, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. East Bengal made a stunning providing the assist and Ivan early in the second quarter. Imran Tahir b Kulasekera 1, L. Ngidi Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-15, 3-35, Adhiban (4.5) bt Dmitry Andreikin Sanchez 90+7-pen) bt Burnley 1 Serie A: Sunday: Juventus 2 (Dy- second-half comeback to up- Bukenya finding the target to Lancers broke the deadlock (not out) 2, Extras (lb-2, w-3) 5; Total 4-86, 5-93, 6-97, 7-105. (Rus, 3.5); P. Hari Krishna (4) drew (Gray 90+3-pen); Southampton 3 bala 5, Higuain 17) bt Lazio 0; Empoli set defending champion put the home team back in the when they earned their first (19.3 overs) 113. South Africa bowling: Ngidi 4-0- with Wei Yi (Chn, 5); Sergey Karjakin (Ward-Prowse 26, Rodriguez 39, 1 (Mchedlidze 82) bt Udinese 0; Bo- Bengaluru FC 2-1 in a high-pro- game in the 28th minute. penalty-corner within two 19-4, Parnell 3-0-16-1, Phehlukwayo (Rus, 4.5) drew with Wesley So (US, Tadic 86-pen) bt Leicester 0; logna 2 (Dzemaili 43, 83) bt Torino 0; file I-League football clash With this win, East Bengal minutes of the final period and Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-13, 3-41, 4- 2-0-22-0, Imran Tahir 4-0-14-1, 5.5); Richard Rapport (Hun, 3) bt Chelsea 2 (Costa 45+7, Cahill 81) bt Palermo 0 lost to Inter Milan 1 (Mario here on Sunday. (10) moved to second place be- Gurjinder’s high drag-flick to 57, 5-68, 6-74, 7-74, 8-107, 9-109. Phangiso 4-0-24-0, Smuts Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 4.5); Pavel El- Hull 0. Saturday: Manchester City 2 65); Pescara 1 (Bahebeck 56) lost to Vineeth found the East hind arch-rival Mohun Bagan the right of the goalkeeper Sri Lanka bowling: Mathews 2- 2.4-0-19-1. janov (Ukr, 5) drew with Radoslaw (Sane 49, De Bruyne 54) drew with Sassuolo 3 (Matri 1, 73, Pellegrini 65); Bengal net when he touched (12). provided the breakthrough. 0-11-0, Kulasekera 3-0-10-2, Udana Toss: South Africa Wojtaszek (Pol, 3.5); Levon Aronian Tottenham 2 (Alli 58, Son 77). Genoa 2 (Simeone 43, Ocampos 66- the ball to the far corner to The result: East Bengal 2 The result: Kalinga Lancers 1 2.3-0-13-3, Prasanna 3-0-24-0, Sri Lanka won by three (Arm, 4.5) bt Anish Giri (Ned, 4). — La Liga: Sunday: Osasuna 3 pen) drew with Crotone 2 (Ceccher- give Bengaluru a first-half (Bukenya 28, Robin 79) bt Bengaluru (Gurjinder Singh 47) bt Delhi Sandakan 4-0-23-4, Gunaratne 4-0- wickets. Sports Bureau (Leon 15, Iborra 63-og, Kodro 90+3) ini 54, Ferrari 74). lead. FC 1 (Vineeth 23). — PTI Waveriders 0. NOIDA/DELHI 18 | SPORT THE HINDU MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 Third day’s play Cameron in fine nick washed out Saina Nehwal triumphs HYDERABAD: Cameron, who is in fine Petal (10) G. Naresh 53.5 and 14. Astra (1) Suraj Narredu 59, 3. Roi's nick, may score in the Qutab Shahi Royal Dancer (9) Kiran Naidu Cruise (2) G. Naresh 59, 4. Par Ex- CHRISTCHURCH: Million (1,600m), the chief event of 53.5. cellence (8) Md. Ismail 58.5, 5. Fair The third day of the races to be held here on Monday 1. Jumeira Express, 2. Brook- And Squre (9) C. P. Bopanna 56.5, the second and final Test BADMINTON / Downs Thai Pornpawee Chochuwong in a tough summit clash (Jan. 23). wood, 3. Money Time 6. Catherine (4) B. R. Kumar 54.5, 7. Rock Heights (5) K. Mukesh Ku- between New Zealand and 1 4 Bangladesh was abandoned on SARAWAK (MALAYSIA): Indian BEST OF FUN PLATE QUTAB SHAHI MILLION mar 54.5, 8. True Pearl (6) Kiran (1,400m), 4-y-o & over, rated 26 to (1,600m), 4-y-o & over (Terms), Naidu 52.5 and 9. Egyptian Wind Sunday after persistent rain in badminton ace Saina Nehwal 50 (Cat. III), 1-15 p.m.: 1. Golden 2-45: 1. Galiat (3) Beuzelin 56, 2. (3) Kuldeep Singh 51.5. Christchurch. notched up her first title after a Image (5) Kuldeep Singh 60, 2. Cameron (2) Suraj Narredu 54.5, 3. 1. Astra, 2. Fair And Squre, 3. New Zealand was on 260 for career-threatening injury by Own Battle (4) N. S. Rathore 58.5, 3. Machiavellianism (1) Akshay Ku- Rock Heights Sher Afgan (3) K. Mukesh Kumar mar 54, 4. Time For Fun (4) N. S. seven in the first innings, 29 claiming the Malaysia Masters 58, 4. Surprise Party (6) Aneel 56.5, Rathore 53.5 and 5. Rio Rojo (5) N. 8 PRINCE PRADEEP CUP runs behind Bangladesh’s Grand Prix Gold with a hard 7. Super Grey (2) Suraj Narredu Rawal 52.5. (Div. II), (1,100m), 5-y-o & over, score of 289. — AFP fought victory in the summit 55.5 and 6. Cashel (1) Ajit Singh 53. 1. Cameron, 2. rated 46 to 70 (Cat. II), 4-45: 1. clash here on Sunday. 1. Super Grey, 2. Golden Image Machiavellianism Masti (5) A. S. Pawar 60, 2. Aakash 2 Vani (8) K. Mukesh Kumar 58, 3. Up against 18-year-old Thai REPUBLIC PLATE (Div. I), 5 CHOWMAHALLA CUP Camborne (2) Md. Ismail 56.5, 4. Pornpawee Chochuwong, the (1,100m), maiden 3-y-o only (Cat. (1,600m), 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to Columbus (4) C. P. Bopanna 56.5, Tukhaev moves top-seeded London Olympics II), (Terms), 1-45: 1. All Star Gen- 50 (Cat. III), 3-15: 1. Cloud Dancer 5. Dublin (3) N. Rawal 55, 6. Dandy eral (7) Kiran Naidu 55, 2. Lord Gift (3) Akshay Kumar 60, 2. Sonic (11) Girl (7) Akshay Kumar 54.5, 7. bronze medallist triumphed (4) Khurshad Alam 55, 3. Phenom- Sai Kumar 60, 3. Vijays Delight (8) Sprint Legend (1) Md. Sameerud- into sole lead 22-20, 22-20 in a 46-minute enal Cruise (-) (-) 55, 4. Reach The A. S. Pawar 59.5, 4. Hard Fought din 54 and 8. Time Is Luck (6) P. clash. Heights (11) Sai Kumar 55, 5. Royal (10) Ajit Singh 59.5, 5. Time To Gaddam 52. Raja (12) Ajit Singh 55, 6. Sisco (13) Climb (2) Deep Shanker 58.5, 6. CHENNAI: Ukrainian Grandmas- This was her 23rd title over- 1. Aakash Vani, 2. Dandy Girl, K. Mukesh Kumar 55, 7. True Hymn Upon A Star (4) G. Naresh 57.5, 7. 3. Time Is Luck ter Adam Tukhaev (5) moved all and the first after last year’s (3) Ajeeth Kumar 55, 8. Asteria (2) Man Of The Series (5) Beuzelin 57, into sole lead after the fifth Australian Open. Kuldeep Singh 53.5, 9. Cannon Fury 8. Jem Star (9) Suraj Narredu 53.5, 9 KING'S CROWN PLATE round of the ninth Chennai The 26-year-old world (1) Kunal Bunde 53.5, 10. Cymbal (6) 9. Hal Chal (6) N. Rawal 52.5, 10. (1,200m), 4-y-o & over, rated upto N. S. Rathore 53.5, 11. Lady Admiral Dhool Ka Phool (1) K. Mukesh Ku- 30 (Cat. III), (whips not permitted Open Grandmaster chess No.10, who had been desper- (9) G. Naresh 53.5, 12. News O' Star mar 52 and 11. Cirillo (7) P. Gad- in this race), 5-20: 1. Shivalik Ar- tournament 2017 for the Sakthi ately looking for a title to boost (5) Suraj Narredu 53.5, 13. Raajneeti dam 51.5. row (2) Kiran Naidu 61, 2. Cruiser Group Dr. N. Mahalingam her confidence after recover- (8) S. S. Tanwar 53.5 and 14. Vallee 1. Hard Fought, 2. Man Of The (10) Koushik 60.5, 3. Racing Ruler Sceptre (10) Akshay Kumar 53.5. Series, 3. Jem Star (13) Kunal Bunde 60, 4. Magical Trophy at the Nehru Stadium ing from a knee surgery last 1. News O' Star, 2. Asteria, 3. 6 Skill (3) Aneel 59.5, 5. Mastaani (9) here on Sunday. year, was squaring of against a Raajneeti R. C. T. C. CUP (1,800m), 4- Md. Sameeruddin 59.5, 6. Yes The results: (Round 5) (Indians rival ranked more than 50 y-o & over, rated 66 to 90 (Cat. II), Baby (12) Deepak Singh 59.5, 7. 3 REPUBLIC PLATE (Div. II), 3-45: 1. Greek Star (6) P. Gaddam unless specified): Alberto David places below her at 67th. (1,100m), maiden 3-y-o only (Cat. Green Olive (4) Khurshad Alam 60, 2. Western Wind (2) Suraj 59, 8. Oh Pharaoh (11) P. Gaddam (Ita) 4.5 drew with Attila Czebe The two were meeting for II), (Terms), 2-15: 1. Brookwood Narredu 58.5, 3. Italian Cypress (7) (12) Sai Kumar 55, 2. Face The Facts 57.5, 9. Cannon King (7) N. Rawal (Hun) 4.5; R.R. Laxman (4) lost to the first time in the circuit and Akshay Kumar 55.5, 4. Crown 56, 10. Princess (1) A M Tograllu (4) N. S. Rathore 55, 3. Jumeira Ex- Royal (4) Gopal Singh 55, 5. Blue Adam Tukhaev (Ukr) 5; Vadim Saina was on the backfoot in press (13) Suraj Narredu 55, 4. 56, 11. Noble Heights (8) Ajit Singh Eyed Babe (3) Ajeeth Kumar 54.5, 54.5, 12. Play It Cool (14) N. S. Malakhatko (Bel) 4.5 drew with B. the opening game when Cho- Money Time (11) Akshay Kumar 55, 6. Naazaan (5) Sai Kumar 51.5 and 5. Proud Warrior (6) N. Rawal 55, 6. Rathore 54.5, 13. Arracache (5) Sai Sekar B (4.5); M. Mahalakshmi (3.5) chuwong reeled of four con- MORALE BOOSTER: Saina Nehwal bagged her first title after a career-threatening injury.— PHOTO: AP 7. Valerian Steel (1) Md. Ismail Kumar 50 and 14. War Dancer (6) lost to Vitaliy Bernadskiy(Ukr) 4.5; Red Bullet (3) Ajit Singh 55, 7. Royal 51.5. secutive points to grab the Victory (5) Ajeeth Kumar 55, 8. G. Naresh 50. 1. Naazaan, 2. Western Wind, 3. 1. Cruiser, 2. Princess, 3. Racing Vitaly Sivuk (Ukr) 4.5 bt Sidhant Mo- early initiative. Chochuwong could not this time Saina did not leave it fore blowing away four match Cannon Dear (1) Kunal Bunde 53.5, Greek Star hapatra (3.5), Adam Horvath (Hun) Chochuwong maintained handle the pressure thereafter and took the lead at 7-5. points to help Chochuwong 9. Celtic Queen (7) Md. Sameerud- Ruler 4.5 bt A. Ra. Harikrishnan (3.5); Jacek the advantage going forward as Saina drew from her experi- The Thai teenager, how- draw level at 20-20. din 53.5, 10. Fabulous Art (8) A. S. 7 PRINCE PRADEEP CUP Day's best: Cameron Pawar 53.5, 11. Negress Princess (2) (Div. I), (1,100m), 5-y-o & over, Double: News O' Star - Naazaan Stopa (Pol) 4.5 bt Anup Deshmukh and was placed 11-5 at the ence to clinch the opening ever, drew level at 8-8 and 11-11 But the Indian managed to K. Mukesh Kumar 53.5, 12. Platinum rated 46 to 70 (Cat. II), 4-15: 1. Dan- Jkt: 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9; Tr (i): 1, 2 & 3; (ii): (3.5); Sahaj Grover (4.5) bt Rahul Sh- break. However, Saina nar- game after a 20-minute slog. but Saina did not allow her to get over the hiccup and wrap Claasz (14) Beuzelin 53.5, 13. Rose delion (7) Md. Sameeruddin 60, 2. 4, 5 & 6; (iii): 7, 8 & 9; Tla: all races. etty (3.5); P. Shyaamnikhil (4) drew rowed the gap to make it 10-13 In the second game as well, clinch the momentum. up the issue soon after for with Alfia Nasybullina (Rus) 4; Mithil before drawing level at 19-19 Chochuwong was quicker of The Hyderabadi remained what would be a massive mor- Ajgaonkar (4.5) bt Saptarshi Roy and then saving a game point. the blocks with a 3-0 lead but in the lead, albeit slender, be- ale-booster for her. — PTI (3.5). — Sports Bureau Lady In Lace wins main event HYDERABAD: Mr. S. Prasad Raju’s P.Sugandhi. Trainer: A. Sharma. Makeup (Ajit Singh) 1, Seven Col- MOTORSPORTS Lady In Lace (N.Rawal up) won the 4. NAWAB MIR MUSTHAQ ours (K. Mukesh Kumar) 2, Ragas Bengal wins Nawab Mir Musthaq Ali Khan Me- ALI KHAN CUP (1,400m), (Cat. Ajalias (Kunal Bunde) 3, Dream Girl Leonard’s late morial Cup, the main event of the II), 3-y-o only (Terms): Lady In (Md. Sameeruddin) 4. 3, 2-1/4, 3/4. Cooch Behar title races held here on Sunday (Jan. 22). Lace (N.Rawal) 1, Amorous White 1m 11.91s. Rs 62 (w), 11, 9 & 11 (p), Rajiv Sethu scores a double KSV Prasad Raju trains the winner. (Akshay Kumar) 2, Big Heart SHP: Rs 48, FP: Rs 633, Q: Rs 297, dunk lifts 1. ARMAGNAC PLATE (Beuzelin) 3, Top Link (Deep Tanala: Rs 2966. Favourite: Bharat NEW DELHI: Ending a 19-year (1,400m), 4-y-o & over, rated 26 to Shanker) 4. 1/2, 1-3/4, 4-1/2. 1m Queen. Owner: Mrs Junaid Ali 25.62s. Rs 51 (w), 8, 6 & 6 (p), SHP: Rs Khan. Trainer: N.Ravinder Singh. Spurs to win CHENNAI: Rajiv Sethu of Honda per Sport Indian (300-400cc): 1. Piyush Ranjan (Patna) (09:11.729); 2. title-drought, Bengal claimed 50: Negress Pearl (I. Chisty) 1, Mandy (Akshay Kumar) 2, Avantika 14, FP: Rs 256, Q: Rs 74, Tanala: Rs 8. BROWN SUGAR PLATE Ten10 Racing clinched the Ami Van Poederooijen (Rockstar Ra- Anish D Shetty (Hubballi) the Cooch Behar (under-19) (Beuzelin) 3, Ship Shape (N. S. 330. Favourite: Big Heart. Owner: (Div. I), (1,400m), 5-y-o & over, LOS ANGELES: Kawhi Leonard title in the Pro Stock 165cc cat- cing) (12mins, 19.918secs); 2. Am- (09:11.765); 3. P.M. Soorya (Chennai) cricket championship by vir- Rathore) 4. 3-1/4, 1-1/4, 3-1/2. 1m Mr S.Prasad Raju. Trainer: KSV rated 46 to 70 (Cat. II): Khoshgel capped his career-high 41- egory after scoring a grand arnath Menon K (Rockstar Racing) (09:12.070). tue of its first innings lead of 79 26.39s. Rs 10 (w), 6, 5 & 9 (p), SHP: Rs Prasad Raju. (Akshay Kumar) 1, Grand Canyon 14, FP: Rs 24, Q: Rs 14, Tanala: Rs 47. 5. BROWN SUGAR PLATE point night with a dunk in the double over the weekend in (12:30.675); 3. Abhishek V (Rockstar TVS Apache RTR 200 (Open): 1. runs over Delhi on Sunday. (A. A. Vikrant) 2, Penumatcha's Favourite: Negress Pearl. Owners: (Div. II), (1,400m), 5-y-o & over, Pride (N. S. Rathore) 3, Shivalik Bird final seconds and San Antonio the fifth and final round of the Racing) (12:34.792). Arun Muthukrishnan (Chennai) On the fourth and final day, M/s Gulam Hussain Gulabi & Mirza rated 46 to 70 (Cat. II): Dancing (A.S.Pawar) 4. Not run: Wonder Spurs held on for a 118-115 MRF MMSC Fmsci Indian Na- Super Sport Indian (165cc): 1. K (13:34.470); 2. Kannan Karnan Bengal’s seventh-wicket stand Ayub Baig. Trainer: M.Srinivas Farha (G. Naresh) 1, Time Is Luck Eye. 3/4, shd, 2. 1m 25.69s. Rs 31 (w), overtime victory in the NBA tional Motorcycle Racing Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) (Chennai) (13:34.991); 3. Shyam of 162 runs between overnight Reddy. (P. Gaddam) 2, Legend (Sai Kumar) 7, 19 & 13 (p), SHP: Rs 54, FP: Rs 420, 2. ROCKY PLATE (Div. II), 3, Golden Arrow (I. Chisty) 4. 1, shd, Q: Rs 197, Tanala: Rs 1996. Favourite: on Saturday against the Cleve- Championship which con- (12:20.839); 2. S Kannan Sub- Shankar (Chennai) (13:43.346). not-outs Saurabh Singh (196) (1,200m), 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to 50 hd. 1m 26.04s. Rs 87 (w), 18, 11 & 7 Princess Rose. Owner: Mr S.Daljeet land Cavaliers. cluded at the MMRT near here ramaniam (TVS Racing) (12:20.878); Novice (Four laps): 1. Yashas RL and Kanishk Seth (91) helped (Cat. III): Island Bird (P. Gaddam) (p), SHP: Rs 39, FP: Rs 1222, Q: Rs Singh, Sardar Jivtesh Singh, M/s The results: Spurs 118 bt Cava- on Sunday. 3. Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing) (Bengaluru) (09:07.614); 2. R. Hari the team overtake Delhi’s 314. 1, Dolce (Mukesh Kumar) 2, Bou- 497, Tanala: Rs 4758. Favourite: Srinivas Rao & Mirza Ayub Baig. quet (I. Chisty) 3, Kiss N Chase (Go- Agusta Bombshell. Owners: M/s Trainer: M.Srinivas Reddy. liers 115; Pistons 113 bt Wizards 112; Locked in a tight tussle for (12:21.161). Prasath (Chennai) (09:09.367); 3. The duo came together at pal Singh) 4. 3-3/4, 1-1/2, nk. 1m G.S.Chandrababu & S.A.Shehzad Hornets 112 bt Nets 105; Hawks 110 the title with teammate and Pro Stock 165cc: 1. Rajiv Sethu Peddu Sriharsha (Chennai) 180 on Saturday and took the 13.42s. Rs 16 (w), 7, 10 & 7 (p), SHP: Abbas. Trainer: Shehzad Abbas. 9. BALLERINA STAR PLATE bt 76ers 93; Trail Blazers 127 bt Celt- (Honda Ten10 Racing) (12:54.164); 2. (09:10.905). Rs 32, FP: Rs 84, Q: Rs 54, Tanala: Rs 6. ROCKY PLATE ( Div. I), (1,600m), 4-y-o & over, rated upto championship leader Hari score to 362 before Seth fell 30: Golden Xanthus (Sai Kumar) ics 123; Heat 109 bt Bucks 97; Suns Krishnan Rajagopal going into Mithun Kumar PK (Honda Ten10 Ra- Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Open): 1. nine runs short of a well-de- 125. Favourite: Bouquet. Owners: (1,200m), 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to 50 M/s J.S. Prasad & K.Phaneendra. (Cat. III): Manogamini (P. Gad- 1, Cannon Hope (Kunal Bunde) 2, 107 bt Knicks 105; Rockets 119 bt the final round, Sethu, kept his cing) (12:54.986); 3. D Dinesh Kumar Aaron Gunawardena (Sri Lanka) served century. Sixteen runs Trainer: M.Satyanarayana. dam) 1, Onk Onk Onk (Sai Kumar) 2, Green Memories (Aneel) 3, Am- Grizzlies 95; Nuggets 123 bt Clippers wits about him to win both the (RACR) (12:55.286). (13:37.638); 2. R Rajinikanth (Chen- later, Saurabh was unlucky to 3. ROCKY PLATE (Div. III), Rapidest (A. Joshi) 3, Matica ravathi (G. Naresh) 4. 3/4, 4-3/4, 1. 1m 41.59s. Rs 15 (w), 7, 9 & 20 (p), 98; Jazz 109 bt Pacers 100; Bulls 102 races to clinch the title. Hari nai) (13:37.715); 3. Vivian Gladwin miss his double-century when (1,200m), 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to 50 (Koushik) 4. Shd, nk, 1-1/4. 1m 14.01s. MMSC one-make champion- Rs 43 (w), 9, 17 & 80 (p), SHP: Rs 40, SHP: Rs 17, FP: Rs 44, Q: Rs 21, bt Kings 99 ship – Honda CBR 250 (Open): 1. (Kanpur) (13:38.097). (Cat. III): Symbol Of Glory (B. R. . — Reuters Krishnan was under pressure he was caught behind. Kumar) 1, Racing Ikon (C. P. FP: Rs 1003, Q: Rs 552, Tanala: Rs Tanala: Rs 603. Favourite: Cannon to stay in front and had a dis- Hari Krishnan Rajagopal (Honda Novice (Four laps): 1. Joseph The scores: Delhi 314 and 60 for Bopanna) 2, Kireeti (Akshay Ku- 14278. Favourite: Green Striker. Hope. Owners: M/s Manish Jaiswal, Ten10 Racing) (12:44.938); 2. S. Mathew (Chennai) (09:16.665); 2. four in 19 over (Akash Pandey three mar) 3, Ashwini (Kunal Bunde) 4. Owner: Mr Tekula Chandra Reddy. C.S.Suresh, Mrs Candida Tania astrous weekend as he failed Jaiswal. Trainer: KSV Prasad Raju. Mathana Kumar (Honda Ten10 Ra- Amarnath Rajan (Chennai) for 26) drew with Bengal 393 in 177.1 Shd, 2 , 3. 1m 13. 13s. Rs 11 (w), 6, 9 & 7 Trainer: M.Srinivas Reddy. to pick up any points. 7. P. E. BAPOOJI ME- Provisional results: (All races (p), SHP: Rs 26, FP: Rs 68, Q: Rs 36, Treble: (i): Rs 84 (482 tkts), (ii): Rishabh, Vaidehi cing) (12:45.576); 3. P. Ananth Raj (09:17.987); 3. A.S. Alexander (Chen- overs (Saurabh Singh 196, Kanishk Tanala: Rs 191. Favourite: Symbol Of MORIAL CUP (1,200m), 4-y-o & Rs 10889 (3 tkts), (iii): Rs 1133 (76 six laps unless mentioned) (Pro Lap Racing) (12:48.902). nai) (09:19.629). — Sports Seth 91, Mohammad Ansari 38, Glory. Owners: M/s Rammohan over, rated 46 to 70 (Cat. II), (whips tkts). Jackpot: Rs 168991 (2 tkts), seeded top National Championship – Su- CBR 150 Novice (Four laps): 1. Reporter Vishvash Malik four for 94). Belde, Kishan Raj Sri Raj Vellore & are not permitted): Without Consolation: Rs 14484 (10 tkts).

INDORE: Rishabh Sharda and Vaidehi Chaudhri have been HOCKEY seeded No. 1 in the boys’ and Temerity takes the honours girls’ sections in the ITF MUMBAI: Temerity ridden by 38.52s. Rs. 29 (w), 15, 25 and 22 (p). INDIAN OAKS (Gr.1) (2,400m), grade-5 junior tennis tourna- Neeraj Rawal won the Villoo Poon- SHP: Rs. 96, FP: Rs. 204, Q: Rs. 108, Indian Fillies, 4-y-o only: Temer- Jharkhand downs Haryana for crown awalla Indian Oaks, the stellar at- Tanala: Rs. 1,038 and Rs. 513. Favour- ity (Neeraj) 1, Mrs. Patmore (Tre- ment to be played at the In- traction of the Sunday’s races here. ite: Vice Admiral. Owners: Mr. & vor) 2, Silver Beauty (Yash dore Tennis Club Complex SPORTS REPORTER The winner is owned by M/s. S.M. Mrs. I. Nathani, M/s. Murad I. Nath- Narredu) 3 and Winter Renaissance from Monday. Ruia, Amay S. Ruia & Berjis Minoo ani & Zain I. Nathani rep. Alpha Sud (C.S. Jodha) 4. 2-1/4, Lnk, 2-1/2. 2m The results: Qualifying event RAMANATHAPURAM: Hockey Desai. P. Shrof trains the winner. and Frams Pvt. Ltd. Trainer: Re- 31.16s. Rs. 56 (w), 29, 10 and 20 (p), 1. LT. COL. GOVING SINGH hanullah Khan. SHP: Rs. 42, FP: Rs. 103, Q: Rs. 41, (third and final round): Boys: Ar- Jharkhand defeated Hockey (VRC) TROPHY (1,400m), 4. GOOL S. POONAWALLA Tanala: Rs. 375 and Rs. 235. ghya Das bt Sanskar Jeswani 6-2, Haryana 3-2 via tie-breaker to Maiden 3-y-o only: Big Sur MILLION (Gr.3) (1,200m), 3-y-o (Sandesh) 1, Rochester (Zervan) 2, only: Ruina (David Allan) 1, Sum- Favourite: Mrs. Patmore. Owners: 6-3; Dipin Wadhwa bt Shanan Al Har- win the A division of the sev- M/s. S.M. Ruia, Amay S. Ruia & Ber- rasi (Qat) 6-3, 6-4; Sanket Tomer bt enth National sub-junior Gloriosus (C.S. Jodha) 3 and Wild mer Rays (Zervan) 2, Elysee (Par- Fire (Dashrath) 4. Nk., 3-3/4, 1-3/4. mar) 3 and Miss Moneypenny (C.S. jis Minoo Desai. Trainer: P. Shrof. Ishan Sethi 7-6(4), 7-6(6); Kanishk hockey tournament for wo- 1m 24.02s. Rs. 27 (w), 16 and 18 (p), Jodha) 4. 7-1/2, 1-3/4, 1/2. 1m 9.80s. 7. TRICUMDAS DWARKA- Pal bt Vansh Bhagtani 6-4, 6-2. men here on Sunday. SHP: Rs. 40, FP: Rs. 70, Q: Rs. 40, Rs. 29 (w), 14, 16 and 60 (p), SHP: Rs. DAS TROPHY (1,200m), Cl. IV, Girls: Malvika Shukla bt Harleen The teams were locked 2-2 Tanala: Rs. 169 and Rs. 51. Favourite: 37, FP: Rs. 62, Q: Rs. 40, Tanala: Rs. rated 20 to 46: Big Sur. Owners: Mr. Inderraj 868 and Rs. 635. Favourite: Ruina. Kaur 7-6(1), 1-6, 6-1; Richa Chougule at end of regulation time. Anand & Mrs. Karan Brar rep. Owners: Mr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla, Lady In Red (David Allan) 1, bt Chandrika Joshi 6-2, 6-4; Prerna Dashmesh & Hargobind Racing Pvt. Mr. Adar C. Poonawalla & Mrs. Wild Jack (Parmar) 2, Dolphin (C.S. Vichare bt Ishwari Matere 6-3, 4-6, UP takes third place Ltd. Trainer: Sanjay Kolse. Narasha A. Poonawalla rep. Villoo Jodha) 3 and Time Of My Life 6-0; Vineetha Mummadi bt Bela In the third place play-of, 2. P.D. AVASIA TROPHY Poonawalla Racing & Breeding Pvt. (Nazil) 4. Not run: Panatela. 1, 1/2, (1,200m), Cl. II, rated 60 to 86: Shiv- Ltd. and M/s. Saleem Fazelbhoy. 3-1/2. 1m 12.33s. Rs. 21 (w), 13, 14 and Tamhankar 6-1, 6-0. Mumtaz Khan’s brace helped alik Shine (Ajinkya) 1, Paramour Trainer: Dallas Todywalla. 19 (p), SHP: Rs. 35, FP: Rs. 55, Q: Rs. The seedings: Boys: 1. Rishabh Uttar Pradesh Hockey register (Sandesh) 2, Hidden Soul (T.S. 5. MIRCHI MILLION 30, Tanala: Rs. 123 and Rs. 56. Sharda, 2. Megh Bhargav Patel, 3. a 4-0 win over Hockey Jodha) 3 and Incentio (S. Amit) 4. (1,400m), Cl. III, rated 40 to 66: Favourite: Lady In Red. Owners: Siddharth Thakran, 4. Sacchitt Lnk, 1, 2-1/4. 1m 10.77s. Rs. 83 (w), 16, Miss Saigon (Trevor) 1, Flashy Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla, Mr. Adar Chandigarh. 10 and 19 (p), SHP: Rs. 39, FP: Rs. 111, Wings (P.S. Chouhan) 2, Charging Sharma, 5. Nikit Reddy, 6. Karan The results: C. Poonawalla & Mrs. Natasha A. Q: Rs. 40, Tanala: Rs. 511 and Rs. 452. Tigress (S. Amit) 3 and Eternal Sun- Poonawalla rep. Villoo Poonawalla Srivastava, 7. Ritvik Choudary Bollip- Final: Hockey Jharkhand 2 Favourite: Paramour. Owners: Mr. shine (Sandesh) 4. 2, 1, Nk. 1m 23.90s. Racing & Breeding Pvt. Ltd, M/s. alli, 8. Shashank Theertha. (Deepika Soreng, Sangita Kumari) bt Niraj Tyagi and Mr. Vikas Sachdeva Rs. 29 (w), 14, 23 and 44 (p). SHP: Rs. Dinsha P. Shrof & Munchi P. Shrof. rep. Blazing Saddles (PF). Trainer: 69, FP: Rs. 89, Q: Rs. 86, Tanala: Rs. Trainer: Dallas Todywalla. Girls: 1. Vaidehi Chaudhri, 2. Hockey Haryana 2 (Reet 2). [Hockey M. Narredu. 2,681 and Rs. 8,041. Favourite: Miss Aesha Patel (USA), 3. Shivani Ingle, 4. Jharkhand won 3-2 via tie-breaker]. 3. HARRISH MEHRA Saigon. Owners: Mr. & Mrs. Vijay B. Jackpot: (70 per cent): Rs. 4,448 Tanisha Kashyap, 5. Shrivalli Rashmi- Third place: Uttar Pradesh TROPHY (1,600m), Cl. IV, rated Shirke, Mr. Jay V. Shirke & Mr. K.N. (161 tkts.), (30 per cent): Rs. 836 (367 kaa, 6. Sravya Shivani, 7. Muskan Hockey 4 (Mumtaz Khan 2, Yogita 20 to 46: Vice Admiral (Sandesh) Dhunjibhoy rep. Five Stars Shipping tkts.). Treble: Rs. 522 (53 tkts.). Su- 1, Glorious Hymn (S. John) 2, Care Co. Pvt. Ltd. Trainer: Vishal per jackpot: (70 per cent): Rs. 49,539 Gupta, 8. Salsa Aher. — Special Bora, Sapna Devi) bt Hockey Chand- Free (C.S. Jodha) 3 and Royal Clas- Gaikwad. (13 tkts.), (30 per cent): Rs. 8,118 (34 Correspondent igarh 0. CHAMPIONS: The Hockey Jharkhand team with the trophy. — PHOTO: L. BALACHANDAR sic (S. Amit) 4. 1-1/2, 1, Lnk. 1m 6. VILLOO POONAWALLA tkts.). VARIETY THE HINDU CROSSWORD 11911 (set by Buzzer) FAITH TODAY’S

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CRICKET Advani, Joshi Murray, Kerber crash out Gujarat keeps its nose ahead trounce rivals G. VISWANATH Mischa Zverev and CoCo Wandeweghe pull off fourth-round upsets AMOL KARHADKAR Panchal, having piled on mained unbeaten at stumps 1300-plus runs at the top of the after taking the lead past 350. PUNE: Top seed Pankaj Advani MUMBAI: Seasoned Pankaj order during Gujarat’s maiden The scores: made short work of Madhya Singh bowled his heart out for Ranji triumph, saw through Gujarat — first innings: 358 Pardesh’s Ketan Chawla with little reward. Mohammed Pankaj’s early burst which Rest of India — first innings: three century breaks to move Siraj was finally rewarded for saw the lanky bowler getting Akhil Herwadkar c Raval b H. Patel into the pre-quarterfinals of sticking to a fuller line, with rid of Samit Gohel cheaply for 48, Abhinav Mukund c Gohel b Gaja the billiards competition of the slip cordon holding on to the second time in three days. 8, Cheteshwar Pujara c P. Patel b the Manisha National billiards catches. And Shahbaz With Singh and Siraj running Chaudhary 86, Karun Nair c P. Patel b and snooker championship at Nadeem’s consistent bowling at full steam, Panchal pre- Gaja 28, Manoj Tiwary lbw Thadani the PYC Gymkhana here on continued his dream run with ferred to play the patient 12, Wriddhiman Saha lbw Thadani 0, Sunday. left-arm this season. game, opening up his Kuldeep Yadav lbw H. Patel 5, Shah- The five-time senior Na- Still, contrasting fifties from shoulders only after he had baz Nadeem c Gaja b H. Patel 0, tional billiards champion won Gujarat’s Priyank Panchal and crossed the fifty. Siddharth Kaul c P. Patel b Gaja 0, 3-0 in the match set to five Chirag Gandhi ensured Rest When Panchal and skipper Pankaj Singh (not out) 9, Mo- games and 150 points. of India will have to put on the Parthiv Patel were at the hammed Siraj c Juneja b Gaja 26. Ex- Advani was in superb touch highest total of the match crease, RoI were in danger of tras (b-4) 4; Total (all out, 75 overs) cracking breaks of 141, 151 and while batting in the fourth in- hunting down a huge target. 226 147 as he raced to a comfort- nings if it is to retain the Irani However, thanks to umpire Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-89, 3-136, able win against Chawla who Cup. Sharma’s error of judgment, 4-166, 5-170, 6-191, 7-191, 8-191, managed to collect 78 points in At the end of the third day’s Patel had to return after being 9-192. the third game. Advani will play at the Brabourne sta- adjudged caught at forward Gujarat bowling: Chintan Gaja take on Andhra Pradesh’s S. dium, Gujarat, after earning a short-leg when the bat ap- 19-4-60-4, Mohit Thadani 15-3-48-2, Sankar Rao in the healthy 132-run lead in the peared to be nowhere close to Ishwar Chaudhary 14-5-28-1, Hardik pre-quarterfinals. first innings, was placed at 227 the ball, RoI had a snif. Patel 26-5-79-3, Karan Patel 1-0-7-0. PSPB’s Devendra Joshi for eight. And the RoI bowlers did put Gujarat — second innings: dropped the first game against If Gandhi can repeat the Gujarat under pressure, pick- Samit Gohel c Mukund b Singh 1, West Bengal’s Shyam Jagtiani, first innings heroics and help ing three wickets for 20 runs, Priyank Panchal c Saha b Kaul 73, but bounced back with three Last year I came Gujarat set a 400-plus target, including Patel’s, to put Gu- Dhruv Raval c Tiwary b Siraj 23, century breaks of 134, 104, 137 then the RoI batsmen will be jarat in a slight spot of bother. Parthiv Patel c Herwadkar b Nadeem to stay in the fray. Joshi will here and didn't put under tremendous pres- However, Gandhi, the only 32, Manprit Juneja c Saha b Siraj 12, run into Sourav Kothari in the win a match. Now sure to achieve it. centurion of the match so far Chirag Gandhi (batting) 55, Karan Pa- pre-quarterfinals. A disciplined RoI bowling who injured his finger while tel b Nadeem 15, Mohit Thadani c The results (round of 32): here I am. — aided by a couple of dubi- taking catches before the start Tiwary b Nadeem 11, Chintan Gaja b Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Ketan — Coco Vandeweghe ous decision by umpire of play, continued his silken Nadeem 2, Hardik Patel (batting) 0. Chawla (MP) [151 (141)-23 , 151 Virender Sharma — contin- touch despite having three Extras (lb-3) 3; Total (for eight wkts, (151)-6, 154 (147)-78]; S. Shankar ued to strike at regular inter- stitches to his finger. 79 overs) 227. Rao (AP) bt Aditya Agarwal (Rlys) vals ever since the RoI first in- With Nadeem striking at Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-42, 3-127, [151-136, 58-151, 150-101, 151-7]; S. MELBOURNE: World No. 1s Andy “I was telling myself, ‘stay have to extend his wait for a 2004 have the top two men’s nings wounded up 14 minutes regular intervals, thanks to his 4-133, 5-147, 6-184, 7-212, 8-220. Shrikrishna (TN) bt Loukic Pathare Murray and Angelique Kerber calm’. I feel fit, I’ve trained as first title at the Australian. seeds gone out before the into Sunday’s play. Still, Pan- clever variation in pace and Rest of India bowling: Pankaj (Mah) [121-152, 150 (118)-70, 109- both crashed out of the Aus- hard as I possibly can in Murray was never quarterfinals. chal’s stout innings and length, Gandhi had to ensure Singh 18-4-43-1, Siddharth Kaul 18-5- 150, 151 (104)-119, 150 (63*)-110]; tralian Open on a day of major the of-season. That’s expected to be troubled “I’ve had tough losses in my Gandhi’s courageous knock he kept the scoreboard flow- 66-1, Mohammed Siraj 15-4-39-2, Dhwaj Haria (PSPB) bt Asutosh upsets on Sunday while Roger what you tell yourself, by the 29-year-old who career in the past. I’ve come helped Gujarat continue to re- ing. Shahbaz Nadeem 23-5-53-4, Kuldeep Padhy (Odi) [59 (100)-34, 154 -93, Federer fought his way through and you hope it pays has never won a Tour back from them. This is a tough tain a stronghold on the game. He ensured that he re- Yadav 5-0-23-0. 152 -125], Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt to the quarterfinals. of.” title, but ended up suf- one,” Murray said. Arun Agrawal (Mah) [152 (114)-65, Murray was stunned 7-5, 5-7, Murray had been the fering his earliest Mel- “I’m sure I’ll come back okay 150-110, 73-150, 150 (88)-148]; Rish- 6-2, 6-4 by the 50th-ranked left- hot favourite after bourne exit in eight from it. But right now I’m obvi- abh Thakkar (Mah) bt Rishabh Kumar handed serve-and-volleyer Djokovic’s shock exit, but the years. ously very down because I Australia secures ODI series (Mah) [150-57, 150 (150)-26, 150 Mischa Zverev before Kerber, Scot’s defeat means he will Not since Roland Garros wanted to go further in this (94)-25]; Manish Jain (WB) bt Shah- the women’s title-holder, event, and it wasn’t to be.” baaz Adil Khan (PSPB) [151 (66)-76, tamely succumbed 6-2, 6-3 to THE RESULTS Meanwhile, Stan Wawrinka, SYDNEY: Australia secured the 152 (57) 56, 150-140]; Brijiesh Dam- Coco Vandeweghe. who won the first of his three one-day series against SCOREBOARD ani (PSPB) bt I.H. Manudev (Kar) Sunday’s upsets, following Men: Fourth round: Mischa 2-6, 6-2. Grand Slam titles in Melbourne Pakistan with a commanding [152-99, 151-16, 152-69]; S. Simhach- six-time champion Novak Zverev (Ger) bt 1-Andy Murray (GBr) Mixed doubles: First round: in 2014, came through 7-6(2), 7- 86-run win at the Sydney Australia: U. Khawaja c Rizwan b Warner b Head 47, Umar Akmal c alam (Rlys) bt Aamer Hussain (WB) Djokovic’s stunning loss in the 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; 4-Stan Wawrinka Martina Hingis (Sui) & Leander Paes 6(4), 7-6(4) past Andreas Seppi. Cricket Ground on Sunday, Hasan 30, D. Warner c Rizwan b Cummins b Starc 11, Mohammad [150 (55)– 130, 101-150, 106 -152, second round, opened the door (Sui) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 7-6(2), 7- bt Destanee Aiava & Marc Polmans The formidable Swiss, now taking a 3-1 lead in the five Hasan 130, S. Smith lbw b Hasan 49, Rizwan lbw b Zampa 10, Imad Wasim 150-114, 150-126]; Vishal Madan to a host of challengers, with 6(4), 7-6(4); 12-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Aus) 6-4, 6-3. into his fourth Australian Open match series. T. Head c Shoaib b Amir 51, G. Max- c Wade b Hazlewood 25, Mohammad (Mah) bt Rafath Habib (Rlys) [152- Federer leading the charge. (Fra) bt Daniel Evans (GBr) 6-7(4), Juniors: First round: Boys: quarterfinal, will play Jo-Wil- Set an imposing 354 to win, well c Sharjeel b Hasan 78, M. Wade c Amir c Wade b Cummins 5, Hasan Ali 59, 107-150 150-133, 154-137]; De- The 35-year-old Swiss won 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; 17-Roger Federer (Sui) Siddhant Banthia & Kaya Gore (Tur) fried Tsonga, who came from a Pakistan was never really in Imad b Hasan 5, M. Starc (not out) 0; (not out) 8, Junaid Khan b Hazlewood vendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Shyam Jag- the last of his record 17 Slam bt 5-Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 7-6(4), 6-4, bt Federico Iannaccone (Ita) Len set down to beat British sur- the hunt. Extras (lb-8, nb-2) 10; Total (for six 0; Extras (lb-5, w-4) 9; Total (in 43.5 tiani (WB) [79-150 , 151 (134)-6, 151 titles in 2012, but turned the 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Schouten (Ned) 6-7(4), 6-2, [11-9]. prise package Dan Evans. After Australia made 353 for wkts. in 50 overs) 353. overs) 267. (104)-86, 151 (137)-27]; Sourav clock back with a 6-7(4), 6-4, Women: Fourth round: CoCo Girls: 11-Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) bt Kerber’s maiden Grand Slam six on the back of a David Fall of wickets: 1-92, 2-212, 3- Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-88, 3-119, Kothari (PSPB) bt Alok Kumar (PSPB) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win over fifth seed Vandeweghe (USA) bt 1-Angelique Mahak Jain 6-3, 6-3; Mihika Yadav bt title defence, and first major Warner century that was 213, 4-313, 5-339, 6-353. 4-183, 5-215, 6-218, 7-245, 8-252, [150-19, 21-151, 152-138, 62-151, 151- Kei Nishikori. Kerber (Ger) 6-2, 6-3; 7-Garbine Ali Collins (GBr) 6-3, 6-4. Doubles: tournament as World No. 1, aided by appalling fielding Pakistan bowling: Hafeez 9-0- 9-267. 59]; Siddharth Parikh (Rlys) bt M.L. Federer, who appeard to be Muguruza (Esp) bt Sorana Cirstea Denisa Hindova & Johana Markova ended poorly as she came of from the tourists, Pakistan 54-0, Amir, 10-0-75-1 Junaid 10-0- Australia bowling: Starc 7-0- Lakshman (Kar) 152-12, 151-98 , 152- back to full fitness after a six- (Rou) 6-2, 6-3; 13-Venus Williams (Cze) bt Mahak Jain & Lexie Stevens distinctly second-best to the replied with 267 from 43.5 82-0, Hasan 10-1-52-5, Imad 9-0- 42-1, Hazlewood 8.5-0-54-3, Cum- 125]; B. Bhaskar (Kar) bt Subrat Das month injury lay-of, said the (USA) bt Mona Barthel (Ger) 6-3, 7-5; (Ned) 7-6(7), 6-4; Federica Bilardo & aggressive Vandeweghe. overs. 69-0, Shoaib 2-0-13-0. mins 8-0-45-1, Head 10-0-66-2, (Odi) [152-49 , 154-87 , 151-16]; K. hard-fought, fourth-round win 24-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) Tatiana Pieri bt Shuyue Ma (Chn) & In the quarterfinals, Opener Sharjeel Khan hit 74 Pakistan: Azhar Ali c Smith b Zampa 10-0-55-3. Venkatesham (Rlys) bt D. Raj Kumar could be significant as he now bt 8-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 6-3, Mihika Yadav 6-3, 6-1; 1-Emily Ap- Vandeweghe faces Roland Gar- from just 47 balls, but once he Hazlewood 7, Sharjeel Khan c Warner Toss: Australia. (Kar) [152-7,150-125, 151-114]; eyes a quarterfinal with Zverev. 6-3. Doubles: Third round: Eri Ho- pleton & Jodie Anna Burrage (GBr) bt ros champion Garbine fell to recalled leg-spinner b Zampa 74, Babar Azam c Hazle- Man-of-the-Match: Warner. Rupesh Shah (PSPB) bt V. Sub- “This is a huge moment for zumi & Miyu Kato (Jpn) bt 4-Sania Nidhi Surapaneni & Ekaterina Vish- Muguruza, who swamped Sor- Adam Zampa Pakistan’s fate wood b Head 31, Mohammad Hafeez Australia won by 86 runs and ramanian (Mah) [150-42, me in my career,” Federer said. Mirza & Barbora Strycova (Cze) 6-3, nevskaya (Rus) 6-3, 6-3. ana Cirstea 6-2, 6-3. — AFP was all but sealed. — AFP c sub b Zampa 40, Shoaib Malik c leads the series 3-1. 151-82,150-14]. 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ome time back Atul into the scholarly side of the Admit two Kumar told his friend play there are lot of different and colleague Rajat things that one can interpret SKapoor that he was as relevant in Indian society done with the traditional today. One is the very famous theatre practice and wanted Making speech of Titania where she to explore newer ways to ex- talks of how the disagree- plore himself on stage. The ments between the powers result was “Piya Behrupiya”, that be in the society causes a clever translation of apocalyptic results. She talks Shakespeare’s “Twelfth sense of of how the rivers would swell Night” in nautanki form. up, making suggestions to Even as “Piya Behrupiya” global warming, how people continues to evoke tremend- would eat each other and ous response, Atul has taken dreams crows would feast on carcas- one more step into the wild ses...lot of dark things. When with “Khwaab-Sa”. It is an we turn Shakespeare’s works evocative adaptation of the on their head, we imbibe all Bard’s timeless comedy “A these things and represent Dance Discussion Midsummer Night’s Dream” As Atul Kumar continues his what is happening in our so- India Habitat Centre will On Netaji Subhas Chandra in Hindi gibberish with con- experiments with ciety. What I definitely don’t be holding a Bose birth anniversary temporary dance and music want to do is to create any Bharatanatyam there will be a panel being used as a story telling Shakespeare, the seasoned moment where a character performance by discussion “The Netaji and device. “It is a text that has theatre practitioner says stands and explain that this Katyayani Gupta, disciple The Mahatma: Trajectories fascinated me since child- imagery is a comment on of Guru Kamalini Nagarajan of Nationalism and hood. There are stories of collaboration between that section of law.” Dutt. Blueprints of India”. lovers in the forest, fairies, different art forms is the Atul opens up about a dis- Date: January 23 Date: January 23 mistaken identities and ma- turbing experience when he Time: 7 p.m. Time: 2.30 p.m. gic. Since very early I knew only way ahead shared the Kangra paintings Venue: Stein Auditorium, Venue: Gandhi Smriti, 5 , that theatrical possibilities of Radha and Krishna in em- Lodhi Road, New Delhi Tees January Marg, ND in this play are immense and ANUJ KUMAR brace on his Facebook page. that is what triggered me to “I made a collage and within explore it.” The exciting col- minutes I started getting laboration between differ- hate mails. It was the time “Unlocking ent art forms as Atul puts it when the homosexuality de- took shape when the bate was also raging. I added Stillness” seasoned theatre practi- images of Khajuraho and tioner joined hands with Konark to make my point Gallery Art Motif presents contemporary dancer and but I was reported and Face- a solo art exhibition choreographer Diya Naidu book closed my account. I displaying works by artist and composer Anurag had to tell the Facebook guys Kiyomi Talaulicar Shanker. During discus- PUSHING THE ENVELOPE A scene from “Khwaab-Sa”; (below) Atul Kumar that these images are from conveying a strong syntax sions, Atul reminisces, places which have been de- for human memory and a actor-director Imran then there are bad actors we try something that is artist from Kerala who is ex- Midsummer Night’s Dream” clared as heritages sites by search for a home within. Rasheed came up with the who have been asked to do phonetically Indian sound- ploring Shakespeare is the love making sequence the UNESCO. I come from a Date: On till February 7 title “Khwaab-Sa” that cap- the play. I am calling it ing and is still rubbish. Saur- without actors through a between Bottom, the man Hindu orthodox back- Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. tures the spirit of the play Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsum- abh wrote it like a script in multimedia installation. with a donkey’s head and Ti- ground. Many members of Venue: A 1- 178 Safdarjung staged in New Delhi’s LTG mer Night Dream’, but there Devanagri. It was another There is no one way now. In- tania. It can be interpreted in my family are supporters of Enclave, Delhi Auditorium this weekend. is a lovers’ section that is experiment that we tried. It ternet and constant travel many ways including the right wing politics. You can “I thought let’s bring our done without words. The worked well in Bangalore, has ensured that influences fluidity of sexual identity. “It understand what kind of up- energies together and see mistaken identity, the angst, where the play opened.” from several cultures are is there is in the original text bringing I would have had Music what happens. So it started the fights and final reconcili- According to Atul, collab- changing things in India and and then we had the licence and in many ways my work is as a collaboration with con- ation that happens between oration is the only way ahead vice versa.” of contemporary dance. It is a reaction to what I have To make the mundane temporary dance and moved four bodies is communicated now. “Now, theatre is not Some feel there is an ele- aesthetically done with gone through to be able to Monday a better day Piano on to very loud electronic through just music and limited to standing on stage ment of market pressure in movement and gesture. It liberate myself of the Man Jazz Club has music, which I have never dance. It is something that is and delivering your lines. this evolution. Atul feels it is becomes exciting and even shackles. I can share my ex- organised a performance by liked in my life but here it completely new to me.” The And I don’t want youngsters the other way round. “After dark and eerie – a midsum- perience with you but on Sarang Sahai, a solo singer started making sense. So theatre section, Atul contin- looking at me with an im- ‘Piya Behrupiya’, I got many mer nightmare, where anim- stage I have to find ways to and a self-taught musician. Anurag came on board,” says ues, was decided to be done pression: aap abhi bhi yahi invitations to stage ‘A Mid- als, human beings, trees get say that to audience.” Date: January 23 Atul, who used these forms in Hindi gibberish. “We had kartein hain.” summer Night’s Dream’ in sensually involved and then Looking into future, the Time: 9 p.m. to bring together the three done it with Rajat Kapoor’s Atul has years of practice the same format. I knew this become one with nature.” In founder of The Company Venue: B 6- Commercial parallel worlds in the play. ‘C for Clowns’. Saurabh Nay- behind him. What about a was a successful formula and terms of content, Atul con- Theatre and a familiar face in Complex, Safdarjung “Here form takes preced- yar, who played Malvolio in youngster who starts his would have done it in a tinues, “If you want me to go art residencies, says actors Enclave opposite ence over content. There are ‘Piya Behrupiya’ came up Shakespeare experience month. But that is not why I are getting concerned that Deer Park, lovers, there are fairies and with the idea that why don’t with gibberish? “It depends am doing theatre. If I have to acting is not learnt only by New Delhi on how you evolve. When we recycle, I might as well go acting and that it could be started doing gibberish and back to my father’s business Theatre is not learnt through various other clowning we had no inkling and sell dry fruits. It is about limited to standing experiences. “So they are where we were going. It what fires you up. My last opening their horizons by in- Exhibition worked. Of course, there piece was experiential on stage and volving themselves in differ- Art Life Gallery presents were some experiments that theatre (‘Seven Jews Chil- delivering your lines. ent kinds of things in life. “Divine Elephants’ Lost failed but the whole idea is to dren’) where audience get And I don’t want This is making perform- Habitat”, a solo exhibition jump in a new direction with participative. We would per- ances richer. Theatre is mov- that is displaying works by your sincerity and craft, and form at alternative spaces youngsters looking ing into alternative spaces. Babu Xavier. it will connect with the audi- for 6 to 8 hours for an audi- at me with an One very big space now is di- Date: On till February 1 ence. The key to the whole ence of eight people. It was impression: aap abhi gital space that people are Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. thing is be ready to fail, yaar! completely non-commercial exploring. I keep meeting my Venue: C-97, Sector-44, Otherwise, we artists will as eight people would get to bhi yahi kartein hain contemporaries who say, par Noida keep packaging only those see the whole show but we yaar theatre to live hi hona things which are easily ac- wanted our audience to ex- chahiya. Not my scene. I ceptable to the audience. plore that world.” ,, want to race the young, and Now I am looking at a young An important image of “A lose.” Brave! Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

Nitish Bharti who songs pertaining to a theme. eventually gave up teaching says. “I get a lot of enquires The lyrics and his sand Sand matters and took to sand animation about this art form and uses sand as a creations have to adhere, to full time. He woke up people want to learn how to weave the complete story. The sand Nitish uses is a creating images and went to do it. But my schedule is medium to narrate “For example, if I have to mix from the beaches of bed doing the same. “I used hectic. I have shows three stories explains showcase a life that’s full of Puri and Tarkarli. These to live in a small chawl in to four times a week and I ups and downs, for the beaches have perfect beige Mumbai and half the space travel constantly on work. how it is done parts that talk about hope sand and that reflects well would be occupied by the Sand art has taken me to I’ll choose a song like ‘Aash- on screen when Nitish does light box, which measures the U.K., U.S., Europe, PRIYADARSHINI PAITANDY ayein’, and when I am shows. His team procures four ft by three ft,” says the Asian countries...,” says Nit- depicting hardship, it’ll be the sand and refines it. 26-year-old. ish, who now has a 15- Nitish Bharti tells stories ‘Yeh honsla kaise jhuke ’ or Nitish always keeps 100 kg Gradually, with his sav- member team working with with sand. There’s an air of something on those lines.” of sand ready. ings he and his family him. Together, they concep- suspense as he takes to the Sand animation began in moved into a house of their tualise and create perform- stage. Spain by an artist called own. In 2015 he was a semi ances. Holding up fistfuls of Ilana Yahav in 2008. “In Most audiences remember finalist at Asia’s Got Talent. People assume that sand sand, he scatters it around 2009, I saw Ilana’s work on the episode where he depic- “I am also the only sand art is easy but when you’re him with a dramatic flour- YouTube and was fascin- ted cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s animation artist who’s film doing a live act, you can’t ish. Music plays in the ated. Around that time I life — his early cricketing got nominated at Cannes do touch-ups, says Nitish. background as Nitish starts took part in a regional days, the World Cup vic- for the Best Short Film creating images with sand, talent show in Mumbai and tory, his illness and recov- category in 2015. It was in sync with the beat. tried out sand animation ery. titled Save Mother Earth Many remember “The core of this art form there,” says Nitish. The cricketer, who was and was about the environ- Nitish’s depiction of is the transition from one The tools he primarily present at the set as one of ment and Nature.” story to another. I tell a banks on for this are his the judges, was moved to Since then, Nitish has cricketer Yuvraj story through sets of im- fingers and imagination. tears, and Nitish received a designed the production Singh’s life — his ages, which I keep creating “You also need a light box standing ovation. Though logo for Sanjay Leela early cricketing days, through the duration of my on which to create your art. the artist missed out on the Bhansali’s company, and it performance,” he explains. I initially used a regular title, he did win recognition plays before each of the the World Cup FISTFUL OF CREATIVITY Nitish Bharti PHOTO: SHAJU JOHN A sand animation artist, sunmica sheet. When I per- and an enthusiastic fan fol- director’s films. He’s also victory, his illness Nitish specialises in what’s formed on India’s Got Tal- lowing. created a video for SEBI For someone who draws that he be sent to art class. Rachana Sansad in Mumbai called ‘lyrical sand anima- ent in 2010, the production Offers to perform started (Securities and Exchange and recovery such elaborate pictures, Nit- The fee was Rs. 500 and his but that didn’t quite materi- tion’. The preparation for team there helped me cre- pouring in. And soon, this Board of India) on the ish has never been trained family couldn’t afford it. alise. But, it doesn’t matter, this begins well ahead of ate a light box,” he says. lecturer of maths and ac- occasion of their completing in art. As a seven-year-old, The self-taught artist he says. “I don’t require the performance, where he Nitish made it to the top counts was so caught up 25 years; it’s his most one of his school teachers wished to attend classes at classes any more,” he adds comes up with snatches of four in the reality show. with the art form that he elaborate work so far, he had suggested to his parents Sir JJ School of Art or with a confident smile.

CM ND-ND YK p2 NOIDA/DELHI METROPLUS THE HINDU Monday, January 23, 2017 VARIETY The cherished uncommon man Reinforcing ties A recent seminar in the Capital R.K. Laxman’s cartoons continue to provide the much needed smile in these intolerant times traced the Indo-Iranian bonds ANUSHREE Indian and Iranian hearts ASANI BHADURI classic introduction in one closer, Dr Ali Dehgahi, Cul- such cartoon sums it up all Ties between India and Iran tural Counsellor, Iranian Em- ndia lost R. K. Lax- – “I belong to the extreme go far back in time and de- bassy, observed: “Seeing man two years back, left wing in the reactionary serve to be strengthened. today’s condition, especially one of the best car- right group among the Noting the same Jawaharlal in Indonesia and (other parts toonists and political moderates in the party.’’ Nehru’s “The Discovery of In- of) Asia, the best way to un- I dia” mentions, “Among the derstand one another and satirists that the country Laxman’s black and has ever produced. Looking white palette was full of many people and races who conserve the common herit- back, the hitches and colours and it was not have come in contact with In- age is to initiate a dialogue.” glitches that Laxman drew limited in the newspaper dians and influenced India's Making a pertinent obser- for decades are still faced column only. While our life and culture, the oldest vation in today’s context, Dr. by Indians everyday – previous generation swore and most persistent have Shernaz Cama of Parzon whether it is poverty or by the immaculate ‘Star I been the Iranians.” Foundation, while addressing corruption or our dwind- never mate’, we grew up Commemorating 60 years the gathering, remarked, ling economy. Has India with the sketches of Mal- of the cultural agreement “The problem with the world remained unaffected or gudi Days and the expres- between Iran and India, the today is that we look at cent- could Laxman foresee the sion of Gattu. His crows Iran Culture House, New ral Asia as a place of tragedy skeleton that refuses to were omnipresent, vultures Delhi, in collaboration with and violence, whereas the change? stood with poverty, the up- India International Centre, same was the cradle of civil- Laxman’s common man tailed dogs mingled with Indian Council for Cultural isation.” Citing the example observed, listened and en- the slum and pipe dwellers Relations and UNESCO Par- of Panchtantra she added, “It dured everything and and the face-down goats zor Foundation, recently or- was the translation of Persian everyone – whether its the were clearly visible in ganised an international scholar Burzoya which politicians or bureaucrats, scanty-grassed villages. seminar on “Cultural Similar- reached West and became a ministers or managers – There are so many books ities between Iran and the In- popular story over there. The not to forget his wife – the that he penned down, and dian subcontinent: first hospital in the world at one with the most perilous thankfully many new col- Indigenous Cultural Frag- Gundeshapur combined the comments. A cartoonists’ lections are being pub- mentation in an Era of Glob- Indian system and Persian cartoonist; Laxman’s brush lished. Perhaps it is time alisation”. Incidentially, the ethics. Such instances strokes were as exquisite as for an all-encompassing Indo- Iranian Cultural Agree- abound the landscape.”Cama it was minimal. Different Laxman omnibus – that’s ment, signed in 1956, was re- also recalled the Everlasting faces and postures of us, the least we common men vived in 2016 during Prime Flame International pro- the confused Indians, came and women could hope for. Minister, Narendra Modi’s gramme during which the Ir- to him naturally. He spared (The author is an As- visit. anian government sent no one, from doctors to PEOPLE-CENTRIC R. K. Laxman; (below) selfie with the cartoonist’s creation PHOTOS: K. BHAGYA PRAKASH, SHANTANU DAS sistant Professor in The two-day seminar wit- national treasures to India engineers, artist to crick- Delhi University) nessed scholars from Iran, for the very first time to be eters, scientists to econom- continued to cherish Lax- pavement came repetitively direction. Laxman teased and the ever-smiling Lalu Afghanistan, Bangladesh and displayed. “Those were tan- ists. We didn’t protest, man’s cartoons every in his columns as also the the religious and political with cud chewing cows in India, conducting academic gible heritage. This seminar rather, the whole of India morning. The potholes and innumerable unfinished fanatics with equal zeal but the background. Fortu- In the increasingly sessions on history, art and looks up to explore the intan- foundation stones. One didn’t belittle any. In the nately, the politicians did humourless India, as literature. Describing the gible assets, which are wonders how he could cre- increasingly humourless not object that much then event an opportunity to bring immense.” ate such ingenious com- India, as we are making it – even with those incred- we are making it to ments every now and then to be, the dearth of ‘You ible epidemics that he be, the dearth of – ‘It seems the nation’s said it’ and its creator will coined –‘Narsimietis’, ‘You said it’ and its economy has improved! be felt for years. ‘Chandrix Sawmisis’, ‘Jay- Come let us go on our There is not much de- antis Lalista’ to name a creator will be felt round of begging’. Laxman bate on which politician he few. for years had a unique knack for portrayed most accurately Even in politics, the span depicting the Governments – no one comes closer to of his ideas knew no effort (or the lack of it) of Indira Gandhi and her im- bound! The alliance and drawing graphs – from peccable hair-style. coalition, the break-ups growth rate to inflation to Second? Well there’s V. P. and dissidents, the ideology bonus to cost of living – Singh’s cap, Vajpayee’s Ut- and the mockery of it – he the graphs were in every tariya, Thackeray’s beads penned everything. The MEETING OF MINDS The seminar in progress

Down Memory Lane nights to film a gharial laying eggs. The gharial is Hungry for more an endangered species of Corbett echo in Delhi reptile of the crocodile family which is peculiar to India and Nepal. Gharials Dedicated to are 15 to 18 feet long though some grow longer. The Rishi Kapoor says he owes the resurgence in his career wildlife snout is designed to catch to a comment of Rakesh Roshan fish which, held by the conservation, the teeth, is swallowed whole. ATIF KHAN achievements of For four years, Naresh and Rajesh, had been filming the Failing at studies while ex- Bedi brothers is gharial in the forests and in celling in real life learning something to be the dacoit-infested is a family legacy in argu- Chambal Valley. But it was ably the first family of proud of only in the Odisha Bollywood. “Apart from my sanctuary that the brothers grandfather who was a he heritage of Jim had succeeded in filming double M.A., none of us, TCorbett and the park the rare mating behaviour except Ranbir, have a good named after him in of the gharial. record in academics,” re- Uttarakhand was the The reptile gets its name vealed Rishi Kapoor who subject of an engrossing from the “ghara” or pouch was in Capital for the film “Corbett’s Legacy” by on the spout of the male. It launch of his autobiography, Naresh Bedi at the India was not known what use the “Khullam Khulla”, in New Habitat Centre last week. It DEDICATED DUO Naresh Bedi and Rajesh Bedi; (below) gharials at the zoo pouch was put to. The Bedis Delhi’s Taj Mahal hotel. naturally evoked much PHOTOS: RAJEEV BHATT, ROHIT JAIN PARAS found that with the “ghara” There are other similar interest, for who better the male gharial emits a habits that Rishi revealed than he and his brother a fine art ever since their a wounded tigress who was the much maligned owl is noise like that of bellows to family members share other Rajesh to perpetuate the days in MIG Flats, in great pain. Taking pity on neither an ominous bird not attract the female, after than keeping foot on the legacy of wildlife Mayapuri in the 1970s. it at the risk of their lives a denizen of hell but a which both glide into same pedal – acting. “Eating conservation a la Corbett? Taking the inspiration from the brothers and their solitary wanderer of the deeper water for and acting are two E and A The film reconstructs the their father, the late Dr. father climbed a tree and night whose diet is mice and lovemaking. Having of our lives. When we do legendary shikhari’s hunts Ramesh Bedi, the brothers having put some medicine small birds. Like him his watched the courtship, the our breakfast we decide to eliminate the maneaters have scoured the jungles of on a rag they applied it to sons continue to grace the brothers were keen to film what we will have in our of Kumaon almost 100 India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the wound with the help of Indian wildlife scene, the egg-laying. After 32 days lunch and when we do our years ago and has an East Africa for exclusive a long pole. The tigress highlighting the exotic of gestation the female lunch we only discuss what engaging narration by Tom pictures of animals and seemed to have appreciated nature of the jungle which gharial looks for a nesting we will be having in din- Alter, himself a denizen of reptiles which have brought this gesture and left soon is threatened by man and ground. This is the time ner,” said the Bobby actor. Corbettland. wildlife right into Delhi and after. At another time the modernisation. Their jungle when she makes her longest Having survived the To defy death in the are examples of a great brothers had to run for a tales are as absorbing as journey on land in the Bachchan wave, he asserted FOND MEMORIES Rishi Kapoor jungle for the sake of rare dedication to photography whole night to escape the their pictures and one could whole year. The gharial’s that Amitabh Bachchan’s in- photographs, to dare a pride and natural conservation. Chambal Valley dacoits who listen to them for hours body structure is such that tensely rage filled angry People often believed that Rakesh Roshan, his contem- of lions at a water-hole, to Dr. Ramesh Bedi started the had accosted them while with rapt attention. The it can glide on water, but on young man image made Rishi Kapoor could play porary, once called him ask- deal with gharials and family tradition way back in they were out National Geographical land the going is hard for it. many actors jobless and it many musical instruments. ing to play a small role in poisonous snakes and, 1937 when he photographed photographing a crocodile Magazine and several other The gharial, being mostly was difficult for him to “I confess that I do not his film for which he de- above all, to encounter a python swallowing a laying eggs. At yet another wildlife magazines and confined to water and reign as a teen heartthrob know how to play a musical clined. “I told him that it dacoits and poachers has jackal. From then wildlife time in the Andamans, periodicals of international scared of the encroachment in that era. “For getting top instrument but what I know would be a wrong move for been a way of life for Naresh photography became a Rajesh Bedi stood within repute have commissioned by man on its habitat has roles he (Bachchan) has is how to make audience my career. Suddenly, he and Rajesh Bedi, the tall, family profession. The striking distance of a huge the Bedis for photographic become shy of human credited the writers and believe that I have mastered started laughing and com- fair, bearded brothers of three-man team of father cobra that was devouring studies of animals and birds beings, Naresh Bedi told me directors but actors who the instrument and that is mented that which career I Delhi who have acquired a and two sons added lustre smaller snakes in a frenzy. and to their credit it may be in an interview in Delhi: “I were sporting enough to what I taught my son also,” was thinking about at this skill and fame with the to Indian photography with The prized picture still said that they have justified have been collecting gharial work in those films have responded Rishi Kapoor. He age. Those words hit me too camera which few have in unique pictures of men, adorns the Bedis drawing the trust reposed in them. eggs since 1960. My brother also contributed as ‘small finds the young generation much and I hold my success India. They owe it all to animals and birds and of room in Rajouri Garden, Go to their houses in and I used to employ rungs’ in his big ladder of very talented. “Boys today in comeback years to him their father even as their strange sights from Ladakh New Delhi. An important West Delhi and you will find former dacoits for the success. There would have are very professional and only,” revealed the 64-year- own children owe it to them to the Andamans, including field of activity of the a snake crawling in the purpose in the Chambal been no Deewar without exposed to different emo- old actor. He surmised that to become wildlife hunters those of the elusive snow brothers has been the Gir bedroom or a pair of Valley”. The hobby Shashi Kapoor, no Sholay tions through various medi- there was no age limit to with a camera. It’s worth leopard. forest, the last habitat of the Himalayan birds calling out continues to excite their without Dharmendra and no ums which was not the case the acting career if you telling the story of this In the jungle there have Asiatic lion. The Bedis have from a bush or parrots, owls children. Even Jim Corbett Amar Akbar Anthony with our generation as we were doing the assigned amazing family after which been times when Naresh not only photographed the and even a praying mantis would have been proud of without Vinod Khanna and were not that exposed to part correctly. “When I was many lion cubs have been and Rajesh have stood just a lions in various moods and up to their tricks in the the brothers’ achievement Rishi Kapoor,” said Rishi. things.” What he misses doing Kapoor & Sons , I had named in the Gir forest and few feet away from roaring at different times of the day garden. Wildlife is certainly in reconstructing nine He believed in destiny and though are multi-starrers to sit for make up for five which has made Delhi tigers, child-lifting hyenas, and night, they have also a way of life with them and hours of a haphazard film of sometimes events happened like Amar Akbar Anthony. hours before the shot but proud because of their bloodthirsty wolves and helped to draw attention to one can only wish them his lifetime with substantial without any planning . “I “These days multi-starrers each day I was excited. I exploits. crocodiles, defying fate to the danger facing this rare success in their venture to footage from the Bedis’ own never wanted to do Kabhie are unaffordable as fees of want to remain that excited Naresh and Rajesh Bedi get their pictures. Once species and helped in its preserve nature red in tooth archives. Kabhie but due to some actors are very high,” till the end of my life,” made wildlife photography they recall they came across conservation. Once they and claw. Naresh’s historic circumstances, I was just lamented Rishi. summed up Rishi emotion- helped pull out a lioness film on the gharial is worth locked in a position to do it He remembered how ally. that had fallen into a well watching: It was the night and now I remember the and was about to be killed of the conjunction of the 10 film very close to my heart.” by poachers. planets, with thunder and On whether Ranbir takes I confess that I do not know how to play Dr. Ramesh Bedi wrote lighting and a fierce wind some acting lessons from a musical instrument but what I know is several books on wildlife in blowing through the trees him, he informed that they which he vividly described of the Nandan Kanan regularly discuss films over how to make audience believe that I have the life-style of different Zoological Park in Odisha. food, their common in- mastered the instrument and that is what animals, starting with lions Naresh Bedi stood amidst R. V. Smith terest. “He wanted to know I taught my son also and ending with monkeys. the hostile environment, his The author is a how I managed to do lip Birds too had been the field heart beating fast, a prayer veteran chronicler sync in a song. I advised of his specialized study and on his lips. For several of Delhi him to sing on the same he had, after a careful study, months he had been pitch as the singer which he come to the conclusion that awaiting this night of all has done in Ae Dil Hai ,, Mushkil, playing a singer.”

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Briefly S. RAVI cessary to see the violent so- ciety he was born in. riter Ashok On the role of historical Banker is pro- Decoding a warrior fiction lific in terms of To some extent, it helps us Wthe number of give great personalities their books penned but also variety due. Not just Ashoka, of genres. From literary and Ashok Banker brings alive one of India’s greatest rulers in “Ashoka: Lion of Maurya” Chandragupta Maurya hasn’t crime fiction to science, been given his due like many fantasy and horror form part greatest warriors are always other great kings, queens, of his oeuvre. The common the foremost proponents of commoners and artists of the thread in all is his ability to peace because they know the past eras. There are so many keep the readers engaged and devastation that war brings. other stories of common curious. This is evident from War is a zero sum game: people and social injustices the success of his Ramayana everyone loses, there are no waiting to be told. Indian his- and Mahabharata series winners. It’s sad that Ashoka tory is a treasure chest of which are credited to have re- had to slaughter so many, and riches that we should all be vived interest in the epics and engage in an unacceptable exploring. My Itihisa Series Adventure the well received crime stor- genocide of a great republic of attempts to tell these untold ies. Now turning to historical Odisha to learn a lesson he stories. Historical fiction is an carnival fiction he brings the first of a should have understood entertaining way to make thrilling trilogy “Ashoka: much earlier. This inexplic- readers curious about actual Bollywood actress Neha Lion Of Maurya” (Westland able contradiction is the very history, it’s a gateway into the Dhupia hosted a two day Publication) on India’s reason we are fascinated by study of history. Adventure Race and greatest ruler. him as a historical character. On the danger of people Carnival Festival at The taut story moves fast It is similar to the contradic- accepting historical fiction Gurugram. while providing vivid descrip- tion of Rama who invaded a as truth Speaking on the occasion, tion of the place, people, cul- great nation like Lanka only The danger isn’t from Neha said: “Rocksport ture, customs and norms of to retrieve his wife, and then books but from rubbish tele- Challenge is an adventure the period thereby creating a later exiled that same wife! vision serials. People watch race that tests the physical perfect blend of fact and fic- On the difficulties in them and believe they are and mental strength of a tion. writing the series telling you the true story. team while assessing their Edited excerpts: There’s a paucity of non- They believe that the fair- combined leadership.” On how the trilogy came fiction history books on this skinned actors are accurate The adrenalin pumping about period. Except for a few basic portrayals of those gods or event saw thrill activities I was born into an Anglo- details, mostly collected from historical personages. like 3-5 KM race. Indian Catholic family. My tertiary sources or unreliable Historical fiction on the Obstacles were placed Hindu father was out of the religious texts which have other hand is clearly labelled across farmland, picture and was a father only their own agenda, we know fiction. Historical fiction even standalone thickets of in the biological and legal almost no facts about the at its most tenuous, simply trees, marshes and craggy sense. My mother chose to Maurya period. Recent ar- presents you with an opinion outcrops. Stamina, strength give me a name that captured chaeological discoveries and – perhaps this was how it was. and speed was tested as the ambiguity of my identity: ongoing analyses have It is up to the reader to ima- well as the ability to make Ashok Kumar was a sly nod to brought out details of Patali- BLENDING FACT WITH FICTION Ashok Banker gine the rest, to decide what decisions under taxing the great king who was putra city and the architec- might have or might not have conditions. neither Hindu nor Buddhist ture, but almost nothing new what might have been. The account. ics which provide some in- imals. It’s my attempt to take been. You are not being se- but was tolerant to both reli- about Ashoka or the Mauryas. factual details are based on On the research sights and surprises. For these tiny historical clues and duced by stars, music, excit- gions. In the place for Reli- The trilogy is an attempt to actual archaeological find- I’ve read all the available instance, did you know that build a narrative out of them. ing visuals and exaggerated gion/Caste, my mother put create a fictional narrative ings. The characters and story history books on that period Kaurwaki is the first (and vir- On excessive violence dialogues and special effects. “Indian”. And so from the based on the known facts of and their actions are of and the preceding and follow- tually the only) woman and prevailing in that period I will trust a historical novel birth itself, I was casteless, ir- course, an imagining of what ing eras, and on Ashoka as Queen named in an official Those were brutal times. over a TV serial or film any religious and naturally as I might have been, could have well. I visited various arte- edict? One has to study socio- Even the Buddhist scriptures day. It’s an intelligent per- grew up I was curious about been. I had to spend several facts, including the fragments political systems, economics, tell us in gory detail about the son’s medium, not an idiot Ashoka and why I was named years researching not only of the magnificent edicts he and other humanities also to violence of Ashoka’s era. All box. after him. When I learned the history of India but also left behind. I studied archae- form a complete picture of that violence came about due On what is in the pipeline that his father Bindusara historiography. Indian his- ological works that describe the society of that era. There to the lust for power. Asho- The ‘Chanakyaneeti’ tri- treated Ashoka’s mother tory has been notoriously the proportions and materi- are other clues. For instance, ka’s story is a journey from logy tells the unknown story badly, it felt even more ironic. mistreated by the early so- als used in building the cities. the association of Ashoka and violence to peace. The saga of of Kautilya’s childhood and I knew that someday I had to called ‘Orientalists’ and ‘In- For instance, this book starts the lions, which remains even how he was forced to resort to youth, ‘Maurya’ is the story of write his story. dologists’ who approached with a detailed description of today as our national symbol, the same brutality to survive, Chandragupta as well as the A slice of China On his interpretation of the subject with a clear west- Pataliputra – that is based on could possibly have been and to protect his mother and grown-up Chanakya. Then is Chinese culture was Ashoka ern Judeo-Christian bias and the known archaeological linked to his love for animals. loved ones, and later in life, the Shivaji trilogy on the showcased in a grand way My views are best ex- drew broad assumptions that facts, and also compares the I’ve referred to this in the how he repented that early great Maratha warrior. After in a show, programmed by pressed through this trilogy have no basis in fact. The city to other famous cities of book wherein I narrate the violence and dedicated his that comes from my Moghuls Xinjiang Art Theatre Song itself. I believe it was his viol- hardest part of researching that era. Wherever possible, I famous legend of him killing a life to spreading the message series, Lakshmibai, Razia, and Dance Troupe, China, at ence that led to his later em- the ancient past is to separate have used actual details. lioness with only a stick, but of peace through Buddhism. and others. Kamani Auditorium brace of non-violence. The the historian’s bias from the The edicts are valuable rel- connect it to this love for an- To understand him, it’s ne- recently. It was organized to celebrate Chinese New Year 2017 by Embassy of the Untangling the web People’s Republic of China One for the millennials in the Republic of India. 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CM ND-ND YK p4 NOIDA/DELHI METROPLUS THE HINDU Monday, January 23, 2017 ESCAPE AN EVENING IN PARIS

Every hotel in this iconic city has a tale to tell. DEVANSHI MODY gives us a peek into some of the most interesting stories Le St James commemorating the former French president. For a century, it was a hostel for ‘Airy Fairy’ quite captures this abode. It scholars, until dramatically transforming into presides over the parks of Paris’ first airport, an exclusive private club, and now a hotel, from where the first hot air balloon launched. Paris’ sole accoutred with its own private Hence the ‘airy’ affiliation. And it’s fairy for it parks. Paris’ finest breakfasts happen in is Paris’ only ‘château’ hotel, conceived by splendid rooms overlooking lawns with a hot whimsical designer Bambi Sloan as the air balloon for a pavilion, recalling the residence of a fairytale 19th-Century family. location’s history. The bar is the erstwhile Rooms are named after “regular house hostel’s library, showcasing marvellous guests”, including Austrian Empress Sissi and leather-bound books. Scholars might’ve more the last Queen of Scotland, imagined to be enthusiastically imbibed food for thought had family friends of the imaginary “family”… In they then Le St James’ champagne cocktails 1892, this place became the Fondation Thiers, as accompaniments!

L’Hôtel “Either that wallpaper goes or I do,” quoth Oscar Wilde as he lay moribund in Paris. No, he wasn’t referring to the sumptuous wallpaper, some made of handwoven silk from China, that today beautifies L’Hôtel, then Wilde’s last lodgings, now Paris’ smallest 5-Star. L’Hôtel is best known as the place where Oscar Wilde lived above his means and died meanly. It is almost as known as one of celebrated designer Jacques Garcia’s most accomplished works, a masterpiece of Neoclassical grandeur melded with Napoleon III ostentation. It’s little-known as a one-time brothel in then not the seemliest neighbourhood. The receptionist points to the Hôtel Da Vinci somewhat less romantically than if he’d sensational circular atrium, around which the staircase postponed his kidnapping by a hundred years. twines, explaining that in bordello times (1828), girls would The Mona Lisa hasn’t always slept at the What he then had was a little fanlight showcase themselves in the arched openings encircling each Louvre. Fancy sleeping where the Mona Lisa through which to escape from the roof with floor of the atrium, so clients could from below pick his spent some nights in August 1911? It’s to 25 his lady if the police arrived. Peruggia didn’t preferred girl and ascend to the floor she projected herself Rue des Saints-Pères that a certain Vincenzo utilise this amenity, for he managed to reach from, the bedroom door conveniently behind her. Each suite, Peruggia, having masterminded the theft of Italy, and was caught only when trying to sell obscenely opulent, is meticulously conceived, but Oscar the Mona Lisa, absconded from the Louvre the painting to a Florentine antique dealer Wilde’s suite trumps, if only because Suite Mistinguette with his great booty or beauty. To two years later. boasts the legendary playwright’s original bed, but without the commemorate the centenary of the Mona He was exonerated with a trifling one-year ravishing beauty in it. Lisa’s return to Paris on January 4, 1914 (two imprisonment, considering the nobility of his years after its theft) the re-christened hotel mission: he simply wished to repatriate Da reopened, following a thorough renaissance, Vinci’s masterpiece that Napoleon “thieved” Mandarin Oriental, Paris bestrewn with quirky details recalling from Italy, where it belongs… Evoking the Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. The Chambre de l’Adorateur’s fascinating history, This address on Rue St Honoré, a street streaming today with luxury boutiques, has had a vibrant signature suite Chambre de l’Adorateur is behind the veloured bed board hangs a and vicissitudinous history — the site was a Capuchin convent in medieval times before becoming where our “painting-purloiner” slept with the desolate picture frame, signifying the successively a hippodrome (1801), the circus Cirque Olympique (1807), a royal equestrian school world’s most famous woman. painting’s theft. (1817), the Panorama Valentino (1880) constructed by famous architect Charles Garnier, and in its Perhaps, he hadn’t then the voluptuous Then you descry a trunk stashed in the penultimate avatar, the Ministry of Justice (1970) until, in 2011, it metamorphosed into the beds the hotel now dispenses nor bathrooms room with the Mona Lisa peeping Mandarin Oriental Paris. Who’d have imagined that what was at nascence a nunnery would attain fragrant with sexy Roberto Cavalli toiletries, surreptitiously out of its semi-closed top. the apogee of luxe parisien, conferred the ultimate title ‘Palace Parisien’, a uniquely Parisian so the Mona Lisa’s lover must’ve sojourned Brilliant dash of imagination! designation for hotels and the highest thereof. The hotel’s ultra-contemporary 2-Michelin-starred restaurant Sur Mesure (meaning made to order, in couture parlance) conjures the quintessentially Parisian world of haute couture, with its Hôtel Lancaster walls of fabric, crafted to look like remnants of some sartorial execution. The stark white enclave, whose fabric-flap walls seem to be opening out, also resembles a chrysalis, thus cleverly if Burt Lancaster stayed here but he inadvertently capturing the very evolution of this address, the metaphor consummated in the didn’t confer his name upon Hôtel ‘Butterfly’ Cage — an enormous white cage stationed on the hotel’s courtyard terrace, with a Lancaster, which, were it named tumble of stunning-pink flowers over a white oriental bowl-like receptacle embedded with a table, after all the celebrities it has hosted, the fantasy Garden Table, a stroke of extravagant caprice. And if the French are historically would have a straggling multi- remarkable for losing their heads, the Mandarin Oriental Paris has found a finer way of doing so barrelled name concatenating Liz with six varieties of champagne, including Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé or Paris’ priciest cocktail Taylor, Richard Burton, Grace 251 (costing €251 and served in a Lalique crystal glass), Marie Antoinette would agree... Kelly, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable etc. Having been the receptacle of Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme cinematic personalities, the Lancaster must perforce be Unless you’re unleashing something unprecedented, you don’t open shop dramatic and Front Office Manager near the mighty Paris Ritz. Style icon Park Hyatt, however, created history with Christophe Lajoinie narrates the its advent, distinguishing itself dramatically from Paris’ frumpy grand hotels shenanigans staged by Hollywood with a deliberately minimalist sophistication. The hotel’s architect, Ed Tuttle, stars. His favourite scene (in every revived materials prevalent in the 19th Century, imparted modernity to French sense) is how Liz Taylor and classicism and created a unique design sensation that brought a brisk Richard Burton fought famously on breeziness to Paris’ hotel scene. Although iconoclastically, the hotel yet sustains the hotel’s grand staircase. A the tradition of chic associated with the location, standing as it does exactly converted old 1925 hôtel where once loomed Maison Paquin, celebrated couturiers and monarchs of particulier, the Lancaster has an Parisian aesthete, who dressed Europe’s royalty during the Belle Epoque (1890 astonishing collection of antiques to the First World War). The hotel has created history again, this time with Le Bellechasse and original artwork, including a designer desserts — Chef Pâtissier Fabien Berteau opened Park Hyatt Chennai, painting of the Bataille de where he incorporated South Indian ingredients (everything from spices to In the world’s couture capital, designers have Fontenoy, whilst a Russian artist, a South Indian coffee) into French desserts, but his audacities bewildered locals taken to fashioning hotels. Christian Lacroix’s great lover of beautiful women, so he fled Chennai in exasperation. Back in Paris, his creations tinged with inaugural attempt is a chromatic assault, quite like according to Christophe, once exotic South Indian influences have fetched him the title of Best Chef Pâtissier his vociferous couture creations. Academically stayed long at Le Lancaster and paid for 2015 by the finical Gault Millau guide. And if you dislike desserts containing interesting if overwhelming! his bills with 83 paintings of apple as I do, after Fabien’s fresh and lively creation, you will appreciate why gorgeous women. Eve damned herself and us all eternally over an apple… It’s a rum thing

Between frequent sips of Cuba Libre, LOURD VIJAY salsas his way through Havana, swims under a waterfall and goes clubbing in a cave — all in seven days

The movie was Havana Day Two Nights — a sequel to the Our tour bus took us to the Patrick Swayze-starrer Dirty Almendares parque and river Dancing. It was a disaster on , where we were treated to all accounts, compared to the deliciously fresh piña coladas. prequel, but nevertheless had Later, we visited the Revolu- an all-consuming impact with tion Square, and enroute to its setting in quaint old old Havana, we were edu- Havana, Cuba (Koo-bah). cated about what the Cubans I was determined to visit insist are the best cigars in someday. the world — Cohiba Esplen- At last, many years later didos smoked by Fidel Castro, the dream came true. Byond Lunch was at Cafe Taberna Travel designed a trip spe- at Plaza Vieja with a beautiful cifically for a group of salsa salsa band playing. We got dancers, all and friends and dressed up to experience the students from my dance marvel of the iconic Buena school, Lourd Vijay’s Dance Vista Social Club with 30 of Studio. Havana’s most popular musi- As soon as our Air France cians performing live. Later, flight landed in Havana we we hit a local club, which by HAVANA NIGHTS The city offers an intriguing mix of music, art and Nature headed to hotel – Co- far, was one of the craziest pacabana, a half an hour drive parties I have been to in ages. beautiful Marine blue Ford Cuba gained something im- found ingenious ways to made with sugarcane juice. memorable experience dan- There’s even a a daiquiri from the airport. The quaint Mercury 65 across town. We portant — self-reliance, mak- make crude automobile We checked into the beach- cing salsa under the stars at named after him here. hotel reminded me of Wood- Day Three began with a visit to the Ma- ing the best of the worst. spares and keep 60-70-year- side resort Costa Sur, late in Casa de la Musica, where the A visit to Fabrica de Arte lands in Bengaluru, except it We took a bus ride to lecon strip in Miramar, then More importantly, they seem old cars in fully running the evening, and called it a line-up of bands seemed un- Cubano (FAC), an arts com- had a spectacular view of the Viñales to visit to a liqueur drove to the Afro-Cuban Reli- to have learnt how to be condition. day. ending, after which we hit a plex by day and an eclectic Caribbean Sea. factory, then halted at an or- gious Street featuring street happy in times of adversity After having walked unique night club in Trinidad tasteful night club by night, ganic farm for lunch. We also art by Salvador Gonzales. The and apathy, or at least fake it around old Havana, we atten- Day Six set in a natural cave called was next. I ended my last day Day One caught a panoramic view of convoy of classics dropped us convincingly. Perhaps the ded a salsa workshop conduc- We woke up to the most Disco Ayala. in Havana by getting a haircut We hit Casa de la Musica in the Valley of Viñales and took off at the fully-restored house lack of exposure helped main- ted by a local instructor, stunning view of the Carib- by Ban Ki-moon’s hairstylist central Havana, with a young a boat ride in Cueva del Indio. and boat of Nobel laureate tain the sanctity and inno- between sipping mojitos. bean Sea just outside our Day Seven Josephita. The best compli- high-energy band playing A mandatory stop at a tobacco Ernest Hemingway. From cence of the people of Cuba. I beach bungalows. We drove back to Havana ment I recieved on the trip? I some salsa, reggaeton and farmer’s house revealed the there, our tour bus took us to stake this claim from experi- Day Five We drove to Topes de Col- via Santa Clara, visiting the was told “dance like a Cuban Cuban pop music. secrets of the prized Cuban the magnificent statue of encing the country’s old- We set out on a six-hour lantes, a Nature reserve in the Che memorial and museum. with a lot of soul.” I had my first Cuba libre cigars. Cristo De La Habana at world charm. drive to Trinidad, with a stop- Escambray Mountain range, We checked into Copacabana You can train hard to be an made of Havana Club, which Castillo Del Morro. At a time, Cubans have evolved into over at Cienfuegos. In Trin- and trekked to a beautiful wa- and headed out to have din- LA or NY-style salsa dancer, along with the Santiago are Day Four when Cuba as a country lost intuitive,engineers; a simple idad, we were treated to a terfall for a dip in its chilly ner and daiquiris at Floridita, but to dance like a Cuban, you some of my favourite rums. My friends and I drove a out to the world, people in example is how they havefi local cocktail, canchanchara, waters. At night, we had a frequented by Hemingway. got to be born Cuban

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They show us the luck, I approached High realities of life, that the Court advocate Zaid. S. An- world we have known is not sari who considered my ap- the same and that there is a plication and agreed for an lot more to do and a lot more interview. I had completed Fauzia Khan to learn. my graduation in B.Com The writer is a first-year from Malini Kishore approach the Bench and student of LLB at Jitendra Sanghvi College of Com- presented their arguments Chauhan College of Law, merce and Economics, broadened my perspective. I Mumbai. Mumbai, but was determ- also accompanied my boss Courtesy: internshala.com ined to pursue law though I to the High Court. When I had no idea about the field. entered, it was nothing like So, I wanted to work before the city civil courts or the studying law as I wanted to sessions court. Some of the get a better idea of the field courtrooms were so exquis- before entering it. Advocate ite that I thought a movie Ansari spotted some poten- could be shot. I dealt with tial in me and asked me to cases relating to property join on October 1, 2015. disputes, marriages, land I started reading cases grabbing, and even public and different Acts to pre- interest litigation. In a mat- pare myself so I wasn’t clue- ter of four months, the di- less at work. I was made to versity I experienced in read cases from day one, and terms of cases was massive. within a week, I was given After talking to fellow stu- the work of drafting plaints dents who were pursuing and agreements. For law, I realised that the ex- someone who had no know- posure I received even be- ledge of plaint or legal draft- fore starting off is ing, I got the chance to make something most students the initial drafts by myself. I don’t get until their final learned a lot just by reading year. cases and listening to my After completing my in- mentor as he framed a case ternship I cleared the Com- for his clients. mon Entrance Test (CET) Within a month, my boss and joined Jitendra took me along to the City Chauhan College of Law, Civil Court in Dindoshi. I Mumbai. The internship has was excited as it was the first made me more confident, time I was going to a court to logical and broadened my witness live trials. The man- outlook. Practical know- ner in which the advocates ledge will get us going CM YK NOIDA/DELHI

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SNAPSHOTS New AI system Highly pungent capsicum varieties can see like humans

new computational model per- have higher antioxidant property A forms at human levels when subjected to standard intelligence test, making artificial intelligence R. PRASAD saicinoid biosynthesis pathway (AI) system at par with human un- showed many-fold higher ex- derstanding capabilities. team of Indian re- pression in C. chinense species Researchers from Northwest- Breathe out, be diagnosed searchers from the compared with C. annuum spe- ern University built the new com- » Breathing into a newly developed School of Life Sci- cies. This suggests that the pos- putational model on CogSketch, ences, Jawaharlal sible reason for the extremely an artificial intelligence platform, device can help detect 17 different Nehru University and high pungency seen in some C. that has the ability to solve visual diseases including lung cancer and A other institutions has success- chinense varieties “might be problems and understand multiple sclerosis, according to a paper fully decoded the molecular due to higher levels of candid- sketches in order to give immedi- published in ACS Nano. The device basis of extreme fiery hot (pun- ate gene expression”. Vari- ate and interactive feedback. detects volatile organic compounds. gency) property of Bhut jolokia ations in the pungency-related “The model performs in the 75th (Capsicum chinense) which is genes might also be causing percentile for American adults, native of northeast India; Bhut variation in the level of pun- making it better than average,” jolokia has the highest pun- gency. “Around 10 metabolites said Ken Forbus of Northwestern gency level in the world. which are precursors of cap- University. In the study, many varieties saicinoid production pathway Researchers noted that devel- belonging to C. chinense, C. indirectly enhances the pun- oping artificial intelligence sys- frutescens, C. annuum were gency,” says Sarpras. tems that have this ability not only studied and comparative ana- “The major objective of the provides new evidence for the im- lysis carried out for pungency, study was look at the pungency portance of symbolic representa- vitamins and other metabol- of diferent capsicum varieties tions and analogy in visual reason- ites. The high level of pungency belonging to diferent cap- ing, but it could potentially shrink and vitamins was found to be sicum species and identify the the gap between computer and hu- positively correlated with high Dr. Nirala Ramchiary (left) and others found that capsicum varieties with high pungency genes regulating pungency bio- man cognition. Threatened primates antioxidant activities — the scavenged free radicals more efficiently. synthesis. We were successful “Most artificial intelligence re- » A study published in Science higher the pungency of the cap- in identifying the crucial genes search today concerning vision fo- sicum variety the higher was its pungency.” property compared with other looked at antioxidant property involved in pungency develop- cuses on recognition or labelling Advances called for global action to antioxidant property. The res- To compare the free radical capsicum varieties,” Ajay Ku- of capsicum, the studies were ment,” says Dr. Ramchiary. “We what is in a scene rather than reas- protect primates following their claim ults were published in the scavenging capacity of the cap- mar from the School of Life Sci- limited to a few varieties. But are looking at ways of regulat- oning about it,” Forbus noted. that nearly 60% of primate species are journal PLOS ONE. sicum varieties, the research- ences, JNU and one of the au- for this study the researchers ing the pungency development The key to higher-order cogni- threatened with extinction and nearly “Pungency and vitamin C ers generated free radical thors of the study. examined 136 varieties of cap- in capsicum fruits so it can be tion is the ability to use and under- 75% have declining populations. show high correlation, and through chemical reactions “The scavenging property is sicum from northeast India be- manipulated.” stand sophisticated relational these two along with other and tested how efectively the useful in humans and animals longing to three species — 63 In addition to testing the representations. metabolites have high antioxid- extracts from diferent variet- as it neutralises the free radic- varieties of C. chinense, 17 vari- pungency and testing its efect- “Relational representations ant activity,” says Sarpras M ies scavenged the free radicals. als which are otherwise harm- eties of C. frutescens and 56 iveness in scavenging free rad- connect entities and ideas such as from the School of Life Sci- ful,” says Dr. Nirala Ramchiary varieties of C. annuum. Max- icals, the authors also studied ‘the clock is above the door’ or ences, JNU and the first author Effectiveness in mice from the School of Life Sci- imum pungency was seen in C. 65 metabolites found in cap- ‘pressure diferences cause water of the paper. “When we tested “We have now tested the ef- ences, JNU and the corres- chinense varieties followed by sicum. to flow’ These types of comparis- the extract on in vitro cell-free fectiveness of the extract to ponding author of the paper. C. frutescens; C. annuum had “No harmful metabolite was ons are crucial for making and un- assays the highly pungent cap- scavenge free radicals in mice Seventeen varieties of C. the least pungency. found. We also did not find sig- derstanding analogies, which hu- sicum varieties showed very and cancer cell lines. We have chinense species had high pun- nificantly unique metabolite mans use to solve problems, weigh high potential for free radical got some encouraging results,” gency of over 0.9 million scov- Genes identified diferences in the three species moral dilemmas, and describe the scavenging activity compared says Sarpras. ille heat unit, which is higher The team identified crucial studied. But there were difer- world around them,” the study with low pungent varieties. We “The capsicum Bhut jolokia than what has been previously genes involved in pungency de- ences in the quantity of meta- published in journal Psychological compared capsicum varieties [popularly known as ghost reported. velopment. A majority of can- bolites in the three species,” Review, noted. Heat moves tectonic plates with low, moderate and high chilli] has more anticancer While earlier studies have didate genes involved in cap- says Dr. Ramchiary. IANS » New research in Science Advances shows that the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates is driven by heat from its core. This challenges a longstanding MRI twice as likely as biopsy to spot prostate cancer »QUESTION CORNER theory that they move because of negative buoyancy caused as they cool. very man with suspected of this one. CELLULAR AND SATELLITE PHONES prostate cancer should Some hospitals are already of- What is the diference between cellular and satellite have an MRI scan; this is fering MRI before any biopsy, but phones? twice as likely to identify it will take time before it is uni- - Bhavani, Bengaluru Ethe presence of dangerous versal. MRI machines are now in Both the cellular and satellite phones are mobile phones which tumours as the invasive biopsy high demand for other kinds of provide similar functionality like voice calling, SMS and low bandwidth used currently, say doctors. cancer diagnosis and there will internet services. It is the type of signal transmission which A major trial, which could in- have to be special training for the differentiates both. fluence a change of practice in the radiologists who interpret the Cellular phones transmit via land-based towers. Satellite phones, on NHS, will amount to “the biggest scans, which takes a high level of the other hand, do not rely on towers. Instead, they transmit signals leap forward in prostate cancer expertise. via satellites orbiting the earth. The signal from the satellite phones is diagnosis in decades, with the po- Prostate Cancer UK, which transmitted directly to the nearest satellite which then sends the tential to save many lives”, ac- helped fund the research, is now signal to the nearest gateway or land-based center, which then cording to Prostate Cancer UK, working for the introduction of transmits the signal to the receiving phone. The fact that satellite Dormice that echolocate an organisation that funds re- MRI scans into prostate cancer phones do not rely on towers makes them useful in remote areas like the middle of the ocean, deep forest and in the mountain areas where » Echolocation is not special to bats. search in prostate cancer and MRI scans have been used extensively in many diseases. This units. “The current diagnostic works to promote awareness picture is used for illustrative purpose only. PHOTO: G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR process for prostate cancer is no- cell phone towers are not available. Vietnamese pygmy dormice (Typhlomys among the public, based in the toriously imperfect, so any devel- Some satellite phones use satellite in geosynchronous orbit which are chapensis), too, use echolocation . This U.K. “Prostate cancer has aggressive This is the second break- opments which ofer improve- meant to remain in a fixed position in relation to earth. They sit at an semi-arboreal rodent was found to be Researchers publishing in the and harmless forms. Our current through in prostate cancer treat- ments must be adopted as a altitude of 35,000 km from the earth and there is a noticeable delay quite blind, and yet it made its way by medical journal The Lancet have biopsy test can be inaccurate be- ment in two months. In Decem- matter of priority,” said Angela while using the sat phones. Also, as their position is always constant perceiving ultrasonic impulses. shown that an MRI picks up 93% cause the tissue samples are taken ber, UCL published a study Culhane, its chief executive. in relation to the earth, their signals will be weak, generally 70 of aggressive cancers, compared at random,” said the lead author, showing that a laser-activated “That’s why we have already degrees north to 70 degrees south of the equator. with 48% for a biopsy. Dr Hashim Ahmed from UCL. drug derived from bacteria at the been working with a range of clin- Some satellite phones use LEO (low earth orbit) satellites which are The biopsy, which removes a “This means it cannot confirm bottom of the sea can kill prostate ical experts and professional bod- orbiting the earth at very high speed and at lower altitude (around sample of tissue for lab testing, of- whether a cancer is aggressive or cancer cells without the some- ies to pinpoint the potential barri- 600-1,500 km). Since these are not geostationary, at least one satellite will be available to every coverage area at all times to ten misses the tumour altogether. not and can miss aggressive can- times devastating side-efects of ers to the widespread rollout of guarantee coverage. The Prostate MRI Imaging cers that are actually there. surgery, which can leave men in- mpMRI before biopsy and start - Dr. K. Saravanan, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu Study (Promis), led by research- “Because of this some men continent or impotent. the work of addressing them ers at University College London with no cancer or harmless can- The introduction of the scan, ahead of time. Now the results are THIS WEEK’S QUESTIONS (UCL), also showed that more cers are sometimes given the called a multi-parametric MRI formally published, we will con- Why does honey lose its viscous texture when mixed than a quarter (27%) of all men wrong diagnosis and are then (mpMRI), into routine NHS prac- tinue to use this insight to sup- with citric acid? with suspected cancer could treated even though this ofers no tice is already on its way. The Na- port health professionals and - B. Sangha Mitra Patnaik, Visakhapatnam avoid a biopsy altogether. survival benefit and can often tional Institute for Clinical Excel- commissioners to make the ne- If blood has iron content, why does it not get attracted Pull with light MRI scans were shown to be cause side efects. On top of these lence (Nice), which produces cessary resource and practice by a magnet? » Light carries momentum and energy better at ruling out cancer, as well errors in diagnosis, the current guidelines for doctors on the changes without delay. While it’s - Kartik Sundarresh.Maharishi Vidya Mandir school, Chennai which can push an object or heat it up. as identifying tumours that are biopsy test can cause side efects most appropriate treatment for clear that the rollout of mpMRI Is being a gay or lesbian an inborn or an acquired In a paper in Physical Review Letters, not dangerous because they are such as bleeding, pain and serious patients, has already launched an before biopsy can’t just happen trait? slow growing and do not need to infections.” Some men sufer a early review of prostate cancer overnight, it’s critical that urgent - Chandra Mouli, Delhi Chinese researchers show how the two be treated. In the trial, the num- life-threatening sepsis — a blood- diagnosis looking at the evidence action is taken to make it available effects can be combined to manipulate a ber wrongly diagnosed with a stream infection — as a result of from a previous trial in men with to men.” Readers may send their questions/answers to [email protected] tiny gold plate using an optical fibre. cancer that needed treatment was the standard transrectal ultra- prostate cancer that has spread, Guardian News & reduced by 5%. sound-guided (TRUS) biopsy. and has been awaiting the results Media Ltd, 2017

meat-eaters had this element over 4,000 years ago!. Besides West. Dr K T Achaya and oth- consumed red hot chilli pep- deleted (D). Veggies have I/I ginger and turmeric, Harap- ers point out that chili pepper, per in their food lived longer Spicy food leads to longer life while meat-eaters have D/D pan food included lentils and which owes its origin to Mex- than those who did not (see in their chromosomes. The moong dal, rice, millet and ico and Central America, was Jun et al , free access on meat. Over time, some of us Asian population but lower in meric were used as early as sixteenth century. Prior to the web). About a year later, a OF SCIENCE chose to stay eating plants Europeans and East Asians. 4,000 years ago in the Indus that, spicy food in India was similar population-compar- uring the last five alone, while others were less (Incidentally, the I/I version Valley civilisation. We now largely made by the use of ison was done by Chopan and years, we have come finicky. Either way, we adap- is found in the FADS genes of know that ginger contains ginger, turmeric and other in- Littenberg from the US, who to know a lot about ted to circumstances. This Neanderthals). You are what molecules that help against gredients. too concluded that ‘con- how we eat what we would be an example of se- you eat! inflammation, control osteo- sumption of hot red chilli Deat. Several re- lective pressure. This adapta- arthritis and modulate im- Hot chilli helps you live pepper was associated with search publications that have tion is reflected in the vari- The curry that munity. And we know largely reduced mortality’ (see appeared during this time ations in the genes that code from the excellent and ex- longer! , also ronomic patterns, prefer- the body, which convert the The second exciting dis- tional Institute of Nutrition at spice up food in most of Asia, accessible free). Magic mo- ences and adaptations. We food we eat into essential mo- covery came from the study Hyderabad (e.g., the book: Africa and Latin America. lecules such as capsaicin, and look at three of these. lecules required for our cells Besides ginger and turmeric, Harappan food included lentils by Arunima Kashyap and “Turmeric - the Salt of the And it entered the Indian others that fight bacterial in- to function eiciently. A re- and moong dal, rice, millet and bananas. PHOTO: K. K. MUSTAFAH Steve Weber of Washington Orients is the Spice of Life,” cuisine in the 16th century fection, oxidative damage We started out as search group from Cornell State University. They ana- Dr Kamala Krishnaswamy, with a bang. That it was held and so on are rich in chilli, University focussed on one regulating the entry and exit ans on one hand (for which lysed the remains of starch Allied Publishers, 2007) how in high esteem can be seen by thus promoting its longevity- vegetarians! such gene called FADS, of molecules across our cells. they chose a group of strict grains from human teeth (as golden the herb, turmeric, is. the fact that the devotional promoting property. Recall we humans are des- which codes for making what Meat eaters, on the other traditional vegetarian famil- well as in a cooking pot excav- But did the Harappans poet Purandaradasa (1480- Personally, my wife is upset cendants of apes and chim- are called omega 3 and 6 fatty hand, obtain these omegas ies from Pune, Maharashtra) ated from the site) found in know about or use hot chili 1564) praised Lord Krishna as that I am not able to handle panzees. These primates are acids needed in our cells. The directly from the animal meat and in meat eaters from the the ancient town of Farmane pepper (mirchi) or black pep- a ruby red chili! That it not hot chilis, but then I make up vegetarians, and thus, early plant oils and fats that veget- they eat. U.S. on the other. While the in Haryana (a well-known per? While whether black only adds to the taste, but is for it with another health- humans, too, must have been arians consume are conver- The scientists, led by FADS genes in vegetarians Harappan site) and identified pepper is innate to India or also a great health aid has promoting substance, red vegetarians. But unlike prim- ted by their FADS to omega 3 Thomas Brenna and Kumar had two copies of what is ginger and turmeric in it. It imported is still in dispute, been reported by two recent wine - and am hoping it will ates which stay put in Africa, and omega 6 fatty acids, Kothapalli, then decided to called I, an insertion element thus appears that the curry chili pepper is clearly an im- cross-population studies. act equally well. we moved and migrated all which are vital components study the variation in the (22 alphabets inserted within that we make and use today port, brought into India by The first one is from China, D. Balasubramanian over the world, adapting over of cell membranes, helping in genes for FADS in vegetari- the gene sequence), FADS in traces its ancestry back to sea-faring traders from the which found that those who [email protected]

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THE HINDU | MONDAY | JANUARY 23, 2017 EducationPlus ------03 »EXAM PREP Are you ready for GATE? What’s your lucky charm? DEEKSHA TERI Follow these expert tips for your last-minute preparation. » ‘i’ in ‘sit’, ‘bit’ and ‘kit’. The ‘cal’ in KNOW YOUR the second syllable rhymes with ENGLISH ‘pal’, ‘shall’ and ‘gal’. The final ‘a’ ith less than a sounds like the ‘a’ in ‘china’. The month left for the Being calm S. UPENDRAN word is pronounced ‘ri-KAL-sit- Graduate Aptitude and staying rent’ with the stress on the Test in Engineer- healthy is as What is the meaning of ‘dime second syllable. ‘Re’ means ‘back’ Wing (GATE), it is a dozen’? (R Rajkumar, and the Latin ‘calcitrare’ means worthwhile to look into your important as Chennai) ‘to kick’. The word literally means preparations for one of the This is an expression that is to ‘kick back’ or ‘kick with the toughest examinations for en- scoring good mostly used in informal contexts heel’. Nowadays, ‘recalcitrant’ is gineering students pursuing grades. in American English. When you mostly used to refer to a person postgraduation. say that something is ‘dime a who is difficult to handle or deal The exam, scheduled for Feb- dozen’, you mean it is very com- with. This individual does not like ruary 4, 5, 11 and 12, is expected mon; it is abundant, and therefore to be told to do things, and as a to see an attendance of eight to ment of oneself. Not only does of very little value. In the U.S., a result, seldom obeys orders. He eleven lakh students. GATE doing so directly improve your ‘dime’ is a ten-cent coin. If you remains defiant. The word can be contains Multiple Choice Ques- academic performance, it has can buy a dozen items for ten used with things as well. tions (MCQ) and numerical an- multiple long lasting benefits. cents, then the things that you are It’s time that we started discip- swer questions. It is an online Many reputed public sector buying are very cheap indeed. The lining the recalcitrant students. examination of three hours, undertakings that hire through expression became popular in the I don’t want on my team people with 65 questions, carrying a GATE and colleges that admit 1930s. who have the reputation of being total of 100 marks. through GATE have a group I can easily find someone to re- recalcitrant. There a couple of similarities discussion/personal interview place Vikram. Workers like him What is the difference in the CAT and GATE examina- process besides consideration are dime a dozen. between ‘count on someone’ tion patterns. First, GATE has a of GATE score. Candidates, In our country, crooked politi- and ‘count in someone’? 15% weightage of marks for who have worked on their over- cians are dime a dozen. (Vinitha, Bengaluru) General Aptitude which is sim- THE D-DAY DRAWS NEARER | It’s time for revision. PHOTO: SARTHAK SARASWAT all communication and person- What is the meaning of The normal expression is ilar to the overall syllabus for ality will see the benefits of ‘talisman’? (K Ramesh, ‘count someone in’ and not ‘count CAT. Preparation for CAT will solve four to five sample papers their efforts in these pro- » “With GATE less than a Make revision notes Nellore) in someone’. When you count be helpful in preparation for every day. cesses,” says Mr. Devasane. month away, the focus should First, let us deal with the pro- someone in, you include the per- the General Aptitude section of » At this stage of prepara- be more on revision and prac- nunciation of this word. The first son in a particular activity. The GATE,” says Mr. M.V. Reddy, Time management tion, it is impossible to go Keep your documents tising with online tests instead vowel sounds like the ‘a’ in ‘can’, opposite is ‘count someone out’. course director, GATE, T.I.M.E. through all the books again. Re- of picking fresh subjects,” said ready ‘fan’ and ‘ban’, and the following When you ‘count on’ or ‘count Students who have prepared for » While solving the mock vision notes come in handy at Mr. Devasane. Considering that ‘lis’ rhymes with ‘fizz’, ‘biz’ and upon’ someone, you are depend- CAT will understand the im- exams, students should aim to this stage. Make sure that you » In order to avoid any last- students are either working or ‘Ms.’. The final ‘a’ is like the ‘a’ in ing or relying on them for some- portance of test-taking complete in two hours 45 mention only the key points in minute rush, keep all the re- completing college, they should ‘china’. The word is pronounced thing. You expect them to be strategies like time manage- minutes, instead of three hours. the revision notes. quired documents filed with devote six to eight hours for ‘TA-liz-men’ with the stress on there for you. ment, stress management, at- Try reducing the time limit you in advance. This will help GATE preparation on week- the first syllable. A talisman is Ganesh is counting on his tempting of right questions, with every passing day. Always Read the questions you to stay focused on your days and 10-14 hours on your lucky charm; it is an object father to lend him the money. and so on. The same will be use- remember that you will be able studies near the exam date. weekends. that you wear or keep because you Please don’t let me down, ful for GATE. to score well only if you plan » Since the questions asked Visit your centre before ap- believe that it has magical powers. Shekar. I’m counting on you. “In terms of attacking the Previous-year papers right. in GATE test the depth of un- pearing for your exam so that It is something that will bring you If you’re going trekking, you exam paper strategically and derstanding of concepts, it is you do not get lost on the big good luck; keep you safe by ward- can count Bala out. He won’t keeping your cool during the » This is the time when stu- No new concepts important to spend more time day. ing off evil spirits. The object can come. exam, taking a high pressure dents should solve a lot of pre- on understanding the questions “First, students should en- be anything — ring, watch, stone, Harish was looking for volun- exam like CAT could be help- vious years’ papers and mock » The time for learning and rather than rushing to finish sure that they revise their con- etc. teers to help him clean the park. I ful,” says Mallesham Devasane, papers. One should try and understanding new concepts is the paper. cepts, especially for their When I fell ill, my grandmother told him to count me in. head of GATE community, solve the papers which have an- over. With just two weeks left subjects of strength. Second, kept a talisman under the pillow. **** Gradeup. swer keys easily available so for the final exam, students Personal health students should practice a lot of I use this pen whenever I have Every man has his follies — and At the last stages of prepara- that no time is wasted in re- should concentrate on the top- questions to test their under- an exam. It is my talisman. often, they are the most interest- tion, stress takes over and kills checking the answers. ics that they know well and » Don’t fully involve your- standing. Third, students How is the word ‘recalcit- ing things he has got. — Josh confidence. To fight that, here Previous-year question pa- brush up their skills. This way, self in the preparations. Being should write mock GATE ex- rant’ pronounced? (Anuj Billings are some quick tips for pers will also help students in they will be able to score well on calm and staying healthy is as ams to ensure that they’re in Saini, Roorkee) test-takers. figuring out the weightage that the basis of the concepts that important as scoring good the right groove to maximise The vowels in the first and third Email: Sketching the schedule certain sections carry. At this they are good at, instead of wor- grades. “One should not lose fo- their performance in GATE,” syllables are pronounced like the [email protected] point, students should aim to rying about the difficult ones. cus from the overall develop- says Mr. Reddy. Have you cast your vote? A matter of attitude Circumstances and problems are part of our lives. Find a way to work around them. Students share their views on universal franchise. »BACKPACKER’S and the fact that you have to »CAMPUS VOICES Ragavi Senguttuvan, “Right to vote” is meaningless if it work with it. There is no option BBA (International Business), is only for the day of franchise. It GUIDE to change the group constitu- KAVITHA TIRKEY must be a right of participation: to tion and there is no option not PSGR Krishnammal College question, to appreciate and to USHA RAMAN to do the task. It’s just the way it he Election Commission for Women, Coimbatore critique. is. of India was formed on I strongly be- ne of the best pieces of The first step is to acknow- January 25, 1950. Since lieve that the Sumit Sharma, wisdom I received ledge the situation — as a group, 2011, that day has been greatest respons- PhD, Dept. of Humanities and was from a cab driver, and as individuals, and then be- celebrated as National ibility lies in my some years ago. When gin to frame questions that help T Social Science, IIT Guwahati Voters’ Day. This year, we are cel- index finger for Oasked if it was going to you work through it. How can ebrating our seventh National casting my vote Voting forms an be a difficult drive to the air- you tease out, within this cir- Voters’ Day. to the right can- integral part of a port, he replied, “Well, if you cumstance, the problems that The significance of this day is to didate. I find that democracy. It is an expect it to be smooth at this can be addressed (and solved)? encourage youngsters who are 18 the gap between the poor and rich effective tool in time of the evening, during These are the things you need or older to actively participate in keeps growing. I will look for a exercising our rush hour, then yes, it’s going to to do or think about so that the the electoral process. Students government which takes steps to control over the be difficult. But if you are pre- group can work productively share their views on what they eradicate poverty and improve government and pared for the congestion, then… together. Why do all of you not expect while excersing their fran- the country’s economy. The cul- its agencies. well, it’s just a slow drive.” get along (outlining the circum- chise. ture of election in India needs a It is my responsibility to vote if Clearly, it’s all about atti- GROUP DYNAMICS | With all the differences, how do you see the way stance)? What can you do to get change and the candidate should I am to enjoy my rights as a citizen tude. You can complain about forward? PHOTO: H S MANJUNATH past that (defining the prob- Danish Xaxa be chosen based on their contri- of this nation. I believe that vot- the bad traffic till you’re blue in lem)? How can you divide re- M.Sc. Mathematics, IIT bution towards economic devel- ing is essential in sustaining the the face, but the traffic will not ing situation. You have to find a able and it is worth applying sponsibilities so that you opment rather than based on the democratic principle of being go away. Or you can plan your way to manage them or work your intelligence or other re- minimise friction (coming up Madras freebies provided by the party. represented. travel taking into account the with them, as far as is within sources to it. with solutions)? As a student, bad traffic. your power. Not all circum- Let’s take a common Of course, even after going means of exer- Neelam Kerketta, PhD in Nobojyoti Roy, Heavy traffic is a circum- stances can be changed — such classroom situation. You have through this exercise it won’t cising our civic Political Studies, Jawaharlal M.Phil. International Relations, stance you have to deal with, as where you live, the been assigned a group task, and be an easy process — but at least right, franchise, I and find a way through. It’s not classroom you find yourself in, as often happens, the group is you can see the way forward. would like to look Nehru University, New Delhi Sikkim University, Gangtok a problem you can solve — un- the office team you have to not to your liking. There are Applying a similar logic to a for a welfare State I use my franchise, of course on We participate less, of course, you are part of work with, and so on. some people you get along with, lot of life’s situations can help doing a great deal the day I cast in the voting pro- the government machinery, or If something is identified as a and others you don’t; and you save ourselves some unneces- about the provi- my vote. But cess in periodical the traffic police, that adminis- problem, on the other hand, it suspect that you could have sary frustration and find the sions of education and employ- more import- elections. But we ters roads! means a solution exists, even done a better job if you had a energy to tackle the things that ment to all the citizens of this antly, I use should not tie our As we make our way through when it may not be visible or different group. But the reality can be tackled, while recog- country. them on daily franchisees only life, it is important to distin- within easy reach. The problem is that you can’t change the nising those that we just need I would like to make it a cry for basis to read to the act of vot- guish between circumstances could be an aspect of the cir- group. to accept! For the time being, a new climate of ideas which lead about, discuss ing. and problems. You (usually) cumstance that you can ad- So what are the circum- anyway. to progress. Let every student be on and debate People must know about their can’t do much about the dress, or it is the thing that has stances and what are the prob- The author teaches at the an ambassador and a torch- over the voting rights and also be con- former, unless you have the op- to be managed or worked lems here? University of Hyderabad and bearer propagating true policies the government makes scious of their duties which help tion (or the luxury) of leaving around. In other words, a prob- The circumstance is the edits Teacher Plus. Email: patriotism. and how it implements them. form a strong opinion. them or restructuring your liv- lem is something that is solv- group itself, and its members, [email protected] Efective maths teaching for engineers How can teachers make it interesting for students? Some guidelines. The second in a two-part series.

»STRATEGY The fact that Euler, to whom promptness is more important Their dissertations can be even sur- Ramanujan is often compared, Whenever than even intelligence. veys, or expository in nature. Each P.V. NAVANEETHAKRISHNAN was very earthly, fathering 13 chil- possible, relate ● Make the class interactive. In- M.Phil. student in mathematics can dren, must be an interesting piece. vite questions and suggestions be made to study thoroughly and eachers influence the lives of The never-ending feud between the lesson with from the students during your lec- prepare and submit their disserta- T children both actively and Newton and Leibnitz on the credit suitable areas ture. Encourage originality expli- tion in an area of importance for passively from their very for discovery of differential calcu- citly. Such measures not only researchers, like the matrix meth- tender age. Among them, teachers lus must be an absorbing intellec- of application. make teaching and learning more ods for eigenvalue problems, of mathematics have an added re- tual episode. Einstein was a effective, but also help keep the Chebyshev and other polynomial sponsibility: in addition to the ‘hopeless idiot’ in his school days examples. class alive, alert and tuned. While collocation methods, boundary subject of mathematics, they have and Ramanujan failed in English ● Instil confidence in your stu- evaluating students’ perform- value problems, finite element to teach children how to learn in FA class. dents. Prepare complete notes of ance, particularly during central method, perturbation technique, mathematics. Basics must be ● In suitable contexts give famous what to teach, with references, valuation, give credit to alternat- integral equations, spline approx- thoroughly explained before go- quotes of related mathem- typical examples, possible vari- ive methods of answering, instead imations, etc. (Of course, the disser- ing to formulas. Though prepara- aticians/scientists which will en- ations, problems for further exer- of shunning. tation may have to contain an tion for examination is important, rich and enliven your lecture and cise, etc. Check the class notes and Teaching faculty in mathematics application section also, for com- there cannot be lacunas in the lo- INTERACTIVE TEACHING | It helps keep the class alive. PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR the subject. Laplace would often home works of the students at and engineering departments can pleteness.) gical development on the subject appeal to his students: “Read random. Update your notes every do collaborative research, benefit- Within a few years of the imple- lest the subject should become a formula at least once completely available. For, writings are better Euler, read Euler; he is the master year using your growing experi- ing both the groups. Very often, re- mentation of this scheme, the de- myth and out of bounds for an from the first principles. While than words and drawings are bet- of us all!” Euler, when he lost his ence and knowledge and make it a searchers in mathematics newly partment will have a good otherwise intelligent student. trying to reach a new address, do ter than writings. Equations of eye sight, did not sigh, but said, valuable reference material which design or extend a mathematical collection of reference material of Originality should be encouraged not hire a driver for your car; you curves and surfaces, their max- “Now I will have fewer distrac- can even be published later. technique, but illustrate its applica- immense value for researchers in and discussions should be drive yourself to the address over- ima/minima and two-variable lin- tions.” ● Conduct tutorial classes seri- tion over a suitable, but hypothet- mathematics and engineering. promoted. coming hurdles. Then you will re- ear programming problems are ● Wherever possible, relate the ously. Tutorials are sometimes ical problem without an explicit The first part of the article was A few guidelines for the young member the destination better, or some examples. lesson with suitable areas of ap- more important than your lec- application. If, instead, the problem published on January 9. teachers of mathematics that will reach it yourself quickly following ● To drive home that mathemat- plication, preferably from the tures — in the sense that students chosen is of interest to engineers, The writer was formerly help make their teaching more ef- the route you have taken. ics is not mystic or God-given, but branch/specialisation of the class ‘learn’ the concepts by ‘doing’ not yet solved or solved by a differ- professor of mathematics, College fective and purposeful. ● Abstract and analytical state- only developed by humans like us, being handled. Transform tech- rather than by ‘hearing’. Thus ent method, the result will have its of Engineering, Guindy, also ● Instead of asking the students to ments can be better understood give suitable anecdotes related to niques for electrical engineers backlog in learning is avoided, re- value doubled! M.Phil. candidates heading entrance examinations ‘memorise’ a mathematical for- and remembered by referring to a mathematical concepts, involving and algebraic eigenvalue prob- ducing the fear of examinations. are not expected to do highly rigor- and admission, mula, make the student derive the geometrical interpretation, if their proponents and developers. lems for civil engineers are some For an engineering student, ous research like Ph.D. candidates. Anna University, Chennai.

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EducationPlus THE HINDU | MONDAY | JANUARY 23, 2017 ------04 Sound of silence Cardiff calling Positive peer group activity can help create spaces of harmony to bring out Cardiff Metropolitan University is a great place to study public one’s true potential. health, discovers MANASI PARAD. for WhatsApp messages. »BETWEEN US In my limited perspective, I feel »GOALPOST that it worked because it gave stu- fter completing BSc. ANURADHA SHYAM dents an individual choice (they Medical Technology brought their favourite book) at Symbiosis Institute ecently, it was a privilege while working as a community. At of Health Sciences to be part an event that a community level, it was bringing (SIHS), Pune, and demonstrated the power students to do something together A also armed with a postgraduate of positive peer pressure not in a spirit of competition, but diploma in clinical research Rand silence. Every adult for donating to charity. Third, and and data management coupled who attended the event, whether most importantly, we all have the with a one-year internship at as a parent or teacher, expressed capacity to tap that silence within King Edward Memorial (KEM) surprise at the outcome. It was a us so that we can give complete Hospital, Pune, I wanted to hall filled with 120 students attention to what we are doing at study further. Since I wanted (between 11 and 15 years of age), the moment. The positive peer to explore the field of public Manasi Parad armed with books and blankets, group activity zeroed in on bring- health in depth, I decided to reading in complete silence. We ing out that potential in ourselves apply to universities abroad. Induction and Cardiff Tour have heard ourselves echo the and the students. It also made one I chose to apply to the U.K were enjoyable. I got to meet a We do not thoughts that this generation is a reflect the various ways in which mainly because the fees were lot of fellow students from dif- have any distracted one, lack attention and we create systems to increase affordable and the language ferent parts of the world. I also are restless. The event shed some distractions. was not a barrier. got an insight into activities examinations light on how that belief is perhaps Do we ever allow our students I zeroed-in on Cardiff Met- and trips planned for interna- and we’re just a symptom of the way we cre- to go deeply into something they ropolitan University (CMU) tional students. ate systems that distract. find interesting? Look at the way and chose it instantly because I find the student ambassad- only graded The event was called a Read-a- we set up the timetable. We expect for the fifth consecutive year, it ors at CMU to be supportive. thon, and the idea behind this was our students to switch attention was ranked first for overall in- Whatever be the problem, I’ve according to to read 100 minutes in complete from one subject to another with a ternational students support. always received prompt replies assignments. silence, as a community, for a se- speed and anxiety that never al- The International Office to my e-mails. lected charity. The event was lows them to explore anything in- team was supportive right Last year was my first Diwali beautifully organised in a way that depth. If gadgets are causing dis- from the application stage. The away from my family. But, I with our academic profiles and students read in two blocks of 45 tractions at home or the immigration team guided me was lucky to attend a Diwali know strengths and weak- minutes each and another block of workplace, we need to take some during the visa application and event in Cardiff and it was en- nesses of students and help us 20 minutes. responsibility. We brought the coached me on how to answer joyable. The performances, with our assignments, pro- After every session, they were gadgets into the environment and questions during my final visa speeches and the food made jects, internship applications given five minutes for a snack and we too are modelling behaviours interview. This gave me ample me feel at home, away from and more. restroom break. Initially, I met of inappropriate gadget usage. In confidence. home.The International Office I have explored the city and this idea with much scepticism. many ways, children are just a re- As this was my first interna- also planned a London trip for discovered that the Queen How was it even possible to con- flection of our own patterns! tional travel alone, I had many overseas students. At a subsid- Street and Cardiff City Centre vince a group of students to read In our homes, schools and questions in mind — how much ised cost, I could explore have some excellent and af- in silence? What transpired was workplaces, how do we incorpor- cash am I allowed to carry? London. fordable shopping and food like hearing the most exquisite ate this silence, attention and joy How will I travel from Heath- The curriculum is interest- joints. I am at ease now with symphony of silence. After the in being with what is? Perhaps, if row, London to Cardiff? ing. Each day, I get to learn my life on and off campus. NO DISTRACTION | In-depth study requires sustained attention. PHOTO: first ten minutes of excitement at we not only see, but experience I was relieved because the many new things not only from Now, when I go back home M.A. SRIRAM the event, and the initial restless- that power of silence ourselves, university provided the Inter- my course but outside as well. during vacation, I look forward ness, students dropped into a nat- We all have the capacity to tap we can work towards creating national Students with a free We do not have any examina- to returning to Cardiff. It is ural rhythm. They were spaces of harmony and true joy. pick-up service from London’s tions and we’re only graded ac- safe, affordable and completely immersed in their that silence within us so that Enjoy your own journey! Heathrow Airport to Cardiff cording to the assignments we student-friendly. books and expressed surprise that If this article spoke to you, do we can give complete attention on prior registration, wherein submit. The writer is pursuing the first session had finished fast. write to: [email protected]. student ambassadors were Students receive adequate M.Sc in Applied Public Health In fact, the adults who particip- to what we are doing at the If any of your schools or work- waiting for us at the airport. personal attention from pro- at Cardif Metropolitan ated in the event found it difficult places have experienced some- The International Student fessors. They are thorough University, Cardif, the U.K. to read and said they were temp- moment. thing similar, do share your ted to keep checking their phone stories. Busting some exam myths Some mistakes, ‘hacks’ and ‘shortcuts’ to avoid while preparing for the civil services exam.

»UPSC do not practise, you would and figure out a strategy that more books can certainly not be able to finish the paper works well for you. help. ATUL ROY Writing skills on time. Writing skills im- Myth: One needs to study Myth: One must read improve prove slowly, hence, it is 16 hours a day to clear. standard books from cover to he challenging Civil more important that you Reality: Let’s face it. No cover and make notes on Services Examina- slowly, practice regularly. Consist- one can study for 16 hours every topic in the syllabus. tion (CSE) conduc- hence, it is ent writing practice helps in per day for an extended Reality: Absolutely not. ted by the Union honing articulation which period and not crash. Apart from NCERTs and TPublic Service Com- important leads to better expression, Moreover, it is not the hours some books, nothing is re- mission (UPSC) is spread and, ultimately, better that matter, rather the qual- quired to be read cover to over an entire year, divided that you marks. ity. So, you have people who cover. Though reading and into three extremely com- practise Myth: You must attempt clear by studying for four to acquiring knowledge is al- petitive stages, in which any- more than 90 questions to five hours a day alongside a most always helpful, it is far thing can go wrong at any regularly. clear prelims. job, and people who have better to adopt a topic-wise stage leading to one’s failure. Reality: This is not true. studied for 12 hours per day approach. Break down the This must sound scary to study plan that they enforce Another myth that has been continuously for months. syllabus in keywords and try over seven lakh aspirants on you, but it cannot guaran- made popular by some of the You must find your balance. to cover them from relevant who will be sitting for the tee success and they charge ‘hacks’ and ‘shortcuts’ float- Myth: You need to read sources and books. Also, exam. While beginning their an astronomical fee, which ing in the market is that if many books on a single topic making notes is important. preparation, many students many aspirants cannot af- you attempt more questions to gain absolute “mastery” But they shouldn’t become have partial knowledge ford. It is important to first it is easier to get more marks. over the subject. an end-in-themselves. They about the exam, its nitty- NO NEED TO KNOW ALL | Be generally well-read. PHOTO: G. RAMAKRISHNA understand where you stand It doesn’t work like that. To Reality: First, “mastery” should aid in your under- gritties and preparation and how much you need to attempt more number of over any subject is a super standing and help in effective strategy. Confused by half many subjects. So, an IAS as- However, some facts are con- reasoning and good writing improve. Once you know questions correctly, one ambitious target, in case of revision. Making a mind map knowledge and filled with pirant is generally much sidered to be the basis of skills. If you can develop your study objectives, you needs to have a certain level UPSC exam. Second, it is al- is far better, and so is scrib- fear, many of the students more aware than others. building perspective, which those, you can clear this can decide between self- of “intuition”. And that level ways better to understand a bling on the margins, than start believing in myths What is required is a general are important to know. So, exam even if you had a study or joining a coaching of intuition comes from single book in great depth making traditional notes. floating around. Here are understanding of the topic you should know a few basic second division in Class X or institute. years of reading and intern- rather than reading multiple To sum up, we know you some things aspirants should and conceptual clarity. The facts such as size of the GDP, XII. Yes, you might have to Myth: Writing skills can- alising information which books to understand a topic. face a daunting task. But we avoid. exam does not require one to demographic data, and so on, explain in the interview as to not be improved, so one helps in creating links Also, even though you have hope that you’ll enjoy the Myth: IAS officers/aspir- be an expert in a topic, but it will be easier to re- why you scored less, but it is should read now and directly between topics.While a well- read and understood some- learning experience instead ants should know everything rather, aspirants should have member them once you un- not held against you if you write in the exam hall. read person may attempt a thing, it takes time to get in- of becoming anxious and about every topic/subject general awareness and ana- derstand their significance. have a valid reason. Reality: This is one of the disproportionately large ternalised as you are going to burning out. Focus on the under the sun. lytical skills. Myth: You need to be a Myth: You cannot clear biggest mistakes one can number of questions and still study many new topics. If mantra of “Read, Revise, In- Reality: No, they do not. Myth: I need to remember topper throughout to clear the exam without the help of make. Writing at home and manage to get them correct, you don’t make notes and re- ternalise.” It is also import- But since this is a generalist a lot of facts to clear CSE. the exam. a coaching institute. writing in the exam hall are not everyone can do it. So, vise, you might not be able to ant not to blindly follow any exam, they are supposed to Reality: No, the exam Reality: Although being a Reality: Wrong. In the two entirely different scen- one should attempt only retain them effectively. If advice that is doled out to be generally well read, with a does not test factual know- topper helps, it does not new era, one can make use of arios. There is so much pres- those questions one is reas- you genuinely understand a you, including this one. balanced outlook towards is- ledge at all. It tests your un- guarantee you success in this various great resources, such sure in the exam hall that you onably sure of, and not be- topic and want to expand The writer is head, UPSC sues. Moreover, the syllabus derstanding, conceptual exam. What is required is as mobile apps and websites. can find it hard to think cause someone gave you a your knowledge and/or build exam preparation of the exam is huge, covering clarity and analytical skills. general awareness, logical Coaching centres do have a about new points. So, if you hack. You need to practise more perspective, reading community, Gradeup. It’s festival time at Delhi University »INTERNSHIPS Myriad events to showcase multiple skills and an opportunity to socialise and revel in friendly competition, college fests offer a plethora of options. Software Product Developer intern at Kanerika Software Pvt.Ltd The student leader in turn at Janki Devi Memorial Col- »CAMPUS BUZZ is answerable to the presid- lege witnessed tremendous Category: Software ent of the Student Council participation of students Location: Hyderabad DEEKSHA TERI and the designated teacher from across different col- Stipend: R10,000/month in-charge. leges of DU and other uni- Eligibility: Computer Science/IT Students-UG ollege fests contrib- “It is a huge responsibility versities. Munnadi, the http://bit.ly/Twenty19TH721 ute greatly to the to have all the expectations annual street competition cherished memor- of organising an amazing fest was the curtain-raiser of the Content Writer intern at Crayon Data ies of Delhi Univer- resting upon you. Consider- fest held on January 11. Category: Content Writing/Journalism sity students. They ing we have an independent After principal Dr Swati Location: Chennai, Elnet Software City C Stipend: R10,000/month eagerly await this time of the students’ union, we manage Pal declared the fest open, year to participate and or- CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA | College fests act as stress-busters. PHOTOS: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the entire fest from scratch. Symphony 2017 began on an Eligibility: All students ganise various fun-filled It becomes as good as it does energetic note with remark- http://bit.ly/Twenty19TH722 activities. night when those indigenous who survived the silence of and subjects. The cultural because of a clear division of able participation in all the While deciding on the col- bands perform,” says Ayushi an odd semester and no festivals are purely for the duties. It is a great feeling events such as debates, Sam- Account Assistant intern at lege, students ensure that Mittal, a second year student longer wants to commit to students and by the stu- once everything has been srishti - Sanskrit recitation, Electronicsewa.com they choose a college which of Lady Shri Ram College. those mundane lectures. dents. Various committees carried out perfectly,” says western and Indian singing gives them the opportunity The winter semester Sometimes, it is also about are formed which consists of Simran Gupta, president, and dancing competitions in Category: Accounting/Finance to be a part of the much brings the news of the cul- the fan-boy moments. I re- a team headed by a student students’ union, Janki Devi both solo and group categor- Location: Delhi talked-about fests which be- tural fests after the celebra- member meeting Rahul Ram leader. Memorial College (JDMC). ies. Stipend: R2,000 - 5,000/month come an integral part of their tions of New Year. The and being in the first row “It is a mix of sweat, cul- Other than the usual Eligibility: Business/Management UG and PG Com- college life. decorated college campus when Indian Ocean per- Top 5 DU Fests ture and diversity. We com- events, unconventional merce/HR/Media Students “It is that time of the year and various prizes waiting to formed,” says Tanmay pete but it is a friendly events such as Bardoratory - http://bit.ly/Twenty19TH723 when a million hues colour be claimed by the winners in Sharma, a student of Ramjas Mecca- Hindu College rivalry. We celebrate the vic- soliloquies in Shakespeare’s the air and rhapsodies are re- different activities are what College. Crossroads- Shri Ram tories together,” says Sasha plays, Paper-mania, jingle Financial Analyst intern at HR Investrade defined. To me, the fest is every student looks forward These fests take place College of Commerce Nijhara, who is a part of the writing competition, lu- Category: Finance something that encapsulates to. These fests takes place for between January and Tempest- Miranda dance society of Mata Sundri mière- film and photography Location: Mumbai and accentuates the spirit of two to three days in every March. Every college organ- Renaissance- Kirori College, Delhi University. competitions, graffiti mak- Stipend: R6,000/month competitiveness amongst college. ises its own fests which have Mal College ing and Ad-Mad were also at- Eligibility: Business Management Students-PG colleges while bringing all of “College fests in DU are a a wide range of activities re- Confluence- Hansraj High energy tended by students from all http://bit.ly/Twenty19TH724 us together under the same stress-buster for everyone lated to different art-forms College This year, Symphony 2017 over India. Courtesy: www.twenty19.com

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