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PM attends G20 leged plannedattackinNagrota”. supplies to theValleyand Leh- marathon in loops. Therewere The Indian warning of taking Ladakh. children playing on the prome- virtual summit hostedbySaudi “all necessarymeasurestosafe- House panel flags gaps in pandemic response Darshan Palsaid theydidn't nade,Ididn'twantto bumpoffany Arabia, postedonTwitter after- guardits national security”came want to inconvenience anyone, of them!" ward:“Had averyfruitful discus- aday afterPrime Minister pandemic andmitigateits im- drivenmanyfamiliestobelow Also, the Committee has sion of resources to respond to andwere henceconcedingonthe Her fondestmemory though sion with G20 leaders. NarendraModipointedtocross- pact.The Committee has sub- povertyline”. noted, “testing facility is only the Covid-19pandemic can issue of trains while continuing remainsfindingherself faceto face Coordinated effortsbythe largest border terror from Pakistan and mitted itsreport, titled‘The According to the limited to bigger districtsand limit women’sability to access their agitation. “Fornow,wehave with Kipchoge,the divinityof economiesof theworldwillsurely thankedsecurityforcesforhaving Outbreak of Pandemic COVID- Committee, “arriving at asus- cities”, and “lackoftesting fa- health services whichmakes the support of the common peo- marathons, that September of lead to faster recovery from this “defeated anefariousplot” to tar- 19 and itsmanagement’, to tainable pricing model to treat cilities in rural areas has also them moresusceptible to ple.Butindustrialistsaresuffering 2018."Ithink Itoldhim,'They(TV pandemic.” getgrassroots democracy in J&K. RajyaSabha Chairman M Covid patientscould have resulted in underreporting of healthrisks”. due to disruption in the supplyof reporters)don'tactuallyknowme. ThePrimeMinistersaid“Spirit India carriedout surgical Venkaiah Naidu. avertedmanydeaths”. The cases”. The PrimaryHealth Also, “violence against rawmaterial, labourers arelosing It's justthe sari'." of trusteeshiptowards planet strikesonterrorlaunchpadsalong The reportisamong the first government “should have Centres and Community womenincreasedduring the jobs." Focusing on hydrationand Earth will inspireusfor ahealthy theLineof ControlaftertheUriat- officialassessmentsofthe fall- strategizedabetterpartner- Health Centres “arestill largely lockdown periodasthe perpe- At least one farmer organisa- pacingaheadof Sunday'srun,like and holistic lifestyle.” tack in September 2016,and air outofthe pandemic. It takesa ship with the Private Hospitals devoid of anytesting facilities tratorsofviolence and suscep- tion, the KisanMazdoor allhermarathons,Salvisays,"Any An official statement by the strikes in Balakotafter the lookatalmostevery aspect of under PPP model.” and the required technical tible both stayed at home”, it Sangharsh Committee that is majormarathondayislikeawed- MinistryofExternal Affairs said PulwamaattackinFebruary2019. the government’s handing of The Committee has said workforce”, it has said, and has said. “The Committee protesting on the Amritsar-Delhi dingdayforarunner.Youarecom- Modicalledfor a “newglobal in- In astatement Saturday, the the crisis, including hospitals, that giventhe reports of “pri- “strongly recommended” that strongly recommends the tracks near Jandiala Guru, pletely zonedintotherunandfin- dexforthepost-Coronaworldthat MEAsaid, “Amajor terror attack the costoftreatment, surveil- vate hospitals charging exorbi- a “strong network” of Viral Government to identifysuch Amritsar,however, said it would ishingarun is special. Thereare a comprises four keyelements — wasfoiledbyIndian security lance, and testing; issuesof tant medical fees” that were Research &Diagnostic women who have been the notbacktrack.“We willnotletany thousand worries until youactu- creation of avasttalent pool; en- forces in Nagrota, Jammu and frontline workers, school-going beyond the reachofmany, Laboratories (VRDLs) be setup victims of sexual and domes- passenger trains resume," said allystartto run,andthenthat'smy suringthattechnologyreachesall Kashmir on 19 November 2020. children, women, and mental “free Covid treatment under in the country. tic violenceduring the pan- SawarnPandher,theleaderof the territory." segmentsofthe society;trans- Initial reports indicate the attack- health; and offers recommen- PMJAY could provide asigh of demicand rehabilitatethem. committee thathad earlier too And when she is there, she parencyinsystemsof governance; ers to be members of Pakistan dationstothe government. relief to the entitled benefici- FRONTLINE WORKERS The Committee would likethe boycottedmeetings with Central adds, it's easy to forget the sari. and dealing with Mother Earth basedJaish-e-Mohammed(JeM), “The purpose of the report aries and the economically The Committeehas ex- Ministry to createspecific hot- ministers and officers. with aspirit of trusteeship”. aterroristorganizationproscribed is nottocriticisethe govern- weaker sectionsofthe society”. pressedanguish over instances lines, telemedicine services, Accordingto theMEA,thePM by theUnitedNationsandseveral ment’scourse of action... but to It has recommendedto“the of mistreatment of Accredited rape crisiscentresfor women.” Schools saidthatwhiletheemphasisover countries. The Government of identifythe implementation Ministrytoconstantlymake Social Health Activist(ASHA) Salvi’s sari run All schools in Pune Municipal the pastfew decades has been on India expressedits serious con- gaps,” Prof RamGopal Yadav, effortstominimise the out of workers engaged in contact CHILDREN decided to run her milestone Corporation jurisdiction willre- capital and finance, the time has cernsatcontinued terror attacks Chairman of the Department- pocket expenditureofpatients tracing, and has said it is The Committee has ex- marathon on Berlin's fast and flat main shut till December13. The come to focus on multi-skilling by JeM againstIndia.” related Parliamentary due to Covidand update the “painedtonote that commu- pressedconcernoverthe “con- course.But she found herself ex- decisionhasbeentakenaftercon- and re-skilling. “This would not “JeM has been partofseveral Standing Committee on Health details of the beneficiarieson nity health workerswerede- finement of the school-going changingsmalltalkwithKipchoge sulting withparentsand keeping onlyenhance the dignity of citi- attacksinIndiainthepast,includ- &FamilyWelfare, has said in the scheme's IT System”. niedwages even though they children due to prolongedclo- in thatquietlounge becauseshe in mind the Covid-19 situation." zensbutwouldmakeourcitizens ing the Pulwama attackin the report. arethe foot soldiers of the sureofeducation institutions” ranBerlin wearing asari, setting a On Friday, Maharashtrastate more resilienttoface crises.” February2019. The hugecache of SURVEILLANCE healthcaresystem”. and, equally,atthe “existing Guinnessrecord forbeing the schoolEducationMinisterVarsha According to thestatement, arms, ammunition and explosive HOSPITALS The Committee hasnoted “It is toomuchtoexpect digitaldivide in the country fastesttocomplete amarathon in Gaikwad had announced that lo- Modi said that dealingwiththe material indicatedetailedplan- The committee has noted that “poor contact tracing and from the communityhealth whichhas jeopardisedthe fu- the nine yards. German TV net- cal officials —suchasmunicipal environment and natureas ning foramajor attacktodesta- that the “number of slowtestinginthe initial phase workers to accomplish big task tureofmillions of students worksweremightykeento talkto commissioners,districtcollectors, trustees rather than owners bilisepeaceandsecurityintheUT Government hospital beds... of pandemic ledtothe in- without proper training, incen- from the weaker section of the her. blockdevelopmentofficersinZilla would inspireustowards aholis- of Jammu and Kashmir,inpartic- wasgrosslyinadequatekeep- creasednumber of infections”, tivesand supportfromthe society”. It has observedthat On Sunday, as a21-km Parishads and education officers tic and healthylifestyle. ular,toderail the ongoing demo- ing in viewthe rising inci- and that it was “constrained to health system,” it has said. “The “with the shift in education 'Pinkathon' in itsninth edition is —willhave to discussthesituation ‘WorkfromAnywhere’ is a cratic exercise of conduct of local dence” of cases. “As the num- observe the failureofNCDC- Committee strongly advocates methodfromclassroom to on- run remotely acrossthe country, in their respective areas andre- newnormal in the post-Covid District DevelopmentCouncil bers... were on the rise, afrantic IDSP (National Centrefor forstrengthening the network line medium, the education of to createawareness about breast open schools accordingly. world, the PM said —and sug- elections,” it said. search forvacant hospital beds Disease Control-Integrated of ASHAs, ANMs (Auxiliary the studentsresidinginareas cancer,15others from Mumbai “While schools were allowed gested that as follow-up action, a “PakistanCd’A wassum- became quiteharrowing. Disease Surveillance Nurse Widwives), and other with poor connectivity has willhit the roadsinsaris and to startclassesforstudentsofClass G20 virtual secretariat be created monedbytheMinistryofExternal Instances of patients being Programme) in generating the community health workers.” been compromised”. sneakers, inspired by Salvi. Avet- IX to XII, with the studentsphysi- asarepositoryofdocumentation. Affairs and astrong protestwas turned away from overbur- required response...”. The Committee has also It has recommended that eranof 15 full-distancemarathons callypresent,thedecisionisbeing “At theG20Summit,Iputforward lodged at theattempted attack, dened hospitals due to lackof “The Committee feels that highlighted “largenumbers of the government should (42.195km), including Berlin (3 reviewedastherehasbeenasurge aneedtodevelopanew globalin- whichwas onlyprevented from vacant bedsbecame the new NCDP-IDSP should have been vacancies in secondary and “strengthen itsnetwork for hours57 mins)andBoston(3:50), incasesof Covid-19inthelastfew dexbasedontalent, technology, happening by the alertness of the normal,” it has said. utilizedinamoreeffective tertiarypublic hospitals which digital and online classes and Salvi has decidedtoparticipatein days.Ithas been decidedthat transparency and trusteeshipto- Indian security forces.Itwas de- “The Committee is ag- manner especiallywhen the considerablyincreasesthe de- once the normal classes re- Mumbai picking out yetanother schools in Pune will notopen till wardsthe planet,” Modi tweeted. mandedthatPakistandesistfrom grievedatthe poor stateof sole objective of IDSP is to re- pendence on private providers sume, provision forextraspe- Khandeshi Silk."Abunchofus December 13 and afurther deci- He also said: “We offered itspolicy of supportingterrorists healthcaresystemand there- spondtooutbreaksin theearly and contractual workers”. cial classes should be made es- fromGirgaonwillcommemorate sion will be takenafter reviewing India's IT prowess to further de- and terror groups operatingfrom fore,recommends the phase through trainedRapid Thereis“urgent needfor ca- peciallyfor studentsfromthe Rani Laxmibai's birthday thesituationlater,"saidthemayor. velop digital facilities forefficient itsterritoryanddismantletheter- Government to increase the in- Response Teams,” it has said. pacity building and maintain- economicallyand socially (November 19)belatedlybyrun- He addedthat the civic body functioning of the G20.” rorinfrastructureoperatedby ter- vestment in public health and The Committeehas said it ing the pool of health resources weaker section”. ning3km, 10 km or 21 km in had made all necessary prepara- Chinese President Xi Jinping roristoutfitstolaunchattacks in take appropriatesteps to de- would likethe Ministryto to fight againstthe outbreak of saris,"shesays,stressingthatwhat tions to restartits schools to en- said, “Chinawillalways be a other countries.” centralize the healthcareserv- launchIDSP in states other the pandemic”, it has said. MENTAL HEALTH startedoutasasartorialstatement suretherewas no spread of viral builder of global peace, acontrib- “Indiareiterateditslongstand- ices/facilities in the country.” than the nine in whichitisin Therehas been “aconsid- at Berlin is nowsimplyaclarion infection.Theschoolswere asked utor to global development and a ing demand that Pakistanfulfil its The Committee has under- place, and that “there is an ur- WOMEN erableriseinmental health is- call inviting women to notbede- to disinfect their premises, con- defender of internationalorder. international obligations and bi- linedthat “the closureofOPD gent needtoassessthe finan- The pandemic has not sues during the lockdown”, the terred from runningbecause of duct thermalscreening of stu- On the basis of mutual respect, lateralcommitmentstonot allow services in government hospi- cial requirement”. “onlyadverselyaffected Committee has said. “Sudden whattheywear.Shoes arewhat's dents,checktheiroxygenlevelsvia equalityandmutualbenefit,China anyterritoryunderits control to tals... crippled the healthcare The Committee has said women’ssocialand mental loss of employment and social mostimportantinrunning,shein- oximetersandmakeitmandatory stands readytopursue peaceful beusedforterrorismagainstIndia delivery system in the country” while it “appreciates” meas- well being but also disrupted isolation aggravated the psy- sists. forteachers to get Covid-19tests coexistence and common devel- in anymanner,” the MEA said. – and “non-Covidpatientses- ures likethe jantacurfew, access to healthcare services chological burden among the Salvihasfashionedanine-yard done. opment with all countries. We “The Government of India is peciallyfemale patientsand “therehavebeen[a] fewglar- especiallysexual and repro- masses, it has said. drape that is mostcomfortably PMC ward medical officers maybridgedifferences through firmlyand resolutelycommitted the patients withchronic and ing lapses... likeshortage of ductive healthcareservices”, “Thereisnodenying the suitedto running,andhasspoken were askedtocheckifeachschool dialogue,resolve disputesthrough to take all necessarymeasures to lethal diseases were theworst emergency supplies, red- the Committee has said. fact that staying in touchwith of howwomen in rural wasfollowing all the guidelines, negotiation,and makeajoint ef- safeguardits national security in sufferers”. tapism, shortage and quality of “Access to contraceptives friends or familyisatypical Maharashtracarry outjustabout before giving it permission to fort forworld peace anddevelop- thefightagainstterrorism,”itsaid. “The Committee notesthat testing kits, delayindomestic or healthcareservices became mechanism forcoping with anytaskintheunfussynouvarief- restartclassroom teaching. ment.” Meanwhile,anArmyHavildar disruption of medical services production.” difficult whichled to many un- stress but during the lockdown fortlessly. "BerlinMarathonorgan- Mohol said therewas consid- SaudiArabia’sKingSalmanbin waskilledand another soldier in- forNon-Covid patientsduring wanted pregnanciesand un- in the absence of anycoping isers help yourecord the run in a erable reluctanceamong parents AbdulazizAlSaud,whowasinthe jured as Pakistani troops resorted lockdown paralyzedthe deliv- TESTING safeabortions.The Committee, mechanism, working-age native costume.Ihad watched aboutsendingtheirchildrenback chair,said,“Althoughwe areopti- to unprovoked mortarshelling eryofessential healthcare The Committee said it is therefore, strongly recom- adults, studentsetc who live women run in Mumbai decked to schools, and only10per cent of misticabouttheprogressmadein andsmallarmsfire Saturdayalong services. Particularly,the diag- “worriedatthe use of less reli- mends the Government to alone,weremoreprone to de- out in saris, though overashort them had agreedtodoso. developingvaccines,therapeutics the Line of Control in Rajouri dis- nosis and treatment of other able diagnostic testswhichin- chalk out specific course of ac- pression.” distance of 7km. Idecidedtogo Meanwhile, Hardikar said the anddiagnosticstoolsforCovid-19, trict of J&K. services did take abackseat crease the chances of false neg- tion forrescuing the women The Committee has specifi- the whole hog at Berlin including situationinPimpri-Chinchwad we mustworktocreatethe con- ArmyspokespersonLtColonel whichevenled to many non- atives”. Thegovernment “must out of mental trauma by re- callyhighlightedthe “increased wearing the nathni (a traditional will be reviewedbefore ditionsfor affordable and equi- DevenderAnandsaidceasefirevi- Covid deaths,”ithas said. assess the veracity of Rapid suming the sexual and repro- riskofsuicide duringthe pan- nose ring)...And alipstick. Why November30to takeadecisionon tableaccess...At thesametime,we olations from across the LoC took Antigen Test vis-à-visRT-PCR ductive healthcareservices demic whichmay beattributed not?" reopeningschools. "Schools will mustpreparebetterforanyfuture place in the morning and again in COST OF TREATMENT and other diagnostic tests... to and allocating the resources to to social isolation, fear of the Shematchedher sari witha remainshuttillNovember30. The pandemic.We mustalsocontinue the evening. The Committee has said it bring forththe true pictureof improvewomen health serv- pandemic, loss of livelihood and breathablerunningvestfashioned preparation towardsopeningof to support the global economy HesaidHavildarPatilSangram “apprehends that amidstthe the testing capacity in the ices.” othereconomic and health fall- intoadressy blouse,and achoker schools will continue,, which and reopen our economies and Shivaji of Kolhapur waskilledin pandemicand the uncertainty country”. It has “strongly rec- The Committee has ob- outs”, and “strongly urged” the around her neckand shining would include Covid-19tests of borders.” The two-dayG20 lead- actionintheNowsherasector.“He in the treatment protocol”, ommended” thattesting facil- served that “restrictive social government to make suicide studs.To avoidanychanceof trip- teaching and non-teaching staff, ers’ summitbrought together the wasabrave,highlymotivatedand out-of-pocketexpenditureon ities arerampedup“formore norms, gender stereotypes, prevention and mental healtha ping,shetuckedintheendsof the taking consent from parentsand world’s largest economies that asinceresoldier. Thenationwill health “mayhavefurther accuratetests”. home quarantining and diver- priority. sariintolong socks.Acustomised preparingschoolinfrastructure for makeup85per cent of the global always remainindebtedto himfor pouchthat goes with thesari social distancing, etc," said GDP,and is expected to laythe his supreme sacrifice and devo- holds, apart from the usual water Hardikar. foundations of an inclusive,re- tion to duty,” Lt Colonel Anand Arun Kumar,the Director AmarinderSingh said he would ingthattheyhavenot blockedany ment among the public. All the bottle, abunchofsafetypinsfor Schools in district to silient, and sustainable recovery said. Officials said another soldier Generalof theRailway Protection meetPrime MinisterNarendra tracks,and thattheywould allow thermal plantsinthe statehave quickfixes and special vaseline from the Covid-19crisis. Heads of sustainedinjuriesandisundergo- Force, told TheSundayExpress, Modi and Union Home Minister onlygoodstrains till their de- been forcedshut as theyhaverun tubesto applyincaseofarashdue open State/Governmentof 19 member ing treatment at amilitaryhospi- “We areintouchwith the state Amit Shah on their behalf. “Letus mands regarding farm laws were out of coal, while the farmers to the fabric rubbing againstthe On Saturday,anonlinemeet- countries, the EU,and otherin- tal. The Army, officials said, retali- government. We aremaking together put pressureonthe met. The Centre, however, main- themselvesare facing asevere skin. Still,the interest Berlin me- ing wasconducted by Zilla vited countriesand international ated effectivelytosilence the arrangementstorun trains from Centretoseeourpointof viewand tainedthatitwouldn'tcleargoods shortage of fertilisers, especially dia showedinher surprisedher, ParishadEducationOfficerGanpat organisations, attendedthe sum- Pakistani guns. Monday. If we getthe assurance understand howthese laws trains if passenger trainsweren't urea, whichisthreatening their Salvi says. More,whichwasattendedby568 mit. United States President According to an ENS report thateverythingwillbefine,we are would ruin Punjab,” he said, as- allowedaswell. Thefarmers saw wheat crop. The industry,just OnSunday, therunnersinsari school principals of ZP schoolsin DonaldTrumpwas one of the at- from Pune, 38-year-old Patil of 16 ready to run (trains).” sertingthathewaswiththefarm- theCentre'sstand,whichhashin- emergingfromtheCovidsetback, will choose their ownadorn- the district. The reviewmeeting tendees. Maratha LightInfantryhailed ARailway Ministryspokesper- ers in their fight. “We allhave deredthesupplyofessentialsup- is estimated to have suffered ments. notedthe concernsofprincipals The15thsummitof G20lead- from NigaveKhalsavillage in sonsaidtheyhadreceivedacom- farmer blood in our veins." plies to Punjab and hit itsindus- losses to the tune of Rs 30,000 MarriedtoaMerchant Navy andalsotookstockofthesituation, ers will continueonSunday. Karvir taluka of Kolhapurdistrict. munication from Punjab that DarshanPal,statepresidentof tries,asatacticto forcetheirhand. croreinthis two-month period, captain, Salvi says running is her while confirming that schools in He belonged to afamilyoffarm- "tracks arenow clear fortrain op- the Krantikari Kisan Union, who The 'rail roko'movement with Amarinder Singhclaiming entryintoaworld away from restof Punedistrictwillopenfrom DDC polls ers. He wasthe second soldier erations". "The Railwayswill take wasatthe meeting with the CM, againstthethreeCentralfarmlaws on Saturdaythat six lakh migrant home and itsresponsibilities. "It's November 23. “In afew schools, protestafter the latestJaish bid to fromKolhapurdistrictto bekilled steps towardsrestoration of train said, “We have only liftedthe rail wasstarted by the farmerson workershadleftdueto unitsshut- noteasy,nomatter your family only halfthestaffhasundergonea carry outterrorstrikes in J&K in action along the LoC in over a servicesattheearliestafterunder- blockade.Therest of theagitation September24.Aftertalkswiththe ting down. Over 13,500contain- background." Covid test,sostaff strength is less. aheadoftheDistrictDevelopment week's time. takingthenecessarymaintenance will continue." stategovernment, they had lifted ers carrying exportmaterials Salvi'slastrunwastheLondon In areas wherethe student popu- Council elections. checksandcompletingotherpro- He said it would take time for the blockade forgoods trains on alone arestrandedatDhandari Marathon in September,organ- lationishigher,wehaveasked ItdemandedthatPakistande- Farmers relent tocols." themto getthemessageacrossto October 21.Astate government DryPortinLudhiana. isedremotely duetothe pan- them to utilise primaryschools sistfromits policy of supporting Agovernmentstatement said Announcingthe decisionto al- farmers' organisations sitting in team including senior ministers The blockade has also im- demic, along Marine Drive.The classrooms. Notall schools may terroristsanddismantletheterror the farmers had accededtothe lowall trains, Bharti Kisan Union the precincts of railway stations andlaterofficershadfailedsofarin pactedthe supplyof40lakh met- 52-year-old ended up inspiring open simultaneously, but wher- infrastructureonits territory. CM'sappealto allowbothpassen- (Rajewal)president Balbir Singh across the state,and forthe latter getting them to agree to passen- ric tonnes of parboiledrice from her pacer Abbas Shaikh to finish ever precautionarymeasures are ThePakistanForeignMinistry gerand goods trains. Rajewalurged political parties in to collecttheir belongings and gertrains. Punjab to Bihar and eastern Uttar the whole 42 km. "He's agood completed, classes will resume alsosummonedtheIndianchargé The farmer leaders said they Punjab to supportthem in their leave,whichiswhy theyhadgiven The Punjab government got PradeshforPDSdistribution,with pacerand initiallyIthought he from Monday. It remains to be d'affairesinIslamabadtoreject would continue with their plans fightagainstthefarmlaws,andnot Mondayeveningasthetimeto the the farmers to relent by urging Punjab'ssilosfullwithfoodgrains. would help me manoeuvre the seen though howmanyparents what it calledwereallegationsto to "laysiegetoDelhi" on letthe issue be politicised. government. them that the continuing block- Singh said the rail blockade Sundayeveningcrowd,becauseit agree to send their children to “implicatePakistaninsome al- November 26-27. Thanking the farmers, The farmers have been claim- ade wasleading to rising resent- wasalsoimpacting urgent Army wasanovelty--running a school,” said More.

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SLIGHT SURGEINCOVID CASES IN PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD Civic activists ask PCMC to take actionagainstmask rule violators

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EVENASPimpri-Chinchwad sawaslightsurge in Covid-19 cases postDiwali,civic activists have raisedafinger at the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) health de- partmentfor “going slow”inits drive against people notwear- ing face masks. In the lastfour days,Pimpri- Chinchwad has seen asudden spikeinCovid-19cases with 150 Teachers wait fortheirturn to undergo RT-PCRtests,at to 200positivecases being regis- Dhankawadi on Saturday. PavanKhengre teredeverydaythisweek.“Before this, less than 100positive cases were being registeredeveryday,” presidentofNagari Haqq said PCMC Additional Municipal Surakasha Samiti. Commissioner Santosh Patil. Patilsaid therewas nothing Municipal Commissioner to panic about in viewofthe ris- INNUMBERS Shravan Hardikar said, “Thereis ing trend. “During festivals, pos- aslightrise in Covid-19cases. We sibilityofpeople movingaround will be observing the situation frequentlyand mingling to- closely.” He added, “Cases have gether wasnot ruledout. 12 notspiked in away that we Therefore, the upwardtrend will Covid-19deathsin count them as second wave. We continue forafew moredays. Pune on Saturday. were expecting abig rise in cases We will continue to monitor the post-Diwali. However, as of now, situation closely,”hesaid. 8,266 the rise is notbig... The next few Patil said that lastweek days arecrucial.” Pimpri-Chinchwad had wit- Toll so farinthe district. Meanwhile, severalcivic ac- nessedabig decline in death ART FOR AWA RENESS tivists alleged that PCMC health figures with zerodeath being 914 officials seem to have lowered reportedonaday. “Since then, FreshCovid-19cases Huge rangolis have been drawnatPune RTOmainbuilding to createawareness about trafficrules . Ashish Kale their guardwhichhas resultedin we have been witnessing reportedonSaturday. morepeople stepping out of their around five deaths. These are houses without wearing amask. mostlypatientswith comor- “During Diwali, therewas abig bidities. The deathrateother- 3,35,425 rush in marketsand people could wise continues to be around 1.6 The total positive cases be seenmovingaround without per cent,” he said. so farinthe district. GravelyinjuredatLoC,Armysoldier amask.Wedid notsee civicoffi- CorporatorGeeta Mancharkar cials taking action againstthose saidtherewasaneedtoconducta withoutmasks. We feel that massive campaignto ensurepeo- stringent action should be car- pleadheretocompulsorymasks has emboldenedmanyofthem, riedout againstthose violating rule. “It has been observed that especially youngsters, to move compulsorymasksrule irrespec- withfalling Covid-19cases in the around without masks... Ihave fromKolhapursuccumbstoinjuries tive of whether it is afestive sea- past fewweeks,residentsfeelthe urgedthe PCMC to restarttheir son or not,” said Manav Kamble, situationhasbecomenormal.This campaignonabigscale,”shesaid. strongly to the enemy fire.Inthe lageschool, and he then wanted vokedceasefireviolation by the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE incident, HavPatil Sangram to jointhe Army. The entire vil- PakistanArmyinUri and Gurez PUNE,NOVEMBER21 Shivajiwas criticallyinjuredand lagestands with the family, sectors at multiple locations. Cop drowns in Doctors at Sahyadri Hospital perform Havildar later succumbed to his injuries,” whichhas lostits lovedone.” Pune-headquartered A38-YEAR-OLD Armysoldier Sangram read the Armystatement. He added, “Army authorities SouthernCommandofthe Indian Pavana river hearttransplant on 50-yr-old woman from Kolhapurdistrict wascrit- Shivaji Patil Afamilyfriend of the de- have told us that his mortalre- Armystatedinatweet, “Lt Gen C icallyinjured and later suc- ceasedsoldier and an ex-serv- mains will be broughttothe vil- PMohanty,General Officer Pune: Acop attachedtoPune Pune: Doctors at Sahyadri the hospital. cumbed to his injuries in unpro- iceman from the same village, lagebyMonday.”Officials from Commanding-in-Chief and all RuralPolice, AmitSubhash Super Specialty Hospital Dr Durairajsaid that in viewof vokedceasefireviolation by the ment on Saturday afternoon. Mhadji Patil, told The Indian the Kolhapur District Sainik ranksSouthern Commandsalute Khandekar (37), drownedin Deccan performedaheart the Covid-19pandemic, special PakistanArmy, in the form of Patil wasfromthe 16 Maratha Express over the phone, Welfareoffice saidtheywillbeco- the braveheartHavildar Patil Pavana riveronFriday. transplant on a50-year-old precautions likedonor andrecip- mortarshelling and small arms Light Infantryofthe Indian Army “SangramPatil belonged to a ordinating with Armyauthorities Sangram Shivaji, who madethe Police said Khandekar had woman from Ahmednagar dis- ient’s Covid testing wasdone prior fire,along the Line of Control and wasrecruited in 2002. farmer family. He is survivedby to help transportthe soldier’s supremesacrifice in Nowshera gone foraswim in the riverwa- trict. The heartwas donated by to surgery and also all the team (LoC) in NowsheraSector in Patil hailed from Nigave hisparent Shivajirao and Satabai, mortalremains to the village. Sector on November 21,and offer teronFridaymorning, when he thefamilymembers of a35- members followedstrict precau- Jammu and Kashmir,inthe early Khalsa villageinKarvir taluka of wifeHemlata, six-year-old son Patil is the second soldier condolences to the family.” drowned. year-old autorickshawdriver, tions as per protocol. ENS hours of Saturday. Kolhapur district and belonged Shaurya,two-year-old daughter from Kolhapur district to have Maharashtra Home Minister Fire Brigade personnel could who wasdeclared brain dead “Havildar Sangram Shivaji to afarmer family. “On Shivaswi and his brother losthis lifeinceasefireviolation Anil Deshmukh tweeted, notfind himonFriday.Senior at another hospitalafter sus- Patil wasabrave,highly moti- November 21,PakistanArmyre- Sandeep’s family. Sangram’s par- along the LoC withinaweek. “Sangram Shivaji Patil, abrave Inspector Ranganath Unde of taining injuries in aroad acci- vatedand sinceresoldier.The na- sortedtounprovokedceasefire entsraisedtheirchildren Over aweekago,another soldier soldier of NigveKhalsavillage in Sangvi police station said thefire dent. This is the fifthheart tion will always remain indebted violation on the Line of Control through very difficult situa- from Kolhapur district, 20-year- Kolhapur,was martyred in a brigade startedasearch opera- transplant at Sahyadri hospi- to him forhis supreme sacrifice (LoC)inNowsheraSector,District tions... working very hard. old Rushikesh Ramchandra cowardly attackbyPakistan. Our tion again on Saturday, and tals and the second since the and devotiontoduty,” the Indian Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir). Sangram had completedhis pri- Jondhale, wasamong the four tributes to this braveson of India. found Khandekar’s body on the beginning of the lockdown. Armysttated in apress state- Our owntroops responded maryand high school at the vil- Armypersonnel killedinunpro- We stand withhis family.” riverbed in Sangvi area. ENS Dr Manoj Durairaj,pro- gramme director forheart transplantation at the hospital, After activists alert cops, illegal sand said the woman wassuffering Two arrested for smuggling tortoises from dilated cardiomyopathy mining racket on Aundh riverbed busted since 2014 andher heartfunc- to meetthe accusedfor buyingtortoise. were produced before thecourt, tion wasaslow as 20 per cent. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE On confirmation that the accusedwere whichremandedthem to forest de- Pune: Pimpri-Chinchwad activists receivedinforma- found three people lifting Shealso had blood clots in her PUNE,NOVEMBER21 willing to sell the tortoises, aForestde- partment’s custody forthree days. Police has booked three tion about illegal sand min- sand from the riverbed and heartdue to thelow pumping. partment team, including Assistant When contacted,RFO Sanas, who persons on chargesofille- ing on the riverbed,atthe filling it in twotractors, The team of surgeons re- THE MAHARASHTRA Forest depart- ConservatorofForestSharadRajguru, is the investigatingofficer in the case, galsand mining on the confluence of Ramnadi whichdidn’t have any trieve the heartat4.30 am on ment has arrested twopersons foral- RangeForestOfficer (FRO)Mukesh said, “The accusedhavesaid that they Aundhriverbed on Friday and Mula riverinAundh. number plates. Saturday and the surgery on legedly smuggling and trying to sell Sanas, flying squad’s officer Sachin got thetortoises from aMumbai- night. Police were alerted Patkar,along withenvi- On spotting the police, the recipient wascompleted tortoises. Raghtwan, guards Madhukar Godge, basedperson, with whom theycame about theillegal mining by ronment activistPushkar the three men triedtoflee, by 6.30 am.The patient is sta- The twoaccusedhavebeen identi- Anil Rathodand SameerIngle, laid a in contact through Facebook.This per- environment activists, Kulkarni and others, andtwo of them managed ble now, said an official from fied as Akil Hanif Shaikh (38), aresi- trap and arrestedthe twoaccusedfrom son sent the tortoises to the accused ActivistVaishali Patkar rushedtothe spot. They to escape.One person, dent of Ganesh Peth, and Akshay Ganesh PethareaonThursdayevening. by parcel. Theyagreedtosellone tor- (47) has lodged thefirstin- sawPoclain machines be- identifiedasVijaykumar Jaysingh Jadhav(26) of Bibvewadi. During searches,officials recov- toise forRs1,600tothe decoycus- formation report(FIR) in ing usedbysome people Chhakkam(22), wasar- Forest officials have recoveredas ered 10 “black-spotted pond turtles” tomer.These tortoises areprotected this case at the Sangvi po- forsand mining, and in- rested.Police said an inves- manyas30tortoises —protected un- and 20 “Indian star tortoise” from their species under the Wild LifeProtection lice station. formedthe police. tigation wasontoascertain der the Wild Life (Protection)Act, 1972 possession. Act... While Jadhavrears goats, Shaikh As per the complaint, When ateam of who else wasinvolvedinil- —fromtheir possession. An offence waslodged against the runs ajuice stall. We have notfound Patkar said around 11 pm Chaturshringi police sta- legal sand mining on the Acting on atip-off, Forest depart- duo under sections of the Wild Life anypreviousoffence againstthe duo. on Friday, she and the other tion reachedthe spot, they riverbed in Aundh. ENS ment officials sent adecoycustomer Protection Act. On Friday, the accused Further investigation is on.”

KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION DIRECTORATE OF MARKETING Ministry of Micro, Small &Medium Enterprises MSC Bank awaits NABARD’s Govt. of India Gramodaya, 3, Irla Road, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai- 400 056 Tel: 022-2671 6680, Email: mkkting. [email protected] nod for merger, non-agri lending Website: www.kvic.org.in EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) agri sector would notbeutilised. “Our PARTHASARATHIBISWAS The MaharashtraState ownfund is in the tune of Rs 4,500crore Khadi &Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of PUNE,NOVEMBER21 Cooperative Bank is the andwehope to lend around 50 per cent MSME, Govt. of India intends to operate its six Departmental of it forthe retail sector,” he said. THE MAHARASHTRAState Cooperative apexcooperative bank in Forthe 2020-21sugarcane crush- Sales Outlets (Khadi Gramodyog Bhavans) located at premium (MSC) Bank is awaitingNABARD’s the stateand lends mostly ing season, Anaskar said theyhaveear- areas of Kolkata, Patna, Mumbai, Goa, Ernakulam &Bhopal green signal forits proposedmerger markedRs10,000croreaspledgeloan to agricultural enterprises under Private Public Partnership (PPP) mode through bonafide with the Rupee CooperativeBankand lending. The bank dealswith 40 sugar entities. It is expected that the private partner will source Khadi & the City Cooperative Bank.Vidyadhar likesugar mills and mills in the state. However, around 16 Village Industry products for sale from the approved Ananskar,chairman of the boardofad- agri-processing units sugar mills might find it difficult to ministrator of the MSC Bank,said the raise working capital from thebank manufacturing institutions/units of KVIC and the sales to be mergerwill help the bank to venture giventheir negative NetDisposable effected throughthe KIMIS software, using theexisting intonon-agricultural retail lending. cidedtoenter intoretail lending. The Resources (NDR). NDR is the measure infrastructure. All expenses of operation, maintenance, services, The MSC Bank is the apexcoopera- bank has expressedinteresttomerge of resources available with unitspledg- tive bank in the stateand lends mostly the Rupee Cooperative BankinPune ing that theycan raise loans. rent etc to be borne by the partner,leaving apercentage of sales to agriculturalenterprises likesugar and the City Cooperative Bank in The issueofnegative NDR hadpre- turnover to KVIC, supported with security deposit/bank mills andagri processingunits. Anaskar Mumbai. “We have gotthe in principle vented 32 sugar mills in the state from guarantee. Interested entities are requested to convey their terms said the total exposureofthe bank to the approval from the RBI but arenow gettingpre-seasonal loans. It wasonly and conditions, with aprofile of existing business activities to us sector is Rs 22,000 crore, of whichRs waiting forNABARD’snod,” he said. afterthe stategovernment steppedin 10,000croreisearmarkedfor the sugar These urban cooperative bankshave with bank guarantees that theywere and email the same to [email protected] captioning 'EOI for sector as pledgeloan. Lending to the been under RBI’s banking directives allowedtoget loans. Anaskar said they PPP operation of DSOs'. By considering the EOI points made, we agricultural sector,Ananskar said, was due to precarious financial status. would be seeking similar guarantee will finalise the Request For Proposal (RFP) for bid process. For of high risk giventhe intrinsic uncer- Anaskar said the bank would beus- before providing pledge loaninthe any clarification, please e-mail to us. tainty associated with the sector. ing itsown fundsfor retail lendingand coming days. “We have to do it in ac- Ananaskar said in order to min- has sought to assureNABARD that the cordance with the NABARD’s guide- Dy.Director (Marketing) imise the risk, the MSCBank has de- funds it receivesfor refinancinginthe line,” he said.

Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,SUNDAY,NOVEMBER22,2020 5-yr jailterm for ‘offensive’social media post: Kerala’schilling law

fect on free speechgiving more An official release last SHAJU PHILIP The governmenthad powertothe police and restrict- month announcing the THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, also claimed arisein ing freedom of the press. Chief Cabinet's recommendation to NOVEMBER21 MinisterPinarayiVijayan has the Governor regarding the or- crimes, fake claimedthe decision was dinance had said the Kerala KERALAGOVERNOR Arif propaganda and hate guidedbygrowing abuse on so- High Courthad earlier directed Mohammad Khan has givenhis speechonsocial media cial media targetingindividuals. the statepolice to take steps approval to adraconian ordi- Kerala-basedadvocate againsthatecampaigns and at- nance by theLDF government Anoop Kumaran, who moved tacksthrough social media. amending the Kerala Police Act anyperson who creates or the Supreme Courtin2015 The CPM-ledgovernment that provides forjail term for sends anyinformation that is againstanother Section, 118(D) had also claimedarise in anysocial media or cyber post offensive or is intended to of- of the Act, said he would move crimes, fake propaganda and that is deemed“offensive”or fend or threaten another per- the HighCourt againstthe or- hatespeechonsocial media threatening. son, through anymeans of dinance. "The government since the outbreak of Covid-19, Khan’s office Saturdaycon- communication, is liable to face claims that Section 118(A) is and said the existing legal pro- firmedthat he had signedthe imprisonment of five years or a meant to protect people, par- visions were inadequateto ordinance that incorporates a fine of Rs 10,000 or both. ticularly women, from social fight them. It had arguedthat newSection, 118(A), in the It is feared thatthe amend- media abuse. But in reality,the while the Supreme Court had Kerala PoliceAct. Accordingly, ment could have achilling ef- newlaw would be usedbythe repealedSection 118(D) of the authorities and government Kerala Police Actaswell as againstthose who criticise Section 66-A of the IT Act, the them," he said. Centrehad notintroducedany Striking down Section 118(D) other legal framework to re- of the Kerala Police Act, the place them. "In this scenario, Supreme Courthad declared it the police areunable to deal ef- unconstitutionalfor violating fectively with crimes commit- the fundamental right of free- tedthrough social media," the Workers clean Tilak Tank near Deccan Gymkhana in Pune on Saturday. The stategovernment has decided to allowstate, dom of speechand expression. government had claimed. nationaland international-levelswimmers practice in swimming pools. PavanKhengre

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No. 26138113, checkthe resurgence of the in- anticipating the number of hos- ing out periodical reviews of creasedfrom1,700 to 3,000 name is kabyaSingh 0090278257-1 26133510, Fax: 26131487. fection, the statehas decidedto pitalisations to go up again in available supplies in govern- wasdiscussed in themeeting, 0090273461-3 Parihar affidevit no BRIDEWANTD Meenat Advertising, I, Usha, spouse of, Army take various proactive steps, the coming days,ithas now ment colleges and hospitals. The said agovernment release. Pimpri-Chinchwad 22740 dt 20/11/2020 Mukund Saigaonkar, no. JC351915N,Rank KHATRIS/ ARORAS Broilers Traders’ 827/7, Dastur Meher with strengthening of hospital doubledthe sanctioned statehas also asked hospitals The release addedthat mar- 0090278251-1 SUB MAJOR Masalkar Association “Rate On SM4 Hindu Khatri Boy, Road, Camp, Pune-1. infrastructureand medicine amount, cancelling the previous and collegestoensurethat the kets, restaurants, shopping Santoshkumar 22.11.2020 ForLiveBig I VilasRama Masal Ex- PhD,ProbOffr Bank of supplies. order and granting fresh ap- suppliesare dulyusedand that malls and other commercial es- Kanhaba, R/OCME, Tel. 26130542. Birds Rs.113 LiveSmall Sub from armyresiding Baroda, Smart, Fair, Dapodi, Pune 411031, DAPODI- Thestate Medical Education proval. thereisnoduplicationinthe tablishmentsinurbanareas Birds Rs.118 Al-Taqdeer at Harantale wasti 1991/6”2’ Amritsar herebydeclarethat I Vantage Advertising & Department on Fridayissuedor- The statehas setaside Rs 300 procurement. of Jaipur,Jodhpur,Kota, Bikaner, Broiler(Siraj Lohegaon pune411047 I basedfamily Mob have changed my name Mktg., ders, permitting the directorate croreinall forCovid-19related On Friday, Maharashtra Udaipur,Ajmer,Alwar and Shaikh)9822931357, declare mywife’s correct 9815805732, 7340788375 from UshatoUsha A-17, 'C'Building, 9767869302 date of birth is 9/06/1971 0040555445-1 to procureemergency supplyfor medicine procurement and sup- added5,640 newcases and 155 Bhilwarawill remain open vide affidavit no- Santosh Masalkar vide 3rdFloor, Kate hospitals and medical colleges plies in the ongoing fiscal. deaths, taking itsoverall tallyto till 7pm, while night curfew 0090273225-1 affidavit no. 1235 /2020 Residency, 2907/2020 90278234-1 through the state-runHaffkine Further,the government has 17,68,685.Till Friday, thenum- will be imposedfrom8pmtill 0090278247-1 institute. also tasked the DMER to ensure berofactive caseswas 78,272. 6am.

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,NOVEMBER22,2020 5 EXPRESS NETWORK Baghel: Are MP: ‘Gau cabinet’ to discuss cow cess today BJP leaders, lease from the stategovernment. According to officials from cess on excise items and 2per their children IRAMSIDDIQUE “Adecision basedonapro- AnimalHusbandrydepartment, cent on MandiParishadand BHOPAL,NOVEMBER21 posalpreparedby thefinancede- thereisanannual requirement of other profitable corporations. also in ‘love partment and animal husbandry Rs300crore to providefodderand Punjab wasthe firststate to im- THEFIRST meetingof thegau cab- basedontheexperiencesinother maintenance of about 2.40 lakh pose acow cess in 2016 with Prime MinisterNarendraModi at the convocation of Pandit inet onSundayisset to discussthe states will be takensoon,” said an bovines thatare housedin1,200 varying slabsfor -- Rs 1,000 on jihad’ambit DeendayalPetroleumUniversity on Saturday. Mukesh introductionof acow cessforpro- officialfromthestategovernment. gaushalas in the state. With an- purchase of afour-wheeler,Rs Ambani (left), who is the president of BoardofGovernors of motionandconservationofcows. Asimilarproposalwasconsid- other 2,400under construction, 200ontwo-wheeler,Rs1,000on the university, wasalso present. PTI The move is aimedatproviding eredby KamalNath-ledCongress the yearly maintenance is ex- booking of an AC marriagehall GARGIVERMA adequatefunds forthe mainte- government in 2019. pected to reachclose to Rs 600 and Rs 500onanon-AC hall.It RAIPUR,NOVEMBER21 nance of the 1,200odd gaushalas With theformation of acow crore. also hasthiscess on items such in the stateand facilitatethe cabinet, including five ministers CM Chouhan willholdthe If approved,MadhyaPradesh as cement bags, oil tankers and CHHATTISGARH CHIEF Minister Bidtodoubleoil smooth construction of at least and six departments, the state firstmeeting in Bhopal willbethe fifthstate in the coun- twopaise per unit of electricity. and Congress leader Bhupesh another 2,400gaushalas. governmentisworkingto setupa trytoimplement acess forcow TheVasundharaRaje-ledgov- Baghel on Saturdayraisedques- “Withthis(cowcess),thegov- moderncowresearch centreatits protection afterPunjab, ernmentinRajasthanintroduced tions on the intent and timing of ernmentwill be able to getsuffi- cowsanctuaryinSalaria at Agar- of the gau-cabinet, in Bhopal and Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and a20per cent cowcess on liquor the proposedlaw against “love refiningcapacity, cientamountforcow rearingand Malwa. Chouhan is expected to then reachSalaria to address Rajasthan. The percentagevaries afterincreasing the stampduty jihad” in BJP-ruledMadhya everyone will participateinthis holdameetingwithabout14 cow farmersand conduct puja at the across states. chargesfrom10per cent to 20 in Pradesh, Uttar ‘sacredwork’,”statedanofficialre- experts,besides other members cowsanctuaryonSunday. UP imposeda0.5 per cent thename of cowprotection. Pradesh and Haryana. quadruplenatural Speaking aday J&K DDCELECTIONS: FAROOQABDULLAH WRITES TO POLLOFFICER afteratleast Tarun Gogoi’s five Opposition- gasusage:PM ‘PAGD candidates not ruledstates health worsens,on Bhupesh registered Baghel their protest and find fault in small matters. I againstthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE usedto facealot of problemsthen allowedtocanvass... ventilator support proposedlaw, AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER21 (as Gujarat CM). The issue came calling it an encroachment on before me about powerproduc- personal liberty and attempt to PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi ers selling at (thermal power) Rs EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE createacommunal divide, said Saturdayefforts were on to 2-3 perunitand (solar power) Rs security can’t be excuse’ GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER21 Baghel asked if BJP leaders who double India’soil refining capac- 12-13per unit. Iwas confronted were in interfaith marriages “like ity in the next five years and mul- with amoment whereIhad to THEHEALTH condition of three- SubramaniamSwamy and tiplythe usageofnaturalgas by worryabout my reputation or time former Assam CM Tarun Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi” would four folds in this decade. worryabout my futuregenera- BASHAARATMASOOD Gogoi, 85, deteriorated on also be considered to be under The Prime Minister, whowas tions. Iknewthat this type of de- SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER21 Saturdayevening with post- the ambit of “love jihad”. addressingthe 8th convocation cisionwillbeblownupby theme- Covid complications and he was “Iwant to ask BJP,iftheirown ceremonyofGandhinagar-based dia and willinvitechargesof FORMER JAMMU and Kashmir put on ventilator support, at the Former Assam CM Gogoi leaders and their children who Pandit DeendayalPetroleum corruption.ButIhadacleanheart. chief ministerFarooq Abdullah time of filing this reporton have married out of faith, come University (PDPU) viavideo-con- Igenuinely believedthatwehad on Saturday accusedthe admin- Saturdaynight. under the ambit of love jihad,” ference,saidthecountrywasalso to do something to changeour istrationof“interfering” in the Gogoi wasdiagnosedwith HimantaBiswaSarma, who vis- Baghel told the media on movingforwardtoreduceitscar- lifestyles.Finally, we decidedtogo democratic process, claiming Covid in August end andwas ad- itedthe hospital on Saturday, said, Saturday. bonfootprintby 30to 35 percent. forsolarenergy.Andwe madethis that security is being usedasa ministeredplasma therapy “From todayevening, his health He told TheSundayExpress, Atotal of 2,600studentsre- decision with honesty, did it fora pretexttoimpedecandidates for Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti when his condition worsened. has deteriorated.Heissuffering “Love jihad is an attemptatcom- ceivedtheir degree certificates brightfuturewith avision. Solar the upcoming District Aftertesting negative forCovid, from multi-organdysfunction.He munalising the society,raised duringtheconvocationceremony. plantsbegan in Gujarat and in Development Council (DDC) Gogoi has been battling post- is unconscious and is on ventila- withclearintention of gaining During his address, Modi re- largenumbers,” Modi said. polls from canvassing. usedasatool or an excuse to in- nourished by the sacrifices of Covid complications. torsupport. He is unableto recog- votes in West Bengal election. calledhis experience of battling Solar energy,the PM added, PDP chief MehboobaMufti terfereindemocratic processes.” thousands of political workers,” Doctors at the Guwahati nise anyone.” Sarma addedthat Theywant to divide the voters “pre-conceivednotions” as the hasnowbecome“amovementin hasalsoraisedtheissue,claiming Abdullahsaid that it is job of he added.Abdullahsaid since the Medical Collegeand Hospital doctors were regularly in touch on the basis of religion and at- former chief ministerofGujarat. the country” and the costofsolar thattheCentreis‘sabotaging’par- the governmenttoprovide secu- constituent parties of thePAGD (GMCH), whereGogoi is under with Gogoi’s family. tract Hindu voters.” He told the students howhehad powerhas “droppedbelowRs2 ticipation of non-BJP parties in rity to the candidates contesting have been in powerinthe past, treatment, have termedhis con- Doctors of GMCHare in con- He said thereare laws al- helpedtoseparatefeederssupply- per unit”. “Keeping in mind our DDCpolls,andhascalledforanin- the DDC polls. “Security is achal- theyare awareofthe security dition ascriticalas of now. GMCH stant touchwith medical experts ready to deal withissues re- ing electricitytodomestic and energy needs, it is ourendeavour tervention by Lieutenant lenge anditisforthegovernment challengesinJammu and superintendentAbhijit Sarma has from the All India Instituteof lated to marriage. “This new agricultureconsumers, and thus to increase the proportion of nat- Governor Manoj Sinha. of the daytocounter that chal- Kashmir. “Our parties have been saidthatGogoiwasintubatedand Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in lawisonlyapolitical move. ensuredround-the-clockandeffi- ural gasbyfourtimes in this Theeight-phaseDDCpollsare lengeinamanner whichisfair inpowerinthepastandhave had was “very critical”. He wason Delhi, but said that Gogoi was Howmanypeople’s marriages cient powersupply in the state. decade alone. In the next five settobegin on November 28. and transparent. Providing secu- the opportunity to headand run non-invasive ventilationsince notinaposition to be shiftedout willtheyscrutinize? And if they “Thisexperimentchangedthe years, effortsare being made to Abdullah,whoisthepresident rity to aselectfewand literallyin- the government. We areaware of November 2, but on Saturdaywas in this condition. Gogoi’s treat- arescrutinizing marriages, mindsetofall ourofficersatthat double the country’s oil refining of thePeople'sAllianceforGupkar terningtherest isagrossinterfer- thechallengesposedintherealm put under invasive ventilation. ment is following the module set would theydoitwith their own point in time... If Ihad stucktothe capacity,”Modi said. Declaration (PAGD), in aletterto ence in democracy.” of securityinaplace besetbyvio- Assam’s health minister by doctorsfromAIIMS. party members as well,” the preconceivednotions,thiswould Modi told the graduating stu- J&K Election Commissioner KK Saying that the journeyof lence,”hisletterread.“Thesechal- Chief Ministerasked. nothavebecome apossibility.I dentsthattheywereenteringthe Sharmasaid, “Astrangeand a democracyinJammuandKashmir lenges arenot newbut have been had aclean slateand Iusedto energy sector at an “opportune unique featurehas cometothe is soaked in blood, Abdullah has painfullypersisting forthe last thinkinanewway,” he said. time”.“Today, thereare unlimited fore.Candidates put up by the termedthe government’s “inter- three decades. But the govern- HC clears way for Governor slams Under him, the PM said, the opportunities in the energy sec- PAGD areimmediately whisked ference” in the polls as a “desecra- ment had structures in place Gujarat government had “gam- torinIndia.You(students)allhave away to 'securelocations' in the tion of those sacrifices”. whichensuredsecurityforallcon- arrest of Jay, Jagi Panda Bengalgovt for bled” with solar powerand pur- reachedthis sector at the right name of security and confinedto “MayIaddthattheevolutionof testantsirrespective of the ideol- chaseditatRs12-13peruniteven time. In this decade, in just the oil those'securelocations'. Theyare democracy in J&K is distinctive ogy theyespoused or theparties bureaucracy ‘in when thermal powerwas avail- andgassector,therewillbecrores notallowedtocanvass, theyare compared to anyother part of the they represented.” in Dalit ‘land grab’ case politicalcaptivity’ able at Rs 2.50 to Rs 3per unit. of investment...thereare ample completely out of touchwith country. Thejourneyisabloodied Meanwhile, the PDP chief “You(students)allknowofto- opportunities, from research to those from whom theyare sup- journey, soakedinthe blood of claimedthattheCentrewas“sab- Kolkata: West BengalGovernor day’s fashion to create aruckus manufacturing,” the PM said. posedtoseek votes.” thousandsof politicalworkerswho otaging”theparticipationof non- DEEPTIMANTIWARY JagdeepDhankhar on Saturday Inanapparentreferenceto BJP have laid down their livesfor the BJP partiesinthe DDC polls. “GOI NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER21 targeted thestate government candidates, Abdullahwrote, “The sakeofdemocracy.Itisadesecra- sabotaging participation of non over the statehomedepart- Delhi supports PCA mandate to currentstateofaffairsintherealm tion of those sacrifices when the BJP parties in DDC polls. PDPs IN AsetbacktoBJP national vice- ment raising questions over a of securityisblatantlyorientedto- very conflict that consumedtheir BashirAhmeddespitehavingad- president Baijayant Panda, the fewstatistics —oncrime and resolve disputes: Foreign Secy wardsproviding security to ase- livesisusedasanalibitocustomize equatesecurityhasbeendetained OrissaHighCourthas refusedto highlighting lawand order is- lectfewandconfiningothers.This democracy,” Abdullah wrote. at Pahalgamonthe pretextofse- interveneinacaseof allegedgrab- sues —postedbyhim on social Delivering the third comes across moreasanattempt “Democracyisstillinastate of curity.Todayisthe lastday forfil- bing of landbelonging to people Baijayant Panda, Jagi Panda media.Hesaid this indicated a SHUBHAJITROY Permanent CourtofArbitration to interfereinthe democratic fragility in J&K. Governments ingnominations&havespokento belongingto theDalitcommunity have deniedthe allegations “bureaucracy in political cap- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER21 (PCA)-India Conference, Foreign processthan anyreal concern for comeandgo.Nogovernmenthas DC Anantnagfor his release,” she by acompanyownedbyPanda. tivity”. SecretaryHarshVardhan the wellbeing of the contestants. theright to alter the institutional tweeted, tagging Lt GovSinha in The case is being investigated Dhankhar postedaletter IN Aveiledreference to China’s ShringlaonSaturdaysaid, “As a Securitycannotandshouldnotbe foundationsof democracyinJ&K, the post. by Odisha Police under various prevent purchase of land owned through whichhehas sought a non-complianceofthe strong proponent of apeaceful sections of IPC and SC/ST by Dalitsbynon-Dalits. response from the additional Permanent CourtofArbitration’s and rules-basedinternational le- (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The land wasallegedly pur- chief secretary(home) within (PCA) order on South China Sea, galorder,itisnosurprise that Thecourtalsoclearedtheway chasedat50per cent of themar- afortnight. He also said asimi- India on Saturdaysaid NewDelhi India supportsPCA and itsman- ShahinChennai, AIADMK says forthearrest of Pandaandhiswife ket value,accordingtotheFIR.This lar letter to Chief Minister supports thePCA’smandatetore- datetoresolve international dis- Jagi,co-promoterofthecompany, land waslater takenoverbyOIPL MamataBanerjee generated no solve international disputes and putes. Upholding of international OdishaInfratechPvtLtd(OIPL),by forreal estate development from response. upholding international lawis lawiscentral to our diplomacy alliance with BJP will continue vacatingallearlierinterimorders. Sethi fordeclared consideration ENS central to India’s diplomacy. and, in fact, our worldview.” The HC had earlier passedanin- of Rs 65 lakh,eventhough no Amit Shah lays foundation stone forprojectsworth over Rs 67,000cr terimordergrantingthemprotec- amount wasallegedly paid to tion againstarrest. Sethi, according to theFIR. BAR BRIBERY CASE The Pandas had movedHCfor Sources said Sethi wasshown EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE quashingtheFIRagainstthemand to have purchasedthis patchof Ahead of local polls, Kerala govt CHENNAI,NOVEMBER21 OIPL. On Saturday, thePandasde- land -- fallinginbetween a100- niedall allegations againstthem acreplotthat Pandas were devel- UNION HOME Ministerand sen- and blamedthe development on oping–withhismonthlysalaryof moves to probe Oppn leader iorBJP leader Amit Shah on Odisha Chief MinisterNaveen Rs 8,000.Asenior Odisha Police Saturdaylaid foundation stone Patnaik'svendettapolitics.“...There officer said, “Sethi and others forprojectsworth Rs 67,378 crore hasbeennowrongdoingby usand (fromwhomlandwaspurchased) 1crore,Babu Rs 50 lakhand on the firstday of his two-day we areconfident thatthis willul- have alreadyrecordedtheirstate- SHAJUPHILIP SivakumarRs25lakhto reduceli- visit to Chennai,with the venue timately be proved in the courts,” mentsbeforeamagistrate.” THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, cence fees. Ramesh had also al- of his keyofficial event alsowit- Jagi Panda said in astatement. In In Odisha, under the Land NOVEMBER21 legedthatJosehadofferedhimRs nessing the firstofficial an- the order pronouncedonFriday, RevenueAct,Dalitsarenot allowed 10 croretowithdraw thebribery nouncement that the AIADMK- Justice BPRoutray said: “Iamnot to selltheir entire land holding to THE CPI(M)-LED Kerala govern- allegation againsthis father. BJP alliance is settocontinue for inclinedtointerferewiththecrim- non-Dalitswithout permission of ment has revivedthe bar bribery Congress statepresident the upcoming Tamil Nadu inalproceedings,moreparticularly the district collector. scandal in therun up to the local MullappallyRamachandran Assemblypolls. The visit comes at the stageofpending investiga- Inastatement,JagiPandasaid: body elections,movingtoinves- Ramesh Chennithala lashedout at the government for days aftersigns of fissures in the Tamil Nadu Deputy CM OPanneerselvamgreetsHome tion.Accordingly,theprayerof the “In the pasttwo months Odisha tigateOpposition leader Ramesh revivingthe scandal, saying Chief alliance over the BJP’s VelYatra. MinisterShah at an eventinChennai. PTI petitioners is rejected and the police have registeredabout 20 Chennithalaandtwoothersenior MinisterPinarayiVijayanhad“lost Shah praisedthe AIADMK Criminal Misc. Case is dismissed. false cases againstOTV,its sister Congress members in acase that revolved around KMMani, the hismentalbalance”amidthegold government forthe “best per- Allinterimorderspassedstandva- companies, employees and my had dealt ablowtothe previous late former financeministerand smuggling controversy. formance”infightingCovidacross LateonSaturday, Shah was acres of land in Thanjavur, cated.” familymembers, includingmy UDF dispensation in the state. regional Kerala Congress(M) “WhyVijayan is reluctant to the countryand accusedthe op- scheduledtomeetsenior BJP ChennaiTradeCentreexpansion, The Pandashad allegedin 84-year-old father.... We vehe- The decision came aftera leader,whoallegedly pocketedRs orderapreliminaryprobeagainst position DMK of dynasty politics functionaries at the hotelwhere and three Indian Oil Corporation theirpetitionthattheFIRwasare- mentlydenythese allegations.... liquor baron, Biju Ramesh, re- 1crore as bribetoallowthe func- Jose KMani on the allegation that and corruption. he is staying. Palaniswami and projects. sultof“malice” and “ulteriormo- We assertthatthesecasesarebe- centlyalleged that he had bribed tioningofbarsserving sub-stan- he had offeredRs10crore to Biju Shah sprang asurprise here Panneerselvamalso metShah at At theevent, Deputy CM O tive”atthe behestof“the ruling ingorchestrated by the21-year- Chennithala, the then Kerala dardliquor.TheVCAB,underboth Ramesh to withdraw theallega- when he got outofhis vehicleand thehotelonSaturday night.Shah’s Panneerselvamtold the audi- politicalparty”.Thecourtrejected oldBJDgovernmentinOdisha,be- Congress unit chief, and KBabu the UDF and LDF,had probed the tion againstMani,” he asked. briefly walked on the busy GST reportedmeetings with actor ence that the alliance with BJP the allegation on the ground that cause of CM Naveen Patnaik's and VSSivakumar,formerexcise allegationand submitted closure Chennithala said he wel- Road outside the Chennaiairport Rajinikanth and lateDMK will continue in the Assembly “thesame is notfound with sup- personalvendettaagainstus.” andhealthministers,respectively, reports as many as four times. A comedany probeashehad not to greetparty functionaries,min- supremo MKarunanidhi’s elder polls. CM Palaniswami asserted portedmaterials”. On allegations in the FIR, the duringthetenureoftheOommen court ruledthattherewas no evi- takenbribes from bar owners. utes afterhelandedherearound son MKAlagiri were notcon- the alliance will win moreseats On October 31,the Economic courtorderstated,“...itisseenthat Chandygovernmentto reducethe dence to showthat Mani had “Fourtimes,vigilancehadprobed 2pm. He receivedarousing wel- firmeduntil Saturdayevening. in the 2021polls. OffenceWingof OdishaPolicehad the petitioners usedopposite annual license feefor hotels sell- takenbribe. The latestclosurere- thebarbriberycaseandfoundthe come from BJP and AIADMK In the evening, Shah reached Shah praisedthe AIADMK registeredanFIRallegingthatone party No.3(Sethi) as an instru- ing Indian-madeforeign liquor portwas filedinMarch 2018,a allegation baseless. The present cadres outside the airport, with Kalaivanar Arangamtoinaugu- government fortheir perform- RabindraKumar Sethi, aperson ment or to say, as the ‘sham pur- Government sources said year before Mani died. move is an outcome of the con- Chief MinisterEdappadi K rate aslewofgovernmentproj- anceintacklingthepandemicand from Dalit community who was chaser’ to getthe land in their Vigilanceand Anti-Corruption Mani’ssonJoseKMani,aRajya spiracy of the Chief Minister’s of- Palaniswami and Deputy CM O ects, including Phase IIof Chennai said the recovery rate of Tamil once adriverwith Panda’s com- favour.Whenthe investigation is Bureau(VACB) had completeda Sabha member,recently joined fice,’’ he said. Panneerselvamamong those MetroRail project and Chennai’s Naduwasbetterthanotherstates. panyORTELCommunicationLtd, still continuing and at the begin- quickverification of theallega- the LDF.Dayslater,the bar own- The CPI(M) government, who welcomedthe ministeron fifthreservoir,worthRs380 crore, Listing out Central projects wasallegedly pressuredbythe ning stage, the contention that tions. The government will soon ers’ association leader Ramesh whichhas been in the thickof the tarmac along with BJP lead- atThervoyKandigai.Helaidfoun- and schemes that benefited the Pandas to purchase7.294acres of materials arenot justifying forin- seekthe sanction of thegovernor rakedupthescandalagain,giving controversy,has been either re- ers. BJP national general secretary dationstonesforseveral projects, state, Shah said the NDAgovern- landfrom22Dalit people in vestigation is thus notfound cor- to registerthe case and initiatea anew twist. viving or speeding up cases CTRavi and statepresident L including the elevated highway ment is committed to extend Odisha'sKhurdadistrictbetween rect.Italsocannotbesaidthealle- probeagainstthem. Rameshallegedthatbarhotel againstsenior UDF leaders in re- Murugan accompaniedShah on project in Coimbatore, waterirri- maximum support forthe Tamil 2010 and2013. This wastoal- gationsaresoabsurdorinherently The bar briberyscandal had owners had paid Chennithala Rs cent times. the waytothe hotel. gation project forabout 4,000 Nadu government. legedly circumventstatelawsthat improbable.”

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Expressreport on addiction Agradentistmurderedather among Punjab women wins home,childrenleftinjured Laadli Award plannedtorob thehouse (tore- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE paythe loan). The accuseddoes EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER21 nothaveaprior criminal his- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER21 tory," SP Pramod said. A38-YEAR-OLD dentistwas on Shubham allegedly had an ar- AREPORTpublishedbyTheIndian Fridaymurdered at herhome in gument with Nisha, as she ob- Express has wonthe Laadli Media Agra,and her twochildren left jectedto givinghim money, after andAdvertisingAwardforGender injured,byaman whoentered whichheattackedher witha Sensitivity 2018-19ininvestiga- the house on the pretextofre- knife, police said.Hegot the kife tive story(print)category. pairing aTVset-top box, the po- from the house itselfand stabbed PopulationFirst,aMumbai-based lice said. at Nisha's throat, leading to ex- NGOthatworksforwomen’sem- While the children escaped cessivebleeding.Asthe children powerment and gender equality, with minor injuries, Dr Nisha had seen it, Subham attacked announcedthe winners of the Singhal diedduring treatmentat them, too, banging their heads 10theditionof theawardsduring Avehicle in flames during the protestatPanisagar in NorthTripuradistrict. PTI alocal hospital. againstthe wall, the police said. avirtualevent on Saturday. The accused, identifiedas At victim’s residence: policesay robberywas motive. Express "The children showedpres- The Indian Shubham Pathak,26, wasar- ence of mind. When the accused Express’s TRIPURA rested pastFridaymidnight and triedtohurtthem, theylay on the DivyaGoyal abag of cash and jewelry, which formedteams and carriedout cality,and the Singhals often ground, pretending to beinjured wonthe he had allegedly robbed from surveillance. We receivedinfor- calledhim to recharge their TV or dead. The accusedspared awardfor her Violence over Bru resettlement, the Singhal residence afterthe mation on his (accused) where- sets,the police said. them thinkingtheyhad been in- report — murder,was recoveredfrom aboutsand tracedhis bike. Late Around 3.30pmonFriday, capacitated," Pramod said. ‘Punjab: The him, the police said on Saturday. Fridaynight,hewas arrested af- when Shubham came to their Shubhamsubsequently The Indian Invisible Drug protester killed in police firing Dr Nisha ranadental home terabrief encounter in whichhe house,asAjayhad asked for emptiedthe cupboards forcash Express’s Addicts’ — clinic and wasaprivate practi- receivedaninjury.” some repair in the set-top box, and valuables and leftinabout DivyaGoyal whichfocused the decision to settle over 5,000 Police RajivSingh told TheIndian tioner.Her husband, Dr Ajay Pramod said police suspect Nisha did nothaveany reason for an hour,the police said. on drug addic- DEBRAJDEB Brus out of the totalof32,000 Express that the police wascom- Singhal,aplastic surgeon spe- the accused, Shubham, had suspicion since he had come Accordingtothe police, tion among AGARTALA,NOVEMBER21 refugees in Kanchanpur. pelledtofireinself-defence since cialising in burns and transplant, planned to robthe house, and “it thereonmultiple occasionsear- Shubham wasidentifiedthrough women in Punjab. These refugees,who fled thecrowdhad turnedunrulyand wasnot home at the time of the appears aresistance to therob- lier,police said. Their twochil- CCTVcameras installedonthe This year,75mediapersons AHIGHWAYblockade in Tripura Mamit,Kolasib and Lunglei dis- triedtosnatchweapons from law crime, the police said. bery ledtothe crime”. dren -- aged 4and 8--werein staircase and oppositethe representingHindi,Tamil,Telugu, againstthe resettlement of Bru trictsofadjoining Mizoram in enforcement personnel. SP (City), Agra,Botre Rohan According to police, Shubham another bedroom, theysaid. Singhals' house. CCTVimages Malayalam, Kannada,Oriya, refugees Saturdayspiralledinto 1997,are beingresettledinTripura “The crowdobstructedthe Pramod said: “We receivedin- comes from Sitanagar in Agra and "Duringinvestigation, we showedhim purportedly enter- Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, and arsonand clashes between pro- as partofanagreement among National Highway since morn- formation that aman had mur- wasknown to thevictim's family found Shubham had takenaloan ingthe house,wearing ablack English languages wonthe testors and the police, who then the twostate governments, the ing withoutpermission. We dered adoctor in her home in forthe lastmorethan ayear.He recentlyand wasfindingitdiffi- helmet, and leaving the area later awards;18 othersreceivedjuryci- opened fire on the gathering “in Centreand Bru migrants. triedtodissuade them from the Kaveri Kunj, KamlaNagar.We rananelectronics shop in the lo- cult to repay. It appears he on amotorcycle, thepolice said. tations. self-defence” and killedone of During the indefinitestrike, move and aftertheybecame vi- Addressing thevirtual event, the demonstrators. awater supplypumpoperator olent, we triedmild lathi-charge, chief guest Rekha Sharma,chair- At least20people—including had been severely assaulted and blank firingbut the crowdwent person of the National police and Fire Services person- around 20 families fledavillage unrulyand triedtosnatch Perarivalan hopes UP cop, kin killed over CommissionforWomen,saidthat nel—sufferedinjuries in the in panic. weapons. Police firedinself-de- she hopes the media would cre- clashes at Panisagar of North On Saturdaymorning, alarge fense,” he said. garbagedispute; 4held ateanenvironment that will en- Tripuradistrict. group of people gathered on the Singh said one person was revive: Centre says couragewomen."Mediacanhelp The blockade of National NH 8atPanisagarand blockedit, killedinthe police firing and a changethe mindsetthat ‘ladki Highway 8was the latestflash- demanding the withdrawal of fewotherswerewounded. He “Both thesides arerelated to parayeehaiaurladkaapnahai'.All point in the indefinitestrike the resettlement formula. addedthat least nine Tripura CBI hasnorole, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE eachother and have houses laws to helpwomenare in place; calledMondaybythe Joint The group soon turnedvio- Police and Fire Service personnel LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER21 nearby. Theyhad some enmity, we needmedia's help forabetter Movement Committee (JMC)—a lent. Afteraclash,the police ba- were injuredbythe protesters. andaround11.30 pm on Friday, implementationof thelaws.That forumoflocal ethniccivil soci- ton-chargedand firedupon the JMC convenor Sushanta up to Governor APOLICE constable, his sister one Devraj threw dinner left- willonlyhappenwhenthemind- eties including Nagarik Surakhsa mob, killing 40-year-old Srikanta Baruah claimedtheywere and their mother were killedby overs in front of Abhijeet’shouse. sets change, and the media can Mancha and MizoConvention— Das, acarpenter who joinedthe protesting peacefullyand that Perarivalan’scase came up before their relativesusingbluntand Theyobjected to it, but the ac- helpchangemindsets,” shesaid. in the district's Kanchanpur sub- protests. the police openedfirewithout ARUNJANARDHANAN the Supreme Court again, with sharp-edgedweapons following cuseddid notstop. This ledtoan Dr AL Sharada, director, division. The joint body is against AdditionalDirector Generalof provocation. CHENNAI,NOVEMBER21 the petitionpointingout that an argument over garbagedis- argument between them,and Population First, said the Laadli Governor Purohitwas yettotake posal in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda soon, their familymembers Media Awards provethat even in RAJIV GANDHI assassination case adecision on the matter. The district on Fridaynight. Four peo- joined,”saiddistrict SP Siddharth the worstsituations and cynical 2008 BENGALURUSERIALBLASTS convict AGPerarivalan overcame Courtfrownedupon the Centre’s ple have been arrested. Shankar Meena. times thereishope. amajor hurdle in his legal fight submission that the probebya The deceasedhavebeen The SP addedthatafriend of The juryselected 93 winners forremissionofhis sentence on CBI-ledMulti Disciplinary identifiedasAbhijeetVerma Abhijeet, identifiedasDileep, was from 1,100-plus entries. Key accused fled to Saudi using Friday, with the Centretellingthe Monitoring Agency into the as- (25),his mother Rameshwari also beaten up when he tried to Supreme Court thatthe CBI has sassination wasstill on, noting and younger sisterNisha Verma. intervene. While the accusedleft nothing to do with his petition thatthe investigationwas about Abhijeet waspostedasapolice the injured, theywererushedto Seven of family visa obtained5monthsbefore and that it wasanissue between the “larger conspiracy”. "Itisnot constable in Prayagraj. the hospital by other locals. The the petitioner and the office of forthem [peoplealready con- Police said the argument three were,however, declared charred to death the Tamil Nadu Governor. victed].” It also pulledupthe CBI startedbetween the twofami- brought dead. Meena addedthat blasts, investigation reveals Saying thatthe Governorcan forfailingtomakeany significant lies afterthe accuseddumped later in the dayaround 2amthey in Gujarat mishap “take acall on the issue whether progress in itsinvestigation. leftovers in front of victims’ res- sent teams whicharrestedfour Rajkot: Sevenpersons of afam- vance,” police sources said. The case is currentlyinthe remission is to be granted or While constitutionally, the idence. It soon turnedviolent of the accused. ily, including three children, JOHNSONTA The mysterybehind the trial stageand aseparate not”, the Centresaid, “In so faras Governor cannotrejectaCabinet and the accusedattackedthe “Four persons—Devraj, his were charredtodeath afterthe BENGALURU,NOVEMBER21 bombings unravelledinOctober chargesheetwill be filedagainst relief is concernedinthe present decision,the statutedoes not victimswith sticksandblunt ob- twobrothersand asister—have car in whichtheyweretravelling 2008 when four youths from Shuhaib,police sources said. matter,the Central Bureauof prescribeatime limitfor dis- jects. The injured were sent to a been arrested,and we aretrying collidedwith adumper truck A35-YEAR-OLD man who was Kerala were shotdead by secu- Akey suspect still missing in Investigation (CBI) has no role.” posal of amercy petition by ei- nearbygovernment hospital to identify and trace other ac- and caught fire,near Khervavil- “informallydeported”from rity forces in Kashmir while they the case is Kerala resident KP Earlier this month, the state ther the Governor or President. wheretheyweredeclared dead. cused,” he said. lageinSurendranagar district on Saudi Arabia and arrested at the were allegedly attempting to Sabeer,aformer SIMI leader with had told the Supreme Court that Prabu Ramasubramanium, Saturday. Police said theyhad Thiruvananthapuram airporton cross over to Pakistantojoin a strong connections to theLeT. Governor Banwarilal Purohit Perarivalan’s counsel in the detainedthe truckdriver. September 21 in connection Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) training Sabeer, who fled Indiaonafake wasawaitinglegal consultation Supreme Court, told TheSunday Himanshu Doshi, in-charge with the July2008serial blasts camp. The investigations from passportinNovember 2008, is re- before giving assenttoarecom- Express thatthey wantedto bring Man shot in birthday party District SP,said police gotanalert in Bengaluru fledIndia12years Kashmir revealedthat the four portedlyliving in Pakistan, ac- mendation by theTamil Nadu to the Court's attention the long about the accident at Khervavil- ago, usingaSaudi visa he ob- youths -- Abdul Raheem, cording to information obtained government in 2018 to release all delayonthe partofthe Governor. at UP MLC’s flat; 4held lageinDasada taluka at around 5 tainedfivemonths prior to the Mohammad Fayas, Md Fayis and by security agencies in April 2016. the sevenconvictsserving life “Perarivalan has overcome ama- am on Saturday. blasts,investigations by thepo- Md Yasin -- were among agroup The NIA'sinvestigations in a term in the 1991 killing, includ- jor hurdle (on Friday),” he said. accountant, wasshotwith an un- “We got an alertthat acar lice have revealed. of men from Kerala who were case related to the 2008 recruit- ing Perarivalan. Perarivalan was19whenhe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE licensed.32 borepistolallegedly wasonfirenear Khervavillage Shuhaib Kattukalanthakath fundedbythe LeTtocarry out ment of Kerala youths forterror- It wasinDecember2015that wasarrestedinJune 1991 forthe LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER21 belonging to the caretaker. on Surendrangar-Malvanrural alias Faizal,who wasarrestedby blasts in Bengaluru. ism has revealedthat Sabeer took Perarivalan firstappliedfor par- killing. He wasaccusedofhav- However, apreliminaryinterro- road. By the time our team theBengaluruPoliceupon hisar- As manyas32persons were five youths -- Raheem, Fayas, dontothe then governor.When ing bought twobatterycells for A35-YEAR-OLDman wasshot gation revealedthat abullethit reachedthere, the sevenpersons rivalatThiruvananthapuram, subsequentlyarrestedbypolice Fayis, Yasin and Abdul Jabbar -- no action wastaken, aplea was Sivarasan, the LTTE member under mysterious circumstances Rakesh while the pistol wasbe- in the car had already diedand waspartofagroup that planted and agencies, including prime to Kashmir in September 2008 filedonhis behalf by his mother who mastermindedthe assassi- duringabirthdayparty at ing handedoverbyhim to Vinay. their bodies had burnt beyond nine IEDs around Bengaluruand accusedTadiyandavede Nasir and handedthem over to an LeT in the apexcourt. In September nation. Perarivalan wasondeath Samajwadi PartyMLC Amit LucknowDCP (Central) recognition,” Doshi told The wasphysically present when and his associateShafas operative. The five were report- 2018,the Courtdirectedthe gov- rowfor 23 years until the Yadav’s official residence under Somen Barma said,"The accused Indian Express. some of the devices were Shamsuddin, who had escaped edly takentoanLeT camp for ernor to decidethe pardon plea SupremeCourtcommutedhis the Hazratganjpolice stationlim- said the pistolwent offwhen The SP said that the Eeco car planted,officials said. to Bangladesh. Aftertheir arrest, training, butRaheem, Fayas, Fayis as he “deemed fit”. Within three death sentence along with two itsinLucknowonthe interven- Vinaywasseeingit.Onfurtherin- theyweretravelling waspow- Some of the IEDs, which Bengaluru PoliceinDecember and Yasin were shot dead by se- days,the Tamil Nadu Cabinet other convicts, Murugan and ing night of Fridayand Saturday. terrogation,theysaidthatthepis- ered by compressednaturalgas were made usingprinted circuit 2009 said in astatement, “The curity forces. Jabbar,who man- recommended to the Governor Santhan, to life, in February 2014. Flat caretaker PankajSingh, toland twomagazines belonged (CNG) and that it caughtfireafter boards as timers, failed. Bangalorecity serial blasts were agedto escape,was laterarrested to release all the sevenconvicts. In 2017,Perarivalan came VinayYadav, GyanendraKumar to caretaker PankajSingh and colliding with the truck. However, oneexplodedatabus carriedout with the financial as- by theKeralaPolice. However, theGovernor has home forthe firsttime since his andAftab Alam have been ar- were inthehousebefore theparty "Thevictimswereontheir stop in south Bengaluru’s sistance and guidance of the LeT. It is suspected that Sabeer's sincesat on the recommenda- arrest on parole. rested underthe murder charge started. When theyweredrunk, waybackhome aftervisiting the Madivala, causing the death of a Nasir and Shafas were assisted escape wasfacilitated by the tion, despiteitbeing asserted Incidentally, in November and the ScheduledCaste and Pankaj broughtthepistolfroman- Chamunda temple at Chotila 32-year-old woman. financiallybythe LeT during then LeT commander Rehan twice in the Cabinetinthe past 2013,VThiagarajan, aretired CBI ScheduledTribe(Preventionof other room. When Rakesh was while the truckwas coming to- The probeafter Shuhaib’s ar- their stay in Bangladesh.” alias Wali alias Abdul Aziz alias twoyears. All political parties in SP,revealedthat he had altered Atrocities) Act. The men, in their seeing it, Vinayaskedforit. That’s wardsSurendrangar from rest has revealedthat he wasin One of the high-profile per- RashidAbdullah, aPakistani na- the state, whichgoes to polls Perarivalan'sstatement in cus- early 30s, were celebrating when it went offand abullethit Malvanvillageand the twove- possession of avisa forSaudi sonalities arrested forthe con- tional,who has also been linked soon, had welcomedthe order tody to “qualify it as aconfession Vinay’s birthday. According to Rakesh. He wastaken to the hicles collidedhead-on. Afterbe- Arabia severalmonths before the spiracy to executethe Bengaluru to the November 26, 2008 terror recommending the release of statement”. Even though police, MLCAmit Yadavwas not KGMU Trauma CentreinAftab’s ing hit by the truck, thecar was bombings. “He leftthe country bombings is firebrand Kerala po- attacks in Mumbai. the seven, withthe issue having Thiagarajan submitted the same partofthe party. car.Hediedonthe way."Pankaj pushedoff theroad anditcaught within afew days of theblasts. litical leader Abdul Nasser FULLREPORTON muchresonance in the state. before the Supreme Court, the Policesaidtheyare investigat- hasbeenlivingintheflat asacare- fire,” said Doshi. ENS He had planneditwell in ad- Madani. www.indianexpress.com Earlier thismonth, statement wasnever revisited. ing howvictimRakeshRawat, an takerfor the past five years. Tata Literature Live: Chomsky-Prashad Global Sustainability Film Awards announced

related to global sustainability. logues with businesses because Films), The Man who grew his discussion cancelledhours before event EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE TVEGSFA, whichisin its of the dilemma of profit over ownAmazon Rainforest (BBC, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER21 ninthyear,awardsfilms both on sustainability. This year going People Fixing the World) and got in touchwith them in organising committee said, “The their creativity as well as on the virtual over five days gave us Traces (Sébastien Pins). SURBHIGUPTA September to participate in a different programmes at the fes- ANETFLIX documentaryonan sustainability impact. It had re- moretime to provide abetterex- My Octopus Teacher (Directed NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER21 conversation around Chomsky’s tivalgiveaninsight into the kind octopus, aBBC productionona ceivedoverahundred film sub- perience forfilmmakers and the by Pippa Ehrlichand James latestbook, Internationalism or of diversity of views and subjects man who turnedfarmlandintoa missions from 17 countries. The visibility to showcase our youth Reed)won in the nominated ADISCUSSION between linguist Extinction (2019,Routledge). being covered, whichinthe rainforestand aWWF film on the five-day long onlineevent, fo- ambassadorsand their work.” awards categoryalong with and social criticNoam Chomsky Speaking to The Sunday present political climate, would link betweendeforestationand cused on current environmental The awardwinners of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Making and historian-editor Vijay Express,Prashadsaid, “Both of us be considered absolutely anti- food were among thewinners at issues, wasattendedbysustain- competitive categories included Safer Emergency Hospitals Prashad, partofthe ongoing Chomsky,Prashad agreedtohold this dialogue be- establishment... However, the an awards presentation forfilms ability experts,filmmakers, busi- Once YouKnow (PulpFilms) and (CineTectureLtd) in the category week-long Tata Literature Live! cause we believe that the themes idea of the festival is to have a basedonthe environment, or- nesses, notfor profit organiza- Our Planet: Our Business (WWF- forArtificial Intelligence. The Mumbai LitFest, wascan- in the book,beitthe dangers of free exchangeofideas, and nota ganisedbyUK-basedcharity TVE tionsand youth leaders. UK), HelpingPeople Putthe Planet My Octopus Teacher is a celledhours before the event on against “corporations suchasthe nuclearwar,climate change, and free exchangeofanyone's (Television forthe Environment). Surina Narula, MBE,Founder First (BBC StoryWorks), BREEF Netflix Original documentaryre- Friday, the twosaid in ajoint Tatas, and the Tatasinparticu- theerosionof democracy,require agenda.” The Global SustainabilityFilm of Difficult Dialogues and the and RolexPreserveand Protect leasedworldwide in September statement. Scheduledtotake lar”, responding to ajointappeal debateand discussion.” Festival director Anil Dharker Awards 2020 (GSFA), organised TVEGSFAsaid: “The lastweek Nature (The Bahamas Reef 2020. It captures the dailyexpe- place on Fridayevening, over the by 50 activistsand civilsociety The US-based Prashadadded in astatement lateSaturdayex- with Difficult Dialogues,picked has been aroller coasterride Environment Educational riences of free diverCraig Foster online platform Zoom, it wasto members, urging them to not thattheywereonlyinformedof pressedrespectand admiration out winners under eight compet- showcasingthe collection of Foundation), 10 Myths about offthe coastofSouth Africaand be live streamedonvarious so- participateinanevent spon- the cancellation on the dayofthe forChomsky,but said the deci- itive andtwo nominated cate- shortlistedand winning films Deforestation and Food (WWF- his observation of an octopus in cial-media platforms. sored by the company. event, withoutcitingany reason. sion to cancel the session "was gories. The online awards pres- and incisive discussionsonde- UK), AFailure of theImagination her natural habitat and her abil- The move follows theduo’s In their statement, the aca- Responding to theincident, a necessarytoprotect the integrity entationwas complementedby veloping amoresustainable (The Progress Film Company), ity to battle predators and adapt decision to read astatement demicssaid that the organisers senior member of the festival’s of the festival". four panel discussions on themes worldincluding difficult dia- Turning theTide (Stramash to her environment.

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TOPOFTHE WORLD Georgia,Michigandeliver blowstoTrumpbidto reverseelectionresults Georgia is firstcontested statetocertify Biden as winner; Michigan GOP lawmakers saynoreason to alter outcome Kyle Rittenhouse at court. Reuters RICHARDFAUSSET, NICKCORASANITI& USA MAGGIEHABERMAN Teenchargedin ATLANTA,NOVEMBER21

Kenoshashootings US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s releasedon attempt to undo the election re- sultswas undercut twice by fel- $2millionbond lowRepublicansonFriday, as KYLE RITTENHOUSE, the Georgia became the firstcon- teenager chargedwith fa- tested statetocertify Joe Biden’s tallyshooting twomen and victoryand Michigan lawmak- Duringarecount of ballots in Atlanta, Georgia, lastweek. NYT woundingathirdata ers —after meeting with the demonstration in Kenosha, president —said theywould not Latest bid running out of steam Wisconsin,wasreleasedon intervene in their state’s election Fridayona$2 million bond, BRAZIL:VIOLENCE ERUPTS AFTER MAN KILLED AT STORE certification process. aspokesman forthe AftercomplaintsbyTrump WITH BALLOT recounts the Electoral College. Key Kenosha County Sheriff’s Morethan 1,000demonstrators attacked aCarrefour Brasil supermarketinthe southern BraziliancityofPorto AlegreonFriday about the Georgia votecountand and lawsuitshaving so states suchas Department said. The aftersecurityguards beat to death aBlackman at the store. Thekilling, which has sparkedprotestsacross Brazil,occurredlateon amethodicalhand recount, farfailedtohelp Trump Pennsylvania, Georgia, teenager wasfreed afterhis Thursdaywhen astore employeecalled security afterthe man threatenedtoattackher,cable news channel GloboNewssaid, Georgia’s secretaryofstate,Brad reverse resultsinany of Michigan and Wisconsin attorneys postedthe bond citingthe Rio Grande do Sul statemilitarypolice. Amateurfootage of the fatalbeatingand tributes to the Blackvictimwere Raffensperger, declared Friday, “I the crucialstates, the have Republican-con- formurder and other publishedonsocial media. He wasidentified in local media by his father as 40-year-old JoaoAlberto SilveiraFreitas. Reuters live by themotto that numbers President’s latestplan, trolledlegislatures, so chargesstemmingfromthe don’tlie,”andmadeofficialthefi- according to reports, is to tryto Trumphopes theywould select Aug25shootings.Itwasun- nal tallyshowing Biden had de- getRepublicanmembers of electors who wouldbackhim. clearwherethe money feated Trumpby12,670 votes. boardsthat certify resultsin But he has alreadyfaced set- camefrombuthisattorneys Hours later,adelegation of states to stall the certification, backs to this plan, with Georgia Rockets hit Kabul, at least 8killed, 31 injured sevenMichigan Republicans, so that eventuallythe state leg- already certifying Biden’s win, had ledadrive to raise moneyfromdonations. who had metwith Trumpatthe islature will have to step in and and Michigan lawmakers say- Rittenhouse,17, is accused that an investigationisgoing on WhiteHouse at his request, said appoint their representativesto ing theywill notintervene. of shooting people at a REUTERS to find out howthe vehicle came theyhad no information “that protestfollowing the fatal KABUL,NOVEMBER21 inside the city. would changethe outcomeof shooting of Jacob Blake by Some residentsfilmedthe the election in Michigan.” Biden mostvotes win elections and Georgia and Michigan to his will policedays earlier.REUTERS SEVERALROCKETS hitresiden- rockets beingfired and posted beat Trumpinthe state by nearly Michigan’s electoral votes,” the signalsavanishingpathforhisef- tial areas in the early rush hour them on social media. Several 3percentagepoints. statement said. Trump’sout- fortstosubvert the election sys- in the Afghan capital Kabul on pictures circulating on Facebook “We will followthe lawand reachtostate Republicans amid tem. Georgia’s certification is the Saturday, killing at leasteight showeddamaged cars, shattered followthenormalprocessregard- the ongoing votecertification leadingedgeofaseries of battle- USA civilians andwounding 31,po- windows and holesinresiden- ing Michigan’s electors, justaswe process wascondemnedby grounds that over the next five 8injuredin lice officials said. tial homes. have said throughout this elec- Democratsasadangerous intru- days couldofficiallydeclare Biden The explosions, some close to Apictureofayoung brother tion,” the state’stop two sion intothe election process. thewinner,with Michigan and Wisconsin the diplomatic enclave,sent and sister, whom officials said Republican leaders said in astate- Though Trumphas tried Pennsylvania facing adeadline of mallshooting warning sirens blaring from em- were killedintheir home, was ment issued by the legislature. mightilytostymietheprocess,his Monday andNevadascheduledto bassies and it comes twodays Afghan security personnelcheck avehicle destroyed in the widelyshared on Facebook. “The candidates who win the failuretobend lawmakersin certify Tuesday. NYT POLICE SEARCHED Friday before amajor donor conference rocket attackinKabul on Saturday. AP One of the rocketslandedin eveningforthesuspectina forAfghanistaninGeneva. the vicinity of the Iranian em- shooting at asuburban TariqArian,spokesmanforthe bassy and severalfragmentshit Twitter to hand Milwaukeemall that left MinistryofInterior,said at least health ministryofficial said five Arian said “terrorists” the main building but therewere Donald Trump Jr tests sevenadultsand a eight civilians had been killed in bodiesand 21 injuredwere taken mounted 14 rocketsinasmall no casualties among the staff, over @POTUS teenager injured. the attackand 31 wounded. A to thehospital from the incident. truckand setthemoff,adding the embassy said in astatement. Wauwatosa Police Chief account to Biden positive for coronavirus Barry Webergavenomo- tive forthe attackatthe on January 20 Mayfair Mall. He said the Tibetan political leader Ethiopia rejects African MAGGIEHABERMAN extentof theeightvictims’ Los Angeles: Twitter will hand NOVEMBER21 injurieswasunknown,but mediation, pushes toward control of the@POTUS account all were alive.Headded visits White House for to US president-electJoe Biden DONALD TRUMP Jr,the US that the shooterwas “no rebel-held Tigray capital the moment he is sworninon President’s son, tested positive longeratthe scene”when first time in sixdecades January20, even if President forthe coronaviruslastweek and authorities arrived. Donald Trumphas notcon- has been isolating since Monday, “Preliminarystatements half amillionpeople. ceded, the companyhas said. aspokesman said on Friday. DonaldTrumpJr from witnesses indicate REUTERS REUTERS Hundreds,possiblythousands, The @POTUS account is the He addedthat TrumpJrhas thatthe shooter is awhite SHANGHAI,NOVEMBER21 NAIROBI/ADDISABABA, have diedand morethan 30,000 official account of the President shown no symptoms and is fol- male in his 20s or 30s,” NOVEMBER21 refugees have fledtoSudan since of the United States andissepa- lowing virus protocols. wentaseriesof invasive therapies Webersaid. AP THE HEAD of the Tibetangov- theconflicteruptedonNov.4.The rate fromthe@realDonaldTrump TrumpJristhe latestperson typicallyreserved forpeople se- ernment in exile has visited the THE ETHIOPIAN governmentre- fightinghasspreadbeyondTigray, accountthatTrumpuses to tweet. close to the President who has riouslysickwith Covid-19. LEBANON US WhiteHousefor the firsttime buffedanAfrican effort to medi- whoseforces have firedrocketsat Biden, 78, will be the 46th US tested positive forCovid-19. Afteranexposuretothevirus, 5prisonersdie in six decades, amovethat could ateonSaturday,saying itstroops theneighbouringnationof Eritrea, President when he is sworn in. Barron Trump, thePresident’s symptoms can take up to 14 days further infuriateBeijing,which hadseizedanother town in their spurring concern of awider war. The handoverrequires no youngest son,testedpositive last to appear,iftheyeverappear at following has accusedthe United States of march towardsthe rebel-held On Friday, theAfrican Union sharingofinformation between month. Melania Trump, the first all. In that time, the virus can still massjailbreak trying to destabilise the region. capital of northernTigray region. blocappointedformerpresidents the outgoing Trumpteam and lady,also tested positive in spread from person to person. Lobsang Sangay,President of LobsangSangay,President More than twoweeksinto of Mozambique,LiberiaandSouth the incoming Biden team, October.InJuly, TrumpJr’s girl- Inrecentmonths,TrumpJrhas FIVE ESCAPINGprisoners the Central Tibetan of the Central Tibetan Prime MinisterAbiyAhmed’s of- Africa as special envoystoseeka Twitter said, adding that all ex- friend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, had questionedthe seriousness of the diedonSaturdaywhen Administration (CTA), wasin- Administration. Reuters file fensive,the government says ceasefireandmediationtalks.But isting tweets on those accounts tested positive forthe virus. pandemic,sayingthatsincedeaths their carhit atreeafter vited to the WhiteHouse to meet Tigrayan forces arebulldozing Abiy,who wonthe NobelPeace will be archived and Twitter will President Trumptestedposi- fromthevirushaddroppedto“al- morethan 60 detainees the newlyappointed U.S. Special roads and destroyed bridges to Prizelastyearforapeacepactwith transfer the accounts—resetto tive forthe virus in October and mostnothing” the outbreak was brokeout of aLebanese Coordinator forTibetan Issues, ported “meaningfulautonomy” hold up the advanceonregional Eritrea, aims to capture Tigray zerotweets—tothe Biden White washospitalisedashis symptoms under control. That daydeaths in detention centreoutside Robert Destro,onFriday, the CTA forthe region. capitalMekelle, home to about leaders before holding talks. House that day. PTI worsened. The President under- the US topped1,000.NYT the capital Beirut, said in apress release. Beijing officials have since ac- Lebanon’s Internal “This unprecedented meet- cusedthe United States of using SecurityForces(ISF)saidin ing perhaps will setanoptimistic Tibettotry to promote “split- astatement. The ISFstate- tone forCTA participation with tism”inChina. Chinahas also re- Protests across France against Billonpolice images ment did notsay howthe US officials and be morefor- fusedtoengagewithDestro. 69 prisonershad escaped malised in the coming years,” China seizedcontrol over fense of publishing images of po- AmnestyInternationalFrance,the ment to the measureinorder to from the facility,whicha saidthe CTA, whichisbased in Tibetin1950inwhat it de- ASSOCIATEDPRESS lice officers with intent to cause HumanRightsLeague,journalists’ specify that it “won’t impede the security source said holds India’s Dharamshala. scribed as a “peaceful liberation” PARIS,NOVEMBER21 them harm. unions and other groups. freedom of information” and pre-trial detainees and is Tibethas become one of the thathelpeditthrow offits “feu- The government has saiditis The Office of the UN High that it would focus onlyonim- partofBaabda district areas of disputebetween the dalistpast”, but critics ledbythe RIGHTS CAMPAIGNERS and intendedtoprotectpoliceofficers Commissioner forHuman ages broadcastwith “clear” in- prisonnear Beirut. The ISF United States andChina, with re- exiledspiritual leader the Dalai journalists organisations staged from onlinecalls forviolence. Rightsand France’s human tent to harm apolice officer. said15 prisonershadbeen lations between theworld’s two Lama sayBeijing’s rule amounts street protestsinParis and other Critics fear that, if enacted,the rights ombudsmanhavealso Offenders would face amax- caught while four others biggesteconomies at their low- to “culturalgenocide”. Frenchcities on Saturdayagainst measurewould endanger jour- voicedconcerns this week over imum penalty of up to one year turnedthemselvesin. The estpoint in decades. Chinese President Xi Jinping asecurity Bill that theysay nalistsandotherswhotake videos risksthatthe measurewould in prison and a45,000-eurofine. carcrash in whichthe five US SecretaryofState Mike said in Augustthat China needed would be aviolation of the free- of officersatwork,especiallydur- undermine fundamental rights. Lawmakers arescheduled to diedwas described as an Pompeo accused Beijing in July to build an “impregnable dom of information. ing violent demonstrations. At aprotestinParis on In response to the criticism, voteTuesdayonthe Bill, which accident. REUTERS of violating Tibetanhuman fortress” in Tibetinorder to pro- The proposedmeasure Saturday’sprotestswere called Saturday. Reuters Prime MinisterJeanCastexan- alsoincludesothersecuritymeas- rights and said Washington sup- tect national unity. REUTERS would createanew criminal of- by Reporters without Borders, nouncedThursdayanamend- ures. It will then go to the Senate.

THROUGH OVER 4DOZEN BOOKS,SHE EXPLORED FOREIGN LANDS,HER OWN BRITAIN AND HER EXPERIENCE AS ATRANSGENDER WOMAN Jan Morris, celebrated journalist, travel writer and historian, dies at 94

militaryofficer in one of Britain’s gender identity.Atage 46, she scriptionsofcities and country- 12.Hermother,EnidPayne,wasa guides as relays between the ex- JONATHANKANDELL mostrenownedcavalryregi- underwent transition surgery, sides areequallyvivid” and that concertpianist. pedition’s overnight camps and NOVEMBER21 mentsand then adaring journal- explaining the reasoning in a her writing conveyed “the emo- Afterjoining TheTimesof the city of Kathmandu in Nepal, istwho climbed three-quarters well-received1974memoir, tional tone of aplace as sharply London,she become aroving cor- she wroteofdeepsnowdragging JANMORRIS, the acclaimed of theway up MountEverest for Conundrum,which waswritten as itsshape and colour”. respondentinEurope,theMiddle at the explorers’ feet,sweat trick- Britishjournalist, travel writer an exclusive series of dispatches twoyears afterthe operation un- Venice (1960) wonBritain’s EastandtheUS.Butitwashercov- ling down theirbacks,their faces andhistorian who wroteabout from the firstconquest of that der anew byline, Jan Morris. prestigiousHeinemannAwardfor erageofthe firstascentofMount burning from cold, ice and wind. history’s sweep and the details mountain, the world’s highest. “Iwas three or perhaps four Jan Morris Literature.InTheNew York Times Everestin1953that establisheda But Morris stoppedshortofthe of place with equal eloquence Shecontinuedabrilliantwrit- years oldwhenIrealisedthat I in Wales in BookReview, ItalianauthorCarlo reputationasone of theshining summit, allowing the expedition and chronicledher lifeasatrans- ing career with reports on wars hadbeenborn intothe wrong 2018. NYT Beufcalledthe book “oneofthe journalistsofageneration. leaderstoclaim the limelight. gender woman, diedonFriday and revolutions from ascoreof body,and should reallybeagirl,” mostsatisfactoryand delightful The Times securedthe exclu- “Ithink forsheer exuberance in Wales. She was94. countries, and withmuch-ad- the bookbegan, ariveting narra- worksonthe City of the Lagoons sive rightstocovertheEverestex- thebest dayofmylifewasmy last Her sonTwm Moryssaid in mired bookslike PaxBritannica, tive of being transgender,which my backonit, as Iset my face Heaven’s Command: An Imperial to appear in recent years.” pedition, whichwas ledbySir on Everest,” she wrote. “The an email thatshe diedinahospi- thefirstofathree-volumehistory wasmisunderstood at thetime againstmanhood,” she wrote. Progress (1973). MorriswasbornonOctober2, Edmund Hillary, aNew Zealand mountainhadbeenclimbed,and talnear the villageof of the British Empire. Morris also and rarely discussed. In all, Morris wrotesome four In a1957reviewofIslam 1926, in Clevedon, atownin explorer,and Tenzing Norgay,a Ihadalreadybegunmy racedown Llanystumdwy,whereshe lived. marriedand had five children. “Ithought of public success dozen books. Among the best- Inflamed: AMiddle EastPicture, Somerset,England. Her father, Sherpa guide from Nepal, and the glacier toward Katmandu, He did notgivethe cause. But she became increasingly itself, Isuppose,aspartofmale- known early titles were The Phoebe-Lou Adams of The Walter,was gassedduring World pickedMorris to jointhe team. leavingthe expedition to pack its As James Morris she wasa despondent over the issue of ness, and Ideliberatelyturned Hashemite Kings (1959) and Atlantic wrotethat Morris’ “de- WarIand diedwhen Morris was Filing dispatches by using gear behind me.” NYT

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to my financialcondition but somehowwith college-levelinterventions, DelhiUniversity theencouragementgivenbymymentorsand mustalsorethinkthewayithastransitionedto to pursue my dream(IAS), (I was) admittedin the online mode. Lady Shri RamCollegefor Women and nowI “Students have approachedussayingthat got into debt....” theyare findingithardtocope with the long Amonth earlier,onAugust6,Aishwarya hours of online classes but we have explained hadreceivedaprovisionalofferletterfromthe to them that thereisnothing we candoabout On November 2, Aishwarya Reddy,astudent of Innovation in Science Pursuit forInspired that because thereare acertain number of Research’s (INSPIRE) Scholarshipfor Higher creditsweneedtocomplete overcertainhours Delhi University’s LSRCollege,killed herself,citing Education (SHE), offeredbythe Department of classes.The university has simplysought to of Scienceand Technology (DST), but wasun- transferwhateverwashappeningofflineto the financial troubles. SUKRITABARUAHinNew Delhi sureifshe would receive themoney. online mode,” the teacher said. &RAHUL VPISHARODY in Hyderabad tell the story “Imay be able to getSHE-scholarship by InSeptember,theLSRStudents’Unionhad next year (processing and notsure),but Iam raisedthestudents’concernsoverlongonline of the 19-year-old —the front bencher forwhom requesting youtohelpmethrough this diffi- classes by conducting asurvey of over 1,400 culttimesothatIdon’thave to dropoutof col- students.Aishwarya wasamongthe95.5%re- the campusopenedaworld of possibilities —and Aishwarya’s father Srinivas, amotorcyclemechanic, had mortgaged theirhome lege,” shewroteinthe emailtoSood. spondentswho said that theclasses were af- forRs2lakh to supporther education Attaching copies of bank statementsand fecting theirmental and physical health.The her desperatecries forhelp other documentaryproof, she further wrote: survey found 27.5% respondents withoutac- “If youare really willingtohelp Iwill showmy cessto laptops,of whom91.6%respondedsay- sincerity through my results.” ing collegeauthorities had notreachedout to OR 19-YEAR-OLD Aishwarya he had already givenmostofwhat he had. on the hostellawns. Mostofthe time,wejust studentsget accommodation.Intheangerpro- Less than twomonthslater,Aishwarya helpwith alternatives. Reddy,the futureglitteredwith chilledinmyroom,chatting,studying,watch- vokedbyAishwarya’s suicide, the college au- killedherself. UniongeneralsecretaryUnnimayasays the possibilities —her civil service ■ ■ ■ ing movies. In fact, we spentsomuchtime thorities said theywould considerhostelfor Whileherdeathhasrekindledtheconver- collegedidn’tdoenoughto reachoutto stude- F dreams,ascholarshipto hername, therethat we told eachother that whenwe second-year studentsaswell. sationaroundthedigitaldivideandhowonline nts. “LSRisstructurally averyelitespace and and trips with friends to Old Delhi Inmanyways,Aishwarya waspartofashift came backtoDelhi, we mustnot wastemore Sumathisays Aishwarya hadhopedtofind learninghaswidenedexistingfaultlines,ithas studentsfromsociallyandeconomicallymar- and the TajMahal. Yet, therewas alooming takingplaceinsomeof thetopcollegesof Delhi time likethis and mustexplorethe citybefore private accommodationalongwiththreeother also thrownintosharp focus the need forcol- ginalisedbackgrounds feel alienated...Idon’t spectre, of financial distress, that she feared University,with their balanceofstudent pop- we got busywithpreparationsforcompetitive friends. “Anyprivate accommodationoutside legesto introspectthelimitsoftheirstructures. knowhow theadministrationcansaythatthey would snuffout all else. ulation nowheavilytilted towardsstudents exam. We had been to the Mughal Gardens would have cost at least Rs 15,000 amonth, While questionsare being raisedabout weren’t awarethat this student washaving a Over ayear ago, shehad catapulted from from outside Delhi, asignificant number of and explored NorthCampus, but we also apartfromafew thousandrupeesforfoodand whether LSRdid itsbit to addressthe digital difficult time when student representatives the one-bedroom home that she shared with themfromthesouthernstates,andmanyfrom wantedto seeOldDelhiandmaybeevengoto travel. Besides, we would have had to makea gapand if it went toofar in implementing its have beenpointingoutto themthattherewere hersisteranddaily-wagerparentsinTelangana families with first-generationcollege-goers. Agra to see the TajMahal,” says Varshini. depositofRs30,000,”shesays,addingthatthe hostelpolicy giventhese times, besides larger certainissueswhichweredistressingstudents to thered-brickcorridorsof acollegeinthena- “Whenshefirstmetmeandfoundoutthat Forall the unevenness of the city and the family’s monthlyearnings nevercrossed issues of howwell,ifatall, colleges are during the lockdown,” she asks. tional capital, one of the pre- I’mfromKerala,sheimmedi- worldoutside, the hostel, Varshini explains, Rs 10,000even before thepandemic. equippedtohandle structu- mierinstitutionsinthecoun- “Wewereboth new atelysaid, ‘Thank godIgot wasasafe, familiar space forthe girls. OnSeptember14,Aishwarya evenreached ralexclusivity,LSR authori- “LSR is averyelite ■ ■ ■ try. OnNovember2,shedied someone from South India!’ “ManyofusfromSouthIndiahave studied out to actor Sonu Sood, afterhelaunchedan ties have been maintaining by suicide at home, faraway to Delhi. My Hindi She probablymeant it as a instateeducationboardschools,andinourde- initiative onTwitterto supportstudentsseek- thatAishwarya neverappro- space... thosefrom Aishwaryahadspental- from Lady Shri RamCollege wasquite weak, joke...I’mnotsure,”says Hana partmentsand in collegesometimes, we can ingfinancialassistance. achedher teachers,the col- weak backgrounds mostallof October,themon- (LSR)for Women. Fathima, Aishwarya’s room- sensethatwe areconsiderednotgoodenough. “Inever expected that alaptopisveryim- legecounsellor,orthe ad- th before her death, with Inherfinalnote,shewro- Aishwarya’s was mateinthe hostelatLSR. Peoplethinkstateboardsmarkliberally, which portantasof now. Butdueto onlineclasses,the ministration forhelp. feel alienated... How Varshini,wholivesinatown te,“Iamaburden formyfa- better if not great.It “We were both comple- iswhyweget highmarksinClass12.Butinthe laptopbecame extremelyimportant to study Hostelwarden Ujjayini canadministration aroundfourhoursfromhers. mily. Myeducationisaburd- didn’t bother her,she tely newtoDelhi. My Hindi hostel,thereare girlsfromeverywhereandnot 2-practical papers. Idon’thavealaptopand I Raysays, “She did notinany sayitwasn’t awareof “Ispent nine days in her en.If Ican’tstudy,Ican’tlive.” wasquiteweak and Ihad justelitecity schools.Those of us from similar am unable to do practical papers. Iamafraid I waycommunicate... to the house in October and then Her familysays shehad wasconfident,” says trouble communicating. backgrounds formedareallytight group and mayfail in these papers. Our familyiscom- hostelseeking an extension her issues,” says a we came to my house. She beenstressedaboutanotice room-mate Hana Aishwarya’sHindi wasbet- the hostelwas asafespace forus,” shesays. pletelyindebtsothere is no waytobuy alap- in dates forcollecting her student union leader waswithustillNovember1. from collegeasking her to terthan mine though not HoweverinMarch,close to the end of her top... Iamnot surewhether Iwill be able to luggage,nor communicate We celebratedDussehrato- vacateher hostelroom, and great. But that didn’t bother firstyear of college,asstudentsreturnedto complete my graduation due to lackoffinan- her financial problems... getherandspentthemonth her familynot being able to afford alaptopfor herand she spokewith confidence,”she says. their homes because of thenationwide lock- cial support,” shewrote in an e-mail to Sood. Severalstudentshadappliedfor an extension, in eachother’scompanysince we had metaf- her to attend online classes. Aishwarya’sfriendstalkof herasthefront- downinresponseto Covid-19,Aishwarya’slife Shefurther said: “Idid notapply forastu- eachapplication wasdiscussedand ageneral tersomanymonths. At no pointdid sheshare Aishwarya’s familyfirstrealised the full bencher with afierce focus on studies, but for upendedcompletely. dent loan (in the bank) becausestudying in extension giventill November 10.Evenafter thatshewassodistressed.We evenhadaplan breadth of her academic potential when she whom the campus and hostelhad thrown DelhiUniversitywasnot my planfromfirstdue that, extensions have been giventostudents on howtovacate our hostelrooms —someof stood firstinher school in Class 10 with a9.5 open aworld of possibilities. ■ ■ ■ on genuinegrounds likecancellation of trains, us would rent aflat and keep our thingsthere CGPA. In recognition of her potential and the “She wasabrilliant student.Weusedtosit illness, etc.” AfterAishwarya’s death, the col- and since Aishwaryawas having ahardtime, family’s financial constraints, she wasoffered in the firstrow in almostevery class... All our Aishwarya wasclosest to her father Srini- legehasindefinitelypostponedthe hostelva- she needn’t have paid therenttill herissues freeschoolingattheseniorsecondarylevelby teachers knewher.Inour firstyear,wehad a vas.Yet,herlastfew monthsathomehadbeen cating process. were sorted.Myuncleworksinabankandmy aprivate institution in Shadnagar. In Class 12, mathsdepartmentfestivalandshewaspartof filledwitharguments,unspokenguiltandres- The SundayExpress reachedout to LSR mother had said she would help her with an shestoodsecondinthetownwith98.5%.With the organising committee,” says Indu, ignation. Just before thelockdown, Srinivas, Mathematics Department Teacher-in-Charge education loan..All that I’m reading and hear- somepushfromherteachersandothersclose Aishwarya’s classmateand one of her closest who worked at abike-mechanic shop in the MonikaSinghandanotherseniorteacher,Jyoti ing nowfeels so farremoved, so distant, from to thefamily, Aishwarya applied foraBache- friendsincollege. town, had borrowedmoneytoopen his own Darbari, to askabout Aishwarya’s academic our lastdays together,” she says. lor’s degree in Delhi, hoping that it would be a “She wasquitechildish and even careless shop.ThelockdownmeantthatSrinivas’sbusi- performanceandwhetherthedepartmenthad On her lastnight in Varshini’s house, the boostfor her UPSC preparations. sometimes. Iremember scolding her once — nessnever took offand his wifeSumathi’s tai- been tracking if anyoftheir studentshad been twogirls hadhad achat with Indu —who was Her high percentagesecuredher aseat in we were in an auto in acrowded area and she loring work drieduptoo. Systemicgaps falling behind with the shifttoonline mode. at her home in Andhra Pradesh. the B.Sc.(Honours)Mathematics program- had her phone almosthanging out. But when In August, DelhiUniversity beganits third However, neither respondedtothe queries. “We hadspokenaboutourpracticalsbutit me at LSR, the second highest-rankedcollege itcameto studies,shewascompletely focused semesterinonlinemode,andAishwarya’scol- At the end of herfirst year,Aishwaryahad wasaveryoptimistic conversation. We had in the countryin2020,according to the and tidy.She would study dayand night dur- legebegan conductingclassesfrommorning AISHWARYA’S DEATH pointsto aCGPAof7.91. spoken about howweweren’t alone in our Central government’s National Institutional ing exam season,” says Hana. till 5inthe evening. As ascience student, she largersystemic gaps in the univer- Amathematicsteacher inanother DU col- problemsand that ourteachers areunder- Ranking Framework. Even with her focus on studies, it wasthe also hadonline practicalpapers. sity and collegeset-up with respect legesaidwhilea7.91CGPAwouldnotbeatthe standing and wouldn’t forceuswithsubmis- At thetime of her admission, herfather hostelwhichbecame thecentreofher life. Sumathisays thatoverthelastfew months, to studentsand their wellbeing. In topend of acompetitive classroom, it would sions we couldn’t do,” says Indu. GantaSrinivasReddy,amotorcycle mecha- Her friend Varshini recalls howtheyfirst Aishwarya hadbeenstressedaboutheronline the weeksand months before her still be considered “good, consistent score”. She nowoften wonders whyAishwarya nic, mortgaged theirhome forRs2lakhto met. She and herparentswereinthe college classes and notbeing able to submither as- death, Aishwaryahad sent out sev- Aishwarya’s friends said she appeared to gave up; she was, afterall, the mostoptimistic support her education. Today, he has to pay queueatthetimeof admissionwhenAishwar- signmentsbecause shedidn’t have alaptop. eral SOS —filledupacollegesurvey, be “satisfied” withher scores. among her friends. backthe loan with an interestof24.54% at an ya’sfatherheardherfamilyspeakinginTelugu. Besides,shereceivedamessagefromthecolle- in whichshe wasamong 95.5% re- Whilethe collegehas nowannounced “At the beginning of our firstyear,there EMI of Rs 4,904till July2026. Aishwarya’s 16- He walked over,introducedthe twogirls and ge hostel authorities asking her to vacateher spondentswho said that online some steps to offerrelieftoits students,inclu- were timeswhenIwouldfeelreallylow beca- year-old sisterVaishnavi droppedout of askedVarshini to look afterhis daughter.Shy roomby theendof October.“Shewantedto go classes were affecting their mental dingmakinghostelroomsavailableto second- use of hownew everything wastome. But schoolafter Class 7tolet thefamilyaccom- andreticentatthestart,Aishwaryawentonto to Delhi. Butwedid nothavemoney to afford and physical health, and even re- year studentsona‘need’ basis and expediting Aishwarya would be theone whowould en- modateher elder sister’s education. While spend almostall her time in Varshini’sroom. her train ticket.How could we have got hera spondedtoanoffer of help by actor the processofdisbursing income-basedfree- courageme... She would do her best at any- Reddy says he would have gone to anyextent “We usedtospend alot of time in the hos- laptop?”Sumathi says. Sonu Sood. ship amounts, ateacher at LSR, notamong thingshewaspartofandshewasstrong,brave to supportAishwarya’s studies,the truth is tel. Sometimes we would hang out until late As per LSRhostel’s policy,onlyfirst-year Aishwarya’steachers,saidthatoverandabove and joyful.”

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Across Fifth THEAISLE COLUMN TAVLEENSINGH Reformsforwhat—growthorglory? Twitter@tavleen_singh

IWELCOME the manner in which shockedbythat conclusion. Letmenow list andcount the re- Hereisaseverely limited list of Professor Arvind Panagariyahas joined Be that as it may, since Dr Panagariya forms underDrSingh as prime minister reformsduring 2004-2014: the debateonreforms andgrowth. In has usedthe word “most”—aquanti- (2004-2014). Beforeyou read the list, 1. VAT, 2. MGNREGA, 3. Aadhaar, 4. answer to my column Reforms and tative measure—we have to list and hereare severalcaveats. Ihaveleftout Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT),5.‘No Dangerous Growth (The Indian Express, October18), count the reforms undereachprime reform measures that had run their frills’ or ‘ZeroBalance’ bank account, he has penned an article ‘Defending minister. Ihad already notedthe five course, forexample, the Banking Cash 6. Consolidation of Regional Rural dog whistles PCHIDAMBARAM Modi’s Reforms Record’. Iamhappythat reforms that Dr Panagariyaattributed Transaction Taxthathad trackedlarge Banks, 7. Right to Education Act, Website:pchidambaram.in he has kept the debateatascholarly and to Mr Modi: withdrawals and depositsofcash. Ihave 8. National RuralHealth Mission; ASHA, Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN civillevel. 1. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code also left out measureslikethe National 9. National Urban RenewalMission, WE HEARD twopolitical dog whistles last In my column, Ihad analysed the five 2. Farm Laws Manufacturing Competitiveness Council 10.National HorticultureMission, week.Bothuglyand both dangerous but reformstrumpetedbyMrModi’ssupport- 3. Labour Reforms and the Investment Commission that 11.Weather-basedcropinsurance, the one from the Home Ministermoreso, ers. Ihad concludedthat “the ultimatetest 4. ReformingMedical Education were very person-centric. Some reform 12.Model lawonAPMC, 13.National because he has the capacity to do more According to Dr Panagariya, of areformiswhether it adds to or accel- 5. Liberalising FDI measureswereinitiated by the UPAbut Skills Development Mission& harm than theformerChiefMinisterof the champions were erates therate of growthof GDP”.Iwas re- Forsome reason, Dr Panagariya arenow known by different names, and Corporation, 14.CENVAT on all goods the former stateofJammu &Kashmir.The PVNarasimha Rao and minding Dr Panagariya of thegold stan- under-emphasisedthe botched-up GST theyare included. Ihavefollowed the and services, 15.Long Term Capital firstmurmurings of political activity in dardofreforms; Ihad not“shiftedthe and hid the disastrous Demonetisation. tests of longevity and durability of the Gainsonsecurities abolished, Kashmirsince the revocation of Article ABVajpayee,and goalpost”, as contendedbyhim. Forthe sakeofcompleteness, we must reform measure. 16.Introduction of STT, 17.FDI in retail, 370havejustbegun with district-level Mr NarendraModi belongs Having crossedthat diversion, letme addthe twotothe five.So, that makes it Ishallacceptthe growth rate num- 18.Private participation in coal mining, elections. And, it is possible that this is to that league of twowhile turn to themeat of Dr Panagariya’s seven‘reforms’. bers givenbyDrPanagariya: Narasimha 19.Eliminating subsidies forPetrol& what provokedthe dog whistles. Dr Manmohan Singh does argument:who deliveredmostre- Ishall not, once again, getintothe Rao 5.1 per cent, Vajpayee 5.9,DrSingh Diesel,20. GenderBudget, The firstcame from AmitShah who forms? Note the word “most”. According argument whether ‘Reforming Medical 7.7 and Mr Modi 6.8.Number-wise, the 21.Demutualisation of stockexchanges, took to Twittertodeclare that the‘Gupkar not. Most economists of to Dr Panagariya, the champions were Education’ by constituting the National recordofDrSingh’s twotermsoffive 22. PFRDA Act, 23.Companies Act, Gang’ wastrying to invite foreign powers the world,including PVNarasimha Raoand ABVajpayee, MedicalCommission is a‘reform’ or years farexceeds the recordofany prime 24.National Food Security Act, 25. Right to interfereinthe Valley’spolitics. What Dr Panagariya’smentor, and Mr NarendraModi belongs to that whether ‘Liberalising FDI’ can be attrib- minister. (TobefairtoDrSingh, manyof to Fair Compensation(LARR) Act, he said waswrong on severallevels. It was Prof Jagdish Bhagwati, league of twowhile Dr Manmohan uted solelytoMrModiasifheallowed the seminal reforms ushered in during 26. Forest RightsAct. wrong forthe Home Ministertodescribe Singh does not. Mosteconomists of the FDI forthe firsttime. Remember,weare the tenure of Narasimha Raoshould also “Idid reforms” is forself-glorification. acoalition of Kashmiri politicalparties as would be shockedbythat world, including Dr Panagariya’s men- doing aquantitative count,not aquali- be attributedtoDrSingh who, as finance “My reformsbrought growth” is forthe a‘gang’. It waswrong forhim to diminish conclusion tor, Prof Jagdish Bhagwati, wouldbe tative assessment. Thescore is seven. minister, wasthe real author.) people and forposterity.You bethe judge. the high office he holds by speaking in the language of astreetfighter. And,itwas wrong forhim to indicatetohis Hindutva base that in the viewofthe Government of India theseKashmiri political parties LOSING MORE PERKS were all acting againstthe interests of inside She India, thereby‘anti-national’.Within Therewas atime whenmanysenior SAID Reading between the lines hours of his tweets,the BJP’s moreven- TRACK politicians pulledrankand felt theywere omousspokesmen poppeduponprime- COOMIKAPOOR entitledtospecial protocol while boarding ALAKA MBASU time talk shows to hurlinvectivesatthe an aircraft. Theydid notstand in queues [email protected] as languageisco-opted ‘Gupkar Gang’ and to charge themwith forsecuritychecks or boardthe passen- that ultimateterm of Hindutvaabuse, gershuttle from the airporttothe tarmac. ‘Pakistani, Pakistani’. Theyweredrivendowninaseparateve- Mehbooba Mufti’s dog whistle came CURIOUS DELAY hicle. But under the Modi dispensation, IT IS becoming near impossibletoparse when she told the Kashmiri people about such specialprivilegeshavevanished. The languagethesedays.Inthe past, when aplottosettle‘outsiders’onlandthat be- THE CITIZENSHIP (Amendment)Act was newairportsecurity rules statethat even someone usedaphrase or figure of speech longed to Kashmiri nomads. It wasasig- passedbyParliamentinDecember last former SPG protectees, exceptformer that onedid notquiteunderstand, one nal that since her release she has thrown year with muchfanfare, and notified prime ministers, arenot exempt.Sothe knewthat it wasusuallyone’s ownigno- in her lotwiththe Islamic fundamental- shortlyafterwardsamidstprotests. Gandhis, who lostSPG coverinNovember rance and notsomeone else’sdeeper con- ists andthe jihadi terrorists who have Surprisingly,the government has yetto lastyear after35years, arerequiredto spiracy to mislead. collaborated to bring ruinous, religious frame rules under the Act, althoughthese standinaqueueand boardthe aircraft Later,aslanguagebecame morepoliti- changesinthe Valleyinthe past30years. have to be issuedwithin sixmonths or along with the hoi polloi. cisedand moreopaque, neworunfamil- Mehboobaseems to have forgottenthat elseanextension has to be sought. In iar phrases and figures of speechbecame until justthe other dayshe headed agov- August, thegovernmentapplied fora easier to understand notwith adiction- ernment that wasacoalition with the three-month extension, but the rulesare NOT OUT OF ACTION ary, but by association. Thus anyone with BJP.Her political statements areall dog yettobedeclared.Thereare twoexplana- Because Amit Shah did notcampaign some knowledgeofthe US knows, forex- whistles. Afterbeing releasedfrom18 tions forthe tardinessinimplementing in Biharfor asingle day, rumoursabounded ample, that being ‘pro-life’ is notabout be- months of house arrest she said that the what the ruling party proudlyproclaims of aserious health condition. Another sur- ing againstwar.The term is instead a Indianflagwould onlybeallowedin as alandmarklegislation. The BJP’s polit- misewas that he apprehendedadismal shorthand expression usedbyconserva- Kashmir when “we getour ownflag ical opponentsfear that the government outcome forthe NDA. Both conjectures tivestodescribetheir opposition to a back”. Whatshe has notnoticedisthat wantstobring out the rules during the turnedoutto beincorrect. The truth is Shah woman’s right to abortion. And ‘pro- it is exactlythis kind of languagethat the West Bengal election campaign to polarise stayed away on doctors’ advice because of choice’isthe self-description of those who BJP’s Hindutvabasewants to hearsothat the atmosphere. Another reason fordrag- lowimmunityafterthe coronavirusattack. believe that awomanhas the right to de- theycan makeall political battles in India ging feet on afollow-up couldbeconcerns Shah has nowbouncedbackand attends cide on her ownreproductive trajectory. about ‘nationalism’. over antagonisingfriendlyneighbour the Home Ministryregularly besides su- But whatdowedonow that suchasso- Speaking of which, Irecentlyread Bangladesh President Sheikh Hasina. She pervising campaign strategies forthe forth- ciative meanings arenolonger clear-cut Shashi Tharoor’s newbook, TheBattle of hasvoiced her disapprovalofthe contro- comingWest Bengaland Tamil Nadu elec- either? What do we do when an allegiance Belonging,and found that the mostinter- versial law. In fact, three Bangladesh min- tions. Asectionof the BJPwasmisledbythe to ‘democratic principles’isaffirmedby Illustration: Suvajit Dey esting thing about it wasthe distinction isters had cancelledofficial visitstoIndia Bihar exit polls intoassuming that the party those who believe that democracymeans mouthing and resource-cutting of the UN guageof‘equal rightsofmen and women he makes between patriotism and nation- subsequent to the passageofthe law. waslosing and party spokespersons at the bowing to the willofthe majority as well that President Trumphas engaged in, it to all civil and political rights’. alism. And, how‘nationalism’isbeing Prime MinisterNarendraModi is sched- briefing before thepoll resultswereeven as by thosewho believe that democracy seemedveryodd that his government The central regressive slant of the usedbythe BJP and itsHindutvafollowers uledtovisit Bangladesh on its50th giventalking pointstomakeontelevision entails protecting the rights of the minori- would actuallyhostthe launchofaUN Declaration explains both the small num- to makeadistinctionbetween thosethey anniversaryinMarch next year and would in case of adefeat.Theywereunaware that ties? Allthatwecan sayisthat the word declaration. Secondly, it wassignedbyjust berofits signatories and their question- consider India’s real citizens and those notwant to sour theatmospherebefore Shah, though notphysicallypresent, was ‘democracy’ obviouslyhas some inherent 32 countries —one of the important rea- able recordofprotecting the reproductive theyconsider lesser citizens becausethey his trip. regularly in touchwithgeneralsecretary positiveconnotation if such oppositepo- sons forthe blandness of manyUNreso- rightsofwomen or thehuman rightsof do notmeettheir definition of ‘national- in-charge of BiharBhupender Yadavwho sitions want to claimits banner. lutions is that these documentshaveto sexual minorities —inaddition to theUS, ism’. It is assumed that the decision to de- carriedout his instructions. Iwas remindedofthis co-opting of be greatlywatered down to arrive at a the listincludes Hungary, Brazil, cide someone’s ‘nationalism’remains in MISSING JAITLEY morally or emotionally compelling lan- consensus among its193 member states. Indonesia,Poland,Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the hands of those who believe that ag- JD(U) members aresorelymissing Arun guageafew weeksago upon reading But itsmostpuzzling featurewas its Uganda and Zambia. Poland recentlyfur- gressiveHindutvaqualifiesthem instantly Jaitley, along-time supporter of Nitish LOST ENTHUSIASM about the official launchofsomething title itself: Promoting Women’s Health ther tightenedits already restrictive abor- to win their nationalismbadge. Kumar.The friendship of the twomen, NRI businessman Shalabh “Shalli” Kumar calledthe ‘Geneva Consensus Declaration and Strengtheningthe Family! These — tion laws.Within the US, President-elect So when Anurag Thakur,aministerin along with Sushil Modi, dates backto wasmissing during the US presidential on Promoting Women’s Healthand Women, Health, Family—are all impor- Joe Biden will have to presshardtosup- Modi’s government, uses an uglyslogan their years together in the JP Movement. campaign this year,whereas in 2016,Shalli Strengthening theFamily’.Myimmediate tant keywords that the UN would not presssimilar initiatives. that says ‘traitors should be shot’, he In fact,Nitish is the onlypolitician to erect wasacentral figure who came to theres- reactionwas ayawn; one moreUnited have anyostensible problems with, at Other governments with very differ- passes his ‘nationalism’ test with flying astatue to commemorate the late cueofthe Indian government in opening Nations Declaration —toothless, even if it least at firstglance. As amember of the entagendascan also feel moreembold- colours. But when at the same time Finance MinisterinPatna.The JD(U) reck- doors forIndian officials to connect with is signedonbymostnations of the world, Guttmacher-LancetCommission on enedbysuchsmart‘moral’ messaging to Muslim women, afraid of losing their ons that if Jaitleywerealive,hewould theincoming Trumpteam. Then the MEA and bound to be boring, longwindedand Reproductive andSexual Health and push different forms of intrusions into the right to be Indian, gather fordays with neverhavepermitted Chirag Paswan to wascaught completely offguardasithad politicallycorrect on topofthat. Rights,Ihaveaspecialacademicaswell private livesofindividuals. Using the lan- the Constitution heldhigh,toprotest undercut Nitish so brazenlyinorder to expected HillaryClinton to win. Kumar, This firstconclusion wassupportedby as policy interestinthesequestions,and guage of altruism, we already have wait- againstthe amendment to the citizen- strengthen the BJP.Nitish mayhavebeen who formedthe RepublicanHindu aglazedglance at the document —each so it soon seemedaduty to read this ing parliamentaryBills about the needfor ship law, they arelabelled‘traitors and sworn in as Chief Ministeragain, but the Coalition, and firstcame up with “Ab ki clause and paragraphbegan with one of a Declarationmorefully. And what an eye- ‘population control’ in India, even as we Pakistanis’. This happened, please re- vibes between the twoallies arefar from baar TrumpSarkar”was,however, lessin- handful of wordsover-usedinUN openeritis—ituses the progressive lan- also have the morenaked assertion by ex- member,after adog whistlefromthe amicable. Nitish demonstrated his defi- terested in Trump’s return this time. He Declarations — reaffirm, emphasise, recog- guageofthe UN and of women’s rights tra-parliamentarymembers that it is in Home Minister. The minutehedeclared ancebyinsisting on installing his old wantedafirm commitment firstonissues nise, ensure, improve and secure, build, ad- advocates to press forexactlythe oppo- fact the reproductive rights of certain that (Hindu)voters should push the but- friend Mewalal Choudharyasminister, suchasresidencyrightsfor grown-up chil- vance, support, engage.What’s nottolike site. In essence, this documentisacallto groupsthat should be suppressed. tonsohardonthe EVM (electronicvot- even though therewerecorruption cases dren of long-pending green cardholders, about the UN’s noble intentions and its increase the restrictionsonwomen’s re- By sprinkling their document with the ing machine) that the ‘current’ would be againsthim duringhis days as vice-chan- and over he CAAand Article 370. Shalli, difficult,underlying task of usuallyget- productive health,mainly on abortion, words, phrases and sentenceslong con- felt in Shaheen Bagh, his acolytes in the cellor of Bihar AgricultureUniversity. oncethe mostvisible Indian-origin sup- ting some150 governments to sign on to and acall to reject anynon-conventional sidered thepreserve of socially advanced mediaand his party spokesmen wasted NowanembarrassedNitishhas had to porterofTrump, wasalso disillusioned what it sets itsmind to —human rights, non-heterosexual rights to building and groups,the signatories of this Geneva notamomentindeclaring the women of sufferarebuff and been forced to drop with the US President’s refusal to endorse HIV and AIDS, universal health coverage, belonging to a‘family’. Declaration can nowclaim the moral high Shaheen Bagh ‘Pakistanis’. Choudharyfollowing Opposition noises. wearing of masksagainstCovid. In addi- rightsofindigenous peoples, and so on. These areits central propositions, ground. Forweare all human rightists Is it anywonder that in Modi’s India If the BJP pushesNitish toofar,his going tion,Shalli seems to have been ignoredby But then the bells startedtoring. Too couchedinthe unimpeachable language now. Haven’t we justsaid so? dissidence is being seen as sedition? Is it the Maharashtraway and sewing up an Modi. He wasnot avisible presence at the manythings about this declaration did not of humanrightsand human security and anywonderthatjournalists writing alliancewith the RJD-led Howdy,Modi! rallyinTexas.When Trump seem quiteright. First, itslaunchwas co- the familyasthe ‘naturaland fundamen- The writer is Professor,Cornell University. againstgovernmentpoliciesare beingla- Mahagathbandhan cannotbecompletely failedtowin the electoral college,Kumar hosted by an avowedenemyofthe UN — talgroup unit of society’. The document National Editor Shalini Langer curates belledCongress party ‘durbaris’? Is it any ruledout. offerednocommiserations. the US government. Afterall the bad- alsouses the moresocially acceptable lan- thefortnightly ‘She Said’ column wonder that in the eyes of the worldIndia is nowbeingseen as descending intoillib- eralism? Personally, Ibelieve that we My ISOLATION have notgot thereyet but as someone who remembers well the halcyon days AWEEKLY WINDOW INTO THE LIVES OF INDIA’S NEWSMAKERS AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEM when we were atrulyliberal democracy, Ican see howmuchthings have changed, and the changes areworrying. It is time forModi and his ‘gang’ to realise that it is ‘I would liketoplayinastadiumfull of supporters’ the patriotic duty of those who love India to speakout when theysee signs of illib- What precautionsare youtaking? While interacting with people at time on my phone, laptoportelevision. eralism. It is the patriotic duty of judges Iamcurrentlyinabio-securebubble work,how do youensureyour safety? However, Idooccasionallywatch who arebrave enough to speak the truth with my club, Bengaluru FC,inGoa for Thereisalong listofsafetyprotocols documentaries and shows on streaming to speakout aboutthe pressures theyin- the football season. Everyprecaution On Sunday, Bengaluru FC plays that we follow. Football is acontact sport. platforms. creasinglyendure. It is the patriotic duty that one canimagine is beingtaken. We So, on the pitch, it isn’t possible to main- of journalists to speak outagainstpoli- gettestedregularly andhavezerocon- its inaugural matchofthe tain distance likeyou caninanoffice job. Howdoyou keep your mind offthe cies that theyconsider harmful to India. tact with anyone from outside the bub- Indian Super League,which However, once offit, we wear our masks pandemic? The Prime Ministerand his Home blethat we have created.Wewear masks kicked offonNovember 20 in all the time, space ourselvesout at team Training and resting takesupmostof Ministerhaverecently declared thatthey at all times, and aredoing all the small meals and meetings, and avoid being to- my time.Ilikemyfair shareofboard believe in a‘free press’, so we have sanc- and big thingsright. Goa. Through the lockdown gether in large numbers in small spaces. games. Ihavealso been catching up on a tion from the top. months, club captain SUNIL lotofreading too. True patriotsalways showthe courage Have yougot yourself tested for CHHETRI, 36 —also captain of What precautions do youtakewhile to speak out whentheysee something Covid-19? the national football team and travelling? What is the firstthing youwant to do wrong. As someone who considers my- Yes, we gettestedevery three or four Ihaven’t reallytravelledanywhere when thepandemicispast? self atrue patriot,Iwouldliketoend by days.Itmight seem ratherregular,but that India's all-time-highest goal since the lockdown wasannounced. I Iwould liketoplayinastadium full of saying that Ibelieve that ourlevel of polit- is the levelofprecaution that is beingtaken. scorer —sayshehas has been made trips to Bellary and then Goa in the supporters in Bengaluru or with the na- ical discourse has descendedtodog whis- keeping up with training team bus. We usuallytravelinone bus. tional team —whichevercomes first. tles that incitethe worstemotions in the Have youhad to isolateyourself? But this time, we chosetotravelintwo so worstpeople in India. When it comes to Yes, through the lockdown, and the INTERVIEWBY that we can maintain social distance Since the un-lockdown, what have dog whistles it is true to saythat both pre-season. My wifeand Ihavebeen isolat- AMITAVA CHAKRABORTY when seated. youbeendoing? Hindu and Muslim ‘leaders’ areguilty.But, ing and takingevery possible precaution. We were movingcloser to the season. it is those who hold high office in Modi’s Howmuchtime do youspend in front Iwas spendingmostofthe time training government who have the highestplat- What kindofmask do youuse? of ascreen? hardand resting as muchasIcould. forms and the loudestwhistles, so they Nothing in particular.Justaregular Idon’t have anumber forthat. But it’s Football and fitness aside, Ihavebeen needtoshowthe highestresponsibility. mask. Illustration: Suvajit Dey rather minimal. Idon’t spend toomuch playing alot of Ludo. Sadlythis is what we do notsee yet.

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nouncedinMarch-end. This xR 469.90 sufficiently covers the higherliquidity. on the personal dataprotection and other tech policy groups giventhe chance to jumpof22per cent has come fol- re import bill of the coun- “Accumulationof dollarsisen- bill, accordingtosources. forconsultations, others are represent themselvesand lowingasharpdecline in imports Fo try. Reservesalso pro- hancing liquidity in the banking While some groups such as likelytosend in their letter sharetheir ideas. alongside strong foreign invest- vide confidence to mar- system, keeping bond yields in SoftwareFreedom LawCentre 400 ment inflows in the secondhalf Mar 20 Nov13 ketsthat the countrycan checkand supporting effective (SFLC) India have written aletter of the calendar year. Week ended meetits external obliga- transmission On the backofpur- to Lekhi urging the JPC to call the draftDataProtectionBill,” global internetconglomerate Source: RBI Whiletheforexreservesstood tions and has reserves poseful dollarbuying by RBI, rise them and other tech policy SFLC said in itslettertoLekhi. Google, e-commerce giant at $469.9 billion in the week fornationaldisasters or in gold reserves and foreign cur- groups forconsultations,others The JPC on dataprotection Amazon and paymentssys- endedMarch 20,2020,ithasrisen between March andMay,pre- obtainedfromthe Ministryof emergencies. rency assets,India’sforeign ex- arelikelytosend in their letter bill, however, is likely to move to tems aggregator PayTM’s rep- by $102.8billionsincethenandto vented even normal drawdown Commerce. The value of elec- changereserves stood high at over the next week. clause by clauseconsultation resentativeshavedeposedbe- touch$572.7 billion in theweek of reserves. tronicgoodsimportstoodeclined $560.53billionason23rd October, In itsletter, SFLCIndia has said and discussion from the next fore the JPConpersonaldata endedNovember 13,2020. RBI According to dataavailable from$34.7billioninApril-October with benign oil prices and tepid 2020,coveringmorethan 13 that while social media interme- meeting onward andmay not protection bill. datareleasedonFriday shows with the Petroleum Planningand 2019 to $28.6billionduringApril- imports,hashelpedtheIndianru- months of imports,” the finance diaries, fintechcompanies, travel call anytechpolicy groups or Google’s representativeshad thatreserves grew by $4.2 billion Analysis Cell under the Ministry October 2020. pee remain broadlystable since ministrysaid in itsOctober aggregators had been calledby civilsocieties forconsultations, in their meeting with the JPC said in the week endedNovember13. of PetroleumandNaturalGas,the Rising foreign exchangere- mid-March2020.Therehas,how- monthlyeconomic review. the JPC fororalconsultations, civil sources said. Indiashould avoid data localisa- BetweenAprilandNovember, netcrude oil importdeclined serves provide forexternal sector ever,beendeteriorationinnotjust India’sforeignexchangere- societies have notbeen giventhe “Thecommittee wantsto tion requirements, whichhad while foreignportfolio invest- sharplybetween April and stability and also coverfor im- the growth prospectsbut some serves startedrising significantly chance to represent themselves wrap up consultations as soon as irkedthe members of the com- ments(FPI) amounted to Rs September this year to $19.3 bil- ports. Almostsix months back other macroparameters suchas from September 2019.While the and sharetheir ideas. possibleand submit itsrecom- mittee,whilePaytm hadsaid 1,40,295crore(nearly $19billion), lion. It wasashigh as $83.2 billion when reserves had risen to $487 retail inflation and fiscaldeficit. foreign exchangereservesstood “Through this letter,wesin- mendationssothat the bill is datageneratedin Indiashouldbe the netFDI between April and forthe full year 2019-20. billionintheweekendedMay 15, While the rupee hit alow of 76.97 at $428billionin the week ended cerelyhope that the Joint givenafinalshape. It maynot be parked in the country. September aggregated to $22.85 Similarly,thevalueofgoldim- RBIGovernorShaktikantaDashad againstthedollaronApril21, 2020, September 20, 2019,ithas risen ParliamentaryCommittee, under possible to invitemorestake- Cab aggregators, suchasOla billion. Besides this, asharpde- ports duringApril-October 2020 notedtheyare “equivalent to 12 ithasrecoveredoverthelasteight by $144 billion over the last 14 your chairpersonship, will invite holdersfor face-to-face consul- and Uber whose representatives cline in imports of crude oil, elec- fell to $9.2 billion compared with months of imports.” monthsandclosedat74.16 Friday. months to hit ahigh of $572.7 bil- civilsociety organisations that tations,” asenior government of- had also appearedbefore the JPC tronics andgold due to alock- $17.6billion in the corresponding Economistssayariseinforeign Highreservesprovidethecen- lion in the week-ended defend rights of citizensinthe ficial said. earlier this month, have sup- down in manyparts of the world periodlastyear accordingtodata exchangereservesincombination tral banks theability to intervene November 13. digital space forconsultationon Over the last twomonths, ported datalocalisationnorms. BRIEFLY PANDEMIC IMPACT Tamil Nadu bans online games, Punjab&Sind Banktoraiseup ‘Economic consequences of gambling; joins AP, Telangana to`5,500cr Covid on SouthAsia greater willbefinedRs5,000 and be Games that involve betting NewDelhi: State-owned than healthcarechallenges’ ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU punishedwith asix month sen- of anykind and rely on luckof Punjab &Sind Bank on NEW DELHI,NOVEMBER 21 tence, while those who open or the participantsare mostly Saturdaysaid itsboardhas The economic consequences of Covid pandemic on South keep open online gaming bannedinIndia, with some approvedaproposal to raise Asia areproving to be even greater than thehealthcare TAMIL NADU on Fridaybecame houses will be finedRs10,000 statesallowing some offline up to Rs 5,500crore by issu- challenges in theregion,according to areport compiled the thirdstate to banonline and be imprisonedfor versions suchaslottery tickets ing shares on apreferential by theHudson Institute games andgambling afterthe twoyears. and scratchcards. While there basis. The boardapprovalis state’s governor promulgated Electronic transfer of funds has been some debateon in line with the government WHATISTHISREPORT? COVID-19onSouthAsiaare healthcareinfrastructureandare developmentofhumancapital an Ordinance to restrict such forplacing bets,distributing whether online games area sanctionto infuseanamount Titled“NineMonthsofCOVID-19: provingtobeevengreaterthanthe hometolargenumbersofpeople games from public to prevent the winnings of games or any matter of pureluckorskill, the of Rs 5,500crore in the bank TheImpactonSouthAsia”,the healthcarechallengesintheregion livingbelowthepovertyline, PAKISTANhadmanagedto them from the “evils of online otherprize moneyrelatedto arrivalofmoneyhas further towardscontribution of the reportreleasedbytheHudson ■DifferentSouthAsiancountries settingthefoundationforuphill curtailthespreadofCOVID-19 gaming”. online games willalso be pro- complicated matters. Centre in thepreferential al- Institutethink-tank,isco- havedealtwiththepandemicin battleswhentacklinghealthcrises cases,butthecountryisonce “Due to online gaming,in- hibited under the new Mostadversaries of online lotmentofequitysharesdur- authoredbyHusainHaqqani, variousways,buttheeconomic againfacingariseininfection nocent people mainly young- ordinance. games and gambling have said ing FY2020-21. PTI formerPakistanambassadorto costsoverallseemtobehigher WAYOUT:Inordertoensurea sters arebeing cheated and ApartfromTamil Nadu, its that since thereare no regula- theUS,andAparnaPande thanthehealthcareconsequences safereturntonormallifeanda CURTAILMENTOFmediaand some people have committed neighbouring stateofAndhra tions, mostplayers end up resumptionofeconomicactivity, Opposition,aneconomyincrisis, suicide,” the governor’s office Pradesh and Telangana has al- spending alot of moneyfor Mnuchindenies 0FINDINGS: WHYISTHISIMPORTANT? SouthAsiangovernmentswould andincreasingroleofthemilitary saidinastatement promulgat- ready bannedonline gambling buy-in in these games. tryingtolimit ■Theeconomicconsequencesof Allthesecountrieshavepoor benefitfromfocusingmoreonthe beingseeninthelast9months ingthe Ordinance. and some of the cardgames Critics have also said that According to the newlaws, that can be playedonline. Tamil since these games arealso Biden’soptions anyform of wageroronline Nadu neighbouronthe other played by kids of all ages, the TAKEONINDIA: withaneconomythathasslowed country,“India’sdemocratic bets using computers or any side, Karnataka, is also mulling lackofmoney to buy these add- Washington: US Treasury WhiletheIndia-USrelations downdrastically,andaclamping credentialsfacechallenges other devices arebanned anew lawtoban online games on putsdifferent kinds of peer Secretary Steven Mnuchin “remainonanupwardtrajectory” downondissentwithinthe SOURCE: HUDSON INSTITUTE/PTI across the state. People who whichinvolve gambling and pressure, leadingtounpleasant deniedonFriday thatheisat- will be found gaming online betting, according to reports. circumstances. tempting to limit President- elect Joe Biden’s options for revivingthepandemic-dam- Petrol, diesel aged economybyending Adverse reaction in Covaxin participant ‘US to add4more severalemergencyloanpro- grams being run by the price hiked Federal Reserve. AP ‘investigated’, unrelated to vaccine, saysco Chinese firms to for 2nd day ZurichInsurance minedas notvaccine related,” the conducted firstphase of the ENSECONOMICBUREAU The adverse event, spokesperson added. Covaxintrialatdifferentsiteswere nearsdealfor NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER21 BharatBiotechdidnotrespond notapprisedofthe issue, The Pentagon blacklist’ in arow reportedlyacase of the to queries about whether it had Sunday Express has learnt. MetLifeunit APARTICIPANT in the early stages participant developing haltedthe trials while it investi- “Allsuchissuesarerequiredto of BharatBiotech’strialforCovaxin viral pneumonitis, was gatedthe issue. Queries sent to be reported to the DSMBand, ac- REUTERS The additions would ENSECONOMICBUREAU NewYork: Switzerland’s haddevelopedanadversereaction DCGI Dr VG Somaniand Indian cordingly, the DSMB has to take a WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER21 bring the number of NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER21 ZurichInsurance Group AG reportedlyleading to hospitalisa- found in the firstphase Council of Medical Research decision. It is notnecessary that is in advancedtalkstoac- tion. However, theissue was “in- of the trials Director General Dr Balram everything should be reported to WASHINGTONISpoisedtodes- Chinese companies PETROL PRICE on Saturdaywas quireMetLifeInc’sUSprop- vestigated thoroughly”and was Bhargava about this issuealso re- everysite,” said one of the princi- ignatefour moreChinese compa- affected to 35 hiked by 15 paise per litreand erty andcasualty (P&C)car found nottoberelated to the mainedunansweredby presstime palinvestigatorsinthephase1trial niesasbackedbytheChinesemil- dieselby20paise,the second and home insurance unit for Covid-19 vaccine, the company Drug Controller General of India), on Saturday. of Covaxin. Another principal in- itary, sources said,curbingtheir straightdayofincreaseinratesaf- close to $4 billion (3.01bil- said on Saturday. within 24 hours of itsoccurrence In the lastthree months, com- vestigatortoldTheSundayExpress access to US investors as the be named. terfirming international oilrates lion pounds), according to The adverse event, reportedly and confirmation...As per the panies likeAstraZeneca and the adverse eventseemstohave Trumpadministration seeksto The WhiteHouse and the brokenearly atwo-month-long people familiar with the acase of theparticipantdevelop- guidelines,alladverseeventswere Johnson &Johnson have an- occurredafter mostparticipants cement itshawkish China legacy Chinese embassy in Washington hiatus in price revision. matter.ZurichInsurance is- ingviral pneumonitis, wasfound reportedtothesite ethicscommit- nouncedthattheyweretemporar- forthe phase 1trial had been re- in itswaning days. did notimmediatelyrespond to Thepriceof petrolinDelhiwas suedastatement lateon in the firstphase of the trials and tee, CDSCO-DCGI,DataSafety ilyhalting recruitment and vacci- cruited,considering it wasre- The designations, whichhave requests forcomment. hiked to Rs 81.38 per litrefromRs Fridayconfirming it wasin the companyclaims it followed Monitoring Board(DSMB) and nation in late-stage trials of their portedinAugust.Recruitmentand notbeen previouslyreported, Theadditions wouldbring the 81.23, according to anotification discussions to acquire the proper protocols of reporting Sponsor,” Bharat Biotech’s vaccine candidates while theyex- vaccinations in firstphase of this could be releasedbythe numberof Chinesecompanies af- from oil marketing companies. MetLife’s US property and theissue.“Theadverseevent dur- spokesperson told The Sunday aminedunanticipated serious ad- trialbeganinmid-Julyandthesec- Department of Defense as soon fected to 35.Theyinclude giants Diesel rateswent up from Rs casualty business and cau- ing phase 1clinical trials during Express in emailedresponses verse events. The companies re- ond shotfor these wasadminis- as Fridaybut maybeunveiled likeHikvision 002415.SZ China 70.68toRs70.88 perlitre. tioningthatnodeal wascer- August2020, wasreported to the about the issue. sumedtrialsafteritwasconfirmed teredbythe endofthe month, af- next week,said one US official Telecom Corp0728.HK andChina On Friday, petrol price was tain. REUTERS CDSCO-DCGI (Central Drugs “Theadverseeventwasinves- the issue wasnot causedbytheir terDSMB approved safetydata and one person familiar with the Mobile 0941.HK, whichwere raisedby17paise per litreand StandardControl Organisation- tigated thoroughlyand deter- vaccine. Other investigators who collectedfromfirst50participants. matter who declinedto addedearlier this year. diesel by 22 paise. Thisisthefirstrevisioninpetrol prices since September 22. Diesel rateshad notchanged since Decodingthe drop in diesel consumption in Nov G20 determined to use all tools October 2. Public sector oil marketing DROPINCONSUMPTION restriction across the countryon indicateareversalofthe companies -Indian Oil KARUNJITSINGH March 25 to curb the spread of growth trend? to contain pandemic, save jobs Corporation,Bharat Petroleum NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER21 Covid 19.Diesel and petrol con- The fall in diesel consumption Corporation Ltd and Hindustan 5% sumption crashedby56per cent inthefirsthalf of Novemberdoes- Petroleum Corporation Ltd -re- DIESELCONSUMPTIONinthefirst and 60 per cent, respectively,in n’t indicateareversal in the move REUTERS viseratesofpetroland diesel daily half of November fell 5per cent April. Thesalesofbothpetroland of dieselconsumptiontopre- BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, basedonbenchmarkinterna- year-on-year,after growing in ■Diesel consumption in the diesel recoveredaslockdown re- Covidlevels,accordingto analysts, NOVEMBER21 tional oil price and foreign ex- Octoberforthefirsttimesincethe firsthalf of November fell 5per strictions were eased, withdiesel whonotedthatitmaybearesultof changerate. Covid-19pandemic-relatedtravel cent year-on-year,after salesinJunefallingonly15percent an unusual pattern of dieselcon- G20 NATIONSare determinedto Theyhave, however, resorted restrictions were imposed in growing in October forthe first shortofdieselsalesintheyear-ago sumption around the festivesea- continue doing everything possi- to calibrating the ratessince the March.Diesel consumption is a time since the Covid-19-related period. However, increasedcurbs son.Expertsnotedthatthere isin- ble to contain Covid, warning in a pandemicbroke out with aview keyindicatorofeconomicactivity travel restrictions were on movementimposedbystates creasedconsumption of diesel in draftcommuniquetheglobaleco- to avoidingvolatilityinretailprices. since it is usednot onlyasatrans- imposedinMarch. in Julypushedbackthe recovery the weeksleading up to the festi- nomicrecoveryremains“uneven, The 58-dayhiatusinpetrol portation fuel but also forindus- in dieselconsumption, whichre- valseason, whichthen reduces highlyuncertain,andsubjectto el- price revision and the 48-daysta- trial and agriculturalactivity. mained20per cent belowpre- during the festiveperiod itself — evated downside risks”. tus quoondiesel rateswerepre- lockdowns? Covid levels in Julyand August. whichmay have brought down Bringing the pandemic under ‘FamilyPhoto’for the annual G20 SummitWorld Leaders is cededbynochange in ratesbe- What has the trend of petrol The consumptionofboth consumptionsforearly November. controlisthe keytosupporting a projected ontoSalwa PalaceinAt-Turaif, one of Saudi tween June 30 and August15and and diesel consumption been diesel and petrol crashedwhen Does the fall in diesel Fullreport on globaleconomicrecovery,theG20 Arabia’s UNESCOWorld Heritagesites,inDiriyah. Reuters a85-daystatus quobetween since Covid and itsrelated the government imposed travel consumption in November www.indianexpress.com leaders said in the draft. March 17 and June 6. WITHPTI

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ILLUSTRATION:SUVAJITDEY BreaktheMould Open City RoomforUsAll Unlikemany other megacities in Areimagination of cities will the world, in Delhi, one is require the collective always acreature of habit and Public life, as we knew it, has come to an unprecedented standstill. involvement of the people whose limitedimagination needs it should represent Ahistorian, asocial scientist and an artist reimagine form Monica Narula and functionality in the cities that nurture us Manju Menon

SOMETIMES, Igocycling witha13-year-old. The roads are IN JULY2018,about100Delhiresidents—children, shopkeep- unevenbut emptythese days,especiallyifwemanage to get Janaki Nair were daringideas in their time, and women ers, professionals, auto drivers, among them —stood on the out early enough. Will the scent of the shaitaan bloom be were fullyapartofthe workforce. But the Africa Avenuepavementeveryevening,protestingagainstthe able to pierce our masks? It’s coming to that time of the year. AFINE Zhenotdel or Women’s Bureau(the women’s NationalBuildings Construction Corporation Ltd and Urban The trees aregreen and we areable to feel the gentle slide of UBLIC LIFE, as we knew it, has department of the Secretariat of the Central Ministry’s massiveredevelopment project that would turn the seasons. Our cycling path remains meandering as we come to an unprecedented Committee of the All-Russian Communist sevengreen, residential areas intohigh-rise apartment and have no specialplace to headtowards. Delhi, unlikeother standstill, and private lifehas Party) wasabolished in 1930 whenJoseph commercial complexes. The project, spread over 570acres, cities, does nothaveaspotfromwhichtosoak in the pleni- been intensifiedtothe point of BALANCE Stalin declared that the women’s question originallyintendedtorazeall existing buildings and over tude of life—unlike Istanbul, KolkataorLondon with asea to tyranny, due to thecurrent had been “answered”(in some accounts, be- 16,000trees to theground. One common concern waswhere look at or abridgeviewtosee aliving river. Youare always fi- Phealth emergency.Eventhe cause the potato peeler had been invented!). do we take our grievances about what the city is becoming. niteinDelhi. Probablythe reason whypeople seem so trou- lines that radicallydividedunpaid domestic The claims of women In itsplace came an organisationof“activist MostIndiancitiesarebeingbroughtdownto rebuildthem. bledbythe monsoon, as, forthosefew days,the disruption labour from “workfor wages”,usuallyout- to public space wives”, who nowperformedwhatwas Thewords mostfrequentlyusedtodescribetoday’s urban dy- feels large and beyond our everyday. side the home (though onlyfor some largely an extension of housekeeping in the namicsarerestructuring,renewalandredevelopment.Ourcity classes), have been dramaticallyredrawn. public sphere: checking the cleanliness of plansleave outtheverypeoplewhomakethecity.Thepresent What better moment to criticallyre-examine responsibilities. Some thinkers even ab- hostels, beautifying gardens, supervising system of urban planninghas very little to offertothe poorest, andreimagineprivate lifeand domesticity, horredthosewomen who lookedfor aca- crèches. WomeninResidents’ Welfare working-class city residents. Cities have also been acutelyex- and also reassertthe claims of women to reer outside. Even the left-oriented Bauhaus Associations in Indiatodaylikewise playadis- periencingtheeffectsofenvironmentalmal-governance.There public space? architectsofthe early 20th centuryaimed proportionate role as “social housekeepers”, is apublic environmental disasterfor everyseason and cities To startwith, howdowomen navigatea forgreater efficiency in housework,byde- extending their skillsathome to the lifeof face them morefrequentlyand forlongerperiods. So, howdo predominantly “man-made” environment, ploying the principles of scientific manage- neighbourhoods, though within aframework we engagewith the remakingofour cities? Urbanisationcan- both within and outside the home —itself ment to increase the efficiency of the house- of enclaved democracy. notbeindenialofecology and oursocial realities andhierar- surprising, giventhat women architecture hold through the use of moredomestic Housingdesign in the modern cityisin- chies.This calls fornuance and acareful understanding of var- studentsoutnumber men in contemporary appliances, but onlyinorder to free women creasinglybeing homogenised, drivenexclu- ious experiences to collectively imagine whose needs acity India, though fewerwomen practise archi- fortheir roles as spouses and mothers. sively by real estateconcerns, rather than by should cater to and what values it should reflect. tecture. Howcan architects, planners and In other cases, women movedfrombe- aesthetics, social justice,orgaining equal pub- Unfortunately, our urban-planning processes offernosuch environmental experts be made to collabo- ingpassive clientstoactive agents, though lic access, leave alonethe achievement of rel- platforms.Itis hypertechnical, meant to disempowerand dis- rate in ways that extend respect to thelived in alow-key,understatedway: “Vrouwen ative gender equality.Housing needs of single suadeordinarycitizens from getting involved in the business EXPRESSARCHIVE experiences, and the challenges facedby Adviescomissies” (VACs) were begun in the women, childless couples, the elderly or the of “regulatinglanduse”. Thisis strictlythedomainof thepow- INFINITYINMULTITUDES women, herenot to be understood as aho- immediate postwar years in the Netherlands home worker (saythe beedi roller) rarely im- erful and privileged experts who approachurban space as an Anti-CAA/NRC protest at Shaheen Bagh earlier this year mogenous whole? (in the 1940s andcontinue to the present pingeonplanning imaginations, forwhom economic resource in their hands to monetiseatwill.Mostur- Perhaps, this is an appropriatemoment day) when therewas aserious housing all solutions maybescaledas“BHKs”. banregulatorybodiesconstitutegovernment departmentsor to engageinareverie about newwaysofliv- shortage. Public provisioning of housingwas It is no indulgence, therefore, to return to agenciesthatapprovetheir ownprojects. The approval mech- Delhi offers us modularliving:movingbetween known ingincities. Let’s beginbyreturningtothe notjustfor theworking class or the urban that earlier generation of dreamers who anismshavenoarticulation of the city’s relationship to nature. spaces and faces. It does noteasilyaffordanencounter with a dreams of 19th and early 20th century poor but forthe middle class as well. The were concernedabout reducing the monot- Thereislittle hope of anygood outcomes until these bodies stranger.For that alone, Mumbai is thebestcity. In Delhi, it is utopian thinkers —bourgeois dreamers no VACs suggestedchangestoplans that were onyand drudgery of housework.Sometimes, arerevampedtobemoreinclusive and transparent. within our lattice-likestructureofliving that we have to build doubt —who reconceptualiseddomestic life notenvisaged by (usually) male builders, theyproposedsimple solutions, suchas Theenvironmentallaws andregulationsthatapplytocities our security, andourexuberance. Does this form of living limit and space. The main aim wastoreduce the “walking” through plans, cutting up and re- round rooms (whichhad no dust-gathering areoutmodedand complicit in creating urban forms that are our worldand hamper our imaginations? Does it makeusde- repetitive drudgeries of household labour: arranging themfrommorepractical pointsof corners) or at leastroundedroom edges. unliveable unless cities appropriatefood, watersources and pend on knownways of relating and framing people, with in- who wishedtoproduce approximately1,095 use, to the elderly,the physicallychallenged, Givenour entrenched inequalities, we will leisure spaces or “second homes”further away to sustain life culcated habitspolicing the borders of the social? meals per year,inaddition to planning and the single woman. These, too, were largely have to look hardatspaces and temporali- in cities.Environmentalapprovalstoreal-estateand construc- Ihavesensedanelated bewildermentinthe eyes of my cleaningupafter that? non-feministinterventions, asearch forprac- ties, well beyond the private/daytime, to gen- tion companies comeeasy.Because of badly-planned, large young companion, twice. The firstwas when she entered the So the answer of some utopian planners tical conveniences withincloselyguarded eratea“good city form”. The unfinishedproj- landscapeprojects,citiesare producingquick-fixsolutionsthat Nehrustadiumto seetheUnder-17WorldCupfootballandthe of the US, suchasMarie Howland in the domestic spaces. ect, whichtook shape following the can be counterproductive to public health. The smog towers roar and friendlycrowd brought out an understanding of the 1870s, and Alice Constance Austin in the Utopian ideals, meanwhile, changeddra- nationwide outcryagainst the December andthe “wastetoenergy” incineration plantscame through unknown powerofcollectivelife. The second time waswhen 1890s, wastosocialise domestic work,and maticallyasaresultofthe warand revolu- 2012 gangrape and murder,and continues top-down environmentalinterventions, involving courts,as sheencounteredhundredsofwomensittinginShaheenBagh; collectivise laundry,cooking, and childcare. tion, whichbrought hugenumbers of hith- to generateonlythe rather tame demand for solutions to airpollution and wasteaccumulation. Suchreac- silent and listeningtodistant speakers, underthe veil of an en- This involvedthe design of “kitchenless” erto closetedwomen out of their homes to better-lit roads, mustberevived.The water tive managementcreatesabacklashagainstlawsmeantto pro- velopingyellow fog.Bothof thesemadethecitybreakitsworld, houses, though food consumption still re- work in industry/fields/munition factories, if pumps, the footpaths, the publictoilets,the tect publicinterest. The collective rebuilding of citiesneeds in- andgatheraforceof possiblefuturesoutof thecountoftheday. mained aprivatisedaffair.Freeing women onlytemporarily. Ideas about collectivising street corners, in addition to parks, places of clusive forumsfor decision-making.Urbanregulatorybodies Ilook up from my balconyatVenus, with itspossible sign foramorepublic lifewas only an implicit housework took stronger root only in the so- worship and recreationalspaces,mustall be willhave to shedtheirauthoritariantop-downplanningmech- of life. Ilookbackatmycity: Delhi needs to celebrate itscrowds, goal, since the designs did notnecessarilyre- cialistworld, wherethe (state support for) so- partofthe newreverie. anismsifcities have to be co-designedashabitatsfor all. as an admission of infinitude within the finitecount of living. setgenderrelations, or assign agreater role cialisation of housework wastiedtothe even- formen in domestic life. Women remained tual “withering away”ofthe family, especially JanakiNairisretiredprofessor,history,Jawaharlal ManjuMenonisasocialscientistandwritesonurbanissuesand MonicaNarulaisco-founder,RaqsMediaCollective principallyhousewives, though withfewer in the 1920s. Collective kitchens and crèches NehruUniversity,NewDelhi environmentalpolicies

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020 SPOTLIGHT 12 DOWN IN JUNGLELAND

RanjitLal

Ranjit Lal is an author, environmentalistand birdwatcher All Eggs in One Basket Dark or light, round or oval, every bird egg serves aunique purpose

CHASING LIGHT HILE WE’RE all sourcedfromeggs, some moms in the animal kingdom prefer to keep their eggs outside their bodies. WWhich, Ithink,may be areallygood idea. After months of relative isolation, arejuvenating trek Think of the advantages: youcan layasmanyasyou wish; if some getbrokenorare diseased, theycan be replaced in Uttarakhand’s mountains without affecting the mother’s health. Egg-laying moms have arange, too: from the bindaas moms (in the insect and piscine worlds) who laythousands of eggs and forget PHOTOS:SHYAMSARAN about them, to birds who assiduouslyincubatetheir eggs, Shyam Saran fields of coarse grains, potatoes and mustard, vancedfromsunrise to sunset, myriad hues keeping them at exactlythe right temperatureuntil they with cattle and sheep grazing along hillsides. mantledthe Chaukhamba—mountainoffour hatch, and insect moms (wasps), who laytheir eggs on Our firstday’s trek wasshort but asteep pillars —whose views commandedourcamp. anesthetisedcaterpillars or small arachnids so their ba- FTER MONTHSofbeinghun- ascent. We movedfromazone of subtropi- Notfar from the campweregravesofnomadic bies have astock of freshmeat to feed on afterhatching. kereddowninrelative isolation cal vegetation to forestsofgoldenoak and Gujjar shepherds marked by rough-hewn While some hip moms maynot carefor their eggs at all, to escape COVID-19infection, rhododendrons. This mustbeone of thefew stones. This is whereshepherds graze their others (crocodiles) guardtheir clutches ferociously. therewas an incipientstirring remainingstretches of oak in the country. One flocks of sheepinthe summersand migrate The great dinosaurs laid eggs, too, and from them Aof lifelastmonth. Inormally suspects that with more road-building, these to the lowervalleys in winter.Wemet aflock came birds, to whichour focus will shiftnow.All birdslay head out intothe mountains everyautumn. pristine forestswill inevitablybelosttothe on itsdescent to greenerpastures. eggs —whether justasingle one everytwo years (wan- So, the minutethe trekking agency,whose imperativesofdevelopment.Weset up camp On our lastmorning at Matiya, we went dering albatross) or as manyas19(grey partridge). The services Ioften avail of, offeredabrief trek in at asmall clearing in the forest calledthe up anearby ridge,Panwali Kantha, to geta tinybee-hummingbird’s eggs weigh 0.5 gm, while the os- theGarhwal Himalayas, Igrabbed at it.The Gwan Manda,withlushgreeneryaround its panoramic viewofthe entirerange. The sun, trich’s is 1.5kg(enough foranine-person omelette!). trek,ofcourse, hadanimpressivelistofsafe- perimeter. Looking down intothe valleyin however, struckatanangle whichput the Birds’ eggs have fascinated us forhundredsofyears. guards to protectagainstthe virus. From tem- the clearafternoon sun, we could see the vil- main peaksinalight haze. It wasstill agrand Collectors in the West backinthe “bad old days”, engaged perature, pulse and oxygen saturation checks lages we had leftbehind. sight. The ridgehad several in cut-throat competition, collecting eggs from the nests ●●● everymorning and evening to daily sanitisa- GO TELL IT The firstday of walking smallshrines—visiblefrom of rare birds andthen destroying them so others couldn’t tion of trekking gear andamasked-and- ON THE hadleftustired.Dinnerwas our camp—constructedby gettothem. It put manyspecies in danger of extinction: gloved crew.Our group of three braved the MOUNTAIN servedearly but,despitethe These alpine villagers in the memoryof mercifullythe “hobby” has diedanatural death, though early-November winter to head towards cold, the viewofthe night their deceasedelders. sadly, sometimes, birdphotographers these days indulge (From top) Nanda MatiyaBugyal in thenorth Tehri region. sky kept us from crawling meadows are framed We couldn’t leave in the same reprehensible behaviour. These alpinemeadows,atanaltitude of Devi at sunrise; backintothe tents. One of withouthavingwitnessed The bewildering, beautifulcolours, shapes and pat- 3,500m,are framed by an amphitheatre of Chaukhambha from the great delightsofmoun- by the massive the sunrise over theNanda terns of birds’eggs aretrulyfascinating. The default ground high snow-clad mountains, with the mas- Matiya Bugyal; tain treksisgazing up at a Chaukhamba at one Devi, so offwewentup colour is white(thankstocalcium,whichgives it strength), sive Chaukhamba at one end and thebreath- shepherds sky studdedwith an in- Jagdi Topridge, freezing in the eggs of manypasserine(or perching) birds areblue or taking Nanda Devi at the other.Inthe descending with credible density of twin- end and the Nanda the cold. The peak wassil- greenorbeautiful shades in between. Manyare speckled November sunrise and sunset, the moun- kling stars, to see the Milky houetted againstaflaming and splotched in richredsand browns.This patterning, ap- their flocks tains lookedmajestic. Thepleasant, sun-filled Gangotri and Badrinath becameaccessible by Waystretch acrossthe hori- Devi at the other orangeand then bathedin parently, adds to rigidity when the calcium maybedefi- bugyal (high-altitudemeadow) wasamost road. Pandemic notwithstanding, therewas a zon as ariver of bright sil- golden light as the sun picturesque place to campat. Fortwo nights, fair amount of trafficonthe roads. We learnt ver, asight whichremains ●●● rose higher.Itwas an ethe- we made Matiya Bugyalour base, taking that this year Gangotri, Badrinath and adistant dream in the pol- real sight. shortertreks to some of thehigher ridges, Kedarnath were to remain open until luted cities we live in. The descent to our camp, next to the vil- wherethe views getmoredramatic. November 15 as the weather had been Our trek next daytook us to ourdestina- lageofGwanMalla wherechildren were The road from Dehradun to Ghansali vil- warmer than usual. tion, theMatiyaBugyal, over agentler,less-in- playing cricket as curiousvillagers paid us lageinupperTehri goes along the lakecreated FromGhansali,we headedout next morn- clinedpath, threading our waythrough forests friendlyvisits,was uneventful. On our drive by the Tehridam —the highestinthe country ing to Gwan village, wherethe road ends and of oak and occasional pines. The snowmoun- back to Dehradunthe next day, passing —beforeascending towardsChamba. What ourtrekwouldcommence from.Itwasashort tains came intoview, dominated by the through DhanaultinearMussoorie,we usedtobeasleepylittle village justafewyears two-hour drive.Our crew of guide, cook, Khatling, as we reachedthe open and rolling caught alovelyviewofBandarpoonchmoun- agowhen Ilastvisited wasnow asubstantial helper andporters stoodwaitingalongwitha expanse of the Bugyal soon afternoon. There tain, whichseemedtofloat againstthe deep- town spilling over the adjoining ridges. team of five poniesandtheirminders to carry is aroutetoTapovanand Gaumukh across the blue sky.With ourspiritselevated, we were Ghansali, too, is an urban sprawlinthe mak- our baggage. Withthe ponies loaded, offwe Khatling glacier.The Khatling is followedby ready to face the troubledworld again. ing. We spent the night at asmall guesthouse headedintothe mountains.The villagehadto the Bhrigu Patthar,ThalaySagar,Chaukhamba, with modern facilities.Theseroutes have ben- becrossedbeforehitting the mountain trail. It Neelkanth and, finally, risingabove all likea ShyamSaranisaformerforeignsecretary efitted from pilgrim trafficonce the towns of wasatypical Garhwalvillagewith terraced queen, the Nanda Devi peak.Asthe dayad- andanavidtrekker

RANJITLAL EGGSQUISITE Adecorated ostrich egg

The MiracleWorker cient in the mom’s diet, and has antimicrobial properties. Eggsofnon-passerine birds areusuallywhite, barring the nesting ones on the ground(lapwings, etc.) whose eggs are Adirector remembers the late actor Soumitra crypticallycoloured to camouflage with thestony ground Chatterjee, who epitomised the best in Bengali cinema they’relaid on,and, thus, easilytrampledupon.Bigger eggs laidbybigger birds have biggeryolks(no-brainer) —when theyhatch,the chicks arefairly chalta-phirta,abletorun, Atanu Ghosh break,the camerastopped working. swimand feed themselves, and callednidifugous although Immensely anxious,Iwas wondering how theyneedtheirmoms onlyfor protection. long it would take forthe replacement cam- While the yolk contains the nourishment forthe em- CINEMA,THEATRE, television —inhis entire eratoarrivewhen the powerwent off, adding bryo,the albumen surrounding it serves as acushion, pre- life, SoumitraChatterjee musthaveworked to my woes.Rightthen,hecalledforme.When venting harmful microbes from getting in. The eggshell is with thousands of directors. Iamjustone of Iwentto him,Isaw thatthescenehadchanged. dotted with thousands of tinypores through whichthe them. But muchbeforethat, Iamaneternally Theunithadmovedintothebalcony andwere exchangeofgases takesplace. Atypical chicken’s egg has captivatedfan. Imusthavebeen in Class VII or seated around him and he wasregaling them 7,500pores. The broad end of the egg contains the air sacs VIII, when Isaw him forthe firsttime.Ihad with anecdotes, drenchedinsweat in that hot and mostofthe pores areconcentrated here. Reason why gone to buy medicines formygrandfather. summerafternoon.Iwasstandingatadistance there’s an emptyspace in this region, visible while peeling When Ienteredthe store, he wasthereright in and watchingthe scene,marvelling at his zest ahard-boiledegg. The broad end is also wherethe major front of me buying medicines. Isaw people forlife,whenhebeckonedmeandsaid,“Listen, parts of theembryo develops, itshead and major organs, gawk at him, but he remainednonchalant. suchhindrancesare natural while shooting. If the tail being lefttothe narrowerend. The oval shape of Pocketing his purchase, he leftinhis thedirectorgetsworkedup,itaffectshiswork. mosteggs enables it to take up anaturally “heads up” pos- Ambassador car.Manymoons later, when I Instead, listentoaPJofmine, it willease your COURTESYATANUGHOSH tureand it is from herethat the tinychickbreaksthrough came to know him well, Irecounted this inci- nerves. PJ maane jaane toh (You knowwhat a FATHERS During the making of Mayurakshi,music him somewhat tired andsullen at times. But using its “egg tooth”, made of calcium. dent. He replied, “Do youremember what PJ is)? Apoor joke!” AND SONS director DebojyotiMishraand Iwantedhim to when he wasinthe mood, he wasready to Researchers have long arguedabout the shape and medicine Ibought that day? Musthavebeen Ihad worked with himbefore, but some- sing the song Babachhelergaan instead of set- meeteveryone’s demand, shareendless stock colour of birds’ eggs. Birds laying in risky places likecliff (Above) Soumitra forheadache. That is oftenre- how, duringMayurakshi(2017), tling foraplayback.He refusedpointblank.At of anecdotes, laughter and childlike exuber- ledges layeggs that aretapering and oval to prevent them quired in this field.” Irediscovered him. Four days Chatterjee (right) his age, he has no song leftinhim, he said, that ance. Great artistestie us in invisible bonds of from rolling off, those that layinholes and hollows like Ever since Iwas bitten by before Iwas scheduledtonar- and Prosenjit he goes off-key and out of breath, and the film affection, salve our wounds andhopethatwe owls and bee-eaters layround eggs.But there’s moreto the filmmaking bug, Ihad just rate thescripttohim,hisgrand- Chatterjee in astill would sufferbecause of his attempt.Iurged give equalregardtotheirlimitationsand pain this than that. It’s been discoveredthat the shape of eggs one dream —once, justonce, I sonmetwithaterribleaccident. from the National Debudato sing the trackfor themoment while as we do to their talent and intellect. is highlydependent on itsflight capabilities: if the birdisa wantedto work withSoumitra Iwas hesitant, but he insisted Award-winning Itriedconvincinghim.Debuda washesitant— Wherever Mayurakshi hastravelled, audi- fast flyer—likeafalcon —its eggs will be streamlinedtofit Chatterjee.Lifewouldhadbeen on hearingthe scriptonsched- giventhe intricacyof thecomposition,shoot- enceshaven’tbeenableto distinguishbetween intoits mom’s aerodynamic body shape perfectly. film Mayurakshi worthwhile withjustonefilm, ule.Hehadapeculiarhabitdur- ingitinsomeoneelse’svoice and then having the real-lifeSoumitraand his onscreen char- Darkeggs absorb moresunlight, keep out ultraviolet but over time, we endedupdo- ing script-readingsessions— (2017); director SoumitraKakusing over it would makeiteven acterisation of Sushobhon. Hischaracter’s in- raysand so areexpected to be found moreamong birds ingsix —four featurefilmsand he’d sketch along, translating Atanu Ghosh moredifficult forhim, he said. But we had no comparable credibilityhas leftmanycrying living in colder climes. But darkeggs also have strong an- twotelefilms. In the initialdays, his visceral perception of the choice. Soumitra Kakuwas happy to hear profuselyatscreenings. He had once told me, timicrobial properties and hotand humid climes are my handswouldtremble storyontopaper.Tomygreat Debuda’s playbackand especiallydelighted “Film acting is successful onlywhen it creates hotbedsfor harmful microbes. Researchers have finally while handing over the screen- surprise, that sketch would re- that he would gettodoasong sequence after maximum effect using minimum strokes.” concludedthat darkeggs arebetteratthermo-regulation plays to someone as scholarly flect the theme of the film. years. Isaw my chance and told him I’d retain Thisuniqueabilityto establishaspiritualrela- —inkeeping the temperatureatanoptimal levelfor the as him. My Bengali wasrusty,Itold him, my During both Angshumaner Chhobi (2009) and the song onlyifhesang it. He sank deep in tionshipwithone’scharacterwithatinystroke development of the embryo and can be found in both hot rootswereinAllahabad morethaninKolkata. RupkathaNoy (2013),hemadetwosuchlovely thoughtsand remainedsilent. Afterafew of abrush will remain unforgettable forever. and cold climes. Light or whiteeggs areasignal forpreda- Careful nottoembarrass me, he had aspecial pencil sketches. But during Mayurakshi,he days,herang me up to enquire whether Ihad In ascene from Mayurakshi,hedraws a tors – but then manybirds still laythem! way—whatever he didn’t want to hear,he couldn’t draw.Helistenedwith rapt attention changed my mind.Ihadnot and he agreed windowinthe clouds with his hands and says The speckling and splotching of some sea birds that would feign that he hadn’t heardit. No won- andlatertoldme,“Thisisyourandyourfather’s eventually. Uncannily, his recording wasaper- (toonscreen son Prosenjit Chatterjee), “If you nestincolonies thousands strong aresospecific that the der he kept saying that the entirefilm indus- story. One day, tell me about your father in fect fitfor the shoot. It still surprises me how feel distressed, do come and sit here. You’ll see mother can recognise her own; and, with some victims tryknewthat he washardofhearing! great detail.” He took the time to hear about quicklyand effortlesslyheaccomplishedthe me.” That windowismine. All my life I’ll look of brood parasitism, the mom keeps changingthe pat- Mytrystwithhimstartedin2005,withthe my scientistfather and his insatiable curiosity difficult task.The worldknewhow defthewas up at the sky,atthat window, to find him there. terns of her eggs to keep one step ahead of the nasty, telefilm Asamapto.The shootinglocation was forthings.Iwasastoundedbythelengthanac- at dubbing, but that he could createmagic waiting cuckoo. astone’s throw away from his residence in torgoesto to bringto life hischaracter.Perhaps, with music as well, we hadn’t aclue. AtanuGhoshisaNationalAward-winningfilmmaker south Kolkata. On the firstday afterlunch this is true onlyfor an actor of his calibre. Of late, age, illness andanxiety wouldleave Formore, visit www.indianexpress.com

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Palace Walk

Afascinating behind-the-scenes account of the inner workings of Jaipur’s Kachwaha dynasty

Coomi Kapoor

NTHE twilight years of the Raj, Jaipur wasthe country’s best known royal house, even if the ma- haraja wasaccordedfewer gun salutes than several Iother Indian princes. The kingdom’s fame wasnot justbecause of the fairy-tale pink city or the family’s claims to traceits ancestrybacktoLordRama through his son Kush. The colourfuldynasty remainedinthe limelight because of itsglamour,intrigue,romance, scandals and disputes. The star of the familywas undoubtedly Gayatri Devi, known to her friends as Ayesha, apet nametaken from Rider Haggard’s book, She.Ayesha’s beauty and elan were legendary. An international societymagazine wrotethatshe made even Jacqueline Kennedy look frumpish. Her romance with the handsome,polo play- ing Prince SawaiMan Singh II, Jai forshort, wasuncon- ventional. She was13years old when she firstmet him, but ateenageinfatuation developedintoafull-blown WIKIMEDIACOMMONS crush.When she wasonly15, Jai asked her mother Indira, the RajmataofCoochBehar,for permission to marry her. Indirarespondedsharply, “Inever heardsuch sentimental rubbish.’’ Jai already had twowives.Hewas marriedwhen he The Hawk Pulls its Shadow wasnine to the MaharajaofJodhpur’ssisterand niece in what arelative described as “apackagedeal’’,with some of Jodhpur’s famedpolo horses thrownin. One wifewas 13 years older than Jai, the other four years younger. Both were kept in strict purdah.Besides, Jai, who spent his summersplaying polo in England and sipping cham- From theWorld pagne with the swish set, wasamagnetfor beautiful foreigners. Ayesha’s brother,who had similar tastes, warnedhis sisterthat she would be marrying aKrishna. ArunShourie’s latest book is both a Ramana Maharshi ever loses his cool is in his the TibetanBook of theDead.For the politically As adefeated rival, he had wit- nowutter dependence on others formostba- inclined,thereisanambivalently revealingac- nessedfirst-hand Jai successfully sic bodilyfunctions. The problem of dying is count of thePrimeMinister’s visit to Shourie pursuing Virginia Cherrill, the di- contemplation of and an anthologyondeath notthat youcannotignorethe body;itisthat while he wasinthe ICU.All throughout, the vorced wifeofactor CaryGrant. the body does notignoreyou. bookislacedwithjudiciously selectedpoetry: Cherrill even made atrip to Pratap Bhanu Mehta section of the book is notsomuchabout death The second theme of the book is to take a the startling moment whereGandhi recites Jaipur,where, curiously, she as the process of dying. He documentswith sharpscalpelto false comfortersofall religions the Urdu couplet to Manu: Hai baha- e-bagh- struckupaclose and lasting detail, “great souls” experiencing the often and philosophies thatpromise the everlast- eduniyachandroz/Dekhloiskatamashachand friendship with Jai’s second wife RUNSHOURIE is an unflinching painful dissolution of their ownbody —the ing soul, or the preservation of bodies onlyto roz,aregisteryou might associatemorewith Jo, who wasprettyand modern. seeker.Hehas an exemplary Buddha, Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Ramana subject them to torment in hell.Thismeta- Guru Dutt than Gandhi. ThereisalotofKabir, Despiteall these, Ayesha mar- ability to face the toughestques- Maharshi, Mahatma Gandhi, and Vinoba physical baggagemakes dealing withdeath of Bashopoetryandhaikus.Onestunningone: riedher Prince Charming. The tions.Afterabracingmeditation Bhave,and, as acameo, Kasturba. All of them harder and is atotal distraction. This section Circling higherand higher/Atlastthe hawk pulls liberated outsider, educated in Aon the problem of suffering in give lie to SigmundFreud’s dictum that no one is less generous in itsinterpretivesympathies. its shadow/From theworld. PREPARINGFOR European schools, surprisingly Does He KnowaMother’sHeart(2011), Shourie can contemplatetheir owndeath.But what DEATH The thirdtheme of the book,interspersedin This haikucaught my attention because I THEHOUSEOF endedupadjusting rather well in nowturns to Preparing forDeath.Thereusedto emergesfromthese accountsisnot so much BY ARUN various parts,isabout the discipline of deal- happenedtobereading astunning essayby JAIPUR:THE the conservative feudal court. be ajokethatthe purpose of literatureisto the conclusion that theyall faceddeathun- SHOURIE ing with your ownbody as it is in the process Arindam Chakrabarti at the same time, INSIDESTORYOF She pavedthe wayfor mod- prepareyou forthe good life, while the pur- flinchingly;mostofthem have apremonition. of dying. The book impressively marshals a “Dream, Death and Death Within ADream”, INDIA’SMOST Penguin Books ernising the state, including pose of philosophyistoprepareyou forthe It is also notabout capturing the moment 519 pages variety of sources, from the TibetanBook of the in ImaginationsofDeathandtheBeyondinIndia GLAMOROUS starting the Maharani Gayatri good death.But it is hardtounderstand our where the good death is leaving the world Dead,with itsincredible imaginative exercises and Europe (2018), avolume edited by Sudhir `799 ROYALFAMILY Devi School, forthe cloistered ownextinction. Broadlyspeaking, twodia- calmly.Itisrather what the suffering body that makeyou take in thewhole of existence, Kakar and Gunter Blamberger, that readsasa BY JOHN girls of aristocratic families. After metricallyoppositeviews areinvoked to rec- does to consciousness, all the memories and to Jainsources of Sallekhana,and various med- great philosophical complement to this one. ZUBRYZCKI Independence, Ayesha made a oncile us to death. One is that we don’t really harddecisions it forces on us. But the relation- itative techniques to inculcate acertain kind of That volume has apowerful piece by another Juggernaut successful foray intopolitics, die; in some form, through an incorporeal soul ship between the body and consciousness mindfulness. But mostlyone gets the sense brilliantphilosopher,JonardanGaneri,onillu- 384pages contesting from the Swatantra or something, we continue to exist. The other goes in twodifferentdirectionsat once.Onthe that theultimatepreparation fordeath is sim- sionsofimmortality that deals with asource `479 Partyticketand winning by huge unflinchinglyacceptsthatwejustare evanes- one hand this suffering is productive:con- plylove, somethingthat can endowthe Shourie cites at length: Pessoa. Chakrabarti’s margins. cent matter andnothing else.Bothapproaches sciousness worksthrough this pain. On the evanescent moment with significance. essayendswiththeinsightofYogaVashishtha: The author suggests that as prime minister, Indira address the question of dying by simplysay- other hand, even the mostexalted soul does But this is aseeker’s book.Itisinparts pro- To beborn is to have been dead onceand to be Gandhi targeted Ayesha notbecause of her politics ing “thereisnothing to it.” Thereissomething notescape the utter abjection of the body.The found probing, honest but notdogmatic.Its duetodie again. Shourie is perhaps right: Can alone,but because she enviedher looksand her friend- to this strategy,but it cannotmakesense of mostpoignant moment in this section is not SEEKING immense value comes from the fact that the we reallyunravel what it means forthe hawk ships with the international who’s who, including the the significance of life. It seems we caneither the calm and plenitude with whichthese ex- WISDOM bookisbothabookandananthologyondeath, to pull itsshadow from the world? Does the Mountbattens. During the Emergency,the fairy-tale makesense of lifeorofdeath, but notofboth. alted soulsface death;itisthe moments withextractsfromnot justthewordsofthose shadowreappear if it flieslower? princess wastemporarilyincarcerated in Tihar jail. Shourie’s book takesabrilliantlydifferent whereeventhe mostpowerful souls arere- An artistic depiction experiencing the process of dying,but an as- The author pointsout that Ayesha wasactuallyfar pathway. The bookhas three distinct themes. ducedtoabjection by the constraintsofthe of the Dipankara tonishing rangeofsources: from Fernando PratapBhanuMehtaiscontributingeditor, more conventional that her mother,Indira, the daughter The first, the mostpowerful and meditative body.The onlyone rare occasion where Buddha Pessoa to Michel de Montaigne, from yoga to TheIndianExpress of theMaharajaofBaroda, who had shockedthe princelyworld by writingdirectlytothe powerful ruler of Gwalior,breaking her engagement. He wasafter all 46 SHELF LIFE years old and already married. Instead, she weddedthe charming and good-looking scion of aminor state, CoochBehar.Indira’s husband, who eventuallyas- FROMALINE-UPthat headlineddiversityby fea- immersive and nuancedportrait of atight-knit cendedthe throne, diedprematurelyatthe ageof36, of turing firstnovels, women writers and writers And Now We Have Everything social world, itspeopleand itsvalues...” alcoholism —amalady whichwould afflict severalin of colour,among others, Shuggie Bain by Scottish- Ayesha’s family, including her onlyson Jagat. As a American writer Douglas Stuarthas wonthis Alook at this year’s Booker prize-winning novel and its ■ Stuartcame to writing late in life. Aftergrad- widow, Indiracontinuedtolivelifeonher terms, defying year’sBooker Prize. Here’s alook at the book and uating from the RoyalCollegeofArt in London, the straightlaced conventions of the princelyworld. itsdebutant author: debutant author,Douglas Stuart he movedtothe US to study fashion design in The author has meticulouslyresearchedthe fascinat- NewYork. Forovertwo decades, he has worked ing background of the Kachwaha dynasty and the colonial ■ AnautobiographicalnovelsetinGlasgowinthe Avni Doshi, The NewWilderness by to write, wasrejected by over 30 ed- with fashion houses such as Banana Republic, ruler’s hamhandedattemptstokeep itsprincelywards in 1980s,ShuggieBainfollows thelifeofShuggie,an Diane Cook and Real Life by Brandon itors before it wasacceptedbypub- Calvin Klein, Gap and Ralph Lauren. Afterthe control. He writes about the family’s experiences in poli- impoverishedboystrugglingto lookafterhissin- Taylor —featured in the six-book lishersPicador in the UK and Grove award, he hopes to become afull-timewriter. tics, including that of DiyaKumari, asitting BJP MP.But glemother,Agnes, an alcoholic, even as he grap- shortlist. Doshi’s and Cook’s novels Atlantic in the US. Afterits publica- the book is ariveting royal read largely because of the pleswith his sexuality.Despiteits grimness and also revolve around themes of filial at- tion, it drew fabulous reviews,that ■ Stuartisonlythe second Scotsman to winthe scandals whichkeep popping up in eachgeneration— squalor,thebook—dedicatedto Stuart’smother, tachments. In his Booker Prize accept- includedcomparisons withJames £50,000 Booker Prize. James Kelman wonitin Diya’s elopement, defying Rajput traditions; Ayesha’s whodiedwhenhewas16yearsold—brimswith ance speech, Stuartsaid, “I’m ab- Joyceand DH Lawrence. Besidesthe 1994forhis HowLateItWas, HowLate.Stuart has stepson Patallegedly trying to diddleher twograndchil- tenderness and filial affection. Stuart, 44,who solutelystunned...Firstofall, Iwill like prestigious Booker Prize, ShuggieBain said that the book wasahugeinfluence on him. dren, from Jai’s marriagewith aThai princess, of their grew upinGlasgow undersimilarcircumstances, to thankmy mother...mymother is on wasalso in contention fortwo shareofAyesha’s property;convoluted lawsuitsstretch- hassaiditwaslove,hopeandhumourthathelped everypageofthis book —I’vebeen American awards —the National ■ At theaward ceremony, Stuartrevealedthathis ing over decades concerning the inheritance of the treas- him process his childhood trauma. clear,without her Iwouldn’t be here, Book Awardfor fiction and the Kirkus second novelwas already ready forpublication. ures and estatesofthis dazzling royal house. my work wouldn’t be here.” Prize. MargaretBusby, chair of Titled LochAwe,the book is also setinGlasgow. ■ The novelisStuart’s firstbook.Three other de- judges, Booker Prize, described Stuart’s novel CoomiKapooriscontributingeditor,TheIndian Express butnovels— Burnt Sugar by Indian-originwriter ■ Stuart’s novel, whichtookhim nearly adecade as abookdestinedtobeaclassic —amoving, PAROMITA CHAKRABARTI

burial is one of the mostmoving sections This has been ayear of living on the of the novel. Howdifficultwas it foryou edge,ofmaking sense of loss and ‘I have long thought that grief is to imagine Agnes’s grief? bereavement. Howdoyou reflectonthe Ireally enjoyedcreating the characterof ongoing pandemic? Hamnet’smother.Weare so accustomedto It has been astrangeyear foreveryone — calling her AnneHathawaybut her father’s and it’s farfromoveryet.Any person who the other side of love’ willclearly namesher as Agnes. That wasan has come through asevereillness will know electrifying, definingmomentinthe writing that the experience changes youforever.You of the book.Ingiving her whatis emerge from your sickroom as presumablyher birth name, I’m one who has passedthrough fire, British writer Maggie O’Farrell, 48, winner of this year’s Wo men’s Prize, on amother’s asking readers to discard what we recast, all tooaware of your grief,life in apost-pandemic world and reclaiming Shakespeare’s wife from obscurity thinkweknowabout herand see frailty.Inthe same way, apopula- her anew. tion whichgoesthrough awide- If youask someone what they spread disease will also be Paromita Chakrabarti to Hamnet? London—and that’sbecauseof his career and knowabout Shakespeare’s wife, changed,and the coming gener- Ifirstheard about the existenceof Hamnet his writing, whichcontinues to shapeusas you’llprobablyreceiveone of ations will inherit this sensibility. when Iwas studying Hamlet at school. My human beings. The stageand London is where twoanswers. Either,hehated We will emerge from this but we FROM HER debut novel AfterYou’d Gone teacher mentionedinpassing that the action is forscholars, but I’vealways her;or, she trickedhim intomar- will be different. We will never (2009) to her memoir IAm, IAm, IAm(2017), Shakespeare hadasoncalledHamnet, who thought that the biggestdrama of COURTESY:HACHETTE riage.Historians, biographers be able to go backtoatime be- the fragility of human liveshaveoften shaped diedatthe ageof11. Iwas immediatelystruck Shakespeare’s life happenedoff-stage:the GRIEF,SHE WROTE and critics have,for along time, fore thispandemic, to atime of the narrativesofBritish writer Maggie by the sad confluence of these names. What deathofhis onlyson. I’ve always feltHamnet’s Maggie O’Farrell inexplicablyvilifiedand criticised HAMNET security and confidence, when O’Farrell’s work with intuitivedexterity.In did it mean forafather to call aplayafter his storyhasbeeneclipsed,hisshort life relegated her,creating amisogynistic ver- we thoughtwewereinviolate, Hamnet,too, thehistoricalnovelthatwon her dead son? Andhow might Hamnet’s mother to aliteraryfootnote.Hegets very littlemen- sion of her.Iwanted to persuade BY MAGGIE immune. the prestigious Women’s Prize this year, have felt about it? Iremember looking down tion in anyofhis father’s biographies. name because the word ‘Shakespeare’ proved people to think again, to notrush O'FARRELL O’Farrell reimagines the waythe loss of the at the coverofthe playand covering the ‘L’ of toodistracting forme, and Iknewitwould be to conclusions. Tinder Press What comes next? 11-year-old sonof Britishplaywright William the titlewithafinger.How easyit wastomake What made yourefrain from mentioning the sameforreaders. Withthisnovel,I’m ask- I’velong thought that grief is 384pages; `699 At themoment, I’m writinga Shakespearecleavesthose closesttohim. In Hamlet read ‘Hamnet’. Shakespearebyhis name in your novel? ing readers to forget everything theythink the other side of love,or, perhaps, picturebook forchildren,mysec- thisinterview, O’Farrell speaksofherfascina- Ialwaysknewthat Shakespearewould be theyknowabout him and open themselves agreater partofit. If youlovesomeone, it’s not ond. Unbeknownsttome, my seven-year- tion with Hamnetand what happens when Whydoyou thinkShakespeare’s alessercharacter; he’s notpresentinStratford up to anew interpretation. Whichiswhy Ire- ahugeleap to imaginewhatyour lifewould be old daughter waslooking over my shoulder everyparent’s worstnightmarecomes to pass. biographers tend to glideoverhis life formostofthe novel. Thereisaplaybillthat fertohim as ‘the father’, ‘the Latin tutor’. ‘the likewithout them.Itriedtochannelthis think- as Iwas going through the final versionof Excerpts: before London in their accounts? proves his company wastouringinKent when brother’, and so on. ing intothose scenes and ask myself, what Hamnet,and shesaid: ‘I don’t likethis book, There’s averystrongand valid reason why Hamnetdied, so it’s notknown whether he would it mean to lose achild? It is, of course, it’s muchtoo sad. Iwant youtowriteahappy Did youcome to theplay Hamlet firstor biographers focus on Shakespeare’s lifein made it to thefuneral.Iavoided usinghis Agnes preparing Hamnet’s body for everyparents’ worstfear. storynext.’ So I’m doing as I’m told.

Pune THESUNDAY EXPRESS,NOVEMBER22,2020 Chess societies have not been very kind to women and girls over the years. Certainly there needstobeabit of achange in culture. MAGNUS CARLSEN 14 SPORT WORLD CHESS CHAMPION

BRIEFLY participatedinthe ‘A’ category, she was SHASHANKNAIR deemedtobenot good enough and her GM NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER21 rating wassaid to have been awarded through some sleight of hand. If she partici- KONERUHUMPY has yettowatchThe patedinthe National ‘B’ set-up, it wasde- Queen’s Gambit. She has been receiving nu- criedasher taking an easy wayout. There merous phone calls about the Netflix mini- wasnowinning this battle of perception, but series, but has notgot around to having alook when Humpy finishedsecond in the at the showthathas put forthquestions on National ‘B’ set-up, by her ownadmission, women’s chess and the treatment metedout she felt likethat quashedany doubtsoverher to it over the years. But despitenot having qualifications. watchedthe series, Humpy is all toofamil- Humpy’s chess journeyisreplete with iar with itspremise –ayoung woman par- tales of menintentionally, or unintentionally, ticipatinginamale-dominated arena, start- providing aplatform fordisrespect.Some of Rohit Sharma pickedupa ing to changethe powerdynamics by the stories rangefromoutrightlywanting to hamstringinjuryduring the IPL. winning, and the changeinequations not defeat her (“Even though thereweresome takentoo kindly. weaker players than me comparatively, be- The girlfromAndhraPradesh startedher ing awoman, theytried harder to beat me”) Hamstringfine, chess journeyatthe ageofsix and when she to unintentionallydisrespecting her(“Once I became the youngestwoman Grandmaster playedaninternational tournament and had claimsRohitSharma in the world(at that time) at the ageof15, adisastrous performance in the event. she wasmarkedfor greatness. Butbywin- Afterwards,Igot a‘best women’s prize’).But RohitSharmasaidhealways knewthat ning open tournamentsand becominga despitethe lackofrespect, if thereisone opin- the hamstring injuryhesufferedwas forceinchess, Humpy also disturbed the sta- ion of hers that has shockvalue, it’s her belief notthatserious and he would be ready tus quowhichresulted in severalinsinua- thatmen simply arebetterthan women at forthe tour of Australia. "I don't know tionsonher credentials. chess. whatwas going on, to be honestand “At15, Ibecame aGM ELOratings seem to whatallwere peopletalkingabout.But but until then, the concept NUMBERSGAME suggestthe same – espe- letmeput this on record, Iwas con- of gender barriers didn’t re- ciallywhencomparing the stantlycommunicating with BCCI and allyoccur to me. Ibecame ■According to FIDE, topmale playerinthe Mumbai Indians," Rohit said. "I told aGMonthe European cir- there’s an 84-16ratio of world(Magnus Carlsen: them (Mumbai Indians) Ican take the cuit. In thosedays,wehad maletofemale registered 2862) and the topfemale field since it is the shortest format and I very fewinternational chess players.Intotal, player(Hou Yifan: 2658). willbeabletomanagethe situation tournamentsinIndia. To thereare 1,683GMs who Psychological journals and quitenicely. OnceImademy mindclear, getexposure, my father aremen and 37 whoare ex-players have attributed it wasall about focussing on what I took me on atrip to Europe women. it to manyfactors, chief neededtodo. Hamstring is feeling ab- forafew months and I ■ The highestELO rating among them being the dif- solutely fine. Juststarted the process of would be playing continu- ever achievedbya ference in mindsetbe- gettingitnice and strong. BeforeIplay ouslyoverthere.Iwonati- woman is 2735byJudit tween men and women. thelonger format, Iabsolutelyneeded tle and came backtoIndia,” Polgar.She was, at one When asked what she to beclearinmindthatthereisnostone Humpy told TheIndian point, the eighth-best felt wasthe difference be- thatisleftunturned,that'sprobablythe Express as she recounted chess player in the world. tween howthe twogen- reason, I'm at the NCA." the beginning of aturbu- ders playthe sport, the lent phase in her career. ■ In 2002, Koneru reigning women’s world It wasonlywhenshe Humpy became the rapid championoffered an Sirajdecidestostay startedwinning that the youngestwomanGMat interesting take. “Ihave backinAustralia DESPITE HER ACHIEVEMENTS,HUMPYHAS BEEN critics came out of the the ageof15years, one seen male players displaya woodwork, andwhat they monthand 27 days. wider repertoireofmoves. BCCI secretaryJay Shah on Saturday SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION IN THE CHESS had to saywas notvery Current women’sworld Theyshiftbetween open- said that pacer MohammedSiraj,who charitable. “At thattime, No.1Hou Yifan broke ingsquiteoften and are has losthis father,was giventhe op- WORLD AND BELIEVES UNIFIED TOURNAMENTS even though Iwas aGM, I that recordin2008. quiteaggressive in their tion of flying backhome to be with his ARE THE WAYTOGO wasn’t performing in asta- styleofplay. When it comes grieving familybut he decided to stay ble manner.It’s quitenor- to women, thereare many backinAustralia for"national duty". mal at that agetohave By winning open topplayers whohavelim- Ghouse,who wassuffering from a highs and lows.Some of tournaments and ited opening moves, but lung ailment, diedonFriday. He was my peers startedcriticising the preparation behind 53. "The BoardofControl forCricket me by saying that Ididn’t becoming aforce in those movesisdeeper.A in India(BCCI) had adiscussion with have the standardofaGM chess, Humpy also game between awoman Siraj andhewas offeredthe option of because Ihadn’t proven disturbed the status and awoman is verydiffer- flying backand be with his familyin myself in India and that I ent to agamebetween a thishour of grief," Shah wasquoted had playedinweaker tour- quo, whichresulted in man and awoman because as saying in aBCCI media release. "The namentsinEurope to be- severalinsinuations on psychologicallymen in- fast bowler has decidedtostaywith come aGM,” said Humpy. tend to trytomakeapoint the Indian contingent and continue Comparisons withJudit her credentials in that match.So, the game performing his nationalduties.The Polgar seemedtoalways tends to becomewilder.” BCCI shares his grief and will be sup- find their wayintoconver- Foranacross-the- portiveofSiraj in this extremelychal- sations and the women’s chess circuit, which boardraise in ELOratings forwomen, the 33- lengingphase," Shah added. has historicallybeen seen as inferior to the year-old believesthat chess tournamentsex- men’s game, hopedthat Humpy would clusively forwomen mustcease to be a bridgethe gapbetween the twoworlds. She regular fixturebecauseseparatetourna- Ex-Mumbaiplayer could cope withthe pressureofthose expec- mentsfor both genders makeitdifficult for Chandorkarturns100 tations. Butshe wasn’t prepared forthe at- women to cope with the men’s circuit. tack on her credentials. “Thereshould onlybeopen tournamentsso Former first-class cricketer “This wasaperiod when Iwas really thatwomen have to playwith men and im- Raghunath Chandorkar on Saturday mentallydisturbed.Being asportsperson, provetheirgame.” turnedhundred years old, becoming handling awin or aloss at atournamentwas But Humpy acknowledgesthe problem onlythe thirdIndian cricketer to com- Illustration: Suvajit Dey quitenormal from childhood. Butthis kind suchasystemwill bring, as an already plete acenturyofbirthdays. of criticism wasverynew to me. It wasa skewered monetary gapmight become Chandorkar playedseven firstclass JUDIT POLGAR ON CHESS &WOMEN tough phase. Iwas down in many tourna- even wider. “Theprize moneyfor men is games, representing Maharashtra mentsand sufferedfor sixmonths to ayear. quitehigher.It’s tournamentslikethe (1943-44to1946-47) and Bombay ONNEEDINGTOCOMPETE ONWHYCOACHINGWOMEN ONNIGELSHORT’SCOMMENTSON It wasthen that my father and Icame to the WorldChampionship and Candidates that (1950-51).The wicket-keeper bats- AGAINSTMEN NEEDSFRESHPERSPECTIVE WOMEN’SCHESS’INFERIORITY conclusionthat IneededtoplayinIndian cir- helpwomen professionals survive finan- man had scored 155runs in seven Playing onlyamong women would not Girls in chess arenot treated thesame Short’s conclusion does notstand up to cuit tournaments,”Humpy said, explaining cially. Once they take offthese tourna- games. He also effected three catches have helpedmydevelopment, as since I wayasboys.Coaches and officials are scrutiny, and the burden of proof is with her decision to take partinthe National ‘B’ in ments, professionallyit’ll be very difficult and twostumpings. Prof. DB Deodhar was13, Iwas the clearnumberone guidedbypotential successes in girls’ him. Even if women do think and compete 2013 even though shecould be apartofthe to survive with the men’s circuit only. I (1892-1993) and Vasant Raiji(1920- among them. Ineededtocompete with competitions, whichare comparatively differently, we can attain the same achieve- National ‘A’ in an attempt to quell anydoubts think it makessensefor them to keep aspe- 2020) arethe onlyother Indian crick- theother leading (male) Grandmasters of easier to achieve. Parentstend to follow mentsasmen: be it in science, artorchess. about her deserving the GM status. cial financial prize forwomen even in open eters to celebrate 100birthdays. my time. whatthe experts advise. As quotedbyThe Guardian This then ledtofurther grumbling. If she tournaments.” PTI EPL musical chairs continues, Asatisfying, humbling, enrichingIPL campaign bowler,quite astatement with the incred- Chelsea 7th team to go on top ible Rabada there, but Ashwin wasthat Iyer is ayoung captain. He would good withthe newball. He took out the top have lovedmoreruns but the guns: from Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma, REUTERS wayhecame backinthe final, Nicholas Pooran to ViratKohli. He is always NEWCASTLE,NOVEMBER21 NorthEast Utd stun up forachallengeand has the skills and soaking up the pressureofearly self-confidence to backhimself. Axar was CHELSEA BECAME the seventh club to top Mumbai City 1-0 wickets, showedhis mettle our unsung hero, showing enough cricket- the Premier League standings this season af- ing intelligence while bowling and alot of tera2-0 victory at Newcastle United on Vasco: Ghanian forwardKwesi potential with the bat. Saturdaycourtesy of an owngoalbyFederico Appiah's 49th minutepenalty helped Mohammad Kaif Another playerwho wasadelight to Fernandezand TammyAbraham's second- underdogs NorthEastUnitedstuna whichupsetour bowling balance. Still, we work with wasRabada. He is atrueprofes- half effort. star-studdedMumbai City in their had things under relative control. sional. KG landedinUAE just aweekbefore Frank Lampard's side dominated before opening matchofthe Indian Super “CANYOU COME forthe batting nets, Ponting wasathis inspiring best.His the tournament and Irememberthe inten- the break and took the lead in the 10th League in Vasco, Goa, on Saturday. bhai?” It wasShikhar Dhawanonthe working styleissimple: the supportstaff sity in his training. minutewhenFernandez, under pressure Mumbai, who areamong the tourna- phone in July. It had become our Covid rou- would throw around ideas, have achat in Youcould sense that he wasverykeen from Ben Chilwell, turnedinMasonMount's ment favourites, were thebetterside tine of sorts;bythe time Iwould reach, he the bus and at the hotel, and he would get to find his touchand rhythmquickly. Just cross. Chelsea reallyshould have been out of in the firsthalf but ared cardtotheir would be ready,waiting. in captain Shreyas Iyer forthe breakfast the second dayitself, youcould see he was sight withTimo Werner guilty of missing keyplayer, AhmedJahouh, minutes It came to my mind later when he started meeting. Over food and coffee, Iyer would beginning to getthingsunder control.He some gilt-edged chancesbut Newcastle before thebreak turnedthe matchin to find touchmidway during the IPL; every- be presented our views,wewould hear his has great clarity about what he wantsto came alive afterthe break. NorthEast's favour.Soon afterthe one prepares well andwhenitclicksas it did views,haveahealthy discussion – and do, what worksfor him and the willingness IsaacHaydensquandered agreat chance restart, Mumbaimidfielder Rowllin forhim, it feels good. Thosestintswereour Ponting wasclear that the captain should to work hardfor it. to equaliseonthe hour but afew minutes Borgeswas judged to have handed gentlere-entryintothe game in these un- have the final say. Acampaign can’t be successfulwithout later Werner burstthroughongoal before the ball and Appiah sent goalkeeper usual times. I’m justglad that BCCI man- team. With our unit, it wasperhapsbestto Iyer is ayoung captain. He would have selflesssenior players. Who better than passing to Abraham to double Chelsea's lead. Amrinder Singh the wrongway to aged to pull offone of the greatestcompe- letthe young batsmen playfreelyand then lovedmoreruns but the wayhecame back Rahane? In ourtraining sessions, he was Sean Longstaffcame close forNewcastle give his side the lead. NorthEastcon- titionsofour times. It helped that our team letour bowlers defend the score. We had in the final, soaking up the pressureofearly likeakid, wanting to be the best fielder out when his rising drive clippedthe crossbar trolledrestthe matchagainstthe 10- reachedthe final. In the firsthalf, we were coveredbothpace and spin with great wickets, showedhis mettle. there. Irrespective of whether he wasplay- but Chelsea could have scored morewith man Mumbai. ENS the team to beat and though we slipped quality from Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma Right through the tournament, we were ing or not, he prepared passionatelyand Werner having agoalruledout foroffside. Playing tonight:FCGoa vs Bengaluru FC, later,weclawedour waybackthough we and AnrichNortjetoRAshwin, Amit toying with the idea of opening with helpedhis team-mates. And in that must- Chelsea's thirdsuccessive league win 7.30pm, LiveonStarSports Network eventuallylosttoaveryprofessional unit Mishraand Axar Patel, with adequateback- Marcus Stoinis but had Indian openers of win game, he stood out in the wayhe liftedthem levelon18pointswith Leicester in Mumbai Indians. ups if needed. quality in Prithvi Shawand AjinkyaRahane steadiedthe nerves and guidedthe chase. City but aretop thanksto abettergoal differ- “Bat first” and “Thereisnodew here” Unsurprisingly, most teams chose to to partner Dhawan. Once Shawlostform, It wasacampaign from whichwelearnt ence. LeicesterfaceLiverpool on Sunday. amixed starttothe newcampaign. were the ideas we would oftendiscussat chase, and it didn’t work forthem. Even if Ponting chose the crunchgame -the qual- alot; it wassatisfying, humbling, enrich- AstonVilla and Tottenham Hotspur could Saturday'swin wasmorecomfortable than our meetings in the firsthalf of the tourna- our batsmen scored par scores, we had the ifier againstSunrisers Hyderabad -toun- ing. We reachedthe final, hopefullywego both replace Chelsea at the toplater on the scoreline suggests with Newcastle having ment.Manyteamsliketochase in T20s; bowling to defend those totals. (Head leash Stoinis, who seizedthe moment. He one step further next year. Saturday. onlyone shotontarget. youknowthe target and dewmakethings coach) Ricky (Ponting)and Iwerealways wasour Hulk,starring with bat and ball in Thewriteristhe assistant coach Afterahugeinvestment in the squad, Playingtonight:LeedsUnitedvsArsenal, 10pm; easierfor batsmen.But without the dew, trying to preparefor the what-ifsasmuch the tournament, ready forany challenge. of DelhiCapitals, who finished Chelsea arebeginning to showthe consis- LiverpoolvsLeicester City,12.45am (Monday), thekey advantages disappear and it comes as possible, and suddenlywewerefacing Ashwin wasmarvellous in the runners-up in the2020 IPL. Forfull version, tency foratitle challengeafter something of Live on Star Sports Network down to what suitsthe composition of the them. Ishant got injured,sodid Mishra, Powerplays.Hewas our leading strike logonto: www.indianexpress.com

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