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SNAPSHOTS AP In Chhattisgarh, a new Univ opens every week By Sakina Yusuf Khan While it’s raining universities in Education bazaar the promoters have no track record in dents are being duped. By the time TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chhattisgarh, the lack of infrastruc- education. But neither the lack of they pass out, these universities ture in most of them is appalling. How can Univs be set up? reputation nor infrastructure is a de- would have been so discredited their New Delhi: Thirty private universi- Sample this: terrent. MATS university claims to degrees would be worthless,’’ says ed- ties set up in six months and another • Either by an Act of Parliament • The Mahaveer Academy of Tech- or state legislation have received 280 applicants for its 50 ucationist Amrik Singh. five in the pipeline. Or, a new univer- nology and Science (MATS) is a one- seats in BBM and MBA. Prof M M Pant, chancellor of sity every week. Chhattisgarh seems UGC pre-conditions room university with no vice-chan- 10 years proven record of And they are flocking in not just the recently- established Network to have stolen a march over the rest of cellor and no academic staff. • from Chhattisgarh and neighbouring University of Multinodal Global India at least in one field. academic excellence, corpus • The Sri Rawatpura Sarkar Interna- fund of Rs 10 cr, 5 professors, states but even from down South. Education, is however upbeat: ‘‘It’s The setting up of private universi- tional University operates from a Says Sreelatha Menon who’s come all all about open competition. Only the ties in the country has been on hold built-up area of 4,000 sqm, basement of a commercial complex. books worth Rs 50 lakhs the way from Cochin for a nursing best will survive.’’ pending the passing of the Private It offers a nursing course and plans to course, ‘‘Back home it would cost at Chhattisgarh education minister Universities Bill, languishing in Par- introduce engineering as well. Chhattisgarh’s pre-conditions least Rs 2 lakhs, here it’s one-fourth of Satya Narain Sharma was away on a liament since 1995. But Chhattisgarh • Having procured the recognition • Project report stating aim, that. An MBA here costs justs Rs state tour but his special assistant passed the Private University Act last certificate from Chhattisgarh (which details of sponsoring body, 32,000.’’ Agrees Suresh Nandan, a gra- Girish Kant Pandey said, ‘‘We want to year, becoming the first state in the permits them to open branches any- types of courses duate: ‘‘These universities are a boon, make Chhattisgarh a centre of aca- country to allow private universities, where in India or abroad) some, like offering courses at less than half the demic excellence. Everybody is wel- and opening the floodgates for educa- the Maharishi University,have set up tisgarh University. price we’d have to pay elsewhere.’’ come. We are giving excellent facili- tional business. Uttaranchal also shop in Delhi. Its admission notice • At least half a dozen others have But will these degrees be recog- ties and not putting too many precon- passed the Act last year. nowhere indicates that it is a Chhat- neither office nor campus and most of nised elsewhere in the country? ‘‘Stu- ditions.’’ (See box)
Louise Brown, the world’s first in-vitro fertilisation baby, receives a balloon heart at the 25th anniversary reunion near Cambridge in England. Brown was Life beyond cricket...and victory too Iyers on a winning spree joined by around 1,000 IVF children. Reuters See Deep Focus: Page 5 Aparna Sen’s film bags three National Awards You’ve got SMS...and TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Bengal swept the a divorce too 50th National Film Awards Malaysian Muslim men can divorce and a ‘‘thematically and tech- their wives through text messages on nically improved’’ Hindi cine- mobile telephones, reported the New ma too made its mark. By Straits Times, quoting a religious comparison, the south has adviser to the government. Hamid fallen behind. Othman, adviser to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said Budhadeb Dasgupta’s Mon- divorce via SMS was in accordance do Meyer Upakhyan (Bengali) with the Sharia law if it was clear and was adjudged the Best Fea- It’s a great It’s very spe- I couldn’t unambiguous. ture Film, while the Best Ac- feeling.“ Bhagat cial““ to get an believe it... It’s tor award went to Bollywood Singh was a award in your very humbling. 59 die of malaria: Fifty nine people star Ajay Devgan for playing have died due to malaria in West Bengal’s the title role in The Legend of patriot who own country... The phone Jalpaiguri district this year causing con- Bhagat Singh. The film also didn’t get due It’s an emotion- hasn’t stopped cern among the authorities and health of- won the award for the Best ficials here. The death toll has already Film in Hindi. justice al moment ringing surpassed last year’s number of 42, divi- Konkona Sen Sharma, Ajay Devgan ” Aparna Sen ””Konkona Sen sional commissioner of Jalpaiguri Deba- bagged the Best Actress ditya Chakraborty said. award for her ‘‘strong and ef- tainment.’’ The film also background music in Tamil Terrorist threat: A fidayeen squad of fective portrayal of a Tamil bagged a clutch of other film Kannathil Muthamittal. nine trained operatives is suspected to Brahmin woman caught be- awards, including one for In the non-feature film cat- have infiltrated into Nashik to create trou- A historic moment for Indian soccer as East Bengal became the first Indian club to win an internation- tween an orthodox mindset Shreya Ghosal as Best Fe- gegory,Arun Khopkar’s biog- ble during the Kumbh Mela, according to al tournament. The Kolkata giants beat Bec Tero Sasana, Thailand 3-1 at Jakarta. Report on page 17 and human compassion,’’ in male Playback Singer for raphical Narayan Gangaram state intelligence reports. The mela be- Aparna Sen’s Mr and Mrs Bairi Piya, and Saroj Khan as Surve was awarded the Swar- gins on July 30 and will be attended by Iyer. Sen won the award for Best Choreographer for the na Kamal. The best director’s around eight million people from across Best Director. The film also Dola re Dola dance number. award was shared by the country. gets the Nargis Dutt Award The jury, headed by filmmak- Paramapatham (Tamil) and Indo-Pak talks: Pakistan on Saturday for its national integration er Prakash Jha praised Khan Beyond or Within (English). suggested the resumption of talks with If a CEO runs your city... theme. Sen took home the for creating “captivating Besides winning the top India at the foreign secretary level fol- award for the Best Children’s dance movements to reflect feature film award, Budhadeb lowed by political negotiations and said film Baaja too. the spirit of the characters .” Dasgupta got the best biogra- that Pakistani prime minister Mir Zafarul- Would there be no urban mess? Read on for a blueprint Bollywood blockbuster De- Southern winners include phical film award for Meeting lah Khan Jamali was willing to meet vdas was commended for Best Music Direction for A R Manjit, a film on painter Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the ‘‘providing wholesome enter- Rahman, for the song and Manjit Bawa. sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September.
indiatimes.com POLL Are public executions the best punishment DelhiMumbai Kolkata Bangalore for heinous crimes? ✦ For power, build ✦ Helicopter service ✦ Jazz it up like ✦ Zero political Yes 69% No 31% huge solar dish from airport Singapore interference VOTE NOW: Is the government justified in giving ✦ Water pipeline ✦ Double-decker ✦ Make it education, ✦ Code of citizens’ more importance to peace process than from Rishikesh roads, trains health hub conduct honouring India’s martyrs? Illustration: Deepak Harichandan Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 By Sujata Dutta Sachdeva and vate initiative. For example, to Naidu. Today, Mumbai is a city Radha Rajadhyaksha meet the water requirements, pri- with a brilliant brain but paral- WEATHER TIMES NEWS NETWORK vate investors should be allowed ysed limbs. The infrastructure to build a pipeline which brings needs to be completely over- ant to transform your o o water directly from Rishikesh to hauled. Double-decker roads and Max. 36 C/Min. 29 C metros into world class Delhi. For better power, a huge so- trains need to be built — like Moonset: Sunday – 6.03 pm cities? Have CEOs run W lar dish should be installed near Bangkok — to decongest traffice. Moonrise: Monday – 4.22 am them, says the yet-to-be-released Sunset: Sunday – 7.15 pm Delhi. Hovercrafts can be used to link McKinsey-Bombay First report. Sunrise: Monday – 5.41 am Kolkata: Sanjiv Goenka, vice- the western coast of the city while As Sanjiv Goenka of RPG enter- Mainly cloudy sky with one or two spells chairman, RPG Enterprises a helicopter service can link the prise says, ‘‘It’s a CEO who can vi- of rain/thundershower. Maximum relative f I were the CEO of Kolkata, I airports to the heart of the city. humidity on Saturday 85 per cent and minimum sualise and work with his team to Iwould convert it into a vibrant, For slums, the Singapore exam- 63 per cent. realise this dream.’’ Sunday throbbing metropolis like Shang- ple can be followed. In the 60’s Times brings to you a blueprint hai or Singapore. Kolkata needs to slum-dwellers in Singapore were for your city, specially drafted by be done up visually, so that its rehabilitated in highrises with our team of CEOs. prosperity becomes evident. The shopping centres at the bottom Delhi: Onkar Singh Kanwar, focus should be on capitalising the where they were given work. Yo- chairman, Apollo Tyres & Aman intellectual prowess of the metro. u’d be surprised how fast efficien- Nath, CEO, Neemrana I would turn it into the education- cy seeps downwards once you be- world-class city is one that of- al capital of India and a health- gin wielding the stick. Of course, Afers its citizens a uniformly care hub for Southeast Asia since for this, the CEO needs to operate good standard of living, clean and Bengalis are very good doctors. without political influence. pollution free environment, af- Kolkata also needs another world- Bangalore: Ravi Ramu, CFO, fordable housing and a variety of class international airport. But MphasiS BFL Group Book your Classifieds work and leisure options. Does most of all, it’s important to bring he problems in Indian metros 24 hours service: “51-666-888” Delhi give us all this? back the pride of Kolkata among Tstem from two sources — the The first pre-requisite for Del- Kolkatans. current management which lacks Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” hi’s management should be an in- The ATM of information Mumbai: Alyque Padamsee, accountability and the citizens tegrated, holistic management CEO, AP Amalgamated & who lack responsibility. For a The Largest Classifieds Site system, with a single authority. Naushad Forbes, Vice-chairman, world-class look, Bangalore needs Today, the chaos is due to multi- CII Maharashtra to have a professional manage- plicity of authority, lack of ac- ombay had a world-wide ment team with adequate powers countability and corruption. To Bbrand image, we now need to to take decisions, and zero politi- become world-class, Delhi must build a similar brand image for cal interference. The next step is integrate all city management Mumbai. How about making to transform the citizens them- functions under a single authority Mumbai the Las Vegas (casinos)- selves. A code of citizens’ conduct and free decision-making from po- cum-New York (finance and enter- must be developed much the same litical interference. tainment)-cum-Paris (fashion)- way as we do in a company.E-gov- Ministers must be replaced by cum-Singapore (law and order ernance tools are imperative for managers and special ‘corruption and cleanliness) of the world? proper communication between managers’ should be recruited to For this, Mumbai definitely managers and citizens. police the system. Infrastructure needs a CEO like Lee Kwan Yu of Reports from Arup Ratan Lala can be imporved only through pri- Singapore or Chandrababu and Sofia Tippoo
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arna Mana Hai? Okay. We promise not to darofy , but quizzes D you ll have to first give us the TIMES N EWS N ETWORK Darr. What you give us instead is an in - New Delhi: The face of Mastermind India and the nocuous-looking apple that eats up man behind Kaun Banega Crorepati, Siddhartha Sanjay Kapoor and lies under the cov- Basu, is back with more for erlet waiting for Shilpa Shetty. Scared the quiz-crazy. anyone? Or an overgrown boy (Aftab India s favourite quiz master has launched yet Shivdasani) who plays Statue! with another show, University Challenge, based on his college mates each time he wants UK s popular TV quiz show of the same name. to kiss the girls or beat-up the boys. Direction: Jonathan Mostow The series, to start on BBC World from August Shiver-shiver? Or else, a gum-chew - Showing at: PVR Priya 7, will start with four special exhibition episodes ing V ivek Oberoi who rolls up his eyes showcasing winning teams from the UK Univer- and disappears when he s not locking o confusion about this; Terminator sity Challege show who will be pitted against horns with Nana Patekar on a lonely N 2 is the best. In his teams from Indian colleges. highway in the middle of the night. third avtaar , he s too old and too obso - Quiz has always been a craze with the Indian Heebie-jeebies, huh? lete to pump up the adrenalin. Not audience and around 350 institutions from across The problem with Darna Mana Hai when the Matrix has been lies in the fact that it s not Bhoot II. So the country showed interest in participating in the Reloaded with apblomb and the Mis- don t go expecting to see the Ram new series. Out of this, 28 teams were chosen sions have grown mindblowingly Im- Gopal Verma Inc. raise another chill. based on a written test, says Basu. possible. And once you stop expecting the Boo! University Challenge will cover the gamut of Arnie s attempts to save the savior you can sit back and enjoy a bit of ex - sports, theatre, technology, industries, film, mu - of the human race seem jaded before perimentation, a whole lot of innova - sic, science and many other areas. the oomph of his opponent (Kristan - tion. Some of it good, most of it Cut-throat competition promises to be the USP na): The hi-tech TX who pouts and mediocre. of the show. The Indian winners coming out on pummels her way through with metal- The film is essentially a compendi - top at the end of 27 shows will be um of six short stories the champions of the sub-continent. But with the twist in the the show goes on and they will then battle tale. Needless to say, it out with the winners of the UK show the story writers have for the ultimate prize. been Roald Dahl buffs Commenting on the new programme, at some point of their Narendhra Morar, Commissioning Editor, BBC creative journey. A W orld said: There is an insatiable urge for personal favourite is achievement inherent among young Indians the one about the which is reflected in the response evoked by quiz killer cigarette featur - shows in the country. ing Saif Ali Khan and Basu has no doubts about the Indian Boman Irani. Boman s competitors coming up against their a whacko hotelier who W estern counterparts. In the special shows, the runs a desolate Indian students were pretty much on motel in the middle of nowhere. Quite par with them. lic splendour. The glint in her oxide an af fable guy eyes far outshine the dying red of The teams participating for the special shows who watches Tom and Jerry when he s include: S P College of Engineering, Mumbai vs Arnie s spluttering batteries. Even his not trying to rid the world of smoking. famous one-liners acknowledge the Aberystwth, University of Saif s a guest who W ales; IIT, Madras vs Birkbeck College, existence of a far superior being. In - checks in and wants to find a stead of I ll be back, he stutters Shell University of London; Jadhavpur University vs place to smoke. The rest is an exqui - Edinburgh University; R V College of be back. Tch-Tch! What a climb- site piece of acting and story-telling down. which leaves you hungering for more. The story too is foregone and lacks What you get instead imagination. So much so, we are told is a bizarre climax, the world is ending, but what we get to preceded by a few see is the last man and women snug in uninspired takes on a bunker. Guess the camera forgot to the quirky side of hu - look out of the window and bring us the man behaviour . real action of Judgment Day. W atch it for the Here s hoping T-4 is in finer sheer novelty of tech - mettle, whenever he gets back. nique and style. Nikhat Kazmi Terminator 3: Rise of Machines HH Cast: Arnold Schwarzennegar, Kristanna Loken
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ROAD/JUNCTION NUMBER OF TO TAL TRAFFIC PROSECUTION ACCI- Dilli traffic: Honk, DENTS STAFF V ikas Marg 20,285 50 6 ZOs, 7 HCs Driving in Delhi is now a nightmare. Experts say half the problems are caused by behavioural patterns of the commuters and the rest 32 consta - by the sad condition of roads. What s the way out? bles Pankaj Nangia MG Road 7,546 40 1 ZO, 1 HC By Urvashi Gulia They are very unpredictable, said Prateeksha 4 Consta- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK Pandit, a Munirka resident. bles Traf fic experts say the bus stops are wrongly elhi runs on god s will, or so it placed here. The area also needs a convenient Adhchini to Saket 3,907 15 1 ZO, 1HC seems. Nearly 40 lakh vehicles subway. They say if two-wheelers, which consti - 4 Consta- compete for space in the city. Park - tute 66 per cent of the traf fic, and slow-moving ve - ZO Zonal Officer; HC Head Constable; Figures: Jan 1 to July 15 ing is a component that is usually hicles are given a dedicated lane, traf fic flow will not catered to. As a result, the av - D improve. Pedestrians, too, need to be given their erage Delhiite is left with no option but to bear space to keep them from bringing vehicles to a with it. halt. The monsoon have simply added to the misery. The traf fic police helpline received 133 calls in the At the root of the problem: Traf fic expert Gau - Funds for first three weeks of July, complaining about traf fic tam Chatterjee says: Roads cannot be elastic. jams. The T imes of India identified the worst af - One cannot even put a halt to the ever increasing fected stretches. Experts, of ficials and the com - vehicular population. Half the problems on Delhi muters, as usual, have dif ferent tales to tell. roads are caused by behavioural problems of the commuters. But things will improve if people are V ikas Marg: This road passes through three sep - patient and decide what route they want to take lotted for road repair . arate areas Gandhinagar, V ivek V ihar and instead of taking last minute decisions. Although many civic agen- Daryaganj. As if the huge traf fic volume this route According to Institute of Road Traf fic Education cies are responsible for the has to cater to wasn t enough, there is a bus road (IRTE) president Rohit Baluja, proper surveys are construction and mainte - nance of roads, the MCD, by Ramesh Jagat Ram virtue of covering 97 per cent Park BSZ Marg repair of the city is the main agency. This year, the record rains Dayanan INS have pooped its parade like d Acade- Laxmi Na- Can you spot yourself in this mess? PHQ never before. It is entitled to get Rs 100 crore as plan Shakarpu un- the Delhi-Haryana border, said steps out of the house after men - Indraprastha Marg funds from the Delhi govern - r Shiv Raman, a Vasant Kunj resi - tally preparing to battle the traf fic ITO IMA V ikas Cus- ment only for roads. dent who runs a firm from Gurgaon. snarls. Getting out of the area is Of this, only half the Lalita Shakarpu According to Raman, on a good challenge. I am yet to see any ve - Hans tom CAP- Bhaw spent amount has been sent to the Shakarpu Ganesh Na- day it takes at least 20 minutes to hicle being towed away, com - IP MCD. But this is no problem cross Andheria Mor. Another prob - plained Ipshita Chatterjee, an area V ikas By Nistula Hebbar r gar Extn Bhawa as of the Rs 50 crore they do lem that has cropped up on the resident. Tilak TIMES N EWS N ETWORK have, Rs 10 crore are yet to lHeavy movement of slow moving route are the rashly driven call centre taxis. Dwarka to Kirby Place via Dabri: It doesn t lUnruly buses; heavy traffic. ome monsoon and be spent. While Delhi is not a vehicles and pedestrians. Traffic of ficials say the stretch is tricky mainly feel like Delhi at all. You feel as if you are head - Delhi roads start re - heavy rainfall area and bitu - because of the traf fic volume. The umpteen wed- ed for some obscure city, not a colony that is a needed to get to the root of the problem. Every stand at Laxmi Nagar T-point that brings vehicles C sembling the lunar men surface works well dings held in the farmhouses add to the problem. part of the national capital region, said Kapil area is separate and needs specific treatment. to a near standstill. Add to it the vehicles parked surface. Craters and pot - enough, somehow Delhi But we divert heavy vehicles if the situation gets Pathak, a Dwarka resident. Delhi needs a central traf fic management body. along the road, as the whole stretch is lined with bad. Otherwise the route is all right, opined a Commuters using the stretch regularly say just Someone has to initiate action and take respon- holes abound with the bitu - roads never survive the test. shops. traffic official. driving up to Dhaula Kuan takes an hour. One sibility. The secret of good traf fic management is men on the roads washed out The fact has more to do with We have asked the civic agency concerned to Since the onset of the monsoon, matters have cannot go above the second gear till Dabri. The good road engineering. Which in the case of Del- by even the gentlest of show - the constant digging that Del - shift the bus stand, said deputy commissioner of taken a turn for the worse. Commuters headed for single lane road is beset with Mars like craters. hi is missing, he added. ers. hi roads endure than any - police (traf fic) M K Meena. The agency con- Gurgaon often spend about two hours negotiating I m yet to see a traf fic cop on this route, added Experts say that, as of now, the transport de - Little wonder considering thing else. cerned is Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road. Poor lighting on the partment is theoretically the nodal agency and the fact that the MCD has not There is a cabinet com - The place is a nightmare. Five minutes of rain Kirby stretch adds to the commuters woes. should get down to serious work. According to managed to spend a consid- mittee recommendation that and it all gets jammed. The bus stand near Lax- Delhi transport minister Ajay Maken, the transport erable fraction of the funds al - new surfaces be tried out for mi Nagar is another hassle. One also has to deal Adhchini to Saket: At present, the Adhchini department is working towards setting up an In - with cyclists and the like. There have been times stretch is closed due to the Delhi Jal Board s un - tegrated Metropolitan Transport Authority (IMTA). when I have been stuck on the ITO bridge for over derground sewer repair work. This narrow Lajwanti The authority will take care of road engineer - an hour, said Joginder Lal, a resident of Noida. stretch, however, has always been a nightmare Janakpuri Chowk for motorists. Massive potholes and heavy traffic ing, road design, traf fic discipline and enforce - Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road: The traf fic on this road turn driving into a gruelling experience. ment. It will have of ficials from transport depart - is extremely heavy as it is one of the roads con - If one travels further towards Saket, there is ment, traf fic police and several stake-holders who necting Gurgaon and Delhi. Farmhouse occu- more in store. At least one carriageway on either will look into problems ranging from poor public side of the narrow road near PVR Anupam is Dabri Sagarpur transport to quality of road, he said. Maybe things will improve? God willing! blocked by parked cars. Traffic of ficials confirm Dwarka that this is unauthorised and that they routinely Son Buruj Andhe- prosecute offenders and even tow away cars. lPoor quality roads; very heavy traffic ria Mor They have built a massive commercial com - plex, but where s the space to park our cars? We Pathak. do we go? questioned Amardeep Siddhu. Area Lajwanti Chowk and Janak flyover are equally bad with haphazard traffic making driving a very n residents, however, are not very happy. One o tough deal. It s only after Kirby Place that one ac - Andheria a g tually starts moving, said Sumitra Chaudhry, an - r Press Encl V u other Dwarka resident. as G an li Traffic of ficials, however , feel the traf fic has tK u Hau un ra Chhattarpur j h slowed down recently due to the digging work. e z M Es- ITO junction: Probably one of the busiest traf fic Adhchini lExtremely heavy traffic; dug up and junction in the city, vehicles behave as erratically damaged road Aurobindo Marg here as elsewhere. Jay-walkers, waterlogging and an influx of slow-moving ve - pants have broken the central verge at a number NCER hicles add to the problems. of places. These gaps are yet to be closed. SD IIT If you are stuck at this junction The road is damaged at places and people then you are stuck. You can t opt for random U-turns if they see vehicles getting Qutab Hotel Kat - hope to wiggle out. Something stuck in a jam ahead. There are no policemen waria should be done to regulate au - around. The only policemen I see are the ones on lNarrow roads; unauthorised parking torickshaws and buses here.
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FLIGHTS OUT O F W E ATHER DELHI Rainfall Many places East: Jharkhand; Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, WB Mumbai: I-A 0700, (Gangetic WB) and Sikkim, Bihar; North: U P 0800, 0900, 1200, (east UP), Uttarnachal, HP, J&K, south Rajasthan; a few 1300, 1700, 1800, places in Haryana, Punjab, north Rajasthan. Central: K K Lashkar 1900, 2000, 2300 formal dress code. Obviously, Jet Air 0650, 0800, MP (east MP), Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh. Peninsula: G u- 0935, 1400, 1725, jarat, Konkan and Goa, madhya Maharashtra, Marath- we re not going to come in 1935, 2030, 2200, INDIA WORLD tube-tanks and knickers. By Sahara 1700, 0935, 1520, 1800, 2025 Max Max Min We , we now we have the sense to KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Min B eshwar 29 Amsterdam 22 know what s okay and what s 1600H H,1700,1945 Delhi 36 29 25 15 Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 30 27 Pune 26 22 Bahrain 37 28 not, says Shruti, a student in Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 34 28 Guwahati 36 Bangkok 28 26 Shri Venkateswara College. CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 33 27 28 Beijing 29 23 V isit any campus and it s the 0640,0955H H H B lore 28 21 Dehradun 33 Chicago 26 12 1645,1900 Jet Air are Ahm bad 32 24 Geneva 26 15 don t same story: Most girls wear the 0645,1900 BANGALORE: 25 Hyd bad 29 23 Hong Kong 30 trendy faded hipster jeans with I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 T puram 31 24 Indore 28 23 27 short tops, kurtis, or sleeveless Jet Air 0635,1715, Bhopal 29 23 Jaipur 34 27 London 22 11 Sahara 0725, 1745 tops. Here and there, you can HY BAD:I-A 0630, TRAIN RESERVATIONS adult spot a midrif f, a transparent top 1745 G O A :I-A 1200, Sahara 1200 need that s too clingy. Yes, the dress Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at KULU:Jagson 2000 hrs. on 26.07.2003 in important trains leaving vari - codes have been re-written. 0630, 0650, 1215 H AHMEDABAD: Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac And it s not a problem, say prin - I-A 2 ac Ac 3t Sl cipals. 0600,1700H H1845, NORTH s Youngsters have always Jet Air 0610 GUWAHATI BAG- 4033 Jammu Mail 27.07 28.07 30.07 been fashionable, says Dr Anil 30.07 no By Bonita Baruah Ph: I-A :140,142. H Mon, W ilson, principal St. Stephen s. Wed, Fri, H H T ue, Thu, Sat, 4645 Shalimar Exp 17.08 09.08 TIMES N EWS N ETWORK HHH Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet 30.07 It s not what they wear, but Air : (City) 6853700, (Air - 2403 Jammu Exp 29.07 05.08 30.07 port) 25665404 Sahara: New Delhi: Spaghettis or skin - how they wear it. At the same (City) 2335901-9, 18.08 (Airport) 25675234/875, EAST fits, salwar kurtas or jeans? time, he says his students have 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 27.07 28.07 W ith Britney Spears, Kareena some kind of understanding of 29.07 dres Kapoor and MTV setting the BANGKOK/TOKYO: 2304 Poorva Exp 30.07 27.07 27.07 how they are expected to Thai Air 0010 (TG- 31.07 fashion trends, age-old dress dress. 316), 2382 Poorva Exp 28.07 28.07 28.07 codes of what to wear to col - Ultimately it must come A-I 0050 (IC-855) 04.08 FRANKFURT: 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 28.07 04.08 lege don t hold good anymore. from within. It s how they view Lufthansa 0305 (LH-761) 06.08 T-shirts are getting shorter , their college as a serious 2392 Magadh Exp 05.09 05.09 05.09 s AMSTERDAM: jeans are slipping down, and 05.09 workplace, or as a place for fun KLM 0745 (KL-476) the midrif f and navel are in - For today s college students following the latest fashion trends, the dress codes have LONDON: British 2402 Shramjeevi Exp 27.07 27.07 and games; what their first pri - Air 27.07 creasingly visible. ority is, the canteen or the col - 0210 (BA-142) 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 30.07 27.07 28.07 Is this a trend college princi - to tighten their dress codes? lege authorities, who draw the Come on, we re in college, lege. PARIS: Air France 28.07 0040 (AF-147), 4056 Brahmputra Mail N.A. pals are comfortable with? Are Surprisingly, in Delhi s colleges hemlines and set the dress not in school. Please, give us For Hema Raghavan, princi- A-I 0735 (AI-141) 12.08 12.08 code they finding themselves forced it s kids themselves, not col - code. some credit. We don t need a pal Gargi College, college stu - SINGAPORE: 5622 North East Exp 31.07 12.08 Sin pore Airlines 18.08 2315 (SQ-407), 2554 Vaishali Exp 27.07 31.07 28.07 I-A 0050 (IC-855) 29.07 HONG KONG/OSA- 2816 Puri Exp 28.07 28.07 AIR INDIA 28.07 2802 Purshottam Exp 04.08 28.07 Man steps in KA: 04.08 A-I 2320 (AI-318) 8476 Neelanchal Exp 29.07 29.07 tourist-friendly . In the 25 ses - ROME/GENEVA: 27.07 A-I 0350 (AI-171) 4230 Lucknow Mail 31.07 31.07 30.07 Polite seva sions that have been conducted AHMEDABAD: 01.08 so far over 1000 personnel have No. of passengers dealt on 25.07.2003 (Delhi Area): 45,415 (N. CISF l The mantra is to assist not ignore A-I : ( C ity)23736446 Rly. Area) 1,89,071. It does not necessarily mean that reservation undergone training. /47/48 (Air .)25652050, is available on all subsequent dates. For further infor - l Preventive vigilance: How to protect A key point of the programme pointing towards two scooter- British Air : (Air.) mation regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for computerised PNR, 25652908, Lufthansa: for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. tourists from unscrupulous elements is how to handle on-duty stress. borne youths who were just 23323310, Singapore ahead of the car. The youths, l W ork-related stress shouldn t af fect Their state of mind should ide - to she said, had snatched her gold jawan passenger care ally be positive considering their job profile. Stress induces irri - chain. l Athithi devo bhava: Always put the guest tability which leaves a bad taste Mathur and his friend fol - first in the mouth of passengers who help, lowed the scooter for a few kilo - Cholera, meters, after which Bhola who have to interact with these per - s was on the driver s seat, hit the last, realised this fact. sonnel, said a tourism of ficial. No surprise then that about Apart from stress manage- scooter from behind, causing the riders to fall of. f 2,000 CISF personnel posted at ment, the personnel are being gets at Mathur immediately got out IGI and domestic airports are taught to become facilitators for of the car and ran towards the Sharma said the problem now undergoing lessons to passengers, especially tourists. learn - two. While one managed to run was reported about 10 days learn the nuances of serving Being polite and courteous is away, he nabbed the other one back. W e tried to investigate with a smile . part of the package. They are shot gas- work and beat him up. He attempted but failed to pin point the The Union tourism ministry in being motivated to prevent By Maneesh Pandey to retrieve the chain, Mathur s cause, he said. association with the Delhi tourists from being fleeced by TIMES N EWS N ETWORK friend recounted while talking A resident, Ravinder Shar - ing to Tourism and Transportation De - touts and travel agents, and to about the incident. ma, said sewers were velopment Corporation help the elderly and disabled at New Delhi: Courtesy is what tro TIMES N EWS N ETWORK The other snatcher, on realis - choked at several places in most don t associate with our (DTTDC) started an orientation people. ing that his accomplice was in the campus and this was para-military forces. The Central programme for CISF personnel Union tourism secretary, R V New Delhi: In a virtual rerun of danger, rushed towards Mathur. leading to contamination. smile Industrial Security Force s on 1 June. This programme in- Jha, said: This is a capacity the Sunita Chaddha murder in- A police of ficer from Malviya Na - cases Residents of the hostel are (CISF) top brass has, at long tends to make the personnel building programme for service cident last May, a 35-year-old gar police station said: He was also complaining of stomach man was shot and injured by armed with a locally-made pistol ache, he said. two men who were allegedly with which he fired at Mathur. Meanwhile, gastro cases W est Delhi fleeing after snatching a chain While Bhola got busy with the on reported in the city since Jan - New body for from a woman. injured Mathur, the two fled. uary have swelled to 38,251 transporter While Sunita paid with her life None of the passers-by pres- and the cholera cases have for trying to intervene in what ent at the time of the incident risen to 393. was apparently a case of road came forward to help the two, the The number of cholera robbed of Rs rage, Ravi Mathur is now fight - Mathur s friend later said. cases reported this month ing for his life at Sir Ganga Ram Nobody tried to follow the are about 70 per cent more streetlights in the city . At present, street - Hospital. snatchers or write the registra - than those reported last lights are managed by the Municipal 15 lakh Mathur and his business as - tion number of their scooter ei - rise month. In the first two weeks street - Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and power TIMES N EWS N ETWORK sociate Jayant Bhola were driv - ther , he added. supply is maintained by the privately- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK of this month, over 1,967 ing towards Essex Farm at 1:15 Mathur, who owns a videog - owned power distribution companies. New Delhi: A west Delhi transporter was robbed gastro cases have already of Rs 15 lakh on Saturday in west Punjabi Bagh. pm on Saturday when they no- raphy and photography unit, is New Delhi: More than 16 been reported. A bulk of Concerned over the poor state ticed a woman standing on the now under observation in the residents of the Sucheta Kri - of streetlighting, chief minister Sheila This is the second robbery in the area and the these, about 250 cases, were light third in the west district in the last four days. road waving for help. She was casualty department of Sir Gan - plani Hospital staf f quarters Dikshit said the government was think - reported on Saturday and Deputy commissioner of police (west), Satish and hostel have been treated Sunday. ing of setting up such a CM visits for ailments like diarrhoea, body to ensure proper streetlighting. Golcha, said: Manmohan Singh Chadha (32) constituen - The spurt in cholera cases was robbed by two motorcycle borne youths at vomiting and stomach this month appears to be man- This is one option we are consider - cy: Chief gun point outside the gate of his in-laws house in cramps sparking a cholera linked to the heavy rains this ing, as that s how these lights are man - minister west Punjabi Bagh. and gastroenteritis scare. season. It is also a warning aged in several other cities, she said, Sheila Dik - At about 1.30 pm on Saturday, Chadha with - Residents of about 110 for the outbreak of a cholera after a review meeting with top power of - shit gave a drew the amount from ABM-Amro Bank in CP and type-A quarters, housing epidemic in north and north- age- ficials. tongue- headed for his house in west Delhi. Before doctors and para-medical west Delhi, doctors feel. Lack Terming streetlighting as the biggest lashing to reaching his house, he visited his in-laws place. staff, have been undergoing of good drainage facilities is problem, Dikshit said the government is CPWD offi- He carried the bag along, but was robbed before treatment at the hospital for one of the major reasons for looking into the fact whether the public cials when entering the house. The boys showed him a pis- the last 10 days. spread of cholera in unautho - ment in works department (PWD) and the MCD she went tol and decamped with the cash. They had ap - Medical superintendent, rised colonies. would be able to spare personnel for on a round parently been following him for some time, Dr G K Sharma, confirmed Drinking pure water is the such an organisation. of her con - that there have been several safest bet. Patients should The other option is to have street - Golcha said. stituency, cases of residents complain - avoid self-medication, said city lights managed by the MCD, while the In the same area another robbery took place on Gol Market, Tuesday. A resident of Adarsh Nagar, Harish Ahu - ing of a discomforting feeling M P Sharma, head of gas- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK private power companies are paid the on Satur - in the stomach. But only one troenterology department, AI - electricity charges. Right now, there is a ja, was robbed of Rs 3 lakh when he came out of day. The patient was confirmed as a IMS. New Delhi: The Delhi government is difference between the rates given and the Punjabi Bagh branch of the State Bank of officials gastro case, he said. People should avoid con - toying with the idea of setting up a Delhi those proposed by the companies, she Mysore. were pulled Streetlighting Corporation to manage the said. Four persons riding a scooter and a motor cy- up for not paying at - tention to Type-I and II houses of
TOI the locality . Dikshit said that while DDA CPWD was taking good care of houses in com- the VIP ar - eas, they have not been pay- plex ing atten - tion to the upkeep and main- tenance of these mid- dle-class houses. TNN
When the DDA gets down to serious work, this is the result nearly two decades later. takes than Mahal By Nistula Hebbar TIMES N EWS N ETWORK longer Taj New Delhi: A commercial com- plex, being constructed by the Delhi Development Authority
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The donor is easier. Age travails If grounded, these air-host - Indian groun IA is making a list of air esses would be transferred to hostesses over 50 yrs of age other departments like catering, to supervise food prior to load - The SC judgment in the AI ing, and rostering and adminis - case might be a yardstick tration. AP Air - d 50 If grounded, the Meanwhile, IA s target of air-hostesses will be put in 1,000 employees for the Volun - fair, other departments tary Retirement Scheme has lines plus fallen short by 650. The scheme was launched on May 18, 2003, TIMES N EWS N ETWORK has been asked to give the num- and was to remain in force till ber of air- hostesses over the July 17, 2003. It has now been tall New Delhi: The recent Supreme host- age of 50. extended till September 17. too Court decision to ground Air In - A decision is awaited and will Those who have opted for it dia air-hostesses after the age of go to the IA board, said a IA sen - are mainly from non-critical ar - 50 may have a fall-out on the do - ior of ficial. The SC judgment in eas and lower-level staf f in and may esses mestic carrier too. The person - the A-I case would naturally ground support. By Shobha John nel department of Indian Airlines make a decision in this regard However, a director and a edu- Louise Brown, the world s first in-vitro fertilisation Duty cut baby, holds IVF twins Henry and Antonia Veary as A tribute from the legend him- cat - they celebrate Louise s 25th birthday in England. Anil Shinde on ed. W estside sto - STBs ry may be ouples and single women who go in for donor in - semination in the US can know more about the extended Eno C TIMES N EWS N ETWORK donor than they probably do about their spouse. The choice is based on not only physical and medical attrib - New Delhi: The I&B ministry utes, but also audio interviews, personality profiles, ad - has mooted a proposal that vanced degrees, and childhood photos. Basic donor pro - the 45 per cent duty cut on set- ugh files read something like this: Donor No. 2456: top boxes (STBs), required for Favourite colour: green, favourite car: Jaguar, favourite viewing pay channels under food: steak, favourite drink: red wine, SAT score: 1,269. CAS, may be extended till Details follow . Only three per cent who apply for dona - Sept 30. ? tion get selected after passing rigorous standards. The proposal to the finance Specimens are stored in vials that are stored at minus- ministry seeks such an exten - sion on the ground that the CAS implementation has been Fertility choose the kind of donors ics continue to run their own they want? And how effective banks. The ICMR has pre- deferred from July 15 to Sept 1 clinics are donor-based insemina- pared a draft legislation lay - in the four metros, said tions? ing down certain guidelines sources. give busi - Check out infertility clinics for the running of AR T clinics The government, had in on the internet and you may and sperm banks. Says M a y, cut import duty on the ness feel it s easy. Cryogenie s Dr Bhashini STBs from 50 per cent to five Some clinics promise to Rao, W e had taken up the li - per cent up to July 31, bringing give you details such as the cencing issue with ICMR. down prices ranging from basics a Amitabh Bachchan congratulates Ajay Devgan (right) for bagging the National Award for Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 by donor s height, weight, com - The law is yet to be passed Best Actor as director Rajkumar Santoshi (left) looks on on the sets of Khakee in Mumbai. plexion, colour of so unlicenced sperm banks around Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000. go-by eyes and hair, age, education continue to flourish. and occupation, Doctors agree fresh donor Amarnath pilgrims: Another By Rachna Subramanian batch of 2,343 pilgrims left on and negative reports for sex - semen should not be used at TIMES N EWS N ETWORK Saturday for the cave shrine of ually-transmitted diseases. all. Countries like the US slain leader Abdul Majid Dar, Amarnath in Kashmir despite in- New Delhi: Aruna, an execu- Speak to a doctor at another have banned all use of fresh have decided to give up their clement weather prevailing in tive in a multinational, wanted clinic and he tells you: Yes, semen for insemination. It Hizb fac - armed struggle , and instead several parts of Jammu. PTI to have a baby. She was sin - we give you the person s IQ must be tested for sexually join the political process to gle, so she decided to go in level and religion too. Some transmitted diseases like HIV achieve their objective. for artificial in- tion gives even promise a and cryogenically preserved The decision was announced semination. Her portfolio to for six months. The donor by Hizb leader Zafar Iqbal, also demands were choose from. should then be retested for up arms known as Zafar Fateh, in Srina - simple. All she DEE The success HIV before the preserved se- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK gar two days ago. He said the wanted was a rate promised is men can be released. for in - decision has been taken in view detailed profile around 30-40 semination. New Delhi: Kashmir-based mili- of the sperm of the latest peace moves initiat - per cent. But in India there are no tants of the Hizbul Mujahideen, donor. ed between India and Pakistan. Reality is dif ferent. Delhi laws at present to ensure that who still owe allegiance to their The hardline religious and She visited several fertility has just one licenced sperm this happens. clinics in Mumbai and Delhi bank, Cryogenie. and drew a blank every - Says an IVF specialist, Then there are larger as - where. I have undergone So often the woman is so sisted reproductive technolo - three donor inseminations at hassled that she doesn t gy (AR T) clinics such as the two dif ferent IVF clinics in even ask if the semen is HIV IFV and Fertility Clinic which Mumbai and Delhi. Each time tested at all. There are six has its own donor sperm I asked for a detailed profile, more documented cases of bank and is registered with all I got was the man is fair , HIV through artificial insemi - the Delhi Health Society. tall and educated . nation. Ganga Ram Hospital, one of I was desperate so I went Exactly who are the the leading groups in infertili - ahead. When I read about donors? Dr Anoop Gupta ty treatment, does not have designer babies I burst out who runs the IFV and Fertili - its own bank. laughing. Here we don t even ty Clinic says, Most of our have a choice as far as basic The hospital s embryolo- donors are medical students. looks and IQ is concerned. gist, Dr Raj Gaur says it s a I personally interact with Of the six to 10 per cent in - very complex job. In case a these young men and find fertile couples in the country, patient needs donor sperm out about their lifestyle and some 10 per cent need donor we ask them to collect it background. And we pay a sperms. themselves. And we take no minimal amount of Rs 250, to Can these recipients really responsibility for the source. ensure it doesn t become a Yet, some smaller ART clin - way of earning fast bucks for
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Minister s son AP More than 3 at- of sufiana music, 73-year-old Sheikh Abdul Aziz is a disillusioned man to - Mysti- day. tacked Tanda The santoor, which he used for his New Delhi: The Army may maintain that only three militants were performances, hangs on the wall as involved in the Tanda Army camp attack at Akhnoor in Jammu and Aziz recalls those good old days Kashmir but home ministry sources say that based on the huge re- cism when the hills of Kashmir Valley were covery of weapons it is clear that more than four, may be six, ter - held drunk alive to the sound of this special rorists were involved in the incident. TIMES N EWS N ETWORK brand of music. W e can make an intelligence inference that more than three mil - The distinctive Kashmiri sufi music, Patna: In an unprecedented incident strug- combining elements of Indian and in the Bihar legislative council on Fri - Persian cultures, was a rage among for day, cabinet minister Purnmasi Ram s the Valley s urban elite. Associated son, V ijay Ram, barged into the Up - with sufi rituals, no religious mehfil per House in a drunken state claiming gles was complete without a night-long to be Rajesh Ram, a newly elected rendition of sufiana kalam. member of the House. Rajesh Ram is enter - A decade of militancy has virtual - the intruder s uncle. ly finished sufiana music, says Aziz The police arrested V ijay Ram on amid mistily . In any case, he says, this mu - Friday night at Purnmasi Ram s offi- sic was on the decline. But it was cial residence. obliterated once the state was ing Council chairman Jabir Hussain A sadhu is subjected to security gripped by violence. said he considered an attack on the militan - check at Chandanwari near Aziz, who has published three vol - House by an anti-social element. He Srinagar on Saturday. asked the senior SP of Patna to arrest umes of notations of sufiana kalam, TIMES N EWS N ETWORK the intruder and directed Parliamen - lives on the memories of the days House when exponents of this music would tary af fairs minister Ram Chandra cy Srinagar: Once a leading exponent By Anita Katyal give night-long performances. This
Bush administration had shelled Jai Hindi out $10,000 for each policeman s training. NYPD Hindi alphabets, courtesies The Times of India met one such W ord matching, sentence NRI policeman working with the construction NYPD. After days of persuasion, he to get agreed to speak, but strictly under Objective is to communi - anonymity. cate better with Asians There are nearly 20-30 Indians working with the NYPD, he said. Cost per policeman is We have people from Punjab, its na - $ 10,000 Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka. Af- ter 9/1 1, the NYPD picked up po- sions for New York policemen? licemen from the Middle-East and maste Y es, these classes have just con - Asia and called them for an inter - cluded in the New York Police De - view to check their skills in lan - partment (NYPD). guages. Then the two-month The reason for undertaking this course began. s right mission? Post-9/11 phobia. The Indian policemen were sent to a By Anantha Krishnan M NRI policemen were given a crash language institute where they were TIMES N EWS N ETWORK course in Hindi so that they could taught right from the basic aa, aaa, communicate better with any Asian ee, eee to kya, kyon to aaiye- Bangalore: Hindi-speaking ses - citizen speaking that language. The jaaiye . W ord construction, word Karnataka bans trishul dik - sha Bangalore: W arning the V ishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) against raking-up communally sensitive issues, the Karnataka govern - ment on Saturday announced that a ban will be enforced on the con - troversial trishul diksha if the situ- ation warranted such a necessity. The government will not toler - ate activities that are harmful to peace. We will prohibit trishul dik - sha even if there is a slight hint of
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Mumbai: Old-timers and tra - approach thus taught peo - TOI ditionalists often extol the val - ple to alter their brain wave ue of riyaz or practice. This is patterns with measurable true especially in Indian mu - physical consequences; a sic, where the longer you panel of expert judges found sweat over your practice, the that the 97 students from the better it is supposed to be for Royal College of Music im - your music. proved in a number of areas, However, nothing beats including musical under - the so-called sina-ba-sina standing, imagination and or face-to-face practice with communication with the audi- the guru, with its swift and ence. sometimes brutal punish- An earlier avataar of neu - ment deemed rofeedback necessary to was known to turn wannabe the flower musicians into PSY- power gener- maestros. ation as Now, the biofeedback. newly-built Subtle infor - brain machines promise to mation about the perform - change all this in the 21st ance of a person s body and century. Researchers at Im - brain was amplified and perial College, London, and shown back to him. With sim - Charring Cross Hospital have ple devices measuring mus- built gizmos, which rely on a cle tension or body tempera - process called neurofeed - ture, people learned to regu - back. This trains budding mu - late parameters such as sicians to clear their minds blood pressure and tempera- and produce more creative ture that were normally not Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit with Union minister Sushma Swaraj brain waves without striking a under conscious control. during the inauguration of the National Convention of Elected Repre- single cord. Biofeedback is now well sentatives on HIV/AIDS in New Delhi on Saturday. The technique helped mu- established for treatment for sicians to improve by an av - stress-related conditions erage of 17 per cent the such as migraine headaches equivalent of one grade or and chronic pain. PM calls for class of honours. Some The latest research used a wannabe musicians im- branch known as EEG proved by as much biofeedback, based on the as 50 per cent when they premise that many condi - were assessed on two pieces tions, ranging from learning of music, before and after disabilities to depression and neurofeedback sessions, ac- panic attacks, could be con - cording to a report to be pub - greater S trolled by regulating the mu - TIMES N EWS N ETWORK lished in the forthcoming is - sic of the brain . The tech - sue of Neuroreport. nique seems to work by inter - New Delhi: Prime Minister Vajpayee The brain activity of music vening in the realm of fre - suggested the country become more students was monitored open- quency, the rate at which open about discussing the epidemic. through sensors attached to electrical wave move through Inaugurating the two-day the scalp, which filtered out brain cells. convention of the Parlia - relevant brain waves and fed Dif ferent frequencies are ness mentary Forum on them back to the subjects in responsible for dif ferent types HIV/AIDS here on Satur- the form of a video game dis - of brain waves: Concentra - day, he pointed out that played on a computer tion on a those countries which had screen. task, for example, requires on succeeded in reversing the The participants learned to greater production gloomy picture on that front control the game by their of high-frequency beta waves had been open about the problem. HIV/AID We need to demon- BSNL rules out Fake visa racket: Noted Punjabi singer Sukhwinder Singh alias Panchi has been arrested by the Delhi police along with two New Delhi: State-owned com- others in a fake visa and pass - munications service provider port racket case, the police said peek Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on on Saturday. The three, sus - pected of being agents for Saturday said it would not dis - sending people abroad on the close to any government or pri - basis of forged visas, were vate agency the billing and oth - into nabbed following information by er data of its customers as a two persons arrested two days matter of routine . ago. PTI BSNL would like to inform cus- (the public) that such data has never been supplied in the past nor there is any intention to do tomer so in future as a matter of rou - tine. It is further clarified that the ministry of finance has agreed to relax during 2002-03, the data condition for filing of return in TIMES N EWS N ETWORK those cases where people were
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LU students LET S TALK INDI - es news on TV, the more one tends to read a daily, a recent TV news- ship: study found. In a study conducted by the W e re a New Delhi-based Centre for viewing paper Study Media Studies (CMS), it was On to the streets New Delhi: W atching news on found that in 60 per cent or TV has an appetiser ef fect on more TV-viewers, the time protes Demands during the breed viewers who later buy newspa- spent by them on newspaper morning procession includ - adds to reader- pers. Also, the more one watch- reading was more. According to ed roll back of fee hike t po - Police resorted to of lathicharge, arrested 25 students lice Hostlers turned violent in protest in the evening
police near Hazratganj intersec - lath - tion. Among their demands were the roll back of the fee hike, an - nouncement of students union icharg elections and the dismissal of the LU proctor. There was more confusion as the students procession coincid - e ed with separate agitations by Udayshankar TIMES N EWS N ETWORK some traders and Congress work- ers. Sources said the police Lucknow: Over a dozen people asked the students to retreat. were injured, including two teach - When they refused, they were syco- ers and six PAC constables, and taken to a police station. When over two dozen vehicles damaged some of the students tried to es - when hundreds of students of cape, the police resorted to lath - Lucknow University went on the icharge. phants rampage on Saturday evening. Twenty five students were ar - They were protesting against rested. Later in the evening, hun - ormer law minister Ram Jethmalani shot into the police lathicharge on a stu - dreds of LU hostlers assembled prominence when he blitzkrieged the Rajiv Gand- dents procession at Hazratganj, outside Gate No. 1 and started F hi government with 10 questions a day for a whole earlier in the day. pelting stones at the new law month. No political party wants India s most expensive The procession was being led building, where over 200 candi - criminal lawyer to be on their wrong side. So, even when by Samajwadi Party student dates and their guardians had he had his birthday party celebrated by none other than leader and former LU students come for counselling for under- Adnan Khashoggi, he continues to be wooed by the rich union president Abhishek Singh graduate courses. and the powerful. Ashu. The students were pro - Lucknow University vice-chan - Indians are a breed apart because... ceeding towards Rajbhawan cellor S B Singh described the vi - By nature we are a breed of sycophants. W e are wor - when they were stopped by the olent incidents as politically moti - shippers of people in power. W e lack the moral courage to say that the emperor has no clothes. W e could have been up there; we aren t because... Our population. Look at our urban congestion, our slums, its ridiculous. Apart from some feeble attempts during the Emergency to control it, the government has made no headway. We have also followed a disastrous economic policy and wasted money on wars the 1962 war with China was highly irresponsible. Take Pakistan. We con- tinue to pump thousands of crores in that bottomless pit called Kashmir. Our sab chalta hai attitude is a strength/weakness... Definitely a weakness. We have become a nation of un- principled politicians. But there are some basic issues on which there can be no compromise, such as corruption. Nehru was not personally corrupt, but he did not stop oth - ers from being so. Corruption has become endemic to our society. Indian family values are all about... Indian families have become atomised. The family struc- ture seems to be breaking up. There s a great deal to be said about joint families, which taught accommodation, sacrifice, equality . This sense of sacrifice is not being taught to kids today. Indians don t have a sense of humour.. I don t agree. W e do laugh at ourselves. People are quite comfortable being lampooned and lampooning others. Our Hindi movies are full of humour. Y our favourite Indian Its dif ficult to say . W e are a nation of one billion....I would like to pick a bit from every person. I would say Mahatma
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TIMES N EWS N ETWORK Gandhinagar: The post- Godhra communal riots seem destined to follow Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi far from his own state. Plans to go to Geneva and then to London to promote the gala Navratri show in Europe has caused some flutter here. Firstly, he needs the Prime Minister s clearance to under - take the trip. Then there is the problem of security. He can take just one personal security of ficial. This means the Swiss and UK governments will have to provide the extra security the same Z-category that he gets in India. The Geneva visit is expected to be peaceful as it is a quiet city and human rights groups that championed the cause of the riot victims in Gujarat are very few in number here. If he slips into Geneva and returns with just the urn containing the ashes of Kutch s revolutionary freedom fighter Shyamji Krish - na Varma, no one will notice. However, London is a dif fer- ent matter. A halt in London is necessary for attracting in - vestors and to promote Navra- tri. But, all major human rights groups campaigning against Modi s handling of the commu- nal riots are stationed there. Amnesty International, the most reputed rights group, operates from London. So does Wash- ington-based Human Rights W atch s South Asia desk. But Modi need not be worried if he can take the protests in his stride. The London groups plans to indict him for genocide have failed so far. They have not even been able to get a witness for the
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TOID270703/LR1/09/K/1 CMYK 10 SUNDAY TIMES O F INDIA New Delhi, July 27, 2003 SPECIAL REPORT She sang Illustration: Deepak Harichandan The Vedas his don t bar,
t was 22 years ago that my father passed here is nothing in the Vedas or the Up - away, but I remember it like yesterday. W e d anishads that prevents women from Icalled for a black hearse to take him to the T performing death rituals. Restrictions cremation ground. No one else had entered it, on their role regarding presiding over crema - but I went in and sat down much to the sur - prise of some of our relatives. Maybe, they were tions and performing last rites are societal a little aghast, but I didn t budge. constructions created over a period of time to A few male relatives who were old and could cater to the ever-present dynamic of regula - not walk the distance to the cremation ground tion and control. W omen had equal rights to got in. Then, to my utter surprise, my mother en - read, learn, recite and preach the Vedas. tered too. Murmurs went around, and at this The God of the Vedas is genderless. There point some relatives mildly protested saying she is no discrimination based on gender in the would not be able to take it. The priest, on his Upanishads either. The atma, soul, too is nei - part, tried to dissuade her, saying the shastras ther male nor female. didn t allow women into the cremation ground. The point often missed while discussing There was no high drama. Everything was low- the question of whether women have a right key. My mother quietly declared: Don t worry to perform death rituals is the loss of per - about me, I ve nursed him through his terminal spective about death itself. Death is lifeless - cancer I can take it, and I want to go. After ness. It literally is privation. Death is unex - that, some older female relatives also got in. pounded, invisible, not selfed . It is a place - When we reached the cremation ground, my less ground . An Upanishad describes our father s body was placed on the piled-up wood. relation to death beautifully: When he/she My brother lit the pyre. And then, taking every - was born, Death yawned upon him. The dy- one by complete surprise, my mother began to ing individual in Isavasya Upanishad wants sing a song. to see the face of T ruth which is covered by As heads turned, my mother, who is com - a golden vessel. He wants the Sun to re - pletely unpredictable, told her younger sister to move that covering so that he/she can be - join her . The sonorous notes of the Sanskrit hold the glorious form of Truth, represented song, Shivarama Krishna Govinda Narahari here by the Sun. Narayana Kashivishwanatha, rent the air as the Let my Prana melt into the all-pervading wood crackled and the orange flames leapt to- air and let this body be burnt by fire into ash - wards the sky. It was my father s favourite song, es , is the dying person s prayer in Isavasya and my mother was singing it to him one last Upanishad. But before that happens there is time. an important step. There is an exhortation to My mother, C.V. Alamelu, is 88 today. She the mind to remember the deeds of one s life. was an incredibly strong woman then and con - The repetition of the words krato and tinues to be. smara Remember! Remember my deeds indicates an anxiety as well as restless - lWriter C.S. Lakshmi spoke to Neither the ness. It is also a request to Agni, fire, to take Radha Rajadhyaksha V edas nor the one on a path from where there is no return and to destroy everything that is crooked and law bar women degrading. Death is a solitary journey, to be mediated from lighting the by nothing but a heightened self-conscious- ness and self-possession. Priests, rituals pyre of a dear and observances have little to do in aiding I bid good - this journey. The last thing that ought to mat - one. Yet, it re- ter for the person who is dead is the sex of the person who performs the last rites. Much mains one of the of the fuss around death rituals is well taken bye to my care of by electric crematoriums these days. last male bas - Jyotirmaya Sharma friend, tions in New Age y husband succumbed to a massive heart attack at the age of 36. I found my - India. Sunday M self stranded midstream, with two young kids and the broken pieces of a life, shat - tered in a stroke. It s not the done thing for a widow to make arrangements for her husband s funeral. Or to assert herself and make it clear that she doesn t want a long drawn out funeral but a simple, swift one, because she has little children to look after. Much to my surprise, the priest did not bat an eyelid when I said that I would perform the last rites. I went through each ritual with complete devotion, bidding goodbye to my friend, lover, husband.... Not for a moment did it cross my mind that what I was doing was wrong because it was not sanctioned by tradition or scripture. I was the person he was closest to; it was entire - ly appropriate that the send-of f on his final jour - ney be done by me. To have subjected our little No eyebrows raised, no questions asked: We son to the ordeal of burning his father s body n the death of my father I understood tices were accepted and endorsed. They purohitas took to performing rites and the would perform the rites at Vaikunth, even a stubborn duality of opposites: male and would have been brutal. the tides of change in my community were easy, convenient, time-honoured. idea gained ground among educated though I was accompanied by my son. Unfortunately, the family s opinion was quite Iin Pune. For more than half a century But in Pune, things had changed over Brahmins. It began with pujas oriented No questions were asked, no eyebrows female. Social change, I discovered, dif ferent. To them it was an outrage. Perhaps of my life I had witnessed what we the last quarter of a century. As far back towards the women of the family: raised. This act appeared to them and to men and women deemed natural: when it swells from below, can reach far they felt their participation in the final rites had as in 1974, Mama Thatte had begun a hartalkas, mangalagaurs, vata poorni- me the most natural thing in the world. been wilfully denied. I tried to make them under - male purohits at all religious functions, and principally male members of the fam- five-year course to train Stree Purohitas mas, laghu rudras. But the male bastion Nor was there any discussion later of the without tearing the social matrix. The stand I had not intended to hurt them. I thought ily sitting for all rites. In the case of antim in the performance of rituals that had of performing the last rites of the dead ground-breaking step we had taken. Per- seed planted may not sprout roots and it was more important to focus on how to help the sanskar, no one in my circle of friends thus far been the preserve of men. His had not yet been stormed. We are a fam - haps that itself was a measure of how far living to cope with the loss, rather than the min - and relations had ever suggested that idea was a simple one: since mothers ex- ily of three sisters. When my father sud - my large family of cousins, aunts, uncles utae of rituals performed for the dead. branches overnight. But at least the soil women relatives of the deceased perform ercise a greater influence on children denly passed away last year, there was etc, had travelled in their faith and out - My friends understood. Their support boosted the rites. There never seemed to have than fathers do, what better way of en - is ready for it to germinate. my morale and kept me going through those ter- been a compelling need. Male members no shortage of male relatives to do the look. Looking back now, I feel immense suring the maintenance of ancient tradi - sanskars. But everyone, the purohit in- satisfaction that I, too, was part of gently rible days. W e immersed the ashes in the Gan- were always around if not sons, then Latika Padgaonkar is executive editor, ga three days later. I told my son how his father at least grandsons, brothers, sons-in-law tions than to make women themselves cluded, awaited my arrival from Delhi, bending a tradition without fuss or noise. was now part of the great river that irrigated the or nephews. As everywhere, such prac- their practitioners? Gradually, women and quite simply took it for granted that I Quite unconsciously, we had risen above Cinemaya fertile lands of North India. He was now immor - tal. Raja Reddy, Dancer Namita Gokhale, Dr Pratap Reddy, M S Sathyu Ganesh Natarajan Performing the last rites helped me to pass Writer Chairman, Apollo filmmaker MD, Zensar Tech into a new stage of my life, which is of course I know of this man Hospitals Group hard and challenging. I have assumed the man- who kept trying for a While I do not believe If a child wants to per - This is a discussion tle of my late husband, taken up his responsibil - son, and kept having that a son can bring My four daughters form the rites, she which I often have with ities, become father as well as son to his family, daughters. The 13th salvation, yet I would have excelled them- should. All these mat - my only child, a daugh - if only they would let me. I am glad I followed the attempt got him a son not like my daughters selves and do-ne even ters have been inter - ter. The archaic system voice of my mind and heart and did not lean but by then the man to light my pyre. There better than me. On last preted by vested inter - of allowing only the upon the crutches of custom or public opinion. was dead! My daugh- are sound emotional rites, I feel its a spiritu - ests. I have two daugh - male child to perform Crutches only help you to hobble. I want to stride ters are my continuity and psychological rea - al matter . There are ters but they will have the last rites must be the earth. and there s no ques- sons to keep women scientific explanations no rites to perform disbanded. Not only for it, which should not be questioned. I when I die. I don t believe that I belong to Shruti is a Delhi-based teacher tion of hesitation in away from cremation grounds. Women am I comfortable with the idea but I also their performing all the rites. Sukh, give birth, which is the ultimate act of faith have no objection to a daughter lighting my any religion. That s the way it has been for advocate it strongly. Why should either the anand, shanti all that one can get from in creation. By contrast, the mukhagni ritu- pyre. Anyway, I wouldn t be there to object. many members of my family. No rites, just parents of daughters or the daughters a son, I have got from them. al is a stark death-af firmation one. I leave it to them . a quick and quiet cremation. themselves be denied this right?
The law does not forbid women from per- forming the last rites of their parents or spouse, it s only social custom which does. hen Aparna Sen s eldest tering claims that women are too soft- forming rituals. In fact, women can per - widowed daughter work as shadow priest- priests and catering personnel. Just one There are any number of cases where daughter got married some hearted to conduct last rites. A Phd in form pujas better than men. They don t esses in Coimbatore while the actual ritu - phone call is enough. We take care of all daughters, in the absence of a son, have years ago, the filmmaker de - vedic studies, she has trained 15 women take shortcuts. als are performed by males. Says daugh- the ceremonies from day one to 13 for a looked after their parents both financially W cided that a woman priest in priesthood. For many women, it s a question of ter Karpagam: It s not necessary society lumpsum. Not surprisingly, this priest-en - and emotionally, but have been prevented would perform the rituals along with a While traditionalists might frown at the livelihood. A B Gomathi Ammal, 68, was should accept a woman priest. trepreneur earned herself the Junior from performing their last rites in preference male priest. The idea is so revolutionary idea, Dr Vasudha Sastry points out that the initiated into the profession after her hus - Says Gomathi Ammal: We are con- Chamber s True Achiever Award in 2000. of a distant male relative. What we probably it makes every woman feel good, says vedic texts do not forbid women from per - band deserted her. Today, she and her tractors. W e have on our rolls a number of The Durga Puja celebrations at need is a law to end such discrimination. youngest daughter Konkona Sen Sharma. Kolkata s Lake Town Sreebhumi Sporting Custom had once even debarred Club in Kolkata are unique as well. The Kirti Singh, Lawyer he air is heavy with the women from chanting the Gayatri Mantra. puja is performed by a woman priest. But T aroma of the havan Not anymore. These days wo-men Yajnas, mantras and ja- the trend is yet to catch on. It s not easy to priests conduct every ritual all the 16 kund....It s just another day at break moulds. As Satinath Bhattacharya, sanskaras, ranging from thread cere - Panini Kanya Mahavidyalaya one of the most well-known priests in The Vedas say... monies and weddings to funeral rites, in Varanasi. Kolkata points out: Those who train The Vedas see oneness in all beings. It says Tapasya Bhagavad Dasa of the This gurukul-style institu - women as priests in Kolkata do it on the doesn t stand to reason that they would dis - Chennai-based Kalki Foundation. tion has earned a name for sly as they do not want to get into trouble criminate against women. It is traditionally However, as the priestesses would producing Sanskrit scholars with the priest fraternity here. believed that women should not learn or re - vouch, the going is far from easy. While and women purohits . Stu - In Maharashtra, the tradition began 28 peat the Vedas. But the Upanishads talk there is no religious bar , women are re - dents are trained in years ago, when Mama Thatte, a Pune so - about Yagnavalkya as the guru and his wife quired to follow more regulations because cial reformer , began training women in karamkand and the accent is Maitreyi as the disciple. So how did these of their biological cycle. They have to go paurhitya . Later, other organisations like discriminatory beliefs evolve? Perhaps through a purification ceremony, leave on achieving mastery in San- the Shankar Seva Samiti and the Dy - from the Sanskrit grammar where the ca - their hair open. Also, the process of being skrit. So don t be surprised if nanaprabodhini Centre, followed suit. To- pacity to explore into the unknown, is in the ordained a priest is more stringent, says you hear them converse flu - day, the demand for women priests far masculine gender, while all gentle, con - Tapasya. ently in chaste Sanskrit. outstrips that of male priests. W omen serving traits are in the feminine gender. So In Andhra Pradesh, the movement Many of them can even recite priests from Pune get invites from all over: intellect was seen as a male attribute while started in the 1950s with pioneers like the Ashtadhyayi Mahab- Mumbai, Goa and even Colombo. women were seen as conservers. Now that Suseela Vidyalankar. Many more have hashya with ease. Music, lVandana Agarwal with reports by the male intellect is seen in an increasing since dared to break the barriers. Dr maths and other modern sub- G V R Subba Rao, Hyderabad; number of women, it s time to change these Suneeti, Sandhayavandanam Lakshmi jects are also part of the cur - T S Sreenivasa Raghavan, Coimbatore; beliefs. The right to perform the last rites is Devi and Dr Vasudha Sastry, have estab - Nilanjana Bhowmick, Kolkata and riculum. So is training in a matter of belief and a woman can perform lished themselves as highly qualified Radha Rajadhyaksha, Mumbai the rites if she wants to. priests in Hyderabad. archery. Established in 1971 Jaya Row, Vedantin Lakshmi Devi started performing rituals by two sisters the vidyalaya 35 years ago. One who knows the atman currently has 50 students. (soul) and the Karma Tatva (essence of Binay Singh action) won t fear death, she says, coun -
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Glass said in a statement on The Foster City Police de - She claimed the man forced Friday. partment referred the case to her into sex by telling her she In the lawsuit filed July 18 in the District Attorney s office in needed to learn the art of California s Alameda County San Mateo County for prose- Indi - an pleasing the American manag- Superior Court, the plaintif f cution, where it was rejected er. charged that her supervisor, due to insuf ficient evidence. Playboy Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez (right) looks at a birthday cake while celebrating her second NYT ling company, Dirt Bag Soap. gears up birthday with twin sister Maria Teresa on Friday. The twins, joined at the skull at birth, were For some cash-poor young separated in an operation nearly a year ago. Barter professionals, this is what the new economy has come to: trading whatever talents or Madame time for someone else s for 50th is the whatever. 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Bollinger s of fer of eight bars of vantages to bartering are sim - Hugh Hefner, Playboy s 77- dhist characteristics of good at the Santa Fe Opera. omy He did, however, have lots of his soap was accepted, and he ple: tax avoidance and what year old founder, launched the dhis students. Sheng first conceived of LIKE ANY number of disen- soap bars and bars of the had a deal. economists call price discrimi - first edition in December 1953 in Regardless of whether the Madame Mao while serving at chanted, deskbound New York- stuf f, curing in the nooks and Since that first fateful trans - nation. Chicago, with Marilyn Monroe students like it, learning self- the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He ers, Dan Bollinger dreamed of crannies of his Brooklyn brown - action in April, Bollinger has I trade my goods and servic - as its star pin-up. discipline and introspection spent the next decade mulling Included in the haul is a man - m to over how to compress Jiang s quitting his job and starting his stone. traded his soap for things like es for your goods and services, are the core of this crime- own business. One afternoon, Bollinger soapmaking equipment and the and implicitly we re selling to uscript of the first James Bond fighting programme where 77 years into a few dramatic Bollinger , 33, an accountant logged onto an online classi - design of the logo, packaging each other at lower prices than book published in Playboy in the sacred meets the streets hours. He eventually decided on at an interior design firm, had an fieds site, and of fered to trade a and Web features for his fledg - if we had a cash business, he 1963; as well as dialogues with in this city of shuttered mills, themes of repression and re - the likes of Salvador Dali, Hen - fight 30 miles from Boston. venge. ry Miller , Jean-Paul Sartre, Bob Lowell, a city of 105,000, BRICKBATS Dylan and the Beatles. has had a large influx of This strip is the most disgusting More than 70 photographs Southeast Asians in the past thing in T OI. It s sheer waste of will also be up for auction, in - gang five years, most of them newsprint. Why don t you pub- lish my jokes instead? cluding rare portraits of Marilyn Cambodians who have set- M Hazik Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Madon - tled in the Highlands neigh - This idiotic strip neither gener - na and Bo Derek with estimated bourhood. ates humour nor is artistic in values of between $5,000 and s Previous projects had presentation. Kindly put an end Lowell: Ten young boys, to this. $7,000. failed, mainly because of the J D Singh One of the first bunny suits, each of whom is in a gang, language barrier, Captain made famous by the magazine, yet not old enough to shave Robert DeMoura of the Low- For bouquets log on to will also be auctioned for an ex - or drive, fidgeted in their ell police department said, e-mail: dubya-man@india- pected $4,000-6,000. Hefner chairs and taunted one other and the department was will - built the magazine through an
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AP children with growth-hormone medical leave. Saturday s deficiencies. W ith the new ap - newspaper said the man threw a glass of wine over Nude hunting trip a hoax: A proval, Indianapolis-based Lilly passengers sitting near him promoter who offered to take th will be able to market Humat - and began shouting as he men on Hunting for Bambi rope for short children with nor - made his way to a toilet in the safaris in which they could mal levels of the hormone and middle of the plane about two hunt down naked young no evidence of a disease that hours into the flight. When I women with paintball guns stunts growth. looked up, I saw him naked, admits that it was a hoax and shot The FDA said it approved the one passenger was quoted as now faces misdemeanour treatment for the shortest 1.2 saying. Reuters charges, the mayor said Fri - percent of children. For 10-year- day. Promoter Michael Bur - A presiden - Jealous first lady: dick could get six months in old boys and girls, that would tial advisor resigned Friday af - jail and a $1,000 fine for op - correspond to a height of less ter Honduras jealous first for than 4 feet 1 inch. erating without a proper busi - lady accused the advisor s Their expected adult height daughter of trying to conquer ness license, Mayor Oscar without treatment would be less President Ricardo Maduro. Goodman said. I ll do every - than 5 feet 3 inches for men and What worries me the most is thing I can to see this man is 4 feet 1 1 inches for women. when I see my husband, she punished for trying to embar - short rass Las Vegas, Goodman Humatrope can enable the gets close to him and says: majority of these children to Hi, prez! first lady Aguas said. Burdick called the mis - achieve an adult height that is Ocana told a local newspa- demeanour summons a within the medically normal per . Part of the problem is that Miss Universe Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic waste of taxpayer money. I have a license; it s hanging chil - range, Lilly spokeswoman Judy the advisor s daughter works (left) congratulates Miss Indonesia Dian Krishna after the for the prez. In fact, she is on my wall, Burdick said. Kay Moore said. beauty pageant in Jakarta on Friday. the minister of culture. Advi - married last year in a star- Cowan said Friday he could Burdick found himself in the An advisory committee in sor Cesar Batres said Friday, crosshairs of women s groups June voted 8-2 to recommend studded ceremony, have sep - provide no other details. Min - It hurts any father to see his arated, Minnelli s spokesman nelli and Gest wed in March after he told a Las Vegas TV approving Humatrope for the children hurt and I am no ex - station that he was selling dren new use after debating whether said. Spokesman Warren 2002 with best man Michael By Lisa Richwine ception. And he quit. But reservations to men willing to children who are otherwise there s more: Daughter AFP pay $5,000 to $10,000 to W ashington: US regulators on healthy should be given multiple Mireya Bates is not only the hunt down naked women in Friday approved use of a growth injections every week for years culture minister, but the presi - the desert. Las Vegas ofi- f hormone for boosting the height in order to grow what may dent s former girlfriend. AFP cials investigated, and said of children who are short but in amount to a few inches. Greatest child actor: Sixth Burdick admitted that the sa - Sense child star Haley Joel faris were a hoax. AP Diabetics Osment has beaten the likes of the legendary Judy Gar - Lennon film sold: T wo reels of land (The Wizard of Oz) and never-before-seen 16mm film Home Alone star Macaulay footage depicting John prone to Culkin to emerge as the Lennon walking around New greatest child movie actor of Y ork City sold for $53,775 at driving all time in a poll of 3,000 film a Christie s auction of show - fans conducted by video and biz memorabilia. Several lots mishaps DVD superstore Blockbuster. related to the former Beatle W ashington: Researchers in Osment, 15, received an Os- were the highlights of the the Department of Health at car nomination in the best auction. The Lennon film last - the University of V irginia have supporting category for his ing 40 minutes and shot with - found that drivers with Type-1 outstanding performance in A fluorescent mouse attends to her babies during the Bio out sound was taken by a the 1999 supernatural thriller diabetes are more prone to Taiwan 2003 exhibition in Taipei on Saturday. The mice young filmmaker who ap- The Sixth Sense. ANI accidents than those suf fering were implanted with the green fluorescent gene into the proached Lennon and asked from Type-2 diabetes. Pub - Minnelli divorces: Liza Minnelli embryo combining genetic engineering and to film him with a new cam - lished in the Diabetes Care, and David Gest, who were transplantation technology. era. AFP the study revealed that driv -
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Maleeha new Pak envoy to UK: Pakistan has appointed Dr Maleeha Lodhi as its next high commis - 9/1 1 re - sioner to the UK, The News reported on Saturday. ANI port Reuters attacks might increase after the US killed Saddam s two sons Uday and Qusay in an in- US tense assault Tuesday in the northern city of Mosul while faults another group had vowed to avenge the deaths. Eight US soldiers have now Saudi of- seize died since the brothers were killed, marking the most costly ficials week for the US military since By David Johnston the end of the war. W ashington: Senior of ficials of s The attacks have brought Saudi Arabia have funneled the US mood buoyed over hundreds of millions of dollars to the deaths of Uday and Qusay charitable groups and other or - down with a swift bump, de- ganizations that may have spite as many as 10 of Sad - helped finance the September Sad- Iraqis scan newspapers in Baghdad after morgue photos dam s bodyguards being cap- 2001 attacks, a still-classified of Saddam Hussein s sons Uday and Qusay were pub- tured on Friday, according to section of a Congressional re - lished for the first time on Saturday. the military . port on the hijackings says, ac - dam Hussein s bodyguards, US forces carried out the cording to people who have hailed as a further step to - raid south of the fugitive former read it. dam wards snaring the toppled leader s hometown of Tikrit, The 28-page section of the guar leader. acting on a tip-of f, the top US report was deleted from the The three were killed in a commander in the area said. nearly 900-page declassified grenade attack on a children s W e detained 13 individuals. version released on Thursday hospital they were guarding in Somewhere between five and by a joint committee of the s Baqubah, the military said in a 10 of those we re still sort - House and Senate intelligence ds statement, taking to 47 the ing through it are believed Baghdad: Three US soldiers committees. The chapter focus- were killed north of Baghdad number of US troops killed in to be Saddam Hussein s per- es on the role foreign govern - on Saturday, overshadowing Iraq since major combat was sonal security detachment, ments played in the hijackings, body the capture of a group of Sad - declared over on May 1. Major General Ray Odierno but centers almost entirely on The military had warned that said from Tikrit. Saudi Arabia, the people who saw the section said. AFP The Bush regime s refusal to allow the committee to Pak sus- disclose the contents of the chapter has stirred resentment in Congress, with some lawmakers saying the ad- ministration s desire to protect the ruling Saudi family had pre - pends vented the Americans from learning crucial facts. prison The report has been de - nounced by the Saudi ambas- sador to the US. chief The public report concluded Lahore: A violent hostage-tak - that the FBI and CIA had known ing incident at a maximum se - for years that Al Qaida sought to curity prison in eastern Pakistan strike inside the US, but focused left three hostages all of them their attention on the possibility judges dead, and prompted of attacks overseas. authorities on Saturday to fire The declassified section of 10 prison workers. the report discloses the The Sialkot jail superintend - testimony of several of ficials ent and nine other prison work - who criticized the Saudis ers were dismissed on negli - for being uncooperative in ter - gence charges for allowing the A Japanese look at his destroyed house in Nango as strong earthquakes measuring 6.2 and rorism investigations, prisoners to sneak in weapons, 5.5 on the Richter scale hit northeastern Japan on Saturday, injuring at least 246 people. but makes no reference to
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TALKING TERMS Dileep Padgaonkar A surprise visitor Yes. The Board is passing more movies with adult themes without cuts. No. We need to abandon cuts and adopt the adult process of certification. There s no try like India, where youth have dience, hence there was no If we ve done clad heroine to the 1950s. national interest, security, public The highs and lows in India-Pakistan rela - doubt that In - free access to brothels, it does - need to cut them in the first it all in the No, the Censor Board has not order, decency and morality. No tions are so predictable that the slightest dian censor - n t make sense to take away place. This theory seems to be 1930s, 40s, come of age with films like Jism, proscriptions anywhere of the deviation from the set pattern leaves us un - ship has their liberty when it comes to still in practise. 50s what Khwahish and Oops!. It has just natural business of life. hinged. This is precisely what has hap - come a long films. Many of the guidelines of more can we been cured of its schizophrenia. It is this liberal framework pened in the case of the recent visit of way in terms Id like to point out that often it censorship are open to interpre - do in the Rather, it is in the process of be - which makes all those boasts Maulana Fazal-ur Rahman to this country. of liberalism, has been the government, the tation. And the members are 2000s? Can ing cured, for the 17 kisses of seem hollow today. Okay, so The Maulana is the chief of the Jamiat Ule - despite the police or society who have been definitely interpreting them more we even talk Khwahish and the half monty of Mallika Sherawat, Neha Dhu- ma-e-Islam (JUI), an organisation which best ef forts of lagging behind the Censor liberally now. of a coming- Oops! is more bubblegum pia, Celina Jeitly do a Bo Derek subscribes to the most orthodox version of V ijay Anand the govern - Board. When Fire was passed (As told to Piali Banerjee ) Nikhat Kazmi of-age in brouhaha than unbridled Basic in a two-piece bikini. But can Ex-chairman, Censor Senior Assistant Edi - Islam. It is responsible for the mushroom Board of India ment to pre - by the Board, the public pulled it tor 2003 for a Instinct . And the fact that these they match Sharmila Tagore in growth of madrasas in Pakistan and has quite avowedly patron- vent it from of f theatres. I heard that in some cinema that films have to struggle to get an An Evening in Paris , Zeenat ised the Taliban. The Maulana has gone on record again and doing so. cities, the police further edited a traces its first kiss to the 1930s, A certificate is evidence Aman in Qurbani and Dimple again to eulogise the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, hailed If you see the progress from a Censor Board-cleared Mr & Mrs its first nude bathing sequence enough of constrictions on cre - Kapadia in Bobby? Or can any Osama bin Laden as an authentic Islamic hero and indeed chal- time in the Seventies when Ma- Iyer before screening. Surely, to the pre-talkies, its first bikini- ativity. post-modern film-maker un- lenged the dominant view that the Saudi millionaire and his Al hesh Bhatt s first film, Manzilein it s the Board that emerges as Ask filmmaker Anurag leash female sensuality on the Qaida network were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Aur Bhi Hain, was banned be- liberal and way ahead of socie - Kashyap of his long-drawn bat- screen in a manner that sur - the United States. causety here? SUNDAY DEBATE tle with P a a n c h a film that is passes Raj Kapoor s passion? The JUI is an important component of the Muttahida Majlis-e- it apparently mocked the The government stopped me Deepak Harichandan ostensibly based on fact rather Oh yes, we ve had a lot of sex Alam (MMA), an alliance of religious parties which is in power in sacred institution of marriage, when I suggested revamping than fiction and he ll explain in Indian cinema: A lot of bold the North West Frontier Province and Baloshistan and has you ll realise that the Censor censorship guidelines and told the trauma of the New Age film - and adult themes in the films of emerged as the leading opposition force in the National Assem- Board has taken them that there is an audience maker. One who is desperate to Basu Bhattacharya, B R Ishara bly. Maulana Fazal-ur Rahman, who also serves as the Secre- several steps ahead in the last for X-rated films whom we can t break moulds and tell tales and the likes. Intermittent infan - tary-General of the MMA, very nearly became prime minister of few years. ignore. drawn from New Millennium In- tile disorder on the part of the Pakistan. A single adverse vote robbed him of the honour. Just a look at film ratings of However, Im glad that the dia. And the truth is that there is Censor Board has been more a It is this fundamentalist Maulana who has sprung one sur - the last few years proves this members of the current Censor a bustling bratpack out there in result of interpretation narrow prise after another on Pakistan-watchers in this country. Given progress. There are many more Board are displaying enough Bollywood, eager to hijack the and conservative by the his hardline background, he wasn t expected to come visiting in movies being released with the courage today and taking liber - moribund story-teller s role and changing members. India s cen- the first place. He has never figured in any Track Two confabu- A certificate today than, say, al decisions about films, regard - transform it into a platform for sorship policy will truly come of lations between the two countries. The visit itself was not pre - even three years ago. This ob - less of whether a film tells the PLUS-age when it abandons the sys- ceded by any publicity. Even more intriguing is the kind of re - viously means that the Censor story of male strippers or bar stories (people-like-us). Those tem of Cuts completely and ception he received during his visit. He met just about everyone Board is passing more movies girls. W e re also seeing more which treat the libido both adopts the globally accepted who matters in India s political establishment, including, in the with adult themes and scenes kisses on screen today instead male and female as an intrin- process of certification. Till then, first place, the prime minister. What precisely transpired at this without cuts, and letting the au - of metaphorical bees hovering sic part of life, instead of a celluloid creativity will keep meeting is still in the realm of conjecture. But that this was no dience decide whether they on flowers. covert operation that can be ex - playing hide- n-seek with a blunt mere courtesy call would be obvious from the very duration of want to see it. When I was in office I used to pressed either symbolically or or bludgeoning Scissorhand. the meeting close to ninety minutes. I m glad that films which take often tell the members to see an through pixles and morphing. The Maulana s interactions with Sonia Gandhi and other po- a hard look at issues like marital entire film first, without interrupt - Theoretically, India has had litical leaders may well have followed a protocol routine. But what rape, paedophilia, prostitution, ing with suggestions of cuts in one of the most liberal Cine - is one to make of the interactions with leaders of the RSS and etc are being passed. I m told between. Some of them would matograph Acts which has nev- the VHP? While the latter have been rather circumspect about that there s a film on marital say that this made them forget er banned anything adult and them, the Maulana s own statements leave little room for doubt rape, Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na which scenes they wanted cut. progressive ever since its that he has been quite content with the dialogue he initiated with Jaye, which has been passed And I d answer that if they forgot enunciation in 1962. It has only the hardliners of the Sangh Parivar. Contrary to reports in sec - with no cuts. Finally , in a coun - those scenes, so would the au- prohibited films that go against tions of the media, the Maulana did not make any statement that can be construed as a dramatic break from known Pakistani po- sitions on contentious issues between the two countries. But his reiterated emphasis on the need to seek durable peace through ERRATICA a process of dialogue and to ensure that outsiders do not take Bachi Karkaria Nothing metereosexual about it, advantage of their dif ferences is significant enough. What he has said in substance is that the time has well arrived for India and Death by hot air is an occu - hotting up or cooling of f. Sunstroke dislodged the city s obsession with sangeet-and- bhangra about the humidity of Pakistan to settle their problems, especially Kashmir, in a spirit pational hazard when you In Calcutta, I lived amidst the Brown Sahibs son-stroke. I was forced to quaf f enough quanti - June. In the second domestic upheaval in three of pragmatism. choose to ply your craft in who brushed up their three-piece suits on No - ties of bel/nimbu /melon/ raw-mango sharbat to months, they switched from coolers to air-condi - By receiving him at the highest levels New Delhi has sent a the country s capital city . vember 15 and, as punctiliously, mothballed fill the Tehri dam (and the meri one as well). I tioners. That s if there was any power to switch clear message that notwithstanding his hardline credentials it re - Greenhorn gassers and them on February 15. The annual donning and was ordered to put cucumber into my tummy, on them on as well. gards him as a valid interlocutor. It has not lost sight of the fact suspended parliamentary dof fing of this sartorial folly was dictated not by my face, and into any other body part that would W on t the rains improve things? I had asked that the JUI has been an opponent of military rule throughout matter accelerate the local the ambient temperature, but by the of ficial ar- accept it without security clearance. then. It s not like your Bombay, yaaa! I was Pakistan s history and that before the creation of Pakistan the warming. rival and departure of The Season. I was also thrust into white-on-white mull out - told. There s just the occasional, spitting shower, JUI s parent body, the Jamiat-I-Ulama-I-Hind, was a staunch op - However, in the four Delhi is my first encounter with the harsh ex - fits from Sewa/Utsav/Anokhi/Pranavi. Realising and then it just gets more muggy. Delhi got ponent of the nefarious two-nations theory. As a bitter adversary months that I ve now lived tremes of the heartland. I ve yet to experience how much Delhi dresses by the season, I now more rain last weekend than Mumbai got in the of British rule, it had advanced both political and theological ar - here, I ve discovered that Delhi s actual weather the full cycle, but each time I wither under the understood why two of the most successful Pun- entire month. guments in favour of Hindu-Muslim amity. Perhaps he still nurs - is far dicier than its political whether . It will take mercury s onslaught, I m told the unprintable jabi designers are named Ritu. Don t look at m e ! In a monsoon session, es those sentiments. In Maulana Fazal-ur Rahman India has dis - me a while to come to terms with being an ex - Punjabi equivalent of You ain t seen nothin Kyon-ji , aren t I now like a British colonialist downpour is more natural than uproar. covered a Pakistani leader quite unlike anyone it has dealt with tremist, since climatically I have always been a yet! completely outfitted for the tropics ? I preened. HHH so far. We shall soon know whether he measures up to his de- moderate. Arriving here in April, I thought I d hit the Saheli Sabina showed me up for what I was: a Alec Smart said, End of Boycott George clared ambition to give peace a chance in our troubled sub-con- In Mumbai, the sea always tempers the Cel- height of summer. It was, after all, 35 degrees in Lesser Karkaria pretending to be a Greater also means he ll have to take the flak like a tinent. sius. You have to be seriously self-deceptive to the shade. With a parching look, I was told drily, Kailash. You aren t dressed for Dilli summer if man. pretend that there is a notable dif ference in tem - You call this summer? Wait till June. In Mum - you aren t wearing this, she said snif fily, pulling peratures at dif ferent times of the year. bai, we do wait for June. But Delhi s slower about a tasselled vial of khus itr out of her Gucci grab- In Bangalore, the air-conditioned city , you getting the rains, just as it is about getting most bag. need to dress warm regardless of whether things. After making a Rajeev Sethi-sized production Messrs Premji and Murthy s af fair with the city is By May it became clear that Dilli tandoor ast. of the dry heat of May, Delhites next made a
GUEST COLUMN per cent then we must raise our investment MEN AND IDEAS level to above 30 per cent by reducing gov - Abhishek Manu Singhvi PASSING THOUGHT Gurcharan Das A big blot ernment spending. If the government were to spend on devel- This government can revolution is underway in the country thanks point to many success - to easy mortgages. opment, it would count as investment. But it Uniform Civil es, but its one big failure But this is only half the infrastructure story, does not. Instead it gives away 82 paise out is likely to blot an other - for power remains the big bottleneck. The of its revenue rupee (or Rs 180,000 crores) in wise reasonable record. new electricity law will help; and so will the subsidies for power, fertilisers, transport, Code: That a coalition govern - successful privatisation of distribution in Del - ment can work in India hi give confidence to other states. But this in - food, etc. Although the middle class and not So emotive is the debate on the Uniform and political stability tractable problem needs the kind of leader - the poor enjoy these subsidies, no adminis - Civil Code (UCC) that anyone trying to doesn t have to mean ship that Khanduri brings to the roads sector tration not the Congress, or the United sound a cautionary caveat is automatically one party rule this is or Shourie to privatisation, and it is a shame Front or the BJP dares to cut subsidies for seen as being anti national integration. The perhaps this administra - that Suresh Prabhu is not around. The point, UCC may well be a desirable ideal whose tion s biggest contribution. Secondly, it has however, is that if we can solve telecom and fear of losing the next election. And we seem time has not come. Bandying it around like successfully forged a healthy relationship roads, we shall also solve electric power one to have an election coming every year, which a cliche for political or other reasons with America, and for a change it is nice to day. paralyses the party in power. This is why we may ensure that it never fructifies. know we are not on the losing side. Third, Va- The big cloud that darkens this plausible The real issue is whether a UCC should jpayee has persisted with diplomatic initia - performance is the disgraceful state of our must amend the Constitution to hold state be enacted as a compulsory Code of per - tives with Pakistan to bring peace on the sub - public finances. The combined fiscal deficit of and central elections simultaneously (and sonal law for every Indian irrespective of religion. Our founding continent, and no one can blame him if they the states and the centre is 10 per cent of were a government to fall in the interim, it fathers decided not to do so. Not only was Article 44 deliberate - failed. G D P, which is higher than it was during the would get elected only for the remaining pe - ly and consciously not made a fundamental right but the Con - When it comes to the economy, half our in - 1991 crisis, and prevents our economy from stituent Assembly Debates (CAD) reflect the true intent of our frastructure problems have been solved. growing faster than 5-6 per cent. In order to riod). In this way, for four years at least our founding fathers. Ambedkar clarified on November 23, 1948 that Communication is no longer a problem. India raise economic growth to 8 per cent (when rulers would have peace and they might even too much was being read into the Article because: ...(it) mere- had one million telephones in 1980; five mil - we shall begin to realise our potential) we cut subsidies without fear. ly proposes that the State shall endeavour to secure a Civil Code lion in 1990; today we have 56 million and are need to invest more. This needs money, To conclude: let s be clear, our nation s en - for the citizens of the country. It does not say that after the Code adding a million a month while prices drop by which can come either from domestic savings is framed, the State shall enforce it upon all citizens merely be - the day. Our roads programme is world class or foreign investment. The private sector in emy is subsidies and to realise our future we cause they are citizens. It is perfectly possible that a future Par - (and one of the biggest in the world) and once India saves almost 33 per cent of GDP, but must eliminate them. This government has liament may make a provision by way of a beginning that the the menace of octrois and check nakas is our government eats away a third of this, not done so, and yet it blithely promises 8 per Code shall apply only to those who make a declaration that they solved, inter-state traf fic will be able to move which leaves only 23 per cent for investment. cent growth, and that is a false promise. are prepared to be bound by it, so that in the initial stage the ap - I am a bit busy, master. Command him to serve you. at twice the speed. Productivity has doubled Add another 2 per cent of foreign investment plication of the Code may be purely voluntary. He is my secretary. at our ports, but needs to double again if we and this explains why our investment rate is [email protected]; post box If that be so, can it be said that those who repeatedly purport are to become truly competitive. A housing around 25 per cent. If we want to grow at 8 3046, New Delhi 110003 to talk of the UCC are fulfilling the true Constitutional intent while omitting to mention the volitional method emphasised by Ambedkar? Or are they merely trying to whip up passions and score a political point when they envisage a compulsory Code? The important thing is the generation and creation of a con - S WAMINOMICS sensus on the issue, not its use for creation of further divisions Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar Brahmins, banias and in a fractured polity and a fragmented social order. Consensus requires a gradualist, evolutionary and empathetic approach in V ikram Seth has the villain became Scrooge the hero. charitable explanation is that the na - only in the second half of the 20th cen - to earn big bucks. For the first time, addition to sensitive handling. None of those words appear to ex- received a phe - Jean Valjean in Les Miserables started ture of capitalism itself changed, and tury did the benefits authors and scriptwriters began enter - ist in the dictionary of those who bandy the UCC as a cliche. nomenal 1.3 mil - as a pauper stealing bread but ended authors accurately reflected this in of capitalism unambiguously spread to ing the millionaire class. The apex Court has done no more than repeat that Article 44 lion pounds as an as a rich industrialist. books and TV. This is, at best, a partial the masses. Naturally, their view of millionaires and its obiter cannot go beyond the scope of that Article itself. advance for his Y et, in such cases, authors glorified truth. I am not so sure. Economic changed too. Karl Marx would have None of the apex Court judgements Shah Bano applying es- next book. No businessmen (like Scrooge) for aban- Throughout history, till the 19th cen - historian W illiam Baumol says that liv - said that authors moved up to a new tablished Indian law that Section 125 CrPC operates even if it vi - longer are au - doning commercial behaviour and act - tury , poverty was the natural condition ing standards in Europe class bracket, and began reflecting olates Muslim personal law, Jordan Dengdeh simply repeating thors typically ing non-commercially. Jean Valjean of humans and only a small elite es - fell after peaking under the Roman their new class aspirations. Shah Bano, Sarla Mudgal mentioning UCC gratuitously while starving idealists. was heroic not because he created caped it. Today, we take economic Empire in the 3rd century AD, Dear reader, do you go for the char - deciding an unrelated issue on the validity of a second bigamous Today, the suc - wealth and jobs, but because he progress for granted. But through his - and regained that level only in 1850 in itable or uncharitable explanation? marriage by a Hindu and the latest apex Court judgement hold- cessful ones are millionaires armed adopted the daughter of an employee tory the golden age (be it Ram Rajya Britain and 1870 in Germany and There is some force in both. But con - ing Section 118 of the Indian Succession Act (imposing special with tax and investment advisors. who was dismissed unfairly. Only or the Roman Empire) was typically in France. But in the century sider this. When Indian TV was still a conditions on testamentary disposition by Christians) unconsti - Even those claiming to disdain com - rarely , as in Bernard Shaw s Major the past, not in the future. that followed productivity rose 1,600 low-paid medium, we had soap operas tutional and violative of Article 14 can be even remotely read merce squeeze the maximum out of Barbara, was a businessman por- Then came the industrial per cent and real incomes rose 700 like Buniyad about the middle class. as a mandatory direction or even an exhortation for the compul- film rights and other commercial is - trayed as a good guy because of what revolution, which for the first time shift - per cent. Why did literature take so Today, with TV becoming big busi - sory enactment of a UCC. sues when drawing up contracts with he achieved through business. ed power from the landed long to reflect this revolutionary ness, we have soaps mainly about rich Lastly, is it really easy or possible to enact a compulsory UCC publishers. The author, the quintes - Then literature changed dramatical - aristocracy and church to the change? business families ( Kahani Ghar Ghar when we roll up our sleeves and get down to the nitty gritty? sential brahmin in mind-set if not in ly in the second half of the 20th centu - commercial classes. The charitable explanation is that Ki, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi). Even within the corpus of Hindu (statutory) law, we continue to caste, has in some ways become the ry. Some see Ayn Rand as the trans - Businessmen raised productivity, there was a time-lag. The uncharitable Do you believe this has nothing to do recognise and give effect to the diverse Mitakshara and Dayab - bania. This has changed the nature of former, but she heralded a new ideol - created new wealth and jobs, and (in explanation is that authors shifted with the new-found riches of TV script haga schools of law. Where do we locate our wonderful HUF and literature itself. ogy rather than a new trend. The real conjunction with new civil rights) trans - ground only when they themselves be - writers and producers? the matriarchal customary laws of Kerala and the North East? Through history, literature portrayed breakthrough came via authors like formed once-poor Western societies came rich. Famous authors in past What will happen to the scintillating diversity of tribal customs businessmen as villains. Heroes were Harold Robbins, whose protagonists into the rich ones we see today. centuries were never rich. and tribal laws? W ill we compulsorily permit divorce on grounds typically underdogs struggling against were often rich womanising business- This transformation was unparal - A few became well-off in their old of change of religion as Hindus alone can do under the HMA, money-lenders, industrialists and men battling business rivals. leled by any emperor or general. Yet age, but never in their productive as also the principle that a Hindu mother cannot give away in traders. The bias in literature was not Sex and business acquired a new literature extolled the virtues of emper - youth. Most lived a hard adoption unless the father is dead because the latter alone is the against wealth and power as such. legitimacy in literature, and became a ors and generals while excoriating life until the second half of the 20th natural guardian? It is wrong to axiomatically assume that com- The heroes of many books were kings, best-selling mix. This was reflected businessmen till the late 20th century. century. pulsory uniformity binds. generals and aristocrats. The bias in equally in TV serials, the electronic Why? At that point the book-reading pub - (The writer is a Supreme Court advocate) literature was specifically against busi - version of pop literature. Business Some will argue that capitalism it - lic became large enough for books ness. families were protagonists in American self did not yield obvious themselves to become big business. There were, of course, exceptions. TV hits like Dynasty and Dallas . benefits for a long time. They feel that This was followed by films, radio and In Dickens Christmas Carol, Scrooge What explains the sea change? The T V, all providing new ways for authors
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IA M BOOKS Neelabh The Ramayana : A Mod- In a week, Valmiki composed twenty-four The language ern Translation thousand verses. The legend came to him as if Ramesh Menon he was just an instrument and the real poet Price: Rs 795 The Ramayana is certain - was another, far greater than himself. He divid - ly one of the world s oldest ed the vast poem into six books and five hun- legends. Modern scholars dred cantos. When he had completed his work claim that it was first com - of genius, he called it the Ramayana. posed around 300 BC. The When Valmiki had finished the Ramayana, devout Hindu believes that two young men appeared in his ashram. They This moving piece, currently in circulation on the Internet, proves that love is Rama lived many hundred millennia ago, in the a lingua franca which does not need the spoken word treta yuga , and that was also when Valmiki first were as handsome and alike as the Aswini told his immortal story. Ramesh Menon s Ra- twins of heaven, and had voices like gandhar- ichael and I did not know when the wait - But what made my mind think about about them was mayana is a novelist s lush, imaginative ren - va minstrels. The rishi knew they had been er put the plates on our table. W e were the silence around the two. The silence was dering of the epic, rather than a scholar s trans - sent by providence. He taught them his poem. sitting in a small restaurant, hidden from lation. Y et, even if the language he uses is so overpowering that it seemed like melancholy filled the Lava and Kusa learned the Ramayana even as the busy Third Street, in New York City. modern and exciting, his book remains, first corner completely. When our own conversation became a Even the smell of a fresh serving of and last, a work of worship, of bhakti . The book they heard it from the poet s lips. V almiki knew blintz did not interfere with our conver - whisper, the silence of the old couple began to disturb me. is Menon s of fering to Rama. Brahma had chosen them to take his Adi Msation. In fact, we let the blintz soak in the sour cream. W e How sad, I thought, if there is nothing to talk about at all? An Excerpt Kavya through the sacred land. Music is my only religion, just enjoyed the conversation so much that we forgot to W ere there any pages in each other s life that they had not says Hari Prasad Chaura- eat. read? What if it happened to us? Buy this book @ 15% off. Our price Rs 676 Our conversation was just so delightful, though we did Michael and I paid for our food and went on. When we To buy call 9604-600-600 from OR log on to: sia not speak about important things. We were laughing and passed the corner where the couple sat, my wallet fell. I speaking about the movie which we had just watched the Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. stooped to pick it up, and stopped right there. For under hen a student comes into the world of night before and arguing about the meaning of the morn- Prefix STD code to call from other W music, there are two very important ing s literature seminar. He told me about his new-found the table, the old man was tenderly holding his wife s things he or she must keep maturity and step into adulthood, when he only respond- hand. They were eating in silence while holding each oth - Neelabh in mind: one is concentration ( dhyan), the er s hand! I stood upright. other is devotion ( bhatki ). Once both these A feeling of utter delight filled my heart. Suddenly, I was Do not make reasons for him you ve been, are kept in mind, a student can literally feel touched to see the simple, yet very mean - to stay, but where you are going. the presence of gods and goddesses. Spir - ingful action reflecting the close relationship of the couple. only reasons for him to re - Socrates ituality is an integral part of music and no - And I felt special on being allowing to watch it. turn. u body who has The tender caress from the old man s hand to his wife s Katherine Hepburn embraced music can be too far from spiri - wrinkled and tired fingers, filled, not only what I though Don t shut love out of your tuality. was an empty corner, but it filled my heart as well. u life by The strains of music can t be held in the I then realised that their silence was not the uncomfort - When you lose your saying it s impossible to hand, they can t be captured. They are only able emptiness like what Michael and I used to have after dreams, you die. find. meant to be experienced. I was never spir - the jokes we cracked on our first date. It was not that. Anonymous Charlie Chaplin itual. But my music has made me change. Their silence was pleasant and relaxing. It was the exp - You don t need to be on the Today, music is my only religion. u ression of the tender love which did not always need the People ask me if I believe in God. Music A kiss can be a comma, a same right words to express it. is the only God I know. My relationship with question mark, wavelength to succeed in They might have spent the hours like these so many the swara is a relationship I cherish. I enjoy or an exclamation mark. marriage. Y ou just my riyaaz . When I practise, I actually expe - times. Maybe this meal was no dif ferent from yesterday, And that s basic spelling that need to be able to ride each rience the presence of God. I am not ritual - but they enjoyed it in peace. other s waves. They accepted each other totally, with all their faults and every woman ought to know. istic. I comply with my family s wishes as Mark Twain Toni Sciarra Poynter and when I am asked to, but I don t have follies. a set routine as far as my religious beliefs When Michael and I walked out of the restaurant, I u u are concerned. thought maybe it was not bad at all if someday we shared Don t run through life so Don t undermine your worth I believe that bad times, just like good something like the old couple. Maybe, it will become an fast that you by comparing yourself with times, are not meant to last. Karam is my expression of the tender and complete love we hope to forget not only where others. It is because we only dharam. I believe in destiny but I have share. faith that only when one does his duty can ed if someone called him Michael and pretended not one s destiny be shaped. to hear if they called him Mikey . Was that at the age When things fail to go my way, I think 12 or 14? He did not remember, but he recalled his that whatever happened, happened for the mother once cried and said that he had become a best. I believe in learning from my failures. man too fast. It is only in the face of failure that one re - When we tasted the blueberry blintzes, I told him alises the sweetness of success. The ex - that my brother and I used to pick wild blueberries citement of daybreak is heightened only af - when visiting our cousins. I remembered I always fin - ter one experiences the still of the night. ished my share before we went home and my aunt always warned me that I must be careful lest I have I have never had to look back in my life. a stomach-ache. But, of course, no stomach-ache Everywhere I go, God is backing me. My ever happened. wishes have always been granted and I While our fun conversation continued, my eyes have learnt from my setbacks. Every time I went across the room and stopped at the corner. An go back to my hometown Allahabad, I elderly couple was sitting there. The woman was make it a point to take a dip in the holy wearing a flowery dress, the colour of which had fad - Ganges. Recently, I was asked to perform ed over the years. at the Maha Kumbh an enriching expe- The top of the man s head shined just like the rience. I have a lot to be grateful for. boiled egg which he ate very slowly. The woman (As told to Anubha Sawhney) chewed her oatmeal very slowly too, seemingly with much effort. Ask the right Debbie Ford periences can delight us. Our mood lifts as we hat s wrong with your partner? With begin to notice the perfection that exists all your relationship? W ith you as a around us. We no longer waste our precious lover? If you re like most people, time and energy making our partners wrong. In- W you probably dwell on this question stead, we take that moment to focus on all that a lot. Our intimate relationships are an area is right, all there is to appreciate, and all we ha - where it s particularly easy to look for what s ve to be grateful for . In doing so, a whole new wrong. We are experts at describing in great de - tail not only what isn t right about our partners, level of love and intimacy becomes available to but also what s wrong with our jobs, our moth - us. ers, our teachers, our bodies, our government This might be the most important question we and our bank accounts. When we look for what s can ask ourselves if we are truly committed to wrong, we are actually viewing our lives through living a life filled with ease and contentment. the narrowest possible lens, zooming in on all Think for a moment about what would happen if the places where our expectations haven t been we changed the lens through which we view th- met, where others have failed to meet our needs, and where the world doesn t look the ose around us. How would our lives alter if we way we have decided it should. When we re saw our co-workers as divine beings who have looking for what s wrong, our eyes focus on the come to impart essential wisdom to us? What negative qualities of others, spotting their weak - would happen if we listened to our neighbours nesses and their incompetencies. as though they were the wisest people in the wo - The moment we find something wrong, we rld? And what would be possible if we related to automatically point our fingers in blame at the our partners as though their sole purpose was to other person or situation. It s so easy to find fault. Finding fault with others is the lazy per - bring us ecstasy and joy? What would we hear? son s out. I ve done it a million times myself. I ve What would we see? What would be possible? pointed my finger at others instead of taking re - What new joy would we be able to extract from sponsibility for the reality I see. I have been our current relationship? guilty of blaming my boss, my boyfriend, my Just as we don t gain thirty pounds as a result coach, and even my mother for my discontent. of one decadent dinner, or sink $50,000 in debt Making others wrong becomes an excuse we as a result of one extravagant purchase, our re - use to justify our moods and our bad behaviour. Looking for what s wrong allows us to avoid re - lationships do not fall apart because of a single sponsibility for our circumstances. But it also heated argument. We are where we are in our li - prevents us from seeing the perfection that ex - ves today because of the decisions we make ists in our lives right now . every single day. As writer Marcel Proust re - This question Am I looking for what s right minds us, The real voyage of discovery con - or am I looking for what s wrong? has the sists not in seeking new landscapes but in see - power to shift a moment of despair into a mo - ing through new eyes. Training ourselves to ment of delight. It refocuses the lens of our per - ception in an instant. Suddenly we are able to use this question allows us to do just that. Look - see the good in every person and every situa - ing for what s right is a life-enhancing choice tion. Looking for what s right launches us into a a choice that promises peace, contentment and state of appreciation where even mundane ex - fulfilment.
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IA M BOOKS Neelabh The Ramayana : A Mod- In a week, Valmiki composed twenty-four The language ern Translation thousand verses. The legend came to him as if Ramesh Menon he was just an instrument and the real poet Price: Rs 795 The Ramayana is certain - was another, far greater than himself. He divid - ly one of the world s oldest ed the vast poem into six books and five hun- legends. Modern scholars dred cantos. When he had completed his work claim that it was first com - of genius, he called it the Ramayana. posed around 300 BC. The When Valmiki had finished the Ramayana, devout Hindu believes that two young men appeared in his ashram. They This moving piece, currently in circulation on the Internet, proves that love is Rama lived many hundred millennia ago, in the a lingua franca which does not need the spoken word treta yuga , and that was also when Valmiki first were as handsome and alike as the Aswini told his immortal story. Ramesh Menon s Ra- twins of heaven, and had voices like gandhar- ichael and I did not know when the wait - But what made my mind think about about them was mayana is a novelist s lush, imaginative ren - va minstrels. The rishi knew they had been er put the plates on our table. W e were the silence around the two. The silence was dering of the epic, rather than a scholar s trans - sent by providence. He taught them his poem. sitting in a small restaurant, hidden from lation. Y et, even if the language he uses is so overpowering that it seemed like melancholy filled the Lava and Kusa learned the Ramayana even as the busy Third Street, in New York City. modern and exciting, his book remains, first corner completely. When our own conversation became a Even the smell of a fresh serving of and last, a work of worship, of bhakti . The book they heard it from the poet s lips. V almiki knew blintz did not interfere with our conver - whisper, the silence of the old couple began to disturb me. is Menon s of fering to Rama. Brahma had chosen them to take his Adi Msation. In fact, we let the blintz soak in the sour cream. W e How sad, I thought, if there is nothing to talk about at all? An Excerpt Kavya through the sacred land. Music is my only religion, just enjoyed the conversation so much that we forgot to W ere there any pages in each other s life that they had not says Hari Prasad Chaura- eat. read? What if it happened to us? Buy this book @ 15% off. Our price Rs 676 Our conversation was just so delightful, though we did Michael and I paid for our food and went on. When we To buy call 9604-600-600 from OR log on to: sia not speak about important things. We were laughing and passed the corner where the couple sat, my wallet fell. I speaking about the movie which we had just watched the Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. stooped to pick it up, and stopped right there. For under hen a student comes into the world of night before and arguing about the meaning of the morn- Prefix STD code to call from other W music, there are two very important ing s literature seminar. He told me about his new-found the table, the old man was tenderly holding his wife s things he or she must keep maturity and step into adulthood, when he only respond- hand. They were eating in silence while holding each oth - Neelabh in mind: one is concentration ( dhyan), the er s hand! I stood upright. other is devotion ( bhatki ). Once both these A feeling of utter delight filled my heart. Suddenly, I was Do not make reasons for him you ve been, are kept in mind, a student can literally feel touched to see the simple, yet very mean - to stay, but where you are going. the presence of gods and goddesses. Spir - ingful action reflecting the close relationship of the couple. only reasons for him to re - Socrates ituality is an integral part of music and no - And I felt special on being allowing to watch it. turn. u body who has The tender caress from the old man s hand to his wife s Katherine Hepburn embraced music can be too far from spiri - wrinkled and tired fingers, filled, not only what I though Don t shut love out of your tuality. was an empty corner, but it filled my heart as well. u life by The strains of music can t be held in the I then realised that their silence was not the uncomfort - When you lose your saying it s impossible to hand, they can t be captured. They are only able emptiness like what Michael and I used to have after dreams, you die. find. meant to be experienced. I was never spir - the jokes we cracked on our first date. It was not that. Anonymous Charlie Chaplin itual. But my music has made me change. Their silence was pleasant and relaxing. It was the exp - You don t need to be on the Today, music is my only religion. u ression of the tender love which did not always need the People ask me if I believe in God. Music A kiss can be a comma, a same right words to express it. is the only God I know. My relationship with question mark, wavelength to succeed in They might have spent the hours like these so many the swara is a relationship I cherish. I enjoy or an exclamation mark. marriage. Y ou just my riyaaz . When I practise, I actually expe - times. Maybe this meal was no dif ferent from yesterday, And that s basic spelling that need to be able to ride each rience the presence of God. I am not ritual - but they enjoyed it in peace. other s waves. They accepted each other totally, with all their faults and every woman ought to know. istic. I comply with my family s wishes as Mark Twain Toni Sciarra Poynter and when I am asked to, but I don t have follies. a set routine as far as my religious beliefs When Michael and I walked out of the restaurant, I u u are concerned. thought maybe it was not bad at all if someday we shared Don t run through life so Don t undermine your worth I believe that bad times, just like good something like the old couple. Maybe, it will become an fast that you by comparing yourself with times, are not meant to last. Karam is my expression of the tender and complete love we hope to forget not only where others. It is because we only dharam. I believe in destiny but I have share. faith that only when one does his duty can ed if someone called him Michael and pretended not one s destiny be shaped. to hear if they called him Mikey . Was that at the age When things fail to go my way, I think 12 or 14? He did not remember, but he recalled his that whatever happened, happened for the mother once cried and said that he had become a best. I believe in learning from my failures. man too fast. It is only in the face of failure that one re - When we tasted the blueberry blintzes, I told him alises the sweetness of success. The ex - that my brother and I used to pick wild blueberries citement of daybreak is heightened only af - when visiting our cousins. I remembered I always fin - ter one experiences the still of the night. ished my share before we went home and my aunt always warned me that I must be careful lest I have I have never had to look back in my life. a stomach-ache. But, of course, no stomach-ache Everywhere I go, God is backing me. My ever happened. wishes have always been granted and I While our fun conversation continued, my eyes have learnt from my setbacks. Every time I went across the room and stopped at the corner. An go back to my hometown Allahabad, I elderly couple was sitting there. The woman was make it a point to take a dip in the holy wearing a flowery dress, the colour of which had fad - Ganges. Recently, I was asked to perform ed over the years. at the Maha Kumbh an enriching expe- The top of the man s head shined just like the rience. I have a lot to be grateful for. boiled egg which he ate very slowly. The woman (As told to Anubha Sawhney) chewed her oatmeal very slowly too, seemingly with much effort. Ask the right Debbie Ford periences can delight us. Our mood lifts as we hat s wrong with your partner? With begin to notice the perfection that exists all your relationship? W ith you as a around us. We no longer waste our precious lover? If you re like most people, time and energy making our partners wrong. In- W you probably dwell on this question stead, we take that moment to focus on all that a lot. Our intimate relationships are an area is right, all there is to appreciate, and all we ha - where it s particularly easy to look for what s ve to be grateful for . In doing so, a whole new wrong. We are experts at describing in great de - tail not only what isn t right about our partners, level of love and intimacy becomes available to but also what s wrong with our jobs, our moth - us. ers, our teachers, our bodies, our government This might be the most important question we and our bank accounts. When we look for what s can ask ourselves if we are truly committed to wrong, we are actually viewing our lives through living a life filled with ease and contentment. the narrowest possible lens, zooming in on all Think for a moment about what would happen if the places where our expectations haven t been we changed the lens through which we view th- met, where others have failed to meet our needs, and where the world doesn t look the ose around us. How would our lives alter if we way we have decided it should. When we re saw our co-workers as divine beings who have looking for what s wrong, our eyes focus on the come to impart essential wisdom to us? What negative qualities of others, spotting their weak - would happen if we listened to our neighbours nesses and their incompetencies. as though they were the wisest people in the wo - The moment we find something wrong, we rld? And what would be possible if we related to automatically point our fingers in blame at the our partners as though their sole purpose was to other person or situation. It s so easy to find fault. Finding fault with others is the lazy per - bring us ecstasy and joy? What would we hear? son s out. I ve done it a million times myself. I ve What would we see? What would be possible? pointed my finger at others instead of taking re - What new joy would we be able to extract from sponsibility for the reality I see. I have been our current relationship? guilty of blaming my boss, my boyfriend, my Just as we don t gain thirty pounds as a result coach, and even my mother for my discontent. of one decadent dinner, or sink $50,000 in debt Making others wrong becomes an excuse we as a result of one extravagant purchase, our re - use to justify our moods and our bad behaviour. Looking for what s wrong allows us to avoid re - lationships do not fall apart because of a single sponsibility for our circumstances. But it also heated argument. We are where we are in our li - prevents us from seeing the perfection that ex - ves today because of the decisions we make ists in our lives right now . every single day. As writer Marcel Proust re - This question Am I looking for what s right minds us, The real voyage of discovery con - or am I looking for what s wrong? has the sists not in seeking new landscapes but in see - power to shift a moment of despair into a mo - ing through new eyes. Training ourselves to ment of delight. It refocuses the lens of our per - ception in an instant. Suddenly we are able to use this question allows us to do just that. Look - see the good in every person and every situa - ing for what s right is a life-enhancing choice tion. Looking for what s right launches us into a a choice that promises peace, contentment and state of appreciation where even mundane ex - fulfilment.
SUND270703/CR1/15/M/1SUND270703/CR1/15/C/1SUND270703/CR1/15/K/1SUND270703/CR1/15/Y/1 CMYK The Sunday Times of India, New Delhi, July 27, 2003 It wasn t Anna Sporting look to PK At sea no more The June 2002 issue of Penthouse raised P K Banerjee s remembered for the 1970 Asiad Arsenal s found a new goalie to quite some interest among Anna bronze that India bagged under his tutelage. replace David Seaman. The pony-tailed Kournikova fans: it boasted of her topless Now he s got a chance to revitalise his magic phenomenon s place will be taken by pictures. Later the skin-mag admitted it and the fortunes of the struggling Mohammaden 33-year-old German Jens Lehmann. was someone else and now it has settled Sporting. PK took over as the club s technical It remains to be seen if Teutonic ef ficiency out of court with the Russian beauty director on Saturday can make up for British flair Jyoti Randhawa wins Kashmir Open golf title
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BRIEFLY Lehmann clobbers SPORT half hours dominance before a add another century to the Reuters crowd of 4,447 at Bundaberg three-figure knock he unfurled in Bangl Stadium. Darwin. Lehmann, who faced only The fourth-wicket partnership 187 balls, figured in a crucial un - snatched the initiative from broken stand of 219 with skipper Bangladesh, who had done well adesh Steve Waugh, who was unbeat- to restrict Australia to 132 for en with 74 and well on target to three earlier in the day. Cairns: A power-laden century The home side are now in a by stocky left-hander Darren SCOREBOARD strong position to forge victory over the remaining three days Lehmann boosted Australia to - Bangladesh: (overnight 289-8) after wrapping up the first Test wards a big total on the second T Baiysa c Gilchrist b McGrath of the series by a whopping in - day of the second cricket Test 25 nings and 132 runs, even after a against Bangladesh on Satur- M Mortaza c Lee b Gillespie 8 A Hossain not out 0 strong and promising start on day. Extras: (lb-8, nb-1 1) 19 the first day by the W ith Lehmann clobbering an Total: (all out, 92.1 overs) 295 Fall of wicket: 9-295, 10-295 Bangladeshis, who put together unconquered 156 after hitting a Bowling: McGrath 17.1-2-57-1, a total greater than their com - century in the first Test in Darwin Gillespie 25-7-57-3, Lee 18-1- bined totals in the first Test. a week earlier, the top-ranked 88-1, MacGill 24-9-77-5, Waugh 5-3-4-0, Lehmann 3-1-4-0. Ricky Ponting (59) and side ended the day with a com- Australia, 1st Innings: Matthew Hayden (50) threw manding first innings total of J Langer c Javed b Mashrafe 1 away opportunities to move on 351 for three wickets after dis - M Hayden b Sanwar 50 R Ponting c Ashraful b Hossain to triple figures but still played a missing Bangladesh for 295. 59 solid innings to reach half-cen - Lehmann was in wonderful D Lehmann batting 156 turies. touch, completing his third cen - S W augh batting 74 Extras: (lb-10, nb-1) 11 Hayden, after being troubled tury in Test ranks from 130 balls Total: (for 3 wkts, 85 overs) early in his innings, reached 50 Liverpool s Michael Owen wipes his inside three hours. 351 of f 88 balls, but was then face during a training session at Hong At the close, he had struck 18 Fall of wicket: 1-14, 2-1-5, 3- bowled by Sanwar Hossain. 132 Kong Stadium on Saturday. Liverpool W e are the champions: East Bengal players celebrate after winning the Asean Club Cup at the Senain Main boundaries in his three and a Hossain found Hayden s middle will play a friendly match with the Hong Stadium in Jakarta on Saturday. Kong Select team on Sunday. CRICKET UPDATE Sporting in quarters: Bungo Singh slipped in the only goal of a rain-drenched after - noon as Mohammedan Sporting knocked Stewart Rain takes shine off out Bangalore s ITI in the opening match of the Tata Football Federation Cup on Soccer team Smith’s knock Saturday. Salgaocar Sports Club, Goa didn t who routed Indian Bank 4-0 in the sceond Birmingham (England): South Africa captain Graeme Smith’s match of the day will meet Sporting in the record-breaking 277 guided the visitors to an impregnable posi- quarterfinal. For Salgaocar, Climax want to tion at stumps on the third day of the first Test against England at Lawrence scored a brace while Dharamjit Edgbaston here on Saturday. Smith’s innings, the highest score Singh and Samson Singh netted one tour by a South Africa cricketer in Test history, was the cornerstone of apiece. TNN his side’s 594 for five declared. Birmingham: England wicket- Tariq Jacob wins: Seventh seed Tariq Ja - But rain, which had washed out the whole of second day, cob of Tamil Nadu ousted statemate and REACTIONS keeper Alec Stewart has said robbed South Africa of the chance to press home their advan - third seed G P Prajnesh 6-1 3-6 6-0 to win V ijay Mallya: East Bengal have the thought of another tough tage, play ending with 41 overs remaining. England were 25 with- the boys u-14 title in the AITA-Nutrine beaten the AFC Champions winter away from home had out loss of f eight overs, still 370 short of avoiding the follow-on Natura National championship tennis se- League finalists. This proves that prompted him to announce his target of 395. ries in Chennai on Saturday. In girls u-14 sho win we are back at the highest level retirement from Test cricket. South Africa, 1st innings (overnight 389-1): G Smith c Anderson b Giles final, fourth seed Grace Hannah (TN) got in Asia. I am organising a grand Surrey stalwart Stewart, 40, 277, H Gibbs c Butcher b Vaughan 179, G Kirsten c Stewart b Giles 44, B past second seed Amrita Seth (Del) 7-5 6- function to felicitate them and an - had said on the eve of the first Dippenaar c Butcher b Gough 22, J Rudolph c Gough b Harmison 10, M nounce a bonus for them. Boucher not out 15, S Pollock not out 24 Extras: (b8, lb1 1, nb4) 23 Total (5 0 to claim the title. Top seed Prerana Mytri Test here against South Africa wkts dec, 145 overs): 594. Fall of wickets: 2-438, 3-514, 4-552, 5-556. of Andhra Pradesh beat sixth seed V iren J Shah (West Bengal governor): atBowling: Anderson 16-2-92-0 (1nb); Gough 25-6-88-1 (2nb); Flintoff 25-6- Swetha Kumari (Del) 7-6 (1) 7-5 in girls U- I congratulate East Bengal for Edgbaston on Friday that he 12 while in boys section top seed Yuki their historic win. The grit and would quit Test cricket at the team-work displayed by the play - Bhambri of Delhi beat fourth seed Subash abro end of the current series ers has given the much-needed Chander Rao (Del) 6-4 6-4. PTI ws against the Proteas. fillip to Indian soccer . That gives Stewart the Bhandari claims six in Chandi Ganguly elected: Sourav Ganguly’s Buddhadev Bhattacharjee (West Ben - chance to bow out from Eng- father Chandi Ganguly was on Saturday gal chief minister): I feel proud of a drawn tie formally elected chairman of the trustee East Bengal. They have brought land duty on his Oval home board of the Cricket Association of Bengal, honour for the country in the ground where the fifth and final Swansea: Delhi speedster Amit Bhandari s bag of six wickets while Jagmohan Dalmiya retained his post game. Test gets underway on Sep- was the lone high point for the touring India A team in the drawn as president. Unlike last year when ad tember 4. Savio Madeira (Salgaocar coach): three-day match against Glamorgan here on Saturday. Bhan - Dalmiya faced a challenge in Debdas East Bengal s never-say-die atti - After that England travel to how TIMES N EWS N ETWORK dari s 6/38 was well supplemented by speedster L Balaji s three Banerjee for the president’s chair , this tude made the victory possible. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka be- year’s annual general meeting was a tame for 58. New Delhi: The Senain Main Stadium in My heartiest congratulations to fore touring the W est Indies in When the play was halted by rains, India were 27 for one with af fair with no rival candidates for any of the them. the spring of 2004. posts. Chandi Ganguly, till now a member Jakarta did not decieve Indian soccer. Parthiv Patel and V ijay Bharadwaj not out on 17 and 12 respec- Subrata Mukherjee (Kolkata mayor): Stewart, speaking at Edg - of trustee board, replaces Biswanth Dutt, On September 4, 1962, Jarnail Singh tively. Earlier , Glamorgan were bowled out for 140 in their first in - Indian football had been going baston here on Friday where who stepped down as trustee board chair - and P.K. Banerjee had scored in India s nings. Agencies through a tough phase recently. rain washed out the second India (1st innings): 160 Glamorgan (1st innings overnight 22 for no man a few days ago. PTI 2-1 win over South Korea in the Asian This triumph will revive the soc - day s play, said: W ith a long loss): I Thomas c Das b Bhandari 10, J Hughes c Vijay Bharadwaj b Salvi Games final. Forty-one years later, on Marsh stays on: Former Australian open- to cer fraternity winter coming up I felt it would 15, D Cherry b Balaji 9, M Powell c V ijay Bharadwaj b Bhandari 0, A Shaw as a whole. c Patel b Balaji 33, M W allace b Balaji 29, D Cosker c Badani b Bhandari ing batsman Geoff Marsh was on Satur- July 25, 2003, Baichung Bhutia led East be one tour too many, and day handed a new-one year deal to re- main as Zimbabwe coach. "Marsh has Five factors that make East Bengal special been quite brilliant during his first two brought in a coach who dared to years," said Zimbabwe Cricket Union Subhas Bhowmick (coach): The Glorious moments (ZCU) chairman Peter Chingoka. "He is a brain and force behind the victory. dream big and backed him to the top operator and one of the best coaches A strict disciplinarian, he meticu - hilt. Arch-rivals Mohun Bagan, inci - in Indian football dentally, are still busy fighting over we have had." Marsh will be in charge of lously recruited the team. He sim - Olympic Games the side for a further five Test series and ply followed Aussie cricket coach vested interests. John Buchanan s winning formula: 1956 (Rome): Lost to Bul - with early preparations for what is now a Team spirit: There were no hud- garia 0-3 in play-of f to finish very young side in the World Cup, to be Just enjoy the final. dles in the middle. They lost key fourth played in the West Indies during 2007. AFP men Mahesh Gawli and Debjit Kevin Jackson (physical train - Asian Games Federer pulls out: W imbledon champion Ghosh for the final. er): The legs be - But they didn t give 1951(Delhi): Beat Iran to Roger Federer has pulled out of the AT P hind the march. For hardcourt tournament in Washington next up. They wanted to win gold over two months, win at any cost and 1962 (Jakarata): Beat South week, the ATP announced on Friday. The he made the play - Swiss player gave no reason for his with - they went in saying, Korea in final to win gold. ers stretch in their now or never. drawal. Federer followed his success at rooms and sleep 1970 (Bangkok): W on W imbledon - his first Grand Slam win - by next to the pool. Bronze. losing in the final in Gstaad and then took Baichung Bhutia: They could eat, but Quite a few almost Asia Cup a week s rest. AFP only a little and that scof fed at him when 1964 (Tel Aviv): Finished too at the gym. Re - the India captain second BETTING METER sult: they had plen - declared: We are Merdeka Cup CYCLING ty of oxygen even going there to win after the match. 1959: Runners-up, 1964: 2003 Tour de France winner the Championship. L Armstrong 1/6 Bec Tero, the AFC He has silenced Runners -up, 1965: Third, J Ullrich 7/2 Champions League everybody with the 1966: Third A V inokourov 50/1 finalists, just failed win, and in style (as per ladbrokes.com) SAF Games to keep pace. too, scoring as W on thrice (1985, 87, 95) LIVE ON TV many as nine goals. The manage- Compiled by Nilanjan Datta 2002: W on the LG Cup in ESPN: 1730 hrs: Premier League Asia Cup ment: For once, V ietnam 2003. they deserve most Douglas da Silva (L) and Star Sports: 1515 hrs: England vs South Africa IFA Shield (1st Test, Day 4). of the credit. They Alvitio D cunha after the
THE SPORTING LIFE Bangladesh would occasionally score W augh s mentor, must take the credit for 450 in two innings or bowl the opposition rebuilding a shattered Australian team in Ayaz Memon captain, out once, but prospects of that seem as the mid 80s. remote an igloo in Dhaka. Border (along with coach Bob Simp- Yet Bangladesh can draw some sol- son) established the hardy work ethic, ace from philosophy and some from his- the focus on supreme fitness and the de - is tory . Things can t get worse surely, so sire to win which has they can only get better. And remember been the hallmark of Australian cricket even India took 20 years to win their first for the last two decades. Test. Mark Taylor introduced flair and imagi - W augh nation in the systems and processes es- Meanwhile, the Australian juggernaut tablished by Border. rolls on, with the amazing Steve Waugh W augh has carried the agenda for - recording yet another century, and yet ward with more zeal, ambition and ruth - Most also the another victory. Statistics now establish lessness. In a sense, he is like V iv him as the most successful captain in the Richards who inherited the side and history of the game. Is he also the best? stratagems devised by Clive Lloyd and Even in the post-modern era, say from deployed these with greater force. Any of suc- best? 1975? the other three mentioned above Considering that most other teams last I am a Waugh devotee, as readers of Lloyd (certainly), Richards and Taylor barely longer against Australia, this column over the past couple of years would vie with Waugh for top captaincy Bangladesh have not done too badly in may have gathered, but I must reveal my honours. cessful the first Test of the series, being whipped heresy on this one count. He is an out - But in my book Imran Khan rates by an innings in under three days. It standing leader undoubtedly, but he also ahead of everybody else. He infused a would help their cause (and of their inherited a fantastic side, which made his sense of discipline and ambition in a side staunch supporters in the ICC) if task that much easier. Allan Border, full of highly talented, but highly reckless
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By Boblli Vijay Kumar real lords have all but shifted to Eden Gardens. There s more NCE upon a time, coun - money and more cricket now, ty cricket used to be the wherever you turn; England O perfect finishing school. gracefully turned away to soc - Those were, of course, the cer and rugby. good old days. Sport was still In this scenario, one key just another game; it was yet to question surfaces: is county become a multi-million dollar cricket helping our players at global industry. Players were all? Did our young stars make a still heroes, not stars or brand huge mistake by opting to play ambassadors: they hadn t yet non-stop cricket, instead of rest - transformed into super-slick ing and preparing for the big machines either who were pro- season ahead? The answer is a grammed to win, and only win. definite yes. Cricket had been left behind The feedback from England even in that race. It still lived in is that our boys, the so-called its own time warp: a day at the brash new generation, are just game was more about fish, not enjoying their stints. Every - chips and beer; it hadn t yet be - body wants to come home as come a glamorous vehicle for soon as possible. Only Rahul fun and adrena- Dravid and line rushes. Pa - Javagal Sri - trons still clapped BETWEEN nath are chill - softly, almost in - ing out. And File picture of V irender Sehwag during the recent tour to New Zealand. The ace Indian batsman is returning from Leicestershire due to an injury to his back. audibly, and THE LINES that s because gushed at the they were delicate leg- The feedback from smart enough glance played a England is that our not to go for couple of sea - boys, the so-called the full county One day in the life of How the Pak- sons ago. treatment. A Botham brash new genera- Earlier , the bash would leave tion, are just not equation was Yuvraj Singh followed Sachin Tendulkar to Yorkshire. He tells Dinesh Chopra women blushing simple: earn how he spends his days (and nights) in England’s north istanis sur - and see men enjoying their stints. name, fame shaking their Everybody wants to and glory by Time to By Dinesh Chopra heads in disgust playing for the 7.3 get up DJUSTMENT. That s (not at the come home as soon country and the catchword Pak- women, mind make money as possible My day begins at 7.30 or 8 in A istani cricketers have you). by playing for a the morning. That is the been passing on to their That was also county; now, youngsters who ve been cut- the time when cricket was all four can be achieved by sim - hardest part as I literally have to pull myself out of bed. My ting their teeth on the English played only in England during ply sneaking into the national county circuit. The mantra is summers. It meant that counties team. Money is a problem only mom is here with me so she simple to absorb as Pakistan were the final destination for the if you keep wallowing in the ensures that I m up and run - batsman Ijaz Ahmed puts it: world s best players of the day: Ranji Trophy. ning in time. That s the last If a player can put up with right from Barry Richards to V irender Sehwag may have thing I want to do after a long certain aspects of the English Sunil Gavaskar, from Joel Gar - been offered 80,000 pounds for day but then... society, they can make good A FRIDI: Key lies in adjust - ner to Imran Khan, from Viv giving away four months of his money. Richards to Greg Chappell, life; but he could probably have Aloo parantha Players who just go with anywhere, he reveals, from Graeme Pollock to Gary earned as much, if not more, by 8.3 please, mom an British visa in one hand adding, But I knew many Sobers, everybody turned out in simply staying back in India. He and this mantra in the other, who d be fussy over these is - full splendour. would at least have been a hap- After some stretching exer - return richer by more than a sues. Of fering prayers was a It s said that almost every pier man. And a lot less tired. cises, I settle down to have few lakh Pakistani rupees. struggle but I knew that I had contest was worth a million The quality of cricket on the cir - Unfortunately, cricket has to do it for money. breakfast which at times is Desai of fers another view. bucks; almost every match had cuit has also dwindled so badly another drag. I can t have not spun as much money for an even more intriguing sub- There is always uncertainity that one can hardly learn any - cornflakes, sandwiches the Pakistanis as it has for contest too. Some knocks left thing. the Indians. The reasons in Pakistan cricket. Players people mesmerised for years; Y es, county cricket is still a everyday. With mom around don t take their place for aloo pranthas, minus the could vary, but it is the threat some spells are yet to be bro - finishing school: it finishes of f to internal security in Pak - granted. All the more reason ken. It was all rather sublime your hunger for runs, for wickets lavish helpings of ghee, are they want to make as much what I have. She makes istan, and subsequent inhibi - and the slow pace of life made and for cricket itself. tions of teams to visit here, money as possible when they wonderful sausages. But on Play, Yuvi ka everything seem even more Nothing that has got the board man - are young. majestic. a match day it s standard gentlemen 20.3 gussa darins reaching out to Chi - One of the more success - It also helped that England stuf f like milk, fruits, baked nese balms to fight their ful Pakistani players this sea - could still bat, bowl and field beans, juice, muf fins. The match generally gets My mom can very well headaches. son Azhar Mahmood doesn t those days. off at 11 AM (it is 10:45 AM make out if I had an of f-day Y OFF days are rare T ill that happens county share Desai s view. The Sur - Inevitably, cricket also moved All the best, at some places). It is boring on the field. If I m fuming but if and when they cricket is like a carrot dangled rey-recruit says: Beyond Yuvi money the experience also on the fast lane. And then, al - 9.0 sitting and waiting for your and thinking too much, sulk - M come along I catch before every Pakistani. most suddenly, Jagmohan turn. W e can t use cell up with sleep, friends, kadhi Naynesh Desai, a London- raises your game and fitness ing even, she goes Yuvi ko levels. For instance, my Dalmiya happened. It s never I m of f to play , with mom phones till the day s play is gussa kyon aata hai . I chawal and aloo paranthas . based solicitor who has rep - been the same after that. The wishing me luck. I ve to be over . That again is time for resented business interests game as an all-rounder is keep shadow practicing with I pull myself out at 10 or 11, more focussed before it was at the ground at 9-9:15 AM some banter and fun. That some light music playing. It and settle down for a long of Azharuddin, Akram and of course, if the team is do - Botham, says: No doubt, the when I came here. NO 2384 SUNDAY CROSSWORD where it is business as usu - can be very lonely because breakfast. I hate to shave One of the adjustments al. People here are very ing well. if you are playing for India on of f days and haven t had Pakistanis find the money good. The international play - that Afridi did while playing warm and polite. They back Grub you have people whom you a haircut since I landed for Leicestershire was watch you to the hilt and expect can ask what went wrong here. ers end up making more 13.1 Time money than they do playing as many English movies, you to do well in every but here it isn t that easy . As If I m free from any pro - read as many English news- game. It s a bit of a pres - Lunch again is about sand - for Pakistan all around the an overseas pro you are ex - motional work, I catch up year. Otherwise, why would papers as possible. It sure but I enjoy it. I feel mis - wiches, pasta, fruits, baked pected to pass on the tips with some shopping. I just helped. Sometimes it was as beans, pastries, ice cream. someone like Wasim Akram ereable when runs don t and not vice-versa. got myself a pair of Diesel still turn out in county cricket basic as getting foreign ex - come. I ve started to get Like always after an hour of jeans and also watched even at this age? change or it was interacting along well with New Time out, Chalte, Chalte . The movie But the USP of any Pak- with the team-mates. Lan - Zealand captain Stephen 18.0 gentlemen Tomorrow’s was good, but songs were istani cricketer remains his guage was a concern for me. Fleming who is also playing 22.3 new day better . I hang out with the ability and willingness to ad - Its dif ficult if you aren t con - for Y orkshire. W e have a bit After the day s play we do Indian cricketers here . I just. As Ijaz points out his versant, says Afridi. of banter on the upcoming some cooling-down exercis- sulking, I settle down for a can t remember when I share of problems ranged It can be a very, very lone - India-New Zealand series. es, have some tea or cof fee haven t played pool. And from the language to finding ly place for someone who light dinner and hit the sack doesn t want slip into the cul - with snacks. Also a time for after that. W aiting for the parties? Not beyond 1 AM. a mosque. My time was dif- Lad can the odd photograph or auto - ferent. When I got the con - ture here. The sooner we next day, hoping it d have Amidst all this I don t for - Asians realise this the better . 10.0 bat a bit graph. English evenings are better returns. get to hit the gymnasium. tract I didn t know what it really a sight. I enjoy them On other days there are of f- Mom keeps saying Yuvi meant. I only knew I d be W ith the weather being cold I the most. field activities that I have to kamzor ho gaya hai, but I asked to play for four months in England and given about ensure that I m nice and Pump up do for the club. I have been don t agree. I guess it is warmed up before the match. to schools and cricket acad - more to do with lack of 10,000 pounds. I took my A decent 30-45 minutes of hit 19.3 the jam ghee in my food. The contract papers to Salim emies around Yorkshire to bhai . He made me sign it af - and catching takes care of promote cricket. We mingle evenings are spent at the that. Generally around that It s time to pump some iron. ter consulting Rameez Raja, with club members at ban - gym and on the treadmill. I recalls Ijaz. time the fans start to come in. The facilities here are quite quets. On other days the feel fit and energetic due to good and I hit the gym about Then started the ordeal It s nice to hear things like boys get together to eat out the fitness regime passed for a place in Durham that Yuvi can bat from the back 3 to 4 days a week. After that just hang out. on by Adrian Le Roux. served halal meat. Later I of the nets. its back home to mom. As told to Dinesh Chopra gave up and would eat from
his week we shall is 1.Rxf6+!! tig W erdelin, one of to design his T see a brilliant CHESS In the game S the top players from BRIDGE winning plan for the combinative attack P ravin Thipsay (Gozzoll vs Denmark, played his first P rakash Paranjpe six-card ending. The against the Likavsky, European bridge oppo-nents advised enemy King. Mitropa Cup championship 40 years him to give up. What W Dealer Both Vul White has 2003), White ago. Last month, at is your verdict? sacrificed two played 1.Qc7 Menton, where the « A K Q 6 Stig cashed the Pawns but has with a European “ Q J T 6 4 'A and the gained a decisive complicated Championships were ' A remaining Spade open for non-European honour to squeeze initiative in return. game. The ¤Q J 8 In fact, he has an sacrifice bridge players as well, East, who was left immediate win in would have Stig Werdelin was still « J T 8 3 2 « 9 5 with the “A, three the diagram won going strong. He made a “ 9 8 “ A K 7 2 Diamonds to the position. He immediately. 3Nt contract, making ' T 4 2 ' Q 6 3 Queen and two overlooked this For example. what was perhaps the ¤K 6 5 ¤ T 7 4 2 Clubs. East was continuation but 1..Kg8 best technical play during guarding Hearts; he still won the (Taking the the two-week open « 7 4 also had to keep game due to the Rooks leads event. Peter Lund “ 5 3 'Qx as Stig still had strong passed to a rapid reported the deal. ' K J 9 8 7 5 the ¤A entry to the Pawn. Can you mate 1.. The bidding was ¤A 9 3 hand. East was find out what he Kxf6 2.Rd6+! simple. North opened 1 “, forced to discard a missed? Kg7 3. Qe5+ South responded 1Nt, Club. Stig W erdelin POSITION: Kg8 4.Rg6+! North reversed with 2 «, and won the “K and backed a now discarded the ¤A, cashed White: Kb1; Qc5; and 5.Qg7 South rebied 3 '. North’s 3Nt Spade. Stig won in the Dummy the Dummy’s ¤Q and exited R-d1, f1; Nc3; P-a2,b2,d7. mate!) 2.Rg6+ Kh7 3.Qe7+!! Kxg6 4.Rd6+! ended the auction. West led and played a small Heart. East with a Heart to endplay East! Black: Kf7; Qh4; R-d8, h2; Nb6; P-a7, b7, K h 5 (weaker is 4.. Kf5 5.Rf6+! Kg4 6. Qe6+! «2. Stig won with the « A in the won and played a Club to c4, f6, g5. Kg3 7. Qe3+ Kg2 8.Qf3+ Kg1 9. Qf1#). Dummy and played the “Q W est’s King and West backed w w w.demicoma.com PROBLEM: White to play and win. 5.Qe8+! Kg4 6.Rd4+Kf3 7. Rxh4 and Black which was ducked by East. a Club. Stig won the ¤J in the [email protected] SOLUTION: The most powerful continuation can resign. Stig continued with the “J. East Dummy and took a long pause
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AP Beike - sells, China Mich Kunmimg (China): David Beckham s unshaven face looks moodily out from advertising in China for products as dif - hanmu bends ferent as cola and motor oil. His name ael sells soccer balls and athletic shoes. And rock n o w , to the delight of Chinese fans, he s s the wa- ter worl Ian Thorpe congratulates Michael Phelps after the latter set a world record in the men s 200m d individual medley final at the 10th World Swimming Championships in Barcelona on Friday. Barcelona: American star Michael Phelps smashed the world 100m butterfly record at the world swimming champi- onships here on Friday just minutes after Andrii Serdinov of He s in - Thorpe the Ukraine had set a new world Barcelona: Ian Thorpe has hailed American mark in the semifinals. teenager Michael Phelps, the swimmer who It was the third world record has put the Australian superstar in the shade at here for the unstoppable 18- the world championships, as one of the most year-old who clocked an amaz- talented swimmers ever. ing 51.47sec in his heat to low - credible, Thorpe had to settle for silver in 1:59.66. er the mark of 51.76 set by the But the Australian, who joins German Ukrainian. Michael Gross as the top all-time medal winner Serdinov had taken fractions at worlds with 13 each, said he was impressed of f the 51.81 world record set by by the talent of the teen from Baltimore. Michael Klim of Australia in Michael is an incredibly talented swimmer, Canberra in December 1999. admits said Thorpe. Phelps also smashed his own Curtis to
AP Stanford (California): Jelena play in Dokic was upset at the Bank of the West Classic on Friday, Buick beaten by qualifier Maria Vento- Kabchi of Venezuela 6-4, 6-3. Third-seeded Jennifer Open Capriati nearly lost her compo - Grand Blanc: British Open sure when a set-deciding line champion Ben Curtis has com- call went against her, but she mitted to play in the 2003 Buick rallied to beat ninth-seeded Lisa Open at Warwick Hills Golf and - Raymond 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in Country Club, General Motors front of a sellout crowd. Corp. s Buick Division an - Kim Clijsters, the second nounced Friday. Curtis joins seed, beat unseeded Marie-Ga- U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk ianeh Mikaelian 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 in and defending Buick Open another quarterfinal match. Cli - champion Tiger Woods in the jsters advanced to the semifi - July 31-August 3 tournament, nals and will face Francesca Kim Clijsters returns to Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian during the Buick said. The event of fers a Schiavone, who beat Amy Fra- quaterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford $4 million purse, including a zier 7-6 (5), 6-3. University on Friday. Clijsters won 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. $720,000 winner’s share. Curtis In the late match, Capriati Nicolas Thomann of France in Nadal advances: In Umag took charge by winning the final the lineup for Saturday s semi-fi - (Croatia), Spanish teenager 15 points of the first set, but nal s. Rafael Nadal reached his first Raymond responded with a The sixth-ranked Roddick im- A TP semifinal Friday, beating strong second set to force a proved his perfect record former Croatia Open champion tiebreaker. Capriati saved three against Xavier Malisse to 6-0 Magnus Norman of Sweden 6- set points before a line call gave with a 6-4, 6-1 quarter-final win 3, 6-4 in the US$452,000 tour - the set to Raymond. over the Belgian on Friday. The nament. Srichaphan in semis: In Indi - 11th ranked Srichaphan of Nadal will face top-seeded anapolis, Andy Roddick, Thailand followed Roddick and countryman Carlos Paradorn Srichaphan and Sjeng quickly ousted unseeded Scott Moya, who ousted eighth-seed- Schalken - the top three seeds Draper 6-4, 6-2 to take a 2-0 ca - ed David Ferrer of Spain 6-1, 6- at the ATP hardcourt tourna - reer edge over the Australian. 2 .Agencies ment - were joined by unseeded Armstrong in sight of title after Nantes: Britain s David Millar won the 19th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, a 49km time trial between Pornic and here. Lance Armstrong retained the race leader s yellow jersey after a dramatic race against the clock. Millar timed 54min 30secs after 49km of impressive riding on the rain-soaked course on which a number of riders, including Millar and Ullrich, fell of f their bikes. American Tyler Hamilton came sec- ond with Armstrong in third to marginally increase his lead over Ull - rich ahead of Sunday s final 20th stage. Armstrong was now poised to claim his fifth crown. The American leads Ullrich by 76 seconds after starting the day 65 seconds ahead of his main rival. When I heard that Ullrich had fallen I did not take any risks, said Armstrong. Ullrich s hopes of making up time on Armstrong evaporated when he crashed heavily midway through the stage. Agencies
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SOCCERWATCH AFP Haaland hangs boots: Former Norwegian in- ternational Alf Inge Haaland, the player who Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane ad- mittedly tried to injure, has retired from soccer PTI second place at 12-under 276. because of an injury. In February, Haaland was told by Manchester City that he would be KASHMIR Pappan, the surprise pack - released from his contract, UEFA said on Fri - age of the tournament, fought day. I have made my decision and are now till the very end till a double bo - negotiating a severance package, he said. Fla gey on the final hole pushed This will assure me that I will get some eco - him down to fourth place at 10- nomic compensation for the reminder of my the under 278. The victory was contract. His contract with City will end on worth Rs. 2,91,600 for Rand - August 13. hawa while Kahlon and Arjun wle received Rs. 1,57,500 each. Kluivert denied entry: FC Barcelona striker Meanwhile, defending Patrick Kluivert was not allowed into the Unit - pac ed States on Friday because of his involve - A fan waits for Real Madrid to arrive for champion Digvijay Singh, who was in joint lead after the third ment in a fatal car accident eight years ago, their training in Kunming on Saturday. round, could not keep the mo- Spanish news reports said. The striker, who his agent said the player did not want to join ss the English Premiership club. The striker was mentum going and finished fifth was expected to play for Barcelona in a three- k match tour of the United States, was not al - asked whether he would consider a transfer to at 279, while India No. 1 lowed through passport control with the rest of the Stamford Bridge club. But Raul turned TIMES N EWS N ETWORK Mukesh Kumar and Uttam the team at Logan Airport in Boston, accord - Chelsea down flat, insisting he would never Singh Mundy were tied sixth at leave the Primera Liga champions to join the Jy-New Delhi: Jyoti Randhawa eight-under 280. ing to leading sports daily Marca.Kluivert re - portedly arrived at the airport without the spe - Blues. Raul s agent, Gines Carvajal, said: made amends for his disap- Promising Sri Lankan Anura cial visa needed for people with criminal FIFA agent Marc Roger, on behalf of pointing show at the British Rohana, who started the day at records.It was unclear whether Kluivert was Chelsea, asked me if Raul would be interest - Open by wresting the Rs 18- seven-under 209, was troubled ed in entering negotiations for a transfer to lakh Kashmir Open at Srinagar still at the airport. Logan of ficials said they did oti by a shoulder pain and had a not have information on the incident. Chelsea. I spoke to Raul, my client, and he on Saturday, as per information disastrous round of 79 to finish said no . He s not interested in leaving Real reaching here. Jyoti played a level-par for the tournament. Rauls s no: A Chelsea bid to sign the darling Madrid. Raul s buy-out clause is $207 million, brilliant bogey-free round of It was Randhawa s first win of Real Madrid Raul has come to nothing after Roger stated. five-under 67 in the final round since April 2001 when he won out-to pip a host of golfers at the the SRF Open at the Delhi Golf post in the Club. Randhawa played a season-opening event of the steady round and a birdie on Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour. the fourth made him the joint shi Randhawa finished at 13-un- leader. der 275 at the picturesque Roy - However, it was his favourite al Springs Golf Course, one par-five seventh hole, which stroke better than seasoned added the zip to his round. A peach of a seven-iron second pros Harmeet Kahlon and Ar- Jyoti Randhawa contemplates a putt en route to his win in the nes shot from the rough left him jun Singh, who were tied for the Kashmir Open in Srinagar on Saturday. Bryant
INDIANS ABROAD stint on Friday with a draw against highly regarded Grand- withdraws In the girls section, the silver master Artur Yusopov of Ger- Mem went to J E Kavitha who worked many who did not succeed in hard to beat Mahima Rajmohan breaking the defences of the In - from quali- s in her final round game. Saheli dian in the final round game. Nath got the bronze. He is expected to gain 10 in - fier ternational points and will be in Last year too Indians en - W ashington: Embattled Los An- the 2670 bracket in the next orabl Junior joyed a double with Tania geles Lakers forward Kobe FIDE list. The win tory also Sachdev and Deepan Bryant, who is charged with sexu - made Sasikiran richer by ap - Chakravarthy walking away al assaulting a teenager, has proximately Rs. one lakh. The sweep with the titles in girls and boys pulled out of playing for the United other Indian Grandmaster in section respectively. States in next month s 2004 Negombo (Sri Lanka): For the the fray , Koneru Humpy, lost Olympic qualifying tournament, a e second year in a row, India reg - As per the FIDE Regulations, the last round game against spokesman for USA Basketball istered a the champions - Prathiba and Carlsen Magnus of Norway to said. grand dou- Magesh - earned Woman Inter - finish on 7 points which was He told us he can t play be - ble triumph national Master and Interna - enough to fetch her the best cause of his injuries, said Craig in the Asian tional Master titles along with woman player prize. PTI day Junior WGM and GM norms respec- Miller of USA Basketball on Fri - Chess tively. Magesh being an IM al - d a y . His rehabilitation isn t far Champi- ready, stands to make a giant Ghate enough along for him to partici - onship with leap forward with the GM norm. pate. Y Prathiba Top standings: Boys: 1. P Magesh Bryant recently had arthroscop - and P Chandran, 2. S Poobesh Anand, 3. closer ic surgery on his right shoulder on for Prathmesh S Mokal. Girls: 1. Y June 12 and his knee on July 1. It Magesh Prathiba, 2. J E Kavitha, 3. Saheli Edinburgh: Swati Ghate Chandran Nath. moved closer to the coveted was while he was in Vail, Colorado Sasikiran lifting the WGM norm after playing a draw for the knee operation that he was girls and with GM Peter Wells of England arrested. Miller said Bryant is wel - boys titles respectively in the Sasi takes in the 5th round of Smith and come to rejoin the team as long as Indi - 26th edition of the event here W illaimson British Chess he is healthy. Providing he s on Saturday. title Championship now in progress healthy, he retains his invite if the Pratibha finished with 9.0 here. GM Ziaur Rahman of team qualifies. points after a quiet draw New Delhi: GM Krishnan Bangladesh defeated IM Adam against compatriot N V inuthna Sasikiran added another feath- Hunt of England and shot into an in the final round. There was er to his cap by winning the sole lead on 4.5 points. more cheer for the Indian camp Politiken Cup international Seven players remained on when Magesh took the title on open chess tournament at the heels of Rahman just half a tiebreak ahead of fellow coun - Copenhagen, Denmark, with a point behind. They are, GMs trymen S Poobesh Anand and record score of 9 points out of a Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Abhijit ches Prathmesh S Mokal. possible 11. Sasikiran s score is Kunte, top seed Vassilos Kotro - In fact, it turned out to be a the best ever in the 25-year his - nias of Cyprus, Paul Motwani of clean sweep for India in both tory of this event, according to Scotland, former champion the girls and boys section with information received here on Joseph Gallagher of Switzer - all three medals being bagged Saturday. The Indian GM end - land and English duo of Aaron by its players. ed his very successful Danish Summerscale and IM Daniel
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IA M BOOKS Neelabh The Ramayana : A Mod- In a week, Valmiki composed twenty-four The language ern Translation thousand verses. The legend came to him as if Ramesh Menon he was just an instrument and the real poet Price: Rs 795 The Ramayana is certain - was another, far greater than himself. He divid - ly one of the world s oldest ed the vast poem into six books and five hun- legends. Modern scholars dred cantos. When he had completed his work claim that it was first com - of genius, he called it the Ramayana. posed around 300 BC. The When Valmiki had finished the Ramayana, devout Hindu believes that two young men appeared in his ashram. They This moving piece, currently in circulation on the Internet, proves that love is Rama lived many hundred millennia ago, in the a lingua franca which does not need the spoken word treta yuga , and that was also when Valmiki first were as handsome and alike as the Aswini told his immortal story. Ramesh Menon s Ra- twins of heaven, and had voices like gandhar- ichael and I did not know when the wait - But what made my mind think about about them was mayana is a novelist s lush, imaginative ren - va minstrels. The rishi knew they had been er put the plates on our table. W e were the silence around the two. The silence was dering of the epic, rather than a scholar s trans - sent by providence. He taught them his poem. sitting in a small restaurant, hidden from lation. Y et, even if the language he uses is so overpowering that it seemed like melancholy filled the Lava and Kusa learned the Ramayana even as the busy Third Street, in New York City. modern and exciting, his book remains, first corner completely. When our own conversation became a Even the smell of a fresh serving of and last, a work of worship, of bhakti . The book they heard it from the poet s lips. V almiki knew blintz did not interfere with our conver - whisper, the silence of the old couple began to disturb me. is Menon s of fering to Rama. Brahma had chosen them to take his Adi Msation. In fact, we let the blintz soak in the sour cream. W e How sad, I thought, if there is nothing to talk about at all? An Excerpt Kavya through the sacred land. Music is my only religion, just enjoyed the conversation so much that we forgot to W ere there any pages in each other s life that they had not says Hari Prasad Chaura- eat. read? What if it happened to us? Buy this book @ 15% off. Our price Rs 676 Our conversation was just so delightful, though we did Michael and I paid for our food and went on. When we To buy call 9604-600-600 from OR log on to: sia not speak about important things. We were laughing and passed the corner where the couple sat, my wallet fell. I speaking about the movie which we had just watched the Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. stooped to pick it up, and stopped right there. For under hen a student comes into the world of night before and arguing about the meaning of the morn- Prefix STD code to call from other W music, there are two very important ing s literature seminar. He told me about his new-found the table, the old man was tenderly holding his wife s things he or she must keep maturity and step into adulthood, when he only respond- hand. They were eating in silence while holding each oth - Neelabh in mind: one is concentration ( dhyan), the er s hand! I stood upright. other is devotion ( bhatki ). Once both these A feeling of utter delight filled my heart. Suddenly, I was Do not make reasons for him you ve been, are kept in mind, a student can literally feel touched to see the simple, yet very mean - to stay, but where you are going. the presence of gods and goddesses. Spir - ingful action reflecting the close relationship of the couple. only reasons for him to re - Socrates ituality is an integral part of music and no - And I felt special on being allowing to watch it. turn. u body who has The tender caress from the old man s hand to his wife s Katherine Hepburn embraced music can be too far from spiri - wrinkled and tired fingers, filled, not only what I though Don t shut love out of your tuality. was an empty corner, but it filled my heart as well. u life by The strains of music can t be held in the I then realised that their silence was not the uncomfort - When you lose your saying it s impossible to hand, they can t be captured. They are only able emptiness like what Michael and I used to have after dreams, you die. find. meant to be experienced. I was never spir - the jokes we cracked on our first date. It was not that. Anonymous Charlie Chaplin itual. But my music has made me change. Their silence was pleasant and relaxing. It was the exp - You don t need to be on the Today, music is my only religion. u ression of the tender love which did not always need the People ask me if I believe in God. Music A kiss can be a comma, a same right words to express it. is the only God I know. My relationship with question mark, wavelength to succeed in They might have spent the hours like these so many the swara is a relationship I cherish. I enjoy or an exclamation mark. marriage. Y ou just my riyaaz . When I practise, I actually expe - times. Maybe this meal was no dif ferent from yesterday, And that s basic spelling that need to be able to ride each rience the presence of God. I am not ritual - but they enjoyed it in peace. other s waves. They accepted each other totally, with all their faults and every woman ought to know. istic. I comply with my family s wishes as Mark Twain Toni Sciarra Poynter and when I am asked to, but I don t have follies. a set routine as far as my religious beliefs When Michael and I walked out of the restaurant, I u u are concerned. thought maybe it was not bad at all if someday we shared Don t run through life so Don t undermine your worth I believe that bad times, just like good something like the old couple. Maybe, it will become an fast that you by comparing yourself with times, are not meant to last. Karam is my expression of the tender and complete love we hope to forget not only where others. It is because we only dharam. I believe in destiny but I have share. faith that only when one does his duty can ed if someone called him Michael and pretended not one s destiny be shaped. to hear if they called him Mikey . Was that at the age When things fail to go my way, I think 12 or 14? He did not remember, but he recalled his that whatever happened, happened for the mother once cried and said that he had become a best. I believe in learning from my failures. man too fast. It is only in the face of failure that one re - When we tasted the blueberry blintzes, I told him alises the sweetness of success. The ex - that my brother and I used to pick wild blueberries citement of daybreak is heightened only af - when visiting our cousins. I remembered I always fin - ter one experiences the still of the night. ished my share before we went home and my aunt always warned me that I must be careful lest I have I have never had to look back in my life. a stomach-ache. But, of course, no stomach-ache Everywhere I go, God is backing me. My ever happened. wishes have always been granted and I While our fun conversation continued, my eyes have learnt from my setbacks. Every time I went across the room and stopped at the corner. An go back to my hometown Allahabad, I elderly couple was sitting there. The woman was make it a point to take a dip in the holy wearing a flowery dress, the colour of which had fad - Ganges. Recently, I was asked to perform ed over the years. at the Maha Kumbh an enriching expe- The top of the man s head shined just like the rience. I have a lot to be grateful for. boiled egg which he ate very slowly. The woman (As told to Anubha Sawhney) chewed her oatmeal very slowly too, seemingly with much effort. Ask the right Debbie Ford periences can delight us. Our mood lifts as we hat s wrong with your partner? With begin to notice the perfection that exists all your relationship? W ith you as a around us. We no longer waste our precious lover? If you re like most people, time and energy making our partners wrong. In- W you probably dwell on this question stead, we take that moment to focus on all that a lot. Our intimate relationships are an area is right, all there is to appreciate, and all we ha - where it s particularly easy to look for what s ve to be grateful for . In doing so, a whole new wrong. We are experts at describing in great de - tail not only what isn t right about our partners, level of love and intimacy becomes available to but also what s wrong with our jobs, our moth - us. ers, our teachers, our bodies, our government This might be the most important question we and our bank accounts. When we look for what s can ask ourselves if we are truly committed to wrong, we are actually viewing our lives through living a life filled with ease and contentment. the narrowest possible lens, zooming in on all Think for a moment about what would happen if the places where our expectations haven t been we changed the lens through which we view th- met, where others have failed to meet our needs, and where the world doesn t look the ose around us. How would our lives alter if we way we have decided it should. When we re saw our co-workers as divine beings who have looking for what s wrong, our eyes focus on the come to impart essential wisdom to us? What negative qualities of others, spotting their weak - would happen if we listened to our neighbours nesses and their incompetencies. as though they were the wisest people in the wo - The moment we find something wrong, we rld? And what would be possible if we related to automatically point our fingers in blame at the our partners as though their sole purpose was to other person or situation. It s so easy to find fault. Finding fault with others is the lazy per - bring us ecstasy and joy? What would we hear? son s out. I ve done it a million times myself. I ve What would we see? What would be possible? pointed my finger at others instead of taking re - What new joy would we be able to extract from sponsibility for the reality I see. I have been our current relationship? guilty of blaming my boss, my boyfriend, my Just as we don t gain thirty pounds as a result coach, and even my mother for my discontent. of one decadent dinner, or sink $50,000 in debt Making others wrong becomes an excuse we as a result of one extravagant purchase, our re - use to justify our moods and our bad behaviour. Looking for what s wrong allows us to avoid re - lationships do not fall apart because of a single sponsibility for our circumstances. But it also heated argument. We are where we are in our li - prevents us from seeing the perfection that ex - ves today because of the decisions we make ists in our lives right now . every single day. As writer Marcel Proust re - This question Am I looking for what s right minds us, The real voyage of discovery con - or am I looking for what s wrong? has the sists not in seeking new landscapes but in see - power to shift a moment of despair into a mo - ing through new eyes. Training ourselves to ment of delight. It refocuses the lens of our per - ception in an instant. Suddenly we are able to use this question allows us to do just that. Look - see the good in every person and every situa - ing for what s right is a life-enhancing choice tion. Looking for what s right launches us into a a choice that promises peace, contentment and state of appreciation where even mundane ex - fulfilment.
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IA M BOOKS Neelabh The Ramayana : A Mod- In a week, Valmiki composed twenty-four The language ern Translation thousand verses. The legend came to him as if Ramesh Menon he was just an instrument and the real poet Price: Rs 795 The Ramayana is certain - was another, far greater than himself. He divid - ly one of the world s oldest ed the vast poem into six books and five hun- legends. Modern scholars dred cantos. When he had completed his work claim that it was first com - of genius, he called it the Ramayana. posed around 300 BC. The When Valmiki had finished the Ramayana, devout Hindu believes that two young men appeared in his ashram. They This moving piece, currently in circulation on the Internet, proves that love is Rama lived many hundred millennia ago, in the a lingua franca which does not need the spoken word treta yuga , and that was also when Valmiki first were as handsome and alike as the Aswini told his immortal story. Ramesh Menon s Ra- twins of heaven, and had voices like gandhar- ichael and I did not know when the wait - But what made my mind think about about them was mayana is a novelist s lush, imaginative ren - va minstrels. The rishi knew they had been er put the plates on our table. W e were the silence around the two. The silence was dering of the epic, rather than a scholar s trans - sent by providence. He taught them his poem. sitting in a small restaurant, hidden from lation. Y et, even if the language he uses is so overpowering that it seemed like melancholy filled the Lava and Kusa learned the Ramayana even as the busy Third Street, in New York City. modern and exciting, his book remains, first corner completely. When our own conversation became a Even the smell of a fresh serving of and last, a work of worship, of bhakti . The book they heard it from the poet s lips. V almiki knew blintz did not interfere with our conver - whisper, the silence of the old couple began to disturb me. is Menon s of fering to Rama. Brahma had chosen them to take his Adi Msation. In fact, we let the blintz soak in the sour cream. W e How sad, I thought, if there is nothing to talk about at all? An Excerpt Kavya through the sacred land. Music is my only religion, just enjoyed the conversation so much that we forgot to W ere there any pages in each other s life that they had not says Hari Prasad Chaura- eat. read? What if it happened to us? Buy this book @ 15% off. Our price Rs 676 Our conversation was just so delightful, though we did Michael and I paid for our food and went on. When we To buy call 9604-600-600 from OR log on to: sia not speak about important things. We were laughing and passed the corner where the couple sat, my wallet fell. I speaking about the movie which we had just watched the Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. stooped to pick it up, and stopped right there. For under hen a student comes into the world of night before and arguing about the meaning of the morn- Prefix STD code to call from other W music, there are two very important ing s literature seminar. He told me about his new-found the table, the old man was tenderly holding his wife s things he or she must keep maturity and step into adulthood, when he only respond- hand. They were eating in silence while holding each oth - Neelabh in mind: one is concentration ( dhyan), the er s hand! I stood upright. other is devotion ( bhatki ). Once both these A feeling of utter delight filled my heart. Suddenly, I was Do not make reasons for him you ve been, are kept in mind, a student can literally feel touched to see the simple, yet very mean - to stay, but where you are going. the presence of gods and goddesses. Spir - ingful action reflecting the close relationship of the couple. only reasons for him to re - Socrates ituality is an integral part of music and no - And I felt special on being allowing to watch it. turn. u body who has The tender caress from the old man s hand to his wife s Katherine Hepburn embraced music can be too far from spiri - wrinkled and tired fingers, filled, not only what I though Don t shut love out of your tuality. was an empty corner, but it filled my heart as well. u life by The strains of music can t be held in the I then realised that their silence was not the uncomfort - When you lose your saying it s impossible to hand, they can t be captured. They are only able emptiness like what Michael and I used to have after dreams, you die. find. meant to be experienced. I was never spir - the jokes we cracked on our first date. It was not that. Anonymous Charlie Chaplin itual. But my music has made me change. Their silence was pleasant and relaxing. It was the exp - You don t need to be on the Today, music is my only religion. u ression of the tender love which did not always need the People ask me if I believe in God. Music A kiss can be a comma, a same right words to express it. is the only God I know. My relationship with question mark, wavelength to succeed in They might have spent the hours like these so many the swara is a relationship I cherish. I enjoy or an exclamation mark. marriage. Y ou just my riyaaz . When I practise, I actually expe - times. Maybe this meal was no dif ferent from yesterday, And that s basic spelling that need to be able to ride each rience the presence of God. I am not ritual - but they enjoyed it in peace. other s waves. They accepted each other totally, with all their faults and every woman ought to know. istic. I comply with my family s wishes as Mark Twain Toni Sciarra Poynter and when I am asked to, but I don t have follies. a set routine as far as my religious beliefs When Michael and I walked out of the restaurant, I u u are concerned. thought maybe it was not bad at all if someday we shared Don t run through life so Don t undermine your worth I believe that bad times, just like good something like the old couple. Maybe, it will become an fast that you by comparing yourself with times, are not meant to last. Karam is my expression of the tender and complete love we hope to forget not only where others. It is because we only dharam. I believe in destiny but I have share. faith that only when one does his duty can ed if someone called him Michael and pretended not one s destiny be shaped. to hear if they called him Mikey . Was that at the age When things fail to go my way, I think 12 or 14? He did not remember, but he recalled his that whatever happened, happened for the mother once cried and said that he had become a best. I believe in learning from my failures. man too fast. It is only in the face of failure that one re - When we tasted the blueberry blintzes, I told him alises the sweetness of success. The ex - that my brother and I used to pick wild blueberries citement of daybreak is heightened only af - when visiting our cousins. I remembered I always fin - ter one experiences the still of the night. ished my share before we went home and my aunt always warned me that I must be careful lest I have I have never had to look back in my life. a stomach-ache. But, of course, no stomach-ache Everywhere I go, God is backing me. My ever happened. wishes have always been granted and I While our fun conversation continued, my eyes have learnt from my setbacks. Every time I went across the room and stopped at the corner. An go back to my hometown Allahabad, I elderly couple was sitting there. The woman was make it a point to take a dip in the holy wearing a flowery dress, the colour of which had fad - Ganges. Recently, I was asked to perform ed over the years. at the Maha Kumbh an enriching expe- The top of the man s head shined just like the rience. I have a lot to be grateful for. boiled egg which he ate very slowly. The woman (As told to Anubha Sawhney) chewed her oatmeal very slowly too, seemingly with much effort. Ask the right Debbie Ford periences can delight us. Our mood lifts as we hat s wrong with your partner? With begin to notice the perfection that exists all your relationship? W ith you as a around us. We no longer waste our precious lover? If you re like most people, time and energy making our partners wrong. In- W you probably dwell on this question stead, we take that moment to focus on all that a lot. Our intimate relationships are an area is right, all there is to appreciate, and all we ha - where it s particularly easy to look for what s ve to be grateful for . In doing so, a whole new wrong. We are experts at describing in great de - tail not only what isn t right about our partners, level of love and intimacy becomes available to but also what s wrong with our jobs, our moth - us. ers, our teachers, our bodies, our government This might be the most important question we and our bank accounts. When we look for what s can ask ourselves if we are truly committed to wrong, we are actually viewing our lives through living a life filled with ease and contentment. the narrowest possible lens, zooming in on all Think for a moment about what would happen if the places where our expectations haven t been we changed the lens through which we view th- met, where others have failed to meet our needs, and where the world doesn t look the ose around us. How would our lives alter if we way we have decided it should. When we re saw our co-workers as divine beings who have looking for what s wrong, our eyes focus on the come to impart essential wisdom to us? What negative qualities of others, spotting their weak - would happen if we listened to our neighbours nesses and their incompetencies. as though they were the wisest people in the wo - The moment we find something wrong, we rld? And what would be possible if we related to automatically point our fingers in blame at the our partners as though their sole purpose was to other person or situation. It s so easy to find fault. Finding fault with others is the lazy per - bring us ecstasy and joy? What would we hear? son s out. I ve done it a million times myself. I ve What would we see? What would be possible? pointed my finger at others instead of taking re - What new joy would we be able to extract from sponsibility for the reality I see. I have been our current relationship? guilty of blaming my boss, my boyfriend, my Just as we don t gain thirty pounds as a result coach, and even my mother for my discontent. of one decadent dinner, or sink $50,000 in debt Making others wrong becomes an excuse we as a result of one extravagant purchase, our re - use to justify our moods and our bad behaviour. Looking for what s wrong allows us to avoid re - lationships do not fall apart because of a single sponsibility for our circumstances. But it also heated argument. We are where we are in our li - prevents us from seeing the perfection that ex - ves today because of the decisions we make ists in our lives right now . every single day. As writer Marcel Proust re - This question Am I looking for what s right minds us, The real voyage of discovery con - or am I looking for what s wrong? has the sists not in seeking new landscapes but in see - power to shift a moment of despair into a mo - ing through new eyes. Training ourselves to ment of delight. It refocuses the lens of our per - ception in an instant. Suddenly we are able to use this question allows us to do just that. Look - see the good in every person and every situa - ing for what s right is a life-enhancing choice tion. Looking for what s right launches us into a a choice that promises peace, contentment and state of appreciation where even mundane ex - fulfilment.
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Minister s son AP More than 3 at- of sufiana music, 73-year-old Sheikh Abdul Aziz is a disillusioned man to - Mysti- day. tacked Tanda The santoor, which he used for his New Delhi: The Army may maintain that only three militants were performances, hangs on the wall as involved in the Tanda Army camp attack at Akhnoor in Jammu and Aziz recalls those good old days Kashmir but home ministry sources say that based on the huge re- cism when the hills of Kashmir Valley were covery of weapons it is clear that more than four, may be six, ter - held drunk alive to the sound of this special rorists were involved in the incident. TIMES N EWS N ETWORK brand of music. W e can make an intelligence inference that more than three mil - The distinctive Kashmiri sufi music, Patna: In an unprecedented incident strug- combining elements of Indian and in the Bihar legislative council on Fri - Persian cultures, was a rage among for day, cabinet minister Purnmasi Ram s the Valley s urban elite. Associated son, V ijay Ram, barged into the Up - with sufi rituals, no religious mehfil per House in a drunken state claiming gles was complete without a night-long to be Rajesh Ram, a newly elected rendition of sufiana kalam. member of the House. Rajesh Ram is enter - A decade of militancy has virtual - the intruder s uncle. ly finished sufiana music, says Aziz The police arrested V ijay Ram on amid mistily . In any case, he says, this mu - Friday night at Purnmasi Ram s offi- sic was on the decline. But it was cial residence. obliterated once the state was ing Council chairman Jabir Hussain A sadhu is subjected to security gripped by violence. said he considered an attack on the militan - check at Chandanwari near Aziz, who has published three vol - House by an anti-social element. He Srinagar on Saturday. asked the senior SP of Patna to arrest umes of notations of sufiana kalam, TIMES N EWS N ETWORK the intruder and directed Parliamen - lives on the memories of the days House when exponents of this music would tary af fairs minister Ram Chandra cy Srinagar: Once a leading exponent By Anita Katyal give night-long performances. This
Bush administration had shelled Jai Hindi out $10,000 for each policeman s training. NYPD Hindi alphabets, courtesies The Times of India met one such W ord matching, sentence NRI policeman working with the construction NYPD. After days of persuasion, he to get agreed to speak, but strictly under Objective is to communi - anonymity. cate better with Asians There are nearly 20-30 Indians working with the NYPD, he said. Cost per policeman is We have people from Punjab, its na - $ 10,000 Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka. Af- ter 9/1 1, the NYPD picked up po- sions for New York policemen? licemen from the Middle-East and maste Y es, these classes have just con - Asia and called them for an inter - cluded in the New York Police De - view to check their skills in lan - partment (NYPD). guages. Then the two-month The reason for undertaking this course began. s right mission? Post-9/11 phobia. The Indian policemen were sent to a By Anantha Krishnan M NRI policemen were given a crash language institute where they were TIMES N EWS N ETWORK course in Hindi so that they could taught right from the basic aa, aaa, communicate better with any Asian ee, eee to kya, kyon to aaiye- Bangalore: Hindi-speaking ses - citizen speaking that language. The jaaiye . W ord construction, word Karnataka bans trishul dik - sha Bangalore: W arning the V ishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) against raking-up communally sensitive issues, the Karnataka govern - ment on Saturday announced that a ban will be enforced on the con - troversial trishul diksha if the situ- ation warranted such a necessity. The government will not toler - ate activities that are harmful to peace. We will prohibit trishul dik - sha even if there is a slight hint of
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ROAD/JUNCTION NUMBER OF TO TAL TRAFFIC PROSECUTION ACCI- Dilli traffic: Honk, DENTS STAFF V ikas Marg 20,285 50 6 ZOs, 7 HCs Driving in Delhi is now a nightmare. Experts say half the problems are caused by behavioural patterns of the commuters and the rest 32 consta - by the sad condition of roads. What s the way out? bles Pankaj Nangia MG Road 7,546 40 1 ZO, 1 HC By Urvashi Gulia They are very unpredictable, said Prateeksha 4 Consta- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK Pandit, a Munirka resident. bles Traf fic experts say the bus stops are wrongly elhi runs on god s will, or so it placed here. The area also needs a convenient Adhchini to Saket 3,907 15 1 ZO, 1HC seems. Nearly 40 lakh vehicles subway. They say if two-wheelers, which consti - 4 Consta- compete for space in the city. Park - tute 66 per cent of the traf fic, and slow-moving ve - ZO Zonal Officer; HC Head Constable; Figures: Jan 1 to July 15 ing is a component that is usually hicles are given a dedicated lane, traf fic flow will not catered to. As a result, the av - D improve. Pedestrians, too, need to be given their erage Delhiite is left with no option but to bear space to keep them from bringing vehicles to a with it. halt. The monsoon have simply added to the misery. The traf fic police helpline received 133 calls in the At the root of the problem: Traf fic expert Gau - Funds for first three weeks of July, complaining about traf fic tam Chatterjee says: Roads cannot be elastic. jams. The T imes of India identified the worst af - One cannot even put a halt to the ever increasing fected stretches. Experts, of ficials and the com - vehicular population. Half the problems on Delhi muters, as usual, have dif ferent tales to tell. roads are caused by behavioural problems of the commuters. But things will improve if people are V ikas Marg: This road passes through three sep - patient and decide what route they want to take lotted for road repair . arate areas Gandhinagar, V ivek V ihar and instead of taking last minute decisions. Although many civic agen- Daryaganj. As if the huge traf fic volume this route According to Institute of Road Traf fic Education cies are responsible for the has to cater to wasn t enough, there is a bus road (IRTE) president Rohit Baluja, proper surveys are construction and mainte - nance of roads, the MCD, by Ramesh Jagat Ram virtue of covering 97 per cent Park BSZ Marg repair of the city is the main agency. This year, the record rains Dayanan INS have pooped its parade like d Acade- Laxmi Na- Can you spot yourself in this mess? PHQ never before. It is entitled to get Rs 100 crore as plan Shakarpu un- the Delhi-Haryana border, said steps out of the house after men - Indraprastha Marg funds from the Delhi govern - r Shiv Raman, a Vasant Kunj resi - tally preparing to battle the traf fic ITO IMA V ikas Cus- ment only for roads. dent who runs a firm from Gurgaon. snarls. Getting out of the area is Of this, only half the Lalita Shakarpu According to Raman, on a good challenge. I am yet to see any ve - Hans tom CAP- Bhaw spent amount has been sent to the Shakarpu Ganesh Na- day it takes at least 20 minutes to hicle being towed away, com - IP MCD. But this is no problem cross Andheria Mor. Another prob - plained Ipshita Chatterjee, an area V ikas By Nistula Hebbar r gar Extn Bhawa as of the Rs 50 crore they do lem that has cropped up on the resident. Tilak TIMES N EWS N ETWORK have, Rs 10 crore are yet to lHeavy movement of slow moving route are the rashly driven call centre taxis. Dwarka to Kirby Place via Dabri: It doesn t lUnruly buses; heavy traffic. ome monsoon and be spent. While Delhi is not a vehicles and pedestrians. Traffic of ficials say the stretch is tricky mainly feel like Delhi at all. You feel as if you are head - Delhi roads start re - heavy rainfall area and bitu - because of the traf fic volume. The umpteen wed- ed for some obscure city, not a colony that is a needed to get to the root of the problem. Every stand at Laxmi Nagar T-point that brings vehicles C sembling the lunar men surface works well dings held in the farmhouses add to the problem. part of the national capital region, said Kapil area is separate and needs specific treatment. to a near standstill. Add to it the vehicles parked surface. Craters and pot - enough, somehow Delhi But we divert heavy vehicles if the situation gets Pathak, a Dwarka resident. Delhi needs a central traf fic management body. along the road, as the whole stretch is lined with bad. Otherwise the route is all right, opined a Commuters using the stretch regularly say just Someone has to initiate action and take respon- holes abound with the bitu - roads never survive the test. shops. traffic official. driving up to Dhaula Kuan takes an hour. One sibility. The secret of good traf fic management is men on the roads washed out The fact has more to do with We have asked the civic agency concerned to Since the onset of the monsoon, matters have cannot go above the second gear till Dabri. The good road engineering. Which in the case of Del- by even the gentlest of show - the constant digging that Del - shift the bus stand, said deputy commissioner of taken a turn for the worse. Commuters headed for single lane road is beset with Mars like craters. hi is missing, he added. ers. hi roads endure than any - police (traf fic) M K Meena. The agency con- Gurgaon often spend about two hours negotiating I m yet to see a traf fic cop on this route, added Experts say that, as of now, the transport de - Little wonder considering thing else. cerned is Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road. Poor lighting on the partment is theoretically the nodal agency and the fact that the MCD has not There is a cabinet com - The place is a nightmare. Five minutes of rain Kirby stretch adds to the commuters woes. should get down to serious work. According to managed to spend a consid- mittee recommendation that and it all gets jammed. The bus stand near Lax- Delhi transport minister Ajay Maken, the transport erable fraction of the funds al - new surfaces be tried out for mi Nagar is another hassle. One also has to deal Adhchini to Saket: At present, the Adhchini department is working towards setting up an In - with cyclists and the like. There have been times stretch is closed due to the Delhi Jal Board s un - tegrated Metropolitan Transport Authority (IMTA). when I have been stuck on the ITO bridge for over derground sewer repair work. This narrow Lajwanti The authority will take care of road engineer - an hour, said Joginder Lal, a resident of Noida. stretch, however, has always been a nightmare Janakpuri Chowk for motorists. Massive potholes and heavy traffic ing, road design, traf fic discipline and enforce - Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road: The traf fic on this road turn driving into a gruelling experience. ment. It will have of ficials from transport depart - is extremely heavy as it is one of the roads con - If one travels further towards Saket, there is ment, traf fic police and several stake-holders who necting Gurgaon and Delhi. Farmhouse occu- more in store. At least one carriageway on either will look into problems ranging from poor public side of the narrow road near PVR Anupam is Dabri Sagarpur transport to quality of road, he said. Maybe things will improve? God willing! blocked by parked cars. Traffic of ficials confirm Dwarka that this is unauthorised and that they routinely Son Buruj Andhe- prosecute offenders and even tow away cars. lPoor quality roads; very heavy traffic ria Mor They have built a massive commercial com - plex, but where s the space to park our cars? We Pathak. do we go? questioned Amardeep Siddhu. Area Lajwanti Chowk and Janak flyover are equally bad with haphazard traffic making driving a very n residents, however, are not very happy. One o tough deal. It s only after Kirby Place that one ac - Andheria a g tually starts moving, said Sumitra Chaudhry, an - r Press Encl V u other Dwarka resident. as G an li Traffic of ficials, however , feel the traf fic has tK u Hau un ra Chhattarpur j h slowed down recently due to the digging work. e z M Es- ITO junction: Probably one of the busiest traf fic Adhchini lExtremely heavy traffic; dug up and junction in the city, vehicles behave as erratically damaged road Aurobindo Marg here as elsewhere. Jay-walkers, waterlogging and an influx of slow-moving ve - pants have broken the central verge at a number NCER hicles add to the problems. of places. These gaps are yet to be closed. SD IIT If you are stuck at this junction The road is damaged at places and people then you are stuck. You can t opt for random U-turns if they see vehicles getting Qutab Hotel Kat - hope to wiggle out. Something stuck in a jam ahead. There are no policemen waria should be done to regulate au - around. The only policemen I see are the ones on lNarrow roads; unauthorised parking torickshaws and buses here.
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FLIGHTS OUT O F W E ATHER DELHI Rainfall Many places East: Jharkhand; Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, WB Mumbai: I-A 0700, (Gangetic WB) and Sikkim, Bihar; North: U P 0800, 0900, 1200, (east UP), Uttarnachal, HP, J&K, south Rajasthan; a few 1300, 1700, 1800, places in Haryana, Punjab, north Rajasthan. Central: K K Lashkar 1900, 2000, 2300 formal dress code. Obviously, Jet Air 0650, 0800, MP (east MP), Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh. Peninsula: G u- 0935, 1400, 1725, jarat, Konkan and Goa, madhya Maharashtra, Marath- we re not going to come in 1935, 2030, 2200, INDIA WORLD tube-tanks and knickers. By Sahara 1700, 0935, 1520, 1800, 2025 Max Max Min We , we now we have the sense to KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Min B eshwar 29 Amsterdam 22 know what s okay and what s 1600H H,1700,1945 Delhi 36 29 25 15 Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 30 27 Pune 26 22 Bahrain 37 28 not, says Shruti, a student in Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 34 28 Guwahati 36 Bangkok 28 26 Shri Venkateswara College. CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 33 27 28 Beijing 29 23 V isit any campus and it s the 0640,0955H H H B lore 28 21 Dehradun 33 Chicago 26 12 1645,1900 Jet Air are Ahm bad 32 24 Geneva 26 15 don t same story: Most girls wear the 0645,1900 BANGALORE: 25 Hyd bad 29 23 Hong Kong 30 trendy faded hipster jeans with I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 T puram 31 24 Indore 28 23 27 short tops, kurtis, or sleeveless Jet Air 0635,1715, Bhopal 29 23 Jaipur 34 27 London 22 11 Sahara 0725, 1745 tops. Here and there, you can HY BAD:I-A 0630, TRAIN RESERVATIONS adult spot a midrif f, a transparent top 1745 G O A :I-A 1200, Sahara 1200 need that s too clingy. Yes, the dress Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at KULU:Jagson 2000 hrs. on 26.07.2003 in important trains leaving vari - codes have been re-written. 0630, 0650, 1215 H AHMEDABAD: Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac And it s not a problem, say prin - I-A 2 ac Ac 3t Sl cipals. 0600,1700H H1845, NORTH s Youngsters have always Jet Air 0610 GUWAHATI BAG- 4033 Jammu Mail 27.07 28.07 30.07 been fashionable, says Dr Anil 30.07 no By Bonita Baruah Ph: I-A :140,142. H Mon, W ilson, principal St. Stephen s. Wed, Fri, H H T ue, Thu, Sat, 4645 Shalimar Exp 17.08 09.08 TIMES N EWS N ETWORK HHH Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet 30.07 It s not what they wear, but Air : (City) 6853700, (Air - 2403 Jammu Exp 29.07 05.08 30.07 port) 25665404 Sahara: New Delhi: Spaghettis or skin - how they wear it. At the same (City) 2335901-9, 18.08 (Airport) 25675234/875, EAST fits, salwar kurtas or jeans? time, he says his students have 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 27.07 28.07 W ith Britney Spears, Kareena some kind of understanding of 29.07 dres Kapoor and MTV setting the BANGKOK/TOKYO: 2304 Poorva Exp 30.07 27.07 27.07 how they are expected to Thai Air 0010 (TG- 31.07 fashion trends, age-old dress dress. 316), 2382 Poorva Exp 28.07 28.07 28.07 codes of what to wear to col - Ultimately it must come A-I 0050 (IC-855) 04.08 FRANKFURT: 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 28.07 04.08 lege don t hold good anymore. from within. It s how they view Lufthansa 0305 (LH-761) 06.08 T-shirts are getting shorter , their college as a serious 2392 Magadh Exp 05.09 05.09 05.09 s AMSTERDAM: jeans are slipping down, and 05.09 workplace, or as a place for fun KLM 0745 (KL-476) the midrif f and navel are in - For today s college students following the latest fashion trends, the dress codes have LONDON: British 2402 Shramjeevi Exp 27.07 27.07 and games; what their first pri - Air 27.07 creasingly visible. ority is, the canteen or the col - 0210 (BA-142) 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 30.07 27.07 28.07 Is this a trend college princi - to tighten their dress codes? lege authorities, who draw the Come on, we re in college, lege. PARIS: Air France 28.07 0040 (AF-147), 4056 Brahmputra Mail N.A. pals are comfortable with? Are Surprisingly, in Delhi s colleges hemlines and set the dress not in school. Please, give us For Hema Raghavan, princi- A-I 0735 (AI-141) 12.08 12.08 code they finding themselves forced it s kids themselves, not col - code. some credit. We don t need a pal Gargi College, college stu - SINGAPORE: 5622 North East Exp 31.07 12.08 Sin pore Airlines 18.08 2315 (SQ-407), 2554 Vaishali Exp 27.07 31.07 28.07 I-A 0050 (IC-855) 29.07 HONG KONG/OSA- 2816 Puri Exp 28.07 28.07 AIR INDIA 28.07 2802 Purshottam Exp 04.08 28.07 Man steps in KA: 04.08 A-I 2320 (AI-318) 8476 Neelanchal Exp 29.07 29.07 tourist-friendly . In the 25 ses - ROME/GENEVA: 27.07 A-I 0350 (AI-171) 4230 Lucknow Mail 31.07 31.07 30.07 Polite seva sions that have been conducted AHMEDABAD: 01.08 so far over 1000 personnel have No. of passengers dealt on 25.07.2003 (Delhi Area): 45,415 (N. CISF l The mantra is to assist not ignore A-I : ( C ity)23736446 Rly. Area) 1,89,071. It does not necessarily mean that reservation undergone training. /47/48 (Air .)25652050, is available on all subsequent dates. For further infor - l Preventive vigilance: How to protect A key point of the programme pointing towards two scooter- British Air : (Air.) mation regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for computerised PNR, 25652908, Lufthansa: for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. tourists from unscrupulous elements is how to handle on-duty stress. borne youths who were just 23323310, Singapore ahead of the car. The youths, l W ork-related stress shouldn t af fect Their state of mind should ide - to she said, had snatched her gold jawan passenger care ally be positive considering their job profile. Stress induces irri - chain. l Athithi devo bhava: Always put the guest tability which leaves a bad taste Mathur and his friend fol - first in the mouth of passengers who help, lowed the scooter for a few kilo - Cholera, meters, after which Bhola who have to interact with these per - s was on the driver s seat, hit the last, realised this fact. sonnel, said a tourism of ficial. No surprise then that about Apart from stress manage- scooter from behind, causing the riders to fall of. f 2,000 CISF personnel posted at ment, the personnel are being gets at Mathur immediately got out IGI and domestic airports are taught to become facilitators for of the car and ran towards the Sharma said the problem now undergoing lessons to passengers, especially tourists. learn - two. While one managed to run was reported about 10 days learn the nuances of serving Being polite and courteous is away, he nabbed the other one back. W e tried to investigate with a smile . part of the package. They are shot gas- work and beat him up. He attempted but failed to pin point the The Union tourism ministry in being motivated to prevent By Maneesh Pandey to retrieve the chain, Mathur s cause, he said. association with the Delhi tourists from being fleeced by TIMES N EWS N ETWORK friend recounted while talking A resident, Ravinder Shar - ing to Tourism and Transportation De - touts and travel agents, and to about the incident. ma, said sewers were velopment Corporation help the elderly and disabled at New Delhi: Courtesy is what tro TIMES N EWS N ETWORK The other snatcher, on realis - choked at several places in most don t associate with our (DTTDC) started an orientation people. ing that his accomplice was in the campus and this was para-military forces. The Central programme for CISF personnel Union tourism secretary, R V New Delhi: In a virtual rerun of danger, rushed towards Mathur. leading to contamination. smile Industrial Security Force s on 1 June. This programme in- Jha, said: This is a capacity the Sunita Chaddha murder in- A police of ficer from Malviya Na - cases Residents of the hostel are (CISF) top brass has, at long tends to make the personnel building programme for service cident last May, a 35-year-old gar police station said: He was also complaining of stomach man was shot and injured by armed with a locally-made pistol ache, he said. two men who were allegedly with which he fired at Mathur. Meanwhile, gastro cases W est Delhi fleeing after snatching a chain While Bhola got busy with the on reported in the city since Jan - New body for from a woman. injured Mathur, the two fled. uary have swelled to 38,251 transporter While Sunita paid with her life None of the passers-by pres- and the cholera cases have for trying to intervene in what ent at the time of the incident risen to 393. was apparently a case of road came forward to help the two, the The number of cholera robbed of Rs rage, Ravi Mathur is now fight - Mathur s friend later said. cases reported this month ing for his life at Sir Ganga Ram Nobody tried to follow the are about 70 per cent more streetlights in the city . At present, street - Hospital. snatchers or write the registra - than those reported last lights are managed by the Municipal 15 lakh Mathur and his business as - tion number of their scooter ei - rise month. In the first two weeks street - Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and power TIMES N EWS N ETWORK sociate Jayant Bhola were driv - ther , he added. supply is maintained by the privately- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK of this month, over 1,967 ing towards Essex Farm at 1:15 Mathur, who owns a videog - owned power distribution companies. New Delhi: A west Delhi transporter was robbed gastro cases have already of Rs 15 lakh on Saturday in west Punjabi Bagh. pm on Saturday when they no- raphy and photography unit, is New Delhi: More than 16 been reported. A bulk of Concerned over the poor state ticed a woman standing on the now under observation in the residents of the Sucheta Kri - of streetlighting, chief minister Sheila This is the second robbery in the area and the these, about 250 cases, were light third in the west district in the last four days. road waving for help. She was casualty department of Sir Gan - plani Hospital staf f quarters Dikshit said the government was think - reported on Saturday and Deputy commissioner of police (west), Satish and hostel have been treated Sunday. ing of setting up such a CM visits for ailments like diarrhoea, body to ensure proper streetlighting. Golcha, said: Manmohan Singh Chadha (32) constituen - The spurt in cholera cases was robbed by two motorcycle borne youths at vomiting and stomach this month appears to be man- This is one option we are consider - cy: Chief gun point outside the gate of his in-laws house in cramps sparking a cholera linked to the heavy rains this ing, as that s how these lights are man - minister west Punjabi Bagh. and gastroenteritis scare. season. It is also a warning aged in several other cities, she said, Sheila Dik - At about 1.30 pm on Saturday, Chadha with - Residents of about 110 for the outbreak of a cholera after a review meeting with top power of - shit gave a drew the amount from ABM-Amro Bank in CP and type-A quarters, housing epidemic in north and north- age- ficials. tongue- headed for his house in west Delhi. Before doctors and para-medical west Delhi, doctors feel. Lack Terming streetlighting as the biggest lashing to reaching his house, he visited his in-laws place. staff, have been undergoing of good drainage facilities is problem, Dikshit said the government is CPWD offi- He carried the bag along, but was robbed before treatment at the hospital for one of the major reasons for looking into the fact whether the public cials when entering the house. The boys showed him a pis- the last 10 days. spread of cholera in unautho - ment in works department (PWD) and the MCD she went tol and decamped with the cash. They had ap - Medical superintendent, rised colonies. would be able to spare personnel for on a round parently been following him for some time, Dr G K Sharma, confirmed Drinking pure water is the such an organisation. of her con - that there have been several safest bet. Patients should The other option is to have street - Golcha said. stituency, cases of residents complain - avoid self-medication, said city lights managed by the MCD, while the In the same area another robbery took place on Gol Market, Tuesday. A resident of Adarsh Nagar, Harish Ahu - ing of a discomforting feeling M P Sharma, head of gas- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK private power companies are paid the on Satur - in the stomach. But only one troenterology department, AI - electricity charges. Right now, there is a ja, was robbed of Rs 3 lakh when he came out of day. The patient was confirmed as a IMS. New Delhi: The Delhi government is difference between the rates given and the Punjabi Bagh branch of the State Bank of officials gastro case, he said. People should avoid con - toying with the idea of setting up a Delhi those proposed by the companies, she Mysore. were pulled Streetlighting Corporation to manage the said. Four persons riding a scooter and a motor cy- up for not paying at - tention to Type-I and II houses of
TOI the locality . Dikshit said that while DDA CPWD was taking good care of houses in com- the VIP ar - eas, they have not been pay- plex ing atten - tion to the upkeep and main- tenance of these mid- dle-class houses. TNN
When the DDA gets down to serious work, this is the result nearly two decades later. takes than Mahal By Nistula Hebbar TIMES N EWS N ETWORK longer Taj New Delhi: A commercial com- plex, being constructed by the Delhi Development Authority
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ROAD/JUNCTION NUMBER OF TO TAL TRAFFIC PROSECUTION ACCI- Dilli traffic: Honk, DENTS STAFF V ikas Marg 20,285 50 6 ZOs, 7 HCs Driving in Delhi is now a nightmare. Experts say half the problems are caused by behavioural patterns of the commuters and the rest 32 consta - by the sad condition of roads. What s the way out? bles Pankaj Nangia MG Road 7,546 40 1 ZO, 1 HC By Urvashi Gulia They are very unpredictable, said Prateeksha 4 Consta- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK Pandit, a Munirka resident. bles Traf fic experts say the bus stops are wrongly elhi runs on god s will, or so it placed here. The area also needs a convenient Adhchini to Saket 3,907 15 1 ZO, 1HC seems. Nearly 40 lakh vehicles subway. They say if two-wheelers, which consti - 4 Consta- compete for space in the city. Park - tute 66 per cent of the traf fic, and slow-moving ve - ZO Zonal Officer; HC Head Constable; Figures: Jan 1 to July 15 ing is a component that is usually hicles are given a dedicated lane, traf fic flow will not catered to. As a result, the av - D improve. Pedestrians, too, need to be given their erage Delhiite is left with no option but to bear space to keep them from bringing vehicles to a with it. halt. The monsoon have simply added to the misery. The traf fic police helpline received 133 calls in the At the root of the problem: Traf fic expert Gau - Funds for first three weeks of July, complaining about traf fic tam Chatterjee says: Roads cannot be elastic. jams. The T imes of India identified the worst af - One cannot even put a halt to the ever increasing fected stretches. Experts, of ficials and the com - vehicular population. Half the problems on Delhi muters, as usual, have dif ferent tales to tell. roads are caused by behavioural problems of the commuters. But things will improve if people are V ikas Marg: This road passes through three sep - patient and decide what route they want to take lotted for road repair . arate areas Gandhinagar, V ivek V ihar and instead of taking last minute decisions. Although many civic agen- Daryaganj. As if the huge traf fic volume this route According to Institute of Road Traf fic Education cies are responsible for the has to cater to wasn t enough, there is a bus road (IRTE) president Rohit Baluja, proper surveys are construction and mainte - nance of roads, the MCD, by Ramesh Jagat Ram virtue of covering 97 per cent Park BSZ Marg repair of the city is the main agency. This year, the record rains Dayanan INS have pooped its parade like d Acade- Laxmi Na- Can you spot yourself in this mess? PHQ never before. It is entitled to get Rs 100 crore as plan Shakarpu un- the Delhi-Haryana border, said steps out of the house after men - Indraprastha Marg funds from the Delhi govern - r Shiv Raman, a Vasant Kunj resi - tally preparing to battle the traf fic ITO IMA V ikas Cus- ment only for roads. dent who runs a firm from Gurgaon. snarls. Getting out of the area is Of this, only half the Lalita Shakarpu According to Raman, on a good challenge. I am yet to see any ve - Hans tom CAP- Bhaw spent amount has been sent to the Shakarpu Ganesh Na- day it takes at least 20 minutes to hicle being towed away, com - IP MCD. But this is no problem cross Andheria Mor. Another prob - plained Ipshita Chatterjee, an area V ikas By Nistula Hebbar r gar Extn Bhawa as of the Rs 50 crore they do lem that has cropped up on the resident. Tilak TIMES N EWS N ETWORK have, Rs 10 crore are yet to lHeavy movement of slow moving route are the rashly driven call centre taxis. Dwarka to Kirby Place via Dabri: It doesn t lUnruly buses; heavy traffic. ome monsoon and be spent. While Delhi is not a vehicles and pedestrians. Traffic of ficials say the stretch is tricky mainly feel like Delhi at all. You feel as if you are head - Delhi roads start re - heavy rainfall area and bitu - because of the traf fic volume. The umpteen wed- ed for some obscure city, not a colony that is a needed to get to the root of the problem. Every stand at Laxmi Nagar T-point that brings vehicles C sembling the lunar men surface works well dings held in the farmhouses add to the problem. part of the national capital region, said Kapil area is separate and needs specific treatment. to a near standstill. Add to it the vehicles parked surface. Craters and pot - enough, somehow Delhi But we divert heavy vehicles if the situation gets Pathak, a Dwarka resident. Delhi needs a central traf fic management body. along the road, as the whole stretch is lined with bad. Otherwise the route is all right, opined a Commuters using the stretch regularly say just Someone has to initiate action and take respon- holes abound with the bitu - roads never survive the test. shops. traffic official. driving up to Dhaula Kuan takes an hour. One sibility. The secret of good traf fic management is men on the roads washed out The fact has more to do with We have asked the civic agency concerned to Since the onset of the monsoon, matters have cannot go above the second gear till Dabri. The good road engineering. Which in the case of Del- by even the gentlest of show - the constant digging that Del - shift the bus stand, said deputy commissioner of taken a turn for the worse. Commuters headed for single lane road is beset with Mars like craters. hi is missing, he added. ers. hi roads endure than any - police (traf fic) M K Meena. The agency con- Gurgaon often spend about two hours negotiating I m yet to see a traf fic cop on this route, added Experts say that, as of now, the transport de - Little wonder considering thing else. cerned is Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road. Poor lighting on the partment is theoretically the nodal agency and the fact that the MCD has not There is a cabinet com - The place is a nightmare. Five minutes of rain Kirby stretch adds to the commuters woes. should get down to serious work. According to managed to spend a consid- mittee recommendation that and it all gets jammed. The bus stand near Lax- Delhi transport minister Ajay Maken, the transport erable fraction of the funds al - new surfaces be tried out for mi Nagar is another hassle. One also has to deal Adhchini to Saket: At present, the Adhchini department is working towards setting up an In - with cyclists and the like. There have been times stretch is closed due to the Delhi Jal Board s un - tegrated Metropolitan Transport Authority (IMTA). when I have been stuck on the ITO bridge for over derground sewer repair work. This narrow Lajwanti The authority will take care of road engineer - an hour, said Joginder Lal, a resident of Noida. stretch, however, has always been a nightmare Janakpuri Chowk for motorists. Massive potholes and heavy traffic ing, road design, traf fic discipline and enforce - Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road: The traf fic on this road turn driving into a gruelling experience. ment. It will have of ficials from transport depart - is extremely heavy as it is one of the roads con - If one travels further towards Saket, there is ment, traf fic police and several stake-holders who necting Gurgaon and Delhi. Farmhouse occu- more in store. At least one carriageway on either will look into problems ranging from poor public side of the narrow road near PVR Anupam is Dabri Sagarpur transport to quality of road, he said. Maybe things will improve? God willing! blocked by parked cars. Traffic of ficials confirm Dwarka that this is unauthorised and that they routinely Son Buruj Andhe- prosecute offenders and even tow away cars. lPoor quality roads; very heavy traffic ria Mor They have built a massive commercial com - plex, but where s the space to park our cars? We Pathak. do we go? questioned Amardeep Siddhu. Area Lajwanti Chowk and Janak flyover are equally bad with haphazard traffic making driving a very n residents, however, are not very happy. One o tough deal. It s only after Kirby Place that one ac - Andheria a g tually starts moving, said Sumitra Chaudhry, an - r Press Encl V u other Dwarka resident. as G an li Traffic of ficials, however , feel the traf fic has tK u Hau un ra Chhattarpur j h slowed down recently due to the digging work. e z M Es- ITO junction: Probably one of the busiest traf fic Adhchini lExtremely heavy traffic; dug up and junction in the city, vehicles behave as erratically damaged road Aurobindo Marg here as elsewhere. Jay-walkers, waterlogging and an influx of slow-moving ve - pants have broken the central verge at a number NCER hicles add to the problems. of places. These gaps are yet to be closed. SD IIT If you are stuck at this junction The road is damaged at places and people then you are stuck. You can t opt for random U-turns if they see vehicles getting Qutab Hotel Kat - hope to wiggle out. Something stuck in a jam ahead. There are no policemen waria should be done to regulate au - around. The only policemen I see are the ones on lNarrow roads; unauthorised parking torickshaws and buses here.
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ROAD/JUNCTION NUMBER OF TO TAL TRAFFIC PROSECUTION ACCI- Dilli traffic: Honk, DENTS STAFF V ikas Marg 20,285 50 6 ZOs, 7 HCs Driving in Delhi is now a nightmare. Experts say half the problems are caused by behavioural patterns of the commuters and the rest 32 consta - by the sad condition of roads. What s the way out? bles Pankaj Nangia MG Road 7,546 40 1 ZO, 1 HC By Urvashi Gulia They are very unpredictable, said Prateeksha 4 Consta- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK Pandit, a Munirka resident. bles Traf fic experts say the bus stops are wrongly elhi runs on god s will, or so it placed here. The area also needs a convenient Adhchini to Saket 3,907 15 1 ZO, 1HC seems. Nearly 40 lakh vehicles subway. They say if two-wheelers, which consti - 4 Consta- compete for space in the city. Park - tute 66 per cent of the traf fic, and slow-moving ve - ZO Zonal Officer; HC Head Constable; Figures: Jan 1 to July 15 ing is a component that is usually hicles are given a dedicated lane, traf fic flow will not catered to. As a result, the av - D improve. Pedestrians, too, need to be given their erage Delhiite is left with no option but to bear space to keep them from bringing vehicles to a with it. halt. The monsoon have simply added to the misery. The traf fic police helpline received 133 calls in the At the root of the problem: Traf fic expert Gau - Funds for first three weeks of July, complaining about traf fic tam Chatterjee says: Roads cannot be elastic. jams. The T imes of India identified the worst af - One cannot even put a halt to the ever increasing fected stretches. Experts, of ficials and the com - vehicular population. Half the problems on Delhi muters, as usual, have dif ferent tales to tell. roads are caused by behavioural problems of the commuters. But things will improve if people are V ikas Marg: This road passes through three sep - patient and decide what route they want to take lotted for road repair . arate areas Gandhinagar, V ivek V ihar and instead of taking last minute decisions. Although many civic agen- Daryaganj. As if the huge traf fic volume this route According to Institute of Road Traf fic Education cies are responsible for the has to cater to wasn t enough, there is a bus road (IRTE) president Rohit Baluja, proper surveys are construction and mainte - nance of roads, the MCD, by Ramesh Jagat Ram virtue of covering 97 per cent Park BSZ Marg repair of the city is the main agency. This year, the record rains Dayanan INS have pooped its parade like d Acade- Laxmi Na- Can you spot yourself in this mess? PHQ never before. It is entitled to get Rs 100 crore as plan Shakarpu un- the Delhi-Haryana border, said steps out of the house after men - Indraprastha Marg funds from the Delhi govern - r Shiv Raman, a Vasant Kunj resi - tally preparing to battle the traf fic ITO IMA V ikas Cus- ment only for roads. dent who runs a firm from Gurgaon. snarls. Getting out of the area is Of this, only half the Lalita Shakarpu According to Raman, on a good challenge. I am yet to see any ve - Hans tom CAP- Bhaw spent amount has been sent to the Shakarpu Ganesh Na- day it takes at least 20 minutes to hicle being towed away, com - IP MCD. But this is no problem cross Andheria Mor. Another prob - plained Ipshita Chatterjee, an area V ikas By Nistula Hebbar r gar Extn Bhawa as of the Rs 50 crore they do lem that has cropped up on the resident. Tilak TIMES N EWS N ETWORK have, Rs 10 crore are yet to lHeavy movement of slow moving route are the rashly driven call centre taxis. Dwarka to Kirby Place via Dabri: It doesn t lUnruly buses; heavy traffic. ome monsoon and be spent. While Delhi is not a vehicles and pedestrians. Traffic of ficials say the stretch is tricky mainly feel like Delhi at all. You feel as if you are head - Delhi roads start re - heavy rainfall area and bitu - because of the traf fic volume. The umpteen wed- ed for some obscure city, not a colony that is a needed to get to the root of the problem. Every stand at Laxmi Nagar T-point that brings vehicles C sembling the lunar men surface works well dings held in the farmhouses add to the problem. part of the national capital region, said Kapil area is separate and needs specific treatment. to a near standstill. Add to it the vehicles parked surface. Craters and pot - enough, somehow Delhi But we divert heavy vehicles if the situation gets Pathak, a Dwarka resident. Delhi needs a central traf fic management body. along the road, as the whole stretch is lined with bad. Otherwise the route is all right, opined a Commuters using the stretch regularly say just Someone has to initiate action and take respon- holes abound with the bitu - roads never survive the test. shops. traffic official. driving up to Dhaula Kuan takes an hour. One sibility. The secret of good traf fic management is men on the roads washed out The fact has more to do with We have asked the civic agency concerned to Since the onset of the monsoon, matters have cannot go above the second gear till Dabri. The good road engineering. Which in the case of Del- by even the gentlest of show - the constant digging that Del - shift the bus stand, said deputy commissioner of taken a turn for the worse. Commuters headed for single lane road is beset with Mars like craters. hi is missing, he added. ers. hi roads endure than any - police (traf fic) M K Meena. The agency con- Gurgaon often spend about two hours negotiating I m yet to see a traf fic cop on this route, added Experts say that, as of now, the transport de - Little wonder considering thing else. cerned is Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road. Poor lighting on the partment is theoretically the nodal agency and the fact that the MCD has not There is a cabinet com - The place is a nightmare. Five minutes of rain Kirby stretch adds to the commuters woes. should get down to serious work. According to managed to spend a consid- mittee recommendation that and it all gets jammed. The bus stand near Lax- Delhi transport minister Ajay Maken, the transport erable fraction of the funds al - new surfaces be tried out for mi Nagar is another hassle. One also has to deal Adhchini to Saket: At present, the Adhchini department is working towards setting up an In - with cyclists and the like. There have been times stretch is closed due to the Delhi Jal Board s un - tegrated Metropolitan Transport Authority (IMTA). when I have been stuck on the ITO bridge for over derground sewer repair work. This narrow Lajwanti The authority will take care of road engineer - an hour, said Joginder Lal, a resident of Noida. stretch, however, has always been a nightmare Janakpuri Chowk for motorists. Massive potholes and heavy traffic ing, road design, traf fic discipline and enforce - Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road: The traf fic on this road turn driving into a gruelling experience. ment. It will have of ficials from transport depart - is extremely heavy as it is one of the roads con - If one travels further towards Saket, there is ment, traf fic police and several stake-holders who necting Gurgaon and Delhi. Farmhouse occu- more in store. At least one carriageway on either will look into problems ranging from poor public side of the narrow road near PVR Anupam is Dabri Sagarpur transport to quality of road, he said. Maybe things will improve? God willing! blocked by parked cars. Traffic of ficials confirm Dwarka that this is unauthorised and that they routinely Son Buruj Andhe- prosecute offenders and even tow away cars. lPoor quality roads; very heavy traffic ria Mor They have built a massive commercial com - plex, but where s the space to park our cars? We Pathak. do we go? questioned Amardeep Siddhu. Area Lajwanti Chowk and Janak flyover are equally bad with haphazard traffic making driving a very n residents, however, are not very happy. One o tough deal. It s only after Kirby Place that one ac - Andheria a g tually starts moving, said Sumitra Chaudhry, an - r Press Encl V u other Dwarka resident. as G an li Traffic of ficials, however , feel the traf fic has tK u Hau un ra Chhattarpur j h slowed down recently due to the digging work. e z M Es- ITO junction: Probably one of the busiest traf fic Adhchini lExtremely heavy traffic; dug up and junction in the city, vehicles behave as erratically damaged road Aurobindo Marg here as elsewhere. Jay-walkers, waterlogging and an influx of slow-moving ve - pants have broken the central verge at a number NCER hicles add to the problems. of places. These gaps are yet to be closed. SD IIT If you are stuck at this junction The road is damaged at places and people then you are stuck. You can t opt for random U-turns if they see vehicles getting Qutab Hotel Kat - hope to wiggle out. Something stuck in a jam ahead. There are no policemen waria should be done to regulate au - around. The only policemen I see are the ones on lNarrow roads; unauthorised parking torickshaws and buses here.
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FLIGHTS OUT O F W E ATHER DELHI Rainfall Many places East: Jharkhand; Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, WB Mumbai: I-A 0700, (Gangetic WB) and Sikkim, Bihar; North: U P 0800, 0900, 1200, (east UP), Uttarnachal, HP, J&K, south Rajasthan; a few 1300, 1700, 1800, places in Haryana, Punjab, north Rajasthan. Central: K K Lashkar 1900, 2000, 2300 formal dress code. Obviously, Jet Air 0650, 0800, MP (east MP), Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh. Peninsula: G u- 0935, 1400, 1725, jarat, Konkan and Goa, madhya Maharashtra, Marath- we re not going to come in 1935, 2030, 2200, INDIA WORLD tube-tanks and knickers. By Sahara 1700, 0935, 1520, 1800, 2025 Max Max Min We , we now we have the sense to KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Min B eshwar 29 Amsterdam 22 know what s okay and what s 1600H H,1700,1945 Delhi 36 29 25 15 Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 30 27 Pune 26 22 Bahrain 37 28 not, says Shruti, a student in Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 34 28 Guwahati 36 Bangkok 28 26 Shri Venkateswara College. CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 33 27 28 Beijing 29 23 V isit any campus and it s the 0640,0955H H H B lore 28 21 Dehradun 33 Chicago 26 12 1645,1900 Jet Air are Ahm bad 32 24 Geneva 26 15 don t same story: Most girls wear the 0645,1900 BANGALORE: 25 Hyd bad 29 23 Hong Kong 30 trendy faded hipster jeans with I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 T puram 31 24 Indore 28 23 27 short tops, kurtis, or sleeveless Jet Air 0635,1715, Bhopal 29 23 Jaipur 34 27 London 22 11 Sahara 0725, 1745 tops. Here and there, you can HY BAD:I-A 0630, TRAIN RESERVATIONS adult spot a midrif f, a transparent top 1745 G O A :I-A 1200, Sahara 1200 need that s too clingy. Yes, the dress Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at KULU:Jagson 2000 hrs. on 26.07.2003 in important trains leaving vari - codes have been re-written. 0630, 0650, 1215 H AHMEDABAD: Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac And it s not a problem, say prin - I-A 2 ac Ac 3t Sl cipals. 0600,1700H H1845, NORTH s Youngsters have always Jet Air 0610 GUWAHATI BAG- 4033 Jammu Mail 27.07 28.07 30.07 been fashionable, says Dr Anil 30.07 no By Bonita Baruah Ph: I-A :140,142. H Mon, W ilson, principal St. Stephen s. Wed, Fri, H H T ue, Thu, Sat, 4645 Shalimar Exp 17.08 09.08 TIMES N EWS N ETWORK HHH Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet 30.07 It s not what they wear, but Air : (City) 6853700, (Air - 2403 Jammu Exp 29.07 05.08 30.07 port) 25665404 Sahara: New Delhi: Spaghettis or skin - how they wear it. At the same (City) 2335901-9, 18.08 (Airport) 25675234/875, EAST fits, salwar kurtas or jeans? time, he says his students have 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 27.07 28.07 W ith Britney Spears, Kareena some kind of understanding of 29.07 dres Kapoor and MTV setting the BANGKOK/TOKYO: 2304 Poorva Exp 30.07 27.07 27.07 how they are expected to Thai Air 0010 (TG- 31.07 fashion trends, age-old dress dress. 316), 2382 Poorva Exp 28.07 28.07 28.07 codes of what to wear to col - Ultimately it must come A-I 0050 (IC-855) 04.08 FRANKFURT: 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 28.07 04.08 lege don t hold good anymore. from within. It s how they view Lufthansa 0305 (LH-761) 06.08 T-shirts are getting shorter , their college as a serious 2392 Magadh Exp 05.09 05.09 05.09 s AMSTERDAM: jeans are slipping down, and 05.09 workplace, or as a place for fun KLM 0745 (KL-476) the midrif f and navel are in - For today s college students following the latest fashion trends, the dress codes have LONDON: British 2402 Shramjeevi Exp 27.07 27.07 and games; what their first pri - Air 27.07 creasingly visible. ority is, the canteen or the col - 0210 (BA-142) 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 30.07 27.07 28.07 Is this a trend college princi - to tighten their dress codes? lege authorities, who draw the Come on, we re in college, lege. PARIS: Air France 28.07 0040 (AF-147), 4056 Brahmputra Mail N.A. pals are comfortable with? Are Surprisingly, in Delhi s colleges hemlines and set the dress not in school. Please, give us For Hema Raghavan, princi- A-I 0735 (AI-141) 12.08 12.08 code they finding themselves forced it s kids themselves, not col - code. some credit. We don t need a pal Gargi College, college stu - SINGAPORE: 5622 North East Exp 31.07 12.08 Sin pore Airlines 18.08 2315 (SQ-407), 2554 Vaishali Exp 27.07 31.07 28.07 I-A 0050 (IC-855) 29.07 HONG KONG/OSA- 2816 Puri Exp 28.07 28.07 AIR INDIA 28.07 2802 Purshottam Exp 04.08 28.07 Man steps in KA: 04.08 A-I 2320 (AI-318) 8476 Neelanchal Exp 29.07 29.07 tourist-friendly . In the 25 ses - ROME/GENEVA: 27.07 A-I 0350 (AI-171) 4230 Lucknow Mail 31.07 31.07 30.07 Polite seva sions that have been conducted AHMEDABAD: 01.08 so far over 1000 personnel have No. of passengers dealt on 25.07.2003 (Delhi Area): 45,415 (N. CISF l The mantra is to assist not ignore A-I : ( C ity)23736446 Rly. Area) 1,89,071. It does not necessarily mean that reservation undergone training. /47/48 (Air .)25652050, is available on all subsequent dates. For further infor - l Preventive vigilance: How to protect A key point of the programme pointing towards two scooter- British Air : (Air.) mation regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for computerised PNR, 25652908, Lufthansa: for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. tourists from unscrupulous elements is how to handle on-duty stress. borne youths who were just 23323310, Singapore ahead of the car. The youths, l W ork-related stress shouldn t af fect Their state of mind should ide - to she said, had snatched her gold jawan passenger care ally be positive considering their job profile. Stress induces irri - chain. l Athithi devo bhava: Always put the guest tability which leaves a bad taste Mathur and his friend fol - first in the mouth of passengers who help, lowed the scooter for a few kilo - Cholera, meters, after which Bhola who have to interact with these per - s was on the driver s seat, hit the last, realised this fact. sonnel, said a tourism of ficial. No surprise then that about Apart from stress manage- scooter from behind, causing the riders to fall of. f 2,000 CISF personnel posted at ment, the personnel are being gets at Mathur immediately got out IGI and domestic airports are taught to become facilitators for of the car and ran towards the Sharma said the problem now undergoing lessons to passengers, especially tourists. learn - two. While one managed to run was reported about 10 days learn the nuances of serving Being polite and courteous is away, he nabbed the other one back. W e tried to investigate with a smile . part of the package. They are shot gas- work and beat him up. He attempted but failed to pin point the The Union tourism ministry in being motivated to prevent By Maneesh Pandey to retrieve the chain, Mathur s cause, he said. association with the Delhi tourists from being fleeced by TIMES N EWS N ETWORK friend recounted while talking A resident, Ravinder Shar - ing to Tourism and Transportation De - touts and travel agents, and to about the incident. ma, said sewers were velopment Corporation help the elderly and disabled at New Delhi: Courtesy is what tro TIMES N EWS N ETWORK The other snatcher, on realis - choked at several places in most don t associate with our (DTTDC) started an orientation people. ing that his accomplice was in the campus and this was para-military forces. The Central programme for CISF personnel Union tourism secretary, R V New Delhi: In a virtual rerun of danger, rushed towards Mathur. leading to contamination. smile Industrial Security Force s on 1 June. This programme in- Jha, said: This is a capacity the Sunita Chaddha murder in- A police of ficer from Malviya Na - cases Residents of the hostel are (CISF) top brass has, at long tends to make the personnel building programme for service cident last May, a 35-year-old gar police station said: He was also complaining of stomach man was shot and injured by armed with a locally-made pistol ache, he said. two men who were allegedly with which he fired at Mathur. Meanwhile, gastro cases W est Delhi fleeing after snatching a chain While Bhola got busy with the on reported in the city since Jan - New body for from a woman. injured Mathur, the two fled. uary have swelled to 38,251 transporter While Sunita paid with her life None of the passers-by pres- and the cholera cases have for trying to intervene in what ent at the time of the incident risen to 393. was apparently a case of road came forward to help the two, the The number of cholera robbed of Rs rage, Ravi Mathur is now fight - Mathur s friend later said. cases reported this month ing for his life at Sir Ganga Ram Nobody tried to follow the are about 70 per cent more streetlights in the city . At present, street - Hospital. snatchers or write the registra - than those reported last lights are managed by the Municipal 15 lakh Mathur and his business as - tion number of their scooter ei - rise month. In the first two weeks street - Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and power TIMES N EWS N ETWORK sociate Jayant Bhola were driv - ther , he added. supply is maintained by the privately- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK of this month, over 1,967 ing towards Essex Farm at 1:15 Mathur, who owns a videog - owned power distribution companies. New Delhi: A west Delhi transporter was robbed gastro cases have already of Rs 15 lakh on Saturday in west Punjabi Bagh. pm on Saturday when they no- raphy and photography unit, is New Delhi: More than 16 been reported. A bulk of Concerned over the poor state ticed a woman standing on the now under observation in the residents of the Sucheta Kri - of streetlighting, chief minister Sheila This is the second robbery in the area and the these, about 250 cases, were light third in the west district in the last four days. road waving for help. She was casualty department of Sir Gan - plani Hospital staf f quarters Dikshit said the government was think - reported on Saturday and Deputy commissioner of police (west), Satish and hostel have been treated Sunday. ing of setting up such a CM visits for ailments like diarrhoea, body to ensure proper streetlighting. Golcha, said: Manmohan Singh Chadha (32) constituen - The spurt in cholera cases was robbed by two motorcycle borne youths at vomiting and stomach this month appears to be man- This is one option we are consider - cy: Chief gun point outside the gate of his in-laws house in cramps sparking a cholera linked to the heavy rains this ing, as that s how these lights are man - minister west Punjabi Bagh. and gastroenteritis scare. season. It is also a warning aged in several other cities, she said, Sheila Dik - At about 1.30 pm on Saturday, Chadha with - Residents of about 110 for the outbreak of a cholera after a review meeting with top power of - shit gave a drew the amount from ABM-Amro Bank in CP and type-A quarters, housing epidemic in north and north- age- ficials. tongue- headed for his house in west Delhi. Before doctors and para-medical west Delhi, doctors feel. Lack Terming streetlighting as the biggest lashing to reaching his house, he visited his in-laws place. staff, have been undergoing of good drainage facilities is problem, Dikshit said the government is CPWD offi- He carried the bag along, but was robbed before treatment at the hospital for one of the major reasons for looking into the fact whether the public cials when entering the house. The boys showed him a pis- the last 10 days. spread of cholera in unautho - ment in works department (PWD) and the MCD she went tol and decamped with the cash. They had ap - Medical superintendent, rised colonies. would be able to spare personnel for on a round parently been following him for some time, Dr G K Sharma, confirmed Drinking pure water is the such an organisation. of her con - that there have been several safest bet. Patients should The other option is to have street - Golcha said. stituency, cases of residents complain - avoid self-medication, said city lights managed by the MCD, while the In the same area another robbery took place on Gol Market, Tuesday. A resident of Adarsh Nagar, Harish Ahu - ing of a discomforting feeling M P Sharma, head of gas- TIMES N EWS N ETWORK private power companies are paid the on Satur - in the stomach. But only one troenterology department, AI - electricity charges. Right now, there is a ja, was robbed of Rs 3 lakh when he came out of day. The patient was confirmed as a IMS. New Delhi: The Delhi government is difference between the rates given and the Punjabi Bagh branch of the State Bank of officials gastro case, he said. People should avoid con - toying with the idea of setting up a Delhi those proposed by the companies, she Mysore. were pulled Streetlighting Corporation to manage the said. Four persons riding a scooter and a motor cy- up for not paying at - tention to Type-I and II houses of
TOI the locality . Dikshit said that while DDA CPWD was taking good care of houses in com- the VIP ar - eas, they have not been pay- plex ing atten - tion to the upkeep and main- tenance of these mid- dle-class houses. TNN
When the DDA gets down to serious work, this is the result nearly two decades later. takes than Mahal By Nistula Hebbar TIMES N EWS N ETWORK longer Taj New Delhi: A commercial com- plex, being constructed by the Delhi Development Authority
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