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DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE A patently unconstitutional piece of legislation The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 has a sinister political logic — the first de jure attempt towards a Hindu Rashtra basic feature of the Constitution in have personally faced more reli­ who is primarily an economic mi­ a multitude of judgments. But in gious persecution than many Ban­ grant and who may not have not addition to this basic question, a gladeshi Hindus. Similarly, Shias faced any direct persecution in his Instant reward look at the proposed CAB shows in Pakistan, a different sect of the life, will be entitled to be consi­ that it is peppered with unconsti­ same religion, also face severe per­ dered apparently on the ground of Karnataka gets political stability, even though tutionalities. The classification of secution in Pakistan. The fact that religious persecution? Similarly, it was achieved via dubious means Shadan Farasat countries and communities in the atheists are missing from the list of why a Tamil from Jaffna who took CAB is constitutionally suspect. beneficiaries is shocking. a boat to escape the atrocities in nstant reward, not punishment, is what people Restricting the benefits of “reli­ Sri Lanka will continue be an “ille­ willed for Karnataka lawmakers who defected from ow a country defines who Country classification gious minority” to six religious gal migrant” and never be entitled Ithe Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) to the BJP can become its citizens de­ First to the countries. The basis of groups (Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, to apply for citizenship by natural­ and sought a fresh mandate in by­elections held on De­ Hfines what that country is, clubbing Afghanistan, Pakistan Jains, Parsis and Christians) is isation? It is not difficult to imagine cember 5. Their defection and subsequent resignation because citizenship is really the and Bangladesh together and the­ GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO equally questionable. Ahmadiyas many other examples of this kind from the legislature led to the collapse of the Congress­ right to have rights. For India, the reby excluding other (neighbour­ cern, then why has Sri Lanka, in Pakistan are not recognised as that reveal the manifestly arbitrary JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka, paving the choice was inexplicably made in ing) countries is unclear. A com­ which is Buddhist majority and Muslims there and are treated as nature of CAB. There is also the re­ way for the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) govern­ 1950 when the Constitution was mon history is not a ground as has a history where Tamil Hindus belonging to a separate religion. In duction in the residential require­ adopted, and Part II (concerning Afghanistan was never a part of have been persecuted, been ex­ fact, because they are seen as a re­ ment for naturalisation — from 11 ment in July, led by B.S. Yediyurappa. With the BJP win­ citizenship) provided citizenship British India and always a separate cluded? Why is also Myanmar, ligion that has tried to change the years to five. It is almost as if CAB ning 12 of the 15 seats to which by­elections were held, based on domicile in the territory country. Being a neighbour, geo­ which has conducted a genocide meaning of Islam, they are more in its provisions and impact is try­ the party now has 117 MLAs and a comfortable majority of India. In fact, under Article 6 of graphically, is no ground too as Af­ against Muslim Rohingyas, many persecuted than even Christians ing to give definitional illustrations in the Assembly. The party had fallen short of a major­ the Constitution, migrants from ghanistan does not share an actual of who have been forced to take re­ or Hindus. If the avowed objective of the word “arbitrary”. ity in the 2018 election that threw up a hung legislature. Pakistani territory to Indian terri­ land border with India. More im­ fuge in India, not been included? of CAB is to grant citizenship to mi­ CAB is devoid of any constitu­ The post­poll alliance of the JD(S) and the Congress was tory were also given citizenship portantly, why have countries The CAB selection of only these grants on the basis of religious per­ tional logic, as explained above. a legitimate move to end the impasse, but it was des­ rights. Religion was conspicuous such as Nepal, Bhutan and Myan­ three countries is manifestly arbi­ secution in their country of origin, But it does have a sinister political in this constitutional scheme, in its mar, which share a land border trary. the absence of Ahmadiyas from logic. By prioritising Hindus in tined to be unstable. The JD(S) strength was less than absence. The Constitution also re­ with India, been excluded? the list makes things clear. matters of citizenship as per law, it half of the Congress strength, but its leader H.D. Kuma­ cognises the power of Parliament The reason stated in the ‘State­ Focus on certain groups Article 14 of the Constitution of seeks to make India a Hindu ho­ raswamy became the Chief Minister. The BJP, particu­ to make provisions with respect to ment of Objects and Reasons’ of On the classification of indivi­ India, prevents the State from de­ meland, and is the first de jure at­ larly Mr. Yediyurappa, turned the resentment in the “acquisition and termination of ci­ the Bill is that these three coun­ duals, the Bill provides benefits to nying any “person” (as opposed to tempt to make India a Hindu Rash­ Congress camp to his advantage. In a replay of simil ar tizenship”. Pursuant to this, Par­ tries constitutionally provide for a sufferers of only one kind of perse­ citizen) “equality before the law” tra. If India is to stay a country for sequence of events in the past, MLAs resigned, as if on liament had enacted the Citizen­ “state religion”; thus, the Bill is to cution, i.e. religious persecution. or “equal protection of the laws” Indians and not for Hindu Af­ cue. Sixteen of those MLAs were promptly admitted to ship Act, 1955; again, religion is protect “religious minorities” in This itself is a suspect category. within the territory of India. From ghans, Hindu Pakistanis and Hin­ not a relevant criteria under the these theocratic states. This rea­ Undoubtedly, the world abounds the serious incongruities of CAB, du Bangladeshis and eventually the BJP, and 13 were fielded as its candidates. The Chief 1955 Act. son does not hold water. Why then in religious persecution but it as explained above, it is not diffi­ for Hindu Russians, Hindu Ameri­ Minister hinted on Monday that at least 11 of the 12 win­ This position is now sought to is Bhutan, which is a neighbour abounds equally, if not more, in cult to imagine, how it will not just cans, CAB should not be passed in ners would be given ministerial berths. be changed through the proposed and c onstitutionally a religious political persecution. If the intent deny equal protection of laws to si­ Parliament. If it is, the judiciary The Central leadership of the BJP had appeared to be Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 state — the official religion being is to protect victims of persecu­ milarly placed persons who come must call it out for what it is — a pa­ keeping an arm’s­length from the developments in Kar­ (CAB) that seeks to amend certain Vajrayana Buddhism — excluded tion, there is no logic to restrict it to India as “illegal migrants” but in tently unconstitutional piece of le­ nataka at the beginning but it was quick to own up to provisions of the 1955 Act. from the list? In fact, Christians in only to religious persecution. fact grant citizenship to the less gislation. Else, make no mistake, it the victory on Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra The obvious question on which Bhutan can only pray privately in­ Further, the assumption that reli­ deserving at the cost of the more is only the beginning and not the much of the debate has so far fo­ side their homes. Many Bhutanese gious persecution does not oper­ deserving. end of similar legal moves, which, Modi himself terming it as a popular rejection of the cused on is whether in a country Christians in the border areas tra­ ate against co­religionists is also How else does one explain how with time, will bring an end to the Congress. He accused the Congress of subverting the such as India, with a secular Con­ vel to India to pray in a church. false. Taslima Nasreen of Bangla­ a Rohingya who has saved himself Constitution as we know it. 2018 mandate. The BJP had won 104 seats in the 224­ stitution, certain religious groups Yet, they are not beneficiaries un­ desh is a case in point. She or simi­ from harm in Myanmar by cross­ strong Assembly in 2018 and its majority today has can be preferred in acquisition of der CAB. Further, if religious per­ larly placed persons will not get ing into India will not be entitled Shadan Farasat is an advocate practising been won through a devious route. What rankles is the citizenship. Especially when secu­ secution of “religious minorities” the benefit of the proposed to be considered for citizenship, in the Supreme Court of India. The views fact that there is now a Karnataka model of achieving a larism has been declared to be a in the neighbourhood is the con­ amendment, even though she may while a Hindu from Bangladesh, expressed are personal majority by engineering an adequate number of by­ elections through highly questionable means. In the present instance, it is legitimised by the voters but that Wholly subordinated to the majoritarian nation is no reason to overlook the undermining of democratic processes. The BJP must be happy that its strategy suc­ The NRC­CAB combine seeks the reconstitution of Indian nationhood on the lines of V.D. Savarkar’s idea ceeded but it must also reflect on the cost to democracy this might entail. Now that it has a clear mandate, the dents are a part of the nation, and hood and citizenship is reflected duals on the basis of religious­ not all outside the territory are in the government’s move to end based persecution, provided that BJP must focus on governance and walk the extra mile outside the nation. India’s found­ the special constitutional status of the religion of the individual is a to reassure the public on its commitment to democratic ing fathers and public opinion Jammu and Kashmir, and demote minority religion in the indivi­ behaviour. The State’s capital Bangalore is also a key overwhelmingly rejected this no­ and divide the region into two Un­ dual’s country of nationality ”. centre of Indian economy and political stability the re tion at the time of I ndependence, ion Territories. Kashmiris, far This would have excluded Mus­ has a larger import for the country. The setback cou ld Varghese K. George but an Islamic mirror image of it from aspiring for autonomy and lims from Muslim­majority coun­ trigger changes in the Congress also. Party chief Dinesh was born into reality as Pakistan. enjoying special protection of tries — the exact intent of the CAB. Gundu Rao and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah their cultural identity, are now re­ The American judiciary stalled the ith India for their ba­ Rooted and true duced to seeking the restoration of implementation of the order, and have resigned their respective posts. The party shou ld sis of operation, for Though a group of sedate political basic citizenship rights and state­ a third version of the travel ban reflect deeply on its character and strategy as an al ter­ “Wtheir Fatherland and experts were hallucinating a de­ hood; as and when they are al­ that was finally upheld by the U.S. native to the BJP. Political opposition without a founda­ for their Holyland… bound togeth­ link between Narendra Modi and GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO lowed to speak, that is. Far from Supreme Court in June 2018 did tional ideological basis cannot be the answer. er by ties of a common blood and Hindutva in 2014, he was clear in could be a route to citizenship holding a veto on Indian politics as not have the above provision. Two common culture (Hindus) can dic­ his promises and has been true to once CAB is law. This distinction the BJP had accused them of for non­Muslim countries were in­ tate their terms to the whole them in government. The non­ter­ between “infiltrators” and “refu­ decades, Muslims would be seek­ cluded in the amended list of world.” These words scratched by ritorial notion of citizenship and gees” that Home Minister Amit ing to restore their voting rights, if countries from where travellers Doping to win V.D. Savarkar on the walls of a pri­ nationhood, the core of Hindutva, Shah made during the debate on unable to meet the onerous re­ are banned. The U.S. Supreme Some athletes do cheat, but when they do so son, and published in 1923 as a was reiterated in the 2014 manifes­ CAB in the Lok Sabha was made by quirement to be listed in the NRC. Court upheld the principle that book that defined Hindutva, are to of the Bharatiya Janata Party, fo­ Mr. Modi during the 2014 cam­ The shallowness and duplicity of there cannot be a bar on entry with official sanction it is an epic crisis roughly 100 years old. retelling the amendment to the Ci­ paign. As Mr. Shah told P arlia­ the government’s claim that the based on religious categories, onday’s decision by the World Anti­Doping Political boundaries are artifi­ tizenship Act, which was passed ment, nobody can complain of be­ scrapping of the special status of though it allowed the third itera­ Agency (WADA) to ban Russia from global cial and imagined barriers to hu­ by the Lok Sabha on December 9. ing blindsided by the government J&K was about uncompromising tion of the Presidential order to sporting events for a four­year period is argua­ man movement. Most violence in “India shall remain a natural home on CAB — it was part of the BJP’s uniformity of laws across the stand. M the modern history of humankind for persecuted Hindus and they agenda on which it sought a man­ country stands exposed in CAB, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, speak­ bly the biggest sporting crisis the country has faced till emanated from attempts to en­ shall be welcome to seek refuge date in 2014 and 2019. that continues to provide special ing for the minority in the 5­4 judg­ date. The anti­doping watchdog’s move will hurt Russia force boundaries that purportedly here,” the manifesto said. “The protection to the cultural rights of ment said the Presidential order — the most at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the protect citizens and eject aliens. NRIs [Non­Resident Indians], PIOs The outlines several communities. Mr. Shah al­ even the revised one — was dis­ 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics where the nation’s flag, The Holocaust and the Palestinian [Person of Indian origin] and pro­ If Muslims were not legitimate citi­ so made the reassurance during criminatory and unconstitutional. name and anthem will not be allowed. Russia will inev­ dispossession are two egregious fessionals settled abroad are a vast zens of the nation, where would the debate that Article 371 which She held that a “reasonable obser­ itably approach the Court of Arbitration for Sport with examples. Ascribing, and claiming reservoir to articulate the national they go? While he would not ac­ protects the cultural integrity of ver” would view the executive ac­ an appeal, for which it has three weeks, but if the sen­ legitimacy for a particular com­ interests and affairs globally. This cept them as part of the Hindu na­ many regions, would “never be al­ tion “as motivated by animus munity­territory link is a political resource will be harnessed for tion, Savarkar would also not con­ tered”. So, it is not a matter of against Muslims”, and termed the tence is upheld it could bar the nation from partici pa­ project, and Savarkar did this with strengthening Brand India,” the cede to the demand for a separate principle for the government that majority decision as a repetition of tion in several high­profile global sporting events in­ remarkable clarity. manifesto foretold Mr. Modi’s dias­ country for them and he fiercely no community shall be granted the past mistake of upholding the cluding the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar. The saga During the Second World War, pora politics. opposed the demand for Pakistan. special cultural rights; it is only Japanese American internment has its roots in the scandal that erupted on the eve of he exhorted Hindus to join the Talking to the Indian diaspora It was left to M.S. Golwalkar of the that Muslims will not be allowed camps in 1944. During the Second the 2016 Rio Olympics, when whistle­blower reports British Army, not to fight fascism, in London on November 13, 2015, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, that. World War, when Savarkar was re­ nailed Russia for running one of the most sophisticated but to prepare for the civil war Mr. Modi said: “Our relations are with whom Savarkar had a hostile cruiting future soldiers to deal doping programmes. The allegations centred around with Muslims that he thought was based on the ties of our blood, not relationship, to spell ou t clearly The U.S. and a parallel with the internal enemies, Fran­ inevitable. Muslims and Christians on the colour of our passports. All what non­Hindus were supposed The ongoing attempts in India to klin D. Roosevelt, hailed as a pro­ the active collusion of Russian anti­doping experts, the could never be loyal citizens, he the rights of Narendra Modi has, to do. They “... may stay in the remake itself have striking paral­ gressive President, was ordering sports ministry and members of the country’s intelli­ argued. He wrote, “The tie of a you do too...” While the Citizen­ country, wholly subordinated to lels in the political project of U.S. the internment of thousands of gence service in replacing dope­tainted urine sample s common Holyland has at times ship (Amendment) Bill 2019 (CAB) the Hindu Nation, claiming noth­ President Donald Trump. In Janu­ American citizens of Japanese ori­ with clean ones during the 2014 Winter Olympics in So­ proven stronger than the claims of seeks to enact as law the notion of ing, deserving no privileges, far ary 2017, soon after taking over, gin. That past appears to be re­ chi. In September 2018, as part of the resolution of that a Motherland… Look at the Mo­ India as the home for all Hindus less any preferential treatment — Mr. Trump ordered a religious test turning, not as a haunting night­ case, Russia reluctantly agreed to open up its database hammedans. Mecca to them is a anywhere, the National Register of not even citizen’s rights.” When In­ for admission to the U.S. Through mare as it should be, but heralded to corroborate the findings of the reports. WADA has sterner reality than Delhi or Agra.” Citizens (NRC) seeks to weed out dia debates what happens to those an executive order he banned tra­ as the promised glorious future. The idea that nation is not territo­ those who are already in the terri­ who will not be able to prove their vellers from seven Muslim­majori­ What makes Hindu majoritarian­ now ruled that the country manipulated this very data­ rial, but cultural, was the core of tory but are not part of the nation, citizenship under the NRC, and ty countries from entry. The order ism more effective is its doctri­ base in order to cover up large­scale violations. Savarkar’s treatise. Though the no­ as per Savarkar’s doctrine, echoed are unable to seek citizenship un­ also a had a provision, echoing the naire legacy, supported by texts However, as stiff as the latest sanctions seem, there is tion of a Holyland is emphasised, in numerous resolutions and state­ der CAB, this is the future envis­ Modi government’s CAB, which and enforced by a quasi­military considerable doubt among anti­doping crusaders it is only “a basis of operation” to ments of the BJP and its forebear, aged for them in the Hindutva no­ was then pending in P arliament. cadre. whether the measures go far enough. Even ahead of the dictate terms to the rest of the the Jan Sangh. For a non­Muslim tion. The President ordered to “priori­ Rio games, WADA had recommended that Russia be ex­ world. Not all those who are resi­ excluded from the NRC, there This understanding of nation­ tize refugee claims made by indivi­ [email protected] pelled, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC), under President Thomas Bach, had left the decision to LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. individual sports’ governing bodies, and, subsequently, athletes who were cleared of doping were allowed to The citizenship door to the nation. Now, citizens enjoyed by refugees from legislation such as CAB foster victim suffered. If India’s To read more letters online, scan the QR code compete as neutrals. A similar episode had played ou t The Citizenship have to look to the judiciary other countries. Persecution anything but that. justice system is against the during the 2018 PyeongC hang Winter Games, where Amendment Bill and its as the only option to set of minorities is not a Neeraj Nandakumar, forms of punishment seen in Krishna Menon is an Russia was again banned but individual athletes com­ gradual passage in things right. phenomenon that is Guruvayur, Kerala North Korea (firing), Saudi outstanding leader, probably peted. The IOC’s hand may be forced this time around Parliament is against the Shalini Gerald, prevalent only in Islamic Arabia (beheading), next to Nehru. Here was a by the sheer magnitude of the findings, but there re­ non­discriminatory norms Chennai countries, as the government Criminal justice system Afghanistan (shot in the person completely devoted mains a similar possibility of Russian competitors s till and secular credentials of is trying to establish. If we The deaths in an encounter head), then it should ensure to the nation. As Defence the Constitution. The hue ■ The Citizenship give special treatment to last Friday, of the four judgments that are quick. Minister, he built up many participating. It may be worth noting that despite So­ and cry being raised by the Amendment Bill would have refugees from Afghanistan, accused in the rape and Jit Sarkar, institutions. He was the man chi, Russia still played host to marquee events such as political Opposition and been a good piece of then refugees from Sri Lanka murder of a young Kolkata behind Nehru’s equi­distant the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and the 2018 some of us in different legislation had it considered and Myanmar too deserve veterinarian in Hyderabad, foreign policy. As a great FIFA World Cup and is again slated to host the swim­ walks of life teaches us one only the persecuted the same consideration. At a have been viewed as a V.K. Krishna Menon orator and a dazzling ming event in 2025. In a sense, both the IOC and WADA thing (Editorial, “Unequal, minorities of Pakistan and time when we need to violation of fundamental As a young voter who had diplomat nonpareil, he have had to straddle the thin line between two power ­ unsecular”, December 10) Bangladesh. We are involve the Muslim rights (Editorial page, “A cast his vote in Bombay would have ensured India ful but opposing arguments — of punishing Russia, the We, the electorate, should indirectly responsible for community in preventing the growing blot on the criminal North in 1962 and got to followed a different path. never give any party such a their plight and cannot shy radicalisation of its youth, justice system”, December know Indian politics, I can K. Rajendran, country, for its misdemeanours while at the same time massive electoral mandate away from the responsibility alienating them will only aid 10). But what is of concern is say with pride that V.K. Chennai preserving natural justice for athletes who are clean. as it makes them autocratic of safeguarding them. But India’s enemies. The Prime the effectiveness of court But, increasingly it feels like a situation where even corrections & clarifications: and arrogant in why should we grant Minister recently trials and the delivery of The price of Brent oil and the % change given in the Market honest sportspersons may end up paying the price for implementing their ideals, citizenship to refugees from emphasised the importance judgments versus the Watch column (Business page, Dec. 10, 2019) were incorrect.

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THE HINDU DELHI WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2019 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Chess as patterns and contextual memory Iraq’s autumn of discontent India’s first Grandmaster says chess players don’t necessarily have a photographic memory India can help Iraq create institutions which connect with the aspirations of a disgruntled youth other pawns... White has a bishop here, and I recall this bishop position scheming for a rerun, and renegade Ba’ath­ from my game last year. Ah, this is a ists yearning for Saddam Hussein’s authori­ Nimzo­Indian opening [a hypermod­ tarianism. Since the U.S. invasion in 2003, ern opening that doesn’t involve fian­ anarchic and enfeebled Iraq has been a hunt­ chettoing a bishop at the start], so I ing ground for various foreign powers — the Viswanathan Anand know what the pawn structure U.S., Iran, Israel, Sunni Gulf powers, and should look like and all I have to re­ Mahesh Sachdev Turkey — and their local proxies. With its ge­ member is that one pawn is out of ostrategic location, massive oil reserves and Viswanathan Anand has been India’s place on both sides — maybe a3 and large Shia population, Iraq is a big prize. torchbearer in chess. Along with ten­ a6, or a2 and a6 — and everything In its heyday in the late 1970s, Iraq was consi­ Although the Prime Minister’s resignation nis star Leander Paes, he has em­ else slots in.’ The reason the Grand­ dered the luckiest Arab country as it had has broken a protracted stalemate, the pros­ braced sporting longevity, and both masters and Masters were able to re­ both oil and water, a relatively modern citi­ pects for an early positive resolution appear are playing their respective sport construct what they were shown the zenry, and a Ba’athist regime which, though dim. The agitation could either coagulate in­ beyond three decades, more than first time was because the picture authoritarian, was progressive and less cor­ to a more inclusive political force, or frag­

even the great Sachin Tendulkar. The VISWANATHAN ANAND & GARRY KASPAROV, 1995. -TH ARCHIVES made sense to them. rupt. Ironically, since then, Iraq has endured ment along sectarian lines, or morph into a former World chess champion, who An equivalent of this would be four decades of near ceaseless depredations militancy. To survive, Iraq’s ruling politico­ turns 50 on Wednesday, has penned sense her blood beginning to sim­ ■ Mind Master: showing the photograph of a land­ with three ‘Mother of All Battles’, economic religious elite would need a package address­ Winning Mind Master along with sports writer mer. ‘It’s not anyone’s rating,’ she Lessons from scape to an artist. It may have a few sanctions, occupation, and existential duels ing agitators’ basic demands and mitigating Susan Ninan. The book, which is be­ said coldly. ‘It’s our wedding anniver­ a Champion’s striking features, like a red boat with with al Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS). Re­ their distress. The new dispensation would ing released on his birthday, offers a sary!’ I had the stupidest look on my Life a name painted across it in white let­ cently, it has been crippled by agitations led need to be sectarian­light. To make a clean peep into Anand’s sharp mind, ex­ face as I tried to make sense of why I Viswanathan ters, a chapel on the bank of a river, by youth railing against an inapt and corrupt break from the current discredited system, plains how he dismantled the Rus­ should be trusted to remember this Anand with and mountains and trees forming the leadership. They are frustrated because of Iraq will need a new electoral law or even a sian oligarchy in chess, and reveals detail. We were just into the second Susan Ninan backdrop. Like the Grandmasters, unemployment, decaying civic amenities, new Constitution. In a young democracy, it Hachette his perspective about the sporting year of our marriage. the artists will recall the features of and foreign domination. On December 1, the is important to create institutions sympath­ India life. Having inspired a legion of chess the photo perfectly, but if they are Iraqi Parliament accepted the resignation of etic to the youth’s aspirations. The new lea­ players including the latest prodigy, Perception of eidetic memory ₹599 shown a version of it in which the de­ the Prime Minister throwing the country into dership would also be under scrutiny for its R. Praggnanandhaa, 14, Anand Coming from a chess player who is tails are messed up — the boat is bro­ a fresh bout of political instability. nationalism. shows that there is more to chess believed to thrive on plucking out ken, the chapel is missing and 20 than a Sicilian Defence. In the book, endless moves, games and notations Master, expert and class ‘A’ player, new objects are now visible in the Protests and the way ahead India’s role he bares his thoughts about goals, from memory, this might sound in­ the last a decent chess player who background — they will have trouble Iraqis’ discontent is rooted in reality. In For Indians, the developments in Iraq may rivals, strengths, and vulnerabilities credulous, even blasphemous. Most ranks below expert level. De Groot recreating the original. Much like the 2018, Iraq’s oil exports were $91 billion, or appear as a distant rumble. They are not. like being forgetful even in a sport as of us players can recall moves from showed each of them a chessboard Grandmasters, what these artists over $6 a day for each citizen. Yet, over 41% One, Iraq is India’s largest source of crude. A cerebral as chess. An excerpt: all the games we’ve played and yet it configuration with 22 pieces from an would do is take in a couple of crucial of population lived below the poverty line of protracted instability in Iraq would result in What’s the last thing that slipped is also true that we can be at sea unknown game. The subjects were elements and fill in the rest of the $3.2/day. Two years after the defeat of the IS, oil price rise. Two, with direct bilateral trade your mind? Was it a chore, your be­ when it comes to a five­point grocery then asked to reconstruct the board, background in their minds. millions of internally displaced Iraqis still of over $24 billion in 2018­19, Iraq is already a longings at a hotel or on a flight, an list. The pre­Internet, pre­mobile era either on another board or verbally. Personally, I favour creating sum­ await rehabilitation. Iraqis also resent fo­ large market for India’s exports with sizeable appointment, or worse still, your now appears to be buried in a glacial The Grandmasters and Masters re­ maries, or collapsing a whole lot of reign hegemony, mainly by the U.S. and Iran. potential for growth. Three , in the 1975­85 wedding anniversary? If it’s the last I past from a Pleistocene Age. Then, it produced it almost effortlessly and positions into a story. While doing The attempts to burn down the Iranian con­ decade, Iraq was the biggest market for In­ hope your limbs are intact. was our spouses to whom we’d turn got 93 per cent right, while the ex­ this, I keep the essential elements in sulates in Karbala and Najaf last month show dia’s project exports; its post­conflict recon­ I’m a survivor myself. I run the for reminders on everything (though perts and class ‘A’ players struggled a mind. I could liken this to a situation popular antipathy. struction requirement would be huge. Addi­ risk of throwing my reputation off maybe not the wedding anniver­ bit, missing a detail in a couple of in which you’ve lost your way and all The redeeming features of the protest tionally, India can also help Iraq in MSMEs, the cerebral pedestal with this story, sary!). Today, we’re a bunch of places, and got 72 per cent and 51 per you know is that you need to head movement have been its non­violence and skill development, healthcare, education, which I’ve often shared at seminars hunched figures with our thumbs on cent correct respectively. But when north­west. With that basic informa­ inclusivity, despite Iraq being a sectarian, tri­ and improved governance. and gatherings — but I’ll do it once rollers, flitting between mobile appli­ the positions were randomized, mak­ tion, even without the exact address bal society awash with weapons. The prot­ But before all this can happen, India more anyway. It was January 1998, cations and tools, gyroscopes and lo­ ing no logical sense whatsoever, each of your destination or a set of direc­ ests have often been met with excessive force would need to help Iraq avoid the worst­case during my World Championship cation data. Google reminds me group, including the Grandmasters, tions, you might still find your way by authorities leading to over 400 deaths. scenario. For this, it needs to hold Iraq’s match against Karpov in Lausanne, there’s a flight to catch, pops up di­ placed only three or four pieces cor­ there. It works in the same way as a Last week, unknown gunmen massacred 22 hand to foster political reforms and help when three­and­a­half inch floppy rections to a restaurant I’m about to rectly. It showed that Grandmasters person recalling trivia through a sto­ protestors and three policemen in Baghdad. create credible and effective socio­political disks were still in vogue. Every night, visit, and on many days I have a didn’t look at or commit to memory ry that makes the facts stick in their Although the agitators reject the current institutions. Over the past 70 years, India has whatever preparation had been birthday alarm going off, making me the positions of individual pieces; head. Who’s ever going to forget political system, they lack a precise alterna­ created such institutions suited for a multi­ worked on would be backed up, choke on my morning cereal, and I rather, they remembered pieces in Isaac Newton and the discovery of tive. They call for a revolution to dismantle ethnic developing society. This makes it stored in floppies and stowed away in can’t for the life of me remember groups, structures or patterns. gravity, for example? An apple falling the Muhasasa system of sect­based alloca­ compatible to partner with Iraq. Moreover, a safe by Aruna. One night after put­ whom I’d set it for. on his head while he was sitting in tion of government positions and replace it India’s millennia­long civilisational ties with ting away the disks, she turned to me Broadly, chess players tend to be Converting a picture into a story the garden and the flash of brilliant with direct elections and meritocracy. While Mesopotamia give it a tradition of goodwill with a knowing smile and told me the subject of envy for their eidetic So, essentially what chess players insight that inspired the understand­ they are resolute and united, the absence of with all sections of Iraqi society. This legacy that the code to unlock the safe was memory — or at least what’s com­ have isn’t an inexplicably photo­ ing of gravitational force is perhaps any hierarchy or nationwide coordination needs to be leveraged not only to help trans­ easy to recall, 2706. Confused, I com­ monly perceived as eidetic memory. graphic memory, but contextual me­ the best­known anecdote in the stu­ renders them vulnerable to manipulation form Iraq, but also revitalise India’s bilateral mented, ‘That’s a silly code... Which This belief was debunked by the mory. What most of us do is convert dy of science. The story that goes and divisions. But then, these attributes also ties with this friendly country in the extend­ player has a rating like that?’ Live Elo Dutch psychologist and chess player a picture into a story. The mental so­ with the discovery makes it allow them moral high ground and focus. ed neighbourhood. ratings weren’t around then and rat­ Adriaan de Groot more than half a liloquy in a seasoned player’s head unforgettable. Arrayed against the utopian and inexpe­ ings were usually updated to a diffe­ decade ago through his experiments. goes something like this: ‘Oh, these rienced youth are formidable forces: the wily Mahesh Sachdev, a retired diplomat, was Ambassador rence of five. Aruna looked aghast. He tested four categories of players three pawns haven’t been moved, so Excerpted with permission from Hachette politico­clergy nexus (and their sectarian to Algeria, Norway and Nigeria. He heads Eco­ From the look in her eyes I could of varying strengths — Grandmaster, White was basically moving these India militias), anarchists like al Qaeda and IS Diplomacy and Strategies in New Delhi

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Congress and Partition FROM THE ARCHIVES

The idea of a religious basis for nations came from FIFTY YEARS AGO DECEMBER 11, 1969 the Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League UPSC papers in 15 languages V. Sudarshan increased Linlithgow’s political inte­ raction with and dependence on the Government has taken up with the Union During the course of the debate on Muslim League. Eventually, Jinnah Public Service Commission the question of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, (and the Hindu Mahasabha) did not preparing question papers for its examina­ 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah said, support the Quit India Movement. tions in all the 15 languages mentioned in the “If the Congress had not divided this British Prime Minister Winston Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. Reply­ country on the basis of religion, there Churchill, predisposed to managing ing to Mr. S. S. Bhandari and other Jan Sangh would be no need to bring in this bill. situations through divisions, saw in­ members in Rajya Sabha to­day [December It was the Congress that divided the nate merit in supporting Jinnah rath­ 10, New Delhi], Mr. V. C. Shukla, Minister of country on religious lines, not us.” It er than giving into the Congress’s de­ State for Home Affairs, said that the use of 15 is important to note that Mr. Shah’s mands. Soon after Jinnah articulated languages, in addition to English, had been comments are misleading; the truth the idea of Pakistan in the Lahore Re­ permitted for two subjects in the combined is far more complicated. solution of 1940, the British endorsed competitive examination conducted by The events leading up to Partition the essence of it, thereby pushing the UPSC this year. Mr. Shukla said UPSC had involved a bewildering array of his­ idea further into the realm of reality. pointed out certain difficulties in setting the torical characters and motives, often question papers in all the 15 languages but at variance with one another. Mr. Failure of the Congress they were trying to overcome these difficul­ Shah also overlooks the body of evi­ It is also a fact that the Congress ties. The Jan Sangh members had demanded dence that suggests that it is difficult failed in persuading either Jinnah to that Hindi should be introduced with En­ to influence the course of history if give up his separatist dream or in CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC glish in question papers of UPSC competitive various groups are united compre­ convincing the British to not help Jin­ DATA POINT examination and for interviews. Mr. Shukla hensively for or against an idea. nah take that path. The Quit India said it was not at present possible to indicate The idea of religious identity being Movement also contributed to the when Hindi would be permitted to be used, the basis for Partition has less to do steady drift between the goals of the in addition to English, for the interviews or with the Congress and more to do Congress and those of the British . In for the use of all regional languages for all with the ardent advocates of a com­ 1942, the Congress rejected the re­ subjects in UPSC examinations. munal notion of nation­building — commendations of the Stafford V.D. Savarkar of the Hindu Mahasab­ Cripps mission that endorsed the ha and Muhammad Ali Jinnah of the idea of Partition. Even before Parti­ A HUNDRED YEARS AGO DECEMBER 11, 1919 Muslim League. The Muslim League tion, the failure of talks between Jin­ had a firm grasp on the political value nah and the Congress had a fallout on Preparations at Amritsar. of such an idea. Jinnah outma­ the ground, helped by a parallel rise noeuvred political opponents on his of extremist views and forces on both The people of Amritsar have shown wonder­ way towards establishing Pakistan. sides of the political spectrum. Till as ful tenacity of purpose and an abundant late as 1946, the Congress remained fund of spirit and perseverance in connec­ An idea that grew opposed to the idea of nations being tion with the holding of the next session of By 1940, the germ of the idea, pro­ carved on the basis of religious the Indian National Congress at Amritsar. pounded initially in 1923 by Savarkar, identities. They have over come by well directed firm­ had seized Jinnah’s imagination and The various rifts came to the sur­ ness all obstacles in their way. They are now was fuelled by events on the ground. face in the riots in West Bengal after a straining every nerve to make the coming From the beginning, both M.K. Gand­ political fallout between Nehru and Congress an unprecedented success. They hi and Jawaharlal Nehru rejected the Jinnah. Jinnah called for “direct ac­ deserve our good wishes and hearty idea. tion” to realise the idea of Pakistan. support. When World War 2 broke out to­ Thousands died as the riots began in Various attempts have been made to dis­ wards the end of 1939, Lord Linlith­ August 1946. Trouble began to suade the people of Amritsar from fulfilling gow, the then Viceroy of India, did spread to Noakhali in West Bengal their pledge to the nation. A deplorable in­ not receive the kind of support that and Bihar. This was probably the stance of this nature came to my notice a he wanted from the Congress for war turning point when Congress leaders short time ago. “The Civil and Military Ga­ efforts, even though there were sub­ saw no further point fighting the idea zette” of 31st October published a letter from stantial differences of opinion on the that Jinnah had presented, the idea the pen of Risaldar. S.B. Partap Singh who way forward between Nehru and that the British had assiduously foist­ certifies himself to be “experienced in mili­ Gandhi. The Congress promised ed and aggressively worked towards. tary and civil services” and to have “ruled on help, but with heavy caveats, includ­ The short answer to Mr. Shah’s native state to the satisfaction of the Govern­ ing independence at the end of the postulation is it was not Congress ment.” He believes that “outsiders” who are war. On the other hand, Jinnah was that caused the division along reli­ responsible for the “irreparable losses” in far more canny, less conditional, and gious lines. It was the last to reluc­ the Punjab “are again arranging” to hold the more tactical in extending his sup­ tantly go along, for want of a better Congress at Amritsar. “Punjab” writes the port. As the Congress increased pres­ alternative, all things considered. Sardar “should be saved any how”. And that sure on the British, Jinnah, with the he seems to believe can be best done by backing of Bengal, Punjab and Sindh, [email protected] abusing the educated Indians! 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The protesters in Assam paramilitary forces. There will be no interference from our side, says Union Home Minister blocked the movement of Such was the anger that trains and vehicular traffic the protesters prevented the Special Correspondent the past. “Farooq Abdullah’s forcing the cancellation of movement of VIPs such as NEW DELHI father was kept in jail for 11 some trains. Assam’s Education Minister Home Minister Amit Shah on years by the Congress. We “The protest this time is Siddhartha Bhattacharya Tuesday told the Lok Sabha don’t want to follow them more intense than the one forcing his convoy to return that it was for the local admi­ and as soon as the adminis­ in January. The common pe­ to his private residence. Ma­ nistration of Jammu and tration decides, they will be ople have risen against an ny staged protests outside Kashmir to make an assess­ released.” In order: Rajya Sabha chairperson M. Venkaiah Naidu during anti­constitutional Bill that the houses of the MLAs of ment on just when detained All leaders should be con­ the proceedings on Tuesday. * PTI threatens their land, lan­ the ruling BJP and Asom Ga­ political leaders in the Valley cerned about political lead­ guage and culture,” said Lu­ na Parishad with mobs at­ were to be released, and that ers in the Valley. But if lead­ rinjyoti Gogoi, general se­ tacking or damaging the of­ the Centre was not going to ers were more worried Women don’t need cretary of the All Assam fices of these political interfere in the process. about the people of Kashmir, Students’ Union, a consti­ parties in some semi­urban “The government has no Making a point: Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaking in it would send a better mes­ tuent of NESO. areas. intention to keep any leader the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. * PTI sage, he said. Mr. Shah said firearms: RS Chairman In Guwahati, a large num­ Apart from writers and under custody even for one the situation was normal. ber of people laid siege to intellectuals, some film per­ more day,” he said in res­ leaders will be released. We Taking a potshot at the “99.5% of students of 11th strategic areas chanting an­ sonalities and singers too hit ponse to a question by lead­ don’t want to keep anyone Congress, Mr. Shah said that class sat for exams there, but Others will protect them, he tells MPs ti­BJP and anti­government the streets and decided er of the Congress Legisla­ [leaders] in jail even for a Farooq Abdullah, former for Adhir Ranjanji, this is not slogans and burning tyres. against taking part in any ture Party in the Lok Sabha day more than that is re­ Chief Minister of Jammu and normalcy; seven lakh people Special Correspondent ‘Rape in India’, not Some tried to march to Dis­ government functions. They Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary on quired. As and when the lo­ Kashmir, had been in custo­ availed OPD services in Sri­ NEW DELHI ‘Make in India’: Adhir pur, the State’s seat of pow­ also called for the boycott of normalcy in the State and cal administration feels the dy for six months, whereas nagar; Section 144 removed With two women MPs ask­ New Delhi er, but were prevented on the Indo­Japan summit from detention of political time is appropriate, they will his father, the late Sheikh from everywhere. But for ing to speak as the discus­ Congress leader Adhir the way by the police and December 15­17. leaders. be released. There will be no Abdullah, had been kept Adhirji, only parameter for sion on the Arms (Amend­ Ranjan Chowdhury raised “It is for local administra­ interference from our side,” confined for 11 years by the normalcy is political activi­ ment) Bill, 2019 was the Unnao rape case in the tion to decide when political Mr. Shah said. Congress governments of ty,” he said. wrapping up on Tuesday Lok Sabha on Tuesday evening, Rajya Sabha chair­ during Zero Hour, stating SC flags delay in HC person M. Venkaiah Naidu that the country was remarked that he thought gradually moving towards women did not need fi­ “rape in India” from “make judges’ appointment Restore normalcy in Kashmir: EU rearms and that others in India”. “There have been would protect them. many incidents in the past On the Supreme Court colle­ Law Ministry; the time pe­ “In my opinion, women — from Kathua to Unnao — gium clearing the recom­ riod between these two ‘It is crucial freedom of movement and means of communication are restored’ don’t need firearms, others where women/girls have mendees, the Union Law dates; the date when the col­ will protect you,” he said. been gang­raped and Ministry has to put up with­ legium cleared the names; Suhasini Haidar ity concerns,” he added, dis­ Parliament in October was in Though he said the time killed,” he said, highlighting in three weeks the recom­ the time period, etc. NEW DELHI closing that the issue of de­ their individual capacities allotted to the discussion the case of the 23­year­old mendations to the Prime Mi­ The European Union re­ tentions and the Internet and “not an expression of EU had finished, he said, “One rape victim in Unnao, who nister who would advise the Falling appointments mains “concerned” about ban had been discussed on policy.” of the two women” could was recently set ablaze by President on the appoint­ The Bench observed in the the situation in Jammu and several occasions by the EU Responding to questions speak. five men. ment. However, no time li­ order that the number of Kashmir and its position has High Representative Federi­ about the Citizenship He then allowed BJP MP DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD mit has been prescribed for judges appointed to the not changed in the months ca Mogherini and External Amendment Bill, which was Roopa Ganguly to speak. action by the Prime Minister High Courts has steadily since the government’s deci­ Affairs Minister S. passed by the Lok Sabha on She said that she had been Arms (Amendment) Bill, and the President. dipped since 2017. Judicial sion on Article 370, the new­ Jaishankar. Tuesday, Mr. Astuto said it shooting since childhood 2019 was introduced by Mi­ The Bench directed that appointments to High ly appointed EU Ambassa­ Significantly Mr. Astuto’s had not been discussed bet­ and that she enjoyed it. nister of State for Home Af­ the list, which has to be vet­ Courts have nearly halved in dor said here on Tuesday. call for a restoration of nor­ ween the EU and the govern­ fairs G. Kishan Reddy in the ted by Attorney General 2019 compared to 2017 and Speaking to journalists, malcy came on a day Home ment yet. Arms Act Bill passed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday K.K. Venugopal, to also in­ 2018. Ambassador Ugo Astuto also Ugo Astuto Minister Amit Shah told Par­ “The Indian Constitution A Bill amending the Arms afternoon. clude other details of the 213 Only 65 judges have been said the EU was following the liament that the situation in guarantees equality before Act, 1959 to bring in stricter Apart from increasing the pending names, including appointed to High Courts in debate in Parliament over said Mr. Astuto, in his first Jammu and Kashmir is “com­ the law and prohibits all punishments for those in­ punishments for dealing in the date when each recom­ 2019. It was 115 in 2017 and the Citizenship Amendment press appearance after re­ pletely normal.” forms of discriminations. volved in the trade and use illegal arms, the Bill makes mendation was made by the 108 in 2018. The High Courts Bill and hoped that India’s ceiving his credentials. “It is Mr. Astuto said the EU has These are principles that we of illegal firearms and to re­ snatching of a firearm from High Court collegium con­ are functioning at nearly constitutional traditions crucial that freedom of not at present put in re­ share, the European Union duce the number of licensed security personnel an of­ cerned; date when the re­ 50% of their sanctioned jud­ would be upheld. movement and means of quests to visit Jammu and and India, and I trust that firearms a person could fence carrying a 10­year to commendation was for­ icial strength. Of a total “The European Union is communication are restored Kashmir to assess the situa­ the outcome of discussions keep from three to two was life imprisonment term and warded to the collegium 1,079 judges sanctioned in concerned about the situa­ along with all essential ser­ tion, as the U.S. and other [on the Citizenship Amend­ passed by Parliament on using firearms in celebrato­ after consulting with the the High Courts, there are tion on the ground, specifi­ vices. We have urged a resto­ countries have, and added ment Bill] will be in line with Tuesday. ry firing punishable with up State government by the 410 vacancies. cally about the restrictions ration of normalcy, while we that the visit of more than 20 the high standards set by the After being passed in the to two years in jail and/or a on fundamental freedoms,” do understand India’s secur­ Members of the European Constitution,” he added. Lok Sabha on Monday, the ₹1 lakh fine.

Muslim teacher at BHU Campaigning IN BRIEF switches to Arts stream for Jharkhand ‘RBI didn’t stop SBI role in poll bonds’ polls ends Some students and mem­ The resignation came on Sitharaman says the central bank was involved in the consultation process bers of the Akhil Bharatiya the day Shantilal Salvi, a Da­ Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), lit assistant professor in the Staff Reporter Special Correspondent the Central Board (CCB) of of EBs in electronic (Demat) BHUBANESWAR the students wing of the Literature department of New Delhi the RBI in its meeting held format only with the bond RSS, have, since November the SVDV, alleged that he Campaigning ended on Finance Minister Nirmala on October 11, 2017 indirect­ holders sharing a unique ‘1.29 lakh in Assam 7, opposed Mr. Khan’s ap­ was attacked by a group of Tuesday for the third Sitharaman informed the Ra­ ly agreed for electoral bonds identifier with the political declared as foreigners’ pointment, saying he was students for supporting Mr. phase of the Jharkhand As­ jya Sabha on Tuesday that to be issued if it was done by party may take away a key NEW DELHI ineligible to teach in the fa­ Khan. sembly elections to be held the Reserve Bank of India the SBI. feature of the scheme, which in 17 constituencies in eight As many as 1,29,009 people culty, being a Muslim. Mr. Salvi has been among (RBI) had not objected to the The Bank in the CCB is to protect the identity of were declared as foreigners districts on Thursday. While they had called off the few faculty members issuance of electoral bonds meeting and other internal the donor from the political and 1,14,225 as Indian citizens In the December 12 poll, their dharna for 10 days and who openly spoke out through the State Bank of In­ fora would have discussed parties. till October last by the issued an ultimatum to the against the treatment meted a total of 309 candidates, dia (SBI). the multiple facets of the Besides, she said physical foreigners tribunals (FTs) in varsity, the students res­ out to Mr. Khan. including 32 women, are in Replying to a supplemen­ electoral bond schemes. scrips would help in popula­ Assam, Minister of State for umed the protest last week, An FIR was lodged at the the fray. The highest num­ tary during the Question She said the proceedings rising EBs and cover people Home Affairs Nityanand Rai even as the faculty re­ Lanka police station against ber of 31 candidates are Hour on electoral bonds of the CCB mentioned that of all strata of society. told the Lok Sabha. Among mained shut since the prot­ Shubham Tiwary, a Ph.D. contesting from the Icha­ through the SBI, the Finance Nirmala Sitharaman “the CCB supported the Small donors may not be the foreigners deported this ests and due to the sche­ scholar, Professor Kausha­ garh Assembly segment, Minister said that being a sta­ bank’s [RBI’s] stand on not familiar and comfortable year, four were Bangladeshi duled examinations. lendra Pandey, Munish Mis­ while Ranchi and Kanke keholder, the RBI was in­ going to issue it and also the issuing the EBs in scrip form, with the digital processing nationals and two Afghans, “For some reasons, he hra, an outsider, and an un­ have 12 candidates each. Of volved in extensive consulta­ proforma with which it is go­ and observed that if the go­ and would like to get a phys­ he stated, quoting could not join there [SVDV]. known person on charges of the 17 seats going to poll, tions with the government at ing to be issued. These con­ vernment decides to issue ical bond. information made available Incidentally, he got two criminal assault and rele­ one is reserved for Sche­ the stage of sultations were recorded, EB in scrip form through the In reply to another sup­ by the State government. In a more opportunities, a total vant sections of the SC/ST duled Tribes while two are conceptualisation. but, at the end of it, as long SBI, the bank [RBI] should plementary, the Minister written reply to a question, of three opportunities. Act. reserved for Scheduled “RBI, being a stakeholder, as the bonds were going to let it be.” The main reasons said the government could he said that no child had been declared foreigner. Among all three, he accept­ Incidentally, some of the Castes. was involved in the consulta­ be issued by the SBI, they did for issuing EBs in bearer not access the information of ed the post he preferred the students who allegedly at­ Jharkhand’s Chief Elec­ tion process and during the not have an objection. So, form are to bring in transpa­ anonymous donors because most. It is a good thing for tacked Mr. Salvi, were also toral Officer Vinay Chou­ consultation process, they when said ‘indirectly’, it rency to funding in the polit­ the gazette notification clear­ Trinamool MPs demand him,” said Mr. Pandey. The heading the protests against bey said security had been had certain questions to ask meant, subject to that,” Ms. ical system, she said. ly says that it had to be a mat­ recall of Governor BHU is yet to issue a state­ Mr. Khan, including Mr. Tiw­ beefed up for the smooth about the particular plat­ Sitharaman said. The Minister said the ter of confidentiality by the NEW DELHI ment. ary. conduct of polling. form of issuance as to who is She said the Committee of RBI’s suggestion on issuance issuing authority. Trinamool members walked out of the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday after Zero Hour protesting against West Bengal Governor Jagdeep RCEP decision not last minute: Goyal Lok Sabha nod for Bill extending Dhankhar for allegedly withholding the SC and ST legislation cleared by the SC/ST quota in State legislatures Assembly. As soon as India should have put a pause at the beginning itself, says Union Minister Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu announced Question Hour, Special Correspondent government for not negotiat­ MPs call for continuing nomination of Anglo­Indians the MPs barged into the Well NEW DELHI ing the pacts more favoura­ demanding raising of an issue India’s decision to leave the bly for Indian companies. He Special Correspondent The reservation for An­ isn’t enough; this intellec­ related to the Governor. Party Regional Comprehensive said that the RCEP negotia­ NEW DELHI glo­Indians in the form of tual untouchability has to MP Derek O'Brien tried to Economic Partnership tors’ refusal to consider the The Lok Sabha on Tuesday “nomination” is set to expire end.” Sougata Ray of the Tri­ raise the issue but the (RCEP) was not taken at the services sector in the agree­ passed the Constitution on January 25 as the Bill namool questioned the fi­ Chairman did not allow. last minute, Commerce and ment was a major factor, as (One Hundred and Twenty­ does not extend the facility gures released by the Minis­ Industry Minister Piyush were concerns over rules of Sixth Amendment) Bill, to the community. The Mi­ ter on the number of J&K status altered Goyal told Parliament, in a origin, non­tariff barriers, 2019, which continues the nister, in his reply, said Anglo­Indians in India. irreversibly: Faesal statement, on Tuesday while and the subsidy regime in reservation of seats for the doors were not shut and the “The Minister is seeking NEW DELHI The President’s proclamation defending the government’s UPA government’s decision put a pause at the beginning some RCEP countries. Scheduled Castes and Sche­ matter would be considered. to take away what Dr. Am­ to scrap the special status decision to quit the 16­nation to join RCEP talks had been a itself,” Mr. Goyal contended “A comparison of mer­ duled Tribes for another 10 Speaking during the dis­ bedkar gave us. Anglo­In­ accorded to Jammu and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) mistake in the first place. when members from the chandise trade with these years, till January 25, 2030. cussion, Congress leader Ad­ dians have contributed im­ Kashmir on August 5 and the among the ASEAN and other “Nothing happened in the Congress, Trinamool Con­ countries reveals that India’s Law Minister Ravi Shan­ hir Ranjan Chowdhury said mensely for the country. Do subsequent “rushing through” countries. past few days,” Mr. Goyal gress, RJD, CPI and CPM trade deficit has steadily in­ kar Prasad noted that the qu­ the Minister should move an not obliterate a community of the State’s reorganisation In a heated exchange with said. “Other countries knew sought to counter him about creased. For example, the ota in legislatures was re­ amendment to the Bill to the of proud people,” the MP law by Parliament amounted Congress leader Jairam Ra­ what direction we were go­ the timing of the decision. trade deficit with ASEAN quired to build a new effect of extending the SC/ST said. TDP MP K. Ram Mohan to an “irreversible” alteration mesh and other Opposition ing in, and that if our con­ from 2010­11 until 2018­19 in­ political leadership of the reservation for 10 years but Naidu, while supporting the without taking the consent of members, who asked why cerns were not met, we Sticking points creased more than 4 times two communities. The Bill should have been more con­ Bill, said that with 98% jobs the Kashmiri people, IAS the government had would not stay in RCEP,” he In his statement to the upper from $5.0 billion to $21.8 bil­ was passed with 352 mem­ siderate of Anglo­Indians. in the private sector, the go­ topper-turned-J&K political “pressed the pause button” said, adding that the final de­ house, Mr. Goyal listed sev­ lion. In fact, the merchan­ bers in favour and none vernment must also look at leader Shah Faesal contended at the last minute, Mr. Goyal cision to pull out of the talks eral reasons for the govern­ dise deficit with all the RCEP against. The reservation for ‘Quotas not enough’ extending the reservation in his petition before the denied that there had been a at the RCEP summit on No­ ment’s call on RCEP, includ­ countries increased more SCs, STs and Anglo­Indians Stating that the admission fi­ cover. Advocating for the Supreme Court on Tuesday. sudden change in policy on vember 4 was taken by ing the trade deficits India than 9 times from $7.1 billion given for the past 70 years in gures in the IIMs and IITs of Anglo­Indian community, he The petition challenged the the accord, which had been Prime Minister Narendra faces with 12 of the 15 RCEP in 2003­04 to $65.1 billion in the Lok Sabha and the As­ SC/ST communities were ve­ noted that the government constitutionality of the negotiated since 2012, and Modi. “India should not have partners it already has FTAs 2013­14,” Mr. Goyal informed semblies was due to end on ry low, DMK MP Kanimozhi was duty­bound to protect Jammu and Kashmir indicated that the previous joined RCEP, it should have with, and blamed the UPA the Rajya Sabha. January 25, 2020. said, “Reservation alone these Indians too. Reorganisation Act, 2019. 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720 eminent Nagaland brings ILP in Dimapur people flay U.S. panel recommends November 21, CAB, NRC sanctions against Amit Shah 1979, is the cut­off Special Correspondent date for people NEW DELHI ‘Bill sets a legal criterion for citizenship based on religion’ from outside More than 720 writers, ac­ tors and activists have spo­ Sriram Lakshman If the CAB passes in sam and nationwide NRC WASHINGTON <> Vijaita Singh ken out against both the Ci­ both Houses of that the Home Minister New Delhi tizenship Amendment Bill In the wake of the passage of seeks to propose, USCIRF Parliament, the Even as the Lok Sabha debat­ and the NPR­NRC, calling the Citizenship Amendment fears that the Indian govern­ United States ed the Citizenship (Amend­ them “ill­conceived.” Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha, ment is creating a religious ment) Bill, 2019, on Monday, In a statement signed by the U.S. International Com­ government test for Indian citizenship the Nagaland government Justices P.B. Sawant (SC mission on Religious Free­ should consider that would strip citizenship extended the Inner Line Per­ retd.), Hosbet Suresh dom (USCIRF) has expressed sanctions against from millions of Muslims,” it mit (ILP) system to Dimapur, (Bombay HC retd.) and concern over it and consi­ the Home Minister said. the commercial hub of the B.G. Kolse Patil (ex­Bombay dered recommending sanc­ and other State. HC), and Javed Akhtar, tions against Home Minister principal Not warranted: India The decision makes it Harsh Mander, Aparna Sen Amit Shah and other top leadership In response, the External Af­ mandatory for “every non­ Rage of a region: People protesting during the 12-hour Assam bandh called by the North East and Swami Agnivesh, leaders. U.S. International Commission on fairs Ministry said India had indigenous person” who en­ Students’ Organisation in Guwahati on Tuesday. * RITU RAJ KONWAR among others, the group “If the CAB passes in both Religious Freedom the prerogative to validate tered the district after No­ said: “We must unequivo­ Houses of Parliament, the its citizenry through various vember 21, 1979, to obtain an “mini India”, Dimapur dis­ tution. Residents of other There have been protests cally reject CAB 2019 and United States government excludes Muslims, setting a policies like any other coun­ ILP within 90 days. trict has a mixed population. States have to mandatorily across the northeastern at the same time in the should consider sanctions legal criterion for citizenship try. “The statement made by The notification said non­ obtain an ILP to visit the pro­ States against the Bill that same breath, NPR/NRC.” against the Home Minister based on religion. The CAB the USCIRF is neither accu­ indigenous persons living in Exempt from CAB tected States. nullifies the 1985 Assam Ac­ “For the first time there and other principal leader­ is a dangerous turn in the rate nor warranted. The Bill Dimapur prior to November Nagaland, Arunachal Pra­ On Monday, Home Minis­ cord, which called for detec­ is a statutory attempt to ship,” a December 9 state­ wrong direction; it runs provides expedited consid­ 21, 1979, would have to pro­ desh and Mizoram, protect­ ter Amit Shah told the Lok tion and deportation of not just privilege peoples ment from the USCIRF said. counter to India’s rich histo­ eration for Indian citizen­ duce documents as evidence ed by the ILP requirement, Sabha that Manipur would anyone who entered the from some faiths but at the The Commission, an inde­ ry of secular pluralism and ship to persecuted religious to get a certificate from the have been exempted from be brought under the ILP State after March 24, 1971. same time relegate anoth­ pendent and bi­partisan fed­ the Indian Constitution, minorities already in India Deputy Commissioner for the provisions of the CAB system, exempting it from The Bill makes the Accord er, Muslims, to second­rate eral government body, which guarantees equality from certain contiguous exemption from the permit along with the whole of provisions of the CAB. Ex­ redundant as it is likely to be­ status,” noted the group. called the Bill’s passage before the law regardless of countries...,” said Ministry system. Meghalaya, Mizoram and the cept non­tribal areas in As­ nefit non­Muslims among “...the present govern­ “deeply troubling” . faith,” it said. spokesperson Raveesh Ku­ Except Dimapur, the ILP tribal areas of Tripura and sam and Tripura, the entire the over 19 lakh people ex­ ment appears intent on “The CAB enshrines a “In conjunction with the mar. has been applicable to the Assam as covered in the northeast has been exempt­ cluded from the National Re­ causing huge upheavals pathway to citizenship for ongoing National Register of (With inputs from rest of Nagaland. Known as Sixth Schedule of the Consti­ ed from the CAB. gister of Citizens. within Indian society.” immigrants that specifically Citizens (NRC) process in As­ Kallol Bhattacherjee) JD(U) leaders slam party for Congress hints at moving Sena to oppose Bill in RS, Supreme Court on CAB supporting Citizenship Bill Bill is unconstitutional, says Rahul seeks clarity on queries

Special Correspondent It violates secular principle, say Prashant Kishor, Pavan Verma NEW DELHI The party voted for the Bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday A day after the Citizenship Special Correspondent country, apart from being Amendment Bill (CAB) was Special Correspondent gest party in the Rajya Sabha NEW DELHI against the secular princi­ passed in the Lok Sabha, the New Delhi/ Mumbai with 83 members, has the The passage of the Citizen­ ples of the JD(U). Gandhiji Congress on Tuesday target­ In a political somersault, support of the AIADMK (11), ship (Amendment) Bill, would have strongly disap­ ed the government. The par­ Maharashtra Chief Minister BJD (seven), JD(U) (six), Akali 2019, in the Lok Sabha on proved of it,” he tweeted. ty appeared to be preparing Uddhav Thackeray an­ Dal (three), TDP and YSR Monday has sent ripples to move the top court on the nounced on Tuesday that Congress Party (two each), across BJP ally Janata Dal(U), Party unfazed issue, as the Opposition may the Shiv Sena would oppose and Sikkim Democratic with party vice­president While the party did not com­ not have the numbers to the Citizenship Amendment Front, Bodoland People’s Prashant Kishor and nation­ ment specifically on Mr. stall the Bill’s passage in the Bill in the Rajya Sabha till Front, Naga People’s Front, al general secretary Pavan Kishor or Mr. Verma’s com­ Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Rahul Gandhi there was clarity on the qu­ Lok Janshakti Party, RPI, Verma expressing disap­ ments, Rajya Sabha member Former party chief Rahul eries posed by the party dur­ Uddhav Thackeray PMK and AGP (one each), pointment over the party’s Prashant Kishor and JD(U) Bihar unit chief Gandhi said in a tweet, “The unconstitutional and the ing the debate in the Lok along with four Indepen­ support for the Bill. Bashishstha Narayan Singh #CAB is an attack on the In­ battleground shifts to the Sabha. the Shiv Sena with three dents and three nominated In a tweet late on Monday ries the word secular thrice said the party was keeping dian Constitution. Anyone Supreme Court,” he said in a On Monday, the Sena had members will not alter the members. Together they night, Mr. Kishor sought to on the very first page and to its stance of supporting who supports it is attacking tweet. voted with the government equation in the Rajya Sabha. stand at 128. underscore that the Bill was the leadership that is sup­ the Bill in the Rajya Sabha as and attempting to destroy Congress general secre­ on the Bill. The Congress with 46 mem­ According to sources, Se­ “incongruous” with the con­ posedly guided by Gandhian well. “There is a line the par­ the foundation of our tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Speaking to reporters in bers, Trinamool (13), SP na MPs were originally in­ stitution of the party, head­ ideals,” the poll strategist­ ty has taken and will keep to nation.” said in a tweet, “Last night Mumbai, Mr. Thackeray said (nine), TRS (six), DMK (five), structed to abstain from vot­ ed by Bihar Chief Minister turned­politician tweeted. it,” Mr. Singh told The Hin- Former Union Finance at midnight, India’s tryst a detailed discussion on the NCP (four) , RJD (four), CPI ing. The decision was Nitish Kumar, which swore Mr. Verma too took to the du. Minister P. Chidambaram with bigotry and narrow Bill was necessary. “We need (M) (five), BSP (four), AAP changed at the last moment by secularism and Gandhian micro blogging site on Tues­ Participating in the de­ said the Supreme Court minded exclusion was con­ to change this notion that (three), PDP (two) and JD(S), under pressure from a se­ ideals. day to express much the bate on the Bill, the party’s would now be the battle­ firmed as the CAB was one who supports the Bill CPI, MDMK, IUML and Kera­ nior Lok Sabha member of “Disappointed to see JDU same. “I urge Shri Nitish Ku­ leader in Lok Sabha, Rajiv ground of the contentious passed in the Lok Sabha. and the BJP is a patriot and la Congress(M) (one each) the party. The displeasure of supporting #CAB that dis­ mar to reconsider support to Ranjan alias Lalan Singh, Bill, as “elected representa­ Our forefathers gave their li­ one who opposes it is anti­ are opposed to the Bill. With the NCP and the Congress criminates right of citizen­ the CAB in Rajya Sabha. The said the JD(U) was support­ tives had abdicated their feblood for our freedom. In national. The government two Independents and one over the difference of opi­ ship on the basis of religion. Bill is unconstitutional, dis­ ing the legislation since it responsibility”. “CAB is un­ that freedom, is enshrined should answer all the issues nominated member, they nion was conveyed to Sena It’s incongruous with the criminatory, and against the was “not against constitutional. Parliament the right to equality, and the raised on the Bill,” he said. have a total of 109. leader and Rajya Sabha party’s constitution that car­ unity and harmony of the secularism”. passes a Bill that is patently right to freedom of religion.” The change in stance of The BJP, which is the lar­ member Sanjay Raut. 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DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Trump to face two impeachment charges Suu Kyi in ICJ to defend Democrats in the House of Representatives accuse him of abusing power and obstructing Congress Myanmar in genocide case Sriram Lakshman sident, is above the law”. WASHINGTON House Intelligence Com­ Gambia’s team details mass rapes, burning alive of families U.S. President Donald mittee Chairman Adam Trump is being formally Schiff said the argument that Reuters charged with abuse of power Democrats should have wait­ THE HAGUE and obstruction of Congress ed for the courts to compel Mass rapes, the burning in the impeachment inquiry individuals who had been or­ alive of Muslim Rohingya fa­ into his dealings with Uk­ dered by the White House milies in their homes and raine, leading House Demo­ not to testify before the im­ the killing with knives of do­ crats announced on peachment panel, was giving zens of children were de­ Tuesday. Mr. Trump the opportunity scribed by Gambia’s legal The House Judiciary Com­ to cheat again. team as it set out its geno­ mittee will vote on the arti­ “The argument, ‘Why cide case against Myanmar cles later this week, before don’t you just wait?’ at the U.N.’s highest court on recommending them to the amounts to this: ‘Why don’t Tuesday. full House, the committee’s you just let him cheat in one Myanmar’s leader and chairman Jerrold Nadler said Impeachment roadmap: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressing the media in Washington. * AFP more election? Why not let Nobel Peace laureate Aung Battle lines drawn: Aung San Suu Kyi at the start of a three- at a press briefing, where the him cheat just one more San Suu Kyi looked on im­ day hearing on a Rohingya genocide case at the ICJ. * AFP House’s Democratic leader­ that Mr. Trump will not be probe a thus far unsubstan­ exactly what president time? Why not let him have passively as the alleged ship, including Speaker Nan­ convicted by the Senate, tiated theory that Ukraine trump did when he solicited foreign help just one more atrocities were detailed on cide of its own people.” on the floor: young boys cy Pelosi were present. which is controlled by had meddled in the 2016 and pressured Ukraine to in­ time?’,” Mr. Schiff said. the first of three days of Suu Kyi is expected on from our village,” Mr. Loe­ Mr. Trump is the fourth Republicans. American elections. terfere in our 2020 presiden­ hearings at the International Wednesday to repeat denials wenstein quoted from one President in American histo­ Based on their impeach­ “Our President holds the tial election,” he said, about It’s witch hunt: Trump Court of Justice in The of genocide and argue that survivor’s testimony to the ry to face the prospect of a ment inquiry of over two ultimate public trust. When the abuse of power charge. “WITCH HUNT!” Mr. Trump Hague. The case was institut­ military “clearance opera­ U.N. fact­finding mission. House impeachment, after months, House Democrats he betrays that trust, and A 300­page report by tweeted shortly after the De­ ed by Gambia against Budd­ tions” launched in August “As we entered the house, Andrew Johnson, Richard have concluded that Mr. puts himself before country, House Democrats last week mocrats’ press briefing had hist­majority Myanmar in 2017 were a legitimate coun­ the soldiers locked the door. Nixon (who resigned before Trump conditioned a White he endangers the Constitu­ on their impeachment inqui­ concluded. The President al­ November. terterrorism response to at­ One soldier raped me. He the vote) and Bill Clinton. House meeting with Ukrai­ tion, he endangers our de­ ry’s conclusions said that Mr. so said that Mr Nadler’s “All that The Gambia asks tacks by Rohingya militants. stabbed me in the back of nian President Volodymyr mocracy and he endangers Trump tried to obstruct the charge that he [ Mr Trump ] is that you tell Myanmar to Detailing events at the vil­ my neck and in my abdo­ Senate trial Zelenksy and the release $ our national security,” Mr. process by trying to publicly pressured Ukraine to inter­ stop these senseless kill­ lage of Min Gyi, Gambia’s la­ men. I was trying to save my If the House votes next week, 391 million in military aid to Nadler said. attack and intimidate wit­ fere in the 2020 election was ings,” Gambia’s Justice Mi­ wyer Andrew Loewenstein baby, who was only 28 days and if they vote to impeach Ukraine on the Ukrainians “It is an impeachable of­ nesses. “President Trump “ridiculous”. nister Abubacarr Tambadou drew on witness accounts old, but they threw him on Mr Trump (as a Democrat­ publicly announcing investi­ fence for the President to ex­ engaged in unprecedented, He has denied any wrong­ said in opening comments. recorded in a report by U.N. the ground and he died.” controlled House is likely to), gations into Mr. Trump’s pol­ ercise the powers of his pu­ categorical and indiscrimi­ doing and the Republicans “To stop these acts of bar­ investigators, who estimated At the end of Tuesday’s he will have to stand trial in itical rival, former Vice­Presi­ blic office to obtain an nate defiance of the im­ have argued that Democrats barity and brutality that 750 people were killed hearing, Gambia asked the the Senate — a process that dent Joseph Biden and his improper personal benefit peachment inquiry,” Mr Na­ have been trying to overturn have shocked and continue there, including over 100 court to order special mea­ could commence early next son, Hunter. Mr. Trump had while ignoring or injuring dler said. the results of the 2016 presi­ to shock our collective con­ children under the age of 6. sures to protect the Rohin­ year. Current indications are also wanted Ukraine to the national interest. That is “No one, not even the Pre­ dential elections. science. To stop this geno­ “There were dead bodies gya. Israeli MPs submit Bill Chile military Cabinet reshuffle not an immediate task: Lam plane missing to dissolve Parliament with 38 aboard She is scheduled to visit Beijing for the on Saturday for a regular vi­ “My first priority now is memade nail bombs disco­ sit to Beijing, where she really to restore law and or­ vered in the grounds of a Associated Press dline, lawmakers from the first time since humiliating poll debacle would brief officials on Hong der in Hong Kong and to en­ school, and are investigating JERUSALEM rival sides together tabled Associated Press Kong’s biggest political crisis sure that Hong Kong could whether the devices were Israeli legislators submitted the Bill. SANTIAGO Reuters cy protesters participated in in decades. continue to move ahead, linked to political unrest in a Bill on Tuesday that would It is expected to go to a Chile’s Air Force lost radio Agence France-Presse the largest rally since their With pressure mounting both economically and so­ the city. dissolve Parliament and vote in Parliament on Wed­ contact with a transport HONG KONG candidates scored a land­ on her government, the Ap- cially,” Ms. Lam said during “The bombs were com­ trigger an unprecedented nesday, setting the date for plane carrying 38 people A reshuffle of Hong Kong’s slide victory in the district ple Daily newspaper, owned her weekly address to the plete, fully functional and third national elections in the next election on March on a flight on Monday Cabinet is not an “immediate elections, raising further by pro­democracy publish­ media. “This is not an imme­ ready to be used,” senior less than a year. 2. evening to the country’s task”, the city’s Beijing­ doubts over how long Beijing ing tycoon Jimmy Lai, re­ diate task that I would ac­ bomb disposal officer Alick Israel has been mired in “Under the exceptional base in Antarctica, and backed leader Carrie Lam is prepared to back Ms. Lam. ported that China was consi­ cord a lot of attention to,” McWhirter said. political deadlock for circumstances that have authorities indicated sever­ said on Tuesday, as she pre­ Declaring her priority was dering a Hong Kong Cabinet she said, when asked about a Nails had been added to months. emerged, and after two ad­ al hours later that they pared to visit the Chinese to restore law and order after reshuffle by end of the year. potential reshuffle. the bombs, which used a ho­ With the two largest par­ jacent election campaigns in were not optimistic about capital for the first time since more than six months of of­ Since the protests began memade ammonium nitrate ties, Likud and Blue and which no government was the aircraft’s fate. her government’s humilia­ ten violent protests, Ms. Lam until now, Ms. Lam has Bomb defused based explosive, to increase White, unable to form a formed, the dissolution of The military said earlier tion at local polls last month. said at a weekly media ad­ avoided mention of the pros­ Meanwhile, Hong Kong pol­ their destructiveness, he power­sharing agreement the 22nd Knesset is being that it had declared an alert On Sunday, pro­democra­ dress that she would depart pects of changes to her team. ice said they defused two ho­ added. ahead of a Wednesday dea­ proposed,” the Bill reads. and activated search and rescue teams. The C­130 Hercules car­ ELSEWHERE ried 17 crew members and Gunman shoots down six, 21 passengers, including ‘U.S., Saudi Arabia at bottom of climate class’ three civilians. The person­ nel were to check on a kills self in Czech hospital For the first time, India ranks among the top 10 in terms of performance: CCPI floating fuel supply line and other equipment at PM describes it as an ‘individual act’ Agence France-Presse dustrial levels. the Chilean base. Madrid China, the world’s largest President Sebastiŕn Piũ­ Reuters Mr. Babis said. He said the The U.S. and Saudi Arabia single emitter, was found to era said via Twitter that he OSTRAVA attacker’s mother was coop­ are among major polluters have taken “medium action” along with his Ministers are Martial law in Southern Philippines may be lifted A 42­year­old gunman killed erating with police. showing “hardly any signs” due to its high investment in at the Air Force headquar­ MANILA six people on Tuesday at a The shooter fled the hos­ of reducing their greenhouse renewables. ters monitoring develop­ President Rodrigo Duterte is hospital waiting room in the pital after the attack, gas production, a global as­ India, for the first time, ments. likely to lift martial law in the eastern Czech city of Ostra­ prompting a manhunt in­ sessment of countries’ emis­ ranks among the top 10 in On Tuesday, the Air southern Philippines by year’s va before fleeing and fatally volving hundreds of officers. sions trajectories said on this year’s Climate Change Force said the plane had end, more than two years shooting himself in the He later shot himself in the Tuesday at United Nations Performance Index (CCPI) not been heard from in after it was imposed to stop head, police said. head in his car with a police climate talks. presented on Tuesday at the more than seven hours and the Islamic State from It was unclear what mo­ helicopter flying overhead. The Climate Change Per­ COP25 climate summit here. likely would have run out gaining a foothold there. AFP tivated the shooting, which The shooter was identi­ formance Index (CCPI) mea­ The current levels of per of fuel around 12­40 a.m. happened in the early fied as Ctirad Vitasek, a con­ sures the emissions, renewa­ Time to act: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, right, at the capita emissions and energy Drake’s Passage, where In a sign of thaw, Qatari morning at the outpatient struction technician, by the ble energy share and climate COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid on Tuesday. * GETTY IMAGES use in India, ranked 9th in the the plane was missing, is PM attends Gulf summit clinic of the University Hos­ company’s chairman Ales policies of 57 countries and “high category”, are still infamous for severe weath­ RIYADH pital in Ostrava. Zygula. the European Union. wide fade out of coal. ly on a path compatible with comparatively low and, er conditions, including Qatar’s PM Sheikh Abdullah Prime Minister Andrej Ba­ Vitasek had been on med­ It found the U.S. ranks While climate perfor­ the Paris climate goals. along with ambitious 2030 freezing temperatures and bin Nasser Al Thani attended a Gulf Cooperation Council bis told reporters it was an ical leave for over a month last, followed by Saudi Ara­ mance varied greatly — even The 2015 accord saw na­ targets, result in high ratings ferocious storms. But the summit in Saudi Arabia on “individual act”. “He came and was convinced he was bia and Australia, although within the EU, with Sweden tions agree to work towards for the green house gas emis­ Air Force said late on Mon­ Tuesday, a first sign of thaw home and announced he seriously ill and that no one several countries did report leading the way — the report limiting global temperature sions and energy use catego­ day that the weather was in relations since the boycott had shot people, and that he wanted to cure him, Mr. Zyg­ falls in emissions last year, found that none of the coun­ rises to “well below” two de­ ries, said the report released good when the plane be­ of Doha began in 2017. REUTERS is going to shoot himself,” ula said. largely due to an industry­ tries surveyed were current­ grees Celsius above pre­in­ here in the Spanish capital. gan its flight.

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market watch HDFC Bank, 10-12-2019 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 40,240 ddddddddddddd-0.61 SBI under­reported ₹12,000 cr. BoB, UBI cut US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 70.92 ddddddddddddddd0.17 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 38,460 ddddddddddddd-0.25 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 64.03 ddddddddddddddd0.11 NPA, finds regulator’s inspection lending rates SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NIFTY 50 Mumbai PRICE CHANGE Divergence leaves bank with ₹6,968 cr. loss in FY19 versus profit reported earlier Public sector lenders Bank Adani Ports...... 366.90...... -6.70 of Baroda, Union Bank of Asian Paints...... 1713.15...... -13.20

Axis Bank ...... 715.70...... -16.30 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT earlier. SBI said after subse­ India and Bank of India, re­ Mumbai Bajaj Auto ...... 3232.50...... 6.95 quent slippage or upgrada­ duced their marginal cost Bajaj Finserv...... 8927.20...... -1.80 State Bank of India (SBI), the tion during the current fi­ of funds based lending Bajaj Finance ...... 3986.85...... 42.00

Bharti Airtel ...... 447.00...... 1.15 country’s largest lender, un­ nancial year, the remaining rate, a day after State Bank Value ladder: An officers’ body said that recent transactions

BPCL...... 486.30...... -13.35 der reported ₹11,932 crore of impact on the gross NPAs of India (SBI) announced by peers highlighted the valuation differential. * REUTERS Britannia Ind ...... 3059.35...... 0.95 bad loans in the financial during the third quarter of such a reduction. Cipla ...... 453.05...... 5.15

Coal India ...... 187.20...... -4.45 year 2018­19, according to a the current fiscal was ₹3,143 Private sector lender Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2897.50...... -11.25 Reserve Bank of India in­ crore and for net NPAs it was HDFC Bank has reduced its Notional loss in BPCL Eicher Motors...... 21259.20. .... 262.05 spection report. This has ₹687 crore. The remaining one­year MCLR by 10 basis GAIL (India)...... 111.05...... -5.15 pushed the bank into losses impact on provisioning dur­ points (bps) to 8.15%. Bank Grasim Ind ...... 770.20...... 3.90 HCL Tech...... 544.45...... -7.60 for the said financial year. ing the third quarter would of Baroda reduced its one­ sale plan at ₹4.5 lakh cr. HDFC ...... 2295.15...... -16.25 According to a filing with be ₹4,654 crore, it said. year MCLR by 5 bps to HDFC Bank...... 1249.50...... 6.55 the exchanges, SBI had re­ Last month, markets regu­ 8.25% effective Thursday. Hero MotoCorp ...... 2330.00...... -51.75 Hindalco ...... 199.10...... 0.25 ported ₹1,72,750 crore of lator SEBI issued a circular Union Bank of India has Assets worth over ₹9 lakh crore: PSOA Hind Unilever ...... 2025.35...... 17.20 gross non­performing assets mandating listed banks to reduced its MCLR by 5­10 ICICI Bank ...... 528.70...... 2.20 in FY19, while according to disclose divergences and basis points across all te­ Piyush Pandey for the upstream business IndusInd Bank ...... 1411.60...... -38.40 MUMBAI Bharti Infratel ...... 254.10...... -6.30 RBI’s risk assessment report provisioning within 24 hours nors. The one­year MCLR and ₹98,500 crore for the Infosys ...... 714.55...... -2.70 (RAR), it was ₹1,84,682 crore. The divergence in provi­ losses for the financial year of receipt of the RBI’s final now will be 8.2% com­ The divestment of Bharat gas business. Indian OilCorp...... 122.55...... -2.95 The divergence, which is sions for bad loans was 2018­19. After taking provi­ Risk Assessment Report pared to 8.25%, with effect Petroleum Corporation Li­ The total amount will go ITC ...... 235.60...... -5.85

JSW Steel...... 251.00...... -7.85 the gap between the regula­ ₹12,036 crore. sions into account, SBI post­ (RAR). Earlier, banks used to from Wednesday. mited (BPCL) a state­owned up to ₹9,75,980 crore if con­ Kotak Bank ...... 1662.40...... 3.15 tor’s assessment of net NPA The increase in provision ed a net loss of ₹6,968 crore disclose the information on Bank of India has cut its oil firm, is likely to fetch the trol premium of 30% — or L&T...... 1279.00...... 3.00 and that of the bank, was al­ requirement for bad loans in FY19, as compared to the divergence along with their one­year MCLR to 8.2% government ₹74,000 crore, ₹2,25,218 crore — is added. M&M ...... 505.75...... -7.90 so ₹11,932 crore. resulted in SBI plunging into ₹862 crore profit reported annual financial statements. from 8.3%. including control premium Mukul Kumar, convenor, Maruti Suzuki ...... 6963.65...... -31.10

Nestle India Ltd...... 14091.70. .. -140.80 of 30% for its 53.29% stake FOPO and COMCO, told The NTPC ...... 110.00...... -2.70 in the company, but would Hindu, “We will write to the ONGC ...... 125.20...... -1.10 also cause a ‘notional loss’ Prime Minister tomorrow to PowerGrid Corp ...... 182.75...... -5.20 RIL, ADNOC Reliance Ind ...... 1561.95...... -10.65 Yes Bank to consider Car sales dip 10.8% in Nov. of ₹4.46 lakh crore to the remind him not to sell BPCL State Bank ...... 313.40...... -3.30 country, given that its mar­ to any private or foreign Sun Pharma ...... 427.65...... 0.65 mull unit in ket price of total assets ex­ player. We will seek an ap­ Tata Motors ...... 159.70...... -0.80 Citax’s $500 million offer CVs shrink 15%, two­wheelers fall 14.3% ceeds ₹9 lakh crore, accord­ pointment to present other Tata Steel ...... 402.05...... -4.65 Abu Dhabi TCS ...... 2012.85...... -47.60 ing to Public Sector Officers alternatives to the Tech Mahindra ...... 744.95...... -5.40 Says it is also open to other investors Special Correspondent of April­November saw over­ Association (PSOA). government.” Titan ...... 1179.30...... 1.25 Special Correspondent NEW DELHI UltraTech Cement...... 4038.65. .. -112.80 all passenger vehicle (pas­ According to the associa­ BPCL has 24% market Mumbai UPL...... 557.75...... -5.80 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Passenger car sales dipped senger cars and vans) sales tion, which has the support share among oil PSUs and Vedanta ...... 140.85...... -1.75 Mumbai Reliance Industries Limit­ 10.8% in November 2019 contract by 17.98% com­ of the Federation of Oil PSU reported net profit of ₹7,132 Wipro ...... 238.15...... -2.25

YES Bank...... 50.55...... -5.70 Yes Bank said it may consid­ ed (RIL) has signed a fra­ compared with November pared with a year ago. Officers (FOPO) and Confed­ crore on a turnover of over

Zee Entertainment ...... 270.95...... -13.20 er $500 million investment mework agreement with 2018, according to data re­ The utility vehicles seg­ eration of Maharashtra ₹3.37 lakh crore in FY19. offer from the Citax Group. the Abu Dhabi National Oil leased by the Society of In­ ment bucked the trend, with Company Officers Associa­ “The board is willing to Company (ADNOC) to ex­ dian Automobile Manufac­ November seeing a 32.7% tion (COMCO), BPCL’s assets ‘No benefit to anyone’ EXCHANGE RATES favourably consider the off­ plore development of an turers (SIAM). sales growth. In April­No­ are valued at more than ₹9 “Against the current preli­ Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit er of $500 million of Citax Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) Commercial vehicle sales vember, utility vehicle sales lakh crore according to the minary indicative market except yen at 4 p.m. on December 10 CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL Holdings and Citax Invest­ facility in Ruwais. dipped by almost 15% while increased 3.83%. replacement value method. price of the total assets of

US Dollar...... 70.72...... 71.04 ment Group and the final Under the terms of the two­wheeler sales dropped Sales of commercial vehi­ The government’s 53.29% BPCL of ₹9 lakh crore (in­ Euro ...... 78.37...... 78.73 decision regarding allot­ agreement, ADNOC and by 14.3%. cles contracted 14.98% in stake is worth about ₹5.2 house estimates), there British Pound...... 93.21...... 93.63 ment to follow in the next Reliance Industries Limit­ The data shows that over­ November 2019, while it lakh crore, according to the would be a minimum no­ Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 65.15...... 65.44

Chinese Yuan ...... 10.05...... 10.09 board meeting,” the bank bank’s debt instruments ed will evaluate the poten­ all vehicle production — in­ contracted 22.12% in the calculation presented by the tional loss of ₹4.46 lakh Swiss Franc ...... 71.76...... 72.08 said. It said the binding offer and said its funding and li­ tial creation of a facility cluding that of passenger April­November period. association. crore to the country. Be­ Singapore Dollar ...... 52.01...... 52.24 of $1.2 billion of Erwin Singh quidity compared weakly to that manufactures EDC ad­ vehicles, commercial vehi­ While two­wheeler sales The worth of assets totals sides, the disinvestment is Canadian Dollar...... 53.41...... 53.66

Malaysian Ringitt ...... 16.98...... 17.06 Braich/SPGP Holdings conti­ other rated private sector jacent to ADNOC’s integrat­ cles, three­wheelers, two­ dipped 14.27% in November ₹7,50,730 crore — including, not going to benefit the

Source:Indian Bank nues to be under discussion. peers in India. The common ed refining and petrochem­ wheelers, and quadricyles — 2019, they registered con­ for example, ₹1,76,500 company or the country in “The bank shall continue equity tier 1 ratio of 8.7% at ical site in Ruwais, Abu contracted by 13.75% in the traction of 15.7% in April­No­ crore for refining capacity, any manner. to evaluate other potential the end of September 2019 Dhabi, and strengthen the April­November 2019 period vember 2019. Scooters, mo­ ₹80,000 crore for termi­ “The move will not add to BULLION RATES CHENNAI investors to raise capital up will come under significant companies’ existing rela­ to 1.89 crore vehicles com­ torcycles and mopeds saw nals, ₹1,50,870 crore for re­ productivity, competitive­ December 10 rates in rupees with pre- vious rates in parentheses to $2 billion,” it added. Last pressure, unless the bank tionship supporting future pared with the 2.19 crore un­ sales contract 15.47%, tail outlets, ₹11,120 crore for ness, revenue earning po­

Retail Silver (1g) ...... 46.6...... (46.6) week, Moody’s Investors can raise new capital in the collaboration in its produced a year earlier. 15.29% and 25.24%, respec­ pipelines, ₹22,700 crore for tential, technology or man­ 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 3597...... (3605) Service downgraded the next few quarters, it said. petrochemicals. The eight­month period tively in April­November. brand value, ₹46,000 crore power skills,” he said. Skyworth bets big Oracle onboards on TV market in India ex­Infosys CEO Sikka Eyes sales of 2 million units by 2020 Chairman Ellison welcomes ‘AI expert’

Special Correspondent next three to five years in ex­ Special Correspondent HYDERABAD panding the Hyderabad fa­ Bengaluru Hong Kong­based Skyworth cility located near the inter­ Vishal Sikka, former CEO of Group, which plans to invest national airport here. Infosys, has been inducted $100 million in a manufac­ The company, on com­ in Oracle’s board of direc­ turing facility in Hyderabad, pletion of the expansion tors, the Redwood City­ is upbeat on the growth programme, would have a based tech major said in a prospects in the Indian tele­ capacity to make four mil­ press release posted on its vision market. lion TV units in Hyderabad global website. “For 2020, our plan is to and also manufacture more Mr. Sikka, 52, who recent­ sell 2 million TV units,” Sky­ products, including wash­ ly floated his AI start­up Via­ worth India Electronics Ma­ ing machines, refrigerators nai Systems, was a top exec­ naging Director Criver Liu and air­conditioners. utive with SAP before he Vishal Sikka said at a media interaction Besides manufacturing joined Infosys. here on Tuesday. under its brand, Skyworth is Welcoming his induction, to our customers,” Mr. Elli­ Television sales by the also a third party manufac­ Oracle Chairman and CTO sion said. company, under the Sky­ turer, he said, without shar­ Larry Ellison said, “Vishal is Oracle CEO Safra Catz worth, Metz and Coocaa ing details regarding the ex­ one the world’s leading ex­ said, “The digital transfor­ brands, were 4.82 lakh units isting manufacturing perts in artificial intelligence mation of an enterprise is this year as against about 2.5 capacity and on the stake in and machine learning. enabled by the rapid adop­ lakh in 2018. the joint venture. To quer­ These AI technologies are tion of modern cloud appli­ ies, he said the aim was to key foundational elements cations and technologies. Capacity expansion generate employment for of the Oracle Cloud’s Auto­ Vishal clearly understands On plans to increase the ma­ more than 5,000 people in nomous Infrastructure and how Oracle’s Gen2 Cloud In­ nufacturing capacity in In­ Hyderabad, over time. Intelligent Applications. frastructure, Autonomous dia, he said Skyworth had He added that washing ”Vishal’s expertise and Database and Applications been making and marketing machines would be the next experience makes him come together in the Oracle products in association with product line that the com­ ideally suited to provide Cloud to help our customers a local partner and would pany would launch in India strategic vision and expert drive business value and invest $100 million over the next year. advice to our company and adapt to change.’’ Tata Motors Alstom India to double New ED takes wholesales dip output by April 2020 charge at SEBI 15% in Nov. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Company says not hit by slowdown MUMBAI Special Correspondent V. S. Sundaresan has taken MUMBAI Special Correspondent ed by 2021, Mumbai Metro 3 charge as the executive di­ Tata Motors Group global TADA by 2022, Sydney Metro by rector at the Securities and wholesales in November The Indian subsidiary of 2023 and the e­locomotive Exchange Board of India 2019, including that of Ja­ France’s Alstom said it orders by 2026. (SEBI). guar Land Rover (JLR), de­ planned to double its pro­ Currently, Alstom India Prior to his promotion, clined by 15% to 89,671 un­ duction capacity by April exports 50% of its produc­ Mr. Sundaresan was work­ its, compared with 2020 and increase head­ tion. “We are happy with ing as the chief general November 2018. Global count by 70% in three years, the production mix of manager in enquiries and wholesales of Tata Motors’ said a top official. 50:50. And it would stay at adjudication department commercial vehicles and “We have not been affect­ this level. The indigenisa­ of the regulatory body. Tata Daewoo range in No­ ed by the economic slow­ tion level is about 75%. Mr. Sundaresan joined vember 2019 stood at down as there is increasing On Tuesday, the compa­ the markets regulator in 31,030 units, lower by 19%. need for mobility,” said ny announced the commen­ the year 1989 and has Global wholesales of all Alain Spohr, MD, India and cement of a new production worked in various depart­ passenger vehicles in No­ South Asia, Alstom. line for the manufacture of ments while supervising in­ vember 2019 stood at “We have ongoing orders rolling stock for Mumbai vestigation in various cases 58,641 units, lower by 12%. in hand for Montreal Metro, Metro Rail Corporation related to market manipu­ JLR’s global wholesales Mumbai Metro and Sydney (MMRC) Line 3 (Aqua line) lation, insider trading, ta­ were 48,105 vehicles ( in­ Metro. The last batch of valued at €452 million. keover of companies, pu­ cludes that of CJLR (a JV of trainsets for Chennai Metro He added Alstom had blic issues, collective JLR and Chery Automo­ will be despatched soon.” 4,700 employees at its four investment schemes and biles of China, with vol­ According to company of­ facilities in India and this compliance with continu­ umes of 6,224 units), Tata ficials, the order for Mon­ would rise to 8,000 in the ous listing requirements, Motors said in a statement. treal Metro will be complet­ next three years. among others. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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PEOPLE plosion of digital content/OTT plat­ forms in the latter half of the Baahubali 2 in Hindi is the decade has meant that it’s either Of all the jazz clubs the big budget films like Baahubali and War, which offer a big­screen Love, loss, war and the fight for freedom come together experience, that have been per­ in Sharbari Zohra Ahmed’s debut novel forming well in cinemas or it’s con­ cept films like Badhaai Ho that biggest Bollywood film have stood out. The middle­of­the­ road content is not getting traction because the audience would rather Over 10 years: (Clockwise from below) Stills from watch it online later,” says Kapoor. of the decade * Baahubali 2; Uri and Tees Maar Khan SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT It’s not just the language films like Baahubali that are setting the Namrata Joshi benchmark for Bollywood. An im­ portant shift this decade has been Bollywood’s box office business the growth of the Hollywood busi­ (nett domestic) may have more ness in India, which has tripled than doubled from 2010 to 2019 — from 2010 to 2019. Says Kapoor: “It from about ₹1,700 crore to about has created more exposure to inter­ ₹4,000 crore — but the biggest suc­ national content, often in dubbed cess story of the decade is not a formats, making the Hindi film. According to the box of­ viewers expect a fice numbers compiled by Mumbai­ certain quality based media consulting firm, Or­ of production, In Sharbari Zohra Ahmed’s Dust Beneath her Feet, Yasmine max Media, it’s the Hindi dubbed VFX and story­ Khan, 26-year-old proprietor of the Bombay Duck, has version of the Telugu­Tamil bilin­ telling from In­ created a home away from home for a vibrant cast of gual Baahubali 2: The Conclusion dian content characters. There is Asma who imagines she’s a character that has raked in the most money too.” out of Bronte novel; Patience, the good-time girl; and for Bollywood. Ormax Media esti­ Radhika, who is light on her feet and has darkness in her mates the Hindi version’s nett dom­ mind. It is Kolkata in 1942 and the city swarms with estic box office earnings to be ₹510 American soldiers. “Yasmine wanted to create an environment for the American soldiers that was similar to crore, which is ₹135 crore more something that might have been in New York — a nightclub than the second biggest earner of with singing, dancing, food and drink,” says Sharbari. the decade Dangal. “When the Americans started coming in, a separate It’s interesting to note that none economy had to be created to entertain and house them.” of the top 20 earners are led by fe­ Dust Beneath her Feet tells the story of Yasmine and male actors. Women­centric films, Edward Lafaver, an American soldier, set against the that too only two, feature in the list In the last 10 years, Salman Khan has emerged as the backdrop of momentous events. The 48-year-old author of the most liked films of the de­ biggest male star, Katrina Kaif as best female star and says, “I didn’t set out to write a feminist text. I think these cade (based on positive Word of women are feminists. I was focused on the characters and Mouth generated) with Kangana Tum hi ho the most popular song their story, of this independent woman falling for this Ranaut’s Queen perched at the American soldier in the twilight of ninth position and Vidya Balan’s ing male stars of the decade com­ the Raj.” Kahaani down at No. 17. piled on the basis of the growth in The Connecticut-based writer While the footfalls have been their popularity in 2015­2019 as insists that people who have stagnant in the ₹28­32 crore range against 2010­2014. criticised the book as looking at for the last seven to eight years, the Katrina Kaif is the female star of feminism, race and gender through increase in nett earnings for the the decade followed by Deepika Pa­ a modern lens are misguided. “If Hindi film industry has come large­ dukone, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka they knew anything about the ly because of a steady year­on­year Chopra and Alia Bhatt. Alia fol­ women who would have worked in a increase in the ticket price and a lowed by Deepika and Kangana club like Bombay Duck, they would see that these women were much more friendly tax structure be­ head the rising female star list. (Agnee­ more modern some women today. cause of Goods and Services Tax The most popular soundtrack of path, 2012); They are financially independent; some had opportunities (GST). “The average ticket price to­ the decade is the music for Aashi­ Chittiyaan kalaiyan (Roy, to marry, which they deliberately turned down because it day is about ₹140, compared to less qui 2 with Tum hi ho sung by Arijit 2015). would mean the loss of their freedom. They were well than ₹100 in 2010,” says Shailesh Singh at number one; and Sunn ra­ educated, well read, politically savvy and schooled in the Kapoor, CEO and founder of Ormax ha hai na tu by Ankit Tiwari at the In vogue art of conversation.” Media. third spot. The list, otherwise, has What have been the big Sharbari says there is no attempt to exoticise India. “I Akshay Kumar has left the other a number of item numbers strewn trends for the Hindi don’t think there is anything exotic about war, famine or Star power two Khans — SRK and Aamir — be­ all over — Munni badnaam hui (Da­ film industry in the deprivation, not to mention institutional bigotry and While Salman Khan, with almost hind to occupy the number two po­ bangg,2010); Sheila ki jawani (Tees last decade and what oppression. The West has a tradition of romanticizing the six films in the top 20 grossers’ list, sition. Kumar is also second after Maar Khan, 2010); Baby doll (Ragi­ will be the future de­ Raj but it was cataclysmic for our people. I show the women is the top male star of the decade, Ranveer Singh in the list of the ris­ ni MMS 2, 2014); Chikni chameli terminants? The ex­ as whole people, flawed, glorious and human.” Describing the beginnings, Sharbari says, “Yasmine showed up, started poking at me saying ‘I have a story’. I couldn’t get her out of my head. I am still not sure what she FOOD REVIEW looked like. Yasmine is more of a feeling. I started writing 15 years ago. I was a very different writer then, much Naval Satarawala Chopra younger, still idealistic… Many things happened in On offer Oriental (Clockwise from between, life happened and then I started writing for extreme left) Chicken Char Sui television and that was a very consuming job.” All through the ‘70s and ‘80s there Dumplings; Prawn Crystal Hargao; In the process of adapting the novel into a screenplay, were only two cuisines that domi­ Sichuan Braised Pork Belly; chef Sharbari’s dream cast includes Kalki Koechlin for Patience nated the Delhi restaurant scene, Zheng Wei * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT and Rekha as Shireen, Yasmine’s no-nonsense mum. Indian (predominantly Mughlai) MINI ANTHIKAD CHHIBBER and Chinese. Of course, we had our was too thick and the fillings poor. own version of Chinese food, which Whilst the Prawn Hargao was okay, became so popular and famous the filling in the pan­fried lamb that there exist Indo­Chinese res­ sticklers tasted like desi keema. The SPACE taurants in Manhattan and New Jer­ water chestnut and taro dumpling sey. But we struggled with authen­ was a lump of pastry with some tic Chinese restaurants. chestnuts thrown in and was Co-working in health Back in the day, there were only tasteless. three restau­ The Beijing Roast Duck is also rants for avoidable. The meat was cold; the real there was no crispy skin and it felt deal: House as if the condiments and duck had of Ming at just been thrown on to the plate. the Taj Delhi's struggle with authentic Mainland China, on a bad day. The Crispy Pork Ribs were no bet­ Mansingh, The vibe: It felt as if halfway ter — no crispiness or crunch, and which still Chinese food continues through the project, the budgets poor flavours. The exotic mush­ exists with Still were cut. The designs are grand, a rooms in mala sauce was the nail in an almost private dining room to accommo­ the coffin so to speak. Insipid at un­ date 16 with its own bar and large best. Mala sauce is meant to be an balcony, a separate hot pot section oily, spicy and almost numbing and a Tie Ban (iron plate, similar to sauce. At Yi Jing it was definitely not OneCulture describes itself as a luxury co-working space NOT ARRIVED teppanyaki) counter. But then the any of that. Finally, the handmade that provides amenities such as ergonomic furniture tables, the chairs and sofas all noodles were more like a fettuccine customised to provide lumbar support and Persian wool changed menu; Tea House of the So when I heard that a new Chi­ seemed poor. The red crystal chan­ (cooked al dente) than anything carpets. There’s 24/7 access, WiFi, private offices, August Moon at the Taj Palace, nese restaurant has opened at the deliers seemed cheap, but were Chinese. conference and meeting rooms, printing and stationery, which closed doors in 2009; and Sheraton New Delhi, which boasts probably authentic – made in Go with: Someone you need to gaming areas (with a pool table, Playstation, Football and Taipan at the Oberoi, which has of the fabulous south Indian restau­ China? take to a five­star hotel, but you table tennis), a bar with cafe, house-keeping and security been replaced by the horribly ex­ rant, Dakshin, I was very excited. Yi Do try: The Sichuan Chilli Chick­ don’t want to pay five­star rates. services. With the use of tech users can benefit from self- check-ins and app-driven booking of almost every activity. pensive, Baoshuan. 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TATA ALTROZ XZ DIESEL to absorb the rough stuff at low speeds SPECIFICATIONS with ease, and the ride improves the fas­ ter you go, with the car feeling comforta­ LENGTH 3990mm ble and sure­footed at triple­digit speeds. There’s a confidence in the way the Altroz WIDTH 1755mm changes direction too. Turn­in is slick HEIGHT 1523mm (better so on the heavier diesel) and there’s a lovely feeling of connect at the WHEELBASE 2501mm steering, which is light at low speeds but KERB WEIGHT 1150kg weights up effectively as speeds increase. Moving to the petrol engine, the unit is ENGINE 1497cc, 4-cyl, turbo-diesel essentially an updated version of the Ti­ POWER 90hp at 4000rpm gor’s 1.2­litre, three­cylinder unit featur­ ing dual variable valve timing and a high­ TORQUE 200Nm at 1250-3000rpm er compression ratio. Resultantly, power GEARBOX 5-speed manual is up to 86hp while max torque is 113Nm. The figures are par for the course, but ov­ TYRESAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA185/60 R16 erall performance does leave you want­ ing. Part­throttle responses are pleasant Nikhil Bhatia and the engine is earnest at low speeds, but it lacks the pep you get in a Baleno. In a nutshell, the Altroz is Tata’s answer to The engine also doesn’t have much to the Maruti Suzuki Baleno, Hyundai i20 give at the top end and the three­cylinder and Honda Jazz. The Altroz not only Flight of the thrum becomes audible as you rev har­ marks Tata’s entry into the competitive der. The 5­speed gearbox isn’t the slick­ premium hatchback segment, but is also est, though a light clutch does make the the launch vehicle for their all­new modu­ car easy to live with in town. lar ALFA (Agile, Light, Flexible, Ad­ It’s the diesel that feels like the more vanced) architecture that will form the complete package. The 1.5­litre, four­cy­ basis for a slew of new Tatas to come. The linder engine is from the Nexon, albeit in Altroz also happens to be the first Tata to a lower 90hp/200Nm state of tune. It can get BS­VI­compliant engines — a 1.2­litre feel a bit hesitant in on­off throttle driv­ naturally­aspirated petrol and a 1.5­litre ALTROZ ing, but it’s quick to settle into a rhythm turbo­diesel — paired with manual gear­ too. The build­up of power is linear from boxes for now. good by class standards. However, there low down, and there’s a mild step up clos­ While the Altroz’s silhouette is conven­ A peppier petrol are places where the panel gaps aren’t er to 1,800rpm. You’ll like the easy access tional hatchback, the multiple stylistic consistent. First view The Altroz makes an immediate impression because of the way it looks to power and the comfort with which the flourishes on the body work cohesively to engine, more Large seats mean comfort up front is * GAURAV THOMBRE, SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT diesel gets to cruising speeds. Again, this elevate the overall look of the car. The refinement and a well taken care of, while the flat­bot­ isn’t an engine to wind hard — it gets gra­ shark nose­like front end, the black­fin­ tomed leather­wrapped steering feels squared­out dials aren’t easy enough to be. The doors open wide, but the aper­ velly beyond 3,000rpm — but keep it in its ished sleek grille, the swept­back hea­ greater focus on great to hold. Frontal visibility is good, follow and the digital tacho — displayed ture between the seat and B­pillar isn’t comfort zone and you’ll manage to rake dlights and high­set fog lamps (also home connectivity would though the thick A­pillars do create blind on a 7.0­inch display — only highlights an the largest. The rear cabin doesn’t feel as up the kilometres without much fuss. A to the LED DRLs) give the Altroz its dis­ spots. The part­digital instrumentation engine speed range, rather than a specif­ airy or spacious as some rivals, but you point worth highlighting is that the diesel tinctive face. make the hatchback also requires some getting used to. The ic rpm. The digital screen also houses an really won’t have reason to complain on test cars were running on BS­VI­grade die­ Moving to the sides, the upswept win­ easier to recommend informative multi­information display, either count. There’s enough knee room sel brought in from Delhi. The 5­speed dows come underlined by a black embel­ and what’s nice is that it even relays for six­footers to sit in comfort, and if you gearbox, here too, feels its best with gen­ lishment that tapers towards the rear, in navigation instructions from a sit bolt upright, you will find headroom tle inputs, and the clutch is light enough. effect, giving the illusion of a car with a connected smartphone. just about adequate. The relatively high­ The Altroz makes an immediate im­ sporty tipped­forward stance. What is The cabin also scores set rear seat also offers a fairly good view pression because of the way it looks. It’s sure to be a bit polarising is the place­ well on storage space out the windows. There is enough shoul­ got a show value that no other car in this ment of the rear door handles on the and gets plenty of cu­ der room to seat three abreast at the class can match. And that counts for a lot C­pillar. pholders — in­ back. What also helps is the flat floor, today. It makes for a practical family car Round the back, the Altroz gets a cluding within which will be a trait on all ALFA architec­ too, with a cabin that offers enough by dual­tone theme, with the spoiler, tail­ the glovebox, ture Tata cars. way of space and comfort. As an added light surround and upper tail gate fin­ which also has The high loading lip for the 345­litre plus, it is also good to drive, with arguably ished in black. Buyers also have the a compartment boot can make it difficult to load heavy the best dynamics among premium option of a black roof for the full to stow your luggage, but the well­shaped boot means hatchbacks. effect (XZ trim only). tablet — a stor­ you can fit in plenty of stuff. The single­ A peppier petrol engine, better refine­ Each of the Altroz’s four age bay under piece rear seat backrest can also be fold­ ment and a greater focus on connectivity doors opens to 90 degrees, the driver’s ed to increase room. are things on our wish list, and are ele­ and getting into the front sec­ armrest and Where the Altroz lags behind the curve ments that would make the Altroz easier tion of the cabin is particu­ even an um­ is in connectivity. There’s no eSIM­based to recommend. What’s also a question larly easy. The Altroz’s dash brella holder connected tech, and even the 7.0­inch mark for now is fuel economy. All said, has a layered look to it, on each of screen doesn’t work as slick as you’d like the Tata Altroz has some solid positives with the centre console the front it to. The Harman sound system does de­ and has the potential to make its place in featuring turquoise back­ doors. liver fair sound quality though. the premium hatchback segment. All lighting. The free­standing Getting into There’s much to like about the way the that’s left is for Tata to price it well. With 7.0­inch touchscreen is posi­ the back seat is Altroz drives. The new platform shines a price tag between ₹5­8 lakh (estimated, tioned atop the dashboard (in not as comfy as immediately, with a great ride and han­ ex­showroom), the Altroz could just up­ clear sight), and material quality is it’s made out to dling balance. The suspension manages set the apple cart.

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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli’s men should get their act together ‘My game doesn’t change when we bat or bowl first’ There will be no dearth of support for the Caribbean crusaders WI IN INDIA make drastic improvement in their performance to avoid Amol Karhadkar the series from slipping away. MUMBAI In an effort to build the “It’s coming home” was the squad with an eye on the T20 theme song for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, India may be giv­ World Cup, but by the time ing a long rope to some of the England started living up to fringe players. It has resulted the tag of ‘favourites’, it had in errors — not just with bat been adopted as the unoffi­ and ball, but more worrying­ cial theme song for the ICC ly in the field — at inoppor­ World Cup earlier this year. tune times. Amol Karhadkar you complement your The fans in the Maximum If India is to enjoy a home MUMBAI partner and specific role has City, while entering the run at the Wankhede, such It is among the most domi­ been given to all our batters. Wankhede Stadium for the basic mistakes will have to be nant outfits in world cricket We try and stick to that role deciding rubber of the three­ eliminated. Otherwise the in longer formats, but when and yes at times, you need to match T20I series between fans will have to sing “it’s it comes to the shortest ava­ be different and we all are India and West Indies, could coming home” to praise Pol­ tar, the Men in Blue have prepared to do that. well be humming the same lard instead of Kohli. been consistently inconsis­ “When we need to ap­ song. Not just in anticipation The teams (from): India: Virat tent. One of the major issues proach differently, we are of India’s series triumph but Kohli (Capt.), Rohit Sharma, to have plagued Virat Kohli prepared to do that. But the even with multiple “home” K.L. Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish and Co. in the last 12 months situation should provide us connect the match offers, Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Shivam is the inability to win while to do that. My game doesn’t from both the teams. Dube, Washington Sundar, Ra- batting first. change when we bat first or Three Indian players — vindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Cha- As much as India’s reput­ bowl first,” Rohit said. hal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak vice­captain Rohit Sharma, Chahar, Mohammed Shami, ed batsmen have failed to Rohit was non­committal middle­order dasher Shreyas Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Sanju put up a formidable total whether Shivam Dube’s pro­ Iyer and the new kid on the Samson. while batting first, as op­ motion — the left­hander block Shivam Dube — are West Indies: Kieron Pollard posed to chasing down gar­ batted at No. 3 in the second Mumbaikars. Ready to fire: Rohit Sharma, second from left, and Shreyas Iyer, right, will hope to turn things around on home turf. * VIVEK BENDRE (Capt.), Lendl Simmons, Evin gantuan totals, its bowlers T20I — will be persisted Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Bran- have faltered in defending with. Quiet series mier League (IPL), though, member in the opposition far would have reinvigorated One of the clichés used by don King, Nicholas Pooran, Ja- moderate to sizeable totals. “I don’t know if it’s going While Dube will be keen to support will not be limited to camp with a strong local interest among IPL franchis­ teams all around the world is son Holder, Keemo Paul, Khary Vice­captain Rohit Shar­ to be a long­term plan or just continue in the same vein af­ the home team. With Kieron connect. es for the auction after being to “focus on our own perfor­ Pierre, Denesh Ramdin, Sher- ma stressed that while he for one game, but everyth­ ter making his promotion to Pollard — who has spent Lendl Simmons, the open­ released by MI. mance rather than worry fane Rutherford, Hayden Walsh prefers to assess the condi­ ing depends on the composi­ Jr., Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cot- No. 3 count in Thiruvanan­ more years in the Mumbai In­ er who repeated his World If Simmons and Lewis can about the opposition”. Koh­ tions before starting to play tion, what are the bowling trell and Kesrick Williams. thapuram, Rohit and Shreyas dians (MI) camp than captain T20 semifinal heroics on stage an encore of the strong li’s comrades — most of Umpires: Nitin Menon and Nan- shots, batsmen have to exe­ options they have. will hope to turn things Rohit — leading the West In­ Sunday by anchoring a per­ foundation they laid on Sun­ whom preferred to take it ea­ dan; Third umpire: C. Sham- cute the roles assigned to “Just to change the mo­ around on their home turf af­ dies, there will be no dearth fect chase, has been a star day, the Men in Blue will have sy with only six turning up shuddin; Fourth umpire: Anil them. mentum we did that in the ter a relatively quiet series so of support for the Caribbean performer in one of MI’s four to play out of their skin in or­ for Tuesday’s optional prac­ Chaudhary; Match referee: Da- “It also depends on how last game. You never know if far. crusaders come Wednesday IPL title­runs. So has Evin Le­ der to avoid the ignominy of tice session — would have to vid Boon. your partner is batting. It’s it will happen in this game Thanks to the Indian Pre­ night. Pollard isn’t the lone wis, whose twin knocks so conceding the series. use the same yardstick and Match starts at 7 p.m. very, very important that or not,” Rohit said.

Pollard is a smart leader: Rohit ‘Don’t mess around with Dhoni’ Russian star Lasitskene Proactive with all players, says Windies coach Simmons Press Trust of India NEW DELHI slams officials over ban G. Viswanath India coach Ravi Shastri says Mumbai no one can “mess around Agence France-Presse These are early days for Kie­ with” Mahendra Singh Dho­ Moscow ron Pollard as captain of the ni if he decides to be in con­ One of Russia’s top West Indies’ white­ball crick­ tention for next year’s T20 athletes, three­time World et team. World Cup but the former champion high jumper After an undistinguished captain would “never im­ Mariya Lasitskene, on start, losing the Twenty20 pose himself” on the team. Tuesday called sports series 2­1 to Afghanistan in “That (Dhoni) guy is a le­ officials to account after Lucknow recently, the 32­ gend. The last thing he will her country was banned year­old Trinidadian led his want is to impose himself on for four years from team to a 3­0 win in the ODI an Indian team, having international competition. series. known him. He is wanting to In her open letter All along, the all­rounder, take a break but he is going published by who has lit up many an IPL to play the IPL,” Shastri said Championat.com sports Lasitskene. * FILE PHOTO match, knew that the bigger on the show ‘The Inspira­ website, Lasitskene, a challenge was to come tion’ to be telecast on India long­time critic of Russian Who was punished?” against India. Today TV. sports officials, demanded Lasitskene asked. Pollard, presently the Asked if he isn’t ruling out to know who has been In Paris, Russian most popular West Indian a comeback by the 38­year­ punished over the President Vladimir Putin among fans in India, espe­ In control: Kieron Pollard’s captaincy skills has come in for old, Shastri answered, “The country’s doping scandal slammed the decision as a cially Mumbai, has made a appreciation. * VIVEK BENDRE amount of sport he has and the fact that she “politically motivated” fine impression as captain in played... if he puts himself in cannot compete under the ruling that “contradicted” the two matches so far. he expects from his team. West Indies coach Phil contention... if he feels after Russian flag. the Olympic Charter. This was readily acknow­ Pollard is a smart player. Simmons pointed out that the IPL that ‘I am good Understanding professional: Ravi Shastri says that M.S. Dhoni Lasitskene missed the “There is nothing to ledged by his Mumbai In­ “When it comes to MI, he Pollard is proactive with all enough to play for India’, will never impose himself on the Indian team. 2016 Rio Olympics reproach the Russian dians captain Rohit Sharma has always been part of the players. don’t mess around with * FILE PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY because of the doping Olympic Committee for here on Tuesday. leadership group. He’s a ve­ “He lets them know exact­ that.” crisis and had threatened and if there is no reproach “The West Indies plays ry smart thinker of the ly what he wants from them. Dhoni had recently stated clear that the panel has tralia. Dhoni was seen train­ to leave Russia so as not to towards this committee, well as a team and now is un­ game. He has great know­ He’s been good in the sense “don’t ask anything till Janu­ “moved on” and Dhoni is ing with Jharkhand’s un­ miss the Tokyo Olympics the country should take der the leadership of Kieron ledge about the game and that they know that he’ll give ary.” aware of its intent to blood der­23 team in Ranchi last in 2020. part in competitions Pollard whom I know really this helps him handle situa­ everything for the team. National selection com­ youngsters such as Rishabh month, triggering a fresh “Have we done an under its own flag,” Putin well. tions on the ground pretty That’s where he’s started,” mittee chairman M.S.K. Pra­ Pant keeping in mind next round of speculation on a internal investigation? said. “As a leader I know what well,” Rohit said. said Simmons. sad has, however, made it year’s T20 World Cup in Aus­ possible comeback. The man who dignified and illuminated the craft India signs off with a record

Neville Cardus learnt the importance of lacing his reports with humour haul of 312 medals ern stylist who writes with enviable (or critic) need each other more than Hamilton has dug much deeper. Six Indian boxers emerge victorious on the final day flow. either is willing to admit. From Dickens, he says, Cardus learnt Cardus­assessment has veered bet­ prolificacy. He learnt how to exploit ween hagiography and peremptory Witty and intelligent plot; to create and develop charac­ dismissal, getting closer to the latter Cardus may not have planned it that ters. He learnt the importance of lac­ thanks to increasing number of for­ way, but he could not have been un­ ing his reports with humour. “No one BETWEEN WICKETS mats and instant communication. aware of its advantages. His players can understand Cardus’s approach to Reading cricket reports for their style often came across as witty and intelli­ cricket writing without also under­ suresh menon and elegance is not as popular as get­ gent because he was witty and intelli­ standing his absorption in Dickens.” ting the running scores on the phone. gent. It gave heroes a new dimension Is Neville Cardus relevant today? Here’s Cardus on left­arm spinner and drew into the game thousands Impressionist painter That’s a question asked often. Just the Wilfred Rhodes’ bowling: “Every ball who might not otherwise have cared Commenting on Cardus’ description fact that it is being asked is testimony a decoy, a spy sent out to get the lie of for it. of fast bowler Ted McDonald, Hamil­ to his significance. As Alan Gibson, the land; some balls simple, some Cardus was self­taught, worked his ton says, “He admired him in para­ writer and commentator said: “All complex, some easy, some difficult; way up from the slums where he was graphs that were almost heart­ cricket writers have been influenced and one of them — ah! which? — the born to a prostitute. His fans included shaped with love.” Cardus was an im­ by Cardus, whether they admit it or master ball.” Bradman and Wodehouse, Pinter and pressionist painter — not a not, whether they have wished to be What, nothing about ‘dot’ balls or Beckett. The novel of a person of that documentary photographer. Any­ or not, whether they have tried to co­ strike rates? background going on to receive a way, as John Arlott said, Cardus py him or tried to avoid copying him. knighthood might have been rejected hadn’t made up nearly as much as he Well researched by publishers. was accused of. Champion: The triumphant squash team of Tanvi Khanna, Sanya Vats, Urwashi Joshi and Changed the course of writing Hamilton’s is a modern biography: As Hamilton writes, “He managed The reason Cardus didn’t go to Sunayna Kuruvilla. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “He was not a model, any more than definitive, well researched, sympath­ to transform himself so successfully Australia to report on the Bodyline Macaulay, say, was a model for the as­ etic, and with a profound under­ into the figure he wanted to be all series was not because “I knew trou­ SAG dia won this time was 15 less mit clashes. piring historian. But just as Macaulay standing of the times Cardus lived in along — a gentleman writer — that the ble was brewing,” but, as Hamilton than the previous edition. changed the course of the writing of and wrote about. Cardus aspired to figure he had once been all but van­ points out, it was because he had be­ Press Trust of India Sri Lanka was a distant se­ Mixed luck history, Cardus changed the course of literature; the sport needed that am­ ished…throughout his early life, Car­ come infatuated with a woman and KATHMANDU cond with 251 medals while In squash, India won gold the writing of cricket. He showed bition. dus purposefully dusted over the couldn’t bear to stay away for so long. India ended its South Asian Nepal finished with 206. and a silver in the women’s what could be done. He dignified and In his debunking essay, Cardus tracks of his upbringing even when “He had his cricket friends, his Games campaign with a On the concluding day, In­ and men’s team events illuminated the craft.” and the Aesthetic Fallacy, Derek Bir­ pretending to come clean about it.” music friends, and his girlfriends,” best­ever medal haul of 312 dia added 18 medals (15 gold, respectively. The pioneer never loses relevance. ley upset legions of Cardus­worship­ He put words into the mouths of said Arlott, “and he stored them in and finish on top for the 13th 2 silver and 1 bronze) with Prominent medallists: Boxing: Now, over four decades after his pers; yet even he admitted that “The his characters that “god intended to,” different rooms.” Hamilton’s book time­in­a­row, in the region­ the boxers fetching six gold Gold: Men: Vikas Krishan death, Duncan Hamilton has written hankering after aesthetic significance said Cardus when challenged about provides the key to two of those al multi­sporting event, here and 1 silver. (69kg), Sparsh Kumar (52kg), a superb biography of this fine writer is harmless and often enjoyable.” some of his quotes. This was perhaps rooms. The music room generally re­ on Tuesday. Overall, the country’s pu­ Narender (+91kg). Women: who just happened to focus on crick­ Hankering after significance is hu­ necessary to elevate the craft from mains locked. India collected 174 gold, gilists won 12 gold, 3 silver Pinki Rani (51kg), Sonia Lather (57kg), Manju Bamboriya et and music. The Great Romantic: man, after all. No one likes to believe the basement of sportswriting to its This book might lead to a Cardus 93 silver and 45 bronze after and 1 bronze. (64kg). Silver: Varinder Singh Cricket and the Golden Age of Neville that what he is doing is of no import attic. In his centenary year, I wrote revival. Or not. Hamilton has 10 days of competitions to The Indian cagers fetched (men’s 60kg). Cardus earned Hamilton his third whatever. To ensure that his work be that Cardus was the Dickens of crick­ achieved the difficult task of huma­ surpass the 309 it had won both the men’s and women’s Squash: Gold: Women; Silver: William Hill Sports Book of the Year seen as important, Cardus had to first et writing, bringing to it characters nising an icon while clearing the rub­ in the previous edition at gold by defeating Sri Lanka men. award. Biographer and subject are show that what the cricketer did was and dialogues the novelist might bish away from the pedestal on which home in 2016. (101­62) and host Nepal (127­ Basketball: Gold: Men & wo- well matched; Hamilton is the mod­ important. Performer and recorder have. he stands. But the number of gold In­ 46) in their respective sum­ men.

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TV PICKS RANJI SCORES, ROUND 1, DAY 2 NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), Baby puts Kerala in the driver’s seat 8.30 a.m. Group A: Andhra 211 vs Vidarb- 17 overs vs Odisha 215/9 in BWF World Tour Finals: ha 268/4 in 97 overs (Ganesh 76.4 overs (Sujit Lenka 56, Pu- Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 8.30 With two wickets down, Delhi has a huge task on hand Satish 113 batting, Mohit Kale neet Datey 4/58). a.m. & SS Select 2 (SD & HD), 82). Haryana 401 in 124.2 overs 3 p.m. A. Vinod Hyderabad 233 vs Gujarat (Shubham Rohilla 142, Shivam Ranji Trophy: Star Sports 2 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 295/9 in 83.2 overs (Manprit Chauhan 117, Sumit Kumar 40, (SD & HD), 9.30 a.m. Juneja 94, Rujul Bhatt 65, Anupam Sanklecha 4/82) vs Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 1st In making his sixth cham­ Mehdi Hassan 4/78). Maharashtra 88/4 in 44 overs. Test, Sony ESPN (SD & HD), pionship century, skipper Kerala 525/9 decl. in 165 Tripura 289 in 81.2 overs 10 a.m. Sachin Baby guided Kerala to overs (P. Rahul 97, Robin Uth- (Pratyush Singh 40, Milind Ku- Hero I-League: DSport, 5 a massive first innings total appa 102, Sachin Baby 155, mar 59, Harmeet Singh 56) vs p.m. of 525 for nine declared on Salman Nizar 77) vs Delhi 23/2 Jharkhand 136 in 43 overs (Vi- India v West Indies: 3rd the second day of its Ranji in 12.5 overs. rat Singh 47, Rana Dutta 4/42) T20I, Star Sports 1 & SS Se- Trophy Elite Group A and B Rajasthan 257 in 79.4 overs & 91/2 in 20 overs (Nazim Sid- lect 1 (SD & HD), 7 p.m. (Mahipal Lomror 60, Ashok diqui 40). ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), match at the St. Xavier’s Sta­ Menaria 60, Salman Khan 53, Jammu & Kashmir 182 & 7.30 p.m. dium, Thumba, on Tuesday. UEFA Champions League: Siddarth Kaul 4/69) vs Punjab 304 in 65.4 overs (Abdul Sa- With two days remaining, 290/6 in 84 overs (Gurkeerat mad 60, Fazil Rashid 73 n.o., Sony Ten 1 & 2 (SD & HD), Kerala further strengthened Mann 68, Mandeep Ram Dayal 41, Ra- 11.30 p.m.; Sony Ten 1,2, 3, its grip reducing Delhi to 23 Singh 122, Anmol Mal- hil Shah 5/74) vs Six & ESPN (SD & HD), 1.30 for two at close. hotra 68 batting). Uttarakhand 84 in a.m. (Thursday). The day belonged entirely Group B: Mumbai 431 31 overs (Mo- IN BRIEF to Kerala captain Baby as he in 106.4 overs (Prithvi hammed Mudhasir converted his overnight 36 Shaw 66, Ajinkya Ra- 5/13, Ram Dayal 4/ (in the team total of 276 for hane 79, Shams Mulani 28) & 18/3 in 9 ov- three) into a huge century 89, Shardul Thakur 64) ers. with a superb display of bat­ vs Baroda 301/9 in 69 Plate: Bihar 173 & overs (Kedar Devdhar 61/4 in 27 overs vs smanship and quiet 154 batting, Vishnu So- Pondicherry 300 determination. lanki 48, Shams Mulani in 79.3 overs (S. The start of the day was in 5/99). Anand 41, S. Kar- no way promising for Kerala Himachal 120 & 182 in 38.3 thik 41, Paras Dogra 70, Ashith as Vishnu Vinod and Mo­ overs (Rishi Dhawan 53, An- Rajiv 50, Vivek Kumar 5/51, hammed Azharuddeen fell kush Bains 74, Jaydev Unadkat Ashutosh Aman 4/84). George returns rather cheaply, leaving Kera­ Single-minded focus: Sachin Baby carved out a well-constructed century to give Kerala the advantage. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 6/51) vs Saurashtra 141 in 36.2 Arunachal Pradesh 147 & to haunt Pacers la on 310 for five after nine overs (Snell Patel 42, Dhar- 164/6 in 45 overs (Rahul Dalal mendrasinh Jadeja 47, Vaibhav 75 batting) vs Chandigarh LOS ANGELES overs. But, Baby and Salman dual milestones to distract out a possible 14 overs. Lalit b Baroka 32, Robin Uthap- Delhi bowling: Sangwan 14-4- Arora 6/48) & 96/3 in 28 overs 503/2 decl. in 76 overs (Arslan Paul George returned to Nizar combined for a fine him from his focus on the But, as it turned out, pa c Lalit b Sangwan 102, Sa- 38-1, Saini 17-3-64-0, Mishra (Harvik Desai 46). Khan 233 n.o., Shivam Bhambri haunt his former team as Los 156­run partnership, the lat­ team’s cause. He appreciably chin Baby b Lalit 155, Vishnu Vi- 34-8-107-1, Shivam 34-5-112-2, neither Anuj Rawat nor Ku­ Karnataka 336 in 110.4 ov- 105, Manan Vohra 124). Angeles Clippers scored a ter especially keeping the cut down on strokes, waiting nal Chandela was able to rise nod b Shivam 5, Mohammed Baroka 30-0-128-3, Rana 15-3- Azharuddeen c Rawat b Baroka 22-0, Lalit 21-3-47-2. ers (Mayank Agarwal 43, Dev- Sikkim 136 & 22/2 in 8 overs 110-99 NBA victory over strike rotating and coming for chances to score, leaving to the occasion, being dutt Padikkal 78, Pavan Desh- vs Goa 436/6 decl. in 105.4 15, Salman Nizar c Mishra b Ba- Delhi — 1st innings: Anuj Rawat Indiana Pacers. Meanwhile, up with a stroke­filled 77 the rival bowlers in absolute cleaned up by Sandeep War­ pande 65, K. Gowtham 51, R. overs (Smit Patel 53, Amit Ver- roka 77, S.K. Monish lbw b Shi- b Saxena 15, Kunal Chandela c NBA champion Toronto (144b, 9x4, 2x6). frustration. Ashwin 4/79) vs Tamil Nadu ma 113, Snehal Kauthankar rier and Jalaj Saxena. vam 9, Sijomon Joseph (not Azharuddeen b Warrier 1, Dhruv Raptors was given a scare 165/4 in 58 overs (Abhinav 134, Suyash Prabhudessai 91). The ‘superstitious’ Baby, Lunch was taken at 410 for A huge task remains for out) 14, Sandeep Warrier c Ra- Shorey (batting) 6, Nitish Rana before securing a late 93-92 Mukund 47). Mizoram 65 & 290 in 75.1 in an apparent endeavour to five with Baby having duly the rest of the Delhi batsmen wat b Lalit 0, K.M. Asif (not out) (batting) 0; Extras (lb-1): 1. To- victory over Chicago Bulls. Railways 253 in 85.3 overs overs (Lalhruaizela 60, K.B. keep his focus, asked the completed his century off to avoid an abject surrender, 7; Extras (nb-5, b-5, lb-2): 12. tal (for 2 wkts. in 12.5 overs): The results: Milwaukee Bucks (Arindam Ghosh 42, Navneet Pawan 124) vs Manipur 289 in scorer to blank out his indivi­ 194 balls. Finally he made his Total (for 9 wkts. decl. in 165 23. bt Orlando Magic 110-101; staring at an arrears of 502 dual contribution from the exit after a masterly 155 overs): 525. Virk 58, Dinesh Mor 91 n.o., 80.1 overs (Chingangbam Boston Celtics bt Cleveland runs. Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-17. Yash Dayal 5/48) & 58/5 in 18 Singh 89, Rex Singh 65, Bobby scoreboard after he had (274b, 13x4). The declaration Cavaliers 110-88; Chicago The scores: Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-186, 3- Kerala bowling: Warrier 5-2- overs vs Uttar Pradesh 175 in Zothansanga 5/92, K. Lalh- Bulls lost to Toronto Raptors reached 75. The captain ob­ came almost 40 minutes af­ Kerala — 1st innings: P. Rahul 276, 4-281, 5-310, 6-466, 7- 9-1, Asif 4-2-6-0, Saxena 3-0- 53.1 overs (Almas Shaukat 92 mingmawia 4/47). 93-92; Indiana Pacers lost to viously did not want indivi­ ter tea, leaving Delhi to play lbw b Mishra 97, Jalaj Saxena c 497, 8-505, 9-507. 7-1, Monish 0.5-0-0-0. n.o., Amit Mishra 4/52, Himan- Meghalaya 285 in 96.5 ov- LA Clippers 110-99; Houston shu Sangwan 4/71). ers (Puneet Bisht 125, Sanjay Rockets lost to Sacramento Group C: Services 124 & 130/4 Yadav 61, Imliwati Lemtur 7/ Kings 119-118. AFP in 45 overs vs Assam 162 in 53) & 89/9 in 33 overs (Imliwa- We need a complete overhaul in doubles: Jwala 64.2 overs (Riyan Parag 66, Di- ti Lemtur 6/32) vs Nagaland wesh Pathania 5/58). 136 in 45.1 overs (Sanjay Yadav Chhattisgarh 134 & 45/1 in 9/52). Jwala’s Academy of Excellence launched BADMINTON authority, Jwala said, “when my in Moinabad, Hyderabad, I read that interview, I had a is expected to be a world­ Rakesh Rao laugh. How could anyone, class facility. It is expected to NEW DELHI who built the system since begin operations in the next I’m no cheat, says Reed 2006 and stays in charge couple of months. With a tie­ after penalty row Echoing the growing murm­ ers in the Indian badminton even to this day, complain of up with Sujatha School, 100 MELBOURNE not having authority?” residential slots are also Former Masters champion circles, doubles specialist G. Presently on the junior se­ available. Patrick Reed denied he was a Jwala has questioned the lection panel, Jwala said: “I cheat on Tuesday after being centralization of badminton With 14 courts under the penalised for improving his power in the Gopichand Aca­ can’t think of one doubles supervision of Dronacharya lie, insisting his actions were demy. player with whom I want to awardee Mohammad Arif, not intentional. Reed was “He (Gopi) is the chief play today. What we need is a the Academy begins opera­ docked two strokes for coach, chief selector, owns complete overhaul in dou­ tions with badminton before improper swings during the his coaching academy, holds bles. We need a different opening up other disci­ Hero World Challenge in the the posts of district associa­ ecosystem for doubles, that’s plines. Bahamas. “... If you do tion president, secretary of how doubles will come up. Mentor something unintentionally Telangana association, he is New venture: Jwala Gutta, Sushil Kumar and Vijender Singh Doubles doesn’t needs just a that breaks the rules, it’s not coach right now. part of Khelo India, Premier at the launch. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Jwala said, “my role will be considered cheating...,” Reed Badminton League, TOPS, “It needs correction in the that of a mentor and ob­ said. His Presidents Cup GoSports Foundation etc. places such as Bangalore, Ja­ a non­Telugu player to play administration of doubles. viously, I want to focus more teammates, including Woods, “It’s all on paper, not my landhar, and after 2006, it for the country. Even people The whole system is wrong on doubles. Since I am not have rallied behind him. AFP imagination. So if there is has only been happening at who are non­Telugu, they in doubles now.” trained to coach, I will be the Gopichand Academy. are playing for Telangana IOCL and ONGC cruise conflict of interest, ask ques­ Earlier, the Jwala’s Acade­ help the children by sharing Personally, I had no pro­ state.” into the final tions,” she asked mediaper­ my of Excellence was my experience. blems since I live there, but it NEW DELHI sons soon after the launch of Asked if she believed play­ launched by former Union “There will be a lot of is not fair. Why camps only Ramkumar Ramanathan Jwala Gutta Academy of Ex­ ing for Gopichand Academy Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy in work since I will be dealing in Hyderabad?” scored a 6-1, 6-3 win over cellence here on Tuesday. was seen as a passport to get the presence of Olympic me­ with parents, coaches, chil­ Udit Gogoi that helped Indian Questioning the idea be­ Raising the pitch, Jwala into the Indian teams at va­ dallists Sushil Kumar and Vi­ dren and looking after every Oil Corporation Limited hind holding the National asked, “tell me how many rious levels, Jwala said, “I jender Singh, besides Jwala aspect that makes my Acade­ (IOCL) beat Oil India Limited camps only at the Gopi­ Telugu players are there in don’t think so.” and her father, Kranti. my different from the rest. 2-0, after the country’s No.1 chand Academy in Hydera­ the Indian team? Are you try­ Responding to a question The 55­acre Academy, lo­ One more thing is sure. I will Sumit Nagal had beaten bad, Jwala said: “I have at­ ing to tell me that in last 10 pertaining to Gopi’s recent cated about 30 minutes drive pay my coaches well and Chandra Shekar Mohanty 6-1, tended camps at many years India couldn’t produce comment that he had no from the Gopichand Acade­ look after them.” 6-1, in the semifinals of the 39th Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) inter unit tennis on Tuesday. In the other semifinal, Vishnu It’s an emotional Arsenal ends worst Ayush, Dalima adjudged the best Vardhan and V.M. Ranjeet Vijay Lokapally guided Oil and Natural Gas tire family’s dream to see me “With India playing the NEW DELHI Corporation (ONGC) to a 2-0 moment: Azhar Ali winless run in 42 years doing well in the sport. This FIFA U­17 women’s World victory over Gas Authority of Football Delhi (FD) feted award will provide me all the Cup, this award is a huge India Limited (GAIL). Agence France Presse into life after Gabriel Marti­ some of the best talent from inspiration needed to work source of motivation for me The women’s event, which Test cricket returns to Pakistan LONDON nelli scored his first Premier the Capital on Monday at a harder and make both my fa­ and I hope I can inspire ma­ had attracted only seven Arsenal caretaker manager League goal as Nicolas Pepe function held at the Nehru mily and India proud in the ny other girls to take up foot­ players, had a blow as the Freddie Ljungberg believes finally started to deliver on Memorial Hall here. This future,” said Ayush. ball. I hope to see each one country’s No.1 Ankita Raina a weight has been lifted off his club record fee by cur­ was the first time ever that Dalima called it, “an in­ of you coming out to sup­ withdrew, owing to a strained his players’ shoulders after a ling home a brilliant second, such an event was organised credible feeling to see the ef­ port us next year,” said knee. In her absence, three­goal blitz in nine se­ before crossing for Pierre­ officially with awards given forts of all the footballers be­ Aveka. defending champion Mahak cond­half minutes helped Emerick Aubameyang to se­ in 34 disciplines. This was ing recognised. Such awards The awardees: Male: Best Jain set up a title clash the team down West Ham 3­1 cure all three points. on the initiative of FD presi­ and events motivate us. The player: Ayush Adhikari; Best against Prerna Bhambri, who on Monday to end the Gun­ dent Shaji Prabhakaran. best thing is even the people youth player: Rudransh Singh; got past Riya Bhatia, in the The result: West Ham 1 (Og- Best coach: Paritosh Sharma; ners’ worst winless run in 42 Ayush Adhikari, who top behind the scenes are get­ individual event. bonna 38) lost to Arsenal 3 Best referee: Umesh Bora; Best years. ting the recognition they The results: (Martinelli 60, Pepe 66, Auba- scored for the team with six club: Garhwal Heroes; Best Men (semifinals): Indian Oil Arsenal suddenly sparked meyang 69). goals in the Santosh Trophy, deserve.” club of the decade: Hindustan bt Oil India Limited 2-0 was presented the best India’s under­16 player FC; Oldest club: Youngmen FC. (Sumit Nagal bt Chandra player (male) award while Rudransh Singh was chosen Diamond Award (ex-interna- Shekar Mohanty 6-1, 6-1; Raring to go: Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne, left, and Punjab bests CCFC defender Dalima Chibber as the best youth player tional players): Aziz Quraishi Ramkumar Ramanathan bt his Pakistan counterpart Azhar Ali with the trophy. * AP was adjudged the best player (male) while National un­ and Surender Kumar; Gold Udit Gogoi 6-1, 6-3); ONGC bt Press Trust of India The results: (female). der­17 vice­captain Aveka Award (ex intl. players): Tarun Gas Authority of India SL IN PAKISTAN matches on neutral venues. LUDHIANA At Ludhiana: Punjab FC 3 (Di- “I started playing football Singh won the best youth Roy, Santosh Kashyap and Bhu- Limited 2-0 (Vishnu Vardhan pinder Thakur. “All the players are very Late strikes from Dipanda panda Dicka 78, Thoiba Singh because my father was also a player (female) award for the bt Jitender Sharma 6-1, 6-0; Lifetime Service Awards (indi- emotional about this Test Dicka, Thoiba Singh and 88, Sergio Barboza 90+1) bt footballer and it was my en­ season. VM Ranjeet bt Vijay Sundar Press Trust of India series. It is great to be back Chennai City FC 1 (Pedro Man- viduals): O.P. Malhotra, Syed Prashant 6-2, 6-4). Sergio Barboza helped host Rawalpindi to our home grounds and I ziu 85). Shaheen, N.K. Bhatia, Sunil Women (final): Indian Oil bt Punjab FC beat holder The return of Test cricket to At Imphal: Neroca FC 1 (Bou- Ghosh, Shanker Lal, Sharafatul- Engineers India Limited 2-0 just hope that Test cricket Chennai City FC 3­1 and re­ Pakistani soil is an emotion­ bacar Siaka Diarra 31) lost to lah, N.K. Arora and Joginder (Prarthana Thombare bt Aarti returns regularly to Pakistan gister its first win in the I­ Singh. al occasion, captain Azhar East Bengal 4 (Jaime Colado Narayan 6-0, 6-0; Riya Bhatia now, Azhar told a media League on Tuesday. Pedro Journalist (Lifetime award): Ali said on Tuesday. But that 21-pen, 52-pen; Juan Mera 33, bt Rima Singh 6-0, 6-0). conference. Manzi scored for CCFC. Marcus Espada 65). Kewal Kaushik; Football expert will not come in the way of Azhar also conceded that Dhruv, Atharva in quarters and commentator (Lifetime his team’s efforts to make the series is a make­or­break Award): Novy Kapadia; Best NEW DELHI amends for a disastrous tour situation for his team, as it College: Zakir Hussain; Best Dhruv Sunish and Atharva of Australia. has not been playing well in Rampage meets Maharaja groundsman: Rajesh. Sharma defeated Tarun Pakistani players will play Test cricket for some time Outstanding referees award: Anirudh Chilakalapudi and SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT araja, which beat Bangur Melwyn D’Souza, Rizwan-ul- P.C. Vignesh 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 in Test cricket at home after a now. “It is unacceptable the gap of 10 years when they way we lost in Australia. The KOLKATA Cement 190­108 in the Haq, Mohammed Kamil, Ravi the pre-quarterfinals of the Shankar. $15,000 ITF men’s Futures take on Sri Lanka in a two­ last two series in South Afri­ Rampage defeated Team quarterfinals. Test series starting here on ca and Australia have been C.V. Rao 145­136 to enter Indian Railways­A, Female: Best player: Dalima tennis tournament in Cairo. Chibber; Best youth player: Wednesday. A 2009 terro­ tough for us. the semifinals of the Winter Facundo Juarez and which got past Team He­ Aveka Singh; Best coach: Disha National bridge champion­ Argentian’s Octavio Volpi got rist attack on the Sri Lankan “We need to turn to re­ mant Jalan 150­139, will Malhotra; Best referee: Usha the better of Iancu-Lustinian team had led to a freeze on verse our results and get ships at the Netaji Indoor take on Formidables, a 163­ Bhainsora; Best club: Hans Ghinda of Canada & Arpit cricket in Pakistan, which back on the winning track ,” Stadium here on Tuesday. 63 winner over Team Arun Recognition: Ayush Adhikari (best male player) and Dalima Football Club; Best College: Sharma 6-3, 6-3. has been playing its home he said. Rampage will meet Mah­ Jain, in the other semifinal. Chibber (best female player). * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Janki Devi Mahavidyala. CM A ND-NDE YK