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FROM PAGE ONE Waqf Board to Long road to trial in Babri demolition decide on land After BJP opts out, Kalyan Singh was summoned in September after losing immunity enjoyed as Rajasthan Governor on Nov. 26

Governor invites Sena Omar Rashid mischief; injuring or defiling while 57 witnesses had ap­ Press Trust of India LUCKNOW place of worship and deliber­ peared in the Rae Bareli Lucknow While resigning from the clear that the Sena will have The trial in the Babri Masjid ate and malicious acts in­ court, 291 witnesses had ap­ The Sunni Central Waqf CM’s post on Friday, Mr. its own CM.” demolition case involving tended to outrage religious peared in the special court in Board on Sunday said a de­ Fadnavis accused the Sena When asked if his party BJP leaders and others being feelings. Lucknow. cision on whether to ac­ of cutting all communica­ would ally with the Con­ conducted in a Special CBI Vimal Srivastava, a de­ The prosecution was find­ cept the five acres of land tion lines, and denied that gress­NCP, he said, “We are court in Lucknow is at the fence counsel, said since Mr. ing it difficult to examine wit­ for building a mosque in any arrangement to share close to taking a decision, stage of presentation of evi­ Singh does not have immun­ nesses as they were proving Ayodhya would be taken at the top post for 2.5 years there is no need for too ma­ dence by the prosecution. ity now, witnesses related to hard to track down. its meeting likely on No­ had ever been reached in ny meetings. We are in no The Special CBI court in his case have started to ap­ “Some died, others are vember 26. his presence. Sena chief hurry, the Governor now May 2017 charged BJP lead­ pear in court. Yet, so far only too old and are not in a posi­ “The meeting was ear­ Uddhav Thackeray had hit has to invite us as second ers L.K. Advani, Murli Mano­ three witnesses have been tion to speak or remember lier scheduled for Novem­ back claiming the party was largest party. But we will not har Joshi and Union Minister examined. He estimates things clearly,” said the ber 13 but it was post­ turning its back on a com­ keep Maharashtra in limbo.” Uma Bharti and others relat­ another 35­40 witnesses are source, requesting poned. I am getting diverse mitment given to seal the al­ ed to the Sangh Parivar with yet to be examined. anonymity. views on taking the land liance. Must quit NDA: NCP criminal conspiracy in the In May 2017, the special but I personally feel nega­ Mr. Thackeray told his le­ Amid reports that the Sena Babri Masjid demolition Investigation witnesses court framed charges against tivity can be won only with gislators earlier in the day would tie up with the NCP to case. Looking back: V.H. Dalmia, M.M. Joshi, L.K. Advani and Uma Overall, Mr. Srivastava said Mr. Advani, Mr. Joshi and Ms. positivity,” U.P. Sunni Cen­ that the Sena would not be a form a government, the lat­ Examination of witnesses Bharti, near Ayodhya on Dec. 10, 1992. * SHANKAR CHAKRAVARTY 336 witnesses have been exa­ Bharti along with three oth­ tral Waqf Board chairman palanquin­bearer any lon­ ter clarified that it should has experienced delays due mined in the Babri demoli­ ers — former MP Vinay Kati­ Zufar Farooqui said. ger. A Sainik would sit in the first quit the National Demo­ to the delayed framing of Minister when mobs demol­ month, days after he was re­ tion case. Most fact witness­ yar and VHP leaders Vishnu “We welcome the Su­ palanquin (of Chief Minis­ cratic Alliance (NDA) and re­ charges against senior BJP ished the Mughal­era mos­ inducted into the BJP. es relating to the rest of the Hari Dalmia and Sadhvi Ri­ preme Court verdict. The tership). Sena MLA Aaditya sign from the Union Cabi­ leader Kalyan Singh, who que in Ayodhya on Decem­ The charges against him accused, which involves ma­ tambhara — under Section Board has no plan to chal­ Thackeray visited party le­ net. NCP Mumbai chief and was exempted from facing ber 6, 1992. After his relate to criminal conspiracy, ny BJP veterans, have been 120 B (criminal conspiracy) lenge it. The Board had last gislators at a Madh Island re­ chief spokesperson Nawab trial in the case due to the five­year tenure as Governor promoting enmity between examined, he said. The in­ of the Indian Penal Code. month proposed with­ sort on Saturday and stayed Malik said the party could constitutional immunity he ended in September 2019, different groups; imputa­ vestigation officer witnesses The apex court last year drawing the claim on the the night there. On Sunday, not take any decision until enjoyed as the Governor of Mr. Singh was summoned tions, assertions prejudicial are now being examined, he directed the special court to disputed land, with some Mr. Uddhav Thackeray also the Sena officially made a Rajasthan till recently. and charged by the Special to national­integration; state­ added. An informed source deliver a verdict by April conditions, in national in­ met the legislators. proposal and quit the NDA. Mr. Singh was the Chief CBI court on the 27th of that ments conducing to public in the trial proceedings said 2020. terest,” Mr. Farooqui said At the meeting, Mr. “Let us first get the pro­ Thackeray reportedly told posal. If they want our sup­ his MLAs that he had not port then they have to show called off the alliance and the willingness to quit the that his (party’s) doors were NDA. Only then can the SC not to entertain claims Ruins don’t always indicate still open, but reiterated the talks move forward,” he stand on the CM’s post. said. Amid calls for ‘Aaditya as Meanwhile, the Con­ CM,’ Shiv Sainiks put up gress, which shifted its against actions of Mughals demolition, observes SC hoardings outside the MLAs to Jaipur, clarified that Thackeray residence in sup­ there was no question of ‘ASI report merely says mosque was not built on vacant land’ port of their demands. joining the Sena to form the ‘For recourse against ancient rulers, law is not the answer’ Sena Rajya Sabha mem­ government. “Our high legal correspondent ber Sanjay Raut told The command has clarified that Krishnadas Rajagopal our ideology, our religion, NEW DELHI Hindu, “We had given our there is no question of sup­ NEW DELHI the colour of our skin, or the The ruins of an ancient reli­ best wishes to BJP. They porting the Sena. We have The Supreme Court cannot century when our ancestors gious structure under an ex­ were adamant on having not won the mandate and entertain claims about the arrived at these lands, and isting building does not al­ their own CM, but could not there will be no move from actions of Mughal emperors submitted to the rule of law,” ways indicate that it was form the government and us,” Maharashtra in­charge against Hindu places of wor­ the judgment said. demolished by unfriendly we feel sorry about that. To­ Mallikarjun Kharge, told re­ ship, the Ayodhya verdict To the question then why powers, the Supreme Court day, Uddhav ji has made porters in Jaipur. said. the Supreme Court enter­ held in its 1,045­page judg­ “This court cannot enter­ tained the appeals on the ci­ ment in the Ayodhya case.

tain claims that stem from vil suits for determination of “Existence of the ruins of A view of the Babri Masjid before it was razed. * THE HINDU ARCHIVES the actions of the Mughal title and possession of the an underlying structure is Ayodhya ruling: Doval rulers against Hindu places Ayodhya land, the judgment not a reason in itself to infer ture was demolished to the Archaeological Survey of of worship in a court of law reasons that “this court can that it was demolished for build the Babri Masjid in the India (ASI) report merely today. For any person who adjudicate upon private pro­ the construction of a new 16th century. says the mosque was not meets religious leaders seeks solace or recourse Hindu places of worship of perty claims that were ex­ structure which rests on its The court agreed with the built on vacant land and against the actions of any yore. pressly or impliedly recog­ foundations,” it held. Allahabad High Court’s rea­ there was an underlying He said the invite did not Delhi. The statement furth­ number of ancient rulers, nised by the British The observation is signifi­ soning that “when a struc­ non­Islamic structure of mention that the meeting er said, “The leaders re­ the law is not the answer. Watershed moment sovereign and subsequently cant, and will form the basis ture has been constructed large dimensions. It does not was related to the verdict. solved to honour the deci­ Our history is replete with The court said differences not interfered with upon In­ of an argument against fu­ several hundred years ago, it touch upon how that struc­ According to the statement, sion of the Supreme Court actions that have been on the basis of religion, skin dian independence.” “With ture claims that Hindu plac­ is difficult to conclude with ture went to ruins. the religious leaders and appealed to all country­ judged to be morally incor­ colour and ancestors died respect to the disputed pro­ es of worship were des­ any degree of certainty “The ASI report has left pledged full support to the men to abide by it [the ver­ rect and even today are lia­ with the adoption of the perty, it is evident that the troyed centuries ago by whether the underlying unanswered a critical part of government’s efforts to dict], emphasizing that the ble to trigger vociferous ide­ Constitution. British Sovereign recognised rulers to build structures of structure on whose founda­ the remit made to it, namely, maintain peace and order. national interest overrides ological debate,” the “The adoption of the Con­ and permitted the existence other religions. tions it rests had collapsed a determination of whether “The interaction helped to all other considerations. Ayodhya judgment said. stitution marks a watershed of both Hindu and Muslim The Constitution Bench, due to natural causes or a Hindu temple had been de­ strengthen communication They extended their full With this, the court shuts moment where we, the peo­ communities at the disputed led by Chief Justice of India whether the structure was molished to pave the way for between top religious lead­ cooperation to the govern­ its door on future claims of ple of India, departed from property upon the annexa­ Ranjan Gogoi, was dealing demolished to give way for the construction of the mos­ ers to maintain a spirit of ment in ensuring peace and alleged atrocities committed the determination of rights tion of Oudh in 1856,” the with the question of wheth­ the structure of a mosque”. que,” the Supreme Court amity and brotherhood communal harmony and by ancient rulers against and liabilities on the basis of judgment observed. er a Hindu religious struc­ The judgment noted that said. among all communities,” upholding the rule of law.” the statement said. “All the The leaders noted with participants reposed faith in satisfaction that millions of the rule of law and the Con­ Indians displayed a great stitution.” sense of responsibility, sen­ Opinion divided in Congress over backing for temple Prof. Akhtarul Wasey, sitivity and restraint in ac­ president of Maulana Azad cepting the verdict, it said. University, Jodhpur, who at­ The Jamiat Ulama­e­Hind Section of party leaders says public articulation went beyond the resolution adopted by the Congress Working Committee tended the meeting, said, “A ( JUH), one of the largest new channel of communica­ Muslim organisations, is­ Sandeep Phukan construction of the temple. tion was opened. There sued a statement expressing New Delhi “There is no ambiguity in Sonia should apologise: BJP should be no misunder­ disagreement with the ver­ The Congress’s categorical the court order and it has standing, and the conversa­ dict. assertion in support of a Ram clearly talked of setting up a Special Correspondent Court to the apex court of tion was done in a harmo­ It termed the ruling “un­ temple at Ayodhya seems to trust to build a temple. Why NEW DELHI Pakistan in the wake of the nious manner. The NSA just” and said it disregarded have evoked mixed reactions should we go around in cir­ The BJP on Sunday sought Ayodhya verdict. appreciated the stand taken “the truth and evidence”. within the party, with a sec­ cles and avoid taking stand?” an apology from Congress Addressing a press by leaders of both commun­ The statement, issued by tion of party leaders asking if said a senior leader from president Sonia Gandhi for conference, party ities.” JUH general secretary Mau­ the public articulation went Madhya Pradesh. the statements made by the spokesperson Sambit Patra The other attendees in­ lana Mahmood Madani, beyond the resolution adopt­ party’s Punjab MLA, Navjyot demanded an “apology from cluded Swami Avdesha­ said, “The honourable five ed by the Congress Working Differing views Singh Sidhu, in Pakistan on Soniaji” for Mr. Sidhu nand, Swami Paramatma­ judges of the Supreme Committee (CWC). The leader argued that the Saturday, and for the speaking favourably about nanda and Swami Court, despite admitting The CWC, moments after Congress’s categorical stand National Herald piece Pakistan PM Imran Khan, Nirmalananda; the VHP’s that the placing of idols and the top court delivered its in favour of the temple Party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Saturday made a comparing the Supreme while maligning India. Alok Kumar, Champat Rai, destruction of the Babri verdict, came out with a would not only help the par­ categorical assertion backing the construction of the temple. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Surinder Jain and Jiveshwar; Masjid were serious viola­ measured response and did ty in the Hindi heartland Maulana Saeed Ahmed Noo­ tions of the rule of law, gave not explicitly talk about tem­ States such as Rajasthan and A section of the party, ho­ supporters in non Hindi­belt separate judgments or a ma­ judgment” so that the Con­ ri, president of Raza Acade­ the land to those who had ple construction. But at the Madhya Pradesh, where it is wever, differed with such pu­ States. jority­minority order. gress “was not seen to be tak­ my, Mumbai; Dr. Zahir Ish­ committed such crimes. press conference to read out in power, but will also put blic articulation and argued Party insiders say the A member said the CWC ing sides”. “Now that it has aque Kazi, president of This is a clear discrimina­ the resolution, the party’s the brakes on the BJP from that the Congress could nev­ CWC discussed threadbare had deliberated at length on been articulated from the Anjuman­I­Islam; and Pir tion against the particular chief spokesperson, Ran­ “portraying the Congress as er win over the BJP voters all the possible scenarios, in­ the wording of its statement party’s official platform, it Farid Ahmed Nizami of Ni­ community, which was not deep Surjewala, made a cate­ a party that only appeases with its “soft Hindutva”, but cluding a split verdict where and had avoided using phras­ has the same force as the re­ zamuddin Auliya Dargah, expected from the court.” gorical assertion backing the Muslims”. could end up losing other different judges could give es such as “welcome the solution,” the member said. 77 arrested in U.P. for ‘offensive’ posts ‘Develop temples as Security for judges beefed up Press Trust of India barricades and mobile es­ cultural heritage centres’ New Delhi cort teams, officials said. Action taken against 8,275 social media posts, including 4,563 over the past 24 hours The security of five judges “Security of the honoura­ Kanchi Acharya calls for focus from all who delivered the verdict in ble judges has been en­ special correspondent Saturday. A total of 1,355 the highly­sensitive Ram hanced as a precautionary LUCKNOW posts on Facebook and 98 vi­ Special Correspondent Saraswathi Swamigal in this Janmabhoomi­Babri Masjid measure. However, there Seventy­seven persons have deos and profiles on You­ Tiruchi endeavour are very signifi­ land dispute case has been has been no specific threat been arrested across Uttar Tube were also flagged. Welcoming the verdict in cant and important.” enhanced with the deploy­ to anyone of the judges,” a Pradesh for posting “offen­ the Ayodhya case, Kanchi “Going forward, temples ment of additional troops, senior official said. sive” content on social me­ Monitoring to continue Acharya Sri Sankara Vi­ need to be developed in dia regarding the Ayodhya “The monitoring of offensive jayendra Saraswathi on Sun­ such a way, wherein they verdict, the police said on posts and videos on social day called for developing are centres of culture, spiri­ Sunday. media and action against temples as centres of cultu­ tuality, heritage and harbin­ The police have been them will continue,” the pol­ ral heritage. gers of divine blessings.” monitoring social media for ice said. DGP O.P. Singh on In a statement, he said, “Everyone including go­ posts that it says could “spoil Saturday hailed the people “After many years, with the vernment, private and indi­ communal harmony.” of Uttar Pradesh for showing collective devotion, dedica­ viduals must participate and Apart from the 77 arrest­ restraint and keeping the tion, servitude, wishes, sa­ devote adequate attention. ed, the police have also re­ In print: People catching up on news in Ayodhya on Sunday. * AP State “totally peaceful”. crifice, tolerance, unstinting For temples to attain their gistered 34 cases. Of these, “All sections of society efforts, ability of many peo­ fullest potential, we must 22 FIRs were lodged and 40 the past 24 hours, the U.P. suspending the profiles, if have risen to the occasion ple and with divine benedic­ evince interest to positively persons arrested in the past DGP headquarters said in a needed. and displayed exemplary so­ tions of sant mahatmas, this develop them with neces­ 24 hours. statement. The action in­ The posts were mostly put lidarity, respect, restraint & situation has advanced. sary financial help, spiritual The police took action cluded removing the posts, up on Twitter, as per the pol­ cooperation,” the DGP With the blessings of Kanchi education, proper religious against 8,275 social media asking the users to delete ice data, with action taken tweeted, while appealing for Paramacharya, the interest framework and sound admi­ posts, including 4,563 over “offensive” posts and also against 2,869 of them since communal harmony. and efforts of Sri Jayendra nistrative mechanism.”

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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019 NEWS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Indian seafarers abandoned and adrift on land

Well trained and sought-after sailors in distress after getting entangled in illegal operations of owners; families pursue cases abroad

M. Kalyanaraman apprehended by Iranian the wheelhouse. The Indian the flight, he said. They did in Vietnam for placement of Chennai authorities in the Strait of chief officer saw the vessel not allow Marvin Interna­ seafarers for a Chinese­ When the marriage propo­ Hormuz on July 13. The going alongside at what he tional representatives to owned vessel but the rela­ sal came, Gagandeep Kaur’s charge: illegal travel calls a “blackout port”, with meet them or talk to them. tionship between the Viet­ folks felt her prospective through their waters, later a warehouse or a factory The Captain remains under namese agency and the husband had a “good, stan­ changed to oil smuggling, nearby. detention. owner is not established,” dard” job. After the wedding she says. When Captain Jagvir and Gagandeep Kaur Sidhu Mr. Parashar says. in 2014, Ms. Kaur realised Mr. Vikram Singh went to says she tried to meet Mar­ The email notes that the her husband’s job involved House arrest check, the second officer vin staff in Mumbai several documents submitted by much hard work. But little Her husband is under house told them to leave. At this times. “They did not refuse Marvin do not show evi­ was she aware of how risky arrest in Qeshm Island along point, the Captain argued to help but did not do much dence of Protection & In­ his merchant marine profes­ with two others. Iranian with the second officer. The either, and wasted nearly demnity insurance (P&I) sion was. courts have sentenced him Chinese officer told him that two months,” she says. She Club cover for the vessel, On November 3, Ms. Sid­ to three years in prison or to these were the owner’s in­ sought assistance from San­ which could have helped hu, a resident of Ludhiana, pay a fine of $13 million. structions. In a few hours, jar Parashar, chairman of Ms. Sidhu, he adds. landed in Shanghai along Ms. Deshpande says their the cargo was discharged the International Maritime In its note to Ms. Sidhu, with her father Charanjit lawyer has stepped away, and the second officer or­ Federation. the DG Shipping has said the Singh, a farmer in Jalandhar. citing non­payment of legal dered the ship to move. Finally, Marvin engaged a legal fees could be paid by She had left her two­year­ fees by the ship’s charterer. When the vessel had lawyer with whom she was cashing the bank guarantees old son with her in­laws. She Since his arrest, she has spo­ sailed some 15 to 20 miles, in touch over WeChat. When of Marvin International. Ms. had waited for nearly three ken to her husband for just a the second officer asked that the lawyer said the company Sidhu hasn’t t met her hus­ months, hoping that her minute over phone. the ship drop anchor for re­ had not paid her dues, she band who continues to be husband, Captain Jagvir Meanwhile, in Dindigul, pairs. After two days, the se­ decided to go to Shanghai. under detention in Ningbo. Singh Sidhu, detained in Tamil Nadu, R. Thandapani cond officer said the owner In the week of November Yogini Deshpande went Ningbo, China, would be has been trying to pick up had called him and told him 4, Ms. Sidhu met Indian con­ to the Indian consulate in released. the threads of his life. His to rush to Taiwan since a sular officials in Shanghai in­ Dubai where officials ar­ ship, Seaman Guard Ohio, warship and Chinese auth­ cluding the Consul­General, ranged a meeting with one Smuggling charge was seized by the Indian orities were coming. “The Anil Rai, and the Ambassa­ of the three charterers of Mt Captain Sidhu was arrested Coast Guard in October, second officer cut the an­ dor to China, Vikram Misri, Riha on October 22. She said by the Chinese police and 2013 and brought to Thooth­ chor chain with a grinder who also promised help. the officials had told the Coast Guard in July on ukudi. Mr. Thandapani was trative of what has accompa­ his or her repatriation, does minutes of the crew board­ and set sail to Taipei,” Mr. “Indian consular officials charterer to either go on ap­ charges of smuggling in fro­ among 11 Indians and 23 fo­ nied a boom in jobs for In­ not provide necessary sup­ ing the vessel, Hai Yue de­ Singh says. are saying that the matter peal or negotiate the fine. zen cargo at Ningbo on the reigners charged with ille­ dians on merchant ships — port, or unilaterally severs parted, Mr. Singh says. The Captain and six oth­ should have been resolved vessel MV Hai Yue. Ms. Sid­ gally procuring fuel while in seafarers being recruited by ties with the seafarer. There was a Chinese se­ ers then told the Chinese se­ by the owner or agent be­ Visa interview hu realised that the vessel’s Indian territorial waters, dodgy owners and their In the case of MV Hai Yue, cond officer on board who cond officer that something fore it reached the courts,” When he got the job offer in owner and the manning conspiracy and illegal pos­ manning agents in India. says Vikram Singh, who was told the crew that they were illegal was happening and she says. On November 9, September, Mr. Thandapani agent who had recruited her session of weapons. Facing The boom has its roots in the Chief Officer of the ship, sailing to China. Through­ all the Indian crew wanted Mr. Rai assured her that Mr. felt he was seeing light at husband had washed their action from the Coast labour arbitrage. Indian sea­ “The Captain is innocent. It out, he was either on the sa­ to sign off, he recalls. The se­ Sidhu would get consular ac­ last. He attended the U.S. vi­ hands of the case. Guard, the ship and its crew farers were relatively less ex­ was the second officer who tellite phone or, if the vessel cond officer said they would cess and medical assistance. sa interview on September Yogini Deshpande’s were abandoned by the pensive but well trained. Al­ was acting as the de facto was close to the coast, on his be signed off at Busan in Ko­ Ms. Sidhu met the Chi­ 13 and gave his biometrics. WhatsApp status message owner, AdvanFort. so, Indian certificates of master.” cell phone, taking orders rea, Mr. Singh says. nese lawyer who, she said, During the interview, he recalls the Hindi film song Mr. Thandapani, a certi­ competency for these pro­ from the owner, Mr. Vikram During the voyage from told her she would continue told the interviewer about Jindagi, ek safar he suhana, fied Able Seaman, has been fessionals are valued Suspicious moves Singh says. The second offic­ Keelung, Taiwan, to Korea, to handle the case. She then the Seaman Guard Ohio which urges the listener to working in a printing press worldwide. The owner of Hai Yue, a re­ er said the owner knows on­ the vessel was again adrift, wrote to the Directorate case and submitted all the stay in the moment, because since his release by the Ma­ Today, some 2.1 lakh In­ latively small ship, some 76 ly Chinese, not English. as per the owner’s instruc­ General of Shipping, which relevant documents and the life is unpredictable. Ms. dras High Court in Novem­ dian seafarers, forming 10% metres long, with one cargo Two or three days later, tions, near Ningbo. This was had suspended the licence release order. His shipping Deshpande, a resident of ber 2017 after it found him of the global seafarer popu­ hold, is in Henan province the Chinese second officer when the Chinese Coast of Marvin International. company told him he was to Pune, has been married for to be innocent. After nearly lation, are in the job market of China, and the vessel is said provisions would have Guard seized it. Marvin is among some 400 join the ship at Ennore on 10 years and knows that her two years, a company has on one lakh ships. operated by V­Star Ships of to be taken and two pilots Recruitment and Placement October 25. The previous husband’s job involves long offered him a shipping job. Some seafarers get entan­ Hong Kong. would take the vessel to Flew to Delhi Services (RPS) agencies for day, Mr. Thandapani went to periods away from home. As part of the process of gled in illegal operations by Vikram Singh and six oth­ port. “I saw two people The six detained Indian Indian seafarers. the consulate. He wanted at But nothing had prepared placement, the company the owner, as with Captain er Indians including Captain coming in a fishing boat, not crew were at a hotel for In the case of Hai Yue, the least to collect his passport, her for the ordeal ahead. asked him to obtain a US Sidhu. Under the Maritime Jagvir joined the vessel in a pilot boat. They didn’t nearly a month until August DG Shipping has told Ms. with or without the visa. Her husband, Mithun Va­ C1/D visa that is needed for Labour Convention 2006, a Taiwan on June 17. They look like legitimate pilots,” 14 when they were released Sidhu that Marvin does not But, he couldn’t succeed. sudev Deshpande, was a se­ seafarers joining a ship in seafarer is deemed to be were recruited by Marvin In­ Mr. Singh adds. and they flew to Delhi. The have a relationship with the And without the passport, cond officer on board MT Ri- the U.S. abandoned if the ship own­ ternational Ship Manage­ He says the second officer Chinese Coast Guard took owner. “Marvin has an he could not join the ship ha when the ship was The three cases are illus­ er fails to cover the cost of ment of Mumbai. Within five asked the captain to leave care of the crew and paid for agreement with an agency either. BJP names candidates Congress divided in Maharashtra Release Kashmir leaders for 52 seats in Jharkhand from detention: DMK Ashok Chavan says party undecided; Kharge says it will sit in Opposition List includes 31 incumbents ‘Valley converted into an open prison’ Mohammed Iqbal Come out of NDA, Special Correspondent Congress releases first JAIPUR NCP tells Shiv Sena Special Correspondent of the people of the State and NEW DELHI list of five candidates Amid the political uncer­ MUMBAI CHENNAI the Assembly. The BJP on Sunday named NEW DELHI tainty in Maharashtra, the The Nationalist Congress The DMK’s general council “The State has been con­ candidates for 52 of the 81 The Congress on Sunday newly elected Congress Party Mumbai president and meeting on Sunday con­ verted into a prison without seats in the Jharkhand As­ announced its first list of MLAs from the State, stay­ chief spokesperson Nawab demned the arrest of senior space for democracy and sembly election that will be­ five candidates, all from ing at a luxury resort, near Malik on Sunday said that the Kashmiri leaders including leaders are confined under gin on November 30. seats that will go to polls in here, on Sunday authorised Shiv Sena would have to National Conference’s Fa­ house arrest. All the leaders The list includes 31 in­ Jharkhand in the first phase party president Sonia Gand­ resign from the Union rooq Abdullah after the should be released imme­ Cabinet and quit the National cumbents. Ten sitting MLAs on November 30. It has hi to nominate the leader of Centre withdrew the special diately. Democracy and the Democratic Alliance (NDA) have been dropped, BJP na­ fielded its State unit chief the Congress Legislature status of Jammu and Kashmir aspirations of the people for the NCP to consider tional general secretary Rameshwar Oraon from Party (CLP). under Article 370. The party should be respected,” a reso­ Lohardaga. The Congress supporting the Shiv Sena in Arun Singh said at a press The party declared that it Amid political uncertainity, Congress shifted its 44 said the Valley was convert­ lution adopted at the meet­ will contest 31 seats out of forming a government. conference here. had accepted the mandate MLAs-elect to a resort to avoid “poaching” attempts. * ANI ed into an open prison. ing said. the 81 Assembly seats. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD The BJP’s central election The JMM (contesting seven to sit in the Opposition. Though Mr. Stalin on Sa­ committee, at a meeting seats), Congress and RJD Senior Congress leader “not yet decided anything”. the mandate to sit in the Op­ city. They include the senior Resolution passed turday expressed his opinion chaired by party president (contesting 43 seats) had and former Union Home Mi­ “We are keeping an eye position, which the party leaders Ashok Chavan, A resolution adopted at the on the Supreme Court order Amit Shah and attended by recently announced a nister Sushil Kumar Shinde on the recent develop­ had accepted. Prithviraj Chavan and Bala­ meeting attended by party on the Babri Masjid­Ramjan­ Prime Minister Narendra pre-poll alliance. PTI arrived in the evening to ments. We are discussing all The party’s core commit­ saheb Thorat. president M.K. Stalin said the mabhoomi dispute, the par­ Modi, approved the names, convey Ms. Gandhi’s mes­ the options before us. We tee met twice on Sunday to At the CLP meeting in the special status was removed ty general council steered CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC including 13 “youth” candi­ sage to the MLAs and inte­ have not decided anything discuss the Governor’s invi­ resort, the MLAs passed a without seeking the opinion clear of the subject. dates and five women, he tion and instability”, but the ract with them to get their yet,” Mr. Chavan told ANI tation to the BJP to form a brief resolution favouring said. Raghubar Das government views on the party’s stand over the phone. government in the State. the continuation of the al­ Jharkhand Chief Minister had changed the situation in on the formation of a He said the Congress Considering the threat of liance with the Nationalist Raghubar Das will contest five years. government. wanted a stable government “poaching” amid a political Congress Party (NCP), and the Jamshedpur East seat. He said the BJP had faith and not President’s Rule. impasse in Maharashtra, the authorised Ms. Gandhi to in the leadership of Mr. Das Chavan stand The party’s Maharashtra Congress shifted its 44 nominate the CLP leader. ‘Sure of good results’ in the State and Mr. Modi na­ Senior Congress leader and in­charge, Mallikarjun MLAs­elect on Friday and After the meeting, several of BJP working president J.P. tionwide, and was sure of former Chief Minister Ashok Kharge, who met the MLAs, Saturday to the resort on the them left for places of wor­ Nadda said Jharkhand was “good results” in the Chavan, who is in Jaipur, ho­ told presspersons that peo­ Jaipur­Delhi National High­ ship in Ajmer and Pushkar. earlier known for “corrup­ elections. wever, said the party had ple had given the Congress way, about 20 km from the (With ANI inputs) The man who cleaned up the Indian electoral system

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T. Ramakrishnan “flooded with complaints of cluding Environment and ber 1994, he famously pulled Chennai suppression of civil rights” Forests Secretary, Defence up Union Ministers Sitaram T.N. Seshan, as Chief Elec­ in the district. Yet, Mr. Sesh­ Secretary and later, Cabinet Kesri and Kalpnath Rai for tion Commissioner during an was left intact. Secretary. “attempting to influence vo­ 1990­96, initiated the pro­ In the Tamil Nadu govern­ ters”. cess of cleaning up the elec­ ment, he held positions such Meant business It was during Mr. Seshan’s toral system. The introduc­ as Industries Secretary and When Chandra Shekhar be­ period that the Commission tion of electors’ photo Agriculture Secretary during came Prime Minister with was made a multi­member identity cards was a measure M.G. Ramachandran’s first the support of the Congress, body in October 1993. towards this direction. He al­ innings (1977­80) as Chief Mi­ Mr. Seshan was made CEC in Briefly in the mid­1990s, so saw to it that the model nister. His differences with December 1990. Soon, he Mr. Seshan was seen as a cru­ code of conduct, till then his political masters forced had shown that he meant sader against corruption and considered a document of him to opt for a Central post­ business. electoral malpractices. His academic interest, was taken T.N. SESHAN: 1932-2019 ing. He was known as a no work was recognised interna­ seriously by the parties and His batchmate­friend and nonsense CEC and one who tionally when he was given candidates. Despite facing a former Vigilance Commis­ had enforced, in his own the Ramon Magsaysay award volley of criticism that he nus of the Madras Christian Madurai District Collector sioner in Tamil Nadu P.N. Ve­ way, discipline on political for 1996. had exceeded his brief, Mr. College, he, as an IAS officer, during 1965­67, came into danarayanan said he was not parties and contestants. He In July 1997, Mr. Seshan un­ Seshan had demonstrated to did a year­long course in public attention when he surprised by what Mr. Sesh­ earned the wrath of several successfully contested the the outside world that his management at Harvard Un­ dealt sternly with partici­ an did as CEC. “His qualities politicians including former presidential election against post was no pushover. iversity in the 1960s. pants of the anti­Hindi agita­ as an administrator were Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.R. Narayanan. Two years Born on December 15, tion. According to K. Govin­ clearly evident when he was Jayalalithaa who had once later, in the Gandhinagar par­ 1932 in Palakkad, Kerala, Mr. Anti-Hindi agitation dan Kutty’s biography part of the State govern­ described him as an “embo­ liamentary constituency, the Seshan belonged to the 1955 Though the Tamil Nadu part Seshan: An Intimate Story ment,” he recalled. diment of arrogance.” Congress fielded him against batch of Tamil Nadu cadre of his career was largely re­ (1994), the then Chief Minis­ At the Centre, Mr. Seshan During the Karnataka As­ then Union Home Minister officers of the IAS. An alum­ garded as uneventful, he, as ter, M. Bakthavatsalam, was held several positions, in­ sembly elections in Decem­ L.K. Advani but he lost. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELSEWHERE Bolivia’s President agrees to new Afghan presidential candidate polls after damning OAS audit boycotts recounting of votes Won’t accept addition of suspicious votes: Abdullah Abdullah Sirisena pardons killer of The report found ‘clear manipulations’ in October 20 election won by Evo Morales Reuters Swedish teen, sparks row Reuters Kabul COLOMBO “The first round of the LA PAZ Sri Lanka’s President has elections held on October 20 The result of the Afghan pre­ pardoned a death­row Bolivian President Evo Mo­ must be annulled and the sidential election may be prisoner, who murdered a rales agreed on Sunday to electoral process must begin further delayed, two officials Swedish teenager, just a hold new presidential elec­ again,” the OAS added. said, after the main challen­ week before he leaves office, tions after an audit of the dis­ Voting should take place ger to incumbent Ashraf Sparking national outrage. puted October 20 vote found as soon as conditions are in Ghani said on Sunday he Convicted killer Jude serious irregularities, while place to guarantee it being would not agree to the addi­ Jayamaha, from a high­ pressure mounted on the lef­ able to go ahead, including a tion of hundreds of thou­ profile family, walked out of tist leader to step down. newly composed electoral sands of what he called sus­ Welikada prison on Saturday. The Organization of body, the OAS said. picious votes to a planned The court had been told the American States’ (OAS) re­ recount. victim’s skull was fractured port, issued on Sunday, said Morales should resign The Afghanistan Indepen­ Number game: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah into 64 pieces. PTI the vote should be annulled Luis Fernando Camacho, a dent Election Commission Abdullah addressing his supporters in Kabul on Sunday. * AP after it had found “clear ma­ Political crisis: Police officers taking part in a protest march civic leader who has become (IEC) said on Saturday that it Iran announces discovery nipulations” of the voting against President Evo Morales in Santa Cruz. * AFP a symbol of the Opposition, would recount ballots from must be nullified. paign leader, told Reuters. of massive oil field system that called into ques­ said the report clearly de­ more than 8,000 polling sta­ “The recounting process The standoff is likely to TEHRAN tion Mr. Morales' win, with a pread allegations of fraud joining anti­government monstrated election fraud tions — almost a third of the should stop, and if the Elec­ deepen the political crisis in Iran has discovered a massive new oil field, President lead of just over 10 points ov­ and prompted the OAS au­ protests and the military and reiterated his call for Mr. total — due to what it called tion Commission continue Afghanistan after the Sep­ Hassan Rouhani announced er main rival Carlos Mesa. dit. said it would not ”confront Morales to resign. discrepancies in their with recounting process tember 28 presidential elec­ on Sunday, a find that would Mr. Morales, who came to the people” over the issue. Mr. Mesa said Mr. Morales system. without our observers, we tion, which was marred by boost its proven reserves by New electoral body power in 2006 as Bolivia’s “The manipulations to the and Vice­President Alvaro But Abdullah Abdullah, will act,” Mr. Abdullah told a allegations of fraud. about a third in a rare piece of Mr. Morales, speaking at a first indigenous leader, has computer systems are of Garcia Linera should not who currently shares power cheering crowd of suppor­ Preliminary results sche­ “good news” for an economy press conference in La Paz, defended his win but had such magnitude that they preside over the electoral with Mr. Ghani in a unity go­ ters in Kabul, accusing Mr. duled for later this week battered by U.S. sanctions. also said he would replace said he would adhere to the must be deeply investigated process or be candidates. vernment, said Mr. Ghani’s Ghani’s camp of fraud, might be delayed again, ac­ The 80­metre deep reservoir the country’s electoral body. findings of the OAS audit. by the Bolivian State to get to Meanwhile, Bolivia’s At­ side was pushing to include which Mr. Ghani denies. cording to two officials at the stretches nearly 200 km from The department has come The weeks­long standoff the bottom of and assign res­ torney General’s office said some 3,00,000 additional “Abdullah’s camp is afraid EC, who declined to be Khuzestan's border with Iraq under heavy criticism after over the disputed election ponsibility in this serious that it had ordered an inves­ votes which did not come of the recount because they named as they are not auth­ to the city of Omidiyeh, he an unexplained halt to the escalated over the weekend case,” the preliminary OAS tigation into the members of through biometric devices would lose,” Daoud Sultan­ orised to speak publicly sadi. AFP vote count sparked wides­ as police forces were seen report said. the electoral tribunal. used in polling and which zoy, a senior Ghani cam­ about the count. U.S. court refuses to ban work Former FBI Spain votes to end political stalemate agent still permits for H-1B holders’ spouses Opinion polls show the Socialists in the lead but with fewer seats than April’s election missing: Iran

Agence France-Presse according to polling. Reuters Obama-era rule has been challenged by Saves Jobs USA MADRID The last election pro­ DUBAI Spain voted on Sunday in its duced a near­record 76% tur­ Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Press Trust of India holders, primarily spouses that it is “best to remand” to fourth general election in as nout, which helped Mr. San­ on Sunday that the wherea­ Washington of those having H­1B work vi­ give the district court an op­ many years amid heightened chez, who had mobilised bouts of former FBI agent In a temporary relief to thou­ sas waiting for their Green portunity to thoroughly as­ tensions over the separatist left­leaning voters to oppose Robert Levinson, missing sands of Indians living in Card, to work in the U.S. sess and finally determine push in Catalonia that has Vox but analysts warn the since visiting Iran’s Kish Is­ America, a U.S. court has re­ Indians, in particular wo­ the merits in the first fuelled a surge in support for numbers will likely drop this land in 2007, remain un­ fused to strike down, for the men, were the greatest be­ instance. upstart far­right party Vox. time. known, and it denied a re­ time being, an Obama­era neficiary of this rule, which “Accordingly, we reverse The repeat polls were The election comes as port that Tehran had rule that allowed spouses of has been challenged by sev­ the district court’s grant of called after Prime Minister Spain finds itself increasingly opened a criminal case H­1B visa holders to work in eral U.S. workers with the summary judgment and re­ Pedro Sanchez failed to se­ polarised by the Catalan cri­ against him. America. current Trump administra­ mand for further proceed­ cure support from other par­ sis, which has deepened in Mr. Levinson disap­ The H­1B visa is a non­im­ tion supporting their cause, ings consistent with this opi­ ties following an inconclu­ Poll equations: Christian nuns casting their ballot papers for recent weeks. peared while on a trip to migrant visa that allows the saying that it wants to res­ nion,” the federal court said sive election in April which the general election in Barcelona on Sunday. * AP Less than a month ago, the island in the Persian U.S. companies to employ cind the rule. in its order on the lawsuit by saw his Socialist party win the Supreme Court sen­ Gulf. Iran has repeatedly foreign workers in speciality Saves Jobs USA, which com­ the most votes, but no work­ majority in Spain's 350­seat tive Popular Party (PP) may tenced nine Catalan separa­ denied knowledge of his occupations. ‘Determine the merits’ prises of American workers ing majority in parliament. Parliament. strengthen its presence. tist leaders to lengthy jail disappearance or of his A 2015 rule issued by U.S. A three­judge bench of the who claim that they have However, opinion polls The Socialists are on track But the most striking de­ terms over their role in a whereabouts. “Levinson President Donald Trump’s U.S. Courts of Appeals for been laid off due to the poli­ suggest this new election will to finish top again, but with velopment could be the rise failed 2017 independence has a judicial case in our predecessor Barack Obama the District of Columbia Cir­ cy of the Obama administra­ fail to break the deadlock. slightly fewer seats than of the far­right Vox party, bid, sparking days of angry country as he is missing ,” allowed work permits for cuit on Friday sent the case tion to provide work permits Neither the left nor the right April’s election, while the which could even jump to street protests in Barcelona Foreign Ministry spokes­ certain categories of H­4 visa back to a lower court noting to H­4 visa holders. look likely to win a ruling main opposition conserva­ third­largest in Parliament, and other Catalan cities. man Abbas Mousavi said. Violence mars Hong Kong’s New Territories Jordan to retake lands leased by Israel

Pro-democracy protesters vandalise train station, shopping malls and block roads King Abdullah II announces Ghumar and Al-Baqoura’s return to ‘full sovereignity’ Reuters miliation that perpetuated Reuters planned shopping mall prot­ NAHARAYIM Israeli “occupation” of Jorda­ Hong Kong ests throughout the territory. Jordan has pulled out of a 25­ nian territory. Police fired tear gas to break Shopping districts across the year­old landmark agree­ “I announce the end of up rallies as black­clad acti­ harbour on the main island ment that allowed Israeli the work in the special an­ vists blocked roads and were quiet. farmers to cultivate in two nex in the two areas Ghumar trashed shopping malls “Radical protesters have pieces of agricultural land and Baqoura [Naharayim in across Hong Kong’s New Ter­ been gathering in multiple that was leased by Israel. Hebrew], in the peace treaty ritories on Sunday on the locations across the territo­ Under the deal, part of the and impose our full sove­ 24th straight weekend of an­ ries,” police said in a 1994 Jordan­Israel peace reignty on every inch of ti­government protests. statement. treaty, two territories strad­ them,” the king said in a Protesters vandalised a The violence later spread dling the border were recog­ speech marking the start of a train station in the central to the Kowloon district of nised as under Jordanian so­ new parliamentary session. new town of Sha Tin and A protester being detained by the police in Hong Kong.* REUTERS Mong Kok, one of the world’s vereignty but with special Jordanian soldiers gathering around a tent ahead of a For the Israelis farming smashed up a restaurant per­ most densely populated provisions allowing Israeli ceremony at Naharayim on Sunday. * AFP the land, the agreement’s ex­ ceived as being pro­Beijing, Chinese­ruled city. police and protesters. areas. Police used water can­ farmers to work the land and piry is a sharp blow. “It was overturning banqueting ta­ Violence spilled out onto The rail station was closed non to try to clear the main visitors to tour the Isle of arrangement, in what was King Abdullah formally like a punch to the face,” said bles and smashing glass pa­ the streets of Tuen Mun out­ in Sha Tin, amid scuffles bet­ artery of Nathan Road, Peace park in the area. widely seen as a sign of in­ declared on Sunday the end Eli Arazi, 74, a farmer whose nels, two weeks before dis­ side the “V city” mall, with ween police and protesters which runs south to the But in 2018, Jordan said it creasingly strained diplo­ of the special regime, which community worked one of trict council elections in the running battles between riot young and old, on a day of harbour. did not want to continue the matic relations. most Jordanians saw as a hu­ the land parcels in Baqoura.

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12777 (set by Dr. X) SUDOKU FAITH Log on to crossword.thehindu.com for more puzzles 12 Actress flying first­class enters 2 Put together project to secure flight (9) vote by bit of artifice and Greatness of Acharyas 13 Fish in river snatched by hawk pretence (9) Service to one’s Acharya is superior to serving God Himself. (5) 3 Model cut by English rogue now And this is demonstrated in Sabari moksha, said Akkarakka­ 14 Silly sot, entering drunk, went welcomes impassive one providing reassurance (8,7) ni Srinidhi, in a discourse. Sabari had served Matan ga ma­ berserk (4,2) harishi with great devotion. Moksha, therefore, was guaran­ 15 Rushed to drink peg, getting 4 Member wearing dress, neat teed to her. She stayed on in the ashrama, knowing Rama soused (7) and fashionable (7) would arrive, and she welcomed Him with offerings of 18 Charge to consume alcoholic 6 Reveal a plan to spill a crucial fruits, which Rama gladly accepted, because He was pleased drink? On the contrary, it’s on catch perhaps? (4,3,4,4) with her Acharya bhakti. When Sabari departed from the earth, she asked Rama to be witness to her departure. So, it the house (7) 7 Found in kitchen, a chocolate was her devotion and service to her Acharya, sage Matanga, 20 Insane Conservative ruined (6) tortilla chip (5) which earned moksha for her. Vedanta Desika observed that 22 Ready to eat special American 8 Very drunk, perhaps due to what an Acharya confers with his two eyes, what even three dish (5) loneliness (8) eyes, eight eyes or a thousand eyes cannot do. The usual in­ 24 Immature one lost temper 9 Force groom to accept union terpretation is that Siva, the three eyed deity and Brahma is after a little objection (6) the eight eyed one, and Indra is the thousand eyed one. typically (2,7) But scholar Prativadhi Bhayankaram Annangarachariar 16 Inferior lyricist and writer, a 25 Restraining journalist little trashy, rates poorly (9) came up with a unique interpretation of Desika’s ver se. He interrupting band (9) said that having mentioned Brahma and Siva, there wo uld 17 Operation to rescue couple of be no point in mentioning Indra, who was lower down in the 26 Germanic God triumphed, fellows on precarious site Solution to puzzle 12776 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku hierarchy than Siva and Brahma. So, the thousand eyes conquering capitals of Troy away from regular ski runs ■ must be a reference to Vishnu. What Desika is saying is that ACROSS and Asgard (5) (3­5) 1 Revised total contains only a even Siva, Brahma and Vishnu cannot do for us, what an 27 Reckon one million spent for little error (8) 19 Stimulating quote about Acharya can do. Such is the greatness of an Acharya. Vaish­ property (6) 5 Information concealed by admitting errors essentially navite Acharya Thirukkoshtiyur Nambi said that an Acharya Anti­Terrorism Squad 28 Accepting suggestion on (6) imparts a glow to his disciple, so that when the jivatma operatives (6) reflection, agree to resolve 20 Outrage after college reaches Sri Vaikuntha, it shines like Sri Devi Herself! 10 Almost mention about eating unclear situation (4,4) student’s indiscretion (7) When Ramanujacharya went to Thirukkurungudi, the beef! That’s dangerous (5) deity of the temple there marvelled at people paying atten­ ■ 21 Girl in a messy medical 11 Confusing and clamorous after DOWN tion to Ramanuja, while they had not paid heed to the Lord problem (6) English exit without 1 Short mock trial is most Himself. So, He asked Ramanuja to be His teacher. Because agreement finally (9) appropriate (6) 23 Hardly any study time (5) of this, the deity came to be called Vaishnava Nambi.

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Immediate annuity plans with insurers like LIC offer completely guaranteed returns and may suit special investment needs such as Read this before exercising your stock option plan this because once you make the investment, you will not face any reinvestment risk or the der ESOPs) or the highest mar­ need to actively manage the money. Understanding tax rules governing ESOPs ket price on January 31, 2018. But the flip side of immediate annuity will help you decide better However, the highest price re­ plans is their unattractive returns after taxes. corded on any exchange on Ja­ Currently, for instance, for a 45­year­old, KEERTHI SANAGASETTI of ESOPs is at the time of exer­ nuary 31, 2018, shall be substi­ LIC’s Jeevan Shanti offers a lifelong annuity cising the option. The em­ tuted by the consideration of ₹74,300 a year (or ₹6,131 per month), for The Employee Stock Option ployee will have to add the va­ received on sale of shares, if the an upfront investment of ₹10 lakh. This works out to an effective return of just 5%. Plan (ESOP) is perhaps one of lue of shares allotted under the latter is lower. You will have to pay GST on your initial the best methods of rewarding ESOP to his income from salar­ In the case of unlisted investment. an employee for his/her contri­ ies, in the year of exercising the shares, short term capital gains Two, you can also invest part of the money bution to the company, consi­ same. (STCG) — taxed at the respec­ (about 50%) in the combination of a fixed dering that it is a win­win for tive slab rates applicable to an deposits from a scheduled commercial bank both the employee and the Perquisite individual — shall apply on the and highly­rated NBFCs such as Sundaram employer. The value of shares to be treat­ sale, if the period of holding is Finance, Bajaj Finance and Mahindra Finance, ESOP refers to an option gi­ ed as a perquisite for tax pur­ 24 months or less. In the event diversifying your money across many such FDs. These can fetch you a better return of ven to employees, and gives poses will essentially be the dif­ of sale of unlisted shares result­ 7.5­9% currently. But these investments do them the right to purchase the ference in fair market value ing in a LTCG, the rate of tax carry some risks. Should interest rates in the shares of the company at a fu­ (FMV) and the amount actually shall be 20% with indexation economy fall sharply over the next 5, 10 or 15 ture date (on expiry of vesting paid by the employee. For list­ benefit. years, your son will have to make do with period) at a pre­determined ed companies, the FMV shall be lower income than he started with. price. At the end of the vesting the average of the opening and ween ₹103 (FMV) and ₹100 (ex­ shares, shall then be subject to been considered for the pur­ Restricted stock unit Three, to better the returns from this (lock­in) period, the employee closing prices on the date of ex­ ercise price) multiplied by tax as capital gains. Depending poses of computing perquisite Companies have come up with portfolio over the next 10 or 15 years, you can opt to purchase the shares, ercising the options. 1,000 shares. upon the period of holding the as mentioned above. In the ex­ a variant of ESOPs — Restricted will also need an equity component of say 15%. This will allow your son to earn a higher which is referred to as exercis­ In instances where the Now, what if the date of exer­ shares, the gains shall be taxed ample above, on sale of those Stock Unit (RSU). The RSUs are income in the long run but can lead to ing the ESOP. shares are listed on multiple ex­ cising the option turns out to be as long­term or short­term. shares, the cost of acquisition shares in the company given to volatility in your portfolio in the short run. By doing so, an employee changes, the price on the ex­ a trading holiday? In such cas­ For listed shares, if the for Mr. X would be ₹103 per an employee every time some Depending on your risk perception, you can gets to participate in the profits change that records the highest es, the rules mandate that the shares are held for 12 months or share. A noteworthy point here specific performance targets or use the three options mentioned above in of the company upon paying a volume of trading shall be FMV shall be calculated based less, then the capital gains shall would be that, if the shares employment conditions are different proportions to invest your corpus of concessional price, which is considered. on the closing price on the im­ be taxed as short term and a were acquired before February met. The employees get the ₹60 lakh. Do ensure that another relative, the exercise price. At the same Let us take an example, mediately preceding trading rate of 15% shall apply. 1, 2018, then the computation RSUs without any payments. IT like your second son, takes the responsibility time, the company is also as­ where Mr. X has exercised his day. For unlisted companies, When the period of holding of cost of acquisition for LTCG, major Infosys recently granted of monitoring this portfolio and changing the choices if the returns change dramatically. sured of their interests being ESOP on November 1. He was the FMV of the shares shall be exceeds 12 months, then the re­ shall be calculated differently. RSUs to about 6,500 mid­level aligned towards organisational allotted 1,000 shares of ABC determined by a merchant sultant long­term capital gains This is because the Finance employees. goals, by giving them a share of company, by paying ₹100 for banker on the date of exercis­ (LTCG) shall be taxed at 10%, if Act, 2018, had grandfathered Interestingly, for taxation, an Readers can send in queries on personal finance the pie. If you have recently each share. On that day, the ing the option. the gains exceed ₹1 lakh. That the payment of LTCG tax on RSU is treated exactly like an and investing to [email protected]. been granted an ESOP by your opening and closing prices of Another point of taxation for said, for listed equity shares gains accrued till January 31, ESOP. Hence shares allotted Our experts who write on personal finance will employer and are evaluating ABC’s shares were at ₹101 and an ESOP is when the shares sold prior to April 1, 2018, LTCG 2018. under RSUs — free of cost — may answer these queries. Moneywise will not give whether or not to exercise the ₹105, respectively — average thus acquired are sold. The dif­ was exempt. For such cases, the cost of cost a ‘bomb’ in taxes paid. specific recommendations for investment in a particular mutual fund scheme, share or fixed same, a look at the tax rules go­ comes to ₹103. ference between the considera­ Generally, cost of acquisition acquisition shall be higher of This is because the entire FMV deposit. verning these will help. Now, Mr. X will have to pay tion received on sale and the for shares allotted under ESOP the actual cost of acquisition of the shares will be subject to The first instance of taxation tax on ₹3,000 — difference bet­ cost of acquisition of such shall be the FMV which has (FMV for shares acquired un­ tax as a perquisite.

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b MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN ments is narrow. That is cer­ students and young faculty el­ tainly what parents want. Ho­ sewhere who can be drawn Wholesome education is what wever, I would hope that what here. Now, you can’t compete most educational institutions we have done is ignite minds only on salaries because ulti­ attempt, but fail to deliver. so these students become the mately that is a game you can­ This is because of barriers in intellectual, political and busi­ not win — you don’t have the execution that include concep­ ness leaders of tomorrow. So, I kind of resources that western tual mismatch, impeding poli­ ‘It’s a great would rather we measure it 20 universities might have, so, cies, lack of resources and in­ years from now when they you have to offer something tent. Despite these graduate than on the point of else. It has to be a combina­ impediments plaguing the edu­ graduation, and see how many tion of adequate compensation cation sector, Krea Univeristy university professors, how ma­ and also adequate freedom to Kapil Viswanathan, is off to a promising start in its ny CEOs and how many top do what they enjoy doing and Vice­Chairman of the Executive endeavour to “prepare stu­ politicians we have from the to do it in an environment Committee and Governing dents for the 21st century batch. We want to create na­ where they feel like they are Council Member, and President, world and to re­imagine the time to be a tion builders, especially those making a difference in people’s IFMR, speaks about the Krea university experience”. whose minds are wide open lives. experience: Located in Sri City, north of rather than fully closed. Faculty Chennai, the sprawling cam­ Is there anything in particular The fact that this is a clean pus houses the School of Inter­ What do you think India that you think needs to be re­ slate approach and the woven Arts and Sciences (SIAS) needs to set up world­class looked in the Indian education opportunity to think from the and the IFMR — Graduate universities? system? ground up, and to design an School of Business (IFMR GSB). We don’t need one Krea; we Lots of resources are com­ entirely new paradigm of SIAS offers B.A. Honours/B.Sc. student’ need 50 or 100 Kreas. Every­ ing from the private sector, but learning, has really helped us Honours degree programmes body should have a chance at the licensing process is really attract a very strong line of in the humanities, social such an education, and the still incredibly difficult in In­ faculty, and these are not sciences, literature, arts, and Raghuram Rajan, reality is we need far more re­ dia. Why is it easy for some simply faculty from the MITs sciences, based on the princi­ sources being applied to edu­ people to get educational li­ and Harvards of the world but ples of interwoven learning. economist and cation so that this becomes censes while the quality of the from Indian institutions as well. It is backed by some of the academician has possible. And some of it will education that they offer is There is a good mix of young best minds and thought lead­ come from the private sector, mediocre at best, while others and old, Indian and overseas. ers in the country, including used his experience but the government should find it really hard to get the go Learning outcome former RBI governor, Raghu­ perhaps think about how this ahead even though they bring to help set up a We are looking at education not ram Rajan, who was in the city could be replicated. We are many resources to the table ? just as a career but a recently to address the first university that not the only university — there We have to look into that be­ preparation for life and life in a batch of students at SIAS, in is Ashoka and others like that cause it seems like a place that promotes a new very changing world. There are his capacity as Governing — but each one should have needs quality control . four outcomes we would like to Council Member, Krea, as well paradigm of learning. the ambition to be really un­ see in our students: as an educationist. ique and add value. There is Do you think now is a good He hopes to create adaptability and resilience, Raghuram Rajan speaks ex­ no common model we should time to be a student? societal impact — how does an clusively to Education Plus nation builders with be following, but to the extent There is a lot of pressure to­ individual’s thought and action about his association with the the government can, it should day on students and I don’t open minds impact the society, sense of University and his views on ignite more such institutions. think that is going to go away purpose — why do we do what education. because technology demands we do, and finally, a sense of The Draft National Education stronger and stronger skills. ethics. We believe if our What was the thought behind Policy throws light on the You have to be better than students leave with these the idea of offering interdisci­ issue of a steep rise in technology and be creative in outcomes, then they are set to plinary courses? teacher shortage, lack of many ways. But if I go to the lead happy and successful Problems need solutions professionally qualified right place, then it is a great careers in a changing world. which span various disciplines. teachers, and so on. time to be a student. If I had Admission Education, in some sense, has How can a university to write those competitive ex­ What we look for in students is to prepare you in various dis­ overcome this issue? ams today — I studied at IIT a holistic set of attributes. As ciplines but at the same time, The initial reposi­ where I had to compete for my part of the admission process, you have to have the ability to tory of faculty has spot — I don’t think I would be we took students to live sites. look across disciplines so that to be from other in a good place (laughs). I For example, in Mumbai, they you understand how things institutions in In­ mean, the kind of effort peo­ rode the local train and in look like when looked at from dia but that’s the ple have to put in to be suc­ Chennai they went to Adyar the other side. zero­sum game — cessful in those exams is fright­ Poonga for the first half of the The point is to excite peo­ we just take ening — going to these day in groups of 10 or 12 with ple’s minds. I can give you in­ from them. But coaching classes and basically a couple of faculty members, formation, but that informa­ it is also about abandoning your 11th and 12th identifying problems to solve. tion is going to become identifying grade in order to do well in And the second half of the day outdated soon. But if I teach young Ph.D. these exams...we put our stu­ they spent thinking of solutions you, how to think about it, the dents through a lot of pres­ for the problem. The thing that love of knowledge stays with sure. But if you are in the right gives the best sort of window you. That is what we are trying place, it is a great time to be a into their minds is the essay we to do. student. But how do you get to asked them to write which was the right place? ‘what does this day mean to SIAS has its first batch of un­ you’. The intent was also to dergraduate students. How are For the full interview go to give the students a flavour of you going to eventually mea­ https://www.thehindu.com/edu- what life at Krea would be like. sure the university’s success? PTI cation/its-a-great-time-to-be-a- Measuring in terms of place­ student/article29929944.ece

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initiative) My Internship) Here is an exclusive networking platform to help teachers learn Lessons of and grow b JENNY VARGHESE a lifetime Teachers have the power to nur­ In my final year ture and unleash the potential of of Master of their students. TREE, a platform Computer Appli­ solely for educators, believes in cations (MCA), I this power of the teachers to had made up my transform children's lives and pos­ mind to work in itively impact society. data science and Maya Thiagarajan, the founder , engineering. who has worked as a teacher in Genpact was the U.S., Singapore and India, de­ one of the few cided to work full­time with companies offer­ teachers after returning to her ho­ ing me hands­on metown, Chennai and thus start­ experience with ed TREE, which recruits, deve­ things such as lops, trains, supports, and big data and ma­ inspires teachers over the span of chine learning. their careers. Assigned Features project One of the many aspects they I worked on an work on is helping teachers find a extract, trans­ Name: job as well as helping schools find form, load data­ Piyush Gupta the right teachers for them. Many Institution: base project for University School of schools often struggle to find the Information, Commu- a big investment nication and Techno- right educator that suit their envi­ logy, GGSIPU, Dwarka, firm having massive amounts of data. New Delhi ronment and institution. My work involved extracting data Organisation: “We’re also trying to convince Genpact, Noida, Uttar from sources such as File Transfer Pradesh young, bright and talented people Duration: Protocol (FTP), Salesforce, and legacy five months to become teachers and bring systems, transforming it through re­ more talent into the field, and get SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT quired business logic, and loading it them to want to teach while into a data lake that can be used to access all data in one changing the whole narrative and to ensure that those place. rhetoric around teaching,” says within the community At first, I was concerned about this big responsibility, Maya “We want people to see it as are legitimate educators. but my seniors encouraged me to completely focus on a complex, challenging and crea­ TREE often organises learning before starting work on the project. So, I learnt tive job that it is.” With the public events with everything I could about big data technologies and how Another area that TREE focuses themes or topics for they work with analytics, computation, and storage. I al­ on is teacher development. Maya teachers from a wide range so learnt programming languages such as Python and and her team go to schools and of schools, as well as events Scala, and domain knowledge of capital markets. I ap­ help them think through what teacher in mind for principals. Many of the plied them to the project, and my managers were their needs are, find which are events are completely teacher dri­ pleased with the results. Post my internship, I got hired the high leverage needs and then ven where they have the space to by the company as a full­time employee. design a strategic plan that helps create an intellectual ecosystem workshops.” talk to each other or collaborate. develop their teachers and their for teachers so that they can also It is a pan­India online com­ While currently mostly focused on Corporate culture programme. They also conduct see themselves as intellectuals, as munity, but currently more fo­ intellectual life. Chennai­based schools, they do The best part was the team I worked with; my manager workshops, courses and events by learners and as professionals who cused on the south, where there Teachers can use this commun­ hope to branch out further as and everyone else made me understand what Genpact bringing in resources from across are doing really important work.” is specially themed and curated ity as a way to stay connected. time progresses. “We really are a means by “Curious, Incisive, Courageous, and Integrity” the board, as a way to help teach­ content for teachers uploaded The platform encourages teachers one­stop­shop for teachers and being their corporate culture. They encouraged me to ers to think outside of the typical Peer connect fortnightly, information on confe­ to submit their own content as schools,” Maya concludes. continuously learn new things and keep improving. narratives , encouraging them to One of TREE’s latest ventures is rences, courses, job postings for well. Moderated forums are also : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: They mentored me, let me access their internal training use new ways of thinking to an online community for teach­ various educational roles, a calen­ being introduced where educators platform for everything including digital technologies, teach. ers. “We feel that teachers need dar of events for educators (not can host discussions based on One of the many aspects they and involved me in team meetings. “The idea is to get teachers to to be able to collaborate with just the events organised by TREE each other’s questions. Those work on is helping teachers question things, to think, to get each other and know what is go­ but external events from courses who register on the website find a job as well as helping Piyush Gupta is currently working with Genpact. inspired and to get excited,” adds ing on in the field of education, to literary fairs, cultural events (www.treelearning.co.in) have to schools find the right teachers Maya. “One of our goals is to staying aware of any events or and so on), to cultivate their own go through an approval process, for them

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to cook with fistfuls and pinch­ dishes that can be made from es of ingredients. My aunt Ra­ rice and eggs, with coconut or zia says she keeps track by re­ Kerala plantain occasionally membering the number of thrown in for good measure. times she stirs a dish — add su­ Dishes like mutta maala and gar to the milk and stir 100 chattipathiri serve as delicious times! We finally found a mid­ reminders of the illustrious dle ground: we’d have them history of the region. Chatti­ eyeball and pick up the right pathiri, a sweet layered pastry Book to stove amount in their hands, and has elements that are similar to (Clockwise from left) then quickly measure it in the the Moroccan pastilla. Mutta Onakka chemeen cups and spoons we kept maala, candied threads of egg pulinga chaar (dried ready. yolk, are a Mappila adaptation prawn and tamarind of the Portuguese dessert, Fios curry), members of the An infinite variety de ovos. cookbook committee, Writing a family cookbook is and Aysha Tanya complicated for many reasons, A community story but especially for what we Writing the book also drove choose to exclude. Being home the idea that eating pressed for time made this nose­to­tail isn’t a catch phrase choice easier; we reached for in most regional cuisines, it is a the biggest hits. But it didn’t way of life. The goat head curry absolve us from having to de­ is as celebrated and cherished cide which version of a recipe as curries made with pricier to include. In several cases, we cuts of meat.

The secret society of Mappila cooks Writing the book In two weeks, we tested and Chattipathiri to mutta maala, a family in Malabar was a crash course documented 47 recipes, and over the next three weeks, I shares their popular dishes in a new cookbook, which also in the sheer edited, compiled and photo­ reveals the cuisine’s colonial history variety of dishes graphed them. In a little over a that can be made month, we published The Fa­ Aysha Tanya chants in the 7th century to Eu­ ing out of favour, and those in mily Table, which remains one ropeans in the late 15th centu­ between. But the project even­ from rice, eggs, of the most satisfying projects If you want to know your fami­ ry to the English who came to tually fell by the wayside, with coconut and I’ve been part of. Cookbooks ly better, write a cookbook trade in the 17th century and a handful of recipes to show Kerala plantain in general are more important with them. This isn’t a saying, vastly overstayed their for it. today than they’ve ever been. but it needs to be. welcome. The idea was brought up had been gathered five years While the elders would cook They give us valuable insight My folks, the Arinhal Karu­ It all started in 2014, when a again in 2018, but this time ago, and collect new ones. Re­ with deftness, and an innate into what life looked like for a vantevalappil family, are Map­ family Facebook group was set with lowered expectations. A cipes flew back and forth over sense of proportion and ba­ certain people in a certain pilas, as the Muslims in the Ma­ up to tighten those lax familial tight deadline (just over a WhatsApp, with suggestions lance, my cousin Shabreen and opted for the less time­con­ time and place, which is valua­ labar region of Kerala are bonds. The conversation month) meant its scope and tweaks made along the I, who were in charge of noting suming one, and in others, the ble from an anthropological called. We are food­proud, I ex­ quickly turned to food, and it would not be an ultimate way. A few sessions were held down the recipes, would strug­ most popular. In the case of point of view, but also impor­ plain when I’m asked why we was here that the idea for a fa­ tome of recipes, but a starting in various aunts’ homes in Kan­ gle to keep up, thrusting mea­ mutta kakkam (eggs in a spicy tant because it provides a way chose to write a cookbook. The mily cookbook first came into point. nur, where they would demon­ suring cups and spoons into chilli paste), we included both to understand the ‘other’ in cuisine of the community is de­ inception. With enthusiasm, a strate the more elaborate dis­ their hands, much to their irri­ versions (with onions, that my these communally­charged lightfully unique and draws in­ few volunteers set out to Make, replicate hes or how to prepare tation. However, as anyone grandmother preferred, and times. fluences from the various trad­ source the recipes that form A 15­strong, all­women ‘Cook­ ingredients — like carefully who has ever written a recipe without, the way her sister did) Aysha Tanya is editor and ers and colonisers who’ve the backbone of our cuisine — book Committee’ was appoint­ spooling the sticky fibres of the will tell you, its success lies in to avoid a family feud. co­founder of The Goya Jour­ landed on our doorstep over the simple, everyday ones, the ed, and we quickly organised banana stem around your fin­ its replicability. Try explaining The process was also a crash nal. The Family Table is ₹950, the centuries: from Arab mer­ complicated ones that are fall­ ourselves to recipe­test what ger as you cut it. this to women who’ve learned course into the sheer variety of on qitaab.com.

DOWN MEMORY LANE Time to speak up (From left) Cheilean Jacob, Rohan Solomon and Revisiting the Jeet Paul * SPECIAL Walled City ARRANGEMENT Exploring monuments of Delhi, more than half a century ago, was both exciting and educational

fort in the 1960s photo­ graphing paranormal activi­ ty. His photos showed blobs of light and skeletons danc­ ing around. They were pu­ blished alright and caused a lot of excitement. But the Ar­ to Rohan to address the environmen­ my, which occupied a large Where are the tal damage. The second track, ‘Hard part of the fort, came out in Treasure house of stories Visitors at Red Fort to Breathe’ is a heavy rock arrange­

denial. The photographer, * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA ment inspired by a near­fatal asthma however, stood by his exclu­ attack brought in a few years ago in R. V. Smith sive pictures as proof. of the Agra Gharana to Fi­ Kucha Mir Ashiq and every­ Mumbai. Outside the fort one day I roze Kanchwala, the glass­ body joined in the meal be­ “It was Diwali, and I was shooting entered the shrine of Bhure eyed singer; to dancers fore dispersing. You could for our single ‘Find You’, with my Settling down in Delhi 60 Mian and found a queue of Shanta Rani and vivacious taste the best shammi ke­ blue skies? bandmates from Cyanide. People years ago wasn’t a very good burqa­clad women. They Naseem Bano who had en­ babs at this gathering before were bursting crackers everywhere, experience. Agra’s kharbu­ had come for cures effected tertained President Najibul­ walking down to Karim Musician Rohan Solomon’s recent trilogy of tracks and I was hit by an asthma attack. It zas (watermelons) were by the caretaker, Pir Yasin lah in Kabul; to Khan Abdul Paanwallah’s shop, which addresses the city’s alarming levels of pollution peaked to the point that I thought I sweeter and so were the Beg, who distributed amu­ Haye Khan, an expert an­ had an engraved verse deco­ was going to die,” he recalls. phalsa fruit (a berry) which lets (taviz) and medicines for gler; and Tyagiji, Hindi tran­ rating its facade : “Paan keh­ Sweta Akundi His bandmates rushed one could munch on hot af­ all sorts of ailments, “partic­ slator in foreign embassies. ta hai sookh kar mar jaoonga him to an emergency ternoons with salt masala. ularly for those possessed by From there, Haji Hotel, in mein/Ai Labh­e­yaar gar Sitting outside his lawn, one smoggy ward, and he got the Slowly my perception of the djinns”. Pir Yasin emphati­ front of the southern gate of moonh na lagaya tu ne” (The Delhi morning, singer and guitarist Delhi will always medical attention city changed. While doing cally declared that every Ju­ the Jama Masjid, was a good paan says I will dry up and Rohan Solomon looked up at the sky. <> he needed. Still, it be my home, no night duty there was plenty mairat (Thursday) a proces­ meeting point. Present at die, if lips, my friend, you do There was not a trace of blue. took him a few of time for a bachelor to sion led by Bahadur Shah the hotel were Alamgir Sa­ not taste me). After a paan The incident sparked a sense of matter where I end days to recuper­ spend the day cycling from Zafar went around the fort hib, ex­wrestler; Ustad Za­ here people usually strolled longing in the musician for the bright up in the future. I ate. “In fact, Ludlow Castle Road to ex­ after midnight. Again, the hooro, chain­smoker; Mohd to Parantha Gali where a skies he remembers growing up un­ wrote my first song when we landed plore the city. The Red Fort photographer tried but Mian Akbar and the versatile milkman’s shop sold the der. His recent trilogy of songs reveals here!” in Delhi, an am­ naturally came first on the couldn’t get a photo of the Master Sahib, besides this best milk. His grandfather a rising concern for the pollution his Rohan Solomon bulance came to list of monuments. Entering weird happening. scribe. had fought in 1857 and the hometown is facing every day, and pick me up right as I it through the Lahori Gate Naaz Hotel, behind the Ja­ They talked of the great old man’s lathi was pre­ the urgent need to clean up our got off the plane. It and proceeding to the Naq­ ma Masjid, whose earlier oc­ revolt of 1857 as though it served in the shop. act. The final song, ‘Time’, is the was scary…” he says. qar Khana, one sought a cupant had been the painter was a yesterday event. No Now things have changed latest to be released, behind The incident has made its meeting with the Custodian M.F. Husain, was a good resi­ wonder too as their grand­ but the old milieu still exists ‘Hard to Breathe’, and ‘Blue Sky’ way into the song with the lyr­ of the fort, Asghar Ali Khan. dence. From this room one fathers had played a part . in nooks and corners if you — the one that started it all. ics talking about ‘walls closing He had a fund of stories to could get a bird’s­eye view of Hajiji related the story of care to enter them in an at­ “Delhi will always be my in’ and ‘what’s this light that relate after the initial hesita­ the whole area right up to how his maternal grandfath­ tempt to feel the hidden, but home, no matter where I end up surrounds me.’ tion of meeting a stranger. the Red Fort. er, Maulvi Rajab Ali, and ever quivering pulse of the in the future. I wrote my first Rohan started working “Lal Qila”, he said, “has Near Naaz was Azad Hind father, Munshi Turab Ali had Walled City, so ardently song here!” says Rohan, who has with Jeet and Cheilean on many secrets hidden from Hotel, whose proprietor was caught the thieves who stole monitored now by Faiyazud­ been the frontman for city band ‘Time’ in New York. He later the casual visitor. There are an Urdu poet with seven the shoes of namazis during din, the Haji’s son. He sits in Cyanide until it broke up in 2014. presented ‘Blue Sky’ and palaces which brood in the wives and 28 children. Afzal Friday prayers. Two or three the hotel’s balcony, missing He was in New York for three years, ‘Hard to Breathe’ to them, and day and come alive at night Sahib had declared himself men used a fishing line to do the presence of the servant where he met guitarist Jeet Suresh they decided to record them. “We with paranormal activity. I an atheist, saying since he so and the Maulvi and the Nazir, who migrated to Kara­ Paul and percussionist Cheilean Ja­ never imagined the story they would have seen kings, princes and had become one he had Munshi had to miss namaz chi after his marriage, and cob at Engine Room Audio studio. form,” says Rohan. While the first princesses on my midnight prospered. that Friday to catch the juta­ the old gali lamplighter Bat­ Together, the three started By song speaks of longing, the second of rounds, especially on Thurs­ At Azad Hind, all sorts of chors (shoe stealers). tiyonwala Baba. Chance, the name a reference to immediacy, the final one is an appeal day. After that a photogra­ characters found accommo­ Tales over, Haji’s servant their fortuitous meeting. of sorts: to take action as soon as pos­ pher of a Delhi newspaper dation, from classical artiste Nazir used to bring a big tif­ The writer is a veteran chronicler Shuttling between New York sible, with the chorus singing, ‘Time spent a whole night at the Ustad Latafat Husain Khan fin carrier from his house in of Delhi and Delhi, it became imperative slips away.’

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Stay indoors, avoid high AQI zones, drink water to flush out the toxins, eat a healthy antioxdiant­rich diet Soma Basu (with lots of veggies and omega­3s from fish). We know the basics — now for the niggling doubts. We The feeling of being overwhelmed by the challenges of climate change asked doctors and experts to weigh in on them and the fear about the state of the environment. It is the helplessness that makes us see ourselves as just one insignificant entity on the planet, un­ Team Metro able to reverse the crisis. It is also the sense that no matter how hard we work, nothing will ever be enough. I’m a fitness If I have an air purifier, am I at a greater risk for a heart or asthma Hey, plants You know the deteriorating climate is affecting your health o r your freak, with attack once I step outside? give off child’s but you do not know how you can stop it. To feel powerless against no major There’s no data to say this, but whether you have asthma or heart oxygen right? a supposedly impending doom shoots up stress levels and causes anxiety, illnesses. disease, or any other chronic illness, do wear a mask. You can DIY an So what kind should I be say medicos. In 2017, the American Psychological Association referred to Can’t I do my air filter if you can’t afford the ones in the market. Simply cut an growing inside and the condition as eco­anxiety. industrial grade hepa filter (available online) to the size of an exhaust Nobody understood it better than Supreet Lodh, worki ng with an regular walk for just 30 around my house? fan and place it in the room. The bigger the fan, the better. There are American corporation in Delhi, when he saw his 12­year­old son, strug­ If you have a garden, trees with minutes a day? also carbon filters and pre­filters available online. All these won’t give gling to breathe this past week. Supreet has been li ving in the capital larger canopy diameter, leaf Depends on where you live and you the same protection as professionally built systems, but it will since 2008 and found the pollution levels post­Diwali always going into surface area, leaves that are what’s happening outdoors. If reduce harm, and today, we’re aiming towards as much harm reduction as possible. hazardous territory. Over the last three years, he has taken early pre­ either sticky or hairy, play a you’re in a colony, consider cautions with air­puri­ major role in trapping installing a pollution meter (about fiers and masks and particulate matter from air. ₹3,000; lasts upto a year), so you has tried to keep his Pshhh, I do not have I have some eye and nose They serve as dust trappers and know what times of the day it’s son, prone to chest in­ dirt filters. Guazuma, neem, okay to step out. Generally, when any symptoms dryness with the pollution. Help! fections, indoors. But rain tree and mango are good the sun’s up is best. Wear a mask related to the Control the factors you can: avoid this year, the situation options. Indoor, you can grow when you do step out, whether pollution. So I can contact lenses and eye turned alarming for shade­loving plants (dumb it’s to buy veggies or going for a step out anytime right? make­up, rest your eyes him. “My son was cane, silver queen, dracaena, choking, his cough was walk. A cautionary note: if you Sadly no. There are certain seemingly from multiple screens — country borage), but oxygen dry, he could not spit feel even the slightest discomfort insignificant effects of air pollution — they’re already under evolution is efficient only in the out phlegm, his eyes (an itchy throat, irritation in the fatigue for instance. Also, you may not stress. Hand hygiene is presence of sunlight. A NASA burned and face eyes), go back indoors. feel any immediate effect, but air important, so avoid report has also found bamboo turned red. We had to pollution affects internal organs, like the touching or rubbing eyes palm, green spider plant and rush him to the doctor respiratory system, the heart, even the with hands that are also exposed to mother­in­law’s tongue to be GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK who prescribed a ne­ nervous system, the liver, the spleen, the pollution. Dehydration often aggravates * helpful. buliser,” says Supreet. blood. The effects of pollution are seen in allergic and dry eye conditions, so drink His son is petrified and wants to return to Kolkata, where they had just the long term. So while someone who at least 10 glasses of water a day. Lubricate the eyes with tear substitutes, With inputs from Dr KK Aggarwal, been on a holiday. His wife Kanika looks outside their seventh floor has, say, heart disease is at risk for President, Heart Care Foundation of apartment, and realises how grim the situation is. immediate medical complications, for such as carboxy methyl cellulose eye India; Dr R Krishnadas, Senior Medical It is not just Delhi, every city wears the tragic ve il of pollution and someone pollution can be the trigger to drops or even rose water. Jal neti, a Consultant, Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai; Pauline Deborah, Associate climate change. What the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said kickstart a medical problem. It’s like a naturopathy practice helps to cleanse Professor, Department of Plant Biology, — that she did not want the adults to be hopeful but panic — finds reso­ perfectly healthy person smoking — that’s the nasal cavity, while a steam bath Women’s Christian College, Chennai; nance with what experts say. Adults are indeed panicking because they never a good thing. (check with your doc) expels impurities. Dr Rukamani Nair, Director and are unable to now comprehend the right measure of re sponse to the Arrey but I can barely Medical Head, Bapu Nature Cure breathe in an N95 mask. Hospital & Yogashram scale of the challenge. Aren’t there other options? “People are getting affected by the feeling of frustration and loss and are immensely worried about their children and futur e generations,” Anything new that you need to says Dr A Sugaparaneetharan, Madurai­based psychiatrist. wear for most of the day takes “From an evolutionary perspective, all living things want to give a time to adjust to. Take wearing healthy and protective environment to the next generation. But since glasses — it takes about six we have failed to do it, we are now filled with guilt and anxiety,” he months to get used to a pair. Look says. at a mask the same way. Try and “Eco­anxiety is not an illness but an actual fear resp onse to a get into the habit of wearing one threat,” he adds. Dr C Ramasubramanian, founder of MS Chellamuthu — it’s not an all or nothing Trust and Research Foundation in Madurai, explains when the re is situation. such an onset of fear, people complain of depression, restlessness, pal­ pitation and insomnia. He thinks eco­anxiety to some extent is benef­ icial because people may finally shake out of their p assivity and help make a change. But he also warns that one needs to watch out against persisting distress as it could take the dimension of a disease. Relaxation exercises through yoga and meditation are the best sus­ tainable options for a life with low stress, besides m aking climate change an integral and crucial factor in our lifestyle hab its and con­ sumption patterns.

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Deepak Chahar and Shivam INDIA Aminul 3­0­29­0, Sarkar 4­0­ (Soumya Sarkar, 2.5), 3­110 Dube delivered with the ball Rohit Sharma b Shafiul 2 (6b), 29­2, Afif 1­0­20­0. (Mithun, 12.6), 4­110 (Mush­ Shikhar Dhawan c Mahmudullah fiqur, 13.1), 5­126 (Naim, 15.3), as India defeated Bangladesh BANGLADESH b Shafiul 19 (16b, 4x4), K.L. 6­126 (Afif, 15.4), 7­130 (Mah­ by 30 runs to win the series­ Liton Das c Washington b Rahul c Liton b Al­Amin 52 (35b, mudullah, 16.5), 8­135 (Shafiul, deciding third and final T20I Chahar 9 (8b, 2x4), Mohd. Naim 7x4), Shreyas Iyer c Liton b 17.6), 9­144 (Mustafizur, 19.1). here on Sunday. The visitor b Dube 81 (48b, 8x4, 2x6), Sou­ Sarkar 62 (33b, 3x4, 5x6), Rish­ mya Sarkar c Dube b Chahar 0 INDIA BOWLING seemed in control of a run abh Pant b Sarkar 6 (9b), Man­ (1), Mohd. Mithun c Rahul b Khaleel 4­0­27­0, Washington chase of 175 when Dube inter­ ish Pandey (not out) 22 (14b, Chahar 27 (29b, 2x4, 1x6), 4­0­34­0, Chahar 3.2­0­7­6, vened, taking three crucial 3x4), Shivam Dube (not out) 9 Mushfiqur Rahim b Dube 0 (1b), Chahal 4­0­43­1, Dube wickets. (8b); Extras (w­2): 2; Total (for Mahmudullah b Chahal 8 (10b), 4­0­30­3. five wkts. in 20 overs): 174. Chahar, who claimed a Afif Hossain c & b 0 (1b), Aminul hat­trick to polish off the Ban­ FALL OF WICKETS Islam b Chahar 9 (9b), Shafiul Man-of-the-match: Deepak gladesh innings, finished 1­3 (Rohit, 1.3 overs), 2­35 Islam c Rahul b Chahar 4 (6b), Chahar. with remarkable figures of six (Dhawan, 5.2), 3­94 (Rahul, Mustafizur Rahman c Shreyas b Player-of-the-series: Deepak for seven from 3.2 overs, the 12.1), 4­139 (Pant, 16.1), 5­144 Chahar 1 (3b), Al­Amin Hossain Chahar. best in T20 internationals. (Shreyas, 16.5). (not out) 0; Extras (lb­3, w­2): 5; Total (in 19.2 overs):144. Toss: Bangladesh. Bangladesh lost its last eight BANGLADESH BOWLING wickets for 34 runs as India Al­Amin 4­0­22­1, Shafiul 4­1­ FALL OF WICKETS India won by 30 runs to take won the series 2­1. 32­2, Mustafizur 4­0­42­0, 1­12 (Liton Das, 2.4 overs), 2­12 the series 2-1

India went into the match DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD with only five bowlers, hav­ cent score here. And he man­ then exploded. Aminul and DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ing sacrificed Krunal Pandya aged one, striking a series of Soumya Sarkar were Statosphere for an extra batsman in Man­ effortless boundaries along thumped for massive sixes the way. over deep­midwicket. B Deepak Chahar is the first ish Pandey. It looked a terri­ Indian to get a hat­trick in ble idea 13 overs into the Ban­ Shafiul Islam was carved When Afif Hossain was in­ T20 Internationals gladesh innings, with the away through point early on, troduced, Shreyas brought B visitor needing 65 off the last Aminul Islam was cut and the crowd to its feet, welcom­ Chahar’s 6/7 is the best­ ever in T20Is, bettering Sri 42 balls, with seven wickets pulled to the fence, and Mus­ ing the off­spinner with three tafizur Rahman was lofted ov­ successive sixes, standing in Lankan Ajantha Mendis’ 6/8 in hand and the dew a big vs Zimbabwe in 2012 er mid­off. his crease and swinging for problem. The Destroyer: Deepak Chahar is the toast of his skipper and other teammates after his exploits on Sunday. * VIVEK BENDRE B Yuzvendra Chahal had en­ He raised his fifty off 33 the bleachers. Mohd. Naim’s 81 on Sunday is the highest by a Hossain off successive deliv­ evening a memorable one for India’s series triumph. stumps for two. balls, and fell two deliveries The Mumbai batsman dured a bad day, and at the Bangladesh batsman against later, failing to clear mid­off. raised his maiden T20I fifty crease were Mohammad eries. Naim was consumed by the crowd, dismissing Shafi­ This was an important in­ India in T20Is Naim, unbeaten on a half­ a splendid yorker, and Afif ul, Mustafizur and Aminul to Entertaining knocks nings for the Karnataka bat­ off 27 balls, before he was DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD century, and Mushfiqur Ra­ was caught and bowled, with record a hat­trick and eclipse Earlier, K.L. Rahul and sman. Simple chance caught on the boundary for him. Rohit put his faith in Dube at full stretch. Ajantha Mendis’s figures, Shreyas Iyer made a pair of Before the start of the se­ Shreyas was dropped second 62 off Sarkar. Manish Pandey then gave Dube, and he did not disap­ When Mahmudullah was hitherto the best in T20I entertaining half­centuries ries, he seemed to be sliding ball at point, the leg­spinner The latter claimed two the innings some vital thrust point. Mushfiqur fell first bowled by Chahal, Bangla­ cricket. after India had been put in to down the pecking order Aminul spilling a simple of­ wickets with his gentle medi­ at the end. Bangladesh might ball, chopping on. desh had lost five wickets for Twenty­year­old Naim’s bat. Rahul arrived at the exit across formats. Out for 15 in fering. um­pace, removing Shreyas have felt the total within In his next over, Dube ac­ 20 runs in the space of four 48­ball­81 was a fine effort, of Rohit Sharma, who had Delhi and unbeaten on 8 in Shreyas remained watch­ and Pant, who was bowled reach, but it would fall well counted for Naim and Afif overs. Chahar then made the but it was overshadowed by edged Shafiul Islam onto his Rajkot, Rahul needed a de­ ful the next 10 deliveries and for six, in the same over. short in the end. Rohit’s pep talk made us determined to win: Shreyas New BCCI team seeks It was our mistake that we didn’t finish well, says Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah amendments to constitution Special Correspondent The Mumbai batsman was Nagpur pleased with his own effort. G. Viswanath and seek approval for Board. Shreyas Iyer admitted that “Today’s innings showed I Mumbai amendments adopted at The ICC has considerably India was feeling the pres­ can bat under pressure as Soon after filing his nomina­ general meetings. changed the eligibility rules sure in the third T20I before well. tion for the post of presi­ Among amendments to to become a member­direc­ turning things around. Mo­ “The over in which I hit dent of the Board of Control be discussed at its annual tor and may have conveyed hammad Mithun and Naim three sixes, that changed the for Cricket in India, Sourav general meeting in Mumbai the same to Ganguly and had added 98 runs for the momentum completely. Oth­ Ganguly described the last on December 1 will be the Shah. third wicket to put Bangla­ erwise we could have got on­ need to modify the cooling­ three years in the sport’s The BCCI members have desh in a strong position in ly 150­155 which would have off period clauses, making ruling body as discussed each Lodha com­ the series decider, but India been really hard to defend them applicable only to the “emergency­like”. mittee­recommended struck back. on this wicket,” he said. president and secretary. “We were feeling the pres­ The CoA’s overall control clause and opposed a num­ was a constant source of ir­ ber of them as well as the sure. We know they are a Cluster of wickets Disqualification clause ritation, and the members board’s claim on the per­ really good team. Bangladesh captain Mahmu­ Removing the disqualifica­ took charge of affairs centage of money it should “We were a little lethargic dullah was disappointed tion clause for nominating a through the democratic receive from the ICC’s reve­ at the start. Rohit called us in with his side’s collapse. person to the International process on October 23. nue for the 2016­2023 cycle. and gave us a pep talk. It “We had a good chance Cricket Council and similar really motivated us and but we lost three­four wick­ Ganguly, however, had gi­ organisations and, most im­ There should not be any made us determined to win ets in the space of a few balls. ven no hint of going for the portantly, vesting decision­ difficulty for the amend­ the game,” he said. That cost us the game. jugular in his team’s readi­ making powers with the ments to go through with or “The partnership bet­ ness to move amendments Apex Council and secretary without modifications, but Turning points ween Naim and Mithun was to the BCCI constitution that are other changes the moot point is how the There were two turning good. But we lost wickets in a the CoA had drafted and the proposed. Supreme Court will respond points in the game during Classy: Shreyas Iyer delighted the Nagpur crowd with some big hits during his well­crafted cluster. Supreme Court accepted on The Apex Council, head­ to the amendments. the Bangladesh chase, half­century. * VIVEK BENDRE “I don't know if it was a August 9, 2018. ed by Ganguly and Shah, Should they be accepted, Shreyas felt. lack of composure, but it was Jay Shah, the new BCCI seems inclined to nominate a sports bill amenable to “The first was DC (Chahar) “Then Shivam Dube get­ Shreyas felt the dew had “Once we entered the our mistake that we didn’t secretary, says it is not man­ former BCCI president and sports federations may not coming and getting us two ting back to back wickets been an issue. “The amount field, we could feel the water finish well. That’s where the datory for the BCCI to ap­ ICC chairman N. Srinivasan be necessary to offset the te­ wickets in his first over. (16th over),” he said. of dew was too much. on our fingers." big teams are good,” he said. proach the Supreme Court as a director on the ICC nure rules. Five Test players get a Dramatic Bengaluru FC outplays Chennayin Djokovic victory for romps to feel of the SG pink ball England Third loss in four games for John Gregory and his men victory Dravid oversees the hit in the nets ISL Chhetri applied the finishing Reuters touch with a first­time shot. Agence France-Presse Ashwin Achal ners. The batsmen were Auckland N. Sudarshan LONDON BENGALURU The away side improved mostly circumspect in the England all­rounder Chris BENGALURU marginally after the break Novak Djokovic eased to a Five Indian Test cricketers pacers' net, leaving balls Jordan shone with both bat A superlative first­half per­ following the introduction of 6­2, 6­1 victory against Mat­ practised with the SG pink outside off, in an effort to and ball to steer his side to formance gave Bengaluru FC winger Lallianzuala teo Berrettini in his ATP Fi­ ball under lights at the M. get comfortable with the a thrilling Super Over win (BFC) a 3­0 victory over Chhangte. Anirudh Thapa nals opener on Sunday as Chinnaswamy Stadium here pink ball. They had a far ea­ against host New Zealand Chennayin FC in the ISL at and Rafael Crivellaro, the he targets a record­equall­ on Sunday. sier time in the spinners’ in the rain­truncated fifth the Sree Kanteerava Stadium two creative outlets, showed ing sixth year­end No.1 Mayank Agarwal, Ravin­ nets, smashing the bowlers Twenty20 international on here on Sunday. flashes of what they could ranking. around. dra Jadeja, Mohammed Sha­ Sunday and a 3­2 series Australian midfielder Erik and Dhanapal Ganesh hit the The Serbian, a five­time Dravid was seen chatting mi, Ajinkya Rahane and victory. Paartalu’s header on 14 mi­ post from close range. champion at the end­of­ Cheteshwar Pujara hit the to the India players, and giv­ Chasing New Zealand’s nutes, skipper Sunil Chhe­ However, Haokip put the season event, was last nets under the guidance of ing instructions to the net total of 146/5, the touring tri’s fine first­time strike near result to bed on 84 minutes week nudged off the top former India captain and bowlers. India­A head coach side needed 16 runs from the half­hour mark and when he slotted home a spot in the rankings by Ra­ NCA Head of Cricket, Rahul Shitanshu Kotak assisted the last over for victory but Thongkhosiem Haaokip’s through ball after out­mus­ fael Nadal, who is also in Dravid. Dravid. managed only three from goal six minutes from time Dominating show: Skipper Sunil Chhetri and BFC players cling defender Eli Sabia. the eight­man field in

Shami, meanwhile, got * This was the first training James Neesham’s first helped the defending cham­ celebrate after defeating Chennaiyin FC 3­0. K. MURALI KUMAR London. into his stride and troubled Chhetri missed a golden session with the pink ball, three deliveries. pion earn its first win of the Djokovic, who won the which will make its debut in the batsmen with sharp with his superb diving head­ Chennaiyin, showed what chance to score a second, Australian Open and Wim­ Walking in to bat at the season and jump up to fifth the historic day­night Test pace and movement. in the table (six points) as the er at a ball that was just knee his previous employer had shooting wide with the goal bledon this season, must against Bangladesh at Eden As expected, the new fall of Tom Curran, Jordan high crashing off the post. lost as he looked like playing at his mercy. But it will not reach the final to stand any smashed a six and a four to league breaks for interna­ Gardens. Mayank, Rahane, pink balls offered apprecia­ tional football. However, it didn’t take a defence­splitting pass al­ be something he or his club chance of dislodging Pujara and Jadeja took on ble swing, though it remains score 12 from the remain­ long for Paartalu to open the most at will. will lose sleep over. Nadal. ing three deliveries to take It was a miserable night promising Karnataka junior to be seen how it will hold scoring when he met Dimas One such delivery in the The second seed saw off his team to 146/7 and force for John Gregory and his The result: Bengaluru FC 3 team fast bowlers and spin­ up in the Kolkata Test. Delgado’s corner unmarked. 25th minute took out four (Paartalu 14, Chhetri 25, Haokip the challenge of Berrettini the super over. men, so thoroughly out­ played they were in every Augusto, formerly of Chennaiyin players and 84) bt Chennaiyin FC 0. in just 62 minutes, convert­ The right­arm seamer department. ing five of seven break then expertly defended points and out­serving his The result was Chennay­ the touring side’s super ov­ 23­year­old opponent. er score of 17, taking a in’s third loss in four games, Disappointed Gregory all but quits! wicket while giving away and leaves the club with much soul­searching to do. just eight runs. Sports Reporter “It’s about time I sat “This is my third year BENGALURU down with the owner and and it is not easy. The first of two Tests Plenty of chances between New Zealand and Chennaiyin FC’s ISL­ had a deeper “I have never worked so In fact, the three­goal mar­ England starts in Tauranga winning coach John conversation,” said the hard in my life and it might gin can be seen as a relief. on November 21. Gregory all but quit his post Englishman. be time for someone else to BFC had as many as half­a­ take over. Frankly, this is The scores: New Zealand on Sunday following his “We can’t continue like dozen chances in the open­ club’s dispiriting loss to this. We consider ourselves the worst I have felt in my 146/5 in 11 overs (M. Guptill ing 10 minutes alone with 50, C. Munro 46, T. Seifert Bengaluru FC. to be a very very good club time here. In my opinion Paartalu, Juanan, Raphael 39) lost to England 146/7 (J. The 2017­18 champion is and the whole club is the club comes first and we Bairstow 47, Boult 2/35, Augusto, Udanta Singh and rock­bottom with just one hurting now and none have to do what’s best for Practising: Mohd. Shami tried his variations with the SG pink Santner 2/20, Neesham 2/25) Chhetri all in the mix. point from four games. more so than myself. the club.” ball at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. * G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR via Super Over. Chhetri’s was the closest, Djokovic. * GETTY IMAGES

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TV PICKS India gets three more Olympic spots NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), India cruises to a win in first T20I 5.30 a.m. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: ASIAN SHOOTING Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 9 Shafali becomes youngest Indian to score international half-century a.m. Sports Bureau Afghanistan v West Indies: Doha 3rd ODI, SS Select 1 (SD & INDIA IN WI Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and HD), 2 p.m. FIFA U­17 World Cup: Press Trust of India Mairaj Ahmad Khan they Quarterfinals, Sony Ten 1 (SD Gros Islet squeezed their way into the & HD), 1 a.m. (Tuesday) Fifteen­year­old Shafali Ver­ men’s final after a qualifying onwards ma became the youngest In­ shoot­off on 120 with six oth­ dian cricketer to score a half­ ers, and eventually won the IN BRIEF century in international crick­ gold and silver, along with et, her 49­ball 73 in the first the Olympic quota places, in T20 International against the the Asian shooting cham­ West Indies surpassing Sachin pionship here on Sunday. Tendulkar’s 30­year­old re­ It was a fitting climax for cord. the day for India, in which Good day: Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, coach Ennio Falco and Shafali’s blazing knock po­ the young Aishwarya Pratap Mairaj Ahmad Khan. * PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT wered the Indian women’s Singh Tomar clinched the team to an 84­run win here men’s rifle 3­position Olym­ with a 16­10 win over Korea. Saud Mukhamediyev Habib on Saturday. pic quota with a bronze. An­ The results: Mixed team air (Kuw) 45 (120)14, 23; 21. Smit Singh 117. Team: 1. Qatar 360; Playing in only her fifth gad Vir pipped Mairaj 6­5 in pistol: 1. India (Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma) 16 (387, 577); 2. Kuwait 358; 3. Kazakhstan T20I, Shafali put the West In­ the tie­shoot for the gold, af­ 2. India­A (Yashaswini Singh 357; 4. India 357. dies attack to the sword, ter the two had tied on 56. Deswal, Saurabh Chaudhary) Women: Skeet: 1. Wei Meng blasting six 4s and four 6s on With three more Olympic 10 (387, 576); 3. Iran 17 (386, (Chn) 20 (124); 2. Zhang Don­ way to her maiden fifty. quota places from the day, 575); 4. China 15 (387, 581). glian (Chn) 18 (120); 3. Kim Shafali achieved the feat at the best for Indian shooting Men: 50m rifle 3­position: 1. Minji (Kor) 17 (117)3; 10. Darsh­

15 years and 285 days, sur­ The icing: The Player­of­the­Match award capped a fine day for Shafali Verma.* PTI this season, the tally for the Kim Jonghyun (Kor) 459.9 na Rathore 114; 11. Ganemat passing batting legend Ten­ country went up to 15. (1178); 2. Zhao Zhonghao (Chn) Sekhon 113; 12. Saniya Sheikh Celtics make short dulkar, who had notched up na to help her team post a She then launched an as­ with a 34­ball 33. Such an overwhelming 459.1 (1173); 3. Aishwarya Pra­ 112. Team: 1. China 363; 2. Thai­ work of Spurs his maiden Test fifty at 16 challenging 185 for four. sault on Chinelle Henry, performance, pushed aside tap Singh Tomar 449.1 (1168); land 350; 3. India 339. WASHINGTON The scores: India 185/4 in 20 17. Chain Singh 1155; 20. Parul Junior women: Mixed team air years and 214 days. Shafali, who had scored 46 crossing the fence four times the brilliant performance by Boston Celtics beat San overs (Shafali Verma 73, Smriti Kumar 1154. MQS: Sanjeev Raj­ pistol: 1. India (Esha Singh, Sa­ The Haryana teenager before depositing one in the Antonio Spurs 135­115 in the in her second T20I against Mandhana 67, Anisa Mo­ Manu Bhaker, who won the put 1163. Team: 1. China 3505; rabjot Singh) 16 (381, 569); 2. stands in the fourth over. NBA on Saturday. shared a record opening South Africa last month, ex­ hammed 2/35) bt West Indies mixed air pistol gold with 2. Korea 3499; 3. India 3477. Korea 10 (378, 574); 3. China­A Jaylen Brown (in pic) scored stand of 143 — India’s highest ploded in the second over, Needing 186 to win, West 101/9 in 20 overs (Shermaine Abhishek Verma. Esha Singh Skeet: 1. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 16 (376, 569); 4. China 10 (376, 30 points and Kemba Walker partnership in women’s smashing Shakera Selman for Indies struggled with Sher­ Campbelle 33; Radha Yadav 2/ and Sarabjot Singh won the 56(6) 120 (14, 22); 2. Mairaj Ah­ 565); 5. India­A (Priya Raghav, added 26 even as Gordon T20Is — with Smriti Mandha­ two fours and a six. maine Campbelle top­scoring 10, Shikha Pandey 2/22). mixed air pistol junior gold mad Khan 56(5) 120 (14, 24); 3. Akash) 375 (580). Hayward was taken off with a broken hand. The results: Chicago Bulls 94 MUSHTAQ ALI TROPHY MONDAY’S SCHEDULE lost to Houston Rockets 117; Soha Sadiq overcomes Pareen Momota lands his Memphis Grizzlies 122 lost to Dallas Mavericks 138; ITF WOMEN Luikham was in sizzling Sahithi Reddy bt Snehal Mane Group A: Bihar v Services; Ba­ rashtra; Punjab v Chandigarh. Oklahoma City Thunder 114 form as she outclassed four­ 6­2, 7­6(4); Dan Ni Wang (Chn) 10th title of the year roda v Uttarakhand; Andhra v Group D: Mizoram v Pondi­ bt Golden State Warriors 108; time National champion bt Ananyaa Bhargava 6­4, 6­1; Karnataka. cherry; Bengal v Meghalaya; SPORTS BUREAU Charlotte Hornets 110 lost to Mana Kawamura (Jpn) bt Vidhi Group B: Manipur v Vidarbha; Assam v Haryana; Madhya Pra­ GWALIOR Prerna Bhambri for the loss Chou is in the unusual posi­ New Orleans Pelicans 115; of four games. Jani 6­0, 6­2; Maria Tomofeeva CHINA OPEN Tamil Nadu v Uttar Pradesh; desh v Mumbai. (Rus) bt Leera Raju 6­0, 6­3. tion of not having a coach San Antonio Spurs 115 lost to Soha Sadiq fought hard to Kerala v Tripura. Group E: Delhi v Nagaland; Boston Celtics 135. AFP While the main draw fea­ C. Sravya Shivani bt Rashi and instead relies on his Group C: Chhattisgarh v Rail­ Gujarat v Saurashtra; Jammu & find her way past Pareen Shi­ Agence France-Presse tures Rutuja Bhosale, Kar­ Malviya 6­3, 4­6, [10­2]; Evge­ long­time physio to guide ways; Himachal v Hyderabad; Kashmir v Jharkhand; Odisha v vekar 6­4, 5­7, [10­7] in the Shanghai man Kaur Thandi, Riya Bha­ him courtside during Arunachal Pradesh v Maha­ Sikkim. first qualifying round of the niya Burdina (Rus) bt Kriti To­ tia, Mahak Jain and Zeel mar 6­1, 6­0; Prathiba Narayan Kento Momota won his 10th matches. $25,000 ITF women’s tennis Desai as direct entrants Prasad bt Deeksha Manju Pra­ title of a remarkable year as The peerless Momota, 25, tournament here on Sunday. among Indians, Shreya Tata­ sad 5­7, 6­1, [10­4]; Jennifer Japan’s World No. 1 defeated has had another hugely suc­ Soha will meet the newly varthy, Sara Yadav and Van­ Luikham bt Prerna Bhambri 6­1, Chou Tien­chen of Taiwan cessful year, his haul of titles crowned National champion shita Pathania have been gi­ 6­3; Avika Sagwal bt Aayushi to retain his Fuzhou China in 2019 including another Tanwar 6­3, 6­4; Ashmitha Eas­ Sowjanya Bavisetti in the se­ ven wild card entries. Open crown on Sunday. world crown and the presti­ waramurthi bt Arthi Muniyan cond and final qualifying Home hope Chen Yufei si­ gious All England Open. round. The results: Qualifying (First 6­2, 6­3; Vaidehi Chaudhari bt round): Soha Sadiq bt Pareen Niditra Rajmohan 6­0, 6­0; Mi­ milarly successfully defend­ The women’s final was a B. Shrivalli Rashmikaa Shivekar 6­4, 5­7, [10­7]; Funa hika Yadav bt Pragati Solankar ed the women’s title with a similarly gruelling affair and lost to Funa Kozaki of Japan Kozaki (Jpn) bt B. Shrivalli 6­1, 6­1; Dakshata Patel bt Sau­ gritty victory over Japan’s likewise went to three in straight sets. Jennifer Rashmikaa 6­2, 6­4; Lakshmi mya Vig 6­2, 6­2. Nozomi Okuhara. games. Chen lost the first Momota battled past game 21­9 but recovered to World No. 2 Chou 21­15, 17­ lift the title for the second CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Komen wins Athens CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 21, 21­18 in a repeat of last year in a row by winning the Classic Marathon \ NEW DELHI LOCALS \ year’s final. The 29­year­old next two 21­12, 21­18. ATHENS Kenyan John Kipkorir Komen won the 37th Athens Classic Double for Kashif title. 16­9, 16­14. Marathon on Sunday, clocking in crossminton While Mauritius won a Farhat and Sanvi 2:16.34 in the rain. The 42­ Kashif won a double crown token bronze, the Indian selected year­old ahead of Rwanda’s in the men’s section as he players swept the rest of the Felicien Muhitira and Greece’s beat Amir 16­11, 16­11 for the seven gold, seven silver and Farhat Aleen Qamar of Konstantinos Gkelaouzos. singles title, and combined 13 bronze medals. Rajasthan and Sanvi The women’s race was won by with Amir to take the The results (finals): Men: Ahluwalia of Delhi came Eleftheria Petroulaki in doubles title in the Indian Kashif bt Amir 16­11, 16­11; through a tough qualifying 2:45.50. AFP Open International series Doubles: Kashif & Amir bt event for under­18 girls at Prashant & Shailesh 16­10, crossminton championship the Panchshila Club here Indians footballers 17­15. practise on artificial turf at the Indus Valley Public on Sunday, to be selected Women: Paridhi bt Yashika for the second Tennis NEW DELHI School, Sector­62, Noida, 16­13, 8­16, 16­14. Ahead of the FIFA 2022 on Sunday. Premier League to be held Boys: Under­18: Ashish bt World Cup Qualifier against at the Celebration Sports Paridhi battled past Yashika Vinit 16­8, 16­13. Under­14: Afghanistan on November 14, Club, Mumbai, from 16­13, 8­16, 16­14 to clinch Jashandeep bt Tushar 17­15, the Indian team has started December 12 to 15. the women’s title but 16­8. practising on an artificial turf Yashika asserted her game Girls: Under­18: Yashika bt Farhat and Sanvi will at HTC Sports Academy here. by beating Paridhi 16­12, Paridhi 16­12, 17­15. represent Punjab Bulls and The team underwent a 17­15 for the girls under­18 Under­14: Akriti bt Maryam Binny’s Delhi respectively. passing session on Saturday, followed by a short stretching session under strength and conditioning Yours Forever for main event coach Luka Radman. Coach HYDERABAD: Yours Forever runs II), (1,600m), 3­y­o & over, rated I), (1,600m), 3­y­o & over, rated Igor Stimac said the match with a good chance in the Soviet 20 to 45 (Cat. III), 3­00: 1. Ice War­ 20 to 45 (Cat. III), 4­10: 1. Miss would be played “on artificial Star Plate (1,100m), the main rior (5) Nakhat Singh 60, 2. Best Marvellous (6) Suraj Narredu 60, turf” and hence the players event of the races to be held here In Show (7) Robbie Downey 58.5, 2. Ashwa Arjun (7) Gaurav Singh on Monday (Nov. 11). 3. Kimberly Cruise (6) Kiran 57.5, 3. Yogastha (2) Ajeeth Kumar needed to train in similar DEMOCRACY PLATE Naidu 58.5, 4. Nova Scotia (4) Ak­ 54, 4. Royal Style (1) Akshay Ku­ conditions to get (1,200m), 1 maiden 2­y­o only (Cat. II), 1­50 shay Kumar 58.5, 5. Rutilant (3) mar 53.5, 5. Barbosella (5) Surya acclimatised. ANI p.m.: 1. Advance Guard (7) Robbie Kuldeep Singh 54.5, 6. Symbol Of Prakash 53, 6. Escobar (8) Rafique Downey 55, 2. Ashwa Virrat (2) Star’s (1) Afroz Khan 54.5, 7. Sk. 52.5, 7. Kintsugi (4) Khurshad Mazzini hits eight goals in Suraj Narredu 55, 3. Elegant Dillon (8) Khurshad Alam 53.5 Alam 50.5 and 8. Patron Saint (3) and 8. Red River (2) Jitendra Singh Abhay Singh 50.5. Sona Polo’s triumph Stroke (5) C.P. Bopanna 55, 4. Horus (4) Akshay Kumar 55, 5. 52. 1. ASHWA ARJUN, 2. MISS MARVEL- NEW DELHI Team Player (1) B.R. Kumar 55, 6. 1. NOVA SCOTIA, 2. BEST IN SHOW, LOUS, 3. YOGASTHA 3. ICE WARRIOR Gerardo Mazzini smashed Cephalonia (6) Ashhad Asbar 53.5 J.S. DHARIWAL MEMORIAL eight goals in helping Sona and 7. Melting Ice (3) Nakhat KINNERASANI PLATE 6 PLATE (1,400m), 4­y­o & over, Polo to a 11­7 victory over Singh 53.5. 4 (1,400m), 4­y­o & over, rated rated upto 25 (Cat. III), 4­45: 1. Es­ 1. ASHWA VIRRAT, 2. MELTING ICE, 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 3­35: 1. One One calating Striker (5) Jitendra Singh Jindal Panther in the final of 3. HORUS One (11) Akshay Kumar 60, 2. 60, 2. Halo’s Princess (4) Gaddam the Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh SOVIET STAR PLATE (1,100m), Nayadeep (10) Irvan Singh 59, 3. 60, 3. Hurricane (1) R. Ajinkya Cup 14­goal polo tournament 2 3­y­o & over, rated 40 to 65 King Maker (5) Suray Prakash 59.5, 4. Royal Avenger (6) Ajit 58.5, 4. Miss Lily (6) Ajeeth Kumar at the Jaipur Polo ground (Cat. II), 2­25: 1. Pentagon (2) Singh 59, 5. London Bridge (9) Afroz Khan 61, 2. Honest Hunter 58.5, 5. Siyabonga (7) Gopal Singh Robbie Downey 58.5, 6. Ultimate here on Sunday. (4) B.R. Kumar 59, 3. Classy Guy 58.5, 6. Vancouver (12) A.A. Risk (2) Afroz Khan 57.5, 7. Lion The prizes were presented by (8) C.P. Bopanna 56, 4. Kionia (1) Vikrant 55.5, 7. Avantika (4) R. Heart (7) B.R. Kumar 57, 8. Shiva­ the Additional Director Akshay Kumar 55.5, 5. Rahil (9) Ajinkya 54.5, 8. Mahira (9) Abhay lik Sand (8) Kuldeep Singh 56.5 Singh 53.5, 9. Once More (3) and 9. Diesis Dream (3) Akshay General of Territorial Army, Santosh Raj 55.5, 6. Gorgeous Lady (7) R.S. Jodha 54, 7. Star En­ Jitendra Singh 53.5, 10. Vijay’s Kumar 54.5. Maj. Gen. D.A. Chaturvedi voy (6) Suraj Narredu 54, 8. Yours Empire (2) Gaurav Singh 53, 11. 1. DIESIS DREAM, 2. LONDON The result (final): Sona Polo Forever (5) Ajeeth Kumar 54 and Charlie Brown (8) Kuldeep Singh BRIDGE, 3. HALO’S PRINCESS 11 (Gerardo Mazzini 8, 9. Marvel Princess (3) N. Rawal 52.5 and 12. Dandy Man (1) Ash­ Day’s best: ASHWA VIRRAT had Asbar 52.5. Abhimanyu Pathak 2, 52.5. Double: NOVA SCOTIA — ONE ONE 1. YOURS FOREVER, 2. HONEST 1. ONE ONE ONE, 2. KING MAKER, ONE Padmanabh Singh) bt Jindal 3. DANDY MAN HUNTER, 3. KIONIA Jkt: 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6; Mini Jkt: 3, 4, 5 & Panther 7 (Simran Shergill 4, SRINIVASA SADAGOPA SRINIVASA SADAGOPA 6; Tr (i): 1, 2 & 3; (ii): 4, 5 & 6; Tla: Daniel Otamendi 3). 3 SHARMA MEMORIAL CUP (DIV. 5 SHARMA MEMORIAL CUP (DIV. all races. Paso Robles obliges in feature race HYDERABAD: Paso Robles (Suraj to 45 (Cat. III): RENO STAR (Ak­ 1 EME CENTRE ROLLING Tla; 286. Favourite: Sovet Pride. Narredu up) won the first division shay Kumar) 1, Flamingo Fame (N. 3 TROPHY (DIV. I), (1,600m), 3­ Owners: M/s. Y. Damodar & Ashok of the 1 EME Centre Rolling Rawal) 2, City Of Blossom (Nakhat y­o & over, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II): Kumar Gupta. Trainer: R.H. Trophy, the feature event of the Singh) 3 and Wah Ms Zara (T.S. PASO ROBLES (Suraj Narredu) 1, Sequeira. The Great Gatsby (Robbie races held on Sunday. The winner Jodha) 4. 1, 4­1/4 and 1. 1m, 12.95s. RECOMMENDER PLATE is the property of M/s. Rama Downey) 2, City Of Wisdom ₹6 (w), 5, 7 and 7 (p), SHP: 15, FP: (1,100m), 4­y­o & over, rated Krishna Reddy & Meka Yugandhar (Ajeeth Kumar) 3 and Gusty Look 5 15, Q: 15, Tla: 41. Favourite: Reno 20 to 45 (Cat. III): SOUL EMPRESS and trained by L. D’Silva. Star. Owner: Mr. H. Thum­ (Akshay Kumar) 4. 5­3/4, 1/4 and (Kiran Naidu) 1, Loch Stella (C.P. HIDDEN BLOOM PLATE buswamy. Trainer: R.H. Sequeira. nose. 1m, 38.30s. ₹9 (w), 5, 6 and Bopanna) 2, Southern Meteor 15 (p), SHP: 14, FP: 21, Q: 11, Tla: 1 (1,200m), 5­y­o & over, rated 1 EME CENTRE ROLLING (B.R. Kumar) 3 and Story Teller SEMIRA (Aneel) 104. Favourite: Paso Robles. Own­ upto 25 (Cat. III): TROPHY (DIV. II), (1,600m), 3­ ( Jitendra Singh) 4. 1/2, 1 and shd. 1, Snow Castle (Akshay Kumar) 2, 2 ers: M/s. Rama Krishna Reddy & y­o & over, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II): 1m, 6.63s. ₹30 (w), 9, 9 and 36 (p), Royal Dancer (T.S. Jodha) 3 and Meka Yugandhar. Trainer: L. SHP: 28, FP: 183, Q: 90, Tla: 5,198. HAVELOCK CRUISE (Akshay Ku­ D’Silva. Withrosemakeup (Gaurav Singh) mar) 1, Ruletheworld (Ajeeth Ku­ Favourite: Man Apart. Owners: 4. 3­1/4, hd and 1/2. 1m, 13.97s. mar) 2, N R I Heights (Koushik) 3 ADOLFITO PLATE (DIV. II), M/s. T. Amarender Reddy & Syed ₹151 (w), 21, 7 and 8 (p), SHP: 17, and Explosive (T.S. Jodha) 4. 1­3/4, (1,200m), 3­y­o & over, rated Abul Hasan Razvi. Trainer: S. FP: 1,018, Q: 248, Tla: 2,276. Fa­ 4 1­3/4 and 1­1/2. 1m, 39.20s. ₹14 (w), 20 to 45 (Cat. III): SOVET PRIDE Sreekant. vourite: Negress Princess. Owner: 6, 8 and 15 (p), SHP: 19, FP: 77, Q: (Koushik) 1, Giethorn (Kiran Jkt: ₹1,666 (244 tkts.), Runner­up: Mr. Syed Mohiuddin Mufeed. 49, Tla: 1,063. Favourite: No Com­ Naidu) 2, Monte Rei (Gaddam) 3 44 (3957 tkts.) Trainer: M.F. Alikhan. promise. Owners: M/s. K.S.N and Top Saga (Akshay Kumar) 4. 1, Mini Jkt: 2,028 (46 tkts.) ADOLFITO PLATE (DIV. I), Murthy, P. Ranga Raju & C. Nanda 2­1/4 and 2. 1m, 13.11s. ₹9 (w), 6, 7 Tr (i): 686 (74 tkts.), (ii): 259 (434 1 (1,200m), 3­y­o & over, rated 20 Kumar. Trainer: D. Netto. and 11 (p), SHP: 20, FP: 34, Q: 25, tkts.). CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 22 SPORT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Liverpool gets the better of City to open up an eight-point lead Lewandowski delights as Bayern puts Dortmund in its place; Messi picks up his first hat­trick of the season

EURO LEAGUES to them — as prior to the scored in each of the 11 Leverkusen 2 (Bellarabi 25, Pau- break that led to the goal Li­ league games this season, a linho 90+6). Saturday: Bayern Munich 4 (Lewandowski 17, 76, Reuters verpool defender Trent Alex­ Bundesliga record. Gnabry 47, Hummels 80-og) bt Liverpool ander­Arnold appeared to In La Liga, Lionel Messi Borussia Dortmund 0 handle the ball inside the scored two exquisite free Liverpool opened up an La Liga: Mallorca 3 (Lago Junior box but the VAR review went eight­point lead at the top of kicks as he netted his first 13-pen, Dani Rodriguez 23-pen, the Premier League with an against the visitors. hat­trick of the season in a 4­1 Take 53) bt Villarreal 1 (Cazorla emphatic and hugely impres­ Liverpool struck again in win over Celta Vigo which 49-pen); Athletic Bilbao 2 (Mu- sive 3­1 win over defending the 13th minute when Andy took Barcelona back to the niain 57, Capa 88) bt Levante 1 champion Manchester City Robertson crossed from the top after a difficult week. (Postigo 46); Atletico Madrid 3 at Anfield on Sunday. left and Mohamed Salah nod­ Barca leads the standings (Correa 46, Morata 58, Koke 91) The victory leaves unbea­ ded the bouncing ball past on 25 points after 12 games, bt Espanyol 1 (Darder 38). Sa­ ten Liverpool on 34 points Bravo to make it 2­0. level with second­placed turday: Eibar 0 lost to Real Ma- drid 4 (Benzema 17, 29-pen, Ra- from 12 games, eight ahead City's third defeat of the Real Madrid who eased to a season look assured when Li­ mos 20-pen, Valverde 62); of Leicester City and Chel­ 4­0 win at Eibar. Barcelona 4 (Messi 23-pen, sea, and nine in front of Pep verpool made it 3­0 six mi­ The results: 45+1, 48, Busquets 85) bt Celta Guardiola's fourth­placed nutes after the interval as Jor­ Premier League: Liverpool 3 Vigo 1 (Olaza 42). City. dan Henderson worked (Fabinho 6, Salah 13, Mane 51) Serie A: Cagliari 5 (Rog 17, Pisa- Liverpool grabbed a sixth­ space for a cross on the right bt Manchester City 1 (Bernardo cane 26, Simeone 34, Joao Pe- minute lead with a thunder­ flank and Sadio Mane 78); Manchester United 3 (Pe- dro 54, Nianggolan 65) bt Fio- ing drive from Brazilian Fa­ stooped to head home at the reira 17, Propper 19-og, Rash- rentina 2 (Vlahovic 75, 87); binho, who pounced on a back post. ford 66) bt Brighton 1 (Dunk Lazio 4 (Correa 30, 80, Milin- clearance from Ilkay Gundo­ Bernardo Silva pulled a 64); Wolves 2 (Neves 41, Jime- kovic-Savic 62, Immobile 77- gan and blasted past Claudio goal back for City in the 78th nez 84) bt Aston Villa 1 (Treze- pen) bt Lecce 2 (Lapadula 40, La guet 90+2). Saturday: Leicester Bravo from over 20 metres minute, drilling home a low Mantia 85); Sampdoria 0 drew 2 (Vardy 68, Maddison 75) bt with Atalanta 0; Udinese 0 drew out. cross from Angelino and the Arsenal 0. with SPAL 0. Saturday: Brescia visitors enjoyed some late On target: Mohamed Salah, left, nodding in Liverpool’s second goal. * REUTERS Bundesliga: Borussia Moen- 0 lost to Torino 4 (Belotti 17- Feeling deprived pressure but Liverpool held chengladbach 3 (Bensebaini 20, pen, 26-pen, Berenguer 75, 80); Yet City felt the stunning ef­ firm. der Borussia Dortmund 4­0 wandowski helping lift it into pressive Bundesliga debut. ting in the 17th and 76th mi­ Herrmann 22, 59) bt Werder Inter Milan 2 (Vecino 65, Barella fort should have been ruled Champion Bayern Munich on Saturday, with two goals third place and giving inte­ Lewandowski kept up his nutes to take his league tally Bremen 1 (Bittencourt 90+3); 83) bt Verona 1 (Verre 19-pen); out — and a penalty awarded crushed fellow title­conten­ from top scorer Robert Le­ rim coach Hansi Flick an im­ sensational scoring run, net­ to 16 goals. He has now VfL Wolfsburg 0 lost to Bayer Napoli 0 lost to Genoa 0. Ramkumar­Purav pair triumphs France regains the Fed Cup with a remarkable display INDIANS ABROAD Doubles pair clinches the decider against Australia after Mladenovic stuns Barty Sports Bureau Kobe, Japan Agence France-Presse Australia in the hunt, but the set Barty 2­6, 6­4, 7­6(1) in an Perth Fourth seeds Purav Raja French were clinical, racing epic. and Ramkumar Ramanath­ Kristina Mladenovic and Ca­ to victory as their teammates Croatia­born Tomljanovic, an won the doubles title, roline Garcia led France to went wild. in her Fed Cup debut for beating the second seeds its first Fed Cup title since The final marked the last Australia, had been thrashed Andrew Goransson of Swe­ 2003 on Sunday, winning a Fed Cup played under the 6­1, 6­1 by Mladenovic in the den and Christopher Rung­ deciding doubles rubber to current format, with an over­ opening singles rubber on kat of Indonesia 7­6(6), 6­3 crush Australian dreams 3­2. haul next year seeing 12 na­ Saturday. in the final of the $54,160 In the last tournament tions compete in a six­day But captain Alicia Molik Challenger tennis tourna­ played under the current for­ event in Budapest. kept faith with her and she ment here on Sunday. mat, the Frenchwomen kept That will mean an end to bounced back to beat The title fetched 80 ATP their focus at the Perth Are­ home ties and the atmosph­ Parmentier. points and $3100 for the In­ na to overcome Ashleigh Bar­ ere they bring, with the The results: Australia 2 lost to [Samantha Stosur & dian pair, while the run­ ty and Samantha Stosur 6­4, 26,951 fans turning up over France 3 Ashleigh Barty lost to Caroline ners­up had to be content 6­3, denying the home team two days in Perth. its first crown in 45 years. Oh, what a feeling! Team France with the Fed Cup trophy. * AFP The doubles clash was set Garcia & Kristina Mladenovic with 48 points and $1,800. 6-4, 6-3; Barty lost to Mlade- It was France’s third title up by Ajla Tomljanovic haul­ The results: $54,160 Challen­ novic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(1); Ajla ger, Kobe, Japan: Doubles (fi­ and first since it beat the Un­ of the last Fed Cup finals it pose Stosur’s weaknesses. ing the home team back into Tomljanovic bt Pauline Permen- nal): Purav Raja & Ramkumar ited States 16 years ago, pil­ has appeared in. World No. 1 Barty, the tie by beating France’s tier 6-4, 7-5. Ramanathan bt Andre Gorans- ing more misery on seven­ Mladenovic and Garcia stunned by Mladenovic in a Pauline Parmentier 6­4, 7­5. On Saturday: Tomljanovic lost son (Swe) & christopher Rung- Winning smiles: Ramkumar Ramanathan and Purav Raja won time champion Australia, bounced back from an early singles rubber earlier on She came on court after to Mladenovic 6-1, 6-1; Barty bt kat (Ina) 7-6(6), 6-3. the doubles title in the Kobe Challenger. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT which has now lost all nine break in the first set to ex­ Sunday, did her best to keep 40th­ranked Mladenovic up­ Garcia 6-0, 6-0].

I am Kohli! Jannik Sinner is new kid on the block

Press Trust of India Beats Alex de Minaur in the Next Gen ATP Finals Sydney Agence France-Presse Milan Italian teenager Jannik Sin­ ner said he felt like Roger Fe­ derer or Rafael Nadal as he basked in the spotlight after defeating top­seed Austra­ lian Alex de Minaur in straight sets to win the Next Gen ATP Finals on home soil on Saturday. The 18­year­old Sinner, an eighth­seeded wild­card, New horizons: Jannik Sinner basks in the spotlight after saved nine break­points to defeating Alex de Minaur. * AFP win 4­2, 4­1, 4­2 in just over an hour against 18th­ranked And, Sinner came in as a late things. I’m young and I’m de Minaur, who also lost last wild­card after a season enjoying it.” Ivy Mae. year’s final to Stefanos when he rose almost 500 The 95th­ranked Italian

* COURTESY INSTAGRAM Tsitsipas. places to break into the Top had beaten another top 20 100. player, France’s Gael Mon­ “I am Virat Kohli,” said Wild-card “It’s something different,” fils, last month en route to David Warner’s The tournament, which be­ Sinner said. “I never had this the semifinals in Antwerp. daughter Ivy Mae while gan in 2017, features the kind of support. I don’t It was the first meeting playing cricket with her eight best players aged 21­ know if Roger or Rafa are between de Minaur and Sin­ father at their home. and­under on the ATP Tour. still enjoying these kind of ner. In a video made by the Australian opener’s wife, Candice Warner, young Ivy Mae is seen Anand comes creditable third taking on throw­downs from her father and as Sports Bureau Levon Aronian tied for the In fact, Anand remained she prepares to face one Bucharest title at 20 points. unbeaten in the last 12 of the deliveries, she is Viswanathan Anand battled The title will now be de­ rounds. heard repeatedly to a creditable third place cided by tie­break games. Combined final standings (ra­ saying: “I’m Virat after an unbeaten nine­ On Sunday, Anand de­ pid and blitz, after 27 rounds): Kohli.” round blitz streak on the fi­ feated Fabiano Caruana, 1-2. Levon Aronian (Arm, 20), Warner may be nal day of the Grand Chess Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 20),. 3. regarded as one of the Tour Superbet rapid and and Anton Korobov in the Viswanathan Anand (19.5), 4. Le Quang Liem (Vie, 19), 5. An- best batsmen in limited­ blitz chess championship first three rounds before ton Korobov (Ukr, 18.5), 6-7. overs cricket in the here on Sunday. drawing with Le Quang Anish Giri (Ned, 18), Vladislav world, but for his After 27 rounds, includ­ Liem, Levon Aronian, Ser­ Artemiev (Rus, 18), 8-9. Shak- daughter the India ing nine rounds of rapid gey Karjakin, Vladislav Arte­ hriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 16.5), skipper tops everyone games, Anand tallied 19.5 miev, Wesley So and Anish Wesley So (USA, 16.5), 10. Fa- else. points. Sergey Karjakin and Giri. biano Caruana (USA, 14). The 33­year­old cricketer posted the video on Instagram with a caption: “I’m not sure Shiv Kapur finishes tied­second about this one. Indi wants to be Virat Kohli.” Catlin wins the title after holing a five­foot birdie in the play­off Warner’s wife also posted the video on THAILAND OPEN in 2018, holed a five­foot bir­ In the play­off, Catlin hit Twitter with the die in the first play­off hole into the fairway while Kapur caption: “This little girl Press Trust of India to win the title. Lying went to the left rough and has spent too much Chachoengsao (Thailand) tied­11th and five behind the Pavit to the right rough. time in India. Wants to India’s Shiv Kapur produced leader at the start, Kapur Kapur hit through the be Virat Kohli.” a sizzling back nine to get in­ was still way behind after an trees onto the green to 80 While Kohli heads to play­off, only to lose out even front nine. feet from the pin, while Pavit the overall batting on the first extra hole at the On the back nine Kapur went into the bunker. Catlin charts in IPL, having Thailand Open here on Sun­ had five birdies, an eagle and hit his second shot to five amassed 5,412 runs, day. a bogey to storm into a share feet. The Indian’s valiant bir­ Warner has also been in Kapur finished tied­se­ of the lead and the play­off die attempt stopped five feet exceptional form in the cond with Thai Pavit Tang­ with Catlin (67) and Pavit short and Pavit was 12 feet past few seasons. kamolprasert, while John (65) as all three were tied at short. Catlin holed his birdie Catlin, who won three times 11­under. to win. CM YK