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VOL 13 ISSUE 32 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● AUG 13 - 22 , 2019 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 www.theindianpanorama.news We wish our Patrons a Happy Independence Day of India Trump has made it clear mediation offer on Congressman Tom Suozzi’s anti-India Kashmir not on table anymore: Shringla letter angers Indian Americans Community demands retraction of the letter and apology

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NEW YORK (TIP): The strong Indian American community in New York on August 11 reacted angrily to a letter Congressman Tom Suozzi wrote to India's Ambassador to the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Harsh Vardhan Shringla Photo / Twitter@DDNewsLive alleging India's highhanded in Kashmir , and that the human rights of WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Kashmiris were being violated. Donald Trump has made it clear that The moment the letter surfaced on his offer of mediation on Kashmir is August 11, the word spread like wildfire not on the table anymore, a top Indian in communities across the Tri-states diplomat said on Monday. area of NY, NJ, CT that a Congressman India's Ambassador to the US, Harsh who the Indian community has been Vardhan Shringla, said America's supporting during the last more than decades-old policy on Kashmir had two decades has turned against India. been no mediation but to encourage Some Indian American friends of the India and Pakistan to resolve their Congressman spoke with Tom Suozzi differences bilaterally. "President and suggested that he give an Congressman Tom Suozzi explaining his position to Indian American community Trump has made it very clear that his explanation and apologize to representatives at Apna Ghar in Hicksville, August 11. Seen in the picture from L to R: Jagdish contd on Page 48 contd on Page 48 Sewhani, Varinder Bhalla, Tom Suozzi and Bobby Kalotee. New Jersey’s Indian American IDP USA Parade Revived after a Gap of Three Community Celebrates at IBA Parade Years ; Extreme Heat Prevents Large Attendance

Ambassador Sandeep Chakravorty, Consul General of India in New York, giving his remarks. Among others seen in the picture is Jasbir Jay Singh, IDP USA President and Grand Marshall Raj Kummar Rao

HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): The trees along the route prevented many organizers hoped there will be equally who wanted to join the parade, to stay great enthusiasm among people as they indoors. The absence of large crowds New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy with Grand Marshall and guests at the parade had shown in organizing the parade was offset by the large presence of EDISON, NJ (TIP): Local leaders Annual India Day Parade on Sunday. which was revived after a gap of three lawmakers and elected officials. The applauded the Indian Business The parade ran from Edison to Iselin and years. However, their hopes were belied. entire brigade of Nassau County Association, which organized the 15th contd on Page 48 Extreme heat and absence of shade of contd on Page 13 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 2 MESSAGES TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

Former Diplomat and Writer Asoke Kumar Mukerji New Delhi Message India's Independence Day on 15 August 2019 is a watershed in our modern history. 2019 has been a momentous year for us. The results of our general elections in May 2019 have confirmed that a decisive majority of Indian voters want to live in peace and security, which will provide the political stability necessary to transform India. The challenges facing India are complex. India is consolidating initiatives taken over the past five years, which were built on the foundations laid by India's socio- economic reforms introduced in 1992. The priority for transforming India is creating a resilient and modern infrastructure, which will bridge the physical and digital divides of our diverse country and generate employment and opportunities to create a $5-trillion economy by 2024. Our national efforts to implement the ambitious UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development will play a big role in this endeavor. The rapid evolution of new geo-political paradigms in our region, and the continued shadow of cross-border terrorism directed against India, require us to be pro-active and vigilant to ensure a supportive environment of peace and security. The pro-active outlook of India towards using the opportunities posed by disruptions in international affairs has already given results. The International Day of Yoga launched in 2015 is today celebrated by hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic volunteer practitioners across the five continents, contributing significantly to global health and well-being. India's visionary initiative of creating a global framework for using renewable energy for development has taken root in 2018 with the establishment of the International Solar Alliance. As India assumes her place in the institutions of global governance from 2021 onwards, her voice as a "global thought leader" will become more prominent. Today, as we mark India's Independence Day, we recall the critical part that the principle of international cooperation has played in the emergence of a New India. India's role as a major power will help consolidate world opinion in favor of international cooperation over the divisive unilateralism that threatens a more peaceful, prosperous and secure world. I greet all the readers of the Indian Panorama on this significant occasion! Jai Hind! Asoke Kumar Mukerji

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MESSAGE MESSAGE n its vast history, India never invaded another country; never experienced a military coup or civil war. Since independence in t gives me great pleasure to know that The Indian Panorama I 1947, we made incredible progress, yet the India we dream, and is bringing out a special edition to mark the 73rd the real potential of India is nowhere near. I Independence Day of India. I thank publisher and editor Education has been called the technique of transmitting the Prof. Indrajit S Saluja for the laudable initiative and civilization.Child is the father of the man.The quality of education congratulate Indians across the world on the glorious occasion of children of today will determine the quality of life in India of India's Independence. tomorrow. For long, India suffered the yoke of foreign rule. It was after a Rajaji, the great statesman of India once said, grim struggle spread over about a hundred years that India " hope lies only in universal education by which right conduct, finally got freedom on August 15, 1947. fear of God and love will be developed among the citizens from In 72 years, India has come a long way. Today, India stands tall childhood." among the comity of nations. Though there are few islands of excellence, we have not brought Poised to become one of the three top economies of the world the unbounded potential of the country to fruition.We need to make in the next couple of years, India is already looking to be a USD human investment. That means investment in education, family 500 trillion economy by 2024. planning, nutrition and public health.Not just physical investment in Indian Diaspora is one of the most highly educated, skilled factories and plants. The human raw material in India is as fine as and prosperous in the world. can be found anywhere. Yet, we endure so much and suffer so much They control levers of power- political and economic - in many without understanding our extraordinary potential. countries, including the US where a couple of them head We need three wills: Political , professional and people's. If there is Fortune 500 companies. As time passes, India will be playing a change in the mindset of the Indians, sky is the limit- the only greater role on the world stage. country with 500 million + citizens below the age of 34.Use them or I wish India and Indians all happiness now and ever. lose them! Naveen Shah VK Raju, MD, FRCS, FACS THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 MESSAGES 3 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 4 INTERVIEW TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 Kashmir will become a developed state, a global state. It will become the pride of India: Ambassador Chakravorty The Indian Panorama team of chief editor Prof. Indrajit S Saluja and assistant editor Bidisha Roy interviewed Consul General of India Sandeep Chakravorty on August 7, 2019 to elicit his views on certain recent developments in India and to address some issues related to the Indian American community here. Ambassador Chakravorty, as ever, candidly answered all our questions. We bring to readers of The Indian Panorama excerpts from the interview. TIP: We are here with you when India has circulated to media, including the NY Times, lost one of her best human beings and an as "administrative action"? How does “We have decreased the accomplished politician who, until a few abrogation of Article 370 help people of turnaround time of our consular months ago, was India's external affairs J&K? Minister, and your boss. I will like to begin services. For instance, you apply CG - Before I get into answering it, I would like to with your memories of Sushma Swaraj Ji, recall the last tweet of Sushmaji which she made just an for passport through CKGS today. and, of course, your condolences . hour before her cardiac arrest. She thanked Prime It comes to us this evening. Minister Modi and said I could never imagine that I will see this day I was waiting for. I think it's a very telling Tomorrow we do it and day after comment, poignant tweet. I've seen the tweet a number tomorrow you get it. So our of times and I think it was a historic day.I would like to highlight two points. One is that - I believe that Article turnaround time is just a day. 370 was a temporary provision in our constitution, and Which means if somebody is in it was made to protect the people of Kashmir to work for its development and protect their culture and an emergency, we can give him uniqueness of Kashmir. Unfortunately, because of several developments, it went to the contrary. It has not the passport across the counter." developed Kashmir. There is no institution, no hospital, TIP: Let me take you to your August 2017 no university, no medical college, no engineering college, no industry, no business. interview with The Indian Panorama. You What will happen in next few years that Kashmir will had said : There are three relationships here become a developed state, a global state. It will become - India-US relationship, Indian community- the pride of India. I got a comment from one company - US relationship, and Indian community- they said, we'll work with India to bring Kashmir to the India relationship. All are very important, forefront of technological change in the world. The and we need to focus on all three. How do people of Kashmir are as Indian as anybody else. Why you assess yourself today with regard to they have been deprived for so many years of these your work in strengthening these benefits of development? No law of India was applicable relationships? to Kashmir including reservations for the backward Thank you for reminding me. It was a very useful classes.There was rampant corruption. Even the framework to analyze our work. The India-US prevention of corruption act was not applicable. It was a relationship has progressed enormously in the last two jarring point in our political structure which has been years. The best indicator is the trade which has crossed Ambassador Sandeep Chakravorty with Late Smt. Sushma Swaraj corrected and I am so happy that our government has 142 billion. It was less than 20 billion 20 years back. What the courage to do so. The culture of Kashmir will be is very interesting is trade deficit has been reducing. US CG : We know politicians, we know leaders, ministers demolished - that's not true. India is based on linguistic export to India is growing. We believe in comparative but Sushmaji was very special in the sense that she led states and India celebrates its culture and diversity. advantages. We are buying thing from US which we our ministry (External Affairs) for five long years and More and more Kashmiri culture will come to the have never done before such as oil and gas. We are also she really had a very intimate relationship with all forefront. There have been forces who tried to kill the increasing our defense purchases from the US. US is the officer and staff. I think she changed our ministry. She culture of Kashmir. This action will protect the culture biggest supplier of aircraft to India. On economic changed the way our consulates work. She made us of Kashmir. I am very very positive that this is a relations, the investment relationship is very strong. responsive to the community. On many issues, she landmark decision and it will be a game changer. It will Indian companies are investing here. Strong presence of played very very important role in keeping our embassy solve the problems that we have faced in the past. It will them in our jurisdiction. The US-India relationship has in forefront of diplomacy.She used the power of Twitter bring out the people of Kashmir to a high level of done well. It is prospering. Our Prime Minister and US to help people. It is unparallel in the diplomatic history. economic development. leaders have said that this is the most important No leader, no foreign minister used social media so TIP: There are fears that when you open up bilateral relationship in the world. It is the relationship effectively.There is an outpouring of grief. In New York the forbidden area to people to buy land, the of the future. There is great deal of understanding about she used to come every year for the General Assembly land mafia will dispossess the local people the role of India. As the relationship advances it creates and we got the chance to meet her.I remember she would who are known to be poor. And that will opportunities for us. call me personally and ask me to help people in stress drive them to greater poverty. What do you As far as the Indian community-US relationship is and trouble including patients in hospitals here in the think? concerned, that is also very significant. More and more United States. She connected beautifully to everybody. Indians are participating in the political process. Indian Everybody is missing her. We are poorer by her absence. CG- I don't think that is a correct description of the origin men and women are participating in the local She was a tall leader. We don't have many women at the fact. It is a very hypothetical situation. It has not level across the US as assemblyman, councilman or forefront of politics. She was the youngest minister at happened elsewhere. Nobody will force you to sell your judges or senators. That awareness is growing and the central government. She has been in politics for 40 land. Things will not happen overnight. If somebody has people are talking about it. There is appreciation of role years. She was the face of Indian diplomacy. I think we land and wants to build a hotel, why he should be of Indian community in the US administration. Our will all miss her. My condolences to her family. denied? The land of Kashmir should have similar community is the most educated and prosperous TIP: Modi government has taken some valuation like in Mumbai or Delhi. Tourism will prosper community and they are playing huge role in the decisions on the State of Jammu &Kashmir and protection will be given like in other parts of India. development of United States. Today US is the which have divested the State of certain The beginning has to be made. technological powerhouse because of the contribution privileges and taken away some special I believe that India's time is now. India is of people of Indian origin. rights of the people of J &K. Obviously, the on the way to becoming five trillion dollar Thirdly, the connection with India is growing. The decisions have altered the character of concern which I have is whether the second or third generation is connected or not. As India is becoming relationship between the State of J&K and economy and that cannot happen without economic powerhouse, the interest in India should be the Center. How will you explain the action “greater India-US cooperation and involvement natural. The second or third generation should not which you have called in your note of Indian American community." CONTD ON PAGE 5 THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 INTERVIEW 5

CONTD FROM PAGE 4 leave a message and I guarantee you that we'll get back within 24 hours. TIP: What have been the most recurrent complaints and grievances?

CG - Mainly two. One is for passport of people who are not documented here and asylum seekers who have not got US travel document. Sometimes they need to travel to India. There is a very flexible rule and we are compassionate. But sometimes people take benefit of the rule and then don't travel to India. They say, somebody is unwell. So we give them the passport and then they don't go. But that number is not large. One thing to notice that passport is not an identity document but a travel document. Some undocumented people who demand the passport they do not travel. They want identity. When we ask what the purpose is, they are unable to explain. We don't want to jeopardize the US immigration system. TIP: Congratulations for providing certain new facilities to visitors to the Consulate to transact business. We visited the office in the basement area and found the place much more welcoming than before. The comfortable new chairs and the ambience of the place are surely welcome. Bidisha who spoke with the Consul Passport and Visa Mr. Murugesan was told about the entire operation-how a visitor has to register on arrival and then wait in the queue. The new digital queue monitoring and display makes things much easier for visitors. Bidisha also noted that the Consulate has provided free Ambassador Sandeep Chakravorty speaking with The Indian Panorama editor Prof. Indrajit S Saluja at the Indian Consulate on copying and computer services to fill in the August 7, 2019 forms. Mr. Murugesan also informed about connect to India because their parents belong to India. emergency services. For transfer of mortal remains, we the plans to have a children's section. They should connect because they feel to do so just like are open on Saturday and Sunday. I think hardly Surely, there are enough indications of other Americans do. That is happening. I find lot of anybody does that. We give emergency visas and improvement. people who deal with India, are investing in India. Our passport if anybody is critically ill. A proper procedure CG: We constantly review the services. job is to facilitate that. I see my role as a bee, a pollinator is established. The consulate is for the people. If we are TIP: What are your plans regarding the - pollinating the flower. In diplomacy we don't do not able to satisfy and help them, there is no point. celebration of 550 years of Guru Nanak business. Our role is to facilitate business. Here at the Consulate at your doorstep is happening but because we Devji and 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi? consulate, so many subsidiary relationships are have brought down the processing time, the demand has blooming. I believe in supporting these contacts and decreased. But still we are doing it in places like Boston CG - In last several months we have arranged many relationships. and Philadelphia. Our jurisdiction is very compact. events on 550 birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji. TIP: Between 2017 and 2019, you have TIP: It is about Open House and redressal of We have had many outstanding events at the consulate. accomplished a lot. Also, you may probably grievances. Do you maintain a record of The latest one was at the Gurudwara at Hicksville. We have a feeling that much more could have complaints received? are planning few more events. We have proposals from been done. Do you have any flop side? other Gurudwaras in our jurisdiction. We are planning CG - We do. We are very sensitive regarding this. If an with Mayor's office in Norwalk, Connecticut where CG- I think after two years, I am focusing on involving appreciation makes my day,a complaint ruins my week. there is a sizable Sikh community to host an event in more and more mainstream Americans in the activities That is the importance we give to complaints. We November on of Guru Nanak Devji's birthday. We are of the consulate. I have done, but I have to do more. My respond to each and every complaint. Some of the planning to host it at mayor's office with participation of emphasis now will be trying to do more of that. I am complaints come because of our limitations when we mainstream people. trying to do things that will last. I am sitting on the say 'No.' We can't say yes in every circumstance. When In connection with the year long commemorative success and hard work done by my predecessors. We we say 'No' people respond in a negative way. We celebration of 150 birth anniversary of Mahatma also increased our outreach. The feedback is very understand their difficulties and we try to be as humane Gandhi, we have partnered with the State University of positive. We fail in many occasions but it's not because as possible. Most of the complaints are because of lack New York, Old Westbury (SUNY-OW), and Shanti Fund of lack of effort. We failed because everything is not in of response. Because of Pramit, the complaints have to plant 150 trees in the Old Westbury Campus. We are our control. When we get feedback, we respond. We try also drastically reduced. It's a mixed bag and I take both requesting individuals to adopt trees. The Gandhi Peace to correct problems of people. We respond on google, in my stride. Our phone calls are now on recorder. We Garden will be inaugurated in September during the Facebook, twitter, Instagram. We have developed our receive 120 to 130 calls a day and every call is recorded. I visit of Prime Minister who will do it. On October 1 we web Application - Pramit. It is an in- house development. make sure by the end of the day we respond. We call and are doing 'Homage to Mahatma' music concert by It has ensured 100% response to any applicant who has Sitarist Subhendu Rao and his wife at the consulate. any issue with the consulate. it is widely used. In the last TIP: We are a week away from celebrating 7 months about 10,000 people used it. We have redone our India's 73rd Independence Day. Your website in June 2018, we had 1.3 million hits since then. message , please. For a consulate, it's very very satisfying. TIP: You inherited one particular initiative CG - On the occasion of our 73 rd Independence Day, I from Mr Mulay - Consulate at your doorstep greet the readers of Indian Panorama and the larger - what have you done to promote that? Indian American Community and the friends of India. I believe that India's time is now. India is on the way to CG- We have decreased the turnaround time of our becoming five trillion dollar economy and that cannot consular services. For instance, you apply for passport happen without greater India-US cooperation and through CKGS today. It comes to us this evening. involvement of Indian American community.I felicitate Tomorrow we do it and day after tomorrow you get it. So you on this very very happy occasion. We should project our turnaround time is just a day. Which means if what is good in India. I want to take this opportunity to somebody is in an emergency, we can give him the invite you to participate at the grand celebration of passport across the counter. This has not happened August 15. Please join us and come in large numbers. before. Our turnaround time for visas is also one day. I Passport and Visa Consul Mr. Murugesan explains to The TIP: Thank you, Ambassador Chakravorty am proud to say that we are one of the very few Indian Panorama assistant editor Bidisha Roy the new digital for your time. Happy Independence Day1 consulates globally who open on weekends to give system of registration on arrival THE INDIAN PANORAMA THE INDIAN PANORAMA 6 ADVERTISEMENT TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 ADVERTISEMENT 7 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 8 TRIBUTE TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 Sushma Swaraj -the best specimen of ‘Matri Shakti’

herself to during her visits to the United Nations, she and deeply saddened to learn about the sudden demise constantly radiated positive energy. of Smt. Sushma Swaraj. It is indeed a huge loss to the I first received her as External Affairs Minister in nation as 1.3 billion people remember her yeomen New York on 24 September 2014, when she arrived just service to the country. Her unmatched oratory skills before our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi-ji's first and her human touch always mesmerized the people historic visit. It was her sagacity and support that across all walks of life. ensured we were able to implement the Prime Born into RSS family, Sushma Didi as she was Minister's idea for the UN General Assembly to declare fondly called had started her political journey June 21 every year as the International Day of Yoga in with ABVP and during this journey, she broke record time and with a record number of co-sponsoring many glass ceilings. countries. She participated in the First International She became the youngest cabinet minister in The symbol of Indian mother, sister, daughter, bahu-the best Yoga Day in New York in 2015. She placed the UN's Haryana at the age of 25 and was the first woman face of an Indian Sushma Ji withUNSG Ban Ki-Moon, whose decision on the International Yoga Day in the context of Chief Minister of Delhi. She accomplished many "India-connections" extended from his personal to his India's ability to set the global agenda at the last public firsts during her political career, including first professional life. Photo / Courtesy Asoke Mukerji function I participated in with her in New Delhi in full-time Foreign Minister. She was elected to the I.S. SALUJA March this year. The video of her remarks may be seen parliament for seven times. While she was an ushma Swaraj (Sharma before her marriage to at http://www.fpap.in/video/modi-govts-sets-the- opposition leader, she won the accolades from both Swaraj Kaushal) was born on 14 February 1952 at global-agenda/ friends and foes. SAmbala Cantt, Haryanato Hardev Sharma and Her interest in the Holy Grail of India's multilateral She had friends across the aisle and from all Shrimati Laxmi Devi. Her father was a prominent diplomacy, revolving around our efforts to reform the ideologies which speak volumes about her human Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member. Her parents UN Security Council, was deep and focused, as was her interactions and outreach. hailed from the Dharampura area of Lahore, Pakistan. interest in the welfare and effectiveness of the She was a remarkable leader who devoted her Sushma was educated at Sanatan Dharma College in thousands of Indian soldiers serving in UN Peace life to the public service and was instrumental in Ambala Cantonment and earned a bachelor's degree Operations. affecting process changes in the Indian consulates with majors in Sanskrit and Political Science.She She saw both as integral to India's core national across the globe aimed to help NRIs and India studied law at Panjab University, Chandigarh. interests. She built a special rapport with President of diaspora. She was just Twitter away in helping the She was a lawyer by profession. A senior leader of the General Assembly Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa of distressed people. Bharatiya Janata Party, Swaraj served as the Minister Uganda to push for tabling a text to reform the Security Her quick wit and forever helping hand made of External Affairs of India in the first Narendra Modi Council, as well as to implement the UN General her extremely popular in the community of Indian government (2014-2019). She was the second woman to Assembly's decision to construct a Permanent Diaspora." hold the office, after Indira Gandhi. She was elected Memorial Wall to UN Peacekeepers on the grounds of seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times the UN Headquarters in New York. GOPIO Recall their Association as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. At the age of with Sushma Ji 25 in 1977, she became the youngest cabinet minister of Indian state of Haryana. She also served as 5th Chief Minister of Delhi for a short duration in 1998. Swaraj was hailed as India's "best-loved politician" by the US daily Wall Street Journal . In view of her failing health , she decided not to contest the 2019 Indian general election. She was not much seen in public. On August 6, 2019 she succumbed to a cardiac arrest, according to the doctors at the AIIMS , New Delhi. The world grieved over her loss, as we do at The Indian Panorama. We grieve for her, the unreturning friend and benefactor. GOPIO Delegation with External Affairs Minister Sushma We received condolences from many people in India Swaraj in New York, Sept. 23, 2018 and abroad. In the short space available with us, we will carry excerpts from the condolences offered by them. Global Organization of People of Indian Origin conveys its heartfelt condolences in passing away of A Diplomat Remembers The last time Ambassador Mukerji met Sushma-ji was at a Smt. Sushma Swaraj, who served as External Affair function at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in March Minister with Prime Minister Modi from 2014 to 2019. Sushma Ji 2019, when she spoke extempore on the Modi Government's As minister looking after the Overseas Indian Foreign Policy. From left to right: Dr Anirban Ganguly, Director A former diplomat Asoke Kumar Mukerji was the of the SPMRF, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj-ji, Affairs, GOPIO have had a close working relation Permanent Representative of India to the UN when Ambassador Amar Sinha and Shri Vijay Chauthaiwale, In and cooperation on many of the NRI and PIO issues Sushma Swaraj visited the United Nations for the first Charge of BJP's Foreign Affairs Department. as well as on new initiatives from her ministry. time as External Affairs Minister. He said in his Photo / Courtesy Asoke Mukerji We have been working with Sushmaji since she has condolence posted on Facebook been the leader of BJP in the Rajya Sabha. "Deeply saddened by the untimely demise of Smt. She leaves behind many memories.May God give her In her passing away, we will miss a Statesman as Sushma Swaraj-ji, who was External Affairs Minister departed soul everlasting peace. Om Shanti! well as a sincere and able political leader. of India when I was finishing my innings in the Indian GOPIO International conveys its heartfelt Foreign Service as Permanent Representative of India A New Yorker Misses his Sister condolences. May her soul rest in peace. to the United Nations in New York. Her enthusiasm was New York based BJP activist Jagdish Sewhani who infectious, and her attention to detail was astounding. knew Sushma ji for a long time , sent this condolence AAPI Mourns the demise of Despite the challenging schedule that she committed message on the passing away of Sushma ji. Sushma Ji "Deeply saddened and Shocked at the sudden passing away of Sushma Swaraj ji, one of the tallest political During the many years of public service to the leaders of her generation who had given more than nation,Ms. Sushma Swaraj brought her innate grace four decades of public service. and charm into her work. Sushmaji had this amazing quality of connecting She made her markin her own way - connecting with People . She was people's Minister and most loved with the diaspora far and wide and reaching out politician, respected across the Party lines. tohelp them. She would respond to every appeal for She was great orator and great administrator. assistance, and make sure theIndian missions At personal level she was like a sister to me and responded to the requests. always used to call me Bhai." In this way she gave the human touchto the Ministry of External Affairs and won millions of OFBJP-USA Pays Rich Tribute to admirers across theworld.

Ambassador Asoke Mukerji (extreme left) receiving Sushma-ji Smt. Sushma Swaraj (TIP Bureau) (third from left) on 24 September 2014 in New York for her first visit as External Affairs Minister. Photo / Courtesy Asoke Mukerji "Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) - USA is shocked THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 INDIANS ABROAD 9

Indian Origin Bhasha Indian American Priya Aiyar named Mukherjee Crowned Senior Vice President and General Miss England 2019 Counsel of American Airlines

NEW YORK (TIP): American Airlines environmental, employment, and Group announced Aug. 5 that Priya intellectual property legal issues and Aiyar will join the airline as Senior Vice work. President and General Counsel, Aiyar joins American from Willkie succeeding Paul Jones, who retired from Farr & Gallagher LLP, where she has American earlier this year. been a partner, and brings more than 18 "We are thrilled to welcome Priya to years of government and private sector American Airlines," said Steve Johnson, experience. She served as Acting American's Executive Vice President of General Counsel and Deputy General Corporate Affairs. "Priya is an Counsel for the U.S. Department of the Bhasha has a bachelor's degree in outstanding lawyer and an Treasury as well as Deputy General medicine and surgery from the University extraordinary intellect, and her strategic Counsel for the U.S. Department of of Nottingham perspective, integrity, energy, unique Energy. Earlier in her career, Aiyar held experience, passion for the law, and senior legal roles within the National LONDON (TIP): Bhasha demonstrated ability to build and inspire Commission on the BP Deepwater Mukherjee, a 23-year-old Indian- teams make her the perfect person to Horizon Oil Spill and the Federal origin doctor has been crowned Miss lead our legal strategy and team over the Communications Commission, and was England, 2019. As winner of Miss coming years. We remain focused on a partner at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, England, she will be entered into the evolving our culture and attracting the Aiyar will lead American's Legal Affairs team Todd, Evans & Figel PLLC. She began Miss World contest. best and brightest to American and, in and its legal strategies her legal career as a clerk to Judge Bhasha who was born in India, both respects, we could not have found a Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of relocated to the UK with her family better person." In this role, Aiyar will lead American's Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to when she was nine. She has two "We are enormously proud of what Legal Affairs team and its legal Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. bachelor's degrees: one in medical Paul and our terrific legal team have strategies. This includes the company's Supreme Court. sciences and one in medicine and accomplished," continued Johnson. "I'm corporate governance, securities and Aiyar holds a Juris Doctor from Yale surgery from the University of looking forward to working with Priya to corporate finance, business and Law School, a master's degree from the Nottingham. She speaks five build on that work and take us to the next commercial, litigation, competition and University of Oxford and a bachelor's languages - English, Bengali, Hindi, level." antitrust, compliance, privacy, degree from Harvard University. German and French. "Bhasha is an incredibly hard- Indian American Pranav working young woman, an ideal Indian Origin Aman Bhutani candidate to represent the Kothari to Serve on Illinois multicultural country of England," said Angie Beasley, director of the named CEO of GoDaddy Board of Higher Education Miss England contest. CHICAGO (TIP): On Bhasha was about to start her new SCOTTSDALE, AZ vast opportunities that August 2, Illinois job as a junior doctor in a hospital in (TIP): GoDaddy, an lie ahead." Governor JB Pritzker Boston, Lincolnshire, just hours after Internet names and A nine-year veteran of announced nine the Miss England final ended on registrations Expedia Group Inc., appointments to Illinois August 8 evening. management company Bhutani most recently Board of Higher and its Board of served as the President Education, including an Indian American led Directors has named of Brand Expedia Indian American. Research Discovers Aman Bhutani, Group, the largest Pranav Kothari is the previously President of contributor to the Founder and CEO of Novel Proteins in Brand Expedia Group, company's 19% annual Revolution Impact, Human Gut as the company's new growth over the last five which focuses on Kothari speaks CEO, effective years. The Brand helping empower social nationally on NEW YORK September 4th, 2019. Expedia Group sector organizations to measuring social (TIP): Scott Wagner, Chief encompasses the achieve their goals. He impact, education Researchers at A nine-year veteran of Expedia data, education Executive Officer, will Group Inc., Bhutani most flagship Expedia brand, also serves as Adjunct philanthropy, and the Stanford step down for health recently served as the Travelocity, and Orbitz, Lecturer of Social nonprofit University reasons. President of Brand Expedia among others. In his Impact at the Kellogg effectiveness. School of "Aman is a proven, Group prior role as Chief School of Management Medicine, led by extraordinary leader with a strong Technology Officer and Senior Vice at Northwestern University, teaching both an Indian track record at Expedia for delivering President of Engineering, Bhutani MBA and executive education courses on American have, operational excellence in a complex, led the vision and development of a the education sector, social sector discovered that global business. His extensive single global technology platform performance measurement and board microbes in the Ami Bhatt MD, PhD, knowledge and experience in product designed to support multiple brands governance. assistant professor of human gut are and engineering teams, and his belief and partners, serving 90 million Pranav has held prior leadership roles medicine and of making in culture and leadership as monthly unique visitors and driving with KnowledgeWorks, StriveTogether and genetics, is the senior thousands of differentiators will serve GoDaddy more than $50 billion in annual gross Mission Measurement and has served as author proteins so well," said Chuck Robel, Chair of the bookings value. Under his leadership, Board President of the National College small that they've previously gone GoDaddy Board of Directors. Brand Expedia grew revenue healthy Access Network. He currently is the board undetected. "I am honored to have the double digits through a mixture of vice president of MORTAR and is a member Ami Bhatt and her collaborators opportunity to lead this incredible organic and inorganic growth. The of the UChicago Consortium on School found that the bacteria in our gut company," said Bhutani. "GoDaddy's organic growth strategy was driven by Research Steering Committee. Kothari make thousands of tiny, previously extraordinary focus on constantly extending the product portfolio, received his Master of Business unidentified proteins that could shed innovating and improving for its offering more options to travelers, and Administration in Corporate Strategy and light on human health and advance entrepreneurs has built a devoted and improving the efficiency and Organizational Behavior from the Stephen drug development. rapidly growing customer base. I look effectiveness of a $1 billion annual M. Ross School of Business at the University (Read full story on forward to working closely with performance market spend through of Michigan an A.B. in Economics from www.theindianpanorama.news) everyone at the company to seize the automation and machine learning. Washington University in St. Louis. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 10 EDITORIAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

COMMENT Prof I.S.Saluja A Nation on the March hat a great feeling to find Indian economies of the world. Projections are September. is CEO of Google. A Satya Nadela is CEO Independence is 72-year-old, that she will be a USD500 trillion economy When it comes to diplomacy, India has of Microsoft. There are many more. Wstepping in to 73rdyear. Let us by 2024, and move on to become one of the proven its mettle , time and again. India A lot has been achieved. Yet, a lot is to congratulate each other that India has top 3 economies of the world , behind today is apotent voice in the comity of be done. India must ensure the benefits of withstood all weathers for 72 years and China and Japan. What a coincidence that nations. She is heard with respect and her growth percolate down to the lowest, the has come a long way from being an all top 3 economies in coming years will views and policies on international issues humblest and the poorest. The battle impoverished nation of .4 billion in 1947 be from Asia. are often admired and followed which against poverty,hunger, disease, illiteracy to becoming a strong and self-sufficient India has dared to explore the mysteries explains her presence in most alliances has yet to be won. India must work nation of 1.3 billion in 2019. of space , as Indians in the distant past and organizations in the world. relentlessly to fulfill Mahatma Gandhi's From being one of the underdeveloped did. India is the fourth country, after Indian scientists , technologists , dream of "wiping every tear from every countries 72 years ago, India has steadily Russia, USA and China to explore the professionals and businessmen are eye". Hope and wish, India will grow from marched on to become one of the fastest outer world in a big way. Recently, India leading figures in their respective fields strength to strength to become Vishwa developing countries. If the size of created quite a flutter by sending across the world. In USA, some of the Guru- World leader- in not too distant a economy is an indicator of growth of a Chandrayan 2 to Moon, which is Fortune 500 companies are headed by future. nation, India today is among the top 7 expected to soft land on Moon in persons of Indian origin. A Sundar Pichai Happy Independence Day! AS I SEE IT Inviting Investors: Trump World Top Resort in Kashmir

By Robinder Nath Sachdev & springs, adventure sports, skiing and Ven Parameswaran hiking trails, flower and herbal gardens, n August 5, 2019, the government organic farms, art and cultural fairs, of India took a historic step, horse-riding, and more, the resort can be Oexecuted in an elegant manner, to marketed very well as a destination for reorganize the governance of the Indian the upper income and rich of the world, state of Jammu & Kashmir, into a and for world summits, global and Union Territory of Jammu & national conferences, meetings, and Kashmir, with a far-reaching vision of retreats. peace and beautiful ecology in the vales A combination of Indian investment and rooftops of the Himalayas. To and the Trump brand, situated in one of students of history, governments and the most exquisite locales virtually on policies, and international relations, this the roof-top of the world, with savvy is a landmark step in the chronicles of networks for worldwide promotion, India about which historians shall write coupled with unparalleled comfort, a hundred years hence. Whereas in the luxury and service. now and present, over 1.3 billion people Some readers of this column may have of India are feeling as if a burden of the visited the Trump International Hotel in past has been lifted, with a new dawn in Washington, DC. There is no hotel in this the one-ness of India. No doubt there are world which can compare to the luxury, also some voices within India that service, and experience - the large disagree with this decision of the Prime reception and lounge area, rooms and Minister Narendra Modi government. spirituality, minus its image as a region that the project may be a non-starter due beds are better than best of anywhere in But that is the strength, beauty, and of "bombs-bombs-bombs", that President to the nuances and vagaries of geo- the world. challenge that any democracy must Donald Trump talked about in his political and security issues, and the Of course, part of reason that the navigate. By reasonable estimates this presser couple weeks ago. associated financial risk. Trump International Hotel makes sense step and way forward has more than The entire might of India, strategic, Therefore this opportunity that we for visitors in DC to stay is that for overwhelming goodwill in India, and the and military, is now applied to ensuring suggest is squarely and aimed at only businessmen and diplomats this is the few dissenting voices will always be the success of Kashmir as a peaceful, such Indian investors and promoters best place to collect intelligence and welcome to contribute to a healthy culturally vibrant, and the most who have accumulated significant make contacts. No need to make an argument and debate which will help beautiful of Himalayan region as corporate and personal wealth, and who appointment - you may run into a senior shape a more perfect Union of India. captured in the simple words of the are nationalist in their worldview, and administration official at the bar, or at The Opening Gambit German philosopher F.Max Muller when would like to bring positive change in the lobby, or while sitting down for he said that if there is a heaven Kashmir, and, who will be patient and dinner. Liberally sprinkled with glamour Above being said, what none should anywhere on this earth - then it is only, long term in their returns. So, what are of music, beauty, and dance shows that doubt is that this gambit by India has and only, in Kashmir. we proposing? As a new age think tank are unparalleled, this is where the elite opened the gateways to peace and and incubator that has seeded and and rich of America confabulate and prosperity for the people of Kashmir, and The Business Opportunity for the succeeded in pioneering out-of-the-box shape the America and world of for the people of India to contribute and Trump World Top Resort in initiatives over the past 20 years between tomorrow. participate in the harmony and its countries globally, and including While the Trump International is dividends, as within any territory of Kashmir experience of over 40 years in famous for its excellence in luxury and India. The next 6-12 months are critical Based upon the expectation that investment banking deals on Wall Street, networking with mere mortals, the and important as the security blanket in positive scenario as above shall unfold, we believe that the historic opportunity Trump World Top Resort will be famous Kashmir is slowly lifted and life returns and that the alternative scenario of in Kashmir can also be converted into a for the luxury and joy of living in the to normalcy. As the routine of lifestyles bombs and violence in Kashmir will be a business opportunity. clouds of Himalayas. The Trump World and business kicks back into gear, the thing of the past, this column proposes The Trump World Top Resort at Top Resort can truly be and become the challenge for the Modi government will creative thinking and an unprecedented elusive Shangri-La up in the Himalayas be to deliver a seamless and smooth business opportunity for top investors of Kashmir that the world travelershave been transition concurrent with an economic India. Nestled in the high woods and forests searching. take-off in the Kashmir region. Within Though the chances of what we of the Himalayas, a vast estate that And if not the Trump brand, then why one-year Kashmir should be vibrant propose are slim, yet it must also be sprawls over the mountains, with its own not an Indian brand, with Indian with peace, culturally colorful with life, remembered that when ideas, audacity, airport and helipad, green and clean promoters? and Mother Nature's vast and gorgeous and the universe align, then the returns energy, conventions, conferences, (Robinder Nath Sachdev is president of The abundance of the region being shared by on investments are beyond imagination festivals and arena facilities, hotel and Imagindia Institute and Ven Parameswaran is Indian and foreign tourists, nature and shape the tomorrow of history and villas, golf course, wellness and Senior Advisor of Imagindia. The views enthusiasts, and seekers of calm and generations. It is also well acknowledged relaxation centers, lakes, rivers and expressed are those of the authors) THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 PERSPECTIVE 11 An abrogation of democratic principles The Kashmir move affects the robust nature of Indian By Navnita Chadha democracy in addressing internal conflicts and alienation Behera Buddhists launched an agitation in 1989, demanding Union Territory status, the "The BJP government's move has, Indian Constitution once again made however, not only completely space for political experimentation by swung the pendulum but is also introducing intermediate state antithetical to the very idea of structures - the creation of two inclusivity. By turning J&K, autonomous hill councils for Leh and especially the Valley, into a Kargil. virtually open air prison, with a Weakening federalism full clampdown and information Against this backdrop, it is for the first blackout, the message is clear: time in independent India's history that the Bharatiya Janata Party government Security alert in Kashmir that New Delhi alone will decide has used constitutional provisions for the political future of the people opposite ends: to undermine and weaken very idea of inclusivity.By turning J&K, The Modi government faces an of J&K with no room for any India's federal character by downgrading especially the Valley, into a virtually uphill task in identifying credible consultative process and no a State and territorially dividing it into open air prison, with a full clampdown space for dissent." two Union Territories without the and information blackout, the message is local partners in ushering in consent of the people of J&K. clear: that New Delhi alone will decide peace to the Valley, which may he recent abrogation of Article 370 The method adopted to execute this the political future of the people of J&K well end up in facing yet another ending the special status of decision is of special concern because by with no room for any consultative TJammu & Kashmir (J&K) in the equating or replacing the Constituent process and no space for dissent. impasse. Indian Constitution along with the Assembly of J&K (which was dissolved The decision to divide the State is Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation in 1957) with the Legislative Assembly of particularly fraught with the risk of governments has been a commitment by Bill, 2019, bifurcating the State into two J&K, and Parliament appropriating the deepening regional and communal fault their opponents to abjure the path of Union Territories (J&K and Ladakh), latter's powers since the State is under lines. While Ladakhi Buddhists, for violence and abide by the Indian have delivered a knock-out blow to the President's rule, the Central government instance, are now celebrating the Constitution, the erstwhile Vajpayee-led long-drawn-out peace process in has acted unilaterally to reorganize the fulfilment of their long pending demand National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Kashmir. State of J&K. for Union Territory's status, the voices of regime was even more generous in These moves also herald a paradigm This rests not only on legally shaky Kargilis who are still under a strict offering the broad framework of shift in the fundamental premises and ground but also flies in the face of curfew are yet to be heard. They may not 'insaniyat, jamhooriyat and parameters of India's approach towards constitutional norms and propriety. If support this decision because 'a Union Kashmiriyat'. the Kashmir issue, with long-term this passes judicial scrutiny, it can then Territory without a legislature' not only Political fallout implications for its political strategy of be done to any State in India, with negates the idea of decentralization of tackling such internal conflicts. There drastic implications for its federal power to the grassroots (the In a significant point of departure, the are three cardinal principles which character. undergirding principle of the present government is pursuing a hard, successive political regimes have The second principle pertains to the autonomous hill council) but could well top-down approach. The Home Minister hitherto followed in addressing internal maxim of 'inclusivity', that is, a political lead to a shifting of the loci of power to has categorically ruled out any dialogue conflicts and seeking political demand being made must be inclusive in Leh, resulting in losing whatever gains with militants and the Hurriyat and has reconciliation with alienated segments terms of representing the interests of all they have assiduously made over the even castigated the mainstream regional of the populace. These in turn have those in whose name it is made. This years. political leadership of the National bolstered the robust and resilient nature supported bridge building and coalition- The celebrations by Kashmiri Pandits Conference and Jammu and Kashmir of Indian democracy. The future, making among different communities are anticipated because of the gross Peoples Democratic Party for being however, appears much more uncertain. certainly helped in shaping the peace injustice and displacement they have corrupt, promoting family rule and Here is why. process, in turn bolstering India's deeply suffered since their forced exodus from fomenting separatism and violence. This Accommodative parameters diverse and plural character. the Valley in the early 1990s. It remains move has nullified the very idea of a In J&K's context too, it has also proven to be seen whether the abrogation of process of dialogue and runs the risk of The first principle entails adhering to to be a critical common factor helping to Article 370 by itself, would facilitate their discrediting the mainstream politicians the letter and spirit of the Indian explain the failures and successes of return to the Valley without the support and obliterating the middle ground Constitution. Its far-sighted and various political demands. The Kashmiri of local Kashmiri Muslims and rising between the militants and mainstream malleable nature has stood the test of idea of self-determination in a multi- violence. politicians. time. Since 1947, India has faced a wide- ethnic, multi-religious and multi-lingual Instead of making all communities The Prime Minister in his recent ranging nature of political demands society, for instance, was to call for a equal stakeholders in the peace process, address to the nation, expressed hope ranging from secession, to the creation of plebiscite as mandated by the UN the BJP government's decision may well that new leadership in Kashmir would a separate State for Jammu, Union resolutions of 1949 or seek an end up pitching one community against emerge from grass-roots politics. It is Territory status for Ladakh and others independent and sovereign State of J&K, the other. A deepening of societal important to note that in 1,407 out of seeking affirmative discrimination for but this was not the approach taken by fissures and communal fault lines do not 2,135 halqas or village clusters, there was the Dogri language, Scheduled Tribe other communities such as the Dogras, go hand in hand with the agenda of no voting at all in the panchayat status for Gujjars and Paharis and so on. Kashmiri Pandits, Gujjars, Bakkarwals, peace-making. elections that were held in 2018. This In response, the central leadership has and Ladakhi Buddhists. In the 1950s, as The third principle refers to a promise does not lend credence to youth being tried finding ways and means within the indeed in the 1990s, the demand by and the practices of holding a dialogue optimistic about joining mainstream overarching parameters of the Indian Kashmiri Muslims for a right to self- process and sharing political power with politics especially after the abrogation of Constitution and have rarely been determination or azadi was politically opponents of all hues. In Kashmir, Article 370, a move which is only likely to disappointed. In view of the difficult checkmated by these communities as successive Central governments have deepen the alienation. The Modi circumstances under which the Dogra their political choices were very until now never shut the door of government faces an uphill task in Maharaja Hari Singh had acceded to different; time and again, an exclusively dialogue in the face of political identifying credible local partners in India, Article 370 itself offered an Valley-focused approach has doomed the opponents who have ranged from the ushering in peace to the Valley, which excellent example as to how the special prospects of the peace process. Sheikh Abdullah-led Plebiscite Front in may well end up in facing yet another needs and political aspirations of the Demographic impact the 1960s to the Muslim United Front in impasse. people of J&K could be politically and the 1980s to the Hurriyat leadership (Navnita Chadha Behera is the author of constitutionally accommodated by The BJP government's move has, since the 1990s. This also holds true for 'Demystifying Kashmir' and 'State, Identity India's Constitution makers. however, not only completely swung the militant groups. and Violence: Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh') Decades later, when Ladakhi pendulum but is also antithetical to the While the bottom line of Congress THE INDIAN PANORAMA 12 READER’S COMMENT TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 Readers’ Comments The Indian Panorama received from readers , for the special Independence Day edition, comments on recent developments in India with regard to the State of Jammu & Kashmir, in particular. We are fortunate to be living in America where we have unfettered freedom of expression . We are happy to note that readers have been fearless in their expression. The views expressed in various comments are readers' own views and The Indian Panorama does not necessarily subscribe to or endorse any. A Note of Caution for Western point of view, that India is not matters must be finished before his India's action will an important question. India is report card is prepared. enhance peace and India's Future important for those who claim India as The ruling party of India, Bharatiya their mother land. India is important for Janata Party, must not behave as if its prosperity the generation whose roots lie in India. fortune will stay for ever. Sine 2014 Prime Ravi Batra To that end we like to see a prosper India. Minister Modi has been busy launching his action People of Indian origin feel the pain of campaigns for social change. We all must Indian brothers and sisters when they know about impacts of 'Swatchch Tdeliver suffer from natural disasters and Bharat', 'Ujjawala' and 'Beti Bachao', enhanced peace government apathy towards age old 'Insurance for farmers' campaigns that & security to social problems. didn't go too far. Modi government is yet J&K, as well as India has been enjoying consistent to create employment for the millions of between India & economic growth for the past two unemployed youth. If the situation of Pakistan. It's decades. Many experts have gone to the unemployment and poverty in India time for the extent of saying that Indian will remains unchanged no force on the earth Sub-Continent to celebrate freedom - not Ashok Ojha overtake China in the near future in can save it from mass unrest. only from Colonialism - but Terror too, terms of growth. For this reason the Recently Modi government used its so every citizen of every nation enjoys a live and work in USA where world has been very supportive to the strength of popular mandate to demolish full measure of Liberty's bounty. The everything is not perfect. There are issues India has been embroiled in the Article 370 of the Indian constitution. United States, as a friend of the Sub- Ipeople around us whose actions may recent past. However, the support to The Western media projected this move Continent, wants peace & prosperity to lead to undermine others' achievements India by the international community, as the seize of Kashmiri people. The reign, not fear & Terror. and accomplishments. Progressive especially the West, has not been without neighboring country used every tactic to (New York based Ravi Batra is an attorney thoughts and ideas may not be supported any expectations. The developed nations destabilize the region. India is fortunate and Chair, National Advisory Council South by prosperity, that is the United States. look at India as a prospective buyer, a to be enjoying the support of Western Asian Affairs) However, I always feel that a common growing market for its products. India, world as well as many wealthy Arab American person live within a on its part, opened its economy for nations on Kashmir issue. Because of framework where he or she indulges in products from the rest of the world. this reason I don't see any difficulty for People of Jammu and daily activities in order to not only During the current decade its people put the Modi government working towards survive but also to pursue his/her their trust to a promising leader like normalization of Kashmir. While Delhi Kashmir will benefit happiness. A feeling of value-based Narendra Modi, hoping that he would has demonstrated high skills of society prevails around us. So whatever make India a better place to live for its administration after the abrogation of from abrogation of we do carries a purpose and meaning. teeming billions. Article 370, many BJP officials stand Article 370 There is a visible consequence of not How far the expectations of India's exposed with their small mindset. They working. Few are passionate about what middle class as well as its poor have been continue to behave as if India has Jagdish they are doing. People may be working met by Modi? It is a big question. It may conquered a new territory. It is the time just to earn their living. And that be early to answer this question. to stand polite and help the common Sewhani situation is not conducive for making a However, one can see that India's people of Kashmir who might be in e great society. However, the nation goes financial health hasn't been dealt wisely financial distress. It is not the time to cong on with rules and guidelines applicable in the past few years. But hope is not yet worry about Pakistan. India must focus Wratul to all. India, on its part, has a long way to lost for the simple fact that India has on the welfare of the whole of Jammu ate Prime go before it successfully constructs an prospered to its current state not just by and Kashmir region. We are not aware Minister Modi acceptable framework for its citizen to the government policies but by its how much India was spending on upkeep and Home work, to live and pursue personal enterprising and resilient population. of security forces in Kashmir. The Minister Shah happiness. One hopes that the ruling Bharatiya financial cost of securing the Kashmir for taking this In today's interconnected society I am Janata Party is genuinely eager to solve region must be very high. Should this bold step. It constantly made aware of things the social and economic challenges. We money had been spent for the was long due, happenings around the world. have some mixed feelings about the development of the region? Absolutely. but it took the courage and vision of Considering what goes on the Western actions of the ruling party of India led (Ashok Ojha is a New Jersey based senior Prime Minister Modi to remove this media on a daily basis I can say,from the by Narendra Modi. Some important journalist and teacher.) unjust provision of the Indian constitution," said Jagdish Sewhani, president of American India Public Anu Jain India and adapt homeland America Affairs Committee. This Independence Day powerful and honorable in the world. Undoing the seven-decades old wrong is special appy India Independence Day Let's unite, let's work hard and tell our would not put India on fast track of to all. We are very grateful to every friends and foes alike. We are development. "People of Jammu and Hour leaders and pay tribute to friends with friends and when times Kashmir would be the first beneficiary and remember all the freedom fighters come, we can roar.This Independence of the economic development that the who contributed a lot and fought for Day is very special because of region would not experience," he said the Independence of India. They have Government of India has scrapped the adding that several Indian Americans given us free India and today we are in Article 370 from J&K, through a are ready to invest in the tourism and our 73rd year of freedom and it is Presidential order on 5th August 2019 other sectors of Jammu and Kashmir great pride for us. Today we play an and Indian flag will be hosting in and Laddakh. important role in all important Kashmir and its liberation of Kashmir New York-based Sewhani said Indian international affairs around the in true manner. Humanity at heart, Americans are planning to felicitate world. Indians are leading the world in Humanity in spirit! Jai Hind! Prime Minister Modi when he comes every field. In fact, since the day of (Anu Jain is a Long Island, New York based here to attend the annual session of the independence to this day, we have community activist, painter, writer and real UN General Assembly in September. developed significantly in every estate salesperson) (Long Island, New York based Jagdish sphere of life. We should be making Sewhany is a BJP activist and a businessman) every effort to make our motherland MORE READER’S COMMENT ON PAGE 47 THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 NY/ NJ/CT 13 Parker Jewish Institute hosts 27th Food Bank for New York City's Indian Annual Golf Classic American Council brings ‘Hunger Mitao NEW HYDE PARK (TIP): Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation Week’ to mobilize NYC'S Indian American welcomed morethan 110 golfers to its 27th Annual Golf Classic at Glen Oaks Club, in Community in the fight against hunger Old Westbury, on Monday, August 5. The fundraiser's honoree was Eric P. Simon, a The Food Bank For New York City's Indian American Council (IAC) Has health care industry expert and a principal Already Enabled 1+ Million Meals For New Yorkers In Need In Just One of the New York City office of the law firm Jackson Lewis. Quarter Since its Launch In March of 2019! A day on the links was followed by dinner NEW YORK (TIP): Food Bank For millions of meals for New Yorkers and an awards program, during which New York City's Indian American experiencing food insecurity. Hunger Michael N. Rosenblut , Parker's president Council (IAC) is coordinating NYC's first Mitao Week is an important opportunity and CEO, welcomed guests. He thanked Mr. ever Hunger Mitao Week (August 11-18), to make real change and help millions," Simon for his outstanding support to Parker bringing together leaders from the city's added Payal Sharma, Co-Chair of Food and for his dedication to the field by representing more than 35 skilled nursing and Indian American community in an Bank For New York City's Indian rehabilitation facilities. "We are delighted to have Eric as this year's honoree," said unprecedented effort to fight hunger. American Council and Managing Michael N. Rosenblut, Parker's president and CEO. "He represents a firm that is aligned Hunger Mitao Week is part of a Partner of Baar restaurant. with similar beliefs as ours, demonstrating commitment to service excellence and national effort by the Indian American To commemorate Hunger Mitao Week, leadership in our respective industries. The money raised at the golf outing will go right Council to fight food insecurity across IAC supporters Rakesh and Meenu back into Parker, helping us to continue to fulfill our mission as a nonprofit skilled the United States by mobilizing the Bhargava are matching donations to nursing facility to deliver programs and advance quality of care for our patients." Indian American community around the Food Bank dollar-for-dollar, up to $5,000 Mr. Rosenblut recognized Parker Chairman's Peter Seideman, along with members of motto "Hunger Mitao!" (meaning Wipe between now and August 31, a Parker's Board of Trustees for helping to make the event such a success. out Hunger). This weeklong community partnership that could lead to an At the dinner, Mr. Rosenblut addressed the more than 150guests. service effort is held to coincide with additional 100,000 meals for New Yorkers "The needs of our senior population - the nation's largest - makes your support more India's Independence Day on August in need. You can give by visiting critical than ever. They might be at Parker's facility for sub-acute care, short-term 15th. foodbanknyc.org/hungermitao. rehabilitation, social adult day care, home health care, hospice, or our on-site dialysis "In the spirit of 'give where you live,' "Fighting hunger in New York City clinic, Queens-Long Island Renal Institute. Perhaps they're served by our medical the Indian American community - led by requires leadership from every transport division, Lakeville Ambulette, or AgeWell New York, our managed long-term IAC - has enabled over 6 million meals community," said Margarette Purvis, care plan. Your generosity helps improve the quality of life for the many hundreds of for food insecure people across the USA President and CEO of Food Bank For people we serve each day," he said. in less than two years," said Raj Asava, New York City. "We are thrilled to be Since its inception in 1907 as a shelter for 25 indigent men and women, Parker Jewish IAC co-founder. "To build on this working with the Indian American Institute evolved into a nationally renowned 527-bed, non-profit center for the health momentum, we launched the 'Hunger Council on Hunger Mitao Week and are care and rehabilitation of older adults, offering a comprehensive network of community Mitao Week' (August 11-18), the week of sincerely grateful for their commitment health care programs. The institute is a leading academic campus for the training of India's Independence Day," said Anna to our mission. At a time when 1 in 5 health care professionals. Located at the border of Queens and Nassau counties, Asava, co-founder of IAC. "Going New Yorkers relies on a food pantry or Parker's campus provides a full range of care, including the Queens-Long Island Renal forward, it is our vision that India's soup kitchen, this work is incredibly Institute. Offering a helping hand at every stage, Parker is also the majority member of Independence Day, August 15, is also important." In order to provide hands-on AgeWell New York, a New York State authorized managed long-term care and Medicare celebrated as 'Independence from volunteering experience, Food Bank for Advantage plan, dedicated to delivering the level and scope of services needed to "feel Hunger Day!'" they added. New York City is offering the following well and live well" at home. Contact: Lina Scacco, 718-289-2212 or "It's an honor to be working with Food opportunities at its sites. Read full [email protected]. Bank For New York City to provide story at www.theindianpanorama.news contd from page 1 times Past President of IDP Beena Kothari, Nassau beginning and other celebrities were invited to perform Human Rights Commissioner Zahid Syed and others on stage after the parade reached E Barclays Street. IDP USA Parade Revived after... along with the President of the parade Mr. Jasbir (Jay) Bollywood singer Mr. Deepak Kumar of Satellite India officials led by the County Executive Laura Curran Singh, Mr. Kamlesh C Mehta, and several community and Punjabi stage artist and singer Ms. Pooja had the seemed to have descended as also the Indian Consulate leaders and invited guest Ms. Arti Patel, Co-Chief crowd cheering, taking videos and pictures and joining headed by Ambassador Sandeep Chakravorty, the Executive Officer at Vass Pipe & Steel Co. Mr. Sunil the mood. A fashion Show by Nishi Behl and sponsored Consul General of India in New York. Jain, Mrs. Chanchal Shah, who is the mother of Navika by Bhavna Sharma of Sarashiva gave a special The Indian Panorama received from the organizers a Group chief Naveen Shah,Advisors on stage, Indu romantic touch to the stage with upbeat music and press release which we are publishing here as received. Jaiswal, Sir Peter Bheddah, Beena Kothari, Mukesh beautiful clothes and glamourous ladies. We take no responsibility for any claims made and Modi and other Committee members Mohinder Taneja, BMW SUV sponsored by Mr. Naveen Shah of Navika mistakes therein. Bina Sabapathy, Shashi Malik, Gautam Sanghvi to Capital was the super prize of the raffle which had "Under the banner of India Day Parade USA the name a few for the inauguration and initiation of the several other prizes including two 50" LG smart TVs entire community of South Asian Indians gathered to parade at Patel Brothers. Satbir Bedi was the MC for the made sure the crowd kept going back to the three IDP celebrate the 73rd Anniversary of India's Independence day. Breakfast was hosted by Patel Brothers and HAB raffle booths. All prizes were drawn right there on stage Day in Hicksville New York. Parade's slogan this year Bank before the flag off. and the BMW was won by an especially abled was Jai Jawan- Jai Kisan to salute our soldiers and The South Asian Community has become an integral individual. The recipients of part proceeds were farmers and to celebrate the community,unity,heritage part and changed the face of Long island and made 'Akshay Patra' and 'CRY', two organizations that have and cultural diversity of South Asian Indians. Hicksville a prominent, ever developing multicultural led by example and changed the lives of thousands with IDP USA organized the 7th Parade in Hicksville NY home for all Indians sharing pride, passion, presence their selfless mission for providing school lunch to poor on August 4th, 2019 starting from Patel Brothers on and social bond as patriotic American Indians. children and for restoring children's rights. Broadway and ending with festivities at E Barclays A beautiful warm day with the whole crowd holding IDP USA was started in 2012 and founded by Bobby Street. India's Flag tricolor umbrellas sponsored by Mohinder Kumar Kalotee, Kamlesh Mehta and prominent They had celebrity Grand Marshalls, Honorable Singh Miglani of Aero World marked Patel Brothers community leaders. IDP USA 2019 was supported by a Consul General of India in New York Mr. Sandeep parking grounds. It was a sight to see as the parade later 108-member team, countless volunteers, Grand Chakravorty, Bollywood Actor Raj Kummar Rao, Mr. got flagged off with countless organizations from long Sponsors like Food Universe, Posh Group Corp., Bolla Naveen Shah - Navika Capital, Businessman Mr. Chintu island displaying pride and honor with marching Markets Group, Patel Bros, Omega Storage, Omni Patel, distinguished Elected Officials Congressman groups and tricolor decorated festive floats sponsored Mortgage, STI Consultants, food / retail / business Tom Suozzi and from Nassau and Suffolk NY State by local organizations. The parade was led by IDP USA vendors, advertisers, the media and the entire Senators Kevin Thomas and Senator Anna Kaplan, Indian National Flag bearers, Grand Marshalls and the community. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Supervisor of IDP USA Committee in the biggest float in the parade as The success of the 2019 IDP USA Parade was North Hempstead Judy Bosworth, Supervisor of Oyster lead. The flowers were showered by helicopter on the celebrated by the community with a grand Gala at The Bay Joseph Saladino, Supervisor of Hempstead Laura full parade which mesmerized the local community and Standard at North Shore in Muttontown and the Honor Gillen, Legislators Laura Schaefer and Rose Marie all Indian Community. of Jewel of India was awarded to Mr. Naveen Shah and Walker, Minority Affairs E D Farrah Mozawalla, At festivity grounds cultural dances by children and Mr. Chintu Patel and Lifetime achievement awards to Suffolk County Human Rights Commissioner and 3 students of local dance schools performed at the Mr. Ravi Batra and Ms. Ranju Narang. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 14 INDIA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

DELHI-LAHORE BUS SERVICE CANCELLED: DTC No claims beyond J&K: Jaishankar to China

NEW DELHI (TIP): External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday reassured China that New Delhi’s decision to exercise greater administrative control over Ladakh would have no implications for India’s external boundaries or the Line of Actual Control with China. “The legislative measures were aimed at better governance and socio-economic development,” he NEW DELHI (TIP): The DTC on Monday told his Chinese interlocutors, cancelled the Delhi-Lahore bus service as Pakistan referring to India’s decision to has decided to discontinue it in the wake of India revoke the special status of Jammu revoking Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, said a and Kashmir and making Ladakh, senior official of the public transporter. which borders China, a Union On Saturday, a senior Pakistani minister has Territory. announced to suspend the friendship bus service “There was no implication for the from Monday. external boundaries of India or the A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus was Line of Actual Control with China. scheduled to leave for Lahore at 6 am on Monday. India was not raising any additional However, it did not leave due to the Pakistan’s territorial claims. The Chinese decision to suspend the bus service, the official said. concerns in this regard were External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a meeting with Chinese Vice President “Consequent to Pakistan’s decision to suspend the misplaced,” he said. Wang Qishan in Beijing on Monday. Delhi-Lahore bus service, DTC is not able to send bus Jaishankar’s remarks follow the (from Delhi to Lahore) from August 12,” said a Chinese Foreign Ministry’s earlier that he had told his hosts that “this China’s reference to the UN charter statement from DTC. response that India had “continued was an internal matter for India.” and UN Security Council Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation to damage China’s territorial “The issue related to changes in a resolutions to resolve the Kashmir (PTDC) had on Saturday also telephonically sovereignty by unilaterally temporary provision of the issue following Wang’s talks with informed the DTC about suspension of the service modifying the form of domestic Constitution of India and was the visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister from Monday. law.” The Chinese Foreign Office sole prerogative of the country.” Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday, The last bus for Lahore left Delhi on Saturday had also said that this practice was He said his Chinese counterpart, Jaishankar said: “I am not here to morning carrying two passengers while the return “unacceptable” and it would not Wang Yi had also referred to rising have an argument with something bus from the other side reached the National Capital have any effect. tension between India and Pakistan they (the Chinese) did with Pakistan carrying 19 passengers in the evening of the same Speaking to the Indian media, as a result of these changes. In his or some other country. I am here to day. Jaishankar said he had pointed out response, Jaishankar said he had represent my position and have a The bus service did not operate on Sunday. that regarding the boundary emphasised that “these changes had conversation with my counterpart. The Delhi-Lahore bus service was first started in question, the two sides had agreed no bearing on Pakistan as it was an My counterpart raised certain February 1999 but suspended after the 2001 to a fair, reasonable and mutually internal matter.” issues related to legislative changes Parliament attack. It was restarted in July 2003. acceptable settlement based on the “It did not impact the Line of in India. I replied to that.” The bus service was first started in February 1999 2005 Political Parameters and Control (LoC). Where India- Jaishankar said discussions were but suspended after the 2001 Parliament attack. It Guiding Principles. Pakistan relations are concerned, also held on the situation in was restarted in July 2003. External Affairs Minister S. the Chinese side should base its Afghanistan. “The Chinese Foreign It had, however, continued with a depleted number Jaishankar told the Indian media assessment on realities,” he had told Minister shared his assessment of passengers even when bilateral relations between on Monday that in his talks, China Wang. “India as a responsible power because they have been talking to the two countries had worsened following the had raised the question of Aksai had shown restraint in the face of various parties. He gave his Pulwama terrorist attack and Balakot surgical Chin — a territory claimed by India, provocative Pakistani rhetoric and assessment. We had a fairly detailed strikes in February this year. but which is under Chinese control. actions. India has always stood for conversation.” There was also a The Lahore-Delhi bus service is operated from the Regarding India’s decision to normalisation of the ties in an dialogue on the Bangladesh China Ambedkar Stadium terminal near Delhi Gate. DTC withdraw special status to Jammu atmosphere free of terror,” he noted. India Myanmar (BCIM) Economic buses ply every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and and Kashmir, M. Jaishankar said Asked if he had objected to Corridor, he added. PTDC buses every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, from Delhi to Lahore. No exchange of sweets along ‘Will send you a plane, come here, then Indo-Pak border on Eid speak’: J-K Guv to Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI (TIP): The customary exchange of sweets between the BSF and Pakistan Rangers along JAMMU (TIP): Jammu and provisions of Article 370 in Jammu the International Border did not take place on Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik and Kashmir. Monday on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, officials on Monday hit out at Congress “Scrapping of Article 370 and said. leader Rahul Gandhi for his Article 35-A was for everyone. There The unilateral downgrading of diplomatic ties by remarks that there have been is no communal angle (for Pakistan with India in the wake of the Modi reports of violence in Kashmir, scrapping it) in Leh, Kargil, government’s decision to revoke provisions of saying he will send him an aircraft Jammu, Rajouri-Poonch and not Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir is being seen to visit the valley and observe the here either (Kashmir). There is no as a reason for the non-conduct of the ceremony. ground situation. communal angle to it,” he said. They said the Pakistani side refused to attend the The governor said Gandhi should Malik said that the issue was ceremony after the Border Security Force (BSF) sent feel ashamed about the behaviour of being fanned by some people but across official communication to exchange sweets one of his leaders who was talking they were not successful in it. and greetings along the IB running through Jammu like an “idiot” in Parliament. “I “Foreign press has made an and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. have invited Rahul Gandhi to come violence in Kashmir. On Saturday attempt (of wrong reportage) and “The customary event did not take place at any here. I will send you a plane, to night, Gandhi said that some we have warned them. All hospitals location along the India-Pakistan border on the observe (the situation) and then reports had come in from Jammu are open for you and if even a single occasion of Eid al-Adha on Monday,”a senior official speak up. You are a responsible and Kashmir about the violence person has been hit by a bullet, said. The two forces that are deployed along the over person and you should not speak there and Prime Minister Narendra prove it. But only four people were 3,000 km of this border exchange sweets on major like this,” Malik said. Malik was Modi must assuage concerns over hit by pellets in legs when there was festivals such as Eid, Holi, Diwali and their replying to a question about the matter in a transparent manner. violence by youths and there were respective national days. statements and reports by some The governor said there was no no serious injuries to anyone,” he leaders and the media about the communal angle in scrapping said. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 INDIA 15

MEWAR ROYALS CLAIM TO To keep ‘main enemy’ out, BE RAM DESCENDANTS UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN (TIP): A day after BJP Congress may strike deal with MP and member of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family Diya Kumari claimed to be a descendant of Lord Ram's son Kush, another erstwhile royal family in the state has made a similar claim. Mamata Banerjee in Bengal Mahendra Singh, a member of erstwhile Mewar- Udaipur royal family claimed on Monday to be a NEW DELHI (TIP): The descendant of Lord Ram saying "I got to know Congress has initiated informal through media that Supreme Court has apparently talks with senior Trinamool asked whether there were any descendants of Lord Congress leaders to explore the Ram in the world. If this is the case, then the possibility of a pact for the 2021 Supreme Court can directly contact us and all the West Bengal Assembly elections so evidence and documents will be produced in the as to halt the march of the court following proper legal procedure." Bharatiya Janata Party in the state. The claim comes a day after, BJP MP and member In the last week of the budget of Jaipur royal family Diya Kumari on Sunday made session of Parliament, former her claim to be a descendant of Lord Ram. Congress president Rahul Gandhi "When the Supreme Court questioned whether spoke to Trinamool’s Lok Sabha there is any descendant of Lord Ram in the world or chief whip Kalyan Banerjee for not, then I replied that we (Jaipur royal family) are almost half an hour. In the course of descendants of Lord Ram's son Kush. I also said that the conversation, he asked Banerjee just like us, there are many more people in the world whom the TMC saw as its main who come from his lineage. It is a matter of pride enemy in the state, HT learns. that we are descended from him," Diya Kumari told Gandhi also spoke about enhancing reporters. the coordination between the One of the people cited above, a West Bengal chief minister, took She was responding to an ongoing debate in the Congress and Trinamool. senior Congress leader maintained place after both sides expressed Supreme Court over the Ram Janmbhoomi temple To be sure, a final call will have to that the Congress has to rethink its interest . According to two leaders issue, in which the Bench had apparently asked be taken by the top leadership of the poll strategy in Bengal, the third- close to Mamata Banerjee, she has whether there were any descendants of Lord Ram in party , TMC chief and West Bengal largest electoral state in the kept her communications channel the world. CM Mamata Banerjee and Congress country, which sends 42 open with Congress president Sonia On being asked about proof to back up her claims, President Sonia Gandhi. representatives to the Lok Sabha. Gandhi (with whom she shares a the BJP MP said that her family had documents from The conversation between Rahul “In the last state assembly polls in warm personal relationship) and the ancient times, which traced their lineage back to gandhi and Kalyan Banerjee came 2016, we partnered with the Left but senior Congress leaders such as Lord Ram and his direct descendants. close on the heels of another the communists are a spent force. Ahmed Patel and Anand Sharma. "I have been listening to it from childhood in our informal talk between Trinamool’s We also have to admit the Congress Describing the meeting with household. Also if you search about the Kachwaha Lok Sabha leader Sudip alone is not powerful enough to take Gandhi, Kalyan Banerjee said, “I clan online, it traces our lineage back to Kush," she Bandopadhyay and former union on the BJP in the state.” told him that just like the Congress, said. minister P Chidambaram on the In the last Lok Sabha polls, the we too see the BJP as the main "We have documents, manuscripts and the same issue, people familiar with the Trinamool bagged 43.3% of the enemy. But I also told him that genealogical tree in our library and museums too on matter said on condition of popular vote in the state while the while he is keen to enhance whose basis we claim our descendants from Lord anonymity. BJP came a close second with 40.3% cooperation, many other leaders Ram's family, and we are not unique in this. The The Congress and the Trinamool . The CPIM’s share slumped to 6.3% including their Lok Sabha floor Rathores claim they are the descendants of Kush's Congress entered into an alliance in while the Congress got 5.6% votes. leader Adhir Chowdhury and state brother Luv," Diya Kumari said. 2009 for the Lok Sabha polls after In terms of seats, the Trinamool’s president Somen Mitra are She, however, clarified that her statements were the CPIM-led Left parties withdrew tally reduced to 22 in 2019 from 34 in vehemently opposed to the not made with an attempt to interfere in the their support to the United 2014 even as the BJP’s rose to 18 MPs Trinamool.” proceedings of the top court but she was ready to Progressive Alliance (UPA) as against just two in 2014. The Left According to the senior Congress provide them with the documents if the need arises. government over the Indo-US couldn’t open its account and the leader cited in the first instance, "I do not want to interfere in the proceedings of nuclear deal. The parties also Congress won two seats. Chowdhury has already been told the court but if they demand these documents from fought the 2011 assembly polls The people familiar with the by senior party colleagues to “go us, we will definitely provide all of them. There are together but parted ways in 2013 matter said that Gandhi’s talks with soft” on Mamata and the many of his descendants, and the whole of India over various issues. Banerjee, a trusted lieutenant of the Trinamool. Source: HT should be proud of it," Diya Kumari said. According to the genealogical document provided by her family, King Dashrath appears on the 62nd number in the family tree, while Lord Ram and PM Modi walks in the wild with Bear Kush appear on the 63rd and 64th number respectively. Grylls, talks about conserving nature Modi, Shah are like Krishna, NEW DELHI (TIP): Walking through the wild and Arjuna, says Rajinikanth taking a ride on a cold river in a makeshift boat were some of the things that Prime Minister Narendra Modi CHENNAI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi put up with as he teamed up with survivalist Bear and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are like Lord Grylls to promote a cause close to his heart – protecting Krishna and Arjuna, said actor Rajinikanth here on nature. Sunday. On Discovery channel’s, “Man Vs Wild with Bear Congratulating Shah on his 'Mission Kashmir' Grylls and Prime Minister Modi”, he braved the rain (revocation of Article 370 which conferred special and cold in the jungles of Jim Corbett National Park in status on Jammu and Kashmir), Rajinikanth termed Uttarakhand, and as the host put it, the PM was a “great it as a 'fantastic' move. sport”. The actor said: "We don't know who is Krishna and “You are the most important man in India and my job who is Arjuna. It is only they know (Modi and Shah)." is to keep you alive,” Grylls joked. Hindu God Krishna is incarnation of Lord Vishnu During the conversation, Modi said fulfilling people’s and Arjuna his disciple in the epic Mahabharat. dreams gave him happiness and his focus is on fears. I am unable to explain it to people what Rajinikanth was speaking at a function organised development. “My position never goes to my head,” he nervousness is and how to deal with it because my in- to release the book titled "Listening, Learning and said, in reply to a question. built temperament is very positive. I see positivity in Leading" which chronicles two years in office of Vice Grylls, who has had celebrity guests, including everything. And because of that reason, I am never President M.Venkaiah Naidu. former American President Barack Obama, on his disappointed.” Grylls said this was a strong message for He praised Naidu as a complete spiritual person show earlier asked Modi about his childhood, dreams as the young. who is interested in the welfare of people. the prime minister, whether he feared anything in life “If I have to tell anything to the young generation, The function is being hosted by Information and and if he ever felt nervous before a political rally. then I will say we should not think of our life in pieces. Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar. Tamil Modi said he never had a good answer about If we think of our life as a whole then there will be ups Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister “nervousness” as it was not a part of his temperament. and downs. If you are going down, don’t think about it K. Palaniswami, and Deputy Chief Minister O. “My problem is that I have never experienced such because the way up starts from there,” he said. Panneerselvam were also present on the occasion. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 16 US TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

Delaware becomes first no-kill state after New regulation can deny green cards saving over 90% of its shelter animals, for immigrants using public benefits according to nonprofit WASHINGTON (TIP): The Trump to concerns that the so-called "public administration rolled out a key item in charge" rule would hinder their ability DELAWARE (TIP): Last year over its hardline immigration agenda that to obtain green cards. The number of 700,000 cats and dogs were euthanized had been months in the making, issuing immigrants reporting this fear rose to in America's animal shelters - but a sweeping rule on Monday that targets 20.7% among low-income families. Delaware is working to combat what legal immigrants who use welfare Although the proposed rule would animal advocates believe are benefits like food stamps and affect immigrants in the U.S. who are not unnecessary deaths. The First State is government-subsidized housing. citizens or permanent residents - as well living up to its nickname, becoming The new regulation - detailed in a more as people seeking to immigrate to the the first no-kill state in the nation, than 800-page document - would country from abroad - the report by the according to the nonprofit Best dramatically expand the government's 1952, which stipulated that those who Urban Institute detailed a "spillover Friends Animal Society. definition of the centuries-old term were deemed a "public charge" would be effect" in which both green card holders "When every shelter in a "public charge," effectively making it subject to deportation or barred from and U.S. citizens reported avoiding community achieves a 90% save rate more difficult for certain low-income entering the country. public benefits because of the proposal's for all cats and dogs, that community immigrants to secure permanent In the 1990s, the Clinton expected implementation. is designated as no-kill," the residency or temporary visas. The final administration issued guidance Nearly 15% of immigrants in families nonprofit noted on its website. The and enforceable version of the rule is effectively saying that only cash benefits in which all members had green cards 10% margin of error factors in scheduled to be officially published on - like the Temporary Assistance for and 9.3% of adults in families comprised euthanasia for pets "who are the Federal Register Wednesday and Needy Families (TANF) program - could of naturalized U.S. citizens said they did suffering from irremediable medical slated to go into effect in October. be considered when determining not participate in government assistance or behavioral issues that The rule affects most aspects of life for whether an immigrant was a "public programs within the past 12 months due compromise their quality of life and immigrants - from medical care and charge." to concerns about the proposed rule's prevent them from being rehomed." English language proficiency, to food What would the new regulation do? impact on their and their family Delaware boasts a 92.9% save rate, stamps and other welfare programs. Immigration authorities currently ask members' ability to qualify for meaning about 12,000 of the Critics say discussion of the rule's roll- green card applicants to prove they won't permanent residency. approximately 13,000 pets in its out had already been having a "chilling be a burden on the country, but the new Another study late last year by the shelters were saved. Best Friends effect" on many immigrant regulation, if enacted, would require Urban Institute's Health Policy Center Animal society defines "saved" as if communities, including households and caseworkers to consider the use of predicts that as many as 6.8 million U.S. the pets are "returned to their owners families who are not directly affected by government housing, food and medical citizen children enrolled in Medicaid or provided with expert care and safe it on paper. assistance such as the widely-used and the Children's Health Insurance places to call home." Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of Section 8 housing vouchers and the Program (CHIP) with parents who are "Delaware put a policy emphasis U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Supplemental Nutrition Assistance non-citizens could be affected by the new on animal issues," Holly Sizemore, Services (USCIS), the agency which Program (SNAP). regulation. the Chief Mission Officer of Best administers benefits for immigrants, The rule would subject immigrant Although the proposal does not Friends Animal Society, told CBS touted the change as a way to promote households who fall below certain include Medicaid and CHIP assistance in News. "There are some terrific "self-sufficiency" and "success" among income thresholds to the "public charge" its "public charge" considerations, organizations working immigrant communities. test - which would also consider how well researchers at the Health Policy Center collaboratively there and the "Through the public charge rule, applicants speak, read and write believe immigrant parents, particularly residents care deeply about the President Trump's administration is re- English. Under the proposed rule, any in Latino and Asian American issue and have stepped up to help." enforcing the ideals of self-sufficiency diagnosed medical condition that communities, will drop these benefits The news was announced at the and personal responsibility ensuring requires extensive medical treatment due to concerns surrounding their organization's annual national immigrants are able to support would also "weigh heavily" in immigration status and ability to remain conference in Texas late last month, a themselves and become successful here evaluations by caseworkers. in the U.S. legally with their children. representative confirmed to CBS in America," Cuccinelli told reporters at Asylum seekers and refugees would be The big picture: Advocates, doctors, News. the White House on Monday. exempt from this "public charge" test. civil servants and Democrats fear that Best Friends Animal Society hopes What is a public charge? What have researchers, doctors and the regulation will punish poor to eventually find homes for every The "public charge" standard was first lawmakers been saying? immigrants for using essential shelter animal "by helping end the codified into U.S. immigration law in When the 60-day public comment government benefits and prompt some killing in America's animal shelters 1882 - the same year the U.S. enacted the window on the proposed rule closed last parents to halt their children's through building community Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred the December, more than 260,000 comments enrollment in nutritional and medical programs and partnerships all across entry of Chinese laborers into America - nearly all critical of it - were programs - even if the children are U.S. the nation." Its goal is for every on the premise that immigration from submitted. citizens in mixed-status households. shelter in the U.S. to reach no-kill China endangered "the good order of A study in May by the Urban Institute Will the rule be challenged in status by 2025. certain localities." The term essentially found that more than 13% of adults in court? "All communities have something means being a burden on society. immigrant families said they were not As soon as the final rule was unveiled, unique about them and each It was also included in the participating in public programs such as several groups vowed to file lawsuits to community has unique challenges as Immigration and Nationality Act of food stamps and subsidized housing due try to block it. (Source: Agencies) it relates to achieving no-kill, " said Sizemore. "However, with about 4,300 no-kill India-U. S. Defence Policy Group Discusses Defense Cooperation communities across the U.S. achieving the no-kill benchmark, we WASHINTON (TIP): Defense The meeting took stock of the Various working groups and know that it can be done. It can be Secretary of India, Sanjay Mitra, and progress made in various fields of mechanisms under the DPG briefed done in rural communities, urban U. S. Undersecretary of Defense for defense cooperation in recent years, the Co-chairs of the progress made in communities, East Coast Policy, Mr. John Rood, jointly chaired including in defense trade, technology, their respective areas and got the communities, West Coast the 15th meeting of the India-US procurement, industry, R&D and mil- latter's guidance on addressing communities and everywhere in- Defense Policy Group (DPG) on 2nd to-mil engagement. They recognized process issues for meaningful, between." August 2019 in Washington D. C. The the benefit of the enabling defense sustainable and mutually beneficial The United States, on average, is far DPG is the apex official-level meeting agreements concluded by the two sides cooperation. behind Delaware, boasting a save rate mechanism between the Ministry of and appreciated India's designation as The two sides reaffirmed the role of of just 76.6%. Texas and California Defense of India and the U.S. a Major DefensePartner of the U.S. the DPG as an important part of the are the farthest from the goal, with Department of Defense, They underlined the importance of Ministerial 2+2 mechanism, helping save rates under 75%. comprehensively reviewing and collaboration between the defense translate the shared strategic vision of (Source;CBS News)) guiding all aspects of bilateral defense industry and start-ups in the two cooperation into reality. They agreed cooperation between the two countries and agreed to pursue a to hold the next meeting of the DPG in countries. policy environment conducive to this. India at mutually convenient dates. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 US 17

USCIS to Maintain Remembering Oak Creek Shootings Operations at New MILWAUKI (TIP): August 5 marks Delhi, Will Adjust the seventh anniversary of the shooting at the Oak Creek Gurdwara in International Footprint Wisconsin where the Sikh community to Seven Locations lost six members; Satwant Singh Kaleka, Paramjit Kaur, Suveg Singh Khattra, WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Prakash Singh, Ranjit Singh, and Sita Citizenship and Immigration Singh. Services (USCIS) announced A spokesman for SALDEF said: "This plans to maintain operations at tragic day highlighted the need to its international field offices in combat hate and to also understand gun Beijing and Guangzhou, China; control .Yet today we are still faced with Nairobi, Kenya; and New Delhi, the same issues. This past weekend India. Previously, Acting Director there were two major mass shootings in Ken Cuccinelli directed the El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio; agency to continue operating in leaving behind 29 dead and 53 injured. Guatemala City, Guatemala; Today, we not only remember the six- Mexico City, Mexico; and San members of the Sikh American Sangat Salvador, El Salvador, as part of a we lost seven years ago on this day ; but whole-of-government approach to we also mourn with our brothers and address the crisis at the southern sisters who lost friends and family border. members in other shootings across the While retaining these seven country." Sharing about who Sikhs are with your religion. Additional ways to spread international offices, USCIS The SALDEF statement further said: local communities will help combat awareness and bring our community plans to close the remaining "To pay respect to the six courageous hateful comments and attacks. Also, together include working with SALDEF thirteen international field men and women lost in the Oak Creek please write to your representatives to to host a Know Your Rights seminar at offices and three district offices attack, SALDEF requests you to spread encourage them to create legislation your local Gurdwara or a Law between now and August 2020. awareness about the history and that recognizes the Sikh community and Enforcement Partnership Program The first planned closures are the significance of the Sikh religion. expands our right to publicly follow our (LEPP) at your local police station." field offices in Monterrey, Mexico, and Seoul, South Korea, at the end of September. These organizational changes will allow Illinois Governor Signs New Law Designating more effective allocation of USCIS resources to support, in part, backlog reduction efforts. April as Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month "This cost-effective and high PALATINE, IL (TIP): Joined by Sikh value international footprint community members and elected officials at the allows USCIS to efficiently Sikh Religious Society of Palatine, Illinois adjudicate complex immigration Governor JB Pritzker signed a new law August 3 petitions that require in-person designating April as Sikh Awareness and interviews, to enhance integrity Appreciation Month in the state of Illinois. through fraud detection and "As we shape our state to be a place that national security activities, and embraces our future with open arms, we would do to liaise with U.S. and foreign well to take a page from the Sikh community. government entities to improve That's why I'm proud to sign this legislation migration management capacity," designating the month of April as Sikh said Cuccinelli. "In the months Awareness and Appreciation Month," said ahead, USCIS will close its other Governor JB Pritzker. "As Sikhs throughout the international offices on a world celebrate the 550th anniversary of the birth staggered schedule, ensuring a of their first guru, we celebrate you as an integral smooth transition of workloads part of the Illinois community. We are to USCIS domestic offices and tremendously proud that so many Sikhs call this State Department consular state their home." sections, while mitigating House Bill 2832 sets aside time to recognize the impacts on USCIS staff who will many ways that Sikh Americans have influenced rotate back to domestic American history, achievement, culture and positions." innovation. The law takes effect on January 1, Many functions currently 2020. performed at international "Sikhs are a vital part of Illinois' cultural and offices will be handled economic fabric, particularly in Chicago and the domestically or by USCIS suburbs. It is important that we make an effort to domestic staff on temporary better understand and appreciate the rich history assignments abroad. As part of and shared experiences of Sikh Americans," said this shift, the Department of Sen. Ann Gillespie (D-Arlington Heights). State (DOS) will assume "I am pleased to be part of making April an responsibility for certain in- annual recognition of our Sikh community, to person services that USCIS shine a light on the vital contributions they have currently provides at made to our state and nation as a whole, and to international field offices. In create an opportunity to educate our neighbors addition to issuing visas to about their rich history, to foster greater foreign nationals who are abroad, understanding and respect among all of us," said DOS already performs many of Rep. Michelle Mussman (D-Schaumburg). these service functions where (Press Release and pics / Asian Media USA) USCIS does not have an office. USCIS is working closely with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signing a new law August 3 DOS to minimize interruptions in designating April as Sikh Awareness and Appreciation immigration services to affected Month in the state of Illinois. "We are tremendously applicants and petitioners. proud that so many Sikhs call this state their home", said Governor JB Pritzker THE INDIAN PANORAMA 18 WORLD TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

Queen dismayed at UK politicians’ Hong Kong mops up after weekend inability to govern: Report of violence, braces for more protests LONDON (TIP): Queen Elizabeth HONG KONG (TIP): Metro stations II is reportedly “dismayed” at the in Hong Kong resumed regular service inability of Britain’s political class on August 12 and streets were being to govern properly, according to a cleaned of debris as the city recovered UK media report. from another night of violent clashes The 93-year-old monarch, who between anti-government protesters traditionally stays publicly neutral and police, with more protests planned on political matters, is believed to this week. have made the comments at a Police fired volleys of tear gas at private event shortly after David protesters across the territory on Cameron’s resignation as British Sunday and staged baton charges in Prime Minister following the Brexit flashpoints in downtown Hong Kong referendum in June 2016. and in working class districts. A royal source described by ‘The Protesters threw two petrol bombs, Sunday Times’ as “impeccable” told which police said injured an officer, the newspaper that the Queen’s and used flash-mob strategy, frustration has only grown since withdrawing when pressed to then. reappear elsewhere, to combat police. “I think she’s really dismayed. At one stage police stormed some I’ve heard her talking about her underground train stations, firing tear disappointment in the current gas and arresting protesters. political class and its inability to The protests blocked multiple roads govern correctly,” the source is in key commercial and shopping Pro-democracy protesters wearing gas masks and goggles use umbrellas to shield themselves during a demonstration against the controversial extradition bill in Hong Kong. AFP quoted as saying. districts and shuttered public “She expressed her exasperation facilities across the Asian financial Demonstrators say they are fighting in an internal affairs of China to and frustration about the quality of hub. the erosion of the "one country, two encroach on the security and order of our political leadership, and that Protesters are expected to gather at systems" arrangement enshrining the Chinese city. frustration will only have grown,” the city's international airport for a some autonomy for Hong Kong when China is the main diplomatic ally said the senior royal source, who fourth day in a row on Monday and China took it back in 1997. They are and economic benefactor of isolated claims to have witnessed the plan to rally outside police calling on the government to listen to North Korea, which has been under Queen’s rare conversation on headquarters on Monday night. public demands particularly an international sanctions for its nuclear politics. The increasingly violent protests independent investigation into the and ballistic missile development. The revelation comes as there is since June have emerged as Hong handling of the protests. No country, entity or individual growing media speculation amid Kong's most serious crisis in decades Beijing says criminals and agitators should be allowed to "destroy the Buckingham Palace and Downing and become one of the biggest are stirring violence, encouraged by sovereignty and security of China and Street holding discussions about challenges to Chinese leader Xi "interfering" foreign powers including 'one country and two systems' as Hong how to keep the monarch out of any Jinping since he took power in 2012. Britain, but the protests seem to enjoy Kong is Hong Kong of China," the looming constitutional crisis over What began as opposition to a broad support in the city of more than North's foreign ministry spokesman Brexit and Prime Minister Boris proposed bill to allow people to be 7 million people. said in comments carried by the Johnson’s pledge to leave the extradited to mainland China to stand North Korea said late on Sunday it official KCNA news agency. European Union (EU) by the trial in Communist Party-controlled fully supports China on the situation Police have arrested more than 600 October 31 deadline, with or courts has evolved into calls for in Hong Kong, which it also said was people since the protests started more without a deal. greater democracy in Hong Kong. caused by "foreign forces" interfering than two months ago.—Reuters There are fears that politicians will try to force the Queen to get involved if Johnson loses a no- confidence vote early next month and refuses to step aside. 5 children killed in fire at It is feared he would instead call a General Election after a forced no- deal Brexit, leaving MPs with no Pennsylvania day care centre recourse of preventing the EU crash-out without any agreement in ERIE (TIP): A day care centre where center because their parents were The day care centre’s response to the place. children could stay overnight as their working overnight. She said the family note reads, “I will make sure it will be UK shadow chancellor John parents worked was ravaged on August had two boys and two girls and had used cleaned up and remain that way,”and the McDonnell has threatened to 10 by a fire that killed five and sent the the center for almost a year. department listed the issue as corrected. send Labour leader Jeremy owner to the hospital, authorities said. “So we are all at a loss, trying to figure Another department note from the Corbyn to Buckingham Palace “in The victims in the lakeside city of Erie out how this happened,” Lockett-Slupski same date reads “protective receptacle a cab” to tell the Queen that the ranged in ages from 8 months to 7 years, said. covers shall be placed in electrical Opposition party is “taking over” Chief Guy Santone of the Erie Fire The cause of the fire remained under outlets accessible to children 5 years of if Johnson were to refuse to Department said. investigation Sunday afternoon, age or younger,” to which the day care’s resign after losing such a no- At least four of the victims were Widomski told the newspaper. response was, “I turned the outlets so confidence vote. staying overnight at the residential The Erie Regional Chamber and they were closed. I will make sure that Under the UK’s Fixed-term house that had been turned into a day Growth Partnership lists the Harris they are turned closed when not in use.” Parliaments Act, the Queen could care centre, Erie Chief Fire Inspector Family Daycare as “a 24 hour, 7 days a That issue was also listed as being be required to ask Corbyn or John Widomski told the Erie Times- week childcare service including corrected. another senior politician to form a News. holidays.” The state Department of Widomski told the newspaper that the government that can command the The fire, reported at about 1:15 am Human Services Office of Child fire appeared to have started in the living confidence of the House of Sunday, was funneling out of every first- Development and Early Learning listed room area on the first floor. The Commons. floor window when firefighters arrived, the day care as in compliance with department’s two fire inspectors and Buckingham Palace has declined Widomski said. requirements following a December 28, three Erie police detectives trained in to formally comment on what is Valerie Lockett-Slupski, standing 2018, inspection. But a January 3, 2019, fire investigations are working to feared to further mount into a across the street from the fire-damaged inspection note on that listing determine the cause of the blaze. constitutional quandary in the house, told the newspaper she was the highlighted “ashes and cigarette or cigar The owner of the center was flown to coming weeks. — PTI grandmother of four of the children, and butts” in “a child care space, play space UPMC Mercy for treatment, Santone that they were staying at the day care or food preparation area.” said. AP THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 WORLD 19

After protests, Russia Death toll rises to 44 as typhoon tells tells Google not to Lekima wreaks havoc in eastern China advertise ‘illegal’ events MOSCOW (TIP): Russia's state BEIJING (TIP): The death toll from communications watchdog said on typhoon Lekima in eastern China rose Sunday it had asked Google to stop to 44 people on Aug 12 morning, advertising "illegal mass events" on its according to official data, as the storm YouTube video platform. Tens of continued up the coast, racking up thousands of Russians staged what billions of dollars in economic losses observers called the country's biggest and widely disrupting travel. political protest for eight years on An additional 12 people were Saturday, defying a crackdown to recorded dead from the storm, demand free elections to Moscow's city including seven from Zhejiang province legislature. The watchdog, and five from Shandong, with 16 people Roscomnadzor, said Russia would missing, according to data from consider it interference in its sovereign provincial emergency bureaus and affairs and a hostile influence should state media. Google fails to respond to the request. State broadcaster CCTV had put the Police rounded up scores of people death toll at 32 on Sunday. after the demonstration in Moscow and Typhoon Lekima made landfall early at another rally in St. Petersburg, and on Saturday in China’s Zhejiang detained a leading opposition figure province, with winds gusting up to 187 before it began. But the response from kmh (116 mph). the authorities was milder than the The centre of the storm has since previous week when more than 1,000 travelled north through Shandong and protesters were detained, sometimes off the coast. Rescuers and paramilitary police officers search in the rubble of damaged buildings after violently. torrential rain caused by Typhoon Lekima, at Yongjia, in Wenzhou, in China''s eastern Zhejiang Many of the earlier deaths occurred province on August 11, 2019. AFP The White Counter monitoring when a natural dam collapsed in group said up to 60,000 people had Zhejiang after a deluge of 160 mm (6.2 of the storm to 18 billion yuan ($2.55 official media. attended the Moscow rally, describing inches) of rain within three hours. billion) in China, including damage to Lekima is China’s ninth typhoon this it as the biggest in Russia for eight The Shandong Emergency 3,64,000 hectares of crops and more year. China’s state broadcaster said on years. Police put turnout at 20,000. Management Bureau said more than than 36,000 homes. Shandong alone Sunday more than 3,200 flights had been A month of demonstrations over 1,80,000 people were evacuated in the estimated the total economic impact on cancelled but that some suspensions on elections for the Moscow city province, adding to an earlier agriculture was 939 million yuan. high-speed railway lines had been legislature have turned into the biggest evacuation of roughly 1 million people Qingdao, a popular tourist hub in lifted. sustained protest movement in Russia in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces as eastern Shandong, issued a red alert on The typhoon was expected to weaken since 2011-2013, when protesters took to well as the financial hub of Shanghai. Sunday, closing all its tourists sites and as it heads northwest off the coast of the streets against perceived electoral The latest update from Shandong suspending 127 trains and all long- Shandong into the ocean east of fraud. brings the total estimated economic toll distance bus services, according to China’s capital, Beijing. Reuters Crowds at the rally in Moscow roared "down with the tsar!" and waved Russian flags. They are demanding that opposition-minded candidates be Argentina opposition on way to defeating permitted to run in a city election next month after they were not allowed onto the ballot. "The authorities have become Macri in primary after major upset brazen. It's time to defend our rights," BUENOS AIRES (TIP): Argentine official results by late Sunday indicated under Macri or a return to said Natalya Plokhova, a recruiting voters soundly rejected President that Fernandez had enough voter interventionist economics. consultant. As the scenes unfolded in Mauricio Macri's austere economic support to clinch the presidency in Macri had hoped some recent Moscow, President Vladimir Putin was policies in primary elections on August October's first round, analysts said. glimmers of economic revival were shown on state television in a leather 11, casting serious doubt on his chances A candidate needs at least 45% of the enough to encourage voters to stick with jacket at a biker show organised by the of re-election in October, early official vote or 40% and a difference of 10 his free-markets reform agenda despite a Night Wolves motorcycle club on the results showed. percentage points over the second-place painful recession and 55% inflation. peninsula of Crimea which Russia A coalition backing opposition runner in order to win the presidency He told supporters on Sunday the annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Putin candidate Alberto Fernandez - whose outright. Voters will return for a run-off primary vote was a "bad election" for his and the Kremlin have so far avoided running mate is former president on Nov. 24 if there is no clear winner. coalition ahead of the official results. commenting on the unrest over the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner - led by "It is a shocking and practically "Recognizing that we have had a bad Moscow city elections. a wider-than-expected 15 percentage irreversible result, which leaves the election, that forces us, starting OVD-Info, a monitoring body, said points with 47.3% of votes, with 88% of government in a power vacuum in the tomorrow, to redouble our efforts so that 229 people were arrested at Saturday's ballots counted. middle of a very delicate economy," said in October we will get the support that is demonstration in Moscow and 81 in St. Analysts predicted it could be "game Shila Vilker, an analyst with Argentine needed to continue the change," Macri Petersburg. A small number of other over" for Macri following Sunday's firm Trespuntozero. said. arrests took place in other cities, results. Investors see Fernandez as a "The main responsibility of both "This is something that nobody including Rostov-on-Don and Bryansk. riskier prospect than free-markets coalitions should be to prioritize expected. Nobody had these numbers. All The Moscow protest was held with advocate Macri due to the opposition's governance over the campaign," Vilker the pollsters have failed," he said. official permission, unlike last week's past interventionist policies. said, noting that the results could send Re-electing Macri would mean seeing demonstration. Afterwards, hundreds Argentine stock and bond prices were markets reeling. through painful cuts in public spending of mostly young people chanting expected to slide when financial markets Stark choice as part of the $57 billion standby "Putin is a thief" began gathering near opened on Monday because Fernandez's agreement he negotiated with the the presidential administration lead far exceeded the margin of 2 to 8% Argentina's main political parties have International Monetary Fund last year. building, prompting masked riot police predicted in recent opinion polls. already chosen their presidential His challenge is having to explain why to ring off the area and detain dozens. The peso plunged 5.1% to 48.50 per U.S. nominees, allowing the primary to serve his economic promises have largely Authorities had earlier warned dollar following early official results on as the first concrete measure of voter failed to materialize. protesters not to continue protesting the platform of digital brokerage firm sentiment after opinion polls showed a Researchers at two Argentine after the officially authorised event. Balanz, which operates the currency narrow margin between Macri and universities estimate that 35% of the Until that point the rally had largely online non-stop. Fernandez. population is living in poverty, up from passed without major incident, apart There could be an even stronger Voters were given a stark choice: stay the official government rate of 27.3% in from isolated police detentions and a degree of market volatility because the the course of painful austerity measures the first half of 2018. Reuters smoke grenade set off nearby.AP THE INDIAN PANORAMA 20 SOUTH ASIA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

Rajapaksa names brother Gotabhaya for Shah Mehmood Qureshi asks Pakistanis presidency COLOMBO (TIP): Gotabhaya to unite against removal of Article 370 Rajapaksa, former Sri Lankan defence secretary,was on Sunday named as the ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Foreign presidential candidate of the Sri Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Monday asked Opposition parties to come party for the election scheduled for together on Kashmir, saying the country later this year. Brother of former should have a united stand on the issue. strongman President Mahinda Addressing the media in Muzaffarabad Rajapaksa, Gotabhaya, 70, headed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir where he Rajapaksa’s military campaign celebrated Eid al-Adha and visited a against the the Liberation Tigers of refugee camp, Qureshi said the entire Tamil Eelam between 2006 and 2009. "Pakistani nation and political leadership He attained super hero status among is united on the issue of Kashmir and one the Sinhala Buddhist majority of the voice will be sounded on August 14 in country for ending the three-decades- support of Kashmiris. long civil war with the LTTE. " Pakistan has announced that it will Ending months of speculation, observe August 14 as 'Kashmir Solidarity Rajapaksa on Sunday named his Day' and August 15 as 'Black Day' after younger brother Gotabhaya as the India scrapped Article 370 of the lawmakers last week condemned the province to Gilgit-Baltistan, Qureshi said presidential candidate and Constitution that gave special status to arrest of Maryam Nawaz, former prime that doing so would harm Kashmir cause additionally took over the leadership Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter and and Pakistan's stance. of the new political party formed by state into two Union Territories. vice-president of Opposition PML-N, "It was discussed in the cabinet as there the Rajapaksa family, the SLPP. Qureshi urged for unity among political saying the Imran Khan government's is popular demand for it. But we will not Rajapaksa thus ended his long parties in Pakistan on Kashmir and action amounts to dividing the nation at do anything which can harm our legal association with the Sri Lanka warned that doing politics on the issue this crucial juncture when unity is position on Kashmir," he said. Freedom Party (SLFP) of which he had would harm the cause. required to give a befitting response to the Earlier, Qureshi offered Eid prayers in been a member since the mid 1960s, He urged political parties to come Indian government for scrapping the Muzafarabad to express "solidarity" with and elected twice as the president from together on the Kashmir issue, saying that special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmiris. the SLFP. “My brother is your brother Pakistan must have a united stance on the Qureshi said India's "unilateral" Qureshi said that Prime Minister Imran now, we need discipline and law to matter. abrogation of the special status of Khan would visit PoK on August 14 and uphold, Gotabhaya is the man for "We have our differences...But there is Kashmir has left Kashmiris with no also address its legislative assembly. that,” Rajapaksa said while addressing no difference on the issue of Kashmir. If option but to stand against it. He said Pakistan has decided to take the the gathering. there was any difference, a joint India has reiterated that its move to issue of Kashmir again to the UN Security Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was a Colonel resolution would not have been passed," scrap Article 370 of the Constitution Council and China has assured to extend in the Sri Lanka Army before he said. removing special status to Jammu and full support for this purpose. migrating to the US in 1992. — PTI Last week, a joint sitting of Parliament Kashmir is an internal matter and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman was marred due to differences between advised Pakistan to not create an Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also spend Eid al- 28 killed as monsoon treasury and opposition over language of alarming environment after the move. Adha in Muzaffarabad to show wrecks havoc in Pak resolution against India Opposition To a question about giving status of "solidarity" with Kashmiris. PTI KARACHI/PESHAWAR (TIP): Singapore to ban sale of Heavy monsoon rains have wreaked Death toll in Myanmar havoc in Pakistan, killing at least 28 elephant ivory from 2021 persons, including women and children, and triggering flash floods landslide climbs to 56 SINGAPORE (TIP): Singapore and landslides in several parts of the said Monday it will impose a blanket country, officials said on Sunday. YANGON (TIP): The death toll in a escape floods following torrential rains. ban on the domestic sale of elephant At least 12 persons were killed and landslide that buried more than a dozen The UN Office for the Coordination of ivory and products from 2021 as the over 22 others injured in different village houses in southeastern Humanitarian Affairs said that government tightens its campaign parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to Myanmar has climbed to 56, an official monsoon flooding had displaced more against illegal wildlife trade. flash floods, landslides and rain- said Monday. than 7,000 people last week in Mon The announcement on World related accidents, said a spokesman for The landslide hit a village in Paung state. Elephant Day followed two years of the Provincial Disaster Management township on August 9. Apart from the landslide in Paung, consultations with non-government Authority (PDMA). Zaw Zaw Htoo, a member of houses and a school in other townships groups, ivory retailers and the public. Three people were killed each in parliament from Paung who arrived at were washed away, roads were blocked Authorities in the city-state made Bajaur and Swat district. One person the scene over the weekend, said three and villages were submerged. their largest ever seizure of was killed each in Dir Lower, Buner, more bodies were recovered on Monday Nearly 12,000 people have been smuggled ivory last month, Malakand, Shangla, Aurakzai and morning, bringing the death toll to 56. displaced in Myanmar last week alone, impounding a haul of nearly nine Torghar districts, the spokesman said, The top official in Mon state, Aye Zan, bringing the total number of those in tonnes of contraband tusks from an adding that the deceased included two had visited the site and villagers who evacuation centers to more than 38,000, estimated 300 African elephants women and two children. PTI were evacuated to a relief camp to the UN said. valued at USD 12.9 million. PTI

Ghani rejects foreign interference as talks advance KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan’s negotiators continue their work in the President on Sunday rejected foreign Gulf nation of Qatar, where the interference as the United States and insurgents have a political office. the Taliban appear to be closing in on Ghani insisted that next month’s a peace deal without the Afghan presidential election is essential so government at the table. that Afghanistan’s leader will have a President Ashraf Ghani spoke powerful mandate to decide the during the Muslim holiday Eid-al- country’s future after years of war. Adha and as US and Taliban AFP THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 ADVERTISEMENT 21 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 22 I-DAY SPECIAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 INDIA’S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM

ndependence Day is annually celebrated in India on 15 August, as a Inational holiday in India commemorating the nation's independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947, the UK Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act 1947 transferring legislative sovereignty to the Indian Constituent Assembly. In ancient times, people from all over the world were keen to come to India. The Persians followed by the Iranians and Parsis immigrated to India. Then came the Moghuls and they too settled down permanently in India. Chengis Khan, the Mongolian, invaded and looted India many times. Alexander the Great too, came to conquer India but went back after a battle with Porus. He-en Tsang from China came in pursuit of knowledge and to visit the ancient Indian universities of Nalanda and Takshila. Columbus wanted to come to India, but instead landed on the shores of America. Vasco da Gama from Portugal came to trade his country's goods in return for Indian spices. The French came and established their colonies in India. Lastly, the Britishers came and ruled administration. The Indian soldiers as over India for nearly 200 years. After the well as people in administration could battle of Plassey in 1757, the British not rise in hierarchy as the senior jobs achieved political power in India. And were reserved for the Europeans. Thus, their paramountcy was established there was all-round discontent and during the tenure of Lord Dalhousie, disgust against the British rule, which who became the Governor- General in burst out in a revolt by the 'sepoys' at 1848. Meerut whose religious sentiments were He annexed Punjab, Peshawar and the offended when they were given new Pathan tribes in the north-west of India. cartridges greased with cow and pig fat, And by 1856, the British conquest and its whose covering had to be stripped out by authority were firmly established. And biting with the mouth before using them while the British power gained its in rifles. The Hindu as well as the heights during the middle of the 19th Muslim soldiers, who refused to use such century, the discontent of the local cartridges, were arrested which resulted rulers, the peasantry, the intellectuals, in a revolt by their fellow soldiers on May common masses as also of the soldiers 9, 1857. who became unemployed due to the The rebel forces soon captured Delhi disbanding of the armies of various and the revolt spread to a wider area and states that were annexed by the British, there was uprising in almost all parts of became widespread. This soon broke out the country. The most ferocious battles into a revolt which assumed the were fought in Delhi, Awadh, dimensions of the 1857 Mutiny. Rohilkhand, Bundelkhand, Allahabad, Agra, Meerut and western Bihar. The The Indian Mutiny of 1857 rebellious forces under the commands of The conquest of India, which could be Kanwar Singh in Bihar and Bakht Khan said to have begun with the Battle of in Delhi gave a stunning blow to the Plassey (1757), was practically completed British. In Kanpur, Nana Sahib was by the end of Dalhousie's tenure in 1856. proclaimed as the Peshwa and the brave It had been by no means a smooth affair leader Tantya Tope led his troops. Rani as the simmering discontent of the Lakshmibai was proclaimed the ruler of people manifested itself in many Jhansi who led her troops in the heroic localized revolt during this period. battles with the British. The Hindus, the However, the Mutiny of 1857, which Muslims, the Sikhs and all the other began with a revolt of the military brave sons of India fought shoulder to soldiers at Meerut, soon became shoulder to throw out the British. The widespread and posed a grave challenge revolt was controlled by the British to the British rule. Even though the within one year, it began from Meerut on British succeeded in crushing it within a 10 May 1857 and ended in Gwalior on 20 year, it was certainly a popular revolt in June 1858. which the Indian rulers, the masses and the militia participated so End of the East India Company enthusiastically that it came to be Consequent to the failure of the Revolt regarded as the First War of Indian of 1857 rebellion, one also saw the end of Independence. the East India Company's rule in India Introduction of zamindari system by and many important changes took place Non-Cooperation Movement was no prospect of getting any fair the British, where the peasants were in the British Government's policy The Non-Cooperation Movement was treatment at the hands of British, so he ruined through exorbitant charges made towards India which sought to strengthen pitched in under leadership of Mahatma planned to withdraw the nation's co- from them by the new class of landlords. the British rule through winning over the Gandhi and the Indian National operation from the British Government, The craftsmen were destroyed by the Indian princes, the chiefs and the Congress from September 1920 to thus launching the Non-Cooperation influx of the British manufactured landlords. Queen Victoria's Proclamation February 1922, marking a new Movement and thereby marring the goods. The religion and the caste system of November 1, 1858 declared that awakening in the Indian Independence administrative set up of the country. which formed the firm foundation of the thereafter India would be governed by Movement. After a series of events This movement was a great success as it traditional Indian society was and in the name of the British Monarch including the Jallianwala Bagh got massive encouragement to millions endangered by the British through a Secretary of State. Massacre, Gandhiji realised that there of Indians. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 I-DAY SPECIAL 23

Quit India Movement

In August 1942, Gandhiji started the 'Quit India Movement' and decided to launch a mass civil disobedience movement 'Do or Die' call to force the British to leave India. The movement was followed, nonetheless, by large-scale violence directed at railway stations, telegraph offices, government buildings, and other emblems and institutions of colonial rule. There were widespread acts of sabotage, and the government held Gandhi responsible for these acts of violence, suggesting that they were a deliberate act of Congress policy. However, all the prominent leaders were arrested, the Congress was banned and the police and army were brought out to suppress the movement. Meanwhile, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, who stealthily ran away from the British detention in Calcutta, reached foreign lands and organized the Indian National Army (INA) to overthrow the British from India. The Second World War broke out in September of 1939 and without consulting the Indian leaders, India was declared a warring state (on behalf of the British) by the Governor General. Subhash Chandra Bose, with the help of Japan, preceded fighting the British forces and not only freed Andaman and Nicobar Islands from the Britishers but also entered the north-eastern border of India. But in 1945 Japan was defeated and Netaji proceeded from Japan choice but to accept the division, as the through an aeroplane to a place of safety Muslim League was adamant. but met with an accident and it was given Thus, India became free at the stroke of out that he died in that air-crash itself. midnight, on August 14, 1947. (Since "Give me blood and I shall give you then, every year India celebrates its freedom" - was one of the most popular Independence Day on 15th August). statements made by him, where he urges Jawaharlal Nehru became the first the people of India to join him in his Prime Minster of free India and freedom movement. continued his term till 1964. Giving voice to the sentiments of the nation, Prime Partition of India and Pakistan Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru said, At the conclusion of the Second World Long years ago we made a tryst with War, the Labour Party, under Prime destiny,and now the time comes when we Minister Clement Richard Attlee, came will redeem our pledge, not wholly or in to power in Britain. The Labour Party full measure, but very substantially. At was largely sympathetic towards Indian the stroke of the midnight hour, when people for freedom. A Cabinet Mission the world sleeps, India will awake to life was sent to India in March 1946, which and freedom. A moment comes, which after a careful study of the Indian comes but rarely in history,when we step political scenario, proposed the out from the old to the new, when an age formation of an interim Government ends and when the soul of a nation, long and convening of a Constituent suppressed, finds utterance.... We end Assembly comprising members elected today a period of ill fortune, and India by the provincial legislatures and discovers herself again. nominees of the Indian states. An Earlier, a Constituent Assembly was interim Government was formed headed formed in July 1946, to frame the by Jawaharlal Nehru. However, the Constitution of India and Dr. Rajendra Muslim League refused to participate in Prasad was elected its President. The the deliberations of the Constituent Constitution of India which was adopted Assembly and pressed for the separate by the Constituent Assembly on 26th state for Pakistan. Lord Mountbatten, November 1949. On January 26, 1950, the the Viceroy of India, presented a plan for Constitution was came into force and Dr. the division of India into India and Rajendra Prasad was elected the first Pakistan, and the Indian leaders had no President of India. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 24 I-DAY SPECIAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 THEY BROUGHT US FREEDOM

undreds and thousands left everything, and Lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, spearheaded government in 1945. many sacrificed their life for one common goal - many revolutionary activities. For this reason, he is Hfreedom of India from foreign rule! These called as the ‘Father of Revolutionary Thoughts.’ Lala Lajpat Rai freedom fighters, activists and revolutionaries came One of the most important from different backgrounds and philosophies to fight Chandra Shekhar Azad members of the Indian National one common enemy - the foreign imperialists! While we One of the close associates of Congress, Lala Lajpat Rai is often are aware of several freedom fighters and Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar revered for leading a protest revolutionaries, many have remained unsung heroes. Azad is credited for reorganizing against the Simon Commission. We have made best efforts to present some of the most Hindustan Republican During the protest, he was prominent freedom activists and revolutionaries who Association. Azad, as he was assaulted by James A. Scott, the made immense contribution towards India’s struggle popularly called, is known as one superintendent of police, which for freedom. of the bravest freedom fighters of ultimately played a role in his India. At the time of being death. He was a part of the famous Tantia Tope surrounded by British soldiers, he triumvirate called ‘Lal Bal Pal.’ Tantia Tope was one of the Indian killed many of them and shot rebellions of 1857. He served as a himself to death with the last Mahatma Gandhi general and led a group of Indian bullet of his Colt pistol. He did so, as he never wanted to Mahatma Gandhi led the Indian soldiers against the British. He be captured alive. independence movement and was was an ardent follower of Nana successful in freeing India from Sahib of Bithur and continued to Birsa Munda the clutches of the British. He fight on his behalf when Nana was Principally a religious leader, employed non-violence and forced to retreat by the British Birsa Munda used the religious engaged in various movements as army. Tantia even forced General beliefs of his tribe in order to part of his inspiring protest Windham to retreat from Kanpur revolt against the government of against the British rule. He went and helped Rani Lakshmi of Jhansi to retain Gwalior. British. He implemented guerrilla on to become the most significant warfare techniques to upset the freedom fighter and hence is called Rani Lakshmi Bai rhythm of the British troops. In as the ‘Father of the Nation.’ One of the key members of India's 1900, Birsa, along with his army, first war of independence, Rani was arrested by the British Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Lakshmi Bai went on to inspire soldiers. He was later convicted Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was an thousands of women to join the and was lodged in a jail in Ranchi. active member of the Indian fight for freedom. On 23 March, National Congress and a great 1858 Lakshmi Bai defended her Dadabhai Naoroji freedom fighter. Maulana Azad palace and the entire city of Credited with establishing the took part in most of the important Jhansi when it was threatened to Indian National Congress, movements. He presided over the be captured by British troops led Dadabhai Naoroji is remembered special session of Congress in by Sir Hugh Rose. as one of the most prominent September 1923 and at the age of members to have participated in 35 he became the youngest man to Bal Gangadhar Tilak the independence movement. In be elected as the President of the Bal Gangadhar Tilak was one of one of the books published by him, Congress. the most prominent freedom he wrote about the colonial rule of fighters of India who inspired the British which was precisely Ram Manohar Lohia thousands with the slogan – aimed at looting wealth from One of the founding members of “Swaraj is my birthright and I India. the Congress Socialist Party, Ram shall have it”. As a form of protest Manohar Lohia was an active against the British, Tilak Jawaharlal Nehru member of the Indian established schools and published Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was one independence movement. Lohia rebellious newspapers. He was of the most important freedom was a key member in organizing famous as one of the trios – Bal, fighters of India, who went on to the Quit India Movement, for Pal and Lal. People loved him and accepted him as one become the first Prime Minister of which he was arrested and of their leaders and so, he was called Lokmanya Tilak. free India. He was also the author tortured in 1944. He even worked of the famous book – ‘Discovery of for the Congress Radio which Mangal Pandey India’. Nehru was extremely fond operated secretly, propagandizing Mangal Pandey is said to have played a key role in of children and was fondly called anti-British messages. inspiring Indian soldiers to start as ‘Chacha Nehru’. It was under the great rebellion of 1857. his leadership that India Ram Prasad Bismil Working as a soldier for the British embarked on the planned pattern Ram Prasad Bismil was one of East India Company, Pandey of economic development. those young revolutionaries who started firing at English officials sacrificed his life for the sake of and caught them unawares. His Khudiram Bose his motherland. Bismil was one of attack is regarded as the first step Khudiram Bose was one of those the most important members of of the Indian rebellion that started young revolutionaries and the Hindustan Republican in 1857. freedom fighters whose deeds of Association and also a prominent bravery went on to become the member of the group that was Ashfaqulla Khan subject of folklore. He was one of involved in the Kakori train Ashfaqulla Khan was a firebrand those brave men who challenged robbery.He was sentenced to death among the young revolutionaries, the British rule and gave them a by the British government for his who sacrificed his life for the sake taste of their own medicine. At the involvement in the famous train robbery. of his motherland. He was an age of 19, he was martyred, with important member of the ‘Vande Mataram’ being his last Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hindustan Republican words. His brave deeds earned Association. Khan, along with his Vallabhbhai Patel the title, ‘the associates, executed the train Lakshmi Sahgal iron man of India.’ For his role in robbery at Kakori for which he A doctor by profession, Lakshmi the Bardoli Satyagraha, Patel came was arrested and executed by the Sahgal, popularly known as to be known as Sardar. Though he British. Captain Lakshmi, encouraged was a famous lawyer, Sardar Patel women to join the troop led by gave up his profession in order to Bipin Chandra Pal Subhas Chandra Bose. She took fight for the freedom of the Bipin Chandra Pal was one of the the initiative of forming a country. After the independence, key members of the Indian women’s regiment and named it he became the deputy Prime National Congress and a ‘Rani of Jhansi regiment’. Minister of India and played an prominent freedom fighter. He Lakshmi fought vigorously for the important role in the integration advocated the abandonment of Indian independence before she of India by merging numerous princely states with the foreign goods. He, along with Lala was arrested by the British Indian Union. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 I-DAY SPECIAL 25

Bhagat Singh 1940. For his act, Udham Singh was convicted and was Convocation Hall in the University eventually sentenced to death. of Calcutta. Unfortunately, she The name Bhagat Singh is missed her target and was synonymous with sacrifice, Annie Besant imprisoned for over nine years. courage, bravery and vision. By Being a British, Annie Besant She was once again arrested for sacrificing his life at the age of 30, advocated Indian self-rule and participating in the Quit India Bhagat Singh became an eventually became a prominent Movement. inspiration and a symbol of freedom fighter. After becoming a heroism. Along with other part of the Indian National revolutionaries, Bhagat Singh Congress, she was made the founded the Hindustan Socialist President of INC in 1917. After Jatin Das Republican Association. To acting as one of the key members Jatindra Nath Das died at the age remind the British government of in establishing ‘Home Rule of 25 after a hunger strike that its misdeeds, Bhagat Singh hurled a bomb in the League’, she even founded a Hindu lasted for 63 days. Jatindra Nath Central Legislative Assembly. By embracing death at a school in Benares to achieve her Das, also remembered as Jatin Das, young age, Singh became a symbol of sacrifice and goal of freeing India from the clutches of her was a revolutionary and was courage, thereby residing forever in the hearts of every countrymen. lodged in jail along with other Indian. revolutionaries. He began his Kartar Singh Sarabha hunger strike when the political Shivaram Rajguru Kartar Singh Sarabha was one of prisoners had a strikingly A member of the Hindustan the most famous revolutionaries different environment when Socialist Republican Association, who sacrificed his life at the age of compared to that of their Shivaram Rajguru was a close 19. Sarabha joined the Ghadar European counterparts. associate of Bhagat Singh and Party, an organization formed to Sukhdev. Shivaram is mainly protest against the British rule, at B. R. Ambedkar remembered for his involvement the age of 17. He, along with his Fondly remembered as Baba in the assassination of John men, was arrested when a member Saheb, B. R. Ambedkar was a key Saunders, a young British police of the Ghadar Party betrayed them figure in empowering Dalits. The officer. With an intention of by informing the police about their British had used the Indian caste killing James Scott, the police hiding place. system to their advantage and superintendent who had assaulted were firm believers in the divide Lala Lajpat Rai just two weeks before his death, Batukeshwar Dutt and rule policy. Ambedkar Shivaram mistook John for James and shot him to Batukeshwar Dutt was a firebrand understood this motive of the death. revolutionary who is often British and ensured their downfall remembered for his association by inspiring the Dalit Buddhist Subhas Chandra Bose with Bhagat Singh. Batukeshwar Movement among many other movements. Popularly known as Netaji, Subhas was involved in the serial blast Chandra Bose was a fierce freedom that took place in the Central C. Rajagopalachari fighter and popular leader on the Legislative Assembly on April 8, A lawyer by profession, C. political horizon of pre- 1929. A member of Hindustan Rajagopalachari joined the Indian independent India. Bose was Socialist Republican Association, National Congress in the year 1906 elected as the President of the Batukeshwar is also remembered and then successfully defended a Indian National Congress in 1937 for his hunger strike that secured revolutionary named P. and 1939. He founded the Indian a few rights for the Indian political prisoners. Varadarajulu Naidu. He went on to National Army and raised the become an ardent follower of famous slogans, ‘Delhi Chalo’ and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Mahatma Gandhi and actively ‘Tum Mujhe Khoon Do main Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was one of those participated in the Non- Tumhe Ajadi Doonga.’ For his anti-British remarks and independence activists who Cooperation Movement. activities, Bose was jailed 11 times between 1920 and opposed the partition of India at Rajagopalachari was an important representative of 1941. He was the leader of the youth wing of Congress the time of its independence. Congress in Tamil Nadu. Party. Popularly known as Bacha Khan, he advocated non-violence and Baba Gurdit Singh Sukhdev wanted a secular country. In 1929, One of the key members of he initiated the ‘Khudai Baba Gurdit Singh understood Hindustan Socialist Republican Khidmatgar’ movement, which that India must take its fight for Association, Sukhdev was a gave the British a run for their freedom overseas as well in order revolutionary and a close money. Since his principles were to truly succeed. But a law associate of Bhagat Singh and similar to that of Mahatma prevented the entry of Asians Shivaram Rajguru. He too, was Gandhi’s, he worked closely with Gandhi in all his into countries like Canada and involved in the killing of John endeavours. the United States. In order to Saunders, a British police officer. change this law, Baba Gurdit Sukhdev was captured, along with Hasrat Mohani Singh embarked on a journey to Bhagat Singh and Shivaram At the Ahmedabad Session of Canada and thus became actively Rajguru, and was martyred at the Indian National Congress, Hasrat involved in the ‘Komagata Maru age of 24. Mohani became the first person to incident’. raise his voice against the British Aruna Asaf Ali rule in India. An eminent writer Vinayak Damodar An active independence activist and poet, Hasrat was arrested on Savarkar and member of the Congress Party, multiple occasions for propagating Aruna Asaf Ali is remembered for anti-British policies through his The founder of Abhinav Bharat her participation in various articles that were published in the Society and Free India Society, movements including Salt magazine, ‘Urdu-e-Mualla’. He was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was Satyagraha and Quit India also a co-founder of Communist an activist and was popularly Movement. During the Quit India Party of India. known as Swatantryaveer Movement, she risked being Savarkar. Also an eminent arrested by hoisting the INC flag in Bhagwati Charan Vohra writer, Savarkar published a Bombay.She was arrested on many An associate of Bhagat Singh, book titled ‘The Indian War of Independence’ that occasions for her revolutionary Sukhdev and Chandrashekhar spoke about the struggles of the Indian mutiny of 1857. activities and was lodged in jail until 1931 when Azad, Bhagwati Charan Vohra too, political prisoners were released under the Gandhi- was an important revolutionary.In Rash Behari Bose Irwin Pact. 1929, he rented a house in Lahore Rash Behari Bose was one of the and turned it into a bomb factory. most important revolutionaries Udham Singh He planned to assassinate Viceroy who tried to assassinate Lord Udham Singh was one of the most Lord Irwin by blowing up the train Hardinge, the then Viceroy of important and famous he was travelling in. Lord Irwin India. Along with other revolutionaries who took part in escaped the attack unhurt. revolutionaries, Bose is credited the Indian independence for organizing Ghadar Mutiny and movement. He is remembered for Bina Das the Indian National Army. He was avenging the Jallianwala Bagh Bina Das was one of the bravest women revolutionaries also involved in persuading the massacre by brutally murdering who attempted to murder Stanley Jackson, the then Japanese to help the Indians in Sir Michael O'Dwyer on March 13, Bengal Governor, by firing five rounds at him at the their struggle for freedom. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 26 I-DAY SPECIAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 ACHIEVEMENTS OF FREE INDIA

wice invaded by foreigners, ripped agriculture has been somewhat steady. off its wealthy glory, facing the The sector grew at about 1 percent per Tagony of partition, punctured by annum in the first half of the 20th numerous anti-national elements, yet century. During the post-Independence standing strong in the face of all & that's era, the growth rate nudged about 2.6 India for the world. percent per annum. Expansion of farming area and introduction of high- Economy yielding varieties of crops were the India has emerged as the fastest major factors of growth in agricultural growing major economy in the world and production. The sector could manage to is expected to be one of the top three end dependency on imported food grains. economic powers of the world over the It has progressed both in terms of yield next 10-15 years, backed by its strong and structural changes. democracy and partnerships. Consistent investment in research, Market size land reforms, expansion of scope for credit facilities, and improvement in India’s GDP is estimated to have rural infrastructure were some other increased 7.2 per cent in 2017-18 and 7 per determining factors that brought about cent in 2018-19. India has retained its an agricultural revolution in the country. position as the third largest startup base The country has also grown strong in the in the world with over 4,750 technology agri-biotech sector. The Rabobank report start-ups. reveals that the agri-biotech sector has India's labour force is expected to been growing at 30 percent since the last touch 160-170 million by 2020, based on few years. The country is also likely to rate of population growth, increased become a major producer of genetically labour force participation, and higher modified/engineered crops. education enrolment, among other factors, according to a study by Infrastructure Development ASSOCHAM and Thought Arbitrage The Indian road network has become Research Institute. one of the largest in the world with the India's foreign exchange reserves were total road length increasing from 0.399 US$ 405.64 billion in the week up to million km in 1951 to 4.70 million km. March 15, 2019, according to data from Moreover, the total length of the the RBI. country’s national highways has Recent Developments increased from 24,000 km (1947-69) to 96,214 km (2015). Governmental efforts With the improvement in the economic have led to the expansion of the network scenario, there have been various of State highways and major district investments in various sectors of the roads, which in turn has directly economy. The M&A activity in India contributed to industrial growth. reached record US$ 129.4 billion in 2018 As India needs power to drive its while private equity (PE) and venture growth engine, it has triggered a capital (VC) investments reached US$ noteworthy improvement in the 20.5 billion. Some of the important availability of energy by adopting a recent developments in Indian economy multi-pronged approach. After almost are as follows: seven decades of Independence, India During 2018-19 (up to February 2019), has emerged as the third largest merchandise exports from India have producer of electricity in Asia. It has increased 8.85 per cent year-on-year to increased its electricity generation US$ 298.47 billion, while services exports capacity from 1,362 MW in 1947 to 356,818 have grown 8.54 per cent year-on-year to MW as of 2019. Overall, power US$ 185.51 billion. generation in India has increased from Nikkei India Manufacturing 301 billion units (BUs) during 1992- 93 to Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) 1249.337 BUs in 2018- 19. When it comes to reached a 14-month high in February rural electrification, the Indian 2019 and stood at 54.3. government has managed to bring lights Net direct tax collection for 2018-19 had to all 18,452 villages by April 28, 2018 as crossed Rs 10 trillion (US$ 144.57 billion) compared to 3061 in 1950. by March 16, 2019, while goods and services tax (GST) collection stood at Rs Progress in Education Sector 10.70 trillion (US$ 154.69 billion) as of Pulling itself out from widespread February 2019. illiteracy, India has managed to bring its Proceeds through Initial Public Offers education system at par with the global (IPO) in India reached US$ 5.5 billion in standard. The number of schools 2018 and US$ 0.9 billion in Q1 2018-19. witnessed a dramatic increase during India's Foreign Direct Investment the post-independence era. The (FDI) equity inflows reached US$ 409.15 Parliament made elementary education billion between April 2000 and December a fundamental right for children in the 2018, with maximum contribution from age group of 6-14 years by passing the services, computer software and 86th amendment to the Constitution in hardware, telecommunications, 2002. At independence, India’s literacy construction, trading and automobiles. telecom and information technology demands. rate was a paltry 12.2 % which increased India's Index of Industrial Production sectors. A trend that started some two Presently, the services sector employs to 74.04% as per 2011 census. (IIP) rose 4.4 per cent year-on-year in decades back is now well in its prime. 31% of the Indian workforce and this The Government launched the Sarva 2018-19 (up to January 2019). Several multinational firms continue to process of development started back in Siksha Abhiyan in 2001 to ensure Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation outsource their tele services and IT the 1980s. In the 60s, the sector employed education for the children from 6 to 14 stood at 2.57 per cent in February 2019. services to India, resulting in the growth only 4.5% of the working population. years. Prior to that, it had launched an Net employment generation in the of ITES, BPO and KPO companies. The According to the Central Statistical effective initiative – Sponsored District country reached a 17-month high in acquisition of expertise in information Organization, the services sector Education Programme, which increased January 2019. technology has led to the generation of accounted for around 54% of Indian GDP the number of schools across the thousands of new jobs, which in turn in 2018 and the figure continues to grow. country. In a bid to attract children to Service Sector Growth increased domestic consumption and schools, especially in the rural areas, the A major development in the nation’s naturally, more foreign direct Growth of Agriculture Sector government also started implementing services sector has been visible in the investments happened to meet the Since 1950s, the progress in the mid-day meals programme in 1995. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 I-DAY SPECIAL 27 India v/s Pakistan: A comparison of military strength and weapons n the aftermath of the Pulwama attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e- IMohammed, ties between India and Pakistan have sharply deteriorated. Amid escalated tensions, speculations of a war between the countries are being made, especially after India strongly retaliated to the attack. India and Pakistan already fought two wars over Kashmir since independence in 1947.Here's a comparison of military strength and arsenal of the rival Achievements in the neighbors. field of Healthcare Comparison of India and Pakistan's military budgets A decrease in death rates is considered Military Budgets one of the major achievements that came Last year, India reportedly allocated Rs. 4 trillion ($58bn), or 2.1% of its GDP on India’s way in this sector. While life 1.4mn active troops. In 2018, Pakistan spent $11bn (3.6% of GDP) on 653,800 troops expectancy was around 37 years in 1951, and received $100mn-worth foreign military assistance. it has risen to 68 now. Similar India's military spent 12% of the government expenditure between 1993-2006 improvement was noticed in maternal while Pakistan's military spent 20%. In 2017, that of Indian military and Pakistani mortality rate also. India’s maternal military was 9.1% and 16.7%, respectively. mortality rate also declined from 212 Missiles and nuclear weapons of the two countries deaths per 100,000 live births in 2007 to 167 deaths in 2013 (Unicef data). Missiles, warheads After a long-drawn struggle, India has India and Pakistan are nuclear-armed having ballistic missiles with nuclear finally been declared a polio-free country weapon delivery capabilities. since 2014. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan While India has 9 operational missiles, including Agni-III missile with a 3,000- has provided impetus to stop open 5,000km operational range, Pakistan has missiles built with China's assistance that defecation and prevent spread of can strike any part of India. Pakistan's Shaheen 2 has the longest operational range communicable diseases. Mortality in of up to 2,000km. children under five years (per thousand However, India has 130-140 nuclear warheads while Pakistan has 140-150 live births) came down to 39.4 in 2017 warheads. from 126 in 1990. Government’s efforts India has one of the largest armies in the world yielded further result as the number of tuberculosis and HIV cases are also The Army witnessing a declining trend (211 per the 4th country in the world to plant its Coming to the army, India has one of the world's largest standing armies. 100,000 in 2016) as per WHO. Moreover, flag on the lunar surface in 2008. Its first According to ET, with a 1.2mn-strong army, India has over 3,565 battle tanks, 3,100 India has pledged to eradicate TB by mission to Mars was launched in infantry fighting vehicles, over 9,700 artillery pieces, and more than 330 armored 2025. The public health spending (about November 2013 which successfully personnel carriers. 3.89% of the GDP in 2015) is still low, but reached the planet’s orbit on 24 Meanwhile, Pakistan has a smaller, 560,000-strong army supported by 2,496 tanks, the government has launched a series of September 2014. In June 2015, ISRO 4,472 artillery guns (including 375 self-propelled howitzers), and 1,605 armored ambitious initiatives including launched 104 satellites (highest in the personnel carriers. ‘Healthcare for all by 2020' and world) from a single rocket through Pakistan's air force is substantially smaller than that of India distribution of free medicines to the PSLV-C37. people falling under lowest-income India is also aggressively pursuing Air Force group. In 2018, the Central Government both nuclear and missile programmes. The Indian Air Force having over 127,000 personnel and 814 combat aircraft is also launched Ayushman Bharat Scheme That has simultaneously augmented the reportedly larger than that of Pakistan. which is a centrally funded health country’s defence strength as well. Pakistan's air force had over 65,000 personnel (as of 2017). It has 425 combat insurance scheme covering around 40% BrahMos inducted into the defence aircraft, including the F-7PG of Chinese origin and the American F-16 Fighting of the country’s population. system is the world’s fastest cruise Falcon jets. missile that has been jointly developed However, Pakistan reportedly has seven airborne early warning and control Scientific Achievements by India and Russia. After more than six (AEW&C) aircraft, three more than its neighbor. Independent India has taken confident decades of independence, India has now Pakistan has a smaller coastline compared to India strides in its road to scientific come closer to being an independent development. Its prowess is being force to reckon with in the field of The Navy manifested in a gradual scaling up of nuclear and missile technology. Coming to the navies, the Indian Navy has 67,700 personnel, comprising marines ambitious projects. India takes pride in as well as naval aviation personnel. It has 106 patrol and combatant vessels, 75 its space programmes, which began with Chandrayaan-2: In leap for combat capable aircraft, 16 submarines, 14 destroyers, and 13 frigate warships. the launch of its first satellite ISRO, India launches lunar Pakistan's navy has 17 patrol and coastal vessels, 9 frigates, 8 submarines, and 8 Aryabhatta in 1975. Since then, India has mission combat capable aircraft. However, Pakistan also has a smaller coastline compared emerged as a space power that has to India. successfully launched foreign satellites. India successfully launched its second Through Chandrayaan-1, India became moon mission Chandrayaan-2 from its most powerful rocket with a plan to land hands and exchanged greetings. the rover on September 7 in the unexplored lunar south pole, exactly a Centre scraps Article 370, week after the liftoff was aborted due to bifurcates J&K into two UTs a technical snag. Carrying a "billion dreams" in a giant The ruling BJP took a giant political leap for the country's ambitious low-cost and Constitutional leap by abrogating space programme, the most complex and Article 370 that gave Jammu and prestigious mission ever undertaken by Kashmir a special status and bifurcated the Indian Space Research the State into two Union Territories Organisation(ISRO), if successful, will (UTs). also make India the fourth country after The motions and the Jammu and Russia, the US and China to pull off a Kashmir Reservation (Second soft landing on the moon. Amendment) Bill were passed by a voice "We bounced back in flying colours vote. The Jammu and Kashmir after the earlier technical snag. Success Reorganisation Bill was passed with 125 is coming after a call-off," said a beaming members voting in favour of it and 65 and visibly relieved ISRO Chairman K voting against it. The Congress, the Left Sivan at the mission control room of the parties, the DMK, the MDMK, the SP and Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the RJD voted against the Bill, while the Sriharikota, about 100 km from Chennai, Trinamool Congress walked out. One as scientists broke into cheers, shook member abstained from voting. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 28 ADVERTISEMENT TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 ADVERTISEMENT 29 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 30 BOLLYWOOD TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 TALENT IS IRRELEVANT IN BOLLYWOOD: KANGANA hree-time National Award-winning star Kangana Ranaut, who has had her share Tof struggle in the initial years, says she now finds that talent is irrelevant in Bollywood. “I have become tough. Initially, when I came in, I’d think that talent was everything and you got to prove yourself. I did many things (and) I struggled on my way up. I learnt filmmaking and scriptwriting. I did everything, thinking talent is everything. When I made it big, I ARBAAZ KHAN’S realised talent is not relevant in this industry,” Kangana said. GIRLFRIEND GIORGIA “People who play power politics and games have woven their little web of contacts and a ANDRIANI TO MAKE small mafia. They work in sync with each other,” she added. Kangana stepped into the world of acting HER DEBUT with the thriller Gangster. Over a decade later, ctor Arbaaz Khan’s girlfriend she is tagged as one of the top actresses in the Giorgia Andriani is set to follow Hindi film industry. Athe footsteps of the actor to make The actress, who is often surrounded by her acting debut in India. While he made controversies, hit the headlines in 2017 when his digital debut with online chat show she called filmmaker Karan Johar “intolerant” Pinch, Giorgia will be seen in a Tamil web towards outsiders and a “flagbearer of series, Karoline Kamakshi. nepotism” who only backed industry kids, on According to a report in Mid-Day.com, his popular chat show. Giorgia told the portal, “I sent a short “It flustered me, I was not ready for this and video [enacting a Hindi scene] to the I feel mafia anywhere is not healthy,” Kangana production house, but since they aren’t said of the trend of promoting mediocrity just well-versed with the language, I re- because it comes with a bloodline. enacted the scene in English. The team Kangana says she had to take bold steps to then sent me a one-page sequence in break the system. The JudgeMentall Hai Kya Tamil, as part of my audition. I learned star says a lot of uncertainties make a person the dialogues and the makers loved it.” insecure in the acting profession. She claims to have shot for several “I don’t know about other professions but action sequences, including hand-to-hand this profession comes with a lot of insecurities. combat for the web series. She will be You do one project (and) then you are not sure seen playing a French undercover agent when the next project will come your way. named Karoline, who is forced to take up Sometimes, you don’t know the future of a an assignment during her vacation in great film. It’s shocking the kind of film that Puducherry. might just work,” she said. AFTER DEEPIKA’S EXIT, RANBIR-AJAY DEVGN’S NEXT WITH LUV RANJAN STALLED AGAIN

he news of Ranbir Kapoor and biopic Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior. Deepika Padukone being paired "According to the original plan, the Tagain spread like a wildfire. The film was expected to kick off this year. film which is said to be helmed by Luv But the script is yet to be locked. Ranjan who is known for films like the Couple that with the lead actors' choc- Pyaar Ka Punchnama franchise, Sonu a-block schedule and the film has been Ke Titu Ki Sweety, De De Pyar De has pushed by a year now.” A source been the talk of the town for days. The revealed to Mid-Day. yet-untitled film was said supposed to “Luv will utilise the time to finish star Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor and the final draft and take it on floors by Deepika Padukone. But their fans mid-2020. There is no truth to the were disappointed when the actress allegations that the film has been walked out of the film stating that she shelved owing to his #MeToo wouldn't want to work with a person complaint. Ranjan came clean on the who has been accused of sexual matter and apologised for his said misconduct. misconduct, citing that it was never And now, new reports have surfaced his intent," the source further added. on the development of the film. A When the rumours of Deepika report in Mid-Day read that the Ajay joining Luv’s film came broke out, fans Devgn-Ranbir Kapoor starrer might be of the actress took the social media by delayed yet again. And it's because of a a storm with a trend #NotMyDeepika. major reason. As per the report, the Apparently, fans were not happy and story of Luv Ranjan’s film is yet in the didn't want the actress to work the scripting stage. Also, the lead stars director who was accused of sexual Ajay and Ranbir are busy with their misconduct. However, the source respective projects. While Ranbir is clearly stated that the filmmaker came caught up with Ayan Mukherjee's out clean of the accusations and had Brahmastra and on the other hand, also apologised. For more scoops and Ajay is prepping for the historical updates, stay tuned to BollywoodLife. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 HOLLYWOOD 31 GWYNETH PALTROW’S MCU MEMORY IS VAGUE ctor Gwyneth Paltrow left everyone surprised when she revealed that she forgot she was in ASpider-Man: Homecoming. According to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, Paltrow is having a hard time remembering her Marvel days, reported People. Feige revealed that Paltrow didn’t know that actor Samuel L. Jackson was part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) despite the two of them appearing in a couple of same films such as Iron Man 2. Feige shared some new details about filming Cyrus, Hemsworth split Avengers: Endgame, which brought together numerous Marvel stars from across different movies, in a recent after 7 months of marriage interview with Empire, as cited by People. In 2017, the op star Miley Cyrus and actor Liam cast gathered in one place to shoot the funeral scene at Hemsworth have parted ways just the end of Avengers: Endgame. Pseven months after they tied the Feige explained that the gathering caused confusion knot. The on-again, off-again couple among some of the cast members who didn’t recognize married in a private ceremony in the other MCU characters, especially because Marvel December. movies including Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War A representative of Cyrus confirmed, and Captain Marvel had not released at that time. “Liam and Miley have agreed to separate One of those confused cast members was Paltrow, at this time. Ever-evolving, changing as who played Pepper Potts, the romantic partner of partners and individuals, they have Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark. In the interview, Feige decided this is what’s best while they both said that the actor didn’t know why Samuel L. Jackson, focus on themselves and careers. who played Nick Fury in the Marvel movies, was there. They still remain dedicated parents to “Tom Holland [was] coming up to me, saying, ‘Is that all of their animals they share while Michelle Pfeiffer? What is happening?’ “ he said. lovingly taking this time apart. Please “Gwyneth Paltrow was asking why Sam Jackson was respect their process and privacy.”Rumors there, and the other actors were jumping in saying, of Cyrus, 26, and Hemsworth, 29, parting ‘What are you talking about? He’s Nick Fury! You’ve ways started doing the rounds on Saturday been in movies with him.’ But it was really something after the singer posted a photo in which special,” he added. she was not wearing her wedding ring. Rape & abuse not our fault, says Jane Fonda

SELENA GOMEZ DOESN’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT HER NEW MUSIC PROJECT

eteran actor Jane Fonda the great things, the women’s he isn’t making a lot of public took a deliberate break from the limelight believes the biggest take away movement has done is to make us appearances these days after having because she needed the time away. Vfrom the #MeToo and Time’s Up realise that rape and abuse is not our Sseveral health setbacks over the She revealed that she wasn’t stepping movement has been that women have fault. We were violated and it’s not years. Selena Gomez, who has been out too much because she needed a break realised it is not their “fault” if they right,” Fonda said. battling a number of health issues, has from work, but was excited to see how are sexually assaulted or raped. The actor, who has been a keen been noticeably away from the spotlight. things pan out in the future. The ‘Taki In an interview with a magazine, the advocate of women’s rights, confessed However, if reports are to be believed, the Taki’ singer’s last release was ‘I Can’t Get 81-year-old actor said she has gone that it took her a ‘long time to apply young singer/ actress is all set to make a Enough’, a collaboration with J Balvin, through a lot in her life and is happy feminism’ to her own life. comeback to the music scene. Tainy and Benny Blanco. that finally women are being heard. “I grew up in the 50s and it took me a At a recent event that she attended, Over the last few years, Selena was in “I’ve been raped, I’ve been sexually long time to apply feminism to my life. Selena was asked about her upcoming the news for a kidney transplant after abused as a child and I’ve been fired The men in my life were wonderful but music projects, but said she can’t talk suffering from complications due to because I wouldn’t sleep with my boss, victims of a patriarchal belief system. much about the same because she ends up Lupus, an autoimmune disorder that and I thought it was my fault, that I Eventually I decided I wasn’t going to revealing too much and subsequently gets causes damage to the body’s organs and didn’t do or say the right thing. One of give up on who I was.” into trouble. Selena also admitted that she tissues. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 32 ADVERTISEMENTS TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 ADVERTISEMENT 33

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The New Jersey Performing The group debuted their first album in Gladys Knight Arts Center (NJPAC) presents 1960, when Knight was just sixteen. With Gladys Knight with special Knight singing lead and The Pips guest Will Downing on providing lush harmonies and graceful Thursday, August 29th at 8:00 choreography, the group went on to p.m. achieve icon status, having recorded some of the most memorable songs of An evening of classic and the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. contemporary soul, R&B and To learn more about Gladys Knight, more with legendary singer and visit www. gladyknight.com 7-time GRAMMY winner Gladys Knight, and special guest Will Will Downing, The Prince Downing, music's "Prince of of Sophisticated Soul Sophisticated Soul." RAMMY-nominated song stylist Gladys Knight, 7-time Will Downing is widely known as Gthe "Prince of Sophisticated Grammy winner Soul." With a career that spans over 30 ladys Knight is a genuine living years and 21 albums, Downing's legend of American music. repertoire moves effortlessly between GDuring her illustrious career, R&B, jazz and gospel - from his signature she's earned No. 1 hits on the pop, gospel, interpretations of classics like "I Go R&B and adult contemporary charts. Crazy" and "Wishing on a Star," to Knight's singular songbook includes original hits like "A Million Ways" and timeless titles like "Midnight Train to "Sorry I" and many more. Georgia," "Neither One of Us," "License Will Downing His latest release entitled "The to Kill," "That's What Friends Are For," Promise" was released in 2018. In late and a lot more. Her most recent albums 2006, in the prime of his life, Will include "Another Journey" (her eighth Downing faced an almost unimaginable solo effort), and an inspirational gospel test. A sudden onset of a rare auto- album, "Where My Heart Belongs." immune disease threatened everything Over the last fifty years, this seven- he held dear…his health…ability to time Grammy winner has enjoyed #1 provide for his family…musical hits in Pop, Gospel, R&B and Adult gifts…quality of life…life itself. The Contemporary, and has triumphed in power of God and prayer turned film, television and live performance. everything around against all odds. Will Fall of 2015 marked the release of Downing used his considerable talents to Knight's first mainstream dance record, step boldly outside of his Prince of "Just A Little" in nearly twenty years. Sophisticated Soul persona and pour raw The song serves as lead single from her unblinking emotion into a musical twelfth studio album that she is retrospective that chronicles his journey currently on. from hospital bed, wheelchair and Knight who is a two-time Grammy return to the stage. winner in the gospel category, yet again Twelve years later, Will Downing is a embraced her gospel roots, releasing her walking, singing testimony of the power inspirational album "Where My Heart Photos / Courtesy NJPAC of faith and prayer and today he delivers Belongs", in September 2014. The album "The Promise." This release is Downing's was a major success and won an NAACP King of Pop in a concert event called Foxx, "I Wanna Be Loved." heartfelt 10-song thank you letter to God Image Award for "Outstanding Gospel "Michael Forever." Following that, She also starred as Jamie Foxx's himself for bringing him back from the Album." Knight was honored with a "Legend mother on "The Jamie Foxx Show." edge of darkness into His marvelous Christmas Season of 2014 found Award" alongside fellow recipients Knight has appeared as a guest judge on light. The Promise is an incredible Knight returning to the small screen in Earth, Wind & Fire on the BET broadcast FOX's smash hit "American Idol," and triumph and achievement on multiple the Lifetime original movie "Seasons of of the 3rd annual Soul Train Awards, has performed in the show's always star- levels. This is Will Downing's Love," a story about two lovers as they hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. studded finale. In season two of "Idol," "testimony". journey through life, love and family. In February 2011, Knight reunited with Knight famously dubbed eventual He also hosts his weekly radio show Also on the small screen, Knight Elton John, Dionne Warwick, and Stevie winner Ruben Studdard the 'Velvet "The Wind Down" which is aired on this shared her musical expertise on the first Wonder for the first time in 25 years to Teddy Bear" while she sat in the guest site and over 20 stations around the and second season of Centric's original perform their Grammy-winning song, judge's chair. world in the USA, UK, Japan, and Spain. series "Apollo Live." Joining judges "That's What Friends Are For" at an Georgia-born, Knight began To learn more about Will Downing, Doug E. 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Three years later, visit NJPAC.org or the NJPAC entertainment industry. which paid homage to the great legends she won the grand prize on television's Box Office or call No stranger to performing and light of song - Ella, Duke, Billie, Lena - as well "Ted Mack's Amateur Hour," and the 888.GO.NJPAC choreography over the course of her as the many artists who served as following year, her mother Elizabeth (888.466.5722). career, Knight raised the stakes when Knight's friends, mentors, colleagues and Knight created the group consisting of Get Social! Follow NJPAC Online: she put on her dancing shoes in the inspiration throughout her career. Gladys, her brother Bubba, her sister spring of 2012. Adding to her already impressive Brenda and her cousins William and Website: http://www.njpac.org/ The year of 2011 was a year of much collection, Knight won another Grammy Elenor Guest. They called themselves Twitter: @NJPAC recognition as Knight was both honoring for her duet with the late Ray Charles on The Pips in honor of their Hashtag: #NJPAC and being honored, first at a Michael his posthumous album Genius Loves cousin/manager, James Pip Woods. In Facebook: facebook.com/NJPAC Jackson tribute concert, and then at the Company (2005). The duo won for Best 1959, Brenda and Elenor left the group, YouTube: NJPACtv 2011 Soul Train Awards. At the Gospel Performance for their duet replaced by cousin Edward Patten and Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, "Heaven Help Us All." Knight's solo friend Langston George. The group was (Mabel Pais writes on the Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Spirituality, and Knight joined such performers as album "At Last" also won a Grammy for renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips, and Health & Wellness. 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We’ve all encountered coworkers who seem to think "more is more" when it comes to perfume. It doesn’t matter whether they are dousing themselves in a drugstore brand or Chanel: An overpowering scent is distracting – and it can even make you sick. Most of us enjoy subtle perfume, but in the workplace, be careful. If you aren’t following Ingredients proper etiquette, you might as well 500g Soft white milk fudge (khoya) have a dead fish in your office. 300gms sugar powdered ½tsp cardamom powder Less is More 1tsp cardamom seeds semi crushed The cardinal rule of perfume at 1tbsp slivered or crushed pistachios work is that a little goes a long way. A few strands of saffron If you choose to wear perfume – and 1tbsp warm milk your office allows it – use it 2 drops saffron color (optional) sparingly. Save heavy, musky and sexy scents for after work; light Method floral and citrus scents are best for Soak the saffron in warm milk. the office. A light spritz on your Crumble the milk fudge. If very hard, grate the wrists or behind your ears is fudge. Add powdered sugar and mix well. sufficient. You may also spray a Put mixture in a large heavy or nonstick pan. mist in front of you and walk Heat on medium high for few minutes. Reduce the through it to disperse the scent. flame and cook till soft and gooey. Ideally,others should only be able to scent overpowering. because they don’t realize they are Make sure to stir continuously, while on heat. smell your perfume if they come using too much. If your coworker When mixture is thick and gooey, add cardamom within a couple of feet. If coworkers Confronting Others refuses to stop bathing in her and saffron. Add the color if desired. can smell you before you enter a Telling someone she's wearing too perfume, you may need to get your Mix well, and take off fire. Allow to cool, gently room or after you leave, step away much perfume can be boss or human resources involved. turning occasionally. from the perfume bottle. excruciatingly awkward. If your Use cookie molds, or shape pedas with palms into great aunt Sally wears too much Policies patty rounds. Mix pistachios and cardamom Don’t Reapply Chanel No. 5, you may let her slide. Fragrance allergies are a serious seeds and press a bit on top of each. You applied perfume before work, But at work, you can – and should – concern in the workplace, and many If using molds, first sprinkle some at bottom. but now you can’t smell it. Or speak up, especially if the scent is employers have opted for a Take some mixture and press into mold. When set perhaps you hit that Korean joint preventing you from getting your fragrance-free environment to keep well, invert and carefully, unmold. for lunch, and now all you smell is work done. employees healthy.Before you spritz kimchi. Resist the urge to reapply Avoid bluntly telling your on that delicious-smelling scent Peach Almond Suji Halwa your perfume. Over time, our noses coworker she stinks. Instead, gently your husband bought you for your become used to smells. Even if you say you like her perfume, but you birthday, check your company’s can’t smell your fragrance are really sensitive to scents and policies. If perfume is banned, anymore, others still can. Spraying would appreciate it if she could you’ll have to save the scent for the on more can make your once-subtle wear less. Most people will comply weekend. MUSTARD OIL CAN MAKE YOU

LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL Ingredients 1/2 cup almonds, 1/2 cup suji, 2 tsp ghee, 1/2 cup It works wonders on the skin as a natural cleanser. sugar, 1 1/2 cups water, 8 peach halves, chopped, 1-2 It can be used as a make-up remover as well, peach halves, sliced for garnish making sure that it doesn't clog pores. This helps the skin to get cleansed naturally within minutes. Method Mustard oil is considered one of the best natural Blanch the almonds in boiling water for 5 ingredients for brushing and when applied with minutes, peel, and slice. Reserve lemon drops and a bit of salt, it makes your teeth Place sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to shine and become stronger. a boil. Stir to mix sugar. Simmer until suji is Think about the condition of your hair after you ready, 2-3 minutes get them styled using chemical based hair In the meantime, roast the suji in a heavy bottom products. The adverse effects on one's hair after kadhai/wok over low heat until light golden those curls and buns can be managed well with a brown. Reserve in a bowl massage of hot mustard oil. It provides adequate Heat ghee in the same wok and add the almonds nutrients to the hair and prevents situations like and roast for 2-3 minutes. Next add the suji and frizziness and hair fall. continue to roast for 1-2 minutes over low heat In case of acne and rashes, apply a few drops of Gently pour in the boiling sugar syrup, keeping mustard oil for 10-15 minutes daily. It keeps the heat to low, and stir to mix skin healthy and glowing. Increase heat to medium, and stir until the water Massaging mustard oil on your face regularly can applying the face mask at least thrice a week for is absorbed and the halwa begins to thicken and help reduce tan and lighten dark spots and best results. leave the sides of the wok pigmentation. Make a face mask by mixing Dry patchy skin is a common problem that we all Add the peaches and stir well until the halwa mustard oil with besan or gram flour, one teaspoon face during harsh winter season. One can apply a leaves the sides, 1-2 minutes of curd and a few drops of lemon juice. Mix the few drops of mustard oil and rub it along the face. Transfer peach almond suji halwa to serving dish ingredients well and apply it on your face and Let it remain for a few minutes before washing it Serve hot garnished with peach slices and neck. Wash your face after 10 to 15 minutes and try in water. The skin becomes smooth. slivered almonds THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 HEALTH 39 WANT TO LIVE LONGER? TAKE A STAND: STUDY itting down most of your waking hours is as likely to Skill you as base jumping, indicate a gaggle of studies released 3 CUPS OF COFFEE A DAY MAY this year that found sitting to be an early marker for heart disease, INCREASE MIGRAINE RISK diabetes, cancers and early death. This makes sitting a lifestyle risk rinking three or more cups of coffee daily may factor along with smoking, be associated with a higher risk of migraine, overweight, high blood pressure, Daccording to a study published on Thursday. among others. Afflicting more than one billion adults worldwide, Irrespective of how much you migraine is the third most prevalent illness in the exercise the rest of the time, world, said researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess spending a lot of time sittingups Medical Center (BIDMC) in the US. your risk of heart disease, diabetes, In addition to severe headache, symptoms of cancer and dying prematurely, migraine can include nausea, changes in mood, concluded a large review published sensitivity to light and sound, as well as visual and in the Annals of Internal Medicine auditory hallucinations. this week. It’s not enough to The study, published in the American Journal of exercise for one hour a day and be type of blood cancer), breast, and A study in American Journal of Medicine, evaluated the role of caffeinated beverages sedentary for 23 others, said the ovarian cancers. The risk for Preventive Medicine reports that as a potential trigger of migraine. study, which found people spend women remained after adjusting for fidgeting counters the adverse Led by Elizabeth Mostofsky, from the Harvard T H half their day sitting at physical activity, body weight and health impacts of sitting for long Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) in the US, the workstations or hutched over other factors. periods. The study, from the researchers found that, among patients who smartphones. There was association between University of Leeds and University experience episodic migraine, one to two servings of This study echoed the findings of sitting time and cancer risk in men, College London, found that while caffeinated beverages were not associated with a 2012 review of 18 studies that showed the study – published in women who spent time sitting headaches on that day. included 794,577 people, which had Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, ranked high on risk levels, those However, three or more servings of caffeinated found that sitting for long periods and Prevention -- of more than who fidgeted a lot while sitting had beverages may be associated with higher odds of raises the risk of diabetes, heart 146,000 men and women (69,260 men the same low risk of disease as migraine headache occurrence on that day or the disease and death. The study, and 77,462 women) who were part of active women, showed data from following day."While some potential triggers—such as published in Diabetologia, the the American Cancer Society more than 35,000 women aged 35 to lack of sleep—may only increase migraine risk, the journal of the European Cancer Prevention Study II 69 in the UK. role of caffeine is particularly complex, because it Association of the Study of Nutrition Cohort. may trigger an attack but also helps control Diabetes, also found that the risk Get smart symptoms," said Mostofsky. remained even when people met Fix it Targeting sitting time, rather physical activity guidelines. An average adult spends 50-70% of than physical activity, is the most Reduce 'ugly cholesterol' for their waking hours sitting down, effective way to reduce prolonged Trouble ahead and by limiting the time spent sitting, showed another review of stroke prevention Apart from leading to weight sitting, the risk of diabetes, heart strategies designed to reduce sitting gain, sitting down raises disease and death can be reduced. time. educing high levels of remnant cholesterol or calcification in the heart’s arteries, Breaks in sitting time improve The research, from King’s College 'ugly cholesterol' can significantly cut the risk which is an early marker of heart markers of good health, such as London, searched the current Rof stroke and myocardial infarction, suggest disease. Again, the study found no lower body weight and improve existing literature on interventions researchers. association between coronary diabetes control. that sought to reduce sitting time. In a study, published in Atherosclerosis journal, artery calcification –calcium in Even healthy adults who exercise Of the 38 interventions assessed, 23 the researchers from University of Copenhagen plaques deposited within the heart’s and sleep for eight hours each night (60 per cent) were found promising observed that levels of remnant cholesterol in the arteries that cause narrowing and should target to lower sitting time whilst 15 (39 per cent) were found to blood of adults are just as high as the amount of the obstruction of blood flow measured by two to three hours in a 12-hour be worthless. "bad" LDL cholesterol. through a heart CT scan -- and the work day, say experts. Cutting back Among things that work are There are three types of cholesterol found in the amount of exercise a person does, on sitting time -- for example, offering employees sit-stand desks blood -- remnant cholesterol or 'ugly cholesterol', suggesting too much sitting cannot standing up or moving for one to at work, keeping a record of LDL cholesterol or 'bad cholesterol' and HDL be countered by exercising. three minutes every half hour and individual sitting time, setting cholesterol or 'good cholesterol'. Sitting also shows a gender bias. fidgeting when you can’t -- should be individual goals for limiting sitting "Our results show that the amount of remnant Spending leisure time sitting raises a companion strategy to exercising time, and using prompts and cues cholesterol in the blood of adult Danes is just as women’s cancer risk by 10 per cent, an hour a day to lower risk of on smartphones and fitness gadgets high as the amount of the bad LDL cholesterol. 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[email protected] THE INDIAN PANORAMA 40 SCIENCE AND TECH TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 MICROSOFT TO TURN YOUR PHONE INTO HAND-HELD GAMING DEVICE n an apparent bid to take on the popular Nintendo gaming ISwitch, a new Microsoft patent FACEBOOK OFFERING has revealed plans for controllers that would turn your smartphone into hand-held Xbox. ‘MILLIONS’ TO PUBLISHERS According to a report in Digital Trends late Sunday, the patent FOR NEWS: REPORT shows “a charging device for acebook is reportedly in talks with news removable input modules. While publishers to offer “millions of dollars” for the there is no specific mention of the Frights to publish their material on its site. The Xbox in the application, a couple of move follows years of criticism over its growing the drawings feature all-too- monopolisation of online advertising to the detriment familiar buttons and symbols”. of the struggling news industry. Possible features for the The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that controllers include built-in Facebook representatives had told news executives speakers, a headphone jack, and that they’d pay as much as USD 3 million a year to wireless headphones support. license stories, headlines and other material. The detachable controllers in the Facebook declined to comment but confirmed that patent looks similar to the Nintendo the company is working on launching a “news tab” for Switch but a key difference with its service this fall. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Nintendo’s hybrid console is that began talking about a news section on the service in Microsoft controllers would “focus April. on enabling the Project xCloud A person familiar with the matter confirmed that video game streaming service on regions and services available in 140 Two controller-halves clip onto Facebook had approached News Corp about paying to mobile phones”. countries, Azure has the scale to either side of the phone, turning it license Wall Street Journal stories. The person According to Microsoft, Project deliver a great gaming experience into a handheld gaming console, requested anonymity because they were not xCloud’s state-of-the-art global for players worldwide, regardless of complete with everything you need authorised to speak publicly about the matter. game-streaming technology will their location. to play Xbox’s signature titles. The Journal report was not clear as to whether offer you the freedom to play on the According to the report, the “Designed for immersive Facebook was offering USD 3 million to individual device you want without being controllers featured in the landscape gaming, the controllers publishers or in total to all news organisations. locked to a particular device. Microsoft patent may make Project come with two flippers that hold Many in the news industry have long blamed Similar to Google Stadia, Project xCloud more attractive to your phone gently but securely from Facebook and Google for using their content for free xCloud would allow players to smartphone gamers. the sides, while memory-foam pads while the social network slurped up the majority of stream console and PC games to Sarang Sheth, a designer from make sure they don’t press any digital ad dollars, imperiling the news industry. their devices through Cloud. Yanko Designs, has mocked up 3D buttons,” Sheth added. “We are developing a new, game- concepts of the device using the These side flippers are ideal for specific touch input overlay that patent which was filed last month. phones with no bezel, because this provides maximum response in a “It’s pretty certain that Microsoft makes sure the controllers don’t minimal footprint for players who isn’t just taking on Google’s Stadia overlap the screen from the left or choose to play without a controller,” with its own Cloud-based gaming right. Microsoft said last year. service, but is also going gung-ho “Both halves of the controllers Microsoft has nearly 40 years of into the hardware side of things too, connect to your phone via Wi-Fi to gaming experience starting with PC with detachable controllers you can deliver a seamless gaming and is well equipped to address the clip to your phone for the most experience that’s absolutely lag- complex challenge of cloud game- portable Xbox experience ever free. They even come with their own streaming. imagined!” Sheth wrote in a blog speaker units that deliver gameplay With data centers in 54 Azure post. audio in stereo,” he wrote. Marine heatwaves a bigger threat TARDIGRADES — THE ‘INDESTRUCTIBLE’ BEINGS to coral reefs than thought arine heatwaves are a much bigger threat to MAY BE ALIVE ON MOON coral reefs than previously thought, according Mto a study that reveals a previously here may be life on the Moon after all: virtually unrecognised impact of climate change on reefs. indestructible beings that can withstand The study, published in the journal Current Biology, Textreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest shows for the first time what really happens to corals temperatures of the universe, and decades without during marine heatwaves. food. The researchers from the University of New South These terrifying-sounding creatures aren’t aliens Wales (UNSW) in Australia also reveal that it's not just but in fact microscopic Earthlings known as coral animals that are affected—their skeletons start to tardigrades, who likely survived a crash landing on decay within weeks, too. the lunar surface by Israel’s Beresheet probe in April, This means that the three-dimensional (3D) coral the organisation responsible for their trip said framework which provides home to many other Tuesday. animals on the reef is also at risk, they said. The researchers suggest that severe heatwave- Based on an analysis of the spacecraft’s trajectory In 2016, the team's research showed that just a 0.5 induced mortality events should therefore be and the composition of the device the micro-animals degree Celsius increase in ocean temperature changes considered a distinct biological phenomenon, with were stored in, “we believe the chances of survival for the extent of mortality that happens in coral during more direct damage different from coral bleaching. the tardigrades...are extremely high,” Nova Spivack, bleaching. "Until now, we have described coral bleaching as an founder of the Arch Mission Foundation, told AFP. In the new study, the team found that severe marine event where the symbiotic relationship between coral The non-profit is dedicated to spreading backups of heatwaves not only trigger bleaching events as we have and its microbes breaks down and corals lose their human knowledge and Earth’s biology throughout known them—a breakdown of symbiosis—but in fact main source of nutrition, and the coral can die if the the Solar System, a quest it likens to the creation of can lead to heat-induced mortality of the coral animal symbiosis is not restored," said Associate Professor an “Encyclopedia Galactica” as a gift to the future. itself. Tracy Ainsworth from UNSW. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 BIZ AND FINANCE 41 Saudi Aramco to invest $75 billion in Reliance’s oil to chemicals business: Ambani NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s Reliance Industries Ltd is set to sell a 20% stake in its oil to chemicals business to Saudi Aramco in one of the largest ever foreign investments DIGITAL PUSH: JIO FIBER in the country, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani said. “(This is) the biggest foreign LAUNCH ON SEPT 5 investment in the history of MUMBAI (TIP): Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Reliance.” Ambani said at the Monday announced the rollout of ‘Jio Fiber’ from company’s annual general meeting September 5, promising free voice calls for life from in India’s financial capital Mumbai. landlines, 100 Mbps minimum broadband speed at Addressing the 42nd Annual subscription starting from Rs 700 a month and free HD General Meeting of the RIL, TV set on a commitment to an annual plan. Ambani said that Aramco would Speaking at the 42nd annual general meeting supply 500,000 barrels per day of (AGM), Reliance Industries’ Chairman and Managing crude oil to Reliance refineries. Director Mukesh Ambani said Jio will also offer The deal is subject to due Middle Eastern oil giants like capacity to produce gasoline and unlimited international calling pack from its diligence, definitive agreements Aramco have been expanding into other fuels. landlines to the US and Canada at Rs 500 a month, and and regulatory and other approvals, downstream operations as they seek Meanwhile, Saudi Aramco that default tariff plans will be one-fifth to one-tenth of Ambani said. to move from being pure producers reported first-half net income of existing market tariffs. Saudi Aramco, is a national to becoming more integrated $46.9 billion on Monday, down from “Voice calls from home to any Indian operator— petroleum and natural gas company energy companies. $53.02 billion a year earlier. mobile or fixed—will be absolutely free forever. On based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It Aramco has been targeting By comparison, Apple Inc, the fixed-line international voice calling, we are today is one of the largest companies in refining deals in India since at least world’s most profitable listed ending the era of high international calling rates on the world by revenue, and is said to last year, when Chief Executive company, made $31.5 billion in landline by announcing the lowest fixed line rates for be the most profitable company in Officer Amin Nasser told reporters the first six months of its financial international calling,” he said. the world. that the firm wanted to double year. Ambani said the average fixed-line download speed in the US, which is the most developed economy, was around 90 Mbps whereas in India, even the most basic Uber freezes hiring of US Jio Fiber plan starts with 100 Mbps speed. “We have In US-China trade war, plans all the way up to 1 Gbps or 1,000 Mbps. This will improve the quality of fixed-line data in India,” he tech staff, seeks to cut costs said. ber Technologies Inc. said it instituted a Europe a collateral hiring freeze for employees working on Govt may permit 100 per cent Usoftware and services across the US and Canada, as the ride-hailing company faces damage FDI in contract manufacturing mounting losses. An Uber spokesman said Friday that the San NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is working on Francisco-based company has put a pause on a proposal to allow 100 per cent FDI in contract hiring new software engineers and product manufacturing with a view to attract overseas managers. Those teams had exceeded their investments, sources said. hiring goals for the year, he said. The freeze will According to the existing foreign investment policy, not include workers in Uber’s freight or 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) is autonomous vehicles businesses. permitted in the manufacturing sector under the “We are continuing to aggressively hire talent, automatic route. A manufacturer is also allowed to sell including many engineers, all over the world,” products manufactured in India through wholesale the spokesman said. “We temporarily hit pause and retail channels, including through e-commerce, on some teams while we ensure we’re being both without government's approval. effective and efficient in staffing against our "The current policy does not talk about contract strategic priorities.” manufacturing and it is not clearly defined in the The decision, earlier reported by Yahoo ike a sleek Mercedes crunched between two freight policy. Big technology companies across the world are Finance, comes after a painful second quarter trucks, Europe’s economy is being knocked off course going for this, so there is a need for a clarification on for Uber. The company missed revenue Lby the conflict between the U.S. and China over trade. the matter which government is considering expectations and posted a $5.24 billion net loss, The bill for damages from the U.S-China collision could be positively," they said. The commerce and industry its biggest ever. The stock is down 11% from its painfully high, starting this week if new growth figures on ministry is working on a proposal that would be May initial public offering price. Last week, Wednesday show that Europe’s economic motor, Germany, is finalised soon and sent for Union Cabinet's approval. Uber said it was cutting 400 marketing stalled or shrinking. Beyond that, economists say there are Commenting on the proposal, Rajat Wahi, Partner, employees around the world. Along with the signs that years of jobs growth since the depths of the Great Deloitte India, said the move if approved by the hiring freeze, the moves suggest Uber is being Recession and the eurozone debt crisis may be ending. government will give a boost to the manufacturing more cautious about headcount after years of And if the trade wars escalate to include higher U.S. tariffs sector. rapid growth. on cars made in Europe, the picture could look even worse. The heart of the matter is Germany, Europe’s largest economy and a key trade partner of both the U.S. and China. Almost half the German economy - 47%, according to World Bank estimates - comes from trade as its companies play a dominant role in global markets for luxury autos and complex industrial machinery. Supply chains from Germany extend into neighboring countries as well, while German profits are often invested in factories in places like Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. Great for Germany and Europe when trade is booming — but it means Germany remains more vulnerable than less open economies such as Portugal or France to a slowdown in global trade in goods and services. And that is what’s happening. German has spewed wretched economic data for weeks: an 8% annual fall in exports in June, a 1.5% drop in industrial production in June from the month before, three times bigger than expected. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 42 ASTROLOGY TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

Shree Ganeshaya Namah

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The Indian Panorama brings you Weekly and Birthday Horoscope from the World's most trusted astrologer Bejan Daruwalla. Latest correct prediction: Modi's historic victory Weekly Horoscope - August 19 - August 25, 2019 ARIES: Ganesha says there is also kudos from LEO: There are many maudlin thoughts though SAGITTARIUS: You will focus on larger, global all phase for your phenomenal efforts. Your and you look for an escape from the drudgery issues and social concerns that encompass the prestige is at an all time high. You may also be called life. You get indulgent and obsessive. You welfare of others. You realise that the world is one spending recklessly and may have to tighten your cannot make up your mind and yet you listen to family and you need to share with others. Your purse strings. Keep modest and treat everyone, no one. There are roadblocks, obstacles and performance is high pitched and you are in a the big and the small, equally. You want to reduce potholes ahead but there are also rewards, position to be large hearted and generous. goals and priorities, think and plan for the future, returns and revenues. You spend a lot and Ganesha is with you all the way. You will concern as you re-assess the manner in which your life is surround yourself with goodies. You are yourself with your own advancement rather than shaping. surrounded by love but you are still searching for the welfare of others. TAURUS: The pace is hectic and there are it. CAPRICORN: There is a shift in the wind this many expenses. You are kept on your toes. There VIRGO: Ganesha gives you just about period. You realise that you need to get a bit more is a strong indication of visits to hospitals. You everything you want and yet you don't see it. You selfish and do something for yourself before may be attending to sick relatives and, probably, are wearing blinkers on your eyes are closed. thinking about the world. You are pushed to even checking in yourself. This is the time to take There is travel, romance, marriage, attain, achieve and show the world your true stock of the situation and adopt preventive collaborations, financial gains, family potential. You are upwardly mobile. There could measures. Do not allow the body to break down. reconciliations. Your plate is filled with be a promotion or a raise, a job change or switch, Do not ignore the warning signals. Take care, opportunity. Glory, achievements and gains just even a new line of work. There will be definite suggested Ganesha. share you in the face. With some effort and risk gains but take care not to be too critical of other GEMINI: There are many emotional moments taking, some courage and daring, a few brilliant people or their methods. in this phase. You look back at life, at all that you and inspired moves, you will strike gold. AQUARIUS: You have earned the respect of have missed out, and are filled with regret and LIBRA: With a little effort, there are amazing others. Now don't lose it with arrogance. Keep sadness. You feel that you could have done a much results. Colleagues and workmates help out and your temper in check and watch your words. Take better job of life with better planning. But there is share the burden. The domestic scene also calls for deep breaths and count to ten before retaliating. no use crying over spilt milk and living with some effort. This is indeed an interesting period One stray word can make you lose out on all the regrets you can do nothing about. Ganesha but take care not to burn out. Your mind doesn't gains made so far. You also make contact with old suggests that you ensure that mistakes are not play any more games and you get clear and friends and share tender moments with your repeated. focused. You know what is to be done and you do it. partner. There is travel, more money and a new CANCER: Everyone makes mistakes. Even I SCORPIO: You have the energy and the focus love. Way to go, says Ganesha. have; it is the way of all life. You can't do much and so there is a very good chance of success. PISCES: You are now busy with the daily grind, in the mood you are in. You may even feel that Expenses mount, and the party circuit and new the mundane areas of life. You make superhuman you have married the wrong person and could love ensure that your spare time is used well. efforts at your job / work / profession. There is end up in a downward and negative spiral of Finance plays an important role in your life now. little time and scope for entertainment and futile thought process. Make the most of what Loans, funds, capital formation will all keep your extravagance. It is time for sincere hard work. You you have and plan for a better tomorrow. This hands full. So will social work, serving others and want to do more, achieve more. You could be also may be the time to improve your self-image. Self reaching out to those in need. All the P's - pets, plagued by a sense of isolation, of loneliness, of pity is useless, underscores Ganesha. Get a move projects, pastimes and protégés will keep you being on your own in a hard and cruel, perhaps on. occupied. even hostile environment.

Birthday Horoscope August 19 - August 25, 2019 bringing a sudden change. Don't make money decisions, however, without clear vision or if AUG 19: Ganesha says if there's an edge of the traction in the day even though the Moon is in you're not sure. day, it might be your urge to take a risk or try your sign. Once energy picks up later this AUG 24: You might spend this weekend day something different. It's okay to take a chance afternoon, your mood may already be set in a tooling around your own neighbourhood, on a breakthrough, but don't bet more than passive or lethargic mode. enjoying the day's easy pleasures and friendly you can lose. AUG 22: The Moon is all about money and companions. If there are money talks, expect a AUG 20: Love may feel deeper and more possessions, bringing recent activities to a resolution by late tonight. intimate than you'd expected as feelings in a conclusion, perhaps urgently; but passion with AUG 25: Expect trouble in a relationship, or relationship become more intimate. Don't let a partner may override problems and bring in your feelings about it, early this morning. cross or confusing feelings later throw off this a trusting union. Doubt, regret, rebuke, or denial may make you passion. AUG 23: Recent financial activities resurface in feel unsupported. Later, a fair judgement or AUG 21: It might be hard for you to find new ways, perhaps requiring sudden action or advisor can right wrongs. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 SPIRITUALITY 43

estivals are the celebration of togetherness in India. They play an Fimportant role to build a better society, where positive values flourish and the spirit of co-operation prevails. There are many auspicious days in India, which are celebrating by Indians with a RAKSHA BANDHAN lot of zest and spirit. Rakhi Purnima or Rakha Bandhan is one of them. It is known by various names; Vish Trak - the destroyer of venom, Punya Pradayak- the best ower of boons and the Pap nashak- the destroyer of sins. In the Indian mythology, a full moon day is considered to be an auspicious day. Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi falls on a full moon day in the month of Shravana (August) according to the Hindu lunisolar calendrer. All Hindus do land up to celebrate Raksha Bandhan through-out the world, mainly in India, Nepal and some regions of Pakistan. Raksha Bandhan is known by the different names in different regions of India. The rituals may differ a little from region to region but generally carry the same aura. For the farmers, it is celebrated as "Kajri Purnima". On this day, they started sowing wheat and pray to god for good crops and in the costal- regions of India this day is celebrated as "Narayali Purnima". The day is devoted to the God Indra (God of rain), and the God Varuna (God of sea). Raksha Bandhan has a deep rooted through cards and e-mails. historical significance. There are many The festival of rakhi brings entire legends linked with the past of Hindu family together and strengthens the religion. According to the Hindu bond of love and affection between the mythology, it is believed that on every siblings. A life long promise is made by Shravana Purnima day the deity the brothers on this day is the essence of Yamuna used to tie a sacred thread on brother and sister relationship. Thus it is Yama's (God of death) wrist. Yama was a symbol of purity of relationship so impressed and touched by the serenity between them. of this custom that he declared, who ever got a rakhi tied from his sister would Meaning of Raksha Bandhan become immortal. From that day the The festival is made up of two words, traditional has been performed by the namely "Raksha" and "Bandhan." As per people. Another legend is related to the the Sanskrit terminology, the occasion Mahabharata. means "the tie or knot of protection" In Mahabharata, there is an incident where "Raksha" stands for the protection where Lord Krishna was hurt during the and "Bandhan" signifies the verb to tie. war with king Shishupal, and left with Together, the festival symbolizes the bleeding finger. At that moment, eternal love of brother-sister Draupati had torn a piece of cloth and relationship which does not mean just tied around his wrist to stop bleeding. the blood relationships only. It is also Krishna was touched by her gesture and celebrated among cousins, sister and promised to reply her love and devotion sister-in-law (Bhabhi), fraternal aunt in future, whenever she needs that. The (Bua) and nephew (Bhatija) and other legend of mighty king Bali and the deity such relations. Laxmi (Goddess of wealth) is also a popular one. Importance But the story of Rani Karnavati and Hinduism- The festival is mainly Emperor Humayun is the most celebrated by the Hindus in the northern significant evidence in history related and western parts of India along with with this festival. Rani Karnavati, a countries like Nepal, Pakistan and widow queen of the king Chittor sent a Mauritius. rakhi to Emperor Humayun with a Jainism- The occasion is also revered request to save her dignity. The Emperor by the Jain community where Jain Humayun touched by the gesture and priests give ceremonial threads to the started with his troops without wasting devotees. any time to save her honour but before Sikhism- This festival devoted to the he reached there, rani performed Joher brother-sister love is observed by the PAGE SPONSORED BY and sacrificed her life. Sikhs as "Rakhardi" or Rakhari. Thus, Raksha Bandhan is an ancient ARISH K. SAHANI Hindu festival, means "a knot of Reason for the celebration protection", a symbolic renewal of one of The festival of Raksha Bandhan is Serving Since 1972 the most beautiful emotion in humans. observed as a symbol of duty between Please Call or Write for Your Insurance Needs On this auspicious day, as per the brothers and sisters. The occasion is tradition sister worship the God and ties meant to celebrate any type of brother- Arish K Sahani (Father) a sacred thread on her brother's right sister relationship between men and wrist and prays for his prosperous women who may not be biologically Shiv Sahani (Son) future. It exhibits her love and affection related. for her brother and in the return brother On this day,a sister ties a rakhi around Priya Sahani Sood (Daughter) ritually pledges to protect, guard and the wrist of her brother in order to pray guide her through her thick and thins for for his prosperity, health and well-being. 7 1 8 - 2 7 1 - 1 9 0 6 the rest of his life and blesses her with The brother in return offers a gifts and [email protected] good wishes. They also exchanges gifts promises to protect his sister from any and enjoy the day. Now a days, as the life harm and under every circumstance. “If Hindus don’t maintain Hinduism, who shall save it?” style of the people has been changing, The festival is also celebrated between the sisters and brothers who are living brother-sister belonging to distant “If India’s own children don't cling to their faith, who shall guard it?” away from each other send their wishes family members, relatives or cousins. “Indians alone can save India, and India and Hinduism are one.” THE INDIAN PANORAMA 44 INDIANS ABROAD TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

Indian Origin Tracy Resident Indian-Origin Family Killed in Convicted of Visa Small Plane Crash in Philadelphia Fraud and PHILADELPHIA (TIP): An Indian American doctor couple and their Aggravated teenage daughter were killed when their small plane crashed in backyards Identity Theft in a Montgomery County, SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): A Pennsylvania, neighborhood shortly federal jury convicted Abhijit after takeoff on Aug 8 morning. Prasad of 21 counts of visa fraud Dr Jasvir Khurana, 60, a Temple and two counts of aggravated University doctor, his wife, 54-year-old identity theft. U.S. Attorney David Dr Divya Khurana, a Drexel University Anderson for the Northern District doctor and their daughter, Kiran of California and U.S. Attorney Khurana were all on board a single- McGregor W. Scott for the Eastern engine Beechcraft Bonanza at District of California made the Northeast Philadelphia Airport. Jasvir announcement. The verdict was Khurana, who had a pilot's license, was handed down August 5 after a one- the pilot of the aircraft. week trial before Charles R. Breyer, Dr. Jasvir Khurana was a pathologist United States District Judge. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is According to the evidence at affiliated with Temple University trial, Prasad, 52, of Tracy, filed 19 Hospital. He received his medical petitions for H-1B nonimmigrant degree from All India Institute of visas containing false statements, Medical Sciences and has been in Dr Jasvir Khurana, 60, was a Temple University doctor, his wife, 54-year-old Dr Divya Khurana, made under penalty of perjury, as practice for more than 20 years. Divya was a Drexel University doctor to purported work projects to be S. Khurana was a pediatric neurologist performed at locations in at St. Christopher's Hospital for University College of Medicine. Kiran, year from Harriton High School in California, including Cisco Children and a professor at Drexel their younger daughter, graduated last Bryn Mawr. Systems. The evidence at trial showed that Cisco had no expectation that the foreign workers who were the beneficiaries Indian Student's Boyfriend Sues Utah State of the visa petitions would actually work at Cisco on an existing work project. The evidence at trial University over her Suicide further showed that the defendant UTAH (TIP): A complaint was filed in litigation, Utah State University is knowingly submitted forged Cisco federal court last week involving the limited in what it can say. The facts documents to United States suicide death of Jerusha Sanjeevi. should, and will ultimately guide, the Citizenship and Immigration onetime Ph. D candidate of Indian origin outcome of this matter, and it is grossly Services in support of his claims at Utah State University's Psychology inaccurate to say that USU did nothing. that the beneficiaries would work Department. Over a period of several months, USU at Cisco. The evidence at trial also The lawsuit, filed by Matthew Bick, faculty in the combined showed that Prasad fraudulently her boyfriend and personal clinical/counseling psychology program used the digital signature of a representative in the complaint, names and other administrators worked to Cisco employee, who was not USU, plus students and staff from the address Ms. Sanjeevi's reports of authorized to sign Cisco school's Psychology department - bullying and the interpersonal conflict employment documents, to create a including assistant professor Melissa between the students in the doctorate document that would leave the Tehee, Clinical Assistant Professor program. They intervened in a manner impression that two of the H-1B (Emeritus) Carolyn Barcus, and that was consistent with the graduate workers had an existing work Professor Gretchen Peacock, and Ph.D. program's educational objectives and project at Cisco. Prasad obtained candidates Tamara Barrett and Amanda with Ms. Sanjeevi's requests. two of the H-1B visas using this Blume - as defendants. As noted in the complaint: faculty fraudulent document that purports According to the lawsuit, Psychology members directly engaged with Ms. to be a fully executed Cisco department allowed Sanjeevi to be Sanjeevi and the other student in contract. verbally abused, intimidated and response to allegations of social Judge Breyer scheduled Prasad's subjected to discrimination by other exclusion and gossip, monitored the sentencing hearing for October 16, students, leading to her suicide in April Jerusha Sanjeevi was a Ph. D candidate at situation and proactively reached out to 2019. Prasad faces a maximum 2017. Utah State University's Psychology students to check on their well-being, Department statutory penalty of 10 years in But USU denied the allegation saying and reassigned labs and mentors. The prison and a $250,000 fine for the that 'it is grossly inaccurate to say that She was a promising student, and her Office of Equity also provided training visa fraud. He faces a two-year USU did nothing.' death tremendously affected her fellow on respectful interactions in a mandatory prison sentence and a "Jerusha Sanjeevi's suicide was a students, as well as staff and faculty in professional environment to Ms. $250,000 fine for the aggravated tragic event that had a huge impact on the department. It is inappropriate to Sanjeevi's entire student cohort " Utah identity theft counts. the Utah State University Psychology wage litigation through media, and as State University officials posted on the Department and on our entire university. with all student matters and pending school's website.

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ituated along the convergence of Ganga and Chandrabhaga, SRishikesh on the foothills of Himalayas is the hub of many ancient temples, popular cafes, yoga ashrams and adventure sports. Rishikesh is the most beautiful blend of spiritual and adrenaline pumping experiences. With Whitewater Rafting industry growing and a number of camping and cafe spots springing up, Rishikesh has grown immensely as a favourite, catering to people with different needs. Rishikesh, over the years, has become extremely popular as the top spiritual destination in the world, especially after the Beatles association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi here in the late '60s. As it lies on the holy banks of river Ganga, this place has been a hub of Sadhus (saints) and there are numerous ashrams teaching spirituality, yoga, meditation and Ayurveda. With the tourists coming in, there has been a surge in the number of cafes and restaurants in the town and there a lot of cafes serving English and American food and beverages. However, in the last few years, Rishikesh has also been developed as the hub of Adventure Sports in India as there is a multitude of options including White Water Rafting, foothills of the mighty Himalayas. The Bungee Jumping, Flying Fox, Mountain Ashram is renowned as an important Biking, etc. here. It also serves as the institution that preserves Hindu gateway to many Himalayan treks and is literature since it houses the Gita, which used as a popular camping site. symbolizes the Hindu Vedas and epics. Rishikesh is a must visit for everyone The Geeta Bhawan is visited by a large visiting India to truly experience number of people each year, who flock to something new. here to take a dip in the holy waters of Rishikesh is believed to be the holiest the Ganges, listen to the discourses and place for Hindu pilgrims. The numerous meditate. temples, the holy ghats, and the serene Other than airy and large discourse ambiance provide a natural calmness to halls, the ashram also has over one the body and soul. The land of yogis, thousand rooms that are available free of Rishikesh is popular for the several yoga cost for the devotees to stay at. The pious ashrams present in the city. Visited by devotees are also served with simple numerous people worldwide, the yoga vegetarian food and Indian sweets at camps is Rishikesh are known to nominal prices during their stay at the rejuvenate the tourists and help them Geeta Bhawan. Be it a mere two-hour break free from the stress of daily life. visit to the ashram, or a stay there for a From the evening arti in the Triveni few days, the experience imbues the Ghat to the simple culture of the devotee with tranquillity, peace and ashrams, exploring Rishikesh is a treat devotion. to the mind and a trip to the inner self. The visitors gladly indulge in the devotion of the River Ganges every Adventure Activities evening, and the bathing ghats in front of Rishikesh is also a brilliant spot for the Geeta Bhawan offer them with an white water rafting. Other adventure opportunity to take a holy dip in its activities include mountain biking, waters. The ancient Banyan tree that is In fact, the ghat is considered to be the during May 1944 while escaping the canyoning and even bungee jumping. located within the complex is also cremation ground for the great Lord prison in Dehradun. They traversed the However, the rates and availability differ worthy of notice since this spot has been Krishna. Along with the holy dips, the Aglar valley followed by going over Nag from season to season. the site of penance for numerous saints. devotees also make offerings to the river Tibba ridge, they ultimately arrived at All in all, the Geeta Bhawan comes in the form of milk, while feeding the Nelang in Jadh Ganga. From there on, Neelkantha Mahadeva Temple across as a place that is overflowing with fishes in the Ghat too. they proceeded further towards Naga, Neelkanth Mahadev Temple is religious fervour and calmness, and is a Sonam, Dosindhu, TIrpani and finally dedicated to Shiva as Neelkanth is his must visit while in Rishikesh. Jadh Ganga Trek Pulamsunda. They, then ascended another name. This temple is located Since past many years, the region and upwards along the first tributary of around 7km from Swarg Ashram and the Triveni Ghat the trail has been able to maintain its Jadh, the Mendi, to reach Tsangchok La, route is a 3 hour long walk along a forest Situated on the banks of the holy river raw beauty accompanied by virginity which they crossed seven after leaving path. Ganges, Triveni Ghat is the biggest ghat and tranquility of the place. The gushing Dehradun. in Rishikesh. 'Maha Aarti' happens every streams, pristine glaciers and splendid Another kind of adventure awaits you Geeta Bhawan evening at Triveni Ghat. landscape adds charm to the beauty of if you decide to go further towards Mana Also popularly known as the Guru Shri Triveni Ghat plays an essential role in this already beautiful place. Pass and Saraswati Tal and finally Ram Sukh Daasji, the Geeta Bhawan is a Hindu Mythology and is also mentioned Regarded as one of the most strenuous terminating the trek at Badrinath vast and spacious complex that is located in the epics Ramayan and Mahabharat. and difficult trek of north Uttarakhand, Temple. Tiring yet exhilarating, the trek on the banks of the river Ganga in The Triveni Ghat is also where the the route of Jadh Ganga Trek was taken is an experience you will cherish Swargashram in Rishikesh, at the chattri of Lord Krishna was constructed. by Heinrich Harrer and his companions throughout your life. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 MISCELLANY 47 BERA REQUESTS INFORMATION Tulsi Gabbard to ON IMPLEMENTATION OF report for active TRAVEL BAN WAIVER PROCESS duty for 2 weeks WASHINGTON (TIP): They continued: "We have Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), identified serious issues in Chairperson of the the implementation of the Judiciary's Subcommittee travel ban waiver regime on Immigration and and are exploring legislative Citizenship, and Indian solutions to address these American Rep. Ami Bera (D- issues. As the impact of the CA), Chairman of the travel ban continues to Foreign Affairs affect our constituents in a Subcommittee on Oversight seemingly haphazard and Investigations, on Aug 5 manner, we write to request sent a letter to Acting further clarification of its Secretary of Homeland implementation, including Security Kevin McAleenan how your Departments I love being able to serve our country in so many ways and Secretary of State administer the waiver including as a soldier,"Tulsi said. Michael Pompeo requesting process." clarification on its This letter sets a clear implementation of the deadline for Homeland WASHINGTON (TIP): Tulsi Gabbard, waiver process under the Security and State Democrat from Hawaii and presidential candidate, travel ban. Department compliance. will be taking a two-week absence from her They wrote, "We remain Both Departments must campaign Monday to report for active duty with deeply concerned by the submit all documents the Hawaiian Army National Guard in Indonesia, initial and ongoing impact requested by August 23. she said in an interview with CBSN's Caitlin Huey- of this extraordinary ban on This letter follows up on Burns. "I'm stepping off of the campaign trail for a U.S. citizens and residents, previous correspondence couple of weeks and putting on my army uniform as well as their loved ones with the State Department to go on a joint training exercise mission in who remain overseas while Representative Ami Bera with Rep. Zoe-Lofgren has on this issue. In April, Indonesia," she said. Gabbard has also taken two subject to the travel ban's sought clarification on its implementation of the waiver Chairs Lofgren and Bera, weeks off to report for active service in 2017. restrictions. We continue to process under the travel ban. along with the Chairmen of "I love our country. I love being able to serve our have serious concerns the House Foreign Affairs country in so many ways including as a soldier," regarding the implementation of the waiver process Committee and House Judiciary Committee, Eliot she said. "And so while some people are telling me, at the Departments of Homeland Security and State, Engel and Jerrold Nadler, sent a letter requesting like gosh this is a terrible time to leave the and the role of the Bureau of Consular Affairs in this data on how many individuals have received waivers campaign, can't you find a way out of it? You know process in determining who may enter the United to the travel ban as well as guidance on its that's not what this is about." States, when, and under what conditions." implementation. Reader’s comment

I Laud Prime Minister Tharoor were irrelevant and Don't let your communal based on the individual's rights and not on insignificant. So far there is no communal lines. Don't let your communal Modi for the bold reaction from the US and the politics make you politics make you communal in your action Western world. Even China has kept communal in your responses. Ven Parameswaran mum. Pakistan bribed China by Protests will begin unless Modi acts like ceding a part of its occupied Azad responses evil China's repressive regime in Tiananmen laud Modi for Kashmir. Pakistan is shocked that it Mike Ghouse Square. Thank God, 66% of Indians are still utmost secrecy. is isolated. So far there is peace. Modi and Shah scraped civil and democratic and respect the INobody knew. Modi seems to have done his the article 370 of the constitution and the rule of law. It was a pleasant homework and sent additional 35,000 constitution giving I always think of women in India - Men surprise to India forces. exclusive rights to the state invariably beat them, treat them as inferior, and the world Pakistan will try to schedule a of Kashmir, and it was the and force them to remain silent. Finally, I am blinked. I am glad meeting of the Security Council. need of that day when glad women spoke up and are restoring sense officially Jammu India must use its diplomacy to Pakistan attacked if justice among men. Thanks to our and Kashmir prevent this. If Pak succeeds, India Kashmir, and it chose to seek the protection founding fathers for respectfully accepting including Ladakh/Aksai Chin are should send the most competent of India. The law was passed to protect their the protests without crushing them like the now fully integrated with India. I did representative to argue. India can rights until a referendum was organized to British did it in Jalianwala Bagh. not like the Special Status (370). count on Soviet veto. Pakistan let the people decide what they want to do. All because our founding fathers honored India has expended unlimited China veto. It may be in the interest In a democracy, the states have the rights, their God-given right to protest. If women resources in Kashmir but the of the US not to have a meeting. and the federal institution cannot bully them were prevented from speaking up, they would Kashmiris have not been The US still has no official into obedience against their will. If you break have continued to live in oppression by men. accountable encouraging maximum ambassador, I think. the law once, you break it again, and in the No people on the earth should be denied their corruption. It is a disgrace that In any case, Modi has neutralized end, it is dangerous to all. Kashmir is no right to protest. Without protest, democracy India was careless all these years. the Khan-Trump White House different than Gujarat (when Modi was CM) dies, and in the end, all of us will lose our Kashmir can be the Switzerland of meeting. India has denied what Tamil Nadu or Bengal in going against the freedoms. Asia. I am in favor of freedom for Trump said on mediation. In federal government. Those who oppose protestors tend to be investors to invest in Kashmir. All Washington which diplomacy will I am reading comments across the board- oppressors themselves and insecure. these 72 years, non-Kashmiris were succeed -- India or Pakistan? and have this to say to my friends in India. Civilized people can deal with conflicts not allowed to buy properties or Trump, I think will be careful Don't let your bias towards anyone make you through dialogue; animals resolve their invest. because Trump has the largest unjust, and you would become an ugly person disputes by forcing others to through brut On Tuesday, that is today, the Lok foreign investment in India. if you are unfair. If you stick to justice for all, power. Sabha will steamroll the new bill and (Scarboro , NY based Ven Parameswaran you cannot go wrong. All the problems we (Washington based Mike Ghouse is President, status of Kashmir. is a retired UN official and a contributor have in society are due to injustice. Center for Pluralism and an author . He blogs at Utterances of Chidambaram and to publications) Learn to talk about the people of India www.AmericanMuslimAgenda.com ) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 48 TURN PAGE TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 contd from page 1 people who demanded strong action against the Indian community is very important to us - they Congressman which included demonstrations in front of contribute to the growth of the township and we are out Congressman Tom... his office in New York and in Washington, his boycott, and here supporting you the way we've supported our community which has always helped in his campaigns complaining against him to Democratic and India caucus. community.I think it's the right place to be and I'm thrilled and made it possible for him to move on the political The Congressman has surely created an ugly situation to be here." said East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen. ladder. with hid thoughtless action for which he alone is "It takes many people to bring this event together. My The Congressman Tom Suozzi met with the Indian responsible. It surely is not in his interest to antagonize a team of Trustees, Chandrakant Patel, Mahesh Shah, American community Aug 11 at Apna Ghar in Hicksville whole community which has been supportive of him Manher Shah, the dozens and dozens of volunteers, our to explain his letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo always. many sponsors, and the organizations that we work with," which was viewed by Indian American community as anti- said IBA President Dhiren Amin. "It is a diverse group of India. The furious community leaders demanded that the New Jersey’s Indian... people with a common purpose." Congressman retract the letter and apologize. included over a dozen floats, ethnic bands, dance groups, Diversity and inclusion were running themes of the However, the Congressman rejected the demand of and representatives from over 100 New Jersey based event. "Well I'm here at the parade and I've been here since Indian American community that he retract the letter. He organizations. There was also a cultural show which was the first parade we've ever had in Edison. I support the defended his writing the letter to Pompeo commenting on held at the end of the parade route and featured a number Independence Day for India; I support that the IBA does the situation in Kashmir consequent upon abrogation of of local artists. Governor Phil Murphy, who joined this every year and they have a long history of doing a Article 370. He said he was approached by some of his Sunday's festivities, acknowledged the Indian American great parade for the people. And that's what this is all constituents who said they were not able to contact their community's contributions to the State. "New Jersey is about- it's about inclusion, it's about getting everybody families in Kashmir valley, as all communication links proud to be home to one of America's largest, most deeply together. It's about understanding other ethnicities and were snapped. He said his letter was prompted to know US rooted Indian-American communities. The many faces of what their cultures are like and it's so important that we administration's view on the situation . He regretted his our Indian American community enrich our state in blend together. That's what makes us so strong," said quoting a New York Times report which spoke of Indian countless ways. I was honored to march alongside our Assemblyman Robert Karabinchak. highhandedness in Kashmir. His explanation did not Indian-American brothers and sisters during the India His sentiments were echoed by Middlesex County satisfy the gathered Indian American community. Some Day Parade and celebrate the strong bond between New Sheriff Mildred Scott. said they will have nothing to do with Tom. Some others Jersey and India," said Governor Murphy. "I'm here today to support the Indian Community and said the meeting was fixed by those who were out to defend With official estimates placing the crowd size at a little the IBA for everything they do. I think [parades] affect Tom. Later, when the Congressman went to Queens to under 45,000, the parade was the largest yet, according to community in a large way. Sometimes people don't realize participate in an India Day parade, he had to face the ire of organizers. "We just got to make sure we keep it strong- the there's different diversities and something like this does the Indian American community.When he was confronted more people we get, it gets bigger year and year and we're bring it out so show there's different diversities. And you by some, including the Indian National Overseas Congress excited to be a part of it. So anything we can do to help meet and you greet, and you have an opportunity to talk General Secretary Rajinder Dischpally, he walked away continue that we're more than happy and invested to do it," and talk about different cultures," she said. from the parade. said Edison Council President Alvaro Gomez. Later, on August 12, the congressman, issued the "I support IBA, the IBA is great for the Indian Trump has made it clear... following statement to explain his position. community.This parade is fabulous, and just watching the offer to mediate on Jammu and Kashmir is dependent "On Sunday, I met with 100 of my Indian-American fans, spectators or whatever you want to call them, and you on both India and Pakistan accepting it. Since India has constituents regarding my recent letter to Secretary can see how much it means to them. You can see the not accepted the offer of mediation, he has made it clear Pompeo expressing my concerns about recent passion in the community and thinking of back home. You that this is not on the table anymore," Shringla told Fox developments in Kashmir. Based upon my meeting it is can just hear it and see it and feel it when you're walking News. On July 22, during his joint media appearance with clear that it was a mistake to not consult with some of my home," said Edison Mayor Thomas Lankey. Woodbridge Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House, Indian American friends and supporters before I sent the Mayor John McCormac joined Mr.Lankey in his praise for President Trump stunned India by saying that Prime letter. I should have. I am sorry. If I had met with them the parade and spoke of the similarities between the Minister Narendra Modi sought his mediation/arbitration before sending the letter,I would have framed my concerns democracies of the United States and India. on the Kashmir issue. differently. " Throughout my career in public service, I There were many familiar faces, including India asserted that no such request was made by Modi to have been an ardent supporter of India, their sovereignty, Congressman Frank Pallone. "I always come for the Indian the US President and all issues would have to be resolved and have always stood with them in their fight against Day Parade because this is a great opportunity to celebrate with Islamabad bilaterally. A week later, Trump said he terrorism. The US-India relationship will be one of our the Indian American Community and see all the clothes, would "certainly intervene" between India and Pakistan most important over the next 50 years and beyond. I have the colors, the drums and all that. But it's also the IBA that on Kashmir if they wanted him to. He said it was up to spent my time in Congress promoting and elevating this sponsors it and they've really done a great job in creating India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue, but he relationship and will continue to do so. more businesses and jobs in the area so it's a way to thank was ready to assist if the two South Asian neighbors "India, the world's largest democracy, remains critical them too," he said. wanted him to help in resolving the issue. for regional security and peace. The current situation in "This is my 15th India day parade. We've got some great India made it clear to America that any discussion on Kashmir presents some very serious challenges. The people here and they've added so much to America, New the issue, if at all warranted, would only be with Pakistan United States should seek to be helpful in securing safety Jersey, and Middlesex County in particular, " said Senator and only bilaterally. Shringla said America's policy on and peace for all people. Samuel Thompson. Kashmir had been no mediation but to encourage the two "Moving forward, I will make sure to solicit the input of Several stakeholders and policymakers, including the South Asian neighbors to resolve their differences all of my constituents who have a vested interest in Governor, discussed the importance of the Indian bilaterally,including Kashmir,the pace and scope of which Kashmir and work towards a peaceful region that roots out American community and ties with India to the local would be chosen by New Delhi and Islamabad. "That has terrorism and corruption as well as respects human economy."I look forward to deepening this relationship as been the United States' longstanding policy," he said in rights. It is my hope, that recent developments in the I prepare for my economic mission trip to India in response to a question referring to America's decades-old region will eventually lead to this." September. I am confident that our efforts will foster policy. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the However, the Indian American community is not deeper bonds between our people, and new opportunities ambassador said, was also very clear on the issue. "He says satisfied with the explanation. Several community leaders for investment and growth in the Garden State," said Mr. this issue has to be resolved bilaterally between India and The Indian Panorama spoke with want the Congressman Murphy. Thomas Coughlin, CEO of BCB Indus American Pakistan in keeping with the agreements that the two to withdraw the letter written to Secretary of State, write Bank said, "We think the Indian community is the fastest countries have signed: the Simla Agreement and the another letter placing the facts that no human rights growing community in the tri state area and the Lahore Declaration," he said. violation is being done in Kashmir which has not businesses synchronize very well together." "So, this is not an issue that is to be settled with, third witnessed any violence since August 5 when Article 370 Others noted the growth of the Indian American parties. I think that was something that President Trump was abrogated by the President of India, and that he population across New Jersey. clarified and made clear," Shringla said. State Department apologize to India and the Indian American community "Like Edison we have a large Indian community and for Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus last week said there is no for having levelled malicious allegations against India and me, one of the most important things and gratifying things change in its policy on Kashmir as it called on India and the Indian government. is the fact that we have such a diverse community that is Pakistan to maintain restraint and hold direct dialogue to The Indian Panorama office was flooded with calls by made up of people from a lot of different backgrounds. The resolve their differences. (Source: PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja Mohammad Shahzad, Zia Khan DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: Ashishpal Singh Bureau Chief Phone: 972-330-3139 VICE PRESIDENT: Chitagam Saluja Nisha Rani CHANDIGARH: Manjit Sidhu E-mail [email protected]; Phone: 646-247-9458 CHIEF EDITOR: Prof Indrajit S. Saluja Vaaho Photographers LUDHIANA: A.S. 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Reproduction in whole or in part without Mohammad Jaffer/ SnapsIndia OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS Lovllien Kaurr, VP & Bureau Chief permission in writing from The Indian Panorama is prohibited. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 ADVERTISEMENT 49 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 50 SPORTS TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 Virat Kohli surpasses Sachin Tendulkar, registers huge world record The six candidates are former New Zealand coach Mike NEW DELHI (TIP): Virat Kohli Hesson, ex-Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom was at his fluent best on Sunday as Moody, former West Indies all-rounder and Afghanistan the Indian cricket team skipper coach Phil Simmons, ex-India team manager Lalchand scored a brilliant hundred to guide Rajput, former India fielding coach Robin Singh his team to victory against West and Ravi Shastri. Indies in the second ODI encounter in Port of Spain. Kohli, who scored BCCI shortlists six candidates 120 off 125 deliveries, looked completely at ease against the for position of Indian cricket Windies bowlers and he went on to score his 42nd ODI?hundred with the help of 14 boundaries and one team head coach six. This was his 8th ODI?century MUMBAI (TIP): Six candidates, including against West Indies and as a result, incumbent Ravi Shastri, were on Monday short- he became the first player in the listed for the high-profile post of the Indian cricket history of the game to score eight or team’s head coach. The six candidates are former more hundreds against three New Zealand coach Mike Hesson, ex-Australia all- different oppositions in ODIs. The rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody, former India skipper had previously scored West Indies all-rounder and Afghanistan coach Phil eight centuries against Australia Simmons, ex-India team manager Lalchand Rajput, and Sri Lanka. This was Virat Kohli’s 8th ODI?century against West Indies and as a result, he former India fielding coach Robin Singh and Shastri. The record previously belonged to became the first player in the history of the game to score eight or more hundreds The candidates will give a presentation to the India legend Sachin Tendulkar who against three different oppositions in ODIs Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) headed by the had nine centuries against Australia legendary Kapil Dev, and a final decision will be and eight against Sri Lanka. Thanks against an opposition. scored 11,353 runs in 311 ODIs. arrived at by end of this week or early next week. to his dominant performance on That was not the end of Kohli’s Kohli, playing his 238th match in the Besides the country’s first World Cup-wining Sunday, Kohli also surpassed 2000 accolades as his knock of 120 format, crossed the total during the skipper Dev, the newly-appointed CAC comprises runs against West Indies, hence became the highest ODI innings by 32nd over as he hammered Jason Anshuman Gaekwad and former women’s team becoming the only Indian batsman any captain in the West Indies. He Holder for a third-man boundary. captain Shantha Rangaswamy. after Tendulkar to achieve the feat went past Brian Lara’s 116 which Kohli’s incomparable batting form “These six will give presentation for head coach against two or more oppositions. He was scored against Sri Lanka at coupled with Bhuvneshwar before CAC. It has been learnt that these six have also has more than 2000 runs against Bridgetown back in 2003. Kumar’s four-wicket haul scripted a been short-listed for interview with the CAC,” a Sri Lanka. MS Dhoni (against Sri Kohli also surpassed the former 59-run win for India in the rain- senior BCCI official, privy to the development, told Lanka) and Rohit Sharma (against skipper Sourav Ganguly to become curtailed second ODI against the PTI. Australia) are the other Indian India’s 2nd highest-run getter in the West Indies, continuing their Before leaving for the tour of West Indies, captain batsmen with more than 2000 runs ODIs. In his 50-over career, Ganguly unbeaten streak in the Caribbean. Virat Kohli had said that he is in favour of Shastri continuing as the head coach of the Indian team despite the criticism he faced following the semi- final ouster from the World Cup. The current support staff comprising Shastri, Iyer better suited for No. 4 spot bowling coach Bharat Arun, batting coach Sanjay Bangar and fielding coach R Sridhar were given a 45- day extension following the World Cup, covering the in ODIs: Gavaskar ongoing West Indies tour from August 3 to September 3. NEW DELHI (TIP): Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar While the names of Hesson and Moody have been believes Shreyas Iyer is better suited for the number doing the rounds for a while, Simmons, who has had four spot in ODIs than Rishabh Pant and should be successful stints with Ireland and Afghanistan given a permanent slot in the Indian middle-order. cricket teams, is also in the fray now. Coming into the team after a year, Iyer, who has a Simmons also served West Indies for a brief while, couple of fifties in the five ODIs that he has played, hit helping them to victory in the 2016 World T20 a 68-ball 71 to play a crucial role in India’s 59-run win tournament in India before taking over as head over the West Indies in the second ODI at Port-of-Spain coach of the Afghanistan national team in 2017. on Sunday. Among the Indians, Robin served as the fielding Iyer is a contender for the still vacant number four coach of the Indian team when it won the inaugural spot even though the Indian team management has World T20 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy been backing young wicketkeeper-batsman Pant to seal in 2007. the position in the 50-overs format. Rajput, who was the head coach of the team when “In my view, Rishabh Pant is much better like an MS it won the World T20, also had stints with Dhoni at 5 for 6 as a finisher because that’s where his Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. Hesson recently parted natural game and natural flair will come into play,” ways with IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab. Hesson Sunil Gavaskar told ‘Sony Ten’ channel. coached the Black Caps for six years, highlighted by “If India get to a great start with Virat Kohli, Shikhar their memorable run to the 2015 Cricket World Cup Dhawan and Rohit Sharma batting for 40-45 overs, then final in Melbourne, a semifinal finish at the 2016 Pant at No. 4. But if it’s a question of batting for 30-35 Guyana. Heaping praise on Iyer, Gavaskar said: “He has World Twenty20 in India and a home Test series win overs, then I think it should be Shreyas Iyer at No. 4 and grabbed his opportunity. He came at No. 5. He had over England in April 2018 which lifted them to third Pant at No. 5.” plenty of overs. He had the company of his skipper, on the world rankings. At the Queen’s Park Oval, Iyer added 125 runs with Virat Kohli. Nothing quite like it because the skipper India may have failed to win the T20 World Cup in skipper Virat Kohli (120) after India lost the wickets of takes the pressure off you. 2016 and the ODI World Cup in 2015 and 2019, but the Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant (20) in quick “The best place to learn in cricket is the non-striker’s Shastri-Kohli duo helped the country climb to the top succession. end. That’s what Shreyas Iyer was doing with Virat of the Test rankings with a historic series triumph in His innings helped India post a competitive 279 for 7 Kohli at the other end,” he added. Australia. against West Indies. Iyer, the Delhi Capitals skipper, was in good form Shastri was the team director till June 2016 until The 24-year-old from Delhi didn’t get game time during the Indian Premier League but he was ignored India lost in the World T20 semi-finals before being during the T20 series. He was part of the playing XI in for the World Cup and Gavaskar believes the youngster reappointed as head coach in 2017 after Anil the first ODI, which was washed out after 13 overs at should now get a longer run in ODI cricket. Kumble’s departure. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 ADVERTISEMENT 51 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 52 PROFILE TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 Want to sustain a fruitful harmony in the community: FIA NY Tri-state President

harmony in the community. providing facilities like Visa camp at Kumar has been a part of the FIA for your doorsteps, health awareness almost 10 years now. He initially started programs or building a cohesive as a volunteer and still continues to work communication within the community as one. He was subsequently appointed with the new generations coming in." as the treasurer and through time as Speaking on the 39th India Day Parade, Vice President, Executive Vice President which will be held on August 18, Kumar and was elected as the president this said, "The biggest attraction of this year year. For him 'It has been a great journey is the very theme of the Parade - and I look forward to a greater one "Support our troops, Salute our ahead.' troops". Our troops, soldiers sacrifice Talking about his mission and vision their lives for us. This will be our tribute as FIA president, Alok said, "My primary to them and an occasion for us to aim is to sustain a fruitful harmony in remember their service, courage and the community. I believe in providing a heroism. Right from the commissioner of diverse platform to all our members and the the NBA, Hon. Adam Silver to patrons to maintain a constant Bollywood stars of the likes of Mr. Suniel connection with our roots back home. Shetty, Gulshan Grover and Hina Khan, Alok Kumar has been a part of the FIA for The organization aims to carry and as well as the senior professionals such almost 10 years now. "The biggest sustain the culture and heritage of the as Ms Navika Kumar, the Managing attraction of this year is the very theme Indian community as a whole. I wish and Editor of Times Now. There are many of the Parade - "Support our troops, aim to promote and support the growth and more celebrities adding to the charm Salute our troops". of The India-American community in of the Parade and the Culture Stage." every field possible, from technology to Kumar who has done master's in BIDISHA ROY mission is to carry and sustain the politics." computer science from India, at present he Federation of Indian culture and heritage of the Indian He also has a very clear roadmap for is working as the CEO of Associations' (FIA) of Tri-state, community as a whole, and to maintain the organization he is very proud of. TheGreatbrains.com, a job portal firm to Torganizer of world's largest India that tradition,FIA NY Tri-state President "The aim always has been and continues facilitate available work opportunities Day Parade outside India in New York, Alok Kumar wants to to sustain a fruitful to be working for the community, be it online. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 ADVERTISEMENT 53 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 54 ADVERTISEMENT TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 THE INDIAN PANORAMA TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 ADVERTISEMENT 55 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 56 ADVERTISEMENT TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019