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Shimla water CASE HANDED TO CID; TMC REMOVES 4 BLOCK PRESIDENTS ON GRAFT CHARGES crisis: Tanker Poll malpractice crushes woman exposers’ IDs will OUR CORRESPONDENT Purulia ‘killings’: State govt SHIMLA: A 65-year-old be protected: EC woman was allegedly crushed under the wheels of a water tanker here on Saturday, the cracks whip, transfers SP PRITESH BASU driver of which is suspected to have suffered a seizure from a KOLKATA: Giving power to neurological disorder, police OUR CORRESPONDENT the common man to ensure said. The victim, identified a free and fair electoral pro- as Uma Sadret, was strolling KOLKATA: The body of another cess, the Election Commission along with her granddaughter youth was found hanging in Puru- of India (ECI) is introduc- in the Himachal Pradesh cap- lia district on Saturday with the BJP ing a mobile phone applica- ital’s main street, Mall Road, claiming that the deceased was their tion, using which the video of when the incident occurred. supporter and he was killed for his any electoral malpractice can She sustained injuries on her political affiliation. In the wake of two be sent from any part of the CEC Om Prakash Rawat head, neck and chest and her alleged recent murders of BJP mem- country for necessary action face was badly mutilated, a bers in Purulia, the state government during the coming Lok Sabha & Industry on Saturday. police official said. on Saturday ordered the transfer of (LS) polls. More importantly, He further said that the lon- She was rushed to the the district Superintendent of Police. the identity of the sender of the gitude and latitude, along with Indira Gandhi Medical College Akash Magharia took over the videos, which will act as both the constituency of the place where the doctors declared her charge from Joy Biswas in compli- “complaint and evidence”, will featured in the video, will get “brought dead”, senior medical ance with an order issued by the state remain undisclosed. The app identified automatically. “At the superintendent Dr Janak said. government. Four Block presidents was introduced on a pilot basis same time, the contact num- The driver of the tanker was of the TMC in Purulia have also been during the recently held Karna- bers of the returning officer and taken to a local hospital as he removed on charges of corruption. A taka elections. district magistrate of the place was in a semi-conscious state high-level meeting was held, presided “Recently, during the Kar- will also get generated and we with froth coming out from his over by Trinamool Youth Congress nataka elections, the Election can take immediately action.” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Transferred SP Joy Biswas mouth. It is suspected that he president Abhishek Banerjee on Sat- Commission introduced one Around 780 videos were was a patient of epilepsy and urday. He said: “No one involved in mobile phone application for sent during the Karnataka suffered an attack, the police corruption will be spared.” However, murder of Trilochon if the BJP could Dulal Kumar (30) hung to an electric- The mob pelted stones at the cops leav- the common people. If you polls. “So we are giving power said, adding that he is under former Sabhadipati Sristidhar Mahato prove any association of a Trinamool ity tower in Dava village of Balarampur ing some of them injured. Biswas, who download this app, you would to the common man and in treatment. Epilepsy is a neu- was not summoned in the meeting. worker in the incident. area. His motorbike was found near a was posted as the district SP earlier in become a policeman to keep the Lok Sabha polls, too, the rological disorder in which At the same time, a probe has been Condemning the incident, TMC pond on Friday night itself. the day, said that preliminary probe a watch on the electoral pro- same will be done. Moreover, nerve-cell activity in the brain initiated and the case has been handed Rajya Sabha MP, Derek O’Brien, It has been claimed that he had suggested that Dulal had committed cess. Just take a video and send the identity of the person who is disturbed, causing seizures over to the Criminal Investigation tweeted: “We strongly condemn this gone to attend a police station gherao suicide. wherever you see any politi- sends the video will remain ranging from brief to long peri- Department (CID) suspecting “con- despicable killing. All angles must be programme of the BJP on Friday. It may be recalled that three days cal party or candidate harass- undisclosed.” ods of vigorous shaking. spiracy and involvement of outsid- probed. The perpetrators of this hei- After his body was found hanging ago, there was an incident at Balaram- ing, threatening or distributing Rawat furthers said: “When Mall Road is considered as ers” as two incidents have occurred in nous act must be punished. What role from a high-tension tower, it led to pur in which 18-year-old Trilochon money,” said Chief Election Cambridge Analytica was the safest area for a walk as no the same district within a span of just did Jharkhand border have to play? tension in the area as locals initially Mahato was found hanging from a tree Commissioner (CEC) Om exposed, it was found that only vehicle is allowed to come here a few days. What elements of Bajrang Dal, Maoist didn’t allow the police to take away with a poster found near his body in Prakash Rawat.” He was speak- 5 lakh voters in India have lost except the vehicles of the gov- In connection with the event, Trin- or BJP involved. Let the truth be found the body for an autopsy. Later, the cops which it was mentioned that he had to ing at session on “Electoral their data out of 875 million. ernor, chief minister and emer- amool Congress MP Abhishek Baner- out through proper investigation.” had to chase away the mob by raising pay the price for his alleged involve- Integrity and Role of Money But the threat is huge. The EC is gency services like ambulance jee had said that stern action would Locals in the early hours of Sat- their lathis and the body was removed ment with the BJP at such an early in Elections” organised by Mer- taking steps to ensure that these and fire brigade. be taken against those involved in the urday morning spotted the body of from the spot and sent for an autopsy. stage. chants’ Chamber of Commerce things are prevented.”

500 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 200 WOMEN & CHILDREN, RESCUED We have graduates, Spectre of betting returns to Uttar Pradesh post-graduates (but) lack haunt IPL; Arbaaz confesses dust storm Army holds flag march in in skilled manpower leaves 17 dead FORMER PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE Shillong; cop hurt in clash OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT Superintendent of Police LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh (City) Stephan Rynjah sus- In today’s was hit by another deadly SHILLONG: Curfew contin- tained injuries after he was hit dust storm that claimed ued in parts of Shillong for the by a rod. He has been admit- paper 17 lives and left 11 persons second day on Saturday as the ted to the Shillong Civil Hospi- injured on Friday. A UP gov- Army conducted flag marches tal, a senior police officer said. ... ernment spokesperson on in disturbed areas and rescued At least 10 persons, including Saturday said that most of several people following night- policemen, have been injured CITY Top Bollywood producer too involved, the deaths were caused due long violence and arson during in the violence, which has trig- CM SLAMS CENTRE OVER LPG PRICE HIKE 3 to falling of trees and house which a mob torched a shop, a including 200 women and chil- gered demands that the gov- reveals bookie during quizzing collapse. house and damaged at least five dren, Defence spokesperson ernment take action against NATION Moradabad bore the max- vehicles here, besides injuring Ratnakar Singh said. alleged illegal settlers in the OUR CORRESPONDENT the CEO of a film production-dis- imum brunt of the storm, a senior police officer, officials He added that the rescued area. INDRANI MUKERJEA IN HOSPITAL AGAIN 4 tribution company based in Mum- with as many as seven deaths said on Saturday. civilians were given food and State police personnel were THANE (Maharashtra): Bolly- bai, was his “partner” in the betting reported from the district, The Army was requisi- water and have been sheltered attacked by stone pelters in the BUSINESS wood actor and filmmaker Arbaaz racket, the official said. Police were followed by three deaths from tioned by the state govern- at the Army cantonment here. Motphran area of the city. Tear- Khan has told police that he has been going to summon the producer and Sambhal, the state govern- ment to conduct flag march in General Officer Commanding gas shells were used to disperse MAKE IN INDIA, PRABHU TELLS AIRBUS 5 betting on cricket matches for the question him, he added, without ment spokesperson said. Two the affected areas. Army troops 101 Area Lt Gen D S Ahuja vis- rioters but people in other parts past five to six years, a police offi- specifying if any letter has been sent deaths were reported each conducted the flag march and ited the affected people at the of the city mistook them for INTERNATIONAL cial claimed on Saturday. The police to him. from Badaun, Muzaffarnagar rescued about 500 people, Army cantonment. police firing, the officer said. also said that interrogation of alleged The city police had on Friday sent and Meerut, while one death TRUMP-KIM SUMMIT ON JUNE 12 6 bookie Sonu Jalan alias Sonu Malad a letter to Arbaaz Khan, asking him was reported from Amroha, SPORT revealed that a prominent Bollywood to join the probe in the wake of arrest he said. producer was also involved in the of Jalan who was allegedly placing Five persons were injured Kashmiri hit by CRPF car dies, clashes at funeral SAHA RULED OUT OF AFGHAN TEST 7 betting racket. The producer would bets on the recently-concluded edi- in Amroha, three in Morad- be summoned soon, an official said. tion of IPL. On May 15, the AEC abad, two in Muzaffarnagar SRINAGAR: Clashes broke out minor injuries, the official said. and other business owners to Khan, who appeared before busted a racket with the arrest of and one in Badaun. The state between protesters and secu- The authorities had imposed down shutters. The clash in Thane Police’s Anti-Extortion Cell four people including Jalan who is government has directed all rity forces in the old city here restrictions in parts of Srinagar which Bhat was fatally injured FOR ADVERTISING (AEC) on Saturday morning, also believed to be one of the top bookies district magistrates to distrib- on Saturday after the death of a after Kaiser Bhat (21) died in took place on Friday after Fri- kindly contact at 9810195709 claimed that he had not placed bets in the country. ute relief within 24 hours. youth who was allegedly hit by hospital around midnight. But day prayers ended at the Jamia or on any match of the 2018 season During the probe, a “connec- The state was swept by a CRPF vehicle during another hundreds of people turned out Masjid in Srinagar’s Nowhatta of the Indian Premier League that tion” between Jalan and Khan was three major dust storms last confrontation on Friday. Pro- for the funeral. He was later area. A group of youths had [email protected] ended on May 27, the official said. established, head of the AEC, Senior month that left over 130 peo- testers pelted stones when secu- buried at Eidgah even as reports started pelting stones at the “The actor told police that he has Inspector Pradeep Sharma had said. ple dead. On May 13, 39 peo- rity forces stopped his funeral came in of clashes elsewhere in security forces, with some of FOR SUBSCRIPTION been betting on cricket matches for Khan allegedly lost Rs 2.80 crore in ple died in various districts procession at Fatehkadal, a the city. them attacking a CRPF vehicle. kindly contact at 8800854665 the past 5-6 years,” the police official betting to Jalan and was not pay- including Bareilly, Barabanki, police official said. The forces Following the youth’s death, Bhat and another man or said on the condition of anonymity. ing the amount, following which Bulandshahr and Lakhimpur fired dozens of tear smoke shells the separatists had given a strike were taken to SKIMS hospital [email protected] Jalan also told the interrogators the bookie had threatened the actor, Khiri districts. and pellets to chase them away. call across Kashmir on Satur- at Soura after being hit by that that a Bollywood producer, who is police had said. Some protesters received day, prompting shopkeepers vehicle. MPOST MODI GOVT BLAMES GLOBAL ECONOMY, EXCESS OUTPUT FOR COUNTRY’S WORSENING AGRICUTURAL CRISIS As 10-day farmers’ stir enters 2nd day, veggie prices start to soar

OUR CORRESPONDENT day on Saturday, forcing consumers mittees too is low,” said AIKS Working in cities to shell out more for buying President Raju Desale. An official of ‘Sign of desperation against NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI/ NASHIK/ vegetables. According to traders , the the Nashik Agricultural Produce Mar- NAGPUR: With the farmers’ agitation price of tomatoes, potatoes, capsicum, ket Committee said that the arrival of entering the second day on Saturday, bottle gourd, cucumber, have gone vegetables there was low due to the Centre’s wrongs, indifference’ vegetable prices in different parts of up on short supplies. Traders said protest. the countruy started soaring in the the fresh supplies of vegetables com- Meanwhile, Union Minister of CHANDIGARH: tice of the Punjab and wake of dwindling fresh supplies of ing through vehicles in mandis have Shipping and Road Transport Nitin Punjab Chief Min- Haryana High Court. farm produce in mandis even as farm- dwindled, triggering fears of more Gadkari on Saturday blamed the ister Amarinder He said the farm- ers dumped vegetables and milk on price rise in coming days. global economic situation and sur- Singh on Saturday ing community in the roads and blocked supplies to cities. Meanwhile, the Left-affiliated All plus production for the farmers’ woes described the ongo- country is in the grip As part of the 10-day agitation start- India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Saturday and assured that the Centre is working ing protest by farmers of a serious crisis due ing from Friday, farmers stopped sup- accused the Maharashtra government on “a war footing” to solve their prob- as a “sign of their des- Punjab CM to the “indifferent” ply of vegetables, fruits, milk and other of dispalying a “negative approach” to lems. “This situation has arisen due to peration in the face of Amarinder Singh attitude of the BJP-led items to various cities against the anti- the farmers’ protest and warned that it the global economy and surplus pro- the wrongs being perpetrated central government. The gov- farmer policies of the Centre. would intensify from June 5. There has duction. This is an old issue, not a new on them by the central govern- ernment had “failed” to provide Though the impact of farmers’ stir been no response from the govern- holding protests but the Government and collection centres for milk have one. The government is working on a ment”. Singh made the remarks any succor to the beleaguered on price of farm commodities was not ment to the demands of the protest- seems to have a negative approach been affected. Agitating farmers war footing by formulating mid- and during a media interaction at farmers, who were unable to visible on Friday, retail prices of veg- ing farmers, AIKS General Secretary over keeping the promises it had made poured milk on roads at Visapur in long-term policies as well as exporting Haryana Raj Bhawan here after make both ends meet due to its etables in several cities soared in the Ajit Navle told reporters in Mumbai. to farmers last month,” he said. “All Yeola taluka on Saturday morning. excess produce,” he said to a question the swearing-in of Krishna “antagonistic policies”, the chief range of Rs 10-20 per kg on the second “Farmers across the state are milk dairies in the district are closed Arrival of vegetables at market com- about the ongoing farmers’ agitation. Murari as the new Chief Jus- minister said. MPOST 2| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018|millenniumpost mp If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten Weekend Break - Tony Robbins MAKE WAY FOR INDIGO PRINTS, PASTEL SHADES THIS SUMMER Besides wardrobe, your home also needs seasonal change. This summer, try playing with pastel shades, indigo prints, and get ready to receive compliments

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drinks besides Mangotini and Chia cooler. MEGHNA KHANNA Now that the body temperature was normalised and we started to talk, a starter was served in front of us – which was Raw mango stuffed aran- ired of summers and the scorch- chi with sweet mango aioli. Maybe, the name is ing heat in the month of June, all I too big and confusing, but the way it was pre- wanted was to go back home from work sented was immensely appealing to my eyes. and eat the chilled mangoes which Enlisted in the menu were the other four TI kept in the fridge before leaving for office. starter items out of which I liked ‘Ambi pudina This was my daily routine, all the summers and ki machhli’ and ‘Aam ke kaliyan waale jhinge’. Per- then one day I was invited by Cafe Knosh in Leela sonally, I didn’t like the ‘fried chicken’ and ‘Mango Ambience Convention Hotel, Delhi, to taste their chilli potato’ there, as the taste was very basic and exclusive ‘Mangolicious’ menu. It is then when I boring. the chef had very wisely chosen the dishes and bal- on my table and the chef asked me to try it. realised that there is a lot more scope with mango The main-course menu out-stood the charts as ance of taste and presentation were quite visible. I swear that even if the chef had not asked me to as an ingredient than just having Its slices. You won’t believe me if I tell you that I had ‘Mango eat it, I had already made my mind to dive into the Before going to the venue, I was totally unaware Noodles’ as my lunch. Will you? Well, they were beauty and experience its taste. of what will be served to me. But trust me, amongst the best noodles I have ever had in my life. Now, that I had the mango mousse and my eyes were wide opened and mouth started I am not a big fan of eating fish, but the chef at Cafe cupcake in Cafe Knosh, I would not be watering when I saw the meticulous range Knosh made me fall in love with his second rec- able to try any other mango dessert with- of dishes – from appetizers to the main ipe of ‘fish’ when I had the first bite of ‘mango out comparing it with the one I just had! course – covering different kinds of fish curry’ with rice. The fish was so soft and It was so delicious and pleasing to my eyes that in rice and roti preparations to desserts. the curry had a perfect balance of spices in it. no time I ate the whole palate and wanted to ask The welcome drinks varied from I would give that curry a perfect 10/10. for more. a very basic ‘Mangotini’, which was Also, the Pancha Manga curry, a South Overall, I had a wonderful experience and I more like a pulpy fruity with slices Indian mango curry served with nice was okay would definitely love to experiment with the king of of mango in it to a very unique amal- in taste but the mongo fish curry stole the show. fruits, now that I know that it blends with so many gamation of coconut and mango in I literally held my tummy and said “I can- things to make a perfect dish. ‘Mango coconut chia cooler’. The mock- not eat anything else. ENOUGH!” when a very This festival offering plenty of happiness with tail menu was an assemblage of three more subtle and alluring platter of deserts was kept mangoes will last until June 25.

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They claim that a huge KOLKATA: In a bid to check hospitals and in the districts number of patients are avail- absenteeism of doctors, the will be brought within the sys- ing the health services in the state Health Department is tem which, many believe, will state-run medical colleges, all set to introduce biometric benefit the common people. super-specialty hospitals and attendance system in all the A section of doctors espe- the district hospitals and they medical colleges, super-spe- cially the non-teaching ones are already overburdened with cialty hospitals and also the is however sceptical over the the pressure. district and sub-divisional hos- future of the new system. If the non-teaching staff pitals across the state from later They expressed their confu- and RMOs have to join duty the half of this month. sion over the introduction of next morning after performing The move has been taken the biometric system as they emergency duties the previous LPG cylinders are being arranged for distribution at a village in Howrah on Saturday. The new rate for by the state government to claim it would have an adverse night, it would adversely affect subsidised cylinder is Rs 496.65 in Kolkata. This comes after the Central government was criticised for fix more accountability of impact on them for certain the health condition of these increasing the fuel prices for 16 consecutive days until May 30 PIC/PTI the doctors. There were a few reasons. The teaching doctors doctors. complaints coming in from and senior ones would remain REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE The non-teaching doctors the district and sub-divisional unaffected by the move. It is have demanded some relax- hospitals that some doctors do the Registered Medical Offi- performing normal duties, they night even after extending ser- ation on the duty hours if they St. Paul’s not visit the hospitals on a reg- cers (RMO) and non-teaching often get calls for emergency vice throughout the day some- attend emergency patients on CM slams Centre ular basis while some others doctors who will face inconve- duties and treat patients during times take leave on the next day call the previous night. Cathedral Mission do not enter the premises on nience only because they often late night hours. After treating or join duty in the latter half of Dr Ajay Chakraborty, time resulting in health services attend emergency patients on the patient, they get released the day. Director of Health Service College student being affected. call during night hours. Will from the hospitals early next If the biometric atten- said: “The matter of biometric over LPG price hike It may be mentioned that they be allowed to record their morning. Under the existing dance is introduced, these attendance for doctors is still alleges ragging the biometric attendance sys- attendance during late night, system, the RMOs or the non- doctors again have to come under process. We will con- the cooking gas.” tem has already been installed asked the doctors? A section of teaching doctors who attend to the hospital the next morn- sider all the issues related to OUR CORRESPONDENT It may be mentioned that in various government depart- non-teaching doctors said after emergency patients during the ing even after attending emer- the doctors.” the Trinamool Congress KOLKATA: A student of St. is the first national party to Paul’s Cathedral Mission Col- raise voice against the hike Body of lege in Amherst Street has in the price of fuel. The Trin- ‘Implementation of detention system soon’ complained of ragging by amool supremo had instructed housewife found some senior students inside her party leaders to hold ral- OUR CORRESPONDENT session was washed out because down the load of school bags is the union room of the college lies and meetings throughout of the Congress, otherwise it on. Some of it will be reduced after he had enquired about the state. KOLKATA: Union minister could have been passed in the in 2019 and some again in hanging from the functioning of the college On Tuesday, the youth for Human Resource Devel- Budget session itself.” 2020,” he said. union fund. wing of the party had held a opment Prakash Javadekar According to the minis- He further added that the ceiling in Liluah The student was allegedly sit-in demonstration at the expressed his optimism over ter, the Centre has allowed the ministry is focusing on learn- compelled to parade naked OUR CORRESPONDENT Gandhi Statue. The meeting the implementation of deten- states to exercise their discre- ing with fun to reduce the OUR CORRESPONDENT inside the union room of the was addressed by the president tion system from the 2019 aca- tion on whether they should pressure of studies. “We will college and was threatened that KOLKATA: Coming down of the youth wing Abhishek demic session. allow detention or continue be giving a grant of Rs 20,000 KOLKATA: Mystery shrouds the video would be circulated heavily on the BJP, Chief Min- Banerjee. “I am hopeful that the Bill with no detention policy. “25 to each government school the death of a housewife whose through social networking sites ister Mamata Banerjee on Sat- Banerjee has said over regarding detention-no deten- states including Bengal want across the country for librar- body was found in Howrah’s if he narrated the incident to urday said the soaring prices and again that the hike in the tion will be passed in Parlia- detention. The others do not ies and Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 Liluah on Saturday morning. anybody. of essential commodities will prices of petrol and diesel are ment in July and will be readied want, I respect their freedom,” grant to every school for build- The victim was found hang- It may be mentioned that result in the middle-class affecting the transport sector by the month of August. From he maintained. Responding to ing up sports infrastructure,” ing from the ceiling fan inside some days back, the victim being badly hit which will, in badly. “The Centre is totally March 2019 onwards, the states a poser on reducing the burden Prakash Javadekar Javadekar said. her room. had asked president of the col- turn, become a question of indifferent towards this prob- who are willing to introduce of bags for students, the min- He maintained that the The incident triggered ten- lege unit Arnab Ghosh about their basic sustenance. lem faced by the common peo- detention can do it in Class V ister said the NCERT syllabus cate. We have received sugges- National Testing Agency will sion in the area. Family mem- the functioning of the union “The hike in fuel price will ple,” she maintained. and VIII,” Javadekar said at a which is so crammed will be tions from 37,000 teachers class be soon getting a new chairman bers of the victim woman fund. Following this, a heated affect the kitchen while the rise Asked if she would attend press conference on Saturday. soon reduced by half. “A stu- wise, subject wise and lesson and it will start taking examina- levelled charges of murder verbal exchange ensued in the price of petrol and die- the meeting of the Niti Aayog He attributed the delay in dent’s brain is not a data bank. wise. The process of framing a tions like Joint Entrance Exam against her husband and in- between the two and soon sel will hit the transport sec- scheduled to be held in the passing of the Bill to the It should be able to analyse, system of reducing the burden (JEE) and NEET right from the laws and lodged a complaint some other senior students tor badly,” she told newsmen Delhi on June 16 to be pre- Congress and said: “The last comprehend and communi- of the syllabus which will bring 2019 academic year. with the local police station. took Ghosh’s side and then the on Saturday. sided over by Prime Minis- Following the incident, the student was allegedly beaten The Chief Minister also ter Narendra Modi, Banerjee local residents staged a dem- up by his associates and forced said that the price of cooking said: “How can I take part in onstration with the dead body to parade naked. A video was gas has skyrocketed without the meeting as Eid will be cel- Firhad Hakim stresses on steps on the road. also shot. any rhyme or reason. “Things ebrated on that day. I want to The agitation was later lifted “ I was in fear and did not are going beyond the reach be by the side of my people on following the intervention of tell anybody. But on Saturday, of the middle-class. How can the day of festivals. I take part senior police officers. I found that the video has been they make their both ends in Durga Puja, Eid and Christ- to check vector-borne diseases The victim’s husband has circulated on social network- meet? How can they sustain,” mas and I do not differentiate been absconding since the inci- ing site,” the victim said further she said and added: “But the between communities. I think OUR CORRESPONDENT dent took place. The victim, alleging that a college staff and Centre is not taking any mea- they did not check the calen- identified as Moumita Mondal, another fellow students were sure to bring down the prices dar before fixing the date of KOLKATA: State Municipal Affairs min- got married to Subhasis around also involved in the matter. of petrol and diesel and that of the meeting.” ister Firhad Hakim laid emphasis on pub- six years back. lic awareness to successfully fight against The family members of vector-borne diseases like dengue while the victim alleged that she 2 under-trial prisoners call up 2 businessmen addressing a meeting on Saturday. had been tortured at her in- “Councillors will have to pull up their laws’ house for dowry since from correctional home, demand ransom socks for massive public awareness in their marriage. respective municipal areas to combat dis- Her husband used to beat KOLKATA: Two under-trail prisoners allegedly called up two businessmen eases like dengue,” Hakim said speaking her up for money. He used to from a correctional home and demanded ransom failing which, they would at a meeting of urban local bodies and 25 pressurise her to bring money municipalities across the state. from her parents. face dire consequences. The incident took place at Dum Dum Central Cor- The minister maintained that This often led to quarrels rectional Home. The authorities have ordered a probe into the incident that despite all efforts on part of the between the couple. Sometimes would be conducted to find out where from they had received the mobile state government and other stakehold- her in-laws used to abuse her phone. The duo — Biswajit Das and Bapi Raman were arrested on charges ers, the desired results over vector-borne and put pressure to go to her of murdering a Trinamool Congress leader that took place at Kestopur in diseases cannot be achieved until people parental house. are responsible enough to keep their own The family members of the February 2016. It was alleged that they had called up two Baguiati-based premises clean. flower pots in which water was accumu- in conducting drives at the Central govern- deceased alleged that her hus- businessmen and demanded Rs 10 lakh from them. They also threatened “We are using fogging machines, doing lating. I immediately turned them upside ment establishments and the surrounding band and in-laws strangulated them with dire consequences if they failed to pay the amount. The business- house-to-house campaigns and circulating down and told my family members that areas of ponds owned by public. her to death and later hung her men told the cops that they had received the phone call from the duo on do’s and don’t’s but people have to be vigi- they should be careful and should not let “We have been given contact numbers body from the ceiling. lant,” the minister said. these things happen,” he added. of nodal officers whom we need to get in The police have started a May 24 and threatened to kill them if they informed the matter to the police. He also referred to one of his own expe- The minister had urged the chairman touch with whenever we face any diffi- detailed probe and the body Later they gathered courage and lodged a complaint with the local police riences when he had found that water had of the civic bodies to conduct fortnightly culty in taking such drive. If the problem has been sent for post-mortem station. On the basis of the compliant, the police have started a probe in this accumulated in flower pots on the roofs meetings to monitor the progress of the continues even after contacting the nodal examination. regard and are interrogating the duo. The correctional home authorities are of his own house. “I had gone to the roof awareness drives in their respective areas. officers, then the department should be The cops are conducting a also conducting a probe in this regard. OUR CORRESPONDENT of the house a few days back while it was Some chairmans flagged off the issue informed,” a chairman of a municipality in search for her husband who raining. I found there were some empty regarding the resistance that they often face the northern fringes of the city said. is at large. Pedalling to good health: Cyclists to participate in CPI(ML) Red Star leader sent to 10-day police custody 1st World Bicycle Day celebration in New Town OUR CORRESPONDENT He was arrested by the baneswar acting on the tip-off. Special Operation Group They found Alik outside a tea TARUN GOSWAMI ride to popularise cycling. Eco Park has KOLKATA: CPI(ML) Red Star (SOG) of the South 24-Parga- stall and arrested him. He was a special zone where people come and leader Alik Chakraborty, who nas police from Bhubaneswar brought to Kolkata in flight on KOLKATA: Housing Infrastructure do cycling and duo cycling as well and was arrested in Bhubaneswar when he went there for Friday late night and was pro- Development Corporation (HIDCO) it is extremely popular among visitors. on charges under the stringent treatment. duced before the court on Sat- will observe the first-ever World Bicycle In the evening, Zoomcar, the com- UAPA, was produced before a He was arrested from urday afternoon. Day on Sunday in New Town. pany that has introduced the Cycle court here on Saturday and sent outside Kalinga Hospital at Alik had headed the move- The United Nations has declared Sharing Scheme will host a programme to police custody for 10 days. Bhubaneswar for his alleged ment against setting up of June 3 as World Bicycle Day this year at the NKDA football ground where Chakraborty, who has been involvement with the Mao- the power grid sub-station at and it will be celebrated globally. Bicy- people will be given free rides. They leading an agitation against ists and for creating trouble at Bhangar and rallies under the cles are not only an eco-friendly mode will be given modern cycles fitted with the Power Grid Corporation Bhangar. banner of ‘Jomi Jibika Poribesh of transport but also keeps the cyclists GPS which are used in the Cycle Shar- of India Limited in Bhangar in Due to Alik’s agitation, the o Bastutantra Raksha Samiti’ physically fit and mentally alert. It helps ing Scheme. South 24-Parganas for the past work of the almost complete (committee for protection of to reduce obesity and improves the car- There will be a treasure hunt show few years, was brought here by sub-station had to be stalled land, livelihood, environment diovascular system. for the participants and the winner will the police on a transit remand and it resulted to the restric- and ecology). In New Town, the celebration is be awarded. from Bhubaneswar. tion in development of the area. Some supporters of the more significant as it is the only place in New Town has graded cycle paths He was produced before The police had been on CPIML (Red Star) had cre- India where the Cycle Sharing Scheme and the Cycle Sharing Scheme is becom- the sub divisional magistrate’s the look-out for Alik for the ated trouble at Bhangar caus- has been introduced and it has become ing popular. It may be recalled that to court at Baruipur in the district. past one-and-a-half years. But ing inconvenience to common extremely popular. popularise cycling, Jagadish Chandra The police said he has been he had managed to flee from people protesting against the Housing and Urban Development Bose used to come to Presidency Col- charged with instigating and Bhangar a few weeks ago and arrest. Corporation (HUDCO) under the min- lege riding a cycle just to show that Indi- deliberately misinforming vil- went to Hyderabad from where A large contingent of istry of Housing and Urban Affairs had ans are equally capable of riding bicycles lagers of Bhangar, which wit- he reached Bhubaneswar for police was posted in the area awarded the scheme introduced by New gory at a function in New Delhi in April. cycles in front of the golf course off Eco like the British. At times, he was also nessed violent clashes against treatment. to ensure that the situation Town Kolkata Development Authority On Sunday, the World Bicycle Day Park to be used by the enthusiasts. The accompanied by his wife Abala who was the PGCIL’s proposed unit on The police received infor- remains calm and doesn’t dete- (NKDA) in the Urban Transport cate- will be celebrated with HIDCO keeping ride is free and cycle lovers can take a also an expert cyclist. 16 acres. mation and went to Bhu- riorate further. 4| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018|millenniumpost mp Don’t get caught in caste, religious conflicts Nation - Akhilesh Yadav to youth PM Modi meets US Defence Most UP ex-CMs leave official bungalows after SC order Secretary in Singapore OUR CORRESPONDENT LUCKNOW: A day before expiry of the dead- line to vacate their official bungalows, former GURDIP SINGH tis said. chief ministers Akhilesh Yadav and his father The meeting comes days after the US Mulayam Singh have moved to the VVIP guest SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Naren- renamed its oldest and largest military house here, while Mayawati vacated one bunga- dra Modi on Saturday met US Defence command - the Pacific Command - to low, she claimed the other was converted into a Secretary Jim Mattis in Singapore and Indo-Pacific Command, amid height- memorial for BSP founder Kanshi Ram. discussed security related issues, days ened tensions with China over the mili- "Mulayam Singh Yadav shifted to the VVIP after the Pentagon renamed its Pacific tarisation of the South China Sea. guest house here on Friday, while Akhilesh Yadav Command as Indo-Pacific Command The US move came in the wake of a along with his MP wife Dimple and children Former UP CMs Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati in a largely symbolic move to signal series of measures by China that have shifted to the VVIP guest house on Saturday. India's importance to the US military. raised tensions in the South China Sea. One room each has been allotted to Akhilesh, Tiwari's Mall Avenue bungalow it in an appar- Modi, who is here on the last leg China claims almost all of the Dimple and Mulayam," Chief Management ent bid to save it. of his three-nation tour, held a closed- South China Sea. Vietnam, Philip- Officer of VVIP Guest House Rajiv Kumar said. Claiming compliance with the Supreme door meeting with Mattis during which pines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan He said all the rooms which have been allot- Court order, BSP supremo Mayawati vacated a both sides discussed all security related have counter claims over the area. The ted to them are double-room suites. government house here but held on to a second issues of mutual and global interests, US also rejects China's claims of own- Acting on a Supreme Court order last month, sprawling bungalow, which her party says is a sources said. ership of the area. the UP Estate Department issued notices to the memorial to their founder Kanshi Ram. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval The Pentagon's move is also reflec- former chief ministers asking them to vacate Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who was also present in the meeting that tive of the growing importance of India their official bungalows within 15 days that is also the local MP, has shifted from his bun- lasted for nearly an hour. in US strategic thinking. expires tomorrow. galow at 4, Kalidas Marg, just next to the resi- The meeting was held on the side- India was granted the 'Major The apex court had on May 7 held that for- dence of the chief minister, to his residence on lines of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue Defence Partner' status by the previ- mer UP chief ministers cannot retain govern- 200 square metre plot at Vipul Khand in posh which was addressed by the Prime Min- ous Barack Obama Administration, ment accommodation after demitting office. Gomti Nagar here. ister last night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting the US Secretary of Defence, James providing for transfer of technology The estate department had issued notices Rajasthan Govenor Kalyan Singh's belong- "The focus of conversation was on Mattis, in Singapore on Saturday and deeper cooperation in the defence to six former chief ministers –Narayan Dutt ings have been moved to the official bungalow the region in the context of PM's key- sector. Tiwari, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kalyan Singh, of his grandson Sandeep Singh, who is a minister note address at the #SLD18 yesterday while being sensitive to each other's where he stressed upon freedom for all In 2016, India and the US had signed Mayawati, Rajnath Singh and Akhilesh Yadav – in the Yogi Adityanath government. evening," Ministry of External Affairs interests, he had said. and "reaffirmation for rule based order". a crucial logistics defence pact enabling to vacate their official bungalows in compliance The Supreme Court's order came on a public Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. "We should all have equal access as a The meeting between the two their militaries to use each other's assets with SC the order. interest litigation filed by NGO Lok Prahari fol- In his keynote address, Modi had right under international law to the use leaders assumes significance as in his and bases for repair and replenishment While Akhilesh and Mulayam have shifted to lowing an amendment passed by the UP Assem- said an "Asia of rivalry" will hold the of common spaces on sea and in the air address Mattis has stressed upon both of supplies, making joint operations the VVIP guest house, Tiwari is yet to do so with bly which allowed all the former chief ministers region back while an Asia of coopera- that would require freedom of naviga- countries working together and with more efficient. Soon after coming to his wife Ujjwala Tiwari seeking more time from to occupy government bungalows for lifetime. tion will shape the current century. tion, unimpeded commerce and peace- other nations for ensuring peace and power, the Trump administration had the estate department, pleading that her husband The apex court had also struck down the Asia and the world will have a bet- ful settlement of disputes in accordance security in the Indo-Pacific region. renamed Asia Pacific as Indo-Pacific was in the "last stages" of his life. amendment to the legislation which allowed ter future when India and China work with international law," he had said. "It is only appropriate that water- and identified India as one bookend of A board reading 'Pandit Narain Dutt Tiwari them to retain government accommodation together with trust and confidence Mattis also addressed the dialogue ways remain open for all nations," Mat- the region. PTI Sarvjan Vikas Foundation' has been fixed outside even after demitting office. U-turn: AGP ministers say they opposed Indrani lands in Two men radicalised to carry out Citizenship Bill in Assam Cabinet meet hospital again hate crimes in Punjab arrested GUWAHATI: Three AGP them to discuss it at the next Mahanta is in charge of the OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT the spokesperson said. lent acts with an aim to gain ministers on Saturday said sitting of the coordination water resources department The threat was tweeted by publicity in the media for they opposed the controver- committee of the three alli- and Choudhury holds the civil MUMBAI: Former media CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pannun, apparently in response the ISI-sponsored secession- sial Citizenship (Amendment) ance partners. supplies and consumer affairs executive Indrani Mukerjea, a Police on Saturday claimed to to Randhawa's reported criti- ist campaign in Punjab, the Bill, 2016 at a meeting of the But taking a U-turn, Bora, portfolio. They were present at key accused in the murder case have arrested two young men cism of the referendum in Can- spokesperson said. Assam Cabinet, in a U-turn a who is the AGP president and the press conference. of her daughter Sheena Bora, who were allegedly radicalised ada and the United States. The arrests happened dur- day after a party leader claimed the state agriculture minister, Though the bill, introduced was admitted to J J Hospital and funded by their foreign- The minister had said that ing an investigation into the the issue was not raised at the today said, "We strongly raised in the Lok Sabha on July 15, here on Friday night after she based handlers, including the people "pitching for Kha- torching of two liquor vends key state forum. The Cabinet the issue (in the Cabinet meet- 2016, seeks to grant citizen- complained of chest pain, doc- SFJ legal adviser Gurpatwant listan from their cosy confines on May 31 in Harpura Dhan- meeting was held on Friday ing). We said that we cannot ship to non-Muslims who have tors said on Saturday. Singh Pannun, to carry out hate were playing with the sen- doi and Panjgrian villages, the and immediately after it Assam be in the government if the bill fled persecution in Afghani- The 46-year-old co-founder report was normal. crimes in the state. Another timents of innocent Sikhs in spokesperson said. government spokesperson and is passed." stan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, of INX media, lodged in Byculla "Her MRI (magnetic reso- person has been arrested for India and they had no knowl- The accused told the police Parliamentary Affairs Minis- At a hurriedly called press indigenous groups in Assam women's jail since her arrest in nance imaging) test report of allegedly supplying weapons to edge of the reality in Punjab." they were indoctrinated on ter Chandra Mohan Patowary conference in the face of wide- view it as a move to legitimise 2015, was brought to the state- the neck was awaited. Her con- the two persons - Dharminder The police, which took a social media platforms such had said that the Asom Gana spread criticism over the Hindus who have migrated run medical facility at 11.30 dition is not serious. Some tests Singh alias Commando Singh serious view of Pannun's video as Telegram and WhatsApp. Parishad did not raise any issue reported silence, Bora said, "We from Bangladesh after 1971. pm with a "history of chest pain related to cardiology are pend- (21) and Kirpal Singh (26) - threat, initiated a probe into They had been asked to spray- related to the bill. did not say it yesterday (after The AGP is a constituent of and discomfort", S D Nanan- ing," Nanandkar said. to carry out hate crimes on the matter to ascertain the SFJ paint "Referendum 2020" and AGP general secretary the Cabinet meeting) as we the BJP-led NDA government dkar, J J Hospital dean, told Mukerjea will be dis- the orders of their handlers, a legal advisor's links with the torch liquor vends and gov- Ramendra Narayan Kalita had wanted to maintain the confi- in Assam and a meeting of the reporters. Mukerjea underwent charged in two to three days police spokesperson said. two persons arrested in Har- ernment properties during the told the media that the three dentiality of Cabinet meetings. AGP Legislature Party held on a series of medical tests after and till then, she will remain The arrests came as a US- pura Dhandoi village near Bat- 'Ghallughara' week. AGP ministers –Atul Bora, But this has led to confusion May 31 had decided to oppose she was admitted to the critical in the CCU, he added. based Khalistani group affili- ala city, the spokesperson said. One .32 caliber revolver was Keshab Mahanta and Phani among the people. the bill, which has triggered care unit (CCU) of the hospital, This is the second time in ated to Sikhs for Justice issued The duo have confessed to seized from Dharminder Singh Bhusan Choudhury –did not "The issue was not in the protests across the state dur- he said. "Accordingly, a clin- two months that Mukerjea has a video threat to Punjab Jail being motivated and financed and a .30 caliber pistol from raise the issue in the meeting agenda (of the meeting), yet ing the past one month and the ical evaluation was done. been admitted to the hospital. Minister Sukhjinder Singh by Pannun, along with Param- Kirpal Singh. Posters relating as Chief Minister Sarbananda we raised it and discussed it three ministers had said that ECG (electrocardiogram) In April, Mukerjea was admit- Randhawa for opposing its jit Singh Pamma (UK), Mann to the "referendum" and spray Sonowal had met them before for about half-an-hour which they would raise the issue dur- showed mild changes (in heart ted to the hospital in a "semi- "referendum" on creation of a Singh (UK), Deep Kaur paint bottles were also seized it commenced and requested led to a lot of debate." ing the Cabinet meeting. AGENCIES rhythm), while her chest X-ray conscious" condition. separate homeland for Sikhs, (Malaysia), to carry out vio- from them. Tejashwi tweet on by-poll triggers spat Congress writes to Gujarat CM, PATNA: A tweet by RJD leader in 2015 assembly polls to the from him given that he did not Tejashwi Yadav, celebrating the alliance with the RJD and not even complete high school. The demands special Assembly session victory of his party and mock- the other way round. provocative tone of his tweet is ing the defeat of Chief Min- Kumar had walked out of in such a poor taste that I won- OUR CORRESPONDENT cussed in the House. discuss why "no action has including those related to sedi- ister Nitish Kumars JD(U) the Grand Alliance last year der whether he got admission In a statement, Dhanani been taken by the govern- tion, against Patidar leaders in a recent by-poll at Joki- after corruption cases were to the prestigious Delhi Public AHMEDABAD: The Oppo- said he has written to Rupani ment against the perpetrators have not been withdrawn yet, hat, today triggered a politi- lodged against Yadav, who was School on merit or by virtue of sition Congress has written a demanding a special session of of inhuman action against the Dhanani maintained. cal spat in Bihar. While the then the Deputy CM. the clout enjoyed by his fam- letter to Gujarat Chief Minister the Assembly to discuss, among Patidars" during the 2015 quota The Leader of Opposition JD(U) deplored the tweet by In the tweet, Yadav had also ily which is responsible for his Vijay Rupani, calling for a spe- others things, the issue of "the stir, he said. also raised the issue of "exor- the leader of the opposition in remarked this is just a trailer. meteoric rise. cial session of the Assembly to government's failure to with- Nearly a dozen people were bitant" fees charged by private the state assembly and pointed tweet, in the Bhojpuri dialect, The film is yet to be screened Reacting to Neeraj Kumars discuss a host of issues, includ- draw police cases against Pati- killed when the stir took a vio- schools and sought the gov- to his lack of formal educa- yesterday a day after his party hinting that he saw the prob- statement, RJD MLA and ing the government's failure to dar leaders pertaining to the lent turn three years ago. ernment reply on its "inaction" tion, the RJD hit back say- wrested the Jokihat assembly ability of his party return- spokesman Bhai Veerendra withdraw police cases against reservation agitation despite In an attempt to appease against such schools. ing even legendary poets like seat from the JD(U) and regis- ing to power by defeating the said the JD(U) leaders state- Patidar quota agitation leaders. promising the same". the politically influential Pati- "The Fee Regulation Act Kalidas and Tulsidas did not tered victory by a huge margin JD(U) in the next assembly ment shows that he and his Leader of Opposition The special session was dar community ahead of the was brought before the 2017 have academic qualifications of over 41,000 votes. polls in the state. Reacting to party lacks sanskar (culture). Paresh Dhanani, who has writ- required as the Rupani govern- December 2017 polls, the BJP Assembly elections to curb and challenged the ruling party In the tweet, Yadav had the tweet, JD(U) MLC and As far as educational qualifi- ten the letter, said the BJP gov- ment has gone back on a num- government had announced exorbitant fees charged by pri- to arrange for an open debate claimed that the result in the spokesman Neeraj Kumar said cations are concerned, neither ernment has "failed" to fulfil ber of promises made before it will withdraw police cases vate schools. But after the polls, between the Chief Minister and assembly segment of Araria I am appalled by the language Kalidas nor Tulsidas had any. promises made in the run up the elections, the senior Con- against its members who took the education minister said fees their 28-year-old leader. district proved that Kumar he has used. Though I never But can anybody doubt their to the 2017 Assembly elections gress MLA said. part in the reservation stir. (set by these schools) will have Yadav had posted the owed the success of his party expected very high standards knowledge and merit. AGENCIES and this issue should be dis- There was also a need to However, police cases, to be paid," he said. Rs 5 lakh life insurance scheme Sushma Swaraj leaves for South Africa for farmers soon: Telangana CM OUR CORRESPONDENT August 15, Rao said. the relief now as the pay revi- on 5-day visit; to attend BRICS, IBSA Earlier, the CM unfurled sion commission, which has HYDERABAD: Telangana the national flag and inspected recently been appointed, is yet MPOST BUREAU be a turning point in Gandhi's "She would also participate anti-apartheid activist and rev- government on Saturday said a parade. The state was carved to submit any report, an official fight against racial discrimina- in a series of events on June olutionary leader. it would soon announce a Rs out of Andhra Pradesh on June release said. On the occasion of NEW DELHI: External Affairs tion in South Africa. 6-7, 2018 at Pietermaritzburg, "The year 2018 is an impor- five lakh life insurance scheme 2, 2014. From August 15, the the formation day, the govern- Minister Sushma Swaraj on During her visit to the South Africa to commemorate tant year for India-South Africa for farmers of the state. government would hold free ment listed out the numerous Saturday left on a five-day African nation, Swaraj will the 125th Anniversary of the relations as it marks the 25 years Under the scheme, to be eye-camps under the 'Kanti welfare and development pro- visit to South Africa where she participate in the BRICS (Bra- historic incident in the train of the establishment of diplo- implemented through the pub- Velugu' scheme, he said. Spec- grammes being implemented will meet top leadership of the zil, Russia, India, China and compartment that became a matic relations, the 125th anni- lic sector Life Insurance Corpo- tacles would be distributed free over the last four years. country and attend meetings South Africa) Foreign Minis- catalyst for Gandhiji's Satya- versary of the Pietermaritzburg ration, the family of a farmer of cost and free eye surgeries The schemes include social of BRICS and IBSA -- the two ters' meeting on June 4 which graha movement," the MEA railway station incident and the would get Rs five lakh within would be performed for the security pensions, 'Kalyana major groupings where India is expected to lay the founda- said. It said the two-day com- 100th birth centenary of South 10 days in the event of his needy patients, he added. Lakshmi' scheme for providing has been playing a key role. tion for the annual summit of memoration activities will also African iconic leader, Nelson death, Chief Minister K Chan- The state government had monetary benefit to women, Swaraj will also attend a the grouping in Johannesburg include release of joint com- Mandela," the MEA said. drasekhar Rao said. earlier proposed to announce 24-hour free power supply to series of events marking the next month. She will also chair BRICS Foreign Ministers Meet- memorative stamps on Oli- It said India and South Making the announce- an interim relief in lieu of salary farmers, update of land records 125th anniversary of the his- a meeting of Foreign Ministers ing on June 4, 2018 and chair ver Tambo and Deen Dayal Africa enjoy close and friendly ment during the celebration of revision to its employees on the and the mission 'Bhagiradha', a toric incident where a young of IBSA (India, Brazil, South the IBSA Foreign Ministers Upadhayaa and a Youth Sum- relations which are rooted in the Telangana formation day, formation day, but deferred it. drinking water supply project. Mahatma Gandhi was thrown Africa), another bloc working Meeting," the MEA said. mit where 20 diaspora youth history and the values of south- he said the premium for the The chief minister held a The state formation day out of a train compartment in to deepen coordination among On June 6, Swaraj will visit from Africa and five from India south cooperation. “The visit of scheme would be fully paid by meeting with senior officials in was celebrated in the offices of Pietermaritzburg railway sta- the three countries on major the Phoenix settlement where will speak on the relevance of External Affairs Minister will the government. The distri- this regard last night when they opposition Congress, BJP, TDP tion, the Ministry of External global issues. Mahatma Gandhi had devel- Gandhiji's message of peace to further strengthen our close bution of insurance papers to suggested it may not be proper and various other government Affairs (MEA) said. "The External Affairs Min- oped his philosophy of non- the youth of today. and long standing ties with the farmers would begin from to make an announcement on departments. The 1893 incident proved to ister will participate in the violence, the MEA said. Tambo was a South African South Africa,” the MEA said. millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018 | 5 mp Production and productivity in agricultural sector have increased during the four years of NDA rule at the Centre Business - Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh Mismatch between skills industry Suresh Prabhu asks Airbus to make planes in India needs & available talent: Pranab NEW DELHI: Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu has NEW DELHI: Ruing the mis- Mukherjee said, noting that it research and said no Indian asked aircraft manufacturer match between the skilled is seen as demographic divi- scholar working in an Indian Airbus to build planes in India manpower the industry needs dend but there is another side institution has been recom- under the Make in India' ini- and the available talent, former to it as well. mended for a Nobel award tiative and contribute to the president Pranab Mukherjee "But their is other side of after 1933. Likes of Hargobind country's growing aviation on Saturday pitched for world- the coin, other side of the pic- Khorana and Amartya Sen sector. class educational institutions ture is if we cannot provide were working abroad when Prabhu visited the Airbus and innovations to ensure that them job, create employment they received the honour, he facility in Toulouse on Friday India’s demographic dividend for them, if we cannot skill noted. during his ongoing visit to brings it dividend and does not them which the jobs require, Policy makers, academi- France and said that if Airbus become ‘demographic disaster’. and with the present mis- cians and leaders in the field decides to make aeroplanes in Speaking at a graduation match... we have graduates, of education will have to work India, it will lead to job cre- ceremony, Mukherjee said he post-graduates (while) indus- to create a kind of ambience ation and will be a win-win was "dismayed" to find dur- try is suffering for skilled man- which will help brilliant stu- situation for both. ing his presidency that most of power," he said. dents to go for fundamen- Visited the Airbus facility India's over 763 state and cen- The former president said tal research and innovation, in Toulouse, France. Growing tral universities, over 38,000 there is a mismatch between Mukherjee asserted. Indian aviation sector, stress Talking to PTI recently, in India over the next 10 years. degree colleges and scores of the requirement of the indus- "If we can develop spirit on regional connectivity lead- the minister had said: I will The company in its India other institutes, including IITs try and the availability of edu- of innovation, if we empha- ing to more demand. It is also be meeting top bosses of Air- market forecast estimated and IIMs, were not in any reck- cated persons in the market. sise on fundamental research, an opportunity for global air- bus and try to request them to that the country would need oning in ratings by interna- "So these improvements I am sure this demographic craft manufacturers," the min- start manufacturing aircrafts 1,750 new aircrafts over the tional agencies. Former president Pranab Mukherjee have to be made. There must dividend will be truly dividend ister tweeted after the visit. in India". next 20 years (2017-2036), He harped on this point be a close nexus between the for us and will not be demo- "Impressed upon them to Airbus Commercial Air- comprising 1,320 single-aisle like a "parrot", the former world class, he said. He said there is a great need industry and the academic and graphic disaster," he said. Make In India. We will work craft, India President Srini- and 430 wide-body planes, president said, stressing that "I want each and every one for skilled personnel and that a these interactions will help the Innovation is the way of life on a roadmap," the minister vasan Dwarakanath, had in valued at $255 billion. The in almost every academic con- (of the institution) be recog- dichotomy existed in the edu- graduates coming out of the and main spirit of advance- said. Airbus, at present, has March, on the sidelines of the Indian Embassy in France too gregation during his five years nised worldwide and our aca- cation system. institutions find themselves ment of civilisation, and more than 300 aircrafts flying Wings India aviation event in tweeted about Prabhu's visit to of tenure he took up the issue. demic performance should be More than 50 per cent employable," he said. our system should encour- in the Indian skies and another Hyderabad, said that Airbus the facility and said the minis- Now a couple of institu- at par with the institutions of of India's population will be He also lamented that India age innovation, the former 530 have been ordered by will be delivering one plane on ter saw passenger planes being tions are being recognised as world class," Mukherjee said. below 25 years of age in 2022, lack seriously in fundamental president said. PTI Indian carriers. an average per week to airlines built at Toulouse. PTI Coca Cola, TELANGANA FORMATION DAY Erdogan says Uber ‘finished’ in Turkey Infosys pledge ISTANBUL: President Recep Yildirim) made the announce- The yellow taxi drivers, on Tayyip Erdogan said the ride ment. We have our system of the other hand, slam Uber as to beat plastic hailing app Uber is "finished" in taxis," he added. "pirates" who are swallowing Turkey, following intense pres- Yildirim's government their incomes in an already pollution in India sure from Istanbul taxi drivers last month issued a directive tight market. Uber has said it is for the service to be banned. sharply hiking fines and threat- committed to working in Tur- NEW DELHI: Several com- Erdogan's comments, in ened blacklisting for compa- key and insisted it is operating panies like Coca-Cola, Infosys a late night speech Friday in nies whose vehicles illegally within the law. and Hilton among others have Istanbul, came after the govern- work as taxis. "We want to work in coop- pledged to address the growing ment agreed new rules that are The official taxi drivers eration with all the relevant problem of plastic pollution. expected to severely complicate association said at the time stakeholders to improve trans- The government is sensitis- Uber's operations in Turkey. the measure would be a major tested presidential and par- portation options in Turkey ing the issue on the occasion of Drivers of Istanbul's yellow threat to Uber, if it was properly liamentary elections. Many and we are committed long- the World Environment Day taxis have over the last months enforced by the traffic police. Istanbul taxi drivers -- though term to Turkey, to the end, as a on June 5 with the theme 'Beat waged an intense campaign to Erdogan said that while not all -- are strong Erdogan loyal partner," it said in a rare plastic pollution'. have Uber banned, saying the Uber may be popular in some supporters and the main taxi Turkish statement this week. "We have pledged to company is eating into their European countries, Turkey associations back him. The tension in Turkey is one recover and recycle one pack- business without having a was different. The 17,400 official yellow of a number of headaches for age for every single one that proper legal basis for work. "Why did it (Uber) emerge? taxis in Istanbul are a pillar of Uber and its new chief execu- we put out in the market by "This thing emerged called Because it was in Europe. But the city's often patchy trans- tive Dara Khosrowshahi, who 2030," Coca-Cola India and Telangana State Formation Day-2018 was celebrated at Jyotika Club, NTPC-Ramagundam on Saturday. Uber or Muber or whatever," what is Europe to me? We will port system, but critics say that took over last August after South West Asia Vice-Pres- Chief Guest of the occasion A K Jain, GM (O&M), Ramagundam hoisted the National Flag and addressed said Erdogan. "But this issue take the decision ourselves." poor quality service and over- founder Travis Kalanick was ident (Public Affairs and the gathering. NTPC senior officials, local corporators, employees and office bearers of different unions is now finished. It's over now." His comments come three charging have given Uber an ousted following a series of Communications) Ishteyaque and associations were present on the occasion "Our Prime Minister (Binali weeks ahead of keenly-con- opportunity. scandals. AFP Amjad said. PTI Google retreating from Global travel suppliers eye India’s outbound tourism market DUBAI: Travel and tourism ness travel spending in the a niche of group tourism ded- based QnA International, the Tourism India and the Philip- businesses around the world country is projected to record a icated for planning, booking, MILT Congress will be held pines, said. military AI project: Reports are looking to capitalise on compound annual growth rate and facilitating conferences, this year in Mumbai from July India is among the largest India's double-digit annual of 12 per cent through 2020, seminars, and other events. 25-26 and in Delhi from July source markets for MICE tour- SAN FRANCISCO: Google growth in the outbound MICE they said. Forging business opportu- 31-August 1. By 2030, the value ism in both Dubai and Abu workers have got word that the and luxury travel segment, As India maintains its dou- nities and partnerships with of India's business travel mar- Dhabi, and the travel and hos- internet titan will retreat from a with the value of India's busi- ble-digit annual growth in the leading Indian corporates and ket is expected to reach USD pitality companies in both the deal to help the US military use ness travel market expected to outbound meetings, incen- luxury travel specialists will 93 billion, a statement released Emirates are looking to fur- artificial intelligence to ana- reach USD 93 billion by 2030, tives, conferences and exhibi- be discussed at the 6th annual here said. ther expand their reach in lyze drone video following an organisers of an industry event tions (MICE) and luxury travel MICE India and Luxury Travel Noting that Indian corpo- the Indian market by taking outcry from staff, according to have said. segment, travel and tourism (MILT) Congress, the premier rates remain largely unaffected advantage of the unique net- reports. The collaboration with India has recently moved businesses around the world B2B event that caters to both by the global slowdown and working opportunities pro- the US Department of Defense up two places to become the are looking to capitalise on the the business travel and luxury continue to spend big on cor- vided by MILT Congress 2018 was said to have sparked rebel- eighth largest business travel country's growth potential. tourism sectors in India. porate travel, Hassan Madah, with its high-profile buyer lion inside the California-based market in the world, and busi- The MICE market refers to Organised by Dubai- Director, Israel Ministry of lineup. PTI company. An internal petition call- ing for Google to stay out of The collaboration with the US "the business of war" garnered thousands of signatures, and Department of Defense was said to some workers reportedly quit have sparked rebellion inside the to protest a collaboration with the military. California-based company The New York Times and tech news website Gizmodo should not be in the business open letter. "We are then just a cited unnamed sources as say- of war," the employee peti- short step away from authoriz- ing that a Google's cloud team tion reads, according to copies ing autonomous drones to kill executive announced told posted online. automatically, without human employees on Friday that the "Therefore, we ask that supervision or meaningful company would not seek to Project Maven be cancelled, human control." Google has renew the controversial con- and that Google draft, publi- gone on the record saying that tract after it expires next year. cize and enforce a clear policy its work to improve machines' The contract was reported stating that neither Google nor ability to recognize objects is to be worth less than 10 million its contractors will ever build not for offensive uses. to Google, but was thought to warfare technology." The Elec- The EFF and others stressed have potential to lead to more tronic Frontier Foundation, an the need for moral and ethi- lucrative technology collabora- internet rights group, and the cal frameworks regarding the tions with the military. International Committee for use of artificial intelligence in Google did not respond to Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) weaponry. a request for comment. were among those who have "The use of AI in weapons Google has remained mum weighed in with support. systems is a crucially impor- about Project Maven, which "As military commanders tant topic and one that deserves reportedly uses machine learn- come to see the object recog- an international public ing and engineering talent to nition algorithms as reliable, discussion and likely some distinguish people and objects it will be tempting to atten- international agreements in drone videos for the Defense uate or even remove human to ensure global safety," the Department. review and oversight for these EFF said in a blog post on the "We believe that Google systems," ICRAC said in an topic. AFP

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Sd/- Executive Engineer North Bengal Development Department Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in 6| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018|millenniumpost mp We have to believe that at some point, common sense will prevail but we see no sign of that in this action today by the US administration World Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Trump meets N Korea envoy, Separatist govt takes oath says Kim summit on June 12 in Spain’s Catalonia region BARCELONA: Catalonia's new separatist government WASHINGTON DC: US June 12 (in Singapore). It is ulti- anymore because we're getting was sworn in on Saturday in President Donald Trump con- mately going to be a successful along," he said. an emotional ceremony full of firmed that his Singapore Sum- process," Trump said. He said the United States pro-independence symbolism, mit with North Korean leader The president described the was unlikely to offer much aid a move that will spark the end Kim Jong-un would take place letter as very interesting and to North Korea, which would of Madrid's direct rule over the on June 12, and said it would nice. "It was actually very inter- be taken care of by South Korea region imposed after a failed begin the process of denuclear- esting because this was liter- and Japan. secession bid. isation of the Korean Peninsula. ally going to be the delivery of Responding to a question, The 13 councillors picked Trump's announcement a letter, and it ended up being Trump said he was concerned by new Catalan president Quim came at the end of a nearly a two-hour conversation with about the recent visit of the Torra, a close ally of ousted 80-minute meeting in the Oval the second-most powerful man Russian foreign minister to leader Carles Puigdemont, took Office of the White House with in North Korea," he said. Pyongyang. oath in the regional presidency North Korean envoy Kim Yong "We talked about almost "I didn't like it, but it could in Barcelona - some of them New Catalan President Quim Torra Chol. everything. We talked about be very positive, too. I didn't wearing yellow, the colour that Kim Yong Chol delivered a sanctions," Trump added. like the Russian meeting on has come to symbolise the sepa- tion woes afflicting the conser- to the failed independence letter from the North Korean Based on the talks, Trump Friday. If it's a positive meeting, ratist cause. "Do you promise to vative leader's party. drive, calling their nomination leader to Trump. they want to do that. And they don't say and I've never said it said the North Korean I love it. If it's a negative meet- faithfully fulfil the duties of the Sanchez, a 46-year-old "a new provocation". Earlier "The meeting went very want other things along the happens in one meeting. You're leader was committed to ing, I'm not happy," he said. post you're taking on at the ser- economist who as opposi- this week, Torra nominated a well. We'll be meeting on June line. They want to develop as talking years of hostility, prob- denuclearisation. Trump said they also talked vice of Catalonia in accordance tion leader was sharply critical new administration which did 12th in Singapore. It went a country. That's going to hap- lems and hatred between so "I do think so. He'd like to about ending the Korean war. with the law and with loyalty to of Catalonia's independence not include them, prompting very well. It's really a get-to- pen. I have no doubt," the US many different nations. But I see it happen. He wants to be "We talked about ending the Catalonia's regional president?", bid, has promised to try Madrid to give its green light. know-you kind of a situation," President said. think you're going to have a careful. He is not going to run war. This war has been going on Torra asked each one. "Yes I to "build bridges" with the The 55-year-old former edi- Trump said at an impromptu Trump said countries in very positive result in the end," and do things. But I told him, -- it's got to be the longest war promise," they responded to wealthy region's new separat- tor has been under pressure press conference with the the region Japan and South he added. to be honest with you, look, we -- almost 70 years, right? And strong applause. ist government. from some segments of his own White House pool soon after Korea were also involved in Responding to a question, have sanctions on; they're very there is a possibility of some- An empty chair with a yel- The swearing-in ends separatist camp to adopt a more the North Korean envoy left. this. "We're involved in terms Trump said he had never can- powerful sanctions. We would thing like that. That's more of low ribbon stood next to them months of political limbo in conciliatory stance to allow a Kim Yong Chol arrived in of getting everything. Every- celled the meeting. His letter to not take sanctions off unless a signing of a document that to represent Catalan separatists the wealthy northeastern region new Catalan government to Washington DC after two days body wants the United States. Kim Jong-un was in response they did that. But the sanctions it's very important in one way. who are in jail over their role after the independence bid last take office and end Madrid's of talks with Secretary of State So we're going to help in the to statements coming from are very powerful. You're going Historically, it's very impor- in last autumn's independence October caused Spain's biggest direct rule. Mike Pompeo in New York. process. Without us, it wouldn't them. to see how powerful sanctions tant. But we'll see. We did dis- push and those like Puigdemont political crisis in decades. Torra was chosen by Puig- Trump acknowledged that happen. But I think that you "My letter was a response to are when it comes to Iran. You cuss the ending of the Korean who fled abroad. Under the terms of emer- demont to be Catalonia's next denuclearisation of the Korean see a lot of very positive things, their letter. The media forgot see what that's doing to Iran," War," he said. Letters were read out by gency legislation brought in to leader after separatist parties Peninsula was going to be a including with China. I think that. You know, the media said, he said. The United States, Trump loved ones affected during a cer- take over the Catalan adminis- kept their absolute majority in long process. "I think it'll be a you see a lot of very positive 'Oh, you had a meeting, then The President said he said, was going to ensure the emony that saw several onlook- tration, Madrid must lift direct regional elections in December. process. I never said it goes in things happening with Presi- you cancelled.' I didn't cancel looked forward to the day security of Kim Jong-un. ers break down in tears. rule once a Catalan government The election result was one meeting. But the relation- dent Xi, who has helped me the meeting. I cancelled it in when the sanctions could be "We're going to make sure The new executive took is fully formed and cabinet a severe blow to the Spanish ships are building, and that's quite a bit with this. So we'll see response to a very tough state- lifted when this is over, it's over. It's office shortly after Spain's members are sworn in. Spain's government which had called a very positive thing," he said. where it leads," he said. ment. And I think we're totally Trump, however, said the not going to be starting up Socialist party leader Pedro central government last month the polls in the hope of head- Confident that the North The President went on to over that. Now we're going to current level of sanctions on again. They have a potential Sanchez was sworn in as prime recognised the powers of newly- ing off the secessionist push Koreans wanted to achieve this confirm that the summit would deal, and we're going to really North Korea would remain. to be a great country. I think minister in Madrid, a day after elected Catalan president Torra in the region, which is home goal, he said they want other take place in Singapore on June start a process," he said. "It's going to remain what it is South Korea, Japan and China ousting Mariano Rajoy in a but refused to ratify his first to around 7.5 million peo- things along the line. "I think 12. "We are meeting with the now. I don't even want to use are going to help a lot," he historic no-confidence vote choice of councillors because ple and is about the size of they want to do that. I know "It will be a beginning. I Chairman (Kim Jong-un) on the term 'maximum pressure' said. AGENCIES sparked by fury over corrup- four of them face charges linked Belgium. AGENCIES Egypt Prez Sisi sworn Palestinian tries Dawn of new era: Socialist Pedro Indian-origin boy killed to hit Israeli in for second term soldiers with Sanchez sworn in Spanish PM in UK road collision CAIRO: Egyptian President MADRID: Spain's Social- Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn car, shot dead ist chief Pedro Sanchez was LONDON: An eight-year-old arrested on suspicion of caus- in on Saturday for a second sworn in as prime minister on Indian-origin boy has been ing death by dangerous driving. four-year term in office as the Saturday, a day after ousting killed in a deadly road crash Sergeant Alan Wood, from country faces major economic JERUSALEM: A Palestinian Mariano Rajoy in a historic on a UK highway. West Midlands Police, said: and security challenges. man who tried on Saturday to no-confidence vote sparked Dev Naran was pronounced "Our thoughts are with Dev's Sisi took the oath in a hit Israeli soldiers with his car by fury over corruption woes dead at the scene of a collision family who have asked for pri- packed house and in front of in the southern occupied West afflicting the conservative lead- between a truck and a car on vacy at this very difficult time. members of his government, Bank city Hebron was shot er's party. the M6 motorway near Bir- "I would urge anyone who after winning 97 percent of dead, the army said. Sanchez, a 46-year-old mingham on Thursday. "He witnessed the crash, in particu- valid votes in the March presi- "A terrorist attempted to economist with no govern- excelled at school and wanted lar anyone with dash cam foot- dential election. uary 2011 uprising that top- run over IDF troops located ment experience who has made to become a doctor. He looked age to get in touch." Fighter jets drew an Egyp- pled Hosni Mubarak's regime, at the site with his vehicle. a spectacular comeback to the after his brother Neel, who suf- Paramedics rushed to the tian flag in the sky above Cairo Sisi will have two major chal- In response, the troops fired frontline of politics, took the fered brain damage at birth," scene to find the boy, from the while military helicopters flew lenges to tackle in his second towards the terrorist, kill- oath of office before King Felipe his parents said in a statement. city of Leicester, was in car- over the capital's centre as the term: security and economic ing him. No IDF troops were VI in the Zarzuela Palace near a minority government with in politics. A man and a woman travel- diac arrest. "Crews arrived to president made his way to par- recovery. injured," an army statement Madrid. support of a hodgepodge of That all changed on May ling with Naran in the car were find three patients, all of whom liament -- where he was greeted Human rights defenders said. "I promise to faithfully fulfil disparate parties like far-left 25 when the Socialists filed a taken to hospital with seri- had been travelling in the car. with a 21-gun salute. have regularly accused Sisi of A military spokesman the duties of the post of prime Podemos and Catalan sepa- no-confidence motion against ous injuries, where they both The boy was found to be in Sisi, who as army chief violating public freedoms and said the alleged attacker was a minister with conscience and ratists, Sanchez has promised Rajoy, a day after a court found remain in a stable condition. cardiac arrest and ambulance ousted Egypt's first freely suppressing opponents. Palestinian. honour, with loyalty to the his "main priority" will be to former PP officials guilty of West Midlands Police staff immediately began CPR elected president Mohamed Many of his opponents and On Friday a 21-year-old king, and to guard and have respect Madrid's deficit reduc- receiving bribes in exchange are appealing for any wit- [Cardiopulmonary resuscita- Morsi after mass street protests vocal members of civil society Palestinian woman was shot guarded the constitution as a tion commitments to the Euro- for awarding public contracts nesses to the incident as the tion]," a spokesperson for the in 2013, won his first term in have been arrested in recent dead by Israeli soldiers near fundamental state rule," he said pean Union. in a vast graft scheme between 62-year-old driver of the truck, West Midlands Ambulance 2014 with an overwhelming months. the Gaza border fence, where in the presence also of Rajoy, He has also vowed to imple- 1999 and 2005. who escaped uninjured, was Service said. AGENCIES majority of the vote. Two of those arrested are clashes were taking place. without a Bible or crucifix -- ment the 2018 budget designed Other opposition parties He faced no serious compe- blogger and journalist Wael Razan al-Najjar was a vol- the first to do so. by Rajoy's conservative Popular lined up against Rajoy, who tition in his run for re-election. Abbas and Shadi Ghazali Harb unteer with the Gaza health The Socialist leader must Party (PP) government. was abandoned by his allies too. Former Afghan hostage Joshua His only opponent, Moussa -- one of the youth leaders dur- ministry, wearing the white still name his cabinet and it His arrival at the prime An absolute majority of Mostafa Moussa, was rela- ing the 2011 revolution. uniform of a medic when she is only when their names are minister's office represents an 180 lawmakers voted for the Boyle granted bail tively unknown and a fervent They also include Hazim was shot in the chest. published in an official gov- astounding comeback for the motion on Friday to loud Sisi supporter himself. Abdelazim, who has described According to the health ernment journal in the coming man who led the Socialists to applause and shouts of "Yes we OTTAWA: Former hostage Joshua Boyle will be re- All other political con- his decision to head the youth ministry in Gaza, another 40 days that he will fully assume two crushing general elections can". "It's been an honour -- leased from a Canadian jail with strict bail conditions tenders were either sidelined committee of Sisi's successful Palestinians were wounded his functions. defeats in 2015 and 2016, and there is none bigger -- to have that include an electronic tracking bracelet. Boyle or withdrew. 2014 presidential bid as his by Israeli gun fire in Friday's His ousting of EU-friendly was forced out by the party been Spain's prime minister," faces a string of charges, including sexual assault, AGENCIES AGENCIES Seven years after the Jan- "biggest mistake". clashes. Rajoy, a 63-year-old veteran apparatus. That was short- Rajoy told parliament minutes following his release from captivity in Afghanistan politician who had been in lived, though, as party activists before. In his first comments power since 2011, comes at a re-elected him as party head after winning the no-confi- last year. Boyle and his wife, Caitlan Coleman of time of political instability in in primaries in May 2017, but dence motion, Sanchez, a for- Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, were taken hostage in Whale dies in Thailand after Europe as Italy brings in a new even then the Socialists were mer basketball player, vowed 2012 by a Taliban-linked group. Boyle's alleged eurosceptic anti-establishment often sidelined as Podemos, to tackle "all the challenges crimes occurred between October 14 and December government. centre-right Ciudadanos and which the country faces with 30 after the couple returned to Canada. AGENCIES swallowing 80 plastic bags But even if he will head up Rajoy's PP took centre stage humility". AGENCIES

BANGKOK: A whale has died in southern Thailand after More sex assault charges against Weinstein swallowing more than 80 plas- tic bags, officials said, ending an attempted rescue that failed NEW YORK: Three actresses in her apartment" in 1996 and by this ring of conspirators." to nurse the mammal back to have filed a new lawsuit against again at the Cannes Film Fes- The 66-year-old Weinstein was health. Harvey Weinstein alleging sex- tival that same year. charged with rape and a sex Thailand is one of the ual assault and urged other vic- As for Gomes, the second crime in New York last week, world's largest consumers of tims of the disgraced Hollywood time Weinstein met with her, nearly eight months after his plastic bags, which kill hun- producer to come forward and he "imprisoned her in his hotel career imploded in a blaze of dreds of marine creatures liv- join their complaint. room and threatened, battered accusations of misconduct. ing near the country's popular Melissa Thompson, one of and assaulted her," the law firm Nearly 100 women have now beaches each year. the women filing the class action said. accused Weinstein of crimes The small male pilot whale lawsuit on Friday, said she was The lawsuit is the third class ranging from sexual harass- became the latest victim after sexually assaulted by Weinstein action suit filed against Wein- ment to assault and rape going it was found barely alive in using buoys to keep the whale said. during a 2011 meeting to discuss stein by Hagens Berman since back decades. a canal near the border with afloat after it was first spotted At least 300 marine animals a new marketing tool. late last year. Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Malaysia, the Department of on Monday and an umbrella including pilot whales, sea tur- Following public revelations Other women who were Paltrow and Angelina Jolie are Marine and Coastal Resources to shield it from the scorch- tles and dolphins perish each last year about his predatory victimised by Weinstein were among more than two dozen said on their Facebook page on ing sun. year in Thai waters after ingest- behavior, Thompson said she invited to join the suit. actresses who say they were sex- Saturday. The whale vomited up five ing plastic, Thon said. was referred to lawyer Benjamin Berman, said in a statement. was named as a defendant in "We deserve to live in a ually harassed by the producer. A veterinary team tried bags during the rescue attempt "It's a huge problem," he Brafman and another attorney "Deceptive tactics were used the lawsuit along with Wein- world in which accountability A few, including Asia Argento "to help stabilise its illness but before it died, the department said. at his firm, Alex Spiro. to entice her to turn over her stein's former movie company for the abuse of power exists," and Rose McGowan, said they finally the whale died" on Fri- said. "We use a lot of plastic." The Brafman is defending Wein- visual and audio evidence of Miramax and The Weinstein Thompson said. "Stand up and were raped. day afternoon, the post said. Thon Thamrongnawasawat, pilot whale's plight generated stein following his indictment Weinstein's conduct (which she Company. say something -- because now is Brafman, Weinstein's lawyer, An autopsy revealed 80 a marine biologist and lecturer sympathy and anger among last week on rape and sex crime did)," it said. The other two actresses the time that enough is enough." is one of America's most cele- plastic bags weighing up to at Kasetsart University, said the Thai netizens. charges. "Melissa did not learn that who are a party to the lawsuit Elizabeth Fegan, a partner at brated criminal defense attor- eight kilograms (18 pounds) bags had made it impossible "I feel sorry for the animal "Thompson was led to Brafman was actually then or are Caitlin Dulany and Larissa Hagens Berman, said "we are neys. His past clients include in the creature's stomach, the for the whale to eat any nutri- that didn't do anything wrong believe that Brafman and would later be Weinstein's lead Gomes. working to see a day of justice former IMF boss Dominique department added. tional food. but has to bear the brunt of Spiro were representing vic- criminal defense attorney until It accusses Weinstein of for the hundreds of women who Strauss-Kahn, who escaped Photos accompanying the "If you have 80 plastic bags human actions," one Twitter tims against Weinstein," the law after turning over the video as "assaulting, threatening and were exploited for Weinstein's criminal prosecution for alleged post showed a group of people in your stomach, you die," he user wrote in Thai. AGENCIES firm representing her, Hagens evidence." Brafman's law firm falsely imprisoning (Dulany) sexual gratification and silenced sexual assault in 2011. AGENCIES millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018 | 7 mp I feel I haven’t yet reached that stature where international footballers will look up to me Sports -Sunil Chhetri Saha ruled out of Afghan Test, Karthik Rafael Nadal downs Gasquet for 16th time, to replace him NEW DELHI: India's wicket- Sharapova sets up potential Serena clash keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha was on Saturday ruled out of the historic one-off Test PARIS: Maria Sharapova against Afghanistan after fail- marked her first appearance Bopanna and ing to recover from the thumb on Court Philippe Chatrier in injury he suffered in this year's three years with a 6-2, 6-1 rout Roger-Vasselin Indian Premier League. of Karolina Pliskova to set-up a The BCCI on Saturday potential French Open last-16 reach quarters named Dinesh Karthik as Saha's duel with nemesis Serena Wil- replacement for Afghanistan's liams on Saturday, while 10-time PARIS: Rohan Bopanna and debut Test match to be held in champion Rafael Nadal defeated his French partner Edouard Bengaluru starting June 14. childhood friend Richard Gas- Roger-Vasselin shocked top "Mr Wriddhiman Saha has quet for the 16th time. seeded Marcelo Melo and been ruled out of the one-off Five-time Grand Slam Lukasz Kubot in straight sets to Paytm Test against Afghanistan champion Sharapova, the win- reach the men's doubles quar- to be held in Bengaluru from the ner in Paris in 2012 and 2014, terfinals of the French Open, 14th of June, 2018," BCCI acting hadn't played on Roland Garros' here on Saturday. secretary Amitabh Choudhary showpiece arena since a quarter- The 13th seeded Indo- said. "He was under observa- final exit in 2015. French team beat the Brazil- tion by the medical staff of the The 31-year-old served a ian-Polish combo 6-4 7-6(1) BCCI and the management has doping suspension in 2016 and in one hour and 30 minutes in decided to give him adequate was refused a wildcard in 2017. the third round. rest before the start of the Eng- However, she made up for It's the third time that land Test series. Saha's recovery lost time by firing 18 winners Bopanna has reached quarter- period is expected to be around past an under-cooked Pliskova, final stage at Roland Garros. He five to six weeks," he added. the sixth seed, in just under an to her daughter in September, in 2018 with 212. points in the first five games, has made the final here," said Giorgi 4-6, 6-1, 8-6. made it to the last-eight pairs in The 33-year-old stumper hour. last played a major at the Aus- Nadal continued his bid for will next play Germany's world 24-year-old Muguruza. Italy's Fabio Fognini made 2011 and 2016 also. suffered the injury to his right She will next face either tralian Open in 2017 while two an 11th French Open title by number 70 Maximilian Mar- "If I didn't play my best ten- the last 16 for the second time Bopanna and Roger-Vas- thumb while playing for Sunris- 23-time Grand Slam champion months pregnant. brushing aside Gasquet to claim terer, who beat Estonian lucky nis, I realised that it would be with a 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win selin saved five of the six break ers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2 of Williams or German 11th seed She has dominated the head- a 16th consecutive win over his loser Jurgen Zopp. very hard." The Spaniard goes over Britain's last man standing chances while they converted the IPL against Kolkata Knight Julia Goerges. lines in Paris as much for her childhood friend. Former champion Garbine on to face Lesia Tsurenko of Kyle Edmund. two of the breakpoints on their Riders on May 25 at the Eden Sharapova and Serena have play -- she came back from The world number one's Muguruza reached the last 16 Ukraine who knocked out Slo- Fognini joins compatriot opponents' serve. Gardens. met 21 times, with the American a set and break down to beat record at Roland Garros now for the fifth successive year with vakian 19th seed Magdalena Marco Cecchinato in the fourth They next face Nikola Mek- "The All-India Senior Selec- leading the head-to-head record Ashleigh Barty in the second stands at 82 wins and just two a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 win over Rybarikova 6-2, 6-4. round, the first time that more tic and Alexander Peya for a tion Committee has named Mr 19-2 after 18 consecutive wins round -- as for her striking all- losses. Australia's Sam Stosur. Estonian 25th seed Anett than one Italian has made the place in the semifinals. Dinesh Karthik as the replace- dating back to 2004. black catsuit. The 16-time Grand Slam Spanish third seed Mugu- Kontaveit made the last 16 for last 16 since 1976. Bopanna is the only Indian ment for injured Saha," the "I think there is a lot of The 36-year-old Williams, champion eased to a 6-3, 6-2, ruza, the 2016 winner in Paris the first time by downing Czech Women's top seed Simona surviving in the clay court BCCI statement further read. things in her game that she's now ranked at 451 in the world, 6-2 victory on Chatrier. and the reigning Wimbledon eighth seed Petra Kvitova who Halep, twice a runner-up, has Grand Slam as all others have Saha did not have the best done much better than I have... boasts a 2-0 career lead over The 31-year-old also took his champion, fired 15 winners past saw her 13-match win streak been shunted out to Court 18 suffered defeats. of IPL this year, scoring just 234 Numbers don't lie," admitted Georges. run of consecutive completed Stosur, the 34-year-old 2010 end in a horror show of 57 for her third round clash against Earlier on Friday, Indias runs in 14 games. Karthik, on Sharapova ahead of the prospect It may not be easy on the sets at the French Open to 34, runner-up and former US Open unforced errors. experienced German Andrea men’s doubles pair of Yuki the other hand, scored a mam- of facing her American nemisis. eye with Williams's renowned just seven shy of the record held champion. Kontaveit next faces US Petkovic. Halep leads their Bhambri and Divij Sharan was moth 498 runs in 16 matches Williams, the champion in power-hitting up against the by Bjorn Borg between 1979 "I knew this would be very Open champion Sloane Ste- head-to-head 6-1, including a outplayed in straight sets 5-7, to guide KKR to a third-place 2002, 2013 and 2015 and playing 29-year-old German who leads and 1981. tough against a former US phens, the American 10th clash in the semi-finals in Paris 3-6 by second seeds Oliver finish. AGENCIES her first Slam since giving birth the aces count on the WTA Tour Nadal, who lost only two Open winner and a player who seed, who saw off Italy's Camila in 2014. AGENCIES Marach and Mate Pavic. AGENCIES Abuse us, criticise us but please get involved: Chhetri appeals to football fans Bess guides England NEW DELHI: Sunil Chhetri, country's all-time highest goal- had a message for all the resi- tion, we will try our best to make "I mean it's not fun to crit- into the lead against one of the greatest footballers getter demanded some love and dent 'Gooners', 'Red Devils' and your time worth," Chhetri's plea icise and abuse on internet. that India has produced, made affection for their 'first country'. 'Catalans', for whom Arsenal, was not only about accepting Come to the stadium, do it on an impassioned plea to all the India, who have improved Manchester United and Barce- where they stand but also what our face, scream at us, shout at Pak despite Root loss fans of Lionel Messi, Neymar their ranking to 97 in current lona means "we". little they want from the fans. us, abuse us, who knows one and Cristiano Ronaldo — "abuse Fifa chart, routed Chinese Tai- "To all of you who are fans of "To all of you, who have lost day we might change you guys, LEEDS (UK): Dominic Bess us, criticise us but please come to pei 5-0 on Friday in the opening big European clubs and support hope or don't have any hope in you might start cheering for belied his position as a night- watch the Indian national team game of the four-nation tourna- European clubs with so much Indian football, we request you us. You guys have no idea how watchman by guiding England play." With less than two weeks ment with less than 2000 fans passion and sometimes you to come and watch us in the sta- important you guys are and how into a first-innings lead against left for World Cup football to watching from the stands. guys think that the level is not dium," the skipper said. important your support is," the Pakistan on a rain-marred day begin and broadcasters urg- The skipper who scored his the same, so why do you waste Chhetri had a request for all skipper appealed. India will face of the second Test at Heading- ing fans of the 'beautiful game' third international hat-trick in- your time? Agreed, the level is the arm-chair critics of Indian Kenya on June 4, which will ley on Saturday. to profess their love for their front a near empty Mumbai not the same, not even close but football -- please abuse but make incidentally be Chhetri's 100th England were 199 for three "doosri country" via hashtags, Football Arena (MFA) stands, with our desire and determina- the 'Blue Tigers' feel relevant. international match. AGENCIES at tea, 25 runs in front, after rain meant there was no play before lunch. Dominic Bess France beat Italy, Anand draws Rohit to throw Bess was 40 not out, hav- Boxers Povetkin, Joshua ing scored 57 on debut during off Mohammad Abbas. With with Wesley So 'First Pitch' in England’s thumping nine-wicket Bess playing shots worthy of a Tunisia held, S Korea defeat by Pakistan in the first top-order batsman, England lost STAVANGER (NORWAY): to clash for WBA title Test at Lord’s. Together with Root. The England skipper has Viswanathan Anand played MLB game Dawid Malan (27 not out) he been criticised for a repeated lose, Aussies rampant out his fourth draw on the trot, MOSCOW: A bout for the had had put on an unbroken failure to convert Test fifties signing peace with Wesley So World Boxing Associa- NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer 61 for the fourth wicket after into his hundreds. of United States in the fourth tion (WBA) champions title Rohit Sharma has been invited England captain Joe Root fell But on Saturday he exited round of the Altibox Norway between Russian heavyweight by the Major League Baseball for 43 to the disappointment for 45. The right-hander, chas- Chess tournament here. boxer Alexander Povetkin and (MLB) club Seattle Mariners of his Yorkshire home crowd. ing a scrambled seam deliv- Taking his tally up to two UKs WBA belt holder Anthony to throw out the ceremonial England were 106 for two, ery from Amir angled across points out of a possible four, Joshua is likely to be held later 'First Pitch'. 68 runs adrift of Pakistan’s lowly him, succeeded only in getting Anand now has his task cut out this year in Britain, the Russian Rohit will be the first Indian 174, when play eventually got a thin edge to wicket-keeper for the remaining five games in boxer has said. cricketer to be conferred this under way at 2:45 pm (1345 Sarfraz Ahmed, with the Paki- this strongest tournament of the "I am now the manda- recognition in a major league GMT) some several hours after stan captain joyfully accepting year. The world rapid champion tory challenger for the WBA American sports event. the scheduled 11:00am (1000 the easy catch. needs a couple of victories to world champion's belt, which Rohit will throw out the GMT) start time. Root was 29 Left-hander Malan made an stake a claim in the tournament. currently belongs to Joshua," ceremonial first pitch at Safeco not out and Bess, who came in uncertain start before finding Meanwhile, reigning World Povetkin said in an interview Deontay Wilder. Field, home ground of Seattle as a nightwatchman late Friday his touch with several bound- champion Magnus Carlsen was with TASS news agency. "It is still unclear when and Mariners on June 3 as a pre- following Alastair Cook’s exit for aries, including a square driven pleasantly surprised to see a In early April, the WBA where this fight will happen game activity against the Tampa 44, unbeaten on nought. four off Abbas. And when Bess rather unambitious approach green-lighted a fight between as everything depends on our Bay Rays. Bess, selected primarily as swept leg-spinner Shadab Khan, with white pieces by Hikaru Povetkin and Joshua and promoters," Povetkin said. The baseball league in an off-spinner but yet to take England had the lead. Antoine Griezmann scored as France beat Italy 3-1 Nakamura of United States. The gave the teams of both fight- "However, I believe the America has a historic ritual a Test wicket, made light of the Pakistan only need to avoid game ended in a draw helping ers a period of 30 days to set- fight is more likely to be held inviting a guest of honour to overcast, bowler-friendly con- defeat at Headingley to seal a PARIS: France underlined bele curled a splendid shot into Carlsen to remain at the helm tle negotiations. The British in Great Britain this autumn. throw out a ceremonial first ditions to cover-drive left-arm first series win in England for their World Cup credentials the top corner as France hit the on three points from his four boxer, however, announced I will begin with my training pitch to mark the start of the quck Mohammad Amir for a 22 years. But if England fail with their three forwards all Italians on the break. games. Sergey Karjakin of Rus- later that his prime aim was sessions, when the exact date game. well-struck four. It was one of to it will condemn them to a involved in the goals that France have been drawn sia took sole second spot on 2.5 to fight for the World Boxing of the bout is announced," the Rohit is on a three-city US several stylish boundaries hit third successive series loss after secured an impressive 3-1 with Peru, Denmark and Aus- points after defeating Maxime Council (WBC) champion's 38-year-old Russian boxer tour as part of 'Desh-Legends by the 20-year-old Bess that reverses in Australia and New friendly victory over Italy on tralia in Group C at the finals Vachier-Lagrave of France. PTI belt against American boxer added. AGENCIES of Cricket Series'. AGENCIES included a well-timed on-drive Zealand. AGENCIES Friday. starting this month. Just under two weeks Tunisia were held to a 2-2 before the finals start in Rus- draw by 10-man Turkey in sia, Tunisia were held 2-2 by Geneva after Caglar Soyuncu 10-man Turkey, Australia won scored a last-minute equaliser IOA sets qualification criteria for 2018 Asiad 4-0 against the Czech Repub- against the African side drawn lic and South Korea suffered a in Group G with Belgium, Pan- NEW DELHI: Apart from fast- the flight to Indonesia. four events, namely cycling, tion Committee, 2024 Olympic 3-1 home defeat after Bosnia’s ama and England. rising talents, only the top-eight However, Batra said that shooting, kayaking and canoe- Games Preparation Committee. Edin Visca scored a hat-trick. Cenk Tosun put Turkey performers in team events and IOA's performance analy- ing will not take place in the "The additional commit- France showed the full ahead with a penalty early in the top-six performers in indi- sis team will consider athletes western state. While Delhi is to tees and new commissions have extent of their firepower as the second half before Anice vidual events in the last four who would have shown upscale host shooting, Kerala will orga- been set up to help us achieve defender Samuel Umtiti scored Badri equalised two minutes years' continental competitions performances. nise the rest of the three. Mehta our ambitions as a rising sport- at the end of a Kylian Mbappe later. will be part of India's contin- "This is the criteria set by also said that Karnataka may ing nation. It's imperative for move while Antoine Griez- Striker Tosun was then sent gent for the Asian Games later us and athletes need to meet host hockey and tennis events the IOA to make sure there are mann and Ousman Dembele off just past the hour when he this year, the Indian Olympic this criteria. Athletes need to of the National Games. action points to every review found the net. became involved in a verbal Association (IOA) announced earn the Indian jersey," Batra Mehta also announced the and a thorough process is fol- The Italians pulled a goal altercation with a Turkish fan on Saturday. declared at a press conference. formation of an Associate Cat- lowed for every global event," back through central defender and had to be restrained by his IOA president Narinder The IOA also announced egory within IOA to incorpo- Batra said. Leonardo Bonucci, who fired team mates. Batra said that they have shared that they have registered 2370 rate the disciplines which are "From EOI for hosting home after the returning Mario Ferjani Sassi fired the Tuni- the qualification criteria with members, including athletes Batra also announced to host the 2032 Summer Games. not part of Olympics, Com- global events to announcing Balotelli, new coach Roberto sians in front with nine minutes the sports federations at the and officials, for the quadrennial submit Expression Of Inter- Meanwhile, IOA Secretary monwealth Games and Asian new committees and commis- Mancini’s favourite, saw his free remaining, before Soyuncu’s Executive Council Meeting held showpiece to be held in Indo- est for IOC Congress 2021 or General Rajeev Mehta said Games programmes. "There are sions, it's all formally plotted kick parried into the path of the late strike denied them victory, earlier on Saturday. nesia from August 18. onwards, Youth Olympic Games that the dates for the upcom- some sports federation which in our future roadmap," Batra Azzurri captain. but the result extended their The qualification criteria "The long list for the 18th 2026, Asian Games 2030 and ing National Games are yet to be are registered with OCA but concluded. But France were a cut above unbeaten run to nine games. means that even if someone Asian Games has also been sub- Olympic Games 2032. Batra also finalised. According to Mehta, not with the IOA. Those will be During the meeting, it was Italy, who missed out on the South Korea, who have a has crossed the performance mitted to the organisers of the said that country should aim to IOA wants it to take place in part of the Associate Category," also decided that no parents of World Cup, with Umtiti putting tough group which includes criteria approved by the Olym- event. We shall shortlist the final win "double digit" medals at the December but the 36th National Mehta reckoned. athletes will be part of the coun- Les Bleus ahead after keeper Germany, Mexico and Sweden, pic Council of Asia (OCA) but contingent at the conclusion of Tokyo Olympics and around 20 Games' organising state Goa is However, the Associate Cat- try's contingent for the Asiad. Salvatore Sirigu failed to deal succumbed to a disappointing has not finished in the top-six final selections by various fed- at the 2024 games in Paris. asking for some time and plans egory will not have voting rights During the Gold Coast CWG with Mbappe’s shot. defeat by Bosnia, with Visca in individual events in continen- erations," explained Batra. The The IOA president feels that to host it in February. within the IOA. The IOA also held in April, the inclusion of Griezmann converted a scoring all the goals for the tal championships or the 2014 names of the shortlisted ath- a good show will then help them Mehta said that during the announced the formation of Saina Nehwal's father was con- second-half penalty and Dem- visitors. AGENCIES Asiad, he or she will not board letes will be finalised by June 30. gain public support in its bid to Goa National Games, at least various committees like Arbitra- troversial. AGENCIES 8| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018|millenniumpost mp In retrospect The Unsafe Sex: Violence Against Women in India

In 2012, India was shaken by the horrific rape of Nirbhaya – it seemed as if society had at last taken cognizance of women’s safety. However, in 2018, we continue to fight the same evils, which have shown no signs of containment despite the roars of agitation, explores Madhupriti Mitra

KATHUA RAPE CASE (2018) various procedural reforms, making the tiring process of trial in India con- On January 10, 2018, the father of siderably easier for children. an eight-year-old girl registered a com- CRIME AGAINST WOMEN (2016-18) plaint with the police when his daughter didn’t return home after grazing their With rape, molestation and eve- horses. A week later, the deceased body teasing cases being reported regularly of the young girl was found by the vil- in the capital, the arrest of people has lagers, a few kilometres away from the also increased with more than 1,300 village. On investigating, it was uncov- persons being booked in 2018. The data ered that she had been brutally gang- accessed by Millennium Post till April raped, abducted and drugged by eight her without an iota of conscience. The 15, stated that more than 500 accused men in a temple. incident outraged angry locals who were arrested on rape charges whereas According to the forensic reports, assaulted the accused before handing over 700 persons were nabbed under the the girl had been raped multiple times him over to the police. charges of molestation. Over 120 per- by different men, after which she had POCSO ACT 2012 sons were also arrested for eve-teasing. been strangled to death and hit in the The police data claimed that head with a heavy stone. This horrific The Union Cabinet, just a few weeks around 3,672 accused were arrested incident, which had undertones of polit- ago, cleared the ordinance on POCSO, for their involvement in rape cases ical motivation, witnessed nationwide whereby the death penalty will be from the year 2016 to August 2017, outrage; nevertheless, no promise of directed to those convicted of raping a whereas more than 6,000 people were an end to the rape culture has yet been child up to 12 years of age. The Centre arrested on the charges of molestation. n the developing world, India NIRBHAYA RAPE CASE (2012) to receive some recognition in soci- negotiated. has cleared the criminal law amendment Recent data by Delhi Police claimed is among the most popu- ety – such is our world today. Despite JAGANNATH TEMPLE RAPE ordinance and the POCSO Act is a part that more than 1,600 cases of crime lous countries. While on the Who could’ve apprehended that a this immediate outcry, even today, in of this amendment. Demands for the against women were registered with international arena India has well-spent day for a medical student 2018, women in India are vulnerable A temple, the code of sanctity, has death penalty to a rapist accused of rap- them between January and April achievedI acclaim for its various feats in would soon turn into the darkest night to the wrath of monstrous men who been ripped off every religious moti- ing a minor took centre-stage after two this year. economic development, back home, a of her life? On the night of Decem- are butchering the dignity of women, vation after cases of rape have been separate cases of gang-rape took place in The data, recorded till April 15, states dangerous rape culture is permeating ber 16, 2012, Nirbhaya was beaten, whether she is six or sixty, across the reported from inside holy temple com- Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua and Uttar that 578 rape cases have been reported, through society, also gaining a tainted gang-raped and tortured in a private length and breadth of our country. pounds. Yes, rape incidents inside tem- Pradesh’s Unnao, leading to massive while 883 cases of molestation have global reputation. Naturally then, over bus she had boarded with her friend Despite the government’s vari- ples took birth way before the Kathua outrage across the country. The Centre been registered in the Capital. More- the years, surviving in Indian cities as a from South Delhi. There were six oth- ous steps, incidents of rape continue rape case. In another barbaric incident, has increased minimum punishment in over, Delhi Police registered 182 cases female has become a palpable fear with ers in the bus, including the driver, all unabated. Two more such incidents an 11-year-old physically challenged the case of rape from seven years to 10 of eve-teasing. The law enforcement the escalating number of rape cases in that occurred in the last year, in Unnao girl was allegedly raped inside the Jag- years, extendable to life imprisonment. agency has also tightened its noose on the country. and Kathua, have equally shaken the annath Temple in Orissa last year. The It said that in the case of gang-rape of criminals, as the data claimed that 1,123 “I run this tea stall to fulfil our basic country to its core reinstating the need incident took place when the minor girl a girl below 12 years, the punishment of these cases have been solved. “460 needs and for that, I have to leave my to reignite the debate on sexual vio- stepped inside the temple at a time when will be life imprisonment or death sen- rape cases have been solved, whereas daughters alone at home. After many lence as a national agenda. the shrine was virtually deserted. Soon tence. The new Act enlists a variety 561 cases of molestation and 102 cases such horrific incidents, I feel insecure, UNNAO RAPE CASE (2017) after, the 28-year-old accused escorted of offences under which an accused of eve-teasing have also been worked leaving them at home is also no longer her to the bathing mandap and raped can be punished. The Act out,” states the data. a full-proof safe option,” said Swati On June 4, 2017, a 17-year-old makes abetment of Though the police are on track in Gaur, a mother of two daughters who girl stated in her complaint that she child sexual abuse an resolving the cases reported, our runs a tea stall in South Delhi, express- had been raped in the house of Kul- offence. It also society shows no signs of ing a fearthat is not uncommon today. deep Singh Sengar, an MLA of Uttar provides for remorse or correction. Swati is not alone, women from dif- Though the police are Pradesh. According to her complaint, Women are still not ferent walks of life have expressed their the incident unfolded after she had safe, not even behind deep concern over this issue. on track in resolving entered the accused’s house seeking the four walls of “Hearing about incidents of rape the cases reported, our his assistance in finding employment. their homes. Like the have become an everyday affair. It is Her statement was recorded by the POCSO ordinance, not just a heinous crime, it is an inhu- society shows no signs police on June 22, but they did not several more bold and man act. The safety of females, whether of correction. Women allow her to name her assailant. On immediate measures are it be a newborn or an aged lady, has April 5, 2018, the woman’s father was essential to overcome been heavily compromised. The only are still not safe, not arrested and placed in judicial custody, the rampancy of this way out is immediate punishment of even behind the four allegedly after he was assaulted by sup- heinous crime to the offender, to set an example for soci- porters of Sengar. Four days later, the ensure a life of ety” said Swetha, an Amity student. walls of their homes woman attempted to immolate herself dignity to the “Sexual harassment, rape, assaults in front of the residence of UP CM Yogi women of our and gender-based violence are a of whom raped the woman and physi- Adityanath stating that the police had country. result of the rape culture pervading cally assaulted her friend. Eleven days taken no action against the accused. A our society. There are strict rules and after battling for life, Nirbhaya suc- day later, on April 9, her father died in amendments in other countries but cumbed to her injuries. the hospital due to his injuries, leading we don’t seem to be doing enough. Nirbhaya seemed to have sparked a to the arrest of Atul Sengar (brother of There are psychological undertones sense of cognizance among the authori- Kuldeep Sengar) and the suspension of men’s sexual deprivation and pow- ties and civil society, as this gory night- of six police officers. The death and erplay, it all needs more investigation,” marish incident led to nationwide the immolation attempt led to wide- emphasised Ambika, a gerontologist protests. Nirbhaya had to die a most spread outrage, only after which an FIR and clinical psychologist. pathetic death for the rape of women was registered against Kuldeep Sengar. millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018 | 9 mp Saffronart's 200th Auction Beacon

F. N. Souza V. S. Gaitonde Manjit Bawa Subodh Gupta

From Francis Newton Saffronart’s Bouquet of Souza's poignant still life to Tyeb Mehta's iconic Kali, further on to Rina Banerjee's voracious MASTERPIECES expression of political affronart’s upcoming Summer Online mythical creatures but they come alive in the Auction June 13-14, 2018, marks an most unfamiliar and unorthodox situations will through colour – important milestone for India’s lead- IMAGES: SAFFRONART and circumstances. Thus, a multi-armed deity th ing auction house. With its 200th auc- could sit on a chair, goats talk to each other. Saffronart's 200 auction tion,S Saffronart consolidates eighteen years of He embraces all styles, Western as well as the expertise and leadership in pioneering art sales Kalighat pat style. in India and abroad. To celebrate this momen- Just like India’s folk art, there is a strong dec- is testimony to the grand tous occasion, the auction house presents 150 orative element in all of Subramanyan’s compo- exceptional works of modern and contempo- sitions but its not for mere embellishment. His evolution in Indian art, rary Indian art. characters lend an ironic edge to his works just The artists represented span the evolution in the same way that the deities and fantastic writes Uma Nair of the Indian art scene from the pre-Indepen- creatures do when they make an appearance in dence period to the present day, illustrating the otherwise realistic situations, blurring the over a hundred years of art history. Each work line between the real and the surreal. epitomises the achievements of these artists, As he said: “...they strike heroic poses and Raja Ravi Varma and has been chosen bearing in mind its prov- break into loud dialogue and action, between enance and historical contribution to Indian art. these village boys and the mythical stereotypes a new reality is born. Mixing the normal with TYEB’S KALI the hieratic, the worldly with the unworldly...” Top of the lots is Tyeb Mehta’s Kali. Mehta’s iconic and monumental Kali, was once part KRISHEN KHANNA of the art collection of the eminent and influ- Lot 46 is Krishen Khanna’s portrait of ential theatre director, Ebrahim Alkazi. Over a bandwallah from his epic series. Khanna his entire artistic career, Mehta painted only wanted to put the spotlight on individuals who three standing Kali figures between 1988 and often belonged to society and contributed in 1989 – of which the Kali on offer is the largest, small humble ways and the bandwallah was at 67 x 54 inches – with only a few smaller for- one entity. Bordering on the narrative, Khan- mat Kali heads in later years. The monumental na’s work captures moments in history, much artwork has been estimated at USD 3-4 million like photographs do, but the artist’s technique (INR-18.9-25.2 crore). is far from photo-realist. Khanna transfers his observations onto the canvas with spontaneity SOUZA and exuberance, keeping the representational Lot 1 is an irresistible Eucharist ensemble by elements of his subject matter intact. The art- the brilliant artist and founder of the Progres- ist’s use of colour and his expressionist brush- sives and writer, Francis Newton Souza. The work make the mundane rise to the challenge elements at the Eucharist table become a poi- of the creative. gnant still life. Souza's unrestrained and graphic style created thought-provoking and powerful GAITONDE images. His repertoire of subjects covered still Lot 107 is Gaitonde’s 1965 work. He called life, landscape, nudes and icons of Christianity, his work "non-objective" and believed that rendered boldly in a frenzied distortion of form. "there is no such thing as abstract art." Gai- Souza's paintings expressed defiance and impa- tonde’s paintings, evocative of subliminal tience with convention and with the banality of depths, are known for their spiritual quality everyday life. Souza's works have reflected the and characteristic silence that is as meditative influence of various schools of art: the folk art as it is eternal and momentous. The plain, large of his native Goa, the full-blooded paintings surfaces of layered paint possess an inherent of the Renaissance, the religious fervour of the quality of light making the work look more like Rina Banerjee Catholic Church, the landscapes of 18th and 19th a painted prayer. Tyeb Mehta century Europe, and the path-breaking paint- ings of the moderns. RINA BANERJEE RAZA’S PAYSAGE PROVENCAL Rina Banerjee’s Lot 149, Tamarind Dreams- Each work epitomises the achievements of these Tamarind Girls and boys will play -1, is delight- S.H. Raza’s dreamy landscape created in ful. Rina has always created works and titles that 1951 at Lot 71 is a masterpiece in its historic- artists, and has been chosen bearing in mind its celebrate allegories of literature and art. The ity. Paysage Provencal is a village-scape, seen artist takes on the role of a narrator and leads from an aerial perspective, its like a pastoral provenance and historical contribution to Indian art us through a world of stories and forms, in this case the tamarind, where memory and narrative in shades of ochre – Raza places the houses almost two decades. The subjects and objects he of the exotic creates an unreal yet warped real- across the surface of the canvas. Raza translates chooses are placed into a composition which he ity – a world perhaps not unlike our own. The lithe architectural forms through the use of key defines spatially with a horizon line and varia- artist has, in earlier works, expressed a sincere signposts; as he connotes gabled roofing, soar- tions in shades of yellow. A bird, seated on an political concern. Beneath the playful colours ing slender connote chimneys, and alternating oval shaped tree, surrounded by mountains is and flowing, organic forms are profound cri- fields of colour to suggest walls. Consequently, accompanied by an oval orange sun. In Swami- tiques of modern globalisation. the village is conveyed to its viewer in tempo- nathan's words, "The objects in themselves have As an artist split between two worlds, Rina ral increments. It requires its viewers to stand relevance only as agents and not as themselves... Banerjee questions both Anglo-Saxon and before it, to let the colours flicker across the can- Thus, the work becomes concrete and abstract Indian ways of life. The superficial way, in which vas and the shapes to collide and intersect, until at the same time," (J Swaminathan, "The Tra- the western world regards foreign cultures and the provincial scene reveals itself as the subject. ditional Numen and Contemporary Art," Lalit reduces them to shallow theme worlds, is a Kala Contemporary, No. 29, New Delhi: Lalit statement that can be read in many of the works. STUNNING SWAMINATHAN Kala Akademi, April 1980, p. 11). In the place- The stretching of identities in the modern cul- Lot 18 is a stunning Swaminathan. The guru ment of these objects, Swaminathan plays with ture – assimilating world mirrors the extend- of the abstract movement in the North, this notions of reflection and shadow, thereby rais- ing and yearning forms the artist uses in her ochre-toned work is a part of his historic Bird ing questions about existence and perception pieces. "Identity politics are redirected in the Mountain and Tree series. Jagdish Swamina- post-colonial time," says Rina whose works than was a writer, painter, and political activ- SUBRAMANYAN are open to many interpretations. The tension ist, who rejected the notion of "modernism". Lot 27 is an evocative multidivisional and complexity between diversities is, however, The present lot is one from his Bird Moun- work by K.G. Subramanyan. He peopled his a running thread through her pieces and this tain and Tree series, which occupied him for works with familiar deities, their vehicles, and work is an ethos of that reality.

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From Indian classical rhythm to western beats, Manna Dey had aced each genre with inimitable ease. This master musician, was among the best gifts that Bollywood had offered its viewers, writes Sharad Dutt Manna Dey: A many-splendoured Songster

he most cherished playback singers of the them and Manna Dey accompanied his uncle, thus duet with Lata, Nain mile chain kahan. 1950s were Rafi, Mukesh, Talat Mahmood getting the opportunity to sing his first song in film Mohammad Rafi was an all-time favourite of Nau- and Manna Dey. Anil Biswas was the only Tamanna in 1943. The song, Jaago aayee usha panchhi, shad but he made an exception calling upon Manna composer who didn’t use Rafi’s voice for his was composed by his uncle and Manna Dey assisted Dey to sing in Mother India. He also sang a bhajan for Tcompositions in the films. Anilda told me that he held him. But soon he realised that composing music for Naushad, Bhagat ke bas mein hain Bhagwan in film no prejudice against Rafi but it created a hot contro- films was not his cup of tea. Shabab, and a title track in Palki, Mere ghar se pyaar versy in film circles. He also confessed that he had In the same year, producer Shankar Bhatt ki palki chali gayi. to invite Rafi specially to sing in the film Heer, as approached Krishna Chandra Dey to sing a bhajan for Madan Mohan was renowned as a ‘ghazal king’. nobody else could have sung the lyrics of leg- his film Ram Rajya. He declined the offer not willing When he composed a ghazal for Hindustan Ki endary Heer better than Rafi, since he hailed to lend his voice for someone else and recommended Kasam, he chose Manna Dey for Har taraf from Punjab and made it come alive. Manna Dey. After singing in Ram Rajya the latter was ab yehi afsaane hain. Manna Dey’s solo, Anilda was, indeed, responsible for shap- flooded with offers to sing for mythological films. But Aye meri zohra jabeen, in qawwali style ing up the careers of Mukesh and Talat Mah- he continued to assist composers like Khemchandra was an instant chartbuster. mood. As did Manna Dey sing his best songs Prakash and SD Burman. Khemchand Prakash had Even when the 1970s came to be under his baton! And, I was introduced to signed the film Ganesh Janam for producer-director dominated by a new generation of com- this triumvirate by Anilda. Jayant Desai. He fell seriously ill and told the pro- posers, Kalyanji Anandji, RD Burman It so happened that he came to Delhi ducer that Manna Dey would complete the film. After and Laxmikant Pyaarelal, Manna Dey Doordarshan for a recording in the 70s. I was Ganesh Janam, he was again approached to compose remained the first choice. RD Burman very fond of Manna Dey’s private songs and for religious films, and gave music for Maha Puja, Jai was a very talented composer who had told him, “Dada we listen to your film songs Maha Dev and Gauri Puja. He was beginning to feel mastery over Indian classical and West- quite often on AIR and Doordarshan but barely that he was being typecast as singer-composer and ern music. He asked Manna Dey to sing get a chance to listen to your private numbers.” now wished to bid adieu to music direction and focus Aao twist karein in a Western style in the This is when he recorded his famous songs, Sajni film Bhoot Bangla. Like his father, RD Bur- nathli se toota moti de, Ye awara raatein and Meri man also made him sing a variety of songs bhi ek Mumtaz thi. He also revealed in the program Even when the 1970s came to be - Chunri sambhal gori in Baharon Ke Sapne; that he had composed the music of these numbers. dominated by a new generation Aayo kahan se ghanshyam in Buddha Mil Gaya; In 2004, we again invited Manna Dey. He was to of composers, Kalyanji Anandji, Ek chatur naar with Kishore Kumar-Mehmood in participate in a programme on the first death anni- Padosan; and, of course, the evergreen hit, Ye dosti versary of Anilda. He gave an emotional and glowing RD Burman and Laxmikant hum nahin chhodein ge in Sholay. tribute to the maestro and commenced with Anilda’s Pyaarelal, Manna Dey remained Manna Dey also sang very popular numbers for composition, Buddham Sharnam Gacchammi, from Kalyanji Anandji. One of those was a qawwali style filmAngulimal . He also sang some of the popular filmy the first choice number, Yaari hai imaan mera in Zanjeer; and a numbers at the behest of the audience boatman song, Nadiya chale chale re and concluded the program with the dhara, in Safar. But what Manna Dey classical number of Anilda, Ritu aaye appreciated the most among Kaly- ritu Jaaye sakhi re. anji Anandji’s compositions was Born on May 1, 1919, in Cal- Kasme Vaade Pyaar Wafa in cutta as Prabodh Chandra Dey, he Upkar. He also performed was brought up in a joint fam- at numerous live shows ily, that impressed upon him to with Kalyanji Anandji become a lawyer. But, he was in India and abroad. born to be a singer. One of This inimita- his uncles, Krishna Chan- ble singer loved two dra Dey, a blind singer, things in his life – actor and composer, was music and his fam- the sole supporter who ily. He married his encouraged him to pur- beloved Sulochna, a sue his singing. It was he Keralite, and was blessed who rechristened him as with two daughters Shu- Manna Dey, trained him, roma and Shumita, settled and also ensured that he in California and Bangalore. learnt music from Ustad Both are accomplished singers. Dabir Khan. Later, during his stay on playback singing. Manna Dey left Bombay after an untoward in Bombay, he imbibed the classical In 1950, after Manna Dey gave a terrific playback incident when he was stabbed by some goons strains under the tutelage of Ustad for a Bombay Talkies filmMashal , and sang for SD while on his way to the airport. He shifted to Abdul Rehman and Ustad Aman Ali. Burman, Oopar gagan vishal, he was sought after by Bangalore and spent the rest of his life there, until While graduating from Vidya the luminary composers. Manna Dey had tremen- his last in 2013. Sagar College, Calcutta, he would dous regard for Anilda as he used Manna Dey’s voice Manna Dey had a sole regret – he never got a often sing English songs of Bing frequently. And, he also remained grateful to Shan- chance to sing for the big heroes in the later years Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Nat kar (of Shankar-Jaikishan duo) who gave him a ter- of his career. But had he become a voice of any King Cole. Interestingly, Manna rific break in the famous dream sequence song, Ghar particular hero, we would have missed out Dey was keen to participate in a aaya mera pardesi, from Awara. He further preferred on the kaleidoscopic versatility of his songs. music competition in his college, Manna Dey to Mukesh in Shri 420 to sing Dil ka haal Besides recording some private albums, his even though his uncle Krishna sune dilwala, Pyaar hua iqraar hua and Mud mud ke memorable contribution was rendering of Chandra Dey advised him not na dekh. Shankar had to fight with the producers of Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s Madhush- to. He participated in ten catego- Chori Chori and Basant Bahar. In Chori Chori, Manna ala. Given his enormous contribution ries of the competition and won the Dey gave playback for Raj Kapoor – Yeh raat bheegi to the music world, he was conferred- first prize in nine segments. He was sec- bheegi and Jahan mein jaati hun with Lata. According with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, ond in his own mother tongue Bangla. to Manna Dey, he was at his creative peak when sing- the highest national honour in Indian In 1941, many artistes moved to Bom- ing Sur na saje kya gaoon main and a classical com- cinema. On this occasion, he stated bay from New Theatres of Calcutta. petition song, Ketatki gulab juhi champak with ace that he was quite fortunate to be part Krishna Chandra Dey was one of vocalist Bhimsen Joshi, besides a beautiful romantic of the ‘Golden Era of Film Music’. millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018 | 11 mp Read I AM GAURI LANKESH FRESH OFF THE Chidananda Rajghatta, in this reflection on his friend, fellow liberal and ex-wife, scripts the compelling story of the fierce Gauri Lankesh – her virtues and rigid principles that ultimately snatched her life in today's 'age of unreason'; Excerpts: SHELF

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auri herself clearly did not The Climate Solution expect to be the target of an Drawing on her assassination bid, although extensive practical physical menace and vio- and investing Glence were occasionally in the air when experience, Ramesh she and the other rationalists spoke at scripts a timely, public events. In a column, she wrote urgent and thought- for the tabloid Bangalore Mirror, Gauri provoking, book described an incident at a Lingayat – an urgent call to matha (monastery) some years ear- action, an essential lier. A riled-up conservative gathering manifesto for every had shouted her down during a speech Indian citizen. she was delivering on Lingayatism – a Author: twelfth-century reformist movement Mridula Ramesh that led to the birth of what she and `550 Publisher: a few scholars argued was a separate ment of ‘untouchables’ in the town of Hachette India religion. Kalyana in north Karnataka (now called The incident took place, she said, Basavakalyana). Haralayya politely in 2003 or 2004, in a small town called greets Basavanna with the formal sal- Malebennur where a few Lingayat youth utation ‘sharanu’, one who has surren- Supreme Whispers had reportedly stripped and raped two dered to God. Basavanna replies with a women from a minority community double salutation incorporating a dou- Chandrachud sheds ‘while gleefully chanting religious slo- ble idiom: ‘sharanu sharanarthi’: (I wish) light on a decade gans’. I emphasise reportedly because to surrender to the one who has surren- of politics and much of the reporting in India on such dered (to God). decision-making in matters is dodgy, and facts are never Haralayya is so overwhelmed by the the Supreme Court of clear. Riots and looting had followed. respect he receives from Basaveshwara India. This book yields a fascinating glimpse The incident disturbed Gauri, because that he and his wife decide to honour into the secluded Malebennur was very close to her ances- him with a beautiful pair of footwear world of the top tral village on the maternal side; it was from the skin of their own thighs, pain- judges in the 1980s also a town where Hindus and Muslims ful as it might sound. They present it to and earlier. had lived in harmony for generations. Basaveshwara in a future encounter. But Communal peace was an article of was that keeping Veerashaivas and Lin- fair and equitable society. The term ‘sharanu’ denotes the act Basaveshwara trumps them again by Author: faith for Gauri Lankesh. She was one of gayats together underwrote a single vote Basaveshwara preached and prac- of surrendering to, or respecting others. putting the footwear on his head and Abhinav Chandrachud `599 Publisher: the moving forces behind the Karnataka bloc, usually for the BJP and right-wing ticed equality and egalitarianism, rub- Workaday, rational and progressive, sha- telling them, ‘Only god can wear foot- Penguin Viking Communal Harmony Forum, and had parties, in Karnataka. For the longest bished idolatry and discrimination on ranas were not literary elites, but came wear made from the skin of sharanas.’ been warning for years that the state’s time though, this was a non-issue. The grounds of gender. He identified with from every class, caste and trade. Some The nearly 800-year-old footwear fabric of communal peace was fraying, consensus in Karnataka was that Veer- the ‘lesser’ or ‘lower’ castes, and founded were outcastes, some semi-illiterate, is still largely intact and exhibited to mainly on account of inroads made by ashaivas and Lingayats referred to the a religion that drew millions, including others itinerant, and they bore names this day at a shrine in Bijanall village in Making Peace, Making Riots right-wing extremists. same community. women, into the fold over the centu- such as Madara Dhoolayya, Okkalu Sedam Taluka, of Karnataka’s Gulbarga So, what did she say that riled the At the heart of the Veerashaiva-Lin- ries. He challenged the orthodoxy and Madayya, Ambigara Chowdayya, Ayda- district. Typical of such legends in India, This book moves audience? gayat debate, and that of the current domination of Brahminical Vaishnava kki Lakamma and Soole Sakkavva, the no one has questioned how and why it beyond the binary In Gauri’s eyes, the local gather- debacle, is the issue of nativism and and Veerashaiva practitioners, taking prefix usually denoting their profession. has not decomposed. Faith is a power- understanding of ing at Malebennur was only profess- reformation. Founded in northern Kar- on these and other strains of the Hindu In a religious and theological envi- ful tool. Bengal communalism ing to be Lingayat. They were not really nataka by the twelfth-century political dharma of the times. ronment where learning and knowledge This then is the story, possibly apoc- as Hindu versus followers of the progressive, reform- and social reformer Basaveshwara (also, By most accounts, Basava’s assembly were the preserve of ‘upper’ castes, the ryphal, that led Gauri to write the email Muslim and looks at ist Lingayat religion that its founder and informally, called Basavanna or just of social revolutionaries, philosophers, sharana movement was a remarkable – and several other musings about sha- the provincial caste had conceptualised. Rather, they were Basava), Lingayatism was a Shiva-cen- poets and mystics is unmatched for its breakthrough. It gave voice to everyone rana – in the two years since Dhyan politics of the 1940s Veerashaivas, practitioners of what she tric reformist Bhakti movement that creativity and social commitment in – potters, tanners, oarsmen, blacksmith, Sharana was born to Mary and me. She before the grand (and Kalburgi and many others) saw as essentially sought to ‘cleanse’ rituals the history of Karnataka, perhaps in the carpenters and prostitutes (soole). never called him Dhyan. It was always Partition. an older, Brahminical or Brahminised such as idol worship, and inequities history of India itself. They were called Being called or addressed as sharana Sharana. form of Hinduism that had swept in such as gender discrimination and the sharanas: bhaktas or devotees who had is the ultimate sign of respect among (Excerpted with permission Author: from the north. The two are very dif- caste system, from the precursor Veer- surrendered themselves to the Lord. Lingayats. A seminal story in the Lin- from Illiberal India: Gauri Lankesh Anwesha Roy ferent and distinct, she argued vocifer- ashaivism traditions. The reformers said And they spread their message through gayat historiography pertains to an and the Age of Unreason by Chidanand `750 Publisher: ously, insisting they were often mixed the old order was suffused with ills that vachanas, short epigrammatic verses, incident where Basaveshwara visits a Rajghatta, published by Westland under Cambridge university up for political reasons. Her argument ought to be removed to usher in a more poems or songs. cobbler named Haralayya in a settle- their imprint Context, in May 2018)

The story of Yatrik theatre is an essential script on the often forgotten cultural revolution that had churned through the Delhi’s curtain raisers streets of our national capital, writes Sayantan Ghosh

he silence of the pitch dark "At the stroke of the midnight hour, towards the substance of the group, the room is only broken by the when the world sleeps, India will people who made its dreams reality. intermittent echoes of the awake to life and freedom" – a well- It starts with Joy Michael, one audience's anxious breaths; known excerpt of Pandit Jawaharlal of the founders of the group, as the Tsuddenly, the lights flick on and the Nehru's speech. The freedom came author notes: "Yatrik is to Joy as Joy curtain is raised off the stage – from but took a different path in post-colo- is to Yatrik." Michael produced more complete darkness, you instantly have nial India. Delhi being the capital of than 250 plays for Yatrik and portrayed a vivid array of characters engaging the nation witnessed upheaval. While wide-ranging characters. In the same your vision. In a similar vein,Yatrik, the state was the centre of attention way, the author described the work A Journey Into Theatrical Art will be for its policymaking, the subtle cul- and contribution of other key peo- remembered as the literary curtain- tural revolution of Delhi was swept to ple of the group including, Roshan raiser on the post-Independence cul- the sidelines. The story of this cultural Seth, Sai Paranjpye, Alyque Padamsee, tural extravaganza of the Capital. revolution was remembered in Bengal Sushma Seth and others. The 271-page book, written by and Mumbai, but Bajeli tells us about Discussing a journey should lend Diwan Singh Bajeli and edited by the prevalent cultural scene which, in the less-discussed Delhi theatres. equal primacy to the founders as to Indu Ramchandani, Bhaskar Ghose, its own ways, motivated the members In the first chapter, Genesis of the adapters. The author has been very Sunit Tandon and Ranjit Mathur, is to stick on and continue with their Yatrik, the authors discuss the birth candid in this view. In the chapter a refreshing insight into the nuances effort of performing meaningful plays. of this group, a silent revolution in Movers and Shakers, Bajeli discussed of Yatrik theatre. The author has been Bajeli summarised, "A group of many ways. "After Independence, the the "Gen-Next" of Yatrik. The young Price: `695 writing on theatre for four decades travellers, yatris with a passion for the- cultural world of Delhi had begun to minds that run the group today are as Publisher: Niyogi with reviews and interviews of emi- atre, registered themselves as Yatrik in vibrate with new hope, vitality, and relevant as the founders. nent theatre and film personali- 1964 as a bilingual repertory company. spirit of an experiment to evolve new This book is not an advertorial of Books ties appearing in almost all leading The objective was to project the arts forms of art and infuse them with a theatre group, it is not about some publications. as a dynamic living force by provid- modern sensitivity and indigenous people, it is not a mere history of some when communication has become Bajeli has scripted the story of Del- ing regular sustained performances of idiom," writes the author. plays. This book is of dreams which more electronic, the book reminds hi's Yatrik theatre – from its inception theatre and other arts. Having staged of the longest-existing theatre groups. From the second chapter till the started with a small team and then us how theatre has existed in India in till its present-day. The chronologi- almost 300 plays both in India and Hundreds of performers have walked end, the author discusses the history became history itself. This book is its various forms through periods of cally-developed story has emphasised abroad, held dramatic readings, and the stage under the Yatrik banner and and evolution of the Yatrik theatre about the much neglected cultural rejection and adaptation. on the group and its members. How- conducted several theatre workshops, shall continue to do so. This is the group. Across the chapters though, timeline of the Capital alongside being Yatrik, A Journey Into Theatrical ever, the author, in this journey, never Yatrik has established its unique pres- story of the journey in the words of the author's thematic emphasis has a sharp presentation of the importance Art, is a narrative that confluences cul- missed lending the readers insight into ence in the history of theatre as one the yatris." remained unwaveringly committed of theatre in the Indian milieu. Today, ture, dreams, performance and history. 12| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018|millenniumpost mp Routes THE SNOW LEOPARD Trekking Expedition

Tracing the elusive Snow Leopard through the mountaineous trails of Leh-Ladakh is among the most memorable adventures that mustn’t be TEXT AND PHOTOS: missed by a true travel connoisseur PALLAVI MOHAN

ravelling is the one thing that brings peace to my being – I ensure that we are on a vacation with family and friends at least a couple of times Tevery year. Sometimes it is extremely impor- tant to take a step back from daily routine to think of where one is headed. There is no bet- ter place to do this than to be in the embrace of nature. This time around, I am thrilled to tell you that I checked off one of the great- est adventures on my list. During the begin- ning of March, I embarked on one of the most exciting adventures of my life, trek- king in Leh Ladakh. In my company were Voygr Expedition and some dear friends from Entrepreneurs’ Organisation. We took up the challenge of the snow leopard expe- dition, keen to spot one. Despite them being territorial and shy, and the area being home to only nine of them, we were hopeful and determined. Travelling is an activity that requires immense energy but somehow, this jour- ney seemed to be one that relaxed my soul. ters on the lookout for wildlife such as the In fact, for all my co-travellers, it was a wel- TRACKING THE SNOW LEOPARD Argali (Great Tibetan Sheep), Bharal (Blue come break from the chaos and monotony of Sheep), Shapu (Ladakhi Urial), and the Snow our daily lives. While travelling together, we If you’re planning on taking up this adventure, with warm clothes. Carry plenty of thermals, Leopard. Our camps were moved depend- realised how much we had in common, just ing on our spotting success and intel reports as a result of our love and appreciation for here are a few pointers to keep in mind to be innerwear, socks (we needed three layers in of Snow Leopard spotting around the valley. exploring the unexplored. The trip had beau- fully prepared: Leh!). Each day we were trekking for a few kilome- tiful views, wonderful paths and, of course, TWO DAYS IN LEH Don’t miss out the TREKKING TOOLS If you are embarking tres, as little as 2 km per day and as much as a sighting of the elusive snow leopard – but 8 km per day. Day 4 was the day we spotted more than that, travelling is something that two days in Leh. It is essential to acclimatise on a trek, don’t forget to carry the essentials a Snow Leopard! It was highly unlikely, and rejuvenates my body and mind. The sheer yourself to the environment, so the sudden – mountaineering sunglasses, appropriate all of us were thoroughly excited. The 7th Day quiet, distance and isolation from everything temperature change won’t shock your body. shoes, water pack, walking sticks. was the last of this adventure, so after a trek we know is refreshing. The thought of a group to Zingchen and a short drive to Leh, we of people, from different walks of life, com- GO WITH A GUIDE Especially if it’s the EAT HEALTHY When you are trekking, had a day to rediscover the comforts of a hot ing together to be immersed in nature and first time that you are trekking, it is best to your body needs extra nourishment to stay up shower. it was our free day to rest, relax and the wild, is beautiful to me. In the begin- explore Leh. The next day, I made my way ning, I didn’t know what signing up for this travel with people who know the place and are and at it! Eat healthy, nutritious food to keep back to Delhi, ending this perfect, adventur- trip would entail, I did not think about how familiar with the surroundings. This ensures yourself going ous trip. The trip concluded on the 8th day, and extreme the trip would be. My only moti- you get the best sights and also remain safe. TRAVEL LIGHT It is best to not carry though the leopard sighting was the highlight vation was that I wanted to push myself to of the trip, the totality of my travel left me sat- do something new. This adventure seemed CHECK AHEAD FOR TEMPERATURE too much stuff. You only need the above- isfied and happy. perfect for it, and, of course, the possibility AND CLIMATE This is something we should mentioned items. Call ahead to inquire about It is not easy to sum up my experience of sighting the snow leopard was extremely keep in mind whenever we travel. Check ahead all the items that will be provided so that you in a few words. I still remember walking in exciting for me. My journey looked a little extremely challenging terrains only to find like this: for the climate, so you are well prepared don’t carry extra items unnecessarily. out that the mischievous leopard has moved We caught the morning flight to the to a completely different territory, leaving us Trans-Himalayan town of Leh. We spent to follow his footprints. It was challenging the day at a pace that is slower than normal and visited the Siddhartha School in Stok. elusive ghost of the mountains through bin- and pushed all of us much beyond our com- to properly acclimatise ourselves to the high We set out for Hemis National Park with oculars or a spotting scope with the expert fort zone, living without electricity, no wash- altitude. The first day was easy and we were an hour-long drive to Zingchen on Day 3. spotters; and, the evenings were spent around rooms, no access to hot water added to the given much-needed info on how the next few From there, the trek began with a walk to the kitchen fire, tucked into our ultra-warm challenges. But when I revisit the roaring sight days will pan out. On Day 2, we explored the our camp, about an hour and a half away. sleeping bags. The next few days, we explored of the mighty beast, it all makes sense – it feels beautiful monasteries of Thiksey and Matho We spent the daylight hours searching for the the Hemis National Park without expert spot- that all that effort was completely worth it. millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018 | 13 mp Trending STORIES IN A FRAME CASTLE CAPITAL WALES CANDID TALK

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Aries (Mar 21–April 20) Taurus (April 21–May 21) Great abundance Only fear is inter- will find its way into fering with your your life. Your plans happiness. Release will yield prosperi- any worry so that ACCEPT ty, providing a sense of security. you can feel safe and secure. You may be seeking to mani- You’re ready to let go of control fest new ideas, friends, vibrant issues and trust that everything health or love. These treasures ultimately works out for the will flow in your life. Open your best. You’re going in the right YOUR FLAWS arms to heaven to receive with direction. You are lovable; allow gratitude that which you desire. yourself to receive love.

You shouldn’t get married to escape a situation – that rarely ends in a happily ever Gemini (May 22– June 21) Cancer (June 22–July 22) after. Take time and find a partner who touches your heart and soul You are advised to Whatever you’ve love and respect asked for will hap- accept what happened by confront- yourself. There will pen this very soon. ing him and making sure that he has be some situations Your patience will no intentions to resume the relation- which can adversely affect your be rewarded. Release any wor- ship. The second thing you should do self-esteem. It’s time to honour ry or dread so that you can feel Heart is deleting the mails, the text messages yourself. Leave abusive situa- safe and secure. You’re ready and removing everything that reminds tions. Let go of behaviour that to let go of control issues and you of him. Preventing yourself from of the thinking about him is another very you know deep down aren’t trust that everything ultimately important task, I know that some- healthy for you. Insist that others works out for the best. You’re Matter times thoughts flow involuntary, but at treat you with respect. going in the right direction. least you can prevent these involuntary ROOPSHA DASGUUPTA RAY thoughts from growing bigger. Leo (July 23–Aug 23) Virgo (Aug 24– Sept 23) I can’t accept my break up. I really We had a love marriage but now love him for many years. What to do? we are divorced since 2010. At pres- The angels remind Your angels want Ritu, Kolkata ent, I’m seeing a woman for the past you that prayer you to know that Acceptance can only happen when few months. I don’t know what is the improves every situ- they are aware that the subconscious mind makes sure that future of this relationship. ation while worry- things look difficult the event is irreversible. Most people Name not known who want to stop loving someone pre- We marry because we are in love, ing does the opposite. God and right now. However, the situation vent themselves from accepting the and we fall in love with those who It’s good to hope, but sometimes that indeed is a angels intercede through prayer. is going to improve. It may take fact that they can’t have him by doing meet our most important requirement Although your prayers may be some time and there will most the following: – emotional need. When the one we hopeless exercise. It’s a gamble you are playing answered differently from your likely be hard work ahead of Visualising the good old memories marry stops meeting those emotional expectations – you’re being you. Continue to work towards  Keeping all the things that reminds them need, we become vulnerable to others now directed to someone else. So, time rarely ends with a happily ever after. heard. Be open to solutions that a relationship where both indi- of him (text messages, e-mails, etc) who are willing and able to meet them. shall say the future. Don’t worry, all will Take time, find a man who touches your may be a little out of the box. viduals are fulfilled, happy.  Never confront the person directly If we let someone else meet our needs, happen for the best. Enjoy your present heart and then decide. and keep the door open for hope we fall in love with that person, and with all your soul and heart. All of these practices keep hope an affair is off and running. Once an I love someone who is a compulsive present and, as a result, prevent accep- affair begins, it is like an addiction. The I’m 23 and my parents insist on an flirt. He has relations with many. Libra (Sept 24– Oct 23) Scorpio (Oct 24–Nov 22) tance from happening. If you want to same emotional attachment that drew arranged marriage next year. I’m Many ‘close friends’ as he says. I There’s an impor- You’re an inde- stop loving that person you should first you and your spouse into marriage is just not sure about this ‘arranged still can’t get over this. I hope he will marriage’. Can you suggest how to love me someday and realise my tant feeling that pendent person, be sure? emotions. you’ve been trying yet there are times Tanika, New Delhi R. Chatterjee, Kolkata to ignore. Facing when you need It’s your life ultimately and the Don’t be hopeful that the music will this truth will be healing and support, and for you, that time choice is up to you. I don’t think you play and the prince will ride the white will give you the direction you is now. When you allow others should enter an arranged marriage horse your way. He seems like a player, seek. You’ve tried to disregard to support you, you empower to keep your parents happy. It’s your the one who keeps an excel sheet to life, not theirs. Whatever you decide maintain database of his ‘really close your inner feelings because yourself. Ask God, His angels, to do, be guilt free. Know that assert- friends’! Suggest, you carry on your life you’re worried about making family and friends for support ing some independence does not make and don’t expect much of this man. He life changes. Don’t compromise, and guidance. See a counsellor you a bad person and you shouldn’t let looks like the sort who doesn’t know leave all unhealthy situations. or talk to someone freely. them make you feel otherwise, even if what he wants from his own love life! It’s it means avoiding them. But you need good to hope, but sometimes that indeed to ask yourself one most important is a hopeless exercise. It’s a gamble you Sagittarius (Nov 23–Dec21) Capricorn ( Dec 22– Jan 20) question – are you sure you’re ready are playing. Don’t hurt yourself, dear. for marriage? You shouldn’t get mar- (Send your questions to Angels are protect- A very important ried to escape a situation because that [email protected]) ing you and your relationship is about loved ones. Relax. to enter or has Your finances are recently entered also being taken care of and into your life. This is the romance RAFAEL NADAL business is being protected. It’s a you’ve been waiting for. Like safe time to travel. A loved one all partnerships, there may be Born on June 3, 1986, as Rafael “Rafa” Nadal Parera, in Manacor, Spain – Rafa is in heaven is happy and sending ups and downs but don’t let that among the most celebrated professional tennis players, currently ranked as World No. you love. Remember, worries are shake your confidence. Have 1 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals. He is also known a form of prayer, so only pray confidence that love is coming as “The King of Clay” as he is widely regarded to be the greatest clay-court player in for that which you desire. into your life to stay. the history of the game. Nadal’s evolution into an all-court threat has established him firmly as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. From a very young age, he was passionate about sport and played both football and tennis. Soon, he would have to Aquarius (Jan 21–Feb 18) Pisces (Feb 19 –March 20) choose between the two. That’s when he decided to focus on tennis. In 2004, Rafa was a You’re on the right Big changes are member of the Spanish National Team that won the Davis Cup. A year later, he estab- path. Keep a coming into your lished himself on the professional scene by winning Roland Garros, the first of his nine steady eye on your life. You may find victories at the French Open. Until this day, he has won 14 Grand Slams, two Olympic goals. Continually yourself on a new gold medals and secured four Davis Cup victories with the National Team. visualise that you already have career path, entering a new You share your birthday with birthday your share You the career of your dreams. relationship or moving to a new Any desire you have is viable, city. You may be required to as long as you stay focused. take leaps of faith that seem Imagine that you have complete frightening or beyond your abil- financial security while you de- ity. Trust that the opportunities The crawling invaders vote yourself to your goal. before you will bring happiness. Even a small tiny worm has elaborate organs in its body that assist it to locate food, taste it and also digest all particles efficiently – such are the mechanisms of our Universe

safely to new places. Since worms breathe through their skin, the skin must stay wet in order for the oxygen to pass through it. After rain or during high humidity are safe times for worms to move around without Heads dehydrating. It is true that without oxy- gen worms will suffocate. But earthworms eggs. Conversely, while lice are not com- can survive for several weeks under water, mon in dogs and cats, the species of lice providing there is sufficient oxygen in the that live on dogs and cats are not able to water to support them. They surface as a live on humans. tails response to high relative humidity after rain because they can move around safely Do worms have tongues? Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, without drying out. Worms do not have tongues. Certain MP & Union Cabinet worms do have something in their mouth Who are the earthworm’s enemies? that they can poke out, like a tongue. It is Minister, also an eminent The earthworm has many enemies, called a “stylet” and it looks like a needle. animal rights activist and including mites, ants, centipedes, earwigs, Worms that eat plants pierce the outside environmentalist, answers nematodes, fly larvae, termites, springtails, of the plant with their stylet. They then Millennium Post readers’ sowbugs, snails, slugs, millipedes, spiders, use the stylet like a straw to suck out food Another important job of our tongue is birds, rats, mice, moles, gophers, toads from inside the plant. But the worm’s stylet to taste food. Our tongue is covered in tiny queries related to animal and snakes. isn’t actually a tongue. bumps which contain taste buds. Worms welfare issues One job of our tongue is to crush food have taste buds in special cells inside their Why do cockroaches turn over when to lose their balance and topple over onto there are different species of lice for each when we are eating it. Inside our tongue mouth and other cells that are in their skin. they die? their backs. This also explains why cock- animal species that they depend on. is a set of muscles. These muscles let our As well as tasting, these cells also allow Why do earthworms come into drive- Their bulky bodies are composed of roaches on the wall fall off when they get Human lice need human blood to sur- tongue move food around in our mouth, earthworms to smell. By sensing smells ways and sidewalks? three heavy body segments which are only sprayed with insecticides. vive; dog lice need dog blood and so on. pushing it up against the hard palate at the and tastes in the soil, worms can work out Earthworms come to the surface dur- supported by six long, thin legs. As they die Therefore, if your child comes home from top of our mouth. Worms need to crush up where they need to go to find food. ing rains (especially in the Spring), so they they lose muscle control, causing the leg Does head lice transfers from humans to school with a diagnosis of head lice, your their food. But instead of using a tongue, (Views expressed and information can move over land. The temporarily wet muscles to contract. As a result, the legs animals? dog, cat or other pets in the household are worms have muscles in their gut that provided are personal. Send your ques- conditions give worms a chance to move are pulled beneath the body, causing them Lice are species-specific, which means not at risk of catching the lice or hatching do this. tions to [email protected]) millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2018 | 15 mp Game On

UCL: KLOPP VS ZIDANE uch was at stake when the two heavy- shared in the past few years at weights of European football – Real the helm of the top-flight clubs. As their respective teams, Real Madrid and Madrid and Liverpool – faced off in Europe’s most elite club competition PLAYING CAREER Liverpool kicked-off at Kiev – sitting anxiously at Mfinale at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev Zinedine Zidane was one of the most the dugouts, Zinedine Zidane and Jürgen Klopp were on May 26. A seemingly mouth-watering clash gifted players of his time, well-known for his unfolded into a sombre night for Jürgen Klopp mesmerising control of the ball, a dazzling dribbler too fighting their own tactical battles, exploresDaman Singh and his men while the Madrid camp rejoiced as and, not to mention, his unstoppable shots at the goal. The Zinedine Zidane and his historic side clinched French playmaker was a popular figure at two of Europe’s their record-breaking third successive Cham- greatest clubs – Juventus and Real Madrid. He won pretty The German, being a popular figure at the club, The charismatic Jürgen Klopp has brought pions League title by toppling Liverpool who much everything there is to win, including the 2002 Cham- announced he was to leave Dortmund at the end of the with him to Liverpool his trademark style were hoping to lift the cup for the first time pions League with Real by netting a memorable volleyed 2014-15 season and Liverpool moved to recruit him when of high intensity – the ‘gegenpressing’ since 2007. winner. Not to forget, his starring in the 3-0 triumph of the Brendan Rodgers left the position vacant in October 2015. approach which also pervaded his for- The finalists, under the supervision of 1998 World Cup final over Brazil on home soil in which Upon arriving at the Merseyside club, Klopp infused a mer club Borussia Dortmund during his their respective managers, had reached he scored a brace. breath of fresh air around Anfield with Liverpool fans spell there had proven to be influen- the desired destination after show- Jürgen Klopp began his 14-year career stint initially quickly establishing him in their hearts. He rewarded them tial in its success. The former black- casing some praiseworthy perfor- as a striker before turning into a defender at Mainz in the with appearances in the League cup and the Europa League and-yellows boss has implemented mances. Once the eagerly awaited mid-nineties where he spent a large slice of his career. The finals in his first season – though they lost both. the same ideology at the Mersey- night arrived in Kiev, it also indis- German made 325 league appearances for Mainz during The energetic German has gradually revitalised Liver- side club and transformed Liv- putably culminated into a battle his tenure of 11 years there, scoring 52 times before retiring pool into an attractive, attack-minded team that has taken erpool into a formidable team of wits as two of world foot- at the age of 34 to become the club’s manager. the Champions League by sheer surprise. with the frightening trio of ball’s most notable personali- Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane ties – all but adept in their MANAGERIAL CAREER MEDALS CHALKED OUT and, of course, Mohammed business, wielding their Zidane made a flying start to his managerial career. The former France skipper twice won the Serie A with Salah who have terrorised footballing acumen to A player well-acquainted with the pressure that ema- Juventus and a La Liga with Real in the year 2003. Before the opponents by mount- bring out the best of their nates from representing Real Madrid, he smoothly made this, the Spanish giants bagged the Champions League and ing goals several times immensely talented the transition into their coaching set-up. During Jose they followed that up with the Intercontinental Cup. At the this season with their squads – were pitted Mourinho’s spell at the club, he was a special advisor to international scene, he inspired them to World Cup glory in tremendous attack- against one another. him and then, became the manager of the Real Madrid 1998 and success in the European Championship in 2000. ing display. He has Klopp and Zidane Casilla – the B team – in the summer of 2014. However, it Zinedine Zidane was also the winner of the Ballon d’Or also addressed have also had two led to some controversies, as he didn’t have any concrete in 1998 and was also named FIFA world player of the year the issues per- very disparate coaching qualifications. But, within the span of 18 months, three times – 1998, 2000, 2003. taining to the careers on their he was appointed as Real Madrid’s manager, replacing His success as a coach has also been remarkable with defence with way to the top Rafael Benitez. three successive Champions League victories, back-to-back the Janu- – commin- Inundating his side with fresh and bold ideas, Real nota- World Club wins and also the Spanish title. ary signing gled with bly pinned his first season by lifting the Champions League As far as Klopp is concerned, in the context of medal of Virgil the suc- crown, defeating their city rivals Atletico on penalties in the collection, though he wasn’t a shining star as a player – all Van Dijk. cess they Milan final. The season that followed was even more phe- that changed for good when he took the position in the have nomenal as they went on to win the La Liga title, Fifa Club dugout. He won promotion with Mainz into the Bundesliga World Cup and, they also retained the Champions League in 2004 and also claimed two Bundesliga titles with Dort- title by thrashing Juventus in a 4-1 win to become the first mund in 2010-11 and 2011-12 as well as the German Cup. team to retain the coveted trophy. This success has lingered on to this season too, with the PLAYING STYLE Los Blancos defeating PSG, Juventus and Bayern Munich Under Zidane’s guidance, Real Madrid has under- to enter the finale and, yet again, retaining the illustrious gone a scintillating transformation cemented on their cup – their 13th European glory. traditional attacking football, particularly with his man- Klopp kickstarted his coaching career at his principle management skills both on and off the pitch. In regard to club Mainz and led them to the Bundesliga for the first the defence, however, question marks still hover, consid- time in 2004 and, notably, also guided them to the UEFA ering the goals Real had conceded in the Champions Cup the year earlier. Now, if bad times come to an end League games against Juventus and Bayern Munich. so do the good – they suffered relegation in 2007 but With a galaxy of stars to choose from, the former his efforts did not go in vain when Borussia Dort- Madrid midfielder has managed the big names of mund appointed Klopp as their manager in 2008. the club – Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo, Toni From then on, dawned the two seasons of notice- Kroos – alongside the likes of upcoming heavy- able improvement and top-six finishes, enabling weights Isco and Marco Asensio. Being a special Klopp to win back to back titles in 2010-11and player himself, Zidane knows exactly what is 2011-12. required to motivate individuals and fill them Dortmund was then among the most with confidence to derive the best out of thrilling teams to watch in Europe, his suc- them; and, this quality of his, in particu- cess was imprinted onto the European lar, has allowed the Frenchman to connect scene as they reached the Champions well with the players from day one, all the League final in 2013, ultimately losing while balancing a leadership role and to bitter rivals Bayern Munich. understanding the needs of his team.

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Seeing four girls on screen, audience thinks that it is a chic flick and will be about their clothes and shoes but bebo believes that the movie has a lot more to it. It’s a story of 4 girls who are in different stages of marriage

MOVING OVER CHICK FLICKS ctor Kareena Kapoor Khan said that her Veere Di Wed- ding, which she has been ‘Veere Di Wedding a progressive film’ promoting before its release, Ais a progressive film. While interacting with reporters to time she read it. “We have shown certain issues in promote Veere Di Wedding, Kareena “This film has shown what happens When I first read the script, I enjoyed reading it. I the film which we have not addressed said, “People appreciated the trailer in the life of four childhood friends, earlier,” she added. because this film’s language is very dif- very interestingly” felt excited and confident that people would like to see When asked whether she could ferent. It’s really a progressive film.” “When I first read the script, I this kind of film as it is an interesting portrayal of four relate with her character in the She further added that films like Dil enjoyed reading it. I felt excited and movie, Kareena said: “My charac- Chahta Hai and Zindagi Na Milegi confident that people would like to see childhood friends, their lives and problems ter, Kalindi, is commitment pho- Dobara have appeared on screens this kind of film,” she said. bic but I am married and have a kid through the male’s outlook but When asked whether mak- It will also change the thought process ence thinks that it is a chic flick and in real life, so I don’t think I could through this film, people will, ers of the film were trying follow of directors so they can tell a story of it will be about their clothes, shoes relate with her character in that way.” for the first time, see a story the trend of female-oriented mov- friendship and love through a female and bags but this film is not like that. Veere Di Wedding is female buddy com- through four female friend’s ies, Bebo said: “This film has not perspective also.” I think that’s why producer decided edy film, directed by Shashanka Ghosh. perspective. tried to bring any kind of trend Talking about story-line of the not to position this film as a chic flick The film is co-produced by Rhea Kareena said she enjoyed but I think after watching this film, film, the Chameli actor said, “When because it’s a story of four girls who are Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil the script at the very first people will have a changed mind-set. we see four girls on screen, audi- in different stages of marriage.” Dwivedi. ‘Veere... portrays changing image of women’

rom talk- ing about their desire for sex, to using cuss words to express the frus- trationF of their troublesome lives –Veere Di Wedding captures various facets of the lives of Swara, who has four urban working girls, and it seems to break always been the stereotypical image of an ideal Indian daughter. movie, Actors Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania, said: “Even I vocal about who are seen as two of the four friends along with come from a societal issues, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and Kareena Kapoor Khan, middle-class family believe that perhaps the film would help girls but my equation with my supports the idea unveil their other side to their parents. parents might be different from oth- of transparency When the film’s trailer came out, orthodox minds ers.” She thinks that we are receiving information took offence on how the women were being pro- through films, books, and social media and all of between parents jected on-screen – smoking, drinking and abusing. this is what is giving us awareness. But it is upon and children. She is Considering how the Indian audience looks for us how we interpret it. aspirational characters in Bollywood films, will She believes that by watching such an image of happy on how the parents of middle-class families be able to deal a girl on-screen, two kinds of things can happen – film has helped to with this image of young women? either it will break the barrier, where parents will break stereotypical Swara said, “I personally do not believe in the get to know the side of their daughter that they culture of silence that is so embedded in our mid- otherwise do not discuss with each other, or they image of ‘ideal’ dle-class morality. I do not believe that not telling will watch it as slice of life, because they know that Indian daughters your parents about what is happening in your per- that is how their daughters are. sonal life is a sign of respect. I think in my fam- While Swara has played a girl named Sakshi ily, love and trust is the only thing that matters”. who is on verge of getting divorced in the film, She further added, “So if I am going through Shikha essayed Meera who is living a loveless mar- something tough, my parents are the first people riage in the movie. to know that” Talking about one incident, Swara said: Having said this, she mentioned that she also “After the trailer released, one of the elderly gen- understands that talking about awkward things tlemen said that when he asked his daughter if are ‘big no’ in the middle-class family. she behaves and talks like that (shown in the But parents also should know that this is also film), she replied to him, ‘Yes dad, I do that... one side of their daughter, especially if she is a When you are not around’. I think that is the working girl living in an urban city and leading a reality, we do not drink or smoke together with lifestyle of such. And they should love their daugh- our parents in a middle-class family, but we all ter the way they are.” do in our own space. That is how our mind is Shikha, who made her film debut with the conditioned.” AGENCIES