DLD‹‰†‰KDLD‹‰†‰DLD‹‰†‰MDLD‹‰†‰C Pet project: A Weight and watch: THE TIMES OF INDIA piglet steals Kareena tips the Saturday, Theron’s heart scales in her favour Dog saves baby girl with kiss of life November 29, 2003 Man’s most faithful friend and Mick McDonald, stop- Page 8 Page 10 has done it again. A Golden ped their car and flagged Retriever has saved the life down a nearby ambulance. of a baby girl who had sto- Says Marion, ‘‘There is no pped breathing. Max blew doubt Max has saved our air into his owner’s little girl’s life. He two-year-old daug- is a hero. Shona hter Shona’s mou- might not have be- th when she start- en here today if it ed convulsing. was not for Max.’’ Shona’s parents, That’s the ‘max’ Marion Derrane for a compliment! OF INDIA MANOJ KESHARWANI POLL GIMMICKS GET NOBODY’S VOTE ARUN KUMAR DAS nil Dutt and Rajesh Romesh Sabharwal, an of the development wheeled in Times News Network Khanna. Taking a differ- independent candidate over the past five years. ‘‘This ent route was Kamla Na- in Gole Market, lit up train is a symbol of modern so- agicians, toy planes, gar BJP candidate Sur- the roads with candles ciety and depicts the progress coins, flowers, sweets, ya Prakash, who roped —his election symbol. the Congress has brought in,’’ MAmitabh Bachchan in Amitabh Bachchan Amidst all these gim- says CM Sheila Dikshit. and Sachin Tendulkar lookal- and Sachin Tendulkar micks, an independent The BJP, in turn, had four ikes, street plays, donkeys, par- lookalikes. So, while Ri- candidate in Nand Naga- versions to its tableaux — one odies, candles on the roads and, yaz mouthed Big B dial- He’s really ri took out a procession to do with dengue, two dealing of course, a sprinkling of stars. ogues to a cheering cro- making of donkeys and other with the power sector, and the Delhi witnessed all this and wd, Shankar had a ball candidates weighed the- fourth making a direct refere- more during the two weeks for in his Tendulkar get-up. tall claims mselves against coins, nce to the tandoor murder case. which campaigning was on. But when it comes to this time! flowers, fruits and swee- Yes, each tableau was suitably Public response might have whipping up magic, Ma- ts, even as the Congress designed to highlight Congress been tepid, but this didn’t stop noj Jain, the BJP candi- and the BJP used SMS ‘misrule’ and the general tone netalog from trying all the tric- date in Minto Road, lea- and e-mail to steal a can be inferred from the bann- ks in the book to garner supp- ds the field. Pulling out march. Coming to street er atop one such trailer: ‘Jo ma- ort. For instance, Hiren Tokas, BJP symbols and flags plays and skits, the Con- chchar nahi maar sakte, woh an independent candidate in from ‘nowhere’, the haa- gress campaign trail had raj kya karenge?’ RK Puram with the aeroplane th ki safai of the magici- actors wearing masks of Of course, all amusing thi- as his symbol, distributed plas- ans by Jain’s side had cr- Dilip Singh Judeo and ngs must come to an end and so NEELABH tic aircraft bought from Sadar owds spellbound. Then, enacting spoofs on the is the case with the electioneer- Bazaar across his constituency. if the Congress’ Alka La- alleged bribery charges ing process. Now, with the war Stars? Here, there, everywh- mba used the song ‘Chh- COMPAIGN COLLECTION he faces. of the poses coming to a close, ere. While the BJP brought in odo kal ki baatein, kal ki Even as electioneering concludes today, Still, the mother of all all eyes are on December 1. Af- Amisha Patel, Yukta Mukhi, baat purani; nayi daur the campaign trail leaves behind amusing battles was fought with ter all, for all the political talk Aman Verma, Mukesh Khan- me likhenge milkar nayi tableaux. The Congress about more power for the peo- na, Hema Malini and Dara Sin- kahani’ to further her memories of candidates trying everything deployed a 60-foot inflat- ple, the common man will actu- gh to campaign for its candida- chances against Madan from donkeys to magicians to woo voters ed rubber replica of a ally be in power on December 1. tes, the Congress relied on Su- Lal Khurana of the BJP, metro train as a symbol [email protected] Optimistic India Army votes against proxy JYOTI SHARMA for the first time, there are ce personnel stationed outsi- means business! Times News Network numerous formalities involv- de Delhi are allowed to vote ed,’’ informs BS Menon of the by nominating a proxy repre- ANUBHA SAWHNEY lippines and Singapore remain o vote or not to vote — th- ministry of defence. sentative through the elector- Times News Network pessimistic. While the survey Tat is the question. Even For the record, Delhi has al power of an attorney. The reveals a significant swing to as Delhi readies for the ass- amendment came into eff- xpect the unexpected. Wh- optimism about the economy embly polls on December ect on September 23 and Eat didn’t happen only in In- among business-owners in 26 1, Army and paramilitary election officials went into dia is happening now... and countries worldwide, five out of personnel stationed outsi- overdrive to promote the how! The Indian economy is seven Eurozone countries — de the city but entitled to scheme. Simultaneously, looking up and business promi- Germany, France, the Netherl- vote by proxy have seemi- senior Army officials dis- ses to be as good as it gets. So ands, Italy and Ireland — figu- ngly said ‘no’ in response tributed the requisite for- much so, the re among the to this question. ms among defence person- findings of After I was short-changed, 10 most pessi- Despite an Election Co- nel and convened special the Grant Th- mistic count- mmission (EC) scheme ai- meetings with jawans. ornton Inter- I deal in short change... ries. Still, the- ming to allow nominated Now,with the proxy sch- national Bus- se countries representatives to vote by eme effectively grounded, iness Owners are better pla- proxy for defence staff, not the EC is once again sendi- ON A ROLL! Delhi Times captures Neha Dhupia in the fast lane as the Survey (IB- ced than Jap- a single request has been ng out postal ballots to de- actress, currently shooting for Julie, hits top gear at the Crowne Plaza Surya OS) put India an, where str- made in this regard. ‘‘We fence personnel. ‘‘Postal (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) on top when uctural econ- have not received a single ballots have been dispatch- it comes to omic proble- application from defence COUNTER ATTACK ed to eligible voters among optimism ab- ms have kept personnel,’’ informs joint The EC’s proxy-voting scheme defence personnel in acco- out the econo- the country chief electoral officer SS rdance with guidelines,’’ my. Conduct- at the bottom Ghonkrokta. for defence personnel has failed says Ghonkrokta. Indeed, ed among 26 of the table ‘‘By the time the notice to draw even a single application the polling process seems MADE THERE, REMADE HERE countries, the for the second issued by the EC reached to have come back to squa- Plagiarism rules as Bollywood lines up a slew of movies ‘inspired’ by Hollywood hits survey shows year running us, it was too late for us to ta- 2,773 men and 1,652 women re one for defence personnel. that India has with an opti- ke necessary steps for imple- who are defence personnel st- Of course, irrespective of wh- NIKITA DOVAL to be based on Charlie’s Ang- a loving father separated fr- an optimism- NEELABH mism/ pessi- mentation of the proxy-voti- ationed outside the city. Ac- ether it is cast by proxy or po- Times News Network els for which Diya Mirza, Am- om the wife and daughter he /pessimism mism balance ng scheme. Also, since the sc- cording to the Election Laws st, each vote counts. rita Arora and Perizaad Zora- loves even as Robbie Willia- balance of WORLD LEADER of 46 per cent. heme is being implemented Amendment Act 2003, defen- [email protected] thers call it plagiarism, bian have reportedly been si- ms is an amicably divorced OBollywood calls it inspi- gned on. ‘‘Bollywood rarely husband in Mrs Doubtfire. A recent survey based on optimism surrounding the ration. But the fact is that re- encourages new talent in ter- ‘‘Inspiration can come fr- economy of 26 countries ranks India as World No 1 making hits — and that incl- ms of script writing and dire- om anywhere, but the movie udes everything from Holly- ction,’’ says trade analyst In- has to be entertaining. Key BUSINESS OWNER CONFIDENCE wood blockbusters to old Hin- du Mirani, ‘‘But copying Hol- factors essential to Hindi mo- ■ India 83% ■ Greece 29% di films to south-Indian vies need to be incorpo- success stories — is Bol- rated in a smooth man- ■ Australia 81% ■ Sweden 24% lywood’s favourite for- ner,’’ says trade analyst ■ United States 75% ■ Mexico 23% mula. So much so, the Taran Adarsh. ■ South Africa 72% ■ Taiwan 22% biggest hit of 2003 — With Hollywood mo- ■ Canada 62% ■ Ireland 7% Koi Mil Gaya — bears vies releasing in India ■ Pakistan 57% ■ Italy 7% resemblance to Steven within weeks of their ■ Indonesia 55% ■ Netherlands 6% Spielberg’s ET, though international release ■ Hong Kong 51% ■ France 4% director Rakesh Rosh- High Heels and movie channels ■ New Zealand 49% ■ Phillipines -1% an has sprinkled his Low Lives Paisa Vasool making their presence movie with a heavy do- felt, catching the origin- ■ Spain 49% ■ Germany -6% se of emotions and a lo- COPYCAT INDUSTRY al source of inspiration ■ United Kingdom 49% ■ Singapore -30% ve triangle.