Answers sought PAGE British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said PM Boris Johnson needs to answer about Russian donations to the Tory party or World 8 the report about Russian interference in British politics DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 8 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Clouds of smoke choke Sydney US top court retains hold on capital punishment Washington, Dec. 7: The Cops will use ‘hard’ US Supreme Court on and ‘soft’ Saturday refused to lift a Won’t participate in stay on federal executions, approaches when temporarily thwarting plans by Donald Trump’s dealing with protests justice department to impeachment: WH — Chris Tang imminently resume capi- Washington, Dec. 7: The has recently stated: ‘if you tal punishment. White House on Saturday are going to impeach me, Hong Kong police commissioner There have been just informed the House do it now, fast, so we can three federal executions Democrats that it would have a fair trial in the since the death penalty not participate in the Senate’,” he wrote and was reinstated by the US impeachment proceedings slammed the ongoing IN BRIEF government in 1988, the against President Donald impeachment inquiry as last one 16 years ago. Trump. “completely baseless.” 25 killed in Iraq The justice department In a letter to House It violates “basic princi- wants to resume the use of Judiciary Committee ples of due process and gunmen attack the death penalty for fed- chairman, Jerrold Nadler, fundamental fairness,” he Baghdad: Iraqi officials have eral crimes, and the next White House counsel Pat said. raised Saturday’s death toll execution could have Cipollone said it would be Expressing disappoint- to 25 protesters killed and taken place as soon as a “reckless abuse of ment over the White over 130 wounded, after a Monday. power” for them to adopt House response, Nadler bloody night of attacks by Daniel Lewis Lee, an the articles of impeach- said that people deserve unknown gunmen that tar- avowed white suprema- ment. answers from Trump. geted anti-government cist, was scheduled to be This “would constitute “The House invited, and demonstrators in the capital Firefighters conduct back burning measures to secure residential areas from encroaching bushfires near Sydney on put to death for the 1996 the most unjust, highly then subpoenaed, his top city. The attack was among murder of a family of partisan, and unconstitu- advisors. The President Saturday. Smoke from the bushfire is causing respiratory illnesses while outdoor sports have been cancelled. the deadliest since October three, including an eight- tional attempt at impeach- ordered them not to show 1, when thousands of Iraqis Firefighters say it will take weeks to control the fire but will not be extinguished without heavy rains. So far, six year-old girl. ment in our nation’s histo- and continues to block took to the streets calling for people have been killed, nearly 700 houses burned down and millions of hectares of land has been razed. — AFP But the Supreme Court ry,” he said in a one-page key evidence from sweeping political reforms declined to allow federal letter. “As the President Congress,” he said. — PTI and the end of Iran’s influ- executions to go forward ence in Iraqi affairs. Security for the moment, saying, forces regularly use live “In light of what is at courts within 60 days. at the federal penitentiary rounds and tear gas to dis- stake,” the block on execu- Attorney general Bill in Terre Haute, perse the demonstrations, tions should be reviewed Barr announced in July Indiana. leading to heavy casualties. Nobel winners caution by an appeals court. that the federal bureau of The executions were set The gunfire continued until It added that while the prisons would adopt a new for between December 9 the early hours of Saturday. application was denied for lethal injection protocol, and January 15, 2020 now, another could be paving the way for the exe- using a lethal dose of the Pak men cut off filed if the matter had not cutions of five drug pentobarbital. about climate change been resolved by the lower convicted murderers held — AFP 10-year-old’s nose Islamabad: Three Pakistani Say protests by youth an encouraging sign, will push leaders men cut off the nose of a 10- SAUDI SHOOTER year-old child in Rajanpur’s Stockholm, Dec. 7: Nobel Rojhan after storming into Prize laureates gathered Musk cleared of ASSAILS U.S. AS his school on Saturday. The in Stockholm to receive school is located in the Dera their awards took the Oceans to lose 4 pc ‘NATION OF EVIL’ Dildar area. The suspects opportunity on Saturday defamation suit attacked the child because to stress the importance of of a rivalry with his father, addressing climate of Oxygen by 2100 Los Angeles, Dec. 7: Riyadh, Dec. 7: Saudi according to the police. The change. Tesla co-founder Elon Arabia sought to dis- child was rushed to hospital. Winners of the prizes in Madrid, Dec. 7: The loss globally by 2100. Musk has been cleared of tance itself on Saturday The police have registered a physics, chemistry and of oxygen from the ocean However, most of that defamation by a jury in from a student who car- case against the three sus- economics made the Climate change will due to climate change loss is predicted to be in Los Angeles over a tweet ried out a fatal shooting pects. Two suspects, identi- assessment on Saturday risks ‘dire effects’ on sea the upper 1,000 metres, in which he labelled a at a US naval base, as it fied as Saifullah and Iqbal, ahead of next week’s pres- require a change in life, fisheries and coastal that is the richest part of British caver ‘pedo guy.’ seeks to repair its image have been arrested. entation of the prizes. The behavior, particularly communities, a global the ocean for biodiversity. The jury deliberated less of being an exporter of remarks come as a global in the rich countries conservation body said on “With this report, the than an hour before rul- Islamic extremism. The summit on climate change that are heavy Saturday. scale of damage climate ing in favour of Musk and Elon Musk Saudi military student US not to assign takes place in Madrid. The International Union change is wreaking upon clearing him of any lia- verdict, telling reporters reportedly condemned Didier Queloz, who consumers of goods for the Conservation of the ocean comes into stark bility in the high-profile afterwards: “My faith in the US as a “nation of cartels ‘terror’ tag shared the physics prize and energy Nature (IUCN) said that focus,” said IUCN acting case that pitted him humanity has been evil” before going on a Washington: US President for discovery of an exo- around 700 sites had been director, Grethel Aguilar. against Vernon restored.” rampage on Friday at Donald Trump said on planet orbiting a sunlike ESTHER DUFLO identified globally with “As the warming ocean Unsworth. Unsworth’s attorney, Naval Air Station Saturday he would not pro- star, took issue with peo- Economics laureate low oxygen levels — up loses oxygen, the delicate Unsworth had sought Lin Wood, had told jurors Pensacola, killing three ceed with his stated plans to ple who shrug off climate from only 45 in the 1960s. balance of marine life is $190 million in damages in closing arguments that people. The shooting designate Mexican drug car- change on the grounds In the same period, the thrown into disarray.” from the tech billionaire, the $190 million he was marks a setback in the tels as terror groups follow- that people will eventually group warned, the volume The study concluded arguing that his reputa- seeking for his client kingdom’s efforts to ing a request from his coun- leave Earth. of anoxic waters — areas that de-oxygenation is tion had been damaged by would amount to “a hard shrug off its reputation terpart Andres Manuel Lopez “I think this is just irre- totally devoid of oxygen — already altering the bal- the tweet. Musk hugged slap on the wrist” for for promoting religious Obrador. Trump called for a sponsible because the have quadrupled. ance of marine life to the his lawyer on hearing the Musk. — PTI extremism. — AFP war on the cartels last month stars are so far away I The ocean absorbs detriment of species that after the killings of nine think we should not have around a quarter of all need more of oxygen. women and children from a any serious hope to escape fossil fuel emissions, but Species such as tuna, mar- US-Mexican Mormon com- the Earth,” he said. as global energy demand lin and sharks are sensi- munity. The case brought “Also keeping in mind continues to grow there tive to low oxygen levels All set for electronic H-1B filing fresh attention to cartel vio- that we are a species that We are not built to are fears that seas will due to their large size and lence and Obrador’s strug- has evolved and developed survive on any other eventually reach satura- energy demands. Washington, Dec. 7: The announced. The US Cit- nies applying for H-1B gles to rein in bloodshed. for this planet. We are not tion point. But loss of oxygen is US has completed imple- izenship and Immigration visas for foreign workers built to survive on any planet than the Earth Oceans are expected on affecting species across mentation of the H-1B Services (USCIS), the fed- for the fiscal year 2021 other planet than this one. DIDIER QUELOZ current trends to lose 3-4 the food chain. electronic registration eral agency mandated would have to register US-Taliban resume We’d better spend our per cent of their oxygen — AFP process for the 2021 cap with task of approving H- online and pay a process- time and energy trying to Nobel prize winner season and petitions for 1B applications, on ing fee of $10. talks in Doha fix it.” the most sought after Saturday announced that The federal agency Doha: Washington resumed Esther Duflo, one of the work visa among Indian it had completed the would start accepting the talks with the Taliban in economics laureates, cau- World leaders betraying us with IT professionals will be process to implement the H-1B petitions from April Qatar on Saturday, a US tioned that dealing with accepted from April 1 next H-1B electronic registra- 1, 2020 for the next fiscal source said, three months climate change “will year, the country’s immi- tion process for the 2021 year. after President Donald require a change in behav- gration agency has cap season. The compa- — PTI Trump abruptly halted diplo- ior, particularly in the climate change, says Greta matic efforts that could end rich countries” that are the US’ longest war. In heavy consumers of goods Madrid, Dec. 7: Teen testers, some of whom had September, the US and the and energy. activist Greta Thunberg chanted “We Love You US-IRAN MAKE Taliban had appeared on the While some believe that took her call for bold Greta.” verge of signing a deal that there is no need to con- action to tackle climate “Change is coming PRISONER SWAP would have seen Washington sume less provided con- change to a UN summit in whether you like it or not begin withdrawing thou- sumption is fueled by Spain on Saturday, warn- because we have no other sands of troops in return for renewable energy, “it ing world leaders that a choice,” she said. AMID TENSIONS KU security guarantees. But, would be great if that growing youth-led protest About 15,000 marchers ◆ Trump abruptly called the were the case but I don’t movement meant they took part, according to a Tehran, Dec. 7: An effort ‘dead’ and withdrew think we can count on it could no longer hide. municipal official in Iranian held in the US an invitation for secret talks necessarily,” Duflo said. Accorded rock-star sta- Madrid. Young activists and an American held in DO after a US soldier was killed. M. Stanley Whitting- tus by young environmen- Greta Thunberg formed a human shield to Iran have been freed, the ◆ ham, who shares the tal activists, the 16-year- protect Thunberg, but the two sides said on chemistry award for help- old had crossed the around the world. “The crush of onlookers was so Saturday, in an apparent ing develop lithium-ion Atlantic by boat to drop in current world leaders are intense that she had to be prisoner swap at a time

MOVE TO SU batteries, said “to help on the climate talks in betraying us and we will whisked to the stage at the of heightened tensions. solve the climate issue, the Madrid then join one of not let that happen any- end of the rally in a red Tehran announced the HONOUR SLAIN time is right now, but we the Saturday afternoon more,” Thunberg said in a electric car. release of its scientist, Reuters have to be pragmatic. We marches she has inspired brief speech to the pro- — Massoud Soleimani, YESTERDAY’S ANSWER SIKH COP can’t just turn off all the from the US shortly WHAT CO2.” before Washington TO DO Washington, Dec. 7: A US Canadian-American excited about the wave of their enthusiasm, their ize how long it takes. But I declared US researcher Fill in the grid so lawmaker on Saturday intro- James Peebles, who gets youthful climate change energy, their devotion to go back to the Vietnam Xiyue Wang was return- that every row, duced a legislation to name a half of this year’s 9-mil- protesters. something very worth- War era and the US where ing home. Trump said, every column, and post office in Houston after the lion-kronor ($9,48,000) “I see these people in while,” he said. it was really the young “After more than three every 3x3 box slain Sikh police officer physics prize for studying Princeton, my home town, Whittingham also said people that pushed the years of being held pris- contains the digits 1 to 9. Every puzzle Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal. what happened soon after as they go marching for he was encouraged by the politicians to get out and oner in Iran, Xiyue has only one correct Dhaliwal was killed in the the Big Bang, later told control of climate. It is a protests: “Maybe some of stop that nonsense.” Wang is returning to the solution. line of duty on September 27. The Associated Press he is wonderful thing. I love the young folks don’t real- — AP US.” — AFP The bill, tabled by congress- woman, Lizzie Fletcher, in the house of representatives, pro- vides that the post office locat- WATER | SAVING US Prez says many states in the country get plenty of rains ed at 315 Addicks Howell road in Houston be named the ‘Deputy Sandeep Singh

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“Deputy Dhaliwal represent- Trump rues flushing toilet 10-15 times ◆ ed the very best of our commu- nity: he worked for equality, Washington, Dec. 6: The President, who has audience, Trump then faucet,” he said. got rid of the light bulb connection, and community President Donald Trump spent most of his life in declared that “people are While desert areas may that people got used to,” he through his life of service to told a White House gather- real estate deals and con- flushing toilets 10 times, 15 need water conservation, said. DO others,” said congresswoman ing on Saturday that he’s struction, used a major times, as opposed to once.” he said, “for the most part “It doesn’t make you look ◆ Fletcher. taking aim at the problem portion of his remarks to “You can’t wash your you have many states as good. Of course, being a “The Deputy Sandeep Singh of US toilets that require senior officials and invit- hands practically, there’s where they have so much vain person that’s very

Dhaliwal Post Office will serve flushing “10 times, 15 ed entrepreneurs about so little water coming out water that comes down — important to me. It’s like it SU as a permanent reminder of times.” Speaking in a plumbing issues. of the faucet,” Trump it’s called rain — that they gives you an orange look. I YESTERDAY’S ANSWER his service, his sacrifice, and voice and with a level of “You turn on the faucet said. don’t know what to do don’t want an orange look, Did you think the ◆ ◆ his example for us all,” she detail that suggested the and you don’t get any The President said he with it.” Still on the sub- has anyone noticed that?” SU DO KU on the left was easy? Try this. said. importance he was giving water. They take a shower had instructed authorities ject of regulations intrud- Trump said. Check the solution tomorrow. “I am honoured to be able to the issue, Trump told the and the water comes drip- to loosen regulations on ing on daily life, Trump Unlike when talking Tips available at www.sudoku-xls.com recognize Deputy Dhaliwal in high-level meeting, that ping out. It’s dripping out, water use. “We’re looking renewed his frequent criti- about the toilets, Trump DC-AAGE SU DO KU FORUM: this way, and look forward to the government is “look- very quietly dripping very strongly at sinks and cism of a drive to replace was clearly joking as he Discuss the SU DO KU puzzles printed and contribute mind working with all of my Texas ing very strongly” at out,” Trump said. showers and other ele- traditional light bulbs said: “So we'll have to teasers of your own at colleagues to pass this legisla- water pressure troubles in Painting an even more ments of bathrooms with energy-saving vari- change those bulbs in the www.sudexel.com/forum tion quickly,” she said. the nation’s bathrooms. unusual picture for his where you turn the ants. “The light bulb, they White House.” — AFP Much of the impact of Bohumil Hrabal’s works (Closely Observed Trains, I Served the King of England) derives from his juxtaposition of the beauty PAGE and cruelty found in everyday life. He is often cited as the last century’s 9 best Czech writer. He died after falling from a window feeding pigeons. Books DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 8 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Of trauma and unsaid truths, Ruminations on echo chambers and writing hite is a col- lection of essays or Ranjona Wwritings real and magical Banerji really, about growing up, nostalgia, the act of writing. today’s world oes a writer suffer Why doesn’t he write on America, caught in an unending Minnesota ( ‘After Anthro- and culture, and a a burden of expec- abyss between two disparate pology’), play out in review whole lot about tations when he or more topical themes, about worlds. completely different contexts and Hollywood and how it Neha she is from a cer- the ‘real’ rather than the Kashyap achieves something circumstances, but with a similar affects the writer. By Bhatt tain place, a place ‘magical’, someone at a similar with ‘His Father’s heaviness. extension possibly, those who are deeply connected to the of violence and panel discussion asks Disease’. In ‘Before the Bullet’, Even as the stories tear at the world of movies, wherever they may live. conflict? It's a Sanjib. Sanjib finds it funny Kashyap weaves a tense story of a heart of social and political Brett Easton Ellis is a well-known American writer, nov- Dquestion often posed to authors PhD scholar returning from themes of our times, reaping els, television scripts. His best-known work is American review these days. Aruni Kashyap’s sec- – no one in Assam would Indiana to his village in Kamrup unsaid truths, what pulls the Psycho which was also made into a film. I have not read ond book, His Father’s Disease: ever ask him such a ques- district in Assam who has a tragic collection down a notch are some any of his novels nor do I Stories, answers this question in a tion. The English-language run-in with a pair of army of the overdone, cliched bits — think I have watched their variety of ways. literati, however, operates officers, even as his family awaits such as the brown man movie versions. With an assured hand, the book his arrival. Kashyap’s eye for experience abroad, the patronis- However, I must hasten begins on a high note with the in its own bubble. unusual and telling situations ing white man with the exotic to add that this lack of story ‘Skylark Girl’, in which an works wonderfully in ‘The Love Indian girlfriend who knowledge makes no dif- Assamese writer, Sanjib, is invit- dental situations, Kashyap’s sto- Lives of People Who Look Like disapproves of the Indian curry ference in the enjoyment ed to read one of his stories at an ries are quietly affecting, often Kal Penn’, which is one of the smell, the Bollywood loving NRIs of this book. Ellis has a international conference in sparkling with valuable insight. more hopeful and warm stories in and so on — that take up resi- very easy style which Delhi. His mother believes it is The 10 stories are wrapped in this collection. Some of the tales dence in the stories, ‘The makes reading him a the most amazing thing to have cross cultural winds, between the are interconnected. One of my Umricans’ and ‘Minnesota Nice’. pleasure. The subjects and happened to him. Sanjib’s story is chaos and grief of turmoil at favourites, and also the story I But when he writes of Assam, as his opinions may not a retelling of a popular folk tale, home in Assam, and the sanitised happened to read first — ‘Like the he did in his debut novel, ‘The always match those of the translated to English in order to aloofness and know-it-all-ness of Thread in a Garland’ — reads like House With a Thousand Stories’, reader and indeed, why be presented at the conference. life in America. Kashyap explores scenes from a marriage between Kashyap’s prose is altogether should they? He challenges Why doesn’t he write on more love and sex, desire and myth, vio- Rubul and Anuradha sprinkled more perceptive and powerful, commonly held assump- topical themes, about the “real” lence and conflict, at an easy, with some old fashioned drama without, it appears, any tions and ideas and rather than the “magical”, an page-turning pace. It reminded topped with a nice twist, narrated burden of expectation, in a fine explains lucidly why he audience member at a panel dis- me very much of Chimamanda with amusing candour by Rubul’s place between the real and the disagrees. Even if you cussion asks Sanjib. Sanjib finds Ngozi Adichie’s unforgettable col- best friend, Nishad. It’s interest- magical. don’t agree, he makes you HIS FATHER'S DISEASE: it funny – no one in Assam would lection of stories, The Thing ing how two gay love stories – one think. ever ask him such a question. The Around Your Neck, which drew unfolding in a cloud of myth deep Neha Bhatt is an independent Ellis delves plenty into STORIES English-language literati, howev- out quietly devastating moments in Assam (in the titular story ‘His journalist and book critic nostalgia, his youth and er, operates in its own bubble. in the lives of Nigerian men and Father’s Disease’), and another in based in Delhi. She tweets how life was so different By Aruni Kashyap In a cool, dispassionate tone that women, many of them living America against the backdrop of @nehabhatt70 and for children in the 1960s Context, `499 mines intimate, sometimes inci- away from their homeland in Marriage Equality Act in @bookishbadish on insta and 70s. From that nostal- WHITE gia, from the usual clichés of how our parents left us By Brett Easton Ellis to fend for ourselves when Knopf, `799 it comes to entertainment and learning about life, Ellis moves on to social media and how it invaded and con- Self’s drug memoir a masterpiece of black humour quered our days and nights. Nostalgia is a funny one: we pick and choose what we liked about the past and then build stories around that. reconcile himself to his tion, or an epiphanic the end I had no idea how ry take. Perhaps the best This is not an easy Ellis’s stories may not be mine but readers who are pre- past self. moment when Will thinks Self would answer that part of Will is almost two- millennials, pre-GenXers, will understand what he’s talk- It is absolutely unflinch- he is actually addicted to question. thirds of the way through, book to read, ing about. Those younger may be in awe of how we man- Stuart ing. But it is steely-eyed in public toilets, not drugs, to One thing that surprised with Self in India, con- but it is a necessary aged to live minus technology or scoff at our innocence. Kelly two directions. On the one a demonic deconstruction me, but should not have vinced he is about to die, one. The way But what Ellis does is to make us challenge the senti- hand, Self does not spare of being in therapy, there surprised me, was the reli- overhearing the prepara- in which fleeting ment of this past because it was not all Steven Spielberg’s the reader the details of is a glint throughout the gious niggle in the book. tions for a Passion Play children from ET. There were darker shades and to com- just how wrecked his life book. If you couldn’t The Book of Dave, Self ’s outside. The previous parts of his parents’ bat those, Ellis talks about his fascination with horror was by drugs, from haz- laugh etc etc. The descrip- 2006 novel, cleverly upend- chapter ended with lives glance through films as well as changing moralities. It is fun to read about ardous driving to pleading tions of Oxford are a kind ed ideas of Scripture, but thoughts about ‘the Great Self are important, his interactions with Tina Brown when she took over New ell, it was always with a dealer through a of inverse Brideshead here we have a rather dif- White Spirit’, and Self in but he never imputes Yorker or interviews with Judd Nelson. Or his analysis of going to be called letter-box. But it also con- Revisited, with more opi- ferent, if still contradicto- ‘the void of the fifth cause to his own Tom Cruise, which leads to insights into stardom, how it WWill. More than jures just how much he ates than teddy bears. dimension’. Although I changes and how it manipulates the star as well as his or once in this terrifying, really, really liked drugs. But it is also a profound- know that Will Self is still behaviour. her audience. terrific book, Will Self The seesaw between ly serious work. among the living, this For my money, it is when he analyses social media, the refers to ‘nominative euphoria and abasement, Throughout, the narrator fourth chapter genuinely of waking, to account for quick share of information and with that formation of determinism’ — the idea between the agony and the breaks into italics: a made me wonder if it was the recollections of the instant opinions, that Ellis comes into his own. He makes that a name somehow fore- ecstasy, is laid bare. Self device rather similar to somehow preparedly previous day’. us confront at how we live in this world where we run tells a life. That he choos- writes in excruciating pre- what he deployed in the posthumous. This is not an easy book from total condemnation to total glorification every other es Will, not Self, is indica- cision about matters lava- trilogy of Umbrella, Shark He describes how at that to read, but it is a neces- moment, leaving no space for introspection, nuance, grey tive and ambiguous. This torial, swings between and Phone. Once you period he felt the ‘pain of sary one. The way in areas and sometimes even simple comprehension. Social memoir — not an autobi- satyromania and impo- notice it, you realise that a sentient skeleton that’s which fleeting parts of his media has made this of us, and we are all guilty of falling ography — starts in May tence, shunts between the the text is littered or pep- been assembled from mis- parents’ lives glance into this brook-no-arguments X versus Y trap, regardless and ends in August 1986, exotic and the suburban pered with literary allu- matched bones: balls through Self are impor- of our politics and our leanings. but also spirals back to and his drug years take sions, pop songs, nursery rammed into sockets and tant, but he never imputes Ellis’s breakdown of the demands of sites like Twitter 1979, 1982 and 1984 in the him from the company of rhymes and recreated con- ribs forced into cages’. In cause to his own behav- and our reactions to it are an eye-opener, even to those of kind of chronological immense privilege to the versations. There is a kind the final chapter, during a iour. The way in which the us who count ourselves as aware and thinking. He exam- fracturing that has typi- most impoverished in soci- of metronome beat spell in an addiction clin- timeline is shuffled fur- ines the gay community’s reactions to his tweets, even as fied his later fictions. ety. There have been many throughout which cap- ic, he nevertheless still ther makes it impossible a gay man, he examines how rap star Kanye West’s sup- It is a chronicle of addic- books about addiction — tures the cycle of addic- has a degree of suppurat- to say, ‘Well, that was port for US President Donald Trump was not seen in the tion, and the ‘will’ is Self begins with a quote tion. Self being himself ing fury at the false reli- why’. It is lyrically writ- context of a pop star but of a political analyst. Ellis walks everything, from the insis- from Aleister Crowley’s this is linked with giosity of the therapists. ten, even at its most self- into the uncomfortable, with ease and good navigational tent desire, to a futureless Diary of a Drug Fiend, and Nietzsche’s idea of eternal (There is an astonishing lacerating points. Above skills. future, to the psychologi- William Burroughs’s recurrence. The question recollection of somebody all, and most frightening He seems to relish the opposition and the controversies cal horror of being called Junky is also a kind of that the book leaves open who drank petrol, and of all, it displays that his views might engender. In many ways, that’s the fun of ‘Little Willy’ by his moth- compass — but this is is a very Nietzschean one: another who apparently behind all the injecting, it for him and that rubs off on the reader. He can be the er. Throughout, he nor- unlike other works in this eternal recurrence is the had once urinated on his snorting, smoking and child holding up the mirror, or the child looking at himself mally refers to himself as genre. idea that were an evil spir- own head.) But the book is dropping was an ideal of or the adult looking back at his inner or imaginary self as Will, but this is not For one thing, it is funny. it to ask you to live your neither about repentance friendship. That was the a child. Caesar-style self-aggran- Obsidian-black funny, but life again in full, no WILL nor redemption. It is, as he most tearful point for me. All in all, an engaging read. dising. It is more like a funny nevertheless. From changes or second says, about dreams, ‘nar- form of dissociation, anecdotes about reliance chances, would you be By Will Self ratives we assemble retro- By arrangement with The writer is a senior journalist who writes on media where the writer cannot on period-pain medica- brave enough to do it? By Penguin Viking, £14.99 spectively, at the moment the Spectator affairs, politics and social trends. She tweets at @ranjona As coming-of-age meets nostalgia, ‘Serendipity is the secret of my craft’

ISHA SINGH teaches at Q. Which classics do you Lucknow University and Isha Singh want to read? specialises in writing I want to re-read The life is synonymous with happiness short stories in the genre Grapes of Wrath by John of horror. Where Do You Steinbeck. I would also Go in the Dark, My Love like to complete reading sually, a book with a completely free from the again. And this is the is her first book. Tess of the D’Urbervilles cheerful-sounding tyranny of the clock not frame of This is Happiness, by Thomas Hardy. I picked Utitle turns out to be only in terms of minutes a frame that holds stories Q Why do you write? Q&A it up during college for a Kushal the very opposite of what and hours, but also in of Faha villagers, stories of For that elusive feeling class but couldn’t plod the title promises. So even terms of years. Noe’s family, the story of that a writer gets upon through it. Gulab though I had adored Niall But now electricity is Noe’s mother’s death, the writing a really good story Q. Describe your Williams’s History of the finally about to reach Faha, story of Christy, stories of or a poem. It is a rush but favourite writing space. Q Your favourite liter- Rain, I was a bit wary of so Noe finds himself shar- music so much part of the short-lived because then I can write anywhere and ary character. review beginning his new book, ing the attic room at his land of Ireland that the you have other deadlines mostly I use my writing My all-time favourite is This is Happiness, in case it grandparents’ home with music is Ireland itself, and etc. I think I am always desk but my favourite Holden Caulfield from turned out to be emotional Christy, a man working for the story of Annie Mooney. trying to replicate that writing space is any space Catcher in the Rye by J.D. torture. the electricity board. The book is so beautifully rush, trying to write some- with a view of the moun- Salinger but currently I To my surprise, the book Noe accompanies Christy written that I found myself thing that makes me feel tains. Possibly a small am also in love with Ishan lived up to its name. as he heads off every day to operating on Faha time — I satisfied after writing it. desk on a balcony, at some Fauzdaar from Baaz by Reading it was happiness. ensure every villager has had absolutely no inten- place in Kasol, with a gor- Anuja Chauhan. I The book is set in an Irish signed up for electricity. tion of finishing it in a Q Do you have a writing geous view of the Parvati have a long list of village just before electrici- The two become friends hurry. Sentences and para- schedule? valley. favourites actually. ty is introduced and since and Noe learns why graphs stayed with me Not really. Even if I make its narrator is an elderly Christy is in Faha. whenever I put down the one, I rarely follow it. I am Q. Who are your Q Which is the funniest man telling the story of his Working for the electricity book to do something else not a stickler for sched- favourite authors? book you have read? own youth, it combines board is just an excuse. and even though I’ve read ules. If I love the idea, I Raymond Chandler, James my morning paper makes The Diary of a Nobody by nostalgia with a coming of Christy has been working every page of it now, I’m will continue to write till I M. Cain, Barbara my coffee taste like hem- George and Weedon age tale in such a way that his way around the world still in Faha’s world. It’s a get tired otherwise I delay Kingsolver, Joyce Carol lock. Grossmith. I find P.G. I was utterly enchanted. to apologise to everyone world that deals with inces- the process. Oates. Wodehouse very funny too. This is Happiness is about he’s ever hurt or offended sant rain, dreadful incon- Q. Which is the most Noel, better known as Noe, in the last 50 years of his veniences, terrible mis- Q Best piece of advice Q Which book/author under-rated book? Q Which is the most erot- who had promised his life. Here in Faha is Annie takes and even the curses you've ever got? should be banned on I came upon a forlorn copy ic book you have read? dying mother that he Mooney, the woman a of fate as each arrives, but Someone told me to try not grounds of bad taste? of The Day of the Locusts I find Written on the Body would be a priest but suf- young Christy loved but still remembers that in all to control things, be it I don’t believe in banning by Nathaniel West at a by Jeanette Winterson to fered a crisis of faith while nevertheless left at the this stuff of life, life itself with writing or with my things but if I had to, I book fair many years ago. be a wonderfully balanced at the seminary and is now altar. is happiness. life. I think that’s pretty would definitely ban It merely took me half a book with beautiful in Faha to figure out what Noe, falling in love him- solid advice. Learning to Chetan Bhagat. I don’t day to finish as I found it imagery. The prose is he is to do in life. self with the out of reach Kushalrani Gulab is a go with the flow is a think the ban would unputdownable. It takes a almost luscious. THIS IS HAPPINESS Faha is so remote that it’s Sophie, daughter of Faha’s freelance editor and writer process that takes a while. deprive us of any literary scathing look at 1930s Niall Williams practically a country by doctor, is romantically who dreams of being a genius. I would also ban Hollywood and the many Q Your favourite word? by itself, with its own ways of inclined. He will get Annie sanyasi by the sea Q Do you keep a diary? his columns along with the broken dreams of those Both Sunday and Sundae Bloomsbury, `550 life and own sense of time; and Christy together No. books, as reading them in who exist on its periphery. these days. c m y k c m y k MIND POWER LUKE TAYLOR LIONEL MESSI PAGE Writers are like onions, layers upon layers The day you think there is no improvements to 10 upon layers be made is a sad one for any player Edit DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 8 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD LETTERS Subhani WRONG ‘DISHA’ Was the police taking the 8 DECEMBER 2019 right disha (direction) when it killed the four accused in the Disha case in an encounter (Disha’s killers Nilofar Suhrawardy ‘encounter’ justice, Dec. 7)? I agree that speedy justice is the need of the case, but Off the beaten track not questionable instant justice. It appears that the police story is not flawless. Has the Cyberabad police In India, men are the commissioner committed a blunder? Doe he want to ruminate if there is an iota more fashionable sex of moral turpitude? K.S.M. Sarma ho takes the lead where talk of fashion idols is concerned? Ah, Ragannaguda instantly, one tends to turn to Bollywood, and female actors. Of . Wcourse, there is no denying that the film industry is flooded with people being extremely conscious about their looks, their respective fash- I fully agree with your editorial ion styles — from hairstyles to dress and footwear. Name it and the par- (Encounter in Hyderabad sets dan- ticular fashion term is instantly linked to a screen personality — their dia- gerous example, Dec. 7). You have logue delivery, their smile. After all, fashion is their profession, their life given the example of Taliban, back — their image depends on it. Isn’t it so? home we have the example of Interestingly, fashion happens to be a field in Bollywood as well as other Bhindranwale and we know what arenas. In these arenas, it would be wrong to assume that the lead is taken happened in Punjab. A trigger- by the fairer sex. Surprising, is it not? Is othering a people happy police, legitimised by the Let us for a moment, turn to cricket. Yes, of late, some importance has public will be more dangerous than begun to be given to the beautiful faces in the Indian women’s cricket both of them combined. team. But that’s about all. Of course, it cannot be missed that the popular- Y. Pratap ity of women’s cricket is nowhere near the craze inhabiting the men’s for- Hyderabad mat. And here, the Kohli cut has men of all ages and classes swooning over it. No, this term is not a neologism. Nor does it refer to any stylish cut from the object of NRC? Our judicial system is to be blamed the bat of the swashbuckler. It refers to Virat Kohli’s hairstyle. In terms of for its procedural and legal delays popularity, the Kohli cut leaves even Bollywood far behind. Of course, er in size, it now consisted dent and not a citizen. in trying rape and murder cases. there was a time when a lot of importance was given by men to Amitabh of 750,000 census takers. The National Register of The remedy is to speed up delivery Bachchan’s hairstyle and women to the Sadhna cut. But that is history By then it was utterly Citizenship phenomena, of justice to restore the faith of the overtaken by the Kohli cut. unequivocal to the entire therefore, looks different, people in the system and have Whether it is cricket, world that this census smells different and feels belief that influential persons do films, politics, television Manish Tewari was racial in intent. The different. It, therefore, not tamper with law. or any other field of headcount meticulously begs a fundamental ques- Dr K. Srinivasa Rao human endeavour, the recorded information on tion — should a country Hyderabad irony of men being State of the Union religion, profession, mate- not count its citizens? ahead in more ways than rial possessions, resi- Those who are not able to The jubilation over the encounter one cannot be ignored. dence and ancestry of prove their citizenship — is a grave reminder of the lack of Perhaps, tennis is one of ascism is a polit- instantaneous use. The every resident. By the end what should then be done credibility in the judicial mecha- the few where Sania ical ideology Nazis mandated that data of 1939 virtually every with them? The answer to nism. The short-cut justice rendi- Mirza holds herself that promotes from their major prefec- observing Jew had been the first may be in the tion has blinded us to the fact that ahead of her male col- the idea of a uni- ture of Prussia be identified, enumerated affirmative though sover- the four dead men may or may not leagues, fashion-wise. Fform and regi- processed and the prod- and classified methodical- eignty itself is a complex be the actual culprits, and that the Give another thought mented nation under the uct made available in 120 ly, twice over. issue these days. How- culprits may still be roaming free. to the film industry. control of a totalitarian days. A leading computer The object of both the ever, most important is R.E.C. Johnson There is nothing new ruler. Fascists inherently company of our times 1933 and 1939 censuses the fact there has been no Hyderabad about men being as fash- abhor a freethinking civil undertook the project. was to isolate Jews both discussion much less con- ion conscious as women. society, political oppo- They recruited over in the German heartland sensus on what do you do A French Emperor ordered public This has always been nents, brave journalists, 500,000 “nationalistically and the occupied territo- with people who come up hanging of three thieves to deter rule of the game. Down fearless academics and an minded” census takers ries before they were short in the process. Do rampant pickpocketing in Paris. the decades, more than a independent judiciary. who went door to door col- ghettoised, deported and you detain them in Many people who gathered to half-century ago, hair- The Kohli cut has men of all ages and The script has played lecting data. They further eventually liquidated. internment/concentra- watch had their pockets picked! styles of male celebri- itself out again and again trained hundreds of per- Hitler’s Fascist comrade tion camps? Do you Need of the hour is to find solution ties, from Dilip Kumar classes swooning over it. No, this in history. Its pioneers sonnel to process the data Benito Mussolini too deport them? If so, to to the social malady of unrepentant to Raj Kapoor and Manoj term is not a neologism. Nor does it were the Italian Fascists thereby tallying and grad- introduced a racial cen- where? Which country cruelty towards fellow human Kumar, had their own refer to any stylish cut from the bat of and the German National ing citizens. A census sus for both the Jews and will accept them? Do you beings. distinctive look. the swashbuckler. It refers to Virat Socialists in the previous army was formed. It was the Roma people of Italy. disenfranchise them? If so Dr K.V.N. Durga Prasad Interestingly, the same Kohli’s hairstyle. century. headed by SS officers sup- The headcount gave for how long? Do you Hyderabad cannot be said about the What was Hitler and ported by squads of Mussolini the requisite make them stateless peo- ladies. Ladies’ hairstyles varied from being plaited, tied in a bun, left loose Mussolini's playbook? stormtroopers in addition statistics to initiate xeno- ple whereby making The elimination of the perpetrators to a ponytail. A ‘hero’s hairstyle varied rarely. Perhaps if they had to dis- Emphasising the other- to the headcounters. phobic laws. He did so in them amenable to the pro- of the horrendous crime in the so- play a bald pate, it did. ness of the other. Singling Such was the trepida- 1938. It snatched from tection of the internation- called encounter would help allay If you have noticed, there has been a certain change in the standards of male out a community to make tion that this exercise pro- both the Jews and the al covenants that India is the frayed tempers of the people, actors in other fashion. The last century was marked by their being extreme- it the object of xenopho- duced that Jews stopped Roma people their rights a signatory to? There are especially the bereaved family. ly particular about showing off their hairy chests. It was probably the in- bia. How does this project identifying themselves as and properties. Both no answers, much less Notwithstanding the good inten- thing then. Now, hairy chests no longer abound. Perhaps, the trend of men commence? By conduct- Jewish. A few of them groups later faced incar- easy ones. It is not as if the tions, the action seems to be a quick dancing without their shirts on has led to them going for the hairless look. ing a census. even renounced their ceration and eventually government would not be fix populist measure. One would Be it perfume, creams, hair dyes or even clothing, male actors are as In Germany, the census Jewish ancestry attempt- deportation to Nazi con- cognisant of these conun- wonder whether the same action much in demand for ads as female. If you notice carefully, male actors process began in the first ing to underscore their centration camps. drums. What then possi- would have been taken if the perpe- aren’t exactly behind women in using lipsticks, either. Here though, they few weeks of Adolf Hitler Germanness. However, In India we have been bly is the purpose of trators had strong political connec- tend to opt for the nude shade, perhaps to conceal their lip’s dark col- seizing power on April 12, the Nazis were not conducting a regular cen- exporting the failed tions. What is needed is a fool proof oration. And, where image-consciousness of celebrities in various fields is 1933. From 1871 onwards impressed. sus every 10 years that Assam NRC model to the strong-arm strategy to counter the concerned, they may not appear to be fashion-savvy, but definitely are. in the newly founded A number of bigoted has been fairly benign in rest of the country? continuing heinous crimes against The new generation is turning grey and has begun to use hair colour, for united German empire policies were opera- nature. We even have had The answer is simple. women. fashion and also so as not to look older than their years. Notice the colour under Chancellor Otto tionalised post the cen- a socio-economic and Create anxiety among the Abdul Hakeem of politicians’ hair? Especially the ones who crossed the half-century mark von Bismarck, systematic sus. The Citizenship and caste census in 2011. The 124 crore people about Tolichowki years ago? Hmmm, interesting isn’t it? Of course, they have the right to censuses every five years Denaturalisation Law of results of that caste cen- their very status as colour their hair, moustache and/or beard should they desire. were the norm. However, July 1933 gave to the Nazi sus have been held back Indians. This mass dis- Interestingly, this is another field where men overtake women – project- the 1930 census was post- Reich powers to strip the for some inexplicable rea- quiet insulates the gov- NOT ANIMALS! ing the “political” image. Women’s dress is confined to either saree or sal- poned due to the Great citizenship of those it con- son. The general census ernment from any scruti- A particular tweet by a little war-kameez. Among men, several styles of dhoti are visible, each linked to Depression. The Nazis sidered “undesirable”. while counting people on ny of their failures while known actor, Nikhil Sidharth, has the region he hails from. The style of traditional jackets and sherwanis actioned the postponed Among the first to come the basis of religion in also amplifying the other- been prominently displayed in the also varies. A few are seen in safari suits, some in a dress shirt and census immediately on under the cleaver were addition to other indices ness of the other — by newspaper. He says, “human rights trousers, many in kurta-pyjamas and so forth. usurping power. 150,000 Eastern Jews. The has not stressed upon citi- labelling them as infiltra- are for humans, not pervert ani- In contrast to the set colour and style of his predecessor Dr. Manmohan The gameplan was sim- Nuremberg Laws then zenship. Even the tors who have monopo- mals.” These celebrities are opin- Singh’s outfit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s style is far more diverse. ple: Germany could only gave added form to Aadhaar card/number lised social and economic ion leaders and they shouldn't use This holds for his jackets as well as footwear. Interestingly, the variety in be “cleansed” of Jews if Hitler’s vision of Ger- was an exercise where the opportunity that should their words carelessly. Minister dressing styles of Indian male politicians leaves their western counter- they were pinpointed. many. These edicts delin- defining unit was a resi- have gone to the K.T. Rama Rao too had tweeted that parts far behind – they are mostly confined to being “suited-booted”. Identifying them was not eated people's creed not “Indians”. However, Ass- the “animals” would be caught. What we observe from the craze about the Kohli cut, Bollywood’s fashion an easy undertaking as in by how they perceived Should a country not am has exposed the inher- Perverted humans perform such standards and the heroes of the political arena, is that it is the last variety the German fatherland of themselves but by the count its citizens? ent limitations of such a horrible crimes, not animals of individuals who take the lead, numerically as well as cosmetically. 67 million Jews were less religious beliefs of their myopic endeavour. As the Raseel Ahluwalia Thanks to the communication boom, they are continuously in the public than one per cent of the grandparents. All Jews in Those who are not proverb goes, when you Secunderabad eye. Except for Bollywood, the fairer sex falls far behind men in this populace and integrated professional services, be able to prove their sow the wind you shall domain, and at least for sure in cricket and politics. This includes most into the social milieu. it law or medicine, were citizenship — what reap the whirlwind. ladies being paid less and/or facing negative discrimination. Perhaps, it is In those days the cata- debarred from their pro- should be done Email your letters to high time the stereotype about linking fashion to women changed. Indeed, loguing of census data fessions and their physi- with them? Do you The author is a lawyer, [email protected], it needs to change right away! was a protracted affair cal possessions were detain them in Member of Parliament that would normally take seized. and former Union infor- [email protected]. You can internment/concen- also send them to Editor, Deccan Nilofar Suhrawardy is a senior journalist and writer with specialisation three to five years of man- In May 1939, Germany tration camps? Do mation and broadcasting in communication studies and nuclear diplomacy. Modi’s Victory, A ual categorisation. That was again besieged by the minister. The views Chronicle, 36, Sarojini Devi Road, Lesson for the Congress...? (2019) is her latest book. rendered it redundant for census army. Much larg- you deport them? expressed are personal. Secunderabad-500 003.

Clear-headed journalists Peremptory Mahua he new Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act Why reporters are mad at Gadkari nother TMC star Mahua Moitra is giving T2019, initiated by Union transport minis- Athe party anxious moments. While Ms ter Nitin Gadkari, has been put on hold in Moitra is not inclined towards the BJP, she several states but in the national capital Gadkari is the target of media criticism. Runaway bride? apparently doesn’t answer calls or texts from Delhi, it is directly affecting sales and atten- party leaders and gets in touch only when dance at the Press Club of India. The new law Rajnath’s stock rising he is the prettiest face of the 17th Lok she needs to. Her frequent presence at social stipulates a hefty fine for drunk driving. SSabha but the Trinamul Congress dos, literary meets and TV news interviews Increased penalties have been implemented uddenly the political stock of defence min- leadership is unsure if they would be able to seems to be taking a toll of her time. in states such as Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Sister Rajnath Singh is rising. First, close retain actress-politician Nusrat Jahan. Pradesh and Bihar whereas others such as aide Sudhanshu Trivedi made it to the Rajya Trinamul sources said that the top Nirmala’s banana recipe Gujarat and Kerala have slashed the penal- Sabha. Now, another associate Arun Singh leadership is apprehensive that Ms Jahan ties imposed on erring drivers. Punjab, took oath as a member of the Upper House may jump ship any time. Ms Jahan attended nion finance minister Nirmala Sitha- Madhya Pradesh and several other states due to a vacancy caused by Samajwadi Party a joint parliamentary session to mark Uraman is drawing flak for saying that her have dragged their feet over the new law’s member Tazeen Fatma (wife of Azam Khan) Constitution Day while her party and family did not eat onions in the context of spi- implementation. who is now the MLA from Rampur. the entire Opposition was protesting outside ralling prices. Old-timers recall many other “Workaholic” scribes at the Raisina Road- In political circles, Rajnath’s rise is seen as in front of the Ambedkar statue in politicians making a “Let them eat cake” Dr Rajendra Prasad Road watering hole face a consequence of Arun Jaitley’s absence. Parliament gardens. Later when she greeted remark which is attributed to Marie- a piquant situation when they leave for home. Rajnath seems making best use of his prox- By WAQYANAWIS party floor leader Sudip Bandhopadhyay, Antoinette, the Queen of France during the As many journalists live in east Delhi or imity to Amit Shah to get loyalists rewarded. he angrily refused to acknowledge her greet- French Revolution. As the story goes, it was Noida, and agile breathalysing cops at the ing (which must have been tough for him to the Queen’s response upon being told that Mandi House roundabout have been impos- Sabbatical over do). Ms Jahan has said she didn’t see the her starving peasant subjects had no bread. ing hefty challans on the “tipsy drivers”. As state party leaders wanted Sonia or message on the party’s WhatsApp group. Prafulla Chandra Sen, Congress CM of West a result, many law-abiding scribes have start- ahul Gandhi dobara? Senior Congress Priyanka Gandhi to address public meet- But the Trinamul leadership has put her on Bengal in 1962-67, famously told Bengalis ed skipping going home via the Press Club Rleaders are getting jittery with delibera- ings in the poll-bound state. Rahul was the a watch list as Nusrat Jahan has stopped complaining about the rising price of fish, and sales figures at the club bear testimony to tions inside the Congress party to crown 87th AICC chief from December 2017 to July criticising the BJP. Her interfaith marriage, “Why don’t you eat kaccha kela instead?” a steep fall. For once, Prime Minister Rahul Gandhi as AICC chief once more. 2019. 24 Akbar Road insiders say Sonia has knack for performing puja and popularity Narendra Modi and finance minister Rahul has also been asked to campaign in set February 2020 as her deadline to relin- in Bengal would make her a prize catch for The writer is a keen observer of the goings- Nirmala Sitharaman are spared and Mr the Jharkhand Assembly poll even though quish the post of interim party chief. the BJP. on in backrooms of power

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SUNDAY INTERVIEW Dilip Cherian Dilli Ka ‘Doubts will remain whether the four Babu MODI SARKAR’S men were indeed guilty of the crime’ ‘DOUBLE FAULTS’ mong the more notable reforms wrought by the When he headed the Nirbhaya case: the accused Governments do not and watch what the NHRC AModi sarkar since 2014 investigation into the have not been hanged yet and think of increasing finds and what the enquiry by are evident in the way the gov- sensational Bilkis Bano case, the public is in no mood to tol- the judicial magistrate brings ernment functions. Prime senior IPS officer VIVEK erate any more and therefore manpower and view it out. Minister Narendra Modi’s DUBE, then a joint director want instant justice. But that as wasteful preference for bureaucrats in CBI, along with his 15- does not in any way justify the expenditure... From Can the four accused over netas in running the gov- member team conducted a need to pick up the accused lower courts to attack policemen and ernment is well known. He has meticulous investigation and kill them. So far, what snatch their weapons? Had also pushed through many “within the framework of appears to have happened in appeal in higher they been terrorists, there policies to improve governance law” that led to the court Telangana, going by the courts to mercy could have been a possibil- and reform the bureaucracy. awarding life imprisonment reports, seem to be an act of appeals, the legal ity? Do you think instant However, the government see- to all the accused. self-defence. But one has to process is taking its justice was meted out to ms to be shirking from or it has Having probed the await enquiry by judicial mag- own sweet time. cover up for police failure? just missed out on taking steps sensational murder of istrate. However, doubts will to remove caste and gender Madhumita Shukla, the remain whether the four men There may be many theo- imbalance in the bureaucracy. Satyendra Dubey murder were indeed guilty in the gan- lower courts to appeal in ries floating around but none Parliament was recently info- case, the 2006 Khairlanji grape and murder of Disha or higher courts to mercy can say anything till an rmed that out of 82 secretaries massacre, Dube, who also were innocents. Instant justice appeals, the entire legal enquiry is conducted. As per to the government, a mere four witnessed 29 exchanges of fire can lead to jungle raj. process is taking its own law, everyone has the right to are from Scheduled Caste or while he was SP of Naxal- sweet time. defend themselves. If a per- Scheduled Tribes communi- infested Adilabad district, What can be done to son slaps someone, the per- ties. They are posted in the explains why he would not improve the criminal jus- Does that justify the need son can proportionately retal- department of empowerment of have chosen “instant justice”. tice system? for more encounter iate with a slap. If someone is persons with disabilities, the “Doubts always remain over killings? trying to shoot you dead, you department of land resources, whether the accused killed in The population is increas- Senior IPS officer Vivek Dube have every right to retaliate the department of pharmaceu- encounters were indeed the ing and there are a limited No way. People are getting the same way. ticals and the ministry of perpetrators or innocent and number of courts who have to frustrated with the delay in entire legal process in a case will come out in the enquiry labour and employment. the same can be said about give bail to the accused so justice and the police is under is completed within a time by the judicial magistrate. If instant justice contin- Similarly, the number of the encounter in Telangana that jails do not get over- pressure to act. Therefore, frame of six months, which Though people are hailing it ues, then policemen can women appointed as secre- (in Disha’s case),” says the crowded. The police stations the performance of the courts will ensure justice. as justice and there are a lot kill anyone. Should the taries in the government is just 1981 batch IPS officer and get hundreds of cases while has to improve, manpower in of claims being made, going police act under pressure 12 out of 82. While a few like adds that the reason for the there is no increase in man- police stations has to In Telangana’s by reports, it appears to be an from the public? health secretary Preeti Sudan appeal of “instant justice” lies power. There are one crore increase. In the CBI, we were “encounter” the accused act of self-defence. and secretary (east) Vijay in the fact that India’s cases pending in different able to investigate cases in a were without handcuffs I agree that if this kind of Thakur Singh hold important criminal justice system is courts in the country. What professional manner as per and there are many who There have been many justice continues, then police- portfolios, most of the others failing people. are the courts doing? year — there is a norm that are not buying the police instances when police offi- men can pick up anyone and are posted in such departments In an exclusive interview with Policemen are under tremen- not more than eight cases will version. cers have gone to jail for shoot them dead and no one and ministries as fisheries, VIKRAM SHARMA, Dube dous pressure as they get be investigated per year, fake encounters. will ever know whether the official languages, disability or cautions that unless urgent hundreds of cases while there which ensures quality of It completely depends on the person was indeed the youth affairs. The recent steps are taken to improve the are only a few men. This is investigation. That is the rea- officers associated with the Since 1993, as many as 2,560 accused or was killed due to ouster of school education sec- criminal justice system, one of the reasons they are son the CBI’s work is differ- investigation whether they cases of extra-judicial killings some rivalry. Though the retary Rina Ray from the “jungle raj” will become the always hesitant to register ent from the work of state want to handcuff the accused have taken place in the coun- police should not act under human resource development order of the day. Excerpts: cases wondering who will police. The conviction rate is or not. If they feel that the try, of which the National pressure from anyone, the ministry is still fresh in the investigate them. The respec- 8 per cent in our country. In accused might not run away Human Rights Commission circumstances that are actu- minds of women babus. People now want instant tive governments do not China, it is 98 per cent. The or harm them, they take it (NHRC) found that 1,224 were ally building pressure on Sources also say that out of the justice and the police think of increasing manpow- reason is that the criminal easy. Going by the reports, fake. This means that on an policemen must be reviewed, 700 officials working as joint appears to be delivering it. er and view it as wasteful justice system is at its best the police acted in self- average, one of the two which brings us back to the secretaries at the Centre, only The criminal justice system expenditure. Even the laws there. In India, the authori- defence when they came encounters was fake. question of the failing crimi- 134 are women. is to be blamed. Take the 2012 are not being reviewed. From ties should ensure that the under attack. But the truth Therefore, the need to wait nal justice system. However this is to be addressed, there’s a job that needs to be tackled sensitively rather than merely statistically. N-E COPS IN Encounter in Hyderabad was a lynching THE CAPITAL

tim’s body or when the person has War II, but this experience was simi- India is similar to nations like the he Northeast has been been beaten and is lying down. Aim is lar in Vietnam, where American sol- Philippines where the police is marked out for special not needed at this distance, only the diers fired 50,000 bullets for each encouraged to break the law, and a Tattention by the Modi willingness to take a life. Vietnamese casualty. Studies by the criminal act of murder is celebrated as sarkar. There is an emphasis Aakar Patel The encounter specialist is the Prussians during the Napoleonic wars some demonstration of heroism and on infrastructure development policeman who is willing to do the were similar. When a line of riflemen justice. to improve connectivity and murder at close quarters of unarmed were asked to shoot into a sheet of fab- Executing people without a trial is efforts to create employment human beings. In Mumbai, where the ric at the same distance as the enemy not justice. And it is harmful for the opportunities. But this pro- encounter culture took root in the line, their aim was more than 100 cause of justice. It gives elements of Northeast “tilt” is apparently 1990s, there developed a small group of times better than when they were the state less incentive to be lawful. not reflected within the capi- men who did the killing. Daya Nayak shooting at real people. Why do all the work of detection, tal’s bureaucracy. ost policemen do not (on whom the film Ab Tak Chhappan Most humans are sheep and it is only investigation, interrogation and Though at least 10 senior UT want to participate in was made) killed 80 people. Vijay the rare wolves among us who are forensics if we can just round up a few Activists have cadre IPS officers are at present encounters. This has Salaskar, who was himself killed in willing to kill. Most human beings do people and shoot them? described what the serving in Delhi Police, they resulted in India produc- the 26/11 attacks also had a similar not want to take lives and our police- And it makes the world see our jus- police did in are usually on assignments Ming a category of men number of murders to his name. men are not different from the rest of tice system in a particular way. One of Hyderabad as a such as training, VIP security called encounter specialists or sharp- Pradeep Sharma had more than 150. us. This is fortunate because India has the defence reasons cited by Mehul or Delhi Armed Police, which shooters. This second word is wrongly All three men were accused of wrong- a conviction rate of about 25 per cent Choksi, accused in the Punjab lynching (and are considerably lower down in applied and we will see why. First let doing because once such activity by for serious crimes. This means that 75 National Bank scam, against extradi- in fact the pecking order. In Delhi us see what an encounter is. It is the lawmen is condoned, then it becomes per cent of the time the police proba- tion to India was that he could be Jaya Bachchan Police, posting in crime, law act of government taking individuals difficult to stop other activity. bly get the wrong suspect, and this killed. Whether or not this is accepted demanded this and order, economic offence into custody and then killing them. The question is why most policemen makes murdering them in an as an argument in the case, it is diffi- wing, licensing and traffic are Usually, this happens in a secluded do not do this if there is a reward encounter more morally problematic cult to say that it is false. One of the lynching in considered more “prestigious” area and often at night. In Hyderabad available (see how the Hyderabad for the officers concerned. accused in the Nirbhaya case was Parliament). That is but, sources say, few officers it happened at 3 am when the police police have been treated like heroes). The other reason why policemen do found hanging in jail and his lawyer indeed what it is. from the Northeast are given said they were taking the four sus- It is because most of us do not want to not want to participate directly in says he was murdered, and he proba- postings in these departments. pects to “recreate” the crime scene. kill. Even soldiers. This may surprise murders is that it is a crime and could bly was. To cite some examples, P.N. The shooting happens at close quar- readers but it is a fact. The American get them into trouble. That is why we Activists have described what the Khirmey, a 2004 batch UT cadre ters and this is what the post-mortem soldier S.L.A. Marshall studied this have encounter specialists. No police did in Hyderabad as a lynching officer, is DIG of Delhi Armed usually shows. Handguns, which is phenomenon in a book called Men civilised country has encounter spe- (and in fact Jaya Bachchan demanded Police; Michi Paku, also from what police officers carry, are not Against Fire. Marshall’s thesis was cialists. Indeed, functioning democra- this lynching in Parliament). That is the same batch, is DIG, Police good for distance shooting because that soldiers usually fired into the air cies don’t have encounters at all. It is indeed what it is. What has happened Training College; and Apurva their barrels are short and aim is inef- or into the ground because they were not possible for police to do this and is a reflection on our culture, our Bithin is DIG, training. fective beyond about 30 feet or so. This not natural killers and did not want to get away without scrutiny and prose- politicians, our judges, our media and is why the word “sharpshooter” is harm the “enemy” even if he was cution in developed nations. our population in general. wrong. Usually, the policeman fires being fired upon. Americans like to say that they are a with the barrel pushed into the vic- Marshall was writing about World nation of laws and not a nation of men. Aakar Patel is a writer and columnist 50 YEARS AGO IN

ver since the Modi govern- was disseminated. Worse, the offi- materials are sought to be seized, mit the newspaper itself to produce ment assumed power, it cials assaulted the photographers the warrant requirement should be only the specific documents has been persecuting dis- who shot their conduct, removing administered to leave as little as requested. A search, unlike a sub- Indian rocket Esent. Latterly, its wrath fell films from cameras. possible to the discretion or whim poena, will therefore lead to the launched from on Amnesty International India Clearly, some safeguard for pri- of the officer in the field,” said the needless exposure of confidential A.G. and other NGOs whose premises vacy must be woven into the law. judgement. information completely unrelated Thumba were raided. Sadly, there has been The press does not claim to be In 1978, the court spoke of “neu- to the purpose of the investiga- Noorani little protest against such acts. above the law; but the law must tral magistrates”. tion.” TRIVANDRUM, Dec. 7. The NGO has acquired a recog- protect it in the discharge of its Does the species flourish in There was an uproar. “Politically First successful launching nised role in all democracies akin duties. The privacy of sources India? appointed” magistrates are no safe- of an “all Indian” rocket to that of the press. Both express needs to be protected from random It held against “rummaging at guard. took place in the early voices independently and critically searches. large in newspaper files or to News reporters preserve source hours of today. of the regime of the day. The NGO One case illustrates the problem. intrude into or to deter normal edi- material unused in their reports. The “Centaur two” carry- is truly the fifth estate in a democ- In the Zurcher vs Stanford Daily, torial and publication decisions”. “The compelled production of a ing an Indian scientific pay- racy as vital as the other four — the university paper had evidence This logic applies also to NGOs reporter’s source materials can load from the Thumba the legislature, the executive, the of a crime and threatened openly to surely. Concurring Justice Powell constitute a significant intrusion Equatorial Rocket judiciary and the press. destroy it if it knew that the police said: “This is not to say that a war- into the news-gathering and editor- Launching Centre zoomed The Criminal Procedure Code would come for it. rant which would be sufficient to ial process,” a judge points out, up according to schedule at India needs confers wide powers of search on Four police officers entered its support the search of an apartment “Like the compelled disclosure of 6 a.m. sharp. the police. Section 165 empowers offices to search for photographs of or an automobile necessarily confidential sources, it may sub- Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, an investigating police officer to a clash between the police and would be reasonable in supporting stantially undercut the public poli- Chairman of the Indian raid the premises if he has “rea- demonstrators at the university the search of a newspaper office.” cy favouring the free flow of infor- National Committee for laws to sonable grounds”. It is a subjective hospitals. Therefore the press does need spe- mation to the public that is the Space Research was among opinion. On May 31, 1978, the US Supreme cial protection. foundation for the (First the top brass of the coun- But when the police enter the Court ruled against the daily. Justice Potter Stewart dissented: Amendment) privilege.” try’s scientists who wit- premises they observe no limits. In Earlier in 1965, it had ruled in “Policemen occupying a newsroom In 1980 the US Congress passed nessed the spectacular protect press 1987, the Rajiv Gandhi regime, Stanford vs Texas that unrestrict- and searching it thoroughly for the Privacy Protection Act. India show. The rocket also car- afraid of reports on the Bofors ed power of search and seizure what may be an extended period of needs such a law. ried an indigenous propel- scandal, ordered a raid on the could also be an instrument for sti- time will inevitably interrupt its It must substitute a sessions lant and a radar transpon- premises of the Indian Express in fling liberty of expression. Hence normal operations, and thus judge, if not, indeed, a high court der. Contacted after the from govt Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Cochin and the need for checks. impair or even temporarily pre- judge, as the authority for a specif- launching, Director of the other places on the pretext that the It “invalidated a warrant autho- vent the processes of news-gather- ic search warrant. The warrant Rocket Centre H.G.S. income tax and the customs acts rising the search of a private home ing, writing, editing and publish- must not only specify what is want- Murthy said: “The rocet and had been violated. for all books, records, and other ing. ed but lay down a ban on a rum- the payload performed well The officials tried to censor the materials relating to the “…A search warrant allows maging search. and the radar tracked sig- news copy flow in the teleprinter Communist Party, on the ground police officers to ransack the files An official which violates the ban nals clearly. The rocket department. The teleprinter room that whether or not the warrant of a newspaper, reading each and must be ordered personally to pay reached a peak altitude of — before the Internet arrived — would have been sufficient in other every document until they have the fine. 125 kilometres as the pay- was the very hub of a newspaper contexts.” found the one named in the war- load gave out very good sig- office. It was from there that news “Where presumptively protected rant, while a subpoena would per- By arrangement with Dawn nals.”—UNI. Martin Scorsese has directed PAGE 18 different actors in Oscar nominated performances Movies 12 DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 8 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD OUR CRITIC’S RATING Outstanding ★★★★★ | Great ★★★★ | Good ★★★ | Okay ★★ | Poor ★ | Truly Terrible TT Rewriting historical defeats with patriotic fervour Doesn’t go anipat’s story is narrated by Abdali (Sanjay Dutt), to come to tate that side. Then the devastated anipat: The Great Betrayal is a beyond Mirren Panipat: The Great the voiceover of a lady. She’s India and defeat the Marathas. side despatches one gola barood to proudly Marathi enterprise. Pnot Bharat Mata, yet she could Abdali, a frequent visitor to India, devastate the other… And so it goes PBased on a book by T.S. Betrayal very well be. obliged since he wasn’t really hav- on till Sadashiv is forced off his Shejwalkar, it is directed by In Pune’s Shaniwar Wada, Nana ing a jolly time in his Kadhahar haathi for a dramatic sword fight. Gowariker and part produced by and McKellen (U/A) 173 min Saheb Peshwa (Mohnish Bahl as the palace where every time he sat on Rohit Shelatkar, a “London-based CAST: Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Maratha Prime Minister) presides. the peacock throne and put on the shutosh Gowarikar has made pharma magnet”. That it released Kriti Sanon, Mohnish Bahl, Padmini He has a wife, Gopikabai (Padmini crown with the Kohinoor, someone eight films, of which three on December 6, the day Babri Kolhapure, Zeenat Aman, Kunal Kohlapure), whose facial contortions would attack him. Aare memorable, including Masjid was reduced to rubble 27 Kapoor, Nawab Shah, Suhasini Mulay tell us that she was not all sweet and Word reached the Marathas who, Lagaan, which set the gold standard years ago, is not entirely coinciden- DIRECTOR: Ashutosh Gowariker soft on the hulking Sadashivrao it seems, didn’t have the soldiers, of myth-making. tal. RATING: ★★★ Bhau (Arjun Kapoor) who he is being the stamina or the funds to travel so But Gowariker is no Bhansali. In New India, it’s a date that is feted and fawned upon for winning far up north. Yet, after much bom- This means, thankfully, that his being written in a happy font. several wars and qilas. bast about desh and Maratha mard bigotry is in check. He doesn’t turn Though there are some aghast from Sadashivrao, he is given 40,000 all Muslims into meat-chomping f you have studied Indian history, faces in the durbar when troops and sent off. Except that barbarians lusting after Bharatiya you will balk at the story that SUPARNA SHARMA Sadashivrao presents his prisoner, along tagged Parvati and about naris and zameen. But he also does- IGowariker tries to sell here, espe- Ibrahim Khan Gardi (Nawab Shah), 1,00,000 pilgrims, all of whom he n’t have Bhansali’s artistry and cially when you realise that the great t seems that unbeknownst to as the man who will head the had to feed and protect. skill to tell his story with seductive betrayal the film insinuates is actu- you and me, at some point in Maratha army’s cannon ball and Then it begins, the game of trying cinematic sorcery and dramatic ally by the writer-director himself. 2014 the luminaries of fire brigade, upon his cajoling all to stitch together a maha gathband- highs. Gowariker and his three screen- Bollywood were called to a agree. han in which Najib beat He has built elaborate sets and play writers have kept the names of Isecret meeting where a unani- Sadashivrao has no designs on the Sadashivrao, and the few allies that decks up all his yoddhas and ladies the key players intact, but have mous resolution was passed: As a gaddi. He doesn’t even seem to have he did have were lost because of his in exquisite clothes, accessorised by taken leave of facts to create ficti- crucial building block of New India, a healthy desire for the girl with the big fat Maratha ego. pearls and jewels that you can’t help tious fiction about an epic, bloody JAKE COYLE all of India needs lessons to inter- longest waist in Shaniwar Wada. Sadashivrao and his entourage but ogle at. And yet he doesn’t milk battle and its main protagonists. nalise the greatness of India and Parvati (Kriti Sanon) flits around march to Delhi, which they win, that beauty. Panipat does show us how desper- or a blind date, we could hardly do bet- Indians. Past and present glories, him carrying ubtans and jadi-booti and then pause to sing a song while His laborious screenplay is so ate Abdali was at one point not to ter than Helen Mirren and Ian true or false, must be resurrected on to heal his wounds, but he is happy the jhanda, in true Ekta Kapoor devoid of drama and thrill that even fight, even trying to negotiate with FMcKellen. They are brought swiftly screen, pronto. to focus on completing 1,500 Surya style, rises up again and again… In dramatic scenes lack tension. The Sadashivrao, and the proud Maratha together by a computer dating service in the The resolution set out the terms Namaskars and sing songs of Mard Kunjpura, Marathas beat one con- film’s dialogue (by poet Ashok not agreeing to his terms, but it opening minutes of The Good Liar. Both and conditions of the way these sto- Maratha while prancing about in tingent of the Afghans, but the Chakradhar) are rather banal. omits the real reasons why Marathas click “widowed”. When they cautiously sit ries were to be told. All annoying low-waist frocks. Yamuna being in spate and all, Characters flit in and out of the lost the battle and changed the down in a quiet London restaurant, and crimps — of personality and char- But since Parvati insists so much stalls both the armies on either frame saying their dialogue, but course of India’s history. Mirren begins sipping a martini, it’s hard not acter, of mistakes, misdemeanours and then goes home rooth-ke, side, giving Abdali and Sadashivrao none of them acquire a personality. Sadashivrao did not have allies to think they’re a match made in heaven. and maleficence — that did not Sadashivrao goes after her and they enough time to stare at each other Not even Sadashirao and Abdali. because he either rejected them And yet The Good Liar, a modest middle- smoothly fit into the mould of wed. through their one-eye binoculars. Arjun Kapoor gets a lot of screen (Jats), or ignored them (Sikhs and brow thriller, never lives up to the sheer Hindu, Patriotic, Maryada But then Abdali outsmarts the time, but is just adequate. Kriti Rajputs). The only betrayal was by pleasure of seeing its two leads together, for Purushottam (HPMP) were to be arathas were Pune people, Marathas and what follows is a Sanon is pretty and pretty decent. Shuja-Ud-Daula, the Nawab of the first time as co-stars. Directed by Bill twisted into submission of the great but their power extended to long-drawn battle which for the But their chemistry and biology is Awadh, who was convinced by Condon (Kinsey, Beauty and the Beast, Hindu Rashtra. MDelhi whose Mughal king longest time felt like the slowest non-existent. Najib and Abdali to join the “army Dreamgirls) and adapted from Nicholas Several addendums were attached was their puppet. But one man in match at Wimbledon. One gola of Sanjay Dutt is terrible and point- of Islam”. Searle’s 2016 novel, The Good Liar has the pol- to the main resolution, and though Delhi, Najib ad-Dawlah, wanted barood flies from this side to devas- less. He should have been sent off to The film also tries to obscure the ish that you would expect from all involved, it has been reported that Akshay more and so he invited his pal in get a shave and have a bath instead. real reason the Marathas finally but little of the sparkle. Kumar decamped with a whole Afghanistan, declared war on Abdali on January Immediately, there’s a play between truth bunch of them, some did get left Ahmed Shah 13, 1761 — it was because the and deceit. When Roy Courtnay (McKellen) is behind for the other eager beavers. Maratha chiefs begged Sadashivrao filling out his dating profile, he selects “non- One such addendum was on the to be allowed to die in battle rather smoker” while a cigarette smoulders nearby. great Marathas. By great Marathas than perish by starvation. Right after their meeting, Roy — once out of they meant (obvo) the intrepid, Gowariker’s Panipat claims that eyeshot from Mirren’s Betty McLeish — male, macho, chest-thumping desh Abdali wrote a letter of commenda- quickly sheds his kindly old gentleman per- bhakt warriors who killed and died tion, hailing the brave Sadashivrao. sona and skips into a nightclub to hash out a for Hindu Rashtra. Not true. But worse is Gowariker’s scheme with his The first lesson in the skewed his- pronouncement at the end, that co-conspirators tory of Marathas came from Sanjay after the 3rd Battle of Panipat, over cham- Leela Bhansali whose Bajirao gal- Abdali never returned to India. pagne. The Good Liar loped alongside an exquisite Hain??!!! What unfolds Mastani in the 2015 war-romance. This was Abdali’s 5th attack on goes consider- (U/A) 109 min In a month’s time we’ll have Om India. Two more invasions, involv- ably further CAST: Helen Mirren, Ian Raut’s Tanhaji, where Ajay Devgn ing at least five more battles, than the small McKellen, Russell Tovey will slip into long dresses to portray ensued, including the Sikh exaggerations DIRECTOR: Shivaji’s military commander. Massacre of 1762. and distortions Bill Condon And right now, on our screens, we Directors like Gowariker do no commonly RATING: ★★★ have Ashutosh Gowariker’s service to the nation or their audi- found on Tinder Panipat: The Great Betrayal, which ence by twisting the truth, ignoring pages. The Good tells the story of Sadashivrao Bhau military, diplomatic, common sense Liar delves into who lead the Maratha army to bat- follies and rewriting history with deeper false- tle Ahmed Shah Abdali. Or into jingoistic fervour. hoods of identi- what’s better known as the Third They condemn us to repeat his- ty and history, teasing out a twisty narrative Battle of Panipat. torical wrongs. that winds its way back to World War II. It aspires to the psychological intrigue of Patricia Highsmith or John Le Carre without ever summoning such a thick air of mystery and danger. Roy is a conman. He’s got a few hustles 90ML is a bad drink, after all going on, but his focus is drawn increasingly to getting close to Betty and robbing her of her small fortune, one amassed from a career as a history professor at Oxford. She lives SURESH KAVIRAYANI I DC advises the parents to give him all over the place and beat up tens outside London, and Roy’s quick insertion 90ml of alcohol thrice in a day, He of goons despite his condition. into her life (he feigns a bad limp to score a 90ML he most noteworthy feature can’t get a job due to his ‘drinking The protagonist is introduced bed in her guest room) raises the suspicions of 90ML, it appears, is its problem’, nor a girl. A business- with an action sequence and a of Betty’s grandson, Steven (Russell Tovey). CAST: Karthikeya, Neha Solanki, problems with the censors. man John Wick is also troubling song. The lead actress is intro- It would give too much away to discuss the Rao Ramesh, Ravi Kishan, Posani, T Ali RX100 Karthikeya tries his luck Devadas. That creates a complex duced in old-fashioned style and film’s big reveal, but there also isn’t a great for a fourth time with 90ML that situation to unravel. then comes a song. deal worth discussing aside from that. For DIRECTOR: Sekhar Reddy Erra has Sekhar Reddy making his Director Sekhar Reddy deals Another big disappointment is one, we can see a major turn coming all along RATING: ★★ debut as director. This is also the with foetal alcohol syndrome Ravi Kishan playing the villain, in the script by Jeffrey Hatcher (who previ- first Telugu film for the female rather flippantly, recommending and his outfits. The character is ously teamed with Condon and McKellen for lead Neha Solanki. alcohol for what is a very serious designed for irritation, it appears. Mr. Holmes). Mirren is far too cunning an Devadas (Karthikeya) is born condition which has no known The other big minus is the family actress to simply play a suckered old lady in with a rare disease called foetal cure. A few filmmakers have based of Suvasana, calling each other the suburbs. We know it’s just a matter of alcohol syndrome, caused their movies on rare diseases, but each other emandi and tagging on time until her intelligence and ferocity reveal by the mother drink- Sekhar Reddy mishandles it. Is garu. A few times is okay but it itself. ing liquor dur- this an effort, then, at promoting does begin to get on the nerves. In the meantime, there are a few things to ing preg- alcohol? Karthikeya proves his dancing chew on, mainly the stirring score by the nancy. The director misses the talents again but he should take great Carter Burwell (Carol, No Country for The sequences and what he wants to care of the story of his films. He is Old Men) and the undeniable talents of doc- say is not clear. Sekhar Reddy does trying to reach the masses but it Mirren and McKellen, who stitch the film tor not make attempt to make the film will take time. Debutante Neha together through subtle, skilful glances and believable, making his hero jump Solanki is just okay. Rao Ramesh is gestures. They’re artists at play, clearly the only actor who acquits himself enjoying each other’s company. but Sekhar Reddy does not use his The Good Liar is a kind of film one wants to talents. Ravi Kishan is loud and love. Such old-fashioned genre movies, let overboard. Pragathi and Satya do alone those starring actors in their 70s and not suit the role of parents. Roll 80s, are hard to find these days. But in trying Rida gets a good role and provides to take a simple crime set-up and stretch it a few laughs. The music by Anup into a more sweeping tale of vengeance and Rubens is average, but the songs victimhood, The Good Liar has to make some are choreographed well. fairly preposterous moves to get there, and it At the end of it all, 90ML is doesn’t do a very good job of cloaking them. like a bad drink. If you’re in the mood for a Hitchcockian thriller rooted in the crimes of Nazi Germany, hunt instead for Christian Petzold’s underseen Phoenix. Now that film will flatten you. — AP A rather dull remake of a lewd affair

gave us Naya Daur, Gumrah, That screenplay was full of and that he is sometimes visited Kanpur flavour, something Pati Patni aur Woh Humraaz, Waqt, Ittefaq, The raunchy, lewd scenes, and it had by her pakora-chomping, back Bollywood films are increasing- Burning Train, Insaaf Ka nice twists in the affair that ini- slapping uncle. ly getting right. (U/A) 122 min Tarazu, Nikaah, Mazdoor and tially added a spring and some Whatever. And if the film has any lasciv- CAST: Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi many other exceptional films, swag to the husband’s personal- There is nothing lewd about ious behaviour and cheap talk Pednekar, Ananya Pandey, but is now reduced to regurgi- ity. his affair. In fact, it’s hardly an that’s entertaining, it’s provided Aparshakti Khurana, Manu Rishi tating its hits from the 1970s, This Pati Patni Aur Woh, set in affair. Mostly pati and woh just by Fahim Rizvi (Aparshakti Chadha, Rajesh Sharma, K.K. that too without the lecherous, Kanpur, 2019, has a mild twist in travel around in his office car Khurana), Chintu’s langotiya Raina, Navni Parihar, Sunny Singh naughty bite of the original. terms of the characters. The looking for a plot suitable for yaar. DIRECTOR: Mudassar Aziz Pati Patni Aur Woh, written by patni, Vedika Tripathi (Bhumi her workshop, and sometimes Mudassar Aziz is not a great RATING: ★★★ Kamleshwar and directed by Pednekar), is a straight-talking they stop to eat golgappas or go director, but he is truly a fabu- B.R. Chopra, starred Sanjeev hottie who doesn’t mince words bowling. lous dialogue writer. The banter Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Ranjeeta about her love for sex, while the Their meetings are so dreary between Chintu and Fahim, and oodles of raunchy, forbid- husband, Chintu Tyagi (Kartik that even their driver looks laced with insults and talk of den fun. Aaryan), seems dull and silly. thoroughly bored and irritated old girlfriend Maya, is a riot and SUPARNA SHARMA The film, which released in Also, Tapasya Singh (Ananya with them. In fact, I think the if they had just gone on and on, 1978, was set in a world where Pandey) as woh, the other two would have had more excite- Fahim would have made a much e should all weep in morality was well defined. woman, is shapely but boring. ment and fun if they had just better woh than the oh-so-shape- unison and offer our What’s right and wrong was set There was no grey. There was no decided to chase some cheap So it makes little sense for hailed separate rickshaws and ly Pandey. heartfelt condo- out clearly in two separate confusion. thrills by having an affair with Chintu Tyagi to have an affair, wasted their time being driven Also, it would have made for a Wlences to the house of columns, as was the behaviour So when Sanjeev Kumar’s lov- his modern, skirt-wearing sec- and the only reason the film can through the bylanes of Kanpur. much more engaging retelling B.R. Chopra which, under the of ideal men and sanskari ing husband seemed bored with retary, it shocked us, thrilled us come up with is that his wife Pati Patni Aur Woh does, how- of a B.R. Chopra naughty auspices of Baldev Raj Chopra, women. There was no overlap. his sweet, pati vrata wife and and it made sense. nags him about moving to Delhi ever, have a lot of small-town classic. Rowing President PAGE Rajlaxmi Singh Deo (in pic) has been re-elected as the President of the Rowing Federation of India, for a third consecutive term for the Games 13 next four years. M. V. Sriram will be the Secretary General DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 8 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Captain Kohli yet to scale peak in fitness, says Basu C. SANTHOSH KUMAR I DC constantly looking for that CHENNAI, DEC. 7 extra edge; something extra to enhance his per- ON A ROLL Virat Kohli is considered formance,” he said. The The kind of show the embodiment of fitness trust between a player and Team India eye yet another series win in cricket, but former trainer is important. It Kohli put on in India strength and took years for Basu to conditioning coach earn Kohli’s trust. Hyderabad was Thiruvananthapuram, touch as he made a Shankar Basu “You have to build a extra-terrestrial. Dec. 7: India will look for case for himself feels the Indian relationship with an improved show in the with his well- captain hasn’t the player first. — R. Ashwin hails skipper Virat bowling and fielding depart- compiled half- scaled the peak You can’t jump Kohli’s career-best T20 knock that ments to match their stu- century after yet. “I think he the gun and force helped India beat West Indies pendous batting perform- being promoted can do a little things on him. It’s ance when they face the to open in the more exploring like raising chil- West Indies in the second absence of the (in fitness),” said Shankar Basu dren. You should SHORT game, eyeing to wrap up yet injured Shikhar Basu, whose con- be ready to answer TAKES another T20 series here on Dhawan. The tract ended with BCCI their questions. And you Sunday. Karnataka batsman after the 2019 World Cup. have to give them the right Dangerous pitch In the last 13 months, India became the third fastest “As Kohli knows, the sky answers. Virat would ask a have played the West Indies man to complete 1,000 runs is the limit in fitness. I hundred questions before stops play at MCG in six T20 Internationals in T20 internationals in 29 always used to tell him getting convinced, but with the hosts coming up innings on way to his half- that ‘Usain Bolt and once he did, he would read- Melbourne: Play was aban- trumps every single time. century and he will look to Novak Djokovic should ily go to the ends of the doned on Saturday during a On Friday, India claimed continue his good run. be your idols and you earth. It’s difficult to get a domestic game due to a dan- their seventh straight T20I Rishabh Pant too pro- have miles to go’,” Basu student like him,” he said. gerous pitch at the Melbourne win over the visitors, beat- duced two big sixes before added. Basu said M.S. Dhoni has Cricket Ground, just weeks ing them comfortably by six being holed out at long off Basu said Kohli has his own methods when it before it is due to host the tra- wickets in the first game to and the wicket-keeper bats- an insatiable comes to fitness. ditional Boxing Day Test. take a 1-0 lead in the three- man, who has come under appetite for achiev- “He has an uncanny abil- A decision to call off play was match series. the scanner for his inconsis- ing excellence in ity to keep himself fit,” he made on day one of the The hosts had claimed the tent form with the bat and whatever he does. “He is said. Sheffield Shield clash between season’s first T20 series win poor glove work, will look to Victoria and Western Australia at home last month, beating grab such opportunities after several batsmen were hit Bangladesh 2-1. A win on more often. by rising deliveries. It followed Sunday will not only help While the batting led by talks between the umpires and India seal their second Kohli put up a good show, Yuvi slams India’s sloppy captains Peter Handscomb and series in the shortest format the bowlers found them- Shaun Marsh. Marsh was among but also give them a chance selves at the receiving end those to be battered multiple to tests the fringe players as of some power-hitting by fielding in Hyderabad times by balls from fast bowlers they continue their prepara- Evin Lewis, Shimron New Delhi, Dec. 7: from impressive on the field that rose sharply and unexpect- tion for the T20 World Cup. Hetmyer and Pollard. Former allrounder as Washington Sundar and edly on the lively pitch. One India pulled off their high- Deepak Chahar, who was Yurvaj Singh has Rohit Sharma dropped a few that caught Marcus Stoinis in est successful run chase in a impressive in the preceding slammed India’s fielding catches. In the 16th over, the ribs proved the final straw. T20 International on Friday series against South Africa performance in the Sundar dropped The match is the last one at the night as they chased down a and Bangladesh, found the first T20I against Shimron Hetmyer MCG before the second Test challenging 207 for 5, posted West Indies which on 44, who then between Australia and New by the Windies, in 18.4 the hosts won by six went on to score Zealand on December 26, giv- overs. wickets. his maiden half- ing cricket officials plenty to Rahul looked in sublime On Friday, skipper century in T20Is. think about. Cricket Australia Virat Kohli and open- In the same over, said it would work closely with er KL Rahul put up Rohit dropped West MCG staff to ensure the best LIVE on TV superb batting perform- Indies skipper Kieron possible track is prepared for ances to help India pull off Pollard on 24, who went Boxing Day. “We’re very disap- India vs West Indies their highest successful run on to hit 37 off 19 balls. “India pointed at today’s play being 2nd T20I going tough as the West chase in T20Is after West very poor on the field today! abandoned,” said CA’s head of on STAR Sports 1, HD Indian batsman went Indies posted a chal- Young guns reacting a bit late cricket operations Peter Roach. after him. He took one lenging total of 207 on the ball! Too much crick- MCG groundstaff have more @ 7 PM wicket but gave away 54 for five at the Rajiv et?? Let’s get these runs come than two weeks to ensure the runs. — PTI Gandhi International on lads,” Yuvraj had tweeted. Test surface, which is a different stadium in Hyderabad. But India managed to seal pitch strip to the one being However, in the first victory despite the poor field- used in this match, is of interna- innings, the Indians were far ing display. — PTI tional standard. “We will seek to better under- Captain Pollard stand the issues that resulted in variable bounce at the MCG on Saturday.”In recent times the pitch has been criticised for rues bad bowling Top bat Rahul isn’t looking being lifeless. — AFP DC CORRESPONDENT Pollard said HYDERABAD, DEC. 7 after the match. He had no com- Down Under for World Cup Sharandeep takes Thrashed out of the game, plaints with the thanks to Virat Kohli’s mur- third umpire call- DC CORRESPONDENT continue the same thing with- the Rajiv Gandhi International city bowlers to task derous knock, West Indies ing front foot no HYDERABAD, DEC. 7 out worrying about October Cricket Stadium wasn’t easy. captain rued the lack of dis- balls, a rule change next year. There are a lot of “Both teams scored 200 plus DC CORRESPONDENT ciplined bowling in their that is on trial in the Having got India off to a flyer games before that,” added and we chased it in 19 overs but HYDERABAD, DEC. 7 six-wicket loss to India in current series. with a fine knock in the T20 Rahul, who hit 62 in 40 balls. it wasn’t the easiest wicket to the first T20 here on Friday Three of his calls series opener against the West Speaking about the stand bat on,” he said. Jharkhand’s Sharandeep Batia night. went against the Indies, K.L. Rahul has surely with the skipper Rahul said: The home side did floor a few hit a brilliant ton against The visitors failed to Windies. “It is what it is, got off the blocks well in terms “Our plans were very clear, catches, Rohit Sharma and Hyderabad in the Cooch Behar defend an impressive 207 some things you can’t con- of a place in the team for next you have to hit boundaries Washington Sundar being the Trophy played here on after Kohli went hammer trol. I can’t control what year’s T20 World Cup in while chasing 200 runs. In the guilty ones, but Rahul batted Saturday. and tongs to smash an they do or what rules they Australia but the opener is middle 2-3 overs we obviously for them and pointed to the Riding on Sharandeep’s knock unbeaten 94 in just 50 balls bring into cricket. So to me keeping his feet on the ground, got it harder to get the bound- conditions. “I think the lights of 120 runs, Jharkhand posted to engineer India's highest that’s not a bother and I am and taking one match at a aries but we knew that once we are pretty low and sometimes 408 runs with Ayush Avinash successful chase and pull not going to fuss about fight time. get a few boundaries it will you lose the ball in that light and Satya Kumar chipping in the carpet under the over that. We need to con- “It’s (T20 World Cup) a start, so we just had to stay and that’s what happened a with important contributions of Caribbeans' feet. trol what’s in our hands and long way honestly. I patient. We just kept the couple of times. We have 67 and 58 runs respectively. “Discipline in bowling and that’s playing cricket. We have got intent going. It obviously played here for years so we Hyderabad, batting second, execution let us down need to keep our foot behind the was a bit tricky but the knew what to expect. As a team were on 142 for the loss of two tonight. We gave 23 extras, the line, if we do that the opportu- best chance for a bats- we don’t complain about things wickets at the end of day two. 14 or 15 of those were wides. umpire upstairs won’t come nity to man to score runs was like these, it’s not in our G. Aniketh Reddy was the pick No balls too are non-nego- into play,” Pollard said. bat top of once you are set. control,” he said. of the bowlers and snared 4 for tiable and we bowled a cou- The skipper was happy to the order Fortunately Commenting on the 106 for Hyderabad. ple of them tonight. It’s take the positives out of the again after Virat carried ICC rule of having the BRIEF SCORES: Jharkhand 408 something we need to look match though. “We batted a couple of on and fin- third umpire judge in 117 Overs (Sharandeep Batia on. When you give pretty well. We scored above series, so ished the front foot no balls, the 120, Satya Kumar 58, Ranjan a class team like 200 runs which more often looking for- game for us,” swashbuckling opener Singh 40, Arvind Kumar 47, India these than not you take that. I ward to just he added. said: “It was our first Ayush Avinash 67, Manishi many extra must commend the batters making the The 27- game, so it was inter- Singh 42, L. Chaitanya Prasad deliveries, the way they went out and best use of year-old esting. None of us ^ 2/77, G. Anikth Reddy 4/106, you are executed. Het-myer getting ^ it,” a modest said bat- knew what to expect Trishank Gupta 3/86) vs destined back into runs, King scor- ^ Virat Kohli during Rahul said. ting at but fortunately for us Hyderabad 142/2 in 45 overs for trou- ing some runs, the first T20I against “Today was we were on the good (A. Vaishnav Reddy 51, M. ble,” it’s exciting West Indies in a good outing, side. We got 2-3 deci- Pratyush Kumar 60 n.o., Owais times for us,” Hyderabad on good hit in the sions in our favour. I Abdul Wahed 21 n.o.). he said. Friday. middle and think it’s good to keep hopefully I can the game fair.” Kieron Pollard KL Rahul Services rowers come out shining DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, DEC. 7

With five gold medals in the men’s 500 metres sprint cat- egories, the Services Sports Control Board emerged the top team at the 38th Senior National Rowing Championships that con- cluded at the Hussainsagar in the city on Saturday. The Army Sports Control Board finished second-best with five silver medals in the same segment. While, the women’s team from Odisha clinched four gold and one silver medals and emerged the best women’s team at the tour- nament. Winners in the women’s category pose with their medals at the end of the 38th Senior THE FINALS RESULTS MEN’S National Rowing Championships held in Hussainsagar in Hyderabad on Saturday. ■ Single Scull, 500m: 1. Services (Bittu Singh) 1:37.44, 2. Army (Jakar Singh, Hardeep, Jagvir Singh, WOMEN’S RukhmaniDangi) 1:56.41. ■ Coxless Khan) 1:39.13, 3. Delhi (Manjeet Ashraf Ali) 1:28.4, 3. Madhya ■ Single Scull: 1. Odisha (Sanjukta Four: 1. Kerala (Arya P.S., Anupama Singh) 1:40.83. ■ Double Scull: 1. Pradesh (Abhishek, Ajit Kumar, Dungdung) 1:59.53, 2. Bihar (Yamini T.K., Aswathy P.B., Meenakshy V.S.) Services (Sukhmeet Singh, Sawarn Tejinder, Pratap) 1:28.78. ■ Light Singh) 1:59.83, 3. Haryana (Annu 1:47.36, 2. Chandigarh (Amritpal Singh) 1:31.60, 2. Army (Roopendra Weight Double Scull: 1. Services Chahal) 2:03.56. ■ Double Scull: Kaur, Mamta Jena, Priyadarsini, Singh, Om Prakash) 1:32.77, 3 (Sunil Attri, Bhagwan Singh) 1:31.97, Haryana (Avinash Kaur, Nidhi) Neethumol) 1:47.59, 3. Madhya Telangana (Nijil P.M., Ramu A.S.) 2. Army (Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind 1:55.38, 2. Odisha (Sonalika Das, Pradesh (Jyoti Kushvaha, Savita 1:34.1. ■ Coxless Pair: 1. Services Singh) 1:32.78, 3 Punjab (Beant Kushpreet Kaur Brar) 1:57.13, 3. Dangi, Kavita Rajput, Karuna) 1:48.41. (Punit Kumar, Gurmeet Singh) Singh, Sukhjinder Singh) 1:33.36. ■ Andaman & Nicobar (Amrita Minj, B MIXED 1:32.84, 2. Army (Manpreet Singh, Coxless Four (Civilians): 1. Punjab Anandhi) 1:57.53. ■ Double Scull: Odisha (Karanbir Ashish) 1:34.13,3. Uttar Pradesh (Gurkanwal, Navdeep, Sarbjeet, ■ Coxless Pair: 1. Odisha (Pramila Singh Bhinder, Sanjukta Dungdung) (Akshat, Manish Yadav) 1:35.69. ■ Mangal) 1:29.43, 2. Madhya Pradesh Prava Minz, Manjula Bodke) 1:53.48, 1:40.71, 2. Telangana (Jobin M.D., G. Coxless Four: 1. Services (Gopal, Rohit, Manash, Mehul) 2. Maharashtra (Bhagyashri Chavan, Geetanjali) 1:41.17, 3. Haryana (Hanamant, Charanjeet, Bhupender, 1:32.18, 3. Telangana (Balakrishna, KomalBodke) 1:56.00, 3. Madhya (Parminder Singh, Avinash Kaur) Khuspreet) 1:25.41, 2. Army (Bhopal Ajaykanth, Bhanu, Charan) 1:33.39. Pradesh (Sona Keer, 1:42.26. Hope PAGE Watford, who are lying bottom of table, turn to Former Leicester and Southampton coach Games 14 Nigel Pearson for Premier League rescue mission DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 8 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Racism hits big Toffees too sweet game in Italy Milan, Dec. 7: Inter Milan Instead of focusing on a This was just an Everton bounce back from derby pain to beat Chelsea were held to a goalless battle between two incredible draw by Roma at the San teams, Corriere dello Liverpool, Dec. 7: Siro on Friday, leaving the Sport comes with the experience for me, Chelsea slipped to their THE RESULT way open for Italian cham- most dumbest of head- third Premier League pions Juventus to reclaim lines. You guys keep one no one can defeat in four matches on Everton 3 top spot in Serie ‘A’ this fuelling the negativity Saturday as Everton (Richarlison 5, weekend. take away from me bounced back from their Calvert-Lewin 49, 84) Antonio Conte’s side have and the racism issue instead of talking about — Duncan Ferguson, Everton Merseyside derby humili- Chelsea 1 a two-point advantage on ation to win 3-1 and escape (Kovacic 52) Juventus who play Lazio at the beautiful game that’s caretaker manager after going to be played at their 3-1 EPL win over Chelsea from the relegation zone. the Stadio Olimpico on Former fans’ favourite Saturday. San Siro between two Duncan Ferguson is in Live on TV The match in the San Siro great clubs. Education is interim control at had been overshadowed by key. You guys of Corriere SHORT TAKES Goodison Park after PREMIER LEAGUE a racism storm after dello Sport should do a Marco Silva was Italian sports daily better job at that. sacked on Aston Villa vs Leicester Corriere dello Sport’s con- Indian hockey girls from 6 pm on Star — ROMELU Thursday and the troversial “Black Friday” LUKAKU former forward Sports Select 2, HD headline. hammer Aussies had an instant The front-page headline Inter Milan player Canberra, Australia: impact. Brighton vs Wolves accompanied an article condemning Corriere Sharmila Devi struck twice as Goals early from 10 pm on Star about the first Serie ‘A’ dello Sport’s “Black the Indian junior women’s in each Sports Select 2, HD meeting between former Friday” headline hockey team secured a superb Manchester United team- 4-1 win over New Zealand in its mates Romelu Lukaku and Whilst I would have liked third match of the 3-Nations Chris Smalling. to spend the day focus- Tournament here on Saturday. REAL BEAT On the pitch, defender ing on the big game, it is India came from a goal down to half Smalling and Gianluca important that I defeat their opponents after from Richarlison and ESPANYOL Mancini stifled Inter’s pro- acknowledge that what New Zealand’s Olivia Shannon Dominic Calvert-Lewin lific strike duo Lukaku and occurred was wrong and (4th minute) had scored for her put the home side 2-0 up Madrid, Dec. 7: Real Lautaro Martinez, who highly insensitive. side. It was Sharmila Devi (12th, and although Mateo Madrid were without between them have scored 43rd), Beauty Dungdung (27th) Kovacic pulled one back, Eden Hazard and Gareth 18 of their team’s goals in — CHRIS and Lalrindiki (48th) who Calvert-Lewin struck Bale on Saturday but 15 league games this sea- SMALLING scored the goals for India in again late to seal the win. Karim Benzema stepped son. Roma’s player their impressive victory. The three points for up again to ensure they Conte’s side proved tooth- reacting to the racist India will face hosts Australia in Everton lifts them to the Everton’s beat struggling Espanyol less in attack against a headline their fourth and final match on relative comfort of 14th Dominic Calvert- in La Liga. well-organised Roma, fail- Sunday. — PTI spot in the table. Frank Lewin (right) vies Benzema scored one and ing to find the net for the Lampard’s men remain in for the ball with set up another in a 2-0 win first time this season, days on for the final 25 minutes fourth place but fifth- Andreas at the Santiago Bernabeu, before their Champions of the all-important match. placed Wolves could close Christensen of where Madrid wore an all- League clash against Midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo Mera’s late goal the gap to just three points Chelsea in their green kit to show support Barcelona. took Dzeko’s place up front if they beat Brighton on English Premier for this week’s Climate Lukaku, Marcelo with Roma dominating the saves East Bengal Sunday. League match in Summit in the city. Brozovic and Matias first half hour, although Ludhiana: Last season runners- Ferguson’s reign got off Liverpool on Victory means Zinedine Vecino all missed chances Inter had the best chances up East Bengal needed a late to the perfect start with Saturday. Zidane’s side move to the for the hosts as Roma with Antonio Mirante equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw Brazil forward — AFP top of the table, for a few snatched a precious point denying Lukaku after a against a gritty Punjab FC side Richarlison heading home hours at least, before to move fourth and into the blundering Jordan in an I-League match the Guru Djibril Sidibe’s cross from Barcelona play later on Champions League places. Veretout back-pass. Nanak Stadium here on the right to give the hosts Saturday at home to Real Inter were lacking in A similar error from the Saturday. Danilo Augusto put a fifth-minute lead. Mallorca. midfield with Stefano Roma goalkeeper nearly the home side ahead in the 13th Chelsea pushed for an An ankle injury is likely Sensi, Nicolo Barella and proved costly when minute and it looked like equaliser, with in-form to rule Hazard out of the Roberto Gagliardini all out Mirante passed the ball Punjab FC would run away with England forward Tammy season’s first Clasico on with Roma missing goal- straight to Lukaku on the all the three points from the Abraham going close a December 18 while Bale keeper Pau Lopez while edge of the area just before match before Juan Mera saved couple of times, but the has a thigh problem and is Edin Dzeko started on the the break. the day for Kolkata side with an Toffees went in at half- also a concern ahead of bench after flu, but came — AFP 84th minute equaliser. — PTI time 1-0 up. that crunch game at Camp Everton doubled their Nou. lead four minutes into the — AFP Hyderabad eye second half. Andreas UEFA looks into racism Christensen and Kurt Zouma failed to deal with Lausanne, Dec. 7: UEFA on Friday opened disciplinary Goa scalp in ISL a high ball and Calvert- MOURINHO SLEEPS AT TRAINING GROUND AFTER DERBY LOSS proceedings against Romania following racist abuse tar- Hyderabad: F.C. Goa will be Lewin capitalised. London, Dec. 7: Jose Mourinho game against Burnley. “That’s the way you have to do it geted at Swedish Alexander Isak in a Euro 2020 qualifier eyeing a vital win when they But Chelsea responded said he reacted to Tottenham’s “I slept in here (the training in football. Don’t accept in a pas- last month. take on Hyderabad FC in a Hero quickly, with Kovacic midweek defeat at Manchester ground), I stayed here, I didn’t go sive way.” The referee briefly stopped the November 15 match in Indian Super League clash at stroking in a volley with United by sleeping at the club’s home, so the next morning at eight Now, Mourinho has ordered his Bucharest due to racist chanting from Romanian fans the GMC Balayogi Athletic his right foot in the 52nd training ground. o’clock I was here doing what? squad to respond to the midweek when Real Sociedad’s Isak came on as a second half sub- Stadium here on Sunday. minute, beating the dive of Mourinho’s 100 percent record Burnley,” Mourinho explained on setback. “After a defeat you cannot stitute. Sweden won the game 2-0 to qualify for next After picking up only one England goalkeeper since taking over at Spurs came to Friday. be sad. You have to be more than year’s tournament. European football’s governing body point in their previous two Jordan Pickford. an end in a 2-1 loss against his for- “Analysing Burnley, trying to that. You have to be raging, angry, in a statement announced that “following an inquiry a matches, Sergio Lobera’s team The visitors continued mer club at Old Trafford. organise the training session, try- not sad,” he said. “Accept defeat as disciplinary procedure has been opened” with a verdict have a chance to climb into the to dominate possession However, he said he refused to ing to organise the meeting, choos- a learning process, next game, due from UEFA’s disciplinary committee on December 12. top four if they manage a victo- but Everton looked dan- wallow in pity and instead started ing the clips to show them the most work the next day.” — AFP In October, Bulgaria were fined and ordered to play one ry against the bottom-placed gerous on the break. planning for Saturday’s home clear possible way Burnley works. game behind closed doors after racist abuse in one of hosts. — AFP their games. — Agencies UFC fight heats India cross double hundred in medal count at SAG up in Capital One Mumbai: Fight fans are in for a treat this Sunday as the UFC invades Capital One Arena, Shooters hit gold in team event Washington for an electrifying main event which showcases Kathmandu, Dec. 7: ● Alistair Overeem versus India breached the 200- Anish Bhanwala Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the mark in total medal won the men’s 25m Heavyweight Bout category. count, backed by a centu- rapid fire pistol gold THE BOUTS: Heavyweight (Alistair ry of gold, in the South and then teamed up Overeem vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik); Asian Games as the coun- with Bhabesh Women Strawweight (Marina try’s juggernaut as undis- Rodriguez vs. Cynthia Calvillo); Shekhawat and Heavyweight (Stefan Struve vs Ben puted leader continued Rothwell); Women Bantamweight with the swimmers and Adarsh Singh to win (Aspen Ladd vs Yana Kunitskaya); wrestlers producing the men’s team Bantamweight (Geraldode Freitas Jr. strong performances on event title. Mehuli vs Song Yadong); Bantamweight Day 6 here on Saturday. (Rob Font vs Ricky Simon). With a whopping 49 Ghosh and Yas Live on TV: All fights will be aired medals, including 29 gold, Vardhan pocketed on SONY ESPN & SONY ESPN HD won by the Indians on from from 07.30 am on Sunday. the third shooting Saturday, India has left gold of the day for hosts Nepal far behind in India in 10m air rifle State cue tourney the second spot. India’s medal tally stood at 214 mixed event. (110 gold, 69 silver, 35 from Dec. 14 bronze) as against 142 (43 Hyderabad: The Filmnagar gold, 34 silver, 65 bronze) Anurudha won gold in Girls from Little Flower High School pose with their medals and trophy after emerging Cultural Centre in association of Nepal. women’ 87kg category victorious at the Inter School Prize Money Invitation Basketball Tournament organised by with Telangana Cue Sports Sri Lanka stood at third with a total effort of Johnson Grammar School CBSE, Nacharam. Little Flower won 26-22. Association is organising the with 170 medals (30 gold, 200kg. In squash, three Telangana State Ranking 57 silver, 83 bronze). Indians made it to the Snooker and Billiards The swimmers led finals to ensure them- Championship in both senior India’s charge on selves of at least a silver Johnson Grammar School, and junior categories at the Saturday by winning 7 medal each. Filmnagar Cultural Centre in the gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze Hyderabad’s Esha Singh poses with the Tri-colour India won eight medals city. The championship will be as they completely domi- after winning the gold in her event at the SAG Games but without a gold on the held from December 14 to 26. nated the pool yet again. in Kathmandu on Saturday. final day of track and Little Flower champions The registration fee for seniors Srihari Nataraj (100m field competitions. is `1,000 while for the juniors it backstroke), Richa (men’s 97kg freestyle), competitions. Rashpal Singh (men’s is `500. The last date for regis- Mishra (800m freestyle), Sumit Malik (men’s 125kg Anish Bhanwala won marathon), Muhammad tration is December 11. For Siva S (400 individual freestyle), Gurshanpreet the men’s 25m rapid fire Afsal (men’s 800m), DC CORRESPONDENT Vishnu overshadowed Chief guest Dinkar Babu, further details contact P. medley), Maana Patel Kaur (women’s 76kg) and pistol gold and then Shivpal Singh (men’s HYDERABAD, DEC. 7 them with some exception- vice-chairman and manag- Avinash 9703199892. (100m backstroke), Sarita Mor (women’s teamed up with Bhabesh javelin throw) and the al interceptions. ing director of the Sports Chahat Arora (50m back- 57kg) all won gold in their Shekhawat and Adarsh men’s 4x400m relay team Johnson Grammar School Johnson’s star of the Authority of Telangana stroke) , Likith S.P. (50m respective events to Singh to win the men’s won a silver each. ICSE and Little Flower show Vignesh earned 24 State presented the `13,000 State handball breaststroke) and Rujuta ensure that India ruled team event title. Mehuli Sher Singh (men's High School emerged victo- points where Vishnu shot cash prize and a trophy to Bhatt (50m freestyle) all the mat. Ghosh and Yas Vardhan marathon), Jyoti Gawate rious in the finals of the 14 baskets. the winners and `10,000 grabbed the top honours. Commonwealth Games pocketed the third shoot- (women’s marathon), Inter School Prize Money In another match, riding with a trophy to the run- trials on Tuesday A.V. Jayaveena (50m silver medallist Kadian ing gold of the day for Sharmila Kumari Invitation Basketball on Ria's top show, Little ners-up. Hyderabad: The state selection breaststroke) and floored his Pakistani India in 10m air rifle (women’s javelin throw) Tournament which was Flower High School girls Mr Dinkar Babu lauded trials for junior boys and Ridhima Veerendra- opponent Tabiyar Khan mixed event. and women’s 4x400m organised by Johnson routed Gitanjali Devashala the school management women’s teams will be held on kumar (100m back stroke) while national champion The weightlifters added relay race team clinched a Grammar School CBSE, Balamrai 26-22. headed by Mr B Suresh for December 10 and 11 at the won the silver and bronze Gurshanpreet won gold in two gold on Saturday, tak- bronze each. India thus Nacharam. The match began well conducting the tournament Gymkhana Grounds in medals respectively. her first international ing their overall medal ended the athletics com- In a cracker of a game, with both the teams run- in a grand scale and Secunderabad. The team will be Indian wrestlers also competition after seven haul to 10 medals (9 gold, petition with a whopping Johnson Grammar ICSE ning ere neck to neck till encouraging students to selected by the ‘Adhoc began their competition years. 1 silver). 47 medals (12 gold, 20 sil- boys, propelled by the 35th minute but it was take up sports in a big way. Committee’ appointed by the with a bang as they won Shooters also continued Sharsti Singh lifted a ver, 15 bronze). Vignesh's stellar perform- ruthless Ria who made the Telangana Handball four gold on the opening their dominating show by total of 190kg to finish on In squash, three Indians ance, claimed a dramatic difference with her accu- THE FINAL RESULTS Association. All Junior boys day. clinching three gold on top of the podium in 81kg made it to the finals. win over St. Joseph with a rate shooting. For the loser ■ Boys: Johnson Grammar born on or after 1/1/2000 are Satyawart Kadian the penultimate day of weight category while — PTI scoreline of 43-36. it was Joshika Reddy and School ICSE 43 (Vignesh 24, elgible to particiapte. Although, St. Joseph put Tanvitha who played well Vishnu 14) bt St. Joseph, Particiapnts should carry their Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 up a great fight with the and scored 20 points among King Koti, 36 (Pranav 13, Aadhar and birth certificates. help of Pranav and Kunal, them. Kunal 10). Printed and Published by T. Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed at Deccan Chronicle Press situated ■ For further details contact on at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Nagar Taluk, Medchal Malkajgiri Dist. Telangana and Published at 36, S.D. Road, Secunderabad-3. till the half time when the Little Flower’s Ria scored Girls: Little Flower 26 (Ria 9949639337, 9866371810 and RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. Editor: Aditya Sinha score was 21-22, brilliant 22 points out of 22) bt Gitanjali 22 (Joshika 9989756782. Johnsonites Vignesh and the 26 scored by her team Reddy 10, Tanvita 8).