South African-born Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee published three novels about a writer named John Coetzee at PAGE the turn of this century. These ‘autofictions’ are Books 9 named Boyhood, Youth and Summertime. DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 24 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Sharp economics offers glimpse of Guide to Islam doesn’t answer Swamy we never had some questions ubramanian Swamy is Reset is a well-crafted Legacy, Swamy quite articulate- words. This is the Swamy we Mohammed Anas a brilliant man. His study. It racily traces the ly and even brilliantly explains never had. educational lineage history of India’s economy, the reasons for India’s present However, the useful part of the Mohan says it all. He was edu- predicament. He confirms what book effectively ends at page from the colonial exploita- review Scated at Delhi’s Hindu most economists of any stand- 171. Then there is a sixteen-page Guruswamy College, Indian Institute of tion to the lost opportuni- ing have been saying. The econ- appendix; I suspect an after- Statistics, Calcutta and ties due to the mindless omy is tanking. He writes that thought, “Towards A New Harvard University where he the “decline in GDP growth will Ideology of Integral Human- hat is the Muslim belief ? What is Islam? How review obtained a PhD in Economics at Central Planning bureau- continue into this financial ism” which is a restatement of have Muslims lived over the years? When did the age of twenty-six in 1965, cratic web, the missed year, dropping to below even the accumulated RSS gibberish and the phenomenon of Islamism enter the where his guide was the Nobel industrialisation and the 5.8 percent annual equivalent some notions propounded by its WMuslim world? How did it find acceptance Laureate Simon Kuznets. Soon missed opportunities of Q1 rate”. Indeed it is. The true leading thinkers like Madhav and resistance within the community? How did organi- after he joined the faculty as an UPA 1 and 2. GDP growth many suspect is Sadashiv Golwalkar and Deen sations like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and assistant professor. While at even lower than that. To but- Dayal Upadhyaya. It concludes Syria (ISIS) come into being and how were they accept- Harvard he was also a resident tress that Swamy quotes anoth- “Now in 2019, India’s GDP is the ed or rejected by them? How do and how should the non- tutor at Lowell House, an inter- Vajpayee felt threatened by er Subramaniam (Arvind) who third largest in the world after Islamic (outside) world and the West look at Islam and esting position since it also enti- Swamy and his overt ambitions. has discovered post exit perspi- USA and China. India has the Muslims? Ed Husain, Britain-based radical-turned- tles the appointee a set of rooms Swamy made few bones that he cacity to opine that growth may potential to move ahead of scholar, ventures to answer all these questions and helps in the hall of residence with a saw himself as a future Prime actually be about 2.5 percent China in the next ten years and readers understand the House of Islam (the Islamic way wood fireplace. When I took this Minister. He could have been, if less than officially claimed. To then challenge the USA because of life and its worldview) in his book of the same name. position in 1982, I got the same his temperament and overween- be sure Swamy doesn’t see any of Indian demonstrated capaci- Husain, whose earlier work, The Islamist, was a best- set of rooms. The coincidences ing ambition didn’t overtake optimism in the immediate ty to innovate new technologies seller, has been associated with Quilliam, a British didn't end there. When I was him. But Vajpayee and Advani horizon. To buttress this feel- for faster growth”. The last think tank dedicated to promote dialogue among reli- given a room at the now saw to it that Swamy left the ing, he helpfully quotes Dr great RSS innovation of new gions and champion moderate interpretations of them. Harvard Institute of Inter BJP. Rathin Roy, till recently a mem- technologies was when the In House of Islam, Husain applies the curiosity of a national Development (now Incidentally, such was ber of the PM’s Economic “nuclear physicist” Dr Murli layman rather than the convictions of a theologian to Center for International Swamy's standing as an econo- Advisory Council, that the Manohar Joshi in 1996 understand Islam, its history and its followers. He her- Development) on 1737 mist, the World Bank relied on a novice Finance Minister has discovered Ramar Pillai Ramar alds his approach with a quote of Averroes, the apostle Cambridge Street, I was allotted study by Harvard Professor fudged the budget figures and from a Tamil Nadu village who of reasoning among Islamic philosophers, who comfort- the room he once used. But Dwight Perkins and him to that for the “Budget Estimates claimed to be able to transmute ed his weeping disciples that even if people burn books, coincidences happily stop there. downgrade China’s per capita (BE) to be credible, revenue water to gasoline by a herbal ideas transcend aeons to reach the minds of thinking I wouldn’t claim anything close GDP to entitle it for the receipts will need to rise by a formula that he claimed was the people. to Swamy’s academic accom- concessional IDA credit. This whopping 1.1 percent of the result of a miraculous bush It is these ideas with which Husain tries to convey and plishments and brilliance. also ensured that India’s share GDP, while the Union Budget Boswellia ovalifoliolata. Thanks bust many a myth about the birth and travel of Islam When he was teaching eco- of low cost IDA credit was just allows for 0.12 percent to Joshi, Pillai from Mecca to the rest of the world. For Husain, Islam is nomics at Harvard, Swamy almost halved. It is little wonder increase!” obtained 20 acres of land to cul- essentially a religion of philanthropes, even though con- caught the attention of a RSS then that Chairman Deng Reset is a well-crafted and tivate his bush. But in fact it flicts of myriad hues inflicted the world of Islam from ideologue, Madhavrao Mulay, Xiaoping received both of them articulated study of what ails turned out that he was using the very beginning of who invited him back to India. in the Great Hall in Beijing. the India economy. It racily sleight of hand to substitute the post-Prophetic In 1974 Swamy was found a Swamy, like Perkins is a traces the history of India’s kerosene for the liquid he period. He quotes the place in the Rajya Sabha as a Mandarin speaker, and is also economy, from the colonial claimed to have derived from Prophet, “Islam began Jan Sangh member from UP. reputed as an expert on the exploitation to the lost opportu- the bush. In October 2016 Pillai as a stranger. One day, His tenure in the upper house Chinese economy. The govern- nities due to the mindless and an associate were convicted it will again return to ended when the Congress party ment of India could have bene- Central Planning bureaucratic of fraud and sentenced to three being a stranger.” had him expelled from fitted much by listening to him web, the missed industrialisa- years RI. The Prophet's predic- RESET: REGAINING INDIA'S Parliament for his now famous on this experience, but Arun tion and the missed opportuni- tion finds echoes in Scarlet Pimpernel act during Jaitely saw to it that he didn’t ties of UPA 1 and 2. It has none The writer, a policy analyst tomes of literature and ECONOMIC LEGACY the Emergency. Swamy didn’t get Modi’s ear. of the “I think and I believe” studying economic and security journalistic endeav- just invite Indira Gandhi’s bale- If he did perhaps the Indian stuff Indian thinkers and lead- issues, held senior positions ours produced to sub- by Subramaniam Swamy ful attention. He also invited economy wouldn’t be in the ers are prone to. It is replete in government and industry. tly call for the reinter- Rupa, `499 Atal Behari Vajpayee’s baleful mess it is in now. In Reset: with data to support every con- He also specialises in the pretation of Islam and attentions. For some reason Regaining India’s Economic clusion and doesn’t mince Chinese economy. sternly demonise Islam and its followers because of the birth of extremist organisa- tions in West Asia, Africa and Asia. The power and pathos of Sonagachi’s mysterious world Husain sees rise of such organisations as direct result of the minedly on her quest to get a who is to be broken in, the novice retired life. It is a woman-centric elsewhere. It was therefore best West-incited conflicts new angle on the children who who is in the process of learning book filled with power and to accept this truth and make the in the Muslims world featured in the award-winning the skills of her trade, the pathos but the irony is that the most of it. and the literalist Devi Kar documentary film, Born into sought-after expert who is at the world of Sonagachi has been The author begins the novel explanation of the reli- THE HOUSE OF ISLAM: Brothels. Her 500-word article peak of her career, the veteran built around the lust of men. with her discovery of the child gious texts by ortho- was duly carried by her paper who mentors and then there is Golapi’s husband and in-laws Lakshmi of the famed documen- dox ulema (clerics). A GLOBAL HISTORY review but the seeds of this novel were the spent senior who leads a sold her off to an agent so that he tary in one of the affluent neigh- “Saudi influence… or sown then. The multiple trips could marry a woman who would bourhoods of Kolkata. Malati’s Wahhabism (a subsect by Ed Husain that she made to Sonagachi bring in a hefty dowry. When daughter was now a respectable, of Sunni Muslims Bloomsbury, `2,304 threw up fresh experiences every Golapi sobbed and wept at this self-possessed adult whom based on teaching of here is something acutely single time and these were betrayal she was told that she everyone knew as Anjali. Her 18th-century Saudi poignant about the image woven into the fabric of the should be thankful that she had story never made it to the news- scholar Abdul of an ambitious mother novel. Perhaps it needed a escaped death by “accident” paper — Jhimli the writer kept Wahab)… led to such interpretations,” diagnoses Tgrooming her daughter woman — an intrepid but also a (many women die this way) and her word. Husain. Before Wahhabism devoured them, Muslims, for her first night which she curious and sensitive one — to now she should shed her inhibi- The author learned that it was Husain writes, lived a life that was rich, diversified and hopes will be the beginning of a write this story with the empa- tions and learn to enjoy her new Malati’s daughter Lakshmi alias cosmopolitan during the period of the Ottomans. successful career in sex. It is thy that it deserves. life. Saraju had tried to educate Anjali, who had painstakingly He quotes Oxford historian John Darwin to illustrate through such images that the Even the lanes and bylanes of her daughter Malati and protect learned to see “the truth of a this glimpse of the past. "The cultural life of Islam (in reader learns the story of three Sonagachi have intricate divi- her from her own plight. But man” and scaled great heights in the Ottoman Empire and beyond) was strikingly cosmo- generations of sex workers. The sions of class and hierarchy of Malati was lured by the promise the lucrative and relatively gen- politan. An educated man might seek his fortune any- first, Saraju, was abducted from relationships. The residents of of a more comfortable and even teel profession of a sophisticated where between the Balkans and Bengal." a refugee camp as a child and this area go through the usual glamorous world and little did paid escort. Rich and successful The onslaught of Wahhabism, combined with the forced into the sex trade that ups and downs of life and the she realise that she would be set men were happy to shell out gen- Ottomans’ own decay because of orthodox clergy, flourishes in Sonagachi — the emotions that are demonstrated up with three starving men and erously to enjoy her company. squeezed this cosmopolitan spirit out of Islam. Many mysterious red-light district of by “regular” family members that her first earning would be Read this book if you wish to years later, after the fall of Muslim empires in all conti- Kolkata. also bubble up in the Sonagachi from a gang rape. Unlike her explore the little understood nents of the world, Islam, as the Prophet predicted, The author of Not Just Another “families”. Anger, jealousy, fear, mother Saraju, Malati didn’t world of the sex workers of stares at being a stranger. In addition, it's viewed Story, Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey, stoicism, kindness, generosity, want her daughter Lakshmi to be Sonagachi. In the process you through the prism of ideologies of outfits like Al Qaeda is a journalist by profession and petulance, despair, ambition and “saved” by education even when will see a different side of the and ISIS by outsiders. journalists are forever looking more — the full range of emo- she was offered the chance. “You culturally acclaimed city of Lawrence of Arabia (the British archaeologist, Army for “stories” — practically on a tions is displayed adroitly in the NOT JUST ANOTHER STORY will never understand our life, Kolkata and you will also learn officer, military theorist, diplomat, and writer, who daily basis. But, as the title of stories of the three women and our reality,” she told the poten- that “rich or poor, men are men”. coaxed various Arab tribes to revolt against the the novel proclaims, this is not their associates. Society in tial “saviours”. She doggedly Ottoman Turks) promised the same Arab kingdom to all just another story. It all began Sonagachi comprises females of by Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey maintained that no one could The writer is a veteran school these tribal leaders. “We (the West) actively buttressed when the author set out deter- various ages. There is the child Aleph, `399 escape from this life and earn educator based in Kolkata Wahhabism in the last century against Sufism (did we even know the difference?), and now we tear our hair in despair as Wahhabist intolerance spreads across the globe. More fighters are joining the jihadist conflicts and targeting even Muslims living in the West,” rues Vermouth is back! Tips for Christmas tipples Husain. For Husain, the Ottoman Empire was epitome of mod- erate Islam as it was based on teachings of most famous mystic of Muslim world, Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi, t’s telling that perhaps the and occasional swipes at fellow Another drink that’s by no less a figure than Nigella whose teachings are an anathema to radicalism and Henry Jeffreys best wine book of last year, wine writers, including Jancis had a hell of a time Lawson. Like Howkins with make Islam attractive to non-followers of the faith. “The Amber Revolution by Simon Robinson: sherry, Bevan is on a mission to Ottomans’ fall gave birth to Islamism as the fall of the Woolf, was self-published, It has been written that recently is cider, from a revitalise the reputation of his German-Austrian Empire led to the rise of Nazism, and essay Ithough you’d never guess Erbamat is identical to the favourite of the aristocra- drink. He’s a knowledgeable the fall of the Russian Empire resulted in the birth of from the quality of the design, Verdealbara cultivar [Robinson, cy in the 17th century to guide to the worldwide vermouth Communism,” notes Husain. photography or editing. Wine Harding and Vouillamoz, 2012], that of teenagers in bus renaissance, mixing history, tips To Husain, the remedy to problems of the Muslim books are a tough slog for pub- but no doubt through a failing of shelters when I was grow- for how to make your own, and world lies in shunning the literalist path of extremists lishers unless they’re written by mine, I have found no mention in cocktail recipes. One question, (read Wahhabism) and following the ways of mystics one of the big four: Clarke, any peer-reviewed scientific ing up. Happily the high though: is it pronounced in like Rumi. “We have to douse the flames of fire burning Johnson, Robinson and Spurrier paper — the minimal acceptable quality end has exploded English vermuth or vermooth? the Middle East… it’s the battle of ideas that we have to (sounds like a firm of provincial standard in any serious scientif- in recent years. Readers, let me know how you win before it's too late,” he warns. solicitors). ic community. say it. Right from the page 1 of the book, it’s clear that Hugh Johnson wrote the first It’s like the letters page of the Another drink that’s had a hell Husain is trying to introduce Islam primarily to the World Atlas of Wine in 1971. Since TLS. Meow! of a time recently is cider, from a West and then to non-Muslims across the globe. But, as the 1998 edition he has been, in The Infinite Ideas series pub- the story slows with the mergers favourite of the aristocracy in Husain finds fault in the West’s understanding of oth- his words, “progressively passing lishes the sort of books that and acquisitions that have seen the 17th century to that of ers, his own understanding of Islam and solutions to the baton” to Jancis Robinson. Faber would have done under the the rise of Big Beer. Dredge, how- teenagers in bus shelters when I problems in the Muslim world is wrought with flaws too. It’s astonishing how much has editorship of Julian Jeffs. My ever, is no snob and recognises was growing up. Happily the He blames the Lawrence of Arabia for bringing the fall changed; early editions were lit- pick of this year’s catalogue is lagers such as Heineken for what high quality end has exploded in of his favourite Ottoman Empire. He is perhaps correct, tle more than France, Germany, Anne Krebiehl’s The Wines of they are: tasty, reliable, well-bal- recent years. The young cider but what he forgets to note is that Lawrence was a schol- Italy, sherry and port. Now this Germany (Classic Wine Library, anced miracles of brewing. merchant Felix Nash has become ar and perhaps must have read Rumi too. He purposely eighth edition (Mitchell Beazley, £30), a timely guide to a country Next up is Just the Tonic: A an evangelist for a drink that sided with the marauding Arab tribes who were mostly £50) contains maps of Croatia, whose wines, including its reds, Natural History of Tonic Water should have more in common followers of Wahhabism. Besides, as was then and as is Lebanon, Virginia and — a con- just seem to get better and better. by Kim Walker and Mark Nesbitt with wine than beer. Spend some today, it is among the policies of the West to sow seeds of tender for the birthplace of wine For many beer fans, particular- (Kew Publishing, £18). Well- time with him and you can’t help conflicts by cashing in on schisms and factionalisms in — Georgia (the country, that is). ly in Britain, lager is that nasty researched and lavishly pro- but be swept up in his enthusi- the Muslim world, especially in the Middle East. So, It’s a beautiful object that no seri- fizzy stuff, sold through amusing duced, it looks at how a malaria asm. His book, Fine Cider what incentive does the West have to mend its ways? ous wine-lover will want to be adverts featuring laconic cure from South America ended (Dog & Bone, £16.99), is the next Husain went on even to propose a united Middle East, without. Australians, dancing bears or up becoming an ingredient in best thing. with Israel a part of it. Those who daily follow news A little more specialist is Italy’s cheeky cockneys. But it has just Britain’s favourite mixed drink, And finally, in his thorough and from the Middle East and sees Israeli policies towards Native Wine Grape Terroirs by as interesting a story as more cel- the gin and tonic. Amusing fact: lucid Whisky Dictionary fellow Arabs, Palestinians in particular, may chuckle Ian d’Agata (University of ebrated beers such as IPA, as Oliver Cromwell died of malaria, (Mitchell Beazley, £15), Ian about it, if not simply jeer at this idea. California Press, £40), an in- Mark Dredge explains in A Brief which could have been prevented Wisniewski has done the hard The House of Islam is a must-read book for those who depth look at how the country’s History of Lager (Kyle Books, if he hadn’t refused quinine as a work for 100 lazier drinks writ- want an easy understanding of Islam, but for those who THE WINES OF GERMANY myriad indigenous grape vari- £14.99). The first two thirds, fea- “Popish powder”. ers, Thanks Ian, we owe you one! are already inside the house will have second thoughts Anne Krebiehl eties fit into its varied landscape. turing figures such as Jacob A Spirited Guide to Vermouth before letting it enter their shelves. by I enjoyed it for the writer’s glori- Christian Jacobsen of Carlsberg by Jack Adair Bevan (Headline, By arrangement with Classic Wine Library, £30 ously circumloquacious style fame, are riveting; but inevitably £6.99) was recommended to me the Spectator c m y k c m y k MIND POWER HERMESTER BARRINGTON GAUTAMA SIDDHARTHA PAGE The hobgoblin of a little mind may be the genius To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing 10 of a great one without understanding is political, and not spiritual Edit DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 24 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD LETTERS Krishna Shastri Subhani Devulapalli RTC STRIKE Kudos to Chief Minister K. Off the beaten track Chandrasekhar Rao for suc- cessfully tapering the agita- tion by the RTC employees (RTC: CM to await HC order, Holy cow? More like DC, Nov. 23). Everyone is well aware that the corpo- ration is in deep financial ma-minion, dad-slave crisis. However, the govern- ment should take up this on’t be shocked but slavery is alive (operating from an exotic loca- challenge by reinducting all tion) and kicking (clad in designer footwear). In modern India. And it took root, innocuously enough, in the bedrooms of upward- the employees, reconstitut- Dly mobile middle-class-parents-to-be in the ’90s. ing the board with corpo- It was at this time — as if they had received a joint message from the rate professionals and turn almighty — that future dads, from Adarsh Nagar to Greater Kailash, rose as one, tenderly rubbed the swollen bellies of their glowing, middle-class it around the corporation wives and said: “You know what we are missing? Slavery. Some good old- into a thriving body. I am fashioned slavery...” sure this can be done as And all the wives, finely tuned to the thoughts in their partners’ heads, seen in many companies in completed the sentence with: “... Yes, Darling (or atthaan, jaanu, baava, chettan or sachchinoda as the case may be), and we can fill that vacuum by India and world over. The giving birth to our very own personal slave-masters.” Chief Minister should take it Hearing this message, through our time-tested Abhimanyu technology, as a challenge and make it womb-dwelling semi-babies nodded and said, “Cool, Parents. Our wish is your command. Now go get a tiramisu and feed me via Mummy. I know it’s happen. I am sure employ- 2 am but that 24-hour coffee shop is just 18 km away.” ees will understand the sit- Today, these kids have grown up. Along the way, as they were being uation and work efficiently dropped off or picked up at schools, sleepovers and college by ever-avail- to make this happen. able parents (in a car chosen by the precious offspring), these lovely young Another close one as ones decided where the family would go for dinner, which international K.V. Prasad destination they would grace this summer, or between Daddy and Hyderabad Mummy, who should do maths homework and who the science project. Let’s take my good friend Sethumadhavan from Chennai. Everyone knows a Sethumadhavan. If you are honest, some of you are TRAFFIC MESS Sethumadhavan. power eludes Pawar Sethumadhavan has one delightful girl and one charming boy. Lovingly As on date, 80 per cent of the crowd named Janma Malini and Kurkuresh (perhaps by themselves, via a curt is cellphone users which includes memo from the womb). They are wonderful, apparently, according to the details of deals from file both men and women (Using cell- Mr Pawar’s second after file. phones while driving a common bid to become prime This man and the late sight, DC, Nov. 23). As on date, minister went awry Chandraswami had youth in the age group below 30 use when he launched a already homed in on cellphones while driving. Adding to Neena Gopal their candidate for that they are busy talking, playing campaign against prime minister — P.V. games or texting while walking Sonia Gandhi’s Narasimha Rao. without caring for the oncoming State of Play foreign origins after That very night, Mr vehicles. The traffic department she helmed the Pawar announced he has to make people aware of the was withdrawing his dangers of cellphone driving and he overnight Suresh Kalmadi. party’s victory and candidature, and by the walking. coup that In the book, Mr Pawar came close to next morning, the party Chandramohan T.S. caught Mar- names Messrs Arjun taking over... named Narasimha Rao Secunderabad atha strong- Singh, M.L. Fotedar, as their prime ministeri- Tman Sharad R.K. Dhawan and V. would arrange an inter- al candidate. Mr Pawar NRC REDUNDANT Pawar napping on George as the men who view with the “prime- would go on to become Friday night as the were behind the move to minister-designate” that the defence minister in The Centre should drop the idea of BJP’s Machiavellian block him from being very night. And when the Narasimha Rao gov- going in for National Registry of Amit Shah put his plan named as leader of the Sharad Pawar, arrived, ernment. But few know Citizens through out India as it is into play, isn’t the first Congress party, which flanked by armed how close he came to waste of time and public money time that Pawar has would have automatical- guards, toting Uzi leading the post-Gandhi (NRC to be pan-India: Shah, DC. been outmanouevred, ly seen him becoming machine guns, exuding Congress government or Nov. 21). When citizens have outflanked or prime minister. In fact, confidence and looking who was really responsi- Aadhaar Unique ID number then outsmarted. it wasn’t Arjun Singh & every inch the leader of ble for pulling the rug why NRC? It will be like reinvent- In his book, On My Co at all who stopped the new India, he was from under him. Mr ing the wheel when the nation has pics shared by the par- Sethumadhavan has one delightful Terms: From the Pawar from being followed by a surprise Pawar himself would be already gone for Aadhaar. ents. Because there’s a Grassroots and picked for the top job. visitor, an old friend hesitant about ever call- Moreover, the NRC is not a success minimum of 63 heart girl and one charming boy. Lovingly Corridors of Power, While they may have from Karnataka. ing out his nemesis, who story in the North-east where it was emojis per pic. And the named Janma Malini and Kurkuresh Nationalist Congress whispered in Sonia’s Mr Gundu Rao, who continues, to this day, to first introduced. mandatory #feelingb- (perhaps by themselves, via a curt Party chief Sharad ears about the dangers had served as chief min- be one of the Congress T. Kailash Ditya lessed. memo from the womb). They are Pawar, a rising star in posed to the Gandhi ister of the southern party’s most virulent Barkatpura, Hyderabad The older one studies in the Congress of the early dynasty by a younger state in the early eight- critics. the US. (The little angel wonderful, apparently, according to nineties, squarely places man taking the top post, ies, guffawed out loud Mr Pawar’s second bid makes up one of every the pics shared by the parents. the blame on Congress and which may have when I told him what I to become prime minis- WHY EXPANSION? five international stu- Because there’s a minimum of 63 president Sonia Gandhi seen her look around for was doing there. ter went awry when he Subhani’s Cartoon (Counter Point, dents in the US.) She is heart emojis per pic. And the manda- for listening to “self- an older and more expe- Offering to take me to launched a campaign DC, Nov. 23) reminded me of former getting a Masters in styled loyalists” in the rienced hand, there the house where “every- against Sonia Gandhi’s chief minister Kasu Brahmananda Rodeo Management from tory #feelingblessed. Congress, for depriving were other forces at thing that should hap- foreign origins after she Reddy, who questioned the need for the University of Lower him of prime minister- work. pen will happen”, he helmed the party’s victo- expansion of education when there West Arizona. Apparently in preparation for the giant horse-wrangling ship. These were the Sometime in late June said, “Take it from me, ry and came close to tak- are no jobs for the existing educat- boom she has predicted in the next five years. Sethu has been persuaded backroom boys who had after election results Sharad Pawar is not ing over, and then ed youth. to buy a large piece of land where his steadily growing collection of Vijay called the shots in the were announced, weeks going to be prime minis- baulked at moving into Also, former chief minister Mallya’s retired mares grazes nonchalantly. party through the Rajiv after Rajiv’s assassina- ter, don’t even bother Race Course Road as the Jalagam Vengal Rao questioned the The second one, god bless him, studies in the US, too. But not before he and Indira years. tion, Suresh Kalmadi, interviewing him.” country resonated to need to manufacture automobiles tried and rejected Australia. Kurkuresh is doing a combination course in The book — released in prime mover behind the Barely an hour later, Pawar's “anti-foreigner when the city roads are insufficient beauty therapy and geriatric management from the University of December 2015, some 24 “Pawar for Prime we were sitting in the at the helm” campaign. for the existing vehicles to ply. Pahokee, Florida. He is currently taking a gap year (after six harrowing years after the assassi- Minister” campaign, home of a man who can- Sonia would go on, with- Kudos to the farsightedness of our months of study) in St. Kitts. nation of former prime was already hosting a not be named, but who, in days, to name visionary leaders! May their tribe Unfortunately, no gap year for Sethu. Not till the end of time. He can see minister Rajiv Gandhi grand Congress victory as a senior member of Manmohan Singh as the increase to make India truly sixty on the horizon but has decided to take up a second job. As his assis- in May 1991 — homes in party, to which all of the outgoing Chandra prime minister, who incredible. tant’s second-in-command. His wife, Anjali, once a lovely girl herself, sells on the time when the Delhi had gravitated. Shekhar government, would in turn, be re- M.S.Suresh pickles as a side business. For which she has borrowed from a financier leadership stakes were Anybody who was any- was privy to informa- elected to a second term. Tarnaka, Secunderabad called ‘Spanner’ Chanti. thrown wide open after body was there. Winners tion on every politician. But for Mr Pawar The latest Facebook post of the Sethumadhavans is about how #feelin- the recently widowed and losers, wannabes As the night progressed, this would be a bigger gawesome they both are that their older one, the beauteous Janma Malini, Sonia Gandhi, despite and, of course, journal- he would make several miscalculation than VEGETABLE PRICES is getting engaged now. To a lovely Gujarati boy whose folks run a video pressure from many of ists. calls to various power- the ’91 misread. He Vegetable prices in Hyderabad are repair shop in Edison, New Jersey. And that #partytime will be in Bali. Rajiv's confidantes, Mr Kalmadi, whom brokers on the way for- had come to believe that rising drastically as heavy rains With Christopher Nolan’s fourth assistant (serendipitously available at a showed little or no one had badgered with ward, including the god- the rhetoric of hate that have damaged crops and created a throwaway price!) videographing the entire thing. appetite in taking the call after call for access man Chandraswami. he had spun into a temporary supply shortage. This And Sethumadhavan is “over the moon” because dear, affectionate, sen- top job; it would have to Mr Pawar once one His final call was to Mr national narrative situation benefits vegetable sellers timental Janma Malini has posted a delightful poem on Insta about how he been hers for the taking. had heard he was a con- Kalmadi’s home on his would power him to the to fleece common people. The price is the Bestest Daddy In The World. It goes: Either way, it saw a tender, had said he landline when he prime ministership. In of tomatoes will rise from around My daddy is the bestest daddy number of contenders demanded that Mr June 1999, Mr Pawar `50 to `100 per kg if this situation He’s so much cuter than Maddy including the Madhya Mr Pawar would go Pawar come on the line. had split the Congress continues. The government should He is always there when I collect call Pradesh leader Arjun I sat and watched as and formed the NCP. It take immediate steps to control the And his remittances are never small Singh throwing his hat on to become the the man, slowly and was this rump party that situation. I might marry and leave – for a shortish while into the ring. But it was defence minister in methodically destroyed would play no more than Syed Shamsuddin Maghrabi Cuz I’ll be back to bring back your smile the powerful young the Narasimha Rao Mr Pawar’s chances of a supporting role in Hyderabad With Praful, dog, and two darling offspring leader from Maha- government. But few ever becoming prime Maharashtra and For whom you and Mummy can fetch and bring rashtra, the 52-year-old know how close he minister of the country. national politics until he Every Monday the best letter of the It’s got 635 likes! That alone, he says, is worth the price of the air-tickets Pawar, who was clearly He told Sharad Pawar grabbed the initiative in week wins 300. Email your letters (economy, of course, she is such a considerate girl) he’s buying for her six- leading the fray. He was came to leading the that he must withdraw the 2019 state polls, and ` teen BFFs. generating the most government or who his candidature that came within kissing dis- to [email protected], [email protected]. You can Kurkuresh, they say, has hinted that he has some good news of his own. buzz with his cause was really responsi- very night or face the tance of power. being actively promoted embarassment of inside Sharad Pawar, always also send them to Editor, Deccan Krishna Shastri Devulapalli is a humour writer, novelist, columnist and by his comrade in arms ble for pulling the secrets spilling out as he on the wrong side of Chronicle, 36, Sarojini Devi Road, screenwriter and Pune moneybags, rug from under him. read out shocking history? Secunderabad-500 003.

Keeper of the word Brahmin leaders of the Grand Old Party a bit wary. It so happened that during the n the face of persistent questioning by CWC meet, coffee spilled on Mallikarjun IOpposition members at a meeting of the Stonewalling skills earn babu praise Kharge’s “kurta”. Mr Kharge, who is AICC parliamentary panel on electronics and general secretary in charge of Maharashtra, information technology, Union additional are many aspirants but a tussle between Shah is king called up his residence and changed his secretary Gopalakrishnan S., remained two Congress stalwarts, Ghulam Nabi Azad kurta within minutes, but the doubting unperturbed. He didn’t alter his stand main- and Anand Sharma is said to be creating a fficials in the government’s Press Thomases were heard whispering, “yeh to taining that the government was not aware hurdle. Many Congress MPs eye the chief OInformation Bureau appear to be vying apshakun ho gaya (this is inauspicious)”. of the identities of the 121 Indian citizens whip’s post as it brings a sense of impor- for a place in home minister Amit Shah’s Would Sharad Pawar prove them wrong? who were affected by the Pegasus spyware tance to the house and offers ample oppor- secretariat. Customarily, the Union home Facing a rebellion from nephew Ajit Pawar, used to penetrate the WhatsApp messaging tunities to interact with Union ministers ministry has had two members of Indian he has sent word to both the Congress and app. Impressed by his cryptic and stoic and the chair. Information Service handling the minister’s the Shiv Sena to keep their flocks together. replies, panel member and Congress leader official press and information related issues. The senior Pawar is reportedly confident of Karti Chidambaram could not resist telling Rajnath’s defence But apparently, there are five PIB personnel bringing everyone back — including Ajit. Mr Gopalakrishnan that if he parked the home ministry now. This in itself [Chidambaram junior] ever has the fortune efence minister Rajnath Singh is sur- speaks about the stature of Mr Shah. ‘Inauspicious’ bungalow of becoming a minister, he would hire Mr Dprised over the hullabaloo over the Gopalakrishnan to be his spokesperson. induction of Bhopal MP (and terror Can Pawar break the hex? nion parliamentary affairs minister accused) Pragya Singh Thakur into the con- UPrahlad Joshi has not moved into 10, Chief whip coveted post sultative committee of the ministry of By WAQYANAWIS he Congress was skeptical from the start Akbar Road. The house was allotted to for- defence. Mr Singh attributes the uproar to Tabout ministry formation in mer Union minister Mahesh Sharma. In the t has been months since Congress chief media and Opposition ignorance. Maharashtra. When the Congress Working past, it belonged to former Union ministers Iwhip Bhubaneshwar Kalita left the party According to him, unlike the parliamentary tive committees are entirely pro-forma bod- Committee had met for the first time to give Manohar Parrikar and Rajesh Pilot. Some during the monsoon session of Parliament, standing committee of various ministries ies performing no functions and having a its “go-ahead”, an “inauspicious” occur- leaders do not consider the house too auspi- but his successor is nowhere in sight. There (and other parliamentary panels), consulta- minor, ceremonial role. rence took place that made many wise and cious. So, the dithering continues.

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SUNDAY INTERVIEW Dilip Cherian Dilli Ka ‘I was very upset, felt cheated,’ Babu BABUS AS MENTORS says NCP MLA Rajendra Shingne FOR POOR KIDS rom now on, civil service trainees will have an NCP MLA RAJENDRA low on Saturday morning. He After the swearing-in that it was the swearing-in Fadditional role under the SHINGNE was one of the said he wanted to discuss ceremony, I ceremony? Modi sarkar’s “Nurture the few legislators who were pre- something important with us. Future” programme, which sent during the dramatic As it was the directive of a top immediately left the I was very upset. I was sim- was started recently. Under the swearing-in ceremony of BJP party leader, I reached Mr Raj Bhavan and mering with anger. We felt programme, civil service pro- leader Devendra Fadnavis Munde’s B4 bungalow by 7 headed for Sharad cheated. I never thought that bationers of the 2019 batch will and NCP leader Ajit Pawar am. Some MLAs were already Pawar’s residence. I would have to face such an have to adopt adolescents and at Raj Bhavan. Speaking waiting there. Within 15 min- act of betrayal. mentor them throughout their with BHAGWAN PARAB, utes, some more MLAs I apprised Pawar educational and professional Mr Shingne , who is a former reached there. At 7.45 am, we about the events After the ceremony, what lives. Cabinet minister in the state, were told that a meeting had at the Raj Bhavan. was the scene like? The government has report- expressed his shock and hor- been fixed at some place and I also explained edly identified 425 children ror at the turn of events this we were asked to reach there. to him my stand. I did not wait there for long. from 11 villages in Gujarat and morning. Edited excerpts: We had no idea where they After the swearing-in ceremo- associated them with the 425 were taking us. But as soon as ny, I immediately left the Raj officer trainees from 20 civil Did you have any idea that we reached the Raj Bhavan, lowed by the swearing-in of Bhavan and headed for services, including IAS, IPS, things would take such a we felt that something is Ajit Pawar as the deputy Sharad Pawar’s residence. I IFS and others. The mentors drastic turn? amiss. From there on, we chief minister. The oath cere- apprised Mr Pawar about the and the mentees have been started getting restless. mony ended in a flash. events at the Raj Bhavan. I linked through their Aadhaar I had absolutely no inkling also explained to him my numbers to enable them to stay of what was in store for me on What exactly happened at How many MLAs were pre- stand. connected. Prime Minister Saturday. In my long political Raj Bhavan? sent at the Raj Bhavan? Narendra Modi, who launched life, I never thought I would Munde’s bungalow in the ceremony, attended by BJP Now that it is clear that the the initiative, believes that be treated in such a mislead- We were asked to sit in the We were about 10 or 11 of us. NCP is heading for a split. providing mentorship to ing manner. hall at Raj Bhavan. Within I had a brief talk with some of NCP MLA Rajendra Shingne What will be your next underprivileged children five minutes, Devendra them, but even they didn’t move? studying in class 10 or above Could you explain the Fadnavis reached, along with have any idea of what was morning, he was not present. leaders, NCP MLAs and the will instil a sense of social chain of events that unfold- Chandrakant Patil and Girish happening. Even when we reached Raj governor. Mr Fadnavis was There is no question of quit- responsibility in the babus. ed? Mahajan. Ajit was also pre- Bhavan, we did not see him. present, along with his mother ting the party. I hope others Sources say that this “pilot” sent. After some time, the Was Dhananjay Munde and wife, Ajit was accompa- will also come back to the project will be expanded to It all started when I received governor arrived and imme- also with you? Did you Who all were there at the nied by his wife and son Parth. party soon. I will always other parts of the country and a call from Ajit at midnight. diately administered the oath have a talk with him? swearing-in ceremony? stand by Mr Pawar. We will other government training He asked me to reach of office of the chief minister So what was your initial abide by whatever decision academies to adopt. It’s hard to Dhananjay Munde’s bunga- to Mr Fadnavis. It was fol- When we had gone to Mr It was a very small and brief reaction when you realised he takes. say whether this initiative will flourish or fade away, but it is a step in the right direction. Kudos to the sarkar on attempting this. Bring seniors back into policy discourse THE PRICE OF DISSENT to attend to all their necessi- become vulnerable to emo- population of many nations, ties, rendering medical to per- tional physical and financial the lack of a social security annan Gopinathan, who sonal assistance. With perfect insecurities. With the bulk of architecture becomes galling. quit the IAS to protest understanding on caring and our populace being less than What is most unfortunate is Kthe lockdown in Jammu Manish Tewari sharing the duties, the elders 30 years of age, the trials and that notwithstanding their and Kashmir, has reportedly did not feel let down or lonely. tribulations of our senior citi- financial status, most elderly been served with a chargesheet With the fragmentation of zens have not been given people face maltreatment in by the ministry of home the joint family organisation thoughtful deliberation. one form or the other, accord- affairs. He had quit in August State of the Union and the rise in the number of Living solitary is more often ing to a study released to citing “the denial of freedom of nuclear families, elders in than not cited as the rationale mark the United Nations’ expression to the people of India often find themselves left for loneliness. Census 2011 World Elder Abuse Jammu and Kashmir”, a move n the public discourse of 10.9 per cent in 1961 to 14.2 per alone, neglected and depressed delineates that almost 15 mil- Awareness Day observed on that had stirred up a storm on India there is an invisible cent in 2011 for the whole of even if they are residing with lion of our ageing citizens live the 15th of June each year. social media platforms. — the elderly and the India. The most conjoint dis- either their children or even all alone and about to three- The study reveals that due According to sources, Mr infirm. In the youth- ability among the aged persons grandchildren. The strain and fourths of them are women. to lack of knowledge about Gopinathan, who was the col- Ifocussed policy drive that is locomotor and visual disabil- stresses of the contemporary One out of every seven of our their entitlements in old age, lector of Dadra and Nagar obsesses us as a nation we tend ity. The state-wise break up of realm keep family members old folks live in a home where countless persons are obliged Haveli when he resigned, has to forget our senior citizens. To our elderly population reveals preoccupied with their own there is not one person below to live in callous conditions. been accused of insubordina- reap the benefit of our demo- that Kerala has the maximum drudgery and education with the age of 60 years. With a momentous surge in What is unfortunate tion. Interestingly, since Mr graphic dividend the concen- proportion of elderly people at hardly any time, and occasion- Loneliness does not, howev- the population of the elderly, is notwithstanding Gopinathan did not own a tration is mainly on the young 12.6 per cent of its population ally, even proclivity to spend er, and necessarily, stem from bone-chilling horror stories of home and lived in a rented and the fulfillment of their ele- followed by Goa at 11.2 per cent time with the older members being unaccompanied or liv- elder abuse bound. The tragic their financial status, place, the chargesheet was mentary requirements to and Tamil Nadu at 10.4 per of their families. ing solitary. Even people liv- thing is that a majority of most elderly people emailed to him. The charges enhance national productivi- cent. All these figures would For elderly people whose off- ing alone can be wholly con- older people are acquiescent face maltreatment against him relate to his stint ty. However, here are some have significantly grown since spring have emigrated abroad, tent if they are organised and to their fates. in one form or the in Dadar and Nagar Haveli and numbers that provide a reality the Census of 2011. the situation is worse. Bereft have a routine of activities With the average age of the include “failure to put up the check. As per the Population Once upon a time, not too of the presence of any other that keep them occupied. NDA/BJP government being other according to file in time, not completing Census of 2011 there are nearly long ago, the stretched family person in the household, they Conversely, you may be living 60 years, it is necessary that a a study to mark the underground cabling project 10.4 crore elderly persons structure ensured that try to while away their time with family or in the middle of holistic policy for the continu- UN World Elder on time, not submitting tour (aged 60 years or above) in seniors resided not only with with a few errands and lonely people and still feel lonesome. ing physical and mental well Abuse Awareness report for relief work in India; 5.3 crore females and 5.1 their families but even broth- walks until such time that This lonesomeness stems being of our senior citizens Kerala, not applying for PM crore males. According to a ers, sisters, uncles and aunts their failing health permits. from feeling that no one cares backed by significant Day on June 15. excellence award, and submit- report released by the United in neighbouring homes. With rising age comes reduced for you and you have no one to resources should be put in ting the file directly to admin- Nations Population Fund and Everyone was close at hand movement and bad health con- shower your affection on. A place. The National Policy of istrator.” He has also been Help Age India, the number of for any predicaments such as fines them indoors with only person begins to acquire nega- Senior Citizens, 2011, a laud- accused of creating an adverse elderly persons is projected to health issues or even foreseen the idiot box for solace. tive energy when there is no able initiative that unfortu- image of the government grow to 17.3 crores by 2026. To or unforeseen bereavements. The conventional Indian one to converse with. nately has remained on paper, through his interactions with put these statistics into per- The societal fabric was suit- ethos and the longstanding Academic studies reveal that requires an update and proper the media. Clearly, leaving the spective, the total population ably knitted and proper joint family arrangement had over 65 per cent of old people implementation. Most of all, it IAS can be as difficult for some of France is 6.7 crores, Britain regard was given to elders. for centuries played a cardi- are poor with no sources of just takes giving some respect people as joining it! another 6.7 crores, Sweden is This arrangement facilitated nal role in preserving the known income. A total of 35 and care to the elderly to make one crore and four lakhs and elders to lead realistically socio-economic well-being of per cent still have wealth, their day. We owe it to them. Bangladesh is 16.3 crores. content lives with barely any our greying and greyed vener- assets, reserves, investments, Love them, hate them As many as 71 per cent of anxiety as they had the con- ables. However, with swift bequests and, above all, empa- The author is a lawyer, ignore them at national peril, India's senior citizens reside in viction that somebody would transformation in the societal thetic kids. However, juxta- Member of Parliament and for- is the babu guarantee and rural areas while 29 per cent look after them as and when milieu and the institutionali- posed against the fact that mer Union information and Dilip’s belief. Share live in urban areas almost mir- required. Whenever there sation of the nuclear family India has a population of 100 broadcasting minister. The significant babu escapades roring the rural urban mix of were some health problems frameworks in the past cou- million old people and that the views expressed are personal. [email protected] our population. The old-age for a senior, the entire extend- ple of decades, now elderly number will touch 324 million Twitter handle dependency ratio rose from ed family would run around people have increasingly by 2050 — equivalent to the @manishtewari 50 YEARS AGO IN

ecurity in our part of the In 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was mur- The second thing the government years ago. He was not yet in and I world is a prestige issue. dered by a 17-year-old girl at a rally claimed in Parliament is that the was briefly checked and sent into Our politicians, judges, gov- in Tamil Nadu. She was wearing a downgrading of security was not his office. It turned out he did not Indianisation of Sernors and generals take bomb with the explosive RDX and the result of a political decision. want to meet me but as I was leav- Muslims pride in having an escort dedicated her detonation killed over a dozen This will be believed only by those ing the office and turning around a Aakar to protecting them. And the bigger people. I do not know what the SPG people who know nothing about corner, I literally ran into him in opposed and flashier and more ostentatious was doing at the time but if my mem- how government in India works. the corridor. Patel this escort the better and more ory serves me right, the responsibil- The third claim by the government At a meeting of the Editors Guild NEW DELHI, NOV. 23. prestigious. ity was put on the martyred leader, is that the downgrading was done that I was present in around 20 Home Minister Y.B. Chavan For a few individuals, however saying he was fine with allowing because of a reduction in threat years ago, L.K. Advani, who was today decried in the Rajya the security threat is real and it is people come close to him. If there is perception. In this case it was oblig- an invitee to our group, walked in Sabha the bogie of constant. Indira Gandhi was mur- a vulnerable family anywhere in the atory on the government to put out after we had all entered and were “Indianisation” of Muslims dered 35 years ago, on October 31, world, it is the Gandhis. the material which proved that this sitting around a table. Mr Advani and maintained that the 1984. Her 25-year-old bodyguard In India there is apparently no was so. This again it did not do. and Arun Jaitley joined us but best way to avoid communal Beant Singh shot her three times specific list of people the SPG pro- This downgrading will have the none of us had been checked before riots in the country “is to with his 0.38 service revolver. After tects unlike the US Secret Service effect of endangering the people going in and here was an individ- prevent them.” the Prime Minister fell to the and it is up to the current govern- being protected because even SPG ual protected at Z+ category level Intervening in the sever- Modi should ground, the other bodyguard, 22- ment to decide who gets what level cover is not all that we think it is. I who was totally vulnerable. hour debate and Ahmeda- year-old Satwant Singh, shot the of protection. Now the Narendra met Sonia Gandhi at 10, Janpath a I visited the White House more bad riots, Mr. Chavan said defenceless 67-year-old grandmoth- Modi government has decided to few months ago. I had to give the than 30 years ago (when Ronald the talk of Indianisation er 30 times with his Sten machine take away the SPG protection from number of the taxi I was in and it Reagan was President). The was the “worst crime that reinstate gun. Seven bullets hit her abdomen, the Gandhi family. After a Congress was allowed inside the compound President was in the building but can be committed in this three her chest and one her heart. request that this be reconsidered (I don’t remember the car itself other than providing proof of iden- country. And the worst that Sonia Gandhi was home and the government said there was “no being checked). Other than leaving tity and a basic scan there was no can happen.” according to press reports, on hear- going back on the decision, the my phone behind at the reception I other screening. Something similar While agreeing that there SPG cover ing the gunshots Sonia ran down Congress can keep asking”. do not remember any specific secu- was the case when I met Israeli could be a few unpatriotic the stairs screaming “Mummy! Oh The government has said in rity measure or check that was President Shimon Peres in Tel elements both in Hindu and my god, mummy”. Parliament that security to the more thorough than what we go Aviv. It is hard to imagine that such Muslim communities, these After this murder, the govern- Gandhis has “not been with- through at the airport. It did not levels of protection keep the most exceptions could not be to Gandhis ment formed the Special drawn”. But that is a meaningless seem to me that even SPG cover vulnerable permanently secure. taken to brand the entire Protection Group for Rajiv defence because total removal of was particularly strict. As I said, security cover is a pres- community as unpatriotic, Gandhi. This was modelled on the security is not the accusation The times when I met Narendra tige issue. Removing it from some- he said. During the debate US Secret Service, which was set standing against the government. Modi, he was not in the SPG cate- one is an act of showing them their several members accused up in 1865, the year that President The accusation is that the Indian gory, and this is a few years ago, place. But this is a dangerous game the Gujarat Government of Abraham Lincoln, a very divisive government is deliberately endan- but I am certain he was given Z+ that the Narendra Modi govern- negligence and complacen- figure at the time, was murdered. gering the lives of the members of a cover. Again, this was not particu- ment is playing. It should quietly cy and demanded resigna- The US Secret Service protects the vulnerable family by downgrading larly different from what we are reinstate the SPG cover to the tion of the Chief Minister. current President and Vice their security. This accusation used to and there were vulnerabili- Gandhis. Mr. Chavan made it clear President and their families, and should have been met with reas- ties. The fact is that in India sys- at the outset that he was not former Presidents and their fami- surances from the Prime Minister tems are weak and frail and can be Aakar Patel is a writer, holding brief either for or lies, but also major figures from providing a guarantee of safety. exploited. I went to meet Omar columnist and executive director of against the Gujarat Opposition parties. This he chose not to do. 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ing human questions about loss, ture/I don’t need something new Frozen II change, trust and how we can ... don’t you know there’s part of (U) 103 min best heal the wounds of the past. me that loves to go into the unkn- In a charming flashback, we ow-ow-own.” CAST: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad see the princesses as little girls, And so, after a warning from playing together happily and Kristoff’s “love expert” friend DIRECTORS: Chris Buck, being put to bed by loving par- Pabbie (Ciaran Hinds) and Olaf’s Jennifer Lee ★★★★ ents. The king tells them a bed- not-always-helpful fun facts com- RATING: time story from his own child- mentary along the way, they hood about visiting an enchant- reach the enchanted forest. ed forest with his father to cele- There, they meet new charac- brate the completion of a dam ters, sing some more songs, sort the Arendellians built to help the out some misunderstandings NELL MINOW indigenous people. But the gath- and try to protect each other. ering turned into an attack. The They confront the consequences rozen II has an autum- king was killed, and only the of bad, even tragic choices made nal palette, with russet young prince survived, rescued by their family. and gold setting the by a mysterious character. Ever Parents often ask me why chil- stage for an unexpected- since, the enchanted forest has dren, especially preschoolers Fly elegiac tone in the fol- been barricaded by a powerful and middle-schoolers, like to low-up to one of Disney’s most mist. The girls learn from their watch the same movies over and beloved animated features. Even mother’s lullaby that the river over. I tell them that when every- the irrepressibly cheerful snow- may hold some answers about thing around you seems to be man Olaf (Josh Gad), now per- what happened. “Dive down deep drastically changing on a daily mafrosted so even the warmest into her sound, but not too deep basis and you barely know your- hugs don’t melt him, is worried or you’ll be drowned,” the Queen self anymore, it can be a great about change as the leaves turn sings. “When all is lost, then all comfort to have a movie friend orange and float down from tree is found.” It’s surprising how that’s the same every time. branches. He is confident, dark lullabies can get, a charac- Frozen II is destined to be one of though, that as soon as he gets Frozen II is funny, exciting, accessible to children and ter points out. those movies children will want older he will understand every- sad, romantic and silly. It has insightful even for adults. In the present day, the sisters to see dozens of times. It will thing. After all, that’s what he great songs and a hilarious recap It throws a lot at us, like rock live happily in the castle, enjoy- reward repeat viewings with expects from Elsa (Idina Menzel), of the first movie, and then it is monsters, a cute fire lizard, and a ing family time (Olaf is the both its reassuring messages Anna (Kristen Bell), and Kristoff all of that all over again. Plus an magnificent water horse (the lat- Charades MVP) and caring for about responding to change with (Jonathan Groff). Anna reas- extra scene “all” the way at the ter two likely to appear on holi- their community. But Elsa hears courage and curiosity, and its sures him (in song, of course) end of the credits. This sequel day gift wish lists). The settings voices calling to her from the challenge to understand the mis- that yes, some things change, but can seem overstuffed at times, are gorgeously imagined and enchanted forest. She is afraid, takes of the past so we can begin some things are forever. She tells and tries a bit too hard to repli- wonderfully inviting. Anna has a but also thrilled. It is an invita- to work on “the next right thing” him that even when you don’t cate the magic of the first film, sensational new wardrobe. We tion she struggles to admit that together. know the answers you can but it is impressively willing to learn family secrets, some com- she wants to accept, leading to always just do the next right engage with some complicated forting, some painful. Characters this film’s belter ballad, “Into the By arrangement with thing, and that will help. issues in a frank manner that is confront some of the most daunt- Unknown.” “I’ve had my adven- Asia Features A notch above pedestrian! A missed as it sounds, right from the get- seven-and-a-half year long peri- ing between a slapstick mode only one besides Shukla who opportunity go. A comedy where there are od of Saturn that gives a trouble- and jumping to songs and non- appears to be enjoying himself Pagalpanti three men, considered as losers some time to the individual who sensical elements (a ghost, a thoroughly. (U/A) 149 min in their lives by everyone, and is going through it). He and his haunted villa, men getting stuck The film trusts its audience to CAST: Anil Kapoor, John who are planning to get rich friends Chandu (Arshad Warsi) to glue, and so on) and never infer its emptiness and no-brain- SURESH KAVIRAYANI Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Saurabh along with their girlfriends by and Chunky (Pulkit Samrat) are quite salvaging itself. er attitude. And so, a filthy rich Shukla, Ileana D'Cruz, Kriti fooling two gangsters and rob- unemployed vagabonds and end The only time you cheer is Gujarati bhagoda (absconder) n recent times, no other Kharbanda, Urvashi Rautela bing their money, could well up getting into trouble wherever when sexy Urvashi Rautela Neeraj Modi (you guessed it film got as much pre- George Reddy DIRECTOR: Anees Bazmee have been a fun ride if there was they seem to go. Rajkishore’s ill appears out of the blue in a sexy right — it is the renegade Indian release buzz as George (U/A) 118 min ★ RATING: some proper writing moving luck follows whosoever he item song (“Bimaar mera dil…” Modi who flew out of the coun- IReddy. The film has no CAST: Sandeep Madhav, ahead with bumbling characters comes in contact with. Chandu a remix of a hit song from the try) unexpectedly shows up as stars, no popular names, but Muskan, Satya Dev, Abhay and their misdeeds. One could and Chunky join hands in the 1980s) and lights up the screen. Mr Moneybags. The only differ- still was hyped because of the Bethiganti, Shatru, Manoj ARNAB still have put up with poor writ- firecracker business but it goes But it’s only a fleeting moment ence is, unlike the Modi in real name George Reddy. Reddy Nandam, Mahati and others BANERJEE ing if the actors delivering them bust and in flames. Literally. that is too short lived to register. life, this one doesn’t have his was a radical student leader DIRECTOR: Jeevan Reddy had some persuasive skills to The three friends then decide to It’s rather scary when you way, and gets hoodwinked to the in Osmania University. RATING: ★★★ t must be quite a task for make silliness look credible. be together and recover their realise that an actor of Anil extent that he screams, “Itna toh Director Jeevan Reddy brings anyone to kickstart a film What is even more painful is to losses. Soon, when another of Kapoor’s calibre is trying to play maine India ka bhi haal nahin back the 50-year-old story of project with mega stars in see the nearly 50-year-old male their major goof ups cost gang- a flashy second fiddle to some kiya tha” (Even I didn’t con George Reddy, who was killed Iattendance and not know actors (both John Abraham and ster Raja (Saurabh Shukla) a lesser-in-age (and otherwise in India to such a degree the way I by his opponents at the age of 25. how to go about making an Arshad Warsi) trying too hard to huge loss, he and his brother-in- talent too) actors. But notwith- have been conned). There is no The story unfolds in the early 1970s. George Reddy entertainer. But then, if the pro- add zing to not-so-funny law Wifi (Anil Kapoor) employ standing his loud mannerisms, twist in the tale here; just a wee (Sandeep Madhav) after spending his childhood in Kerala, ducer is more than willing and interchanges between the trio to regain the damage the ageing actor is a spot-on bit of patriotism thrown in to enters Osmania University, Hyderabad, to do his research in the cast is all agog to be part of them. caused. depiction of a certain type of save the film from being com- Science. The university is full of student politics, in which such a show, who wouldn’t risk There isn’t much to talk From there on, the plot starts oddity who revels in adding his pletely derailed. And that’s not caste and religion play important roles. it? In other words, it’s quite about over a storyline wearing even thinner, alternat- two-bit to any and every situa- all. Even a man from Interpol George Reddy is a brilliant student, but against the caste understandable that director here, but just to give tion he finds himself in. He is the too emerges to make the three and feudal politics. He creates his own set of people and starts Anees Bazmee would be clueless you the basic unrefined idiots in the lead look a fight with other student leaders dominant in the universi- about parading dumbness with premise — like some sort of saviours — just ty. Within a short span of time, Reddy became popular not such zip and helm in a film like Rajkishore (John to make us believe that beneath only in the university but also in society. Some of the leaders Pagalpanti without a script, and Abraham) lives in all those layers of uncouth couldn’t digest the rise of George Reddy and they planned to pass it off for a clever marketing London, and suffers behaviour resides a do-gooder stop him. Who planned and killed George Reddy and how stu- gimmick. from saade saati (the soul not keen to settle scores, but dents play a bigger role in society is the crux of the story. Perhaps the title seems quite astrological resolve, reconcile and make Director Jeevan Reddy earlier made Dalam, a realistic film apt to suggest a comedy that is peace. for which he was appreciated. George Reddy, based on the more pedestrian than one that There’s no redemption, but life of a real character, nevertheless begins with a disclaimer has any semblance of an enter- does it matter when there’s no that it is ‘inspired’ by George Reddy but has used some fic- taining masala film, since sign of anything worth redeem- tion for cinematic purposes. Bazmee’s 149-minute movie ing in the first place? By this The film is also topical because George Reddy was the dives into nothingness right time, anyway, one has had founder of the Progressive and Democratic Students Union from the word go. enough of soporific scenes with (PDSU), currently under fire from the state, branded as The story (if there is a need to dollops of childish ridiculous- Naxal. name a series of impromptu gags ness, and one wants to rush out Reddy was a brilliant student, a gold medallist and also a as a proper tale) isn’t as flimsy of the theatre. boxer. There are a few films already made inspired by George Reddy that include Mani Ratnam’s Yuva where the character played by Suriya is inspired by him. Thammareddy Bharadwaj made a film Alajadi in 1989 loosely based on George Reddy’s life. He didn’t mention his real name in the film. A plateful of succulent taboos The director’s attempt to show the student leader’s life is appreciated, but the narrative mode is not interesting. Though he did research, it’s not enough to project a young leader who rose like a star within a span of just six years. If very clever in its execution. processed meats and travel to friend, Dr Elias (Sagar mood and tone of scenes, the the director had approached people like Thammareddy Aamis (The Ravening) Hazarika places his story and great lengths in search of fresh Saurabh), who keeps reminding moment, the film. Bharadwaj, a senior filmmaker, who was also very close to (U/A) 108 min its main characters in a middle meat of all kinds. “We buy, him of what’s forbidden. Both Arghadeep Baruah’s Sumon, George Reddy, to get more information about George, it CAST: Lima Das, Arghadeep class setting where the ordinari- slaughter, cook and then enjoy try to create a moral fence for with his boyish affection and might have helped. Baruah, Neetali Das, Sagar Saurabh, ness of life, the daily, repetitive, it,” he says. Sumon and Nirmali. But as obsession, frames her in a pool The film has some good moments here and there, but the Dilip Manash Das numbing routine seeks thrills. There is a primal quality to Sumon says, there is no univer- of glowing love. director should have concentrated more on George and how DIRECTOR: Bhaskar Hazarika The film slowly seduces us their search, hunt, consump- sal definition of what’s “nor- The film devotes a lot of time to he rose to the top. But he concentrates more on students RATING: ★★★★ with a cute and honourable love tion, and Nirmali, the upright mal”, what’s acceptable. And his cooking, eating, chatting, tex- fighting each other on some issues over and over again. He affair conducted around sump- wife, mother and doctor, who list of stuff to try out is long — ting, and the screenplay, full of also didn’t touch upon Reddy’s Telugu connection, his tuous meals and then, gently, has a mental block about eating deer, elephant, monkey, dog, cat, dialogue and detailed cooking Telugu father. There are more fictional rather than factual serves a shocking plateful of with her hands, listens wide- lizards, worms, snakes, dragon- and eating scenes, delivers it all elements in the film. It is quite clear that the director wanted taboos to chomp on. eyed, intrigued by this strange flies… and the most tabooed of it with a beaming smile and a pow- to cash it on George Reddy’s name, rather than coming up SUPARNA SHARMA Aamis’ story and screenplay adventure. She’ll try it, she says, all — bat meat. erful comment on the politics of with a good, interesting and accurate narrative. walk a very fine line, between as long as she can use a fork and It ignites passions, leaving a food. This is what gives The first half of the film is a bit interesting establishing haskar Hazarika, a revolting deviant behaviour and a spoon. The soft meat of wild heaviness between them, of hav- Hazarika’s film heft and power. George Reddy as a leader, but the second half is not up to the National award-winning laughable absurdity, between rabbit arrives first. And as she ing sinned together. And then Meat is political, Aamis says. mark. Why the director goes on about the student elections writer-director, doesn’t farce and perversion to give us a digs in, Sumon talks about Sumon decides to breach the last And then asks, why. throughout the second half is inexplicable. The climax scene Blike to just challenge tale of love that pulsates with Gandhipuk — the bug that frontier in a shocking scene that It’s interesting to observe how is also not impressive. The director narrated the story stereotypes, long-held beliefs the zeitgeist of our times. stinks and whose piss is said to is so intelligently written and Indian cinema is reacting to the through a girl called Muskan who wants to make a documen- and conventions, he relishes The story of Aamis is seeming- have hallucinogenic effects. calmly shot — given what tran- violent churn of its spirit, tary on George and when she meets people, they speak about anatomising them to explore the ly sweet and simple. In While feeding her, observing spires, it should have made me humanity and enshrined values him. deviant nestled within. That he Guwahati, Dr Nirmali Saikia her enthusiasm, beauty, the retch, but I laughed out loud and it’s being subjected to. When it comes to the performances, Sandeep Madhav per- does this in a seemingly hum- (Lima Das), a paediatrician, honesty of her reaction and her long. As a yellow casserole tiffin Anand Patwardhan’s Reason fectly fits into the George Reddy’s role. One can understand drum, commonplace setting is lives with her son, Piku, and willingness to surrender to his box travels back and forth, (Vivek), to Lijo Jose Pellissery’s that he has done lot of homework and also hard work to get what makes his bodacious cine- husband Dr Dilip Saikia offerings, to be his companion, exchanging hands, an obsession Jallikattu, from Nandita Das’ into this role and it pays for him. He has proved that he is a matic adventures riveting and (Manash Das), who is mostly muse, co-explorer, Sumon starts begins to form… for a particular Manto to Chandraprakash bundle of talent with a bright future. Satya Dev, Shatru, unforgettable. away, travelling around the falling in love with Nirmali. meat that is forbidden and Dwivedi’s Mohalla Assi, from Manoj Nadan, Chaitanya Krishna all act well. Shatru is good Certain scenes from his 2015 state to save mankind, one epi- They text each other, travel orgasmic. In Assamese, Aamis Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider to in a negative role. Many are new faces, but they all support- Kothanadi (The River of Fables), demic at a time. around sampling exotic meats, means meat. And here meat is Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi, even ed well. which won the National Award On a lazy, relaxed Sunday, a and it’s during these moments of meat, of course, but it’s also a Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk are The highlight of the film is the background music by for best feature film in college student from the neigh- banter and intimacy that a con- non-veg metaphor. It’s a substi- among the few films that are Suresh Bobbili. He elevated some scenes with his music. The Assamese, still stalk me — bourhood, Sumon (Arghadeep versation about Sumon eating tute for sex, love-making. challenging the mainstream second is the excellent cinematography by Sudhakar scenes that don’t just illustrate Baruah), knocks on her door to his pet rooster sets the tone for It stands for the forbidden — narrative and arguing for equal- Yakkanti. Art director Gandhi should be appreciated for his his genius as a filmmaker, but help his senior who is writhing future adventures. she’s forbidden for him, and he’s ity, equanimity, individual free- perfect art work as he recreated the Osmania University of also seethe with his politics. in pain, while vomiting and shit- Their connection, love is forbidden for her, sexually, and doms, choices, and basic human the late 60s and early 70s. Aamis, Hazarika’s second fea- ting. expressed and experienced so they find a way to connect, rights. The dialogues are good in parts and the popular line from ture film, is a much more auda- Sumon, a student of anthropol- through meat, and Nirmali soon touch, share a piece of each When the history of our cur- George Reddy, ‘Jeena hain toh marna seekho, kadam kadam cious and difficult film to pull ogy, is working on his PhD — begins to loathe vegetarian food. other. rent times is written, directors par ladna seekho’ comes in many times in the film. off. meat-eating habits and tradi- Aamis has two minor tangen- The film’s focus is a lot on and writers like Bhaskar Jeevan Reddy succeeds in bring back old memories to the It’s a love story with a kink — tions in the Northeast. tial strands — one of Nirmali’s Nirmali, and Lima Das, with her Hazarika can stand tall. Over present generation, but he should have focused the narration one that gives “take a piece of They get talking, Sumon most- friends, Jumi (Neetali Das), who controlled, measured perfor- what they will stand tall is the on the leader’s life. While interesting in parts, as a whole, the me” stunning new meaning. It is ly, about his college’s Meat Club is having an illicit affair, and the mance, marked by the slightest question their outlier films are makers rely more on the name of the slain student leader bold in its concept and story and whose members reject all other of Sumon’s veterinarian inflictions, reactions, sets the asking. rather than the content of his life. Spreading peace PAGE Pope Francis arrived in Japan, bringing an anti-nuclear message to Nagasaki and Hiroshima. World 13 He will meet survivors of atomic bombing DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 24 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Hong Kong gears up for local polls Hong Kong, Nov. 23: A I am more willing to Hong Kong university TRUMP TO VETO fight for this country campus under siege for more than a week was a HONG KONG than in any other deserted wasteland on Saturday, with a handful moment of protesters holed up in DEMOCRACY ACT hidden refuges across the — Lula da Silva trashed grounds, as the Washington, Nov. 23: Former Brazil President city’s focus turned to US President Donald local elections. Trump on Friday indicat- The siege neared its end ed that he might veto the as some protesters at Hong Kong Human IN BRIEF Polytechnic University on Rights and Democracy the Kowloon peninsula Act that was passed by desperately sought a way both chambers of the 23 dead as unrest out and others vowed not Congress the House of to surrender, days after Representatives and the in Chile continues some of the worst vio- Senate with near-unan- Santiago: The death toll from lence since anti-govern- imous support. violent unrest in Chile rose ment demonstrations esc- The US Congress on to 23 as the country entered alated in June. Wednesday had passed its fifth week of social “If they storm in, there the legislation that would unrest. Looting and demon- are a lot of places for us to force the Trump adminis- strations took place in cities hide,” said Sam, a stu- tration to assess whether across the South American dent, who was plotting his political unrest in the nation, and an agreement on escape. Another protester, vital global financial hub a political roadmap that will Ah Chung, clad in a face justify changing its see Chile draft a new consti- mask and a red Polytec- unique treatment under tution has halted neither the hnic University track the US law. The Hong anger, nor the bloodshed. suit, said he was prepared Kong Human Rights and Furious Chileans have been to stay for the duration. Democracy Act of 2019 protesting social and eco- “I’ll continue to stay here, that was passed would nomic inequality, and against but hopefully not forev- also require the secretary an entrenched political elite er,” he said with a touch of state to certify at least that comes from a small of humour. once a year that Hong number of the wealthiest The handful of protest- Kong still retains enough families in the country, Anti-government protesters march in Bogota, Colombia. Colombia’s main union groups and student activists called for a strike to protest the eco- ers still visible on the autonomy to warrant the among other issues. campus were outnum- special US trading con- nomic policies of Colombian President Ivan Duque government and a long list of grievances. — AP The crisis is the worst in bered by people seeking sideration that bolsters three decades. to provide assistance. its status as a world A social worker who financial center. would only give his name The US treats semi- Japan, S. Korea as Sendon said he had autonomous Hong Kong, Duque vows social reforms crossed paths with four which has its own legal agree to summit protesters on Saturday and political systems, dif- Nagoya: Japan and South and was concerned about ferently from the Chinese Korea agreed on Saturday to their mental state. mainland when it comes hold formal talks next “They’ve been in this to trade and export con- month, taking a step towards after 3 cops die in Colombia highly stressful environ- trols. The bill, if it improving relations strained ment for so long, over 120 becomes law, will demand by decades of acrimony over hours, and they have no greater scrutiny of its their wartime past and exac- Bogotá placed under curfew as fresh demonstrations turn violent easy way to release this special status. — PTI erbated by a simmering stress,” he said. “We’re trade dispute. The decision Bogota, Nov. 23: Protes- ed way with medium and ed their anger. The Bogota, singing the trying to urge them to to return to the table was ters picketed the home of long-term vision, which protests come amid social national anthem while come out in a gentle man- urging surrender, said announced at a Group of 20 Colombian President Ivan will allow us to close the upheaval across South banging pots and pans in a ner.” Many of the remain- Woo Kwok Wang, acting (G20) meeting and came a Duque, defying a curfew social gaps,” Duque said America, as a wave of form of protest that is ing protesters were in president of the universi- day after Seoul made a last- and the leader’s promises in a televised speech. unrest over the past two common in parts of Latin hiding, fearful of possible ty’s student union. minute decision to stick to a of a ‘national conversa- “This conversation will months has battered gov- America, though not in arrest and wary of those — Reuters critical intelligence-sharing tion’ on social policies fol- take place regionally with ernments in Chile, Bolivia Colombia. deal with Japan. The dramat- lowing massive anti-gov- all the social and political and Ecuador. The protesters dispersed ic reversal — after months of ernment demonstrations sectors. I will use electron- Duque’s statement came peacefully about one hour worsening relations — was that have left three dead ic media and participatory shortly after Bogota after the 9:00 pm curfew later hailed as a ‘break- and dozens wounded. mechanisms so that we mayor Enrique Penalosa began. Hundreds of through’ by South Korea. Three police officers can all build a meaningful Ivan Duque declared a nighttime cur- demonstrators protested The dispute has its roots in a were killed and seven path of reform.” The pop- few in the capital, follow- in cities across the coun- decades-old disagreement other people injured after ularity of Duque’s right- Hundreds of thousands ing clashes between pro- try earlier in the day, fol- over compensation for South an attack on a police sta- wing government — a key of Colombians took to the testers and police in the lowing protests in the Korean labourers forced to tion in southwestern ally of the United States — streets in Bogota and southern part of the city western Valle del Cauca work at Japanese firms dur- Colombia. But city secre- has been on the wane other cities to protest of seven million earlier in department that defense ing World War Two. It has tary Jaime Asprilla attrib- since his election 18 Duque’s economic, social the day. The president said minister Carlos Holmes deepened this year. uted the attack to armed months ago, as it deals and security policies, as he was stepping up the Trujillo said had left three groups in the area, and not with hosting 1.4 million part of a nationwide gen- police presence and order- dead. Some 76 bus stations to the protests against refugees from neighboring eral strike. ing the “deployment of were attacked during the US loses military Duque. Venezuela’s economic There were arrests and joint patrols of police and violence in Bogota, some “Starting next week, I meltdown as well as the clashes as trade unions, army in the most critical of which were totally drone over Libya will launch a national con- complex fallout of a 2016 students, opposition par- places.” But that didn't destroyed, and 79 buses Washington: US forces have versation to strengthen peace deal with FARC ties and the South stop hundreds of people were vandalised. Some 230 A graffiti is seen on a wall on the campus of the Hong lost an unarmed drone air- the current social policy rebels and rampant drug American country’s indig- from showing up outside people were arrested. Kong Polytechnic University where dozens of pro- craft over Libya, where well- agenda, working in a unit- trafficking. enous organisations vent- the president’s house in — AFP democracy protesters remain holed up. — AFP armed rebels are battling for power with a UN-recognised government, the Pentagon AMAZON SUES announced. “An unarmed US TRUMP IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY: WHAT NEXT? Africa Command remotely The Democratic-led US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Impeachment witness is PENTAGON piloted aircraft was lost over had its last public hearing, in the impeachment inquiry into President Tripoli, Libya,” the command Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine. What happens next? said. No reason was given OVER MS DEAL for the loss, and the Africa lying, says Donald Trump Command said it was under Issue a report: To judiciary committee: Once complete, the chair of Washington, Nov. 23: investigation. The command The resolution the Intelligence Committee, Representative Adam Washington, Nov. 23: carry out politically moti- Amazon is suing the conducts drone operations in President Donald Trump vated investigations the Pentagon over a $10 bil- Libya “to assess the ongoing that authorised Schiff will transmit the report, along with relevant accused a witness in the president was seeking. “I lion cloud-computing security situation and moni- the public phase evidentiary material and member views, to the Democratic-led impeach- guarantee you that never contract awarded to tor violent extremist activi- of the impeach- Judiciary Committee and release it publicly. ment inquiry of lying and took place. That was a Microsoft. ty,” it said. “These opera- ment inquiry on offered an explanation for total phony deal,” he said. Amazon said it filed a tions are critical to counter Oct. 31 directed More hear- To impeach or Over to the his controversial use of Trump appointed Son- legal complaint with the terror activity in Libya and the Intelligence ings?: At this not to Senate: If the his personal lawyer Rudy dland to the envoy post US Court of Federal are fully coordinated with Committee to Giuliani on Ukraine poli- after the wealthy Oregon Claims seeking to chal- appropriate government offi- stage, the impeach?: The House votes to cy, saying Giuliani’s hotelier donated $1 mil- lenge the decision. The issue a report House resolu- Judiciary impeach, the cials.” The US drone loss laying out its crime-fighting abilities lion to his inaugural com- complaint is sealed, but came a day after forces loyal tion would Committee will process then were needed to deal with a mittee. While Sondland in the company said earlier to Libya’s rebel strongman findings and any authorise the decide if there moves to the corrupt country. testimony described an this month there was Khalifa Haftar said they shot recommenda- Judiciary is evidence to Republican- Trump made his Donald Trump easygoing relationship “unmistakable bias” on down an Italian drone in tions. The report Committee to impeach. If it controlled remarks the day after the a US embassy official in between the two, Trump the government’s part. western Libya, flying in a is to be pre- conduct more finds impeach- Senate. fifth and final scheduled Ukraine. Holmes said said he had spoken with Amazon’s competitive zone under their control. pared in consul- proceedings if ment is war- Its options are day of public hearings in under oath that at a Kiev him “a few times,” adding, bid for the ‘war cloud’ US activities in the country tation with the needed, includ- ranted, it would to vote to, dis- the US House of Rep- restaurant he overheard a “I hardly know him, OK?” project drew criticism have both monitored the resentatives inquiry, whi- July 26 cellphone conver- Trump’s former nation- from President Donald other two inves- ing hearings draft articles of miss the conflict between the govern- tigating commit- ch threatens his presiden- sation in which Trump al security adviser John Trump, who said that he ment and Haftar’s forces, that allow impeachment charges against cy even as he seeks re- loudly pressed Gordon Bolton said Twitter had wanted the Pentagon to and the growing power of an tees — Foreign Trump and his against Trump the US election in November Sondland, the US ambas- returned control to him of take a closer look. The Islamic State-allied jihadist Affairs and counsel to par- for a full House President, or to 2020. The Republican pres- sador to the European his personal account. He Pentagon awarded the cell in the southwest. Oversight. ticipate. vote. hold a trial. ident found fault with tes- Union, for details on accused the White House contract to Microsoft in timony by David Holmes, whether Ukraine would of blocking it. — Reuters October. — AP ■ MAKING | HISTORY Juffali 1st woman to compete in male-dominated motorsport SU◆DO◆KU SU◆DO◆KU 2 First Saudi woman driver to race car Diriyah, Nov. 23: Sliding it... is amazing,” Juffali, clad sional racing experience behind the wheel of a sleek in a racing suit, at the racing under her belt. electric SUV, Reema Juffali circuit in Diriyah. But she has had a passion is set to blaze a trail in male- Juffali, who hails from for fast cars since her dominated motor sports as Jeddah and was educated in teenage years and grew up the first Saudi woman to the US, will participate as watching Formula One. race in the kingdom. what organisers call a ‘VIP’ She is now one of only a Such adrenalin rushes guest driver, becoming the handful of Saudi woman to were unimaginable for first Saudi woman to race on have obtained a “racing women in the ultra-conser- home soil. Prince Abdulaziz licence” in her home coun- vative Islamic kingdom until bin Turki al-Faisal, Saudi try, a mandatory requir- June last year, when it over- Arabia’s sports authority ement to race professionally. YESTERDAY’S ANSWER Did you think the YESTERDAY’S ANSWER WHAT ◆ ◆ turned the world’s only ban chief, has touted it as a Even outside the Kingdom, TO DO SU DO KU on female motorists as part ‘watershed’ moment for the only a few Saudi women Fill in the grid on the left was easy? of Crown Prince Moham- kingdom. “Reema will have have raced professionally. so that every Try this. Check the med bin Salman’s wide-rang- thousands cheering her on, “For a lot of women who row, every solution tomorrow. Tips available at ing liberalisation drive. as a professional racing haven't had the opportunity column, and www.sudoku-xls.com Juffali, a 27-year-old who Reema al-Juffali adjusts her helmet in front of her car in driver,” the prince said. to learn how to drive, to get every 3x3 box DC-AAGE SU DO KU Riyadh. — AFP contains the FORUM: Discuss the made her motoring debut Juffali, who made one of behind the wheel is scary,” digits 1 to 9. SU DO KU puzzles just months after the her first appearances in explained Juffali. Every puzzle printed and con- decades-old ban ended, will the capital Riyadh. “The ban ting in her black-and-green competitive racing at the F4 Saudi women are now has only one tribute mind teasers of your own at compete in the Jaguar I- was lifted last year and I Jaguar I-Pace, an electric British Championship at embracing what was previ- correct www.sudexel.com/ PACE eTROPHY, an all-elec- never expected to race pro- sports utility vehicle. Brands Hatch in April, has ously deemed a male entitle- solution. forum tric race in Diriyah, close to fessionally,” said Juffali, sit- “The fact that I am doing only about a year of profes- ment, fast cars. — AFP Kim in lead PAGE Kim Sei-young maintains her two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the LPGA Games 14 Tour Championship in Florida DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 24 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

HYDERABAD | CRICKET Utah tame Warriors Riled-up Rayudu I didn’t expect too Mitchell, Conley help Jazz go past Golden State kicks up dust much from him Salt Lake City, Nov. 23: DC CORRESPONDENT because he has Donovan Mitchell scored HYDERABAD, NOV. 23 30 points and Mike Conley been out for six had 27 to help Utah beat The over-a-decade old fight undermanned Golden and subsequent rivalry weeks. State. between Hyderabad crick- — Thomas Tuchel, PSG coach About 15 minutes after eters Ambati Rayudu and on Neymar the game ended, the arena Arjun Yadav is back in the was evacuated because of open once again with the a suspicious package. former accusing the latter Most fans had already left of incompetence ahead of SHORT TAKES the building when players, the Ranji Trophy season coaches and reporters beginning next month. Duncan in lead were instructed to leave Rayudu, who is the immediately. Hyderabad captain, has Ambati Rayudu at RSM Classic Jazz players quickly pulled out of the domestic headed for their cars in competition and has flung chose to write to KTR and Washington: Tyler Duncan the parking lot — center a few brickbats at coach not the Chief Minister holed out from the fairway for Rudy Gobert was still in Arjun, who he says has got himself ? Was this lending an eagle on the way to a nine- uniform as he left. the position because of his credence to talk that KTR under-par 61 on Friday and Warriors players boarded father and former pulled strings to make two-shot second-round lead in their team bus. Hyderabad Cricket Azhar the HCA president the US PGA Tour RSM Classic in Salt Lake City police Lt. Association secretary N. at the September 27 polls? Sea Island, Georgia. Carlos Valencia said the Shivlal Yadav’s influence. Or was it because Azhar’s Duncan’s career-best round suspicious package was a It was the same line of panel members who swept featured seven birdies, includ- shoebox discovered under fire that had led to an ugly all the six posts on the ing four in the space of five a table at a restaurant in fight on field between Apex Council went and holes from the second through the northeast corner of Rayudu and Arjun back in met KTR at his office a day the sixth on the par-70 Seaside the arena. He said the call 2006 during a Ranji Trophy after the elections? KTR Course, in use this week along came in from a uniformed game in Anantapur. has not responded to with the par-72 Plantation officer working part-time Rayudu was playing for Rayudu’s tweet so far. Course. at the game, and the sell- Andhra then, against HCA secretary R. But the highlight of his day out crowd was already Hyderabad which had Vijayanand said there was came at the par-four eighth, starting to leave when the Arjun in the ranks. Their no official communique where his tee shot left in the evacuation began. heated exchange while with regard to Rayudu fairway 106 yards from the hole Arena bomb dogs went Arjun was batting and a pulling out of the Ranji and his high-arching second near the package and got a reportedly provocative Trophy season and so he shot found the cup. hit on it, Valencia said. Rayudu fielding close to could not comment. Azhar Duncan’s 14-under par total of Bojan Bogdanovic added him had led to Arjun chas- too has been incommuni- 128 put him two strokes ahead 17 points for the Jazz, and ing Rayudu around the cado. of Colombian Sebastian Munoz, Gobert had 19 rebounds ground wielding a stump Among Rayudu’s griev- Australian Rhein Gibson and and seven blocks. Alec that soiled the image of ances are not being given a American D.J. Trahan. Burks scored 20 points for cricket being a gentleman’s free hand when it comes to “I made a lot of putts, a lot of the Warriors. game. selection of the playing XI, straight-ish putts, which I strug- Meanwhile, Kawhi However, they made up which led him to point a gled with a little bit and we’ve Leonard nailed the go- much later and joined finger at Arjun saying he been working on that a ton. I ahead basket with just 15 forces to steer the became coach after a pre- don't think I’ve ever had back- seconds remaining to lift Hyderabad senior cricket election compromise and to-back rounds with no bogeys, the Los Angeles Clippers team… only just. not on merit. so I’m happy to have that, for to an entertaining 122-119 On Saturday morning, Often dubbed the angry sure,” Duncan said. — AFP win over the Houston Rayudu directed a tweet at young man of Hyderabad Rockets. Telangana IT Minister and cricket, 34-year-old Rayudu Leonard finished with 24 the Chief Minister’s son K. had announced his retire- Ashwini eyes points and six rebounds, T. Rama Rao, asking him to ment from international while Paul George had 19 look into rampant corrup- cricket after being left out Tokyo berth points and eight rebounds tion in the HCA, of which of the World Cup squad for the Clippers, who won Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert (centre) scores against the Golden State Warriors during their NBA game in Salt Lake City former India captain earlier this year before Mumbai: Eyeing an Olympic their fourth consecutive on Friday. Utah won 113-109. — AP Mohammad Azharuddin is retracting. He had taken a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Games, game. the president. “Hello sir potshot at selection com- India’s doubles specialist Lou Williams of We find a way to win no a short time later. helped the Lakers seal the @KTRTRS, I request u to mittee chairman MSK Ashwini Ponappa on Saturday Clippers scored all 26 of matter what the game Westbrook scored 22 victory over the strug- plz look into and address Prasad with a sly tweet said she is working on her fit- his points in the second is. This is a very good points but he missed a gling Thunder. the rampant corruption that mocked his assess- ness and strength to be in good half in front of a crowd of team at home. They've three point attempt late in Chris Paul made a layup prevailing in HCA. Hw can ment of ‘rival’ Vijay shape for the upcoming season. 19,000 at Staples Centre. struggled on the road a the game which would with 11 seconds remain- Hyderabad be great when Shankar as a three-dimen- The Olympic qualification James Harden had 37 little bit, but we knew have given the Rockets a ing to get the Thunder to it’s cricket team is influ- sional player. “Just period in badminton is between points, 12 assists and eight they were going to give shot at victory. within 126-125 before enced by money and cor- Ordered a new set of 3d April 29, 2019 and April 26, rebounds for the Rockets, it their best punch. JAMES SHINES AS LA Davis made a pair of free rupt ppl who have numer- glasses to watch the world 2020 with the ranking list pub- who have lost their last LAKERS TRIUMPH throws to put the Lakers ous acb cases against them cup,” Rayudu wrote on his lished on April 30 to be used to two games after going on — LeBRON up by three with eight sec- which are being swept twitter handle. decide the spots. an eight-game winning JAMES Elsewhere, LeBron James onds left. under the carpet,” Rayudu This time around, his Ashwini, a ‘Red Bull’ athlete, is streak. Los Angeles Lakers had 23 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tweeted. tweet is multi-dimension- aware that the road to Olympic Williams gave the player after the win Anthony Davis made four scored with four seconds One wonders why he al. qualification will be a tough one Clippers a 118-117 lead clutch free throws in the to go before two more free as she and her women’s dou- with 30 seconds remain- final ten seconds as the throws from Davis gave bles partner N. Sikki Reddy will ing by draining a three George helped clinch it by They played two seasons Los Angeles Lakers pulled the Lakers another three- have to rack up ranking points point shot. Harden then making two free throws together with the out a 130-127 win over the point cushion. The ahead of the April 30 deadline. made two free throws to with one second on the Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City on Friday. Thunder made a final long “Focus would be on getting restore Houston’s lead, clock. before George left to join Davis finished with a desperation inbounds Harsha, Aditya, my body strong and fit and 119-118, with 22 seconds to It was the first meeting the Clippers. team-high 33 points and 11 pass, but James stole the working more on basic drills go. between Houston’s Russell The Thunder dealt rebounds, but it was his ball from Steven Adams to and getting that strong. Since After Leonard’s bucket, Westbrook and George. Westbrook to the Rockets free throw shooting that end the game. — Agencies we have just a few months left Hima impress we will also be playing more tournaments and being fit and ready would be important,” Kritik, Vishal, Zubair, Nikhil Ashwini said. Nadal takes Ashwini and Sikki, ranked 24th in the world, had a dismal run Icardi, Angel net for PSG top shows in league cricket this season. — PTI Spain into DC CORRESPONDENT took five Cheerful Chums Paris, Nov. 23: Neymar HYDERABAD, NOV. 22 CC’s wickets to lead his made his latest comeback semifinals side to victory. Replying to from injury for Paris A. Vaishnav Reddy had put Charminar’s 108 Cheerful FITNESS IS Saint-Germain on Friday Madrid, Nov. 23: Rafael out a good show and was 5 Chums were out at 93. as first-half goals by Nadal won back-to-back runs shy of a century in BRIEF SCORES Mauro Icardi and Angel matches to propel Spain the Cooch Behar Trophy Di Maria saw the Ligue 1 to a 2-1 victory over matches played in Bihar. COOCH BEHAR TROPHY KEY FOR 2020, leaders ease to a 2-0 win Argentina and a place in Meanwhile, Harshavar- ■ Hyderabad 272/7 in 91 overs over Lille at the Parc des the semifinals of the new- dhan Reddy hit a blistering (A. Vaishnav Reddy 95, Owais Princes. look Davis Cup on Friday. double century while K. Abdul Wahed 34, P. Gaurav SAYS COACH Reddy 35, A. Prateek Reddy 34, The in-form Icardi World No.1 Nadal Kritik Reddy, K. Hima Teja G. Aniketh Reddy 39 batting, Bengaluru: Fitness will be key opened the scoring from thrashed Diego and Aditya Jawaji hit cen- Paras Arya 2/70, A. Chinmay as the Indian women’s hockey close range in the 17th Schwartzman 6-1, 6-2 to turies while Vishal Singh, 2/32) vs Karnataka team eye consistency in the minute with his 10th goal pull Spain level after S. Aditya Varma, and Md A-2 DIVISION TWO-DAY run-up to next year’s Tokyo in PSG's last nine games, Guido Pella put the Zubair were bowlers who LEAGUE Olympics, chief coach Sjoerd and Di Maria doubled Argentines ahead with a came up with brilliant per- ■ Marijne said on Saturday. their lead just after the 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 win formances at Hyderabad Team Speed 459/2 in 80 overs (Harshavardhan Reddy 203 n.o. Having qualified for the 2020 half-hour mark. over Pablo Carreno. Cricket Association’s two — 257b, 26x4), K. Kritik Reddy Olympics earlier this month, the Despite not being near Nadal then teamed with day league played on 133 — 148b, 18x4, 1x6), K. Hima Indian women’s team is now their best, Thomas Marcel Granollers to beat Friday. Teja 104 — 91b, 14x4) bt Deccan gearing up for the upcoming Tuchel's side were too Maximo Gonzalez and Hyderabad posted 272 for Wanderers CC 160 in 39 overs tournaments, starting with a strong for the team who Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 4-6, 6- 7 in 91 overs as Vaishnav (Mohammed Mujeeb 36, Kalyan tour of New Zealand in January finished runners-up 3 in a must-win doubles hit 95 against Karnataka. Reddy 34, B. Tejodaur 4/40). next year. behind them last season. match to see Spain into a Harshvardhan, Kritik, Points: Team Speed 4, Deccan Wanderers 0. “We have chartered out our After just 14 games, PSG final-four clash with and Hima put up an excep- ■ HUCC 239 in 61.4 overs (Aditya plans for the next seven months are 11 points clear of sec- Great Britain. tional performance for Jawaji 110 — 165b, 4x4), Vamshi and we have a clear vision of ond-placed Marseille, Britain meanwhile team speed as they posted Reddy 48, Vishal Singh 5/103 — what we need to improve on who play on Sunday. Paris Saint-Germain’s midfielder Julian Draxler (right) kicks the ball past Lille’s eased into the semis with 459 for 2 in 80 overs. 26-2-103-5) bt Green Turf CC 180 and the level we seek to Neymar had not played defender Jose Fonte during their French league match at the Parc des Princes in an efficient 2-0 effort over Harshvardhan hit an in 34 overs (Gautam S. 58, Abdul achieve ahead of the Olympics,” for his club since October Paris on Friday. PSG won 2-0. — AFP Germany. unbeaten 203 off 257 balls 41 n.o., Poojish 4/22, Atul Vyas Marijne said. 5, having suffered a ham- Earlier Russia beat with 26 boundaries to his 3/73). Points: HUCC 4, Green “While we play some very string injury playing for Novak Djokovic’s Serbia credit as teammate Kritik Turf 0. ■ Concorde CC 366 in 86.4 overs good teams in the lead up to Brazil against Nigeria a to reach the semifinals hit 133 off 148 balls with 18 (Y. Saketh 53, Y. S. Varun 51, the Olympics where we look week later. following a cliff-hanger boundaries and one six to Aaron Paul 60, Gaurang 60, G. forward to achieving consistent It was just the latest Reus saves Dortmund match that went all the his credit, while Hima Hemanth 33, Ramana 41, performance. spell on the sidelines for way to a deciding tie- made 104 with 14 bound- Mudassir Khaja 3/142, S. Aditya “We have decided to be the world’s most expen- breaker. aries to lead their side to Varma 5/98) bt Mahmood CC 157 based out of SAI, Bengaluru all sive player, who has fea- — AFP victory against Deccan in 76.3 overs (M. Arvind Reddy along because this feels like tured in barely half of Wanderers who were all 31, Ram Reddy 38, Nikhil 5/50, the blues in Germany Aaron Paul 4/45). Points: home for us and every minute PSG’s matches. out at 160 in just 39 overs. Berlin, Nov. 23: ● With back-to-back Concorde 4, Mahmood 0. aspect such as the environment On just his sixth appear- Borussia Paderborn striker Streli ish the weekend eight In another match, Aditya ■ Charminar CC 108 in 23 overs we train in, and support system ance of the campaign, Dortmund captain Marco Mamba ran riot in the points behind leaders wins, World No.1 Jawaji of HUCC hit 110 (Hari Krishna 3/31, Pankaj G. 3/6) we have here plays a major fac- Neymar lasted 65 minutes Reus equalised in added first-half with two goals Borussia Moenchengald- Rafael Nadal with four boundaries to his bt Cheerful Chums CC 93 in 25.5 tor in our preparations,” he before being replaced by time to salvage a 3-3 draw before left wing Gerrit bach, who are at mid- propelled Spain to a credit as his side posted 239 overs (Harishth 30, Md. Zubair added. Kylian Mbappe. at home to Bundesliga Holtmann grabbed the table FC Union Berlin on in 61.4 overs against Green 5/30). Points: Charminar CC 4, Back in the Sports Authority “I did’'t expect too much bottom side Paderborn as visitor’s third just before Saturday. 2-1 win over Turf CC for whom Vishal Cheerful Chums 0. ■ of India, Bengaluru for National from him because he has Friday's shock result left the break. Hosts Dortmund were Argentina in the took five wickets while giv- Elegant CC 167 in 42.2 overs (Junaid Sheikh 56, Bikash Kumar Coaching Camp, it is business been out for six weeks,” Dortmund coach Lucien It was a different story behind with just five min- quartefinal of the ing away 103 runs. 38, Avinash 4/28) lost to as usual for the Indian Women’s said Tuchel of Neymar. Favre under pressure. in the second-half as utes gone when Davis Cup. Nikhil of Concorde CC Saleemnagar CC 169/3 in 32.4 Hockey Team albeit with The Brazilian only pro- Dortmund, who face England winger Jadon Paderborn winger Kai took five Mahmood CC’s overs (P Satish 59, Dhanush 34). greater focus now on a podium duced brief glimpses of Barcelona away on Sancho gave Dortmund Proeger out-sprinted, ● The other teams to wickets restricting them to Points: Saleemnagar 4, Elegant finish at the 2020 Tokyo his class and headed Wednesday in the hope before Axel Witsel, then rode the tackle of have made the last- just 50 runs. Aditya of 0. Olympic Games. Talking about straight to the dressing Champions League, were then Reus both headed Germany international Mahmood CC performed ■ Secunderabad Nawabs CC 121 the review meeting that hap- room after being taken 3-0 down at half-time at late goals to poach a Nico Schulz on the right four of the well to take five wickets. In in 45 overs (A. Shah 52 n.o., tournament are Suresh 3/31, D. M. Lal 3/37, S. pened earlier this week, Marijne off, with some supporters Signal Iduna Park and point. flank. With the defence reply to Concorde’s 366 Kulkarni 3/28) lost to Galaxy CC said: “The review meeting was jeering the 27-year-old as out-played before launch- The draw leaves beaten, Proeger passed England, Russia and Mahmood were all out for V. Shashank 53 n.o., P. V.D. Rao not all about ‘well done, con- he departed. ing a second-half fight Dortmund fifth in the inside for Mamba to tap Canada. 157. 49 n.o.). Points: Galaxy 4, gratulations’.” — PTI — AFP back. table, but they could fin- home. — AFP Zubair of Charminar CC Secunderabad Nawabs 0. Optimistic PAGE Australian spin legend Shane Warne is hoping Virat Kohli and his men will agree to play with the pink ball Cricket 15 when they tour Australia next year DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 24 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

Virat Kohli Rahane says celebrates his SUBLIME KOHLI HITS 27th century against Bangladesh on swing makes Day Two at the TEST CENTURY AS INDIA Eden Gardens in Kolkata on it challenging INCH CLOSER TO BIG WIN Saturday.— AFP I love scoring Kolkata, Nov. 23: Senior India player Ajinkya hundreds for New Rahane on Saturday said Zealand and I really that batting under lights in the ongoing Day/Night enjoyed that one. Test against Bangladesh — BJ Watling after scoring a here was a challenging hundred to put New Zealand ahead task as the pink ball of England in their first Test swings late under such conditions. Rahane, who scored 51 in India’s first innings total of 347 for 9 declared, TEST CORNER said a batsman will have deploy different strategy in the final session. “It’s a historic Test AUSTRALIA match and am really glad to be part of this. As a bat- man I thought the first DOMINATE and the second session were easy to bat on. But PAKISTAN under lights, with the late swing, it is challenging Brisbane: Australia look certain for batsmen. Twilight to take a 1-0 lead in their series period is always challeng- against Pakistan after dominat- ing,” Rahane said after ing with both bat and ball on the second day’s play. day three of the first Test in “In the first session, the Brisbane on Saturday. ball comes on nicely with Big centuries to Marnus no lateral movement. Labuschagne (185) and David Later with the dew com- Warner (154) helped Australia ing in, the strategy should to a first innings total of 580 in be different. You need to reply to Pakistan’s 240. play positive cricket in At stumps Pakistan were in big the first session and capi- trouble on 64 for three, still talise on that,” he added. needing 276 runs to make Rahane also said that by Australia bat again. Shan watching the Indian fast Masood was not out 27 and bowlers Umesh Yadav, Babar Azam was 20 at the Ishant Sharma and close. Pakistan bowling coach PINK Mohammed Shami from Waqar Younis said later that the gully could make out with such an inexperienced MOST Adding another how hard they were work- attack at their disposal, it was feather to his ing. only natural that there would be illustrious cap, — PTI tough times. VIRAT KOHLI on “Naseem (Shah) is only 16 TONS remember and even Shaheen Saturday equalled (Afridi) is only 19, so of course as captain Australian great they are going to learn a lot RICKY PONTING’S from this tour,” he said. Kolkata,PANTHER Nov. 23: FASTEST TO 27 HUNDREDS record of 41 “We’ve got to give them time Virat before Bangladesh could and hope they learn, and in a Kohli conjured up a clas- SCORECARD open their account. The IN TESTS international year or so they’ll be a force.” sic hundred in his first Bangladesh (1st innings): 106 gangly paceman returned centuries as Mitchell Starc did the early tryst with the pink ball India (1st innings): M. Agarwal c Mehidy b Al-Amin 14, R. Sharma lbw b and sent by rival skipper Batsman Innings damage when Pakistan began while a lethal Ishant Ebadat 21, C. Pujara b Ebadat 55, V. Kohli c Taijul b Ebadat 136, A. Mominul Haque, who captain. their second innings, trapping Sharma tormented Rahane c Ebadat b Taijul 51, R. Jadeja b Abu 12, W. Saha (not out) 17, R. edged one behind without Ashwin lbw b Al-Amin 9, U. Yadav c Shadman b Abu 0, I. Sharma lbw b Don Bradman (Aus) 79 captain Azhar Ali leg before for Bangladesh batsmen yet Al-Amin 0, M. Shami (not out) 10. Extras (b-12, lb-2, w-8) 22. Total (for bothering the scorer. Kohli brought up five. He then enticed Haris again to push India nine wickets decl. in 89.4 overs) 347. Earlier, resuming at 59, Virat Kohli (Ind) 141 his 70th overall Sohail to waft at a ball well out- towards victory in their FoW: 1-26, 2-43, 3-137, 4-236, 5-289, 6-308, 7-329, 8-330, 9-331. skipper Kohli looked at ton and 27th Test side off stump, only to get a maiden day/night Test, Bowling: Al-Amin 22.4-3-85-3, Abu 21-6-77-2, Ebadat 21-3-91-3, Taijul his sublime best as he S. Tendulkar (Ind) 141 thick edge to Australian wicket- here on Saturday. 25-2-80-1. brought up his 27th Test century with a Bangladesh (2nd innings): Shadman Islam lbw b Ishant 0, Imrul Kayes keeper Tim Paine. Asad Shafiq Mostly offering a c Kohli b Ishant 5, Mominul Haque c Saha b Ishant 0, Mohammad century. He pushed Taijul Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) 154 brace off Taijul PINK BALL IS was next to fall, edging Pat straight bat to dispatch Mithun c Shami b Umesh 6, Mushfiqur Rahim (batting) 59, Islam for a double in the Islam in the 68th Cummins to second slip where the swinging pink cherry Mahmudullah (retired hurt) 39, Mehidy Hasan c Kohli b Ishant 15, square leg region to bring M. Hayden (Aus) 157 EASIER TO SIGHT Steve Smith took a comfortable in the ‘V’ region, Kohli Taijul Islamc Rahane b Umesh 11. Extras (b-8, lb-4, w-5) 17. Total (for up his hundred. over, on the sec- catch. Labuschagne had earlier became the first Indian to six wickets in 32.3 overs) 152. Rahane was done in by ond day of India’s THAN RED: DADA FoW: 1-0, 2-2, 9-3, 13-4, 133-5, 152-6. With the century, Kohli’s 20th as scored a magnificent maiden score a hundred in a Bowling: Ishant 9-1-39-4, Umesh 10.3-0-40-2, M. Shami 8-0-42-0, R. some extra bounce as he maiden day-night India captain in Tests, the talisman- Kolkata, Nov. 23: Test century in front of his day/night Test, treating Ashwin 5-0-19-0. top-edged a Taijul deliv- Test in Kolkata home crowd at the Gabba. the fans with a 136-run ery to be holed out at ic batsman also surpassed Ponting's Visibility may have been — AFP against knock after starting the They still trail by 89 last over of the day. point. But Kohli, who had tally of 19 Test tons as skipper. one of the talking points Brief scores: Pakistan 240 & day at overnight 59. runs and need a miracle Ashwin was introduced become the first Indian Bangladesh. in the run-up to the first 64/3 in 17 overs (Shan Masood Ajinkya Rahane (51) too to save the match. On 59, for the first time in the skipper to go past the Day/Night Test in India (batting) 27, Babar Azam (bat- looked in good touch, Mushfiqur successfully match and he almost gave 5000-run mark in the but BCCI president ting) 20; Mitchell Starc 2/25) vs striking his fourth suc- reviewed an lbw decision a breakthrough in his longest format, grew from Only former South Africa skipper GRAEME SMITH has Sourav Ganguly feels Australia 580 (David Warner cessive half-century as given by Marais Erasmus fourth ball but Rahane strength to strength en more centuries than Kohli with 25 tons to his name as sighting the pink ball is 154, M. Labuschagne 185; Yasir India declared their first as the ball deflected from dropped Mehidy Hasan at route to his 70th captain. “easier” than the red Shah 4/205). innings at 347 for nine for his glove before hitting the slip. Mohammed International hundred. cherry. a massive 241-run lead. the pad in the fag end of Mithun became the third Kohli hit top gear after MOST HUNDREDS IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET Asked about visibility, Bangladesh, who were the day. Bangladeshi player to be his hundred, smashing the former India captain shot out for 106 in their Mahmudullah matched hit on his head when he Bangladeshi pacer Abu Batsman M Runs 100s said: “It’s actually easier WATLING’S first essay, were reduced the senior pro but had to failed to duck an Ishant Jayed for four successive than the red ball.” to 13 for four at one stage walk off due to a ham- bouncer. boundaries. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 664 34,357 100 Ganguly remained non- but the visitors ended the string issue after they Already two of their His knock, which had 18 Ricky Ponting (Aus) 560 27,483 71 committal on whether CENTURY PUTS second day at 152 for six, added 69 runs for the batsmen (Liton Das and boundaries, ended when India will play a pink ball courtesy a combative fourth wicket. Nayeem Hasan) were hit Taijul threw himself to Virat Kohli (India) 395 21,172 70 Test in Australia next KIWIS AHEAD half-century from Paceman Ishant, who by Mohammed Shami his right to pluck a catch year. Mushfique Rahim (59 bat- took a five-for in the first bouncers in the first out of thin air. With this Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 594 28,016 63 Ganguly, who was the Mount Maunganui: A gritty BJ ting) and Mahmudullah, innings, blew away the innings and were century, Kohli equalled Jacques Kallis (SA) 519 25,534 62 man behind India hosting Watling, New Zealand’s go-to who retired hurt after top-order with a three- replaced according to the Ricky Ponting’s record of its maiden Day/Night man when the chips are down, scoring 39. Mushfiqur wicket burst and later concussion protocol. most hundreds — 41 — as STATS: S. PERVEZ QAISER Test after initial resist- produced an unbeaten 119 to smashed 10 fours in his added wicket of Mehidy India started off the sec- captain in International ance, was delighted with put the Black Caps ahead of counter-attacking knock Hasan to be one wicket ond innings with an cricket (Tests/ODI/T20I). Virat is the best: Vaughan the big turnout at the England in the first innings of as the visitors looked away from his second 10- intimidating slip cordon The India skipper took Eden Gardens. “So many the opening Test on Saturday. relieved when the Indian wicket haul in a Test in four slips and a gully. exactly half the innings Former England skipper Michael Vaughan on Saturday picked Virat Kohli watched the match that is At stumps on day three in pacers struggled to han- match. Umesh Yadav dis- Ishant gave the break- (188) than the Aussie as the best batsman across all formats in this era. “Red Ball ... White Ball most important. I was not Mount Maunganui, New Zealand dle heavy dew towards missed Taijul Islam (11) through in the fifth ball, great for the world ... Now Pink Ball ... @imVkohli is the best Batsman across all formats in under any tension but I were 394 for six to lead the end. with a short ball in the trapping Shadman Islam record. — PTI this era ...,” Vaughan tweeted. was busy.” — PTI England by 41. The 34-year-old Watling, with a reputation for producing his best when the going is tough, has toiled under a blazing sun for almost seven hours to rescue New Zealand from a precarious situation and notch his eighth Test century. D/N Test cannot be long-term panacea Much of it was in partnership with Colin de Grandhomme in a the bulk of teams that play 119-run stand for the sixth wick- it must be of near equal et and followed by an unbroken strength to fuel spectator 78 with Mitchell Santner, who (and sponsor, broadcaster was 31 not out at stumps. Ayaz Memon et al) interest. Teams must When de Grandhomme joined tend towards this other- Watling New Zealand were 197 Over The Top wise there is the danger of for five, with all their recog- being usurped by some nised batsmen gone and other sport. England's 353 looking a long aturday’s diabolical night Test by the unique- This has been a persist- way off. The dismissal of Henry political develop- ness of the occasion. They ent danger to cricket, par- Nicholls for 41 before lunch had Sments took attention thronged the Eden ticularly Test cricket. For the tourists feeling they were away from the first-ever Gardens also to honour most of its history, the top heading for a comfortable first day-night Test match at son-of-the-soil Sourav 2-3 teams would be way innings lead, but Watling Kolkata where, unless Ganguly, who has made ahead of the others. Since patiently chipped away at the there something as sensa- this possible in such a less than 10 countries deficit. De Grandhomme, mean- tionally topsy-turvy as in short time. played the longest format while, characteristically pun- Maharashtra happens, The fact that there were for over a century, the dif- ished anything loose with a six India should register a powerful delegates attend- ference seemed even stark- and seven fours as he raced to comfortable victory. ing the match, drawn from er. 65. Stokes was surprisingly kept Yet, there is a worry. The politics, business, enter- Even now, too few teams out of the attack through the utterly inept performance tainment and sport as well play the sport to paper onslaught until the first ball by Bangladesh (so far) rais- as the who’s who of Indian over the threat. The chasm after tea, when he had instant es the question whether cricket — past and present between the top 4 teams success. De Grandhomme just having day-night — being featured in a Current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen (left) and five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand ring and the others remains slashed at a wide delivery matches can help restore parade made it an event the bell on Day Two at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. — BCCI wide. The problem now, of which Dom Sibley grasped one- the pre-eminence of Test nobody would have wanted course, is that fans have handed in the gully and the cricket. I fear not. to miss. However, if these could endure the ennui of results in Tests matches sports, but from within tinuous upward thrust, the countless other options. on New Zealand all-rounder, hav- Day night cricket, played same things were to be drawn matches, countless have happily become fre- too, which explains the teams that play it must be how to spend their time. ing just returned to the crease, with a pink ball, is essen- repeated, it will not hold fans started getting quent, and more teams phenomenal success of competitive. There is obviously no immediately went back to the tially a ruse to seduce fans similar value. switched off because not now play cricket (even the ODIs in the past 50 years True, all teams have peri- magic formula to bring dressing room. Watling levelled — old and specially new — Spectatorship in Test enough attempt was made five-day format) which and in the last decade, ods of ups and downs. The parity between the teams the scores turning Sam Curran to savour the magic of the cricket had eroded from by players and teams to shows the growth of the from the even bigger suc- highs and lows can some- in the eco-system. But this to the fine-leg boundary and five-day format. It cannot the 1950s and 60s because achieve a result. They sport, spectators want to cess of T20 cricket. times last years. There are should concern the ICC then put Kiwis ahead with a sin- retain its appeal as just a of two reasons: paucity of migrated to other sports or see at least a decent con- To get all teams in a sport any number of factors that and member boards for gle through square leg. — AFP visual spectacle. That will time because of work pres- other forms of entertain- test between teams. to be of equal talent and go in the making of a mutual survival. The day- Brief scores: England 353 vs fade quickly, unless the sure, aggravated by the ment. If the contest is terribly strength is obviously strong team: from culture, night Test can catalyse New Zealand 394/6 in 141 overs cricket played is interest- fact that drawn matches In this millennium the lop-sided, it does not sus- impossible. But for a sport resources, talent supply, interest, but is not long- (BJ Watling (batting) 119, C. de ing. had proliferated to a very palate and preferences of tain fan interest. This is to be relevant in the mod- efficient administration term panacea. That can Grandhomme 65; Ben Stokes Fans in Kolkata were high degree. spectators has changed the big threat to Test crick- ern world, and therefore etc. only be provided by the 2/37, Sam Curran 2/74) lured to the first-ever day- While complete diehards from 60 years back. While et, not just from other give spectatorship a con- But for a sport to thrive, quality of cricket played. Ugly Mario Balotelli dropped for Sunday’s Serie A PAGE trip to AS Roma after a training ground bust- Games 16 up with new Brescia coach Fabio Grosso DECCAN CHRONICLE SUNDAY | 24 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Barca edge past Leganes SPECIAL WIN FOR Madrid, Nov. 23: table, three points above longer guaranteed. Barcelona needed a late Real Madrid, who play later After Dortmund, they then winner from Arturo Vidal on Saturday at home to La play away at Atletico to beat bottom-club Leganes Liga’s surprise high-fliers Madrid in La Liga to start a 2-1 on Saturday and dig out Real Sociedad. month that will include We have to carry on a much-needed victory A gritty win will also come trips to Inter Milan in the ahead of what could prove a as a relief to under-pressure Champions League and momentum and crucial month in their sea- coach Ernesto Valverde, Real Sociedad in La Liga keep winning. There son. whose team now turn their before the season’s first ‘SPECIAL ONE’ Vidal poked in a fortuitous attention to Wednesday’s Clasico at home to Real is still a lot to work goal in the 79th minute at crunch Champions League Madrid. It was important Butarque after Luis Suarez group game against therefore to avoid a slip on and we need to Tottenham give Mourinho winning start headed home a Lionel Messi Borussia Dortmund at against Leganes, playing improve from now free-kick to cancel out a Camp Nou. their first game in front of London, brilliant opener from A goalless draw against their own fans since on. Nov. 23: Jose Leganes forward Youssef Slavia Prague earlier this appointing Javier Aguirre — Dele Alli, Spurs midfielder after Mourinho En-Nesyri. month means Barca’s quali- as coach. their EPL win over West Ham delivered Barcelona stay top of the fication from Group F is no — AFP Tottenham’s first away win in the Premier League since SHORT TAKES January in his first game in charge with a 3-2 win Trap mixed title at West Ham to catapult Spurs up to sixth. for Manavaditya Son Heung-min, Lucas Moura and Harry Kane New Delhi: Rajasthan’s got the goals as Manavaditya Singh Rathore Mourinho made an won his third gold in two days instant impact after at the ongoing Shotgun replacing the sacked Nationals, partnering Anushka Mauricio Pochettino on Singh Bhati to claim win the Wednesday. mixed team trap title here on A much-needed three Saturday. points will help to Anushka and Manavaditya, endear Mourinho to a who had won the individual skeptical Spurs support junior men’s trap and team who were sad to see titles on Friday, got the better Pochettino’s five-and-a- of Madhya Pradesh’s Priyanshu half year spell in charge Pandey and Manisha Keer 3-2 in of the club end just six a shoot-off after both pairs months after leading the were locked at 37 after the reg- club to a first ever ulation 50 shots. Haryana won Champions League final. the junior mixed team trap There was no love lost competition when Bhowneesh between Mourinho’s Mendiratta and Kiran out- Chelsea sides and gunned Delhi’s Kabir Sharma Tottenham in the past, and Kirti Gupta 47-40 in the but his arrival had the gold medal match. — PTI desired impact for Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, even if a West Ham team Injured Sasi out devoid of confidence made for perfect oppo- nents. of Pakistan tie Mourinho followed New Delhi: Young Sasi Kumar Pochettino’s example in Mukund on Saturday pulled out leaving out Christan of the upcoming Davis Cup tie Eriksen with the Dane against Pakistan due to a foot one of a number of injury, making it a six-member Spurs players into the Tottenham's Lucas Moura (left) celebrates with teammate Harry Kane after scor- Indian squad that will travel to final months of his con- ing against West Ham in their English Premier League match at the London Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. tract and showing no Stadium on Saturday. — AP Mukund, who was named as a signs of agreeing a new reserve member, suffered the deal. side flag. before half-time when brations were only put injury while playing a tourna- “We have to make the An injury to first- another through ball on hold for another two ment in Portugal. right decision for the choice stopper Lukasz from Alli found Son, minutes as Serge “Unfortunately Sasi will not club,” Mourinho said on Fabianski has coincided whose shot had too much Aurier’s cross picked out travel with us. He has informed Eriksen’s future before with a run of eight power for the hapless Kane to head home and that he sustained the injury kick-off, but his decision games without a win for ‘keeper. become the third highest while playing the doubles with to field a front four of West Ham with a string However, Roberto was goalscorer in Spurs’ his- compatriot Purav Raja,” India’s Dele Alli with Son, of errors from Roberto blameless for Spurs’ sec- tory with Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Ali Moura and Kane worked. spreading a lack of confi- ond seven minutes later 175. said. Kane had smashed the dence throughout the when a lovely flick from — AFP — PTI ball past beleaguered team. Alli sent Son racing West Ham goalkeeper The Spaniard could down the left and his Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 Roberto after just three have done better when inch-perfect cross was Printed and Published by T. minutes from Alli’s pass Tottenham did open the met by Moura at the back Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan but was denied by the off- scoring nine minutes post. Tottenham’s cele- Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed at Deccan Chronicle Press situated We are lucky. I have so many years in the Premier League so I told at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Nagar Taluk, Medchal Malkajgiri the players at half-time ‘even if we are 3-0 in the 85th minute the Dist. Telangana and Published at 36, game will still be open’. But there were also many factors. The emotions of S.D. Road, Secunderabad-3. RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. losing the previous manager, people coming back from national teams Editor: Aditya Sinha and fatigue in the last 20 minutes. — JOSE MOURINHO, Spurs manager