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Aruna Reddy creates FM RULES OUT PRIVATISATION OF PSU BANKS history for Indian Post Hemtabad, Mamata’s Jaitley slams regulators, gymnastics auditors for PNB fraud security to be strengthened MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: Finance Min- ister Arun Jaitley on Saturday Chief Minister gets Z plus security that involves four zones blamed inadequate oversight by regulators and auditors as OUR CORRESPONDENT well as poor bank manage- ment for the INR 11,400 -crore KOLKATA: The state police have decided to fraud at India’s second-biggest further strengthen the security of Chief Min- state-owned lender, and said if MELBOURNE: Aruna Budda Reddy created ister Mamata Banerjee during public meetings needed the law would be tight- history by becoming the first Indian to clinch a in the wake of a recent incident at Hemtabad, ened to punish fraudsters. medal at the gymnastics World Cup when she Raiganj, in North Dinajpur on Thursday. Two Speaking for the second “Regulators have a critical took bronze in the women’s vault event here on sisters — Rabia and Amira Khatun — breached time this week on the scandal function. Regulators ultimately Saturday. the Chief Minister’s security and dashed enveloping Punjab National decide the rules of the game and Aruna registered a score of 13.369 points to towards the stage on which she was just wind- Bank, Jaitley slammed lack of regulators have to have a third- finish behind Tjasa Kysslef of Slovenia and Emily ing up her speech. One of them wearing a saree ethics in certain sections of eye which is to be open perpet- Whitehead of Australia who finished with gold was caught by security personnel and while all businesses and said multiple ually,” the finance minister said. and silver, respectively. attention was focused on her, another woman layers of auditing system chose “But unfortunately in the Kysslef had a score of 13.800, while White- in a churidar kameez jumped on the stage and to either look the other way or Indian system, we politicians head registered 13.699 in the finals. fell at Banerjee’s feet. did a casual job. are accountable, the regulators Pranati Nayak, the second Indian in the fray, The Chief Minister gets a Z plus security that Without naming either the are not.” finished sixth with an aggregate score of 13.416 involves four zones. The security for the D zone alleged kingpin of the fraud, bil- Frauds call for tightening after two attempts. which is the last lap of the Chief Minister’s secu- lionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, or regulations where they are lack- This was the third gymnastics medal for rity is being reviewed with emphasis on trained Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting in Hemtabad File photo PNB, he said it is “worrisome” ing, he said. India at the world level. male and female police personnel. that not a single red flag was The finance minister also Ashish Kumar was the first Indian to claim It may be mentioned that in the four-tier ter. CCTV surveillance during such meetings ister’s cover. raised when the fraud was per- ruled out privatisation of public a gymnastics medal when he took the bronze security of the Chief Minister, her personal spe- will also be increased. It may be mentioned that a police team petuated. Also, worrisome is sector banks as a response to the medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in cial security guards are deployed within the D The two sisters on Thursday had crossed visited the venue on Friday and recorded the “top management who were Rs 11,400-crore fraud hitting New Delhi. zone. The outside of the D zone is manned by (the cordons) with such dexterity that the cops statements of the cops who were on duty on indifferent to what was going Punjab National Bank, saying Dipa Karmakar also took bronze in women’s state police personnel. “We have also decided are not ruling out the possibility of both being Thursday. The sleuths are also quizzing the two on or were unaware of what was the move may not be politically vault in the subsequent Commonwealth Games to deploy more police personnel in and around instigated by some person or organisation. sisters who are presently admitted at Raiganj going on,” he said. acceptable. in 2014, thus becoming the first female Indian the stairs or the ramp which the Chief Minis- Rabia managed to dodge the guards to reach District Hospital and their call records are also There were “at least multiple “This (privatisation) gymnast to clinch a medal at the world level. ter uses to get onto the stage. The number of the podium and fall at Banerjee’s feet while she being scanned. layers of auditing system which involves a large political con- Aruna had a good start in the final, scor- metal detectors at the site of public meetings was delivering her speech and Amira, the elder The sleuths have also come across inconsis- chose to either look the other sensus. Also, that involves an ing 9.066 points on execution after choosing a may also be increased,” a senior official of the of the two, was intercepted near a ramp lead- tencies in their statements. “At first, the girls told way or do a casual job. amendment to the law (Banking difficulty level of 4.600, which gave her a total state police said. ing to the stage. us that they had approached the Chief Minis- You had inadequate super- Regulation Act). My impression of 13.666 The gap between the bamboos involved in The security breach had annoyed Baner- ter to seek justice for the killing of their father vision,” he said. “Therefore, I is that Indian political opinion She chose a higher difficulty level of 4.800 in making the barricade will also be reduced to jee who prompted two separate inquiries, one Sk Mofijuddin in 2015 but later, they changed think who did what will even- may not find favour with this her second attempt but could score only 8.833 prevent anybody sneaking through them and by the state police chief and the other by the their version claiming that they had gone to seek tually find out in the course of idea itself. It’s a very challeng- on execution, which gave her a total of 13.633 coming in close proximity to the Chief Minis- director (security) who oversees the Chief Min- jobs,” a senior police official in the district said. the investigation.” ing decision,” he said. points. The aggregate of her two attempts was then taken, which gave her a final score of 13.649 QUAINT HOLI RITUAL points. AGENCIES Passports of Nirav Modi, Speeding Diversity key to Mehul Choksi revoked Bolero kills nine resilience and success OUR CORRESPONDENT school children JUSTIN TRUDEAU NEW DELHI: The passports of dia- in Bihar mantaire Nirav Modi and owner of Gitanjali Gems Mehul Choksi, the MPOST BUREAU In today’s main accused in the Rs 11,400 crore PNB scam, have been revoked, exter- MUZAFFARPUR: At least paper nal affairs ministry sources said on nine children were killed Saturday. and about 20 injured when ... On the advice of the Enforcement a speeding Bolero lost con- CITY Directorate (ED), the ministry had trol and ploughed through suspended the validity of their pass- ing three flats) and a flat worth Rs them outside a government 5-YEAR-OLD FALLS FROM JOYRIDE 3 ports with immediate effect for four 15.45 crore in the sea-facing Samu- school building on the out- NATION weeks on February 16 and given one dra Mahal apartments in the Worli skirts of the city on Satur- Women from Barsana beating men with sticks during the Latthmaar Holi celebrations, in Barsana week’s time to them to respond as to area of Mumbai. day, police said. near Mathura on Saturday PTI ‘NCERT SYLLABUS TO BE REDUCED’ 4 why their passports should not be “21 immovable properties of The sad incident impounded or revoked. Nirav Modi and companies con- occurred in Minapur police BUSINESS “Since they have not responded so trolled by him, with a market value of station area, about 10 km 3 FRESH CASES OF FINANCIAL FRAUD COME TO LIGHT far, their passports have been revoked,” Rs 523.72 crore, have been provision- from the district headquar- COAI REBUTS RELIANCE JIO 5 a senior ministry source said, noting ally attached. ters when the school got that in its notice to Modi and Choksi, “These include six residential over, and the children were INTERNATIONAL the ministry had made it clear that properties, ten office premises, two returning home. Now, Delhi jeweller, bizman and their passports would be cancelled if flats in Pune, a solar power plant, a “The incident took THE WOMAN IN ‘AFRICAN MONA LISA’? 6 they failed to respond. farmhouse in Alibaug and 135 acres place at Ahiyapur-Jhapaha SPORT Ministry sources said that future of land in Karjat in Ahmednagar dis- in Minapur police station PNB official land in CBI net course of action would be taken on the trict,” the agency said. area of the district where a SOUTH AFRICA CONQUERED 7 advice of the investigation agencies. With the latest action, the total Bolero ran over the children OUR CORRESPONDENT firm Dwarka Das Seth Inter- branch manager at PNB’s The Enforcement Directorate (ED) assets seized by the ED, in this case, who were returning to their national for an alleged bank Barmer branch in Rajasthan on Saturday attached 21 properties, are now over Rs 6,393 crore, officials homes after the school was NEW DELHI: Three fresh loan fraud of Rs 389.85 crore for dishonesty and fraudu- including a penthouse and a farm- claimed, adding that this was being over,” Vivek Kumar, Super- incidences of financial fraud involving the Oriental Bank of lently sanctioned and disburs- FOR ADVERTISING house, of Nirav Modi and his group independently valued. intendent of Police, Muzaf- have come to light as the CBI Commerce. ing 26 Mudra loans. kindly contact at 9810195709 worth over Rs 523 crore in fresh action The agency has also summoned farpur, said. filed cases against a jeweller, a The CBI on Wednesday After the PNB and the Bank or against the beleaguered jeweller in Modi, Ami and Modi’s uncle and He said “all the injured, businessman and a public ser- filed a case against business- of Baroda filed cases against [email protected] the alleged Rs 11,400 crore fraud in Gitanjali Gems promoter Mehul said to be around 20 in vant on complaints by three dif- man Amit Singla and others Nirav Modi and Rotomac the PNB. Choski for questioning in the case number, have been rushed ferent banks earlier this week, on a complaint of the Bank of Global, the Oriental Bank of The central probe agency said on February 26. to the Shri Krishna Medi- an official said on Saturday. Maharashtra for a loan through Commerce, the Bank of Maha- FOR SUBSCRIPTION it has issued a provisional order for In a related development, the cal College and Hospital for On Thursday, the Central forged documents and its crim- rashtra and Barmer office of kindly contact at 8800854665 attachment of the assets, under the CBI on Saturday examined Punjab treatment. The condition of Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inal misappropriation and use. the PNB rushed to the CBI as or Prevention of Money Laundering Act National Bank’s Managing Director some of them was stated to registered a case against Del- The same day, the agency well with their complaints of [email protected] (PMLA), and seized a Rs 81.16 crore and CEO Sunil Mehta and its Execu- be critical”. hi’s Karol Bagh-based dia- also filed a case against Inder fraud, leading to the agency fil- valued penthouse (created by join- tive Director K V Brahmaji Rao. mond jewellery exporting Chand Chundawat, a senior ing three separate cases. GOM MEET ON GST RETURN SIMPLIFICATION INCONCLUSIVE E-way mechanism to be implemented from April 1

MPOST BUREAU Goods and Services Tax (GST) from should be linked or delinked from load. Modi said the National Infor- July 1, the requirement of carrying tax payment. matics Centre (NIC) which is devel- NEW DELHI: The group of state e-way bill was postponed pending “There are different opinions and oping the e-way bill platform has finance ministers on GST Net- IT network readiness. It was imple- how to merge them that needs to be already conducted two rounds of work on Saturday decided to start mented from February 1, but the discussed. We will discuss further load testing and now on a daily basis the inter-state movement of goods system crashed, and its implemen- and take a view,” Modi said. 6.5 lakh e-way bills are being gener- worth more than Rs 50,000 through tation was deferred. As many as 7.28 crore GST ated on the portal. e-way bill mechanism from April 1, The GoM meeting, however, returns have been filed so far on The infrastructure has been Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil remained inconclusive on how to GSTN portal since the implemen- upgraded to take a load of about Modi said. simplify the return filing process tation of the GST. For January, 56.72 26-50 lakh e-way bills daily, he said. “We have decided to start the for businesses under the Goods and lakh returns have been filed so far. The third round of testing would inter-state movement of goods Services Tax (GST) regime. Modi said the GoM would also be done in next couple of days where through e-way bill mechanism from “The GoM had detailed discus- look into return filing timeline of the NIC would check the portal April 1,” Modi told reporters after sions on return simplification but small taxpayers. The Council in capability to handle 75 lakh inter- the meeting of the ministerial group. could not reach a consensus. How- Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi addresses the media PTI October had allowed small busi- state e-way bill daily. The e-way bill requirement for ever, the unanimous decision was nesses with turnover up to Rs 1.5 He said for intra-state movement intra-state movement of goods there should be credit matching,” on return simplification deliberated 3B filing till March end while keep- also made his presentation. crore to file quarterly returns. of goods; the e-way bill would be would be introduced in phases Modi told reporters here. upon by the GoM today. ing in abeyance filing of GSTR-2 and Modi said the idea is GST return On the state of preparedness of implemented after a couple of weeks after assessing the response to the The GST Council, headed by The initial sales return GSTR- 3 for invoice matching. form should be simplified; it should the system for implementation of the in a phased manner. inter-state movement for a couple of Union Finance Minister Arun Jait- 3B “will continue for some time”, In the GoM meet on Saturday, ideally be one return every month. e-way bill from April 1, GSTN CEO “So all the states will not be taken weeks, Modi, who heads the panel, ley and comprising his state counter- Modi said. the Centre and state officials pre- The other issue before the GoM Prakash Kumar said that the entire on board at one go, in a phased man- said. parts, in its next meeting on March The GST Council in its meeting sented their model for return sim- is whether provisional credit be infrastructure had been upgraded ner about 4-5 states per week will be After implementation of the 10 will discuss various proposals in November had extended GSTR- plification, while Nandan Nilekani allowed and whether the credit to allow capacity to handle the extra allowed to join,” Modi said. 2| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018|millenniumpost mp The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil Weekend Break -Plato Eating disorders, figure skating’s ‘dirty little secret’ Yulia Lipnitskaya and Gabrielle Daleman, sufferers of Anorexia, openly talks about their fight with the disorder

our years ago, Russia’s Yulia gles in Pyeongchang, said her eating her promising skating career in the Lipnitskaya had the world disorder started at school, where she run-up to US team selection for at her 15-year-old feet, was bullied over a learning disability. the 2006 Turin Games. – ‘I’m not before the ground crumbled “I got a lot of messages from other ashamed’ – In Lipnitskaya’s case, Fbeneath them. The figure skater had skaters. Ashley Cain messaged me, anorexia was ruining her emerged as one of the golden athletes Gracie (Gold) messaged me, Evgenia life. She sought help in of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Medvedeva messaged me. a clinic in Israel inw enchanting her audience to win the “A lot of skaters came up say- team title – and a very public bear ing thank you for sharing the story, hug from Russian President Vladimir because not a lot of people are open Putin. But during the Pyeongchang with it.” One of those she men- Winter Games, Lipnitskaya is back tioned, Gracie Gold, a two-time home in Russia, her skates gather- American champion, pulled ing dust, after she retired in Sep- out of this Olympic season, cit- tember due to health issues related ing an eating disorder, depression to anorexia. Eating disorders have and anxiety. January, before taking the momen- repetitive training, jumping higher, been described as “skating’s dirty lit- In 2005, an eating disorder forced tous decision to call time on her skat- spinning faster. tle secret” – partly because sufferers American skater Jenny Kirk to end ing career at the age of just 19. It is also an aesthetic sport where usually strive to keep their problem She has spoken candidly about competitors typically wear skimpy or well hidden. her struggles, saying as an inherently figure-hugging outfits – and where Canada’s Gabrielle Daleman said shy girl she’d found it hard to cope the spotlight can be cruel, shining on she received messages from many with her sudden fame. some but not others. Skating’s ruling other skaters when she opened up “Ever since childhood I’ve been a authority the ISU, when contacted about her own problems. “I don’t very strong introvert,” she said in an about eating disorders, referred AFP know if it’s the sport or if it’s just the interview with the Russian skating to the medical guidelines on its web- way people look at themselves,” the federation. “Speaking with an unfa- site, which say skaters and coaches 20-year-old told AFP. miliar person meant I had to make a are educated about health, nutrition “I just wasn’t happy with the way real effort.” and injury. I was looked, from being bullied (at “Anorexia is a 21st-century ill- “Any reported case affecting the school) and everything, I was get- ness and it’s fairly common. Unfortu- health of an athlete is taken very ting criticised. I tried to look a cer- nately, not everyone can cope with it. seriously by the ISU Medical Com- tain way what people wanted me It was really hard to take the decision mission,” the ISU guidelines say. For to look, rather than just feel good to quit... but I talked to my mother Daleman, meanwhile, there is an about myself. So that’s something I’ve and we decided to start a new life.” enormous sense of pride over speak- learned over the past year.” Daleman, Skating is tough on a developing ing out about her story and making who finished 15th in the women’s sin- body: hours and hours of draining, it to her second Olympics. PTI Scientists uncover hidden details in Picasso’s painting

WASHINGTON: An international fessor of materials science and engineer- team of scientists has used multiple Picasso painted over ing at Northwestern University said, modes of light to uncover details hidden “Picasso had no qualms about chang- beneath the visible surface of Spanish another painter’s work ing things during the painting process.” painter Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece ‘La after rotating it 90 degrees The imaging techniques allowed art Misereuse accroupie’ or ‘The Crouch- collectors to better understand Picasso’s ing Woman.’ to the right, using some of style, influences and process. Researchers released their findings the landscape forms “When we saw the rendering of the on a press conference at the ongoing lead elemental map, it became clear to four-day annual meeting of the Ameri- me that the arm hidden under the vis- can Association for the Advancement ied images. It shows that Picasso painted ible surface of ‘La Misereuse accroupie’ of Science held in Austin, Texas, Xin- over another painter’s work after rotat- is the same as the proper right arm of hua reported. ing it 90 degrees to the right, using some a crouching woman in a Picasso water- The 1902 oil painting, owned by of the landscape forms in his own final colour recently sold at auction,” said Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Can- composition. For example, Picasso Kenneth Brummel, the AGO’s assistant ada, depicts a crouching and cloaked incorporated the lines of the cliff edges curator of modern art. The watercolour woman, painted in white, blues, grays into the woman’s back. is titled ‘Femme assise’ (1902). and greens. Picasso also made a major compo- “We now are able to develop a chro- Researchers used non-invasive sitional change, the study showed. The nology within the painting structure to portable imaging techniques, includ- artist initially painted the woman with tell a story about the artist’s developing ing infrared reflectance hyperspectral a right arm and hand holding a disk but style and possible influences,” said San- imaging and then an X-ray fluorescence then covered them with her cloak in the dra Webster-Cook, AGO’s senior con- imaging instrument to detail those bur- final work. Marc Walton, a research pro- servator of paintings. IANS

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OUR CORRESPONDENT and her family members took Police rushed to the spot fol- her to the ground where a fair lowing the incident and stopped fake ones, says Firhad Hakim KOLKATA: A 5-year-old girl was on. Various joyrides were the joyride. The locals alleged was injured after she fell from also taking place. The victim that there were serious lapses OUR CORRESPONDENT by the civic bodies, then such a joyride which took place on insisted her family members for on the part of the organisers of practice will stop,” the minister Bhukailash Road at Ekbalpore that particular joyride. She went the fair. Police are investigating KOLKATA: State Urban maintained. on Friday evening. into the enclosure to enjoy the if the organisers had any valid Development and Municipal It may be mentioned that The victim has been under- ride while her family members permission from the fire and Affairs minister Firhad Hakim such guidelines given by the going treatment at a private stayed outside. She fell off when other concerned departments. on Saturday urged the associa- municipality include a proper hospital in the city. The Kol- she was almost in the middle When contacted, Debasish tions of real estate developers cover on vehicles used for kata Municipal Corporation of the ride. The locals and her Kumar, Member and Mayor- to keep an eye on fake adver- carrying building materials, (KMC), however, said the civic family members rushed to the in-Council (Parks and Squares) tisements of properties so that no dumping of construction body had no role to play as the spot and rescued the victim who said the joyride was taking place commoners are not cheated. materials, not allowing stag- joyride was taking place on a suffered serious injuries on vari- on a private property. He also “There are some places nant water at the construction private property. The KMC ous parts of her body and also added that if this type of joy- where we have seen advertise- sites that may turn into breed- had no information about it. on her head. She was immedi- ride is held on KMC-owned ments being displayed regard- ing grounds for mosquitoes Police said the victim, Samrid- ately rushed to SSKM Hospital. lands, the organisers need to ing fake projects. People are and the like. hhi Mishra, visited her mater- She was later shifted to a private take three permissions from paying for such properties and Hakim also added that nal uncle’s house in the area hospital on Friday night. the civic authorities. are getting duped. You have to there are certain guidelines for keep a track on such things to controlling pollution which have a clear line of distinction to the notice of the minister estate, then the very business civic bodies giving approval for should be followed by real 80-yr-old’s body found Mentally between real projects and fake though there has not been any will be jeopardised,” Hakim building plans in their respec- estate developers. He further ones,” Hakim said on the side- specific complaint with the said, adding that if any specific tive areas will issue certain urged them to emphasise on challenged lines of inaugurating a two-day department in this regard. “It complaint is lodged with the guidelines that should be fol- affordable housing projects. hanging from cornice event titled ‘Premier Proper- is difficult for the government state government, then FIR will lowed by the developer. “Affordable housing projects mother-son duo ties Summit 2018’, organised alone to keep an eye on such be initiated immediately. “The civic bodies have the are the order of the day as mid- OUR CORRESPONDENT After recovering the body, by Realty Corpus. activities and hence, the differ- Referring to a poser on power to cancel the building dle-class people are the real the cops sent it to RG Kar rescued by cops Sources in the department ent associations of real estate building materials particularly plan of the developer for flout- buyers of properties in mod- KOLKATA: Mystery shrouds Medical College and Hospital said that recently such false developers across the state about the earth being carried ing these rules and regulations. ern times. A Bengali is most the death of an 80-year- for an autopsy. According to OUR CORRESPONDENT advertisements of real estate should be on alert. If people without following proper rules, So the law is there and if it is happy if he gets a home at an old woman whose body was the police, a suicide note was projects in Rajarhat have come lose their confidence in real the minister said the respective enforced in one or two cases affordable rate,” he said. found hanging from the cor- recovered from the spot which KOLKATA: Officials from Pat- nice, outside the balcony at her aroused suspicion as the victim uli police station came to the residence in Dumdum’s Nager- could not write properly since rescue of a mentally challenged PREPARING FOR HOLI bazar area early morning on her hands shook badly. mother and son duo who were HIDCO to host Saturday. Police are not ruling out the in extremely sick condition lan- The local residents found possibility that someone else guishing at their apartment at the victim; identified as Nilan- has written the suicide note Southern Garden area. writers’ workshop jana Dutta, hanging from the before her death. According to sources, the cornice of Nilachal Apartment Cops have started a detailed neighbours of the duo sought with a piece of cloth. Locals probe in this regard. They help from the police on Friday at Swapno Bhor alleged that she might have have detained the victim’s late night informing them that been murdered and later her son and daughter-in-law. The Swapna Mitra (70) and her son OUR CORRESPONDENT Many of them have trav- body must have been hung deceased’s son claimed dur- Dipankar (42) have fallen ill. elled extensively throughout from outside the balcony situ- ing the interrogation that their The two, both mentally KOLKATA: Housing and the country and abroad during ated on the third floor of the maid saw his mother in the challenged, have been resid- Infrastructure Development their service period and gath- building. morning and that it was a sui- ing in the apartment for many Corporation (HIDCO) will ered huge experience. After The incident triggered cide as she had been suffering years and after the death of the organise a writers’ workshop retirement, they want to write tension among the local res- from mental depression. The septuagenarian’s husband some to train aspiring storytellers about their experiences and idents. They alleged that the locals, however, told the cops years back, it was one of their including senior citizens to share their stories. victim might have been killed that the elderly woman chat- relatives at Howrah who used develop their skills. Similarly, many youngsters by her son and his wife. They ted normally with a few of her to arrange food for the duo. The workshop will be held also aspire to write books but alleged that it was not possible neighbours very recently and However, for the last few days, on March 11 at Swapno Bhor do not know the technique. It for the woman to commit sui- her behaviour was also quite they were unfed as no food in New Town, the only senior may be mentioned that there cide in this manner. They also normal. The police are prob- was supplied to them. Both of citizens’ park in the state. are many online programmes alleged that the elderly woman ing all possible angles and are them were under medication Two well-known Ben- where well-known writers, might have been murdered for now waiting for the post-mor- but were unable to buy medi- gali litterateurs will visit and mostly in English, give train- money. tem report. cines as they had no money. interact with the young and ing on how to write stories. The police acted promptly old storytellers, sharing their At Swapno Bhor, cultural DATE CHANGE FOR CLASS XI PRACTICALS and with the help of an NGO experiences and discuss the programmes are regularly held working for the mentally chal- technique that is followed to where members take an active KOLKATA: The West Bengal Council of Higher Second- lenged rescued the two. They express oneself. part. The two-storeyed build- ary Education has changed the dates for Class XI annual were first taken to the psy- The need to organise the ing surrounded by three acres practical examinations. A circular to the heads of all chiatry department at SSKM workshop was felt after it was of the sprawling lawn has a higher secondary examinations sent out informs that the Hospital for treatment and found that many senior citizens library, a coffee corner, a lounge tests will now be held in between April 18 and May 7. after they slightly recovered, who are members of Swapno and an auditorium. The Council has further informed that publication of results they were produced at Alipore Bhor can write well and have Functions are held to Court for necessary proceed- also published books after launch books by the members People shop ahead of the Festival of Colours in Kolkata on Saturday PTI for the same should be completed within May 17. A help ings. The police had prayed retirement. at the library. desk number (18001039341) has also been given. MPOST for sending them off to Pav- lov Mental Hospital for treat- ment and the court agreed to Smuggled gold worth more their plea. The police then took IMA’s nationwide stir to protest implementation of them there in the evening and than Rs 1 cr seized, 3 arrested have already informed their relative in Howrah about the DARJEELING: Siliguri, it seems, is fast emerg- National Medical Commission Bill begins today entire matter. “We have done a social job and we act in a simi- ing as a corridor for international gold smuggling. OUR CORRESPONDENT NMC and other long pending issues. common entrance exam and licentiate lar manner whenever people Three persons have been arrested from New Under this campaign, the leaders of test which all medical graduates will are in crisis,” a senior police Jalpaiguri railway station and gold worth more KOLKATA: Indian Medical Associa- IMA will travel to every nook and cor- have to clear to get practising licences. officer said. than Rs 1 crore recovered from them. Based on a tion (IMA) will launch Bharat Yatra, ner of the country creating awareness The Bill also has a provision for a com- tip-off, sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intel- a nationwide campaign against the among people about the ill-effects of mon entrance exam and licentiate (exit) implementation of the National Medi- the National Medical Commission Bill. exam that medical graduates have to Petrol pump ligence (DRI) conducted a raid in the sleeper class cal Commission Bill from Kolkata on All the local branches of the IMA pass before practising or pursuing PG of Padatik Express on Friday night. Three persons, Sunday. will conduct cycle rallies in their towns courses. robbery: 1 held identified as Rupam Sen (29), Pradip Debnath (47) All India Secretary of IMA along on March 11 this year. The campaign For MBBS, students have to clear and Nitish Debnath (48) were arrested from the with some MPs and state ministers will which will start from Sunday and will NEET and before they step into prac- SILIGURI: Police arrested one sleeper class. On interrogation, they admitted that flag off the IMA Bharat Yatra from in continue for next one month through- tice, they must pass the exit exam. The Md Sayed Harej Ali, a resident front the house of Dr B C Roy at 9.30 out the country. NMC can permit a medical professional of Janakpur in Assam, in con- they were carrying illegal gold. Three kg 618 gms am on Sunday. Four streams of cycle rallies will body with the new body — National to perform surgery or practise medicine nection with a robbery at a gold worth a market value of Rs 1 crore 14 lakh and “Connect with Society and Consoli- begin from all directions of the coun- Medical Commission (NMC). Accord- without qualifying the National Licenti- Burdwan Road petrol pump 22,000 was recovered. The gold was deftly con- date the Fraternity” is the theme of the try to converge in Delhi at the Doctors’ ing to the IMA, once the NMC Bill is ate Examination, in circumstances that on February 12. DCP Zone I cealed in belts with special hidden compartments. IMA Yatra. Bharat Yatras will simulta- Mahapanchayat. The issues concerning implemented, it would strengthen the may be specified in regulations. East Gaurav Lal said the cops All three had been implicated in similar cases neously be flagged off from other cities the medical profession will be placed hands of private companies in the health According to the IMA officials, the have seized the car and Rs including Jammu, lmphal, Ajmer and before the “Mahapanchayat” which will service industry. Medical aspirants will Bill which has been sent to the Parlia- 30,000 from the accused. The earlier. The gold had been smuggled from Myan- Dwarka on Sunday. announce its decision and its further not be able to study medical courses on mentary Standing Committee has the total amount looted from the mar and was being taken to Kolkata. “They were A nationwide mass contact pro- course of action. the basis of their merit and it would help potential to adversely change the char- pump was Rs 14 lakh. ACJM produced at the ACJM Court in Siliguri on Saturday gramme through IMA Bharat Yatra IMA had strongly opposed the those who can get their wards admitted acter of medical education and health- Court on Saturday sent him to and have been sent to jail till February 26,” stated has been planned to reach out to society NMC Bill which seeks to replace the in MBBS courses against a huge amount care delivery in this country and it will 10-days police remand. There and the fraternity to highlight the issues existing Medical Council of India of money. inflict irreparable damage on public were three others in his group Ratan Banik, lawyer representing the DRI. MPOST of community and profession especially (MCI), the highest medical regulating The Bill also seeks to put in place a health. who are still absconding. MPOST Upcoming polls: Mukul Sabuj Sathi scheme: Soon, tender for 10L bicycles to be floated Roy to pick candidates TARUN GOSWAMI In the past 28 months, the BCW department has distributed 60 lakh KOLKATA: Mukul Roy will be the key KOLKATA: The Backward Classes Wel- bicycles. person for the BJP in Bengal during the fare (BCW) department will float the Six lakh bicycles whose tender was tender for 10 lakh bicycles which will be floated earlier will start arriving next forthcoming Panchayat elections. For- distributed among the students of Class week. The BCW department has given mer party’s MLA Shamik Bhattacharya IX of state-run, aided and sponsored training to over 3,000 unemployed SC will be the Convener. The decision was schools under the Sabuj Sathi project and ST youths to repair bicycles in a bid taken at a meeting held at the party’s next week. to make them self-reliant. The cycles that state headquarters on Saturday. The The state government has so far spent are being given will be maintained by Rs 2,000 crore to procure 70 lakh bicycles, the state government for one whole year BJP has decided to field candidates in the highest by any state government in free of cost. The cycles are fitted with Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Sami- the country. reflectors. ties and Zilla Parishads in the three- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, The students are given cycles manu- tier Panchayat system. Roy will be the during her district visits which concluded factured by three well-known companies. on Friday, announced that the state gov- A survey conducted to find out the social in-charge in selecting the candidates. ernment will continue to give bicycles to impact of the project stated that the Sabuj State BJP president Dilip Ghosh said the students of Class IX. Sathi project has increased the confidence party workers will be posted in every The decision to distribute bicycles level of girls, particularly in the rural booth to fend off violence. Reacting to among students of Classes IX, X, XI and areas. Also, it has brought down the num- Ghosh, Firhad Hakim said the TMC does XII were announced by the state Finance ber of dropouts in Class IX and reduced minister Amit Mitra in his Budget speech the number of early marriages of girls. not believe in violence. TMC secretary in 2015. The Chief Minister distributed The BCW has the data of 60 lakh stu- general Partha Chatterjee said: “The the first batch of bicycles among the dents who have received cycles. The data people are with the TMC and the devel- students at a function at Gopiballavpur includes names of the students along the school and the date of receiving the for “green” also implies “children” while ated the logo which consists of a young opment done by Chief Minister Mamata Block II in West Midnapore on Octo- with those of their parents or guardians, cycles. “Sabuj Sathi” means students’ “sathi” means “companion”. boy running, with two spinning bicycle Banerjee.” MPOST ber 29, 2015. the class in which they study, name of companion. “Sabuj”, the Bengali word Mamata Banerjee herself had cre- wheels alongside his legs. 4| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018|millenniumpost mp India looking to eliminate TB by 2025 Nation -J P Nadda Women’s empowerment key to Bank frauds: Cong seeks RBI probe to fix accountability within 60 days securing welfare of families: PM MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: The Congress OUR CORRESPONDENT on Saturday hit out at the central government after yet CHENNAI: Prime Minister Daman & Diu gets air another bank fraud involving a Narendra Modi on Saturday Delhi jeweller came to light and asserted women’s empower- demanded that Prime Minister ment was key to securing the link, slew of schemes Narendra Modi fix account- welfare of families and said the ability of those involved in such NDA government has initiated cases within 60 days through a various schemes for their uplift OUR CORRESPONDENT provided to fishermen have probe conducted by the RBI. in the last four years. been cut to zero. "Daman and The opposition party said “When we empower DAMAN: Prime Minister Diu have now joined the main- the guilty in bank frauds women in the family, we Narendra Nodi on Saturday stream of development". should be brought to book as Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah empower the entire household.. launched several development Praising cleanliness drive no one will invest in the coun- during the Janashirvad yatra at Athani taluk, Belgavi, in Karnataka when we help with women’s programmes worth Rs 1,000 undertaken by the local admin- try if questions are raised on its education we ensure the entire crore in Daman and Diu, and istration, Modi said, "Daman banking system and this will Congress leader Kapil Sibal the country”. family is educated,” he said. said these will boost tourism has, in a way, become an attrac- harm the country’s growth. demanded a thorough probe “Country has faced a loss The Prime Minister was Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by Tamil Nadu Chief and help the common man in tive tourist destination with Congress president Rahul by the RBI into the alleged Rs of around Rs 21,000 crore as of speaking after launching Minister K Palaniswami at the launching of ‘Amma scooter scheme’ for the union territory. its cleanliness drive. If tourist Gandhi led the attack on the 11,400-crore PNB fraud and now and other banking frauds the subsidised two-wheeler working women in Chennai on Saturday The PM also inaugurated inflow increases, jobs for locals prime minister alleging that said prime minister should will also come out in a few days. scheme on the occasion of the Air Odisha's flight connecting will be created". the Delhi-based diamond jew- assure the nation that account- Another Rs 390 crore OBC 70th birth anniversary of late nia Bharathy. Modi addressed 11 crore loans under the PM Ahmedabad with Diu under Modi praised the local eller involved in the scam “dis- ability of the finance ministry, (Oriental Bank of Commerce) Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. the late Chief Minister as “Selvi Mudra Yojana worth Rs 4.60 the Centre's regional connec- administration for making appeared” like Nirav Modi and the Reserve Bank of India and scam has also emerged. “Wherever she is, I am sure Jayalalithaa Ji,” while paying lakh crore to people without tivity scheme UDAN. Daman open defecation free Vijay Mallya while the govern- the management of defaulting “I am surprised that despite she will be very happy to see tributes to her. any bank guarantee. Modi also launched heli- (ODF) and initiatives like ment looked the other way. banks would be fixed within our prime minister being the the happiness on your faces,” The Prime Minister lauded Most importantly 70 per copter services between providing subsidised e-rick- He said the promoter of 60 days. most expensive ‘chawkidar’ he said as he gave away keys the initiatives of the two cent of these beneficiaries were Daman and Diu - to be oper- shaws to women and a housing Dwarka Das Seth International, “Until the prime minis- (watchman), why are all these and registration certificates to wheeler scheme and also the women, he said. ated by Pawan Hans Ltd - at an scheme for industrial labour- who was booked by the CBI for ter gives an assurance to the (banking frauds) happening the first five beneficiaries of the 70-lakh sapling planting drive, “The success of this scheme event here. ers under public private part- an alleged fraud of Rs 389.85 country, people will think that under his nose,” Sibal told a scheme. Describing it as one of saying they would go a long therefore has proved that "The air connectivity will nership (PPP). He said women crore towards Oriental Bank of administration is support- press conference here, taking a Jayalalithaa’s dream projects, he way to empower women and women of India are now step- boost tourism as tourists who driving e-rickshaws will feel Commerce, operated with the ing those who were indulg- swipe at Prime Minister Naren- said he was glad to be present protecting nature. On wom- ping out of the age-old shackles want to visit the Somnath empowered and men will be same modus operandi of fake ing in bank frauds. The dra Modi over his refrain dur- on the occasion. en’s welfare, Modi said that and seeking self-employment,” temple, Gir forest (in Gujarat) respectful towards them. LoUs as Nirav Modi. money defrauded be brought ing poll rallies that he would act Tamil Nadu Chief Minister when one facilitates their Modi said. can now go (there) from Diu," Modi launched housing “Under Modi Ji’s ‘Jan Dhan back, guilty be booked, those as a watchman for the country, K Palaniswami and his deputy good health, it keeps the entire He said the budget for the Modi said. and food schemes for indus- Loot Yojana’, another scam! 390 involved in the conspiracy are He said that if questions are O Panneerselvam, among oth- family healthy and “when we next fiscal has proposed reduc- Somnath temple and Gir trial labourers of this industri- Crore, involving a Delhi based dismissed and action be taken raised on banking system, it ers, were present at the launch. secure her future,we secure the tion of EPF contribution for forest are located around 80 km alised town. jeweller. Same Modus operandi against them. “If questions are impacts the country’s economy Amidst thunderous future of the entire home.” new women employees from from Diu. Ahmedabad to Diu The prime minister said as Nirav Modi. Fake LOU’s.” raised on the country’s econ- and affects investment as inter- applause, the Prime Minis- He said the Centre was also 12 to 8 per cent while keeping road journey takes 12 hours labourers getting affordable “Predictably, like Mallya omy and banking system, then national trade is done through ter began his speech in Tamil, focussing on facilitating ease the employee contribution at and the air connectivity cuts food and shelter will work hard and Nirav, this promoter too no investment will come in the banking system. saying, “Tamil manilathirkum, of living for the common citi- 12 per cent. the travel time to just an hour. and help increase profit of their has disappeared while the Gov- country and this will harm the “Why is Modiji silent? mozhikum parambariyathir- zen and that all government “Under the standup India Modi distributed kits factory owners. "If labourers ernment looked the other way,” country’s growth...We demand Modi yesterday said that gov- kum, ungalukkum, nan thalai schemes “are oriented to cover scheme, women entrepreneurs to beneficiaries of welfare get these facilities, they will he said on Twitter. that there should be an RBI ernment will bring back those vanangugiren,” (I bow to you, this aim.” would be given loans worth schemes, including differ- work hard and will increase Gandhi also raised the issue probe in the matter (PNB people who indulged in bank- the Tamil Nadu State, Tamil On NDA government’s between Rs 10 lakh and Rs ently-abled persons, women your profit in one year". during his rally in poll-bound scam) at the earliest,” Sibal said. ing scams. Leave the issue of language, and heritage). achievments in the last four one crore. Changes have also and industrial labourers. He praised a programme Karnataka to attack Modi, ask- He also sought to know bringing these people back to He also said in Tamil that years, he said it included easy allowed them to work in night He announced a slew of launched by the administra- ing him to first explain how the why people like Nirav Modi, country, we want to first know he was proud to be in the soil credit for farmers’ small busi- shifts as well,” the Prime Min- development programmes for tion to provide nutritious food money was taken away from who were indulging in banking why these people were allowed of revolutionary poet Subrama- ness and sanctioning of over ister said. Diu and said VAT on diesel to lactating women. the bank under his nose. scam, were “allowed to escape to flee the country,” Sibal said. NATION BRIEFS Maya: NDA govt taking Papon quits TV Over 70% voting show as judge 11 held for tribal ODISHA APPLIES FOR GI TAG FOR ITS decisions in interest in MP by-polls VERSION OF RASOGOLLA amid sexual man’s lynching BHOPAL: Bypolls to Mungaoli and Kolaras Assembly constit- BHUBANESWAR: Odiha government has finally ap- of a few capitalists assault charges uencies in Madhya Pradesh on plied for the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for OUR CORRESPONDENT Thrissur Range IG M R Saturday recorded 77% and ‘Odishara Rasagola’ (Rasagola of Odisha), officials LUCKNOW: BSP president mines will now be sold in an OUR CORRESPONDENT Ajith Kumar said cases under 70% voter turnout respectively. said on Saturday. The state moved the GI Registry for Mayawati on Saturday accused e-auction to private domestic THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: various IPC sections, includ- An Election Commission offi- its own version of the popular sweetmeat almost three the NDA government at the and global miners. MUMBAI: Singer Papon has Eleven persons have been ing murder, and SC/ST Atroc- cial said minor clashes between months after West Bengal was awarded GI tag for Centre of taking "decisions in Announcing the decision, quit the singing reality TV arrested in connection with the ities Prevention Act would be political workers were reported the interest of a handful of top Coal Minister Piyush Goyal show as judge following the lynching to death of a tribal registered against the accused. from some areas. While ‘Banglar Rasogolla’ (Rasogolla of West Bengal). “GI capitalists" and flayed its move had said the reform is expected complaint of sexual assault that man for allegedly stealing arti- According to doctors, who Ashoknagar District Collector application for the #OdisharaRasagola filed with the of opening up coal mining to to bring efficiency in the coal was filed against him for kiss- cles from some shops in Palak- performed the post-mortem, K V S Choudary said 77.05% GI Registry, Chennai by OSIC,” Odisha MSME depart- the private sector for commer- sector by moving from an era ing a minor contestant of the kad district even as the Centre the death was due to the severe polling was recorded in Mun- ment said in a twitter post. Ratnakar Rout, Managing cial use. of monopoly to competition. TV programme. On Friday, a sought a report from the state internal head injuries, he said. gaoli, Shivpuri Collector Tarun Director of Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) Expressing concern over Mayawati alleged that Supreme Court lawyer filed a over the incident. Police would also explore Rathi said that the turn-out in filed the application with the GI Registry in Chennai the coal mining issue, she Prime Minister Narendra complaint with the National The arrest was made after the possibility of registering Kolaras was 70.4 per cent. on Friday. The GI tag for rasagolla had generated a alleged that it has come at a Modi was working on a hid- Commission for Protection of the post-mortem report cases under the I.T Act against Outcome of the two by- time when some "wealthy and den agenda by privatising Child Right (NCPCR) alleging revealed that the deceased them for circulating his photo elections would be watched bitter battle between Odisha and West Bengal. As the capitalists" embezzled huge all important sectors, which "sexual assault" after the singer Madhu had injuries on the on social media, the IG said. keenly as a possible pointer people of Odisha resented after West Bengal got the sums of money from public would adversely affect the res- uploaded a video on his Face- head and bruises all over the Body brought to tribal set- to people's mood ahead of the tag in November, MSME Minister Prafulla Samal had sector banks and fled the coun- ervation system and will even- book page where he is seen body, police said. tlement: After the post-mor- Assembly elections in the BJP- announced that the state will file its application. try. "Privatisation of an impor- tually harm national interest. kissing the minor contestant There was internal bleed- tem, the body was taken to ruled state, due later this year. tant sector like coal, which is a "The country is seeing with of the show. ing and he had broken ribs, the Attappady, where people from The Congress has fielded SENIOR JOURNALIST NEELABH MISHRA national wealth, and allowing open eyes how private compa- Papon, who had earlier report said. The post-mortem various walks of life thronged Mahendra Singh Yadav from its exploitation is a matter of nies are indulging in loot while said that he was being "victi- was conducted at the Thrissur to pay tributes. Attappady is Kolaras and Brijendra Singh PASSES AWAY grave concern," Mayawati said. the BJP government is keep- mised" for no fault of his as he Medical College. one of the most backward tribal Yadav from Mungaoli, while NEW DELHI: Senior journalist and editor-in- chief of "Decisions are continuously ing its eyes and ears shut... the would "never commit an inde- "Eleven persons have been settlements in the state. the BJP has fielded Baisahab National Herald, Neelabh Mishra, passed away on being taken in the interest of a country is being looted while cent act", on Saturday took to arrested in the case. Some Earlier in the day, Union Yadav from Mungaoli and Saturday at a Chennai Hospital. He was critically ill handful of top capitalists and the 'sevadar and chowkidar' all Twitter to make the announce- more persons, suspected to Tribal Affairs minister Jual Devendra Jain from Kolaras. and with complications resulting from non-alcoholic the wealthy whereas the prom- appear to be intoxicated with ment that he is stepping down be involved in the incident, Oram said a report has been Overall, 13 candidates are liver cirrhosis. Mishra, 57, was admitted to Apollo ise of 'achchey din' (good days) power. "It is anarchy and jun- as judge from the show. "Since are under custody and being sought from the state chief in fray in Mungaoli and 22 Hospital in Chennai earlier this month, and devel- for the poor and needy is yet to gle raj in the economic sector," I am in no mental state to fulfil interrogated," Agali Deputy secretary over the tribal man's in Kolaras. Counting of votes be fulfilled," the BSP supremo she said. most of my professional obli- Superintendent of Police T K death on Thursday. would take place on Feb- oped multiple organ failure before a liver transplant alleged. Earlier this week, the After the four years of Modi gations, I have decided to step Subrahmanyan said. "Our ministry has sought ruary 28. The bypolls were could be carried out. Mishra steered the re-launch of Centre approved opening up of government, it is clear that like down as a judge on the show Madhu was beaten to death a report from the chief secre- necessitated due to the death National Herald, the newspaper. Congress chief Rahul coal mining to the private sec- the Congress, the BJP too is on till the matter in which I have by a group of persons for alleg- tary about the incident and the of Congress' Mungaoli MLA Gandhi condoled his death, describing him as one who tor for commercial use, a major the same page in the matter of been falsely implicated is fully edly stealing food articles from action taken by the state gov- Mahendra Singh Kalukheda spoke the truth to power. “An editor’s editor. A man reform in the sector since its looting national wealth, May- resolved and the investigations some shops in the forest-fringe ernment," the minister told a and its Kolaras MLA Ram who spoke truth to power. An institution builder. On nationalisation in 1973. Coal awati alleged. AGENCIES are over. AGENCIES Agali town. television channel. Singh Yadav. AGENCIES Neelabh Mishra’s tragic passing away this morning, my deepest condolences to his family, friends, colleagues What’s wrong with minister’s and admirers, he tweeted. NCERT syllabus to be reduced argument against Darwin’s by half, says Javadekar theory, IISER students asked PUNE: What is ‘wrong’ with ter exam of under-graduate MPOST BUREAU Javadekar also expressed Union minister Satyapal students pursuing a course in concerned over the poor qual- Singh's criticism of Charles evolution on February 22. NEW DELHI: In a bid to pro- ity of teachers, which he said Darwin's theory of evolu- "The students are supposed vide relief to school students, was resulting in poor learning tion, students of the city-based to think and provide logical the NCERT syllabus will be outcomes. Indian Institute of Science Edu- reasoning, and the question, reduced by half from the 2019 "The basic task of teachers cation and Research were asked which was posed during the Union Minister for Electronics & Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad academic session, HRD Minis- is to assess the strengths and in a recent exam. exam, was quite straightfor- interacts with village level with entrepreneurs who are operating ter Prakash Javadekar has said. weaknesses of students and The institute, an autono- ward and was aimed at testing the CSCs in Sitamarhi district of Bihar on Saturday He said the school syllabus mentor them accordingly," he mous body set up by the Union logical thinking of the stu- was more than that of BA and added. Ministry of Human Resource dents," said Sanjeev Galande, B.Com courses, and it needed He also informed that Development, said the ques- Dean of Research and Devel- to be reduced by half so that under the Right to Education tion was not meant for ‘opening opment, IISER. "This is not students get time for other Act, 20 lakh teachers were to debate’ on the minister's state- that we are opening a debate activities for their all-round be trained by 2015 but only five ment, but to test ‘logical think- (over the statement made by development. lakh of them could be covered. ing of students’. the minister) but it is theoreti- "At the stage of develop- Over 14 lakh teachers were “The minister of state for cal exercise to make the stu- ment of cognitive skills, stu- undergoing a skill upgradation Human Resource Development dents do logical arguments and dents need to be given full HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar programme. It should lead to [MHRD] in India recently (test) how they can answer in a freedom. I have asked NCERT better results, he added. claimed that the Darwinian different way," Galande said. to reduce the syllabus by half examinations and detentions no target. There must be an ele- Regarding the much theory of evolution is wrong Singh, the Minister of and it will be effective from would be introduced. ment of competition for better talked-about New Education because 'Nobody, including our State for the Human Resource the 2019 academic session," He said a Bill in this regard outcomes," he said. Policy, Javadekar informed ancestors, in writing or orally, Development, had last month he told Rajya Sabha TV in an will be considered in Parlia- If a student fails in March, that a report in this regard has said they saw an ape turn- claimed that the Darwin's the- interview. ment in the next part of the he would get another chance in will be submitted by the end ing into a man'. What is wrong ory of evolution of man was Elaborating on the reforms Budget Session. May. If student flunks both the of next month and it would be with this argument?" read the "scientifically wrong", and it in school education under con- "Without examination, times, then only he/she would unveiled soon thereafter after question. should not be part of school ICA/T 1450(3)/2018 sideration, the minister said there is no competition and be detained, he added. necessary approvals. It appeared in mid-semes- and college curriculum. AGENCIES millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018 | 5 mp

Modi is my favourite entrepreneur Business -Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Commerce ministry to launch Saudi Aramco eyes stake in campaign to promote GI products

HYDERABAD: The Union Ministry of Com- merce and Industry is launching a mega cam- existing Indian refineries paign for promoting products closely associated with their geographical origin. NEW DELHI: World's largest oil com- with commitment, with action and with The campaign aims at promoting local arti- pany Saudi Aramco is looking to buy unmatched flow of FDI," he said. sans and manufacturers, said Commerce and a stake in existing Indian refineries Asked about the stake, Saudi Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu. and expansion projects as well as the Aramco, the national oil company of Speaking on the sidelines of BioAsia-2018, planned giant refinery on the west coast, Saudi Arabia, is looking in the west he said many countries are looking at India for Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Khalid al- coast refinery, he said, "The more the investment opportunities after simplification of Falih said on Saturday. better. But certainly we are not con- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms. The company has signed an agree- strained by capital, and we are not con- "We started a campaign to give geographi- ment to initiate talks for a possible stake strained by feed stock, and we are not cal indications (GI) for each of certain products in the proposed Rs 1.8 lakh crore refin- constrained by size." which are identified with a particular place like Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu ery in Maharashtra, he told reporters When asked if Saudi was interested Banarasi sarees. here. in fuel retailing, he said, "In principle "Once we identify that (geographical associa- the country. "Agreements have been already yes. But I will leave that to Aramco tion of the product), the local artisans will get an "What we are sure is our exports are rising. signed that allows discussions to start downstream organisations to look at. IPR (for the product). We are launching a huge We are seeing a good pipeline of FDIs. In fact, on the configuration of the (60 million I'm not used to the complexities." campaign for this. I'm going to involve all state a large number of countries are showing inter- tonnes a year) refinery, on design basis Saudi Aramco had previously been governments," he said. est in India. and pre-feasibility studies," he said, add- The company has signed an agreement to initiate talks for a possible stake in the interested in new greenfield refineries A Geographical Indication (GI) is primarily "Now we have simplified the FDA rules so ing during his two-day visit discussions proposed Rs 1.8 lakh crore refinery in Maharashtra set up in India but none of the interests an agricultural, natural or a manufactured prod- much that most of the FDIs that come into India were held about the commitment of materialised in investments. The world's uct (handicrafts and industrial goods) originat- come through automatic route and do not need Aramco to west coast refinery. coast refinery and the planned Rs 33,000 welcome Prime Minister Modi's pro- biggest oil producer was interested in ing from a definite geographical territory. any government approvals." "Aramco is also looking at other crore petrochemical complex in Andhra business environment, we believe in it, the 9 mt Bhatinda refinery but exited Typically, such a name conveys an assurance Earlier, in his address at BioAsia, Prabhu opportunities to buy into existing refin- Pradesh figured during his discussions we believe it's here to stay and have told the project in 1998. Thereafter, the refin- of quality and distinctiveness, which is essen- said India has become the pharma capital of the eries in India as well as upgrades of with the visiting Saudi minister. Aramco team to assign zero political ery was set up by HPCL in joint venture tially attributable to the place of its origin. world and is helping many countries with afford- existing refineries. So, there are at least Saudi Arabia is India's second big- and regulatory risk to India and treat it with steel baron Lakshmi N Mittal. The minister also spoke about promoting able drugs and vaccines. three different tracks which I cannot gest oil supplier after Iraq, meeting a as part of Saudi Arabia." It had also initially shown interest in "ease of doing business" at the district level. He promised to take up some of the industry- reveal more specifics. One is the green- little less than a fifth of its needs. "The projects will have risks, the IOC's 15 mt Paradip refinery in Odisha "I also told you about the ease of doing busi- related issues with respective ministries. field west coast refinery, which is already "All of these are illustrated commit- markets will have risk, but India has but walked out of the project in 2006. ness (ranking) at the district level. BioAsia is a conference that brings together public, but there are discussions with ments by the Kingdom and the company no risk. And we are here to invest, we The Indian Oil Corp (IOC) set up the "If GDP of the all the districts goes up by 3 entities associated with the biotechnology and expansions as well as buying stake into to be not only a supplier, but an investor are here to grow, we are here to be part refinery on its own thereafter. per cent, then India's GDP will also go up by 3 life-sciences sector. major existing refinery assets," he said. in India at an unmatched scale," al-Falih of India's landscape and we will be The refinery-cum-petrochemical per cent," Prabhu told reporters. These include biotech & biopharma compa- On Friday, Oil Minister Dharmen- said. "And India is open for partnership, received with open arms and we don't complex on the west coast is expected To a query on trade deficit this year, he said nies, research bodies, investors, policy makers, dra Pradhan had stated that the west open for business, we welcome that, we take that for granted. We will match that to be commissioned by 2022. PTI exports are on a rising path and so are FDIs into regulators and analysts. PTI PNB fraud fallout: Banks told to link CBS with SWIFT system Akshay Kumar Singh selected MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank has set The LoUs were not recorded in She said there is an urgent need for Director (Pipeline) in IOCL an April 30 deadline for all banks to the PSU lender's books and therefore for all banks to revisit their risk man- link the Society for Worldwide Inter- were undetected for a long time. agement system to plug any loophole. NEW DELHI: The Pub- got elevated to the post bank Financial Telecommunications Asked about the April 30 dead- "Banks are reviewing and revisit- lic Enterprise Selection of Executive Director (SWIFT) with their core banking line, Ananthasubramanian said, "Cor- ing the systems to ensure drawbacks/ Board selected Akshay (Project) in April, 2013. solution (CBS), the apex body of rect. That could be a deadline, but it is loopholes, if any, are addressed so that Kumar Singh, Executive He possess extensive bankers has said. an outer limit. Today, the urgency is the system becomes robust. SWIFT Director, GAIL for the domain experience and Indian Banks Association (IBA) such that everyone wants this (link- linkage to CBS is being fast- tracked post of Director (Pipe- has made significant chairperson Usha Ananthasubrama- age of SWIFT to CBS) project to be by banks". line) in Indian Oil Cor- contributions in Petro- nian said there is an urgency to fast- on fast-track". CBS is a software used Asked about Allahabad Bank's poration Limited. Altogether leum & Natural Gas Sector in track SWIFT-CBS linkage. to support most common transac- loan exposure to Nirav Modi's ten candidates had appeared last 32 years. He has vast expe- This came after the country's sec- tions of a bank. firms, she refused to divulge any for the interview and Kumar rience in executing very chal- ond largest state-run lender Punjab In a release issued earlier this information. Singh got selected in fierce lenging, complex and large size National Bank detected a Rs 11,400- week, the RBI said it had alerted Last week, in a regulatory filing, competition. Cross Country pipeline net- crore fraudulent transactions at one banks three times since August 2016 Allahabad Bank had said it has an Kumar Singh, is work- work of National importance of its branches in Mumbai. for a possible misuse of the SWIFT exposure of nearly USD 366.87 mil- ing in GAIL since 1985 and within schedule and cost. MPOST The firms of diamond jewellers infrastructure. "The RBI had, therefore, confiden- the release said. lion in the form LoUs issued by PNB. Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi alleg- "The risks arising from the poten- tially cautioned and alerted banks of Ananthasubramanian, who is cur- "The bank, through its overseas edly acquired fraudulent letters of tial malicious use of the SWIFT infra- such possible misuse, at least on three rently managing director and CEO branch at Hong Kong, has been taking undertaking (LoU) from PNB's Brady structure, created by banks for their occasions since August 2016, advising of Allahabad Bank, said at her bank exposure with PNB as a country party House branch in South Mumbai to genuine business needs, has always them to implement the safeguards SWIFT and CBS is not linked. The under various LoUs issued through secure overseas credit from other been a component of their opera- detailed in the RBI's communications, bank has sent all its branches memos authenticated SWIFT message," Alla- lenders. tional risk profile. for pre- empting such occurrences," to take precautionary measures. habad Bank had said in a filing. PTI ICSI to come out with auditing China absolutely killing US on standards for professionals KOLKATA: The Institute of trade, says Donald Trump Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on Saturday said it is LALIT K JHA ship with President Xi Jinping is quite is trade, because it's so one-sided, it's so set to introduce auditing stan- extraordinary. lopsided. And the people that stood here dards for practising company WASHINGTON: US President Donald "He's somebody that I like and I think for many years, in this position, right secretaries. The auditing stan- Trump has said that ties with China have he likes me. With that being said, he likes where I am right now, should never have dards, however, will be volun- improved, but also warned that the rela- China and I like the United States. But a allowed that to happen. It's very unfair tary in nature. President of ICSI tionship could be derailed over trade dis- lot of things are happening. It's going to be to the United States, and it's very unfair Makarand Lele said that four putes as Beijing is absolutely killing us a very interesting period of time," he said. to the workers of the United States. Very, auditing standards would be on this. The Trump administration has But his administration, he asserted, has very unfair," he rued. announced soon. threatened tough action against China to straighten out the trade imbalance with "Even today, it's extremely hard on He said these standards ICSI president Makarand Lele including punitive tariffs, sanctions and China, he said. "So much (trade imbal- companies that want to do business in were being drawn up to harmo- even a trade war. ance), it's no good, he said. China, because the barriers are incred- nise with the secretarial stan- company secretaries, he said. Tensions have escalated between Bei- China, he conceded, is tough and get- ible, whereas the barriers coming into dards, compulsory for listed The secretarial standards jing and Washington in recent months, ting stronger. "They're getting stronger, our country are foolishly not. Foolishly. companies, with the view to apply to appointment of inde- with China reporting a record $275.8 bil- to a large extent, with a lot of the money I believe in reciprocal trade. If they do comply with the corporate gov- pendent directors as well, and lion trade surplus with the US, contrary they've made from having poor leadership something to us, we do something to ernance requirement as per the ICSI was helping companies in to Trump’s goal to narrow the US trade in the US, because the US leadership has them," he said. "Well, that never happened, new Companies Act. this regard. deficit with China. allowed them to get away with murder," he and it's gotten worse and worse over the Speaking to reporters here, The regulatory body has "I have to say, we've developed a great said. "With that being said, I think we can years. But we'll correct it. That can be the Lele said that according to also formulated the Code for relationship with China, other than the have a truly great, even trading relation- only thing that can get in the way of a truly two specific secretarial stan- Charity Governance, with nine fact that they've been killing us on trade ship with China. Hopefully, that's going to long-term great relationship. Because we dards, it was mandatory to hold guiding principles, for trans- for the last long period of time killing us, work out. And hopefully, the relationship I have all the ingredients for friendship," board and general meetings by parency and full disclosure, absolutely killing the United States on have with President Xi will make that hap- said the US President. companies. Lele said. trade. But we have developed a great rela- pen. Only time will tell," he noted. The US Commerce Department ICSI, being a regulatory In addition, ICSI has come tionship with China; probably closer than According to Trump, trade is the only recently recommended imposing heavy body, would ensure that the out with the Anti-bribery we've ever had," Trump told reporters at a thing that comes between having better tariffs on China and other countries standards were being adhered Code, to be adopted voluntarily joint White House news conference. relationship with China. to counter a global glut in steel and to in letter and spirit by the by the corporate sector. PTI Trump said his personal relation- "The only thing that can get in its way aluminum. PTI COAI rebuts Jio; says flagged issue on Trai orders NEW DELHI: Industry body work of the laws of the land," "devalue the esteem, regard and COAI on Saturday returned fire COAI Director General, Rajan confidence enjoyed by Jio" and in the ongoing stand off with S Mathews said in a statement. cause injury to its reputation. Reliance Jio, saying its "differ- Incidentally, Jio has demanded Jio had warned that it ences" are with regulator TRAI's that both COAI and Mathews "reserves its rights to initiate orders, not with a specific oper- tender public apology within 48 criminal and civil defamation ator, and it is duty-bound as an hours over the industry body's proceedings, including dam- association to raise concerns on allegations dated February 20. ages, against both COAI and growth of the sector. COAI statement on Satur- incumbent dominant opera- The rebuttal comesday further said, "However, the tors (IDOs)". after Reliance Jio termed as regulator's role is to ensure the The full-blown war of words "defamatory" and "malicious" competing claims of companies has erupted in the sector after recent allegations by the Cel- are appropriately handled in the COAI alleged that Trai's regu- lular Operators Association interest of the entire industry. lations, including its rules and of India's (COAI) that indi- This is the mandate of the TRAI definition of predatory pricing, cated that orders by the Tele- Act, which specifically tasks its "other" member operators attack on COAI, saying the had distorted the market. COAI com Regulatory Authority of it with ensuring the orderly are unanimous in their support body has become a mouth- had also alleged that the orders India (Trai) are favouring the growth of the industry." of COAI's position "with abso- piece of incumbents like Air- appeared "to be strengthening newcomer. COAI emphasised that as an lutely no exceptions". tel and is issuing "defamatory" the ambitions of one particu- "Our differences are with the industry body it raises concerns Jio –which is also a mem- and "malicious" statements on lar operator with deep pock- orders of the regulator and not over various issues. " ...we raise ber of COAI –had on Friday Trai favouring it. ets and monopolistic designs with any specific operator. Our our concerns, as any relevant claimed it was kept in the dark COAI issued a "motivated" at the expense of other opera- intention is not to aggrieve any Industry association should, for about the release issued by the press statement earlier this week tors" although it did not name particular operator. Individual the growth and development trade body. alleging that the regulator Trai Reliance Jio which has hit the operators are free to pursue the of the sector and in the inter- On Friday, Billionaire was favouring the new opera- incumbent operators hard by interests of their own company est of the nation," COAI said. Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Jio tor, Jio had accused, adding that its aggressive pricing of mobile vigorously under the frame- The association argued that all had also launched a scathing such remarks were meant to and data services. PTI 6| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018|millenniumpost mp We take it very seriously. We want to put an end to it World Donald Trump on gun control At least 23 killed in multiple Trump blames India, China for Paris climate deal withdrawal bomb attacks in Afghanistan WASHINGTON: President Will go with phase Donald Trump has again blamed India and China for his KABUL: At least 23 people, 130 people as the city remains decision last year to withdraw two sanctions on mostly soldiers, were killed and on high alert fearing further Death toll rises to from the historic Paris climate more than a dozen wounded violence. accord, saying the agreement North Korea if first in a series of attacks and sui- In two other attacks on Satur- 38 in Mogadishu was unfair as it would have cide bombings in Afghanistan day in volatile southern Hel- made the US pay for nations wont work: Trump on Saturday, officials said, the mand province, suicide car bombings which benefited the most from latest assaults on the war-torn bombs killed at least two sol- the deal. WASHINGTON DC: US Pres- country’s beleaguered security diers and wounded more than MOGADISHU: Two car Trump in June last year "And China -- their agree- ident Donald Trump on Sat- forces. a dozen others, officials said. bombings killed 38 peo- announced his decision to ment didn't kick in until 2030. urday warned that he will go In the biggest attack, Taliban In the first incident, militants ple in the Somali capital withdraw from the Paris deal, Right? Our agreement kicks in with phase two sanctions on militants stormed an army used a Humvee to attack an Mogadishu, the city's main saying the accord would have immediately. Russia -- they're North Korea if the first one base in the western province army base in Nad Ali district cost America trillions of dol- allowed to go back into the won't work, which will be very of Farah overnight, killing at but the vehicle was destroyed ambulance service said lars, killed jobs, and hindered 1990s, which was not a clean unfortunate for the world. least 18 soldiers. when soldiers identified it and on Saturday. "We have the oil, gas, coal and manufac- environmental time," Trump Earlier, he had imposed the “Last night a big group of hit it with a rocket propelled seen at least 38 people turing industries. said. "heaviest-ever" sanctions on militants attacked an army grenade, provincial spokesman dead," said Abdukadir But he also, at the time, said Commenting on India and North Korea's shipping com- base in Bala Buluk district of Omar Zawak said. Abdurahman Aden of the he would be open to renegotiat- other countries, he said, "Other panies in a bid to prevent the Farah. Unfortunately, we lost “Unfortunately, two soldiers Aamin Ambulance of the ing the deal, which was agreed countries, big countries -- India reclusive nation from acquir- 18 soldiers, two soldiers were bomber on foot, well-dressed ness told Tolonews TV adding were killed in the attack and by nearly 200 nations over the and others -- we had to pay, ing nuclear weapons and devel- bombings that targeted wounded. We have sent more with a necktie on, was identi- that security forces had since seven wounded,” he said. course of years. because they considered them oping intercontinental ballistic reinforcements to the area,” fied at a checkpoint. He blew up swarmed the area, closing off The Nad Ali attack was fol- the presidential palace "We knocked out the Paris a growing country. missiles. "If the sanctions don't defence ministry spokesman his explosives, killing three and the main road leading to the lowed by a second suicide car and a hotel. The first Climate Accord. It would have "They were a growing coun- work, we'll have to go phase Daulat Wazir said. wounding five others,” he said, attack site. bombing in the provincial capi- blast, followed by gunfire, been a disaster. Would have try. I said, What are we? Are two. And phase two may be The Taliban claimed respon- updating an earlier toll. The Islamic State group, which tal Lashkar Gah that wounded occurred at a security been a disaster for our coun- we allowed to grow, too? Ok? a very rough thing. May be sibility for the attack. Deputy A security source who is trying to make inroads in seven people. checkpoint close to Villa try," Trump said in his address No, Are we allowed to grow?," very, very unfortunate for the provincial governor Younus requested not to be named Afghanistan, claimed the The attack was against an NDS Somalia, the name for the to the Conservative Political he said. world," Trump told reporters Rasooli said the authorities said the explosion happened responsibility for the Kabul compound and near a police Action Committee. "They called India a devel- at a joint news conference with had sent a fact-finding delega- near a compound belonging attack. In December, a suicide headquarters in the city, Hel- seat of government, while Arguing that countries like oping nation. They call China the visiting Australian Prime tion to Bala Buluk to investigate to the National Directorate of attacker on foot blew himself mand police spokesman a second followed soon China and India are benefiting a developing nation. But the Minister Malcolm Turnbull. the assault. Security (NDS), the Afghan up near the same compound, Salaam Afghan said. after at a hotel, according the most from the Paris agree- United States? We're devel- However, he hoped that the In another attack, a suicide intelligence agency. The NDS killing at least six civilians. The Taliban claimed both to police. The Shabaab ment, Trump had said that the oped. We can pay," Trump said. sanctions will work. "We have bomber detonated his explo- compound is located near the Kabul has recently seen an attacks in Helmand. Islamist militant group agreement on climate change The President asked if peo- tremendous support all around sives near the diplomatic area NATO headquarters and the increase in attacks by both Tali- Militants including the Tali- claimed the attacks in a was unfair to the US, as it badly ple understood about the Paris the world for what we're doing. of Kabul during the morning US embassy. ban and the IS group. ban and the Islamic State group hit its businesses and jobs. accord and. It really is a rogue nation," he rush hour, killing at least three “I was driving nearby when I Since mid-January, militants have stepped up their attacks statement posted online, Defending his decision "Because it sounds so good. said. "If we can make a deal, people and wounding five oth- heard a big explosion, the win- have stormed a luxury hotel, on Afghan troops and police in saying it was targeting Trump said, "You have a lot It's like some of the environ- it'll be a great thing. If we can't, ers, deputy interior ministry dows of my car were smashed. bombed a crowded street and recent months, sapping morale the government and secu- of oil and gas that we found mental regulations that I cut. something will have to happen. spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said. I saw several wounded people raided a military compound already hit by desertions and rity services. AGENCIES -- you know, technology has They have the most beautiful So we'll see," the US President “At around 8:30 am, a suicide on the street near me,” a wit- in the capital, killing more than corruption. AGENCIES been amazing. And we found titles. And sometimes, I'd say, said responding to a question things that we never knew. But 'Look, I'm just going to close on North Korea. Egypt presidential we have massive -- just about my eyes and sign this, because Earlier, the Trump Admin- Trump, Turnbull for ways to expand ties with India, Japan the top in the world -- we have you know what? I'm going to istration announced a series massive energy reserves. We get killed on this one.' And I get of sanctions the largest so race starts with have coal. We have so much". so much thanks. The country far against the authoritarian WASHINGTON: US President nese initiative in this regard, "And basically, they were knows what I'm doing," he said. North Korean regime. "North Sisi favourite to win Donald Trump and Austra- which the US Secretary of saying, 'Don't use it. You can't "We couldn't build. We Korea -- we imposed on Satur- lian Prime Minister Malcolm State, Rex Tillerson, has called use it'. So what it does is it couldn't farm. If you had a pud- day the heaviest sanctions ever CAIRO: Campaigning began Turnbull on Saturday reiterated as predatory economics. makes us uncompetitive with dle on your land, they called it imposed on a country before," in Egypt's presidential election their commitment to promote According to the joint state- other countries. It's not going a lake for the purposes of envi- Trump said in his remarks on Saturday with incumbent a free and open Indo-Pacific ment, the two countries intend to happen, I told them. It's not ronmental. I mean, it's crazy. to the Conservative Political Abdel Fattah al-Sisi likely to and affirmed the importance to launch the United States- going to happen," he added. It's crazy," Trump said. AGENCIES Action Conference. AGENCIES romp to victory in the absence of expanding quadrilateral co- Australia Strategic Partnership of a serious challenger in the operation with India and Japan. on Energy in the Indo-Pacific two-candidate race. Following their meeting, region to promote energy Archaeologists find ancient necropolis in Egypt The former army chief will the White House said Trump infrastructure, low emissions face the head of the liberal and Turnbull "discussed ways technologies, and global gas TUNA AL-GABAL (EGYPT): Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry has announced the discov- Ghad party, Mussa Mustapha to deepen trilateral coopera- markets. Affirming their sup- ery of an ancient necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo. The Mussa, after the other potential tion with Japan and affirmed Trump thanked Turnbull in the Indo-Pacific region and port for global health security ministry said on Saturday that the large cemetery is located north of Tuna al-Ga- contenders withdrew or were the importance of expanding for his continued support for encourage reforms to improve to prevent, detect, and respond arrested ahead of the March cooperation between Austra- the US' program of Freedom of regulations, transparency, and to infectious disease outbreaks, bal area, a vast archaeological site on the edge of the western desert. It includes 26-28 polls. In January, a coali- lia, the US, Japan, and India." Navigation Operations. local capital markets. the two countries also agreed several burial shafts and hosts more than 1,000 statues and some 40 sarcophagi tion of eight opposition parties Expressing serious con- The Overseas Private This is probably aimed at to intensify cooperation to as well as other artifacts. Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said the necropolis is and 150 public figures called cerns about the situation in Investment Corporation the One Belt One Road initia- support the growth of digital host to members of different families and is believed to date back to the pharaonic for a boycott of the election, the South China Sea, they signed a Memorandum of tive of China, which has cre- trade between them, ensure an Late Period and the Ptolemaic era. ”We will need at least five years to work on branding it a "charade". Mussa called upon parties to exercise Understanding with Australia ated a sense of anxiety among open, free and secure Internet, the necropolis,” he said. “This is only the beginning of a new discovery.” Excavation is little known by the pub- restraint and resolve disputes to advance United States-Aus- various countries in the region. and advocate the liberalisa- lic and previously backed the peacefully based on interna- tralia support for high-qual- The joint statement, how- tion and facilitation of global work in the area started late 2017. AGENCIES incumbent. AGENCIES tional law. ity infrastructure investment ever did not mention the Chi- digital trade. AGENCIES Curious objects from India to help raise UK funds for elephant charity LONDON: A series of curi- and his Cabinet of Curiosities Indian photographer Aditya Indonesia. The exhibition, which my work is based on the con- ous objects, including fertil- has been conceptualised as a Patankar. They have been re-imag- opened earlier this month, servation and rehabilitation of ity symbols, collected by a multi-medium exhibition that "Following his death in ined by being moulded in jes- was accompanied by a talk by India's ancient and medieval British conservationist on his captures the many journeys 2014, I inherited many of the monite from the originals by 48 Anand to contextualise the fer- literatures and reintroducing tours of India will help raise made by the writer and philan- photographs from his travels, artists, designers and illustra- tility symbols up for auction. them to society," she added. millions of pounds for a char- thropist, including many rid- and his cabinet of curiosities, tors, including Natasha Kumar, "The collection of Shands' The exhibition, with a total ity he founded to save the Asian ing his Indian elephant named and I looked for ways to under- Philip and Charlotte Colbert fertility symbols, many of of 29 photographs and 101 elephant. Tara. stand and honour his excep- and Jack Penny, among others. which he acquired during his original sculptures, is on auc- Mark Shand, the brother While Shand passed away tional life. The project included a col- travels in India, have a narra- tion via adventuresandcuri- of Camilla Parker-Bowles wife suddenly nearly four years ago, "My father collaborated laboration with London-based tive that reaches far beyond the osities.com with all the funds of Prince Charles, had set up his daughter Ayesha is spear- with many artists in order to mythologist and storyteller immediate physical aspect they raised ear-marked for the Ele- Elephant Family as a non-gov- heading a new fundraising draw attention to the need to Seema Anand, who offered a are rooted in a mythology and phant Family, which claims to ernmental organisation (NGO) drive for the charity by put- save the Asian elephant and sneak preview to her forth- philosophy that is both divine have funded over 160 conser- dedicated to protecting the ting up for auction some of the their habitat," said Ayesha coming book 'Arts of Seduc- and terrestrial," she said. vation projects and raised over Asian elephant from extinc- unique objects he collected Shand, the co-curator of the tion' based on the philosophies "Much like the work of Ele- 10 million pounds through tion in the wild. on his travels as well as pho- exhibition. ities" on auction is an exten- fertility sculptures from tribes and the mythologies of the phant Family in the conserva- public art events across the Mark Shand s Adventures tographs of his adventures by Among the set of "curios- sive collection of phallic and villages across India and 'Kamasutra'. tion of the Indian elephant, globe since 2002. AGENCIES Artificial eye developed to Hunting for woman in ‘African Mona Lisa’

ABUJA(Nigeria): She's been Adetutu because Ademiluyi is He added: “It’s amazing. I help correct blurry images described as "the African Mona such a large family. can’t believe she’s alive.” Lisa", the subject of a long-lost “My husband who happened Enwonwu -- famous for series of three paintings by the to be one of the direct children creating a bronze sculpture of NEW YORK: Inspired by the the researchers developed a artist considered the father of was over 120 years before he Queen Elizabeth II -- died in human eye, scientists have new algorithm to shrink the Nigerian modernism. died and he had more than 40 1994 and appears not to have developed an adaptive met- file size to make the metalens But like Leonardo da Vinci's wives,” she said. “Only three of left any clues about his subject. alens that is essentially a flat, compatible with the technol- most famous portrait, finding us are still alive.” At his studio in Lagos, the electronically controlled arti- ogy currently used to fabricate out more about the woman in - ‘I can’t believe she’s alive’ - artist’s son, Oliver, said he can’t ficial eye. integrated circuits. Ben Enwonwu's "Tutu" has so Giles Peppiatt, the head of recall his father ever discussing The adaptive metalens The scientists demonstrated far been elusive, even for her modern and contemporary it and doesn’t know where the simultaneously controls for the design and fabrication of extensive extended family. African art at Bonhams auc- remaining two paintings are. three of the major contribu- metalenses up to centimeters One of the missing works, tion house who found what he But the 42-year-old, who is tors to blurry images: focus, or more in diameter. which was discovered in a north describes as “the mythical pic- president of the Society of Nige- astigmatism, and image shift. Paulson School of Engineering "This research provides London flat, goes on sale in the ture”, has been in Nigeria doing rian Artists, said he was pleased The study, published in and Applied Sciences (SEAS) the possibility of unifying two British capital on Wednesday federal forces and Biafran sepa- Anifowoshe, who added that she his own detective work. about the increasing recognition the journal Science Advances, in the US. industries: semiconductor and is expected to fetch 250,000 ratists wanting an Igbo home- was the only surviving wife of Last week, he travelled the his father was getting. demonstrates the feasibility of To build the artificial eye, manufacturing and lens-mak- pounds ($347,000, 282,000 land in the southeast. the former monarch. 200 kilometres (125 miles) from “It’s a thing of joy that sev- embedded optical zoom and the researchers first needed to ing, whereby the same technol- euros). What is known about “Tutu” But Anifowoshe, who is said Lagos to Ife and said the older eral decades after his death my autofocus for a wide range scale-up the metalens. ogy used to make computer Enwonwu was professor of is that she was the granddaugh- to be more than 100, couldn’t women in the family may have father’s works are being appre- of applications including cell Prior metalenses were chips will be used to make fine arts at the university in Ile- ter of the traditional ruler, recall if Adetutu married or had been referring to an Adetutu of ciated globally,” he added. phone cameras, eyeglasses and about the size of a single piece metasurface-based optical Ife, the cradle of the Yoruba peo- Ademiluyi Ajagun, the Ooni children and said: “She died a different generation. Peppiatt said although he virtual and augmented reality of glitter. They focus light and components, such as lenses," ple in southwest Nigeria, when (king) of Ife, who died in 1930. many years ago.” He said family members was hopeful of finding the real hardware. eliminate spherical aberra- said Capasso. he met Adetutu Ademiluyi and He is said to have married Cecilia Ayoka is another told him a younger Adetutu was Tutu after so long, it had no "This research combines tions through a dense pattern The researchers also dem- painted her in 1973 and 1974. up to 47 times, had many mis- centenarian and was married alive, in her late 60s and living bearing on the painting’s worth breakthroughs in artificial of nanostructures, each smaller onstrated that the lens can The painting of the Yoruba tresses and, unsurprisingly, to Prince Okero Ademiluyi, a in Lagos, which would tally with as art. muscle technology with met- than a wavelength of light. simultaneously focus, con- princess by an ethnic Igbo art- many children. son of the former king. her being aged in her late teens “I will say, either way, I alens technology to create "Because the nanostruc- trol aberrations caused by ist became a symbol of national Surviving relatives in Ife said “I used to know Adetutu in when she sat for Enwonwu. think it’s... just a beguiling pic- a tunable metalens that can tures are so small, the density astigmatisms, as well as per- reconciliation at a delicate time they remember an Adetutu in those days but for some years “Tutu is one of about 300 ture, it’s an amazing portrait change its focus in real time, of information in each lens is form image shift. Together, the in Nigeria's history. the family. “Adetutu was... one of now I haven’t heard anything (children). That’s why it’s actu- and whether we find her or not just like the human eye," said incredibly high," said She. lens and muscle are only 30 A brutal civil war had ended the daughters of Kabiyesi (king) about her,” she added. ally quite difficult to find her,” doesn’t really affect the value of Alan She from Harvard John A To solve this problem, microns thick. AGENCIES just four years earlier between Ademiluyi,” said Olori (queen) “Not many people knew he said. the work. AGENCIES millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018 | 7 mp For me, technically, Neymar is already the best player in the world. I’m absolutely sure of that Sport — Brazilian football great Pele Dudu at ‘four’ ground as East South Africa conquered Bengal crush Chennai City 7-1 Indian eves beat hosts by 54 runs in fifth and final T20 to win the series 3-1 KOLKATA: East Bengal's title aspirations got a major boost CAPE TOWN: Indian women as the Kolkata giants recorded accomplished a 'historic double' the biggest victory of the sea- as they outclassed South Africa son with a 7-1 rout of Chennai women by 54 runs in the fifth City in an I-League encounter, and final Twenty20 Interna- riding on Dudu Omagbemi's tional to clinch the series 3-1, four-goal burst. here on Saturday. Dudu scored in the 32nd, After Mithali Raj led the 49th, 56th and 61st minute side to a 2-1 series win in the respectively, including season's ODIs, it was Harmanpreet first hat-trick with East Bengal Kaur's turn to lift the trophy as climbed upto second position they become the first cricket with 29 points from 16 games team to win two formats in the — two behind NEROCA, who T. The Chennai defence was regroup after trailing by three Rainbow nation. are still on top with 31 points caught napping as Al Amna's goals at half time but there It was Mithali's (62 off 50 from 17 games. first two shots were blocked seemed to be no respite from balls) experience comple- Minerva however are also by Thaufiq but he got a third the goals and the Nigerian con- mented by youthful exuber- on 29 points but have played time lucky to chip it into the tinued his onslaught. ance of Jemimah Rodrigues (44 a match less than East Bengal. open net. It's his combination with Al off 34 balls) that enabled India After Saturday's victory, It was goal glut in the sec- Amna again that yielded a goal to register par score of 166 for East Bengal have opened up the ond-half when Dudu com- as Dudu finished with a flour- four in 20 overs. league but much of the credit pleted his hat-trick and went ish from his powerful right South Africa were never in would go to Gokulam FC, who on to fire in his fourth, before footer for his brace of the day. the match as they were skittled defeated both NEROCA and substitute Gabriel Fernandes Thangalakath produced the out for 112 in 18 overs with vet- Minerva to give Khalid Jamil's completed the rout with his sixth goal of the match and it eran Rumeli Dhar (3/26 in 4 men, some much-needed 84th minute strike. was some respite for Chennai overs) making a mark in the breathing space. With 29 goals Mashoor Thangalakath as he scored from a lovely cross very second match on her and a difference of 13, East (59th) scored the solitary in by Jean-Michel Joachim. return to the side after six years. Bengal also have done their goal for Chennai City as the It was time for the first hat- Shikha Pandey (3/16 in 4 chances a world of good if it southern outfit coached by V trick of the season, when Dudu overs) was certainly the best comes to a photo finish. Soundarajan found themselves was set up by Ansumana Kro- bowler on view while left-arm have not done well traditionally. on Australia and England at break bowler Raisibe Ntozakhe pint-sized, she packed a punch In what was a must-win staring at relegation. mah who combined well with spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad "It was a two-paced track home. and other off rival captain in her shots. game, East Bengal were spec- If the first goal was not Al-Amna to break the defence (3/26 in 3 overs) had an easy job to bat on but it became easier "I thought we were 20 runs Dane van Niekerk -- both over Rodrigues also punished tacular right from the start enough, Chennai City's defence and nick a pass to the Nigerian with the top half blown away by to play shots at the later stages. short but our bowlers per- long-on. Ntozakhe hitting her through against a sloppy Chennai once again let them down when to do the rest. the seamers. But it's always nice to be among formed exceptionally. I thought She first hit a boundary and cover for a boundary and also defence as they went three-nil Ravanan found his own net in Making his first appearance The win also showed that runs," Raj, who scored 192 runs Mithali di and Jemi (Jemimah) then lofted her over long-off for a six over mid-wicket. up in little over half an hour's an effort to clear the ball from at home count, Gabriel joined Indian women's performance in four innings with three half- batted well. I though Shikha the first six. When Ismail came for her play that included an own goal Brandon Vanlalremdika. East Bengal's party with a stun- in the ICC ODI World Cup centuries, said after the match. and PY (Poonam Yadav) really Along with 17 year old second spell, the teen sensation from Dharmaraj Ravanan It was time for Dudu to ner in the closing stage of the wasn't a mere flash in pan and She won both 'Player of the bowled well," the skipper said. Jemimah, Mithali added 98 lofted her effortlessly over long- (23rd). make his presence felt, begin- match. The Goan capitalised a the women showed little rusti- Match and Series' award for Mithali started with a cou- runs for the second wicket. on for a six. Mahmoud Al Amna (20th ning with the easiest of the long ball for Kromah who laid ness even though they played her consistent scores. ple of boundaries off seamer The most talked about teen- Interestingly, Mithali had minute) drew the first blood goals when he found himself in it off for Gabriel outside the their first series in seven Skipper Harmanpreet on Shabnim Ismail before launch- ager in women's cricket cir- made her one day international in what was a big defence let front of an open net as he slot- box and he shot a curling one months. The big positive was her part spoke about how the ing onto medium pacer Masa- cuit, Jemimah played her first debut (June, 1999), 15 months down as the Syrian was seen ted it in, before giving a relaxed into the right corner behind winning a T20 series — a for- series win will bolster their con- bata Klaas. She hit another innings of note at the interna- before Jemimah was born in scoring from a third attempt in pose to the crowd. Kabir as Chennai completely mat where the Indian women fidence as they get ready to take couple of sixes -- one off off- tional level and despite being September 2000. PTI a tussle with goalkeeper Kabir One hoped Chennai to lost the plot. PTI India set Karnataka canter to Vijay Hazare final Onyeama Frincis saves South Africa NEW DELHI: Mayank Agar- for a boundary in the 17th over. wal made a decent Maharash- Agarwal completed his half 173-run target tra attack look pedestrian as century and 600 runs in the Churchill from defeat he powered Karnataka into the tournament with another cover final with a comfortable nine- drive off left-arm seamer Divy- VASCO: Debutant Onyeama CAPE TOWN: India finished wicket victory in the Vijay Haz- ang Himganekar. Frincis' stoppage time goal their innings at the third and are Trophy, here on Saturday. A late cut off left-arm spin- helped Churchill Brothers hold final T20 international against Maharashtra's batting col- ner Satyajeet Bachhav was a Gokulam Kerala FC to a 1-1 South Africa with 172 runs for lapsed on a day when it mat- treat. Meanwhile his skipper draw in their I-League match the loss of seven wickets on tered most. On a good batting tapped for a single to complete here on Saturday. Saturday, with Shikhar Dha- track, Maharashtra managed a his half century as they cruised After a barren first half, wan (47) and Suresh Raina (43) paltry 160 in 44.3 overs. to the target. Gokulam scored through Henry emerging as top scorers for the The target was never going Earlier, Mundhe (50, 77 Kisekka in the 72nd minute. But Men in Blue. to be a big ask for a quality bat- balls) again played a good hand Churchill, who failed to trouble For South Africa, Junior ting line-up as openers Agar- but none of the other batsmen the rival defence for most part Dala took 3 wickets while Chris wal (81 off 86 balls) and skipper could put up a fight. of the match, restored parity Morris and Tabraiz Shamsi Karun Nair (70 off 90 balls) Seamer M Prasidh Krishna in the stoppage time through scalped two and one wickets, made merry with no pressure (2/26 in 7.3 overs) and Frincis (90+3). respectively. of scoreboard, achieving the offie Krishnappa Gowtham The draw kept Churchill Earlier, South Africa skipper target in only 30.3 overs. (3/26 in 10 overs) were the above the relegation zone as JP Duminy won the toss and In sublime form through- Mayank Agarwal wreckers-in-chief. they now have 17 points from elected to bowl against India out the season, the cover drives Brief Scores: Maharash- 16 matches and moved to eight in the third and final Twenty20 and on drives flowed off Agar- and a six. Anupam Sanklecha, the blocks faster, Karun started tra 160 in 44.3 overs (Shri- place above Chennai City. International, here on Saturday. wal's bat as he has now become Pradeep Dadhe and Shrikant matching him stroke for stroke kant Mundhe 50, Krishnappa Gokulam Kerala take their tally Meanwhile, India were the highest ever run-getter in a Mundhe didn't have the pace once spinners were introduced Gowtham 3/26) to 20 points from 16 matches. forced to leave out Virat Kohli, single edition of National One to bother the two openers and into the attack. Karun lofted Karnataka 164/1 in 30.3 In-form Gokulam Kerala who has stiff back and he Day with 633 runs. Saturday's repeated half volleys only made off-spinner Prashant Kore for a overs (Mayank Agarwal 81, looked the better of the two had been replaced by Dinesh knock had eight boundaries it easy. While Agarwal was off boundary and then swept him Karun Nair 70 no). PTI sides in the first half as they Karthik. controlled the midfield and Kohli, who has been the ICC to present posed a constant threat to the most prolific scorer on this tour Smith named as Rajasthan Royals skipper home side. with four centuries across for- Churchill lacked urgency mats, thus missed on action in Test C’ship in their attack and received a the last match of a very success- MUMBAI: Australian captain IPL season. Smith said that he set back midway in the first Players of Churchill Bros FC and Gokulam Kerala FC in action during an ful overseas tour. mace to Kohli Steven Smith was on Saturday was looking forward to work half when their captain Osagie I-League match at Tilak Maidan, Vasco Goa on Saturday PIC/PTI In Kohli’s absence, Rohit predictably handed over the with Warne. Its great to be back Monday got injured and was Sharma was asked to lead the captaincy Rajasthan Royals for with the Royals. It s an hon- replaced by Pawan Kumar. But but Jeancy Zunapiao Siyo was the deadlock in the 72nd min- side. upcoming edition of Indian Pre- our and privilege to be leading their defence did well to deny late to connect it. ute when he ran down to the left India had brought back mier League, here on Saturday. Royals and looking forward to Henry Kisekka who posed a Gokulam continued to channel, dodged past a couple paceman Jasprit Bumrah, leav- Royals are coming back to working with the King (Shane constant threat whenever he dominate after the break also as of rival defenders and found ing out Jaydev Unadkat. The the IPL this year after serving Warne)," the right handed bats- received the ball inside the box. they made inroads with steady the net with a deft placement. visitors had also dropped Yuz- a two-year ban and the offi- man was quoted as saying in a After suffering three succes- flow of passes. Churchill com- Arjun Jayaraj could have vendra Chahal and replaced cial event was more of promo- media release issued here. sive defeats, Churchill replaced mitted a lot of mispasses that increased the lead few minutes him with left-arm spinner Axar tional nature aired by official Mentor Shane Warne said two foreigner strikers, bring- helped the visitors in their later when his header hit the Patel. broadcasters Star Sports as the Royals will continue to play ing in Onyeama Frincis Oke- attacks. cross bar off a cross from the South Africa had also made Smith's choice as leader was intense cricket. chukwu and Jeancy Zunapio Arjun Jayaraj nearly suc- right by Thaivalappil Irshad. two changes as they replaced just a formality. the the Rising Pune Supergi- "We will play the Royals Siyo in place of Kalu Ogba and ceeded in finding the net in the Churchill, who made an all- JJ Smuts and Dane Patterson Smith, inarguably one of the ant last year to the final of the brand of cricket, that is, with Mechac Koffi to change their 58th minute when he tried to out effort in the dying minutes, with Christiaan Jonker, who best batsman in world cricket at IPL where they eventually lost spirit and aggression, with fortunes but they failed to creat chip the ball over the onrushing managed to restore parity in will make his debut, and Aaron present, was part of the Rajas- to champions Mumbai Indians. which we are known to play impact upfront. The only time keeper Bilal Khan. Eventually, the stoppage time when debu- Phangiso. than Royals in 2014 and 2015 In what was a successful season with. I am looking forward to they came close to scoring was the ball hit the keeper's face and tant Onyeama Frincis made a Bangladesh will be the third and was retained by the fran- for him, Smith had amassed 472 exciting cricket and a success- in the 10th minute when Frin- rebounded into play. solo run inside the box before side in the tri-series, scheduled chise. Notably Smith had led runs in 15 matches in the last ful campaign. PTI cis sent a low cross into the box Henry Kisekka finally broke slotting the ball into the net. PTI for March 6-18. AGENCIES DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will present the ICC Test Champi- onship Mace to India captain Delhi Dynamos edge out ATK in 7-goal thriller Dimitrov becomes top seed and Virat Kohli at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town after the NEW DELHI: Delhi Dynamos interim chief coach Ashley end of the third and final T20 FC staged a marvellous recov- Westwood continues. ATK top draw as Federer skips Dubai International against South ery to pip defending champi- have not won a single game DUBAI: With the withdrawal of Dubai in 2019. "I believe what- Africa on Saturday. ons ATK 4-3 in an entertaining since the departure of Teddy Roger Federer, Grigor Dimitrov ever's good for him is good for On behalf of the ICC, ICC bottom of the table clash in the Sheringham and Westwood will be thrust into the favourite's us. You can't really push him Cricket Hall of Famers Sunil Indian Super League, here on saw his team losing five of the role when the Dubai Champion- more," said Dubai tournament Gavaskar and Graeme Pollock Saturday. last six matches. ships start on Monday. director Salah Tahlak. of South Africa will make the Dynamos took the lead in The stunning result for The Bulgarian is ranked "Had he not won in Rotter- presentation immediately after the 23rd minute through cap- Delhi and the change in for- No. 4 in the world and won the dam he would have definitely the awards ceremony for the tain Kalu Uche but ATK struck tunes tonight overshadowed season-ending ATP Finals in come here. I really respect him, T20I series. back to enjoy a 3-1 advan- some excellent performances November, but he lost to Federer as a professional and as an ath- India have ensured the tage with goals from debutant from ATK. in the Rotterdam final a week lete. "He's so classy and has done number one spot on the ICC Sibongakonke Mbatha (37th) Star striker Keane scored ago, at the end of a tournament well for the game, has done well Test Team Rankings and a prize and a brace from star striker two goals. The first was a stun- in which the 36-year-old Swiss for Dubai. He's a legend." of USD 1 million after their vic- Robbie Keane (52nd and 58th). Dynamos now moved to are long out of the semi-final ning free-kick and the second regained the No. 1 ranking. Dimitrov takes over the top tory in the third and final Test With half an hour left, Delhi the eighth position with 15 contention. an opportunistic strike after the Tournament officials waited seeding at the Aviation Club. at Johannesburg against South stunned those watching with points while ATK are now The winner from Mirabaje goalkeeper had erred with his hopefully all week for Federer, Frenchman Lucas Pouille, based Africa last month. quick goals from Kalu Uche down to second last position came in the second minute of collection. ATKs opening goal but he finally decided to skip in the emirate, is seeded sec- The win had ensured that (69th), Seityasen Singh (71st) with 13, with both teams hav- stoppage time as Delhi, who are came from debutant Mbatha, the event. He informed organ- Masters 1000 events in Indian ond, ahead of Spain's Robert no team can move ahead of and finally the winner from ing played 16 games. The match already out of the race, proved who mesmerised everyone isers that he would head to the Wells and Miami. The 20-time Bautista Agut, Damir Dzum- India in the Test rankings at Matias Mirabaje in the second was of little consequence to their worth. with some brilliant play on the US next week to begin prepa- Grand Slam winner did offer hur and Frenchman Richard the 3 April cut-off date. PTI minute of stoppage time. the league table as both teams The misery for ATK and flanks. PTI ration for title defences at the to make himself available for Gasquet (fifth). PTI 8| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018|millenniumpost mp In retrospect

With Indian society growing rapidly, the youth are the beacon for tomorrow—they reflect commendable growth, and at the same time, fall prey to the vile ways of modern society, writes Piyush Ohrie NEW YOUNG MINDS AND INDIA DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES

ddressing the nation on the year but we all know the skyrocketing 39th edition of his monthly cut-offs for obtaining admission,” says radio programme, ‘Mann Ki Rachit Malhotra, who will be appearing Moreover, there were 14 cases that were Baat’ on the last day of 2017, for his Class XII boards this year. At the filed in the month of October last year. APrime Minister Narendra Modi discussed age of 17, Rachit has been conditioned There is no denying the fact that an important issue. Raising the subject of to believe that he must choose between today’s youth are more aggressive, inde- those born at the turn of the 21st century two or three years of intense hard work cent and want to achieve it big through in 2000, those who will turn 18 in 2018, or a lifelong struggle. Rachit is not alone shorthand, illegal means. Most of the he highlighted the importance of these in being anxious about his future. juveniles first attempt petty crimes like new eligible voters in strengthening our In 2017, out of the 1065179 candi- snatching, robberies and molesting. country's democracy. dates that appeared for the Class XII Because they are able to get away with After a few days, speaking at the CBSE examinations, about 90,000 scored it, they attempt major crimes like mur- World Economic Forum in Davos, Swit- more than 90 per cent. Out of 2,70,000 ders and rapes,” said a senior official from zerland, the Prime Minister mentioned students vying for the 54,000 seats of Gurugram police. how India’s youth today were grow- DU, many lost out because of the high “It is debatable why juveniles take up ing from job-seekers to job-creators. cut-offs. 10 lakh students compete for crime. In most cases, we have seen that Through their innovation enterprise, 50,000+ medical seats. About five lakh the youth do it because of adventure. talent and hard work the young were candidates appear for the Union Pub- In the counselling sessions, we mostly chasing their dream and beginning their lic Service Commission (UPSC) exami- encourage the youngsters to have this own start-up ventures. Even though not nations, three lakh for the prestigious daring attitude by engaging in sports entirely India-centric, a concern was also IIMs. With thousands of estimated rather than in crime,” the official added. raised regarding why the young, educated students applying for 62 English Jour- Significant events occurred in suc- and well-to-do individuals were simulta- nalism seats at the Indian Institute of cession between February 3, 4 and 5. neously aiding terrorist activities. Mass-Communication (IIMC), there is On February 3, the under-19 squad of With 65 per cent of India’s population also immense competition in the news the Indian cricket team won its fourth under 35, the youth are the pillars of mak- media. This entire phenomenon is deeply world cup. Narrating his initial ordeals, ing new India. While the optimism about affecting the youth—socially, mentally Prithvi Shaw, the captain of the winning the future remains upbeat, the challenges and physically. The spate of suicides in team mentioned how he travelled from of the present are galore. A mammoth Kota that prepares students for the IIT the suburbs in Virar to the city for his challenge lays with the government and and JEE examinations is well-known. daily practice. the country’s institutions to provide for Poor physical fitness and obesity among On February 4, just six days short of the 600 million young and convert this school students have often been cited. 23-year-old Rakhee, a domestic maid. celebrating his 23rd birthday, Captain demographic into a vital human resource. An All India Institute of Medical Sci- With 65 per cent of India’s population under 35, With a large number of working-class Kapil Kundu was martyred during fir- The central government’s promise of cre- ences (AIIMS) study in its survey of Delhi the youth are the pillars of making new India. families in the city, there is no dearth ing along the Line of Control. Being the ating one crore jobs each year has come schools found that one out six students of demand, yet insecurity in the job youngest among his siblings with two under intense scrutiny of the opposition. in the age bracket of five to 15 years has While the optimism about the future remains remains. “It is much more difficult to sisters, Kajal and Sonia, Captain Kundu The issue is not only restricted to jobs. poor vision. What adds to the difficulty is upbeat, the challenges of the present are galore get a house for work than being chucked lost his father eight years ago. Despite Increased awareness, growing aspirations the rapid digital growth of machine learn- out because of the owner being unhappy personal responsibilities, he never let and the need to build a secure future may ing and artificial intelligence. More than with your work. Often, payment becomes his dream fade away and his hard work have propelled India’s youth to take a leap educational qualifications, special skills, and be a real change agent for the coun- his small venture. a hindrance but there are also differences assured his selection in the National towards progress—but are they being creativity and innovation will be the key try. Our politics, public, as well as private “The fact remains that it is not easy in opinion regarding the work to be done. Defence Academy in 2016. On January supported in their quest for growth? to professional growth. institutions, have several shortcomings and the difficulties will only further Irrespective of how much work you put 26, 2016, Kapil was promoted from the With less than a month left for board “In every phase of the country’s devel- and this can only be improved if the increase. Opportunities and facilities in in, the owner will still be dissatisfied and rank of Lieutenant to Captain and a few exams, lakhs of students will be appear- opment, there have been challenges for its young take charge. As of now, it seems terms of education, jobs and self-employ- demand more,” says Rakhee. days later, he laid his life for the nation. ing for an examination which for long young as it constitutes the primary work- that the task is too herculean for India’s ment avenues are restricted for us. The While Gurugram has provided an On January 5, the CBI in its 5000-page has been considered the vital initial test force. Frankly, compared to the previous young,” she adds. The difficulties are not situation is worse in the rural areas, forc- opportunity for Hassan and Rakhee to long charge sheet, finally accused the towards a brighter future. While there generations, the youth have never had only restricted to educated young India— ing us to migrate to urban spaces for a earn their livelihoods, a disturbing fact 16-year-old class XI student for murder- have often been advisories for students it easier. These are less turbulent times there is also another side to the spectrum. better livelihood,” says Hassan. also emerges—the city is turning out to ing the seven-year-old in the washroom as well as parents to not overhype and compared to the past, technologically life Around 30 kilometres away from Lutyens “Today I work hard because I want be a favourable place for fomenting crim- of a Gurugram school. instil fear about these examinations, it has become much easier and there are Delhi, in Gurugram, Hassan works as a to do well for myself. I have to ensure inal activities. On an average, there are 10 The above examples reflect the best has not been able to placate the anxieties. also more job opportunities and finan- scrap dealer (kabadi waala). At 19 years, that from here on my financial growth crimes that are committed daily by the and the worst of young India. From play- “The competition is tremendous cial security. Today, if you get left out in he looks far older than his age. Operating does not stagnate because, in the future, juveniles in the city. While it may include ing a role in creating temples of modern and parallel opportunities are still very one field there are chances of you doing in tony neighbourhoods of the city has I realise, I will have to not only look after petty crimes like robberies, snatching India to being a part of a volatile new restricted. Therefore, when you have to well in another,” says Saloni Sachdeva, a ensured that he secures good business. my parents but also my own family with and eve-teasing—most of them have also India, difficulties have always been pres- choose between lakhs of students, marks private school teacher in Delhi. A tough negotiator during transactions, the same limited resources that we have attempted rapes and murder, say police ent and yet, the young have always, in one become meritable. I want to get through “The biggest challenge today is for Hassan has gained expertise over the at our disposal," he says officials. There are over 150 cases that way or another, had to ensure that they a good college of Delhi University this the youth to come forward, take the risk years and dreams of further expanding A similar complexity is also faced by are pending in the juvenile justice board. remain equipped to face the challenge. millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018 | 9 mp Beacon

REMEMBERING IMAGES: CHRISTIE’S, SOTHEBY'S, SAFFRONART, RAZA FOUNDATION Sayed Haider Raza Thriving in creative conundrum, Sayed Haider Raza’s art was a reflection of his spiritual inclination. Remembered for his deep meditation upon each creation – today, Raza is fondly reminisced by enthusiasts across the globe, writes Uma Nair

any of us felt [in 1953] the painter of the Ecole de Paris, but where is your need to leave for a coun- Indian background Raza? I asked myself and try where art was a vital, I started coming more and more regularly essential activity. In India to India—for two to three months every “Mat the time, although there was a good work- year to study again what Indian culture ing atmosphere, we did not feel the same stim- was, what Indian sculpture was. I went ulus as we would in Paris, for example, which to Ellora and Ajanta, I went to Bena- was where many of us wanted to go... Instead res, I went to Gujarat and Rajast- of retreating to an ‘ashram’ in the Himalayas han. I looked at the sculptures and to meditate, we came to Paris.” paintings, I read books and still, I Sayed Haider Raza’s words reflect the ideas and the quest for learning that was raging through the minds of young Indian art- ists during the post-Partition days. Feb- ruary 22, 2018, was the 96th birthday of Raza. The second after his passing away. It is also a good time to see the Raza works that are lining the international auctions in March. phosis," Raza, Mumbai: Chemould Pub- I have never left India. RAZA AT lications and Arts, 1985). In this painting, SOTHEBY’S the loose brushwork is set within a frame I love my country and I am proud composed of bands of colour. of it, and it’s not sentimental my Magical and ridden Raza’s Rajasthan IV is yet another beauty. with nostalgia is Sothe- During the 1960s, Raza grew restless in France friend. Don’t think that it’s only by’s offering of Raza’s Ville and began visiting India frequently, rediscov- emotional. I have been linked with Provencale 1956. This mas- ering his childhood memories of the forests terpiece was made in 1956, of Madhya Pradesh. He also travelled to the profound spiritual, religious while Raza was living in France other parts of India, but it was Rajast- message that India has to give to – an incredibly formative period han which inspired some of his most for the artist. Distinguished by its moving works. The colours of his Indians and to the world of which vivid colours, this seminal work dis- homeland erupted on his canvas in we are forgetful at times, even in plays a semi-abstracted view of a town joyous, gestural strokes as seen in India in rural Provence. Raza was amongst the present lot. Paintings from only five artists to represent India at the this period, often named for – Raza Venice Biennale, where Ville Provencale the places they were inspired was displayed in 1956. Sotheby’s Direc- by, are non-figural abstractions Saffronart has six Razas in its March sale. tor Yamini Mehta states, Ville Provencale is needed another twenty years to where "...the outlines of any cog- a testament to the enduring legacy of one of arrive where I am today. You know nizant forms have virtually disap- RAZA IN FRANCE the foremost pioneers of Indian Modern Art, it's not very easy to give fifty years of peared – you may catch here and there The Sotheby’s catalogue has an interesting Ville Provencale will be offered as the star lot one's life to the fundamental research a glimpse of a figure, the shimmer of flashback of Sayed Haider Raza’s influential of Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary South of painting. It was a long period, a long leaves on a tree or the vague markings of relationship with France, in its coming sale Asian Art Sale in New York, on March 19. wait, but I did it." (Raza cited in 'A Con- human habitation." in March. Raza’s tryst with France began in versation with Raza', Raza: A Retrospec- Eglise 1953—a dark and mysterious land- 1950 when he left India for Paris with a bur- RAZA AT CHRISTIE'S tive exhibition catalogue, New York, 2007) scape was also part of the Venice Biennale sary from the French Government to study at Sayed Haider Raza’s masterpiece Tapovan, 1956 show. In this painting titled Bhoomi, the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. painted in 1972, was unveiled during the India SIX RAZAS AT SAFFRONART Raza continues the spiritual and emotional This was to be Raza's first experience of Art Fair 2018, in New Delhi. Tapovan belongs At the Saffronart Evening Sale in March, journey he explored in other works, syn- France, during which he was exposed to the to a key period in Raza’s career when he began Untitled 1975 is a dark toned work in moody dominant theme in his work during the 1970s. onymously titled, Earth or La Terre. Raza's works of Post-Impressionist artists, in par- to integrate vital elements of his cultural heri- embers painted during Raza's transition from "Nature became to Raza something not to be beloved Bindu appears here, representing ticular, Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh, tage into his paintings. Tapovan, meaning the gestural painting to geometric abstraction. observed or to be imagined but something to both the seed from which nature is created as who became major sources of inspiration to forest of meditation, is a triumph of Raza’s Raza made frequent trips to India during be experienced in the very act of putting paint well as the embryo from which human life is the artist. Raza admired how such artists used mastery of landscape, his expressionistic use this time, and Indian landscapes became the on canvas," (Rudolf von Leyden, "Metamor- begun. This duality unites man with nature. colour to structure their paintings. Following of colour and his spiritual and sym- his graduation from the École Natio- bolic engagement with nature. Raza’s nale des Beaux-Arts, the Galerie Lara Tapovan toppled estimates in 2006, Vincy in Paris, which represented some for an astounding $1.472 million at of the foremost abstract artists from Sotheby’s Spring Sale. across the globe, came to play a sig- Raza’s words still hold true, when nificant role in launching Raza’s career. he said: "I have never left India. I love my country and I am proud of it, and A LITANY OF AWARDS it's not sentimental my friend. Don't In 1955, Madame Lara Vincy think that it's only emotional. I have opened her gallery in Saint-Germain- been linked with the profound spiri- des-Prés, an area which was at the heart tual, religious message that India has of post-War literary life, the existential to give to Indians and to the world of movement and the Parisian jazz scene. which we are forgetful at times, even Raza was given a regular contract with in India." Lara Vincy and the Galerie itself, which This is also a good time to reflect provided him with a substantial live- on his own words of his past: "I lihood and offered him the freedom needed ten years in Bombay and I of exploration that he craved and for needed thirty years here (in Paris) to which he left India. Ville Provencale is understand what is 'plastic art' what an exceptional example of the result the fundamental requirements of a of this patronage. 1956, the year Ville 'vital painted work' were so that it Provencale was created, proved to be could be called important,” Raza has seminal for the artist. Raza became said. “I did this in France, in Paris, and the first non-French artist to secure I am grateful...that I could come to a the coveted Prix de La Critique award, certain recognition in the art world in providing him with the international France and the rest of the world. But recognition which led him to hold I was still unhappy. I said to myself: a historic show at the Musee Yes, it is all right to be an important d’Art Moderne, Paris. 10| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018|millenniumpost mp Inland Sister Nivedita & the struggle for the ‘Consciousness of Unity’ REFLECTIONS ON AN INDIAN NATIONALIST

In her later years, Nivedita’s desire to uplift her Mother India gained further momentum as she vociferously strove to further her Master’s revered legacy, writes Anirban Ganguly

s a part of her multi-dimensional action, the common mass, social traditions, and also the in the later years of her life, till 1911, lives of great personalities, both ancient and modern.’ Nivedita’s activities saw a prolific output Before Margaret, thus, was gradually drawn that in terms of talks, interviews and writings, ‘matchless image of eternal India, rich in her spiri- Aall with the predominant objective of instilling in the tual heritage, great in renunciation and tapasyā—the youth of India a sense of their country’s greatness, eternal India that lay behind the poverty-stricken, exposing them to her vast civilisational repositories superstition-riddled, subjugated India’ that she saw of knowledge, wisdom and rooting a belief in their around her at that time. That irrepressible urge to own capacities for determining their future direction. accept India and to plunge into her vast multitude On a lecture tour of Nagpur in 1902, for exam- gradually arose because of these near-daily sessions ple, she openly exhorted the youth to exercise and with the Swami. Vivekananda had begun moulding to meditate on developing not only intellectual but Margaret in a way that would enable her to face the also physical strength and prowess for national rigours of the Indian way and to completely iden- uplift, ‘The country needs robust and patriotic men tify herself with its collective aspirations. She had instead of persons who serve a foreign government come never to return, as she herself once candidly and dominate over their countrymen. They alone confessed, ‘My life is given to India. In it, I shall can uplift the country.’ In her inimitable style, she live and die.’ told those youngsters who had gathered to listen In doing this, she had completely dissolved her- to her that they ‘should feel disgusted to perpetu- self, it was the Indian nationalist in her, moulded ate the authoritarian rule of a foreign government by Vivekananda, by her own gradually evolving by serving it.’ determination to live absorbed in India, by her wide Her demand was for a radical overhaul of the and close collaboration with a host of avant-garde collective attitude and mindset vis-a-vis subjection. nationalist thinkers of the epoch whose sole preoc- The problem with the Indian mind, as Nivedita dis- cupation had turned her into one of the poles of that cerned, it was that ‘it has not reached out to conquer era. ‘Her love for India,’ wrote one of her foremost and possess its own land as its own inalienable share biographers, Pravrajika Amtaprana, ‘was the Swa- and trust, in the world as a whole. It has been content, mi’s legacy. By a gradual and loving study of India,’ even in things modern, to take obediently whatever Nivedita could ‘not only understand her [India] but was given to it...The Indian people, as a whole, for recognise her potentialities.’ more easily than submit.’ the last two generations have been as men walking This near-complete dissolution of herself into This dissolution saw her encourage and support in a dream, without manhood, without even com- the vastness of India and in her destiny saw Nivedita any action that symbolised the Indian national urge monsense.’ The only goal, therefore, worth struggling, become active in many fields and prolifically churn to break free from the yoke – both intellectual and worth the young energies, was the need to adopt an out cultural, educational, and political positions. Her political – of subjection. It saw her generate dyna- ‘aggressive policy’, the only thing that needed undi- identification with India and with her destiny and mism for an integral Swaraj – a freedom on many vided attention was ‘The Indianising of India, the aspirations was so intense and overpowering that fronts and not just political. There has been much organising of our national thought, the laying out This starkly nationalist approach, attitude and its open articulation she wrote to Swami Brahmananda (1863-1922), debate and discussion on whether Nivedita was of our line of march, all this is to be done by us, not during that phase when she was re-calibrating and deeply involved in the politics of Indian freedom, by others on our behalf.’ is what attracted people to her, coupled with the aura of her being re-directing her role, after Vivekananda’s passing, on whether she had received a subtle or direct sanc- Autonomy of thought and of action, an entrenched one of the chief disciples of the just-deceased Vivekananda that, ‘I have identified myself with the idea of Mother tion from her Master for her politic work and on conviction that the collective destiny of India was to India, I have become the idea itself, and I could die whether all that she did was not of her own voli- be shaped by indigenous minds and reflect indigenous tion and construct? aspirations, is what was needed to further crystallise Throughout her active life in India, what Nived- My readings of Nivedita have convinced me that the aspiration for freedom, ‘We accept no more pro- ita primarily strove and struggled to establish was she was indeed an intensely political personality, a grammes. Henceforth, we are to become the makers this change of the attitude of the mind. Her cease- deeply politically involved, informed and articulate of programmes. We obey no more policies. Hence- less interactions with young India, especially after figure who had India’s political and cultural libera- forth, do we create policies...We ordain ourselves the Swami’s passing, convinced her of the need to tion at heart. To try and make an integral assessment intellectually free. What then is the task before us?’ bring about such change; this alone could sustain of Nivedita by minimising, negating or omitting her These thoughts, articulated in her opuscule, the energy to keep alive the aspiration for the ulti- politics will only make our assessment of hers a par- “Aggressive Hinduism”, demonstrated the level of mate political and intellectual freedom. tial or incomplete one. As Swami Vireswaranananda her impatience and expressed her exhortation to This starkly nationalist approach, attitude and (1892-1985), noted in his tribute on Nivedita’s birth Indian youth to discard passivity and to display its open articulation is what attracted people to her, centenary, ‘Her politics was of an aggressive type and aggression – especially intellectual – a talking back coupled with the aura of her being one of the chief she had no patience with moderate politics of the and a civilisational reclaiming. The Indianising of disciples of the just-deceased Vivekananda. In those petitionary type. Therefore, the Swadeshi movement India could not be a piecemeal or an incrementally years, just after the passing of her Master, Nivedita had her full support…she had realised that India had hesitant endeavour, ‘Aggression is to be the domi- was increasingly seen as the one carrying forward to be united if she was to achieve her freedom. It was nant characteristic of the India that is today in school his legacy of national awakening. her dream to see in India ‘the great re-establishment and classroom, – aggression, and the thought and It was in her early days in India that Vivekananda of Dharma, when the whole of this nation shall be ideals of aggression. Instead of passivity, activity; for repeatedly spoke to her of the fundamentals of Indian united together not in a common weakness, not in the standard of weakness, the standard of strength; civilisation and life, ‘patiently and with delicate care.’ a common misfortune or grievance, but in a great in place of a steadily yielding defence, the ringing The essence, the core of civilisational India in her ever-living consciousness of the common national- cheer of the invading host. Merely to change the many dimensions and achievements was gradually ity, common heritage …’ attitude of the mind in this way is already to accom- unravelled before her when Vivekananda spoke to (The author is Director, Dr. Syama Prasad plish a revolution.’ her of ‘India’s history, philosophy, literature, the life of Mookerjee Research Foundation, New Delhi.) millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018 | 11 mp Read Of myth and magic FRESH OFF THE princes and the rest of the group. Yeshe The Golden Dakini is vulnerable and they are desperate on the run. Both groups are making is a gripping for Kashmir — another destination on the journey to Mt Meru. Amid several

novel splashed adventures, Yeshe and Tashi are chased SHELF by the demons. Both groups make for with adventure, Kashmir, though the princes are hunt- ing for Yeshe and the demons are also Friendships of Largeness mythological chasing her. Finally, both groups reach Kashmir amid several more skirmishes. and Freedom battles and The two separated groups — Yeshe and Tashi on the one hand, and the Scripting the the ultimate two Princes on the other, meet up in friendship of Tagore, Kashmir. They are also followed by the Gandhi, and the prevalence of good Anglican missionary demons who are chasing them and Charles Freer they travel to the Zanskar region of Andrews. The letters over evil Leh-Ladakh from Kashmir. The group reveal the principles travels towards the Zanskar range — they adopted to he book, ‘The Golden Dakini’, beyond which sits the hidden Mt Meru. pursue freedom from centres on the action that was Approximately three-quarters of the colonial rule. building up during the birth way through the book the group reaches of the divine child, the Mai- Mt Meru. They will also have suffered Edited by: Ttreya Buddha. The book begins at Qiang from a couple of Uma Das Gupta Publisher: La—a group of five travels across Tibet unsuccessful attacks ` and makes its way to Gangtok, the capi- by the Asur, where 1495 Oxford University Press tal of Sikkim. They stay there for a week they use stealth to and conduct meetings with Rinpoche in the remote Karbi Anglong Range escape but the Asurs Gyaltsen who hints at the location of near Guwahati. The Sage advises them are hard on their heels Mt Meru. The first task before the group to consult an Abbot of a monastery in hounding them. The The Triumph of Christianity: How a is to locate Mt Meru on Earth – Meru Arunachal, located in the wilderness group escapes to Mt is a mystical divine mountain men- who can direct them with the path Meru with consider- Forbidden Religion Swept the World tioned in both Buddhist and Hindu ahead. Also, the group of five is joined able difficulty. Here, legends. Mt Meru on Earth is a legend by 18 people who accompany them Prince A-Kar O holds Bart Ehrman shows and has long been lost, so to say. The on their travels from Sikkim onwards a fire ritual, a magical how a religion group follows the trail of clues leading while also training with A-Kar O and Yagna. This is a deeply whose first believers to the location of Mt Meru. They next Narasimha as defenders. magical and mystical were twenty or travel to Guwahati, the capital of India’s Price:`499 The group then travels to rite and results in the so illiterate day Northeastern state of Assam, where Publisher: Arunachal, where, at Bomdilla they ruled by the Himalayan high fey, after a Maitreya being born labourers in a remote part of the they reside for some time and look for Hachette India are followed by the Asur but they confrontation with the Asur in which from the divine flames of the yagna. empire became the a Hindu Sage who can show them the escape after a confrontation. Mean- Prince Narasimha is injured. The prince Yeshe is the mother of the child born official religion of path ahead. Meanwhile, Prince A-Kar Meanwhile, the princes who have while, the Asur or demon prince con- re-coups here and the group take a break through the yagna. The birth is magi- Rome. O and Prince Narasimha court Yeshe. been divested of their divine powers tacts Yeshe on the sly and reaches out to from their hunt. cal and just a few hours after the birth, At the same time, Tashi’s training goes but retain their immense knowledge her but she rebuffs him. They reach the They then travel to Delhi, where a truce of two days is declared between Author: on in the warrior arts and he continues are innovating mantras in an attempt to monastery where the Abbot provides another show-down with the Asur the two warring sides. The group man- Bart D. Ehrman to serve Prince A-Kar O. Gradually, as regain their powers. Briefly, after a series them information along with a map to demons takes place in Nehru Park. The ages to get away, escaping through magi- `1499 Publisher: the story unfolds, several new characters of baffling attempts, the princes run the Mt Meru. The group makes an escape group gets divided upon attack. Yeshe cal means out of India to a protected Simon & Schuster are introduced. Sage to ground at a forest temple located to Ney City on Mt Kanchenjunga, a city and Tashi are separated from the two area into the vast cold forests of Siberia.

A State of Freedom

Revolving around five characters, ‘A State of Freedom’ prises open the defining events NARENDRA KUMAR These can range from a common cold of our century’s to potentially serious infections with displacement and he word ‘Cancer’ instantly flesh eating bacteria and gas gangrene. migration – but conjures up images of pain, The biological course and outcome of not as you imagine suffering and imminent death. Cancer is determined by several fac- them. But the truth is that Cancer is tors. It depends on where the Cancer Author: Tnot a painful disease by itself. If it was, first evolved, as well as, individual char- Neel Mukherjee we would have detected and diagnosed acteristics, such as the presence of vari- `699 Publisher: it early in its course and improved the ous receptors. Penguin Books outcomes by due treatment. Pain, when Cancers can develop in the cells associated with Cancer, is generally a that make up different tissues and reflection of the disease in an advanced organs or the cells that make up the stage. Even lattice or infrastructure of the organ. then, with the Each type of Cancer needs to be stud- History of Education Policymaking under- ied individually and the strategies for in India, 1947–2016 cure are designed based on the indi- vidual characteristics. This book The fact is that Cancers are a group chronicles the Price:`295 of diseases and not one disease. The Publisher: Har- history of education WARNING SIGNS OF CANCER diagnostic and treatment strategies policymaking in Anand Publications are different and so are the outcomes. India from 1947 to • Change in bowel or bladder habits When told that someone has Can- 2016 with a focus on standing of the mechanisms • A sore that does not heal cer, what comes to mind is where, for the developments of development of pain in var- • Unusual bleeding or discharge how long, its appearance under the after 1964 when the ious diseases and advances in • Thickening or lump in breast or elsewhere microscope and other specific tests. Kothari Commission was constituted. the tools available to manage • Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing A calculated guess can be made as to pain—pain is now just another the potential outcomes, including the • Obvious change in wart or mole Author: symptom of Cancer that can be required cure. R. V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar treated and controlled. • Nagging cough or hoarseness So, it may be time to get comfort- Publisher: As far as the fear of immi- able, open this book from the first chap- `1646 Oxford University Press nent death is concerned, one cer is not just one disease. A good anal- know that there are different types of ter and you will be informed about needs to consider that Can- ogy would be infection. Now, we all infections caused by different agents. what Cancer is really all about. Bringing the flavour of van Gogh to grunge Kolkata This winding narrative from Europe to India scripts the journey of a portrait lost during the Second World War, writes Mayabhushan Nagvenkar

hat do Dutch post- ter, forgotten until now, is Magdeburg Museum, Germany Impressionist a part of the possessions painter Vincent van handed over by Claudia Gogh and India’s to her granddaughter Eva, Wgrand old city, Kolkata, share in whose globe-trotting quest common? The answer lays in the to track down the paint- leap of imagination that author ing brings her to Kolkata Arnab Nandy has shown in his just in India. Here she meets over 200-page novel. the narrator, Neil Bose, and “On The Road to Tarascon” is a the story takes a contem- novel where fact meets fiction in porary colour and gathers order to create an interesting plot momentum. around van Gogh’s self-portrait “The Through Bose and Painter on the Road to Tarascon,” other characters, primar- which is believed to have been lost in the ravages of the Second World War, more specifically to a fire at a museum in Magdeburg in Germany. The seed of the story germinates from a note written to Claudia, the wife of the curator of the Magdeburg from one mystery and clue at the ent and the past splendour of the handling is concerned. The narra- ing at times. As the book is about Museum by her lover and a British turn of every few pages. city. The novel takes you from one tion veers too often to evolving the a lost work of art, one would have Price:`350 intelligence officer, tasked with the In his sweep of geography, the clue to another, with two primary chemistry and relationship between expected some more detailing, as Publisher: responsibility of salvaging artwork author appears to revel in his refer- characters Eva and Bose in breath- Bose and Eva. As a result, it derails well as a sustained build-up, prim- Niyogi Books at the museum. This is the period ences to Kolkata. The portrayal of less pursuit. the pace and direction of the plot. ing up the valuable piece of art and when the World War II is winding ily Eva, the author pieces together the eastern city, in its contemporary While the plot is international in Those keen on art and history its peer. to a close and Germany is fast mov- factual nuggets of art history with avatar, for example, is vivid, so much its scale and unique as far as Indian would find this book an entertain- And for van Gogh lovers, the ing towards annihilation. fiction in a story which spans con- so that in a way the reader can expe- writing is concerned, one does come ing read, although thriller-obsessed cover itself is sure to have you Two generations later, the let- tinents, cultures and time, hopping rience both the grime of the pres- across a lack of depth as far as its readers may find the pace falter- drooling. IANS 12| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018|millenniumpost mp Routes

TEXT: SWATI JAIN BANDIPUR- A QUAINT TOWN OF NEPAL One of Nepal’s many hidden treasures, Bandipur is a perfect concoction of serene nature, inspiring tradition and well-preserved culture

n ancient, natural, fortified market town – Bandipur is a little jewel often over- looked by tourists visiting Nepal. It is Nepal’s best-kept secret, and still pro- Avides that rare experience of being discovered for the first time. This small town is approximately 150 kilometres from Kathmandu enroute Pokhara. It provides an unrivaled view of the Himalayan panorama and overlooks the Marsyangdi River valley and highlights the Newari culture, once vibrant in Kathmandu but now rarely visible, in its authentic form. One of Nepal’s best-kept towns, it is home to the Newari people and a living museum of Newari culture – a beauti- fully preserved village crowning a lofty ridge, its main street is lined with traditional row houses. Time seems to have stood still here, although it has taken a lot of effort to preserve this magic while developing the town as a destination. Derelict buildings have been reborn as cafés and lodges, and temples and civic buildings have been spectacular sunrise views from Gurungche Hill. pulled back from the edge of ruin. With its attrac- Unlike most trading posts in A clear morning offers some of the most memo- tive 18th-century architecture, pedestrian zone and rable 360-degree vistas in the country, with the outdoor dining, it has a distinctly European feel. Its the Nepal hills, Bandipur has Himalayas stretching out along the horizon, and eagle nest location, idyllic farms and orange groves retained its age-old cultural the valley below cloaked in a thick fog that resem- make it a stunning destination. bles a white lake. The trail starts near the school The Newars are Nepal’s historical inhabitants, attributes – temples, shrines, at the southwest end of the bazaar, and is a steep which is why the majority of its striking archi- sacred caves, innumerable 30-minute walk. tecture reflects Newar’s imprint. While walking I also visited a Silkworm farm, a Ganesh shrine through Bandipur you can’t ignore the red-brick festivals, and the old Newari and the Siddha Gufa cave. A visit to Silkworm mansions, courtyards and bronze ornamentation architecture and way of life. The Farm takes you through the fascinating process of which lends an idea of what the ancient Newari how silk is produced. The farm comprises orchards town of Kathmandu would have looked like in more I explored this little town, of mulberry plants, which are grown for worm olden times, before it was overrun with shops and the more I fell in love food – the worms themselves are reared indoors, tourists. Many of these stunning buildings have usually from August to December and March to been renovated and turned into accommodation May. But you can visit any time, with someone on for tourists wanting to break up their journey highway bypassed Bandipur. hand to explain the process, using jars of preserved between Kathmandu and Pokhara. But, I think the route’s realignment was a bless- displays. To get here follow the road past Green Bandipur is a winding, fifteen-minute drive ing in disguise. While many Newar hill towns lost Hills View Lodge downhill for around two km. from the highway town of Dumre, midway their shine and distinctiveness after joining the At 437m deep and 50m high, Siddha Gufa is between Kathmandu and Pokhara. It was on a highway grid, Bandipur retained its originality. said to be the largest cave in Nepal. Its cathedral- sudden detour we took on our way to Pokhara that The Newars are friendly people who are happy to like interior is full of stalactites and stalagmites, I chanced upon Bandipur, enroute to Kathmandu. offer a smile and warm greetings. They are famous not to mention hundreds of bats, which whistle What we found was a revelation of Nepal’s best- for their craftsmanship which resulted in their hike to Dumre Bazaar on the old, historical Ban- dipur. In centuries past, traders would gather on overhead. Trekking here from Bandipur is a popu- kept secrets. Our plan was to halt at Bandipur for carved buildings. Because Bandipur’s merchant dipur trail, to view a town that has hardly changed this man-made plateau to haggle for goods from lar (if muddy) half-day trip, including a 1½-hour half-an-hour for breakfast but the tranquillity of class had built sturdily, their striking buildings in centuries. Enjoy nature by hiking through the India and Tibet before starting the long trek to hike each way. Consider hiring a guide from Ban- the place overtook us and we spent the next many have stood firm and are used today to house these forest to visit Khagda Devi temple, as well as the Lhasa or the Indian plains. It was also a former dipur’s Tourist Information Centre. Alternatively, hours exploring it, not wanting to leave at all. quaint shops, cafés and lodgings. At the northeast monastery – some other prominent attractions. parade ground for Gurkha soldiers. These days it’s you can hike up to the cave from Bimalnagar on Bandipur was originally a part of the Magar end of the bazaar (which is the main shopping A wide flight of stone steps leads up the hill- a local picnic spot and viewpoint. On a clear day, a the Prithvi Highway, which only takes 45 minutes. kingdom of Tanahun, ruled from nearby Palpa strip), the ornate, two-tiered Bindebasini temple side to the barn-like temple of Khagda Devi, which stunning panorama of the Marsyangdi Valley and While it has since embraced tourism, Bandipur (Tansen), but Newari traders flooded in from is dedicated to Durga. Its ancient walls are cov- enshrines the sword of Mukunda Sen, the 16th- the entire Annapurna Range is visible, including remains very much a living community, bustling Bhaktapur and Kathmandu after the conquest of ered in carvings and a priest opens the doors each century king of Palpa (Tansen). Allegedly a gift Dhaulagiri (8167m), Machhapuchhare (6997m), with farmers and traders going about their busi- the valley by Prithvi Narayan Shah. The town was evening. Facing the temple across the square is the from Shiva, the blade is revered as a symbol of Langtang Lirung (7246m), Manaslu (8162m) and ness. Pause to savour this unique town at the Old an important stop on the India -Tibet trade route Padma Library, a striking 18th-century building Shakti (consort or female energy) and once a year, Ganesh Himal (7406m). Try going before sunrise House Cafe, a delightful eatery in the bazaar with until it was bypassed by the Prithvi Highway in the with carved windows and wooden beams. during Dasain, it gets a taste of sacrificial blood. or sunset. good momos, pizza and delicious Newari khaja 1960s. In the 1800s, Bandipur grew in wealth, as No road ran through Bandipur until 2003, and We then had a delicious lunch of local delica- Unlike most trading posts in the Nepal hills, (thali or set meals). It also has six basic, clean, en- traders came loaded from Tibet with musk pods, its flag-stoned marketplace is still traffic-free. Your cies at Bimalnagar restaurant and did a quick sight- Bandipur has retained its age-old cultural attri- suite rooms out the back, with very nice views. mountain herbs, animal skins, and horses. Calico, vehicle needs to be parked one kilometre away seeing tour of the ancient Bandipur Bazaar. It’s the butes – temples, shrines, sacred caves, innumer- On the main strip, Hill’s Heaven is a popular tobacco, glassware, and kerosene came in from before you enter this small town on foot, a welcome tranquillity of this well-preserved town which is its able festivals, and the old Newari architecture and hangout with cheap beer and free wi-fi. Himalayan British India. However, when Nepal opened its reprieve in Nepal. There is not much to do in Ban- main charm and entices travellers to experience way of life. The more I explored this little town, the Cafe is a bakery and coffee shop on the main street, doors to the world in the 1950s, Pokhara, with its dipur, other than take leisurely walks to the nearby its unique offerings: its rich hill culture, mountain more I fell in love. The main reason to climb with a small bar with occasional live music. airfield, began to gain importance, and in 1972, the attractions, which adds to the USP of the place. views, and hiking trails. up to the Thani Mai temple in Ban- neglect was complete, as the Kathmandu-Pokhara Climb through pristine forests for a two-hour Tundikhel is a wonderful viewing point in Ban- dipur is for the millennium post | KOLKATA |SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018 | 13 mp Trending STORIES IN A FRAME BHUTAN BECKONS GLOBE TROTTING

The season of joy!

Spring is here with its myriad of colours and the joys of new beginnings. While in India, we celebrate Holi: the festival of colours, across the world, spring is celebrated with equal vigour. Here are some festivities of Spring that are rejoiced across the World!

Songkran Water Festival: Celebrated shortly after the Spring equinox in Thailand, Songkran is also celebrated during the traditional New Years’ day. With visits to the monastery, water is central to this festival, with elephants also offer- ing a helping hand (trunk)!

Semanta Santa: An important festival in the Catholic countries of Mexico and Spain, Se- manta Santa is a collective celebration host- Nestled in the lap of the Himalayas, Bhutan – the last standing Buddhist kingdom in the world – is shrouded in mystery and tales of a magical past. Bhutan’s astounding ing colourful parades, well-decorated masks, architectural symmetry against its dynamic skies and lush paddy fields make this country a must visit for anyone looking for a sublime cultural experience. PICS: DEVI CHAKRABARTI fireworks and traditional Masses.

Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake: A SEND YOUR ORIGINAL SNAPS ALONG WITH YOUR NAME AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE STORY BEHIND THEM TO [email protected]. IF WE LIKE THEM, WE'LL PUBLISH THEM! quite unusual festival, celebrated in Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester, England—participants race down a steep hill as they vie to outdo one AMARYLLIS IMPATIENS another and secure the ultimate prize—a round BRAIN DRAIN of Double Gloucester Cheese! ASTER JASMINE SUDOKU WORD SEARCH CALLA LILAC Holla Mohalla: Celebrated a day after Holi by Sikhs following the Khalsa Panth, this three-day CLEMATIS LISIANTHUS festival is a showcase of martial arts strengths with participants engaging in mock fights. Com- DAFFODIL NARCISSUS mon in Punjab, it is a reassertion of belief in the DELPHINIUM PE`TUNIA Khalsa Panth sect. FREESIA SNAPDRAG- Las Fallas: Often tagged as one of the most rowdy festivals of Spain, its origin is uncertain. GARDENIA ON Quirky characters, known as Fallas are spotted GLADIOLUS STOCK during this five-day festival. It is believed to have begun in the Middle Ages, when artisans burnt HEATHER TULIP pieces of wood they had saved during Winter, to HYACINTH VIOLET celebrate the Spring Equinox.

BRIDE TO BE Fred is 32 years old and he is still single. One day a friend asked, “Why aren’t you married? Can’t you find someone?” Fred replied, “Actually, I’ve found many women I wanted to marry, but when I bring them home to meet my parents, my mother doesn’t like them.” His friend thinks for a moment and says, “I’ve got the perfect solution, just find a girl who’s just like your mother.” Finish the proverb: A few months later they meet again and his friend says, “Did you find the perfect girl? Did your mother like her?”

chuckles With a frown on his face, Fred answers, “Yes, I found the perfect A ______between keeps friends green. girl. She was just like my mother. You were right; my mother liked her very much.”

YEE SHANG – AUBERGINE STRAWBERRY MOUSSE TRADITIONAL SALAD WITH CHICKEN INGREDIENTS: 1 cup green apple(tattered) 100gm edible oil 1 cup cucumber (tattered) ¼ sliced ginger 1tbsp chopped coriander 2 tbsp lukewarm water Wanton wrappers 2 tbsp red salted ginger Peanuts 1 cup carrot (tattered) Sesame oil 1 turnip (tattered) DIRECTIONS: Take oil in a saucepan and heat it approximately at 180 INGREDIENTS: degrees. Now take wanton wrappers and fry them until 1 aubergine, sliced 1cm thick they become crispy. Take them out from a mesh skimmer ¼ cup Oil and let the oil drain from a paper towel. Arrange all the 8 boneless chicken thighs, wonton wrappers and salad ingredients on a platter. skinless Let it show its various colours around the platter. Sprinkle 4 cloves garlic the vegetables with peanut, sesame oil and coriander 1 tsp brown sugar leaves. Place the rest of the ingredients in a bottle and 1 lemon, freshly zested and INGREDIENTS: METHOD: mix it well. juiced Milk 450 ml 1) Boil milk and butter. (Courtesy: Chef Choong Chew Loon, Royal China, New Delhi.) ½ cup black olives Butter 90 gm 2)  Fold in egg yolk & sugar mix and thicken Egg Yolk 55 gm the mix on stove with morris. GASTRONOMY 4 tomatoes, large and ripe, cut into quarters Gelatine 14 gm 3) Add the softened gelatine and mix well. Strawberry Purée 250 ml 2 sprigs fresh thyme, chopped 4) Pour strawberry puree to above mix . Double Cream 450 ml 5) Chill the mix over ice cold bath and in the Sugar 100 gm mean time whisk double cream to semi – DIRECTIONS: whip stage. Preheat oven to 180C. Place aubergine slices into an ovenproof baking dish. 6) Once the mix is cold fold in double cream. Drizzle over 2 tbsp oil and place in hot oven for 10 minutes to soften. 7)  Pour the mix in desired rings already lined Heat remaining oil in a frying pan and brown chicken on both sides. Place with sponge sheet . on top of aubergine. Add garlic, sugar, lemon zest and juice, olives and 8) Freeze them overnight tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add thyme. 9)  Cover them with red mirror glaze and gar- Return to oven for 40 minutes until tomatoes soften and chicken juices run nish with Chantilly and chocolate disc. clear. Remove and serve hot with rice (Courtesy: Pastry Chef Vivek Chauhan, The Imperial New Delhi) (Courtesy: Chef Choong Chew Loon, Royal China, New Delhi.) 14| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018|millenniumpost mp

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Aries (Mar 21–April 20) Taurus (April 21–May 21) Your partner must be your friend With four planets now in Feisty Mars continues its your spiritual sector, this is journey through your sec- first—someone with whom you the time of year when the tor of change and trans- cosmos encourages you to formation, and this could feel safe, content and fulfilled kick back and take time out for yourself. stir up issues that may have been restrain- You might find that you’re more deeply ing you. Taking the time to process through connected with your feelings, particularly these could be very helpful in clearing those that have been bubbling beneath away blockages and allowing you to be the surface for a while. Dreams could also more productive. A powerful focus on your be important and may even contain valu- social sector hints that your friendships and able guidance. love life could sparkle.

Gemini (May 22– June 21) Cancer (June 22–July 22) As lovely Venus combines There is a powerful with nebulous Neptune focus on your sector of far midweek in your career horizons and travel this sector, it might be just as week, which could see you well to firm up your boundaries. This blend indulging in escapist tendencies. However, of energies could see you giving away romantic options show up, too, suggesting too much in terms of time, money, or other that if you’re traveling you could meet resources. Thankfully, chatty Mercury and someone and form a close romantic bond. its tie with sobering Saturn can encourage There’s also an emphasis on study and a more realistic perspective, enabling you self-improvement. A desire to study could Love begins to do whatever is in your best interests. lead to promising opportunities.

Leo (July 23–Aug 23) Virgo (Aug 24– Sept 23) with understanding The idea of change could Other people could have appeal to you, but nothing a strong influence on your will happen unless you do life, and this might be due something about it. With to having four planets in What should I do? I love him. S. Das, Kolkata a major focus on a sensitive area of your your sector of relating. There are times I’m sorry to hear it and my only sug- chart, you might connect with feelings that over this week when you may find it dif- gestion would be to step away. Physical have been buried for some time, and this ficult to understand others’ motives. If so, Heart abuse is a crime. You should not toler- can encourage you to process through them. chatty Mercury’s tie with sobering Saturn ate this behaviour. Give the relation- On another note, with lovely Venus angling encourages you to ask for clarification. It of the ship a break. Ignore him and continue toward feisty Mars, a desire to hasten a may help them to define what they want, living life your way. Anger manage- romantic relationship may not be helpful. and it will certainly help you. ment is an essential part of life. He has Matter to realise his mistake and ensure that this is never repeated. Till such time, (Sept 24– Oct 23) (Oct 24–Nov 22) ROOPSHA DASGUUPTA RAY do not give in. Let him be. Please take Libra Scorpio care and be happy. The temptation could Your sector of leisure and I don’t want to marry now. My par- be to give until you feel romance sparkles this ents insist that I get married to their How to find the right partner? How overwhelmed. The focus week, with encouragement friend’s daughter this year. She’s nice do I know? Raju Kishore, New Delhi on the sign of Pisces and to indulge in your favorite but I’m just not ready. How do I con- your sector of work and service suggests hobbies or spend time with that special vince them? You will know you are marrying the Tanvir Alam, New Delhi right person when you the feel support that you feel it’s your duty to help others person. And, with lovely Venus linking to Just stick to your decision and don’t and encouragement about your own regardless of your own needs. This isn’t dreamy Neptune midweek, this can be the do anything under pressure. Marriage growth, both emotionally and intel- sustainable. And with both lively Mercury perfect opportunity for a special date. and the decision to marry should never The right person will want you to be emotionally healthy lectually. The right person will want and the sun aligning with cautious Saturn However, a quarter-moon in Gemini on be taken under any kind of threat or and also able to stand on your own feet. When you are you to be emotionally healthy and also this week, the cosmos is encouraging you Friday could encourage you to celebrate compulsion. Parents will have their able to stand on your own feet. When to set healthier boundaries. the first milestone of a new relationship. opinion but it is up to you to be firm with the right person you will feel good about yourself you are with the right person you will and express your mind. If they keep feel good about yourself, safe and ful- insisting, meet the girl and talk to her shattered. How can I stop him? adultery. The age is sometimes the rea- filled. The right person is someone who Sagittarius ( Nov 23–Dec21) ( Dec 22– Jan 20) about your plans of not getting married Name not disclosed son why there is a lack of maturity and is your friend. Your love and your mar- Capricorn now. Get married only when your heart It is not easy to really stop anyone may be with time the situation will riage will slowly fade if the two of you A very homey focus could Communication can be wants to. Good luck! from doing anything. But, you should improve. Don’t lose heart and fight it are not friends. The right person will see you stepping back the key to success this do everything to try and stop this. out with the person whom you love. trust you and not spy on you. Feeling from life and viewing it week, although clarity is We eloped and married when I was Words, emotional blackmail, threats, Stay cool and be confident. All the best! as if you have to justify your every move from a fresh perspective. essential, too. If someone 20 and he was 22. I am a mother of tears – use every weapon possible to will become a very heavy burden. May With a major focus on your family zone, has something important to tell you, you a three-year old now. I have recently rectify this situation. Confront him My boyfriend has hit me very hard you find the ‘right’ person soon. discovered that my husband is hav- directly and warn him about the ugly last night. He had always been abu- (Send your questions to the cosmos is encouraging you to take the might need to read between the lines ing many extra-marital affairs. I’m consequences that one has to face for sive but last night was a nightmare. [email protected]) time to nurture yourself with good food, to understand what’s really being said. plenty of sleep, and a chance to com- However, with sobering Saturn involved in pletely unwind. Although you might have the mix, you could find that understanding a busy life, scheduling such activities into begins to dawn, especially if you ask the SHAHID KAPOOR your week can help you feel refreshed. right questions. Born on February 25, 1981, Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor featuring in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several awards, Aquarius (Jan 21–Feb 18) Pisces (Feb 19 –March 20) including three Filmfare Awards. The son of actors Pankaj Kapur and Neelima Azeem, Kapoor was born in New Delhi. Although the focus is on You’ll be truly in your Kapoor appeared as a background dancer in a few films of the money matters, the em- element this week with 1990s, and was later featured in music videos and television phasis is also on the sign the sun, chatty Mercury, commercials. He made his film debut in 2003 with a leading of Pisces, which suggests lovely Venus, and ethereal role in the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk, a sleeper hit for which that spiritual values could play a part Neptune all in your sign. Your imagina- he won a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. Kapoor received in your finances. This week, the cosmos tion could be very much to the fore, and critical acclaim for portraying the Hamlet character in Bhardwaj’s encourages you to draw a line, because this can be excellent for creative activities tragedy Haider (2014) and a drug abusing singer in the crime there could be a tendency to be a little bit and romance as well. However, with ties to drama Udta Punjab (2016). Kapoor’s highest-grossing release too generous to various charities. Consider cautious Saturn, the cosmos is encouraging came in 2018 with the period drama Padmaavat. Kapoor practices whether you can afford it, and if not, you you to think about the practicalities of a vegetarianism, and is happily married with a daughter Misha. might have to change your approach. project or new relationship. You share your birthday with birthday your share You

Heads Tracing characteristics of fish Fishes are quite different from mammals: They may swim while sleeping! tails Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, MP & Union Cabinet Minister, also an eminent animal rights activist and environmentalist, answers Millennium Post readers’ queries related to animal welfare issues

Can the age of fishes be determined? Scales, bones, fin rays and fish ear bones (otoliths) have all been used to determine the age of fish since these and other bony parts of fish often form yearly rings (annuli) like those of a tree. However, swims in the vertical posture. of “suspended animation” may perform nocturnal sleep does in humans. Some Is there still any place in India where week or so, some scientists find a new spe- otoliths generally provide the most accu- the same restorative functions as sleep are more obvious about it than others and new species can be discovered? cies. For instance, in March this year, the rate ages, particularly in older fish. I have never seen fishes sleep. Do they? does in people. actually rest on the bottom or in coral Almost all of India‘s natural wildlife Division of Arachnology of Sacred Heart The nature of fish “sleep” is an area of Yes, fish sleep. But it’s not sleeping as we crevices, and parrotfish secrete a mucus has not been discovered because we have College, Kochi in India, under the leader- Do all fish swim in a horizontal active research. While fish do not sleep in know it. They don’t have eyelids to close, “sleeping bag” around themselves before very few scientists who have the ability and ship of Dr PA Sebastian, who have found position? the same way that land mammals sleep, they sometimes do it during the day, they they go to sleep. If you get up quietly in interest in exploring our natural wealth. many new kinds of spiders discovered Most do. The seahorse is among the most fish do rest. don’t show the characteristic brainwave the middle of the night, you will find your We would much rather destroy forests than yet another a little jumping spider with a exceptions. Another is the shrimp fish of Research shows that fish may reduce patterns like REM sleep seen in humans, goldfish in an almost trance-like state, hov- find out how we could benefit from its trea- unique whitish plug on the compulsory the Indian Ocean, which congregates in their activity and metabolism while and some, including most sharks, have to ering near the bottom of the tank mak- sures. The Western Ghats is one example organ of the male spider which functions schools of several individuals and swims remaining alert to danger. Some fish float keep swimming in their sleep. ing just the minimum correcting motions in which thousands of unknown creatures as the paternity protection devices. vertically, its long tube-like snout point- in place, some wedge themselves into a But fishes do have a period of reduced with its fins to maintain its position in the abound. In ten years from now, they will (Views expressed and information pro- ing directly upward. A catfish indigenous secure spot in the mud or coral, and some activity and metabolism which seems to water column. almost be over as Kerala wants to turn vided are personal. Send your questions to to the Nile and other African rivers also even locate a suitable nest. These periods perform the same restorative function as them all into housing colonies. But every [email protected]) millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018 | 15 mp Game on Roger@2018

Many believed after 2012 that the sun had set upon Roger Federer’s enviable empire. Not one to shy away, the greatest of all of time has come back to cling on to his legacy, writes Aditya K Halder

rom winning his 20th Grand Slam title to reach- Federer came back strong in 2012 and eked ing the summit of ATP rankings – evergreen out his 17th slam at his favourite Big W, Federer is doing it all this year. Sport, of any dis- followed by an Olympic silver in the Lon- cipline, is often considered a job better suited for don games. But, things only got worse as Fyoungsters. The trend has always been of a young ace his back injury crept in and the horrendous entering the arena and ruthlessly dethroning the estab- four-year Slam drought begun. lished athlete – the epitome. His attempts to surge back to the top Such instances can be found in abundance: a were rescinded with an array of injuries 23-year-old Fernando Alonso eclipsing World Cham- which ignited speculation that the illustrious pion Michael Schumacher in the 2005 season of For- career of probably the greatest tennis player mula 1; Virat Kohli taking the mantle of Team India ever might come to an abrupt end. But show- from Mahendra Singh Dhoni; a teenage Roger Federer ing whim, Federer returned to the court by toppling ‘Pistol’ Pete Sampras in the Wimbledon quar- the beginning of 2017, and in some fashion— ter-finals of 2001. Pete Sampras, then, had won seven lifting two consecutive Slams in the Norman of the last eight green-top Slams. Brookes, followed by the gentlemen’s trophy These ageing rulers mostly accepted their fate and at SW 19. It didn’t happen over a day. Experts rarely came back with the zeal to reclaim what was once suggest he tweaked his game to suit the com- duly theirs. And, it fazed nobody, as it was well under- petitive demands of tennis. stood that their fading fitness didn’t sync with their “I think he has become a lot more aggres- mind anymore. Federer, however, is not one of those sive and follows a strict schedule, where he skips who belongs to the list of waning legends. Defying the and features in the tournaments that are enough norms, the 36-year-old tennis ace won three Grand for him to stay fit and in-shape throughout the Slams in the space of a year – the latest one was the Aus- year,” says Bhupathi. “He has been sticking to his tralian Open, held in Melbourne last month. Federer will remain the strengths. He missed the entire clay court season Soon after, Federer re-established himself at the because he knew it is not his best surface. Instead, summit of the ATP rankings. The feat was achieved World’s oldest No 1 ever and he played in the Wimbledon, which he prefers – and, when he defeated Robin Hasse in the quarterfinals of arguably, truly, the greatest of he played spotless tennis.” the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam last week. Amritraj gave a keen insight on the technical side of The moment was precious for the Swiss as he returned all time (G.O.A.T) Roger’s improvised game plan. to the numero uno spot after a gap of six years. He ended “First, he took a bigger racquet than he used to have, his celebrations in style by consequently winning the and playing tennis every day.” which gave him a bigger sweet spot. Second, he is play- trophy – defeating an ailing Gregor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2. Truly, it has been a long road for the Swiss maestro. ing four-feet inside the court than he used to before, India’s Davis Cup non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi After spending mind-boggling 237-consecutive weeks at which gives him the opportunity to play the backhand believes that reaching the top, at this age, is testimony the top, Federer endured a decline of his Slam-winning early. Forehand was always his strength but his one- to Federer’s greatness. run after the 2010 Australian Open – his 16th. Expect- handed backhand was mostly defensive as opposed to “I think it is probably the most amazing achievement edly, The Swiss, known for his strong volley, had a tough an attacking shot. So, taking it earlier puts him in a bet- in sports history; to be able to become World number time dealing with the onslaught of new and young rivals ter position,” explains Amritraj. 1 at 36, that too in tennis, which is the most physically in Serb Novak Djokovic, Britton Andy Murray and his A question that has crossed minds of many tennis exerting sport in the world. Normally, we have seen fiercest foe in Spanish armada Rafael Nadal. enthusiasts has been: Will Federer feature in the clay players at his age winning slams in doubles – but he is Up until the 2010 summer in Melbourne, Federer court season to keep himself at the apex of the rank- not just winning on a one-off instance, he is on a spree featured in 18 of the 19 Slam finals, since Wimble- ing when Nadal is just around the corner – a mere 100 now. Playing a limited number of tournaments and don 2005. However, at the subsequent Slams that year, points away? When quizzed about it last year, Federer still getting to the top shows how great he truly is,” said the serve-and-volley king was ousted before he could maintained that he doesn’t play for rankings anymore Mahesh Bhupathi during a brief chat. reach the final and his ranking dropped to third for the and his sole focus is to play in the Majors he enjoys, A clever ploy of playing handpicked tournaments first time in six years and eight months. Things turned and Roland Garros, clearly, wasn’t one of them. Bhu- during the year, coupled with multiple trainers, did the worse for the Swiss giant at the beginning of the next pathi feels Roger is smart enough to not to do that. trick for the Swiss veteran, feels the former tennis icon year when he lost in straight sets to eventual cham- “He doesn’t want to play on clay because it hasn’t been Vijay Amritraj. “He is a very smart player. He adapts to pion Djoker in the Melbourne Major. He did manage his strength. It’s very difficult to beat Rafa on clay. But new conditions along with various coaches to get better; to avenge the loss by defeating the Serb in the last-four Federer is obviously the favourite to win the Wimbledon and, he also takes breaks at the right time by playing on of the French Open. But a Final against clay-court king and should focus on that, doesn’t matter if Rafa is there a limited schedule,” says Amritraj. It was a special effort Rafa meant Federer never stood a chance – and he was in Roland Garros or not. And I believe, Roger is smart from a special player that took him back at the top from expectedly bashed. enough to know what is best for him,” added Bhupathi. as low as 17 during the beginning of the 2017 season. Federer stressed that he hasn’t lost the hunger for But the question of his stay at the top becomes Acknowledging his battle to the top, Federer tweeted: more success but getting repeatedly plundered by the vague when one realises that it won’t change the fact “It's been a long road, and sometimes windy, but feels younger compatriots seemed to have taken a toll on him that Federer will remain the World’s oldest No 1 ever surreal to be back at the top. I'm just happy to be healthy as he finished the season without a Major in eight years. and arguably, truly, the greatest of all time (G.O.A.T).

Consolidating dominance Federer is the only player to register at least ten titles on three different surfaces—he has 67 hard court titles, 17 grass court titles and 11 clay court titles; He has reached a record 30 Grand Slam finals (10 consecu- tive, and another eight consecutive – the two longest streaks in history, 23 consecutive semifinal appearances, and 36 consecutive quarterfinal appearances); Federer has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, a record six Australian Open titles, a record five consecutive US Open titles, and one French Open title; He won the ATP Player of the Year five times (2004–07, 2009). 16| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2018|millenniumpost mp Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy Film - Jehane Noujaim WEDDING

Mania In a free-wheeling conversation, Pulkit Samrat and Kriti Kharbanda talk about their upcoming comedy flick Veere Ki Wedding, that will offer a mixed bag of emotions to the audience

ox Office India (BOI): First, tell us what Veerey Ki Wedding is all about. Pulkit Samrat (PS): Tell, Kriti. Kriti Kharbanda B(KK): Why should I tell? Why should I do all the work, all the time? PS: It is Veerey Ki Wedding and I am Veer in the film. You are Geet, so you should know. KK: If you are Veer and it is Veerey Ki Wedding, then you should talk about it, na. PS: This is the bhasudi in the wed- ding that we keep talking about in the film. It happens due to the characters in the film, especially the fathers of Veer and Geet; they are constantly playing a game of one-upmanship. The funny, intense and emotional situations in the film arise due to their relationship. Everything goes with the BOI: What was it like working with director friend and want her to get married but, for some flow from there. Asshu Trikha? Tell us about your association. reason, her father opposes her wedding. So this film PS: He knew what he wanted to shoot and you is bout convincing each other’s fathers not to make a BOI: How were you both approached problems. He does that by not only could not change his mind. That’s actually good big deal out of something and call off the wedding. for the film? breaking things but breaking bones too. He will go to because it means he is totally convinced of what he PS: I think both of us were the last ones to be any lengths. Kriti, you should talk about Geet now. wants to do and the way he wants to do it. Basically, BOI: Music plays a very important role in a cast. I learnt this recently. KK: Why don’t you continue because you see even if he is open to other’s inputs, he manages to wedding film. Please shed some light on the music KK: Technically, I was the last one to be cast. Geet very differently from how I do. convince us to do things the way he wants them. of this film. PS: In fact, they had even shot a bit with the other PS: It’s not all that different! Geet is a very talk- (Laughs) You just have to do what he says. I believe KK: My favourite song is Kalli. Yours is Mind members of the cast. Karan (Gomber), who is the co- ative, bubbly girl. That means she is full of energy. that’s the first thing an actor should do, surrender to blowing?! They are both nice. producer of the film, has been a good friend of mine And I am not talking about you, I am talking about their director. He shoots very systematically, keep- PS: Kalli is like a club number. We kind of reunite since we were kids. We practically grew up next to Geet, the character. ing in mind the editing of the film. He never once in that song. The song is really cool also because it each other in Delhi. So when he told me they were KK: You have already said, in multiple inter- shot extra or anything that was not required for the is the very first time both of us have got to do the going to back this film and asked me if I wanted to views, that Geet is Kriti and Kriti is Geet. So can scene. There was this time we were shooting a scene Bachata, which may look like the Salsa but isn’t. It is do something in it, I said forget ‘something’, I will you please be nice now?! and he said ‘cut’ before I could finish my last line. On basically Argentinian. So we have done a Bollywood do everything in it. I can’t say no to him, so I got on PS: Okay, if you say so! But, yes, she is still a asking him why, he said he had already got the shot. version of the Bachata, which is more sensuous. It’s board. What about you, Kriti? very bubbly kind of girl. Very colourful and cheer- an interesting form of dance and we got to learn it. KK: I did the movie because Pulkit Samrat was ful. Her laughter is very infectious. Nature… I’m BOI: We’ve had so many wedding films in Bol- The track is also very nice; it is by Meet Bros Mind starring in it! (Laughs). not so sure about. lywood. How is your film different from the others? blowing was the first song we shot. PS: That’s nice. PS: It has the two of us. I can’t say it has her KK: No, Veerey ki wedding! Okay, so it is the title KK: But I was the last one to be cast. Stop taking BOI: How did you two break the ice? because she has been a bride at least five times track of the film and it is really cool with everybody away my glory, Pulkit. PS: What ice? We just broke bread together! We already! Since it is a wedding film, there are a lot of in it. I think it is going to be a cool shaadi number. It connected over food. Everybody on the set con- songs, celebrations and dancing but there is an ele- has been very nicely choreographed. Pappu-Mallu BOI: Can you shed some light on the characters nected over food. We were shooting in Delhi, so ment of humour in almost every situation. I think are really nice choreographers. of Veer and Geet? food is a must. Also, I found that Kriti was staying that’s very interesting. Also, the songs are really cool. PS: Veer wears his heart on his sleeve, like many in Delhi a really long time ago. A lot of her relatives KK: As a film, you know when you have a BOI: There’s another film releasing along with Delhi guys do. The good guys, not the bad ones who still live there. That Delhi connect was there for us really big reason to say ‘no’ to a marriage. So, from yours. What is your take on the clash? feature in the newspapers! He is one of those good too. Then there were the readings we did together, BOI: You spoke about working with Satish Shah. Geet’s point of view, she is the only child and her KK: Pari? It looks like a damn cool film. ones who does everything he can to help people. which helped break the ice. You get to know each What about the others? What was shooting with parents have never said ‘no’ to her for anything. PS: It is of a different genre. And I am really glad KK: Dilwale Dilliwale. other’s timing well and that’s why the readings are this ensemble cast like? They are very happy to know that she has a boy- that Anushka has come up with something like this, PS: Yes, they are Dilwale. Veer doesn’t have held; not just to mug up your lines. PS: I used my classic line to apply maska to breaking the mould and doing something nice with problems in his own life, so he solves other people’s Jimmy (Sheirgill) sir. I told him that I had grown the horror genre. up watching his films and that he hasn’t aged a bit. KK: If the producers are not happy because I also told him how blessed I felt working with they aren’t getting the shows they want, then they him on a film. That part was completely true. He won’t release the film. The fact that everyone has got a thairaav in his performance, from the is able to release their films and get enough very beginning. He is also technically very sound. shows means they are confident of their When you work with stalwarts like him, you learn film working. “We don’t know so much. I steal these small things from them and We don’t know what people like and use them later on. dislike. I believe comedy is something what people like KK: Satishji and I hit it off instantly. We got along you have to do from the director’s and dislike. But I like a house on fire. He loves to talk. Since this is an point of view because ensemble film, one has to wait for some time for when he is writing, he believe comedy their shot to come. Between scenes, we chat- clearly has something is something you ted a lot and he shared his experiences, stories specific in mind. have to do from from his time, etc. It was really great. Plus, he BOX OFFICE INDIA is a director, which helps when you are shoot- the director’s point ing with him. of view because He is also technically very sound and that is one of the best things about when he is Pulkit too. He also knows a lot about writing, he clearly technical things. When you work with people who understand the craft has something so well, the journey becomes a lot more fun. I had specific in mind” worked with Jimmy sir in the past, in a commercial. I have since watched many of his films and seeing his performance live… I think he is one of the most talented actors we have in our country today. When you are shooting as part of an ensemble cast, there is always an undercurrent of excitement around you.