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INTERNATIONAL: it because this fast is being undertaken bill is passed. The whole credit will go to By Regular Mail: South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Australia & Middle How can India by a ‘religious’ person, though the him and to the members of parliament. East: $90. By Airmail: South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Australia & Middle East: surpass China? objective of this hunger strike is similar Indian history will not be complete with- $210 Periodical postage paid, New York, NY and at additional mailing offices. to that of activist Anna Hazare? out Singh’s name figuring prominently in Postmaster: Send address changes to: With the recent economic growth in The fast by Baba Ramdev is no differ- it. INDIA ABROAD, 42 Broadway 18th floor, New York, NY 10004 Copyright (c) 2006, India Abroad Publications, Inc. India, some Indians are gloating about ent from that of Mr Hazare’s, both of I congratulate him wholeheartedly in India’s miraculous progress. But these which are concerned with cleaning the advance. Ajit Balakrishnan Chairman and Publisher people are counting on the billions government and to bring corrupt indi- V B Bajaj made by about 10 per cent of Indians viduals before the law. To be sure, cor- Hyderabad, India Nikhil Lakshman Editor-in-Chief while about a billion of the rest live in ruption is not just limited to the gov- utter poverty and subhuman condi- ernment but is a malaise found across Rajeev Bhambri Chief Operating Officer-US Media tions. the country. The government appeased Husain

Vasanth Sastry Ten per cent of all Indians – about 122 Hazare by agreeing to pass the Lokpal Financial Controller million – are equal to the combined bill into law, thus providing a tool to lacked respect

THE EDITORIAL TEAM population of the UK and France. clean the system, but now it is attempt- ‘End of an Era’ reflected the views of Aziz Haniffa, Editor These Indians are as rich or richer than ing to create hurdles in bringing the bill people enamored of M F Husain’s art. Arthur J Pais, Editor, Features Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, Associate Editorial Director, Features the average American. So there is a in the Indian parliament for passage. At Some said he was unfairly blamed and Ajit Jain, Managing Editor, Canada super-rich Indian nation nestled in a the time, the United Progressive insulted by right wing activists. It Dominic Xavier, Managing Editor, Design, and Creative Head, Mumbai Suman Guha Mozumder, Associate Managing Editor, US desperately poor India. One Ambani Alliance government welcomed it and is truly unfortunate that they fail to Uttam Ghosh, Deputy Managing Editor, Design, and Joint Creative Head, Mumbai spent a billion dollars recently to build everyone in it wrapped it around their understand the deep injury done to mil- George Joseph, P Rajendran (New York), Sumit Bhattacharya (Mumbai), Deputy a 27-storied mansion with helipads. current slogan, which is all for the good lions of Hindus across the globe by Managing Editors Sanjay Sawant, Satish Bodas, Creative Directors, Mumbai Democratically elected leaders stole of the ‘aam aadmi’ (common man). Husain’s paintings of their revered god- Paresh Gandhi, Chief Photographer 1,500 billion dollars and deposited What has happened since then? desses in the nude. Krishna Kumar P, News Editor, Mumbai Monali Sarkar, Assistant Editor, Mumbai them in banks in Switzerland and else- Nothing so far, despite Hazare’s com- Husain was not as courageous exhibit- Shailaja Nand Mishra, Production Coordinator, Mumbai where. These people ignore that over mitment and his insistence on the pas- ing his artistic talents when portraying Manisha Deshpande, Visuals Coordinator, Mumbai Parimal Mehta, System Manager 600 million Indians live on a dollar or sage of such the bill even today. those of his own faith. Production (New York): Dharmesh Chotalia, Production Supervisor. two per day and 140 millions live on the I witnessed first hand Hazare’s fast at Husain’s admirers should be thankful Harish Kathrani, David Richter streets soaking when it rains and shiv- Jantar Mantar in New Delhi in April. that no fatwas result from his depiction CONTACT EDITORIAL Call: 212-929-1727 ering in the cold winter. Seventy per I could not but admire the discipline of Hindu icons. They should realize that Fax: 212-727-9730 cent of them have no potable water and, of the masses around the venue and the respect is a two-way street. E-mail: [email protected] lacking sanitary facilities, defecate in effective organization of the whole Dr T K Roy THE BUSINESS TEAM the open. Medical services and public affair in a country where it does not Wareham, Massachusetts DISPLAY ADVERTISING CONTACT THE DISPLAY ADVERTISING TEAM health systems do not exist. Food adul- take too much effort to gather thou- Toll free: 1-866-702-1950 teration is common. The majority of the sands of people for any demonstra- Fax: 212-627-9503 E-mail:[email protected] world’s poor live in India, and India is tion. That expression of a deeply seated II Geeta Singh Sales Executive one of the most corrupt countries in the detestation of corruption among the You opened some old wounds with Jitender Sharma world. masses and their frustration when deal- your feature on M F Husain (India Associate Sales Manager To top it all, slavery is common in ing with it should have been a good Abroad, June 24). Hindus like myself CLASSIFIEDS many areas, as depicted by CNN in a indicator for the government WANT TO INSERT A CLASSIFIED/MATRIMONIAL AD? Call: 1-800-822-3532 show aired June 20. It showed many and their supporters in India’s Fax: 212-691-0873 poor and illiterate people working to media and in Bollywood to E-mail: [email protected] Shahnaz Sheikh Classified Manager repay at exorbitant interest rates some push faster to pass the Lokpal Sujatha Jilla Classified Assistant Manager loan taken by some family member in Bill. No hurdle or difference of Jim Gallentine Classified Representative the past. 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Shobha Warrier Senior Managing Editor Anil K Sarkar Distinguished Professor Prithviraj Hegde, Managing Editor, News, Nandita Malik, Associate Managing Terre Haute, Indiana Emeritus Editor, Business Savera R Someshwar, Archana Masih, Syed Firdaus Ashraf, Associate Managing State University College at Editors Rajesh Karkera, Deputy Managing Editor, Design, Joint Creative Head Plattsburgh Indrani Roy Mitra, Seema Pant, Ronjita Kulkarni, Deputy Managing Editors Plattsburgh, New York A Ganesh Nadar, Rupali S Nimkar, Senior Assistant Managing Editors Onkar Singh, Prasanna D Zore, Vikash Nanjappa Assistant Managing Editors Clean those Augean N V Reuben, Senior Art Director Uday Kuckian Art Director stables Georgina Umdor, Sanaya Dalal, Puja Banta, Chief Features Editors II Vipin Vijayan, Sanchari Bhattacharya, News Editors Another Indian is currently on I admire Yogesh K Joshi’s let- Patcy Nair, Senior Associate Editor, Entertainment Harish Kotian, Bikash Mohapatra, Senior Associate Editors, Sports hunger strike soon after Anna Hazare’s ter ‘Stand up for what you Abhishek Mande, Assistant Editor Rajorshi Sanyal, Chief Copy Editor fast in New Delhi. believe in, Prime Minister’ Rohan Jagan, Copy Editor While such fasting is neither new nor (India Abroad, June 17). Aslam Hunani, Mahipal Soni, Associate Directors, Operations (Editorial) PARESH GANDHI Ashish Narsale, Chief Operations Manager (Editorial) unusual in a country where millions of I fully agree with Joshi and Rajesh Alva, Systems Administrator, Editorial people go hungry – and where it has fully support him. May I take the Painter M F Husain who passed Anant Salvi, Assistant Visuals Coordinator been an accepted way to get attention liberty to request Prime away last month India Abroad Publications, Inc after Mahatma Gandhi undertook fasts Minister Manmohan Singh to A subsidiary of Rediff.com India Ltd. to protest the British rule in India – it is see that the Lokpal bill is passed in par- keep asking why he kept restricting his Ajit Balakrishnan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer unusual for the government to try and liament at the earliest? nude paintings to Hindu icons. Oh

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manner or looks nice does not make him or her a nice person. There are many good people all over the world who harbor horrible views about others and other religions. They use all kinds of nice excuses to cover their acts (see Mel Gibson). Please see through their act and stand up for your religion and culture. Vanamali Thotapalli Chicago

ARKO DATTA/REUTERS NRIs, keep clear A girl plays on a swing at a dockyard in Mumbai of India India and non-resident Indians are thought to be enforced. For example, for the last Indian girls get equal education as inseparable. They need each other in good times and Save those girls two years, the government has the boys and achieve high financial bad. But then the good times may not last long. An economically resurgent India is announced a day in January as being status. There should be no reason Alarm bells should have gone off long ago when the also witness to an alarming gender National Girl Child Day, hoping to for refusing to bring them up. Direct Tax Code Bill 2010 was placed on the anvil. gap in the population – a result of use it to raise awareness about the The president of India is a woman, The new bill threatens to make NRIs residents if they female feticide. horrors of sex-selective abortions. the foreign secretary is a woman, stay in India for just 60 days or more in a fiscal year – It is shocking that educated fami- But it had no impact. It is outra- the Indian ambassador to the against the current limit of 182 days. lies are selectively aborting girls geous that even now some Indians United States is a woman. Clearly, Once, NRIs are deemed residents their foreign income before birth. This decline in boy to continue to eliminate over half a mil- we should be proud of having will be subject to income tax in India. Moreover,they girl ratio has been clearly reflected in lion healthy female fetuses annually daughters, too. would have to pay wealth taxes for financial assets like the latest census figures of 2011, just because of their gender. Let the government of India bank deposits, houses etc outside India. which show about 920 girls per Therefore, much more needs to be undertake a strong publicity cam- The proposed bill will severely affect NRIs, particular- 1,000 boys. It is ludicrous that edu- done at all levels to curb this wrong paign to educate people to consider ly seniors who habitually visit India often and long stays cated people believe that by spend- discriminatory practice. girls and boys as equal assets in of five to six months. ing 500 rupees on an abortion they Educated Indians should realize families. Otherwise, the alarming It would help if the various groups that swear by the can save 50,000 rupees or more later that the days when girls lacked edu- impact of shortage of women will be interests of NRIs take up this matter with those in power on dowry for the girls. The decline in cation have long passed. Then the realized in a decade when there will in India. ratio is steeper in the well-to-do than dowry system was rampant and girls be 28 million more men than Until this issue is satisfactorily resolved, NRIs should in the illiterate masses. were considered a burden. Boys, women between the ages of 15 and be wary of undertaking India visits. Selective abortions are a curse and seen as the bread-earners, were pre- 34 in India. Praveen Shah an abuse of ultrasound technology. ferred. Unlike some backward coun- Let India wake up to this danger. Richmond Hill, Ontario Mere laws cannot curb this evil prac- tries where girls remain confined Om Julka tice unless they are strongly within four walls of their homes, Moreland Hills, Ohio

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PEOPLE to Ali or those of you who tune into CNN every India Abroad morning, there is a little more of Ali Velshi July 8, 2011 F awaiting you now. He is anchoring CNN’s new 5 am program, Wake up Call. The show, which runs from 5 am to 6 am, Monday to Friday, started June 27. He will continue to co-host American Morning, which begins immediately after Wake Up Call. Phew! That’s a busy start to the day!

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early 28 years after Mumbai, reports MidDay. Sam Octopussy, the only time a Mendes, the Oscar-winning N James Bond film was shot director who’s helming the new in India, the world’s most film, and production designer famous spy is all Terry Bamber visited India Nikki’s set to return to in April for a recce. It is the subconti- learnt the opening nent. This time sequences of Daniel to the sprawl- Craig’s third outing as story ing Big ND 007 will be filmed in a Studio in three-week schedule. Karjat, near ost people would be satisfied with defeating an incumbent of 30 years M to become a state representative. Almost everybody would consider it enough to become the first Indian American and first woman governor of a conservative Southern state and the youngest governor of the country. But not Nikki Haley. Just shy of her 40th birthday January 20, the South Carolina governor will also have a memoir under her belt. Even as she draws flak for her anti- immigrant stance (read all about it in the News pages that follow), she is getting ready for the book, Can’t is Not an Option, to hit the shelves in January. Haley told BondBond Associated Press that in her memoir she will ‘cover everything from growing up in rural South Carolina to her contentious 2010 campaign, when she faced — and denied — alle- returnsreturns gations of infidelity.’ That promises to be a fascinating story. PS: Haley’s literary agent Robert Barnett’s past clients include Presidents Barack toto IndiaIndia Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton. Just a coincidence?

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Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman with his wife Mary Kaye and their daughter Asha, whom they adopted from India, after announcing his candidacy for the Dev on the Republican Presidential campaign in Exeter, New Hampshire, June 21. small screen lumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel has S reportedly landed a role in Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin’s television drama. The Indian-origin British actor, who shot to global fame playing the lead in Danny Boyle’s Academy Award-winning film, will join an impressive roster of names like Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Alison Pill, Sam Waterston and Olivia Munn in the drama. Set in the world of cable news, the drama will feature Patel as a series regular at the channel. All the best, Dev! PARESH GANDHI

Beyonce Knowles Asha for Jon Huntsman

ADAM HUNGER/REUTERS A ‘nice Indian kid’& Jazz Farah hanks to the likes of Grammy nomi- nee Vijay Iyer, who won the India crowns T Abroad Publisher’s Special Award for Excellence June 24, the idea of an Indian-American jazz musician is no Beyonce longer improbable. Sachal Vasandani, the latest entrant into the jazz circuit, would probably agree. He has just released an album titled Hi-Fly, paying a tribute to jazz pioneers like George Gershwin and Jon Hendricks and showcasing some of his own music. A self-described ‘nice Indian kid from Chicago,’ Vasandani told NPR, that his parents had helped instill in him a love for jazz. ‘I’ve got some cool parents that like a lot of cool music.’ His late grandfather, a classical Indian music singer, also played a part in his musical education. ‘There was always music playing in his house in New Delhi. Music wasn’t in the background — it was there for everybody in the house to revel in and to really enjoy, and for him to tell you why you should be enjoying it,’ he said. ‘I have the same respect for Hindustani or Carnatic classical music as I do for Farah Khan Ali jazz.’ Let it rip, Sachal. ndian jewelry designer Farah Khan Ali is I thrilled that singer Beyonce Knowles is sporting Salman’s seven wonders one of her crowns for her new music album, 4. Farah, ood authors have the ability to the Taj Mahal in Agra (no surprises veteran actor Sanjay Khan’s draw us into different worlds, so it here); his favorite beach north-west daughter and Hrithik G is always intriguing when they Mauritius — the place he visited immedi- Roshan’s sister-in-law, said, open up about their world. Salman ately after writing The Satanic Verses; his ‘The piece was designed in POOL/REUTERS Rushdie provides a rare insight into his in favorite work of art: Goya’s black paint- 2008 for the Runway Rocks Intelligent Life magazine recently. He list- ings at the Prado; his favorite hotel, the Show in London. It is made of Swarovski crystals in the color of citrine and has ed his seven personal wonders. His Danieli in Venice; and his favorite journey orange, yellow and brown stones. The crown is made of over 500 stones with favorite city he says is Bombay (refusing to a drive in a mini traveller from London to pearls to match.’ Beyonce is not the first international celebrity to sport Farah’s call it Mumbai); his favorite view is Karachi with a friend. Tell us more, creation; her client list includes the likes of tennis star Serena Williams. from Kanyakumari; his favorite building Salman. A6 US NEWS India Abroad July 8, 2011 Out of court settlement likely in lawsuit against Indian consul general

tion of justice or preventing the cause of justice. This may- cause more problems for Mr Prabhu Dayal,” Ahuja said. Batra in his letter, a copy of which is with India Abroad,

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Indian-American community leaders gather at City Hall in New York to show their support for Prabhu Dayal, SNAPSINDIA For Tomorrow’s World! India’s consul general in New York Y European Medical Universities which are Public Institutions, established and well recognized for over a half century. English language curriculum comparable to major American SUMAN GUHA MOZUMDER me to keep it at a safe place.’ And that makes the case medical schools. Over the last 60 years, our affiliated stronger for the maid rather than for the consul.” universities have trained more than 40,000 Physicians. The Indian consulate in New York is believed to be consid- Ahuja said Batra’s letter – sent before he quit as Dayal’s ering a private settlement with Santosh Bhardwaj, Consul attorney — to secretary, Homeland Security, Janet Y Programs for both High School and College Graduates. General Prabhu Dayal’s housekeeper, who alleged in a fed- Napolitano stating that Bhardwaj should be deported Y Smaller class sizes with traditional European style education. eral lawsuit last month that Dayal compelled her to a life of would not help Dayal either. Excellent hands-on participation for extensive training and forced labor and psychological coercion during her “If that is true (if Batra did write to the secretary), then experience building. employment with the diplomat (India Abroad, July 1). this is a serious matter and may be considered as obstruc- It was learned that the consulate or individuals on its Y Unmatched research opportunities available on campus behalf are likely to go for an out of court settlement with to help students enhance potential choice of residency. Bhardwaj, 45, who traveled to the United States in BECOME A DOCTOR Y Clinical Rotations/Clerkships available at ACGME approved February 2009 to work as Dayal’s ‘domestic assistant’ in * and accredited hospitals in USA or at hospitals in Europe. the consul general’s Manhattan household. Tuition ~ $3,500/year Bhardwaj leveled a series of allegations against Dayal, Y Our affiliated university, recognized by major State Medical including an incident of sexual harassment, more than a US/Carib/Euro Schools Our Univs HIGH SCHOOL TO MEDICAL SCHOOL Boards including California & New York (Two states with the Some ~$600,000 From~$40,000 in India/ Europe/ China - in English year after she claimed she had escaped through the back- no BS, no MCAT. Ready Admission. most stringent rules for accreditation and the most residency door of the Dayal household. Tuition 3-4 times/year Once/Year Some 8-10 years 5 Years US (MLE), Canada recognized positions in the USA). Graduates currently practicing Both Dayal and his now former attorney Ravi Batra have Rotation fee- a lot No fee 1 yr Jr Dr. International class. across the USA, Canada, Europe and throughout the world. Good Housing + Scholarships available. vehemently denied the allegations, calling them ‘complete- need BS & MCAT No need ly baseless and false.’ Batra, who quit as Dayal’s attorney *Terms/ fees vary /c diff. schools. Y Financial Aid is available for qualified students through June 28, alleged Bhardwaj was a fraudster ‘who saw the private banks and federal loan programs. dollar signs and hit on a get rich quick scheme.’ For Seat 888.769.9945, 209.832.3111 Bhardwaj had alleged that her passport was taken away Email: [email protected] Apply today for the Fall & Spring terms. by Dayal. 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US Marines bring home Marine Corporal Gurpreet Singh’s body PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY GURJATINDER RANDHAWA sev- RITU JHA enth grade. By the time he went to Oakmont High School in Roseville, California, the young June 22, the day President Barack Obama announced the man was adamant that he wanted to serve in the timetable for the withdrawal of American troops from Marines. Afghanistan, Marine Corporal Gurpreet Singh of Antelope, “You cannot say no to your young son,” said Sacramento, died from wounds received while conducting Singh. “I am proud of my son. Nobody can fulfill combat operations in Afghanistan’s Helmand province as the loss, though.” part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Corporal Singh joined the Marines when he Corporal Singh, 21, is survived by his parents Nirmal was 17. This was his second deployment and it Singh and Satnam Kaur, sister Manpreet Kaur, grand- was a voluntary service, said his father. “It was From right, Gurpreet Singh’s grandmother Nasib Kaur, father Nirmal Singh, mother mother Nasib Kaur and grandfather Ajit Singh. not necessary for him to go this time,” said Singh. Satnam Kaur and sister Manpreet Kaur “He got shot in his head,” his father Nirmal Singh said. “I The Department of Defense said Corporal spoke to him two days before his death.” Singh was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Corporal Singh was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, and Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, 8 pm at the California State Capitol Park Veterans came to the United States along with his parents when he California. His body was brought to his family June 28 Memorial 13th Street and North Street, Sacramento. His was 11 years old. Singh said Gurpreet, the younger of two from the McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento. funeral was to be held July 2 at 11 am at the Mount Vernon siblings, got interested in the Marines when he was in the A prayer vigil for Corporal Singh was to be held July 1 at Memorial Park in Fair Oaks, California.

Out of court settlement likely in lawsuit against Indian consul general

Asked if an out of court settlement was in defendant exposes himself/herself to a Mahender Sabhnani in which the com- Page A6 the offing, Hollis Pfitsch of the Legal Aid default judgment. plainant’s allegations were more or less the urged Napolitano as well as Attorney Society — that filed the lawsuit against Ahuja agreed: “Any defenses that one is same – slavery, inhuman treatment, General Eric H Holder Jr to start removal Dayal — told India Abroad: “We are not in to raise, one should raise in one’s answer to restrain on freedom, passport withholding, proceedings against Bhardwaj. The house- a position to comment on this issue.” the court than to the media. As far as set- underpaid wages, etc.” keeper, Batra’s letter alleged, had decided Pfitsch had earlier told this newspaper: tlement is concerned, one cannot have an Meanwhile, some Indian-American to abuse the American justice system and “He (Dayal) may well try and assert his honorable settlement without filing one’s community leaders gathered at City Hall in filed a ‘frivolous federal lawsuit, replete diplomatic immunity, but we will argue answer with the court, and appearing in Manhattan to express their support for with fabricated and scandalous allega- that that hiring a domestic worker for him- the court. Without a deposition, discovery Dayal. Those present included Sudhir tions.’ self and his family is beyond the purview of or interrogatories, it’s not advisable to Vaishnav, chief executive officer, Sahara Last week, Dayal reportedly said it was that immunity.” (India Abroad, July 1). make any settlement offer... As per the One; Dr Sudhir Parikh of Parikh World for the Indian government to take a call on Speaking on condition of anonymity, United States Constitution, slavery and Media; Teji Bindra, president, Sikh Arts the issue. The consul general did not some lawyers said whether the consulate involuntary servitude was abolished long and Film Foundation; Ramesh Patel, return calls for comment to confirm goes for an out of court settlement or not, time back. Any violation of this right has chairman, Federation of Indian whether the consulate was going for a set- it is not advisable to not answer the com- both civil and criminal implications. The Associations, and Animesh Goenka, presi- tlement. plaint because by not submitting answer, a best example is of Varsha Sabhnani and dent, Association of Indians in America. A8 US NEWS India Abroad July 8, 2011 Governor Nikki Haley Ganesh sculpture in Idaho sparks protest, under civil society counter-protest GEORGE JOSEPH

Members of the Kootenai County Constitution Party in Idaho fire for ‘draconian’ law under its chairman Daniel Brannan organized a protest June 15 against a public artwork sculpture of Lord Ganesh in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. There was also a counter-protest, which was SUMAN GUHA MOZUMDER apparently attended by more people than the protest. Rick Davis, the Spokane, Idaho-based metal artist who crated South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley last the sculpture, was unfazed. “The only effect the protest has had on week drew flak for signing a law that civil me has been to expose my name and my work to a much larger rights groups said was an overly punitive audience than I could have ever hoped for,” he told India Abroad. piece of anti-immigration legislation. “The city of Coeur D’Alene is fully behind the project and Ganesh Haley signed into law S 20, an illegal is there for one year. This piece is my representation of a cultural immigration reform bill, during a ceremony icon as are several of the other pieces in this exhibit. While I don’t at the State House in South Carolina’s capi- agree with or fully comprehend the statements made by the pro- tal Columbus. testers, I completely support their right to protest. Our country ‘As the proud daughter of immigrants, was founded on a philosophy of freedom of religion and freedom who taught us everyday how blessed we are of speech,” he added. to live here, I want to say that South The Ganesh sculpture is one of 14 being dedicated throughout Carolina welcomes people, and we love the downtown Coeur d’Alene as part of the city’s new ArtCurrents fact that this state is made up of many dif- public art program. In ArtCurrents, artists own the sculptures, ferent types of people,’ she said. ‘But we also which remain in place for a year and are put up for sale. The city appreciate that those people, like my par- receives 25 percent of the proceeds of any sale. ents, put in their time and came here the This year’s sculptures come from artists in Washington, Idaho, right way — they came here legally. What Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming, Steve Anthony, Coeur we are saying is that this state can no longer d’Alene’s staff liaison to its arts commission, told the local media. afford those who don’t come here the right Proposals were solicited from artists, and a citizens committee way, and we are now going to do something selected about half of the submissions. The artists received about it.’ $500 stipends. ‘The committee just looked at everything as art. Her critics like the National Immigration Our intent was to do something positive and nice for the city,’ Forum, an immigrant advocacy organiza- Anthony said. tion, felt otherwise. It said Haley signed an The sculptures depict everything from a giant stand-up bass to a overly punitive piece of immigration legisla- woman playing with otters. There are elk, moose and deer. Other tion that requires the police to check the subjects include St Francis of Assisi and a Native-American- immigration status of individuals they sus- themed ‘spirit bear,’ which in some tribes represents harmony and pect might be in the country illegally. This, peace, according to the program description. the forum said, has happened despite a fed- ‘There are pieces of art that represent different cultures. I think eral judge in Georgia enjoining that state’s that’s totally appropriate,’ said Mayor Sandi Bloem. harsh immigration law from going forward “Ganesh is not a god, but a manifestation of the supreme being pending resolution of a legal challenge and per Hindu theology,” said Davis, who lived in California for some only days after Indiana’s immigration time. “Hinduism is the oldest organized religion on earth and enforcement law was enjoined. These devel- many aspects of Christianity and other faiths can be traced back to opments come on the heels of similar deci- it. There are (over) a billion Hindus around the world. Coeur sions from federal judges on Arizona’s con- D’Alene is a diverse community most of whom are very welcoming troversial SB 1070, and Utah’s immigration of this and all the other pieces in the Art on Loan program. I also enforcement law. created the St Francis of Assisi piece. Both of these personalities ‘South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley possess attributes to which I am drawn spiritually and artistically,” signed draconian immigration legislation he said. that is a waste of taxpayer funds, a grave The protest was not a constitution party event, but was support- mistake and a defiance of common sense,’ ed by many party members who believe only Christianity provides PARESH GANDHI said Ali Noorani, executive director, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley a worldview consistent with the framing of our Republic, said National Immigration Forum. ‘So far, dras- Brannan. tic anti-immigrant measures have been When contacted, Brannan’s office forwarded an article he wrote signed into law in five states and have been blocked access to documents that will allow its Labor, against the sculpture. from implementation by federal judges in four states License, and Regulation Department to enforce ‘How could the idol of a foreign god be erected in a place of because they are preempted by federal law. Civil anti-illegal immigration laws. The DHS had previ- prominence on public property in the middle of a Christian town rights groups have pledged to file a lawsuit against ously stood in the way of the state enforcing its anti- in a Republic founded upon Christian Common Law?’ he asked. Alabama’s immigration law and legal experts expect illegal immigration laws. The decision came in Brannan wrote that he opposed the statue of St Francis Assisi as its law to be blocked in federal courts as well.’ response to requests made by Haley and LLR well. ‘We are in fact opposed to the Saint statue as well. But the He said South Carolina’s new law too will suffer the Director Catherine Templeton. press won’t print it. It would spoil the liberal narrative, after all. As same fate and various organizations have already ‘My job as governor is to make sure South Carolina Christians and Constitutionalists we oppose (to some degree) any pledged to file suits. is doing everything we can to protect our citizens and all works erected by the City Art Council because the council ‘South Carolina law enforcement experts have and enforce our laws, and when the federal govern- is in part funded by confiscatory taxation.’ argued that given the state’s budget crisis and short- ment stands in the way of that, we’re going to be Brannan said government officials nationwide have been hypo- age of law enforcement agents, the state simply can- loud,’ Haley said. ‘Illegal immigration is a serious critical about the separation of church and state when it comes to not afford to divert scarce police resources away issue in our state and in our country, and until the art. He said when Christians want to place public artwork depict- from fighting crime,’ Noorani said. federal government does its job and secures our bor- ing, for example, the Ten Commandments, those monuments reg- Earlier last month Haley thanked the Department ders, South Carolina is going to step up and do ularly are turned away, but symbols of other religions are accepted. of Homeland Security for granting South Carolina something about it.’ India Abroad July 8, 2011 US NEWS A9 Federal lawsuit filed over harassment of guard

A CORRESPONDENT turban and his accent and told him he was prevent any future discrimination. Second, you add the new offense of illegal too old and needed to retire. ‘All employees have the right to work in retaliation. The alleged harassment of a guard of Nayyar made numerous complaints to an environment free from hostility, intim- Third, you send a message to your entire Indian descent resulted in the Equal supervisors, but Guardsmark took no idation and ridicule,’ said EEOC Regional work force that an employee complains at Employment Opportunity Commission action to address the harassment, the Attorney William R Tamayo. ‘Employers his or her own peril. A workplace where filing a federal lawsuit June 28 against one EEOC said. Instead, he was involuntarily have a duty to respond promptly and ade- employees are afraid to speak out against of the world’s largest security firms for vio- transferred, which ultimately led to a quately to reports of discrimination. Those harassment can evolve into a toxic envi- lating a federal law. reduction of his hours and a loss of bene- who choose to ignore harassment or ronment where harassment becomes the According to the EEOC, Guardsmark fits. Nayyar ultimately resigned from respond with retaliation will be held norm.’ not only ignored the employee’s reports of Guardsmark. accountable in court by the EEOC.’ Baldonado noted that retaliation cases harassment, but retaliated against him Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of Nayyar said, ‘When I told my managers represent one of the fastest-growing types with an involuntary transfer. 1964 and the Age Discrimination in about the harassment, nothing happened, of charges filed with the EEOC. In fiscal ‘Inder Nayyar, a naturalized US citizen, Employment Act, employers are legally and then, worse yet, I suffered retaliation year 2010, retaliation charge filings across filed his charge in February 2008. He obliged to stop discrimination based on for speaking out. All I wanted was to be the country increased 6 percent over the began working at Guardsmark in 2005. national origin and age. Both laws also able to do my job in peace. I am thankful last five years to a record 30,948 cases. Nayyar worked as a security guard for strictly prohibit retaliation against work- that the EEOC has taken my case.’ Guardsmark provides uniformed securi- Guardsmark for five years,’ said Linda Li, ers who report discrimination. The EEOC EEOC District Director Michael ty personnel to businesses worldwide. It program analyst at the EEOC. filed a civil action suit after first attempt- Baldonado noted, ‘Punishing the employ- has more than 150 offices throughout the The EEOC determined that Nayyar, 66, ing to reach a voluntary settlement. The ee who speaks out will only multiply your United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, faced constant harassment while working suit seeks back pay and other monetary problems. United Kingdom, France and Singapore. at a San Jose location. His co-workers losses, compensatory and punitive dam- First, you are failing in your legal obliga- Its headquarters and principal place of allegedly repeatedly made fun of Nayyar’s ages for Nayyar and appropriate relief to tion to investigate and stop harassment. business is in New York City. Doctor to pay $5.7 Contrite Ash Kalra to do 40 million with interest for hours’ community service health care fraud

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Ash Kalra, an Indian-American councilman in San Rakesh Nathu, a Las Vegas physician, has agreed to pay Jose, pleaded guilty last month for driving under the $5.7 million plus interest to settle allegations that he sub- influence. He has to serve 40 hours of voluntary committed false claims to federal health care programs for munity service at a jail, starting July 5. various radiation oncology services, including intensity Kalra says he is lucky he has to serve just 40 hours. modulated radiation therapy. “Serving jail time would be scary,” Kalra told India Intensity modulated radiation therapy is a sophisticat- Abroad. “I have to go at 8 in the morning and work ed radiation treatment indicated for specific types of can- until 4 pm.” He does not yet know what work he will cer where extreme precision is required to spare sur- do. rounding organs or healthy tissue. Kalra, 39, was arrested May 7 while heading home in The government alleged that Nathu submitted improp- his Prius at about 1:30 am. He was pulled over by the er claims to Medicare, TRICARE and the Federal California Highway Patrol for a non-working taillight. Employees Health Benefits Plan from 2007 through Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Edward Lee 2009 in which he double-billed for several procedures fined Kalra $2,000 and put him on three years of pro- affiliated with radiation treatment plans, billed for cer- bation. He was also ordered 90 days of DUI counsel- tain high reimbursement radiation oncology services ing. when a different, less expensive service should have been “What happened is not a pleasant thing to go billed. through,” Kalra said, adding that he was treated like “We expect that physicians who participate in federal other people arrested on DUI charges. “I wasn’t being health care programs will bill for their services accurate- given any special treatment. I received the same penal- ly and honestly,” said Tony West, assistant attorney gener- ty any one in my circumstance would get.” al for the Department’s Civil Division. “Double or exces- After the incident Kalra had said he was deeply sive billing for procedures and services, as we’ve alleged embarrassed and truly sorry that he had let people here, won’t be tolerated by the Department of Justice or down by his actions. the taxpayers who pay for it.” He told India Abroad that everyone makes mistakes. “Patients, employees, and others who suspect billing “I admitted my mistake and want to be a positive fraud on the part of doctors should not hesitate to report example to the community,” he said. such fraud to federal authorities,” said Daniel G Bogden He hoped young people “will learn from my mistake, US attorney for the District of Nevada.“Persons who file especially when it comes to drinking, they should be dishonest claims with the government in order to enrich careful.” themselves will be investigated and aggressively pursued.” Kalra was the first Indian American to be elected to “This case is about stealing millions of dollars from tax- the San Jose City Council in November 2008. He rep- payers,” said Daniel R Levinson, inspector general of the resents Council District 2, located in the southern part Department of Health and Human Services. of San Jose bordering Morgan Hill. This resolution is part of the government’s emphasis on For 11 years he worked as an attorney at the Santa combating health care fraud. The Justice Department’s Clara County Public Defender’s Office, representing Ash Kalra total recoveries in False Claims Act cases since January indigent clients in the drug court. 2009 total more than $7.3 billion. A participant in the Gay Pride Parade pretends to propose to a New York City police A10 officer in New York, June 26

endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’ But the struggles continue. The election of Barack Obama was hailed as a historic INSIGHT milestone for modern America, but it happened because of the sacrifices made by India Abroad countless civil rights activists – few of July 8, 2011 whom received glory and recognition. And all is still not equal for America’s African- American citizens. For every step forward, there are some- times many steps backwards. California’s struggle on the issue of the same-sex marriage — propositions, followed by judicial cases and counter appeals — is a clear sign Liberty, that while the times are changing, social change does not happen easily. Likewise for every case of a historic vote — like the one cast in Albany June 24, there is a case no like that of Matthew Shepard, the gay student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998, or the gays and longer lesbians who served in the US armed forces but were discharged because they spoke the truth about their sexual orientation. a statue It should be noted that the current national debate about equal marriage rights — now elevated to an even more urgent level because of the New York State’s New York State decision — is not necessarily about state- recognized unions between adults irrespec- legalizing same-sex tive of their sexual orientation. Many gays and lesbians — and especially activists marriages is a small but among — them do not think that marriage is the real goal. Religious leaders may say significant step that marriage is a sacred institution, but we know that is not necessarily true. In so he day after New York Governor many ways marriage is already an outdated Andrew Cuomo signed the law legal- institution — between the high divorces Tizing same-sex marriages, a young rates (Governor Cuomo, a Catholic, is friend in Delhi sent me an e-mail. I had divorced), especially in western countries, been celebrating the historic vote cast on and straight couples choosing not to get the evening of June 24 by posting messages married and even making decisions to have on Twitter and Facebook. That night, a children outside of wedlock. To JESSICA RINALDI /REUTERS group of us also took a trip down to the add to that, many gay and lesbians Stonewall Inn in Manhattan’s Greenwich couples stay in committed rela- Village, where exactly 42 years ago sponta- tionships, have children through neous riots had erupted, resulting in the artificial insemination, or adopt global modern day gay and lesbian move- kids — and they do not necessari- ment. The block around the Stonewall Inn ly have to get married. was packed with New Yorkers of all shades, ASEEM In reality all people are asking colors and sexual orientation. It was a cele- for is acceptance and equal rights bratory, festive mood, with the New York world’s largest financial institutions, and it CHHABRA – as individuals, in marriage, and Police Department standing around watch- is certainly worthy of being referred to as when it comes to benefits (including the large peaceful gathering of New the cultural capital of the world. New ing health and pensions). In a way, Yorkers. Yorkers tend to be fairly liberal. The large same-sex couples, although all of this is a marriage laws give gays and lesbians the The friend in Delhi describes himself as a size of the voting bloc in the five boroughs very recent development. Massachusetts level of social acceptability that has so far gay man. But like most other gays and les- of New York City usually overrides the con- allowed legal gay and lesbian marriages been denied to them by state and religious bians of his generation in India, he is still in servatives who mostly live in Upstate New starting in 2004, followed by Connecticut, institutions. the closet. He wrote that the news from York. And that alone often assures elections Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, plus The passage of the historic vote by the New York had excited him. “Though very of liberal state level politicians. New York Washington, DC. But activists across the New York State Senate gives hope to every little, it does give hope to people like me,” City has one of the largest populations of country continue their daily struggles with teenager struggling with her or his sexuali- he wrote. gays and lesbians. Our current city council achieving equal marriage rights for all, ty in high school or in college, or even I had so far focused on the politics speaker is an openly lesbian woman and even though same-sex marriage is prohibit- adults who live closeted lives because they between New York State’s elected many other elected officials including ed in 41 states due to various laws or codifi- fear reprisal from friends, colleagues and Democrat and Republican politicians and Mayor Bloomberg have supported the cations of the constitutions. family members. The vote is step in the the back channel negotiations Cuomo and cause for equal marriage rights for all citi- America became independent 235 years right direction where one day an individ- his staff had initiated, with support of New zens of the state. Yet, it has taken New York ago, and in all of these years the country’s ual’s sexual orientation will not be an issue York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It State a very long time to get the same-sex underprivileged have gone through many worth talking about, when there will be no was hard for me to believe that a vote marriage law passed, especially because of struggles. Native Americans, poor immi- need to hold big pride parades. among New York State’s elected officials in opposition from conservatives and reli- grants from Europe and elsewhere, slaves We are still a long way from that society. Albany could affect a young man half the gious leaders. and their descendents, and now even gays But my friend’s e-mail to me gave me a way around the world in Delhi, India. The federal government does not recog- and lesbians have fought for greater rights sense of joy. We have much more to New Yorkers often feel they are the center nize same-sex marriages. The Defense of and recognition. There have been many achieve, but as human beings and citizens of the world. There is some element of Marriage Act of 1966 stated marriage as a historic successes and the landscape of of this world, at least we are moving in the truth in that given the city’s (and hence the union between a man and a woman and today’s America looks so very different than right direction. state’s) location, size, historic significance thereby codified the lack of federal recogni- it did in 1776, when the founding fathers and the draw of immigrants from around tion for same-sex marriage. But since then wrote in the Declaration of Independence Aseem Chhabra is a New York-based the world. New York houses some of the six states have granted marriage licenses to that ‘all men are created equal, that they are columnist India Abroad July 8, 2011 A11

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quet where the handing over of the gavel was the highlight of the evening. But Kanumury was not done. She urged “men, fathers, husbands, sons, friends (to) please stand and applaud the women in your life.” They did just that. Kanumury then laid out the priorities of her agenda, particularly her three priorities. The first was to address the “burning desire and thirst at the (organization’s) grass roots level for more involvement.” Kanumury said while Singhvi’s efforts had helped swell AAPI’s membership by 2,200, even today only 0. 1 percent of the membership is engaged, and called for greater input and participation from the rest. Thus, Kanumury said, more efforts would be made to engage young physicians. She said ‘AAPI Connects’ would not be a catchy slogan. “My doors are open to you at all times. AAPI has shaped my professional and personal goals to evolve as a leader and serve. The sky is the limit, Join the journey,” she said. Her second priority was to increase the role international medical graduates played in healthcare reform. Kanumury pointed out that it was often said that international medical graduates provide 25 percent of the healthcare and 44 percent of primary care in the US, and that the largest number of international graduates comes from India. “Do you see the picture? Let us not be complacent in our role. We ought to be in the driver’s seat making policies that PHOTOGRAPHS: PARESH GANDHI shape healthcare delivery in this country., she said. “The Dr Ajeet Singhvi, second from left, passes the gavel to his successor, Dr Sunita Kanumury, only the second woman to be AAPI President Page A16

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woman returned to lead the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin for only the second time AZIZ HANIFFA The first award winner was Preeti Ain its 29-year-old history and after more than a Father- Dangayach of the Baylor School of decade when Dr Sunita Kanumury received the gavel from The father-daughter tag-team of Medicine. outgoing president Dr Ajeet Singhvi at the organization’s Drs Ajeet Singhvi and Mamta “I was also thrilled that for the annual convention at the Hilton Hotel in New York June Singhvi, who were national presi- first time in AAPI’s 29-year history, 25. dent and president of AAPI’s daughter we received accreditation from Kanumury made it clear she intended to ensure that the invaluable appendage — the ACCME, and all thanks are due to glass ceiling she had shattered would not be replaced and Medical Students/Resident Fellows, Dr Sri Iyengar and his team for all that more women would assume leadership positions in the respectively, in the past year, have team steps the work they put in,” Singhvi said, country’s largest and arguably most influential internation- reason to glow with pride as they promising “we will make sure that al medical organization. exit. we develop policy and procedures “In June 1999, in my place, stood an outstanding woman, Together, they had added 1,800 out in style along with all of the meticulous who broke not a glass, but a concrete ceiling to become the patron members, most of them paperwork and records first woman president of AAPI – Dr Kalpalatha Guntupalli, young. required to meet all of the a woman of energy, vision and organizational ability,” she Obviously, this will be a hard requirements of the ACCME.” recalled, adding, that “the concrete was again replaced by act for their successors, Drs Singhvi spoke of how during glass and it has taken a decade for a woman to be able to be Sunita Kanumury and Apni his tenure the AAPI’s at the helm.” Shah to follow. Charitable Foundation had Kanumury said, as far as women in AAPI were con- Ajeet Singhvi said that when embarked “on an ambitious cerned, she hoped the “next ceiling is the sky,” pointing out he took charge of AAPI, he had program to install automatic that in medical school in India, 50 percent of her class was vowed to engage the next gen- external defibrillators in each female. Though when she came to the US she found only 10 eration and convince them to and every Indian- American percent of her class here was female, things had changed. join AAPI as it was this gener- community center across the “Now in almost every school 50 percent of the entering ation that “would shape the country to improve the surviv- class are women. It is important to note that the largest future and determine the suc- ability of sudden cardiac arrest growth has been among Asian women students,” she said. cess of our organization.” Now victims.” “Look around you, the women leadership of AAPI, the it had come to pass, he said He said AAPI was on the very pioneers that drilled through the concrete, the stalwarts with pride. of opening an office in India “to who broke the glass, and look at the young physicians, res- “That was a staggering coordinate and expand our idents and medical students and the spouses, the wind growth of over 25 percent services to the profession and beneath the wings of the men that helped shape this great membership in a single year, to the people of India.” organization,” she said, to loud and sustained applause over the past 28 years com- from the audience – particularly the women in it – of more bined,” he said. Dr Mamta Singhvi Page A15 than 2,000 physicians and their families at the gala ban- India Abroad July 8, 2011 US NEWS SPECIAL/THE AAPI CONFERENCE A13

Former Indian president A P J Abdul Kalam inaugurated AAPI’s 29th convention PHOTOGRAPHS: PARESH GANDHI Kalam calls for medical tech to help society

AZIZ HANIFFA munities in both countries to innovate and (produce) medical infrastructure whose Former Indian president A P J Abdul manufacturing and operative costs will be a Kalam, who inaugurated the 29th conven- fraction of the value of what they today,” he tion of the American Association of asked. Physicians of Indian Origin at the New “You should think big and you can York Hilton, exhorted the visiting doctors achieve it,” he said to loud and sustained to work with engineers to develop afford- applause. able medical systems and equipment to Mixing philosophy and humor, the for- help the society at large. mer president spoke of how failure could be Kalam said AAPI was enriched by its transformed into success. members’ association with two great her- “Success – you can always manage it.... itages “and the great opportunity that But problems should not defeat you. You affords you to serve both.” should become the captain of the problem: Kalam, who was mobbed from the time Defeat the problem and succeed,” he said. he came in to the time he left, regaled the Kalam described his own bad moment, audience of over 2,000 physicians of when as project manager of the SLV-3 pro- Indian origin and their families with tales gram, he had ignored computer warnings of his experiences, each with the message six seconds before the first launch on that physicians and engineers could togeth- August 17, 1979. er alleviate the suffering of patients and “I allowed the flight to go on and, of drastically reduce the cost of health care. course, it was a failure,” he said. Kalam recalled how last year, while he Kalam spoke of how his boss at the time was teaching at the University of Kentucky, A P J Abdul Kalam, third from left, with AAPI leaders had protected him, addressed the tough a student named Stephanie asked him to press conference himself. But when on July name the one task that had given him not components of the Agni missile, particular- Consequently, he said he and his team of 16, 1980 the second attempt was a huge just happiness but sheer bliss. ly a heat shield. scientists had worked with doctors and success, his boss told him to go and conduct He tried describing the joy he felt when Kalam said the doctor took him to his health care professionals to meld science the press conference himself. India launched the SLV3 satellite in 1980 orthopedics ward and showed him about and engineers to innovate a plethora of “When I failed, he conducted the press because he was the project director. He also 20 children below the age of 15 struggling devices and equipment that was a boon to conference and took complete blame as spoke of his pleasure when the Agni missile with four-kilogram calipers that they patients and those affected with severe chairman of ISRO (the Indian Space reached 2,000 kilometers, when he saw removed as soon as no one was watching handicaps. Research Organization). But when I suc- India become a nuclear weapons state in because it was too heavy for them. “I though of sharing this with you to ceeded, he gave the success to me and the 1998, and when his team came up with At the doctor’s request, Kalam said, he stress the importance of the medical and team.” Vision 2020, aimed at seeing India become sent over some carbon composite to build engineering field to work together for Kalam concluded his remarks by calling an economically developed state, and when lighter calipers. The resulting calipers developing medical systems, devices and on everyone in the audience to ask them- the document was accepted by the nation’s weighed just 400 grams, much to the relief equipment at an affordable cost and as a selves about the one action that makes parliament. of the children, who began wearing them societal mission,” he said. them great. But when he saw Stephanie was seeking consistently and who said their mothers Kalam said medical costs are a matter of “Find an answer – that out-of-the-box something that transcended mere pleasure, were so happy that they cried tears of joy at concern both in the developing and devel- idea which drives you for the rest of your he recalled when a friend in Hyderabad, the sight. oped worlds. life” Kalam said, adding that it ought to be who was an orthopedic surgeon, visited That, Kalam recalls telling Stephanie, “Imagine what it could be if AAPI can an idea that would give them a page in his- him in his lab and saw light carbon-based was the moment he experienced sheer bliss. harness the medical and engineering com- tory. A14 US NEWS SPECIAL/THE AAPI CONFERENCE India Abroad July 8, 2011

have a special cell just for international medical graduates to make sure that we AAPI too small to make a difference, hear the concerns and issues that face international medical graduates and in fact, physicians of Indian origin within our House of Delegates, where we make policy.” says head of top medical group “You have a voice in the AMA,” he declared. “I encourage you to join the ranks AZIZ HANIFFA of your other physicians in the country to make sure that your interests get heard... Dismissing AAPI’s much-touted strength We can amplify and magnify your voice for and influence, Dr Robert Wah, chairman of you.” the American Medical Association’s power- Wah said AMA was also working on mak- ful board of trustees, urged AAPI members ing the J-1 visa permanent, which he said to join the much larger AMA to have their was a big issue for many people at the con- concerns addressed vis-à-vis health care vention. AMA is also working to make sure policy, both at the federal and state levels. medical students can pay back their loans Wah was among the luncheon keynotes in an equitable and reasonable way. speakers June 25 at AAPI’s 29th conven- He said AMA also had an exclusive advo- tion. cacy center for practicing physicians fight- “Even though this (AAPI) is a large group ing insurance companies and other bureau- – I understand you have some 7,000 physi- cratic regimes. cians of Indian origin – you are small in He spoke of Medicare related issues that comparison to other physician organiza- AMA has been able to fight on behalf of tions within the country. And so I would physicians who have been getting less reim- encourage you to join the American bursement on Medicare fees. If Congress Medical Association and to use us as an does nothing by January, there could be a amplifier, to use us as a magnifier of your 29 percent cut in such reimbursement, he interests because as much as you can do in said. your organization, you can get even more “This is just unreasonable and not sus- done if you join the voices of the American tainable and we will be in Washington Medical Association,” he said. fighting on your behalf,” Wah said, adding Wah said that Dr Jayesh Shah, AAPI’s that these were the issues AMA, as a larger secretary, who served in AMA’s section on Dr Robert Wah receives the organization, could help address. International Medical Graduates, “is a award from Drs Ajeet Singhvi great example of someone who has taken a and Jayesh Shah leadership position in our organization. We Page A17 PHOTOGRAPHS: PARESH GANDHI Ambassador Shankar salutes AAPI’s work in India

AZIZ HANIFFA become a very important bridge connecting our two countries and creating ever If Robert Wah, chairman of the American expanding circles of friendship and cooper- Medical Association’s board of trustees, ation,” she said. only saw AAPI as puny, ineffectual and “Again, values that India and the United parochial compared to the powerful AMA States share — democracy, pluralism, the and other mainstream physician organiza- rule of law — have also enabled the Indian tions, Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar American community to participate fully in was profuse in her praise of it. American life,” she added. “This organization has been doing out- Getting specific, Shankar said, “We in standing work in representing physicians India face challenges in the health sector, of Indian origin, and, of course, they are a but we are undergoing a very exciting testimony, and all of you are a testimony for process of social and economic transforma- the success of the Indian-American com- tion. If we continue to grow at the present munity in America,” said Shankar, who rate of 8 percent for the next decade and shared the podium with Wah as one of the beyond as we hope, then India will become luncheon keynote speakers. She said the one of the three largest economies in the work of AAPI and the Indian-American world by 2030.” community “also inspires and motivates She said as India’s economy grew, it was young people in India.” also trying to bring about a social transfor- She said that what “contributed to the mation, including one in the important success of all of you is respect for education health sector that would address the needs and learning, which is very deep in our of 600,000 villages in rural India. community, a strong commitment to the “There are many opportunities for organ- family, and an engagement with the broad- izations like AAPI and for physicians like er community. These same values had you to cooperate in India, and I am glad helped the community make significant that you have been taking an active interest contributions to American society, econo- through the physicians exchange program India’s Ambassador Meera Shankar with AAPI President Dr Ajeet Singhvi my, and polity in many other fields, includ- and through the health summit that you ing science, industry, business and politics, have been holding in India,” Shankar said, held this year January 3-5 in Jaipur. young children. she said. adding, “I look forward to greater coopera- Besides diabetes, coronary vascular dis- AAPI’s governing body also approved the Shankar thanked AAPI for its interest in tion between organizations like yours and ease, lung health, maternal and child formation of the Health India Think Tank, India. the health sector in India.” health, the summit focused on health a forum for public awareness advocating “With your roots in India and your karma The fourth annual Indo-US Healthcare tourism, status of organ transplantation in accessible and affordable healthcare deliv- bhoomi … in the United States, you have Summit, initially mooted by AAPI, was India and the prevention of blindness in ery, health care financing, etc. India Abroad July 8, 2011 US NEWS SPECIAL/THE AAPI CONFERENCE A15 Former AAPI leaders feted

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Former AAPI president and longtime New Yorker, Dr Dayan Naik was presented with the organization’s Most Distinguished Physician Service to AAPI Award at its 29th convention at the Hilton Hotel in New York. Naik, a clinical associate professor of medicine in the department of cardiology at New York Medical College, was presented with the award, among the scores of awards presented by the AAPI board of trustees and outgoing president Dr Ajeet Singhvi. Another former president, Dr Roshan Lal, who was born in Myanmar and trained at the Amritsar Medical College, and who is now in his eighties, was presented with the organization’s Most Distinguished Physician Service to AAPI award for his pioneering efforts toward the group during its infancy. Naik, AAPI president in 2000-2001 and a member of the Board of Trustees from 2003 to 2008, told India Abroad the award “has special significance to me because the presentation was made in the same Hilton Hotel Ballroom in the Big Apple where we, the leaders of the New York-New Jersey Chapter of AAPI, started the huge movement in the metro area to bring in more members to AAPI when the organization was dormant and almost comatose nearly 15 years ago.” He remembered December 14, 1994, PARESH GANDHI when then United States Congressman Former AAPI president Dr Dayan Naik, second from left, receives the Most Distinguished Physician Award Benjamin Gilman, a Republican lawmaker finance companies have remained AAPI’s from India's Ambassador Meera Shankar, left, while US Congressman Frank Pallone, second from right, from New York who chaired the powerful most supportive sponsors . and AAPI president Dr Ajeet Singhvi look on Foreign Affairs Committee, inaugurated Naik criticized the organization’s current the first major meeting of the AAPI chap- structure, saying it needed improvement if ter. it were to properly represent 60,000 or executive director with proper staff to way of (failed Indian} organizations, “I believe the best gift that I rendered to Indian-American physicians, “even though serve the members better, as the Asian including even some medical organiza- AAPI was the AAPI Federation of New only about one-fifth or even less were dues- American Hotel Owners Association has tions.” York-New Jersey, which is to this day the paying members of AAPI.” done. This would help AAPI run more Naik said it was imperative that “we get strongest arm of AAPI.” He described some He said he wished it were a trustee-ori- smoothly, he felt. the youngsters more involved in US-India of its vibrant leaders, including Drs ented organization like the American He reserved the most scathing criticism health care collaborations and cooperation Hemant Patel, Sudhir Parikh, Virender Medical Association, the American College for the old guard, saying it ought to hand through various programs and even try to Sethi, Anand Sahu, “and our incoming of Cardiologists and other leading US med- over the baton to the new. get some federal assistance from both gov- president and the only second woman to ical organizations. “They are smart, savvy and sophisticated ernments so that this can be a template in hold the reins, Dr Sunita Kanamury.” “The president serves one year and then and highly articulate and will propel AAPI the kind of model that can benefit both Naik said that the more than 750 AAPI he runs away and there is then no continu- to greater heights and make us all proud,” countries in this globalized world.” patron members from the New York area ity,” he said, adding that the group needed a he said. and some leading pharmaceutical and more efficient executive office with a CEO Naik said, “We don’t want AAPI to go the Page A17 Father-daughter team steps out in style AAPI executive team led by my father.” “Service and outreach was another aspect we concentrat- Page A12 “I just can’t say how lucky I have been to have had the ed heavily on this year,” she said. With the help of parent opportunity to work alongside my father,” she said, AAPI, we were able to strengthen our International Another achievement was the appointment of a full-time although acknowledging that “it has been challenging at Missions and Community Service program. By providing AAPI executive director “to improve our office infrastruc- times secondary to the demanding expectations we have financial aid and logistical support, we sent dozens of ture and the provide the much needed continuity and be a for one another, it has also been such an enjoyable and ambitious medical trainees abroad to places like Egypt, bridge between AAPI and other mainstream organizations, gratifying time for both of us. His impressive work ethic, China, Tanzania and Haiti. As a result our members were the pharmaceutical industry and vendors, besides enhanc- unflinching optimism, and devotion to those he serves have able to become more cognizant of the global scope of med- ing the financial security of AAPI,” he said. all been a true inspiration for me. Simply put, he is my icine and saw first hand how medicine is practiced with Echoing her father’s sentiments, Dr Mamta Singhvi said, hero.” limited resources in developing nations. This has proved to “I am proud of all the strides that MSRF has made, and Mamta Singhvi said, her “primary goal during my tenure be an extremely popular and gratifying initiative, and I owe much of our success to the dedication and hard work was to increase awareness and credibility in our group, and hope that it will only continue to grow in years to of my board, as well as to the support from our parent nothing speaks louder than numbers.” come.” A16 US NEWS SPECIAL/THE AAPI CONFERENCE India Abroad July 8, 2011 AAPI dubs Pallone a ‘Distinguished Friend’

AZIZ HANIFFA was very supportive of the Affordable Care Act.” United States Congressman Frank He said it was important that the mem- Pallone, New Jersey Democrat, was hon- bers had backed the importance of trying ored with the Most Distinguished Friend to achieve universal health care – “health of AAPI Award at the organization’s 29th insurance for every American as well as convention. affordable insurance is one that we must The lawmaker, the ranking member on continue to press for.” the House Health Subcommittee, said, Pallone also spoke of the adverse impli- “One of the things that I always do when I cations that could occur if the Obama meet anybody from AAPI or any gathering administration and the Democrats efforts of AAPI, is to stress how important it is to to increase the debt ceiling is thwarted by be involved.” He urged AAPI to remain the Republicans before the August 2 dead- politically active. line. “One of the most important things AAPI Pallone also warned the audience about must continue to do is to be constantly vig- the deficit cutting legislation proposed by ilant about what’s happening in Republican Congressman Paul Ryan that Washington that affect physicians – would make “some major changes in both whether they be of Indian origin or just Medicare and Medicaid.” any physician,” he said. Pallone lauded AAPI for stressing pre- Pallone said “there are a lot of things US Congressman Frank vention in medical care and said it was that you need to be concerned about that Pallone, left, with India's important that “all of you continue to be you need to focus on, that you need to be Ambassador Meera members of AAPI because of not only vigilant about.” He discussed how Shankar, center, and what they do in Washington, but else- Congress passed a Comprehensive Health Pulitzer Prize winner where.” Care reform bill that would affect people Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, He said every physician needed to be in a big way. He said the Republican an oncologist involved. because AAPI was grass-roots majority has unsuccessfully tried to both oriented. repeal the bill and reduce the finances “When you come to Washington, mem- available to institute it. PHOTOGRAPHS: PARESH GANDHI bers of Congress show up because they Although AAPI membership’s response last month during AAPI’s legislative con- President Dr Cecil Wilson for supporting know how powerful you are. They also to President Barack Obama’s health care ference on Capitol Hill, immediate past the Obama health care plan, Pallone said, know that you care at the grass-roots about reform has been mixed, and as recently as president Dr Ajeet Singhvi, tore into AMA “I know that AAPI from the very beginning the average person,” he said.

present in the audience to stand and be recognized. New AAPI President Sunita Kanumury “These outstanding individuals have helped make AAPI one of the most established and admired organizations in the Indian-American community,” she said. Kanumury was quite emotional when she thanked her vows to bring down glass ceiling parents — who had traveled from India to be with her as she was being inaugurated — and her daughter Harini “for Page A12 vention is with women. Women their constant support and encouragement.” often make the healthcare deci- Three years ago, Kanumury was a giant-killer when she focus of healthcare reform has to sions in the family. And a — through aggressive lobbying and campaigning via e-mail be to strengthen primary care, healthy family leads to a health- and word-of-mouth – defeated Dr Prasad Srinivasan of preventive care, and completely ier community…and a healthier Connecticut, who was considered the shoo-in for the elect- change the way we have thought nation,” she said. To this end, ed post of vice president. Srinivasan had more luck running about delivering healthcare.” Kanumury said she had set up for the state legislature, where he won in November, elect- Towards this end, she said this AAPI’s first Women’s Health ed on the Republican ticket. year AAPI would host two legisla- Advisory Board, made up of five Kanumury, a native of Andhra Pradesh, is a New Jersey- tive meetings in Washington dur- healthcare professionals. based allergist and immunologist, a diplomate of the ing which physicians and mem- “This year, we are launching American Board of Allergy and Immunology, and a fellow bers of Congress and their staff Health Smart, an initiative that of the American College for Allergy and Immunology. She could discuss novel ways to will help women make has served AAPI in various capacities, including as a mem- improve health delivery systems. informed decisions…lifestyle ber of the powerful policy-making board of trustees. She is “We will partner with the AMA changes…and maximize good active in the community and served as president of the (American Medical Association) health throughout their lives,” Association of Allergists & Immunologists from India; vice and our state and county medical she said. president and secretary of the Telugu Fine Arts Society of organizations to lobby for issues Kanumury told the audience New Jersey; trustee of the Vasavi Society of New York & that are very pertinent to our pro- she would lean on them in her New Jersey, and as a member of the board of directors of fession. We will also address year as president and thanked the Federation of Indian Associations. healthcare disparities through Singhvi “for his leadership this Kanumury, who was AAPI’s president-elect, who was CME (Continuing Medical past year, his vision and friend- automatically elevated to the presidency in April during Education) programs and training ship.” She also thanked this AAPI’s elections for 2011-2012. initiatives and community events,” year’s convention chair Dr Ajay She concluded her remarks with a quote from Nobel she said. AAPI’s new President Dr Sunita Kanumury Lodha. Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, saying, “I slept and Kanumury’s third priority was Given the “enormous amount dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was serv- prevention. of work that lies ahead” she said she hoped to harness the ice. I acted and behold, service was joy.” “As healthcare professionals, we understand the power of wisdom of AAPI’s 29 past presidents through a new “I would like to wake up a year from now with the last prevention. And a great place to start talking about pre- President’s Council. She called on all the past presidents words, I woke up to realize service was joy,” she said. India Abroad July 8, 2011 US NEWS SPECIAL/THE AAPI CONFERENCE A17 Tough times may impact minorities: Jesse Jackson Jr

AZIZ HANIFFA Lauding AAPI, he said he and the AAPI’s new President Dr Sunita Kanumury, organization shared many common second from left, with US Congressman Jesse objectives, among them the need for US Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr Jackson Jr, third from left, and other delegates high quality patient care and excep- gave a rousing address punctuated by tional practical education for those multiple standing ovations during his entering the medical profession. keynote speech at the gala banquet of “I truly believe we have the best AAPI’s 29th convention. medical care in the world due to the Jackson had the audience of over fact that people – doctors like you – 2,000 physicians and their families create a diverse, collegial thirst for spellbound as he invoked the philoso- knowledge and service,” he said. phy of Mahatma Gandhi, declaring Jackson said it was imperative to that it took an Indian Hindu to re- train more doctors for future genera- define the Christian principle of love tions as the US population, including to Americans during the civil rights its doctors, grows older and the coun- struggles of the 1960s. try prepares for the impact this will Jackson, an eight-term Democratic have on Medicare and Social lawmaker representing Illinois, said Security. that in the mid-1950s and early 1960s, He said that given that nearly 34 Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, the percent of American physicians are civil rights icon, would advocate the 55 years old or older, medical schools Christian ethic of love and human need to prepare to train the next gen- rights for all “and “found it through eration of skilled doctors. Mohandas ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi’s cam- The lawmaker pointed out that paign of non-violent resistance.” Indian Americans were “graduating But, while King believed strongly in at a higher percentage of every med- Gandhi’s philosophy, Jackson said the ical school in this nation than civil rights leader was skeptical that PARESH GANDHI Americans.” the principle of life would alleviate the Jackson said the AAPI leadership’s lot of the disenfranchised, particularly the who helped define Christianity.” Congress of the United States passed the demand for more residencies, more schol- hitherto enslaved African Americans. The lawmaker said the country is facing Civil Rights Act, Americans were content arships and more accessibility for medical “But through the life of a Hindu, he saw tough economic times with high unemploy- knowing that they had an economic future schools, “is like asking for affirmative an increasing respect for the power of love ment levels, and this could have adverse – that their children’s future in America action in a full economy. Guess what? that changed the social dynamic of a nation implication for the minorities in the coun- was even better than their parents future. America can’t hear you. Unemployment is and of a world,” Jackson said, to sustained try. Therefore, they did not have a problem too high,” he said, adding that there could applause. He said King realized that In the sixties, unemployment was under 5 with helping racial minorities in their be more residencies if the US had more “Gandhi was the first person in history to percent, he said, declaring that “because social progress.” But with unemployment medical schools and hospitals. This, he reinvent the Christian ethic of love as a unemployment was low, America could high, “America cannot hear us,” he said. said, could also put more workers to work. potent instrument for social and collective hear us” when King launched his campaign “Jackson said that “some Americans must “Indo-Americans, I am asking you to be transformation.” for social justice. not benefit at the expense of other more than Indo – I am asking you to be Thus, Jackson declared, it was “a Hindu Jackson said, “In 1964, when the Americans.” Americans,” he said. AAPI too small to make Former AAPI leaders feted a difference, says head Page A15 Since 1975 he said been on the faculty for New York Medicine College in various Cardiology He said that people like Dr Navin Shah had positions. In 1979-1980 he was honored with of top medical group done a tremendous job working towards this the ‘Best Teacher’s Award’ by the medical stu- goal, but it has to be done with AAPI support, dent residents and fellows of New York Medical Page A14 he said. “When Dr Satya Ahuja was president, College. he started the Medical Student Section of AAPI Lal spoke about “the early days when we He said he knew that though AAPI was the umbrella organization for physi- with help from Dr Balu Natajaran, then a med- would go from state to state, town to town, try- cians of Indian origin it still spoke for all physicians, regardless of geography and ical student in Chicago, Dr Kalpalatha ing to get Indian-American physicians to join specialty. Guntupalli, the first woman president, and AAPI.” He rattled off the names of the early pio- But he pointed out “We are the one above you — one umbrella above you — and myself. neers like the first AAPI president, the late Dr I would encourage you to join us.” Naik said, “We have some great young leaders Ujamul Kothari and others like Drs Navin Wah asserted that “if we don’t stand together as physicians, we are at risk of get- in the (Young Physicians Section) and we Shah, Sunder Mansukhani, Jagan Kakarala, ting rolled over.” should bring then into the forefront and give Sarjit Singh, Navin Nanda and others. Emphasizing total unity, he said, “That’s so critical for our practices and more them leadership responsibilities to take AAPI After receiving his MBBS from the Amritsar importantly for our patients that we come together and make sure we have the to the next level.” Medical College, Lal joined the Indian Army’s strongest, most effective voice possible in Washington and all of our state houses.” “There has also got to be a major overhaul of medical corps and taught medicine/cardiology Earlier, pointing out how AMA can help Indian-American physicians, Wah said the AAPI Charitable Foundation so that we can at the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune. AMA filed an friend of court brief to support three Indian physicians in Victoria, do some good, constructive work for our janam He opted for early retirement from the army Texas, where the hospital privileges of Drs Harish Chandra, Ajay Gala and bhoomi and make people like Dr Raghavendra and in 1976, immigrated to the US and pursued Dakshesh Kumar Parikh were revoked by Citizens Medical Center – a 344-bed Vijayanagar who was the pioneer and others graduate education in cardiology at the county-owned hospital – eliciting allegations of racism. proud, because at the present time, this is not University of Illinois where he also served as The three cardiologists have filed a discrimination lawsuit in the Federal running well at all.” clinical assistant professor in medicine. District Court in the Southern District of Texas. Naik is an alumna of the Karnataka Medical Lal was AAPI president in 1986-1987 and “When the American Medical Association comes into a Texas city, people start College, Class of 1968. He immigrated to the catalysed the 1995 mega convention in to listen, and that’s the advantage of a large, umbrella organization like AMA – we US in 1970 and trained in Mt Sinai Hospital Chicago, when he was convention chair of a can amplify your voice, we can magnify your interests,” Wah said. and its affiliates in medicine and cardiology. parley keynoted by President Bill Clinton. A18 US NEWS India Abroad July 8, 2011 Delhi will chart its own course on regional, global issues, indicates Indian finance minister

Chandrajit Banerjee, director general, AZIZ HANIFFA Confederation of Indian Industry, left, India's Finance Minister Pranab New Delhi has no intention of get- Mukherjee, Treasury Secretary Timothy ting involved in the security aspect Geithner and Kemal Dervis, vice in Afghanistan, India’s Finance president and director of the global Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who economy and development program at was in Washington, DC last week, the Brookings Institution, at the made clear. CII-Brookings conference on the US-India Economic and Financial Mukherjee met with his Partnership in Washington, DC, June 27 American counterpart, Treasury Secretary Timothy F Geithner, as part of the annual United States- India Economic and Financial September 2008 and the explana- Partnership. He also met with tions which have come, we are sat- National Security Adviser Tom isfied. Now, you have every right to Donilon and Secretary of State interpret in your own way. It does- Hillary Clinton. n’t matter. When it (the nuclear “We discussed the geopolitical sit- deal) is operationalized, it is the uation — what is happening in our government of the day that is con- neighborhood, what could we do,” cerned whether they are satisfied Mukherjee told reporters after his or not.” meetings. The US, he acknowl- He also reacted strongly when it edged, “is interested that there was pointed out that there had should be a dialogue between been some criticism in certain India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.” quarters that India had tamely He said Washington also indicat- endorsed the candidacy of French ed that “India should also play a Finance Minister Christine proactive role in Afghanistan.” Lagarde for the position of manag- When pressed by India Abroad ing director of the International about what specific proactive role Monetary Fund. Donilon and Clinton had asked PARESH GANDHI “Of course, we are happy with India to play in Afghanistan, Mukherjee immediately new norms would not adversely impact India. He asserted the choice,” Mukherjee asserted,” because we all along responded: “We have made it clear that we do not want to that the US had already put out a statement that the “clear maintained that we will be part of the consensus-building involve in the security affairs in Afghanistan.” exemption given to India” would not be affected “and the and candidates will be chosen on the basis of merit and He said he had updated the US officials about the eco- US stands by it. And I appreciated this stand.” through the process of consensus. And she is eminently nomic assistance role India continued to play in At his farewell press conference in New Delhi, the outgo- suited. But when there are two persons, you will have to Afghanistan in recent months, in addition to the over $2 ing US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer had said choose one.” billion already provided to the war-ravaged country to that Washington ‘strongly and vehemently’ supports the Lagarde, who traveled to New Delhi canvassing for her build up its social sectors as well as its infrastructure — NSG’s clear waiver for India and expressed optimism that election, is the first woman named to the top IMF post from transmission power lines to the construction of the the US-India civilian nuclear deal would soon be imple- since the institution’s inception in 1944. parliament building. mented. Mukherjee got irritated when another reporter reminded Mukherjee indicated he had told Clinton and Donilon Mukherjee took exception to a reporter’s remark that him that the day before Lagarde’s election was announced, that India can engage with Pakistan without any nudge or there seemed to be some contradiction regarding a clear he had told a conference organized by the Confederation of encouragement from Washington. He said he had waiver for India being superseded by the new NSG rules, Indian Industry and the Brookings Institution that it was informed US officials “that the dialogue process has begun which Washington has strongly endorsed. imperative that there be transparency in the election some time back with Pakistan. Actually, it began at the “Look, that’s a matter of interpretation,” he argued. “So process and that there was a dire need for reforming insti- margins of the SAARC (South Asian Association for far as we are concerned, the terms which we got in tutions like the IMF and World Bank. Regional Cooperation) summit “The world has undergone a at Thimpu (in Bhutan). It was major change since 1945. New advanced further when the realities are to be yet reflected in (Indian) prime minister invit- the composition, voice and deci- ed Pakistani Prime Minister Mr sion-making process of these (Yousaf Raza) Gilani to watch Reforms still on, says Mukherjee institutions,” he said. “If we the cricket match at Mohali.” remember, another institution He said he also explained to AZIZ HANIFFA other reforms and in India, we reforms in pension, had been was attempted under similar Clinton and Donilon that the are going continuously for these introduced and in order to pressures, old GATT, but it did India-Pakistan dialogue has India’s Finance Minister Pranab reforms. At the initial stage of ensure their passage the govern- not materialize. Ultimately, after taken place at the home secre- Mukherjee took strong exception our reforms — in the early ment was involved in efforts to 30 years of the establishment of tary level, the foreign secretary to the contention that the 1990s — it was to decontrol, build up a consensus and garner the Breton Woods institutions in level, “and we are expecting the Manmohan Singh-led United deregulate, and that process was support from other stakeholders 1994, we could establish the Pakistani foreign minister to Progressive Alliance coalition completed. Thereafter, we had to and other political parties. World Trade Organization. visit India and we will have government in New Delhi did not make reforms in other areas for Mukherjee also disclosed that Therefore, with the change of interactions with the MEA have the political will to institute which legislation were required. during his five-hour-long meet- time, institutions are to adjust (India’s minister of external far-reaching economic reforms Most of the legislation has ings with Treasury Secretary with the reality prevailing at that affairs).” anymore. been done, but it’s a constant Timothy F Geithner, there had point of time. I made it quite clear On the Nuclear Suppliers “Reforms is a continuing one,” exercise.” been much discussion “on anti that it (the IMF election process) is Group’s recent imposition of said Mukherjee, the senior-most He said that legislation regard- money laundering and counter- transparent and she is eminently stringent guidelines regarding minister in Prime Minister ing reforms in the bond market, ing illicit finance,” that funds ter- suited. India voted for her and technology transfer for repro- Singh’s cabinet. “One stage of reforms in the mutual funds, rorism directed against the US four countries took the initiative cessing and enrichment mate- reforms create conditions for reforms in the social sector, and India. — India, Brazil, Russia and rial, Mukherjee insisted these China.” India Abroad July 8, 2011 INTERVIEW A19 The Maoists are a Whether you like it or not, the coming decades fascist gang of will be turbulent for India. That’s why judicial and police extortionists reforms are important and high economic growth is equally important

opal Krishna Pillai retired June 30 after 39 years in old mould. Even the murder of journalist J Dey points to the Indian Administrative Service. Pillai and his that. India looks less and less safe. Gwife Sudha, also a retired IAS officer, were dubbed I agree with you, but you must look at it like this. This is New Delhi’s bureaucratic power couple. Pillai earned a country where 50 percent of the population is below the praise when he was the joint secretary in charge of India’s age of 25. You are growing at 9 percent economic growth. northeast (1996 to 2000) as he showed sensitivity in his There is the information revolution. There is the commu- approach and tried to bring the troubled far corner closer nication revolution taking place where you have got 600 to New Delhi. His stint as commerce secretary was not as million mobile phones and instant knowledge and infor- hailed. His penchant for fast-track approval for Special mation in every hand holding it. There are rising aspira- Economic Zones made many farmers and activists unhap- tions of the youth. py. However, no one can doubt that the man knew his job So, you are going to get what I always call ‘turbulence’ in and also its potential early in life. He first showed his met- society. It will be there for at least the next two decades, tle as district collector of Quilon, Kerala (1982 to 1985), whatever anybody can or will do. This turbulence will be helping the state’s cashew, coir and handloom industries in there. You can be the most brilliant administrator but you a big way. can’t avoid this turbulence because, the youth of India want a better life, quickly. They are not willing to wait. You were a richly experienced bureaucrat before you First, you buy a scooter, ten years later, you buy a second- became home secretary. What are the new things about hand car and then buy a new car. This is the way we grew. India that you learned while sitting on this chair, particu- Today’s youth doesn’t want to wait. They want a new car, larly about India’s law and order and internal security sit- latest mobile phone and laptop. So, this rise in aspirations uation? will be critical and will create lots of turbulence in society. This was a very hectic, very tiring and very challenging So, one imperative for India is to grow at 8 to 9 percent. assignment. We had our share of troubles, left-wing You just can’t afford to grow below that. If you can’t grow at extremism and getting our act together in terms of shaping 8 percent you will not be able to provide enough jobs. policy. I think the most I have suffered is due to the lack of Second, everybody wants everything quick. They are not sleep! I think throughout this assignment I have managed willing to wait. Therefore, since opportunities will not be just five hours of sleep daily. I want to catch up on my lost available everywhere and the system won’t be able to pro- sleep when I retire (laughs). vide enough jobs for everybody, there will be pressure to My assignment has been satisfying. We have managed to make quick bucks. In New Delhi 82 percent of the crimes put key focus on law and order and important police were committed by first-timers! There is a thrust to make reforms — primarily making sure that the recruitment of it big in a short time. There are young people who see the policemen is made more transparent and merit-based. If gold chain on someone’s neck, they snatch it, sell it to buy a recruitment is not proper we will have weak characters cell phone or laptop. They don’t mind doing it because remaining in the system. That is something that we have B MATHUR/REUTERS there is low risk in the ‘business’. The criminal justice sys- tried to tell our states. tem in India has an all-India conviction rate of 4 percent. We have tried to augment the capacity of the training sys- That means the risk for a ‘profession’ like ‘crime’ is very low. tem substantially. Thanks to Vijay Kelkar (chairman) of the Therefore they (first-time criminals) say I am willing to 13th Finance Commission who provided us with Rs 22 bil- Gopal take the risk where out of 100 only four people are going to lion ($492 million) for building up better infrastructure get caught and incur losses. for police training institutions in the states. Whether you like it or not, the coming decades will be We have vastly improved the training institutes of the turbulent for India. That’s why judicial and police reforms Border Security Force, the Central Reserve Police Force Krishna Pillai are important and high economic growth is equally impor- and the Indo Tibetan Border Police. Unless you have well tant. All three reforms have to come together if you really trained policemen, you have lost half the battle. want to handle situation better. Whoever is the home min- What is your most important achievement in the last two The outgoing Indian home secretary ister and home secretary will have to manage this turbu- years? lence which is inevitable. You look at any other country that You can’t quantify. In the (Indian) home ministry, when speaks to Sheela Bhatt about the has grown like us, has always been on the rocky path. you come to office you never know how your day would country’s internal problems Unemployment, crime, social unrest, violence and distur- end, unlike the commerce ministry when I knew what and bances are seen in all the new economies. how I will do things in office hours. The developments of Although you were appreciated for your accessibility and the day overshadowed my planning. It can be Gorkhaland, transparency, but at the same time there have been many Telangana, the northeast, Maoists or Kashmir. National Intelligence Grid and National Counter Terrorism gaffes, particularly on Pakistan and Telangana. On the eve Which was the current affairs issue in which you invest- Center. The NCTC hasn’t yet come up. In fact, the NCTC is of the high-llevel talks between India and Pakistan you ed both your heart and brain? in limbo. The NATGRID is approved in principle but it’s spoke on the Inter Services Intelligence’s total involvement I would say getting many difficult things through. Like delayed substantially. in the Mumbai attacks and at the time of the Telangana the merit-based system in police recruitment, to which the What could you not accomplish despite trying hard? crisis you said Hyderabad would go to Telangana. home minister was deeply committed. I took a personal I think the Delhi police bill, which I wanted to complete I don’t think so. What I said about the ISI supporting ter- interest in improving the training of policemen. When the with all the elements of police reforms that we have envis- ror in India is borne out of data and subsequent evidence 13th Finance Commission was almost ready to file its aged. We wanted to make it the model bill for the rest of the has also come out to support it. You may ask, what about report to the government, Kelkar included our request for country. Now, the draft resolution is ready and has gone to timing? But, as far as I am concerned, that interview was to funds for police training. We went at the last minute and he the law ministry. The issues are resolved and it will take six come a few days later. But, you know, journalists take into still incorporated it. In the home ministry we took key deci- months more. I would have loved to have done it when I consideration their own things. It’s part of their profession. sions within time limits in spite of many problems. was the home secretary. It gives more independence to the I had said that Hyderabad would be the capital of What are your regrets? police, it involves issues of fixed tenure, better system of Telangana. At that time, when I left New Delhi to go to We don’t have a consensus on how to tackle left-wing recruitment, training and transfers. It has police accounta- Jammu and Kashmir it (creating a separate state of extremism. We have not been able to get it in order. Not bility, community policing, etc. Telangana) was the unanimous decision of the (Congress) only amongst our political parties, even in the government After the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, we heard lots of big itself, there is a lack of consensus. There is delay in the talk but slowly it seems that policing has slipped into the Page A20 A20 INTERVIEW India Abroad July 8, 2011

Page A19 party and the home minister. He (Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram) had (already) announced that the steps to set up the state of Telangana would come into place. Subsequently, all parties backed out of it but I didn’t know about it as I was on a visit to J&K. So, when the question was asked to me, would Hyderabad will be the capital of Telangana, I said, “Yes! If Telanagana is ever formed you can’t imagine any capital of Telangana other than Hyderabad.” I think, whether Telangana should be formed or not is a political decision that the Congress party has not yet taken. Let us talk about Kashmir. During the stone- throwing events last year, 110 boys died. It was severely criticized. You could have handled it better. It could have been handled better. It was over a period of time that it happened and, then, we did- n’t even realize what was happening behind the scenes. Yesterday, the boys who threw grenades in Sopore turned out to be the stone pelters of last year. I think the entire security force, the state and the Center were an anti-militancy force. Now a subtle change has come in the state police’s functions that required them to maintain law and order. Instead of anti-militancy operation, now they had to accli- matize to the role of (maintaining) law and order. So, in the last six months or so the state has reori- ented them. No weapons but lathis (batons), use of crowd-control equipment, tear gas shells and water canons etc, have come. The militancy is just 10 percent of what it was a decade ago. The new role of the state police is now possible due to a drastic decrease in terrorism. That process of change was slow and we didn’t pick up fast REUTERS enough. We are getting only a hazy picture of the New Policemen in action during a protest against a nuclear power plant in Ratnagiri, south of Mumbai, April 19. G K Pillai says he took a personal interest in improving the training of policemen Delhi’s anti-MMaoist policy. Why? That is because, as the home minister has said, people think that the Maoists are do-gooders. As if they are sort of non-government organizations with guns. We normally say that 195 districts are affected. But if you It’s totally wrong to say that. It was the suspicion that it As (writer and activist) Arundhati Roy says, they are look at seriously affected districts, it’s only 83. The rest of was bugged. It was never bugged. When the private agency Gandhians with guns. That is, I think, a totally wrong con- the insurgencies are in pockets, here and there. These 83 searched his office they could not find anything. The IB ception. Look at their aim. They want the armed revolution districts fall in Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, West also did a search and they also said that it was not bugged. to overthrow the Indian State. They indulge in extortion, Bengal, Bihar and a little part of Andhra Pradesh. Why would you then find chewing gum at 16 places? they indulge in murders. Do you know 70 percent of the Why could India not provide enough data and dossiers It’s over a period of time. Who knows how many people people they kill are civilians and tribals? We look at police besides (captured Mumbai attacker) Ajmal Kasab’s state- come to visit the finance minister’s conference rooms? So casualties but every day they are killing innocent civilians ment to Pakistan? many foreign dignitaries visit him who chew gum all the who they think are working as police informers. Last year It’s not true. I think we have given all the dossiers of the time. My counter-question is, what were the sweepers and they have killed 780 innocent civilians. Basically, the accused in the 26/11 attacks. We have given what all they cleaners doing in the minister’s office? Did they not look Maoists are a fascist gang of extortionists. wanted. We have given permission to them to send a judi- under the tables? All the gum was found on the side of the Our Maoist policy has been always centrist. In the area cial commission to India in our last home secretary-level visitors and not on the side of the table where the minister where there is total lack of law and order, you have to take talks. We have allowed them to visit India and they said or officers sit. I think that’s why the finance minister says action. Where there is no security, no development could they would come in four to six weeks. But nobody came. We that it was a non-event. take place. The officers would not go to the area without have sent them the entire trial reports and the judgment. How did you find P Chidambaram as your boss? Is he security. It’s absolutely critical that for basic development Now, they have got David Headley’s statement made in a arrogant, as many people allege? you need some security. US court. Look at what they have done. They started the In all my 39 years of service the most intellectually chal- Our problem is, we are short of manpower in managing trial but it has not moved even an inch. lenging years have been the last two years working with security and even in the development sector. In the left- What’s your assessment of the spread and depth of Hindu Chidambaram. He is a perfectionist, he wants results. He wing extremist area we have a shortage of 300,000 police- radicalism in the country? wants things to be done yesterday. We did so many things. men. If you don’t have people, it’s like the wild west! The At the moment they are scattered, they are very few. I Chidambaram, in one sense, is the only minister who Maoist today has the gun and he rules the roost. would say, if we talk about so-called armed people they will comes before the media every month and says what he did As we augment police forces, train them and move in cer- be fewer than 100 Hindu radicals in a country of our size. during the month. All the decisions, like purchases of tain areas, the Maoists don’t like it. They feel as if their ‘lib- It’s not a major problem. It’s more out of retaliation for weapons, setting up of institutions, regional hubs, training erated’ areas have gone back. That’s where the real clashes what happened. In the last few years, Hindu radicalism has courses, he would share. We showed our performance. We are taking place. I have visited the Kankher area (in gone down because we didn’t have many bomb blasts. In put up everything on our Web site. It’s there to check and Chhattisgarh) and talked to villagers. I have visited so- 2004-2005 the country saw many blasts including in verify. He provided true leadership and made us work to called liberated areas that have come back under the con- Akshardham (temple in Gujarat) and the train blasts in double our capacity. trol of police forces. Those villagers are extremely happy Mumbai. A few insensitive people felt that they needed to Does he understand issues from the people’s point of that we have come and provided them with a basic level of take action because the government was not taking ade- view? security. Their only demand was, please don’t go away! If quate action. Radicalism of any sort is a concern for us. I think his objective was very clear. He had come in at a you go away then the Maoists will kill us, they told me. When the finance minister complains about the bugging difficult time. He wanted results. He didn’t care how you do Out of India’s 631 districts, how many are actually under of his office, it’s a telling story of the functioning of the it. He would ask, ‘Are you performing or not performing?’ Maoist control? Intelligence Bureau under you. That’s all! India Abroad July 8, 2011 SPECIAL INDIA/PAKISTAN TALKS A21 The Trust Deficit remains But India, Pakistan discuss continuing peace process. Sheela Bhatt reports from Islamabad

he ideology of military con- expected soon. Also, a prime minis- flict should have no place in ter-level meeting may be possible ‘Tthe paradigm of our rela- in Male, the Maldives, in tionship of the 21st century. Instead, November, on the sidelines of the this relationship should be charac- South Asian Association for terized by the vocabulary of peace, Regional Cooperation. all round cooperation in the interest It was heartening to note that of our people, growing trade and both sides resisted from scoring economic interaction, as well as, points or giving a spin to the event, people to people contacts and all and that itself was an achievement this, let me emphasize, in an atmos- in view of elections to the state leg- phere free of terror and violence.’ islature in Pakistan occupied This is how Indian Foreign Kashmir, and sensitivity in India Secretary Nirupama Rao summed over the slow progress made by up India’s vision behind the ongoing Pakistan over 26/11 (the Mumbai dialogue between India and terror attacks). Pakistan. Rao conducted talks with India also drew attention to her Pakistani counterpart Salman David Headley’s statements during Bashir for over six hours, spread the Tahawwur Rana trial in over three sessions in Islamabad Chicago and the links between ter- June 24-25. ror groups like Lashkar-eTayiba Official sources said there was no and the Inter-Services Intelligence cussedness between the two sides in Pakistan. Basheer said Pakistan and the chemistry was excellent. understands India’s concerns on This was Rao’s last important diplo- terror, but he hoped that there matic assignment as foreign secre- would be ‘a collaborative approach.’ tary, that went as per the script. India also told Pakistan that Indian government sources, while although there is infiltration on the speaking about Pakistan’s readiness LoC, it has reduced. India tried to to bring in substantial proposals for raise the level of confidence by say- a change, said, “We are resuming ing that there is no scope for mili- the dialogue. Now, they have to tary conflict now. Pakistan said assess their own internal political there is a sense of proportion when dynamics. Diplomacy works in con- it talks to India. text of reality only.” Both sides mulled over coopera- It was evident at every step that tion in preserving the legacy of the India and Pakistan both took care great Urdu poets Mohammad and observed caution to see that the Iqbal, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Amir peace process does not get derailed. Khushro. The two diplomats also The importance India attaches to discussed cricket matches between continue talking to Pakistan was women’s teams from both nations highlighted in the range of issues and the possibility of launching an discussed across the table. The India-Pakistan Women’s Forum. uppermost being how is Pakistan The official sources said “We are securing its nuclear plants and what moving ahead step by step and inch kind of measures are being taken so by inch.” Rao expressed concerns that its nuclear weapons do not fall about terrorism and the pending into the hands of terrorists? issues related to 26/11. Pakistan According to Indian official asked what was happening to the sources, the Indian side informed FAISAL MAHMOOD/REUTERS case of the blast on the Samjhauta Pakistan that India is improving the Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, left, and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir after a news conference at the Express (a train service connecting safety of its nuclear plants and foreign ministry in Islamabad, June 24 New Delhi and Lahore) in 2007. weapons by forming a nuclear regu- But the official sources added that latory authority. India told Pakistan one should not fall into the trap of that, as it is happening the world over, the security of towards finalization of the visa agreement which will help pitting the terrorism of 26/11 against the blast on nuclear plants is a ‘national responsibility.’ liberalize the visa regime and facilitate people-to- people, Samjhauta Express. The two countries held more than two hours of talks on business-to-business and sports contacts.’ “We are not condoning the incident on the Samjhauta Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K issue has now got an official The two sides discussed new ideas about their coastal Express where human lives were lost. India is not afraid of working group to discuss Confidence Building Measures. security and how to prevent conflict situations at sea. standing up and condemning it. The 26/11 attack is of Bashir reminded Rao that both sides have a ‘stated posi- Indian sources felt there was a readiness to listen on gross proportion.” The Indian side has told Pakistan that tion’ on J&K. The joint statement issued after the meeting Pakistan’s side. once the investigation in the Samjhauta blast it is complet- said that both sides agreed to convene a meeting of the A senior source in the Indian government said, “There ed, they will brief Pakistan about it. Pakistan in turn said working group on Cross-Line of Control, CBMs to recom- was no tit-for-tat. The language we used was such that we there are legal glitches and issues about the cases related to mend measures for strengthening and streamlining the were able to put across our views in a reasoned way.” The 26/11 in Pakistani courts. existing trade and travel arrangements across the Line of Pakistan side asked India to revive the Lahore agreement The government source said, “Some cynics ask what dif- Control (the de facto border) and propose modalities for of 2007. The foreign secretaries will meet again next month ference do such talks make? I think it does make a differ- introducing additional Cross-LoC CBMs. The working in New Delhi. ence.” The source went as far as to claim that, ‘The meet- group will meet in July. Before the meeting started, no substantial breakthrough ing was one of confidence that said that we (India- Both sides ‘noted with satisfaction the progress made was expected because a foreign minister-level meeting is Pakistan) can face the world together!” A22 EYE ON PAKISTAN India Abroad July 8, 2011 Behind the failed coup plot in Pakistan

Is the jihadi penetration of the Pakistani armed forces deeper than feared, asks Amir Mir

posting at the GHQ. His close associates say he had been highly critical of the present army leadership over its relationship with Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard the United States. He had been exerting near the site of a shooting on the outskirts pressure on the army’s top echelons to stop of Quetta, Balochistan, June 22 cooperating with the American forces in the fight against Taliban and Al Qaeda insur- gents. Therefore, successive promotion boards would reject his promotion to the next rank while his colleagues and subordi- nates continued to rise up the promotion ladder. At the time of his arrest, Khan was the oldest serving brigadier in the Pakistan army. Khan is not the first high-ranking army officer arrested for alleged ties with the Hizbul Tehrir, which represents a new breed of Islamic fundamentalists — who study at top British and American educational institutions and yet abhor Western values, advocate a pan-Islamic state and favor the removal of the pro-US government in Islamabad. Colonel Shahid Bashir, the then commanding officer of the Shamsi air force base in Balochistan, was appre- hended by military intelligence May 4, 2009 for links with Hizbul Tehrir. Bashir was arrested along with a retired Pakistan air force fighter pilot, Squadron Leader- turned lawyer Nadeem Ahmad Shah, and a US-educated mechanical engineer and Green Card holder, Awais Ali Khan. Bashir NASEER AHMED/REUTERS was subsequently accused of leaking out secrets pertaining to the Shamsi air force he interrogations of the under-detention Brigadier other cult in the armed forces other than the military one. base, which was being used by the Central Intelligence Ali Khan and four majors of the Pakistan army We have zero tolerance policy for any extremist ideology in Agency at that time to launch drone attacks on Al Qaeda have revealed that a group of senior anti-American the army.’ and Taliban-linked militants in the Federally Administered Tmilitary officers was planning to stage a coup Khan’s arrest surprised many of his colleagues, since he Tribal Areas of Pakistan. He conceded that he and several against the Pakistan People’s Party government in comes from a family with three generations in military other PAF officers were in touch with the Hizbul Tehrir, Islamabad besides removing the incumbent military lead- service, besides having a bright service record. His father which had been inciting them to launch a rebellion against ership with the help of like-minded colleagues, as envis- was a junior commissioned officer; his younger brother is a the country’s khaki and political leadership for their pro- aged by the Hizbul Tehrir, an Al Qaeda-linked shadowy colonel in a Pakistani intelligence agency. His son and son- American policies. Bashir was eventually court-martialed group which wants to capture power in Pakistan and to in-law are both army captains. Khan’s wife Anjum Ali has on charges of spying and provoking the armed forces per- convert the country into a pure Islamic state by reviving the rejected the allegations. sonnel to get involved in terrorist activities. Khilafat (Caliphate) system. ‘Almost every general of the Pakistan army knows Those interrogating Brigadier Khan and other senior Pakistani military spokesman Major General Athar Brigadier Ali Khan. Even army chief General Ashfaq army officers have concluded that the Hizbul Tehrir has the Abbas was the first to confirm that Brigadier Khan was Kayani knows him,’ she told a foreign news agency June 22. same objectives as Al Qaeda — the enforcement of Islamic arrested because of his links to the Hizbul Tehrir and that ‘We can never think of betraying Pakistan army or our rule in accordance with the Shariah (strict Islamic laws) in he was being interrogated by military intelligence along country. My husband is an intellectually honest, patriotic Muslim majority countries and the restoration of an with several other officers, including four majors. Khan, and ideological person. Unfortunately, it has become a Islamic Caliphate. The Hizbul Tehrir, which claims to be a who had been posted at the Pakistan army’s General fashion in Pakistan that whosoever offers prayers and prac- peaceful political party with Islam as its ideology, was Headquarters in May 2009 in charge of the regulation tices religion is dubbed as Taliban-friendly. Our three gen- established in Jerusalem in 1953 by Shaikh Taqiul Deen Al directorate, was taken into custody May 6, hardly three erations have served the army and none of our family mem- Nabahani (1909-1977), a religious cleric and a judge in the days after killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in bers have had any links with the militants.’ Shariah court. The stated goal of the Tehrir at that time was Abbottabad. Sources in the military GHQ say Khan was arrested after to establish an expansionist super-state they would call the The military spokesman was quick to dispel the impres- getting clearance from Kayani, who was shown convincing Khilafath (Caliphate), initially consisting of Muslim- sion that the brigadier was linked with the investigation evidence of the brigadier’s militant links. Kayani was dis- majority states and finally expanding to the rest of the into the Abbottabad episode. turbed to know about the infiltration of the Pakistan army world. The contention of the Pakistan chapter of the Hizbul ‘The detention shows that the army is determined to by the Hizbul Tehrir at such a senior level, and approved Tehrir is that the current rulers of Pakistan, civilian as well weed out bad actors,’ Abbas said. ‘We follow zero tolerance the arrest. The brigadier, who was repeatedly denied pro- as khaki, are American agents and their only agenda is pro- policy of such activities in the military and that’s why motions because of his extremist leanings, had served as an prompt action was taken on detection. We don’t allow any army commander in Pakistan occupied Kashmir before his Page A23 India Abroad July 8, 2011 EYE ON PAKISTAN A23 Terrorist groups are like cancer within Pakistan, says top US counterterror adviser

AZIZ HANIFFA weeks since May 2. Counterterrorism cooperation continues and several very key John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s extremists have been killed or captured.’ key adviser on homeland security and She reiterated the administration’s con- counterterrorism, has described Pakistan- tention that it did not believe that senior based terrorist groups including the Pakistani officials or military leaders were Lashkar-e-Tayiba as a ‘real cancer within aware of Osama bin Laden’s presence in the Pakistan.’ garrison town of Abbottabad. But she ‘Whether you’re talking about Al Qaeda, acknowledged that lower level officials may whether you’re talking about the Pakistani have been aware of bin Laden’s presence Taliban or TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban and condoned it with a ‘wink and a nod.’ Pakistan), Haqqani group, Lashkar-e- ‘As I told the Pakistanis,’ she said, Tayiba, others, there is I think a general ‘America cannot and should not try to solve recognition in the United States as well as Pakistan’s problems. They have to eventual- throughout the world that Pakistan has a ly do that themselves. But nor can we walk real challenge ahead of it to uproot and away from this relationship and ignore the eradicate the forces of militancy within,’ consequences.’ Brennan said at the Johns Hopkins She was asked about the growing University’s School of Advanced Pakistani paranoia about Washington’s International Studies. ‘The Pakistani gov- growing strategic partnership with India. ernment and the Pakistani people have to ‘Whenever we make a move toward be very honest with the challenge that they improving our relationship with India, face domestically — that it is an area that which we started in the ‘90s, and it’s been has served as a training ground, as a bipartisan, with President Bill Clinton and launching pad to carry out attacks.’ President Barack Obama and President He acknowledged that the Pakistani peo- George W Bush, the Pakistanis find that ple were also the victims of the terrorism creates a lot of cognitive dissonance,’ she perpetrated by these groups on a ‘daily replied. ‘So are you our friend or their basis.’ friend? It’s all a zero-sum game to them.’ He said there was no alternative but to She said the US was encouraged by the continue engaging with Pakistan, however resumption of the dialogue between Delhi frustrating it is. ‘But at the same time, no FAYAZ AZIZ/REUTERS and Islamabad, but said she could under- other country have we taken as many ter- stand India’s strong stand in being reticent rorists off the battlefield than in Pakistan. A girl displaced by heavy flooding a year ago walks past her family tent along a roadside in Nowshera, to enter into full-fledged talks until northwest Pakistan, June 25 No other country has lost more security Pakistan brings to justice those involved in and intelligence officers (to terrorists) than ate the safe havens within Pakistan provid- Defeating violent extremism, which has the Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan,’ he said. ed to terrorist groups that kill Americans. also taken so many innocent Pakistani ‘I think it’s fair to say that, you know, Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hillary ‘The United States has clear expectations lives; ending the conflict in Afghanistan India looks at Pakistan and, believes that Clinton, appearing before the Senate for this relationship,’ Clinton said in her and securing a stable, democratic, prosper- their continuing support for elements of Foreign Relations Committee last week testimony to the committee chaired by US ous future. These are obviously tough ques- insurgency against India in Kashmir and after President Obama announced his deci- Senator John F Kerry, Massachusetts tions to ask of the Pakistanis. And there are across the border into India proper makes sion to withdraw thousands of troops from Democrat. ‘We are looking to Pakistan to many causes for frustration. But we should it very difficult for them to know what path Afghanistan, said the US would not toler- take concrete actions on the goals we share: not overlook the positive steps of recent to choose,’ Clinton said.

2003, two-and-a-half years after it was formally launched in Pakistan. The conference was attended by over 2,000 Behind the failed coup members. Hardly three days later, the Pervez Musharraf regime banned the group. The government action was challenged in the Lahore high court, but the plea was dis- plot in Pakistan missed. In 2006, the Tehrir filed another petition before the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore high court, challeng- mainly looked after by its office bearers from their homes. ing the ban. The case is still pending. Page A22 However, the problem for Pakistani agencies is that the Since its inception in Pakistan in 2000, the Tehrir has -tecting the American interests. The Tehrir considers actual leadership of the group in Pakistan remains undis- been able to make considerable progress in recruiting ded- Pakistan’s strategic location, particularly its proximity with closed even to the members due to security fears. icated members in civil society as well as the armed forces Muslim-majority countries including the Central Asian The Pakistan chapter of the Tehrir was established in of Pakistan. According to those investigating Brigadier states, suitable for implementing its agenda. Following the December 2000 when a group of British youth of Pakistani Khan and other senior army officers for their Hizbul Tehrir May 2 killing of bin Laden in an American military raid in descent, headed by Imtiaz Malik and guided by British links, the Tehrir had a violent jihadi agenda to overthrow Abbottabad, Hizbul Tehrir activists had been distributing Pakistanis Dr Abdul Wajid in Lahore and Dr Abdul Basit the government and remove the military top brass. The leaflets urging army officers to rise up in revolt against Shaikh in Karachi among others, decided to use Pakistan as investigators say the Tehrir leadership had marked their leadership. the base camp for their movement to reestablish an Islamic Pakistan as a base from which it wanted to spread Islamic ‘It is a slap in the respected officers’ faces that the Caliphate. While Imtiaz is considered to be the under- rule across the world. The group is working in tandem with American helicopters intruded in the dark of night and ground leader of the Tehrir in Pakistan, his deputy, Naveed Al Qaeda under the garb of pan-Islamism. The investiga- barged into a house like thieves. Remember, it could not Butt, a graduate of the University of Illinois, remains the tors reminded that 35 Tehrir members were arrested in have been possible without the acquiescence of your high most vocal group leader in Pakistan, assisted by two young- June 2009 from an Islamabad residence that was allegedly officials,’ one such pamphlet read. sters, Imran Yousafzai and Shahzad Sheikh, both British being used to plan a coup. Being a proscribed organization, the Tehrir does not have nationals of Pakistani origin. The first national-level con- any offices in Pakistan and its organizational affairs are ference of the Tehrir was organized in Lahore in November Page A24 A24 EYE ON PAKISTAN India Abroad July 8, 2011 Enough of Islamabad’s segmented approach to terrorist groups, says former

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AZIZ HANIFFA administration bombed Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan in argued. Pakistan’s segmented approach to terrorism contributed to response to the attacks on two US embassies in Africa in Pakistani officials continually cite the loss of Pakistani life Osama bin Laden’s ability to live undetected in a military August 1998, several of the people killed in those camps at the hands of terrorists as proof of their commitment to town deep inside the country, believes former Central were Pakistani Harkat members. What is surprising, Curtis fighting terrorism. But in light of the new information, Intelligence Agency analyst Lisa Curtis. pointed out, is that Pakistani authorities have allowed average Pakistanis may begin to question why their mili- Curtis, senior fellow at the conservative Washington, DC Harkat leader Fazlur Rehman Khalil to live freely on the tary would tolerate groups that facilitate Al Qaeda’s ability think tank Heritage Foundation, said it was not surprising outskirts of Islamabad. to attack Pakistani citizens. US officials, Curtis said, under- that new information had revealed contacts between mem- It is unknown whether any officials in Pakistan’s intelli- stand that Pakistan has fought three wars with India and bers of Pakistani terrorist group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen gence service knew about Harkat’s contact with Osama’s that Pakistani military leaders find it difficult to look and Osama’s courier. courier. Failure on Islamabad’s part to take action against beyond the Indian threat. But Washington can no longer Pakistan has long sought to distinguish between the group and its leader in light of the new revelations, tolerate Pakistani failure to shut down groups that help Al Kashmir-focused terrorist groups — which it allows to however, would fuel suspicion in the US that Pakistani offi- Qaeda and its agenda, she added. operate freely in Pakistan as a buffer against India — and cials played a role in hiding Osama. Curtis said, “Given that the US now possesses evidence Al Qaeda. US officials, said Curtis, should reject this dis- Pakistani military and intelligence officials continue to that Pakistan-based terrorist groups with ISI (Inter tinction and make clear that they view any individuals who believe that terrorist groups like Harkat and Lashkar-e- Services Intelligence) links helped harbor bin Laden, facilitate Al Qaeda as threats to America. If Pakistan fails to Tayyiba, responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, consti- Washington should get tougher with Islamabad and insist take action against terrorist organizations affiliated with Al tute their most effective assets to counter Indian regional that these groups be shut down. While US officials should Qaeda, Washington should withhold security aid to influence and to pressure New Delhi over Kashmir. They not expect the terrorist organizations to dissolve overnight, Islamabad, she said. have little concern about these groups’ links to internation- they should expect Pakistani authorities to take specific She pointed out that the links between Harkat terrorists al terrorism and the questions these links raise about actions to break up the groups and punish individuals who and Al Qaeda are not surprising. When the Bill Clinton Pakistan’s overall commitment to fighting terrorism, Curtis were involved in harboring bin Laden.”

Page A23 like Tehrir do not seek to launch a mass Weeks before these arrests were made movement; rather they specifically target public, the Tehrir’s Pakistan chapter talked Behind the failed coup the intellectual elite and the military appa- about spilling blood to stage an Islamic rev- ratus of the countries in which they oper- olution in the country. Tayyab Muqeem, a ate. For years, leading journalists and the London-based key Tehrir leader, had plot in Pakistan intellectual elite of Pakistan have been tar- declared in July 2009 that many Tehrir geted by highly educated English-speaking activists had been sent to Pakistan to bring Islamists from Hizbul Tehrir. They have about Islamic Shariah by force. He further cer, had helped Major Haroon Ashiq, an Al Hizbul Tehrir, a fact discovered by military been seeking to convert prominent opinion claimed that the Tehrir had successfully Qaeda affiliate, in the clearance of night- intelligence nine months after his posting shapers to their supremacist ideology. Once converted four senior officers of Pakistan vision goggles flown from China. On page as Musharraf’s security officer. On being this sector is taken, a military coup can be army during their training at the Royal 88 of the book, Saleem states: ‘Major spotted, he was briefly arrested and then staged by key officers sympathetic to the Military Academy in Sandhurst, an elite Haroon Ashiq visited China to procure retired from the Pakistan army.’ cause, who would in turn face minimal British training academy. night-vision goggles (to be used by the ter- According to Maajid Nawaz, a former resistance from society. After the coup, the A senior Pakistani journalist, Syed rorists). The biggest task was to clear them Tehrir member now serving as director of military would be capable of establishing Saleem Shehzad, who was abducted and through the customs in Pakistan. Haroon the UK-based think tank Quilliam, the the authority of Islam. Hence a coup d’état killed under mysterious circumstances called on his friend Captain Farooq, who menace of the Tehrir infiltrating the would be the manifestation of a political recently, had disclosed in his book Inside Al was Musharraf’s security officer. Farooq Pakistani armed forces was exported from change, as per the Tehrir dream.” Qaeda and Taliban how Musharraf’s personally went to the airport in the presi- Britain. Brigadier Ali Khan’s arrest only confirms Tehrir-linked security officers helped in dent’s official car and received Major “Hizbul Tehrir advocates violent over- that the tug of war between Islamists and clearance of Al Qaeda’s security consign- Haroon at the immigration counter. In the throw of democratic states through mili- reformists in the Pakistan army has ment. Shehzad narrated in his book details presence of Farooq, nobody dared touch tary coups in order to enforce a single inter- reached a boiling point. This raises a billion of Al Qaeda’s penetration into the Pakistan Haroon’s luggage and the night-vision pretation of Islam,” Nawaz said. Recruiting dollar question: Is the jihadi penetration of army. He disclosed how a serving captain, glasses arrived in Pakistan without any has- from the world’s Muslim-majority armies is the Pakistani armed forces deeper than Farooq, who was Musharraf’s security offi- sle. Captain Farooq was a member of the a fundamental tenet of their call. Groups feared? MAGAZINE India Abroad July 8, 2011

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he Indian community has been “ supportive to me in so many ways. I want you to know that I will not stop until I make you proud,” Governor Nikki Randhawa Haley saidT in a videotaped message that was flashed on the large screens at the ballroom of the Pierre hotel in New York City soon after she was declared the India Abroad Person of the Year 2010. Haley, winner of the India Abroad Person of the Year could not attend the event as she was in Europe. But her parents Professor Ajit Randhawa and Raj, more than made up for it – as Haley herself acknowledged. “I am so very sorry that I can’t be there with you. I am at an aeronautic show in Europe and could- n’t be there, but I could not be more proud that the two people representing me are my parents. They are the ones that got me through this election. They are the ones that taught me what it meant to run with strength and grace. They are the ones who reminded me every day how blessed you are to live in this country,” Haley said. The event saw about 400 of the biggest names in the Indian-American community come together at a venue that celebrates the community’s journey – The Pierre, now a Taj Hotel, on Fifth Avenue, overlooking Central Park. The location, HOSPITALITY SPONSOR which has figured in films, books and television shows, was the ideal stage to celebrate the community’s stars. After a pre-event cocktail hour in the Cotillion Ballroom – the setting for Al Pacino’s memorable tango scene from Scent Of A Woman – the event kicked off in the grand ballroom with India Abroad Publisher and Rediff.com Founder, PHOTOGRAPHS: PARESH GANDHI Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ajit Professor Ajit Randhawa and Raj Randhawa, who accepted the Award on their daughter Nikki Haley's behalf. Nikki Haley, Balakrishnan addressing how things had changed the first woman and Indian-American Governor of South Carolina and the India Abroad Person of the Year 2010, could not for the Indian-American community in the four attend the event as she was away in Europe decades of India Abroad’s existence. “When I see a video of this kind (showing the with red cranberry sauce all around. Inspired by achievements of Indian Americans) it amazes me this I made Tandoori Turkey for Thanksgiving,” – the width and depth of the talent of the Indian she said. Watch American community. It is astonishing even for She also pointed out a photograph that day in India Abroad us in India Abroad and Rediff,” he said. “It is little The New York Times, which showed many Publisher wonder that editors who picked the winners of Americans doing the savasan during a yoga ses- AJIT this award started originally with one award and sion in Times Square. BALAKRISHNAN’s added more and more over the years as it has “That is the kind of interchange of culture speech on ishare. become impossible to pick any one person any bringing us here,” she said. rediff.com more.” While there was one awardee in 2002, The awards ceremony – hosted by Sreenath there were 14 in seven categories this year. Sreenivasan, dean of student affairs at Columbia Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar also noted University’s Journalism School, for the seventh the rise of the community. time in eight years – began by saluting the future “We just heard that when Indian and American in the form of the rising stars of the community. ishare.rediff.com/video/entertainment/publisher-ajit- culture collide, there is a burst of creativity. In The first award, the India Abroad Special balakrishnan-celebrates-iapoy/3993599 fact, last time when I visited the Bombay Club restaurant in Washington, DC, they served Kulfi M3 THE India Abroad of

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Award for Achievement 2010, went to Vijay Balse, who won the American television quiz show Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions 2010, with a prize award of $250,000; to Aadith Moorthy, winner of the National Geography Bee 2010; and to Anamika Veeramani, winner of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee 2010. Though they left their marks in different fields, all of them faced and overcame failure. Balse scythed through the competition in Jeopardy! only after six auditions and over 16 years of trying. Aadith and Anamika scooped up their trophies only on their second attempts. SPONSORED BY “The sense of community generated by the function felt wonderful, and was a reminder — not that I need one — why I feel so proud to be an Indian American. Also, the special issue of India Abroad covering the honorees is a valuable sou- Praful Patel, India's Minister for Heavy Industries, right, and John C Liu, New York City Comptroller, left, present the venir which I’ll be sure to browse every now and Special Achievement Award to Vijay Balse, who won $250,000 by winning the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions then,” Balse said later. During the event he spoke about how he got into Jeopardy!, a show not quite meant for the first generation, given its penchant for singularly American attributes. “I’ve been asked many times, even this evening, Victors’ parade how I prepared for my appearance on the quiz show. The ability to recall obscure facts quickly Indians have enjoyed.” astronaut Sunita Williams (2006), who memo- while under intense pressure, not to mention the Her father Alagaiya Veeramani later said, “We rably greeted the awards ceremony from space, quiet encouragement and support of my wife, have been to several honorary celebrations and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jhumpa Jayshree, were no doubt important factors in my after the Spelling Bee win. But the India Abroad Lahiri (2008). wins,” he said. Person of the Year ceremony is one of the most India Abroad Publisher Ajit Balakrishnan pre- Anamika’s speech highlighted her wisdom, memorable experiences of them all thus far, sec- sented this year’s awards to Columbia Business complete with insights beyond her age. ond only to the White House recognition event.” School professor and author Dr Sheena Iyengar, “Many people wonder why the Indian commu- Aadith Moorthy’s question, ‘where in the world Grammy-nominated jazz musician Dr Vijay Iyer nity is doing so well. Even President Obama asked is India’ and his answer ‘India is abroad, it is here’ and Pulitzer winner Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee. that question when I met him a couple of weeks was greeted with thunderous applause. He spoke Dr Iyengar, who is blind, redefined the concept ago in the Oval Office,” she said. “Well, I think the on the rough road he traveled to reach the top. of choice with her book, The Art of Choosing. The answer to that question lies in the question itself. Next came the man who is beginning to rede- book was among the most well reviewed non-fic- The Indian community is so successful because it fine social networking. Foursquare Co-founder is, in fact, a community.” Naveen Selvadurai won the India Abroad Face of “Instead of simply melting into the American the Future Award 2010, which recognizes young melting pot, Indians have distinguished them- achievers with immense promise. Watch selves by assimilating the Indian with the With 10 million users and counting, Fourquare Indian Ambassador American and have brought out the best in both looks like it is in for the long run – as does MEERA HOSPITALITY SPONSOR cultures. By doing this, we have stumbled upon a Naveen. The 28-year-old, who is worth an esti- SHANKAR’s unique set of keys to success. So yes, while the mated $80 million, received his award from earli- speech on ishare. Indian American is known for his dedication, er winners of the India Abroad Face of the Future rediff.com focus, and hard work, he is also known for the Award, mathematician Dr Manjul Bhargava, the indomitable spirit that his community possesses.” second youngest full professor at Princeton “So, when the topic of luck or any other com- University, and Dr Priyamvada Natarajan, profes- mon denominator is brought up in the context of sor of astronomy and physics at Yale University. the success of Indians in Spelling Bees (after all, The India Abroad Publisher’s Special Award for in a round you may get the word ‘cat,’ and anoth- Excellence 2010 – expanded last year to include er contestant may get the word ‘fackeltanz’) I more than one winner, to do justice to the grow- http://ishare.rediff.com/video/others/ambassador- meera-shankar-at-iapoy/3993536 proudly claim that all of the above factors play a ing list of achievers from the community – fol- large role in the enviable winning streak that lowed. This category having seen winners like tion books last year. “Though this award may seem to be about an individual’s achievement, I think it’s much more valuable as a reminder of the choices that are available to Indians abroad, a record of what people have been able to accomplish with those choices, and an encouragement to all of us to help provide these choices and more to our fellow Indians, wherever they may be,” Iyengar said. “It seems to be the duty of all speech-givers and award recipients to try to say something wise and inspiring, and as an Indian, I can’t shirk my duty. But as an American, I think I can find a way to creatively outsource this work to others. In fact, the work has already been done by recent hon-

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attention on and highlight the fact that violence plagues all communities and permeates across class, not just the blue collar community, a common misconception. Violence is not only a ‘women’s issue’ – it destroys children’s lives and tears families apart. The solution to ending violence for all times lies in community awareness and accountability.” The penultimate award of the evening was the India Abroad Award for Lifetime Achievement 2010, presented to the legendary Madhur Jaffrey, whose contribution to dinner – her signature dish Achari Baingan – was still on people’s tastebuds. SPONSORED BY Jaffrey has packed more into a lifetime than most people would manage to pack into several. An extraordinary chef (credited with introducing the world to real Indian cooking), a bestselling author and an exquisite actress, she received the award from filmmaker James Ivory, a friend of over 50 years, and Floyd Cardoz, the New York Actress and cook book writer Madhur Jaffrey, center, winner of the India Abroad Award for Lifetime Achievement 2010, with legendary director James Ivory, left, and TopChef Floyd Cardoz who presented her the Award Watch India Abroad Publisher’s Special Award for Excellence winner Victors’ parade SIDDHARTHA “Here I am, living a dual career. I started my hub, her parents Professor Ajit Randhawa and MUKHERJEE’s career before India Abroad (which was started 40 Raj Randhawa accepted the award on her behalf speech on ishare. years ago).” And over the years, she said, she had from Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramakrish- rediff.com a wonderful relation with the paper and its nan, who, in his speech, stressed the importance reporters. of public office and how a community had truly And finally it was time for the most-anticipated arrived when one of its number felt confident to ishare.rediff.com/video/news-and-politics/siddhartha- award – The India Abroad Person of the Year fight an election. mukherjee-wins-the-india-abroad-publisher-s-award- 2010. Since Haley was away at the Paris Air Show Accepting the award, Professor Randhawa for-excellencer/3985492 to build South Carolina’s brand as an aerospace noted, “Nikki grew up as Randhawa’s little daughter Nikki. Now we are identified as Nikki’s mom and dad. All first- chef who won the Top Chef Masters generation Indians should take pride contest last fortnight. in such identity when our children She began her speech pointing out her honor us.” inability to shine in Spelling Bees or in “Nikki is the first Indian to be elect- HOSPITALITY SPONSOR the sciences. ed in South Carolina, the first woman “But there are two parts of the brain governor in South Carolina and the and I represent the other part. To put youngest in the nation. She has the balance straight, I am from North already made a difference,” he said. India. Here we are a perfectly balanced Haley now joins a distinguished community with both sides of the brain, roster of earlier India Abroad with the arts and the sciences within our Persons of the Year: Former Iowa grasp,” she said to an appreciative audi- state legislator and now state Senator ence. Swati Dandekar (2002); IndiCorps She said she went to Britain to study co-founder Sonal Shah (2003); cap- Sarah Khan, Maitri Tiloma Jaisinghe, Sakhi drama on a scholarship from the gov- tain of the silver medal-winning US ernment of India as there was no drama gymnastic team at the Athens school in India that time. At the Royal Olympics Mohini Bhardwaj (2004); Academy she changed her Indian accent then US Congressman and current to adjust to British mores. But when she Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal came to the US, people asked her why (2005); PepsiCo Chairperson and she was speaking like that. So she oblig- CEO Indra Nooyi (2006); acclaimed ingly changed her accent again. filmmaker Mira Nair (2007); author She wanted to be a star like Marlon and journalist Fareed Zakaria Brando, but the small female roles she (2008), and Nobel Laureate got was always as “the mother of the ter- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2009). rorist,” she said. “People ask me how I got in to cooking. In fact I was hijacked in to it.” She said she began by writing about India, its monuments and culture until somebody asked if she could write about the From left: Manavi Co-founder Shamita Das food she ate as a child. It led her to Dasgupta, Program Director Debjani Roy become an author of cook books too. and Board Chairperson Vinita Jethwani THE India Abroad of

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ore than a fortnight after the killing of Jyotirmoy tified person. He was then instructed to head to June 7, Waghmode went to the Peninsula Centre. At Dey, a senior investigative journalist with a Khatgodam in Uttarakhand state to collect a sophisticated about 2 pm he spotted J Dey arrive and saw him park his MMumbai newspaper, the Mumbai police finally .32 bore foreign make revolver and 25 Czechoslovakian bike. Waghmode identified him as the intended target and announced that the case had been cracked. City Police make cartridges. reported back to Kalia. Commissioner Arup Patnaik told the media that seven On his return Kalia contacted his old friend and partner Kalia wanted to be doubly sure of the target so June 8, he members of the Chhota Rajan (the fugitive Mumbai gang- in crime Anil Waghmode. Following instructions form accompanied Waghmode to the Peninsula Centre. The duo ster) gang have been arrested. The accused were paid Rs Kalia, Waghmode went about assembling other members again spotted Dey arrive. “But Satish Kalia decided that 500,000 ($11,104) by the mobster to eliminate Dey. of the team for the operation. He then simultaneously con- killing Dey in the Peninsula Centre in broad daylight would Investigators however, remained silent on the motive tacted Nilesh Shendge alias Bablu and Mangesh Agavane. be dangerous as it was a crowded office area and that behind the contract killing. Bablu, in turn contacted his trusted aides from Chembur - escape would be difficult,” said Himanshu Roy, joint com- Arun Dhake and Abhijit Shinde. Dhake in turn got in touch missioner of police (crime) Mumbai. How a team was formed to kill Dey with his friend and fellow criminal Sachin Gaekwad. Kalia then got his team together and decided to locate After the team was ready, June 6 Kalia received another Dey at the Hiranandani complex. The entire team used According to the Mumbai police the first and the most call from Chhota Rajan. This time Rajan gave a detailed three motorcyles in groups of two and one used a Qualis crucial arrest was that of Rohit Thangapan Joseph alias description of the target, his whereabouts, (an SUV) to scan the area for the scribe. Satish Kalia. The Mumbai crime branch sleuths claimed how he looked and the number of J Dey’s The accused spent the whole of June 9 that it was the sustained questioning of the main accused, motorcycle. Kalia was informed by Rajan, and 10 trying to spot Dey in the Kalia, that finally helped them put the case together. that Dey could be found at the Peninsula Main accused Hiranandani area, without much luck. It was revealed during Kalia’s interrogation that approx- Centre (in south-central Mumbai) where Satish Kalia June 11, at about 1.30 pm, one of the imately 20 days before the killing, he received a call from he worked at the newspaper Mid-Day or teams spotted Dey near the R-Mall, a Chhota Rajan informing him of a job that needed to be at the posh Hiranandani housing com- claims Chota Rajan shopping arcade close to Powai. They done. Without disclosing who the target was, Rajan told plex in (the northern Mumbai suburb) immediately alerted the other gang mem- him that the money and weapons for the job would be Powai. All the details were shared without hid the fact that bers and started trailing him. arranged for. revealing the target’s name, identity or his target was a Dey first stopped at a location near After which Kalia promptly went to the Chhota Rajan profession. The same day, Kalia got in the Hiranandani hospital where he went stronghold in Chembur (in northeast Mumbai) and col- touch with Waghmode and asked him to journalist lected an amount of Rs 100,000 ($2,220) from an uniden- conduct a reconnaissance the next day. Page A27 India Abroad July 8, 2011 INDIA SPECIAL/JOURNALIST’S MURDER A27

Five rounds of bullets were fired at J Dey, one of which struck his heart Chhota The Suspects Almost all the suspects have a Rajan criminal background. Rohit Thangapan Joseph also known as Satish Kalia in under- world circles, is the main accused. did it, say He is a well-known shooter of the Chhota Rajan gang. A resident of Golibar Nagar in northwest Mumbai’s Khar area, he has three the cops offences of murder and one offence of attempt to murder registered against him. Page A26 Anil Waghmode is a close asso- into an underground area to photocopy ciate of Satish Kalia. Both have some material. The killers saw his motorcy- executed several operations for cle parked outside, but decided against Chhota Rajan. Waghmode has one killing him there for fear of too many eye- attempt to murder and three cases witnesses. of murder registered against him. They then followed him to a courier company near the Indian Institute of Nilesh Shendge alias Bablu, a Technology-Bombay’s main gate. Here too resident of Sion in north-central the killers were wary of attention and Mumbai, has three offences of decided to follow him further. hurt and robbery registered “As Dey was taking a turn near the Crisil against him. House in front of Spectra building Satish Kalia, who was an armed pillion on one of Arun Dhake, a close associate the bikes, instructed his rider to speed up. of Shendge and a resident of They gained on him and pumped 5 rounds Chembur, has six offences of of bullets into the victim from behind – hit- extortion, Arms Act and hurt reg- ting him form behind and on the left side. istered against him. One of the 5 bullets hit his heart causing his death immediately,” Roy told the media. Sachin Gaekwad, an acquain- “All through the operation, the killers tance of Arun Dhake, also a resi- were unaware of the name, identity and the dent of Chembur, has one offence profession of Dey,” Roy added. registered against him. In a pre-decided move, the police said all the killers assembled at Agavane’s home in Abhijit Shinde, another close Jogeshwari, northwest Mumbai. “It was at associate of Shendge, has one Jogeshwari when the killers saw the televi- offence of hurt registered against sion news that they realized that something him. extraordinary had happened,” Roy said. After seeing the news on television, Kalia Mangesh Agavane, known to contacted Chhota Rajan and told him that Anil Waghmode, is a resident of he had not informed them about the fact Jogeshwari. that the target was a journalist. According to the police, Kalia claims Rajan told them that they would be paid more and everything would be taken care of. was arrested along with Gaekwad and June 12, two of the seven killers left Agawane.

Mumbai while the rest proceeded to COURTESY: MID-DAY Commissioner Patnaik assured the Nalasopara, a satellite town near Mumbai, media of bringing the case to its logical to collect Rs 300,000 ($6,658) from anoth- conclusion. He said, “the next step now er Rajan gang member. After collecting the The Unanswered Questions is the most difficult one — that is getting money the accused traveled to ten different the papers, documentation, preparing religious places in an attempt to evade Several loose ends need to be tied up in this case: for the trial etc which I assure you will arrest. The biggest question is that of motive. Why did Chhota Rajan want to eliminate J Dey? be done in a very professional manner They went to Pawagadh in Gujarat, Shirdi What was it that Rajan wanted to prevent the journalist from doing? and the case will be brought to a logical and Akalkot (both in Maharashtra), Yadgiri If Satish Kalia could collect the money in Mumbai, why did Rajan arrange for him to conclusion.’ in Karnataka, Sholapur (Maharashtra) travel all the way to Uttarakhand to collect the weapon, given that the same could have The Mumbai crime branch claim to where Bablu got off, then to Bijapur been arranged in Mumbai where Rajan reportedly has a very secure base? have worked on seven different leads (Karnataka) where Dhake got off – then to The police claim a team then was formed by Kalia to have a good back up during the before following two of these very close- Sangli (Maharashtra), Madurai (Tamil execution of the operation, why was only one weapon procured and used to kill Dey? ly. Over 150 people, including family Nadu), Bangalore and Rameswaram (Tamil and friends of J Dey, informers, gang Nadu) before getting arrested. members, and witnesses, were ques- Under immense pressure and media tioned by various members of the crime scrutiny various teams of the Mumbai gangs. “There is technical evidence and khabris (informers) of the Mumbai crime branch. police worked on different angles of the then there is human intelligence. In such branch, a team of officers was flown to The police claim to have five eyewitnesses case. In the process they claim to have acti- cases, we usually start with looking for Rameswaram where Kalia, Waghmode and in the case. vated their entire network of informants to those who are on our records. It’s like look- Shinde were arrested. After their arrest the They claim to have cracked at least two e- get details about the listed and non-listed ing for a needle in a haystack. But some- accused revealed details about Shendge, mail accounts operated by Dey, one of these members of the Chhota Rajan gang, his times its worth the effort,” said Roy. who was arrested from Sholapur. Dhake, had a 16 digit password, 3,000 e-mail rival Dawood Ibrahim’s gang and other Based on information from one of the who had returned to Mumbai from Bijapur exchanges, and 250 draft mails. A28 Amarnath yatra begins

The month-and-a-half long annual yatra (pilgrimage) to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath took off June 28. Amid tight security the first batch of 2,096 devotees left the Jammu base camp for the 44, 291 feet-high shrine in the south Kashmir THE WEEK Himalayas. With the Central Reserve Police Force keeping a strict vigil, a cavalcade of 73 vehicles car- rying the pilgrims was flagged off by Jammu and THAT WAS Kashmir’s Minister for Tourism and Culture Nawang India Abroad Rigzin Jora. This year’s yatra was delayed by nearly a July 8, 2011 fortnight as the north and south Kashmir tracks were snowbound, and it took many days for the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, which manages the yatra, to clear them. Nearly 300,000 pilgrims have registered themselves for the pilgrimage.

UMAR GANIE Indian security personnel keep a watch on pilgrims as they begin their trek to the Amarnath shrine

An elderly pilgrim being carried for the pilgrimage

Rahul Gandhi visits police firing victims across the street from the University of Southern center. The probe is aimed at checking the flow of money Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi assured justice to California. and transactions through various trusts floated by Ramdev victims of police firing in Forebesganj, Bihar, during his including the Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust, Divya Yoga Mandir visit, July 1. Four members of a minority community had Rave party busted near Mumbai Trust and Bharat Swabhiman Trust. been killed, including a seven-month-old, a pregnant Over 200 youngsters were rounded up during a police woman and 30 injured in firing and clashes between the raid at a rave party held at a hotel 62, miles from Mumbai, Page A29 police and the locals opposing the construction of a starch June 26. The police said that most of those rounded up factory and an approach road at the village. This is were in the age group of 20 to 25 and were let off after Gandhi’s first visit to Bihar after Chief Minister Nitish medical tests for substance abuse. Ten people were Kumar’s historic win in the state legislature election last detained during the raid and a large quantity of drugs year in which the Congress party failed despite Rahul’s recovered from the hotel. A police inspector working in the campaign. Mumbai police’s anti-narcotics cell was also present at the party when the raid was conducted. The inspector has been Manmohan Singh: I am no lame duck suspended and the police are verifying his possible links Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met five senior with the organizers of the party. Ironically, the raid took editors of media organizations June 29, to explain his poli- place a day before the country observed Anti-Narcotics cies and address concerns that the government has been Day, June 27. immobilized by corruption scandals. He dismissed allegations that he is a lame duck prime minister and added that reports which suggest his government is often undermined Ramdev back in New Delhi by the Congress party and Sonia Gandhi are untrue. Among other issues he also discussed the Lokpal bill and Twenty days after he was bundled out of New Delhi, yoga said that he has no hesitation in bringing the prime minis- guru Baba Ramdev returned to the Indian capital to visit a ter’s office under the purview of the Lokpal, but many of his woman follower who had been seriously injured in the ministers feel that the step will create instability, crackdown, during his protest against corruption. At a press conference Ramdev spoke about his attempt to Indian teen on LA tour goes missing escape from the protest site in Delhi, clarifying that he A 15-year-old Indian boy on a visit to Los Angeles as part offered arrest, but the police did not carry it out. He added of an educational tour has been missing since June 23 and that there had been a threat to his life during the crack- authorities are seeking public assistance in finding him. down, which forced him to flee in the disguise of a woman. Darnell Davenport, commanding officer of detectives in Meanwhile, India’s Enforcement Directorate has begun a the Los Angeles police department’s Southwest division, discreet probe into Ramdev’s offshore assets and invest- said that currently there is no evidence of foul play but he ments. was concerned that Singh, who has a substantial amount of On the scanner of the agency is an island in Scotland, money in his pocket, may have befriended someone over which was gifted to Ramdev by a couple. The Little ADNAN ABIDI /REUTERS the Internet and maybe they came and picked him up. Cumbrae Island, off the fishing town of Largs in Scotland, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev before the start of his press Singh was last seen taking photographs in front of a hotel serves as Ramdev’s overseas base and also as a wellness conference in New Delhi, June 26 India Abroad July 8, 2011 THE WEEK THAT WAS A29

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Maya sacks cops for assaulting scribe Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati ordered the suspension of two top police officers who not only assault- ed the local bureau chief of a television news channel, but also tried to frame him in a false criminal case. The victim said he had reason to believe that the police were out to target him because he had consistently exposed manipulations by them in several criminal cases, including that of Y S Sachan, the deputy chief medical officer in Lucknow, who died in jail. Hundreds of journalists from the electronic as well as the print media marched to the chief minister’s home in Lucknow where they staged a demonstration until a senior official of the chief minister’s office announced the suspension of the two officers. Meanwhile, a court in Lucknow has sought the post mortem report on Sachan, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in an under construction toilet in a Lucknow jail. Sachan had been imprisoned for his alleged involvement in the murder of two other chief medical officers.

ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS Children of the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, in which 3,500 people were killed by a gas leak from a Cop caught with hookers Union Carbide pesticide plant, protesting in New Delhi, June 27 in Tihar After busting a prostitution racket in the high security Tihar jail in New Delhi, a high-level probe process being used to ‘produce’ a male child from a female is investigating if any of the prison’s high profile inmates Docs turn baby girls into boys is known as genitoplasty. Each surgery costs about Rs were also involved in the case. The matter came to light A shocking trend has come to light in Indore, Madhya 100,000 ($2,224) and parents press for these operations when assistant jail superintendent R Maurya was caught Pradesh where girls are surgically being converted into despite being told by doctors that the ‘converted’ male with prostitutes at his official residence within the jail boys in large numbers every year. According to a report in would be infertile. Moreover, these children are pumped premises. His family was away in Bihar at the time of the the Hindustan Times, this trend, catering to the parents’ with hormonal treatment as part of the sex change proce- incident, which took place a few weeks ago. fetish for a son, is unfolding at well-known clinics and hos- dure that may be irreversible. pitals in the city on children who are 1 to 5 years old. The Ranjan Mathai India’s new No Google street view in foreign secretary Bangalore Ranjan Mathai, India’s ambassador to The Bangalore police has made it France, will be the country’s next foreign sec- clear that there will be no collection of retary, succeeding Nirupama Rao, who could images by Google Inc for its street view be appointed India’s ambassador to the services. Karnataka Home Minister R United States. Mathai, a 1974-batch Indian Ashok has written to the central gov- Foreign Services officer, will assume office ernment, requesting it not to permit from August. Google to go ahead with this service. The company has street view service in 27 countries but this service, which India off US human allows a user to explore a neighborhood through street level images, is trafficking ‘watch list’ not available in India yet. While After a gap of six years, the United States Google faces this problem in has taken India off the human trafficking Bangalore, the issue may be similar for ‘watch list’ for making significant efforts in the rest of the country too. Reports by combating the menace. In its annual India’s Intelligence Bureau are not in Trafficking in Persons report, the State favor of this service since they believe Department has upgraded India to Tier 2 that it will only help terrorists to access countries. The watch list is for those coun- crucial information with more ease. tries where the number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is very significant or is significantly increasing and there is a failure Mystery fever kills 46 in to provide evidence of increasing efforts to Bihar combat it. Tier 2 is for those countries whose A fatal mystery fever has claimed 46 governments do not fully comply with the MUNISH SHARMA/ REUTERS lives in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. minimum standards of the Trafficking Chandigarh artist Harwinder Singh Gill shows his artwork made of more than Ambiguity over the disease continues, Victims Protection Act, but are making sig- 3,000 pills to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, June 26 even though scientists have ruled out nificant efforts in this regard. encephalitis. A30 Geithner says economic growth in India is good for the US, not a threat BUSINESS

India Abroad July 8, 2011

AZIZ HANIFFA

At the conclusion of the 2011 US-India Economic and Financial Partnership Summit held in Washington, DC, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who co- chaired the meeting with India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, said despite some sustained growth in bilateral trade and investment, it was a far cry from the enormous opportunities that are waiting to be exploited. Geithner, said, “Our economic relationship has shown real progress and has sustained growth in bilateral trade and investment. Yet when you consider the sheer size of our respective economies, it’s clear that our relationship presents both our countries with vast untapped potential for much greater trade, investment and economic Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, left, and opportunity.” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a meeting in “Minister Mukherjee and I began the Washington, DC, June 27 Partnership in Delhi in April of last year, and we made a commitment to strengthen JAY MANDAL/ON ASSIGNMENT our economic and financial ties,” he said, and noted that since then both govern- exports to the United States grew by nearly outweigh the short-term challenges for from Minister Mukherjee and his team ments “had worked to follow through on 180 percent, and American exports to India both our countries. Second, we hope to see over the last few days about their commit- that pledge, with extensive exchanges at the increased more than four times, supporting more progress toward economic and finan- ment to move forward with these signifi- sub-cabinet level and working group meet- hundreds of thousands of jobs across our cial reform in India. We know that the eco- cant reforms.” ings on debt management, infrastructure country.” nomic reforms and market opening that Earlier, Geithner, who appeared with and illicit finance.” But Geithner complained that “American began in India in the early 1990s have had Mukherjee at a conference co-hosted by the “First, we are working to advance policies companies still face barriers in India in sec- a significant impact on both economic Confederation of Indian Industry and the that will expand trade and investment tors such as banking, insurance, manufac- growth in India and the global competitive- Brookings Institution, said that “growth in between our two nations. Increasing trade turing, multi-brand retail and infrastruc- ness of Indian companies.” India is good for the United States. It’s no and investment is a powerful force for gen- ture… Easing those barriers, which are lim- “The Indian government recognizes that threat to the United States.” erating growth, for raising living standards iting economic growth and job creation in to realize its aspirations of strong growth, it He said he had a personal stake in the and for creating jobs,” he said. both our countries, would be an important will need to attract sufficient investment, vast potential of the bilateral economic He noted that the US-India bilateral eco- step toward integrating our economies.” both from abroad and domestically. India relationship because “I spent an important nomic relationship had “benefited signifi- “We understand that addressing these will need to advance pending economic and part of my life in India growing up. I spent cantly from those reforms,” and pointed out barriers can be politically challenging,” he financial reforms to make this possible,” he more consecutive years in India than any that “between 2000 and 2010, Indian said. “(That) the long-term benefits clearly added. “We’ve heard encouraging things other country by the time I was 20.” Doctor indicted for tax evasion SUMAN GUHA MOZUMDER The indictment also alleged that Ahuja failed to report allow the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on HSBC USA more than $1.2 million in interest income that he earned to learn about US residents who may be using HSBC India An Indian-American doctor from Wisconsin, who wire from his HSBC India account and failed to pay the taxes accounts to evade federal income taxes. The John Doe sum- transferred millions of dollars to his HSBC bank account in due on that income. mons is used to obtain information about possible tax fraud India, but allegedly failed to report it to the Internal United States citizens or Green Card holders are obliged by people whose identities are unknown. Revenue Service, was indicted June 28 by a federal grand under the law to report to the IRS details of a financial No trial date has been fixed in the Ahuja case. Each false jury in Milwaukee. interest in, or signature authority over, a financial account tax return charge carries a maximum penalty of three years Dr Arvind Ahuja, a board-certified neurosurgeon from in a foreign county. in prison and a $250,000 fine. The failure to file FBAR Greendale, was indicted on four counts of willfully filing US Citizens or Green Card holders, particularly Indian charges each carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison materially false tax returns and four counts of failing to file Americans, have come under the IRS scanner since late last and a $500,000 fine. reports of foreign bank and financial accounts, the Justice year after it worked out a deal with Swiss bank UBS AG. A Moneylife magazine report quoting Reuters said that, Department said. The Justice Department has sent letters to scores of Indian according to Ahuja’s attorney Dan Webb, the federal gov- According to the indictment, Ahuja transferred and Americans asking them about their offshore bank ernment had made a huge mistake, so his client would fight maintained millions of dollars in bank accounts in India accounts. the allegations. and the Bailiwick of Jersey at HSBC. In May, two Indian Americans, Vaibhav Dahake from According to the report, Ahuja had interest-bearing In 2009, Ahuja’s HSBC bank account in India had a bal- New Jersey and Josephine Bhasin from New York, pleaded accounts and HSBC failed to issue documents declaring his ance of $8,733,785. The indictment alleged that Ahuja guilty to evading payment of taxes on their incomes in income in interest. Once Ahuja learned of the unreported failed to report these bank accounts to the IRS in his 2006- India. They are to be sentenced this month. interest income, he paid all taxes with interest and late pay- 2009 tax returns. In April the US filed a petition with a federal court to ment penalties. India Abroad July 8, 2011 BUSINESS A31 South Asian Business Alliance Network celebrates 5th business showcase

RITU JHA major organization of South Asians.” Bruce W A Ferguson, a SABAN member The South Asian Business Alliance with three booths at the business showcase, Network celebrated its 5th annual banquet said the organization was a line to connect June 24, at the Wilshire Grand in Los to the South Asian community. The Angeles. Themed ‘The emerging South America born, India raised Ferguson said, Asian Americans,’ the 2011 annual “Through SABAN I can connect with both event was divided into two categories: A countries and it’s a kind of a win-win for business showcase, followed by an awards me.” ceremony. He recently founded the non-profit “Our whole purpose is to bring the South Ferguson Humanitarian Foundation Asian community together with a business International, Inc, that helps educate poor goal,” said Mohammed Islam, founder, children in India through a partnership SABAN. “We do a lot of business and econ- with the non-profit Pardada Pardadi omy networking and try to bring the South Educational Society in New Delhi. Asian community to the mainstream.” “SABAN helps you connect with The network that was founded by seven Indian roots and offers a great business people today has 15,000 business associ- opportunity as well. People call me an ates across the United States and has suc- Indian in an American body. This organiza- ceeded in opening its networking chapters tion reconnected me with India,” said in New York, Texas, New Jersey and Ferguson. California. Another company at the business show- Bangladesh-origin Islam is an accountant case was Avatar Solar based in Simi Valley, in Los Angeles and was associated with the Los Angeles. chamber of commerce and various business “We are at present running five projects organization before venturing into From right, Bruce W A Ferguson, founder, Ferguson Humanitarian Foundation International Inc, in Gujarat. Our project will benefit villages SABAN. ‘I knew our community does not Pam Kwatra, president, SABAN, and Mohammed Islam, founder, SABAN where there is no electricity,” said Randy have much representation, so I decided to Dave, managing partner, Avatar Solar. bring along other South Asian groups.” An Ellis Island Award honoree and the “We are not limiting ourselves like any However for a solar installer company, it Pam Kwatra, president and co-founder, president of the Overseas Congress, New Indian organization, but we are able to wasn’t an exciting experience to come to SABAN, said, “I have been impressed by Jersey, Kwatra said SABAN members were have our voice over there (the White the business showcase. “I came with high SABAN, because Mohammed has always in constant touch with the White House House),” said Kwatra. “SABAN is working expectations but I wasn’t able to find many made sure it has enough presence of India.” over South Asian issues. on a federal level to be recognized as the people,” Dave said.

Networks) and Upendra Poranki (Nokia the week Siemens Networks). Last year’s list had that was only one Indian — Srinivasa Addepalli. India ranks third in Foreign funds to India snooping through Google drying up Google has emerged as a favored snoop- Foreign fund flows into India have ing ground for government agencies and reduced significantly as the country wit- globally India ranks third in seeking user nessed inflows of just $40 million in the details from the global Internet major. In last three months, the weakest among its 2010, the Indian government made more emerging market peers, according to than 3,000 requests seeking user details Kotak Institutional Equities’ foreign fund from Google, while it also sought removal flow tracker. China, Korea and Taiwan of various content, including those defam- attracted the largest inflows in the last atory in nature, in about 100 cases during three months. the year. India begins to count its 8 Indians among 40 young poor global telecom leaders A nationwide socio-economic and caste As many as eight Indian-origin persons, census to identify people living Below the including those working with the Tatas Poverty Line was flagged off from and Bharti group, have been named Shankhola, a remote tribal hamlet in DANISH SIDDIQUI/REUTERS among 40 young leaders of the global tele- Tripura. This was the first time the BPL com industry. Indians featured in the ‘40 census will include urban households. Salman Khan launches BlackBerry Playbook in India under 40’ list by Global Telecoms Business, Chandigarh will be the first city where the a telecommunications magazine, include caste census will begin July 18. 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Unmarried Sons and Daughters of all chargeability areas, China (mainland The EW third preference - other work- Permanent Residents: 114,200, plus the born), India, and the Philippines. Mexico ers (unskilled workers) category moved number (if any) by which the worldwide moved to February 15, 2008. November 22, 2004 for all chargeability family preference level exceeds 226,000, The 2B second preference (unmarried areas and the Philippines. Mexico moved and any unused first preference numbers: sons and daughters, 21 years of age or to November 22, 2004. India moved two A. Spouses and Children: 77% of the older, of permanent residents) category weeks to May 1, 2002. China remained at overall second preference limitation, of moved to July 1, 2003 for all chargeability April 22, 2003. which 75% are exempt from the per-coun- areas, including China (mainland born) The E4 fourth preference (certain spe- try limit; and India. Mexico moved forward to cial immigrants) category remains current B. Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 September 22, 1992. The Philippines for all chargeability areas, China (main- years of age or older): 23% of the overall moved to September 22, 2000. land born), India, Mexico and the second preference limitation. The F3 third preference (married sons Philippines Third: Married Sons and Daughters of and daughters of U.S. citizens) category The E4 fourth preference (certain reli- Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not moved forward one month to July 1, 2001 gious workers,) category remains current required by first and second preferences. for all chargeability areas, China (main- for all chargeability areas and China Fourth: Brothers and Sisters of Adult land born), and India. Mexico remained at (mainland born), India, Mexico, and Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not November 15, 1992. The Philippines Philippines. required by first three preferences. moved one week to March 22, 1992. The E5 fifth preference - employment EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFER- The F4 fourth preference (brothers and creation (investors) category remains cur- ENCES sisters of adult U.S. citizens) category rent for all chargeability areas, China First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of the remained at March 8, 2000 for all charge- (mainland born), India, Mexico, and the worldwide employment-based preference ability area, India and China (mainland Philippines. Employment Creation level, plus any numbers not required for born). (Investors in Targeted Employment fourth and fifth preferences. EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFER- Areas) category remained current for all Second: Members of the Professions ENCES chargeability areas, China (mainland Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of The E1 first preference (Priority born), India, Mexico, and the Philippines. 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In your The funds in your savings bank in the US represent your case, if the rent, along with other taxable income is less capital. Therefore as and when you move these funds to than the tax threshold of Rs 160,000 ($3,570) you will be your bank account in India, it will represent a transfer of in the nil tax zone. Dividends from shares and mutual capital. Tax is charged on income and not on capital, hence, funds are tax-free in the hands of the investor. A N SANDEEP this transfer will be tax-free. 2. NRIs are prohibited from opening a PPF account or Foreign Exchange Management Act Section 6(4) has investing in any of the post office schemes as well as the SHANBHAG SHANBHAG granted general permissions to a person resident in India Reserve Bank of India savings Bonds. However, if a resi- to hold, own, transfer or invest in foreign currency, foreign dent who subsequently becomes NRI during the currency 2. 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On becoming an NRI, legally you are required to I have returned to India in mid-May. Since 2000, I was inform all your banks and also all the companies where you working in the US and visiting India during holidays (not Address: have investments about the change in your status within a more than three weeks a year). All these years I had an NRI reasonable time. The banks will redesignate your accounts status and was holding a non-resident external account. as non-resident ordinary. You can use this account the Even today, I have some funds sitting in my savings bank same way as you used it before becoming an NRI. account in the US that basically represent my income in US It is illegal for an NRI to continue to hold their normal till May. A N Shanbhag is an investment consultant and author of In the Wonderland of Investment; How to Convert a Taxpayer into a resident bank accounts. 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Foreign investors can invest $10 India Inc raises over $2 bn the week that was billion in MFs: Finance ministry abroad in April Page A31 The Indian government has said that foreign investors, India Inc raised around $2.06 billion abroad in April other than foreign institutional investors, will be allowed through external commercial borrowings and foreign cur- Delivering the keynote address at the World BPO-ITO to invest up to $10 billion in domestic mutual funds, a rency convertible bonds, compared with $5.63 billion in Forum conclave in Jersey City, he said the world dynamics move that will help in moderating volatility in the capital March, according to data collected by the Reserve had changed drastically in the past 30 years. market. This class of investors can invest money into Bank of India. Around $1.54 billion was raised by 60 domestic mutual funds through unit confirmation receipts companies through the automatic approval route, which or the depository participant route. does not require the approval of the RBI or the govern- India to create 20 million jobs in ment, while $520 million was raised by the Exim Bank electronics sector under the approval route, to meet its lending require- The Indian government has proposed to give an invest- India now has 153,000 millionaires; ments abroad. ment subsidy to the country’s electronics industry over the 12th highest in world next 10 years to boost the sector, a key official said. This is The number of dollar-millionaires in India surged to a expected to create 20 million jobs. record high of 153,000 in 2010, making the country’s high Europe: That’s where Indians are net worth individual population the 12th largest across buying homes now the globe, as per a global study. The increase in India’s European countries like Spain, Greece and Italy are IBM tops India supercomputers’ list HNI population has also helped Asia-Pacific overtake among the latest property buying destinations for IBM has ranked numero uno in terms of supercomput- Europe as the region with the second-highest number of Indians in the holiday home segment after prices crashed ers installed in the country, a report by the Indian millionaires, according to the annual World Wealth there. The Reserve Bank of India has capped the Institute of Science said. IBM topped the list with six high Report by Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and overseas property investment at $200,000 per person per performance computing installations across India. Capgemini. year. India Abroad July 8, 2011 CRICKET SPECIAL A35 Another Very Very Special knock Laxman saves India again, and misses a ton again

V S Laxman was a disap- Unfortunately, my shot-selection this series,’ he said. ‘(Virat) Kohli pointed man despite play- (a cut off Davendra Bishoo to the was unlucky. The ball he got out Ving a crucial role in India’s point fielder) wasn’t ideal. I to didn’t bounce much. He is a recovery in the second Test wanted to take the single and go fabulous player and has played against the West Indies, as a to the other end (from where some mature innings in tough hundred had eluded him again Edwards was bowling). I think I conditions for us in one-dayers. after all the hard work. made a mistake and got out. We He is a great player to watch. The Laxman played a precious 85- could have scored 50-60 impor- two openers, Murali (Vijay) and run knock in India’s first innings tant runs,’ he said. ‘If we had (Abhinav) Mukund, are very tal- total of 201. scored 250-300 it would have ented, and, in time to come, ‘I have not converted many of been very good. But the bowlers would be true match-winners. my 50s into 100s, and so you feel have got us right back into the Unfortunately, the wickets in the bad after having put in the hard match.’ West Indies, for the first hour at work,’ said Laxman about his Laxman said his innings was least, are damp. With more expe- knock, which also helped him to important for him personally as rience, they would be fine,’ said a personal milestone of 8,000 well. Laxman. Test runs. ‘I didn’t have the best of prepa- Because of the openers’ failures The Hyderabadi has hit 16 cen- ration in the first Test; we could- in both the Tests, Laxman has turies in his 122-Test long career, n’t do proper net practice. So, in had to come as early as in the but there are as many as 50 half that sense, I was pleased here; seventh or eighth overs on this centuries, many of which he my rhythm was much better and tour. could have converted into three- I started to time the ball much ‘I’ve faced the new ball fairly figure knocks. better than in (the first Test in) early on this tour but that goes Laxman conceded he made a Jamaica.’ with traveling overseas,’ Laxman misjudgment in the post-tea ses- He offered a word of encour- said. ‘Personally, I have loved sion. agement to the younger players. batting at number three, for this ‘Fidel (Edwards) was bowling ‘(Suresh) Raina has improved a is the slot I batted right through with good pace and was reverse- lot. He was quite comfortable in my younger days. But number swinging his deliveries. He was the middle against short-pitched four is not bad either — I don’t bowling short-pitched balls and I bowling. He has already played mind as long as it is in middle- wanted to take strike off him. two important knocks for us in order.’ AMIT DAVE/REUTERS At center court, wherever he goes Umpiring in focus ontroversial Australian umpire Daryl Harper, who was criticized by the Indian cricket team for his Cpoor decisions in the first Test against the West Indies, withdrew from the third India-West Indies Test that was to begin July 6 at Roseau. He will be replaced by Englishman Richard Kettleborough. The third Test was to be Harper’s final match as umpire. Expressing regret over over Harper’s decision to withdraw, ICC General Manager (Cricket) David Richardson said the criticism from the Indian cricket team was ‘unfair’. Meanwhile, it has emerged that Mahendra Singh Dhoni was given out off a no-ball on the first day of the second Test in Bridgetown, Barbados. In what could erupt into a major controversy, the television replays ordered to check if Fidel Edwards had bowled a no-ball didn’t show that particular delivery, instead some other legitimate delivery was shown to give Dhoni out. Dhoni was also given out off a no-ball in the first Test in Jamaica. The first Test had stirred a hornet’s nest when Dhoni had publicly chided the umpires as no less than six dis- missals were deemed to have gone against his team. Virat STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS Kohli, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and Dhoni were Sachin Tendulkar arrives at Wimbledon’s Center Court for the match between Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Jarmila incorrectly given out while the West Indies players were Gajdosova of Australia, June 25 reprieved. All these decisions related to Daryl Harper. A36 FIA gears up for

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The Federation of Indian Associations began preparatory work for its India Day parade in New York City, scheduled for August 21, with an event at the New York consulate. The theme for this year’s parade, the FIA’s 31st, is to be My Earth-My Home, and will have actress Rani Mukerji as the Grand Marshall. The FIA itself is 41 years old. The consulate event began with the lighting of the traditional lamp and prayers were followed. 200 invited guests consisting of community leaders, sponsors, media partners and FIA committee members gathered during the unveiling of the parade. The program continued with folk dances and a presentation for sponsorship offering on a various levels. The speakers included Consul General India's Consul General Prabhu Dayal, fourth from left, with community leaders Dr Sudhir Parikh, left, H R Shah, Prabhu Dayal; H R Shah of TV Asia; Dr. Sudhir second from left, and others Parikh; Sudhir Vaishnav of Sahara TV; FIA Chairman Ramesh Patel; FIA President Bipin Patel and other committee members. chair, said there was overwhelm- Grand Marshall and the chief guest is to be between 28th FIA Trustee Kanu Chauhan announced that ing interest in the event from the and 29th streets. The rented booths – 72 in number this Mukherji will be this year’s Grand Marshall. mainstream media. year – will be located between 24th and 26th streets and FIA Executive Vice President Kurang Shah The parade is to begin at 12:30 the cultural programs held starting 3 pm on a stage on gave an overview about this year’s plans and pm at Madison Avenue and 40th sponsors. Binoy Kothari, publicity and media Street. The review stand for the Page A39

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sored the event. An event June 25 at Hotel Allegro allowed fashion enthu- Fashion Show for infants, mothers siasts to purchase prêt a porter items directly from the designers showcased in the fashion show during the runway show the day before. A CORRESPONDENT speech on the importance of the foundation’s work. Chicago Global Runway aims to set a place for South The event was hosted by Sheetal Bhagat, the MasterChef Asian fashion in Chicago’s high end market. Collaborating The Chicago Global Runway’s fashion and jewelry show finalist from Chicago, and Sachin Bhatia, co-host of the with Save a Mother, it aims to have a fashion show to match June 24 collected $2,500 in donations for the Save a Curry Smugglers music show. They led viewers through a those typically seen in New York or Mumbai, while also Mother foundation, an organization aimed at reducing show showcasing the works of various designers, including raising funds for a worthy cause. infant and maternal mortality in India. Sahar Dada, Payal Singhal and Mani Kohli. Akira, a Guest of Honor, Saira Mohan delivered a compelling Chicago-based clothing and accessories company, spon- http://www.chicagoglobalrunway.com/ India Abroad July 8, 2011 COMMUNITY NEWS A37 Hindu youth feted at Houston event

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Eleven young Hindus, including students and young professionals, were recognized at the Hindu Youth Awards and Fundraising Gala held at India House in Houston, June 12. “We are not here to celebrate the individual accomplishments of the 11 people but to celebrate the collective accomplishments of our community,” said Tejas Dave, one of the awardees. Kavita Pallod, an awardee and a recent graduate of University of Texas at Austin, described how she got into Teach for America, thanks to the leadership skills that she acquired at Hindu Swayam- sevak Sangh shakhas. Teach The Awardees with their trophies For America is the national chemistry from the University corps of outstanding recent of Louisiana in Lafayette, was Sanstha in Stafford, Texas. college graduates of all aca- applauded for her work with The award ceremony was followed by a discourse about demic majors and career Ekal Vidyalaya, a nonprofit the spiritual values of Hinduism by Swami Pavitrananda interests who commit two organization dedicated to Brahmachari from the Gangnath Mahadev Ashram in years to teach in urban and bringing education, healthcare Gujarat, India. The musical component included Madhuri rural public schools. and hygienic skills to tribal Das Mohapatra’s bhajans, Pandit G S Chandra’s ghazals Pallod is also president of areas in India. and bhajans, besides Dexter Raghunanan on the tabla and the Hindu Students Asso- An institutional award for a performance by ISKCON’s JivJao group. Toward the end, ciation at the University of outstanding youth activities the audiencestood up to chant the Mahamrityunjaya Texas. was given to the Shree Mantra prayer to ensure the health of yoga guru Baba Charu Thammavaram, a Bochasanwasi Akshar Puru- Ramdev, whose fast for campaign against corruption in graduate in biology and shottam Swaminarayan India was broken up earlier this month. Seniors discuss housing choices at conference

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The National Indo-American Association for Senior Citizens held its 21st conference on seniors June 11, at the Indian American Kerala Center in Elmont, New York. Lal Motwani, the NFIA president, and Gopalan Nair, the Kerala Center board chairman, welcomed the participants along with Rajeshwar Prasad, NIAASC’s president. The conference coordinator was Avinash Suri, an NIAASC board member and former president of the India Association of Long Island. The conference’s theme was ‘Housing Choices for Seniors,’ the keynote speaker for which was Leslie Joy Larson, who is affiliated with New York Life Insurance and a member of the National Aging in Place Council and the Senior Umbrella Network. She described the various options in senior housing – ranging from independent living to nursing homes.

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with Deloitte United States in launching this important new initiative focusing Pratham gets $250,000 grant to specifically on young women, a particularly underserved and in-need population in India,’ said Atul Varadhachary, president, Pratham USA. fund education in India ‘The achievement centers are a unique effort that not only leverages 15+ years of A CORRESPONDENT Development, Pratham USA, accepted a to help them be self-sufficient and gain ground experience that Pratham’s field staff certificate representing the $250,000 grant employment when they return to their local has, but also the professional skills and Pratham USA last month received a at the 2011 Deloitte World Meetings in villages. management expertise of Deloitte United $250,000 grant from Deloitte Touche Washington, DC. The first residential centers will open this States volunteers,’ he said. Tohmatsu Limited as part of the Deloitte21 Presiding at the ceremony, Ainar Aijala, month. The students will receive training ‘With the benefit of this partnership, Challenge that will help the former to DTTL’s chief corporate development offi- that emphasizes technology, leadership, thousands of young women will be afforded spread education and skills to underprivi- cer, quoted Ghanaian scholar James entrepreneurship, creativity, and problem an unprecedented opportunity to advance leged women in India. Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey, saying, ‘If you solving. They will also receive assistance in their education and also transfer their Deloitte21 is a Deloitte organization-wide educate a man you educate an individual, looking for jobs and will be encouraged to learning to future generations,’ Varadha- global initiative aimed at helping under- but if you educate a woman you educate a start their own enterprises. Besides acquir- chary added. served young people get education and nation.’ ing new skills, the students will also learn With an annual budget of less than $15 skills needed to thrive in the 21st-century Pratham USA’s new achievement centers how to impart their skills to others so they million, Pratham works in collaboration economy. will enable hundreds of underprivileged can help improve the livelihoods of those in with the government, local communities, Punit Renjen, Chairman, Deloitte LLP in young women to acquire secondary school their local villages. parents, teachers and volunteers across the the United States, and Sangita Karra, VP, certifications and develop vocational skills ‘Pratham USA is delighted to join hands country to achieve its mission. Jalaram temple holds fundraiser Seniors discuss A CORRESPONDENT housing choices at The Jalaram Mandir of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, host- conference ed its fundraising dinner June 11 in Schaumburg, Illinois. Page A37 The program, named the Bhoori Virala Danam (donate Her presentation was followed by a discussion moder- generously) drew in more than ated by P Ramaswamy Mohan, NIAASC’s secretary, on 750 people from the metropoli- three components of senior housing: retirement housing, tan Chicago area. led by Dr Samir K Dutta, former NIAASC vice president The event was coordinated by and former president of Association of Indians in Jalaram Mandir’s chief priest, America; assisted living, led by Dr Vasundhara its trust board and its executive Kalasapudi, NIAASC vice president and founder presi- committee. The fundraiser was dent of India Home Inc; and home sharing, led by intended to help renovate and Rajeshwar Prasad. expand the temple, set up in About 50 participants joined in the interactive discus- March 2008, from its current sion. 6,400 square feet to between Dutta spoke of how NIAASC efforts resulted in the first 13,000 and 5,000 square feet. retirement housing complex (Shanti Niketan) being set The first proposed project is to up by Iggy Ignatius in Tavares, Florida, Ignatius is the have a suitable parking lot, Glimpses from the Bhoori Virala Danam founder of Bharat Vilas, a nonprofit organization. Dutta expected to cost about said all 54 condominiums were sold off despite the $325,000. The groundbreaking depressed market because of the services the project pro- ceremony was performed June vides or intends to provide. These include Indian vege- 5 at 9:30 am. tarian and non-vegetarian food, meditation and yoga Vijay Thakkar and Jyoti programs, Indian movie screenings, a community club, Sathiya were the emcees for the Internet support. program, which started at 6:45 Kalasapudi described how India Home plans to provide pm with Jolly Mukherjee, a assisted living services in the New York area. Prasad ghazal singer from India, and described how seniors could rent out a bedroom to a ten- Hema Patel respectively singing ant at a reduced rent in exchange for help in doing house- the Indian and American hold chores like shoveling snow, grocery shopping and national anthems. taking the senior to a doctor’s appointment. He also elab- C L Shastri, Rajendra Prasad orated on the possible downsides of such an arrange- Shastri from India, chief guest ment. Jitu Desai, guests of honor Usha Foods provided the south Indian breakfast and Mafat Patel and Kamal Indian lunch. All the sponsors were recognized for their Vibhaker, Hoffman Mayor financial support by Satpal Malhotra, who also proposed William McLeod, and Hoffman a vote of thanks to the sponsors, speakers, guests and to Estates Director of Code those who arranged the lunch, Sampurna Jain and Enforcement Don Plass partici- Chandubhai Patel, both NIAASC board members. pated in the Deep Praagataya The conference was conducted in collaboration with ceremony. the National Federation of Indian American Associations After the invocation by and the Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Jalaram Mandir’s chief priest C L Shastri, Nartan Academy Chalisa, and the second, the Allaripu, was a Bharata Center (Kerala Center). The conference was sponsored by of Dance students, who take classes at the temple, present- Natyam performance which used the metaphor of a bud- the New York Psychiatry and Cognitive Care and five ed two items. The first was built around the Hanuman ding flower to address the growth of the mind. nonprofit organizations. India Abroad July 8, 2011 COMMUNITY NEWS A39

Teenager's vocal arangetram udarshan Ajai Thirumalai, 13, performed his Carnatic vocal arangetram S(graduation) at the Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School auditorium with a con- tinuous solo recital that lasted four hours. Sudarshan is a student of Tara Anand, artistic director of the Anubhava School of Scenes from the Music, Framingham, Massachusetts, under Jain Society’s whom he has learned since he was 4. He has celebrations also studied under Sriram Gangadharan of Chennai for the past year. He was accompanied on the mridangam by Chicago Jain Society celebrates Jayachandra Rao from Bangalore; on the vio- lin by Suhas Rao of Westwood, 18th anniversary Massachusetts; and on the ghatam by Ravi Balasubra- he Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago celebrated its 18th anniversary at the manian of Connecticut, where Jain Temple in Bartlett, Illinois, June 25-26. More than 1,200 devotees partic- he is a research faculty mem- Tipated in the milestone event, held on the second anniversary of the temple, ber at Yale. which was expanded and renovated in 2009. He is the son of Ajai www.jsmconline.org Thirumalai and Sridevi, director of Natyamani School Of Dance, Westborough, Massa- chusetts.

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