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PERIODICAL INDEX Letters to the Editor......................................A2 People..............................................................A4 Immigration.................................................A32 Business.......................................................A30 Community...................................................A36 Magazine......................................................M1 Sports............................................................A35 Friday, July 8, 2011 Vol. XLI No. 41 www.rediff.com (Nasdaq: REDF) NEW YORK EDITION $1 Pages: 44+24=68 International Weekly Newspaper Chicago/Dallas Los Angeles NY/NJ/CT New York Toronto The Best of Us INDIA ABROAD PERSON OF THE YEAR 2010 AWARDS HONOR COMMUNITY’S STARS PARESH GANDHI To subscribe 1-877-INDIA-ABROAD (1-877-463-4222) www.indiaabroad.com/subscribe ADVERTISEMENT The International Weekly Newspaper founded in 1970. A India Abroad July 8, 2011 Member, Audit Bureau of Circulation 241 LETTERS INDIA ABROAD (ISSN 0046 8932) is published every Friday by India Abroad Publications, Inc. 42 Broadway, 18th floor, New York, NY 10004. Annual subscription in United States: $32. Canada $26. India $32 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. They did not even know how opinion is too big to overcome CHICAGO BRANCH TEAM Sunita Easwaran Advertising media consultant much money they owed and how much when the government itself Toll Free: 800-514.8183 (Illinois) they have to return. They are prevented realizes the bad effects of cor- Call: 773-338-1118 from fleeing by armed men of rich ruption on the economy, the CIRCULATION moneylenders. These virtual slaves social fabric of the country. CONTACT THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Call: 212-645-2369 make the cheap bricks that are used to There should be no call for Fax: 212-627-9503 build skyscrapers for the super rich. Baba Ramdev or other people E-mail: [email protected] Subscription toll free number: 1-877-INDIA-ABROAD (1-877-463-4222) And yes, the workers are using topsoil to fast to death before the gov- Anjali S Maniam Associate Vice-President, Marketing & Special Events to make bricks, in the process destroy- ernment deals with corruption; THE INDIA BUSINESS TEAM ing cultivable lands. else, it could lead to a more vio- Nikita Pai, Deputy Chief Manager. Call: 91-22-24449144, extension 320 Knowing all this, let the intellectuals lent mass movement, the kind THE INDIA EDITORIAL TEAM go and tell people living on the streets seen in the Middle East at Saisuresh Sivaswamy, Editorial Director Sheela Bhatt, Editorial Director, News how soon they will become rich like the present. Ivan Crasto, Associate Editorial Director, Sports. Shishir Bhate, Associate Chinese. Prem Gandhi, Phd Editorial Director, News & Business. 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