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THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE Encounters AHMEDABAD,LATECITY with the Empire OCTOBER4,2020 Mahatma Gandhi’slegacy 16PAGES,`5.00 looms large over the Rashtrapati Bhavan DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 13, 14, 15 Damage control in Hathras: UP Govt CUTS MANALI-LEH DISTANCE BY 46 KM seeks CBI probe, lifts village lockdown PMopensAtaltunnel, Familysayswon’t take narco test;DGP, saysdelayedborder Addl Chief Secy (Home) visit them

JIGNASASINHA projectsonfasttrack &AMILBHATNAGAR SUNDAY HATHRAS,OCTOBER3 STORY DaulatBeg Oldie airstrip closedfor 40-50 years…what THE UTTAR Pradesh govern- PAGE 8 ment Saturdayrecommendeda wasthe compulsion? IAF openedit, no political will: Modi CBI investigation intothe entire chain of eventsinthe Hathras as- sault and alleged gangrape case, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE including her hurriedcremation SHIMLA,OCTOBER3 without the family's presence. Chief MinisterYogi FORLONG, the country’s secu- Adityanath announcedthe CBI Looking fora rity was“compromised,” border probeafter going through are- infrastructureprojectsdelayed portsubmitted by Additional 19-year-old and demands by security forces Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Hergrieving family,a formodern gear and equipment Kumar Awasthi and Director ignored,Prime Minister village riven by deep General of Police HCAwasthy, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadratries to stop Uttar Pradesh Police personnel from NarendraModi said Saturdayas who visited the victim's family fault lines, and asordid lathi-charging her party workers at the Delhi-Noida border on Saturday. She washeading to he inaugurated the 9.2-km-long in their villageinHathras district drama by police,admn Hathras with Rahul Gandhi when the scuffle took place. PTI Atal tunnel at Rohtang. on Saturdayand metlocal rep- take over the narrative Without naming anyperson resentatives. or party,hesaid demands for The visit by the twoofficers modern fighter aircraft, ammu- followedlifting of the blockade and the DGP held aftertheyhad BJP IT head tweets her video; illegal nition, modern rifles, bulletproof PM NarendraModi with (from left) Lt Gen Harpal Singh, BRO around the village, imposedfol- spent around half-an-hour with jackets, extreme cold weather DG, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh, Himachal Pradesh CM Jai lowing the cremation of the 19- the family, Awanish Awasthi if she’s rape victim, says NCW chief gear were shelved. “File pe file, file RamThakur at the inauguration of the tunnel, Saturday. PTI year-old around 3amon said, "The CM has constituted an pe file. Kabhi file kholtethhe, kabhi Wednesdayorganisedbythe po- SIT headedbysenior officials and tweet, NCWChairperson Rekha Women Vimla Batham also told file ke saathkheltethe (file afterfile, lice. Asked about the cremation awoman officer.Statementsby ESHAROY Sharma told The SundayExpress: The SundayExpress that she had file afterfile… sometimes they cause of anypolitical willpower,” troops mobilisedineastern during his visit, DGP Awasthi the familyhavealready been &AVANEESHMISHRA “If she is arape victim, then the notseen the video, but if it dis- openedafile, sometimes they he told agathering in the pres- Ladakh by providing an almost told the media, "That's whythis takenbythe investigating team. NEWDELHI,LUCKNOW, incident of tweeting the video is closedthe woman's identity,it playedaround with the file).” ence of Defence MinisterRajnath all-weather connectivity be- action (the setting up of an SIT) Iassureyou, everypoint raised OCTOBER3 reallyveryunfortunateand is was"definitelyobjectionable" He said the crucial Daulat Beg Singh, Chief of Defence Staff tween Manali and Leh during has been taken." by the familywill be investigated also absolutelyillegal." and the commission would take Oldie airstrip in Ladakh lay General Bipin Rawat, Armychief the long, harsh winter months. The familytold The Sunday by the SIT.Whoeverthe culprits THE NATIONAL Commission for Under Indian Penal Code pro- cognizance and serveMalviyaa closedfor 40-50 years —aban- General MM Naravane and The tunnel is the newest ad- Express theywill nottakethe are, strictestofaction will be Women (NCW) has said it would visions, anyone who reveals the notice. donedinthe mid-1960s, it was Defence SecretaryAjayKumar at dition to the Indian listoffrontier polygraph and narco teststhat takenagainstthem." look intothe tweetbyBJP IT head identity of aperson who is avic- The BJP leader tweetedthe revivedin2008bythe IAF. the tunnel’s southern portalat infrastructure, the construction the stategovernment hadsaid it CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Amit Malviyasharing avideo of tim of sexual assault or sus- 48-second video on Friday, writ- “What wasthe compulsion Dhundhi near Manali. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 would conduct on all those in- the 19-year-old Hathras Dalit pected to be one can be impris- ing, “Hathras victim’s interaction (majboori)? What wasthe pres- The tunnel’s opening, amid volvedinthe case, including the woman who diedafter she was onedfor up to twoyears. with areporteroutside AMU sure?…The fact is that the Air the ongoing India-China stand- police officers investigating it. MORE REPORTS brutallyassaulted and allegedly Chairperson of the Uttar whereshe claimedtherewas an Forcewas able to restartitdue to offalong the Line of Actual RELATED REPORT At apress conference that he PAGE 7 gangraped. Asked about the Pradesh StateCommission for CONTINUEDONPAGE2 itsown determination, notbe- Control, is going to help sustain PAGE 10 TELLS SC IN AFFIDAVIT DISTURBED AREAS ACT On Ladakh road, Army memorial Govt decides to waive HC quashes VMC order cancelling for 20 soldiers killed in Galwan interest on interest construction permit in Tandalja area plotthat he had purchasedfrom application wasmade by KRISHNKAUSHIK for loans up to Rs 2cr EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE one FerozFali Contractor.The Contractor forthe transfer of the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER3 cancellation by wayofthree or- plot to PatelinMay 2019 and the ders by the Vadodara same wasgranted under the Act THE ARMY has erected amemo- Blanket waiver will hit survival, this THE GUJARATHigh Courton Mahanagar Sevasadan in July by the deputy collector.Asale rial to commemoratethe 20 September 22 quashedand set and Augusthad come owing to deedwas registeredand by Indian soldiers who had died is over stimulus announced: Govt aside orders by the Vadodara opposition from neighbouring August2019the sale was fighting Chinese troops near Municipal Corporation (VMC) Hindu residents. recordedand reflected in the Patrolling Point 14 (PP14) in east- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Interest that had restricted and cancelled Contractor had transferred property cardaswell. ern Ladakh on June 15.The me- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 staysbut permission forconstruction on the plotofland under the provi- In Januarythis year,permis- morial mentions the names of all E aplotinthe Tandalja area. sions of Gujarat Prohibition of sion letter wasissuedtoPatel for 20 soldiers who had gone to re- The memorial on the Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie road. ANI ● bigrelief STATINGTHATacomplete EXPLAINED FirozMuhammad Patel, the Transfer of Immovable Property construction of residential prop- move Chinese tentsonthe Indian waiver of interestfor loan repay- petitioner in the case, was and Provision forProtection of erty on the plotand the layout side of the Line of Actual Control, mentsduring the moratorium THIS IS abig relief to granted commencement letter TenantsfromEviction from plan wasalso approved by the but were killedinahand-to-hand Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie “on 15th June 2020 at Galwan period would affect the very sur- MSME and personal loan by the VadodaraMahanagar Premises in Disturbed Areas Act, VadodaraMahanagar Sevasadan combat with rivaltroops. road, mentions the details of the Valley, Col BSantosh Babu vivalofbanksand createprob- borrowers. But borrowers Sevasadan in Januarythis year to 1991 or what is popularly known authorities. The plaque at the memorial, incident. Commanding Officer 16 Bihar lems fordepositors, the Centre will have to paythe inter- go ahead with construction on a as the Disturbed Areas Act. An CONTINUEDONPAGE2 whichissituated along the “Op SnowLeopard”, it states, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 has told the Supreme Courtthat estontheir outstanding it has decidedtowaive com- loans forthe moratorium pound interestonMSME and period theyopted for. DOCTOR ON COVID DUTY IN JAMNAGAR personal loans up to Rs 2crore Bankswon’t add that in- Preventive detention pleas forthe six-month period. terest component to the In an affidavit filedinthe top principal outstanding at ‘Managed so many patients for the first should be heard by division court, the Union Finance the end of the moratorium Ministrysaid that “aftercareful to calculatefresh EMI at bench, says Gujarat HC consideration and weighing all current interestrate. time... alesson on how to remain calm’ possible options, the... detainedunder the preventive Government... has decidedthat EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE detention lawisneither brought the relief on waiver of com- “This categoryofborrow- setuponthe campus of Guru AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER3 before amagistratenor is the pound interestduring the six- ers...would be MSME loans and Gobindsingh Government detenue entitledtoconsult ale- month moratorium period shall personal loans up to Rs. 2crore” Hospital (GG Hospital) in WHILE QUASHINGthe order of galpractitioner and when aper- be limited to the mostvulnera- and would include education, THECRONA Jamnagar whereshe is postedas asingle judgeofits courtwhich son is deprivedofhis personal ble categoryofborrowers”. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 asenior resident doctor,after her dismissedaplea by aBhuj res- liberty as is guaranteedbythe FIGHTERS eight-hour shift, whichmarked ident challenging his preven- Constitution, “he gets the right ANEXPRESSSERIES the end of the tenth week of her tive detention, adivision bench to challengesuchdetention on GUJARAT Covid duty on Saturday. of Gujarat High Courtsug- the grounds available in law.” The doctor,who had to fight gested that suchmatters be The petitioner,Haidarsha Pir, offthe novelcoronavirus herself treated as habeas corpus peti- wasplacedunder preventive de- EX-BJP MP FROM STUDENT aftershe contracted it while de- tionsand should be heardbya tention on July29following an SURENDRANAGAR ATTACKED BY puted to Ahmedabad, says the division benchand notbyasin- order to the effect passedbythe GOPALKATESHIYA weeksare nowseeming longer. glejudge. district magistrateofKutch-Bhuj GETS 2YEARS IN LEOPARD WHILE JAMNAGAR,OCTOBER3 “Spending eight hours in a The judgment by the divi- on the ground of Pir being a JAIL IN CHEQUE ATTENDING personal protective equipment sion benchofChief Justice “dangerous person”. BOUNCE CASE ONLINE CLASS IT IS around 2.30 pm. Dr Kinjal (PPE) suit is the toughestthing Vikram Nath and Justice JB This order waschallenged on Nadia, 25, slumps in achair in the Dr Kinjal Nadia at the end of her one of her eight-hour shifts to do. One can’t even drink a Pardiwala, dated September18, itslegality and validity by Pir be- PAGE 4 PAGE 3 HighlyDependent Unit (HDU) of at the Covid hospital in Jamnagar. Express glass of waterthough one has to arrivedatthe conclusion consid- fore asingle-judgecourtroom of the dedicated Covid-19hospital CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ering the aspect that aperson CONTINUEDONPAGE2 In uncle’s backyard, student finds stone linking Kerala to Roman empire

PAGE 1 one of the trenches in her uncle artatthe TorVergata University the backwaters of the Periyar CenturyAD, Muziris disap- ring, with the Sphinx on it, have ANCHOR KSSukumaran’s backyard. of Rome, confirmedCherian’s in- river, could be Muziris —the leg- peared.Thereare severaltheo- reachedMuziris? "Thereare nu- As he brushedthe sand off, P stinct:the 1.2-cm-long banded endaryportcity that thrived ries about this, among them that, merous possibilities —mer- JCherian, director of PAMA agate, aprecious stone found in sometime between the 1stcen- with the decline of the Roman chantsand traders could have Institute, aKerala-basedTrust the Indian Subcontinent, was turyBCand 4th centuryAD. empire, itskey trading partner, brought it. Anyway,therewasn't UMAVISHNU that’s carrying out the excava- from aseal-ring, very similar to Muziris, the ‘Emporia of the the portcity fell intodisuse. justone royal seal; therewould NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 tion, knewthe 'button' wasno the kind worn by Augustus East’,flourishedaftertheRomans Another hypothesis is that acat- have been thousands. Theywere ordinaryfind. Thereemergeda Caesar,the firstRoman emperor, conquered Egypt, and rose to be- aclysmic flood in the Periyar in usedbythe emperor himself and “IT’S Abutton… Ifound abut- glorious she-Sphinx, the Greek who reignedfrom27BCuntil his come akey centrefor trade be- 1341 silted the Muziris harbour, those whom he authorised, to be ton!” Pravitha PAsaid, holding mythical creatureknown forits death in AD 14. tween the RedSea and Indian leaving it toonarrowfor ships. usedasastamp,instead of asig- up the small,ovalbead-button. magical powers. The gemstone with the Oceanregions—sendingoutpep- The Sphinx thatturnedupin nature,” says Cherian, adding that The Class 12 student, one of the Aseriesofcorrespondences Sphinx, along with the head of a per,precious stones, silk,beads, acorner of Sukumaran’s plotis there's another "strong possibil- volunteers at the excavation site with experts over the next three small Greco-Roman statuette ivoryandpotterytoWestAsiaand the biggestfind from the latest ity" —that the Sphinx waspro- in Pattanam, avillagein months, including with Dr Giulia found on Sukumaran’s ploton The she-Sphinx carved on abandedagate stone; the Greco- Rome, and importing gold coins, round of excavations —the tenth ducedatPattanam. Ernakulam district of Kerala, had Rocca, who teaches archeology April 25, is further evidence that Roman statuettehead, found in Pattanam in April. Express glass,wineandwheatfromthere. since 2007. “Wastage of the banded been sieving the soil dug out of and history of Greek and Roman Pattanam, the small villageby Then, sometime in the 4th Howcould aRoman seal- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020

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Doctor on Covid to around 90 per dayinrecent The StateCommission for clared so till further orders. days.AsofSaturday, therewere Women's Batham said, "I have duty in Gujarat 463 active cases. The district, Opening Atal tunnel, PM slams neglect of key infra notseen the video and have no Army memorial whichhad reportedits firstcase information about that. If the ledthe QuickReaction Forceof speak loudlytobeheardbypa- on April 5, has seen asudden of whichhas riledChina which, the project -- jawans, engineers The Kosi rail bridgewas ation is changing,” he said. video has aphoto of the victim 16 Bihar and attachedtroops tientsand assistants... On the surge in cases since July, report- over the years, has built an ex- and labourers. He said the tun- launchedinSeptember after Modi said that reforms are or if her statement under tasked to evict the PLA(People’s other hand, one loses alitreof ing atotal of 6357 cases so far. tensive networkofroads right nel would have takenanother hanging fire since 1934,and the being brought to promote in- Section 164ofthe CrPC (before Liberation Army) OP (outpost) watertoperspiration. On topof Jamnagar collector Ravi up to the LACand the 20 years had work notbeen ex- Bogibeel Setu wascommis- digenous production of amagistrate) is mentioned, that from general area YNala and all this, the pulls and pressures Shankar says that it helps that a McMahon Line, stretching from pedited after2014. sionedin2018. weapons in tune with 'Makein it is objectionable. If these move further to PP14”. of managing 30 patients in an majorityofCovid patientsare Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh. Former Prime MinisterAtal The Prime Ministersaid India', and the long-awaited things arethere, it is definitely The plaque mentions that HDU,especiallythe lasthour of preferring home-isolation, with The tunnel under the Pir Bihari Vajpayeelaid the foun- thereweredozens of suchcru- postofChief of Defence staff objectionable. Ican onlysay her “the column successfullyevicted duty justdoesn’t seem to end,” 363 of 1230 bedsoccupiedatthe Panjal range–itisthe world’s dation stone forthe approach cial border infrastructureproj- has been created. identity should notbedisclosed. the PLAOPfromYNala and says the third-year resident doc- moment in Covid facilities. “We longesthighway tunnel above road to the tunnel in 2002 but ectslying neglected until his It has been made compul- Iwill look at the video and take reachedPP14whereafierce torwith the medicine depart- understand the load on our doc- the altitude of 10,000 feet the project wasdelayedafter government came to power. He sorytobuy severalparts and cognizance of the matter.We skirmish brokeout between the ment of the MP Shah tors and healthcaresystemin (3000 metres) -- cutsthe dis- histenureand only1.3 km of said in the lastsix years, the equipment from domestic in- will serveanotice in that case." Indian Armyand PLAtroops”. Government Medical College, general is increasing.... When tance between Manali and Leh the road wasbuilt until 2013- BROhas been building infra- dustries and their importhas DGP Hitesh Chandra Col BSantosh Babu, it says,“led Jamnagar. caseload waslow in Jamnagar, by 46 km, and driving time by 14,Modi said. structurewith full forceand a been banned, while India's in- Awasthysaid he had notseen from the front and his troops The GG Hospital is attached our doctors served in other cen- four hours. He said the speedofblast- vast road networkhas been stitutes arebeing offeredincen- the video and could notcom- fought gallantlyinahand-to- to MP Shah Medical College, one tres. When theyreturned, our It’s aboon forresidentsof ing of the tunnel wasincreased created near the border areas. tivessothat foreign investment ment. Additional Chief hand combat, causing heavy ca- of the largest medical colleges in owncaseload had increased. So, Lahaul and Spiti Valleywho re- from 300mper year to 1,400m “Whether it's Kargil, Sikkim, and technology comes to Secretary, Home, Awanish sualties to the PLA”. It calls the the statehaving 250 under- some fatigue is natural. But sen- main cut offfromthe rest of per year after2013-14. Delays Arunachal Pradesh or Ladakh, India's defence industry, he Kumar Awasthi said, "I cannot killedIndian soldiers as “gallants graduateseats. ior faculty members counsel and Himachal Pradesh fornearly six pushedup the costfromRs950 dozens of projectshavebeen said. comment on it at this point." of Galwan”. Barring atwo-dayleave to encouragethemconstantlyinan months due to snow. croretoaround Rs 3,200crore. completedand roads, bridges “Wehavetoenhance our The Hathras police China is yettoofficiallyde- visit her parentsinAhmedabad, attempt to keep them moti- Though the foundation Flagging the tunnel as one arebeing built quickly,”hesaid. infrastructure, our economic spokesperson said: "Wehave clarethe number of PLAtroops Dr Nadia has been at work with- vated,” Shankar said. stone of the tunnel waslaid by of the keyelementsofthe “The selfishness of those and strategic poweratthe notreceivedany complaint who diedinthe clash, but out even weeklyoffsfor the past then UPAchairperson Sonia strategic infrastructureup- who were in poweruntil day same pace at whichIndia's about the tweet. We will look sources in the Indian defence es- six months -- shifting between Tandalja area Gandhi in July2010, it was grade that will help secure“se- before yesterdaystoppedour global role is progressing. Self- intothe matter.” tablishment said Beijing had un- Covid and non-Covid duties As per the petition, aservice wrackedbydelays,missing curity and prosperity,” the militarycapabilities from confidence in AatmaNirbhar WITHINPUTSBY officiallyconfirmedtothe Indian everyalternateweek. society meant forupkeep and severaldeadlines. Prime Ministersaid the govern- growing and damaged them. Bharat is todaypartofthe com- JIGNASASINHA side that at leastfiveoftheir sol- Besides the coreteam of 51 maintenance whichcame to be Calling it a"historic" day, ment had restartedseveral old These people had even pre- mon person's mentality.Atal diers had died, including acom- resident doctors and 24 consult- registeredasSamarpan Housing Modi expressedhis gratitude to projectscrucial forsecuring the pared to packour Tejas fighter Tunnel is asymbol of suchself- Interest waiver manding officer. antsofmedicine and anaesthe- Service Cooperative Society in those who had workedhardfor borders. planes in abox.Today, the situ- confidence,” he said. housing, auto,consumption and The seventh round of Corps sia departments, the medical 2000 made severalrepresenta- consumer durable loans, per- Commander-leveltalksare ex- collegehas presseddoctors from tions to various government au- sonal loans to professionals and pected to take place next week. other departmentsalso on Covid thorities, alleging the transfer of credit carddues of up to Rs 2 In the diplomatic and military duty.“We aremanaging the plotfromContractor to Patelto UP govt seeks CBI probe, lifts village lockdown crore. talkssofar,India has been de- workload of doctors by follow- be in violation of the Disturbed The affidavit comes in re- manding astatus quoante, for ing rotation... Doctors do have Areas Actand that the ongoing The familyasked whythey come out”. “If theyare guilty, The familyalso reiterated phones. He told us that he sponse to apetition seeking a troops from both sides to go back liberty to go on leave.But every- construction being undertaken had notbeen providedlegal punish them as youdeem fit. that the district authorities had knows what we saytothe me- waiver of the interest. to their positions as of April end. one is working very hard,” says by Patelwas illegal. counsel so far. “Wecame to But theyshould be givena forced them to stay inside their dia. We arescared that our The Government said it will Prof Nandini Desai, dean of MP On July14, aprohibitoryor- knowthat the lawyer of chance, because we know home fortwo days,with phones arebeing tapped. We seek due authorisation from Roman empire Shah Government Medical der wasissuedunder the Nirbhaya (the 2012 Delhi gan- what happened,” said arela- around 50 policemen parked told him that we won’t give our Parliament formaking “appro- agateprecious stone (on which College. Gujarat Municipal Provincial grape victim) wanted to meet tive,Hariom. outside, and accusedHathras phones to him,” said the priategrantsinthis regard”and the Sphinx wascarved)was Over the pastsix months, Dr Corporation (GPMC) Actagainst us, but the police didn’t lether The woman's familysaid District MagistratePraveen woman’s elder brother (28). this “shall be over and above the found in the same trench, along Nadia has treated approximately Patel, directing him to stop con- come. Howare we supposedto the DGP and Additional Chief Kumar Laxkar of pressuring The woman’s sister-in-law supportofRs. 3.7 lakh croreto with cameo blanks, indicating 250 Covid patients, including struction on the ground that the fight the four accusedwithout Secretaryhad assured them of them to changetheir state- said, “He (the DM) told us that MSMEs, Rs 70,000 crorefor that therewas alapidarywork- three dozen in Ahmedabad civil particulars of construction are legal counsel?” said her afair investigation. "Theysaid mentsand threatening to con- we should be happywith the home loans, etc... extended shop in Pattanam 2,000 years hospital,aspartofateam of 18 contrarytosanctionedplans. On brother. theywill help us and the ac- fiscatetheir phones. compensation the govern- through the Garib Kalyanand ago,” he says. doctors and six consultantsde- July30, asecond prohibitoryor- About the narco test,he cusedwill be punished. When “On Thursday, the SIT team ment has givenus. He said the AatmaNirbhar packages”. On the Sphinx’s association puted at the facility when the der wasissueddirecting the pe- said, “Wewant justice forour we complainedabout the came to our house and ques- case will be disposedofafter Arguing againstablanket with Roman royalty,Steven district wasseeing aspikeinin- titioners to immediatelystop sister, but whyshould we un- hasty cremation and the police, tionedusfor five to six hours. the media leaves." waiver,the government said the Sidebotham, professor of an- fections in May. Sixty doctors construction. dergo it? Do authorities usu- theyasked us to letthe SIT sub- Aftertheyleft, the DM sir came Speaking to the media on word "moratorium" is categor- cient history and archaeology were sent to the district from On July31, Gujarat Energy allyforce the victim’s familyto mit itsfinal report. Theysaid a and scoldedus. He abusedmy Friday, Laxkar had said, “I deny icallydefinedbythe RBI in var- at the University of Delaware Jamnagar till June and five of Transmission Corporation take suchtests?” lotofsenior police officers are sisters and told us to change the negative rumours about my ious circulars and “was neverin- who in 2009 excavated them got infected. Limited (GETCO)issuedanotice The familyofthe main ac- looking intothe case," said the our statements. Avideo of this interactions with the family.” tendedtobe"waiver of interest" Bernike, an ancient portcity in “Therewere50to60pa- alleging that Patelhad put up il- cused, Sandeep, said they victim’s brother.The SIT,that conversation wasrecordedby Awanish Awasthi said po- but "deferment of interest". Egyptwith known trade links tientsinthe suspected patients legal construction near ahigh wanted the test to be con- has completedits initial round my cousin. When the video got lice deployment would con- “Afteraverycareful and ma- with Muziris, said in an email ward and Iand another resident tension electricity line and that ducted as soon as possible, “be- of questioning, has submitted a out, the DM came again and tinue in the village. jor consideration of severalfis- to The SundayExpress thatit’s doctor from BJ Medical College no objection certificateshall be cause we want the factsto reporttothe UP government. threatenedtoconfiscateour WITHENS,LUCKNOW cal and financial criteria, itsin- establishedthat the seated fe- had to manageall of them on required from the electricity in- evitable effectsand keeping the male winged Sphinx wasthe our own. It wasthe firsttime I spector before anyfurther con- uncertainty of the existing situ- signetsymbol on the finger wasmanaging so manypatients struction. and forgery. fences of theft, insult, hurtand and place it before the “Chief elaboratewhichlaw is violated ation in mind, the payment of ring of Augustus. “This symbol in my life. It wasalso alesson on Notably, the petitioners con- Malhotrahas alleged that under provisions of the Mines & Justice or itsadministrative if videoofthe victimisposted?? interestand interestoninterest then became popular and howtoremain calm even when tinuedtomakeappropriaterep- Contractor “despitebeing a Minerals (Development of side...” Notone reportsuggests that she wasmerelydeferredand was manywealthymen undoubt- patientsirritateyou,” she said. resentations to the authorities Parsi, did notdisclose his reli- Regulation) Act, 1957,whichwas The division benchalso sug- wassexuallyassaulted.Itisonly neverwaived”, the ministry edly copiedit.” However, her stay in concernedwith regard to these gion...” in the documentshesub- cited as partofthe preventive gested that “should be heardby afiction of Lutyen media’s said. The Sphinx is also a“phe- Ahmedabad wasextendedby notices, impressing upon their mitted before the government detention order. aDivision Benchofthis Court imagination. Arewegoverned It said that borrowers have nomenal sign”, says Cherian -- another week when her own compliance and therebeing no authorities pertaining to the The division benchalso held and notbyaSingle Judge.” The by rule of laworthe hallucina- understood the difference be- of Pattanam being Muziris. samples returnedpositive for violation, even requesting the transfer of plottoaMuslim. The that citing “dangerous man” as detention order nowstands tions of afew??!!" tween the waiver and defer- “Thereisasilent agreement Covid-19when she waspacking authorities foranindependent FIR also alleges that Contractor aground forinvoking the “dra- quashed. The UP Police has said foren- ment and “therefore, amajority among historians that the pre- her bags to leave forJamnagar checkonthe construction so far, “took advantageofhis Muslim- conian powers of preventive de- The division benchthus con- sic testsonthe woman didn't of the borrowers (morethan 50 9th centuryperiod wasvery on May7.“This wassortofan if theysodesire. sounding firstname... so as to get tention,” cannotbesufficient cludedthat the “High Court showevidence of rape. In a percent) have in fact nottaken primitive.But findings suchas anti-climax... the mosttroubling However, on August18, permission (for transfer of prop- ground. should notreject the writ appli- statement recordedbeforea benefit of the moratorium”. these showthat’s nottrue. There and unsettling partofitwas the VadodaraMahanagar Sevasadan erty) under the Disturbed Areas Pir had then filedanappeal cation, seeking to challengethe magistrateonSeptember 22, af- If the interestiswaivedonall is nowproof that inter-conti- fact that my home in cancelledthe commencement Act.” againstthis order,whichwas legality and validity of an order tershe had regainedconscious- the loans and advances forall nental trade exchanges were Ahmedabad wasjust10min- letter forconstruction that it had Contractor has movedbefore takenupbyadivision benchof of preventive detention on the ness, the 19-year-old, however, classes and categories of bor- happening,” he adds. utes’ drive from the hoteland yet granted in January. Atemporary the Vadodaradistrict courtwith the HC. The division benchover- ground that the detenue has an had said she had been raped rowers, the amount would be Chris Gosden, Oxfordprofes- Icould notmeetmyparents,” electricity connection takenby an anticipatorybail plea and has ruledJustice Trivedi's verdict, alternative remedy of preferring during the assault on morethan Rs 6lakh crore, the sor of European Archaeology, says Dr Nadia, daughter to an of- Pateland providedfor by the movedthe Gujarat High Court noting that the single judge arepresentation addressedto September 14. government pointed out. who wasinPattanam during the ficer with the Census Madhya Gujarat VijCompany seeking quashing of the com- “committed aserious errorin the AdvisoryBoardconstituted Section 228A of the IPC “If the banksweretobear 2014 excavation season, says the Commissioner of Indiaand a Limited (MGVCL) forthe pur- plaint. Both areexpected to be declining to entertain the writ by the stategovernment,orif states that “whoeverprintsor this burden, it would necessar- recent finds showthe connec- homemaker mother who are pose of construction wasalso heardonMonday. application... suchrepresentation is already publishes the name or anymat- ilywipe out asubstantial and a tions between South Asia and basedinAhmedabad. cancelledonAugust25. Notably, in December 2019, The division benchheld that preferred, then the detenue terwhichmay makeknown the major partoftheir networth, Europe on the one hand and the Moretesting times awaited FirozMohammad Patel, Gujarat HC had steppedinto suchpreventive detention “can- should wait till the outcome of identity of anyperson against rendering mostofthe banksun- FarEastonthe other.“These the doctor as she tested positive Hanifaben Mohammad Patel permit aRs6-croreresidential notbemade asubstitutefor the suchrepresentation...” whom an [offence under sec- viable,” it added. Forexample, early forms of globalisation in- again upon her return to and Sabir Mohammad Patel property transaction between a ordinarylaw and absolve the tions 376, 376A,376B, 376C, suchanexercise “would com- volvedtrade, but also the ex- Jamnagar.“Iwas put up in the came to challengethe twopro- Vadodara-basedHindu busi- Investigating Authorities of their BJP IT head 376D or 376E] is alleged or pletely wipe out over half of the changeofaesthetic forms, ideas doctor’s quarters on the GG hibitoryorders and the cancel- nesswoman GitaGoradia and a normal functions of investigat- attempt to strangulateher neck. found to have been committed StateBank of India’s “net and sensibilities... whichmay in- Hospital campus. Though Iwas lation of commencement letter Muslim businessman and edu- ing the crimes whichthe de- None of it is to take away from shall be punishedwith impris- worth”. dicate that Asia and Europe have neverworriedabout the persist- order by the Vadodara cationistFaizal Fazlani under the tenue might have committed.” the atrocity of the crime but un- onment of either description for The Centrealso sought to muchmoreentangledhistories ence of the infection, Ifelt very Mahanagar Sevasadan by wayof Disturbed Areas Act, in the same The division benchalso re- fair to colour it and demean the aterm whichmay extend to link the receiptofinterestfrom than we have realisedtodate,” lonelyinthe doctor’s quarters. I petition before the Gujarat HC. area of Tandalja in Vasna of mindedthat preventive deten- gravity of one heinous crime twoyears and shall also be liable borrowers to payment of inter- Gosden said in an email. had my colleagues staying in the Following an undertaking Vadodara. The courthad struck tion has to be exercisedwith againstanother...” to fine”. In the Hathras case, the esttodepositors who it said The 66trenches excavatedat same hotel(during quarantine) givenbythe petitioners before down the Special Secretary “watchful careand circumspec- In the video, the woman can FIR has been filedunder “are...small depositors, pension- Pattanam so far(five of those in in Ahmedabad but in Jamnagar, the courtofJustice Bhargav Revenue Department (SSRD) tion.” be seen lying on the ground, her Sections 302 (murder), 376D ers etc. surviving on interest”. this season) makeupless than 1 Iwas all alone,” recalls Dr Nadia, Karia that they“shall completely verdict of the sale being non- During the hearing of the face clearly visible. Till late (rape) and the SC/STAct. The affidavit pointed out per cent of the 111 acres of the who found herself again in an abide” by the sanctionedplans maintainable. case, it also emergedthat since Saturdaynight, the video was The NCWChairperson said, thereare an estimated 8.5 de- Pattanam archeological mound. HDU of aCovid hospital in as per the commencement let- 1995 by wayofaGujarat HC no- still up on Malviya's Twitter ac- “Courts have said over and over posit accountsinIndia forevery ForCherian, everynew find Jamnagar afew weekslater. terand shall also abide by all Preventive tification, preventive detention count. again that arape victim's iden- loan account and addedthat to is amoment of epiphany–of “These seem to be the tough- conditions laid by GETCO and matters have been treated as Malviyadid notrespond to tity cannotberevealedinany keep the cycle going, “the con- Muziris being aplace at atime esttimes...This pandemichas MGVCL, the courtquashedand detention matters of civil jurisdiction and calls and messages. In another whichway.When we send tractual interestonall outstand- when the “bestthings were hap- taught me the importance of setaside the three orders of the Justice Bela Trivedi. However, have thus been takenupbya tweetlateonFriday, he said, statements, we arealso very ing advances will have to be pening”. When he shutshis eyes family, values and of being VadodaraMahanagar Sevasadan Justice Trivedihad declinedto single judgecourtroom of the "Whyare some people hell bent careful to neverreveal the iden- chargedevenduring the period and thinksofthe portcity,what healthy. One needs moral sup- of Julyand August. look intothe legality and validity HC. It wassuggestedthat this be on giving Hathras crime, colour tity of arape victim. The UP of deferment and if this com- does he see? “A beautiful world port... Ihaveshedfivekilos of Meanwhile, an FIR wasfiled of the detention order on the amendedgiven that preventive of asexual assault, when neither Police had issuedastatement pounding interestisnot re- wheretherewas openness of weight during this pandemic. I on August30byone Manish ground that Pir had already pre- detention matters should be the victim nor her mother’s ini- saying that she wasnot avictim ceivedfromthe borrowers for mind. We areyet to find a wish this ends now,”says Dr PuranchandraMalhotra, claim- ferred arepresentation dated treated as the habeas corpus pe- tial statementsand notasingle of rape. Nevertheless there anyparticular period, acom- weapon in Pattanam. And the Nadia. ing to be the President of August6,2020 addressedtothe titions, as had been indicated in reportbyvarious medical agen- seems to be some confusion. I mensuratedenial of interestto architecturerespectshuman However, the dailyfigures Samarpan Housing Service Co- PASA Boardand, “in suchcir- earlier courtjudgmentsbyvari- cies indicatearape? Is aphysical will be speaking with Amit customers holding depositsis scale… we haven’t found any- from Jamnagar suggestthat operative Society,againstFeroz cumstances, the appellant ous courts across the country assault leading to her death any Malviyaaswell as the UP Police inevitable and unimaginable”. thing likethe Roman Pantheon wish maynot come true imme- Fali Contractor,who had sold his should wait forthe outcome of and has also been enshrinedin less of acrime?" personallyonthe matter.Ifit Hearing the matter on that dwarfshumans. Iamac- diately. The district reported plottoPatel, under provisions of his representation.” the Supreme CourtRules, 2013. Malviyaalso shared atweet turns out that she wasarape September 3, the courthad di- cusedofromanticising Muziris. nearly 100to130 cases dailyin the Disturbed Areas Actand IPC Pir had twoFIRs againsthim To this effect, the Registrywas by the national in-charge of BJP victim, then the NCWwill take rected that accountswhichhave But Ispeak from the evidence.” the firstthree weeksof sections pertaining to providing at the Bhuj City ‘B’ Division po- directed to prepareanappropri- Mahila Morchasocial media, the issue forwardtoits logical notbeen declared as NPAs as of FULLREPORTSON September before coming down false information, breachoftrust lice station pertaining to of- atesubmission in this regard Priti Gandhi, saying, "Can you end.” August31should notbede- www.indianexpress.com

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THE SUNDAYEXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 3 GUJARAT Stategovttobring8corporationsunder GujaratFirePrevention&LifeSafetyAct

tion designates everycorpora- ated eight zones will continue EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tion as aregion and the chief fire to be administeredbythe cor- WEBSITETOENROLENGINEERINGGRADUATES AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER3 officer of that corporation is now porations. "The government of the Regional Fire officer forthat Gujarat herebydeclares that ASFIRESAFETYOFFICERSTOBEDEVELOPED THE GUJARATgovernment has area. To put it simply, the Fire the fire brigade, by whatever Ahmedabad: In order to ad- can enroll. Those who enroll issuednotifications that will SafetyAct 2013 whichwas not name called, of all municipali- dress the poor recordoffire- will be givensome induc- bring all the eight municipal cor- applicable so fartocorporations, ties and municipal corpora- safety-certificaterenewals in tion and field visit training porations in the stateunder the will nowbeapplicable to them," tions shall notform partofthe urban centres of Gujarat, the in corporation areas. purviewofThe Gujarat Fire asenior official from the depart- statefireservice," it stated. stategovernment hasasked We will later give them Prevention and LifeSafety ment told The Indian Express. Sources in the fire brigade Gujarat InstituteofDisaster powers to issue renewals for Measures Act, 2013,whichcarry Thereare already five fire re- department in Gujarat have crit- Management (GIDM) to de- fire-safetycertificates," Puri punitive provisions forviolation gions under the same Actwhich icisedthe move to alienatemu- velop awebsitewhereyoung told mediapersons at of fire safetyrules. covers the entirestate.However, nicipalities and municipal cor- engineering graduates can Gandhinagar. PREPARATIONS ON According to the notifica- this Actdid notinclude the mu- porations from the statefire enroll and empanel them- In Gujarat, fire licence is tion issuedbythe urban devel- nicipal corporation regions. services. "This further compli- selvesasfiresafetyofficers. also known as fire safetycer- An artisan in Vadodaramakes aDurga idol ahead of the Durga Puja festival. This time, the opment and urban housing de- "These regions were municipal- cates the issue. If municipal cor- "This is notagovernment tificateorFireNo-Objection idol size is limited to three feet. BhupendraRana partment on Saturday, eight ities in Gandhidham, porations and municipalities are job. It is more…likeself-em- certificate(NOC) whichcer- "fireregions" with their head- Gandhinagar,Rajkot, Vadodara kept out of the statefireservices, ployment and very similar to tifies that fire fighting sys- quarters in Ahmedabad, Surat, and Ahmedabad," the officer then wherewill the manpower the compliance acompany tems areefficient and in Vadodara, Rajkot,Bhavnagar, added. Eachofthese five regions forthe fire brigade come forthe secretarydoes forthe gov- working condition in any Man injured in attack, claims Jamnagar,Gandhinagar and control multiple districts. rural areas. Even in municipali- ernment," said Mukesh Puri, particular premise. This is Junagadh will be newlyconsti- The move from the stategov- ties thereare no technicallyqual- Additional Chief Secretary, usuallyissuedbythe tuted under The Gujarat Fire ernment comes afterthe Gujarat ifiedpersonnel. Theyare usually Urban Housing and Urban Regional Fire Officer or the Prevention and LifeSafety High CourtinAugust2020 asked dependent on the nearbymu- Development department Chief Fire Officer. he was fired at; two detained Measures Act, 2013.These new the stategovernment to explain nicipal corporations forassis- clarifying on the govern- "Wewill have anew sys- eight fire regions will be limited as to whythe eight municipal tance. Foreffective results, the ment's announcement made tem, whereenrolledfireoffi- with twolocal youths over some However, Superintendent of to the municipal corporation corporations in Gujarat have government should have moved on October 1inthis regard. cers will be startissuing re- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE issue. Patelisaresident of Police Hitesh Joysar told The areas in these cities. been excludedfromthe purview the fire services from the corpo- "Anyengineer with ade- newals and will be VADODARA,OCTOBER3 Dudhamli villageofthe taluka. Indian Express that the police is "Under the Actthereisapro- of the 2013 Act. rations and mergeditwith state gree in civil, mechanical, accountable to the govern- Police said that Pateland his yettoascertain if the injuryis vision that we can makenew fire In another notification is- fire services. Theyshould have disastermanagement, elec- ment. This system will be in DAHOD POLICE is probing acase group of friends were walking causedbyafirearm. regions. So right now, corpora- suedonthe same day(Oct 3), formedaseparateGujarat fire trical and other related place in the next three of alleged firing at Dozgar village near apond in the villagewhen Joysar said, "The complainant tions were notcovered in the ex- the government stated that the services wing," asenior fire fields or afireprofessional months," Puri added. ENS in Dhanpurtaluka of the district, the accused, Suresh Baria, aresi- claimedthat the accusedfired at isting fire regions. This notifica- fire services in the newlycre- brigade official said. in whichaman identifiedas dent of Sajoi village, and his ac- him.Butwe have askedtheFSLto Aapsinh Patelsustainedinjuries complice confronted Pateland submititsreport.At thispoint,we on his head. The injured man is askedhimwhywashevisitingthe cannotcertainlysay if the injury Girl’s remains found a said to be the nephewofGujarat village.Thetwo got intoafightand wascausedbyafirearm. There Former BJP MP gets 2years MinisterBhachubhaiKhabad.The eventually, Patelsustainedinjuries wasanassault forsure. The man police have nabbed twoaccused on his head. In his complaint at is undergoing treatment and the week after she was buried in connection with thecase. Dhanpur police station, Patelhas twoaccusedhavebeen nabbed. in jail in cheque bounce case Police said that the incident claimedthat Baria firedathim The formalities of the Covid-19 occurredonFridaynight when from acountrymade pistol, leav- protocolwillbecompletedbefore alive in Pirana dumpsite Patelwasinvolvedinanargument ing him seriouslyinjured. formallyarresting them." The case dates backto2016 case were completedinJanuary EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE when Thakor and Fateparahad thisyearandwere reservedforthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Neha Vasava (12) was AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER3 struckaland deal, with the latter final verdict since February. AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER3 buriedalive on being the seller.Advocate Notably, theverdictcomesonthe AGANDHINAGAR courton BhanukumarPatel,whowasrep- backofadirection from the AWEEK aftera12-year girl, Neha September 26 afterwet Saturdaysentencedformer BJP resenting Thakor,said, “Thakor Gujarat High CourtofSeptember Vasava,was buriedalive at wastehad slid on her MP from Surendranagar,Devji wantedto buylandandDevjiwas 30, wherethe registrar general Ahmedabad's legacy wastesite Fatepara, to twoyears in jail and the seller.However, the deal fell hadwrittento allprincipaldistrict of Pirana dump, her body wasre- Rs 2.97crore fine in acheque throughlateranditwasorallyde- judges of all district courts across coveredfromthe siteon tion was"remains of the dress bouncing case of 2016.The order, cidedthatFateparawillreturnthe Gujarat to decide on criminal Saturdaynoon. she waswearing on the day, as willnotbeexecutedtill30days as amount of Rs 1,48,50,000 which cases againstsitting and former According to Rajesh Bhatt, wasidentifiedbyher mother."An theformerMPgot astayandplans waspaid by Thakor.Fateparahad legislators, namelyMPs and additional chief fire officer at the accidental death reportwas reg- to appeal to ahigher court. givenacheque forthe same MLAs,asearly aspossible.TheHC Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency isteredbySaturdayevening. TheKalolcourtfoundFatepara amount whichbounced.” hadlisted92suchpending cases Services under the Ahmedabad The deceasedissurvivedby guilty under provision of CrPC for AdvocateLMZala, represent- across various courts in Gujarat Municipal Corporation, partial her mother and three siblings. offence punishable under the ing the former MP,said, “Wegot a againstsitting and former MPs remains of ahuman body were “This has been one of our tough- Negotiable Instrument Act. The stay of 30days ontheoperationof andMLAs,amongwhichwasalso found and “prima facie, med- estjobs till date,” said Bhatt, courtalsodirectedthatof thefine the order,inwhichtime we will this case of Fatepara. ically, the remains have been whosedepartment had five amount of Rs 2,97,10,000,Rs appealto theKalolsessionscourt. identifiedtobethat of the girl.” cranes dig through the waste 2,97,00,000 shall be paid to the Pursuantto thisstay,he(Fatepara) An official from Danilimda dumpfor the pastweek. complainant,PrabhatsinhThakor. does nothavetopay the fine nor police station confirmedthat the Neha wasburiedalive on Non-payment of the fine shall at- be takenintojudicial custody for body wasrecoveredaround 2pm September26afterwet wastehad tract three months of further im- the next 30 days.” and handedovertothe familyaf- slid on her and buriedher along prisonment, the courtdirected. The final argumentsinthe terpost-mortematAhmedabad with another seven-year old boy, Civil Hospital. As per aconstable Anil Marwadi. The boywas res- on-site, the primaryidentifica- cuedandhadescapedunharmed.

Kotak MahindraBank Limited Registered Office at 27BKC, C27, GBlock, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai– 400051 (Maharashtra). Branch Office at 8th Floor,'A' Wing, Venus Amadeus, Jodhpur Cross Roads, Satellite, Ahmedabad- 380015 (Gujarat). (RULE -8(1) POSSESSION NOTICE Whereas, The undersigned being the Authorised Officer of the Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited under Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) and in exercise of the powers conferred under sections 13(2) and 13 (12) read with Rule 3ofthe Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 issued a Demand Notice dated 09-Dec-2016 calling upon the borrower/s, guarantor/s and mortgagor/s i.e. 1. M/s. Parvin Agro Private Limited –(Borrower &Mortgagor), having office at B/202, Safal Solitaire, Corporate Park, B/h Divya Bhaskar,SGHighway, Makarba Ahmedabad –380051 & M/s Parvin Agro Private Limited, Bavla Rupal Road Rupal Bavla Ahmedabad -382220. 2. Mr.Nasiruddin Akbarbhai Vahora (Director Of Parvin Agro Private Limited and Guarantor), residingat–Parvin Agro Private Limited, Bavla Rupal Road Rupal BavlaAhmedabad-382220 & 5Noore Mohammed Soc, NrAmrut Bag, Bavla Ahmedabad-382220. 3. Mr.Akbarbhai Noorbhai Vahora (Director Of Parvin Agro Private Limited and Guarantor), residing at –Bavla Rupal Road Rupal Bavla Ahmedabad -382220, 4. Mr.Tausif Ahamad Abdulbhai Vhora/Vahora (Director Of Parvin Agro Private Limited and Guarantor), residing at 417, Jivapura Bus Station Rupal Ta –Bavla DistAhmedabad -382220 to repay the amount mentioned in the notice being Rs. 14,72,38,161.09/- (Rupees Fourteen Crores Seventy TwoLakhs Thirty Eight Thousand One Hundred Sixty One and Nine Paisa Only) and interest from 06-Dec-2016 within60daysfromthedateofthesaidnotice. The borrower/guarantor having failed to repay the amount, notice is hereby given to the borrower/guarantor and the public in general that the undersigned has taken possession of the property described herein below in exercise of powers conferred on him /her under Section 13(4) of the SARFAESI Act read with Rule 8ofthe above said Rules on this 1st Day of Oct of the year 2020. The borrower/guarantor in particular and the public in general is hereby cautioned not to deal with the property and any dealings with the property will be subject to the charge of the Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited for an amount of Rs 14,72,38,161.09 as on 05-Dec- 2016 and further interest thereon. The Borrower's attention is invited to provisions of sub-section (8) of section 13 of the act in respect of time available, to redeem the secured assets. Details of Secured Assets: Property:PARTI:Allexistingandfuturecurrentassets/moveablefixedassets,allPlantsandall machineries of the above said borrower,guarantor and mortgagor and movable plants and machineriesasonlandofBlock/RevenueSurveyNo.712Paiki,,713Paikiand600Paiki. PART II: Non-agriculture immovable industrial property known as “M/S ParvinAgro Pvt. Ltd.” situated and constructed on three Blocks/R.S. Nos. i.e. 1. Block/Revenue Survey No. 712 Paiki, Khata No.949, admeasuring land area of 9403.00 Sq. Mts. (out of total land area of 12849.00 Sq. Mts.), 2. Block/Revenue Survey No. 713 Paiki, Khata No.948, admeasuring land area of 1770.00 Sq. Mts. (out of total land area of 4553.00 Sq. Mts.), and 3. Block/Ravenue Survey No. 600 Paiki, Khata No. 1035, admeasuring land area of 4870.00 Sq. Mts., (Out of total land of 10,200 Sq. Mts.) i.e. Total combine land area of 16,043 Sq. Mts., of Block/Revenue Survey No. 712 Paiki ,713 Paiki and 600 Paiki, with construction around 6804.81 Sq. Mts., on the Block/Revenue Survey No. 712 Paiki ,713 Paiki and 600 Paiki, with all future current assets/moveable fixed assets of plants and machineries as attach on this land, Opp. Rupal Rice Mill, Nr.Santoshi Rice Mill, Prarvin Group, Rupal -Bavla Road, Mouje: Rupal, Taluka: Bavla, District: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, owned and possessed by M/s Parvin Agro Pvt. Ltd., and having boundaries as under; Boundaries of Block/Ravenue Survey No.712 as per sale deed: North: Land of Malabhai Chandabhai, South: Factory of Abdulbhai Nurbhai, East: land of Nurbhai Mazabhai, West: Parveen Agro Private Limited. Boundaries of Block/Ravenue Survey No.712 (9403.00 Sq. Mts.) as per actual: North: Land of Malabhai Chandabhai,South: Block No 712 PParvin Ginning Pvt. Ltd., East: Block No 713 PParvin Agro Pvt. Ltd., West: Block No 600 PParvin Agro Pvt. Ltd. Boundaries of Block/Ravenue Survey No.713 as per sale deed: East: Land of Muhammad Sultan, West: Land of Nurbhai Mazabhai, North: Drainage, South: Land of Nurbhai Mazabhai. Boundaries of Block/Ravenue Survey No.713 (1770.00 Sq. Mts.) as per actual: North: Land of Muhammad Sultan, South: Block No 713 PParvin Ginning Pvt. Ltd, East:Approach Road West: Block No 712 PParvin Agro Pvt. Ltd. Boundaries of Block/Ravenue Survey No.600 Paiki as per sale deed: East: Land of Nurbhai and Nabibhai, West: Rupal and Bavla Road, North: land of the side land of Block/Ravenue Survey No.600 Paiki, South: Sulemanbhai Nathubhai. Boundaries of Block/Ravenue Survey No.600/Paiki (4870.00 Sq. Mts.) as per actual: North: Block No 600 Pland of Aminaben, South: Block No 600 PParvin Ginning Pvt. Ltd, East: Block No 712 PParvinAgro Pvt. Ltd, West: Bavla- Rupal Road. Date: 01-10-2020 Sd/- (Authorised Officer) Place: Bavla/Ahmedabad Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 GUJARAT THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 KHAPATIA VILLAGE OF TAPI DISTRICT Redevelopment cost of Gandhinagar Studentattackedby rly station increased by 208% in 3yrs leopardwhileattending MinistryofRailways acting Nowtherewill be four towers the costofbuilding arailway un- the companyfor charging lower AVINASHNAIR through Indian Railway Station whichwill have 9-13floors. The derbridge, an approachroad and rateswhile renting out the AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER3 Development Corporation total area of the hotelwhichwas making changes to the earlier Mahatma Mandir Convention Limited (IRSDC) with an equity earlier 16,190 squaremeters, will plan have contributed to the rise Centre, the venue of biannual onlineclassinopen THE COST of redeveloping the shareholding in ratio of 74:26, nowbe35,400squaremeters. in costs. Vibrant Gujarat summit, and railway station in Gujarat's respectively. Apartfromthis, sources said The underpass belowthe addedthat the move adversely Gandhinagar and building a The Independent Auditor's the averageroom size of the ho- railway station costing Rs 32 impacted the company's profit five-starhotel over it has esca- ReportwhichispartofGARUD's telwhichwas 25 squaremeters crorewill provide direct acess to by Rs 32.12 lakh. KAMAALSAIYED lated by 208 per cent in the last annual reportstatesthat project has also been increasedto37 Vibrant Gujarat delegates and Aakar Exhibition Pvt Ltd, SURAT, OCTOBER 3 three years. The project, where costhas "increasedfromRs243 squaremeters and two"service dignitaries arriving at the rail- Radeecal Communication, 18 morehotel rooms have been croretoRs750 crore". The report floors" whichwas absent in the waystation or staying at the Maskati Cloth Market,Star A19-YEAR-OLD collegestudent, addedand the area increased also states that the number of earlier plan has been added. hotel. Exhibition, Indian Prosthodontic who along with another class- will nowcostalmostRs750 rooms in the five-starhotel Similarly,the area of concourse The project --- forwhich Society,AIMS Event and the matewent on ahillocktoget crore, is expected to be become stands at 318whichis18more whichwas 6,500squaremeters Prime MinisterNarendraModi Charitable Group of Internetconnection to attend functional onlybyDecember than the one originallyplanned. will nowstand at 11,930 square conducted the "Bhoomi Poojan" Photographic Trade and online classes at Khapatia vil- 2020. According to official sources, meters. ceremonyin2017--- wasearlier IndustryAssociation were listed lageofTapi district in South "A unique model of station mostofthe escalation in costs is "Wehaveaddedextra scheduledtobecompletedby as those who were chargedless Gujarat, wasattackedbyaleop- development has been triedout due to the changeinroom ma- rooms, so that we can makeit January2019. The timeline for than the prevailing rates. The ardonWednesday. forthe redevelopment of trix. The earlier plan wastobuild moreviable," SSRathore, completion waslater extended operation and mangement of Govind Gamit, astudent of Gandhinagar station, wherea a300-room hotelwhere30 Managing Director of GARUD, to September 2020. "It wasex- Mahatma Mandir is being done firstyear commerce in 318room five-starhotel is under rooms will be of five-starcate- told The Indian Express. pected to be completedby through M/s HotelLeela Government Arts and construction above the tracks, gory,120 rooms in three-star The project whichalso had September 2020. However, due Ventures Limited (nowSchloss Commerce CollegeatSongadh forthe firsttime in India," states categoryand 150room in budget plans to house the GARUDoffice to the Covid-19pandemic, the HM Pvt Ltd) and during 2019- taluka, usedtogotothe hillock, the annual reportofcategory. This waslater changed of 2,900squaremeters has also dateofcompletion of the hotel 20, 44 eventswereheld that afive-minutewalk from his vil- Gandhinagar Railway and Urban and all the rooms -- deluxe, su- been done away with and the and redevelopment of generated gross revenue of Rs lage, everydaytotakeclasses. Development Corporation per deluxeand suits--- were entirespace is nowbeing used Gandhinagar railway station is 26.62 crore. On Wednesday, Govind and Limited (GARUD) forthe year changed to five-starcategory. forthe hotelwhichwill be be expected to be December 2020," Similarly,GARUD has his friend Bhavin Gamit were 2019-20, tabledinthe Gujarat Further,structural changes managed by M/s HotelLeela stated the annual report. handedoverthe operation and listening to an online lecture Assemblyduring the justcon- suggestedbythe hoteloperator Ventures Limited (nowSchloss Though GARUDclockedRs maintenance of Helipad when the leopardcrept up. cludedmonsoon session. addedtothe costs.Earlier,there HMAPvt Ltd). 5.4 croreprofitfor the year Exhibition CentretoK&D com- As the leopardcaught hold The companyisajoint ven- were three towers with six-ten When asked about the esca- 2019-20, independent auditor munications from November 1, of Govind's leftarm and clawed tureofGujarat government and floors. This has been altered. lation in costs, Rathoresaid that LK Shah and Companypulledup 2019. him on his legs, Bhavin ranto the villagefor help. When the villagers came out shouting, the GROUNDNUT leopardescapedinnearby PROCUREMENT bushes. "I had sevenstitches on my Farmers’ lefthand. Bhavin and Iwere shockedatfirstwhen we saw registration will leopard. While Itold Bhavin to Injured Govind Gamit in hospital. Express go on till Oct 20 run to the villagetoinform oth- ers, Istood therefacing the without holidays, leopardthinking that if Ialso cidedthatfromnexttimewhen favourable forleopards to hide." turn my backtoit, it would we have to go to the hillockfor VillagesarpanchBhuljibhai says Radadiya jumponmeand kill me. When classes, we will go in groups of Gamit said, "Thereispoor net- the animal caught hold of my 10 and will arm ourselveswith work coverage in our area lefthand, Istruggledand some- wooden sticks." whichiswhy people go to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE howmanaged to relieve myself. Songadh taluka malang nearbyhillocktoget network RAJKOT, OCTOBER 3 Iwas bleeding profusely. The rangeforestofficer Martina on their mobile. This is the first villagers came on time and I Gamit said, "Wehavelaid two leopardattackinour village. FOOD, CIVIL Supplyand wassaved," Govind said. cages in the villagetocapture Following the incident, we have Consumer Affairs Minister He wasdischargedon the leopard. Leopards areregu- created groups of 12 youths Jayesh RadadiyaonSaturday Friday. "I am alright now. Ihave larly sighted in Songadh taluka. who go around the villageat said that the number of farm- told the collegeauthorities Khapatia villageissurrounded night. We have also told vil- ers who have gotthemselves about the incident. We have de- by dense forest whichis lagers nottogoout alone." registeredfor selling their groundnut to government at minimum supportprice (MSP) has reached91,000 within 2Cong councillors, OSD staffer test three days afterthe beginning of the registration process. He addedthat the registration positive before SMC board meeting process will go on till October 20 without anyholidayin between. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CASETRACKER "Lastyear,total 4.71lakh SURAT, AHMEDABAD, farmers had got themselves OCTOBER 3 PLACES CONFIRMED DEATHS NEW CASES Ahoarding put up by the BJP at amarket crossroad in Vadodarawarns farmers againstrumours and misinformation relatedto the registeredfor selling their recentlyenactedfarm Acts.Itstatesthat farmers arebeing ‘misled’ to believe that the lawaims to reduce their income and shut groundnut to the government Ahmedabad 36,4331,822 194 TWOCONGRESS councillors and APMC markets. BhupendraRana at MSP.Againstthis, 91,000 astaffer from the Office Amreli 2,209 25 27 farmers have gotthemselves Superintendent Department Anand 1,1341613 registeredwithin three days of (OSD) of the Surat Municipal Aravalli 613248UNION MoS FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE IN RAJKOT the startofthe registration Corporation (SMC) tested posi- Banaskantha 2,1592524 process this year.Toensurethat tive forcoronavirus before the farmers don't face anydiffi- Bharuch2,345 15 24 civic body’s general boardmeet- culty,registration process will ing on Saturday. With this Surat’s Bhavnagar 4,242 68 31 ‘Farm Acts to help farmers overcome go on till October 20 without Covid-19tallycrossed30,000on Botad750 53 anyoff day. Registration Saturday. Chhota Udepur 533310 process will remain on till 11 Aphysical meeting of all Dahod 1,668611 structural issue of small landholding’ pm everyday and it will con- SMC staffers and councillors - tinue on Sundays also," Dang 106 from both Congress and BJP - Radadiyasaid while addressing along with mediapersons was Devbhoomi 5875 6 apress conference in Rajkot. organisedatSanjeevKumar Dwarka EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The minister's statement auditorium in the city,on Gandhinagar 3,764 79 35 RAJKOT,OCTOBER3 comes amid astrikebyvillage Saturdayafternoon, forthe first Gir Somnath 1,4341820 computer entrepreneurs time since the outbreak of UNDERLININGTHATmorethan (VCEs) who otherwise have Jamnagar6,357 35 90 Covid-19. 80percentof farmersinthecoun- been doing bulk of suchregis- As per Covid-19protocol, Junagadh 2,8833230 tryare marginalandunableto in- tration of farmers forthe past those who wanted to partake Kheda 1,322 15 9 vest dueto thesmallersizeof their twoyears. But this year,the in the general boardmeeting Kutch2,0913329 landholding, Union Ministerof VCEs, who areengaged by vil- had to undergo Rapid Antigen Mahisagar1,055 10 5 Statefor Agricultureand Farmers lagepanchayats,went on an in- Testsbeing carriedout by a Welfare, Parshottam Rupala, said definitestrikeonOctober 1, de- Mehsana 2,8042955 team of health officials sta- that the recentlyenacted farm manding theybepaid salaries tionedatthe main gate of the Morbi 1,7121821 Acts were an attempt by the Cen- instead of commission forfill- auditorium. Subsequently, Narmada 960 112tretoovercomestructuralhurdles ing up forms and doing regis- Congress councillor from ward Navsari 1,202 77and help farmers realise the true tration of farmers online on be- number 14,Punagam West, Panchmahal 2,393 21 19 price of their produce by freeing half of the stategovernment. Arunaben Dawra; Congress the agricultural produce market. The Gujarat StateCivil councillor from ward number Patan1,8843931 “Our main problem is the Supplies Corporation Limited 15,Puna East, Dhriubhai Porbandar 4794 2smaller farm size, the smaller (GSCSCL), astate government Lathiyaand OSD stafferKishor Rajkot 10,422 150163 landholding by farmers. More Union MinisterParshottam Rupala in Rajkot on Saturday. Chirag Chotaliya undertaking functioning under Soni tested positive forthe vi- Sabarkantha 1,1371117 than80percentof ourfarmersare the aegis of the Ministryof ralinfection. Surat 30,032 769277 small and marginal. Theyare nei- Food, Civil Supplyand SMC Deputy Health therableto doinnovation,deploy (Amendment) Bill. The President farmers’ income should also in- ume… No companycan touch Consumer Affairs, pays VCEs Commissioner,DrAshish Naik Surendranagar 1,8411226 technology nor invest.While it is has since signedthem intolaws. crease commensurately and he their land,” said Rupala. Rs10commission forevery reg- said, “Wecarriedout 150tests Tapi 654412 notdirectlylinked to the recent The firstlaw can be calledthe took decisions accordingly… The Minister, who is anative istration of farmers they whichincluded50municipal Vadodara12,270 201128 Acts,wehaveascheme to form APMC bypass lawwhichfrees Everyone agrees that farmers are of IshwariyavillageinAmreli, facilitate. councillors, afew mediaper- Valsad 1,18484FPOs(FarmerProducerOrganisa- traders from the limited jurisdic- notgetting remunerative prices. termedthepracticeof share-crop- Radadiya, however, said sons and SMC staffers. The tions), the objective of whichisto tion of an agricultural produce Isn’tthepresentsystemresponsi- pingasaformof contractfarming that if the VCEs continuedwith Other states 1483 three who tested positive have encouragefarmers to come on a market committee (APMC) and bleforit?If thefeverdoesn’tabate and said that providing it with a their strike, the government been home quarantinedand Cumulative Total New Cumulative common platform and pool their allows them to purchase from by consultingthesamedoctorre- legal framework will attract in- would press gram sevaks on orallymedicated.” discharge: cases: cases: deaths: land,” the Union Ministersaid farmers anywhereinthe state, peatedly and taking pills pre- vestment in the agricultural sec- the job. "Lastyear,the registra- Thegeneral boardmeeting while addressing apress confer- even at farmgatewithout paying scribedby him,shouldn’twe con- tor. Rupalasaidthattoday’sfarm- tion process wascarriedout by wasattendedbySurat 1,21,119 1,41,589 1,343 3,515 ence in Rajkot on Saturday. anycess to local APMCs. It also al- sult another doctor and trynew ers aresmarterand therefore 3,500VCEs and talati-cum- Municipal Commissioner BN “If 100farmerswithonebigha lows private partiesto setuptheir medicine?”heasked.ThePM’svi- allegations that the wealthy mantris. This year,itisbeing Pani, MayorDrJagdish Patel, 13,000 samples tested eachday, land eachcome together,the re- ownyards and sub-yards forthe sion is to capitalise on exporters’ wouldgrabtheirlandsisbaseless. done by 1,879VCEs ad talati- Deputy MayorNirav Shah and As Gujarat's tally also sawits testing kiosksset up sultant100bighacombinedfarm trading of agricultural produce. knowledge of global commodity “This is the farmer of 2021. It is cum-mantris, To ensurethat SMC Standing Committee crossed1.41lakh, by AMC being usedinstead as a wouldallowagriculturalpractices The second lawprovides alegal marketsand help farmers avail verydifficultto gethimto agreeto farmers arenot inconve- Chairman Anil Goplani. Out of shade forvegetable vendors, at a of global standards. The idea is to framework forcontract farming, benefitsoffreemarkets,headded. suchathing,”hesaid. niencedintheir villages, gram- atotal 116municipal council- Narmada reportedits kiosk in the Asarwa area. AMC es- facilitatefarmersto formclusters, whilethethirdlaw mandatesthat Opposition parties ledby Theministersaidthatthegov- sevaks will be ropedinfor reg- lors from both Congress and firstdeath due to tate department officials moved identify the crop theycan grow restriction on stocking of agricul- Congress areopposing the new ernment doesn’t intend to dis- istration process. If needarises, BJP,only50werepresent in the the vendors out in the evening best andthenhelpthemputtheir turalcommoditiescanbeapplied laws,termingthemasbeinganti- mantleAPMCsby bringinginnew cooperative societies will also auditorium, while the rest were Covid-19asper the following media reports. produceintheinternationalmar- in extraordinarycircumstances. farmers.ShiromaniAkaliDal,one laws,butalsosaidthatthegovern- be approachedfor doing this virtuallypresent via video con- statebulletin Banaskantha, whereover ket,” he said. Rupalasaidwhileagricultural the oldestallies of the ruling BJP, mentisnotconsideringproviding job," said Radadiya. ferencing. 2,100cases have been reported He addedthat the Centrehas production in the countryhad has also walkedout of the NDAin legal backing to the minimum Incidentally, strikeofthe The discussion wascentred till date, sawtwo morepatients plans to facilitate10,000FPOs and gone up manyfolds over the past protestofthe newActs. supportpricesystem.“MSPisnot VCEs has badlyaffected regis- out on four major issues —pa- per the statebulletin. succumb to the infection. The has earmarkedRs6,850 croreto fewdecades,farmers’incomehad Rupala alleged that the Opp- aprocedureestablishedbylaw.It tration process in some dis- thetic road conditions in the Ahmedabad continues to district has reportedthree supportsuchventures. notrisen proportionatelyand osition is trying to mislead farm- isadecisionof theGovernmentof tricts. Till Friday, around 49,000 city,SMC employees failing to hoveraround 200dailycases and Covid-19fatalities in twodays. Lastmonth, both Houses of therefore. marketing and post- ers.“Theyare spreadingmisinfor- India and the Centreimplements registrations were done. makepeople understand reportedadeath due to Covid-19 Meanwhile, Surat-based Parliament had passedthe harvestmanagement systems mation that using the newlaws, it in form of procurement in con- The Central government has StandardOperating Procedures from itsrural jurisdiction, apart anesthetist, Dr Sanket Mehta Farmers’ Produce Trade and needtobeoverhauled. “Before bigcompanieswouldsnatchland sultation with stategovern- increasedMSP forgroundnut (SOPs), recruitment of assistant from the three deaths reported (37), who wasairliftedto Commerce (Promotion and NarendraModiwaselectedPrime away from farmers... All the Acts ments,”hesaid,addingthatitwas from Rs 5,090 lastyear to Rs engineers and creek flooding from itsmunicipal corporation Chennai lastmonth and had Facilitation)Bill,2020,theFarmers Ministerin2014,farmpoliciesfo- doisprovidealegalframework for the NDAgovernment whichhad 5,275 this year.Lastyear,the and associated losses. limits. Ahmedabad district, tested positive on July22, has (Empowerment &Protection) cusedonproduction,seeds,tech- contractfarmingandfarmerswill implemented Swaminathan Centrehad procured five lakh As Gujarat's tallycrossed whichhas seen aconsiderably reportedanimprovement in Agreementof PriceAssuranceand nology,fertilisers, irrigation, etc. be agreeing onlytosell their pro- Commissionrecommendationto metric tonnes of groundnut at 1.41 lakh, Narmada reportedits reducedtesting in the pasttwo his condition, and is nowoff Farm Services Bill, 2020, and the However, Modi proposedthat duce to acompanyatapre-de- fixtheMSPatcultivationcostplus MSP from 2.44lakh farmers of firstdeath due to Covid-19as weeks, with around 12,000- oxygen support. Essential Commodities with the increase in production, cidedrateinapre-decidedvol- 50 percent profit. Gujarat.

Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,SUNDAY,OCTOBER4,2020 GUJARAT 5 PSI booked for ‘demanding’ bribe from rape accused’s son reachedVed road police chowky tory bail application of his father EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE and requestedpolice to help him with Surat district court. His fa- SURAT,OCTOBER3 submit an affidavit at the the ther is still absconding. Surat district court, so that his fa- The accused’s son handed THE SURATAnti-Corruption ther can getanticipatorybail. over evidence of the earlier con- Bureau(ACB) officials on PSIGadhvi, agreedonthe re- versation with PSI Gadhvi re- Saturdaybooked the Police Sub- questand demandedofRs2.50 garding the bribeamount to Inspector (PSI) of Surat city who lakh from the son of the accused, Surat ACBpolice. On the basis of allegedly demandedabribeofRs on September 4. The accused’s the evidence, Surat ACBpolice on 2.50 lakh from aperson to help son wastold to payRs2lakh in Saturdaybooked Gadhvi under his father,who is accusedina advance on September 5 section 7(a) and 13(2) of the rape case, getanticipatorybail evening and the remaining Prevention of Corruption Act. from the court. amount aftergetting the antici- Assistant Director with Surat According to the ACB, a30- patorybail. ACBNPGohil said, “PSI Gadhvi year-old woman had lodged a The accused’s son contacted had demandedRs2.50 lakh from complaint at the Chowk Bazaar Surat ACBoffice on September 4 the complainant to help him so police station on September 4 and lodged acomplaint against that his father,who wasaccused againstadiamond businessman, PSI SGadhvi. Acting on the com- in arape case, gets anticipatory who rapedher five times on the plaint, the ACBofficials laid trap bail from the court. We have got pretextofmarrying her.The outside Vedroad police chowky enough evidence againstPSI complaint wasbeing investi- on September 5evening. PSI Gadhvi and have registeredan gatedbyPolice Sub Inspector S Gadhvi grew suspicious and did offence againsthim. We have AGadhvi of Vedroad police notacceptthe bribeamount and sent our team to his house and chowky,with Chowk Bazaar po- told the accused's son to come found it locked. We will arrest lice station. on another day. him soon. No anticipatorybail is When contacted by PSI However, afterthis, the com- filedinthe courtand the rape Gadhvi, the son of the accused plainant had notfiledanticipa- case accusedisstill absconding.” Two held for ‘raping, Former director general of GFSU threatening’ woman appointed as

she did notobeytheir instruc- V-C of NFSU EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tions. "The woman said that the VADODARA,OCTOBER3 accusedtook her to one of their EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE homes and rapedher.Theycon- AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER3 MAHISAGAR POLICE on Saturday tinuedtoblackmail and threaten arrested twopersons in connec- her,calling her over the phone NEARLYAweek afterthe Gujarat tion with the allegedgang rape of and forcing her to accompany Forensics Sciences University amiddle-aged woman, multiple them to the house wherethey (GFSU) in Gandhinagar wasac- times, since afortnight. According would rape her in turns. Finally, cordedthe status of national im- to acomplaint registeredat she musteredthe courageto portance by aLok Sabha Bill —to Santrampur police station, the complain and came to the police be designated as National complainant claimedthat two station on Friday,"anofficial said. Forensic Sciences University men residing in her villagehad The accusedwerenabbed (NFSU), fullyfundedbythe rapedher multiple times after from the town area and police Central government —former threatening to kill her children. have begun aprobe.The official director general of GFSU,JM According to officials at said, "Theyhavebeen arrested Vyas, wasappointed as the Vice- Santrampur police station, the and we areprobing their history. Chancellor of NFSU. complainant has said that the two Theyhaveadmittedto the crime, Vyas, who will be the first accusedfirstthreatenedtokill her but we arewaiting forCovid-19 Vice-Chancellor of NFSU,as- children about twoweeksago,if formalities to be completed." sumedoffice on October 1. Two killed as GIR FOREST bus overturns Lion cub found dead Godhra:Two women were killed were found on the carcass, andthree others injured on PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA whichhas been sent forpost- Saturdaywhen the bus they JUNAGADH,OCTOBER3 mortem, the official said. were travelling in overturnedaf- Gujarat is the onlyabode of terhitting aroad divider near AFEMALE lion cub wasfound Asiatic lions, and afull-moon Natapur villageinMorvaHadaf dead in Dedakdi rangeofGir for- light observation carriedout by taluka in Panchmahal district, estinJunagadh district on the forest department in June police said. Saturday, aforestdepartment of- estimated itspopulation to rise Prima facie, the driverofthe ficial said. The carcass of asix to 29 per cent to 674. bus lostcontrol over the vehicle seven-month-oldfemalelioncub while negotiating asharp turn wasfoundinDedakdirangeofGir around 11 am, alocal police offi- West division forest,said DT cial said. The deceasedwomen Vasavada, chief conservator of were identifiedasRupaliben forests(wildlife), Junagadh. Baria (70) and Savitaben Baria No external injurymarks (60), he said, adding that injured passengers were admitted in civil hospital in Godhra. PTI

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 7 EXPRESS NETWORK Shopian:ProbelooksatroleofSPOposted Being forced to name inSrinagar,Armysayswillactasperlaw Ranbir, Rampal, Morea: Shopian on 18 July2020. The Bodies of 3 accused in NCB probe MUZAMILJALEEL three terrorists killedduring the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 operation have notbeen identi- Rajouri workers fied and the bodies were buried his signatureonthe statement in nections with lateactor Sushant BODIES OF three Rajouri labour- basedonestablishedprotocols. exhumed, SADAFMODAK& lieu of removalofSection 27Aof Singh Rajput’s cook Dipesh ers, killedinShopian on July18by Armyisinvestigating the matter.” MOHAMEDTHAVER the NDPS Act,” the NCBsubmit- Sawant and actor Rhea the Armywhichcalledthem ter- On August13, apolice team handed over MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 tedtothe court. The section is a Chakraborty and her brother rorists before admitting therewas from Srinagar reachedRajouri non-bailable offence pertaining Showik. “prima facie evidence indicating and took DNAsamples of the to family AFORMER executive producer to financing illicit traffic. Special The NCBtold The Indian that during the operation, pow- families to matchthem with the of Dharmatic Entertainment, a public prosecutor Atul Sarpande Express earlier that Prasad had ers vested under the AFSPAwere DNAextractsfromthe bodies of sisterconcern of Karan Johar’s also submitted the statements initiallysaid he did notsupply exceeded”, were exhumedin thethree men to establish iden- BASHAARATMASOOD Dharma Productionswho was recordedbythe NCBtothe court narcotics to anyone but usedit Baramulla Saturdayand handed tities. SRINAGAR,OCTOBER3 arrested lastweek,told acourt and said that theydidn't contain forpersonal consumption after over to their families. On September 18,the Army, on Saturdaythat he wasforced anyofthe names mentionedby purchasing it from the alleged The J&K Police and Armyhave in astatement, said: THE BODIES of the three labour- by officials of the Narcotics Prasad. drug peddlers arrested in the institutedtheir owninquiries,but “The inquiryordered by the ers from Rajouri, who were Control Bureau(NCB) to falsely In his written plea submitted case. An official said that during questions remain —fromthe Armyauthorities intoOp killedinanalleged encounter by implicateactors Ranbir Kapoor, through lawyer Satish interrogation, Prasad had denied mysterydetention of aSpecial Amshiporahas been concluded. the ArmyinSouth Kashmir’s Arjun Rampal and Dino Morea. Maneshinde, Prasad said, “I say consuming ganja, but that they Police Officer to the Army’s claim Theinquiryhas brought out cer- Shopian in Julythis year,were KshitijPrasad had earlier said that Iambeing mentally, emo- had establishedhehad been in about the “encounter” in Police personnel take away the bodies that were exhumedin tain prima facie evidence indicat- exhumedinBaramulla in the theNCB had forced him to impli- tionallyand psychologicallyha- contact with the alleged drug AmshiporainShopian, the killing Baramulla on Saturday. Express ing that during the operation, early hours of Saturdayand cateJohar.The agency had de- rassedand abusedbythe com- peddlers morethan 20 times. of three “terrorists”and the recov- powers vested under the AFSPA handedovertotheir families, nieditstating that the investiga- plainant (NCB) intomaking false This is whythe charge of financ- eryof“arms and ammunition were exceededand the Dos and Inspector General of Police tion wasbeing carriedout in a statements.” He said that he was ing and conspiracy had been and IED material”. He rented aroom above a 0200hours of presence of 4to5 Don’tsofChief of ArmyStaff (IGP), Kashmir,Vijay Kumar on “professional manner”. surroundedbyNCB officials who added, the official said. The SPO detainedbyJ&K shop in the neighbourhood –it’s unidentifiedterrorists in village (COAS) as approved by the Saturdayconfirmedthat the “I have been repeatedly ha- dictated statementsand made However, the official said Police is FayazAhmad Rather, very close to acampofthe 62 Amshipora… At 0245 hours on Hon’ble Supreme Courthave bodies were exhumed. rassedandcoercedintofalselyim- him sign them under duress, theyhad notyet established working at the Rajbagh police RashtriyaRifles -- from village 18th Julywhile the cordon party been contravened. Consequently, Mohammad Yousuf, father of plicating Dino Morea, Arjun threat and coercion stating that whom Prasad allegedly supplied mess in Srinagar and attachedto resident Shakeel Ahmad Lone. wasinthe process of laying the the competent disciplinaryau- AbrarAhmad, one of the victims, Rampal and Ranbir Kapoor in the theywould implicatehis wife to or the quantity he did, but aDySPwith the counter-insur- The next morning, when Lone’s cordon, theycame under heavy thority has directedto initiatedis- told The Sunday Express:“Now present proceedings despiteme and other familymembers if he claimedthat his prima facie in- gency Special Operations Group. wifewent to the room, she didn’t fire from the fringeofthe cordon ciplinaryproceedings under the theyhavegiven us the bodies, repeatedly stating that Idonot did not. volvement in financing someone From Seri Chauhana villageof find anyone there. and afterabout 5minutes they ArmyAct againstthose found we demand the death penalty knowthe said persons and have “Upon reading of the state- “was enough to charge him”. Poonchdistrict, Rather,according On July18, the J&K Police an- came under fire from the centre prima-facie answerable.” forthose who killedthem. It is noknowledge of suchallegations,” ment, the accusedalso realised Twenty arrestshavebeen to his family, wastaken by police nouncedthe killing of “three of thecordon.Thefire wasimme- “The evidence collectedby the my right. Lettheir families also Prasad said in an application be- that manyparts of the statement made so farinthe case, arising around amonth ago. unidentifiedterrorists”inan“en- diatelyretaliated,thecordonparty inquiryhas prima-facie indicated feel what it means”. fore thecourtonSaturday. Hesaid were unilaterallyincludedbythe out of the probeintoRajput's Asked about Rather,IGP counter” in Amshiporavillageof wasredeployed, additional par- that the three unidentifiedterror- GuftarAhmad Choudhary, a that he wasagain made to sign officers without his consent death, on an alleged Bollywood (Kashmir) VijayKumar said: “SPO Shopian. ties were rushedtothe spot, the ists killedinOpAmshiporawere social activistfromRajouri who falsestatementspreparedby NCB (and) arecompletely false,” drug nexus. Among those ar- has notbeen arrested.Hemust “On aspecific input by 62 RR cordon wasstrengthenedand by Imtiyaz Ahmed, AbrarAhmed accompaniedthe families of the officialsandthathewasretracting Maneshinde said. rested is Chakraborty and have been calledfor questioning, about presence of terrorists in vil- 0430 hours, the police and the and Mohd Ibrar,who hailedfrom slain trio to Baramulla forthe ex- from them, including the self-in- The NCBclaims Prasad was Showik,with the BombayHigh but on paper,hehasn’t been ar- lageAmshiporaareaofDistrict CRPFalsoreachedtheoperational Rajouri. Their DNAreportis humation told The Sunday criminatoryportions. partofaconspiracy fordrug pro- Court earlier reserving an order rested.Ihavebeen told that two Shopian, an operation was site.” awaited.Their involvement with Express,“Right now, we areon Prasad wasinNCB custody curement and distribution and on their bail applications. civilians, who were informers, launched… During search,ter- “At0530 hours, afterthere terrorism or related activities is waybacktoRajouri.” from September 27 to October 3. had receivedganja from co-ac- While Chakraborty is also were arrested.Iwill saywhat is rorists firedupon Armyperson- wasvisibility,asearch party was under investigation by the police. The development came On Saturday, the courtsent him cusedAnkush Arneja. According facing acase on WhatsApp on the file.” nel and encounter started. Later movedintothe target house Indian Armyiscommittedto eth- hours afterJammu and Kashmir to jail till October 6. to the NCB, Arneja wascon- chatspurportedlydealing with Rather and twoothers, who on, police and CRPF also joined. whichwas anewly constructed ical conduct of operations,” it said. Director General of Police The NCBcountered Prasad's nected with accusedAnuj drugs, and aprobe on money have already been producedbe- During encounter,three uniden- small single house. While the Aweek later,IGP Kumar con- Dilbagh Singh on Fridaysaid that allegations stating that he was Keshwani, from whom com- laundering charges, no arrests fore acourtinShopian, arebeing tifiedterrorists were killed. Dead search partmovedinside, it came firmedthat DNAofthe three fam- the legal process forthe exhu- “totallynon-cooperative, mercial quantities of drugs were have been made in those. investigatedfortheir allegedrole bodies of all the killedthree ter- under fire from inside of the ilies matchedwith the three mation would be “completed adamant and arrogant” and had allegedly seized. Chakraborty is also being inves- in connection with the killing of rorists were retrievedfromthe house. The search party got de- killedinAmshiporaonJuly18. soon”. refusedtosign astatement he The NCBhas also claimed tigated by the CBI over an abet- Imtiyaz Ahmad (20) and siteofencounter.The identifica- ployed, lobbed grenades and re- The Armyhas promisedac- “The exhumation took place himself had given. “He wastry- linksbetween Prasad and other ment to suicide case registered Mohammad Ibrar (16) of tion and affiliation of the killed taliated the fire that came from tion, but has notexplainedthe at around 5.30 am (Saturday),” ing to bargain hardfor putting alleged peddlers accusedofcon- by Rajput's family. Dharsakri villageofKotranka, and terrorists is being ascertained. inside. In the ensuing action, three “prima facie evidence indicating Choudharysaid. “The SSP AbrarAhmad of Tarkasi villageby Incriminating materials, includ- terrorists were neutralized. The that during the operation, pow- (Senior Superintendent of Police, the Army. ing arms and ammunition were dead bodies of the terrorists, ers vested under the AFSPAwere Baramulla), DSP and amagis- Their bodies were exhumed recoveredfromthe siteofen- along with the arms and ammu- exceeded”. Norhas it detailed tratewerepresent during the ex- Rajasthan rape charges: After Opp Saturdayafter J&K Police con- counter,’’ the police statement nition and IED material which “disciplinaryproceedings under humation.” firmedthat DNAtests had estab- said. wasrecoveredfromthem was the ArmyAct againstthose found Fathers of the slain trio were lishedtheir identities. On Police said the bodies of the handedovertothe J&K Police…,” prima-facie answerable”. It has- present. The families leftfor criticism, family gets legal help September 25, IGP Kumar told a “killedterrorists have been sent he said. n’t identifiedits officers and men Rajouri in an ambulance with press conference: “Wehavere- to Baramulla fortheir lastrites af- On August9,three families involvedinthe case. the bodies immediatelyafter the POCSOActwereaddedinthecase as “unfortunate” the parallels be- ceivedthe(resultof)DNAsamples terconducting medico-legal for- from Kotranka area of Rajouri ap- Questions also remain on the exhumation process. DEEPMUKHERJEE file. We areinvestigating the alle- ingdrawnbetweentheBaranand today. Theyare matching. Now, malities including collection of proachedpolice with areportthat authenticity of the “encounter”, Imtiyaz Ahmad (20) and BARAN,OCTOBER3 gations or rape now. We will fully Hathras incidents. “…the girls in we willtake furtheraction,we will their DNA. In case anyfamily three of their kin, who had gone the claim about coming under Mohammad Ibrar (16), residents cooperatewith the DLSA-ap- Baran have themselvessaid in take forwardthe investigations.” claims the killedterrorists to be to Shopian to work as labourers, “heavy fire from the fringeofthe of Dharsakri village, and Abrar CAUGHT IN THE HATHRAS pointedadvocate,investigateand their statementsinfront of the Imtiyaz Ahmad, one of the their kith or kin, theycan come were missing since the night of cordon”, “firefromthe centreof Ahmad(25)ofTarkasi villageof firestorm whichhas put pressure ensurejustice,”hetoldTheIndian magistrateunder 164(CrPC) that three labourers, had been work- forwardfor their identification July17. On August10, their pho- the cordon” and “firefrominside Kotranka, Rajouri, were killedin on the Yogi Adityanath govern- Express. noassaultonthemtookplaceand ing in Shopian since 2018.Hehad and participation in lastrites at tographs begandoing the rounds the house” during searches in a an alleged encounter in ment in Uttar Pradesh, an alleged The incident pertains to theywent with the boys on their been staying and working at the Baramulla”. of social media, and the Rajouri span of twohours and 45 min- AmshiporavillageofShopian, in case of rape of twominor sisters September 19,when an FIR was ownaccord,” he had tweetedin house of the numbardar of On July19, Brigadier Ajay families identifiedthem as their utes, the recovery of pistols and south Kashmir,onJuly18. The in Rajasthan’s Baran district, 275 registeredunder sections 363 Hindi on Thursday. Chowgam village. On July16, Katoch, Commander of 12 Sector missing members. the sourcing, the claim about peo- Armyand the police had dubbed km from Jaipur,has created apo- (kidnapping)and34(actsdoneby In Baran, The Indian Express Imtiyaztold the numbardar’s RashtriyaRifles, told the press: The Armyrespondedimme- ple gathering in large numbers at the three as unidentifiedmili- liticalstormintheCongress-ruled severalpersons in furtherance of metthe father of the twogirls, familythat he would rent aroom “On night 17th and 18th July, we diatelyand releasedastatement: the siteand stoning though the tantsand buriedthem discreetly state. commonintention)of theIPCfol- who said Dubey would speak on since twoother labourers from receivedahuman intelligence “Wehavenoted social media in- encounter took place in the early in agraveyard in Baramulla, With the BJP mounting an at- lowing acomplaint by the father the behalf of the family. “It ap- his villageweregoing to join him. from our unit source at around putslinked to the operation at hours of the day. north Kashmir. tack on Chief MinisterAshok of the twogirls who had gone peared the familyisunder pres- Gehlotand the National missing. The twoboys namedby sureand is afraid fortheir safety. Commission forWomen on thefatheronthebasisof suspicion As per the DLSA order,Iwill be SaturdaycriticisingChief Minister were also minors. monitoring the entireinvestiga- Rahul, Priyanka meet Hathras TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Ashok Gehlotfor lackofsensitiv- On Thursday, Dr Ravi had said tion process and will also see if ity in the Baran case, the District the twogirls, aged 15 and 13,had therewasanydiscrepancyduring CASES: RECOVERED:54,27,706 LegalServicesAuthority(DLSA)in notmentionedany sexualassault theinvestigation.Afterexamining victim’s family: ‘They just 215 Baran appointed asenior advo- oranyothercriminalangleintheir all details, we will take acall on if DAYSSINCE 64,73,544 DEATHS:1,00,842 catetoextendlegalaidto thefam- statementsbeforethemagistrate we needtofile additional cases,” PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 7,78,50,403 | DOUBLING RATE: 54.36** ilyofthe minor girls. under Section 164CrPC. “They he said. “Wehad receivedanapplica- had said theywent on their own The BJP,however, claimed asked about our child’ tion from the twominor girls accord. Later,the twoofthem Rajasthan had become the crime throughtheSakhiKendrainBaran were presented before the Child capital in the country. “In the past forfreelegal aid. Following that, WelfareCommittee (CWC), who 20 months, lakhs of cases have SOMYALAKHANI,ANANYA we have appointed senior advo- counselledthem and following beenregisteredandaplethorare- TIWARI & cateKamlesh Dubey,who will that directed them to be sent to a latetomurder,loot, dacoity,rape ASHNABUTANI providelegalaidto thefamilyand home forwomen,” he had said. and gang rape... We demand the HATHRAS,NEWDELHI, KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING willmonitorthecaseuntilitscon- The twogirls were located by intervention of the honourable OCTOBER3 TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** clusion,” DLSA Secretaryand the police in Kota on September Governor.Wewill startour state- Additional District and Sessions 21 andhandedoverthefamilyaf- wide Halla Bol campaign against CONGRESS LEADERS Rahul ■ Maharashtra 14,16,513 15,591 1.23% 58.76 Judge,Baran,ShivKumar told The terSeptember 24. thefailinglawandordersituation Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi ■ Andhra 7,06,790 6,555 0.95% 75.67 SundayExpress on Saturday. Senior advocateDubey,ap- in Rajasthan on October 5,” said Vadra, who were on Thursday IntheBaranincident,whatat- pointed by the DLSA said under Rajasthan BJP president Satish ■ Tamil Nadu 6,08,885 5,595 0.96% 74.75 stoppedenroutetoHathras to tractedtheOppositionirewasthe the POCSO Act, even consensual Poonia.WhiletheBJPconstituted meetthe 19-year-old woman's ■ Delhi 2,85,672 2,920 1.11% 64.93 rejection by alocalcourtofanap- sexwith minors wasconsidered afact-finding team, aparty dele- family, managed to reachthe vil- ■ Kerala 2,13,499 9,258 4.12% 17.47 plication by the familyofthe mi- rape.Further,aminor’sconsentis gation also metthe SP in Baran . lageonSaturdayand spent an nor girls to re-recordtheir state- notaconsent in the languageof When contacted by The hour at their residence. *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth mentsunderSection164,Codeof the law, pointed out Rajulben IndianExpress,thebrotherof one “She (Priyanka) sat with me, CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT CriminalProcedure,before amag- Desai, Member,NCW.“Ifeel that of the minor accusedinthe case asked me about my daughter, Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish istrate. somewherethe Rajasthan gov- deniedthe rape allegations. “My 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY howshe died, what happenedon Awasthi and Director General of Police HCAwasthi visited Baran Superintendent of ernment and the Chief Minister brother didn’t knowthe girls. He September 14…. She askedabout the victim's familyinHathras, Saturday. GajendraYadav 1.58 8.40 79,476 Police Dr Ravi Saturdaysaid the have to understand the issue of and his friend, who is the co-ac- her cremation,” the victim’s NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: police were nowinvestigating al- sensitivity… In the Baran case, it cused, had gone to Kota on mother said afterthe Congress 1.56 8.32 75,628 legationof rapeby thefamily. “The came up that in the 164CrPC, she September18.Theretheysaw the leaders left. “Theyjustasked us Congress workers and movedto- familyofHathras and sharing Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs initialFIRwasforkidnapping.But went on her ownwill. According twogirls and also their father sit- about our daughter,and prom- wardsthe DND exit, some party their pain.” positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more whenthegirlshadmentionedal- to law, aconsent of aminor is not ting in apolice jeep and hitcheda isedtohelp us getjustice.” workers were involvedinclashes Selja Kumari, former Union indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days legedinvolvementof boys intheir countedasconsent.Whenwillwe ridebacktoBaraninthejeep.Later in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak Social activistYogitaBhayana, with policemen stationedatthe ministerofsocial justice and em- statementsunder Section 161 be awareabout it?” she told re- we came to knowthey’vefileda DataasonOctober2,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude who waswith the familywhen toll gates. powerment, who waspresent at datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive CrPC giventothe police, the sec- porters in Jaipur. case againstus, claimedthe the twoleaders metthem, told As some Congress workers the DND, told The SundayExpress, tions pertaining to rape and On Thursday, Gehlottermed brother of the accused. The SundayExpress,“Theyasked facedpolice batons, Priyanka got “The UP government does notbe- the familywhether theywanted offthe vehicle and attempted to lieve in justice. It believesinjun- aCBI inquiry, to whichthe family shield them. She eventually gleraj,and this is aresult of that. said no. Theyofferedtheir condo- pushedsome police personnel In ademocratic country, anyone UP new information chief was crisis manager to 2ex-CMs lences to the familyand extended and movedthe barricades aside can meetanybody.Isthereany their support.” from one exit as the motorcade democracy here? Youdonot see stategovernment,facingfire over craticcircleswhenhewaschosen Energy.Hewasalsochairman/MD Affairs Department, considereda As the twoleaders reached inchedforward behind them. anyevidence of that under the UP MAULSHREESETH the Hathras death and alleged by then UP CM Mayawati as of UP PowerCorporation Ltd and sideposting.Accordingto officers, the family's residence, morethan Delhi stateCongress chief Anil government.” LUCKNOW,OCTOBER3 gangrape case, to firefight the cri- Secretarytothe CM. Manywere CMD of the StateIndustrial Sehgal came up with fresh ideas 50 UP Police personnel and joint Chaudharysaid he wasinjuredin Dr Sai Anamika, regional co- sis,Sehgalplayedsimilarrolesun- surprisedwhen Mayawati pub- Development Authority. fordeveloping religious places magistratePremPrakash Meena the lathicharge.“Congress work- ordinator,member,AICC, said, NAVNEET SEHGAL, the 1988- der twoprevious governments. liclypraisedhim along with fel- In UP bureaucratic circles, it acrossthestate,andpromotedthe were present. The victim’s ers will give blood forthe safety “Party workers and afew senior batchIAS officer givenadditional Known forhis “network” in lowIAS officer Durga Shanker for wasrarefor an officer to be given ideaof “religioustourism”—some brother told The SundayExpress, of women, girls, and Dalit women politicians were injured(in police charge of the Uttar Pradesh bureaucraticcircles,notjustinUP their work. so manysignificant responsibili- projectsonwhichworkisstillgo- “Theyreassuredus help; theysaid of UP.Weare notscared of the lathicharge). Among them was Information Department as or other states but even abroad, By 2012,aside from being tiestogether,thattooofSecretary ingonwere proposedatthattime. theywill do what theycan.” lathis or the Modi-Yogi regime,” Kamal Kishor." Additional Chief Secretaryinthe Sehgal comes from Chandigarh SecretarytoCM, Sehgal wasalso rank,sources said. But afterthe Justbefore2014Lok Sabha Earlier in the day, Priyanka he said. Senior party leaders KC latestbureaucraticreshuffle,isno andisalsoacharteredaccountant. handling keydepartmentssuch AkhileshYadavgovernmentcame polls, Akhilesh, then looking to and Rahul had run intoheavy po- On waytothe village Venugopal, Randeep Singh stranger to being close to power Pickedbythen Union MoS as StateUrban Development to powerin2012,Sehgal,likemost promote “BrandUP”,madeSehgal lice deployment on the DND Saturday, Rahul tweeted, Surjewala and Adhir Ranjan and serving on relative sidelines Akhilesh Das Gupta in 2006to be Authority,Urban Development, officers close to the previous CM, head of the Information Depa- while exiting the NCR. As their ve- “Nothing in the worldcan stop Choudhuryalso accompanied under anew government. his private secretary, Sehgal first Estate Department (whichhan- wasputon‘waitlist’.Hewaseven- rtment, giving him additional hicle drovealongside acrowd of me from meeting this unhappy Rahul and Priyanka. Apparentlybrought in by the cameintolimelightinthebureau- dles all government properties), tuallygiven charge of Religious charge as Principal Secretary. Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THESUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 8 SUNDAY STORY LOOKING FORA 19-YEAR-OLD

She cannottellher story. Instead, her grieving family, atense villageinHathras rivenbydeepfault lines, FAMILIES OF THE ACCUSED and asordid drama by policeand the administration, have takenoverthe narrative. SOMYA LAKHANI &JIGNASASINHAreportfromher home ‘Do narco test… Hang

TWAS abusy month on the sewing says thevictim’s elder sister. them if guilty or let machineforthe19-year-old.OnAugust It wasthe 19-year-old, says thesister-in- 26,ababywasborn,herbrother’sthird law, who convincedthe familytocelebrate daughter.Apartfromtheusualembroi- the baby’s arrival. “She wasthe onlyone who I deryworkshe did, the woman had to said it’s ahappymoment, that the babyhas them live their lives’ turn old dhotis and saris into clothes forthe continuedtheir tradition of three sisters in baby. Her hands worked fast on themachine, the family. Isometimes wonder,how did she recalls her sister-in-law, “ekdum tez”. getsowise?” she says. Weekslater,thebabyclotheslieunfinished. In the house teeming with relativesand AMILBHATNAGAR Thesewingmachinehasbeenpushedto acor- outsiders, the babymoves from one lap nerandtheswatchesof fabrichave beenbun- to another. OR THE pastfivedays, an en- dledontoablue shelf in one of the three small The sister-in-lawsays that with women in tourageofmedia and police have roomsof thehouseinavillageinUP’sHathras. thevillagemostlyconfinedtotheirhomes,the been throngingthe narrowdirt 19-year-old had growntobecome her best F Three weeksafter the baby’s birth, her 19- lane leading to the 19-year-old’s year-old aunt wasassaulted andallegedly friend. “She wasonly14-15when Igot mar- house in Hathras. From the verandah of a rapedbyfourupper-caste men in abajra field riedand came here. Suchababy. She still house acrossthisroad,afew women, all that’safive-minutewalkfromherhouse.Two suckedher thumb while sleeping, her one relativesofthe accused, peer out every Severalquestion weekslater,onSeptember 29, the woman, hand on her eyebrow,” she says,laughing. nowand then to catchaglimpseofthe marks born intoone of thefiveValmiki (Dalit)fami- The two-dayblockade of the Hathras villagewas liftedSaturday; (top) Asshegrew older,the19-year-oldbecame crowd. liesinthevillage,diedinaDelhihospital—201 siteofthe 19-year-old’s hurriedcremation. Gajendra Yadav the one the sister-in-lawwouldturntowhen As demands forjustice forthe 19-year- kmfromherhouse,hermother,andhernieces. in trouble.“Shewould advise me on howto old grow,and aday afteraUPgovernment THE EVENTS of the lastfew days in What followedthe deathwas asurrepti- tacklemaritalissues,hownot to getangryover spokesperson said polygraph andnarco Hathras —the alleged rape and as- tious cremationdoneinthe absence of family petty problems at home,how to always wear testswould be conducted on the accused, sault on a19-year-oldon members, avillageunder siegebythe police, At 2.45 am Wednesday, from the small The woman’s sister-in-lawsays that like theghoonghat...Thisishowitisinvillages,girls the victim’s relativesand even police offi- September 14,her death on allegationsof threats by seniorUPgovernment windows of itshomes, avillageshroudedin mostwomen in the village, the 19-year-old grow up very quickly,”says thesister-in-law. cers involved in theprobe,families of the September 29, and ahurriedcre- officials, an Opposition on the roads, and the darkness and grief sawthe smokefroma mostlystayedathome. Even the rare visits to Aday afterthe 19-year-old’s hurriedcre- accusedsay theywantafair trial. mation in the early hoursofthe suspensionofHathras’s toppolice officers. lonely pyre riseupintotheskyasUPPoliceand the market didn’t always end well,she says. mation, avideo had surfacedofthe sister-in- While three of the accused, Sandeep following day—have castanun- The woman is nowastatistic, the rear end theadministrationcrematedthe19-year-old’s “She would come backangry... saythe upper- lawchasingaUPgovernmentofficial’svehicle (20), his uncle Ravi (35), and Ramu (27) favourable light on the role of the of aspeedingambulance,alitpyre. TheSunday body,without the family. castessay mean things aboutus, calledher inthevillage.“Ican’teatorsleep...Lookatwhat arerelated, the fourth accused, Luv Kush UP Police and the administration Expresswentto theHathrasvillagelookingfor “Peoplesaythefamily isbrave...We arenot names... and so on,” says the sister-in-law. we have beenputthrough. We mightbepoor, (19),isSandeep’s friend. All four men are whose handling of recent events, the 19-year-old woman. brave.Whatoptiondowe have?Afterthegov- Theyearthewomanwasborn,“afew days we mightbeDalits but do we have no right ShikhawatThakurs whose families have including the Vikas Dubey en- ernment deprivedusofthe right to carry out before wheat washarvestedin2001”, over aloved one? Theydidn’t even letussee been intoagriculturefor many genera- counter,has comeinfor criticism. ■ ■ ■ our sister'slastrites, fighting forjustice is the Sandeep’s grandfather had spent time in jail her offpeacefully,”she adds. tions. The farmers of the villagemostly onlythingwe cando,”says oneofthewoman’s forallegedly beating up the woman’s grand- In avillagewheremostlips aresealed, grow paddy andbajra. Born to agricultural labourers, the she was cousins, sitting in her house that’s teeming father.“He brokehis head with ahammer,a wherequestions about the woman areei- Sixmonths ago, Sandeep got ajob with he was. He came backhomeonhis cycle thefourthof five siblings.Shewasalsothefirst with mediapersons case wasfiled... Since then, ther metwith “wohbahut bholi thi (she was aprivate companyinDelhi forwhom he around 11.30 am,” says Rajwati, Ramu’s woman in the familytoattend school, briefly. Saturdayafternoon. “Weare not brave. this familyhas had aprob- very innocent)” or that “she is lying” —de- had to drive acourier vehicle. Hisfamily mother. “Shehadto crossthehighway just to getto What option do we lem with us. Theyuse caste- pending on who youtalk to —it’s hardto says that from the Rs 6,000 he earned Afew metres away from Sandeep’s theprimaryschool.Trucksandbusesmovedat ■ ■ ■ basedslurs,theaccusedalso knowwhat it is to be a19-year-old growing everymonth, Sandeep sent some money home, Ravi’s familysays theyhavetold his suchspeed...We pulledheroutof schoolwhen have?After the govt threatenedher in the past,” up in aDalithome in aUPvillage, wheremul- home to hisparents, who worked on 5 four children that their father is out on she wasinClass 5. We neverlet her go alone, Atwo-daysiege, with deprived us of the says afamilymember of the tiple fault lines run intoeachother.Ofcaste, bighas of land. Theysay that he returned work andthat he would return soon. The we were afraidshemightcomeunderacar,or 300UPPolice personnel 19-year-old. gender,and countless others. home afew days agoafter developing a 35-year-old, adaily-wage labourer,would that someonemight kidnapher... What we guarding everyinchofthe right to carryout our Who wasthis 19-year-old? From the fam- cyst on his foot. line up at achowk 2kmawayevery day, fearedhascometrue.We couldn’tprotecther,” village, wasliftedSaturday sister’s last rites, ■ ■ ■ ily’s accounts, she is someone who made the “On the morning of the incident hoping to getpickedupfor work.His fam- says thewoman’smother,sobbingintoherveil. morning.With reporters “perfect rotis”, whose worldrevolvedaround (September 14), Sandeepwas lyinginthe ilyclaims that on the dayofthe incident, On the morning of September 14,the campingoutside the village fighting forjustice Fortwo days as the her nieces, who rarely lefther home and de- verandah. His parentshad come home af- he had gone to the chowk, looking mother says,the twoofthem had gone to the fordays,and news of her is the only thing siegewent on, police took pendedonher brother,awagelabourer,to tergiving foddertothe animals. It wasa forwork. bajrafields to cut grass fortheir six buffaloes death making global head- over the village’s fields, bring back“ladkiyowala samaan”fromthe regular dayinthe village,” says Hariom, Luv Kush took up odd jobs to sustain and cows.Asthe daughter worked afew me- lines, the spotlight is sud- we cando.” rooftops and lanes. With market forher.Yet,inthehoursafterherdeath, 30, Sandeep’scousin. himself.Sandeep’s familysays Luv Kush tres away from the mother,she wasallegedly denlyonthe small village Section144of CrPC in place, as politicians put out her videos doubtingthe The victim’s familyhas alleged that the is notinvolvedinthe crime and washelp- draggedto apartofthefieldwhereshewasal- and its60families. Of these, onlyabout five mostresidentsdidn’t leave their homes. veracity of her statement, her real story, her 19-year-old wasassaulted andgangraped ing his mother in anearbyfield on the day legedly gangrapedand beaten up by Sandeep households areofValmikis, while the rest are Also lockedinwas the 19-year-old’s fam- version of events,will remain unsaid. by the four men while she wascutting of the incident. (20), Ravi (35),Luv Kush (23) and Ramu (26). of Brahmins and Thakurs. ily. On Saturday, when policeliftedthe block- What is confirmed, though, is alife grass in the fields around 8.30 am. The “Some people saywehaveconnec- The mother says she found her daughter Adirttrack separates —orjoins —the vic- ade, the media thronged thesmallbrick snatchedawayat19, and amother’s loss. woman’s mother has said that the ac- tions andthatthe police areprotecting us. lying in apool of blood, and the familyrushed tim’s home and that of theaccused.But the house, occupying everyconceivable inchof The mother says,“The lasttime Ispoketo cusedfledthe spotafter she raisedan We arenobody,how canweinfluence the to apolice station, followedbyalocal hospi- eventsofthe lastfew weekshaveturnedold space in eachofthe rooms with mics and herwaswhenshewasinAligarhhospital.She alarm. police? Ramu and Ravi have probably not tal. The woman wasmoved to ahospital in fault lines intodeep, cavernous divides. questions. “Wehaven’t eatenall day, thechil- told me she missedme, her nieces, that she Afew months ago, Ramu, one of the been outsideofHathrastheir entirelives. Aligarh, an hour away from the village, and “She’s ruinedour village’s name... brought dren aresoaking biscuitsinwater forlunch. wanted to come backhome. Even when she four accused, had got ajob as adailywage People sayweare from ahigher caste... then to Delhi’sSafdarjung Hospital on suchdisrepute. Who will marry theirdaugh- Give us some space,”the victim’s sister-in- wasinsomuchpain, sheinquiredabout my worker at amilk plant 10 km from the vil- We arejustlabourers, farmers…”, says September 28. Aday later,she died. ters intothis villagenow?” says aThakurresi- lawsays,overwhelmed. health,asked if her nieces were eating well.” lage.His familysays he would cycle to the Sandeep’s cousin Hariom. “A nightbeforethe incident, my daughter dent of thevillage. The arrivalofthe 19-year-old’s niece in The mother says she hasn't musteredthe plantsfor twoshifts —7.30 am to 1.30 pm, The families saytheyare nowpinning and Isleptinthe aangan,likewealwaysdid. At thevictim’shome,acousinsays thatde- Augusthadbroughtthefamilytogetherforthe couragetogotothe spotwherethe 19-year- and 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm. His familysays, their hopes on the narco test.“If thereisa She usedtotell me everynight howshe can’t spitethe siege, he is awareofthe “rumours”. firsttimeinoverayear.Thewoman’stwomar- old’s ashes still lie, unclaimed. “When Iwould Ramu,who has studiedtillhis Class 10,is test whereyou can tell if aperson is say- fall asleep unless Iamnexttoher.Imaginemy “If theSPcango onnationalTVandsayshewas riedsisters and their children had paid avisit. complainaboutour struggles, poverty,she hardofhearing. ing the truth or not, then we want nothing misfortune that Iwasn’t allowedtosee my notraped,whatcan one expectfromthe “Weall got together before bhabhi’s deliv- wouldalways saythatthingswouldgetbetter “Ramu wasworking when the inci- morethanthat. Lettherebeafair trial. daughter’sfacewhenshedied.HowwillIever Thakurs of the village, who areconvincedshe ery, hoping it wouldbeaboyafter twogirls. some day. Howcan therebebetterdays with dentoccurred. If thereisaway to tracka Hang them if theyare guilty.Iftheyare sleep peacefullynow?” she says. lied.Shegave astatement,whywouldshelie?” Parphir se ladki hui (But it wasagirlagain)...,” her gone at suchayoung age...And likethis?” person’s location, theywill knowwhere not, letthem live theirlife,” he adds. Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 9 OPINION THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020

Across Fifth THEAISLE COLUMN TAVLEENSINGH Farmlaws—notchoice,justnoise Twitter@tavleen_singh

FROM PRIME MinisterNarendra Modi to ■ that thereare no APMCs in Kerala, buttedby the data. The newfarmlawsac- The Modi government’s newlawsdo the AgricultureMinistertothe Finance UTsexceptChandigarh, and some tuallyreinforce the status quo with allits notcreatethese thousandsofalternative Minister to the CEO, Niti Aayogtothe Northeastern states. Bihar repealedthe imperfections. farmers’ markets. On the contrary, by al- Hathras is BJP’s president to the BJP’s spokesper- state’s APMC Actafewyearsago.Inthese Isupportgiving choicestothe farmer lowing private tradersincluding corpo- sons, everyone is singing the same tune. states, agricultureproduce marketing (Fooling All thePeople All theTime, Indian ratestoconcludeprivate agreements,and Their argumentisthat farmers were takesplace outside APMCs; Express, September 27,2020). Ialso think installing aconvolutedand bureaucratic amirror PCHIDAMBARAM ‘tied’ to theAPMCs and, now, theyhave ■ thatthe number of APMCs varies that, eventually, theAPMCs have to be disputeresolution mechanism (tothe ex- Website:pchidambaram.in the choice to sell outside the APMCs. Of from106inHaryanato 145inPunjab(with phasedout because,although theyhave clusionofcivilcourts),thegovernmenthas Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN course, theywill not supporttheir argu- manysub-yards) to 283inTamil Nadu. served auseful purpose of being asafety tiltedthe scalesevenmoreagainstthe IF YOUliveinIndia youlearn to accept a ment with data. While70 percentof wheatandpaddypro- netfor asection of the farmers, theyare farmers.Besides,onceprivate unregulated degree of casualcruelty as normal. You Mr Narayana Murthy, co-founder of ducedinPunjabandHaryanaareprocured traderestrictions. Forreasons that have trade outside the APMCislegalised,there learntoacceptthat justbelowthat fragile Infosys, is reportedtohavesaid, “InGod by government agencies (mostlythe FCI), been documented well,the APMCs are will be apowerful incentivefor traders to surface of modernity lies brutality that is we trust. Foreverything else bring the total turnoverofAPMCs in all agricul- notperfect markets, do notserveall farm- de-registerthemselvesfromthe APMC. medieval. But, everynow and then some- me data.” tureproduceinTamilNadu wasonly ers, extract toohigharentand are, in thingsoawful happens that it shakes us Rs 129.76crore in 2019-20;and some cases, under the control of the to thecore. What happened in that ■ that, on average, afarmer in traders and middlemen. LET STATES LEGISLATE Hathras villagehas done justthat. Savage THE IRREFUTABLE Maharashtrahasto travel25kmto findan But before the APMCs arephasedout, Eachstate is unique in terms of crops rapes of little girls and young women are DATA APMC yard. the farmers mustbegiven agenuine cultivated,marketable surplusesand be- so muchthe norm, especiallyinrural From the Prime Minister to choice. That choice can onlybemultiple haviour of traders. Letthe states legislate India, that we learn to look theotherway the spokespersons, none will Whatdoesthedata show?Theyshow alternativemarkets locatedinthousands on the subject of trading in agricultural mosttimes. ■ that86per centof farmersare small REINFORCING THE of large villagesandsmalltowns,easilyac- produce. LettherebeaPunjab model and Lastweek,within hoursofthe 19-year- explain whythe farmer is farmers and have aholding of less than 2 STATUS QUO cessible to farmers, and lightlyregulated lettherebeaBiharmodel.Letthestategov- old woman’s death twootherDalit girls portrayed as bound,hand hectares; by the stategovernmentsonweight and ernment,thefarmersandthepeopleof the were killedinUttar Pradesh. An 11-year- and foot,toanAPMC and ■ that farm holdings arebeing frag- Whetherastate hasAPMCsornotand priceof thecommodity.Farmerscangoto statedecidewhatisbest forthatstate.That old wasbeaten to death in Bhadohi and a mented:according to the Agriculture whether an APMC is accessible or distant, these alternativemarkets and sell, pro- would be true federalism. Parliament- young woman wasabducted andal- the middlemen, when the fact Census,the number of farm holdings in- the fact is that94per cent of the farmers curementagenciesandprivatetraderscan madelaws onasubjectthatfalls,arguably, legedly rapedinBalrampur.But, it wasthe is that 94 per cent of farmers creasedfrom138millionin2010-11to146 have nochoiceexcepttoselltheirproduce buy,butthepriceshallbenotlessthanthe within the StateListofthe Constitution in Hathras victim’s storythat caught our at- are not. Hence,the argument million in 2015-16; outsidetheAPMCinanunregulatedenvi- notifiedMSP.Thus,averylarge proportion thevainhopeof one-size-fits-all-statesare tention perhaps because she managed to that the new farm laws givea ■ thatsmallfarmershave littlesurplus ronment. From the Prime Ministertothe of farmers—unlikeasatpresent—willget invariablysuspect. survive for15days despiteher attackers grain to sell, yettheywill sell afew bags of spokespersons,nonewillexplainwhy the theMSPorabetterpricefortheirproduce. Thetearinghurryinwhichordinances having broken her spine and cuttingher superior choice to the farmer, paddyorwheat to repaytheloan(s)taken farmerisportrayed as bound, hand and False alarms arebeing raisedthatifthere were promulgated andreplacedbyActs tongue. Beforedying she identifiedthe where none existed before,is or forurgenthousehold needs; foot,toanAPMC and the middlemen, is alegal guarantee of MSP,itwill require without prior consultation or proper de- monsters who attackedher and said adeeply flawed argument. ■ that only6per cent of farmers sell when the fact is that 94 per cent of farm- detecting violations,prosecution and jail bate—andwithoutavotingby divisionas clearly that she had been raped. Thenew farm laws actually theirproduce in the APMCmarket yards; ers arenot.Hence, the argument that the forthousandsoftraders.Thatisnonsense. demanded—deservesadeeper probe. ThereisaSupreme Courtjudgment the remaining 94 per cent sell outside the newfarm laws give asuperior choice to The legal guarantee willapplyfor the sale The true motive of the government in en- that says thatifawoman says shewas reinforce the status quo with APMC,mostlytolocaltradersoracooper- thefarmer, wherenoneexistedbefore,isa andpurchase withinthe precincts of the acting thesecontroversial laws remains rapedthen this testimonyisenough. But, all its imperfections ative society or aprocessor; deeplyflawedargument conclusively re- farmers’ markets. underacloud. Yogi Adityanath seems to have his own interpretation of the law, so afterthe Hathrasvictim diedhis officials and his policeforce went to extraordinary lengthstoprove that she wasnot raped. My ISOLATION Since she wascremated hurriedly, in the Who am I? An oppressed dead of night by the police, the onlyev- AWEEKLY WINDOW INTO THE LIVES OF INDIA’S NEWSMAKERS AND IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEM idence is her dying declaration, but will it be enough to convict the four upper- Dalit, asuppressedwoman? caste men she named? Yogi’s lawen- ‘Didn’t let negativityin... Read up on forcement officers have been busy spreading misleadingstories, including punity. He further outlinedfivetypes of one in whichshe wasbeaten nearly to rapists,inwhichopportunistic rapistsare death by her brother who discovered the kinds who rape because theycan, with earlier LS sessions, Speaker rulings’ that she washavinganaffair with one of Dalitality lowriskof punishment.Thereisapatternof her attackers. If stories likethis were true impunityintheattacksonDalitwomen.On and the policehad nothing to hidethere PRANALIYENGDE theonehand,Dalitwomenareregardedas What precautions areyou taking to whenever possible. would have been no reason forthem to impure,while at the same time,their bod- stayCovid-free? Ihavebeen in touchwith my con- prevent the media and all politicians ies areusedasamedium of rage/punish- As avaccine forCovid-19 is still not stituentsthrough teleconferencing, au- from enteringthe villageinwhichher ment againstthe community. available, taking precautions is the most dio conferencing, and other such modes familylives. Everytimesuchanincidenttakesplace, effective waytoprotect oneself from in- of communication.Weare going Speaking of the media and politicians, ON Ausual morningin2019, anotification we rush to add moremeasures to the exist- fection. Ihavebeen following the guide- through difficult times, and it is very im- it needs to be said that neither covered flashedonmymobile.Itwasaboutthegan- inglaws.TheUntouchability(Offences)Act, lines and advisories issued by the Union portant to stay in touchwiththe people themselvesinglory. The ludicrous at- grape and murder of aveterinarydoctor of 1955,waschangedto theProtectionof Civil government andotheragencies. of my constituency.Iconsideritmyre- temptbythe Gandhi siblings to ‘march to my ageinHyderabad. Asudden lightning Rightsin1978. Due to itsinability to curb Wearing mask,social distancing, clean- sponsibility. Hathras’ trivialisedaterrible tragedy, and of fearrushedthroughmy bodyasIwasalso atrocities againstSCs and STs, anew Act ing my hands frequentlyhaveall become thesilence from seniorBJP political lead- in Hyderabad then. My mother calledme called the ScheduledCastesand Scheduled partofmydaily routine now. Do youtakeany specific precautions ershas been deafening. Smriti Irani who to expressher concern.Itriedtoconvince Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Act, 1989, Youmight have observed during the while youtravel? wassovocal afterNirbhaya’s death has her(including myself) that Iamsafe. waspassedbyParliament. In spiteofthis, Monsoon Session of Parliament as well During the lockdown period, Idid not said notone word on Hathras despitebe- OnWednesday, Ireceivedasimilarnoti- UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues that Iwas repeatedly requesting all travel at all. Once the un-lockphase ing the Ministerincharge of Women and fication about the alleged gangrape of a19- RitaIzsák observed that massive underre- members to have their masksonat started, Itravelledtomyconstituency.I ChildDevelopment. year-oldDalitgirl inUttarPradesh.Iwasdis- porting of cases occurs due to society’s ten- all times. followedall the specifiedsafetyproto- As forthe media, it wasonlyafter she turbedagain,butalittlelessconcerned.This dencyto blame thevictim,especiallywhen cols on the trip. wasdead that theydiscoveredthe victim. time, Idid notreceive calls from anyone. It she belongs to alowercaste. Have yougot yourself tested for And, whentheydid, some of my esteemed caughtmy attentionwhenmy brotherbrou- The latestNCRB datareveals that every Covid-19? Howmuchtime do youspend in brethren took to Twitter to saythat the fuss ght up the different reactions from my side day10Dalitwomen areraped. Theseare Yes, Igot myself tested before the Illustration: Suvajit Dey front of ascreen? over her death wasonlybecauseher at- to thetwo casesof brutalassaults.Iwasmore merelyreportedcasesandthereisaspikein commencement of the Monsoon Virtual communicationhas definitely tackers were Hindus. In Balrampur,they disturbed by the firstincident. Wasitbe- atrocitiesagainstSCs(7%)andSTs(26%).The Session. increasedsincethe Covid-19 outbreak.I tweeted, the attackers were Muslims so causeIwasintheproximityof theincidence NationalCampaignonDalitHumanRights, LokSabha SpeakerOmBirla, 57, have also been relyingonittocarry out the incidentwas being ignored.Had this and that Icould relate with it personally? an NGO, revealed that over 23% of Dalit Have youhad to isolateyourself? played akey role in conducting my day-to-daywork. So far, Ihaveat- kind of rubbish come from politicians it Thereasonisnotasapparent.Itisabout women reportbeingraped. No.Igot myself tested only to ensure the Monsoon Session of tendedmorethan 100national and in- would be badenough, but forittocome howthe issue is presented by mainstream WhenIseeasawoman,thescopeof my that everybody around me is safe(in Parliament,even as manyraised ternational programmes virtually. Ihave from journalistsistrulyshameful. media and howsocietyprioritisesits reac- viewtowardsrapeand alliedcrimesislim- Parliament). Iadvise everyone to take ad- been communicating withthe people in The reason whythe Hathras storyhas tionto rapevictimsof differentsocialback- ited.It’smerelypsychological.However, be- equatesteps to stay healthyand getthe apprehensionsabout attending my constituency and attending office shaken us so deeplyisbecause it has be- grounds.Casesof rapeagainstDalitortribal ing aDalit woman, my understandingand Covid-19testdone as soon as symptoms the House in the middle of a meetings online as well. come amirrorinwhichwesee the flaws women areportrayed as unexceptional by relation to it goes muchdeeper.Attackona begin to appear.Those affected must also pandemic. He urged all MPsto of Indian democracy,and the sight is the media. Moreoften, narrativesofsuch Dalit woman from rural parts of India be- isolatethemselves. take Covid-19 tests and in the Howdoyou keep your mind offthe frightening. We see that the men in charge eventstend to emphasise on the ‘gender’ comes an attackonmyself. Her pain be- pandemic? of enforcing the lawhavenot discovered aspect by disregarding the ‘caste’identity comes my pain.Myidentity as aDalit What kind of gloves and mask do you House often asked them to keep During the pandemic, Ihavenever let yetthat their fundamentalduty is to pro- of thevictim.Accordingto RanjanaKumari, woman makes me avictim of asocial con- use? wearing masks. While the negativity cloud my mind. Icontinuedto tect the people and notthe government. Director of the Centrefor Social Research, struct that encourages the use of rape as a Iuse maskswhichmeetthe required Session wascut short after many work actively with apositive frame of They do notunderstand thisbecause nei- although these incidents take place on a tool to punish and silence Dalits. standards. It is abit uncomfortable to use mind. Iinteracted with people, under- ther the training of the policenor that of dailybasis, thereisnosubstantial caste- As apoet, Ibreak disorganisedworlds them but theyare absolutelyessential MPstested positive forthe took administrative work of the Lok the administrative service has changed based dataonsexual violence in India. and letthe wordssink in my heart. forsaving lives. coronavirus, Birlasaid that the Sabha and supervisedpreparatorywork since the British left. The British setupa Yet, the victim’s caste becomes inevita- Who am I?/ My consciousness/ makes Lok Sabha recorded “historic forthe Monsoon Session. system that wasfounded on thecolonial ble,especiallywhenrape,sexualassaultare mehuman/andmy thoughtsbuildmy iden- While interacting with people at productivity” with, on an Ialso went through the proceedings ideathatthe duty of administrators and amongthemostcommonformsof violence tity/until‘that’news inthenewspaper/calls work,what precautions do youtake? of the previous Lok Sabha sessions and lawenforcement officials wastoprotect used against marginalisedcastes. Culture outtotheDalitidentityinme/The‘woman’ Itry to do most of my work on the average,370 MPsattending therulingsgiven by my predecessors. I the government. This is exactlywhatour writer Aditi Murti argues that “the victim’s in me is shaken/ by the wounds created by phone or virtually. However, being arep- the House daily liketoread. Reading inspires me, fuels officials still do. castematters becauseitshines aspotlight breaking the ligamentsofher body/ The resentative of people, Icannotisolate my creativity and motivatesmetore- BeforeNarendra Modi became Prime on India’s uncomfortablepositionasacast- casteistbeasts cut outher tongue/ and here myself completely from them. main positive. Minister, he made manyspeeches in eistState and society thatrepeatedly terro- Ifeelhelplesssilence/Myliberatingthoughts WheneverImeetpeople in Delhi or my whichhetalked of theneedfor India to INTERVIEWBYLIZ MATHEW risesindividualsdeemedlowercaste with fall apartinthat moment/ Theyare tainted parliamentaryconstituency(Kota-Bundi, What is the firstthing youwant to do changethe rules of governance and to violence...”. The wayinwhichthe 19-year- by thecageofcaste/andthehelplessnessof Rajasthan), Imakeitapoint to ensureso- when the pandemic is past? take anew road.ManyordinaryIndians old wascrematedby the UP Policeisatesti- my femininity/ And hereIkeep on asking,/ cialdistance. Ipraythatthe pandemic ends soon understood this to meanthattheywould monytohow casesconcerning Dalitsare WhoamI?/ An oppressedDalit, asup- and the worldbecomes free from Covid- no longer be ruled, but governed.Many treatedas opposedtodominantcaste ones. pressedwoman,/Orahumanwithfreewill? Have youhad to stayawayfrom 19 infection. whom Imet on my travels in rural India PsychologistNoamShpancer detailed Pranali Yengde, firstgeneration Dalit familysince the outbreak? Ihopethat this happensatthe earli- said that theywanted officials, both evolutionarypsychologicalreasonsforrape. woman journalist,isawriter and poet Fortunately, IstayinDelhi with my estsothatlifecan return to normal and elected and unelected,torealise that they Men rape women because theytend to be family. Having saidthat, people of Kota- economic,social, political and other ac- should think of themselvesasthe servants physicallystrongerby geneticdesign;there- Suraj Yengde,author of Caste Matters, Bundi arealso my family.Itry and stay tivities canmove forwardaround the of the people and notasmasters. They fore,theyrape because theycan with im- curates the fortnightly ‘Dalitality’ column in touchwith them and meetthem worldand in India too. said that theyhopedthat underModi this changewould happen because he wasthe son of a‘chaiwallah’and notsomeone who believedhewas born to rule. Had he brought about this change, his handpickedChief MinisterinUttar On the Pradesh wouldnot have spentthis past Rules of professional etiquettein2020 week trying to obliteratethe horrorof LOOSE Hathras, he wouldhavebeen standing LEHERKALA by the side of the Dalit familywhose Ms Mohan’s bluntassessment brings It turns out the (unwritten) rulesof pro- parent is aterrific achievement—for the panies, judging by the oh-so-woke, but daughter diedsuchaterrible death. Had [email protected] to recall the other millennial phrase: TMI, fessional etiquetteremain intact irrespec- parent, notthe beneficiary. Perhaps,this actuallyveryclever, PR move by tech gi- changehappened, the police officers and baby, TMI. (Too MuchInformation.) Ire- tive of whether it’s 1990 or 2020.Whileto- ease with whichyoung people wear dam- ant Zomato. At the height of the Covid cri- officials who have been involvedinthe centlyhelpedayoung friend fixher CV day’s cutthroat environmentmight require ageasabadge of pride is aresult of having sis, when almostnobody wasgoing to an sickening attempt to pretend that the THE COVID-19pandemic has wipedout whereshe had listedher participation at adifferentiator that marks one as unique, grownuponline, and communicating in office, theyannouncedpaid menstruation victim wasnot rapedwould have been careers across industries, alloverthe world. ShaheenBaghduringtheanti-CAAprotest. referencing difficult familysituations as a 172characters.Consumingbitsofinforma- leave forwomen everymonth (and were sacked. If theyhavenot been then we The unpredictabilityofthe virus means Save your woke-ness forFacebook,and ide- showofresilience comes across as grossly tion from hereand thereand neverdeep laudedbythe international press forit). I have to assume that orders to prevent economic contractionisbound to continue, ally, noteventhat, Itold her.Apotential em- entitled. Firstly, mentioning your single diving intoanything, has destroyed an in- fail to understand howall women being the truthfrombeing made public came and thoseseeking employment face bru- ployerdoesn’t careifyou battledicy mom presumes that everyone who grew stinct to knowwhat to say, where. But the shovedintoageneralisedcategoryof from the top. talchallenges. So,when arecruiter forme- Februarywinds foryour political beliefs. up in twoparent homes haditperfect.A social contract applies to acareer as much needing this time offcan be seen as astep Horrible though this tragedyhas been, diacontent bemoanedthatdespitereceiv- When she complainedIwas unnecessarily job application is notacompetition for as it does to apersonal life. Success is often forward. Personally, Iwould prefer to if it reminds the Prime Ministerofthe ing asurfeit of applications she couldn’t scathing, Idid wonder whether my mid- whichperson survivedtrauma best. knowing wheretoreveal one’s authentic shootmyself than discuss bodilyfunctions needfor bringing the changes that areso zeroinonmorethanone candidate, her dle-agedpoint of viewisoutdatedfora24- Besides,thislevelofdisclosurebeforeafirst self (and wherenever to). The atmosphere with my boss. Again, TMI. Ask the women. desperatelyneededinthe training of the opiniononhow peopleshould present year-old applying forher firstjob. Because meeting is alarming; nobody wantstobe at the modern workplace maybeless hi- Theywant equal opportunities for police and our officials, it will be asmall themselvesinthe post-Covid work world the thing with this generation of 20-some- saddledwith acolleague who needs an erarchicaland morelaissez fairebut that growth, notthese insulting sops. Civility, flickerofhope. It is morethan time that wasworth hearing. LavanyaMohan, aCA things is, their everymeal and relationship agonyaunt. Unless the levelofendurance doesn’t mean the old cliche doesn’t apply, even chivalry, is always welcome but the we stopped accepting that if youlivein who worksatVui.ai tweeted: “I reallydon’t status is meticulouslyrecordedonsocial is likethe girlwho took her father pillion of familiarity breeding contempt. greatestcourtesy anyone can receive in India youhavetolearn to acceptcasual needtoknowyou were “raisedbyasingle media anyway.Oversharingof personalin- on acycle from Delhi to Bihar duringthe It appears though that the dayisnot an office is an atmospherefreeofgender- cruelty and medieval brutality as normal. mom” and idgaf (I don’t give aF***) about formation is so normalised, talking about lockdown, best to keep familystruggles out farwhen flaunting single moms and the basedcomplications. What happenedinHathras has come as your Netflix preferences. This is ajob appli- your single mom in aCVfor allIknow, of aprofessional setting. myriad other problems lifethrowsatus agrotesque reminder of howimportant cation notaRoadies audition.” might be perfectlyacceptable. Undoubtedly,being asuccessful single will be up fordiscussion with HR in com- The writer is director,HutkayFilms. it is forthis to change.

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 10 GOVT &POLITICS BiharOppnallianceannouncesseat Oppn also thought of improving farm share,minorallyVIP‘quits’inahuff laws but lacked RajyaSabha MP ManojJha Cong gets 70,Left29, RJD to accommodateJMM from its144 Cong, Left drove hard courage: PM Modi Discriminatory: SANTOSHSINGH bargain, RJD looked at PATNA,OCTOBER3 Kinnaurgenerallysellthefruitfor RJD’s Manoj Jha EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Rs 40-50 per kg while the con- AS THE OppositionGrand social engineering SHIMLA,OCTOBER3 sumer in Delhi pays Rs 100-150 moves SC over Alliance announcedthe shareof forthe same. seatsthe partners will contest NDAareas.TheRJDhasdoneitsso- PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi “Where'sthe missing new farm laws in the forthcomingBihar SANTOSHSINGH cialarithmetic before allotting on Saturdaysaid that the amount? Neitherthe farmer nor Assemblyelections, RJD leader PATNA,OCTOBER3 these seats,” the RJD leader said, Opposition, whichiscurrently the consumer in the city gets it. and former Deputy CM adding thatthereweresharp dif- protesting againstthe newfarm And as the apple season peaks, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE TejashwiPrasad Yadavdeclared DESPITETOUGHposturingby ferences over seat-sharing. laws,hadalsothoughtof bringing prices fall drastically,”hesaid. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 himself leader of the alliance, RJD,the Congress wasabletobar- Among Leftparties, CPI(ML) improvementsto theexistingleg- Modi said that fruit andveg- thanking the other parties for gain hardand get70seatstocon- succeededinbargainingwell.The islation but “lackedcourage”. etableproducersinHimachalwill RJD RAJYASabha member reposing faith in his leadership, test in the Assemblypolls. party wasallocated 19 seatsdue Addressingapublicgathering nowbefreetogodirectlytoother Manoj Jha has approachedthe and made severalpromises if RJD leaders Tejashwi Yadavand TejPratapwith Bihar The Congress had contested to itspresence in Siwan, Arwal, at Solang near Manaliafter inau- states to sell their products, and Supreme Courtquestioning the theyform thegovernment. Congress in-charge Avinash Pandey, VIP president Mukesh 41 seatsin2015electionsand Jehananad, rural Patna and gurating the Atal Tunnel, Modi canalsochooseto selltheminthe Centre’s newfarmlaws, saying Among others, Tejashwi said Sahni and Leftleaders, in Patna on Saturday. PTI won27. The JD(U) wasthen part Katihar,RJD leaders said. The said that thosewho opposed the local mandis. the “discriminatoryand mani- the firstCabinetmeeting of a of the Grand Alliance. CPI(ML) has three MLAs in the newlawshadpromotedcommis- Earlier,addressingthepublicon festly arbitrary” changes will ex- Grand Alliance government, if it TheRJDwassaidto beunwill- outgoing Assembly. “The RJD be- sionagentsandmiddlemenwhen thenorthernsideof theAtalTunnel pose marginal farmers to ex- comes to fruition,would an- povertyand ing to give the Congress more lievesCPI(ML) would help greatly theywereinpower.“Those op- at Sissu in Lahaul and Spiti district, ploitation by big corporates. nounce 10 lakhgovernment jobs unemploy- than 60 seats, but eventuallyrec- inmutual conversion of votes, un- posingthelaws wantto live inthe ModisaidfarmersfromLahaulwill Jha is the thirdlegislator to forthe state'syouth. ment. "Nofac- onciledto70seatssince it osten- likeRLSPorHAM(S).The Leftpar- previouscentury. Butthecountry nowfinditeasierto taketheirpro- challengethe newfarm laws. The mediaconference, at- tory opened siblydid notwant to letanother ties could beanassettothe Grand is eager forchange,and the laws duceto Manaliviathenewly-con- Earlier,Congress MP from Kerala tendedbyleaders of the other al- (in the state), allygoafter RLSP andHAM(S)left Alliance,” the leader said. areahistoricimprovement in the structedtunnel,whichreducesthe TNPrathapan and DMK Rajya liance partners, wasnot without DECISION farmers arebe- Grand Alliance in the lasttwo This is the firsttime CPI(ML) farm sector.Eventhey(the distance between the twopoints Sabha member from Tamil Nadu itsshareofdrama. Vikassheel VIP’swalkouthas 2020 ing exploited. months over seat-sharing. has been partofanRJD-led al- Opposition)thought of this im- by around 45 km and cutsthe Tiruchi Siva had movedthe court Insaan Party(VIP) chief Mukesh potentialtohurt BIHAR This govern- Besides, the Congress has been liance. The party had wonsix provement, but lackedthe travel time by severalhours. He in the matter. Sahni,whose party'sshareof ment failedtostop RJD's mosttrustedally. seatsin2000, seveninthe courage to introduce it,” he said. said the newtunnel will also en- In his plea, Jha has said, “The seatswas notannounced,said to- migration (of workers to other But the numbers in them- February2005Assemblypolls, Modi’s statement seemedto sureconnectivityduringthewinter impugnedlegislationscorporatise wardsthe endofjointpress con- MUKESH SAHNI’S states).Ifpeople give us one selvesmay nottellthewholestory and five in the elections in be aveileddig at the Congress — months,whentheRohtangPassis agricultureand ushers in an un- ference that he was"betrayed" Vikassheel Insaan Party chance, we will trytoregain the —asanRJDleadersaid,mostseats October the same year. the BJP has cited theopposition closeddue to snow. regulatedandexploitative regime. by Tejashwi.Sahni walkedout of (VIP)walkingout of the lostpride and gloryofBihar,” giventothe Congress have sitting It drew ablankinthe 2010 party’smanifesto forthe2019 Lok Thesewere hisfirstpublicral- Afarmer would nothavethe the press meetand told reporters Grand Alliancecouldhurt he said. JD(U)andBJPmembers.“About40 elections, when NDAwon 206of Sabha polls to assert that it had liesinmorethansixmonths,since knowledgetonegotiate the best thathis party could no longer be the Opposition since the Tejashwi also said govern- seatsofCongresshave beenstrong 243seats also promisedthe samelaws thecoronaviruspandemicforced terms with aprivate company. partofthe Grand Alliance. EBC leader has sizeable ment job vacancy forms would whichthe Modi government has anationwidelockdowninMarch. This leads to unequal bargaining The VIP had been demanding influence amongSahni be givenfreeofcost. enacted to allowfarmers to sell People at both public meetings position in negotiating the farm 20-plus seatsbut wasassured of Mallahs,whichconstitute Emphasising that alliance their produce outside state-con- were seatedasper social distanc- agreementwith corporates and about 10 seats, it is learnt. about 2per centofthe partners had made some sacri- trolledmandisbutisnowcriticis- ingprotocols. wouldleadto corporatesmonop- Addressing the media in the state’s population. fice in seat-sharing, he assured ing them forpolitical reasons. Modi saidthatLahaul resi- olising the agriculturesector.” statecapital,the RJDleader said them of an electoral victory: “I as- The Prime Ministersaid that dents, who aregenerallycut-off He allegedthat the laws were the Congress would conteston sureyou it (sacrifice) would not thankstothe newfarm laws, duringthewinters,willbeableto passed“in breachofthe 70 seats, besides the Valmiki allies forreposingfaith in my go waste.” small and marginal farmers in move out forstudies, work and ParliamentaryRules and con- NagarLok Sabha by-election, leadership. IassurethatIwould Congress screening commit- Himachal Pradesh will nowbe health services. The Atal Tunnel vention”, in “blatant breachof while the three Leftparties will live up to their expectations. We teechairman Avinash Pandey able to getbetterprices fortheir willalsobringmoretouriststo the the principlesoffederal struc- fightfrom29constituencies: will trytooffer astrong alterna- said: “NitishKumarhad betrayed produce. He pointedout that ap- valley, which willgenerateem- ture” and “violates the Basic CPI(ML) from 19 seats, and the tive.The double-engine govern- the mandate(received by the ple growers in Shimla, Kullu and ployment opportunities,hesaid. Structureofthe Constitution”. CPI and CPI(M) six and four seats, ment (of Nitish Kumar) has been Grand Alliance in 2015); the peo- respectively. in ICU.... If we arevotedtopower, ple will notforgive him. Nitish The RJD, whichkept144seats we will give 10 lakh government Kumar had been insensitive to- foritself, would accommodate jobs in theveryfirstCabinet wardsmigrants, denying return Cong, Left MPs took anti-farmer twoother allies JMM andVIP [be- meeting.” of hisown people (toBihar).... BSP,partofanalliance headedbyRLSP’s Upendra Kushwaha, fore Sahni'smoveinprotest] TakingonNitish Kumar,he Tejashwi-jihad done well as on Saturdaysufferedajoltafter itsBihar unitchief Bharat Bind approach in House: Muraleedharan from itsshare,heannounced. said the government under him deputy CM and had becomethe joinedRJD;herewithRJD leader Tejashwi YadavinPatna. PTI Tejashwi said: “I thank all the has failedtotackle issues of voice of the deprived.” onlyastunt to compete with EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Congress,asthe Bills have no im- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, pact on farmers in Kerala where OCTOBER3 thereisnoAPMC,” he said. Chirag hails Modi, seeks support for ‘Bihar first’ agenda Muraleedharan said UNION MINISTER of Statefor Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has Kumar,the target of theparty's Minister, theLJP hasprepared a Kumar have consistentlysniped External Affairs V declared athree-dayprotest DIPANKARGHOSE severalsalvostill date. LJP chief’s vision document called"Bihar at eachother,withthe LJPleaders Muraleedharan on Saturdaysaid againstthe newfarm laws.“Had NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 Chirag stated that he is proud note did not FirstBihari First”. Whileasking claimingthat theywereprepared the approachofthe Congress he considered theopinion of to have had "an opportunity" to mention forblessings, Paswan’s note says to fight 143seatsinthe Bihar and Leftoverthe farm Bills, VMuraleedharan farmers in his constituency IN Amovethat will prolong the work withModi. Nitish that the vision document aims Assemblypolls, and to putup whichwererecentlypassedin Wayanad, he would nothavede- speculation about the LJP’s fu- In what is seen as an indica- Kumar to restore“lost Biharipride”,and candidates wherethe JD(U) was Parliament, reeksofhypocrisy. cidedonsuchaprotest.” tureinthe NDA, party president tion that the LJP maygoitalone says that he hopesall his “candi- fighting, and notthe BJP.Asenior Addressing the media here, well as cheating the farmers. TheCongressandtheLefthave Chirag Paswan on Saturdayre- in the Bihar Assemblyelections, dateswill strengthen the hands LJP leader said, “It is almostcer- the BJP leader from Kerala said People of Kerala should realise adoptedadouble-standardonthis leasedastatement in whichhe Chiragsoughtpeople'sblessings tion from the Prime Ministerto of the Prime Minister”. There tain we willnot fight under Nitish these farm Bills have no impact the hypocrisyofthe MPsfrom issue, he said. “The propaganda praisedPrime MinisterModifor forhis "Bihar FirstBihari First" preparethis vision document. wasnomention of strengthen- Kumar.Untilaformal announce- on farmers in Kerala. “But the ap- the state, who have takenaneg- thatthesereformsare anti-farmer hisworkbut remained quieton manifesto.According to the The note says that having ing ChiefMinisterNitishKumar. ment things can still change, but proachofthe LeftMPs in ative stand towardsthe Bills. Left is onlyvotebank politics. They Bihar Chief MinisterNitish statement, the LJP took inspira- takeninspirationfromthe Prime Chirag Paswan and Nitish it seems difficult now.” Parliamentwas anti-farmer as MPs’ opposition to reforms is want to shape newvote banks.” 9.02-km tunnel at Cong charts route TAMING HEIGHT, BRIDGING AGAP 10,000 feetto plan for Rahul to cut Manali-Leh enter Haryana, distance by 46 km Anil Vij adamant

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SHIMLA,OCTOBER3 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ANI CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER3 LYINGBETWEEN10,040to 10,075 TIMELINE feet above the sea level, the Atal 1983: Govt HARYANA HOME MinisterAnil TunnelatRohtang —which by- VijSaturdayreiterated that approves passes the Rohtang Pass on the Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar and Cabinetminister Rahul Gandhi will notbeal- development of Manali-Leh route—isthe longest Sukhjinder Randhawainspect the arrangementsfor Rahul lowedtoenter the stateifhe Manali-Sarchu-Leh tunnelabove analtitudeof 10,000 Gandhi’s ‘Kheti Bachao Rally’, in Moga. GurmeetSingh leads aprotest march even as the feet,accordingto theBorderRoads as all-weather road Congress continuedtodiscuss Organisation(BRO). 1983-85: possible routes that the senior Thetunneldoesnotliedirectly Feasibilitystudyby leader can take to reachHaryana underneaththe Rohtang Pass GeologicalSurvey 5,000 tractors, gatherings from Punjab on October 6tolead (around 13,000 feet high), but of India atractor rallyagainstthe three threehillswest of the pass.Onthe farm laws enacted by the Centre. Manaliside,itstartsfromDhundhi JAN1987: Border of 10,000: Rahul to lead Gandhi’s final tour pro- inSolangvalley, whichliesaround Roads Development gramme will be finalised 11 km west of the Manali-Leh Boardmeeting farm stir in Punjab today Sunday, but according to the highway.Itcutsthrough the lofty chairedbythe PM party’s preliminaryplan he will Pir Panjal rangetoemerge beside fordetailed StartingfromBadhni Kalan finish his tractor rallies in the Chandrariver near Sissu in feasibility study by DIVYAGOYAL& in Moga, Rahul would be driving Punjab’s Patiala and attempt to Lahaulonthenorthernside,where Double-laned, the tunnel wasoriginally designedtobe8.8-km-long; PM NarendraModi theBRO KANCHANVASDEV atractor for52kms over the next enter Haryana through Pehowa abridgeconnectsittotheManali- (top) and Defence MinisterRajnath at the inauguration ceremonyonSaturday. ANI MAY1990: RITES LUDHIANA,CHANDIGARH, three days and the convoy will on October 6. From Pehowa,he Leh highway. engagedtoconduct OCTOBER3 move through rural and link will reachPipliinKurukshetra, The tunnelcutsshortthe dis- feasibility study roads, whichare maintainedby address arally of farmers, shop- tancebetweenManaliandLehby THENUMBERS WITH CONGRESS all settohold the Punjab Mandi Boardutilis- keepers and arhtiyas and then around 46 km, and savesseveral 2003: RITES clears massive publicmeetings and ing the funds collected by levy- take the national highway to hoursof traveltime.Double-laned Leh 8.8-km-long tunnel tractor rallies ledbyparty leader ing marketfee and rural devel- Delhi. Congress party is also ex- and horse-shoeshaped, the tun- 9.02 10.5 5.52 2006: Australian Rahul Gandhi in Punjab begin- opment fund (RDF) from the ploring another routeinAmbala nel wasoriginallydesignedtobe km metres metres firm SMEC ning Sundayasa“showofsoli- grain markets. forGandhi's entryintoHaryana. 8.8-km-longbutwasmeasuredat Leh-Manali International darityfor farmers againstthree “Besides Rahul ji, Chief The main Opposition party in 9.02-km-long upon completion. Highway long wide high farm laws enactedby Centre,” the MinisterAmarinderSingh, gen- Haryana is leaving no stone un- appointed as design Built at acostofaround Rs administrationinatleast onedis- eral secretary incharge Harish turnedtoturn the rallyintoa consultant 3,200crore,thetunnelwas made MANPOWER: 750 permanent engineers and trict, in amovetobypass the Rawat, PCC chief Sunil Jakhar showofstrength. by blasting rather than drilling. Ladakh other technicians; 2,000-plus other workers 2008: Bidsopened Unlock 5.0 guidelines,has will be on the tractor,” said Vij, meanwhile, reiterated With asmaller escape tunnel RohtangTunnel SEPT2009: Tender termedit“an extension of the on- CabinetMinisterSukhjinder that Gandhi shall notbeallowed built underneath, it has atele- Length:9.02km `3,200 crore awardedtoStrabag going farmers’ agitation in state”. Singh Randhawa,who is also the entryintostate.“He cancometo phonefacilityafterevery150me- Sissu AG AFCONS Joint Gandhi, who willbereaching in-charge of party’sprogramme Haryana athousand times. There tres, fire hydrant afterevery 60 TunnelNorth COST PunjabSunday, is expected to at Badhni Kalan. is no ban on that. But, if he wants Terminal Venture(SAJV) metres, emergency exit after DAILYTRAFFIC ESTIMATE: address twopublicmeetings, Asked if such gatherings are to lead apolitical rallyfrom every500metres, turning cavern Rohtang JULY2010: eachwithagathering of at least allowedasper Covid guidelines, PunjabintoHaryana and wants Tunnel Manali afterevery 2.2 km, air quality South Himachal 3,000 CARS,1,500 TRUCKS Foundationstone 10,000 farmers, in Mogaand ministerRandhawa said, to disruptlaw and order situation monitoringaftereverykilometre, Terminal Kullu Pradesh laid by UPA Ludhiana. He will also lead a “Farmers might getsaved from here, he will notbeallowedto do abroadcasting system and an au- ILLUMINATION: Auto adjustsasper light conditions chairperson Sonia tractor rallyfor whichthe party coronavirus but notfromthese so. The DisasterManagement Act tomaticincidentdetectionsystem outside forvisual adaptation and energy saving Gandhi has arranged at least3,000trac- blacklaws. Rightnow the issue is stillinforce. Assembly of more withCCTVcamerasafter every tors in Mogawith another 2,000 we areraising is moreimportant than 100personsatagiven point 250 metres. to join as it enters Ludhiana. than coronavirus.” is notallowed.” Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THESUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 Crude Wa tch OIL POSTS SECOND WEEKLY DECLINE NewYork: Oilprices fell more than 4per cent,and posted asecond weekly decline afterUSPresidentDonald Trump tested positive for 11 ECONOMY Covid-19,roiling riskyassets, and as rising global crude output threatened to overwhelm the market’s weak recovery. REUTERS STATES IN NEED OF FUNDS AS SECOND HALFOFFISCAL YEAR STARTS Govt waiver on levy of Pendingcompensationduestobea compound interest: How thornyissueatGSTmeettomorrow doesitaffect your EMIs?

Union Finance MinisterNirmala foroption 1, having conveyed from aspecial windowfacilitated SANDEEPSINGH If youhad aloan outstanding of Rs 50 lakh fora AANCHALMAGAZINE Sitharaman on Saturdaysaid RISINGDEPENDENCE their concerns about theas- by the ReserveBankofIndia or &SUNNYVERMA remaining term of 19 years (228 months) at the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 that the Centreshould act fast in sumptionof10per cent revenue the completeshortfall of Rs 2.35 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 the matter and enable those ■The dependence of growth in calculation of the esti- lakh crore(including Rs 1.38 lakh beginning of the moratorium period and your WITH THE states requiring funds states who have listed their statesoncompensation mates forcompensation cess croreshortfall due to Covid-19 AWAIVER on levy of compound interestratewas 8per cent, the interestcostfor to meet their expenditure at the choice to borrow. “WithGST rev- paymentsasashareof shortfall and the resultant bor- pandemic) from the market. interest, or interestoninterest, onsetofthe second half of thefi- enue turning negative andthe the protected revenues, rowing amount, asenior govern- The dependence of states on on MSME and personal loans of the six-month periodofthe moratorium would nancialyear,pending compensa- compensation having been de- or the amount theyare ment officialsaid. compensation paymentsasa up to Rs 2crore maycome as a come at close to Rs 2lakh. This will have to be paid tion duestothe tune of over Rs 2 layed, Ineednot impress upon entitledtoget as perthe The Centre’s estimates have shareofthe protected revenues, major relief to borrowers,espe- lakh croreare expected to be the youthe fact that all the states are GST(Compensation to peggedtheGSTcompensation re- or the amount theyare entitled ciallythose whose loans arein contentious issue in the discus- in urgent needoffunds. We will States) Act, has shotup quirementto bearound Rs 3lakh to getasper the GST initial yearsofrepaymentastheir difference betweeninterestand ing interestrate. sions with the Centreinthe up- very soon be entering the second to nearly 58 per cent in crorethis year,while the cess col- (CompensationtoStates) Act, has interestcomponent is amajor interestoninterest. It must be coming 42nd Goods and Services half of the current fiscal year and April-Julyfrom24.2 per lection is expected to be around shotuptonearly58per cent in chunk.This would help in reduc- clearthat customers will have to So howwill one paythe Tax(GST) Council meeting slated all of us needtodoalotofcatch- cent seen in the previous Rs 65,000 crore—anestimated April-Julyfrom24.2per cent seen ing the burden on borrowers as paythe interestontheir out- interestamount accumulated forMonday. ing up on the activities planned financial year. compensationshortfallof Rs2.35 in the previous financialyear, theyrequiretopay on thecon- standing loan forthe period for during moratorium period? While some of the 21 states forthe current year and which lakh crore(assuming a10per cent with states suchasPunjab, tracted rate of inter- whichtheyoptedthe Since, the government has of- whichhavealready agreedfor have been on hold due to lackof revenue growth over lastyear). Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand estonloans. moratorium. feredtopay theinterestoninter- the option 1, involving borrow- sufficient funds...availability of Opposition-ruledstates, Kerala, Some states have pointedout the and Chhattisgarhamong the Since the mora- So, if youhad a estcomponent, banksand hous- ing of Rs 97,000 crorethrough a funds, even if thesameare in the Punjab and Chhattisgarhhaveal- assumptionof10per cent rev- worstaffected. torium on loan re- loan outstandingof ingfinancecompanies can special window, have askedfor form of debts, will enable cash- ready voicedtheir concerns that enue growth forcalculating rev- GSTcompensation to states paymentsan- Rs 50 lakh forare- simplydividethe interestcom- expediting of the borrowing strappedstatestoonceagain the majority viewofthe ruling enue lossonaccountofimple- has been pending forthis finan- nouncedbythe maining term of 19 ponent —Rs2lakh in thiscase processand extension of the levy kickstart the development party at theCentreisbeing mentation of GSTcould be high, cialyear,amounting to Rs 1.5lakh Reserve Bankof India years (228months) over 228 monthlyinstalments. of compensationcess beyond the process whichhas come to ahalt adoptedasthe choice forall, even giventhat gross GSTrevenue croretillJuly. Out of this pending wasnot awaiver, at the beginning of Whichmeans your EMImay get five-year transition period end- in the face of the ongoing pan- as these 10 states have still not growth in FY20 wasonly3.8 per payment of Rs 1.5lakh crore, the borrowers areliable the moratorium pe- increasedbyRs877 per month. ing June2022,Opposition-ruled demic,” he said. optedfor the borrowing options. cent as compared with FY19. states with the biggestchunk of to payinterestand interestonin- riod and your interestratewas 8 states arestill in disagreement The Centrehad enlistedsup- Arenegotiation of the terms In the previous GSTCouncil pending paymentsare: terest on the accumulated percent, the interestcostfor the Howmuchdoyou save? with the options offeredbythe port of 21 states and Union of the twoborrowing options of- meeting held on August27, the Maharashtra(Rs 22,485crore), amount. While the central gov- six-month period of the morato- Continuingwiththeabove ex- Centretobridgethe compensa- Territoriesfor option 1underits feredbythe Centreinthe previ- Centrehad proposedtwo options Karnataka (Rs13,763crore), ernment has announcedthat it rium would come at close to Rs 2 ample, if the bank had addedthe tion gap. borrowing plan to meet this ousCouncil meeting couldhap- to the states:toeitherborrowRs Uttar Pradesh (Rs 11,742 crore), will foot the bill forcompoundin- lakh. This will have to be paid. interestcomponent to your prin- Bihar’sDeputy Chief Minister year’s compensation deficit. pen with severalstates, including 97,000crore(shortfall onlyonac- Gujarat (Rs 11,563 crore) and terest,customers still have to bear cipal outstanding and charged8 Sushil Kumar Modi in aletterto Among the remaining10 those who have already agreed count of GSTimplementation) Tamil Nadu (Rs11,269crore). the liability of interestaccumu- What gets waived? percentfor228months,yourEMI lated in during the six of the Continuing withthe above wouldhave increasedbyRs1,709 moratoriumperiod.Sourcessaid example, bankswill notcharge per month. However, since now BRIEFLY this waiver is expectedto costthe interestonthis Rs 2lakhinterest thereisnointeresttobecharged TACKLING COVID IMPACT EMCENTRALBANKSKEEPCUTTINGRATES government around Rs 6,000- amount from the customers and on that(as the government has 7000 crore. This is howitmay thegovernment has proposedto proposedtopay it),yourEMImay RILraises End-of-monthpolicy rate balancebetween central banks work: payit. So, thebankswould notbe onlygoupbyRs877 per month. `7,350crfrom ‘EM central bank easing runs out raising interest ratesand those cutting. Anegative adding the interestamount of Rs So amonthlysavingofRs832 for readingindicates morecutsthan raises and viceversa. What has to be paid? 2lakhtoyourprincipal outstand- the periodof228 months in this 2investors of steam after20months of cuts’ The firstthingthatcon- ing of Rs 50 lakh and will notcal- case (on accountofwaiveronin- — Policy rate balance (-4 as of end Sept. 2020) sumers mustunderstand is the culate afresh EMI at the prevail- terest on interest). NewDelhi: Reliance Central banksindeveloping countries have cut ratesfor Industries Ltd on Fridayan- 20 straight months, though thepace of reductions 15 nouncedtoraise Rs 7,350 10 IIFL group crorefromtwo investors — continued to slowinSeptember,asper a Reuters report ‘September showing Singapore's sovereign 5 wealth fund GIC and Global 4netcutsinSeptember—the 0 front running Sept’20(-4) alternativeassetfirmTPG— lowestnumberofreductionssince -5 signs of growth June2019 by selling astake in group's -10 case: Sebi retail arm. 7netcutsinAugust -15 towards normalcy’ WHYISTHISIMPORTANT? -20 bans 6people ‘Oxfordvaccine Interestratechangeshavelarge -25 “Earnesteffortsmadeby impactsonconsumerbehaviourand centralbankalsounexpectedly 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ENSECONOMICBUREAU thegovernmentinthelast couldberolled thelevelofconsumptionan raisedtheinterestrateonitsone- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 outin6months’ economycanexpect.Thisisbecause weekdeposittoo Note:Centralbanksofthefollowing37economiesareincluded:Azerbaijan, fewmonthsduringthe higherratestranslatetolarger SHIFTINGSTANCE:Araftof Belarus,Brazil,Bulgaria,Chile,Chinaex-HongKongandMacau,Colombia, THE ECONOMY is gaining"en- coronavirusperiodhave NewDelhi: Thereisgrowing borrowingandfinancingcosts. recentmonetarypolicydecisions– CostaRica,CzechRepublic,Egypt,Georgia,Hungary,India,Indonesia,Iraq, couraging momentum" afterthe nowstartedshowinggreen hope that the Oxford INTERESTRATEHIKES:Turkey inBrazil,SouthAfricaandRussia– IvoryCoast,Jordan,Malaysia,Mexico,Morocco,Namibia,Nigeria,Pakistan, phasedrelaxation of lockdown, shootsandthemonthof Universityvaccinecandidate raisedbenchmarkratessince suggestemergingmarket(EM) Peru,Philippines,Poland,Qatar,Romania,Russia,Serbia,SouthAfrica,South withSeptemberhavingexhibited Septemberhasexhibited maybegiventhegreenlight Czechpolicymakersspranginto centralbanksarebynomeansas Korea,SriLanka,Taiwan,Thailand,Turkey,andUkraine “credible signs” of economic crediblesignsofeconomic by health regulators by the actioninFebruary.Hungary’s keenastheyusedtobetocutrates Source: Reuters calculations via RefinitivDatastream growth towardsnormalcy,the growthtowardsnormalcy” end of this year to be rolled FinanceMinistrysaidSaturday. To out foravaccination pro- minimise Covid-19’s impact on FINANCE MINISTRY grammeinsixmonths’time the economyand people’s liveli- Securitiesand Exchange or even less, according to a hoods, the Finance Ministerisnot who needitthe most," the BoardofIndia. File UK media report. PTI averseto takinganyfurthermeas- Ministrysaid in astatement. India, South Africa ask WTO to waive Mahindra ures to amelioratethe suffering of Citing datafor the pick-up in USprobeinto people, it said. business activities, the Ministry off patents, IPs for faster Covid-19 care launches To boostthe recovery process saidGSTcollectionsrose4percent ENSECONOMICBUREAU Vietnam of the economy, thegovernment to Rs 95,480 croreinSeptember, MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 nificant concerns, howthese new Thar hastakeneverypossiblemeasure whilerailfreightrevenueearnings currency ENSECONOMICBUREAU THEDEMANDS will be madeavailable promptly, to address the concerns of all the were up by 13.5 per cent, power THE SECURITIES and Exchange NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 in sufficient quantitiesand at af- stakeholders during the lastsix consumption up by 4.2 per cent, BoardofIndia (Sebi) has banned Washington/Hanoi: The ■India and South fordable price to meet global de- months of Covid-19crisis, while and rising tractor sales, healthy six persons—Santosh BSingh, United States is openingan INDIA AND South Africa have Africa on October 2 mand. Critical shortagesinmed- pushing the fiscal stimulusand monsoonsandothergrowthindi- Adil GulamSuthar, Virendra investigation intowhether asked the WorldTrade askedthe Trade Related ical products have also put at packagesandhasprogressively ex- catorslikePMImanufacturing,the PratapSingh,NehaVirendraSingh, Vietnam has been under- Organization (WTO)towaive AspectsofIntellectual graverisk patientssuffering tendedhelp on both the demand indexofeight coreindustries,e- GulammohammedGulamabbas valuingits currency and certain conditions of the Trade Property RightsCouncil from other communicable and andsupplysideto bringtheecon- waybills, exports,kharif sowing, Shaikh and Mohammedidrish A harming US commerce, the Related Aspects of Intellectual to recommend, "as non-communicable diseases,” omybackontrack. cargotraffic and passengervehi- Shaikh—fromthesecuritiesmar- USTradeRepresentative’sof- Property Rights(TRIPS) agree- early as possible", a theysaid. “Earnest effortsmadebythe clesales,etc.,areshowingcredible ket till further directions in acase fice said in astatement on ment that could impede timely waiver from the “Thereare severalreports government in the lastfew upwardmovement.“All this involving ‘front running’ in the Friday. REUTERS access to affordablemedical implementation, about intellectual property rights monthsduring the coronavirus makestheministryconfidentthat India Infoline group (IIFL group). products to combat Covid-19. application and hindering or potentiallyhinder- ENSECONOMICBUREAU period have nowstartedshowing itseffortsto mitigatetheimpactof The sixentities arepermitted The countriesonOctober 2 enforcement of four ing timelyprovisioning of afford- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 green shoots andthe month of Covid-19are on the right trackto- to settlethepay-inandpay-outob- Lifetime asked theTRIPS Council to rec- sections of the second able medical productstothe pa- Septemberhasexhibitedcredible wardsfasterrecoveryofeconomy ligationsinrespectof transactions achievement ommend, “as early as possible”, partofthe agreement. tients. It is also reported that MAHINDRA &Mahindra(M&M) signsof economicgrowthtowards to normalcy,” the Ministrystated. whichhave takenplacebefore the awaiverfromthe implementa- some WTOmembers have car- has launchedthe all-new version normalcy...tominimiseCovid-19’s The government has effec- close of trading on the dateofthis awardforTata tion, application andenforce- riedout urgent legalamend- of Thar,with prices starting from impact on the economyand peo- tively implemented twomajor order,Sebi said in an order.Italso ment of four sections of the sec- ityofthe world's population has mentstotheir national patent Rs 9.8 lakh (ex-showroom). ple’s livelihood, the Government stimulus packages —the Pradhan directed forimpounding of the NewDelhi: The Indo- ond part of the agreement. developedimmunity hencewe laws to expeditethe process of is- The companyhas introduced is open to allpossibilities and the Mantri Garib KalyanPackage bankaccountsof theentitiestothe American Chamber of These Sections—1, 4, 5and 7 propose an initial duration of [x] suing compulsory/government the modelintwo trims AX and Finance Ministerisnot averse to (PMGKP)withoutdelaypostlock- extent of amount mentionedand Commerce (IACC) has pre- —pertain to copyright and re- yearsfromthe date of the adop- use licenses,” theyadded. LX with both petrol and diesel takingany further measures to down on March 16,2020, and the deposit the proceeds from the sentedthe lifetime achieve- latedrights, industrial designs, tion of the waiver,” stated the According to thetwo coun- powertrain options. amelioratesuffering of people. Aatmnirbhar Bharat Package front runningtrades. Front-run- mentawardtobusinessicon patentsand the protection of countries in their communica- tries, manycountries,“espe- “... the Thar has been apartof Ministryhas takenproactive and (ANBP)of Rs20lakhcrore onMay ning is trading in astock or any RatanTataaspartofits re- undisclosedinformation. tion. cially” developing countries,may Mahindra’s richhistory andhas prompt action both in policyand 12,2020,whichwas a“judicious other financialassetbyabroker cent global leadership “The waiver should continue “As newdiagnostics, thera- face institutional and legal diffi- found itsway into the heartsof in implementation to servethe mix” of fiscal and monetary poli- whohasinsideknowledge of afu- awards. PTI until widespread vaccination is peutics and vaccines forCovid- culties when using flexibilities manyasanobject of desire,” peopleinaholisticmanner,espe- cies to mitigatethe negative im- turetransactionthatisaboutto af- in place globally, andthe major- 19 aredeveloped, thereare sig- available in the TRIPS Agreement. M&M MD PawanGoenka said. cially providing support to those pact of Covid-19, it said. fect itspricesubstantially. Betting on post-Covid Quality, scale to help take exports Forex reserves fall rebound, Airbnb targets $3 billion from record $3 billionraise in IPO to $1 tn, not subsidies, says Goyal ment withthe worldonsubsidy, high to $542 billion PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA it is notgoing to work," he said. REUTERS AMONGLARGEST NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 ‘SUBSIDIESNOTTHESOLUTION’ The ministerwas speaking at ponent of the overall reserves. WASHINGTON,OCTOBER3 LISTINGSOF2020 awebinar on strategies forallevi- ENSECONOMICBUREAU FCAs decreasedby$1.523 bil- COMMERCE ANDIndustry COMMERCE MINISTER atingpolicyconstraintsforexports NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 lionto $499.941 billion,thecentral HOME RENTAL companyAirbnb ■ Airbnb will be one of MinisterPiyushGoyalonSaturday Piyush Goyalsaid in in select sectors. He said thereisa bankdatashowed. Incisaimingto raisearound$3bil- the largest and most said quality,technology and scale six years, he had notfound needtoidentify areas wheresen- AFTER TOUCHINGalifetime high Expressedindollar terms, the lion in itsupcoming initial public anticipated US stock of production will help India take subsidies to be the solution siblepoliciescanhelptakeexports inthepreviousweek,thecountry’s foreigncurrencyassetsincludethe offering(IPO),peoplefamiliarwith market listings of 2020. itsannualexportsto$1trillionand forIndia's problems. For to $1 trillion. foreign exchangereservesde- effectof appreciationordeprecia- the matter said on Friday, taking notgovernment subsidies. along term engagement The ministeralso releaseda clinedby$3.017 billionto$542.021 tionofnon-US unitslikethe euro, advantageofthe unexpectedly Heexhortedexportersandthe withthe worldonsubsidy, study —Domestic Constraintsfor billion in the week ended poundand yenheld inthe foreign sharp recovery in itsbusiness af- Group,dataanalyticsfirmPalantir industryasawholetotarget$1tril- it is notgoing to work, Exports in Select Sectors -pub- September25,RBIdatashowedon exchangereserves. tertheCOVID-19pandemicroiled Technologiesanddatawarehouse lion worthofshipments. he added. lishedbythe Export-ImportBank Friday. In the week ended Gold reserves were down by the travel industry. companySnowflakeInc. "Whycan't we aim for$1tril- of India. September18,thereserveshadin- $1.441 billion in the reporting Airbnb will be oneofthe Airbnb said in Augustithad lion exports from India. We cer- Indicatorslikepositive growth creasedby$3.378billion to a week to $35.999 billion, theRBI largest andmostanticipated US filedconfidentiallyforanIPOwith tainlycan.Isee no reason, (why) that," he said. nology,growth,scale;and some- in the country's exportsin record$545.038 billion. data showed. stockmarketlistings of 2020 USregulators.Thecompany’scur- we cannot. Forthat we needtobe "Atleastinmysix years of en- times forashort period youmay September and increase in GST Duringthereportingweek,the The special drawing rights whichhas already been ablock- rent plan is to makeits filing pub- clearonactionable items (and) gagement,Ihavenot foundsubsi- needtogivealittle thrustorsup- collectionsshowthat India will decline in the forexkitty was withthe International Monetary busteryear forIPOs, featuring the liclyavailable in November after subsidiesarenevergoingto getus dies to be the solution forIndia's port.Butif theyare lookingatliter- bounce backtohigh growth lev- mainlydue to afallinforeign cur- Fund (IMF) dippedby$10 million likesof recordlabelWarnerMusic the US Presidential election. there, Iamveryveryclear about problems. Ithink it's quality,tech- allyrunning along term engage- els, he said. rency assets (FCAs), amajor com- to $1.472 billion. WITHPTI Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THESUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 12 THE WORLD

TOPOFTHE CAMPAIGN MANAGER, SENATORS, ADVISERS AMONG TRUMP CONTACTS TO CATCH VIRUS Blaming govt, WORLD journalist sets Trump’shealthraisesconcernsdespite self on fire and dies in Russia

IVANNECHEPURENKO hisdoctor’swordthathe’sdoingwell MOSCOW,OCTOBER3 ARUSSIAN journalistwho edited an independent news website Person familiarwith situation says Experimental diedFriday,setting herself afire Northrup Grumman’s in front of police headquarters in Antares rocket liftsoff next 48 hours crucial forPresident drug part of the cityofNizhnyNovgorod, a dayafter investigators had treatment plan searched her home there. USA NYT&AP U.S.SENATECANCELS Justbeforeher self-immola- Radishseeds, BETHESDA,OCTOBER3 WORKASVIRUSSPREADS tion, Irina Slavina, 47,founder and for President editor of Koza Press,alocal news meats,cheeses USPRESIDENTDonaldTrump’svi- SENATEREPUBLICANS have site,postedamessageonFacebook talsigns on Saturdaywerecon- cancelledlegislative work un- REUTERS&AP saying:“Iask youtoblame the launchedtoISS cerningasdoctorsmountedanag- tilOctober 19 as the coron- OCTOBER3 RussianFederationformydeath.” ASPACE station cargo gressive effort to treat him and he avirus sweeps through their Koza Press confirmedher ship rocketed intoorbit wasnot out of danger,aperson ranksandlawmakersincreas- THE WHITE House has said US death. The localbranchofthe Fridaycarrying a360-de- closeto thesituationtoldTheNew inglycall forcomprehensive President Donald Trumpwas Investigative Committee,Russia’s gree camerafor space- YorkTimes,evenasthecoronavirus testing on Capitol Hill. But givenanexperimental treatment equivalent of the FBI,said in a walking, radish seeds for infected an ever widening swath SenateMajorityLeaderMitch designedtocombat the coron- statementthattheallegationthat growing and asmorgas- of the President’s aides and allies. McConnellsaidinastatement avirus as well as asmall array of herdeathhadanythingto dowith bordoffancymeatsand While Dr SeanConley, the Saturdaythat confirmation treatmentsincluding aspirin. the search of herapartment was cheeses forfeasting. WhiteHouse physician, told re- hearingsfor Supreme Court Trump, 74,isconsidered vul- “groundless”. The statement said Northrop Grumman porters that Trumpwas “doing nominee AmyConey Barrett nerable to developing severe thesearch hadbeenconductedas launchedits capsule to very well” afteranight at Walter arestill on. Justsince Friday, Covid-19 due to hisgender,age partofacriminal case in which the International Space Reed National MilitaryMedical Senators Thom Tillis, Mike and weight, health experts said. Slavinawasconsideredawitness. Station (ISS) from the Center,theyrefusedtoprovide Lee and RonJohnson an- Trumparrives at Walter Reed NationalMilitaryMedical Center,inBethesda, Maryland, Friday. AP Slavina said on Facebook on Virginia coast. The 3,600- critical details and leftopen the nouncedthat theyhave Experimental drug Thursdaythat early in the morn- kg shipment should reach impression that the President tested positive. AP One of the mostanticipated ing 12 people, including mem- the space station wasknown to be sickaday ear- classes of experimental Covid- bers of aspecial police unit, had Monday. Stashedaboard lier than previouslyreported. Biden’s campaign scrambles to 19 drugsismonoclonal antibod- conducted asearchofher apart- the Cygnus capsule: pres- Shortlyafter the upbeat brief- close allies who came in contact ies: manufactured copies of hu- ment. The Facebook postsaid law surisedair tankstohelp ingby the doctors, aperson famil- with him in recent days tested man antibodies to thevirus. The enforcement agentshad been offset avexing leak at the iarwiththe President’s health, on positivefor thevirus. Attention adjust to new uncertainty in race injected antibodiesare designed looking for“brochures, leaflets, space station, anew $23 the condition of anonymity,gave focusedinparticular on last to beginfighting the virus imme- accounts” from Open Russia, an million titanium toilet amoresober assessment. “The Saturday’s WhiteHouse event ing in-person events formonths diatelyand arebeing developed opposition organisation. customfit forwomen, President’s vitals over the last24 introducingTrump’s Supreme KATIEGLUECK,THOMAS asthenationstruggledtoconfront to preventand treat Covid-19. Beforethe search,Slavinahad and avirtual reality cam- hours were very concerning and Courtnominee, with severalat- KAPLAN&SYDNEYEMBER the virus.Hehad onlyrecently— The technique is already in been continuouslypressured by eratoprovide cinematic the next 48 hours will be critical tendees announcing theyhad OCTOBER3 and cautiously—begun to cam- wideusefortreatingarange of ill- localauthorities.Shewasfinedfor views of spacewalksand in terms of his care,” this person tested positive forthe virus. paign on the ground consistently nesses,butdatasofarislimitedfor takingpartinoppositiondemon- other outdoor shots. AP said.“We’restill notonaclear Among them: former White JOEBIDENtestednegative forthe in keybattleground states. Covid-19antibodies.Trumpistak- strationsinNizhnyNovgorodand path to afull recovery.” House counsellor Kellyanne coronavirus and pressedonwith RACE FOR Biden’s wife, Jill Biden, cam- ing an antibody cocktail being formentioningOpenRussiainher Twopeoplecloseto theWhite Conway, the president of the in-personcampaigningFridayas paignedFridayinNew tested by Regeneron Facebook posts.“Ilostjobs three House told NYT that the President University of NotreDame,and at President Donald Trump’shospi- THEWHITE Hampshireand had severalstops Pharmaceuticals, whichhas re- times becauseIcan saythat I AFGHANISTAN had trouble breathing on Friday, leasttwo Republican lawmakers talisation with the virus seismi- HOUSE slatedforSaturdayinMinnesota. portedimprovedsymptoms in poked my nose toofar,” she said Bombblastin promptinghisdoctorsto give him —Senator MikeLee and Senator callyaltered the race and threw DemocratsencouragedBiden non-hospitalised Covid patients. in an interviewinSeptember of supplementaloxygenwhileatthe ThomTillis.Thoughtheceremony the government intoupheaval. to continueonthecampaigntrail. lastyear. NYT easternAfghan WhiteHouse and decide to trans- announcing JudgeAmy Coney Biden flewonFridayafter- Friday. “It’s abracing reminder to “This is notahiatus of the Other treatment ferhim to Walter Reed. Barrett’s nomination washeld noon to Grand Rapids, Michigan, all of us that we have to take this campaign,” said Senator Tim Trump’s doctor said the pres- provincekills15 Talkingtoreporters, Conley, outdoors,attendeessatcloselyto- wherehedeliveredremarks virus seriously. It’s notgoing KaineofVirginia. “We’reinthe ident is taking severalmedicines, ATTACKERSSEToffatruck the President’s doctor,seemedto getherandfewworemasks.Some about the economyand empha- away automatically. We have to closing stretchofthe campaign including: bomb in Afghanistan’s suggestthatTrumpwasfirstdiag- alsomingledatasmallereventin- sisedthe dangers of the pan- do our parttoberesponsible.” and they’vegot to be aggres- ■ Remdesivir,anantiviral drug eastern Nangarhar nosedwiththe viruson side the WhiteHouse. demic. He casthis opponent’s Biden campaign officials and sively campaigning.” shown to help some Covid-19 province on Saturday, WednesdayratherthanThursday Also testing positive:Trump’s positive test as avivid illustra- allies said Fridaythe Democratic Jim Wertz, the Democratic patientsrecoverfaster. killing at least15people night when Trumpdisclosedthat campaignmanager Bill Stepien. tion of the public health risksat nominee plannedtocontinue chairman in Erie County, ■ Vitamin Dand mineral zinc, andwoundingdozens,ac- he had tested positiveonTwitter. Stepien had joined Trumpat playbut offeredTrumpwishes in-person travel, although Biden Pennsylvania, said Biden should both of whichare takenbysome cordingtoprovincialoffi- Whiledescribingwhathesaidwas Tuesday’s presidentialdebate. foraspeedy recovery.His cam- acknowledgedcancellinganad- continue holding in-person as immune system boosters. cials,asviolencecontinues the President’s progress,hesaid Chris Christie, the former gover- paignalso movedtotakedown ditional stop later Friday. “Based events. “The Democratic Party ■ Heartburndrug famotidine, in the war-torn nation de- Trumpwas“just72hoursintothe norof NewJerseywhoforseveral negative ads. on the crowdsize and an indoor and the Biden campaign have al- whichisbeinglookedintoasapo- Jacinda Ardern spitepeace talkstaking diagnosisnow,” whichwould days thisweekhelpedTrumppre- “This is notamatter of poli- —itwas concludedbythe docs ways takenCovid precautions tential treatment forCovid-19. place in Qatar.Attaullah mean middayonWednesday. parefor the debate, also tested tics,” said Biden,who revealed thatbestnot to do it,” he said. seriouslyand will continue to do ■ Melatonin, takenasasleep aid. Khugyani, aspokesman Meanwhile, some of Trump’s positive forthe coronavirus. that he had been tested twice Bidenhadrefrainedfromhold- so,” Wertzsaid. NYT ■ Aspirin, afever reducer. Advancevoting forthe provincial govern- ment,said the number of begins in New casualties, mostofwhom Pak court orders were civilians, could rise Sudan, rebel leaders Zealand election and that dozens of people regulator to stop were also injured by the blastinGhaniKheldistrict. mediacoverage sealpeace deal in PRAVEENMENON ObaidullahShinwari, the WELLINGTON,OCTOBER3 Nangarhar provincial of highway rape council’s member,said 52 effort to end wars EARLY VOTINGbegan in New peoplewere injuredinthe Zealand on FridaywithPrime blast. REUTERS MZULQERNAIN Ministerand Labour Party LAHORE,OCTOBER3 ASSOCIATEDPRESS ED Lateststep leader Jacinda Ardern seense- THE CAUCASUS JUBA,OCTOBER3 towards curing asecond term in office on APAKISTANIcourthasorderedthe PLAIN E the backofher success in han- ● stability Armeniasaysit country’s media regulatorybody SUDAN’S TRANSITIONAL au- EX dling the coronavirus pandemic to stop covering theallegedgang- thorities and arebel alliance on and other crises. isreadytowork THE DEAL aimedatending rapeof awomanonahighway last Saturdaysignedapeacedeal Voters can head to thepolls decades-long civilwars is the month following arequestbythe that wasinitiatedinAugust and with about450 advancepolling forceasefire latest in anumber of recent police that accused themedia of aims to put an end to the coun- stations opened across the coun- ARMENIASAID on Friday effort to bring stability to creatinga“hindrance”inthearrest NEW FLOOD BARRIER KEEPS VENICE DRY try’s decades-long civil wars. tryinthe lead-up to election day it would work with Sudan. Amass uprising last of the prime suspect due to its “Thenextbiggestchallengeis on October 17. Russia, the US and France year ledtothe ousteroflong- “reckless coverage”. Along-delayedfloodbarrier successfully protectedVenice from ahigh tide forthe firsttime on to work withalllocalandinterna- The election commission on renewing aceasefirein time authoritarian ruler The Pakistani-Frenchwoman Saturday, bringing relief and smilestothe lagoon city followingyearsofrepeated inundations. tional partners to preachthe said advance voting has become Nagorno-Karabakh as the Omar al-Bashir.Atransitional wasallegedly gang-rapedbytwo “Today, everything is dry. We stoppedthe sea,” city mayorLuigi Brugnarosaid. The networkof agreement and itsbenefits,” steadilymorepopular. It ac- death toll rose on the government run by both men in front of her children at 78 bright yellowbarriers that guardthe entrance to thedelicateVenetian lagoon liftedfrom Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok counted for47% of all votes in sixth dayoffighting over politicians and militaryoffi- the Lahore-Sialkot motorway thesea bed as the tide, drivenbystrong winds and rain,started to climb. Reuters tweetedonFridayuponhisarrival 2017 andcould reachasmuchas the breakawayenclave in cials have promisedfreeelec- last month, triggeringcountry- atJuba,thecapitalof SouthSudan. 60% this time round. the South Caucasus. tions by 2022, and sought to wide outrage. One suspect has Reachinganegotiatedsettle- InaFacebookmessage,Ardern Azerbaijan, whichis rebuild ties with the West. been arrested,while prime ac- ment with rebels in Sudan’s far- said she voted early on Saturday. fightingethnic Armenian The newrulers also said they cusedAbid Malhi is still at large. flungprovinceshasbeenacrucial New Zealanders arealso vot- forces in Nagorno- Nepal PM’s 3key advisers contract Covid would separatereligion from The Anti-Terrorism Courton goal forthe transitional govern- ing on twoother issues —legal- Karabakh,has notre- state, ending 30 years of rule Fridayordered thePakistan people in the country. social media accounts. ment, whichassumedpoweraf- ising recreational cannabis and spondedtoacallfor a under Islamic law. ceasefirebythe three Electronic Media Regulatory SHIRISHBPRADHAN Duringthe testsconducted Posting on Twitter and terapopularuprisingledthemil- euthanasia —topics that have countries. Azerbaijan Authority to refrain from airing KATHMANDU,OCTOBER3 on Friday, Oli’s chief adviser Facebook,theyrequestedall itarytooverthrow President split opinions in the country. President Ilham Aliyev anycontent about the highway Bishnu Rimal, press adviser those who came in their contact Omaral-Bashir in April 2019. of the national budget. Arecent poll suggested ruledout talkswith gang-rapeincidentonthe request NEPAL PRIME MinisterKP Surya Thapa, andforeign affairs to be cautions. Sudanese civilian leaders Saturday’s signinginJuba Ardern’sLabour Partymight need Armenia overthe issue on of Lahorepolice in whichittook SharmaOli’schief adviserand his adviser Rajan Bhattarai tested Nepal’sCovid-19tallyjumped hope the deal will allowthem to sealedthepeacedealbetweenthe acoalition partner to form agov- Tuesday. REUTERS plea that theyfailedtoarrestthe other twoaides have contracted positive forCovid-19. to 84,570 on Saturdayas2,120 revive the country’sbattered Sudanese government and the ernment as her rivalNational prime suspect because of “reck- coronavirusthathasclaimed528 The key advisers confirmed newcoronavirus cases were de- economy by slashing military Sudan RevolutionaryFront, a Partyleader Judith Collins is claw- less media coverage”. PTI livesand infected over 84,500 the development through their tected in the country. PTI spending, whichtakes up much coalitionof severalarmedgroups. ing backsupport. REUTERS

THE 17-YEAR-OLD WAS AMONG 17 KILLED IN 2018MASSACRE AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN FLORIDA Parentsofteen who died in schoolshooting create AI videoofson to spur voters

me” areshockinglylifelike, but thevideo created by his par- and other musings to help didn’t support universal back- Joaquin, but theydid suchan KELLIKENNEDY it is justamirage—arealistic, ents’ charity to end gun vio- guide them. ground checks. amazing job with the technol- FORTLAUDERDALE, almost eerie artificial intelli- lence. “You’vegot to replacemy “It’s something whereyou “Weare letting Joaquin ogy that youcan’t say, ‘Oh my OCTOBER3 gence re-creation of the teen vote.” justput the dots together if you grow intohis ideas ...and how God, howIwish that could be who wasamong the 17 killedin Aftertheir son’s death, see his posts,the wayhethinks, he will be reacting to things the real Joaquin there talking to WEARING HISsignaturehoodie the 2018 Valentine’s Daymas- Manuel and Patricia Oliver he wasstill thinking, the way that arehappening today,”his everybody.’” and beanie, an earbud casually sacreatMarjoryStoneman foundedthe organization he wasexpressing his frustra- father said. ForManuel Oliver, he’s har- hanging from one ear,passion- Douglas High School in Florida, Change The Reftoempower tion about situations,” his mom “Weknowour son so well nessedthat pain to create ateParkland teen Joaquin the worstschool shooting in young people to make changes said in aphone interview and we knew exactlywhathe change. The artisthas traveled Oliverurges his peers to vote history. through education and ac- Friday. wanted from life.” the countryonJoaquin’s behalf, forlawmakers who will end From the grave, the teen is tivism on avariety of issues, The teen, affectionately The lifelikeimageisalso paintingamural on his son’s gun violence in anew video re- nowbegging his peerstocast mostnotablygun violence. known as Guac, wasaffected by painful to watchfor thegriev- birthdayoutside the National leasedFriday.Nextmonth’s the votethat he will nevercast. Theyhelpedcraft everyde- racism at ayoung ageand pro- ingparents. Rifle Association’s headquarters election would have been his “I’vebeen gone fortwo tail of the video, from their This computer-generated image, takenfromvideocreated tective of his Hispanic immi- “I couldn’t even breathe and leading arallyatthe head- firstchance to vote. yearsand nothing’schanged, son’s wardrobe to his manner- through artificialintelligence, shows adepiction of Joaquin grant parents.When he was12- well,” his mother said of the quarters of Smith &Wesson. The 17-year-old’s manner- bro. People arestill getting isms and what he would say, Oliver, ateenagerkilledinthe Parkland school massacre. AP years-old he wrotealetterto firsttimeshe sawthe video. “Of “I wouldn’t describethis as isms and vernacular “yo, it’s killedbyguns,” he implores in relying on his Twitter account gunmakers asking whythey course we knowthat is not painful but as powerful.” AP Ahmedabad OCTOBER 4, 2020 | WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM | PAGE 13 THE SUNDAY EXPRESSMAGAZINE

SPOTLIGHT FILMS Gandhi in 2020 BenditlikeWomen In this year of churn,artistsreimagine Filmmaker AlankritaShrivastavaand actor- the Mahatma director Konkona Sen Sharma on the allure of eye stories about the complex inner lives of women

Living History An Indian Expresscollaboration with RashtrapatiBhavan The Power and the Glory Marking Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, The Indian Express begins aseriesinpartnership with the Rashtrapati Bhavan, which will give atour of little-known anecdotes, records and rarely-seen-before photographs that document stories of history, heritage and culture fromthe seatofpowertothe people. First up, two insiders on the monumentand its brush with the Mahatma

Ajay Singh Bhavanisoften assumedtobeout of bounds, President RamNath Kovind in his addresses has oftenextendedaninvitation to people to IF THERE is one monument that epitomises visit the monument,where his ownresidence modern Indianhistory,itisthe Rashtrapati is confinedtoaportionof the estate.“It is your Bhavan.Ithasbeenwitnesstothehighnoonof place” has been his refrain. colonialism,negotiationsofapainfulPartition, Over the years, historians and architects the dawn of Independence, and countless have done theirpartinfamiliarising people eventsthathaveshaped therepublic since. withtheplace.Yet, there aremanystoriesthat Asasymboloftheseatof power, itsmajesty have remainedconfinedwithin thesesand- is overwhelming. AreportpublishedinThe stonewalls.Thosewhohave workedwiththe Daily Telegraph of London on December 12, President’s Secretariat foryears have livedand 1928, said that the palace that Lordand Lady jostledwiththese stories.That sense of his- Irwinwouldoccupycontains“340rooms,227 tory is quitepalpable, be it thecabinetroom columns,35loggias,37fountains, 14 lifts,45 where everydetail of Partition wasdiscussed, lac bricks,14lac cubic feet of stone, 7,500tons the Durbar Hall, the Ashoka Hall and the ar- of cement and 1,350tons of iron and steel”. Its ray of places across the estate. architecture,thoughEuropeaninconcept,was Forthe firsttime, long-time staffers share executed predominantlywith Indian motifs behind-the-scenes anecdotesofthe andcraftsmanship.Spreadover330-oddacres, Rashtrapati Bhavan. TheIndian Express has it is alsocalleda“geometrical extravaganza” partnered with the President’s Secretariat to because of chiefarchitect Edwin Landseer launchthis series as aplatform forthe stories Lutyens’sfascinationwithamathematicalbal- of this splendid building. anceinarchitecture. This is whyitisbound by adistinct thread of sound logic. AjaySinghispresssecretary, Whilethe grandeur of the Rashtrapati PresidentofIndia,RashtrapatiBhavan COURTESY:RASHTRAPATIBHAVAN

Praveen Siddharth Collins recount in their book Freedomat Midnight (1975), what followedwas certainly the mostbizarre visit. June 2happenedtobea NEOFthepopularexhibitsin ENCOUNTERS Monday —the dayofthe week when Gandhi the Rashtrapati Bhavan observedavow of silence.Afterlisteningto the Museumisaninteractive ex- earnestpersuasions of Mountbatten, he perience called‘Walk with scrawledacryptic note on the back of aused the Mahatma’. Visitors see envelope,“IamsorryIcan’tspeak.WhenItook Othemselvesprojected on a the decision aboutthe Mondaysilence, Idid screen walkingalongside Mahatma Gandhi WITH THE EMPIRE reserve twoexceptions, i.e. about speakingto acrosstheforecourtoftheRashtrapatiBhavan. highfunctionariesonurgentmattersorattend- It is an instant favouritewiththose who de- ing upon sickpeople. But Iknowyou don’t lightattheexperienceof feelingpartof history. wantmeto breakmy silence...if we meet again, But did the Mahatma reallyvisit Rashtra- MahatmaGandhi never visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan as it is now, Ishall speak.” The next dayMountbatten an- patiBhavan? This question ledmetoporeover nouncedthePartitionof India,overradio,after someold records. Technically, of course, hedid yet his legacy looms large over Lutyens’s marvel obtaining the consent of Jinnah and Nehru. not, since this magnificent building became Gandhi’s untimely death in 1948 meant the Rashtrapati Bhavanonlyinthe 1950s. that he nevervisited the Rashtrapati Bhavan Beforethat it wasthe ‘Viceroy House’ and to meet anIndianpresident.However, fate pro- ‘Government House’. If we leave thesemantics videdashortand beautiful windowofoppor- aside though, things become interesting. tunity.InNovember1947,Mountbattenleftfor Construction of the Viceroy House began England to attend the royal wedding of his in 1912 andwas complete onlyby1929. Lord nephewPhilipwith Princess Elizabeth, elder Irwin became itsfirstresident sometime in daughterof KingGeorge VI.CRajagopalachari February1931and one of the early visitors to wasannouncedasthe acting Governor- the Viceroy House was, in fact, Mahatma General and he movedintemporarilytothe Gandhi. On February17, 1931,heheld the first GovernmentHouse,whichtheViceroy House of his famous meetings with LordIrwin. hadnowcometo becalled.Gandhivisitedhim Havingjustbeen jailedfor theDandi March on November 20, and, forthe firsttimeinhis- and Salt Satyagraha, he is famouslysaid to tory,hesaw an Indian reside in the building. have carriedhis ownsalt in apacket andused The visit wasevensweeter since Gandhiand it to mix in his nimbu pani. Gandhi metIrwin Rajaji had become co-fathers-in-lawbythen. eight times until March 5, 1931,leading ulti- In retrospect, Gandhi’s visitstothe matelytothe Gandhi-Irwin pact. Images of RashtrapatiBhavanwereneverreallyjustvis- the modestly-clad Gandhi at the grand new its. Rather,theywereencounters between an Viceroy House rankledseveral important peo- empire, symbolisedthrough acolossal struc- ple in London. WinstonChurchill,during an ture, and the moral forceofanation embod- address to the Council of the West Essex iedinone scrawny andfrail man. These en- UnionistAssociationonFebruary23, 1931, counters, slowlybut surely, tilted thebalance lamented,“It is alarming and also nauseating of powerand chippedatthe foundations of to see Mr Gandhi, an InnerTemple lawyer, the British colonial rule. At thesame time, the nowbecome aseditious fakir of atype well encounters also changed thecharacter of the known in the East, striding half-naked up the Rashtrapati Bhavanitself. From being asign steps of the Viceregal Palace, while he is still RENUKAPURI WIKIMEDIACOMMONS of British domination,itbecame astructure organisingand conductingadefiant campaign THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD epitomising our unity and national spirit. of civil disobedience, to parley on equal terms (Left) AGandhi portrait in abanquet hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan; Mahatma Gandhi with Lord and Lady Mountbatten Decades before anyofthese encounters with therepresentative of the King-Emperor.” took place, educator and missionaryCF Ironically, today, just outside the walls of Andrews wrote on February21, 1924,“There the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the salt march is im- India’s supportinthe war. Commenting on whereasWavellwouldfindhimalreadylocked other countriescan sendtoIndia, struggling aide of Mountbatten notedthat during one of is aruler of India here, Mahatma Gandhi, mortalisedinbronze in asculpturepopularly thisepisode,Gandhi remarked, “Wehadgone up.TheissuethatwouldactuallyworryWavell againststarvation, must be welcome, my en- these meetings Gandhi “stayedonfor after- whose sway is greater than all imperial power. knownasGyarah Murti by theeminentsculp- to ask forbread and instead got astone.” wasthe spectreoffamine overIndia. In this deavour has been to find ways andmeans to noon tea, whichwas arrangedon thelawnand His name will berememberedandsung by all torDeviPrasad RoyChoudhary(1899-1975). The launchofthe Quit India movement in grimscenario,theformerAmericanPresident makeourselvesself-supporting...naturenever did nottouch either the cakes or the sand- the villagepeople long afterthe names of the The other prominent visitofGandhi oc- 1942 ledtoGandhi being jailed in Pune at the HerbertHoovervisitedIndiaonApril24,1946, fails those who will help themselves.” Words wiches, but chose to eat abowlofgoat’s curd modern governors in their palaces in New curredonOctober 12,1939. WorldWar II had AgaKhanPalace between 1942 and 1944. to discuss Americanaid to tide over the crisis. that would find resonance todayasweaim to whichhehad brought with him.” Delhi areforgotten...for thereisaspiritual broken out. Along with RajendraPrasad and Meanwhile,onOctober 20,1943, Linlithgow Wavell invited thenationalistleaders to the build an “atmanirbhar Bharat”. OnJune2,1947,Mountbattenagaininvited palace whichMahatma Gandhi built out of an Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Gandhi metthe leftIndia and LordWavell became the new Viceroy HousetomeetHoover. Gandhi and One of the morepopular images of Gandhi and other national leaders to the eternal fabric. Itsfoundations aredeeplyand viceroyLordLinlithgow abouttheIndianpar- viceroy.Writing in his journal, Wavell records Nehruaccepted,butnotJinnah.Afterthemeet- Mahatma Gandhiatthe Rashtrapati Bhavan Viceroy Houseto wintheirsupportforhisplan trulylaid in the kingdom of God.” No words ticipation in the British wareffort. The meet- thatthateveryoneinLondoncommentedthat ing, in astatement to thepress on April 26, is, perhaps, of hismeetings with the viceroy forPartition.Gandhi’ssupportwasconsidered have proved to be moreprophetic. ing wasn’tsuccessfulandLinlithgowinastate- he waslucky compared to his predecessors. Gandhi said,“Mr Hoover’s flying visit to India LordMountbatten in April 1947.Gandhi met the mostcrucial.Mountbatten feared that his ment on October 17 refusedtocommit to the The biggestdecision theyhad to face was hasexcitedconsiderableinterestandpossibly him on April 1, 2and 3, fordiscussions on the planstoodnochanceif Gandhi spokepublicly PraveenSiddharthisprivatesecretaryto demands forindependenceinreturn for “whether and when to lockupGandhi,” hope. Whilstall the help that America and composition of the interim government. An againstit. As Dominique Lapierre and Larry thePresidentofIndia Ahmedabad EYE,THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE

OCTOBER 4, 2020 SPOTLIGHT 14 DOWN IN JUNGLELAND

WONDERWOMEN BNarayanaswamy (left) and MD Pallavi RanjitLal

Ranjit Lal is an author, environmentalistand NoOneKilled birdwatcher Desdemona Aplay seeks to interrogate The Mighty why women need to rescue themselves and the Meek Dipanita Nath Ape agorilla’s dignity or a bonobo’s peacekeeping methods AT THEend of Othello,Desdemona is mur- dered in herbedchamber on the suspicion of being unfaithful. Yet, when askedtheidentity TAchimpanzee’s enclosureinany Indian zoo, of her killer,Desdemona responds, “Nobody; young men arefound hooting, shrieking, Imyself”. The Shakespearean tragedyisusu- pulling faces and offering the chimps cigarettes allyenacted as the sagaofatroubledMoor. ENRICOFABIAN Aand even bitsofbrokenbottles. It’s difficult to Now, agroup of Bengaluru theatre practition- tell whothe real chimpanzees are. That’s howcloselyre- ers borrowDesdemona’s lastwords to study lated we aretothe great apes. Backinthe very oldbad history and mythology’s missing women. days,ahighlight of anycircus act wasthe chimpanzee tea “Whydoes Desdemonasay nobody killed party wherethe chimps would end up throwing teacups her?Thedeathwastheactof punishmentbe- He Walked Among Us at eachother and shriek muchlikewhat happens in the causeof thenotion:if thewomanhasbetrayed hallowedhalls wherethe laws of thenation areframed. aman, she’stobekilled.Thereare parallels in Of the 13 species of apes in the world(excluding us), our ownstories. Sitahas to keep paying for Artists visualise MahatmaGandhi and his ideals in these uncertain times four arethe “great” apes, the others, “lesser” apes, adis- somebody’s illusions about her sanctity. tinction made solelyonthe basis of size. Three of the for- Desdemonadoesn’tfightbackbyevennaming mer arefound in Africa and one in the rainforests of Othello. Sita, similarly,accepts her punish- GULAMMOHAMMED SHEIKH SoutheastAsia –whichisalso the realm of the lesser apes. mentsasawoman’sneedtoprove herself free The granddaddy of them all is the gorilla —aglowering, of guilt,” says actor-singer MD Pallavi. THINKINGOFGandhiji todayleavesyou in frowning giant with the gentlesteyesimaginable. Our be- Theplay, DesdemonaRupakam,exploresre- astate of despair, as the voices of sanity and haviour towardsthem (and other greatapes) hasbeen lationships between famous couples of classic civilisedconduct in our public lifehavebeen horrendous and shameful: they’vebeen poached, driven literatures by probing thebedroom as asiteof pushed intothe margins, if notextin- from their jungles, trappedfor the pettrade and zoos (ba- vicious powerstruggle. It will be filmedinan guished. We watchwith utter disbelief how bies aretaken aftershooting the mothers) and starredin emptyhallandstreamedgloballyaspartofthe aggression and violence govern everywalk hideous films.Thankfully, theyhad mentors, needless to annual RangaShankara TheatreFestival. of our life, howevery form of dissent is say, who were women. The late Dian Fosseyinveigledher- Though unintended, Desdemona Rupakam muzzled, howfreedom continuestobecur- self into gorilla clans in the Virunga Forestsofthe Congo opens at acritical time, when national anger tailed, leaving the civilisedpopulace in a livingtherefor decades before she wasmurdered forthe surrounding the Hathras (alleged gang-rape helpless limbo. Let’s notforgetthat Gandhiji protection she triedgiving animals, lyingburiednextto and murder) case has trainedthe lens on mi- practisedahumane behaviour in his public her favourite, Digit, agiant silverbackkilledbypoachers. sogynyinIndia.“Theincidentisdeeplydisturb- and privatelife, listenedtothose who often Gorilla families areruledbyagrand silverback, who ing.Itisn’toutrightlymentionedintheplaybut reviled him, upholding their righttodiffer maintains order and discipline with firmness and dignity. the text is about these events,” says Pallavi. with respect and humility. Hisabsence is MANISHMEHTA IRISDREAMS/REENAKALLATSTUDIOANDCHEMOULDPRESCOTTROAD He has his harem and his young guns arequickly shown The firstplace that the politics of aplayis sorelymissedinthis worldthathas turned religious, ethnic, cultural, philosophicaland GENTLYSHAKE counter 13 pairs of Snelleneye charts their place by chest-thumping and mockcharging. There reflected in is therehearsal room. Abhishek increasingly violent. I’veoften turnedto political coreofthis land.His vision was THE WORLD through the disjointed letters that form the can be trouble, though, when an outsider silverback– Majumdar-directed Desdemona Rupakamis Gandhiji in my work.Iquotedhim in adia- basedondemocratic principles.What have preambles to theConstitutionsofcountries equal in weight and size, tries to take over as head honcho. dominated by women —actorsPallavi and logue with Kabir,with both at opposite ends we become? Forus, truth has become a (Clockwisefromtop) suchasUS-Cuba, Serbia-Croatia, Sudan- Exceptwhen babies, gorillas don’t usuallythrow Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy, dramaturge of an arkfloating in an endless ocean. His myth. We have systematicallyremoved Gandhi’s muralon South Sudan, India-Pakistan, Bangladesh- tantrums, they’rejusttoo big and dignifiedfor that. The Irawati Karnikandproductionmanager Veena Satyagraha and Ours (2006) shows Gandhiji eachand everystone laid by the Mahatma. the Delhi Police India, Northand South Korea, amongstoth- leaf-eating vegetarians move as slowlyand silentlyas Appiah.“Somanytimes,”says Majumdar, “the as ayounglawyerbeforehe This is acountrywhere Headquarters, ers. In the act of reading, as the founding smokethrough their habitat. Big daddy silverbacks (the women in the room said, ‘Areweendingup returnedtoIndia from in women arebeing rapedand painted in 2014 by promises of equality,justice, liberty,com- hair in the middle of their backs is silver) occasionallyin- saying that Othello is abad guy?’” Gender ne- South Africa. In the triptych killed, migrant workers area German graffiti artist mon to preambles of both nation-statesare dulgetheir babies, whichiswhy therewas suchanuproar gotiations aren’t as simple as calling the guy Gandhi and Gama (2014), non-existing entity and ahis- revealed, they morph into braille-likedots. when Harambe, the captive silverbackinthe Cincinnati bad. “Thereare bigger things, whichwehave Vasco da Gamafacesayoung torical monument of reli- Hendrik Beikirch The work invites reflection on howweseem been trying to explore,” he adds. Gandhi contemplating the gious importance is crushed and Varkey;Kallat’s to have lostsight of these shared human Using folk forms like Harikatha, yaksha- collapseofthe British rule to the ground. We have cre- 13-channel values and universal aspirations, whichcut gana and yellamma nataka,and Tishani Doshi’s across a mappa mundi. ated our banana republic, installation Blind across the idea of sovereign nation-states. poemTheRiver of Girls,the scriptincludessto- one whereweshouldn’t ut- Spots (2017-19); ries of Shakuntala and Dushyanta, wherea GIGI SCARIA terthe Mahatma’s name. Scaria’s Men at Work ANPU VARKEY ring is aproof of awoman’s identity,and (2015), watercolour Renuka and Jamadagni, wherethe wifeis WHEN Ithink about REENA KALLAT In this time of strife andunrestaroundthe cursedfor desiring acelestial beingflying Mahatma Gandhi in 2020, and automotive paint world, Gandhi the pacifist—who stands tall above her.“Women face brutality everyday. my heartbleeds so much The worldover, democracies on paper; Sheikh’s on the exteriors of government buildings It’s unfortunatethat this line still holds good. from the permanent wound inflicted by the areunderincreasing strain, facing newchal- TheArk (2007), thatupholdthe law—andhis views of Whydosome of them stay silent?Weneed intense communal politics playedout in lenges. It becomes moreurgent forustore- digital collage on negating violence as ameanstosubdue to rescue ourselvesbecause no one else will,” this countrythat it will neverrecover. visitGandhi’s ideals –oftolerance, truth, archivalpaper conflicts areevenmorerelevant now. says Appiah,whohas workedasaproduction Gandhi, through his lifeand actions, equality,justice. In this multi-channelled manager forovertwo decades. analysed the ideaof‘truth’inadiversely video installation Blind Spots,viewers en- AS TOLD TO VANDANA KALRA WIKIMEDIACOMMONS OLD MAN OF THE FOREST The gentle-eyed orangutans are hugely shrewd

formance, but because we strove to respect zoo, wasshotin2016when atoddler fell intohis enclo- others and put their needs ahead of our own. sure. The juryisout on whether the animal wasjust The Hands that Guide “YouareHindu!Thereare noprescriptions checking out the unconscious child or about to harm him. or rituals that aHindu mustperform. Gorillas arehaving ahardtime surviving in the wild, and Hinduismisabouthaving peaceand serenity severalzoos (likeinJerseyand San Diego) have captive- Anote of gratitude for the lessons in loveand tolerancethat parentsimparttotheir children in your mind by leading alifeofdharma (con- breeding programmes forthem. science)andreachingarealisationthatallcon- Our closestcousins, however, arethe chimpanzees — scious beings areone and equal. This enables and they’vepaid the price foritinmedical laboratories. etywherearrangedmarriages were the norm. youtogrowoutof groupsandismsintoaworld JaneGoodall has studiedthem forover60years(she first An inter-caste marriage, too—two families whereweare allone family and the worlda discoveredtheirtool-making prowess) and nowspends SLICEOFLIFE from regions of India that areproud of their global village. This is Hinduism. It is practised her time espousingtheir cause. Sure,toddler chimps are markeddifferences. APunjabi woman and a throughthought,wordanddeed.”Withthese cute, laugh hystericallywhen tickled, and very,verysmart. UP-wallah man, theymade amostincredible words, pennedtohelp us understand religion But adults areprone to shrieking temper tantrums, and couple and even morebrilliant parents. They at atender age, my mother freedusfromthe young studs throw around their weight(andwhatever’s at ignored the murmurs of disapproval and un- tyrannyofemptyritualandconnecteduswith hand). Chieflyvegetarian,theydooccasionallyindulgein kind gossip that followedtheir marriage. They the planetatlarge.Ifone person suffers,weall hunting monkeysand other small animals, and to see the encouraged theirchildren to step above such suffer. If onegoeshungry,weallgo hungry.My wayaparty of males sets out on ahunt is trulychilling. simplisticnarrow-mindednessandforgivethe parentstaughtmethatImustgiveofmyself to Havingtorn akill (say,acolobusmonkey)toshreds, the al- perpetrators as being misguided, notmali- protect the worldbeyond my safespace. That, pha male maydistributethe meatamonghis acolytes. cious. But in ourhome’sprivacy,theyac- regardless of who joins me, theremay come a While the common chimpanzee is highlystrung, and knowledgedthe damaging behaviour,the time whenIwill be compelledtostepout, groups will oftengotowar with one another,theyhavea smallness of actions, and the lackofcivility in alone,andeffectchange.Unbeknownsttome, smaller relative,the bonobo, whichbelievesin(very)free the messagethat came withthe insultsdi- my parentsmademeamemberof civilsociety. love above all! These hippie chimps keep the peace by rectedat us. Theyencouragedus to rise above Papa is no more, butmom has found even making love as oftenastheycan, caring twohoots about and forgivethe wrongdoer,toremember our moreofher ownvoice. Avoice thatmirrors the exclusivity of partners. hurtand use it as our moral compass when Papa’s in both clarityand content, in daring The “old men of the forest”—orangutans of Borneo we sawothers being impugnedaswewere. and humanity.Arelative recentlysaid to her, and Sumatraand the Indonesian islands —too,havea Forthat tutelage, Ithank my parentsdaily. half-jokingly,“Ididn’t knowyou had your own mentor in aDutchlady,BiruteGaldikas, and theytoo have Theywerebold outliers in aworld wheresi- personality and thoughts!” Formom, soul- sufferedhideouslyatour hands. These gentle-eyed, rust- lenceand tolerance of familialwrongsoften mates with syncretic beliefsdidn’t both need coloured apes arehugelyshrewd, spending moretime in turns intotacit acceptanceandapprovalof big- to speak —itwas smarterfor one to take the the trees than anyofthe others. Long ago, Ifell foradoe- SuvirSaran otry,sowing seeds of hatred and robbing so- backseat.When Papa wasalive,mom was eyed orangutan calledPinky at the Delhi Zoo. We met ciety of decency and cohesive civility. content to lethim shine. She’s alwaysbeen se- when she wastaking awalk: she twinedher arms around Suvir Saran is achef,author,educator and Across our four ancestral unitsbetween cureinher ownintellect and had no needto my legsand looked up at me with those soulful eyes. world traveller the twoparents, ourswas ararehousehold push her wayintothe spotlight. Upsetting her would be foolish because the strength in wherereligious holidays of theHinducalen- As we getready to celebrate thewedding those arms could easilysnap both my legs as if theywere AFTER 47 years of of life, Ihavemanyendear- dar were celebratedas if we were living in the anniversaryoftwo bold humans with un- matchsticks.Appalledbythis budding romance, her ingmemoriesof my parents.Windingthrough 19th century. My parentsand grandparents matchedempathy, Ifindmyself inaweofMom keeper hastenedher away and Inever sawher again. andcolouring them all istheimmense feeling were believers, but in amostagnostic way. To (and Dad,whomshe sounds more and more On another visit, the ringing cries of the hoolockgibbon of gratitudeIhave forthe constellationsand my parents, festivals and religious holidays — liketoday)asdeeply nowasIwasasakid.Ialso — hoola-hoola-hoola —risingtoacrescendowelcomed stars, the planetary movements, and the hu- of all faiths —weremomentstoteachusand find her words, selfless living, and inclusive, me. The gibbons (all nine species) arethe “lesser” apes — man intersection in their crossroads that led our relativesand friends the customs and tra- generousspiritapoetically humanexampleof and ourveryown hoolockisfound in the Northeastern to my birth in the Saran home in Delhi.My ditions of yore.Theyevenkeptalive recipes SUVIRSARAN what BhagavadGita and Krishna’s teachings rainforests.Theyswing (brachiate) liketrapezeartistes goodfortuneto have beenachildtomyincred- that would otherwise have easilygottenlost. in their hands. Prayer wasaway of being and areall about. She’sthe living embodiment of and, everymorning and evening,the gentsand ladies will ible parentsand throughthem havingbeen These times were celebrations of lifeand liv- growing. Growth that theyhopedwould “the hands thatserveare holier than the lips sing, eachprotecting itspartner from covetous eyes. These blessedwithremarkableextendedfamilies. ing, of sharing and caring and, mostimpor- makeusbetterversionsofourselveswitheach that pray”, although she does both in great swinging singers arealso losingout to rampant habitatde- Familiesthatsocialisedmeearly inlifeforhan- tantly, momentstocook and feed,indulge daywelived,eachact we committed.Their measure. When we can live with suchvalues, struction. If you’redowninthe dumps, listentothe gib- dling whatever the worldsentmyway. mindfully, respect traditionspast,andengage mindset and adherence to oldtraditions made we canlearntoembrace and accept theother bons’ song and you’ll be up swingingwiththem! Fifty-three years ago, on October 7, my par- with them as authenticallyasour present us some of the morepopular school kids. and trulybeglobal citizensofa21st-century entsweremarried. Alovemarriageinasoci- times couldafford.Religionwasnot dogmatic Beloved, notbecause of our academic per- worldvoid of theismsthat divide us.

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EYE SPY EVERY FORTNIGHT, WE PICK, YOU WATCH Do Not Go Gentle The 1985 film Buddies was a poignant look at the AIDS crisis

Shubhra Gupta

EADLYVIRUSES have always been amagnet forthe movies. In the worstoftimes, we need stories filledwith hope, and suchfilms as DSteven Soderbergh’s 2011 Contagion,which some claim predicted thearrival of the coronavirus, end with the discovery of avaccine. Prescient it mayhave been, but Contagion wasstrictlyfiction. The truth wasre- vealedmuchmorerecently, at the TorontoInternational Film Festival (TIFF), in 76 Days,aterrific documentarydi- rected by NewYork-basedHao Wu. The film gave us never-before access to the hospitals in Wuhan, whereCOVID-19issaid to have originated.The ti- tle refers to the number of days Wuhan wasinlockdown, Women of Many Parts as doctors and medical workers struggledtocontain the rising number of deaths in an atmosphereoffear and offi- cial crackdown on information. Wu worked with two filmmakers on the ground, creating afilm whichcrackles Sundayouting.” Shrivastava, who wrote the with urgency and heroism. Therewill, doubtless, be many Alankrita Shrivastava and Konkona Sen firstdraft of DollyKitty... in 2014,started morefilms made on this pandemic, but 76 Days will al- shooting it towardsthe end of 2018 and the ways have the first-moveradvantage. SharmaonDolly Kitty Aur WohChamakte movie premiered at theBusan International In the panic spread by this mostrecent scourge,we Film Festival lastOctober. have nearly forgottenhow lethal HIV wasinthe early ’80s. Sitare and the allure of stories about the Keytothe exploration of desire—bothfe- It wasastory that neverleftthe news pages in those years, male and male —isthe sensitive,meaning- because thereseemedtobenoend to the deaths. ful depiction of sex, as seen in both Afew days back, Ichancedupon the firstfeaturemade complex, inner lives of women Lipstick...and Dolly Kitty…,aswell as Sen on the AIDS crisis by Arthur JBressan Jr.The 1985 Buddies, Sharma’s directorial debut, ADeath in theGunj available on MUBI, begins with the clattering of atelex AlakaSahani Sharma, who has acted in movies like Mr and (2016). “In ADeathinthe Gunj,sex scenes machine, spilling out the names of the dead. The action Mrs Iyer (2002), Omkara (2006), Luck By communicatemanymorethings. It shows shifts to aManhattan hospital room where33-year-old Chance (2009) and Ek ThiDaayan (2013). howShutu (VikrantMassey)isfeeling when Robert is shown lying in bed,looking sickand spent, perk- HEN writer-director Atheme that runs through muchofboth he has sexfor thefirsttime and howheisgo- ing up onlywhen a“buddy” shows up. AlankritaShrivastava Shrivastavaand Sen Sharma’s work is gen- ing to reacttoMimi (Kalki Koechlin) later,and David, 25, avolunteer with aNew York-basedagency, ranintoKonkona Sen der.Sen Sharma’s directorial debut ADeathin howsex between amarried coupleisdiffer- finds Robert annoyingly “personal” to begin with: the lat- Sharma at their neigh- theGunj (2016) is atender yetunsettling ex- ent. Usually, asexual act haslayers (that are) teraskspointed questions about the former’s partner W bourhoodsalon in ploration of masculinity,while all threeof unspoken,” says SenSharma. (they’vebeen together forfiveyears), how“hot” he is, and Versova,Mumbai, one afternoon in 2018,the Shrivastava’s directorial ventures — Turning Good narrative intentionsapart, such how“it” (sex) is between the twoofthem. But, soon, formermentionedanew scriptthat she had 30 (2011), LipstickUnder My Burkha (2017) WHATTHE ing Sen Sharma,Shrivastava,Meghna Gulzar, scenesalso requiregreat carebecause, as Sen David (David Schachter) sees, likewedo, that the lifein written.The twohad become friends while and Dolly Kitty... —havewomen characters HEARTWANTS AshwinyIyerTiwari and AnvitaDutt, are Sharmasays,theymight make an actor“feel front of him is already ebbing. He realises that therecan working on LipstickUnder and their desires at their telling stories from women’s point of view vulnerable”. She says,“A musician willhave ●●● (Top) Konkona Sen be nothing moreintimatethan sharing someone’s death, My Burkha (2016) andun- heart. “I inevitablyfind and talking about women’s desire. This is a an instrument,acameraperson has acam- especiallysomeone who has been comprehensively derstood eachother’s cre- myself drawntothe inte- Sharma with significant step forthe Hindi film industry era. As an actor youhavethe body andyou abandonedbyhis parents, his partners and the state. ative worlds. When the Atheme that runs rior,complexworld of Alankrita that oftendoesn’t makemuchspace for can’t justgiveitawaytobeusedasaprop. Essentiallyatwo-hander (weonlyhear the voices of script, titled DollyKitty Aur women. The moment you Shrivastava; Sen women characters as the centre of their own What’s an actor’s relationship withhis/her the other characters), this low-budget film, shotovernine WohChamakteSitare through much of startexploring those char- Sharma and Bhumi stories or allowthem to celebratetheir im- body? Your body is yourself and it also be- days,ispoignant and political. Conservative authorities in reachedher inboxsoonaf- both Shrivastava acters, issues related to Pednekar in astill perfections. Shrivastava’s characters aren’t longs to the character youare playing.” For the US were notwilling to allocatefunds forresearch ter, Sen Sharma read it and gendercropup. Itry to look from Dolly Kitty Aur formulaic, whether it’s theelderly Rosy from Shrivastava,makingher actors comfortable when the firstvictims were found to be gaymen. wasimpressed.Dolly is a and Sen Sharma’s at these characters hon- Lipstick...whoenjoys erotica and has sexual in these scenes is important, so she uses fewer Hollywood wascharyabout addressing the issue, and woman who aspires to a estlyand holistically,” says WohChamakte Sitare fantasies, or the young Kitty in the newfilm, shots andtakes. “I don’t want to usethe cam- Bressan Jr’s film wasapioneering effort to counter that picture-perfect lifewhile work is gender Shrivastava. who has justarrived in Noida from Bihar and erafor titillation butfor expression.The gaze hypocrisy and unease. Both the director and the actor hiding herconflicts behind According to Sen is struggling to makeher ownchoices. is empathetic, notvoyeuristic,” she adds. who playedRobert(GeoffEdholm) diedsoon after, of an effervescent manner. ●●● Sharma, what’s interesting “Women’s desire, historically, has not Asignificant partofthe narrative in complications from AIDS. When Shrivastava, 40, of- about these stories is the been looked at. By andlarge,women areseen Shrivastava’s newfilmisPappu, Dolly’s The firstbig-budget Hollywoodfilm on AIDS wasthe feredher the role, Sen Sharma agreedimme- conflict that’s generated when social expec- as objectsofmale desire. That (women’s de- younger son who lovestodress up as agirland 1993 Philadelphia,starringTom Hanksand Denzel diately. tations areatodds with individual desires. sire) is adirect threattopatriarchy. This could playwithdolls. Gender non-conformingchar- Washington.InBollywood, Onir made My Brother...Nikhil, “As yougrowolder —Iam41now —you But alot of women, she says,are unaware of also be because women arenot viewedasin- acters arerarelytreated sensitively in Indian withSanjaySuriand Purab Kohli, in 2005. With thehelp getfewer meaty and fulfilling roles. Formost this conflictthemselves, while some areonly dividuals, but as those who fulfill certain re- cinema,barringafew exceptions, suchasZoya of technology,it’s takennotime at all forfilmmakers to of my career,Ihaveplayedwomen who are justbeginning to understand it. “Many productive and sexual urges,” says Sen Akhtar’s Sheila Ki Jawani,apartofthe anthol- respond creativelytoCOVID-19, even with aworldwide strong, morallyuprightand responsible. womencan’t do anything about it as they Sharma.Shrivastava echoes her thought: ogy film BombayTalkies(2013). Wouldn’tit be lockdown.Clearly,itwillbereel magicwhichwillkeep Often, that’s boring and notverytruthful. don’thavechoices. Ialso find it interesting “Thereisverylittle sexual agency that wonderful if Pappu were to gethis ownstory? us going till we seethe end of this pandemic in real life. Women arecomplex. It is nice to play achar- howmen behave (in suchscenarios),” the ac- womenenjoy.That is kind of suppressed. It’s “In the worldofDollyKitty… he is an aspect acterwho is notalwaysmaking the right de- tor-director says. alsoabout (the suppression of)other desires, of Dolly’s life. In accepting Pappu, Dollyac- cisions or is alwayslikeable,” says Sen Agrowingnumberofstorytellers, includ- likewanting to go watchafilm or on a cepts herself,” says Shrivastava.

As two of his documentaries —one new and one old —stream online, Anand Patwardhan, 70, ‘ALLRESISTANCE talks about reason, censorship, caste politics, and the Babri Masjid verdict Ta nushree Ghosh protestthe deathof10Dalits in the 1997 Whether it’s aBhushan or aKarnan, all re- against censorship, the judgeindicated that Ramabai Colonypolice firing). Did you sistance is bravery. he would notinterferewith MIFF.So, we knowhim? It also features the Kabir withdrew rather than setalosing prece- ISBRAVERY’ YOUARE almostasold as independent Kala Manch (KKM), whosemembers You’vestruggledagainstcensorship for dent. Press coverage did,however, expose India. Were youa’70s‘angry young were recently re-arrested. long. Aren’t your detractors tired of you? the blatant backdoor censorship. man’ who wasmakingfilmstochannel Imet Vilas in the early 1980s when we We wonseven courtcases, oncetoget a his anger? fought againstillegal slum demolitions. The Censorcertificatefor Warand Peace (2002), Father,Son and Holy War speaksofour While on ascholarship in the US, Ifirst song in JaiBhim Comrade wasfirstshotwhen the rest to forceDoordarshan to broadcast cultureofmachismo (touchingupon filmedanti-Vietnam warprotests that Bombay: Our City (1985) wasmade. I my films that had wonNational Awards Roop Kanwar's sati in 1987). Does the landedmeinprison twice. On returning to recordedmanyofhis other songsbut filmed (Bombay: OurCity;In Memory of Friends, hounding of actor RheaChakraborty India in 1972,Ijoinedavoluntaryrural de- justone. Vilas’s protestsuicide shockedme 1990; RamkeNaam,1992; Father,Son,and illustratethis? velopment and education project in Madhya intolooking at the Holy War,1994, the Of course! Apartfromthe media lynch- Pradesh, then movedtoBihar in1974when extent of atrocities latter going to court ing, when all else failedtheycaught Rhea for the JP (Jayaprakash Narayan) movement be- on Dalitsand to ex- three times). marijuana! Then,why is bhaang sold at tem- ganand pickedupthe cameraagain to record ploretheir poetryof Advocate (PA) ples? What do sadhus imbibe? police violence. Our film WavesofRevolution resistance. The film Sebastian in the high (1974) went underground in 1975 during the took 14 years to courtand Prashant ‘Unlikereligion, whichbelievesinafinal Emergency.Ilater made afilmonpolitical makeand includesa Bhushan in the truth, science is an endlesssearchfor prisoners (Prisoners of Conscience,1978). So rangeofamazingly Supreme Courten- truth,’ saidthe rationalist, the lateDr the journeybegan. powerful story- sured the telecasts. NarendraDabholkar (shotdeadin2013) tellers. KKM wasone Arguing probono, featured in Reason.Isthe assault on Cinemapreneur.com is screening Jai such. When they theynever allowed reason exclusively true of today? Bhim Comrade (2011), and adocu-short were houndedby the statetocut a Religion and blind faith have dominated Heart to Art:Across Borders (2020), the police, we helped single frame. the worldfor thousands of years. The Ageof completedduring the lockdown, using them face trial. They SPEAK OUT,SING OUT Reason dawnedinthe West aroundthe 16th footageofanIndia-Pakistanart were finallygranted (Above) The late Dalit poet-activist Vilas Recently, youand centurybut in India, Charvaka and the exchangeyou shot in 2004.What do you bail by the Supreme Ghogre in Jai Bhim Comrade;Patwardhan documentary Buddha were early advocates. make of such platforms? Courtin2017. Today, filmmaker Pankaj Theyare very welcome. At first, we theyare chargedfor Rishi Kumar Doordarshan’s 1997 telecastofyour Ram lugged heavy 16 mm projectors and even visiting Bhima Koregaon while upper-caste petitionedthe Mumbai International ke Naam (on the Babri Masjid generators to venues whereelectricity was alleged instigators of violence likeSambhaji Film Festival (MIFF) againstdropping demolition) sawaheated RajyaSabha scarce. During the video era, equipment be- Bhide and Milind Ekbote walk free. your respective films, but then withdrew. debate, andeventodaythe film’s came smaller, and now, in the digital age, Fewjudges todayhavethe backboneto screenings aredisrupted. Howdoyou newpossibilitiesemerge. But the problem Youhaveexpressed disappointment in rule againstthe statebut we stillwantedto react to the Ayodhya bhoomi pujan and of howtoattract eyeballs remains. Today, the Prashant Bhushan’s contempt verdict. test the waters. Reason/Vivek (2018)had the court verdicts? internetisoversaturatedand attentionspans Hisfine of Re 1was criticisedasbeing wontop prize at IDFA(Amsterdam), one of RamkeNaam wassubmitted as evidence tinybut everynew initiative is good. pro-savarna as the same treatment the best-regardedfestivals in the documen- before the Liberhan Commission looking into wasn’t extendedtoDalit judgeCS tary world. Pankaj’s film (Janani's Juliet, the Babri dispute. Obviouslytoday’s courts JaiBhim Comrade features theonly Karnan in his 2017 contemptcase. 2019)had wonthe topprize at (IDSFFK) have ignored it.Our constitutional lawhas documented song of Dalit poet-activist Speaking out againstanauthoritarian, Kerala. Both films had qualifiedfor the been replacedbyaHindutvaversion of Vilas Ghogre(who hung himself to majoritarian, casteistsystemisnecessary. Oscars.But afterlecturing the government sharia law. PHOTOSCOURTESYANANDPATWARDHAN Ahmedabad THESUNDAYEXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 MANE TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has become the second player to contract the coronavirus at the English Premier League champions this week. Mane,who scored in a3-1 victoryover Arsenal on Monday, will miss 16 SPORT Sunday's game against Aston Villa. Midfielder ThiagoAlcantaraisalso out of the game after contracting COVID-19. AP Player informs Miami find no Delhi routine ACU after answers to Capitals survive scareagain, this time againstKKR; Iyer’s knockthe difference suspicious LA Lakers’ SYNOPSIS approach scoring spree Iyer’s night at Sharjah. Nortje complements. DEVENDRAPANDEY MUMBAI,OCTOBER3

SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY AINDIAN Premier League playerhas re- OCTOBER3 portedasuspicious approachbyaperson known to him. The playerwhen asked to di- KOLKATA KNIGHT Riders outscored Delhi vulgeteam-information through social me- Capitals in the Powerplay. But theywereup dia on Fridayinformedthe BCCI's Anti- againstarecordchase and DC tightenedthe Corruption Unit official in UAE. screws themiddleovers,whicheventuallydid The ACUchief Ajit Singh Shekhawatcon- LeBron James is acontender to the job forthem. Eoin Morganthrew the firmedthe development to The Indian be namedthe Finals MVP. AP kitchensinktowardstheendandRahulTripathi Express though he didn’t divulgethe player’s playedabrillianthand.Intheend,though,chas- franchise. He said it could be related to bet- ing 229 to win, KKR went down by 18 runs. ting and said that the ACUwill recordthe THE MIAMI Heat playedbetterthan player’s statement soon. "The playerknows their Game 1showing and it still Iyer’s night the person, and the good partisthat the wasn’t enough as theywent down Prithvi Shawscored an excellent half-cen- playerstill came forwardtoinform us that a 114-124 to go 0-2 in the 2020 NBA tury, Rishabh Pant playedalovelylittle cameo, known person has contactedhim to getsome Finals to LeBron James and Anthony but if fans were allowedinside the stadium, information. Probably, the person wantedto Davis’ Los Angeles Lakers at Disney Shreyas Iyer would have made them dance in place bets," Shekhawattold this newspaper. WorldinOrlando. Both LeBron (33) the aisles at Sharjah, to paraphrase Tony Greig. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored a38-ball 88 to propel Delhi to atotal of 228/4 againstKKR in Sharjah on Saturday. BCCI/IPL The ACUchief said theywill recordthe and Davis (32) combinedfor 65 DC ranriotafter being sent in. Since the mid- statement and starttheir investigation. "It pointsinthe win while Heat’s Jimmy 1980s, Sharjah has always been achasing (approach) wasdone through social media. Butler had 25 points, 13 rebounds ground,withbatting-friendlypitchesandshort Therewas some person whom he (player) and right assists in the loss. boundaries.Thevenuehasliveduptoitsbilling knew. He asked forsome information and in this IPL also. Shikhar Dhawanand Shawput Royals hardly achallenge for Bangalore the playerimmediatelysaid no. The player Atussle forFinals MVP ona56-runopeningpartnershipbefore theim- found it suspicious and informedthis to the Forall talk of wherethis series is pressive VarunChakravarthy, whobowledtwo team management. We were then informed going, it’s starting to look likethe real oversinsidethePowerplay, dismissedtheleft- it’s those with the horizontal blade that were enough to rake up doubtsabout his about it. We will investigateitaswehavere- competition is forwho will bethe hander.Shawcarriedonand scored his sixth SYNOPSIS makehim notonlyexciting to watchbut also form. But normal service wasrestoredwith ceived the complaint,” Shekhawatsaid. Finals MVP.BothAnthonyDavis and IPL half-century. Iyer’s 38-ball 88 notout, with markhim out forthe future. The height apugnacious knock, his firsthalf-centuryof As per procedurethe boardACU has LeBron James areneck-and-neckin sevenfours and six sixes, oozedcultured ag- PrincelyPadikkal and regalKohli helps, so does the youngster’s gliding feet, this campaign. The setting wasperfect - asked the playertosubmit all proofsand fur- the race, especiallyconsidering the gression.IyerandPantadded72runsoff31balls decide the battle of the Royals. softhands and amind bristling with confi- nearly pressure-less as theywerechasing a nish details of the accusedperson. duties theyhavetaken up forthe forthe thirdwicket. dence and energy. middling target and Padikkal waspounding The ACUwing had conducted online Lakers. James secureda33-point Equallyinstructive of Padikkal’s sumptu- the runs -for the RCBskipper to getsome seminars forthe playerand officials before near triple double with nine rebou- Nortje complements ous game wasanudgepastshortfine-leg for time in the middle. the tournament startedpre-IPL seminar. nds and nine assists but Davis was AnrichNortjecleanedupSunilNarineinthe SANDIPG aboundary. The JofraArcher delivery wasnot Unlikeinthe previous outings, Kohli did- Theyweretold that action would be taken notfar behind with 32 pointsand 14 secondoverduringKKR’schase,butShubman OCTOBER3 shortenough to be pulled, wasquickand n’t look to impose himself on the bowlers, againstthem if theydidn’t reportany suspi- rebounds. What differentiatedthe Gill and Nitish Rana were going strong. Amit climbing ontohim, but with nothing more but waited forthem to drop shortorbowl ciousactivitytothe ACU. The three teams of twothough wasDavis taking Mishraput the handbrakeonafter the As the tournament is unfolding, all the miss- than agentle twirlofhis wrists,henudged toofull. He essayedsome gorgeous strokes, anti-corruption officials arestationedat defensive responsibility forthe Powerplayand removedGill. AndreRussell ing blocks in the puzzle arepicking them- the ball offhis hips foraboundary. none perhaps moreeye-catching as the off- Dubai, Sharjah and AbuDhabi. Heat’s best playerinJimmyButler. cameandIyerintelligentlybroughtbackKagiso selvesfor RoyalChallengers Bangalore. Justthe second delivery he faced, he drive offTom Curranorthe six over extra- Prior to the startofthe tournament, the Rabada. The South African neutralisedthe Devdutt Padikkal and YuzvendraChahal con- creamedthe experiencedJaydevUnadkat coveroff Riyan Parag. ACUhad spoken about the possible attempts Volume drowns efficiency threat, and as Dinesh Karthik came in ahead of tinuedtheir impressive starttothe season, over squareleg, by justswaying abit to the He had aterrific dayasacaptain too. He through online. “The other partissocial me- If therewas agame that would Morgan, the DC captain usedupHarshal Patel, while ViratKohli rediscoveredhis touchas off-side to getunder the ball and propel it introducedleg-spinner Chahal straightaway dia etc. through whichpeople trytomake break the Heat’s back, it would have who removedRana (58) and Karthik offcon- his side eviscerated Rajasthan Royals by eight to the intendeddestination. Aball later when Sanju Samson walked in, and it bore contact and communicate, that we'll have to been Game 2. Miami were 50.7% secutive deliveries to put KKR under serious wicketstolog in their thirdvictory. when the bowler erredonthe shorterside, instant result, as the batsman triedacasual take careof,” Shekhawathad told Reuters in from 2s, 40.7% from 3s and 91.2% pressure.NortjereturnedtodismissCummins Padikkal unleashedafront-footpull, ala drive and spoonedareturn catch. Chahal August. "People do trytomakeinnocent con- from the free throw line. Howmany and then got the big one of Morgan, when the PrincelyPadikkal Yuvraj Singh in his pomp. pickedtwo more, as the Royals creaked be- tactsalso. But under the garb of friendship teams can achieve a50-40-90 stat in Englandwhite-ballcaptain’sblitzwasthreaten- Of all the magnificent strokesatDevdutt With his thirdhalf-centuryinfour in- fore theywereresuscitated by Mahipal or as afan, therecould be an odd chap trying an NBAFinals game and still lose? ing to take the game away. Padikkal’s disposal —and he has afull quiver nings, he’s hurriedlyticking the boxesthat Lomror’s 47 and a40-run blitz by Rahul to explorethings. Monitoring social media Simplyput, Miami’s efficiency was BRIEF SCORES: Delhi Capitals 228/4 in 20 —the cut stands out forits sheer majesty.It’s could parachutehim intointernational Tewatia and Archer.But 154was notade- does notrequiremuchmanpower. We'll be on point but their volume wasn’t. overs(SIyer88*,PShaw66,RPant38;ARussell almostCaribbean in itsnonchalance, in the limelight. His fluency also afforded time for quatetoeventestRCB’s determination. taking help from professionals also." The Heat attempted 26 fewershots 2/28) beat KolkataKnight Riders 210/8 in 20 insouciance with whichthe tall left-hander Kohli to restoresome form. BRIEF SCORES: Rajasthan Royals 154/6 The IPL washit by spot-fixing scandal in than the Lakers and on an overall overs (N Rana 58, EMorgan44; ANortje 3/33, picks the ball, gets on topofthe bounce and in 20 overs (M Lomror 47;YChahal 3/24, I 2013,whichled to two-year suspensions for made 13 shots fewerthan the HPatel 2/34) by 18 runs dismisses it in front of point. It’s ablend of RoyalKohli Udana 2/41) losttoRoyal Challengers the Chennai and Rajasthan franchises. It trig- Lakers. The loss of Miami's defensive Playing tonight:MIvsSRH, 3.30pm, velvetand power. Suchare the high standards that Kohli has Bangalore158/2 in 19.1 overs (V Kohli 72*, D geredtheinvolvementof theSupremeCourtof fulcrum Bam Adebayo to injuryin KXIP vs CSK 7:30pm; Star Sports Network His vertical-bat strokesare gorgeous, but setfor himself that three ordinaryoutings Padikkal 63; Archer 1/18) by 8wickets thecountrywhichorderedreformsintheBCCI. the firstgame has hurtthem. Faltering defence Areason forthe Lakers offense Acalculative cricketer who knows his multiplication table managing to getbyvolume and three-point shooting (attempted 47, made 16)inthe NBAFinals simply Rastogi turns indulgent and veers the talk Practice under lockdown would wonder whether he would ever make comes down to Miami’s DEVENDRAPANDEY to multiplication tables. In an endearing Gargtrainedathis villageQuila enough moneytohelp his father. misfortunes. The Lakers’ greatest MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 Indian way, wherereciting multiplication ta- Prikshitgarh, 20 kilometres from Meerut in “My father did mostofthe hardwork, he scoring threat is AnthonyDavis and bles is considered ahallmarkofakid's intel- Uttar Pradesh during the lockdown. Notjust didalltheoddjobsthatyoucanimagine…sell- with no Bam Adebayo in Game 2to “DID YOUsee howhehit asix with asweep ligence, Rastogi talksupGarg’s skills. Even Gargbut players likeBhuvneshwar Kumar ing milk,driving school vans, loading goods, guardhim, the four-time All-NBA shotand next ball, he chose to playitlateto here, though, Garggenuinelystands out. and the leg-spinner Karn Sharma toowould he ensured that Igot agood life. He went FirstTeam playertook the Heat thirdman. That showedhow match-aware “You can ask him anytable, he will tell you drop in at the practice sessions conducted by throughallthatjusttoseemebecomeacrick- apart. Davis made 15-20 shots with and calculative he is," says the coachSanjay in one flow. Once during under-15selection, Rastogi. "Luckilythe administration wasn't eter one day. He took me to Meerut and made mostofthem coming directlyunder Rastogi, aday afterhis student Priyam Garg aselector (who wastold of Garg’s skills) that strict here, so we managed to playprac- surethatIgot intoadecentacademy,”Garghad the basket and onlyone of those scored amatch-winning 51 from 26 balls asked him to recitethe table of 38 and 67,and tice games in Victoria Park.Wedid match said in an interaction before lastyear’s U-19 shots being athree-pointer.Myers that pulledHyderabad Sunriers out of the Garganswered it correctly. The selector put simulation and if anyplayercould notreach WorldCup wherehecaptainedIndia. Leonardand KellyOlynykweremost hole againstChennai Super Kings. The inning twotickmarks beside his name -one forhis the settarget, he had to buy everyone aglass At the ageof15, Gargusedtobat against definitelynot the answers to the of high maturity that receivedhigh praise batting and other forhis education," Rastogi of juice!” Rastogi says. bowlers likePraveen Kumar and questions that Davis kept putting up. from experts could provetobeabreak- recalls. “Not manycricketers areeducated PRIYAMGARG. BCCI/IPL Gargremembers the days when his fa- Bhuvneshwar,who were playing forIndia. It Heat’s Tyler Herro might be the through knockfor the 19-year-old. but Priyam is good at studies too." ther usedtosell milk from door to door dur- wasinthose sessions that he reallyimpressed youngestplayerinhistory to playin But nothing about Gary's knocksurprises On Friday, Gargadded77runs in seven “He is just19but he has the mindsetofsome- ing the dayand slip aRs10notetohim at the coachwithhis maturity,game-awareness the NBAFinals, but it’s tough to Rastogi.Theunflusteredtemperamentthatsoa- overs with his friend Abhishek Sharma to en- one in his 50's. He is very matured.” Rastogi night so that he could travel to Meerut for and couragelikestanding well outside the fathom howthe rookie can defend kedupthepressurethatmusthaveescalatedaf- able Sunrisers Hyderabad recoverfromthe pointsout Garg’s ability to focus as the key cricket nets.Then, thereweredays when crease to negotiatethe swing of Bhuvneshwar. players with length in the paint. terKane Williamson’s annoying cryof‘C’mon depths of 69 for4tothe matchwinning 164. strength. "His focus is tremendous; he is a moneywas tight and Gargwould travel on NowRastogi awaitsthe daywhen Gargbreaks SHASHANKNAIR boy!’ at amix-up, the impeccableshot-selec- Rastogi says he has witnessedmanysuch natural player. He has extratime to playhis the roof of buses to pursue his dream. During the jinx of Meerut by becoming the firstbats- tionorthe awareness to manoeuvrethe field. games whereGarghas overcome obstacles. shots as compared to the others.” those lonelyjourneys,the budding batsman man from the city to playfor India. How infection risk can be reduced for swimmers Jabeur becomes first Arab woman to reach Round 4ofFrench Open with alocal club at astate-of-the-artschool number of swimmers, direction in whichto What precautions should returning elite SHIVANINAIK pool.Itwasanassetinsettingdownprotocols. swim, minimum distance to be maintained swimmers take in terms of their physical MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 will needtobefollowed. Forwhile the water conditioning? REUTERS What were the pre-requisites of willgetdisinfected,swimmersdocomeupfor Younever forget to swim, but eliteswim- PARIS,OCTOBER3 INDIA'S ELITE swimmers will nowbeable to swimming pools operating in Dubai that air and exhale. mers surelose the 'feel.' "It can happen with train within the countryand preparetoqual- can be followedinIndia? "Restrictthenumberof people.Checkath- some swimmers that even afterthe 50th day, TUNISIA'S ONS Jabeur became the firstArab ify forthe Olympics. Earlier,two swimmers Watermaintenanceiscentralto resuming letes' temperatures before theyenter pool. theydon't regain that catch, grip, resistance, woman to reachthe fourth round of the had been permitted to train in Dubai and will trainingforeliteswimmersinIndia.UAE'sgov- Sanitisepoolaftereveryuse.Holdinggrills,lad- pull-of-water rhythm smoothly. One partis FrenchOpen as she beat eighth seedAryna return by October 19,having experiencedthe ernment guidelines dictatethat chlorine pH ders, changerooms needtobesanitisedfre- rhythm, another is technique of the stroke. Sabalenka 7-6(7) 2-6 6-3 on Saturday. protocolsfirsthand,whichcouldhelpIndiaset levelsoughtto be7.4/7.6,fora2parts permil- quently. Showersmustbeavoidedifpossible," Some swimmers might have gainedweight, The 30th seeddisplayedher trademark down itsown practical guidelines -starting lion proportion of chlorine to wa- he says,adding that protocols for whichreduces feel too. Youdon't getthe dis- courtcraft to undermine Sabalenka's raw fromeffective chlorinationto howsoonto push tertobemaintainedatall times. before stepping intoand after tance in one stroke,fatigue sets in quick. Elite powerasshe surpassedher previous best the topgear in training. Watertemperatures ought to be stepping out of the pool on land, swimmers might be in some levelofmini- thirdround showing at Roland Garrosin2017. Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur defeated eighth regulatedat27-28degreesCelsius. can't be emphasizedmore. mum fitness, but waterconditioning will be Sabalenka savedthree setpointsat5-6 in seedAryna Sabalenka 7-6(7) 2-6 6-3. WhywereIndia's best swimmers training "Rules needtobefollowedpoint- backtosquareone," the coachsaid. the firstset,then led5-1 in tiebreak,but ase- in Dubai forthe pastmonth? by-point with no compromise. What protocol wasfollowed ries of unforcederrors allowed26-year-old While the Swimming Federation of India Effectiveness of chlorine levels in Dubai? What about India's topswimmers? Jabeur to snatchit. Jabeur's leveldippedinthe touchtoangle away ashortforehand, then wastrying forpermissions in India, which wearsoffafteraperiodof time.So CoachPradeep says rules Someone likeKushagraRawat faceof somefierceSabalenkahittingasthesec- sealing the win with afirstserve. came through in Unlock5,India's topswim- that can't be allowedtodrop," were non-negotiable at the in- (400m/800freestyle) needs muchmoreaer- ond setslippedawayinlittle over 20 minutes. Jabeur,who made her debut in the mers were hamstrung as the pandemic raged coachPradeep says.Re-chlorinat- ternational school facility used obic training and Srihari Nataraj(200metres But the Tunisian, who became the first world's top50this year,said the keytoher on and authorities remainedskeptical about ing regularly while checking on pH levels is by Indian swimmers to train. "Thermal tests backstroke) will take longer to reachopti- Arab woman to reachaGrand Slam quarter- win wasstaying calm and weathering the openingpoolsto thelargerpopulationof recre- mostimportant. were done to checkfor anysymptoms. Even mum fitness. Unlikeasprinter likeVirdhawal final in Australia this year,re-groupedand storm. "Todaywas about staying calm, to be ationalswimmers.Whilemostothercountries 0.01rise in temperaturesaw swimmers kept Khade, who will find it quicker. Kushagra forged 3-0 ahead in the deciding set. She also honest. She wasscreaming, likefighting had openedup, theywerenot tookeen on What arethe risky areas? in an isolation room and being re-testedwith might bedoing 20 times 100m freestyle with had pointsfor a4-0 lead, but Belarusian everypoint, screaming in some very impor- invitingforeignswimmersgiventhesituation. Overcrowding will spell ruin, and while thermal scanners after10minutes," he said. 70 seconds per lap in anormal season. But Sabalenka uppedher intensity and the deci- tant points. Especiallywhen she got backat UAEdidopenupvisasfor80countries,paving poolsclosedforallthesemonthsmayattempt Thereweretwo levels of this thermal test- when starting, I'd give him 100seconds, then bels to keep herself in contention. 6-6," the Tunisian said. "Before, maybeIgave thewayfor800mfreestylespecialistKushagra to makeupfor lockdown losses, the tempta- ing -one by school authorities and one by 90 and build it graduallytobring the aerobic Sabalenka savedthree matchpointsat2- up tooearly.Evenliketodayat5-1 (down in Rawatand ace back-strokerSrihari Natarajto tionto allowmorethanspecifiednumberwill pool gatekeeping staff. Sanitisers were used levelup. Thereare hugelosses in aerobic con- 5, then had abreak point in the next game. the tiebreak), probablythe old me would head to Dubai at afacility whereIndia's na- needtoberesisted, even strictlylegallyen- freely and mask wascompulsorytill justbe- ditioning, similar to a400 metre/800track But Jabeur remainedcomposedasshe have giventhat up. I'm progressing, I'm tionalcoachPradeepKumarhasatrainingstint forced.Strict protocols forlane discipline - fore entering the pool. runner,Pradeep explains. brought up amatchpoint and showedgreat growing up as aperson."

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