It's O Cial. EPS-OPS Group Is AIADMK

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NEARBY It’s ocial. EPSOPS group is AIADMK More seats for Ruling faction of the party enjoys majority in legislative, organisational wings, says election panel Sikkim Assembly Devesh K. Pandey Putting an end to the nine A blow to foes, Proposal to help Limboos, Tamangs New Delhi monthold dispute, the Com The Election Commission on mission said, “The petition says EPS ‘Book Mulayam for ring Thursday allotted the ers’ group led by E. Madhu on kar sevaks’ AIADMK’s popular ‘two sudhanan, O. Special Correspondent LUCKNOW leaves’ symbol to the ruling Panneerselvam and S. Sem CHENNAI The Vishwa Hindu Parishad Hailing the Election on Thursday asked the Yogi faction headed by Chief Mi malai, and also supported Commission’s decision to Adityanathled Uttar Pradesh nister Edappadi K. Palanis presently by the impleading government to lodge an FIR wami and his deputy O. Pan applicant E.K. Palaniswami, award the AIADMK’s name against Samajwadi Party neerselvam, holding that this the present Chief Minister of and symbol to his faction, founder Mulayam Singh for faction was also entitled to Tamil Nadu, enjoys support party cocoordinator and ordering the police to re on the party name as the group of majority members in the Chief Minister Edappadi K. ‘kar sevaks’ in Ayodhya in enjoyed majority in its legis legislative and organisational Palaniswami said here on 1990 when he was CM. lative and organisational wings.” Thursday that the decision NEWS Ī PAGE 10 wings. The other faction The 83page order noted was like a lashing to his DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD headed by V.K. Sasikala, that in the legislative wing, it opponents. He said the jailed former aide of late had the support of 34 Lok verdict was based on the Principal summoned Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, Sabha and eight Rajya Sabha proof of majority support Vijaita Singh and the Lepchas are re after assault on 4yrold and her nephew T.T.V. Dhi members, and 111 Tamil Na given by his faction. New Delhi served not on the basis of NEW DELHI Victory at last: Edappadi K. Palaniswami and O. Panneerselvam

nakaran lost its claim to re du and four Puducherry * The Home Ministry has pro their being a Scheduled A day after receiving a at Jayalalithaa’s memorial after EC ruling on Thursday. R. RAGU DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD present the real AIADMK. MLAs. The SasikalaDhinaka posed an increase in the Tribe, but as a sequel to a complaint, the Delhi This is the second time the ran faction was supported by Sabha members and 20 Ta against Sasikala (whose of the AIADMK (Amma) and number of seats in the Sik political agreement in 1973 Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Thursday AIADMK has managed to re three Lok Sabha (one of mil Nadu MLAs (including 18 name he had proposed as AIADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi kim Assembly from 32 to 40. between the Government of issued summons to the claim its name and frozen them Vasanthi Murugesan disqualied legislators). leader) when she sought to Amma) factions. The expansion will be the India, the exChogyal (King) Principal and three sta poll symbol — the previous switched loyalties to Mr. Pa The split following Mr. replace him as CM in Febru rst since the State merged of Sikkim and political members of the Maxfort one being in 1989. laniswami) and three Rajya Panneerselvam’s rebellion ary had led to the formation CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 with India in 1975. parties. School in Dwarka, where a The seats are being in A petition was moved in fouryearold girl was creased to accommodate the Supreme Court that the allegedly sexually assaulted people from the Limboo Limboos and the Tamangs by a classmate on Nov. 17. Can Pakistan ensure safety 592 named in CBI’s and Tamang communities, were not adequately repre DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 notied as the Scheduled sented in the Assembly and DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Vyapam charge sheet Tribes in Sikkim in January the court on January 4, 2016 of Jadhav’s kin, asks India 2003. Of the eight seats pro directed the Ministry to take Foreigner’s death: Jaipur posed to be increased, ve action. A senior ocial said municipality faces heat Devesh K. Pandey named are J.N. Choksey, will be reserved for the Lim a proposal has been sent to JAIPUR Delhi seeks nod for embassy ocial to accompany them NEW DELHI chairman of L.N. Medical boos and the Tamangs. the Ministry of Law and Jus The Jaipur Municipal The Central Bureau of Inves College; S.N. Vijaywargiya of Now, Sikkim has 12 seats re tice to amend the Represen Corporation is facing tough Kallol Bhattacherjee Indian High Commission in tigation has led a charge People’s Medical College; served for Bhutias and Lep tation of the People Act for questions on its failure to NEW DELHI Islamabad shall be allowed sheet against 592 accused Ajay Goenka of Chirayu chas, two for the Scheduled the purpose. control the menace of stray The former Navy ocial to accompany them at all persons, including the Medical College; and Suresh Castes, one seat for the As per the Delimitation cattle in the city, which led to Kulbhushan Jadhav’s moth times, including during the chairmen of four private Singh Bhadoriya of Index the death of an Argentine Sanghas and 17 general Act, 2002, the number of er and wife will travel to Isla meeting,” said spokesperson medical colleges in Madhya Medical College, apart from tourist in an attack by a bull seats. As per constitutional seats in an Assembly can on mabad if Pakistan gives sove Raveesh Kumar. Pradesh, in the Vyapam 22 ocials of the colleges, in the Walled City here last The Hindu provisions, the total num ly be readjusted on the basis reign guarantees for their had earlier re scam case involving alleged the CBI said on Thursday. week. safety during the visit, India ported about India’s res ber of seats for Scheduled of the rst census conduct NATION Ī PAGE 7 irregularities in the 2012 said on Thursday. ponse to the humanitarian Tribes should be in propor ed after 2026. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD premedical test. COLLEGES VIOLATED SC Explaining the contents of gesture of the Pakistan go tion to the population. Among the accused RULING, SAYS CBI Ī PAGE 10 The seats for the Bhutias CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 a letter regarding the visit of Kulbhushan Jadhav. * PTI vernment to allow the wife

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FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 12 PAGES conveyed that the wife of Mr. rassed or interrogated dur months after India urged it (TABLOID) Jadhav would like to travel ing their visit and stay in Pa to allow Mr. Jadhav’s mother DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES along with her motherin kistan. We have further to meet him. law for the meeting. We have asked that a diplomat of the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 SC orders compensation Drinking costs two cops their to students job in ‘dry State’ Bihar Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI Special Correspondent mal Singh is the president of The two constables, when The Supreme Court on Patna Bihar Policemen’s Associa caught in inebriated condi Thursday directed a medi Two policemen were dismis tion (BPMA) and Shamsher tion, had also allegedly mis cal college to grant com sed from service on Thurs Khan its general secretary. behaved with the Patna SSP. pensation of 10 lakh each day for consuming liquor “A decision to dismiss the A case was registered against to every student it admit and creating nuisance in Bi two policemen was taken by them at the Buddha Colony ted in the MBBS course har, which was declared a the Patna Senior Superinten police station and they were without formal permission dry State in April last year. dent of Police (SSP) in con arrested on May 4 under the from the government. The two constables — Nir nection with a case of con new prohibition Act, which It also said an Allahabad mal Singh and Shamsher suming liquor and creating has a provision for dismissal High Court order allowing Khan — were charged under nuisance at Patna Police of government employees. the college to admit the 150 the Prohibition and Excise Line in May this year,” said Since the new law came students for this academic Amendment Act, 2016, after senior police ocer D. into force, more than year, despite the Medical being caught in an inebriat Amarkesh. Patna SSP Manu 70,000 people have been ar Council of India (MCI) con ed state, creating nuisance Maharaj is on leave and rested and over eight lakh cluding that it had in on Police Line premises in could not be contacted on litres of liquor seized from Service with serenity: Children serve langar to devotees at a Chandigarh gurdwara on Thursday on the eve of the 343rd dulged in “unethical and Patna in May this year. Nir phone. dierent parts of Bihar. martyrdom day of ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur * AKHILESH KUMAR callous” practices in res pect of patients and even admitted fake patients, was against the principle of jud ‘They gave me electric shocks to extract confession’ ED gets Indrani custody, to quiz icial propriety. The Bench, led by Chief Ryan bus conductor claims torture by Gurugram Police Justice of India Dipak Mis Ashok Kumar her in money laundering case ra, imposed costs of 25 GURUGRAM he was tortured for two days. lakh on the respondent, Released on bail a day earlier “Around ve to six police Sonam Saigal The application was led ed Kingdom and India GCRG Memorial Educa after the needle of suspicion men were present every time Mumbai under the Prevention of Mo through Mauritiusbased in tional Trust, to be paid pointed elsewhere, bus con I was tortured, some in un A special CBI court on ney Laundering Act (PMLA) vestors. It is also revealed within eight weeks. The ductor Ashok Kumar, who iform and others in plain Thursday granted the Enfor and relied upon the FIR re during the investigation that students have to be refund was arrested in the Ryan clothes,” he said cement Directorate twoday gistered by CBI against INX Rabin Mukerjea (Peter’s ol ed their fee as well. school murder case, narrat Mr. Kumar is still bewil custody of former INX Media Media Pvt Ltd, through In der son) is handling the The college was one of ed his ordeal at the hands of dered as to why the police director Indrani Mukerjea drani Mukerjea, Pritam (Pe funds of Indrani and Peter, the 32 barred by the MCI Gurugram police to The Hin- forced him to confess. “I for interrogation in a case of ter), Karti Chidambaram, which were held in the form from taking students into du on Thursday. don’t know whether it was in money laundering against M/s Chess Management Ser of bonds in New Zealand.” academic sessions of 2017 Lying on a bed at his un their hurry to solve the case her, Karti Chidambaram and vices Pvt Ltd, M/s Advantage The ED also suspected 18. It had earlier ap others. Strategic Consulting Pvt Ltd that Rabin Mukerjea has ow cle’s house in Ghamroj vil Ryan International School bus conductor Ashok Kumarin or to protect someone. I do proached the Supreme lage near Gurugram, the 42 not even know the juvenile The agency, through its under relevant sections of nership/association of three Gurugram on Thursday. * PTI Court, which allowed it to yearold claimed that he was now apprehended by the counsel Hiten Venegavkar, the Indian Penal Code and accounts in Royal Bank of withdraw the petition. It hung upside down, brutally help me bear the pain and was administered the injec CBI,” he said. had moved an application PMLA. Scotland and accounts in had then moved the High beaten up and given electric sleep,” he alleged. tion since he was mostly in a Gurugram Police Commis seeking directions to the The Hindu has a copy of ANZ Bank. It therefore con Court. shocks to ‘confess’ to killing Mr. Kumar, who has been “semiconscious state” in sioner Sandeep Khirwar did Mumbai District Women Pri the order that reads: “It is cluded that Rabin, Peter and The MCI, which came in sevenyear old Pradhyuman running high fever for over a police custody. not respond to phone calls sons’ Byculla Jail authorities suspected that illicit funds Indrani have laundered mo appeal, said it had de Thakur. “They gave me elec week now and is still suer After reaching the school, and messages seeking his to allow them to interrogate generated by Peter and In ney and are involved in barred the college from ad tric shocks to extort confes ing from severe body ache the cops, Mr. Kumar said, reaction to the allegations of Indrani for two days — on drani were siphoned o to nancial transactions in U.K. mitting students for two sion. They also used to give and chest pain, couldn’t re took him with them to a pol torture levelled by Mr. Ku November 24 and December unknown destinations over concerned with the illicit academic years. me an injection saying it will call the number of times he ice station in Sohna, where mar. 6. seas and routed back to Unit funds generated in India. CM A ND-NDE YK downloaded from : www.visionias.net downloaded from : https://t.me/Material_For_Exam EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC DELHI Timings Pollution in paradise Friday, November 24 SAD questions police RISE 06:51 SET 17:25 RISE 11:16 SET 22:16 Saturday, November 25 RISE 06:52 SET 17:25 claims about Johal RISE 11:57 SET 23:10 Sunday, November 26 The British national was arrested for targeted killings RISE 06:52 SET 17:25 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA RISE 12:36 SET 00:00 complicity of Johal in the tar “If somebody has raised CHANDIGARH geted killings. suspicions ... then the State The Shiromani Akali Dal on It had also claimed Johal government should come Thursday raised doubts over was involved in conspiracy, forward and clear such the claims of the Punjab Pol coordination, funding and doubts,” he said. ice about the involvement of arranging of weapons for It was important that cul a British national in targeted members of the KLF module prits should be put behind killings in the State and busted in connections with bars. But at the same time, asked the Congress govern the targeted killings. the State government should ment to give evidence to “We have doubts about also ensure no innocent is prove his complicity. the Jagtar Singh Johal case. punished, the MP said. The UK citizen, Jagtar Nobody is able to digest the Singh Johal alias Jaggi, was kind of stories presented by Allegations rejected among ve accused arrested the Punjab Police. Their Punjab Chief Minister Ama in connection with targeted claims appeared to be un rinder Singh had on Wed killings, including that of true,” SAD vicepresident nesday rejected as “base RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja. and Lok Sabha MP Prem less” allegations that Johal Johal, who got married last Singh Chandumajra said was tortured by the Punjab month, was apprehended here on Thursday. Police. His remarks had from Jalandhar. He said the case was also come after the UK govern The Punjab Police had raised in Britain following ment had said it would take claimed that it had “su reports that Johal was “tor “extreme action” if any Brit Winter fuel: Smoke rising from burning Chinar leaves in Srinagar on Thursday. Kashmiris collect fallen leaves during autumn and cient” evidence to prove the tured” in police custody. ish citizen was “tortured”. burn them for use as repot fuel in winter. * NISSAR AHMAD ‘Mayawati daughter of daulat, not Dalit’ FIR against students for ‘disrespecting’ anthem PRESS TRUST OF INDIA petent” enough to run the mily did their education in (wealth) and not a Dalit.” PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The two students did not District Magistrate Shahid iversity yesterday”, Mr. Bulandshahr country. Europe and they are not He also alleged that there JAMMU stand up when the National Iqbal Choudhary said. Choudhary said. Union Minister Mahesh Shar He was speaking at a pu competent to run the coun will be a tugofwar in the Sa An FIR has been registered Anthem was being sung at a “Disciplinary action will ma has dubbed BSP supre blic rally in Pahasu on Wed try,” he said. majwadi Party after Mu against two students of Bad function at Baba Ghulam Report sought follow. Law will take its own mo Mayawati as a “daughter nesday in support of BJP can Taking a swipe at former layam Singh Yadav for suc shah University in Jammu Shah Badshah University on “We have taken cognisance course”, he said and added of daulat (wealth) and not a didates in the ongoing Uttar Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister cession between his son and Kashmir’s Rajouri dis Wednesday where Jammu of the incident of disrespect that a report has been Dalit” and claimed that the Pradesh local body elec Mayawati, Sharma said, “She Akhilesh Yadav and his trict for allegedly disrespect and Kashmir Governor N. N. of the National Anthem by sought from university auth Gandhi family was not “com tions. “The entire Gandhi fa is the daughter of ‘daulat’ brother Shivpal Yadav. ing the National Anthem. Vohra was the chief guest, two students of Badshah Un orities.

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Special Correspondent Calcutta High Court and the Kolkata State government will make The West Bengal Assembly its stand clear before the on Thursday witnessed judge. protests by the Congress and the Left legislators over Compensation demand the outbreak of dengue in Speaking to journalists, CPI the State. (M) MLA Tanmoy Bhatta The Opposition raised charya said the Left parties the issue and Speaker Bi will continue to protest man Banerjee asked Minis against the outbreak of den ter of State for Health Chan gue and demanded that the drima Bhattacharya to make State government provide a statement on the oor of compensation to the next of the House. kin of those who have died Ms. Bhattacharya said due to dengue outbreak. that confusion is being United attack: Left Front and Congress MLAs protest outside The HC is hearing a string

spread among the people the Assembly in Kolkata on Thursday. * PTI of public interest litigations about dengue. So far, 23 pe on the outbreak of the vec ople have died in govern While the Minister was with mosquito nets both in torborne disease in the ment hospitals and 22 in making the statement, the side the building and on the State. Last week, the Centre private heath facilities of the Opposition MLAs descend premises of the Assembly. informed the court that the State due to the disease, she ed into the Well of the The protests continued for Trinamool government has said, adding that the death House and started raising nearly an hour. not utilised all funds allocat Road tragedy: A mangled passenger bus which was involved in a collision with a truck carrying LPG cylinders at Kaliabor in

toll due to the vectorborne slogans. They held posters Ms. Bhattacharya said the ed for controlling the spread Nagaon district of Assam on Thursday. At least four persons were killed and 22 injured in the accident. * PTI disease is 45. and placards and protested matter is being heard by the of dengue in the State. Tendu leaf trade rights given to Assam team to Stray incidents during Tripura bandh visit disputed gram sabhas of 6 Odisha villages border area BJP alleges attack by CPI(M) ‘goons’ during strike against journalist’s murder Govt.-controlled organisation will continue to accept kendu leaf Syed Sajjad Ali Press Trust of India supporters of the BJP, the Agartala Staff Reporter nakpur and Kalipur. At pre mediately as per their re Guwahati Congress and the CPI(M) BHUBANESWAR sent, the Department con quirement. The authorised An Assam government de The State Bharatiya Janata were injured in sporadic The Odisha government has trols the trade of minor representatives of the gram legation would visit the dis Party on Thursday alleged clashes during the strike and handed over trade rights of forest produce which has an sabha will issue the transit puted border with Naga that Bangladeshi goons hired several of them were admit kendu (tendu) leaf, an im annual turnover of 400 permit, which will be valid land on Friday following by the ruling CPI(M) attacked ted to hospitals. Some 400 portant minor forest pro crore. for transportation of the leaf. reports that the neighbour its supporters picketing in BJP leaders and workers duce, to residents of six vil “In order to prevent ex The gram sabhas of six vil ing State has set up a sub Boxanagar in Sepahijala dis were arrested across the lages in Kalahandi district. ploitation of kendu leaf lages had started the collec division inside Golaghat trict during the Tripura State on charge of disruption “Residents of six villages pluckers and to ensure that tion of kendu leaf in the rst district of Assam. bandh called by the party in of public order. in the Kegaon range of the they get the remunerative week of May 2017 and had al The delegation would be protest against the killing of The strike called by the Bhawanipatna kendu leaf di price, the governmentcon so contacted a trader from headed by Agriculture Mi senior journalist Sudip Datta two Opposition parties vision are free to sell kendu trolled organisation will, ho Maharashtra. “However, the nister Atul Bora, an MLA of Bhowmik. Cry for justice: BJP leaders and workers protest on the streets evoked complete response leaf to anybody of their wever, continue to accept Forest department did not Bokakhat constituency in “The unprovoked attack during Tripura bandh on Thursday. * ABHISEK SAHA with government oces, choice as per rights con kendu leaf from persons allow them to sell their pro Golaghat district. left nine of our supporters educational institutions and ferred under Section 3(i) (c) who are willing to sell their duce, saying that the kendu “Chief Minister Sarba injured. Three of them were day in protest against the Syandan Patrika. business establishments re of the Scheduled Tribes and produce at the procurement trade is nationalised in the nanda Sonowal has consti shifted to G.B. Hospital here gunning down of Mr. Bhow Battalion Commandant maining closed. Vehicular Other Traditional Forest price,” says the notication. State. Finally, they suc tuted a sixmember delega after their condition deterio mik at the headquarters of Tapan Debbarma and his bo trac remained o the road Dwellers Act 2006,” the For The DFO Bhawanipatna cumbed to the gram sabha tion under the leadership rated,” State BJP president 2nd battalion of Tripura dyguard Nandalal Reang and national highways. est and Environment Depart (kendu leaf) division has pressure,” said Manohar of Agriculture Minister Atul Biplab said Kumar Deb. State Ries (TSR) in Radha have been arrested on mur Local newspapers con ment said in a notication. been directed to provide Chauhan, convenor of the Bora to visit AssamNaga The BJP had called a 12 Kishore Nagar near here on der charge and their services demned the murder by leav The six villages are Khain adequate number of transit Odisha chapter of the Cam land border to take stock of hour strike and the Congress Tuesday. He was working as have been terminated. ing their editorial space suguda, Jamguda Bahal, permit books to the gram paign for Survival Dignity the latest situation there,” a 24hour bandh on Thurs a crime reporter with a daily, The police said at least 25 blank. Jamjharan, Kasturpadar, Ka sabha of the six villages im (CSD) . an ocial release said.

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IN BRIEF Prakash Raj issues legal notice to MP

Actor says Pratap Simha made defamatory statements against him on social media platforms

Staff Reporter sonal life were shocking and has been served to Mr. Simha Geetha Mahadeva Prasad Bengaluru unacceptable, considering as an individual and not as a when she contested the Gun Kiran Kumar Reddy’s brother joins TDP Actor Prakash Raj has issued that it was coming from so member of some party, the dlupet byelections. VIJAYAWADA a legal notice to Pratap Sim meone holding public oce. actor said, “I have sent him a Responding to Mr. Raj’s le Former A.P. Chief Minister ha, MP from Mysuru, for The remarks, he said, were notice for the way he has gal notice, Mr. Simha denied Wheels and deals: The Crime Branch is probing the alleged and Jai Samaikyandhra Party making ‘defamatory’ state made after he questioned trolled me. It is my ght that he had ever attacked forgery of documents committed by actors, businessmen, founder president Nallari ments against him on social the silence of the Prime Mi against another individual anyone personally. and politicians. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Kiran Kumar Reddy’s brother media platforms and in tele nister on celebrations follow and not against a party.” Speaking to The Hindu, Nallari Kishore Kumar Reddy vision interviews. ing ‘certain killings’ in the Mr. Simha said he had re joined the Telugu Desam Addressing the media country. He was referring to ‘Serial oender’ ceived the legal notice Road tax fraud Party in the presence of Chief here on Thursday, the actor the death of journalist acti Calling Mr. Simha a ‘serial of served on him by Mr. Raj, but Minister N. Chandrababu said the MP’s comments with vist Gauri Lankesh who was fender’, Mr. Raj said that the maintained there was noth Naidu on Thursday. regard to the death of his shot dead on September 5. MP had made a similar un ing personal in his state veyearold son and his per Clarifying that the notice warranted remark against ments. Prakash Raj probe widens to Parents stage protest after 2 injured in school BENGALURU vehicle dealers Parents gathered outside a CBSE school in Kalyannagar, LDF may reinduct Saseendran soon Crime Branch to look into Kerala nexus Bengaluru, on Thursday and Neelakurinji reserve staged a protest against the Special Correspondent ken within two days. S. Anil Radhakrishnan Puthalath said the depart management over the lack of KOTTAYAM With Chief Minister Pina THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ment had obtained evi maintenance that endangered set to be redrawn The ruling Left Democratic rayi Vijayan stating on Wed The Kerala Motor Vehicles dence of the involvement of the lives of two children. On Special Correspondent year owering cycle. The Front (LDF) is likely to take a nesday that there would be Department (MVD) has dealers and their sta. In Wednesday, a pane of glass THIRUVANANTHAPURAM government issued a preli decision on the reinduction no hurdle to Mr. Saseen sought a Crime Branch one instance, the MVD from building’s facade fell The Kerala government has minary notication in 2006 of Nationalist Congress Par dran’s return to the Cabinet probe into the role of deal found that the person who from the fifth floor, injuring ers in the forgery of docu purchased a highend car two children. decided to redraw the boun reserving a 3,200hectare ty (NCP) leader A.K. Saseen given the clean chit given to daries of the Neelakurinji re area for Neelakurinji bloom. dran into the Cabinet in the him by the P.S. Antony Com ments to register luxury from a dealer in Ernakulam cars owned by people in the had deposited 2.7 lakh into Hyderabad Metro to be serve in Munnar, factoring However, it triggered an coming days. mission, the deliberations in inaugurated on Tuesday in the presence of habita outcry from the local com An indication to this eect the LDF are likely to move State in Puducherry, to the bank account of the sta HYDERABAD tions, institutions, and plac munity citing the presence was given by LDF convener smoothly and in the NCP evade the 20% motor vehi working in the showroom. The Hyderabad Metro Rail es of worship in the area. of habitations, institutions, Vaikom Viswan after a meet A.K. Saseendran leader’s favour. However, cle tax payable on vehicles The involvement of deal will be thrown open from A meeting convened by and places of worship with ing with NCP State president Leader of the Opposition Ra priced above 20 lakh. ers was unearthed by the Tuesday after the inaugural Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi in the notied area. T.P. Peethambaran here on other coalition parties and mesh Chennithala, whose The assistance of the team set up under the Re ceremony in which Prime jayan here on Thursday de Mr. Kurien’s task would Thursday. Emerging from arrive at a decision on his ‘padayorukkam’ reached Crime Branch was sought by gional Transport Ocer Minister Narendra Modi, cided to go in for measures be to see how a specic area the meeting, Mr. Peetham party’s plea soon. Mr. Vis here on Thursday, said the State Transport Commis (RTO) Enforcement, Ernak Telangana Chief Minister K. to rework the boundaries of can be set apart for Neelaku baran said the LDF convener wan later told reporters that move to reinduct Mr. Sa sioner Anil Kant after the ulam, to pursue the cases Chandrasekhar Rao and the area to be reserved for rinji bloom without resort had promised him that he a decision on the NCP lea seendran would be a matter MVD found that automobile against the 1,500odd luxu others will participate. Neelakurinji, which has a 12 ing to evictions. would consult leaders of dership’s plea would be ta of shame for the State. dealers and their sta were ry cars. Tax evasion of over involved in the forgery of re 300 crore and grave trac sidential addresses, notar oences of 7,400 are alleged ized adavits, insurance to have been committed by policy certicate, and other these cars owned mainly by Pomegranate export from Bengaluru touches a tonne a day documents to get vehicles those from Ernakulam, registered in Puducherry. Thrissur, Kozhikode, and The freshly peeled fruit reaches 36 European countries, thanks to its perceived health benets for diabetics, cancer patients The Crime Branch has Thiruvananthapuram dis been asked to carry out the tricts. Special Correspondent peeled pomegranates from health benets,” said Venka procuring pomegranates which operates KIA. started destroying the crop investigation, as criminal The MVD has decided to Bengaluru areas around Bengaluru is ta Reddy, Chief Exec from nearby areas, According to horticulture in North Karnataka. cases had to be registered in set up a team of ocers un Pomegranates are a rage in reaching 36 European coun utive Ocer of bringing it to the car expert and former horticul “The trend of cultivating the probe against the auto der the RTO to check the many European countries — tries every day in a trend Menzies Aviation go village in KIA ture additional director S.V. pomegranates in the region mobile dealers and sta, of “other State owner” and to mainly due to the perceived which was noticed over the Bobba (Banga where it is peeled Hittalmani, exports of around Bengaluru is fairly cial sources said. The collect tax from the default health benets for diabetics last few months. lore), which is and packed in peeled pomegranate has in new,” he said, adding that Crime Branch is probing the ing vehicle owners. and cancer patients — and among the two small containers, creased since it does not the fruit is now grown in alleged forgery of docu In every Deputy Tran the fruit from the farms Increasing demand cargo handlers and sending it out have to undergo a strict phy about 3,000 hectares in Ben ments committed by actors, sport Commissioner’s of around the city is sent to va “During our interaction with at the airport. in cold storage to sanitary measures. galuru Rural, Kolar, Shi businessmen, and politi ce, a vemember team rious destinations via the both exporters and impor Among other within two hours or He said that big consign dlaghatta, Gowribidanur and cians. will be set up to collect de Kempegowda International ters, we were informed destinations are the procurement,” said ments of pomegranate were Chikkaballapura besides Joint Transport Commis tails of vehicles plying in the Airport (KIA). about the increasing demand Middle East and South an ocial of Bangalore Inter exported from Karnataka till Anantapur, Cuddapah and sioner and Secretary, State State with Puducherry At least a tonne of freshly due to the fruit’s perceived East. “One of the exporters is national Airport Ltd. (BIAL), 2004, when bacterial blight Madanpalli in A.P. Transport Authority, Rajeev registration.

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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Bajrang Dal rolls out recruitment drive Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday To mark Babri anniversary; aimed at nation-building, cow protection and to resist love jihad, among others

Omar Rashid “stand shouldertoshoul drill depicted skullcap LUCKNOW der” with Army jawans. wearing, bearded men as To mark the 25th year of “We want to mould rash- terrorists. Sepoy Mandeep Singh the Babri Masjid demoli tra-bhakt (patriotic) youth. Bhopal convention cremated in Punjab tion, Hindutva outt Baj We aspire for an ‘atankwad- In its national conven

GURDASPUR rang Dal, the youth wing of mukt Bharat’ (terrorism tion held in Bhopal in the Sepoy Mandeep Singh, who the Vishwa Hindu Parish free India),” he said. last week of October this was killed in an encounter ad, has started a recruit Weapons training year, the Bajrang Dal in with militants in the Kupwara ment drive among youth. Asked if the youth would cluded “threat to India’s in district of Jammu and The Bajrang Dal pro be imparted weapons ternal security” among the Kashmir, was cremated at his gramme for recruitment training, Mr. Dhananjay three resolutions passed by native village Chahal Khurd will go on till December 6, said the outt already had it. The other two were gau here on Thursday with full the day when karsevaks de a programme xed for it raksha (cow protection) military honours. PTI molished the Babri Masjid every May. and the construction of in Ayodhya in 1992. Hin Last year, the Bajrang Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Brakes applied on politics dutva outts led by the RSS Pamphlets being distributed by the Bajrang Dal in Uttar Dal’s programme ran into In the meeting attended of religion, caste: Yogi celebrate the day as “Shau Pradesh ahead of the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary. trouble as it was booked for by over 1,900 representa FARRUKHABAD/FIROZABAD rya Diwas”. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “promoting enmity bet tives, the Bajrang Dal ap Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) Claiming that brakes had ween groups” after a video pealed to the youth to ex been applied on the politics Forecast for Friday: Moderate to dense fog is likely at isolated Camps across U.P. the youth should join it, as pranth, said the recruit purportedly showing its pose human rights groups, of caste and religion, Uttar places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi The Bajrang Dal is holding stated by the Bajrang Dal ment drive was to mark the cadre participating in a “alleged secularists” and Tripura Adityanath on Thursday said camps across Uttar Pra are, “unity of the nation”, “silver jubilee” of the Babri weapons training drill near “secular media” through city rain max min city rain max min desh to attract youth. A “security of mutts and Masjid demolition. The the dispute site in Ayodhya social media and other Agartala...... —.... 28.7.... 15.3 Kozhikode ...... —.... 35.2.... 25.9 that only the “politics of Ahmedabad...... —.... 30.3.... 14.4 Kurnool...... —.... 34.1.... 21.3 development” will prevail pamphlet distributed by mandirs”, “protection of outt is targeting youth went viral on social media ways for allegedly support Aizawl ...... —.... 28.0.... 11.3 Lucknow...... —.... 25.4...... 8.8 during the BJP rule in the the outt in a camp in Bal gau mata”, “honour of ja aged 1535. and television channels. ing terrorism and extre Allahabad ...... —.... 20.0.... 10.2 Madurai...... —.... 33.2.... 22.9 State. He also claimed that lia district in Purvanchal wans”, “protection of sis While the VHP, its pa mism and posing an inter Bengaluru...... —.... 29.7.... 18.1 Mangaluru...... —.... 35.5.... 23.9 Bhopal...... —.... 27.7.... 13.2 Mumbai...... —.... 34.2.... 18.8 rule of law had been restored appeals to the youth to join ters from love jihad” and ‘Fight terrorists’ rent organisation, de nal threat to the country. Bhubaneswar ...... —.... 29.2.... 16.6 Mysuru...... —.... 29.9.... 16.4 in the State replacing it and attain the “good for “to invoke nationalist senti Mr. Dhananjay said the aim scribed the “mock drill” as It also urged Hindus to Chandigarh ...... —.... 24.6...... 9.1 New Delhi ...... —.... 25.6...... 9.4 “goondaraj”. PTI tune” of participating in ments” among them. of the drive was to recruit a routine annual aair, participate extensively in Chennai ...... —.... 32.2.... 25.0 Patna ...... —.... 26.8.... 10.3 Coimbatore...... 1.... 32.4.... 21.1 Port Blair ...... 30.3.... 32.0.... 25.6 “nationbuilding”. Dhananjay, Bajrang Dal Hindu youth so that they much outrage was created gau raksha and gau seva Dehradun...... —.... 25.7...... 8.6 Puducherry...... —.... 32.9.... 22.8 Three Muslim clerics Some of the reasons why incharge of the Gorakhpur can “ght terrorists” and as the Bajrang Dal in its (service to the cow). Gangtok...... —.... 17.0.... 10.0 Pune ...... 0.6.... 32.0.... 16.6 beaten up in train Goa ...... —.... 35.0.... 23.6 Raipur ...... —.... 30.0.... 18.6 BAGHPAT (U.P.) Guwahati ...... —.... 28.4.... 18.8 Ranchi...... —.... 25.4.... 10.7 Hubballi...... —.... 30.0.... 20.0 Shillong...... —.... 18.7...... 7.3 Three Muslim clerics were Hyderabad ...... —.... 33.3.... 20.0 Shimla...... —.... 17.9...... 6.6 allegedly beaten up by Imphal...... —.... 27.6.... 13.5 Srinagar ...... —.... 11.8.....-2.3 unidentified persons in a Colonel remanded in police Man brutally beaten Jaipur...... —.... 25.7.... 10.3 Trivandrum ...... 1.... 32.5.... 23.7 moving train here leaving Kochi...... 20.2.... 32.6.... 24.2 Tiruchi ...... —.... 32.0.... 23.4 Kohima...... —.... 20.6.... 10.2 Vijayawada...... —.... 32.5.... 24.0 them injured, the police said up by moneylender Kolkata...... —.... 27.5.... 16.2 Visakhapatnam ...... —.... 32.1.... 24.1 on Thurday. The ‘maulvis’, custody on rape charge Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday who boarded a passenger CITIES SO2 NO2 COPM2.5PM10CODE train at Delhi on Wednesday Video of the assault went viral Ahmedabad...... 64..5536 ..172 .....— ....* night, were on their way to * Staff Reporter Bengaluru ...... 6..2741 ..127 .....— .... In observation made at 4.00 p.m., their village in Baghpat when Allegedly raped 21-year-old aspiring model had taken a loan of 50,000 Chennai ...... 15..3823 ..172 .....— ....* Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh Meerut recorded an overall air quality they had a tiff with some from Rantez, a resident of Delhi...... 5312263 ..365 .330 ....* Staff Correspondent Hyderabad ...... 7..3447 ..215 ...63 ....* index (AQI) score of 393 youth who allegedly beat piring model, has alleged in wood, a suburb in Shimla. A Dalit resident of Muzaar Ghadi Bahadurpur village, indicating an unhealthy Shimla Kolkata ...... — ...— .— ..... — .....—.....— level of pollution. them up. PTI her complaint that she was The 56yearold Colonel nagar was brutally assaulted eight months ago. Lucknow ...... 14..8080 ..356 .....— ....* In contrast, Thiruvananthapuram An Army Training Com called by the Colonel to his belongs to Punjab and a local moneylender for not Rantez demanded 1.5 Mumbai ...... 13..1385 ....93 .139 ....* recorded a healthy AQI score of 68 Man held for operating Pune...... 31..1454 ....48 ...70 ....* mand (ARTRAC) Colonel, ar house on the pretext of a knows the father of the girl paying him a sum of 5000. lakh from Sanjeev a month Vishakhapatnam.11..3343 ..132 .124 ....* escort websites rested on charges of raping photography session for a very well, said the police. He Rantez Singh, the money later but the latter refused to INDORE Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) the daughter of a Lieutenant modelling assignment on has been booked under Sec lender, not only beat San pay up at such high interest An engineer was arrested on SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, Colonel, was on Thursday November 20. tion 376 of the Indian Penal jeev, but also recorded the rate. The matter went to the making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air Thursday for allegedly sent to police remand till No He allegedly made her Code. humiliation and put it up on local panchayat, which particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues operating as many as 30 and monuments. vember 25. consume alcohol and then social media. asked Sanjeev to pay Rantez websites that claimed to offer NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by services of prostitutes He was produced in the raped her. Forensic reports With the video going viral 75,000. Sanjeev paid the reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. court of Judicial Magistrate Director General of Police on Wednesday, the Muzaf money but Rantez asked for CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to spanning ten countries in the critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause city, the police said. The Akshi Sharma and later ta Police complaint Somesh Goyal said it is too farnagar police arrested 5,000 more. dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. websites were allegedly ken for medical The woman lodged a police early to reach any conclu Rantez the next day. On Wednesday when PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, examination. complaint the next day and sion and the next course of According to complaint Sanjeev had gone to visit nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced created by the accused lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and Harshal Jha (30), a B.Tech after preliminary investiga action would be determined led by Sanjeev, a resident Ghadi Bahadurpur, Rantez premature death in people with heart or lung disease graduate, a senior official Photography session tion the Colonel was nabbed only after conrming foren of Palda village under Shah conned him in his oce (Individual pollutant data for various cities are averages for the previous day) said. PTI The victim, a 21yearold as from his house in Long sic and medical reports. pur police station limits, he where he beat him brutally.

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IN BRIEF ‘BrahMos Can a healthy diet keep tuberculosis at bay? increases Indian Council of Medical Research to monitor 2, 000 patients in Jharkhand to determine role of good diet strike range’

Jacob Koshy some nutrition and ideal ease. The outcomes of the Dinakar Peri NEW DELHI care and then quantify its be study, which is expected to NEW DELHI Nurse attacked during Can a healthy diet stave o nets,” said Soumya Swami last over a year, will in The successful test of the vaccination drive tuberculosis? The Indian nathan, Head, ICMR. Given uence an ongoing govern airlaunched BrahMos MALAPPURAM Council of Medical Research the infectious nature of tu ment proposal to provide cruise missile greatly en The Measles Rubella (ICMR) will monitor 2000 TB berculosis, the study is also cash assistance to tuberculo hances India’s strike range vaccination campaign in the patients in Jharkhand and designed to test if — beyond sis patients to help them not just on the borders but district suffered a blow on additionally ensure that they the patients under scrutiny — with adequate nutrition. across the Indian Ocean, a Thursday when a group of are well fed to determine the the villages where they re Under the Revised Nation senior ocial intimately in parents attacked a junior extent to which a good diet side also show a decline in al Tuberculosis Control Pro volved in the project said. public health nurse while she can inuence tuberculosis disease incidence. gramme , the Health Minis “China is increasing its was giving the vaccine to treatment. The department is draw try is mooting a proposal to presence in the Indian children in Edayoor While the link between a ing inspiration from an expe provide 5,000 to those af Ocean to safeguard its crit panchayat. The nurses have healthy diet and eective riment in the early 20th cen fected by TB. Several States ical energy lanes. If red threatened to boycott the ness of drugs used to treat TB tury in England, where oer cash assistance to Be [BrahMos] from Andaman vaccination programme if the culprits are not arrested may appear obvious, pre tuberculosis patients — in the low Poverty Line families af and Nicobar islands, the before 8 a.m. on Friday. vious attempts at supple absence of viable drugs — icted by TB. whole of Malacca Straits District Collector Amit Meena menting patients’ diets with were given a nutritious diet. “If malnutrition emerges gets within striking range. warned the anti-vaccine micronutrients alone have It turned out, said Dr. Swam as a key factor in tuberculo With BrahMos now on lobby and said action would not led to signicant health inathan, that overall health sis, that would mean funds Su30MKIs even Gwadar be taken against those who improvements. “What we in the community vastly im have to be accordingly provi gets compromised. It gives prevented vaccination. plan to do so is ensure that a proved as the patients got sioned to address it,” s he striking range,” the ocial cohort group gets whole better and spread less dis added. said on Thursday. TTD launches The airlaunched ver Tamil website sion of the BrahMos was TIRUPATI After successfully launching successfully tested for the its Telugu and Kannada Bamboo ceases to be a rst time on Wednesday websites, the temple from a modied Su30MKI management of Tirumala Rajput groups in U.K. protest of the Indian Air Force Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) tree, freed of Forest Act (IAF). has launched a Tamil version. An ocer observed that Unveiling the website here, To boost cultivation in nonforest areas the BrahMos inherently TTD Executive Officer Anil Padmavati certication gave the capability to strike Kumar Singhal said it would Special correspondent er individuals to take up deep across the borders to facilitate the devotees to NEW DELHI plantation/block plantation take on high value targets book Srivari online services, The lm has been given a 12A rating by the British Board of Film Classication After 90 years, the bamboo of suitable bamboo species without crossing the bor including accommodation and has legally ceased to be a on degraded land, in addi der. “With the air variant, darshan, besides making Vidya Ram DEO bans Ghoomar in tree with the government, tion to plantation on agricul the strike envelope is furth donations through e-Hundi. LONDON Madhya Pradesh schools on Thursday, amending the tural land and other private er widened and can be exe The British Board of Film BHOPAL Indian Forest Act and axing lands under the agrofores cuted at short notice,” the Classication has given the The district education officer in the bamboo — taxonomical try mission,” the Minister ocer added. Clash between Adivasis, green light for Sanjay Leela Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas ly a grass — from a list of added in a press statement. Lambadas averted Bhansali’s lm Padmavati to district has issued a circular plants that also included ADILABAD be released in the U.K. on directing schools to stop using palms, skumps, brushwood Experts hail move the song titled Ghoomar from Prompt deployment of December 1. While the lm and canes. The amendment was Man lynched the movie Padmavati during additional police force will not be released in Bri In doing so, said Union cleared as an ordinance and cultural programmes. However, after being averted a possible clash tain on this date, the BBFC’s Environment Minister Dr. is therefore yet to get parlia between Adivasis and the district collector on decision has swiftly been Harsh Vardhan, the govern mentary backing. However Lambada tribe people at Thursday ordered the mistaken for contested by a Rajput organ ment hoped to promote cul experts welcomed it saying Mutnur in Indervelli mandal withdrawal of the circular with isation in Britain, which on of Adilabad district on immediate effect and said a tivation of bamboo in non that it removed ambiguity thief, 3 held Thursday. The Adivasis had Thursday wrote to the BBFC showcause notice has been forest areas to achieve the on the status of bamboo and gathered at Mutnur, about 5 calling for the certication to served to the officer concerned “twin objectives” of increas also brought it in harmony Harsharan Bakshi km from Indervelli, be withdrawn. to explain his action within ing the income of farmers with the related Forest Mumbai apparently with an intent to Mahendrasinh Jadeja, pre three days. PTI and also increasing the Rights Act. “Tribals have a The MHB Colony police on clash with Lambadas who sident of the Rajput Samaj Two boys look at a poster of Padmavati in Mumbai. * AP green cover of the country. right to forest produce but Thursday arrested three would be returning in the U.K., told this paper that he Bamboo grown in the forest its earlier classication men for allegedly lynching evening after staging a had written to the BBFC call meaning that no child youn rents, which explains the de against the release of the lm areas would continue to be posed problems,” said envi a man after suspecting him protest at Adilabad town. ing for it to reverse its deci ger than 12 may see the lm cision to rate a lm in a par outside India. The court had governed by the provisions ronmental lawyer, Ritwick of being a thief. sion because of “communi without being accompanied ticular way. previously said it could not of the Indian Forest Act. Datta. The victim, who is yet to Policewoman seeks leave ty” considerations. “We by an adult, and it has been A handful of cinemas in stand in the way of the Cen The current demand of be identied, was found for sex change surgery believe it will have great passed without any cuts. Britain have begun listing sor Board’s independence, ‘Required permits’ bamboo in India is estimat dead near Gokhale College MUMBAI community impact,” he said. In its description of the the lm on their website, following Mr. Sharma’s at For several years now, the ed at 28 million tonnes. in Borivali at around 4 A 28-year-old woman police lm published this week, the though they are yet to set tempts to halt the release of classication of the bam Though the country has 19% p.m. on Wednesday. The constable in Beed district on Assurance sought BBFC describes the lm as dates for when it might be the lm. booas a tree meant that it share of the world’s area un body was taken to a hospi Thursday approached the The group planned to visit having “moderate violence, shown, including one in Bir While Mr. Bhansali has in couldn’t be easily ferried der bamboo cultivation, its tal and postmortem indi Bombay High Court seeking the BBFC on Friday to press injury detail” and as a “Hindi mingham, and Odeon, a sisted the drama does not across State borders. It also market share in the sector is cated that he had been as direction to the Maharashtra’s its case, and was considering language epic drama in popular cinema chain. distort history, protests and required permits from vil only 6%. At present, it im saulted. DGP to grant her leave to further action including which a Sultan leads an inva Viacom18 said earlier this threats against those in lage councils and couldn’t ports timber and allied pro “We showed pictures of undergo a surgery for sex protests. “We want an assu sion to capture a Rajput week that it had voluntarily volved in the lm continue, be cultivated in nonforest ducts, such as pulp, paper, the victim to people in the change. Lalita Salve, who now rance that this lm will not Queen.” It is yet to publish postponed the release of the following the attack on the prefers to be called Lalit, had areas. and furniture. The amend area. Some of them told us sought a month’s leave to be released until the deci the BBFC insight on the lm lm from December 1. lm’s sets. “This will now create a ment will help in addressing that they had seen the man undergo the sex sion is made in India.” — a detailed account of the On November 28, the Su Gujarat and Madhya Pra viable option for cultivation some of these issues, be being assaulted and tied reassignment surgery but was The lm has been given a contents of the lms rated by preme Court is to hear advo desh have banned the lm in 12.6 million hectares of sides meeting the demand up at Vichare compound, a refused following which she 12A rating by the BBFC, the regulator, targeted at pa cate M.L. Sharma’s plea ahead of the censor’s ruling. cultivable waste land. It will from domestic production, residential locality,” said a petitioned the High Court. encourage farmers and oth the press note added. senior police ocer. Jaipur municipality faces Why no special buses heat over foreigner’s death for students: Madras HC Special Correspondent CHENNAI Argentinian died after he was attacked by a bull last week The Madras High Court on Thursday took serious note Mohammed Iqbal he was referred to the go back to his country, ex of the photographs pu Jaipur vernmentrun Sawai Man pressed its displeasure and blished in a couple of new The Jaipur Municipal Corpo Singh Hospital. posed some tough questions spapers of some schoolchil ration ( JMC) is facing tough The ambulance carrying to Jaipur Mayor Ashok Laho dren travelling not only on questions on its failure to the Argentinian was ill ti, and JMC ocers, about footboards of government control the menace of stray equipped and its oxygen cy the city's civic buses but also perching pe cattle in the city, which led linder was not working. He infrastructure. rilously on the windows. to the death of an Argentine succumbed to injuries at the The JMC has now Shocked to see the photo Students travel on the tourist in an attack by a bull SMS Hospital. launched a drive to catch graphs produced by advo footboard of a bus in

in the Walled City here last Ms. Paula, a member of stray cattle on roads and cate Y. George Williams, the Chennai. * M. KARUNAKARAN week. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of send them to cow shelters. rst Division Bench of Chief A stray bull came charg Living group, later said that The Rajasthan High Court Justice Indira Banerjee and the ocials concerned. He ing at Juan Pablo, 29, who Pablo, a graphic designer, on Wednesday took suo mo Justice M. Sundar directed also said the State transport was passing by a footpath at could have been saved if tu cognisance of the incident the High Court Registry to corporations must take a Chaura Rasta on November emergency facilities had and issued notices to the take up the issue of unsafe call on the issue. 18, and wounded his neck been available in the JMC and the Jaipur Develop travel of schoolchildren as a In his submission, Mr. with its horns. His compa ambulance. ment Authority, asking them suo motu public interest liti Williams said doors must be nion Paula, with the help of A team from the Embassy about the stray cattle me gation petition and list the tted at the exit and entry of passersby, rushed him to a of Argentina, which came nace and the poor state of in case for hearing on Friday. all government buses to pre private hospital from where here to take Pablo’s body frastructure in the city. vent students from travell ‘Govt. must take a call’ ing on footboard. When the Chief Justice He also said a mechanism wanted to know why the Ta should be devised for ensur mil Nadu government was ing smooth entry and exit Was quoted out of context: not operating special buses into the buses. for the exclusive use of The lawyer said that at schoolchildren, Govern present people struggle to Sarma on cancer remark ment Pleader (incharge) nd a place in the buses, T.N. Rajagopalan sought thereby forcing the students Press Trust of India have sparked sharp now playing with the story, I time to get instructions from to travel in a dangerous way. Guwahati reactions. am pained to say will cause Facing ak over his remarks In a press release, Mr. Sar agony among cancer patients that lifethreatening diseases ma said: “My speech on di and their relatives,” he said were a result of past sins, As vine justice and karmic de adding he lost his father, sam Health Minister Himanta ciency is being quoted out of friends and relatives to the Biswa Sarma on Thursday context. In their bid to trivial disease. said he was quoted out of ise and sensationalise, no one Slamming Mr. Sarma for context and apologised to is looking at the content of his remarks, Congress leader those hurt by the “absolutely my whole speech and intent.” P. Chidambaram had yester mindless controversy trig “It was said in the context day tweeted “Cancer is divine gered by few political of helping poor students of justice for sins’ says Assam desperados”. government schools and as Minister Sharma. That is His remarks that some pe request to teachers not to ne what switching parties does ople suer from diseases glect them,” he said. to a person,” referring to his such as cancer because of “But the way a section of joining BJP from Congress sins committed in the past national media, local media ahead of the Assam assembly and that it is “divine justice” and few in Congress party are elections in 2015.

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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The new bipolarity in Asia Having one set of nations ranged against China is not going to be easy in the prevailing circumstances

and India (the Quadrilateral) are mentioned that the Chinese Mili In Asia, India, Japan and, to an Politics and Padmavati seen as an indication of this. It tary had been reorganised and extent, Vietnam appear willing to marks an important shift in India’s that more changes were promised endorse the U.S. initiative to build Chief Ministers cannot cite law and order attitude, and could be a prologue in the next ve years aiming to up opposition to China’s designs. threats as an excuse to curb free expression to what is in store. As China’s ex make China’s military “world India has become increasingly vo pansionist attitudes intensify, class” in every way. cal in this regard. It has lately ta iven the violence and the threats, it is perhaps M.K. Narayanan more countries in East and South The message emanating from ken up issues well beyond South not surprising that the producers of Padmavati east Asia are expected to align the Party Congress is loud and Asia, such as North Korea and Chi Ghave decided to ‘voluntarily’ defer its release. he dichotomy in the rule with the Quadrilateral group of clear. China is in no mood to com na’s actions in the South China But irrespective of how this changed timetable plays based global order is becom countries. Vietnam could be one promise, and any attempt to con Sea. This was again manifest dur out, the conduct of politicians over the past few days Ting increasingly evident with such country, but quite a few other tain or check China would be ef ing the recent ASEAN delibera has been cynical and deeply unmindful of the rule of the passage of time. U.S. President countries in the region could fol fectively met. The reality also is tions. Currently, India is emerging law. In February 1989, days after Ayatollah Khomeini of Donald Trump, for instance, low suit. that apart from its massive military as one of the countries in the re makes no secret of the fact that he The recent Association of buildup, China is positioned most gion rmly committed to freedom Iran had issued a fatwa against him for his novel The Sa- believes in a world governed by Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) advantageously as far as economic of navigation and overight, and tanic Verses, Salman Rushdie published an open letter

selfinterest, with little room for and AsiaPacic Economic Coop GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK aspects are concerned. It is today for unimpeded commerce based to Rajiv Gandhi, then Prime Minister. He reminded the shared responsibility, or lofty eration (APEC) meetings provided the most important trading partn on the principles of international Prime Minister that his book had already been banned ideas about the spread of democ a further glimpse of attitudinal Picking up the gauntlet er for over 90 countries. It is a ma law, particularly the UN Conven in India in October 1988, under the Customs Act, and racy. In contrast, Chinese Presi changes that are in the making. If China was the target of the U.S., jor lender across the world. Its Belt tion on the Law of the Sea. This that while issuing the curb on its import the Finance Mi dent Xi Jinping is taking the high Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Na India and other likeminded coun and Road Initiative (BRI) has puts it in direct confrontation with nistry claried that the “ban did not detract from the lit road, disdaining the transactional rendra Modi made use of this occa tries of Asia, the recent 19th Chi caught the imagination of the China, as also in opposing China’s approach favoured by the U.S. Pre sion to announce that the two nese Communist Party Congress world, including that of Europe. ambitions in the Indian Ocean and erary and artistic merit of Rushdie’s work”. “Thanks for sident. Instead, he is projecting countries were prepared to work signied that China is more than While the economic benets of the the IndoPacic. the good review,” wrote Rushdie, adding that it ap himself as a rm believer in global together for the future of Asia — an willing to accept the challenge. BRI are still in dispute, most coun The Quadrilateral idea, which peared “as if your Government has become unable or isation and free trade. Today, the euphemism for what many see as The Party Congress placed special tries of Asia and Europe, including has since begun to take shape with unwilling to resist pressure from more or less any extre former confronts major opposi keeping a check on China’s aggres emphasis on a strong military many of India’s neighbours, do not India’s implicit acceptance of the mist religious grouping”. It is worth recalling that letter, tion to his policies within the U.S. sive designs in the region. It is, per “capable of winning wars”. The seem to have a problem with the concept, is likely to further irk Chi as it provides a benchmark to map the race to the bot The latter’s grip on China is, if haps, for the rst time that India deliberations left little room for BRI. na. China has consistently op tom in the current row over Padmavati. Today, as a anything, stronger than before. has indicated a resolve to align any adjustment or compromise to posed the idea viewing it as an ex It is against this backdrop that openly with the U.S. to tackle accommodate the concerns of oth Too many imponderables ample of antiChina consolidation. number of Chief Ministers across north India rail there are signs of a new bipolarity broader issues in the IndoPacic er countries of Asia, or for that Sustaining bipolarity and having For the present, China has been against the lm and threaten to disallow its screening taking shape in Asia. It appears region. Its implications go much matter the U.S. If anything, the de one set of Asian nations ranged circumspect in its opposition to without requisite cuts, there is no longer even that per freshly sculpted, given the steady further than mere deepening of liberations of the Party Congress against China is, however, not go the move, limiting itself to ques functory clarication that their action has nothing to do rise and rise of China in Asia. It the strategic partnership between have further emboldened China to ing to be easy in the prevailing cir tioning its rationale and whether it with the artistic merit of the lm. And it is no longer the possibly seeks to replace similar the two countries or enhancing pursue its preferred course of cumstances. There exist far too is directed at a third party with the case that the governments are unwilling to resist pr es attempts by the U.S. previously — their cooperation as major de action. many imponderables at present. potential to disturb regional peace sure from extremist groups such as the Karni Sena. such as the pivot to Asia — to coun fence partners. The reference that Several aspects of the Party Latent concerns about Chinese ex and stability. This may not, howev ter China and its aggressive de “two of the world’s great democra Congress deserve to be carefully pansionism have not prevented er, last for much longer. Chief Ministers now are actually rallying opinion signs in the region. Implicitly, cies should also have the world’s considered in this context. The several Asian nations from endors As the outlines of a new bipolar against the lm to whip up caste and religious anxieties. though not as yet explicitly, it greatest militaries” is capable of Congress reinforced Mr. Xi’s status ing and backing the BRI. Most ity in Asia become clearer, and Yogi Adityanath of Uttar Pradesh has forged an ab seeks to create a coalition of all being interpreted in several ways, as the paramount leader, who in Asian nations also show no inclina with the formal setting up of the surd equivalence between “those giving death threats” those willing to align with the U.S. including that it is aimed at China. turn made no secret of China’s am tion or desire to blame China for Quadrilateral, China is certain to and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the lm’s director, for “hurt against China’s expanding ambi What it does signify, unambigu bitions to restore its global leader siding with Pakistan, which conti regard all this as an attempt to en ing public sentiments”. Vijay Rupani in Gujarat has ta tions and its inexorable march to ously, is a quantum leap in their ship and dominate the region. In nues to shelter highranking global circle it. This will pave the way for ken a cue from Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pra wards dominance in Asia. special relationship, with both his long opening address, he de terrorists, including JaisheMo a new round of turmoil. China is sides committed to deepening scribed China as a great power at hammed chief Masood Azhar. Chi almost certain to take eective desh and called for a ban. This is in complete disregard An important shift their engagement in several direc least 25 times. Every initiative pro na, for its part, has embarked on a steps to break this socalled encir of the Supreme Court judgment in S. Rangarajan v. P. In recent weeks, there has been tions. nounced was attuned to China’s charm oensive to win the sup clement, and use both force and Jagjivan Ram that the state cannot cite concerns about a some activity suggestive of action Mr. Modi demonstrated a wil global ambitions. port of Asian nations through lav inducements to win more and “hostile audience” in curbing freedom of expression. being taken to achieve this objec lingness on this occasion to go still The Party Congress, and Mr. Xi ish aid oers and other nancial more Asian countries to its side. Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan, in fact, has argued th at tive. For instance, a reluctant India further, asserting that India will in particular, adopted a hard line inducements. Even Mr. Trump, The consequences of this could be the “censor board” must go beyond just certifying a is being gradually inveigled into a stand by ASEAN in its quest for a on many of the issues that have during his recent visit to China, quite signicant for peace and sta lm, and should be mindful of the possible results after newly minted design of what ma rulesbased regional security ar been bones of contention with seemed to have softened his criti bility in the Asian region. its release. And Amarinder Singh in Punjab has said he ny perceive as an antiChina coali chitecture. This can again be inter countries in the region and cism of China, after China pro tion, though none of them are will preted as implicit criticism of Chi beyond. A major preoccupation of duced some attractive mega deals. opposes a ban but “cinematic licence” cannot extend to ing to project it as such. Talks held na’s attitude and stance with the Party Congress was to build All this only exposes the vulnera M.K. Narayanan is a former National twisting “historical facts”. The fact that these open ap recently at the level of ocials bet regard to disputes in the South global combat capabilities to safe bilities of bipolarity in the extant Security Advisor and a former Governor peals against cinematic expression are going mostly un ween the U.S., Japan, Australia China Sea. guard China’s overseas interests. It situation today. of West Bengal challenged across the political spectrum carries dark forebodings. The issue here is no longer Padmavati, its artistic merit or the factuality or otherwise of multiple retellings of the narrative. What is of real concern is the Reaching out to neighbours spectacle of state functionaries ignoring their constitu tional responsibility in upholding free expression, and As ASEAN celebrates 50, reections on SAARC’s failed decades placing themselves alongside those out to intimidate, and release sectarian furies. counterterrorism, drugs and hu the SAARC Visa Exemption gime. Bilateral bickering never got man tracking. ASEAN’s greatest Scheme only allows certain cate in the way of trade and travel. success has been its ability to deft gories of dignitaries to be exempt On the political and economic Going universal ly resolve disputes. In the early from visas, excluding ordinary citi continuum, ASEAN has behaved years, for instance, its unity was zens from accessing unimpeded pragmatically and sensibly whe Karnataka does well to nalise the road map challenged by the PhilippinesMa travel in the region. It is dicult reas South Asia has been bogged to ensure universal health coverage Syed Munir Khasru laysia dispute over Sabah, but the for Indians to enter Pakistan and down by bilateral animosity and founding members found a peace vice versa. Even citizens of other the bitter legacy of partition. arnataka’s move to amend the law governing he Association of Southeast ful mechanism to mitigate oppos SAARC countries who have visited ASEAN members have avoided private medical establishments is a logical step in TAsian Nations (ASEAN) is ing claims. In the case of SAARC, either India or Pakistan before and showing outward hostility against

among the world’s largest regional political squabbles, deep mistrust REUTERS now wish to travel to the other each other and have tried to re its plan to provide universal health coverage in K intergovernmental organisations. and military conict between In face hassles during visa issuance solve dierences through dia the State. There can be a debate on how individual a s Since its inception, the countries dia and Pakistan have frustrated members stands at 3.5% of their by either country. And SAARC in logue, engagement and coopera pects of medical services are best regulated, but laying in the region have become more regional cooperation. The whole total volume of trade. Initiatives frastructural problems plague tion. Politicians in SAARC have down standards, containing treatment costs, mandat integrated through enhanced in region is suering from lost poten under the South Asian Free Trade connectivity. mostly catered to their domestic ing transparency and creating a binding charter that traregional trade and connectivity. tial due to IndiaPakistan hostility Association have failed to make constituents without having any empowers patients are all basic components of health The South Asian Association for which hit a new low when India much headway. Subregional initia Sub-regional short-cuts broad regional vision, so that it care reform. The State government has wisely dropped Regional Cooperation (SAARC), boycotted the 19th SAARC summit tives like the BangladeshBhutan As the biggest country of SAARC, takes years to sign agreements and geographically proximate to as a result of the Uri terrorist at IndiaNepal Motor Vehicle Agree India is trying to exert leadership even more time to implement the clause on imprisonment for medical negligence in ASEAN, started its journey in 1985 tack, with Bangladesh, Afghanis ment also have stalled. by forming subregional initiatives them. As a regional organisation, the nal draft of the amendment Bill, avoiding a possi with similar aspirations but over tan and Bhutan following suit, The Federation of ASEAN Travel like the Bay of Bengal Initiative for while ASEAN has grown from ble delay in broadening the scope of the Karnataka Priv time has failed to deliver. It has eventually resulting in cancella Associations (FATA) has called on MultiSectoral Technical and Eco strength to strength. Unless there ate Medical Establishments Act, 2007. There is a need, been unable to integrate the re tion of the summit. the ASEAN nations to waive entry nomic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). is a serious and concerted eort by of course, to ensure parity in services oered by go gion through trade and connectiv Trade in ASEAN has grown ra requirements amongst the mem Another objective is to isolate Pa the political leadership of SAARC, vernment and private institutions, and end the neglect ity and continues to be stuck in the pidly and it has focussed on pro ber states. A feasibility study has kistan. Such attempts to forge sub led primarily by India and Pakis of public facilities especially in rural areas. The transi quagmire of regional politics and moting rapid economic growth been conducted on the develop regional ties at the cost of jeopar tan, to revitalise the regional body, rivalry and stagnates from histori and modernisation. It has created ment of a rail link from Singapore dising the regional vision for unity it will continue to be what it always tion to universal health access, provided free at the cal distrust and old animosity. the Comprehensive Investment to Kunming in southern China to have not been witnessed in has been: a utopian idea existing point of delivery, must be a national priority as it is the Agreement (ACIA), which ensures enhance seamless connectivity ASEAN. When ASEAN was criti only in summit documents. key Sustainable Development Goal relating to health to Study in contrasts liberalisation and protection of among the ASEAN nations to boost cised for taking in Myanmar in be achieved by 2030. The UPA government dropped In its rst two decades, ASEAN fo crossborder investments opera intraregional trade and peopleto spite of its military rule, the group the ball midway, although it had a report from an exp cussed on a limited range of is tions, together with best practices people connectivity. Projects ing emphasised the importance of Syed Munir Khasru is the Chairman of the ert group of the Planning Commission in 2011 propos sues, but over time its mandate ex for the treatment of foreign inves aimed at promoting the region as a keeping open the channels of com international think tank, the Institute for ing a road map for universal coverage. Karnataka is pur panded and now includes climate tors and investments. On the other tourist destination have also been munication and engagement as a Policy, Advocacy, and Governance. suing needed reform in some of the areas covered by change, disaster management, hand, trade amongst the SAARC undertaken. On the other hand, better means to inuence the re [email protected] the expert panel, notably on containing the cost curve in establishments that operate for prot and where pa LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tients with statesupported insurance get treated. Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. The task before Karnataka now is to come up with an essential health package consisting of treatments avail Haz Saeed released lacklustre commitment to shying away from clamping train going o in some Hardik reach deal on is reexamined. Even if able to all and to devise ways to charge users based on The release of Haz Saeed combat terrorism will only down on the Lashkare other direction and nding quota”, Nov. 23). While this regional parties align the ability to pay. Capping costs for those who use such is yet more proof of imperil its own safety at Taiba, the parent itself in a dierent State alliance is not themselves with caste Pakistan’s intransigent some point of time. organisation of the JuD, and (“Special train goes 160 km unprecedented, it will groups, at least panIndian facilities is important, given that outofpocket expendi attitude towards terrorism V. Subramanian, delinking it from the oroute”, Nov. 23). incentivise more caste parties like the Congress ture on health in India is extremely high. Regulation of (“Pak. court frees Haz Chennai Haqqani network, Pakistan Thankfully, there was no groups to convert and the Bharatiya Janata prices for some drugs may have had a moderating ef Saeed”, Nov. 23). After must have felt emboldened accident. One wonders who themselves into political Party must refrain from fect, but much work remains to be done to streamline terror charges were Haz Saeed’s release to release Saeed. India’s was tracking this train. pressure groups to garner doing so. processes to achieve centralised procurement and free withdrawn against Saeed arms Pakistan’s hope that the U.S. would While trying to cover up the benets from the Mayukh Devadas, distribution of essential medicines to all. Karnataka’s and JamaatudDawa last doublespeak. It was in take a stringent stand on goofup, the railway government. India already Thrissur decision to set up a regulator for government hospitals month, it was a foregone September that the terror groups operating out authorities went on to provides reservations to conclusion that Pakistan Pakistan Foreign Minister of Pakistan is now belied. It clarify that they took a backward groups and it is more letters online: is a response to the criticism that nothing is being done www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ was paving the way for his called Saeed a “liability” is time we go after terror deliberate decision to time the reservation policy to raise standards in these institutions and bring in ac safe release. Though he was and now, two months later, elements based in Pakistan change the route as the countability. Ideally, all health institutions participating declared a global terrorist Saeed has been released. on our own and send an original one was facing corrections & clarifications: >>In the report on IITs, IISc in a universal access programme should be governed by and carries a bounty of $10 India must keep a close unequivocal message to the congestion. How odd! If so, nding place in QS BRICS rankings (Nov. 23, 2017), it was was erro million announced by the watch over Saeed’s world that we are no longer why were the passengers neously stated thatIIT Kanpur was among the institutions that fea common regulations, for which national, State and dis tured in the top 20 places. Not so. It was IIT Madras that had trictlevel authorities are the answer. Such a compre U.S., Saeed was only kept activities and thwart any a soft state. not informed? earned the distinction. hensive approach can eliminate fragmentation of func under house arrest. It is attempts by him to disturb M. Jeyaram, N. Nagarajan, >>An Editorial page article titled “Himalayan upgrade” (Nov. 22, beyond my comprehension peace in the Kashmir Valley Sholavandan Secunderabad 2017) said that the new Nepal Constitution provided for a National tions. Also, the public health approach at the prima ry why the U.S. continues to and other parts of India. Assembly of 160 directly elected members. The gure should have level should not be lost sight of, while focussing o n re been 165. provide aid to Pakistan. K.R. Srinivasan, Veering o track Caste politics form of hospitalbased care. National schemes aimed at India should take up this Secunderabad While on the one hand the The Congress’s alliance It is the policy of The Hindu to correct signicant errors as soon as possible. Please specify the edition (place of publication), date and page. The Readers’ Editor’s office can be reducing the burden of infectious and noncommunic issue strongly with the government is going all out with Hardik Patel for mere contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to able diseases, and improving the health of women and international community Haz Saeed’s release is no to take India into the bullet electoral benets is another Friday); Fax: +91-44-28552963; Email:[email protected]; Mail: Readers’ Editor, The Hindu, Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002, India. children, should continue to receive top priority. and also at the UN. Pakistan surprise. With the Trump train era, on the other we setback for the country at All communication must carry the full postal address and telephone number. No personal must understand that its administration in the U.S. see strange events such as a the macro level (“Congress, visits. The Terms of Reference for the Readers’ Editor are on www.thehindu.com

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YES, NO, IT’S COMPLICATED Do we need an antisuperstition law? The IPC is not equipped to deal with crimes fect the religious practic loped. Maharashtra, too, stopped the act of human sacrice. they become too powerful. Recent YES es of Hindus; that it was boasts of being a deve The present IPC is not equipped ly, the Maharashtra police arrested related to black magic and superstitious practices antiHindu. But after ex loped State. Around se to take care of crimes committed one who called himself Patil Baba amining more than 350 ven instances of human on account of black magic and oth and an avatar of god. He abused dis India needs legislation on supersti tices and Black Magic Act, 2013. The FIRs lodged across Mah sacrice have been re er superstitious practices. A sepa ciples by calling it his blessing; he tion, though what should go into it rest of the country could learn from arashtra in the last four ported since the passing rate law is necessary because the prevented them from going to doc requires debate. Every superstition it. In Maharashtra, the Andhash years, we found that of this law in 2013. Two relationship between a devotee and tors. He had a huge following and if cannot be removed by the force of raddha Nirmoolan Samiti and my these claims were un such instances could socalled godman is of a peculiar this law wasn’t in place, nothing law. For that, a mental change is ne father, Narendra Dabholkar, fought founded. Data show that the ac have been prevented through time nature, often marked by violence. could have been done to stop him. cessary. However, superstitious for 18 years for such a law to be put cused persons belong to various re ly intervention. Before this law, acts Consider the Prevention of Domes There is a section in the Maharash practices that are utterly dehuma in place. There were several groups ligions. involving human sacrice could not tic Violence Act, 2005. There are tra legislation which specically ad Mukta Dabholkar nising, brutal and exploitative need which tilted the conversation by I want to highlight inhuman be stopped as they were preceded provisions in the IPC to punish vio dresses and checks claims made by is an activist and to be dealt with by a law that specif projecting it as a law against reli practices in the name of religion. by some puja and oerings — not lence, but the peculiar nature of the ‘godmen’ who say they have super assistant editor of the ically addresses them. gion. Dabholkar had to ght a re For example, in Maharashtra, there banned under any law. Now they violence faced by women within natural powers. Once something is ‘Maharashtra lentless battle against them. were several cases where people are. The cognisance of human sa the family needed a separate law. made illegal in the eye of the law, it Andhashraddha Brutal exploitation We need to understand that this murdered or brutally injured oth crice is in the Indian Penal Code will not be possible for anyone to Nirmoolan Samiti’ Maharashtra has implemented the is a law that addresses exploitation ers and held them responsible for (IPC) only after the murder is com Check on conmen openly support fraudulent magazine Maharashtra Prevention and Eradi in the name of religion. Opponents some deaths in their families, mere mitted. Thus, legislation has a ca The antisuperstition law also godmen. cation of Human Sacrice and Oth to the legislation in Maharashtra ly on suspicion. We masked these pacity to act as a deterrent. The makes it possible to curtail activi er Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Prac had claimed that the law would af practices by calling ourselves deve Maharashtra legislation has ties of socalled godmen before As told to Anuradha Raman

Enacting special laws for each set of crimes is the question of whether sary to establish the com be stressed with authority that curbing such practices, active im NO we need a separate law mission of such crimes. most of such acts, which have been plementation and enforcement of no solution and makes the problem worse to curb such practices These can be addressed made punishable by the Karnataka existing laws need to be made more has to be answered in by amendments in the legislation, are already punishable eective. Studies in criminology An antisuperstition law may seem to support the fact that such a prac the negative. This is be Criminal Procedure Code by the IPC and other existing laws. have already established that cer necessary, but it cannot take cogni tice yields any good. Such practices cause the substantive le and Indian Evidence Act. Therefore, having a new law to re tainty of punishment curbs the rate sance of all realities. can’t be curbed because they don’t gal framework of our If a further nuanced ap criminalise such acts doesn’t make of crime and not the type or the The domain of such a law is to harm anyone. The fundamental te country is suciently proach is desirable, then much juridical sense. quantum of punishment. curb superstition, associated pri nets of a liberal democracy give us adequate to address such crimes. a separate law may also be enacted We already have a reputation of marily with religious and occult the freedoms of conscience and to For instance, throwing a child on for framing a separate set of rules of Bad implementation having good laws but bad imple practices. It has to be impressed believe in things even when science thorns is an oence under Sections procedure. However, a substantive Law and order is a State subject, so mentation. In legal parlance, it is Raghav Pandey here that almost everything asso and rationality don’t support them. 307 and 323 of the IPC . Similarly, law of such a nature is not required; States are free to enact specic cri known as ‘overcriminalisation’ — is a Research Fellow ciated with any religion can be con parading a woman naked can also it works to the detriment of the larg minal laws. In the same way, States more laws but less ‘rule of law’. with the Department of sidered superstitious for the simple Existing laws enough be addressed specically by Section er objective it seeks to work for. are also free to make amendments Therefore, the enforcement ma Humanities and Social fact that there is no scientic ration But certain other practices, like 354B of the IPC. The Karnataka Prevention and to Union laws. Therefore, ideally, chinery needs a major overhaul to Sciences, IIT Bombay ale behind the same. For instance, throwing children on thorns, pa This is not to discount the fact Eradication of Inhuman Evil Prac Karnataka or any other State is free make criminal justice more accessi going to a temple, a mosque, or a rading women naked, etc., obvious that certain changes in the law per tices and Black Magic Act, 2017 pro to amend the IPC, to accommodate ble. Enacting special laws for each church can be termed superstitious ly harm others and can’t be allowed taining to the procedural rules and hibits the two above mentioned specic requirements. set of crimes is no solution and because there is no scientic data in the name of religion. However, the law of evidence may be neces practices and several others. It can If the executive is serious about makes the problem worse.

IT'S Should we nd a solution with a new law or nd ly to denounce miracles killed for practising er the leftover food of Brahmins in moral reform stance often seen COMPLICATED and astrology as cheap witchcraft. Fortunately, certain temples to cure themselves among, for instance, Bhakti and Su a way out from within the belief system? tricks. laws that aim to prevent of skin diseases. saints, and, later, Gandhi. The superstitions of this practice exist. Faith Secular temptations and anxie Religions are aware that faith is vul the early 19th century, Raja Ram modern societies healers, on occasion, in The best way forward ties of money and power in the nerable to improper use. And sto Mohan Roy argued that it did not though haven’t invited ict physical injury to ex Is law the best means of addressing modern world explain better per ries of fake sadhus and deceitful sa have approval from within Hindu the same activist zeal. orcise spirits or cure ail such practices? Wouldn’t a discus haps the growing popularity of as nyasis have long been around. religious texts. This was a common The slightest show of bo ments. The supporters of sion initiated between the temple trology TV shows and the rise in ly heard refrain in later decades too dy temperature makes many reach the recent law in Karnataka that authorities and devotees throw up needbased rituals for placating dei Other challenges — that vested social interests and for a paracetamol. The techno aims to prevent “inhuman evil alternative rituals more satisfying ties than inner tendencies within Bigger challenges to religion have not Hindu dharma were responsi smug moderns hold other supersti practices and black magic” across to devotees? Put dierently, can the religion. Chandan Gowda come from mutually reinforcing, ble for these practices. tions too: if petrol runs out, we will religions cite other practices like moral resources for replacing unac The greater diculty lies in how is professor of external sources. In their own dis Rationalists oered another res switch to hybrid cars, okay? branding children with heated ob ceptable practices be explored legal discussions view religions as sociology at Azim tinct ways, modern science, secular ponse on the place of religion in In any case, whether integral to jects and using spurious surgical within tradition? While activists essentially the same phenomenon Premji University, statecraft and liberal legal princi modern society. Included among religion or not, practices like hu methods to change the gender of a rightly point to the continued si that goes by dierent names. Mo Bengaluru ples question the validity of theo them are gures like Periyar, who man sacrice are hard to defend. foetus. Lacking access to proper lence of temple authorities, who notheistic religions like Christiani logical views and seek to limit their debunked religion as superstition, And if it takes state legislation to health care, it is the poor, it is ar host these practices, to show the ty, Judaism and Islam and polyth operation in social and political life. and the communists, who felt reli prevent them, so be it. gued, who fall victim to such meth need for legal remedies, one still eistic ones like Hinduism are so Religions in India came under the gion distorted reality. Over recent decades, around ods. The new legislation also for wonders whether working through dierent that the rationalities need scrutiny of all three with colonial Driven by more modest aims, 800 women in Bihar, Jharkhand, bids made-snana, a ritual where the belief systems is preferable to ed for a proper engagement with rule. In asking for a ban on Sati in many rationalists laboured tireless Chhattisgarh and Odisha have been devotees from across castes roll ov resorting to punitive law. This is the them cannot not be as various.

GETTY IMAGES. ISTOCK four participants issued not one but forts to achieve a peaceful and accepted settlement” in accor four separate statements after their dance with the provisions and principles of the draft. The re meeting in Manila . A cursory look at these statements re solution also seeks to solve two other sources of fr iction: the veals the basic dierences in intent: while all four referred to right of free navigation through international waterways in the keeping a “free and open IndoPacic”, the Ministry of Ex area and the Arab refugee problem. ternal Aairs statement did not mention upholding “m ari time security” as an objective, while the statements of the A HUNDRED YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 24, 1917 U.S., Australia and Japan did. Similarly, the Japanese Minis try of Foreign Aairs made no mention of enhancing “ con In Russia, the peace question. nectivity” as an aim, which the other three did. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The import of these omissions is clear. The Quad is yet to CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A wireless Russian ocial Communique [of November 24] says: The allRussian Congress of Workmen and Soldiers’ Dele decide what its real aim is: maritime security, connectivity, ACT ONE countering China’s moves in the IndoPacic and on the Belt CONCEPTUAL gates has ordered the Council of People’s Commissaries to as and Road Initiative (BRI), or a combination of all three. Ad sume power and oer all belligerents an immediate armistice Elite theory for the purpose of opening pourparlers for a democratic ding to the confusion were U.S. President Donald Tru mp’s Sociology For fair and evidence-based bail own moves in Beijing. He lavished praise on Chinese Presi peace. This oer will be made when the Council’s power is dent Xi Jinping and the two signed a slew of agreements, in It postulates that every so Recommendations to adapt the bail law to changing times rmly established in all important districts in the country. A cluding one for a joint fund for the $40 billion Silk Road ciety has a ruling minority draft message to this eect has already been communicated to Fund meant to nance BRI projects. Despite all the concerns that controls and contests Krishnadas Rajagopal throughout the country. It further recom the Allied plenipotentiaries in Russia. Meanwhile th e Council expressed by the countries of the Quad, India remain s the sources of political power, Murder has increased by mendes that bail practices has ordered the CommanderinChief forthwith to oer enemy only one to openly oppose the BRI. and that government agen Bail in its essence is a ne 250%, rape by 873%, and should address two key commanders an armistice for the purpose of peace pou rpar On the maritime front, India gave out confusing signals. It das are inuenced or en balance between the right kidnapping and abduction goals: create safeguards to lers, to keep the Council informed telegraphically o f the pro is the only country in the Quad that is not part of a military tirely determined by this to liberty of the person ac by 749% since 1953. prevent the risk of the ac gress of the pourparlers and sign the preliminary act only after alliance. In June, India declined Australia’s request to join group. Elites tend to be a cused of an oence and Further, with insu cused failing to appear in the Council approves. The above Communique is signed by M. the Malabar exercises, and just days before the Quad, Naval relatively small, wealthy the interests of society at cient infrastructure, lack court on a scheduled date, Lenia, President of the Council, Trotzky, the Minist er for Fo Chief Sunil Lanba told The Hindu that there were no plans group of individuals shar large. The Law Commis of modernisation of inves and protect the safety of reign Aairs, and three others. for joint patrols with the U.S., or any country that is not a ing similar values and a sion of India has urged the tigative machinery and victims of crime, and “maritime neighbour” of India, which would rule out Aus background of privilege, government to adapt the other challenges, the bail society. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC tralia and Japan too. If India’s intentions are only to patrol usually drawn from busi bail law according to the system cannot be fash The Commission also DATA POINT the Indian Ocean part of the IndoPacic, it remains to be ness, government, civic or changing times, changing ioned into a panacea to highlights the need to mi seen what reciprocal value the Quad would have. ganisations, educational patterns of crimes, and ensure a responsive crimi nimise pretrial conne Then there is the question of where the government and cultural establish the arbitrariness shown nal justice system in India. ment of an accused. stands on India’s position in the world. While reject ing ments and mass media. by the judiciary in exer Providing core princi The report suggests fu “nonalignment” in a unipolar world, the government h as They exert power over cise of its discretion. ples and suggesting turistic measures like elec decided a course that wins the country a foot in the door to state institutions via com While rejecting the idea amendments in exercising tronic tagging to reduce every membership club. While that may seem wise, the mercial transactions, in of a standalone law for the powers to grant or de both fugitive rates (by al practicalities in an increasingly polarised world are dicult: terlocking directorates, bail, the 21st Law Commis ny bail, the Criminal Law lowing the defendant to how would India explain not joining a security cooperation etc. The theory seeks to ex sion led by a former Su (Amendment) Bill of 2017 be easily located) and go arrangement within the Quad, for example, even thoug h it plain elite behaviour and preme Court judge, Justice is a breath of fresh air. It vernment expenditures joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation this year? the consequent state out B.S. Chauhan, suggests underlines that bail prac (by reducing the number If India is willing to brave all of these contradictions and comes. amendments in the Code tices should be fair and of defendants detained at steer the course towards a closer Quad arrangement, then CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC of Criminal Procedure in evidencebased. The Law state expense). the nal question to be answered is, to what end? A few its 268th report. The Com Commission has suggest The Commission pro years ago, a South Block mandarin said the basic dierence MORE ON mission found that the ed that decisions about poses a central digital da between India and the U.S. was that the U.S. wanted India’s THE WEB 3 “existing system of bail in custody or release should tabase in the format of a assistance, along with Japan and Australia, “to the Eas t”, India is inadequate and in not be inuenced to the Criminal Tracking Net while India wanted the U.S.’s assistance in matters “to i ts “It doesn’t give you social ecient to accomplish its detriment of the person work and Systems scheme West”. As a result, giving in to demands for greater engage points to be a Frank purpose.” accused of an oence by to be utilised to ensure ment in the East with the Quad will need to be calibrated Turner fan” It notes that grotesque factors such as gender, that the person accused of with concrete outcomes on India’s concerns with terror crimes involving extreme race, ethnicity, nancial an oence marks his ap from Pakistan, and a free hand to pursue ties with Iran. http://bit.ly/meetingFrankTurner violence are on the rise conditions or social status. pearance. 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group is AIADMK Special Correspondent NEW DELHI Right to access Internet Two months later, the form neerselvamPalaniswami Prime Minister Narendra er had split into factions combine, the adavits with Modi on Thursday called for headed by Mr. Palaniswami out any defect were 1,741 as sharing of information and nonnegotiable: India and Ms. Sasikala. against a total submission of coordination among nations The Commission also ver 1,867; the rival group had to ensure that “digital space Special Correspondent providers to charge users ied adavits of the party’s 145 defectfree adavits. does not become a play NEW DELHI dierently based on content general council members In March, 1,912 general ground for the dark forces of Union Minister for or restrict access to some led in support of both council members had led terrorism and radicalisa Electronics and IT Ravi content. sides, as against the list of their adavits lending their tion”. Shankar Prasad on “The right of access is not members as existing on De support to the respondents, Speaking at the Global Thursday said that the right negotiable,” the Minister cember 5, 2016, — the day the SasikalaDhinakaran Conference on Cyber Space to access the Internet is said. the then Tamil Nadu Chief group, but the deponents (GCCS), attended by dele nonnegotiable and no Sri Lankan Prime Minister Minister Jayalalithaa died — acknowledged that their gates from 131 countries, Mr. single entity can have a Ranil Wickremesinghe and the attendance registers support was not only for Modi pitched for creating monopoly over it. stressed the need for submitted for general coun them, but also for Mr. Pala “cyberwarriors” to keep the Mr. Prasad’s comments ensuring Net neutrality cil meetings of December niswami, who had later digital space safe. follow the U.S. proposal to while pointing out that the 29, 2016, and September 12 worked out a merger with roll back earlier rules right had come under this year. the O. Panneerselvam Striking a balance related to open internet, serious challenge in many In the case of the Pan faction. Amid the ongoing debate in Digital warriors: PM Narendra Modi presents awards at the GCCS 2017 in New Delhi. Sri clearing the way for service parts of the world. the country over data priva Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, and Ravi Shankar Prasad are also seen. * SANDEEP SAXENA DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD cy, the Prime Minister said it was possible to strike a ba are the tip of an iceberg...We come a way of life,” he said. against cyberattacks … We tion, the PM called the dele grammers. Social media plat More seats proposed lance between privacy and need to ensure that vulnera He said that one of the ma need to ensure that cyber gates to make investments in forms are making national security. “The quest ble sections of our society do jor focus areas should be the protection becomes an at this space, and be a part of cyberspace participative for for an open and accessible not fall prey to the evil de training of professionals to tractive and viable career op the unfolding story of Indian all.” for Sikkim Assembly Internet often leads to vul signs of cybercriminals. counter cyberthreats. Mr. tion.” startups. “Today’s discourse He launched the ‘UMANG’ nerability. Stories of hacking Alertness towards cyberse Modi said: “Cyberwarriors Stating that cyberspace re is being shaped by Facebook app, with over 100 services Sikkim Chief Minister Pa hension in the minds of the and defacement of websites curity concerns should be will remain on the alert mains a key area for innova ers, Tweeples and Insta to citizens. wan Kumar Chamling wrote indigenous BhutiaLepchas to the Centre that the State and the expansion of the As is governed under special sembly could dilute their constitutional provision Ar political rights until there Come clear on chopper ticle 371 (F), which distin was a “proportionate in BC panel Bill to return to House guishes it from other States crease” of seats. and Article 170 of the Consti As a way out, Mr. Cham bid: SC to Chhattisgarh tution (under which the De ling suggested that the en Ministers say the reintroduction has nothing to do with the Gujarat elections limitation Commission tire Assembly be designated Krishnadas Rajagopal court that the documentary came into force) does not as “Scheduled Tribes.” The NEW DELHI evidence was procured un Special Correspondent tories, in consultation with The Congress and amendments. We are rein NEW DELHI <> apply to it. Ministry of Tribal Aairs op The Supreme Court on der the Right to Information the Governors, and a law of others had blocked troducing it because we are The Law Ministry also posed the move as the re Thursday asked the Raman Act. AttorneyGeneral K.K. The Union government will Parliament will be required it and forced the rm on our commitment to said that the nal order maining communities like Singhled BJP government in Venugopal, said the Centre reintroduce the Constitution for amending the list of back amendments the backward classes,” a se made by the Delimitation Thami, Chhetri, Sanyasi, Chhattisgarh to state in an had nothing to say as the (123rd) Amendment Bill, 2017, ward classes. Union Minister nior Minister said. Commission could not have Newar, Kirt Khambu Rai, Ki adavit that there was no documents came under the in the winter session of Par The NCBC, a statutory bo been challenged by any rat Dewan, Sunuwar, Gu “hankypanky” or fraud on RTI Act. liament, which seeks to ac Eyes on Patidars is, therefore, positioned to dy created in 1993, was given court but the special consti rung, Mangar and Bhujel the public exchequer in the Senior advocate Mahesh cord constitutional status to The decision has been taken project the Bharatiya Janata limited powers: to recom tutional provision to Sikkim did not full the criteria. purchase of an AgustaWes Jethmalani began for Chhat the National Commission for against the backdrop of the Party as the party pushing mend inclusion in or exclu allows them to make the “There will be amend tland helicopter in 2007 for tisgarh, explaining the “su Backward Classes (NCBC). Assembly elections in Guja for the empowerment of the sion of a community from changes. Mr. Chamling also ments to the Second Sche VIP use. perior” quality of Agusta The decision comes after rat where sections of the Pa OBCs, and the contradic the Central list. said, “The existing specic dule of the RP Act, 1950, The court said the State products. But Justice Goel Opposition members in the tidar community have been tions in the Congress’s at reservation of 12 seats for whereby total seats in the should answer the charge said the court was not both Rajya Sabha managed to agitating for reservation un tempts at stitching a rainbow Grievance redressal Bhutia and Lepcha com Sikkim Legislative Assembly made by Swaraj Abhiyan, an ered about the State’s clear amendments to the der the Other Backward social coalition in Gujarat. The power to hear com munities, and one seat for will be 40 in place of the ex NGO represented by advo choice of VIP helicopters Bill, making that version dif Classes (OBCs) category and Senior Ministers, howev plaints of the OBCs and pro Sangha constituency, which isting 32, reserving ve seats cate Prashant Bhushan, that and that it was only con ferent from the one cleared the Opposition Congress has er, said the reintroduction of tect their interests remained are given to them on the ba for Limboo and Tamang, the bid was a “sham.” It cerned whether there was a by the Lok Sabha in the mon worked out a formula to get the Bill had nothing to do with the National Commis sis of being ST should not be while retaining the existing asked the State to address fraud played with public soon session. the community included on with the Gujarat Assembly sion for Scheduled Castes. disturbed or tinkered with.” reservation for Bhutias, Mr. Bhushan’s submission money in the purchase. The reintroduction of the the list. elections. Since the National Com A resolution passed by Lepchas, Scheduled Castes that a foreign bank account The State agreed to le an Bill is signicant not just be The Congress has also mission for Scheduled the Sikkim Assembly in and Sanghas,” a proposal of was opened “by the son of adavit. Mr. Bhushan said cause it will give constitu merged with it an OBC front, ‘Committed to BCs’ Castes deals with the grie 2009 had generated appre the Home Ministry said. the Chief Minister” at the he would need at least two tional status to the NCBC. led by Alpesh Thakore, who “We had introduced the Bill vances and safeguards of the time of the bid. The State weeks to study the State’s af The President may specify has been consistently oppos in the Monsoon session, and SCs as well as the OBCs, it must explain why over $1.34 davit and le a rejoinder, if the socially and educational ing additions to the list in the it was the Congress and the has limited capacity to ad million was paid in excess. necessary. The next hearing ly backward classes in the va State. rest of the Opposition that dress the needs of the OBCs, ‘Can Pakistan ensure Mr. Bhushan satised the will be on January 18, 2018. rious States and Union Terri The proposed legislation had blocked it and forced the an ocial said. safety of Jadhav kin?’ Saeed’s release shows The gesture is a signicant Mr. Jadhav and his family Colleges violated SC ruling: CBI point in the case which be members) oer does not ab gan in March 2016 when Pa solve Pakistan of the viola Pak. mindset: India kistan arrested the former tions of the Vienna Conven ‘For 229 seats, 4 institutions enrolled students who never took the entrance tests’ Navy ocer and presented tion on Consular Relations Special Correspondent tan’s neighbours. His re him to the world at a dra and Human Rights and not Devesh K. Pandey had not appeared for the en rules,” said a CBI ocial. named.” NEW DELHI lease conrms once again matic press conference. following the due process in NEW DELHI trance examination. The The ocial said: “A total The two ocials have India on Thursday ex the lack of seriousness on The Ministry of External treating Mr. Jadhav who re The CBI, which has led a agency has also agged a of 334 impersonators and been identied as S. C. Tiwa pressed outrage at the re the part of the Pakistani go Aairs had applied more mains incarcerated in Pakis charge sheet against 592 ac 2012 Supreme Court ruling, beneciaries, 155 guardians ri, the then director, and N. ports of the release of the vernment in bringing to jus than a dozen times for con tan and faces death sen cused in the Vyapam scam alleging that the colleges vio of the beneciaries who paid M. Srivastava, the then joint leader of terror group Lash tice perpetrators of heinous sular access to Mr. Jadhav tence through a farcical case, said it had written to lated it while inducting for ensuring that their wards director of the Department kareTaiba (LeT), Haz acts of terrorism,” said MEA but Islamabad has not process and on concocted the State government, and students. could copy answers from of Medical Education. The Saeed, saying the news of spokesperson Raveesh obliged. The Ministry said charges,” said the spokes was approaching the Medi “The seats, which also in those of the impersonators, accused Vyapam ocials in his release indicates Pakis Kumar. on Thursday that India will person. “We are determined cal Council of India, to probe cluded the State govern four Vyapam ocials, 46 ex clude the then director Pan tan is not serious about The Indian response not give up its campaign to to pursue all measures with the allegation that for a total ment’s quota, were not gi am invigilators, 22 middle kaj Trivedi, senior system bringing perpetrators of the came a day after reports free Mr. Jadhav. full vigour so as to secure of 229 seats, the four medi ven to those who were in the men and two ocials of the analyst Nitin Mohindra and 26/11 Mumbai attacks to jus from Pakistan indicated that “Let me underline that the nal release of an inno cal colleges in Madhya Pra merit list. There was also a Department of Medical Edu deputy analyst Ajay Kumar tice. Islamabad was to free the such a meeting (between cent Indian,” he added. desh enrolled students who violation of the reservation cation have also been Sen. The External Aairs Mi leader of the LeT this week nistry reminded Pakistan of even as India took up the is its international commit sue of terrorism in its sever ments, and said it had not al recent international com changed. mitments. Gadkari aide oats ‘energy’ rm, gets govt. support “It is the responsibility of Prime organiser Pakistan government to ful “He was the prime organis l its international obliga IFGE received funds from govt. agencies and Stateowned entities, according to papers from Registrar of Companies database er of the Mumbai terror at tions and take eective ac tacks. He is responsible for tion against terrorists like Josy Joseph Rules, which says: “No go In 201516, the balance signation as its director. The only on October 9, 2014, unleashing numerous other Haz Saeed ,” said the spo Arun S. vernment servant shall, ex sheet showed a “corpus resignation letter led with two months after Mr. Dange terror attacks against Pakis kesperson. New Delhi cept with the previous sanc grant” of 1.33 crore. In the the Registrar of Companies was appointed Mr. Gadkari’s A company oated by Union tion of the government or of balance sheet for the same states that he resigned on PS. Minister Nitin Gadkari’s the prescribed authority, year, the company said: September 13, 2017. “The IFGE has been in private secretary has been ask for or accept contribu “Treatment of grantinaid Mr. Dange said that after corporated as “not for pro ‘Book Mulayam for raising funds and organising tions to, or otherwise asso has been made in the ac he joined the government, t” organisation (sec 25/ events with support from ciate himself with the rais counts as per AS12 Account “I resigned from IFGE and new sec 8) with no rights or the government, raising ing of, any funds or other ing for Government Grants.” accordingly intimated the benets like remuneration, ring on kar sevaks’ questions about a possible collections in cash or in kind That its ling is declared to competent authority. I do dividend to members. The violation of rules governing in pursuance of any object be in conformity with the not hold any position what license under sec 25 was is Press Trust of India “The SP founder has repeat the conduct of civil ser whatsoever.” accounting standard re soever in the IFGE.” sued by GOI on 24th March Lucknow edly claimed that he got the vants. quired for government To a set of questions that 2014 when the UPA was in The Vishwa Hindu Parishad security personnel to open Vaibhav Dange was ap Charges denied grants suggests that the go Vaibhav Dange. The Hindu sent regarding power at the centre,” he (VHP) on Thursday asked re on kar sevaks in Ayod pointed private secretary to But he denied the charge. “I vernment has extended a * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT subsequent developments claimed. the Yogi Adityanathled Ut hya in 1990 and the Yogi Ad the Minister for Road Tran categorically and emphati grantinaid to the IFGE. Mr. such as his resignation from tar Pradesh government to ityanath government needs sport, Highways and Ship cally state that I have not Dange told The Hindu that dia auditorium in Mumbai. IFGE, Mr. Dange sent a de 50% shareholder lodge an FIR against Samaj to take cognisance of this ping for ve years on a con violated any Central civil Mr. Gadkari’s Ministry had It was supported by the Mi tailed response. He said, “It At the time of going to press, wadi Party founder Mu statement and get him ar tract basis. His appointment services (conduct) rules or not allotted any money to nistry of Shipping, as well as may be noted that I was in RoC documents show that layam Singh for ordering rested after lodging an FIR,” was notied on August 8, any other service rules in the IFGE. other organisations asso volved in setting up IFGE Mr. Dange continues to hold the police to re on ‘kar se VHP media incharge Sha 2014, with the approval of any manner whatsoever ev However, according to ciated with the Ministry, when I was not part of the 50% of the shares in the vaks’ in Ayodhya in 1990 . rad Sharma said. the Appointments Commit er since I have joined go the company’s website, such as the Sagarmala pro government and after join company. tee of the Cabinet. vernment service,” he told IFGE has been involved in ject. “Ministry of Shipping is ing the government, I took Despite repeated at Mr. Dange, an old loyalist The Hindu in a written state organising conferences and supporting this event. In steps to resign from IFGE tempts, Ministers Nitin Gad of Mr. Gadkari, oated the ment. seminars on various topics dian Ports Association is the even though it is open even kari and Suresh Prabhu, ‘Indian Federation of Green According to documents in partnership with depart key partner,” the event’s for fulltime, career govern who are among a galaxy of Energy’ (IFGE) on October from the Registrar of Com ments and PSUs under Mr. brochure said. The bro ment ocials to undertake high prole patrons listed 9, 2014, along with Motiram panies (RoC) database, the Gadkari. These included: chure also said a port could any work of literary, scientif by IFGE, were unavailable Kisanrao Patil, a resident of IFGE has either raised or in the ‘Global Bamboo Sum become a sponsor of the ic or charitable nature.” for comment. Their oces Chalisgaon, Maharashtra. vited funds, including from mit’ in April 2016 in Indore, event by contributing bet “The IFGE, an indepen conrmed receiving the qu Both held 50% shares each. government departments which was supported by the ween 3 lakh and 15 lakh. dent organisation, was start eries sent on November 7. The entity is a Section 8 and Stateowned entities. Its Road Transport and High ed on 30th November 2013 Mr. Gadkari’s oce said company, which is meant to balance sheet shows 74 ways Ministry. Resignation (application to RoC) when I they were awaiting further operate not for prot. lakh as cash in hand at the In May 2017, the IFGE was The Hindu sent a question was a private individual and instructions from the Minis Mr. Dange was asked end of the nancial year involved in organising a naire to Mr. Dange on No not part of the govern ter, while Mr. Prabhu’s oce whether he may have violat 2015. In one of the lings, it ‘Conclave on Green Ports & vember 7. Nine days later, ment,” he said. However, said the questionnaire ed Rule 12 of the Central Ci declared 73 lakh as “corpus Oil Spill Management’ in the on November 16, IFGE led RoC documents say the would be forwarded to o vil Services (Conduct) grant in trust”. Shipping Corporation of In documents showing his re company was incorporated cials concerned.

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 GUJARAT 2017 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Bleak times in bellwether Saurashtra POLL POURRI Business is business VADODARA Vivek Jain of Vadodara city is a veteran in the Agrarian distress and Patidar agitation make it an uncertain election this time in the region, which accounts for 54 seats business of election. He sells publicity material such as banners, badges, caps, flags and Mahesh Langa among Patidars, making up gree, while income from angavastram (stole) with party symbols. But he AHMEDABAD the second largest communi agriculture is not sucient follows two inviolable rules: no matter how Saurashtra is to Gujarat polit ty in the region after the Ko for a livelihood; hence, this many times a candidate has won elections, he or ics what Uttar Pradesh is to lis of coastal Saurashtra. demand for quota. If we have she needs to pay up in advance. “If one India’s. If Uttar Pradesh Despite bumper harvests quota, our children can get loses,they never show up.” Rule two: never print sends the largest number of of cotton and groundnut, government jobs,” Maganb photos of local leaders. “I only print photos of MPs to Parliament, Saurash farmers are upset because of hai Patel from Kalavad in Modiji or Rahulji. If they don’t sell in this tra sends the largest number the low prices. Jamnagar district says. election, it can be stored for the next election.” of MLAs, 54, to the Gujarat Grappling with the farm Assembly. As Uttar Pradesh, Fall in prices crisis and the “low” mini Weddings can wait Saurashtra has some highly “I have never seen such an mum support prices, BJP VADODARA backward pockets, a largely antifarmer government in leaders talk about Narmada Bharat Bhai Patel of agrarian economy and a my entire life. This govern waters, which have reached Chapra village on the deeprooted caste system ment wants to kill farmers. a few areas through canals, outskirts of Navsari town that has often led to violent During the term of the Man and creating industrial has postponed his son’s conicts resulting in mohan Singh government at clusters. wedding from December massacres. the Centre, we used to get In the past six months, 10 to December 12. Saurashtra, a region of 12 1,300 a kg for cotton and Prime Minister Narendra “Weddings in villages are a community affair and districts, has been a BJP bas that time, [then Chief Minis Modi visited the region many go on for, at least, three days. Our relatives from tion for almost two decades, ter and now Prime Minister] times to launch various neighbouring places wouldn’t have been able to sending almost onethird of Narendra Modi would say projects. attend the celebrations on December 9 since its MLAs to the Assembly. farmers should get 2,000. The BJP is forced to repeat that is the voting day. Now, festivities can start However, this time, sensing Now farmers are not even most MLAs and retain many after the vote,” says 83-year-old Ichcha Behen an opportunity to end the getting 1,000,” Jivabhai Pa Patidars to placate the com Patel, the grandmother of the groom. BJP’s hold, the Congress has tel, a farmer in Sureddrana munity, while the Congress given special focus to the gar district, says. has elded many from the region. The Patidar factor, though Other Backward Classes. The Fighting fake news limited to pockets such as party has elded Patidars AHMEDABAD Rahul’s campaign Morbi and Botad, is closely against the BJP’s candidates A fake resignation letter In September, Congress vice rashtra and then travelled Somnath temple, another ray of hope to the Opposition linked with the agriculture from the community in two of Gujarat Congress president Rahul Gandhi through the hinterland historical place of worship, party. One is the farm dis crisis because the communi seats in Rajkot city, Wadh president Bharatsinh kicked o the election cam touching Jamnagar, Rajkot and then interact with sher tress due to the low prices of ty dominates agriculture. van, Borbi, Botad, Tankara, Solanki was circulated on social media in Gujarat on paign from the Dwarkad and Morbi and again coming men in Porbandar. cotton and groundnut and “There are no jobs even Jamjodhpur and four seats of Thursday. Earlier, a fake heesh temple in coastal Sau to the region to pray at the Two factors are giving a the second is the unrest after you take a Master’s de Amreli district. list of Congress candidates was also circulated on social media following which the Congress lodged a complaint with the police as well as the Election Commission of India. Mr. Solanki CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC accused the BJP of circulating fake documents to BJP bribing Patidar Candlelight campaign misguide people. leaders: Singhvi Tale of Chhotubhais AHMEDABAD Special Correspondent malfunctioning voting ma From the tribal reserved NEW DELHI chines were casting votes Jhagadia Assembly seat, the JD(U) has fielded Accusing the BJP of luring only for the BJP and no oth Chhotubhai Vasava leaders of the Patidar Ana er party, as in the recent against sitting MLA mat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) news regarding the Uttar Chhotubhai Vasava, who to its side in a bid to win the Pradesh urban body polls. has left the JD(U) and is Gujarat election, Congress “Staring at defeat in Guja fighting the polls under the banner of the leader Abhishek Manu rat and realising how devas Bhartiya Tribal Party. Whether the JD(U) will be Singhvi said on Thursday tating the anger of the youth able to retain the seat with another Chhotubhai the saron party was facing of Gujarat will be for them, remains to be seen but the “original” Chhotubhai repeated allegations of the BJP is shamelessly in said that people of Jhagadia knew very well who bribery. dulging in acts of bribery ,” was “real” and who was “fake”. Reiterating the party’s de Mr. Singhvi alleged. mand of an FIR against BJP “It is in the public do chief Amit Shah and Gujarat main, how the BJP is luring Season’s gatecrashers Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, the leaders of PAAS one by AHMEDABAD With the season of Mr. Singhvi wondered if the one — by using unscrupu marriages under way in CBI would act against the lous means of bribe, threats, Gujarat, politicians and “brazen display of money and coercion. The latest is particularly those and power”in Gujarat. an alleged oer of a whop contesting Assembly In a poser to the Election ping 1,200 crore which polls are missing no Commission, he asked why Hardik Patel disclosed at his opportunity to attend there were complaints that press meet on Wednesday.” All aglow: BJP supporters during an election campaign in Ahmedabad. * REUTERS wedding events and receptions happening in their respective areas. “We did not invite any politician to the marriage function in our family, but still Congress and BJP candidates attended,” Peeves, pet projects and poll talk in Vadodara said a local businessman from Surat. Hardik gets VIP security cover NEW DELHI In a district where BJP scored a ‘perfect 10’ in 2012, the Congress is highlighting civic issues and ‘crazy development’ A ‘Y’ category of armed VIP security cover has been accorded by the Centre to Gujarat’s Patidar Sandeep Phukan giving a clear answer on the blame the Congress govern leader Hardik Patel, official sources said on Dabhoi/Vadodara impact of the Patidar ment at the Centre. Now Thursday. The Central Industrial Security Force Election fever is yet to grip agitation. they can’t do that,” Mahin has been entrusted with the task of safeguarding the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti leader. “He Vadodara in central Gujarat, “My sense is we are not af dra Bhai Daya Bhai Patel, a will have about eight commandos with him, where Prime Minister Naren fected here in central Guja farmer, says. whenever he travels in Gujarat,” a senior official dra Modi was elected to the rat; you please ask me ques Asked about the Patidar said. He said a threat analysis report, prepared Lok Sabha with a record tions related to Vadodara,” demand for reservation, he by the Central intelligence and security agencies, margin of 5.7 lakh in 2014. he says. wonders, “How can any par favoured granting of such a cover. PTI Polling here is in the se But barely 30 km out of ty oer it if the Constitution cond phase on December 18, the city, people are more doesn’t allow it?” and campaigning is yet to forthcoming with their This group says that while pick up. But the calm is mis views. the Congress candidate Sid POCKET leading as the electoral bat At Fartikui, a model vil harth Patel (son of the form Surendra tle here reects the larger lage with a predominant Pa er Chief Minister Chimanb

contest in the State with the Village square: Elders of Fartikui discuss politics. * VIJAY SONEJI tel population that boasts a hai Patel) is a “local”, his BJP Congress trying to break into government school, a dis rival, Shailesh Mehta, is an this BJP fort. was 50,000 or more. But Vadodara, he says the ab this time, but is still not a pensary, a milk collection “outsider” and “Brahmin”. For the BJP, it is a prestige this dropped to 15,000 in sence of Narendra Modi as threat to the BJP. centre and a ltration plant The story repeats itself in battle for repeating its clean 2015, when the civic elec Chief Minister has made a “Yes, the Congress’s cen for drinking water, the mood Dabhoi on the outskirts of sweep of all 10 seats in the tions were held. We lost the big dierence now. tral leadership is campaign is split down the middle. Vadodara and in other con district in the 2012 Assembly seats, but our votes went The Congress in Gujarat ing extensively in Gujarat. I Village elders, mostly Pati stituencies in Vadodara dis elections. After Mr. Modi va up,” says Ami Ravat, an ur has popularised a social me have seen that people are go dars, sitting under a banyan trict. Padra, Savli and Vagho cated his Lok Sabha seat pre ban planner who became a dia campaign, Vikas Gando ing for Rahul Gandhi’s rally, tree at the main chowk ria are among the seats ferring Varanasi, the party’s Congress municipal council Thayo Che (Development but they have nothing to o (centre), say there is no wa where the BJP is battling dis nominee won with a hand lor two years ago. She is now gone crazy), and is banking er except their antiBJP ter to irrigate the elds of sidence and open deance some margin in the a ticket hopeful for the Saya on the anger among voters stance,” Yogesh Bhai Patel, a cotton and tur dal. Prices of against the party’s ocial byelection. jiganj Assembly seat. who are now willing to ask sixtime MLA, says. diesel and fertilizers are nominee. Her husband, Narendra questions to the BJP “There is a drinking water rising. “No, these are not serious Dropping margin Ravat, a general secretary of government. problem. The Congress “Vegetables such as issues, only internal die “The margin of our defeat in the Congress in the State, too In Vadodara city, people won’t tell you what it will do onions and tomatoes are out rences. That will get sorted every Assembly segment is a contender. Though he agree that the Congress has but will simply criticise us,” of reach of the common out on its own,” Mr. Yogesh They are his alliance partners.. talks between during the Lok Sabha polls lost the Lok Sabha bypoll in registered a strong presence says Mr. Patel, who avoids man. Earlier, they would Patel says. them are still going on!

SC dumps PMLA clause denying bail Ministers hold meet on triple talaq

Thousands of undertrials who fail to meet twin conditions languishing in jail Centre planning to bring legislation in winter session in December

Krishnadas Rajagopal of the Prevention of Money did not satisfy the twin con range of crimes from 26 dif Special Correspondent winter session, which is like for Minorities Aairs Muk the existing penal provisions New Delhi Laundering Act (PMLA) of ditions under Section 45(1) ferent laws from waging war New Delhi ly to begin from December htar Abbas Naqvi, Attorney be suitably amended to The Supreme Court on 2002 violative of the funda of the PMLA. against the Government of A group of Union Ministers 15. General K.K. Venugopal be make it an oence, he said. Thursday struck down a pro mental rights to equality, life Under Section 45(1) , the India to oences under the including Home Minister Chaired by Mr. Singh, the sides others attended the Even the police were vision which can deny a per and personal liberty guaran accused is worthy of bail on Narcotic Drugs and Psycho Rajnath Singh on Thursday meeting discussed issues re meeting. helpless as no action could son bail even if there is rea teed under the Constitution. ly if the prosecutor is al tropic Substances Act, the discussed at length a draft lated to the proposed bill to be taken against the hus sonable ground to believe A Bench of Justices Rohin lowed a chance to oppose it. Indian Penal Code to Wildlife law to put an end to instanta ensure that it would be a More discussions band in the absence of puni that he or she did not com ton Nariman and S.K. Kaul, Secondly, the court should Protection Act, Prevention of neous ‘triple talaq’, a Mus punishable oence, an o No decision was taken and tive provisions, another o mit the oence of money in their judgment, passed a reasonably believe that he is Corruption Act, child labour lim way of divorce, which is cial said. External Aairs Mi further deliberations would cial explained. laundering. general direction to courts to not guilty of the “predicate” law, etc. said to be still in practice nister Sushma Swaraj, Law take place in coming days, In August, the Supreme Noting that the history of take up thousands of cases of oence for which he re Justice Nariman, who despite the Supreme Court Minister Ravi Shankar Pra the ocial said. Court had struck down the bail practices traces back to undertrials who have been ceived the laundered money authored the verdict, said striking it down. sad, Minister for Social Jus The Ministers also dis controversial Islamic prac the Magna Carta, the apex languishing in prisons, un as proceeds of the crime. Section 45(1) was violative of The Centre is planning to tice and Empowerment Tha cussed whether a new legis tice as arbitrary and court declared Section 45(1) able to get bail, because they Predicate oences include a Article 14. bring the legislation in the war Chand Gehlot, Minister lation should be brought or unconstitutional.

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Haroon Habib “winwin situation for both It’s unprecedented silence, say analysts Dhaka countries”, saying the issue Bangladesh and Myanmar should be “resolved amica Agence France-Presse have signed a memorandum bly through bilateral negotia Beirut of understanding on Thurs tions”. The Islamic State’s online day on the return of Rohin Rights groups have raised propaganda channels went Bashir asks Putin for gya people who ed the Rak concerns about the process, mysteriously quiet for more 'protection' from U.S. hine state in the wake of a including where the minori than a full day between SOCHI military crackdown. ty will be resettled after hun Wednesday and Thursday, Sudanese President Omar The deal was signed by dreds of their villages were in what analysts said was an alBashir, who is wanted by Bangladesh Foreign Minister razed, and how their safety “unprecedented” silence. the International Criminal A.H. Mahmud Ali and Myan will be ensured in a country IS, which uses messaging Court for genocide and war crimes, on Thursday asked mar State Counsellor Aung where antiMuslim senti application Telegram to Russia's Vladimir Putin to San Suu Kyi in Myanmar’s ment is surging. broadcast daily updates on IS uses messaging protect his country from the capital Naypyidaw. At least military operations and application Telegram to United States. Speaking 600,000 Rohingya people ‘Ethnic cleansing’ claims of attacks, published broadcast daily updates. during his rst visit to Russia have ed Myanmar to the On Wednesday, the U.S., in nothing between 0900 GMT as President, Mr. Bashir also neighbouring Bangladesh what appeared to be a policy on Wednesday and 1001 the group posted in a brief said he wanted to ramp up since the army started an op reversal, called the military GMT on Thursday. 30minute window, skip military ties and praised eration in August following operation in Rakhine “ethnic Charlie Winter, senior re ping its usual “daily broad Moscow's military campaign an attack by Rohingya mili cleansing” and threatened search fellow at the Interna cast” entirely. in Syria. AFP tants. targeted sanctions against tional Centre for the Study Under the deal, the repa Homecoming beckons: Rohingya refugee children await food at a distribution centre in those responsible for it. of Radicalisation and Politi Radio segment Syria congress to go triation process is expected Thankhali refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia on Thursday. * AFP “The situation in northern cal Violence, called the si It then went dark until ahead: Kremlin to begin in two months, di Rakhine state constitutes lence “unprecedented.” Thursday, breaking its si SOCHI plomatic sources in Dhaka built.” “We are ready to take tionals could return to their a senior Bangladesh ocial ethnic cleansing against the “The deceleration in the lence with a fourminute ra The Kremlin said on Thursday told The Hindu. them back as soon as possi country... ,” she said. told a Bangladesh news Rohingya,” U.S. Secretary of production of IS media has dio segment on operations that Turkey's opposition to ble after Bangladesh sends Diplomatic sources said agency. State Rex Tillerson said in a been particularly profound in eastern Syria and Iraq, the participation of Kurdish Primary step the forms back to us,” said Bangladesh wanted a time The two countries, ho statement. over the last couple of only in Arabic. militias in Syria's political “This is a primary step. Myint Kyaing, a permanent frame for the beginning and wever, agreed to form a joint The stateless Rohingya weeks,” said Mr. Winter. “IS media infrastructure process would not stand in (They) will take back (Rohin secretary at Myanmar’s Mi end of repatriation which working group at the Foreign have been the target of com “But there were no 24hour has taken a real battering ov the way of a peace "congress" gya). Now we have to start nistry of Labour, referring to Myanmar did not agree to. Secretarylevel to start the munal violence and vicious periods when it was com er the last few months and that Moscow is seeking to working,” Foreign Minister the registration forms the Dhaka also sought the invol repatriation process. antiMuslim sentiment in pletely silent,” he said. because of that, something organise in the near future. "We [Russia] know that there Ali told a Bangladesh TV Rohingya must ll in with vement of UN agencies in the Bangladesh Foreign Secre mainly Buddhist Myanmar IS’s Telegram channels is changing,” Mr. Winter are certain reservations on channel. “We will give de personal details. verication process, which tary M. Shahidul Haque, the for years. usually post more than a do said. the part of our Turkish tails of the deal once we re Just before signing the was also rejected by the oth country’s envoy to Myanmar, They have also been syste zen messages each day, IS could be physically re partners with regard to the turn to Dhaka.” deal, Prime Minister Sheikh er side. M. Suur Rahman, and re matically oppressed by the ranging from multilingual locating relevant oces or forces they believe pose a Asked when the repatria Hasina renewed her call to presentatives from the Home government, which stripped radio broadcasts on battle members, added Mr. Win threat to their national tion will start , the Minister Myanmar to immediately Joint working group Ministry and the Prime Mi the minority of citizenship eld achievements to pic ter, but it may also be laying security," Kremlin spokesman said: “We have to start the start the repatriation of Roh “We’ve agreed on many nister’s Oce also attended and severely restricts their tures of civilian life in the out a new media strategy to Dmitry Peskov told reporters process. The houses there ingya. “We’re continuing our things though our expecta the meeting. movement, as well as their group’s selfstyled “cali match its own shift from a at the Black Sea resort of have been torched... le bilateral talks with Myanmar tion is not met fully. It's not Ms. Suu Kyi’s oce called access to basic services. phate.” territorially based organisa Sochi. AFP velled. They need to be re so that these Myanmar na possible in any negotiation,” Thursday’s agreement a (With AFP inputs) On Wednesday, however, tion to a covert insurgency.

Saudi may Police order asylum seekers issue tourist China, Djibouti forge ‘strategic’ ties out of Australia-run camp visas in 2018 This comes in backdrop of African nation hosting Beijing’s overseas military base Reuters Agence France-Presse “I am a great friend of Chi Forces conscate food, water and personal belongings DUBAI Beijing na,” Mr. Guelleh said. “I Saudi Arabia aims to start Chinese President Xi Jinping would like to recall the geos Reuters posted on social media site issuing tourist visas to fo and Djibouti’s visiting leader trategic place of Djibouti and SYDNEY Facebook by Sudanese refu reigners next year, Prince Omar Ismail Guelleh, whose its importance in this part of About 50 asylum seekers de gee Abdul Aziz showed pol Sultan bin Salman bin Ab African nation is hosting Chi the world as an islet of stabil parted an Australianrun de ice using a megaphone to dulaziz, head of the Saudi na’s rst overseas military ity and a crossroads of Asia, tention camp in Papua New tell asylum seekers to leave Commission for Tourism base, agreed on Thursday to Africa and the West Asia.” Guinea (PNG) on Thursday because their stay at the and Natural Heritage told elevate their nations’ diplo after police moved into the camp, located on land used CNN, as the government matic relations. ‘Growing inuence’ complex, conscating food, by the PNG navy, was illegal. seeks to open up the con The two countries agreed The Chinese base is just a water and personal belong Men boarded buses in servative kingdom and nd to form a “strategic partner few kilometres from Camp ings from the roughly 310 A video grab of police footage he posted later on new sources of revenue to ship” as Mr. Guelleh held Lemonnier, the United who remained. entering the immigration social network Twitter. The diversify its economy. talks with Mr. Xi at the im States’ only permanent base The Manus Island centre camp on Manus Island. * AP buses took the men to alter At present, foreigners posing Great Hall of the Peo Stronger allies: Djibouti and Chinese national ags in front of in Africa. was sealed o after a three native accommodation, travelling to Saudi Arabia ple in Beijing. the portrait of Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square. * REUTERS A Pentagon report said week stando the United Na water,” one of the asylum three sources said. are largely restricted to re China has described the the strategicallysited camp, tions has called a “looming seekers in the camp said in a In Geneva, the U.N. refu sident workers and their base on the Horn of Africa, ing Chinese nationals from veloping countries.” The “along with regular naval humanitarian crisis” as de mobile telephone message. gee agency UNHCR said it dependants, business tra which opened in August, as the region in emergencies. Chinese leader thanked Mr. vessel visits to foreign ports, tainees deed attempts by “I came back to my room had received reports of force vellers, and Muslim pil “defensive in nature”, saying Mr. Xi said relations bet Guelleh for his congratula both reects and amplies Australia and Papua New and they took my laptop and being used to remove the re grims who are given spe it will provide support for na ween the two countries ex tions sent after he was reap China’s growing inuence, Guinea to close it. money and cigarettes.” fugees and asylum seekers cial visas to travel to holy val escorts, UN peacekeep emplify “the solidarity and pointed head of the Commu extending the reach of its “Right now we have no Video images shot and and called for calm. sites. ing, antipiracy and evacuat mutual assistance among de nist Party last month. armed forces.” Policy forum ‘Pak. failed to save Katas Raj temple’ launched by U.K. Indians Supreme Court slams government over drying up of sacred pond at site MUBASHIR ZAIDI by a cement factory. Press Trust of India Karachi The Chief Justice directed London Mian Saqib Nisar, Chief Jus the Punjab government to A new forum has been tice of the Pakistan Supreme establish a highlevel com launched in London to en Court, on Thursday criti mittee to probe the matter sure the voice of Indian cised the government of and also issued a notice to professionals based in the Punjab province for its fai the cement factory. U.K. is heard as the British lure to safeguard Katas Raj government takes impor temple, one of the most re Alternative water supply tant decisions for a Brexit vered places of worship for Justice Nisar also asked the bound country. Hindus in the country. authorities to nd a substi The Indian Professionals tute water supply scheme to Forum, a nonprot think Suo motu notice spare the pond. “We have to tank for Indian diaspora re The Supreme Court had ta nd a solution as to how wa

lated policy advocacy, is ken suo motu notice of the The pond at the Katas Raj temple. * WIKIMEDIA COMMONS ter can be provided. If we aimed as a collective voice case last week after reports need to close down tube to strengthen the participa published in local media that “Katas temple is not just a in a report submitted in the wells or halt the water con tion of Indianorigin pro Katas Raj temple pond was sacred place for the Hindu Supreme Court earlier this sumption of the factories, fessionals in the main drying up as cement facto community, but also a part week admitted that an aquif we will do it,” he said. stream and help identify ries and settlements in Katas of our cultural and national er feeding the pond at the Hindus believe that Katas opportunities to contri and Choa Saidan Shah were heritage,” the Chief Justice temple complex is facing a Raj pond was formed after bute towards the develop drawing water through observed. drastic fall in the water level Lord Shiva wept on the ment of IndiaU.K. ties. borewells. The Punjab government due to boring of tube wells death of Sati, his wife. Millions of ocials urged to read Xi’s book Second volume of the work contains President’s speeches, ideological thoughts and instructions

Press Trust of India status of Mao Zedong and his leased recently, staterun It is a major political task Beijing successor Deng Xiaoping in Xinhua news agency of the whole party to study Millions of ocials across the party as he is the only reported. and carry out Xi Xinping China have been asked to leader after them whose Thought on Socialism with study President Xi Jinping’s thoughts have been included New concepts Chinese Characteristics for a new book on governance, in the party’s Constitution. Over the three years since New Era at present and for which contains his speeches, For the second consecu the publication of the rst the next period, the notice ideological thoughts and in tive term, Mr. Xi heads the volume in September 2014, said. It also asked party or structions, according to a party, presidency and the Mr. Xi has continued to put ganisations at all levels to notice issued by the ruling military. forward new concepts, study the rst and second Communist party. A notice released by the Xi Jinping thoughts and strategies, en volumes so as to understand Mr. Xi, 64, who has General Oce of the CPC riching CPC theories, the and better implement the emerged as the most power Central Committee said all blished earlier this month. notice said. It depicts the new thought. ful Chinese leader in the re regions and departments The notice by the General practice of the CPC Central Studying the book should cent times, was conferred a across the country should Oce of the CPC on forward Committee, with Mr. Xi at also be included in training second veyear term by the study Mr. Xi’s new book on ing the opinions of publicity the core, in uniting and lead at party schools and party ruling Communist Party of governance. and organisation depart ing Chinese people to committees at all levels, ex China (CPC) at its Congress The second volume of the ments of the CPC Central uphold and develop social ecutive leadership acade last month. book Xi Jinping: The Gover- Committee regarding study ism with Chinese characte mies and academies of go He has also acquired the nance of China was pu ing Mr. Xi’s new book was re ristics in a new era, it said. vernance, the notice added. CM YK downloaded from : www.visionias.net downloaded from : https://t.me/Material_For_Exam EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Special Correspondent or liquidation process under ing companies to prevent Bidder eligibility, a problem: lawyers NIFTY 50 New Delhi the IBC. misuse of corporate struc PRICE CHANGE President Ram Nath Kovind Also ineligible are those tures for diversion of funds, Special Correspondent Adani Ports...... 407.10...... -7.40 New Delhi Ambuja Cements...... 264.95...... -0.65 on Thursday gave his assent who are promoters or in as well as weeding out of un Asian Paints...... 1159.60...... -14.70 to the ordinance approved management of control of scrupulous elements from The biggest concern regard Aurobindo Pharma ...... 694.40...... -3.95 by the Union Cabinet to the resolution applicant, or the resolution process ing the amendments to the Axis Bank ...... 544.15...... 3.65 Bajaj Auto ...... 3264.65...... -48.55 amend the Insolvency and will be promoters or in man “would help strengthen the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bajaj Finance ...... 1763.65...... -10.30 Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to agement of control of corpo formal economy and encour Code (IBC) is that they will Bharti Airtel ...... 496.35...... -2.75 cause disruption in nearly Bosch ...... 18978.20...... -30.60 strengthen the regime. rate debtor during the imple age honest businesses and BPCL...... 505.15...... -2.55 The ordinance aims at mentation of the resolution budding entrepreneurs to all pending insolvency pro Cipla ...... 617.60...... -1.65 putting in place safeguards plan, the holding company, work in a trustworthy, pred ceedings, according to lead Coal India ...... 270.45...... -1.35 ing insolvency lawyer Su Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2306.25...... -54.40 by prohibiting wilful defaul subsidiary company, asso ictable regulatory environ Eicher Motors...... 30619.95. .... 441.75 ters, those associated with ciate company or related ment,” it added. mant Batra.

GAIL (India)...... 462.90...... -6.15 GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK nonperforming assets Tough talking: The ordinance, signed by President Kovind, will party of the above referred In addition to putting in This is because the eligi * HCL Tech...... 853.70...... 11.55 help deter unscrupulous persons from misusing the IBC. * PTI bility of all bidders will have HDFC ...... 1704.60...... -13.55 (NPAs), and the habitually persons, the statement said. place restrictions for such HDFC Bank...... 1842.85...... -12.40 noncompliant, from regain To ensure that the norms persons to participate in the to be ascertained before ex on the basis of RBI guide Hero MotoCorp ...... 3677.35...... 16.05 ing control of the defaulting lakh to 2 crore for those vio counts classied as NPAs for are enforced eectively, a resolution or liquidation pro amining their bids. “Earlier, lines, the risk is that the pro Hindalco ...... 255.25...... -2.50 the resolution plan had to moter will challenge such HPCL ...... 424.95...... 5.45 company or stressed assets lating these norms. one year or more and are un new section “provides for cess, the amendment also Hind Unilever ...... 1267.50...... -2.95 through the back door in the able to settle their overdue punishment... [which] is provides such check by spec qualify for consideration. determination by the lender Indiabulls HFL ...... 1159.65...... -18.95 garb of being a ‘resolution Ineligible persons amounts including interest ne, which shall not be less ifying that the Committee of Now, the bidder has also to in court and seek stay of in ICICI Bank ...... 319.45...... 0.55

IndusInd Bank ...... 1643.35...... 16.00 applicant’. According to the statement, thereon.” than 1 lakh but which may Creditors (CoC) should en qualify,” Mr. Batra said. solvency proceedings till the Bharti Infratel ...... 374.60...... -1.85 “The sale of property to a a new section has been intro The ineligible persons also extend to 2 crore.” sure the viability and feasibil In cases where only the challenge is decided, he Infosys ...... 991.25...... 24.95 person who is ineligible to be duced in the IBC that makes include those who have exe The ordinance aims at ity of the resolution plan be promoter has submitted a said. Indian OilCorp...... 394.75...... -1.25

ITC ...... 258.15...... 0.00 a resolution applicant ... has certain persons ineligible to cuted an enforceable guaran putting in place safeguards fore approving it. plan, and such a promoter is “It is possible that the Kotak Bank ...... 1022.10...... -4.15 been barred,” an ocial be a ‘resolution applicant’. tee in favour of a creditor, in to prevent unscrupulous, un The Insolvency and Bank found to be ineligible, fresh court does not stay the in L&T...... 1215.95...... -6.75 statement said. Signicantly, Those being made ineligible respect of a corporate debtor desirable persons from mis ruptcy Board of India (IBBI) bids would need to be invit solvency process and the Lupin ...... 827.35...... -0.05

M&M ...... 1418.65...... -10.85 the amendments also pro include “wilful defaulters, undergoing a Corporate In using the IBC, the statement has also been given addition ed, he pointed out. promoter loses his compa Maurti Suzuki...... 8463.40...... -49.75 vide for ne ranging from 1 those who have their ac solvency Resolution Process said. Actions against default al powers. Mr. Batra, who is the ma ny. But later, if the bank’s NTPC ...... 180.40...... -1.45 naging partner of law rm decision is found to be ille ONGC ...... 181.70...... 0.40

PowerGrid Corp ...... 209.05...... 2.00 Kesar Dass B. & Associates, gal by the court, the promo Reliance Ind ...... 947.00...... 16.25 said, “If the total time of 270 ter would become entitled State Bank ...... 334.95...... -0.35 RBI relaxes Fiat to recall 1,200 days has lapsed in these cas to claim damages from the Sun Pharma ...... 544.75...... 9.50 ‘Not wilful defaulters, Tata Motors ...... 426.25...... -2.35 26% cap es or no bidder comes for bank,” Mr. Batra said. Tata Steel ...... 712.70...... 1.65 ward, the debtor will be Besides, the amendments TCS ...... 2681.25...... 0.60 will bid if permitted’ Jeep Compass SUVs pushed into liquidation. In place foreign bidders in an Tech Mahindra ...... 489.60...... 7.00 for ARCs UltraTech Cement...... 4185.15...... -45.25 cases, where the creditors advantageous position as UPL...... 749.20...... 2.10 Firms facing insolvency show interest FCA India to replace faulty airbags have not approved the crite the concept of wilful defaul Vedanta ...... 308.80...... -0.65 Press Trust of India ria for inviting of bids by the ters may not exist in other Wipro ...... 293.55...... -0.75 Mumbai Special Correspondent YES Bank...... 313.25...... 3.50 Press Trust of India Bhushan Steel CFO Nitin resolution professional, countries and the disquali MUMBAI Zee Entertainment ...... 565.10...... 3.05 New Delhi Johari said, “We are not a In a major boost to asset re their approval would have cation criteria in corres Several companies whose wilful defaulter. We will bid construction companies FCA India, the subsidiary of to be obtained.” ponding situations may also assets are facing insolvency for assets if permitted.” (ARCs), the Reserve Bank Fiat Chrysler Automobiles be dierent or even harsher, EXCHANGE RATES proceedings said they were An Essar Steel spokesper of India(RBI) has relaxed (FCA), has decided to recall ‘Unduly harsh’ he said. Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit not wilful defaulters and son said the company was norms capping their share 1,200 Jeep Compass SUVs al Besides, the amendments “This will pose a chal except yen at 4 p.m. on November 23 would like to participate in not a wilful defaulter. holdings at 26% in the bor ready sold to customers in are unduly harsh to bona lenge for resolution appli CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL the bidding process if Essar Group had earlier rower rm under recon India, for replacement of de defaulters and guaran cant in determining eligibili US Dollar...... 64.38...... 64.70 struction, provided their the front passenger airbag. Euro ...... 76.27...... 76.66 permitted. submitted expression of in tors. “Just because an ac ty of foreign bidders,” he British Pound...... 85.68...... 86.12 Legal experts were of di terest for Essar Steel and netowned funds are main This followed an FCA US “A supplier has advised count has turned added. Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 57.90...... 58.19 verse opinion, with some said it would submit a reso tained at 100 crore. In a LLC initiated recall, the FCA that, during its airbag nonperforming, it does not Diwakar Maheshwari, Chinese Yuan ...... 9.78...... 9.83 company said in a state module assembly process, Swiss Franc ...... 65.69...... 66.02 saying that barring rms lution plan to the insolvency notication on Thursday, render its promoter dishon partner, Khaitan & Co, said, Singapore Dollar ...... 47.84...... 48.08 from bidding would further resolution professional the RBI said: “ARCs with ment. The company said it loose fasteners may have in est. Every default cannot be “While the amendments lay Canadian Dollar...... 50.78...... 51.04 depress the price of such as within the scheduled time netowned fund of 100 was unaware of any related advertently found their way equated to malfeasance,” he down certain ineligibilities Malaysian Ringitt ...... 15.66...... 15.76 sets resulting in more losses frame. crore on an ongoing basis injuries, accidents, warran undetected into a small said, adding that it was un in qualifying as a resolution Source:Indian Bank to the banking sector, while Essar Steel owes about are exempted from the sha ty claims or complaints. number of modules.” fair to exclude them from applicant, what about a sit others stressed that it would 45,000 crore to lenders. A reholding cap at 26% of “Nevertheless, customers “The number of aected consideration by bracketing uation if such ineligibilities postconverted equity of whose vehicles are in the af Jeep Compass SUVs is ex BULLION RATES CHENNAI amount to a setback to cred Lanco Infratech ocial said them with dishonest pro are already a subject matter the borrower company.” fected range are advised to pected to be less than one November 23 rates in rupees with pre- ible insolvency process if ex the rm was not a wilful de moters. of challenge before a court vious rates in parentheses isting promoters were al faulter but added that its But the regulator did not refrain from using the front percent (1%) of the total re Identication of wilful de of law (subjudice)? Would

Retail Silver (1g) ...... 42.70. ....(42.00) lowed to reacquire assets current NPA stood at 8,800 specicfy the new sharing li passenger seat until the sit call population,” the compa faulters has been left to the such applicant still be inelig 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2,817. ....(2,810) with a haircut. crore. mit postdebt conversion. uation is remedied,” it said ny added. banks. Though this might be ible or otherwise?” India to help Mauritius on Centre sets a oor price digital locker for the export of onions Special Correspondent New Delhi Minimum export price xed at $850 per metric tonne The Government of India will assist Mauritius to de Special Correspondent modity as well as the remo velop and set up digital New Delhi val of export incentives. locker services, a top o The Centre on Thursday im Following pressure on cial said on Thursday. posed a minimum export supplies due to a rise in ex “With Mauritius show price (MEP) of $850 per me ports of the vegetable, retail ing keen interest in India’s tric tonne on onion till the onion prices had surged to DigiLocker service, we will end of 2017, in a bid to boost 5065 per kg in many cities. be helping them to set up domestic supplies and pre MMTC has been asked to the service,” said Ajay Ku vent an increase in the price import 2,000 tonnes of mar, Additional Secretary, of the widely used vegetable. onion, while the Small Farm Ministry of electronics and MEP is the minimum rate ers’ Agribusiness Consorti IT, on the sidelines of Glo below which export of an um and Nafed have been bal Conference on Cyber item is not permitted. The asked to make domestic pur Space 2017. move comes two years after chases and supply the veget The government will o the MEP on onion was re able in the consuming areas. er technical support and moved in December 2015. Onion exports during advisory services to Mauri AprilJuly rose 56% from a tius. The decision was ta Letter of Credit of onions would be allowed year earlier to 1.2 million ken during a bilateral The Directorate General of only on LC, subject to the tonnes. Due to a 30% decline meeting during the confe Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in terms set in the notication. in the area under cultiva rence. a notication: “Export of Consumer Aairs Minis tion, output of the 201718 Besides, in similar sepa onion... shall be permitted ter Ram Vilas Paswan had in kharif crop, being harvest rate meetings with Iran only on Letter of Credit (LC) August expressed concern ed, is likely to be 10% less, an and Denmark, it had been subject to a MEP of $850 per over the rising prices of ocial in the consumer af decided to collaborate on tonne till December 31, onion and demanded impo fairs ministry, who did not issues related to IT. 2017.” Export of all varieties sition of MEP on the com wish to be named, said. PSU oil M&As exempt from CCI nod ‘Move in public interest is part of key reforms by government to fuel growth’ Special Correspondent notied “the Central Go New Delhi vernment in the public inter Combinations including est exempts, all cases of re mergers, acquisitions and constitution, transfer of the amalgamations involving whole or any part thereof Central Public Sector Enter and amalgamation of nation prises (CPSEs) operating in alised banks... from the ap the oil and gas sector, have plication of provisions of been exempted from seeking Sections 5 and 6 of the Com the nod of the Competition petition Act, 2002, for a pe Commission of India (CCI) riod of 10 years from the for ve years from now. date of publication of this The move, being carried notication.” out in “public interest”, In July, the then Minister comes even as the govern Stamp of approval: As per the Competition Act, combinations of State (Independent ment had said in a statement over and above a certain threshold, need the CCI’s nod. Charge) of the Petroleum on November 14 that it was and Natural Gas Ministry, undertaking a number of key empts all cases of combina tion of the provisions of sec Dharmendra Pradhan, had economic reforms to fuel tions ... involving the CPSEs tions 5 and 6 of the (Compe in a statement to the Lok growth and that these in operating in the Oil and Gas tition) Act (pertaining to Sabha said that the “Cabinet cluded “consolidation of go Sectors under the Petroleum combination and their regu Committee on Economic Af vernmentrun oil Act... and the rules made lation), for a period of ve fairs in its meeting held on companies.” thereunder or under the Oil years from the date of publi July 19 has given ‘in princi elds (Regulation and Deve cation of this notication in ple’ approval for strategic Clearing the decks lopment) Act, 1948 ... and the Ocial Gazette.” sale of the Government of In According to a Ministry of the rules made thereunder, As per the Competition dia’s existing 51.11% of total Corporate Aairs (MCA) not along with their wholly or Act, combinations over and paid up equity shareholding ication dated November 22, partly owned subsidiaries above a certain threshold in HPCLto ONGC along with “the Central Government in operating in the Oil and Gas need the CCI’s nod. Similar transfer of management the public interest hereby ex Sectors, from the applica ly, in August the MCA had control.” CM A ND-NDE YK downloaded from : www.visionias.net downloaded from : https://t.me/Material_For_Exam EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Bharti’s Mittals to give Lotte Confectionery to acquire 10% wealth for charity Havmor Ice Cream for 1,020 cr. Commit 7,000 cr. for foundation; to start a science varsity Korean rm aims to extend presence Indiawide with icecream market foray Special Correspondent Piyush Pandey establishing large scale cho NEW DELHI MUMBAI copie factories in Chennai Bharti Airtel’s founders have South Korean food and bev and Delhi. The Korean com Zoomcar to ply Mahindra decided to transfer 10% of erage major Lotte Confec pany’s market share in the EVs in Hyderabad the family’s wealth, or about tionery has agreed to ac Indian chocopie market HYDERABAD 7,000 crore, to the Bharti quire Gujaratbased Havmor touched 90% last year, ac Mahindra group’s evehicle arm Mahindra Electric said on Foundation that is focused Ice Cream Ltd. (HIL) for cording to the statement. Thursday it had partnered on philanthropy in the edu 1,020 crore. Lotte Confectionery plans with car rental rm Zoomcar, cation sector, Bharti Enter Lotte Confectionery has to extend its market pre wherein 20 e2oPlus vehicles prises chairman Sunil Bharti decided to acquire 100% of sence from the northwest re will be deployed on the Mittal said on Thursday. shares of HIL, the icecream gion to other parts of the selfdrive platform here. Out of the corpus, 1,000 maker said in a statement. country with the entry into Mahesh Babu, CEO, Mahindra crore would be used for set Larger pie: Lotte Confectionery has decided to acquire 100% the icecream market. Electric said, “Today, we have ting up Satya Bharti Universi ‘Tough call’ shares of Havmor through this deal. * REUTERS Havmor will continue to introduced the e2oPlus on ty of Science and Technolo Pradeep Chona, chairman, operate its signature chain of the selfdrive platform in gy at a 100acre campus in Giving back: Sunil Mittal, anked by brothers Rakesh, left, Havmor Ice Cream said, pany to the next level.” network spread across 14 restaurants and eateries Hyderabad. Through this North India, Mr. Mittal said. and Rajan says tax clarity will help spur giving. * KAMAL NARANG “This decision was a very dif Founded in 1944, Havmor States, manufactures 150 across Gujarat as well as it’s initiative, we will provide a The university would aim to cult one to make. It’s a Ice Cream has been one of kinds of products from two signature brand and concept way for the people of oer an avenue for underpri new university will need our children,” he said. brand that we have nurtured India’s fastest growing ice plants and sells them café – Huber & Holly. KPMG Telangana to experience the vileged sections of society to some liquidity to run it,” he Raising concerns about with our team for over 73 cream brands over the last 5 through about 30,000 deal was the nancial advisor to many benets of EVs.” pti take up higher education said. Recounting the broth the tax treatment of philan years. But we believe that years, according to the com ers. Lotte Confectionery en Havmor, while Veritas Legal free of cost, he added. ers’ own struggles rising thropic activity in India, Mr. Lotte Confectionery is the pany. tered India in 2004 and has and Dhruva Tax Consultants SEBI slaps 10 lakh ne The decision to give away from the lower middle class Mittal said: “There are some right brand to take the com The rm has a parlour succeeded in localisation by also advised on the deal. on Aditya Birla Money the wealth, originally ear and seeing the pain of peo tax implications if the phi NEW DELHI marked to secure the next ple up close, Mr. Mittal said lanthropy amount is given as SEBI on Thursday imposed a generation’s future, was trig that the Bharti Foundation a gift, which we are hoping ne of 10 lakh on Aditya gered at a reside family chat was set up in 2000 when would get resolved so India Teradata, Birla Money Ltd. for violating on Mr. Mittal’s 60th birth Bharti Airtel was still a young can become a more giving Jayem to roll out electric cars norms of stock brokers. “In Rajasthan in the current scenario, noticee day, when he asked mem company and needed lots of nation. Secondly, frankly, In [Aditya Birla Money] did not bers of the younger genera capital. dia is turning rich only now. Project Neo in ‘strategic association’ with Tata Motors: MD have any agreement with its tion including the children The Foundation had gone It doesn’t have the benet of services pact clients to act as their of his brothers Rajan and Ra from an initial phase of European, of American insti M. Soundariya Preetha the cars, training, etc., Peerzada Abrar portfolio manager, as it was kesh about what the elders ‘cheque philanthropy’ in res tutions that have 100s of Coimbatore would be provided by Elec BENGALURU demonstrated and accepted should pursue in their twi ponse to demands for sup years of wealth creation and Coimbatorebased Jayem tra EV. In April this year, Ta that noticee was advising its light years. porting projects from ‘NGOs, we would see more and U.S.based data and analyt Automotives will soon un ta Motors announced a joint clients, providing incidental “We were rather pleasant politicians, bureaucrats and more Indian companies get ics company Teradata said veil ‘Neo’ model of electric venture with Jayem Automo advice is allowed in broker ly surprised when the chil important people’ to a small ting on to this bandwagon.” it is collaborating with the cars, assembled and market tives for manufacture of spe regulations,” SEBI dren said: ‘You have parked er version of the Bill and Me Rajasthan government to ed by the company. cial performance vehicles of Adjudicating Ocer Sahil 10% of the family wealth into linda Gates Foundation. Focus on technology help it improve delivery of J. Anand, managing direc Tata cars. The 50:50 joint Malik said in an order. pti the children’s trust. Why The Foundation had begun citizen services. “With this tor of Jayem Automotives, venture — JT Special Vehicles don’t we move that into the ‘Clock is ticking’ looking at potential sites in project, we aim to create a said in a press release that — would develop a range of Shriram Life eyes 20% Foundation?” said Mr. Mit “Our large enterprise Air Punjab and Haryana for the robust backbone for data the 48volt vehicle would be special performance vehi growth from premium tal, stressing that none of the tel… everytime we came to a university, which would be and analytics in the State of powered by an electric drive cles for its passenger car cus HYDERABAD children were in group com point where we want to do gin operations in 2021, have Rajasthan,” said Rajesh system developed and sup tomers in a phased manner Shriram Life Insurance panies or on their boards much more (in philanthro a capacity to teach 10,000 Shewani, head of technolo plied to Jayem by Electra EV, at a dedicated line in Coim Company expects to and were trying to make py), some market diculties students once fully function gy and solution architec its technology partner. J. Anand batore, the company had maintain the 20% growth in their own lives. would come up. Now is no al (around 2023) and oer ture, Teradata India. The car has been pro then said. premium collection it “So the three of us came dierent,” he said, hinting at courses in multiple disci registered in 201617 this “Implementation of big duced in ‘strategic associa widespread use of electric Mr. Anand, however, said, scal too. The premium together and took this deci the distress in the telecom plines. data analytics solutions tion’ with Tata Motors, he vehicles in India, the release “The joint venture is sepa collection last scal grew sion, exactly a month after sector. “But on the other “There will be signicant will empower government said. On a full charge, the added. rate and it is for special per 20% to 1,200 crore, of our children told us to do so hand, the clock is ticking focus on technology, on the departmental users with vehicle is capable of running formance vehicles. The Neo which about 650 crore was mething. We are committing away, I am 60 and can’t wait lines of MIT, Berkeley, Stan improved analytical in up to 150 km with aircondi Facility upgrade is not related to the JV.” the contribution of new today 10% of our wealth that for this war to stop and then, ford, in areas such as IoT, Ro sights,” said Arun Chau tioning. The rst batch of Mr. Anand said that Jayem On reports that the Neo premium. “We are targeting a is about 7,000 crore, into do something. So we may as botics and AI,” said Mr. Mit han, Additional Director, cars will be supplied shortly. already had production fa was for the eet market and 20% growth this year,” said the Bharti Foundation, well launch ourselves. I tal. The aim was to keep Department of IT and Many auto makers were cilities, which had been up to be unveiled by the Prime MD and CEO Casparus which includes 3% shares of think we will have enough to education free for the poor, Communication, Govern joining the electric race and graded to roll out the Neo. Minister, company sources Kromhout. Bharti Airtel because the take care of ourselves and and aordable for the rest. ment of Rajasthan. were expected to promote Infrastructure for charging dismissed it as a speculation.

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Another dress rehearsal for the testing times ahead Playing surface to be lively as mandated by the team management LANKANS IN INDIA Lanka was to prepare surfac and Kohli went to the extent es that would help it tune up of lavishing praise on the Ta G. Viswanath for the threeTest series mil Nadu allrounder. Team India alert to NAGPUR against South Africa to be The Indian team had its played at Cape Town, Centu The fascinating part on the second training session with rion and The Wanderers. the need of the hour eve of a Test match is the fast bowler Umesh Yadav prediction about the compo The Indian team’s choice bowling a few deliveries with G. Viswanath to and then we are sition of the team, the appea to treat the home series an elbow taping and Mo NAGPUR entitled to be criticised. So hammed Shami not really go rance and likely behaviour of against Sri Lanka as a ge India captain Virat Kohli we thought this was an ing all out. the pitch, the changing cli nuine preparation for the emphatically said “yes” ample opportunity for us matic conditions during the tough conditions in South The pitch here favoured when asked if the team to challenge ourselves. We course of ve days and the Africa, and mentally ready it Australia’s o spinner Jason management had asked want to embrace being in surprises in store. self, is a well thoughtout Krejza (12 wickets in the in for pitches akin to the dicult conditions. The opening Test of the plan. Kagiso Rabada and augural Test in 2008), South ones his team is likely to “I am not saying that threematch series was a company could turn out to African fast bowler Dale encounter in South Africa. everyone will go out and case in point, oering plenty be far more stronger in home Steyn (10 wickets in 2010) “We get only two days perform immediately, but to mull over as it throbbed conditions, but the Indian and R. Ashwin (15 wickets in after this series gets over if we can feel comfortable with life and excitement team believes that it would two Tests). before we y to South about it after one or two once the visitors’ new ball still help seeing the likes of With everyone who has Africa. We have no choice or three innings, someone operator Suranga Lakmal ex Lakmal, Shanaka and Gam seen the pitch talking about but to be in a game will come good. And once ploited the conditions at the age run in and bowl at it. the presence of some grass situation and think of you come good, you build Eden Gardens and manipu By noon on Thursday, cover, it would be interesting what’s coming ahead. Had on that condence. It’s the lated the seam expertly to men in uniform were dili to see the dividends the fast we got a month o ideally, same for the bowlers. Yes, rock the Indian boat on a gently covering the centre bowlers can reap. Sri Lanka we would have done a we are looking at this as an dhurri fresh pitch. pitch with a sort of has added chinaman bowler proper preparation in a opportunity.” Probably for the rst time cloth to protect the surface Lakshan Sandakan to the camplike scenario; we Kohli also reected on in the history of a home Test from the harsh sunlight. team. have to sort of make do the chances of playing two series, the Eden Gardens sur Prepared by Taposh Chat The teams (from): with what we have. spinners overseas: “I can’t India: Virat Kohli (capt.), M. Vi face has become the bell terjee and the local curator, “As usual, we are commit to that 100% when jay, K.L. Rahul, Cheteshwar Puj wether to forecast the way Pravin Hingnikar, the pitch cramped for time, which I we play abroad because according to Kohli will re ara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhi the pitch at the Jamtha facili man Saha, R. Ashwin, Ravindra think we need to assess in we need to look at the ty here would be prepared main hard with some grass Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, future as well. We are very balance of the side as well. for the second Test, and per on it. Umesh Yadav, Vijay Shankar, easily assessed once the Obviously, those two guys haps at the Kotla. It should be a straightfor Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav team goes abroad, but (Ashwin and Jadeja) with Only two years ago, the ward choice of M. Vijay com and Ishant Sharma. people don’t look at how their batting abilities are pitch here was dubbed ing in for Shikhar Dhawan, Sri Lanka : Dinesh Chandimal many days we have had to contenders to start a Test ‘poor’ by an ICC committee but Kohli has options for (capt.), Dimuth Karunaratne, prepare before we go to a depending on the batsmen after the Indian spinners Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s re Sadeera Samarawickrama, An particular place. And we are up against. made life miserable for the placement. One is the expe gelo Mathews, Lahiru Thiri everyone starts judging “We count them as manne, Niroshan Dickwella, South African batsmen. rienced Ishant Sharma who players when results come allrounders because they Rangana Herath, Suranga Lak has had a dismal record this India’s captain Virat Kohli mal, Lakshan Sandakan, Dilru after the Test matches. have proved themselves in admitted on Thursday that year, taking just six wickets wan Perera, Dashun Shanaka, “It should be a fair dierent situations and the mandate from the team from four Tests at 53.00. Lahiru Gamage, Dhananjaya de game wherein we get to made important New challenge: Given that the surface would aid the fast bowlers, it remains to be seen how management to the venues The other is giving the rst Silva, Vishwa Fernando and prepare the way we want contributions.” Ravindra Jadeja and R. Ashwin acquit themselves in the second Test. * VIVEK BENDRE hosting the Tests against Sri big break to Vijay Shankar Roshen Silva. Our attitude has Vijay Shankar has earned his place, says Kohli changed: Chandimal Special Correspondent <> He is handy with keeping in mind that all 15 are NAGPUR the ball, can easily equipped to perform at the in Special Correspondent Is Vijay Shankar set for an In give you 10-12 ternational level. These kinds NAGPUR dia cap? If one goes by Virat overs a day, and is of scenarios, where two guys Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Kohli’s words, it could be im very solid with the miss out for personal reasons, Chandimal said the rst Test minent or isn’t far away! bat. are opportunities for guys at Kolkata was good for his “He has been very consis who get games in these team, except in the last ses tent and earned his spot. We make him familiar with what’s situations. sion on the fth day. wanted to look at another all going on here and make him The Kolkata Test: Seldom “We learned a lot from rounder keeping in mind understand what he needs to do you get a chance to make a the [previous] India series that’s a very important aspect work on and look at his game dierence in a Test in a short in Sri Lanka. The most im of the team going forward. as well. span of time. I look forward to portant thing is that we have Obviously, Hardik [Pandya] is “He is a pretty balanced opportunities like that. At the come here to win the series. in our scheme of things as our cricketer, very composed, international level, you need Our attitude has changed. rst allrounder. We need to handy with the ball, who can to take risks. The elding has made a nd out more people who easily give you 1012 overs a About the wicket: The huge dierence and there’s have that capability and day, and very solid with the wicket is quite hard as it is a lot of energy. Dinesh Chandimal. whom we can groom and bat. I just saw him at the nets. usually in Nagpur with a nice “We have looked at a six * PHOTO: VIVEK BENDRE make as backups for the all It’s a big moment for him. He grass covering on it. So, the ve combination or sixfour rounder’s slot, which is very has earned it.” fast bowlers should be in play plus an allrounder.” dens. Here it is much less. crucial when we travel Shikhar and Bhuvnesh- for the rst couple of days, for Asked to distinguish bet This looks a good Test pitch. abroad. war’s absence: It will not sure, because of the bounce ween the pitch in Kolkata It’s a challenge for us as a “That is the whole idea of worry me and it will not be and the nice carry o it as and here, he said, “we saw team. We are looking for bringing him [Vijay Shankar] dicult to pick a XI for the se well. It is a pretty good wicket Words of praise: Virat Kohli says Vijay Shankar, right, would assimilate a lot by travelling so much grass at Eden Gar ward to the game.” in, keeping him in the set up, cond Test. We pick a squad for overall Test cricket. with the team. * VIVEK BENDRE Advani France is favourite Ankita comes up with another sterling show on a roll CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC DAVIS CUP FINAL Friday’s matches MUMBAI OPEN and patient with her strokes, for a spectacular victory. Reuters Pouille v Gon. and knowing the strength of While Sabalenka made all Lille Tsonga v Darcis. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Kamesh Srinivasan her opponent to run from the noise literally and gura France’s strength in depth MUMBAI side, used the drop shots to tively with her grunts and ex makes it the favourite for JoWilfried Tsonga and great eect. And whenever plosive strokes, the Chinese this week’s Davis Cup nal Lucas Pouille will spearhead Ankita Raina came up with a the Thai tried to check her was quite silent but ecient against Belgium, which will the French challenge with sterling performance yet mobility with drops, Ankita with her energetic game. again to outwit the crafty need David Gon to be at the doubles pair for Satur was swift to him them for To her credit, Sabalenka Peangtarn Plipuech of Thai his very best to stand a day likely to be formed by winners. On this day, after channelised everything in land 62, 62 in the prequar chance in the threeday specialists Julien Benneteau the shaky start, Ankita her favour to play an intense ternals of the L&T $125,000 showdown. and Nicolas Mahut. would not put a foot wrong. allround game that took eve WTA Mumbai Open at the Belgium, seeking its rst Steve Darcis and Gon In the quarternals, Anki ryone’s breath away many a title, will be led by World will play the singles for Bel CCI courts here on Thursday. ta will play Amandine Hesse Pankaj Advani. * FILE PHOTO time during the longdrawn No. 7 Gon, but ninetime gium, with Ruben Bemel Staying calm, the 24year of France, who had defeated encounter. Press Trust of India old recovered from an early champion France seems mans and Arthur De Greef fourth seed Arina Rodionova The results: Doha break of serve. better armed. set to play the doubles. in the rst round. The Prequarternals: Aryna Saba Pankaj Advani made a Ankita looked ready for French girl had to endure a lenka (Blr) bt JiaJing Lu (Chn) clean sweep in the round her Thai opponent, her ga threesetter against qualier 67(5), 62, 76(4); Naomi robin stage by defeating BADMINTON meplan simple yet eective. Deniz Khazaniuk of Israel. Broady (GBr) bt Junri Namigata Brazil’s Victor Sarkis 40 in In fact, Ankita hit a die In the most vibrant match (Jpn) 62, 62. the World snooker cham rent level after dropping of the day, top seed Aryna Amandine Hesse (Fra) bt De pionships here. Advani also Sindhu in last eight serve in the third game, and Sabalenka was forced to niz Khazaniuk (Isr) 63, 46, grabbed the topseed spot did not take her foot o the bring out her best by JiaJing 61; Ankita Raina bt Peangtarn in the draw of 64. Press Trust of India However, it was curtains accelerator till she reached Lu of China in a battle of wits Plipuech (Tha) 62, 62. In the last frame of the HONG KONG for Saina Nehwal and H.S. 51 in the second set. that lasted more than two Doubles (quarternals): Victo ria Rodriguez (Mex) & Bibiane tie, the 17time World P.V. Sindhu sailed into the Prannoy. Though she dropped hours and 30 minutes. Schoofs (Ned) bt Eva Wacanno champion scored a mam women’s singles quarter China’s Chen Yufei put serve in the seventh game, The stronglybuilt Belaru (Ned) & Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) moth 138 break from start nals with a 2114, 2117 win out Saina 1821, 2119, 2110 Ankita closed out the match sian recovered after losing 64, 76(4); Prequarternals: to nish, which is the high over Japan’s Aya Ohori in while Prannoy went down in just about an hour, con the rst set in the tiebreak Irina Khromacheva (Rus) & Dali est of the tournament so the Hong Kong Open Super 1121, 2110, 2115 to Japan’s verting six of the nine break and saved a matchpoint in la Jakupovuc (Slo) bt Y. Pranjala far. Series here on Thursday. Kazumasa Sakai. Intense: Aryna Sabalenka swings it her way. * KAMESH SRINIVASAN points. Ankita was athletic the 10th game of the decider & Karman Kaur Thandi 64, 62. Nagal knocks out top seed Kavcic; Bhambri puts it across Prajnesh

BENGALURU OPEN the seminals of the compromised, is no easy shy he allowed the Slovenian game and never looked back. mere formality. $100,000 Bengaluru Open. task, even more so for an up while serving for the set, The India No. 1 and Praj The results: Quarternals: Su N. Sudarshan Nagal will meet Yuki coming player ranked more dominated him. nesh kept pace with each mit Nagal bt Blaz Kavcic (Slo) 63, 64; Yuki Bhambri bt Praj BENGALURU Bhambri, who was only mar than 200 places below. In The two traded breaks other until the 11th game be ginally less clinical in his 75, fact, Nagal himself had over early on in the second, but at fore the former broke nesh Gunneswaran 75, 62; Jay Prior to this, Sumit Nagal 62 triumph over Prajnesh come severe cramps in his no stage did Kavcic seem like through. Bhambri did face Clarke (GBR) bt Ante Pavic (Cro) hadn’t strung together even Gunneswaran. previous round and had staging a comeback. Nagal two break points while serv 62, 46, 76(1); TsungHua Yang (Tpe) bt Antoine Escoer two wins in the main draw of Kavcic was admittedly suf competed in doubles as well. used his backhand slice re ing for the set at 65, but the (Fra) 64, 64. a Challenger event. fering from an inamed Nagal was clearly the en markably well — both as a de manner in which wriggled Doubles, seminals: Ivan Saba Having done that hobbling knee. Neither were the forcer throughout. Kavcic, fensive timebuying option out — with a remarkable nov & Matej Sabanov (Cro) bt on Wednesday, the 20year courts to his liking as he had mindful of his own inability as well as something to pin crosscourt forehand and an Timur Khabibulin & Aleksandr old gave a rousing perfor confessed before. It should to control the shots under Kavcic deep into the corner inchperfect pickup volley — Nedovyesov (Kaz) 76(3), 64; mance under the lights on however take nothing away highaltitude conditions, was and set himself up for the was indicative of his form Divij Sharan & Mikhail Elgin Thursday to pack o top seed from Nagal’s victory. Beating circumspect. Nagal broke in next put away. through the last two weeks. (Rus) bt Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Creating a utter: Sumit Nagal packed o Blaz Kavcic Blaz Kavcic 63, 64 and enter a top100 player, however the fourth game and but for a He broke Kavic in the third And the second set was a Vardhan 64, 46, [108]. in the quarternals. * V. SREENIVASA MURTHY

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goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon Valiant knock: James Vince stepped up to the plate after Alastair Cook’s early dismissal.* AFP Among the junior men, stunned one supporter by Ayush Rudraraju led with giving him his shorts after Agence France-Presse THE ASHES Cummins for 15 o 50 balls 48, one point ahead of Wednesday's Champions BRISBANE after a review, in a another Anantjeet Singh Naruka, League draw against England’s James Vince was Lyon prowling in the covers huge scalp for the toiling while Prabhbir Mann and Barcelona. The 39yearold spectacularly run out with a caught him well out of his Australians. Arjun Singh Mann followed Buffon was playing for the with 46. first time since his emotional century beckoning on his ground. At stumps, Dawid Malan international retirement after Ashes debut as Australia hit It was a moment of tri was batting on 28 along with Italy's failure to qualify for back to leave the rst Test umph for the spinner, who is Moeen Ali, whose 13 includ Ravi takes the World Cup. Buffon pulled nely balanced after day one normally taciturn but gained ed the day’s only six. off his orange shorts and ran on Thursday. notoriety for telling the tou top spot towards the tunnel in his Captain Joe Root and Alas rists that Australia aimed to SCOREBOARD Yfronts to the cheers of the tair Cook both fell cheaply “end careers” in the Ashes Special Correspondent NEW DELHI delighted crowd. AFP before the tourists reached series. England — 1st innings: Alastair 196 for four when bad light Vince, who was earlier Neha leads by nine Cook c Handscomb b Starc 2, Ravi Kumar continued to ended an attritional, rainaf put down by recalled wicket Mark Stoneman b Cummins 53, LUCKNOW excel as he took his score to fected day at the Gabba. keeper Tim Paine o Lyon, James Vince run out 83, Joe Overnight leader Neha another careerbest mark Vince topscored as the led a ghting English rear Root lbw b Cummins 15, Dawid Tripathi shot a second and clinched the rst place tourists progressed slowly, guard with Mark Stoneman Malan (batting) 28, Moeen Ali consecutive round of two with a 1.8point margin ov but Australia loosened the after the early loss of Cook. (batting) 13; Extras (b1, nb1) under 68 to consolidate her 2; Total (for four wkts. in 80.3 er fellow trainee Akhil She lead after the second round hardearned advantage It took a special piece of oran, in men’s air rie in when it dismissed him along elding to end Vince’s 170 overs): 196. of the 15th leg of the Hero Fall of wickets : 12, 2127, 3 the sixth shooting National with the key wicket of Root ball, fourhour vigil and give Women’s Pro Golf Tour here 145, 4163. selection trial at the Dr. on Thursday. late on. the Australians hope on a Australia bowling: Starc 19.3 Karni Singh range on Gursimar Badwal (7570), a Vince, on 83, scampered rugged rst day on an unres 4451, Hazlewood 184510, Thursday. winner of two events this for a quick single o Josh Ha ponsive Gabba pitch. Cummins 196592, Lyon Ravi shot a qualication season, produced the day’s zlewood but a brilliant o Eighteen runs later, Root 249400. score of 631.7, better than secondbest card at level par. balance throw from Nathan fell leg before wicket to Pat Toss: England. Meanwhile, Gaurika Bishnoi his 631.0 on Wednesday, to (7174) carded fourover 74 pip Swapnil Kusale. to maintain her joint second In women’s sports pis position from round one. PTI Dream day Bergamasco thrilled with showing tol, Rahi Sarnobat conti Manifold favoured nued her domination for Aga Hussain elected MUMBAI: Trainer Pesi Shroff’s for Dagar the second day running, as Asia Rugby president Loire (2) Dashrath 56, 4. Wise ward Manifold, who ran second Child (7) Trevor 54.5, 5. Double Seven Indian pugilists have made the last four she topped with 39 points, CHENNAI to Lady In Lace in her last start at NEW DELHI: Kapil Dagar took Nine (5) J. Chinoy 54, 6. Benefi comfortably beating fellow India’s Aga Hussain, founder Hyderabad, is in fine nick and cial (3) Parbat 53.5 and 7. Mera Delhi Police to a sixwicket should win the Maharaja Sir Pra bella (1) Merchant 51.5. YOUTH BOXING Olympian Heena Sidhu by member of Indian Rugby tapsingh Gaekwad Trophy, the 1. SHAMWARI, 2. WISE CHILD victory against Maulana Football Union (Rugby India), Y.B. Sarangi seven points. main event of Friday’s (Nov. 24) EXCALIBUR BY NAHAR Azad. Dagar took six for 37 GUWAHATI The results: Men: 10m air ri has been elected president of evening races. 5 TROPHY (1,200m), Maiden, 3 and then scored an unbea Asia Rugby in its AGM held in Rails will be placed 5 metres yo only, 6.30: 1. Chaplin (3) J. ten 103 in the DDCA league e: 1. Ravi Kumar 250.3 wide from 1200m up to the win Chinoy 56, 2. Questionable (7) The presence of seven of its (631.7); 2. Akhil Sheoran Hong Kong recently. Hussain ning post. on Thursday. is the first Indian to hold the Merchant 56, 3. Rincon (5) C.S. boxers in the seminals may 248.5 (623.1); 3. Deepak Ku GRAND PASSION PLATE Jodha 56, 4. Tar Heel (1) Pereira The scores: mar 227.6 (623.0). post. have earned India its bestev 1 (1,200m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 56, 5. Ace Two Three (9) Parmar Rohtak Road Gymkhana 46, 4.30 p.m.: 1. Rare Silver (4) 54.5, 6. Arc Shine (6) S.J. Sunil er showing in the World 50m free pistol: 1. Achal Pra 195 for ve (Jatin Shokeen 51, Raghuveer 59, 2. Good Thing (6) 54.5, 7. Intrepid (2) Neeraj 54.5, youth women’s boxing tap Grewal 232.4 (555); 2. Trevor 58, 3. Philadelphia (7) Dhruv Ghai 44, Sumit Mathur 8. My Precious (4) Srinath 54.5 championship, but foreign Monu Tomar 229.9 (551); 3. Neeraj 58, 4. Doubledown (5) and 9. Tenerife (8) Trevor 54.5. 41 n.o., Ishan Ganda three for Omprakash Mitharwal 208.0 Mosin 55.5, 5. Furiosa (2) 1. MY PRECIOUS, 2. RINCON, 3. 34) lost to Air India 201 for coach Raael Bergamasco is Bhawani 55.5, 6. Sail Past (1) CHAPLIN (548). two (Rajat Bhatia 91 n.o., too superstitious to predict Kuldeep 55.5 and 7. Voulez Vous Women: 25m sports pistol: 1. GREAT GUNS PLATE (Div. I) Manvender Bisla 71). the last two rounds. (3) Ayyar 55.5. (1,400m), Cl. V, rated 1 to 26, Rahi Sarnobat 39 (578); 2. 1. PHILADELPHIA, 2. GOOD 6 Maulana Azad 207 for nine In the seminals, Jyoti Gu THING, 3. RARE SILVER 7.00: 1. Sudarshan Chakra (5) Heena Sidhu 32 (573); 3. San Bhawani 60.5, 2. Xoxo (7) Srinath (Samarth Seth 68; Kapil Da lia (51kg), Shashi Chopra Going for gold: Sakshi is among the Indians who have made it STAR ADMIRAL PLATE jana Sehrawat 27 (576). 60.5, 3. Royal Classic (8) Nirmal gar six for 37) lost to Delhi to the seminals. * RITU RAJ KONWAR (1,600m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to (57kg), Ankushita Boro 2 60, 4. Cloudburst (4) Raghuveer Police 210 for four (Kapil Da Chawrasia atop the 46, 5.00: 1. Pacific Dunes (4) 59.5, 5. Dusky Siren (2) Trevor (64kg) and Neha Yadav mance of the girls.” country with so many peo gar 103 n.o.); Central Ware leaderboard Srinath 60.5, 2. Zanara (3) Trevor 59.5, 6. Jeena (1) S.J. Sunil 58.5, 7. (+81kg) will ght on Friday, Bergamasco was sym ple. India can win an Olym Kadhe enters 60.5, 3. Dibaba (2) S.J. Sunil 58, 4. Magical Script (6) Dashrath 58.5 housing Corporation 277 for HONG KONG while Nitu (48kg), Sakshi Grande Vitesse (5) Neeraj 57, 5. and 8. Fernbache (3) C.S. Jodha nine (Vimor Rana 101, Sub pathetic towards Astha Pah pic gold medal in 2024. I India’s S.S.P. Chawrasia took Pretty Angel (6) S. Sunil 54.5, 6. 58. ham Aggarwal 83, N.S. Negi Chaudhary (54kg) and Anu wa, who was inconsolable af cannot say that about 2020. last eight the early honours, carding a Fencing (8) Nirmal 54, 7. Toma 1. XOXO, 2. JEENA, 3. DUSKY SIREN pama (81kg) will take the hawk (7) Merchant 52.5 and 8. Di three for 35, Jogender Singh ter losing her 69kg The boxing federation is do GREAT GUNS PLATE (Div. II) SPORTS BUREAU fiveunderpar 65 to take the ablo (1) Nikhil 50. three for 59) bt BSNL 206 ring on Saturday. quarternal bout to Turkey’s ing good work and it should 7 (1,400m), Cl. V, rated 1 to 26, Thu Dau Mot City firstround lead at the UBS 1. ZANARA, 2. PACIFIC DUNES, 3. (N.S. Negi 79, Devansh Singh Asked how many of these Canser Oltu. “I am happy ex continue like this,” said DIBABA 7.30: 1. Dragonmoss (4) Nirmal Hong Kong Open on 59, 2. Lucky Strike (1) C.S. Jodha three for 44). girls could go on to win gold cept for this one bout. I am Bergamasco. Arjun Kadhe got past Arata Thursday. The sixtime Asian MAHARAJA SIR PRATAPSINGH 59, 3. Sweeping Move (8) Subhania CC 191 for seven or silver medals, Bergamas sorry for her. For me, she Seminal bouts: Friday: 51kg: Onozawa of Japan 75, 62 Tour winner led by one stroke 3 GAEKWAD TROPHY (1,400m), Bhawani 59, 4. Alfonso (7) Cl. II, rated 60 to 86, 5.30: 1. (Tarun Pawaria 44, Chetan co said, “No, no... I am a Na was the winner.” Jyoti Gulia vs Zhansaya Abdrai in the prequarternals of over England’s Matthew Raghuveer 57.5, 5. Goldsmith (5) Jeannine (5) C.S. Jodha 59, 2. Pradeep 56, 6. Star Ace (6) Neeraj Rishi 44; Pankaj Kumar three poli man, very superstitious. The Italian said if this mova (Kaz); 57kg: Shashi Cho the $25,000 ITF Futures Fitzpatrick and compatriot Manifold (6) Neeraj 59, 3. Pugna 55.5, 7. Rising Concert (3) for 32) lost to South Delhi 193 pra vs Namuun Monkhor (Mgl); tennis tournament on cious (1) Merchant 59, 4. Bold I don’t allow other coaches group of girls (aged 18 or Shubhankar Sharma. Korean Kuldeep 51 and 8. Black Jaguar (2) for two (Harshit Kaushik 94 64kg: Ankushita Boro vs Than Thursday. March (7) Bhawani 55, 5. Themis Nikhil 49. to change their chairs during less) were groomed proper American Micah Lauren Shin n.o., Tushar Parashar 43 n.o.). chanok Saksri (Tha); +81kg: Other results: $25,000 ITF, (4) Trevor 55, 6. Brabourne (3) P. 1. ALFONSO, 2. DRAGONMOSS, 3. bouts.” ly, they could bring laurels continued to show his good Dhebe 50.5 and 7. Nelsons Blood SWEEPING MOVE Sonex CC 274 for four (Su Neha Yadav vs Dina Islambeko Jakarta, Indonesia: Quarter form when he returned with a (2) Parmar 50.5. Day’s best: ZANARA ryansh Shrivastav 90, Saten The Italian was delighted for the country at the Olym va (Kaz). Saturday: 48kg: Nitu nals: Shintaro Imai (Jpn) bt 1. MANIFOLD, 2. THEMIS 67 to take a share of fourth Double: SHAMWARI — XOXO der Chaudhary 84 n.o., Rajat with the showing of the In pics. vs Yuan Nie (Chn); 54kg: Sakshi Manish Sureshkumar 61, 57, KIARA PLATE (1,000m), Cl. Jackpot: 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7. place along with Thailand’s Gautam 76) bt Patel Nagar dians. “This is very good for “Yes (they can win medals Chaudhary vs Sena Irie (Jpn); 63. 4 III, rated 40 to 66, 6.00: 1. Treble: 5, 6 & 7. Poom Saksansin and Shamwari (4) Zeeshan 59, 2. Tanala: All races. Gymkhana 271 for six (Ravi the future. I am happy be in the Olympics), that is my 81kg: Anupama vs Anastasiia $15,000 ITF, Thu Dau Mot Ci Philippines’ Angelo Que. PTI Alpine Express (6) Baria 56, 3. Super jackpot: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7. Kumar 89, Shurya Sharma 41). cause of the overall perfor dream for India. It is a big Rybak (Rus). ty, Vietnam:

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12171 (set by Arden) SUDOKU FAITH 14 Whenever there is a tiny 6 It involves reading — child has a mistake, half of them are right (5) Spiritual joy rejected (7) Manickavachagar was a minister in the court of the Pandya 16 Be a boy or be a girl? Confused 7 Only with a grim resolve one King. But when he was given deeksha by Lord Siva he gave (7) can give form to paper (7) up thoughts about everything else and kept his mind fo cused on the Lord. He came up with moving verses in praise 18 Remains among others but extremely reckless (7) 8 Against standard quota? Things of the Lord. That is why it is said that even a person with a will go up in ames (13) heart of stone will melt if he hears Manickavachagar’s Tiru 20 Half the crowd admitted vachagam. rightly and in a lasting manner When G.U. Pope, a Christian, translated Tiruvachagam in (7) 9 Employers tend to resort to to English, his tears fell on the paper he was writing on and these to effectively manage the letters got blotched. So emotionally evocative are th e 22 Parting words at retreating their resources (13) verses in the Tiruvachagam that they can bring tears even to animal (5) the eyes of someone who is not a Saivite, said Malayaman in 24 Under the warmth of setting 15 At present our agenda is a discourse. sun he will draw (9) included, some of them they There are two types of joy — the joy that comes from the follow (9) experience of our senses, and the joy that comes from spir 26 Amplify on land (9) ituality. And yet it is wrong to say that one should complete ly suppress one’s senses. The senses are not to be kept sup 27 Nothing sent out in the 17 Caught in the open, arrange pressed, for this will make a man akin to an inanimate object beginning (5) loan in the city (9) (achetana). Instead, the proper thing to do would be to di Solution to puzzle 12170 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku 28 The scab will hit the wave (13) rect the senses in the proper paths. Using the eyes to s ee I ACROSS 19 "A relationship breaks" posted Him and delighting in His nearness will bring us lasting joy. 1 Not so familiar dealing with I DOWN a human (7) When Manickavachagar saw Lord Siva in the guise of a rationalisation (13) sage seated under a tree in Tirupperundurai, he recognised 10 Former Aussie captain's 2 Attendant is very organised (7) Him as Divinity and worshipped Him. Others might have bowled out, tell him to go (5) 21 Material used in combat is seen the sage, but not realised that He was God. Sai nts are 11 It's immoral to even claim 3 Fat sh found in the sea (9) Teon (7) aware of the presence of God in them. Wooster's assumed name (9) 4 Life is empty, full of sickness in Gnanasambandar said Lord Siva was a thief who stole his 12 Sound meant to shatter the sky French city (5) 23 He can't become Christian (5) heart. Manickavachagar said Lord Siva did not quit his heart (9) even for a second. He marvelled at the grace of the Lord , 13 Trainer's tips, one will track 5 Rickety boats, are old and who had entered his heart and shown him the path of spir (5) scuttled (9) 25 Missile, last one in box (5) ituality.

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Robinho Basel puts United’s CFC solves the NEUFC puzzle sentenced Augusto’s resourcefulness helps the host notch up a comfortable win AGENCIES LONDON progress on hold ISL and again. Chennaiyin would have Former Brazilian interna K. Keerthivasan conceded one early on, but tional Robinho was sen CHENNAI was lucky not to have. Goal tenced to nine years in pri Barca, Chelsea ease through; PSG routs Celtic son for sexual assault. He John Gregory calls him a keeper Karanjit Singh’s mis was found guilty of assault warrior, a competitor, who pass went straight to Seimin ing a 22yearold woman, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE always puts his hands up in len Doungel. With Karanjit out of the along with ve others, at a Agence France-Presse crisis. box, danger was written all disco in Milan in 2013. Paris Raphael Augusto, though not fully t because of a knee over it, but the striker’s shot Barcelona and Chelsea pro went over the crossbar. Praggnanandhaa gressed to the Champions injury, didn’t let his coach Francisco Fernandez was League last 16 on Wednes down as the Brazilian en presented with a golden holds Tari day, but Jose Mourinho’s sured that Chennaiyin FC chance to score early in the Manchester United must scripted a 30 win over Sports Bureau rst half for Chennaiyin, but wait to seal its spot after a NorthEast United FC TARVISIO (Italy) his header o a perfect cross lastgasp 10 defeat in Basel. (NEUFC) for the host’s rst Creative spark: Raphael Augusto did everything positive at from Nelson bounced in Continuing his impressive United, which hit the victory of the season. Inci * unbeaten run, R. Praggna dentally, Chennaiyin tasted the heart of the Chennaiyin FC mideld. R. RAGU front of the ’keeper and went woodwork twice in the rst nandhaa held Norwegian its rst success over the visi out. half through Marouane Fel though, opened the account sage of Augusto who un frontrunner Aryan Tari to laini and Marcos Rojo, tor at home in four matches. through an own goal. Augus leashed a stinging leftfooter NEUFC had relatively bet ter possession but it was a 39move draw and looked on course to secure More than anything else, to’s intention to pass it to Jeje ontherun. shared the third spot at se the point required to punch coach Gregory would be saw NEUFC’s central defen Mohammed Ra, who re Chennaiyin that created more chances, with Augusto ven points after nine its ticket to the last 16 in Swit happy with his formation for der Abdul Hakku inadver placed Jeje late in the second rounds of the World junior zerland before Michael Lang everything worked well. tently heading it home. half, gave further joy to the being at the heart of so many moves. (under20) chess cham popped up with an 89thmi Starting with a 4231 with Gregory Nelson, who liter fans when he headed one pionship here . nute winner. ally changed the complexion home after a freekick by The result: Chennaiyin FC 3 Jeje Lalpekhlua at the front, (Abdul Hakku 11og, Raphael The results (ninth round): of the game in the opener Spain’s Jaime Gavilan re Mourinho blamed Un a strong backfour consisting Augusto 24, Mohammed Ra Open: Aryan Tari (Nor, 7.5) ited’s inability to convert its of Inigo Calderon, Henrique (against FC Goa) coming on bounded o the left post. 84) bt NEUFC 0. drew with R. Praggnanandhaa rsthalf dominance into Sereno, Mailson Alves and as a substitute, was in the NEUFC, playing a 4411, (7); Kirill Alekseenko (Rus, goals after watching his side Jerry Lalrinzuala and a mid thick of things in the second was ineective. Its counter TODAY’S MATCH 7.5) bt M. Karthikeyan (6); lose its perfect record in the goal. 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DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Saiyn (Kaz, 5); Raunak (4.5) DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD The result left United on <> The rst half was the It’s going to be a ght to the nish drew with Pablo Ismael Acos 12 points, three ahead of B PSG has set a new group perfect half — ta (Arg, 4.5); Mohamad Nu both Basel and CSKA Mos stage goal record (24), without the goals. I Veiby could give Gill a run for his money bairshah (4) lost to Milos Mi cow, and still almost certain erasing Dortmund’s 21 cannot complain. I losevic (5); Krishna Teja (4.5) DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD of advancing, barring a huge think if we play a APRC be an easy task as the latter, a drew with Elkhan Bayramov (Aze, 4.5); Kumar Gaurav (4) defeat against the Russians rantee Antonio Conte’s side match like this 10 21yearold from Norway, has a toptwo nish in Group C. the ability to stun the bt Maarten de Vleeschauwer at Old Traord on December times, nine we win Rayan Rozario PSG dismantled Celtic 71 champion. (Bel, 3); Filip Pavic (Cro, 3) 5. comfortably. In one Chikmagalur drew with Tarini (3). Barcelona coach Ernesto as the French giant regis Interestingly, a bunch of we lose — and the India’s Gaurav Gill has been Girls: R. Vaishali (5.5) lost to Valverde rested Argentina tered its biggest win in the diehard fans have landed one was now a master at the wheel but, Polina (Rus, 6.5); Aakhanksha star Lionel Messi in Turin, la competition, despite falling from Singapore to cheer the (6) drew with Olga Badelka Jose Mourinho this time around, he has ter introducing him as a se behind when Moussa Dem Delhibased Gill. (Blr, 6); Gabriela Antova (Fid, United coach Team MRF mate Ole Chris condhalf substitute as a 00 bele scored inside the rst “There’s only one way to 6) bt K. Priyanka (5); Josene tian Veiby standing in his draw against Juventus sent minute at Parc des Princes. Alves 80) bt Celtic 1 (Dembele retain the crown and that’s Heinemann (Ger, 4.5) lost to way as the Coee Day India the vetime European The results: Group A: CSKA 1). by winning,” said Gill. G. Lasya (5.5); Viktoria Cher Rally 2017, which doubles up champion through as win Moscow 2 (Schennikov 13, Jar Group C: Qarabag 0 lost to The fourth round of the nyak (Rus, 5) drew with Praty as the fth and nal round of ner of Group D. del 56og) bt Benca 0; Basel 1 Chelsea 4 (Hazard 21pen, Wil MRFFMSCI Indian National usha Bodda (5); Marie San (Lang 89) bt Manchester Unit the FIA Asia Pacic Rally Diego (Phi, 5.5) bt M. Maha lian 36, 85, Fabregas 73pen); Rally Championship, pro ed 0. Atletico Madrid 2 (Griezmann Championship (APRC), be Friends and foes: Gaurav Gill, left, and Ole Christian Veiby. lakshmi (4.5); Arpita Mukher Willian dazzles moted by Ramakrishna Race Group B: Anderlecht 1 (Hanni 69, Gameiro 85) bt Roma 0. gins here on Friday. jee (5) bt Parnali Dharia (4); ed to go down to the wire as dent of upstaging Veiby as he Performance Management Willian scored twice and 63) lost to Bayern Munich 2 Group D: Juventus 0 drew with Ning Kaiyu (Chn, 4.5) drew won a pair of penalties as (Lewandowski 51, Tolisso 77); Barcelona 0; Sporting Lisbon 3 Organised by the Motor only six points separate Gill will be on familiar terrain, (Kolkata), will also be run with Rutumbara Bidhar (4.5); Chelsea thrashed 10man PSG 7 (Neymar 9, 22, Cavani (Dost 40, 66, Cesar 43) bt Sports Club of Chikmagalur, and Veiby. The twotime oft described as the ‘Rally of concurrently with 39 Saina Salonika (4.5) drew with Qarabag 40 in Baku to gua 29, 79, Mbappe 35, Verratti 75, Olympiakos 1 (Odjidja 86). the championship is expect champion, though, is con 1000 corners’, but it may not entries. Teja Vidic (Slo, 4.5).

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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 18 LIFE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Drumming up a storm in Malaysia Sagarika and Zaheer Khan tie the knot ‘Urumee melam’, brought to the country by Indian labourers, enjoys a cultural revival

Agence France-Presse agricultural plantations. The tion of “urumee melam” fad Bhuvneshwar Kumar also weds Bukit Sentosa labourers, mostly from Ta ed amid the upheavals of the Malaysian Indian musicians mil Nadu, brought with them postindependence era. Polar bears crowd on bang drums on a stage the “urumee melam”, which However a push by com Russian island shrouded in smoke, singing would be played at Hindu munity leaders and a grow MOSCOW in Tamil, as dancers wearing temples on the estates. ing interest in Tamil history A boatload of tourists in the shimmering gold outts “It was the music of the and culture among the youn far eastern Russian Arctic adorned with peacock feath working class — entire com ger generation of Malaysian thought they were seeing ers gyrate to the pounding munities played it with every Indians means the beat of clumps of ice on the shore, rhythm. ritual,” said Eddin Khoo, di the urumee drums is now before the jawdropping realisation that some 200 The “urumee melam” en rector of Pusaka, an organi being increasingly heard polar bears were on a semble are performing a tra sation that supports tradi across the country. mountain slope. The bears, ditional form of folk music tional performing arts in The recent urumee me which are usually solitary brought to Malaysia genera Malaysia. lam performance was part of Zaheer Khan with Sagarika Ghatge, left, and Bhuvneshwar creatures, had come to feast tions ago by Indian labourers a festival in Bukit Sentosa, Kumar with Nupur Nagar. * INSTAGRAM/ANJANA SHARMA/PTI on the carcass of a whale that but which is now enjoying a Intricately carved Back to roots: Malaysian musicians of Indian ethnicity on central Malaysia, celebrating Asian News International washed ashore. AFP revival among the country’s The “urumee melam” takes their way to an urumee performance in Bukit Sentosa. * AFP the folk music that brought wedding. The couple were South Asian community. its name from the urumee, together several bands, New Delhi engaged in April this year. Malaysia is home to more the intricately carved, dou laysia they have come to be from other parts of Asia and which played in front of an Chak De star Sagarika Wedding bells also rang than two million ethnic In bleheaded drums made us seen by most in a positive some plantations ceased op audience of hundreds of Ghatge and cricketer Zaheer for pacer Bhuvneshwar Ku dians who live among a pre ing goat hide that are the light, and perform at cultural erations. Many moved to ci spectators. Khan were wedded in a priv mar, who married Nupur dominantly Muslim Malay lead instrument in the en shows and festivals. ties and took up menial jobs “I play urumee because ate ceremony on Thursday. Nagar on Thursday. population of some 32 mil sembles, which feature other After Malaysia’s indepen and ended up in slums. it’s my cultural music, and Their friend Anjana Shar His Sunrisers Hyderabad lion. They are descendants traditional Indian drums. dence in 1957, huge numbers Malaysia’s Indians have I’m hoping to bring this cul ma shared the photographs teammate Shikar Dhawan of Indians who came to Ma In Tamil Nadu, the groups of ethnic Indian agricultural stayed in touch with their ture to the next generation,” on her Instagram account. teased the bowler for join laysia during British colonial were traditionally associated workers lost their jobs over cultural roots in many ways, said Vigneswaran Subrama While Sagarika donned a ing the ‘married cricketers Pilot beats computers in rule in the 19 th and 20th cen with inauspicious events the years as they were re such as celebrating major niam, 32, one of the red saree, Zaheer chose a club’ with a video on NASA drone race turies to work on expansive such as funerals. But in Ma placed by cheaper labour Hindu festivals, but the tradi musicians. peach kurta pyjama for the Instagram. WASHINGTON An expert human pilot was able to beat flying drones controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) systems in a Particle accelerator for art revs up Bread made of insect our race organised by NASA. However, the AIdriven drones were more consistent to be sold in Finnish stores in their performance, Louvre tool oers noninvasive technology to analyse paintings and sculptures scientists said. The drones Agence France-Presse could be used in search and speeding up helium and hy Associated Press Paris rescue operations. PTI drogen nuclei to speeds of Copenhagen The world’s only particle ac between 20,000 to 30,000 One of Finland’s largest food celerator dedicated to art km per second and then companies is selling what it was switched on at the bombarding the object, claims to be a rst: insect Louvre in Paris on Thursday which emits radiation that bread. to help experts analyse an can be captured and Markus Hellstrom, head cient and precious works. analysed. of the Fazer group’s bakery The 37metre AGLAE ac Among the rst objects to division, said that one loaf celerator housed under be tested by the newly con contains about 70 dried neath the huge Paris mu gured accelerator were Ro house crickets, ground into McDonald’s ‘time seum will be now be used for man votive statues of the capsule’ to be razed powder and added to the Crunchy grub: Flour ground from dried crickets, left, and the rst time to routinely stu household gods — the Lares our. The farmraised crick crickets in jars. * REUTERS CHICAGO dy and help authenticate — which were said to protect A historic replica built on the ets represent 3% of the paintings and other items the home. They were unco site of the first McDonald’s bread’s weight, Mr. Hell “We made crunchy dough sustainable sources of nutri made from organic Close view: An antique bronze sculpture is analysed using the vered from the ancient fo franchise restaurant in a strom said. to enhance taste,” he said. tion,” Mr. Sibakov said in a Louvre accelerator of elemental analysis. * AFP Chicago suburb is to be materials. rum of Bavay close to the According to recent sur The result was “delicious statement. The company demolished soon, the fast The Centre for Research border with Belgium. veys of the Nordic countries, and nutritious,” he said, ad said there is not enough food company said. The sign and Restoration of the Mu determine the chemical ticle beam might change the The old accelerator — “Finns have the most posi ding that the bread “is a cricket our available for outside advertises 15cent seum of France (C2RMF) — makeup of objects without colours” when it hit the pig which was built in 1988 — tive attitudes toward in good source of protein and now to support sales nation hamburgers — just as it would which is independent of the the need to take samples. ments in the paint, said di could only work between sects,” said Juhani Sibakov, insects also contain good fat wide but the aim is to have have in 1955, when the Louvre — has spent €2.1 mil “Up to now we almost rector Isabelle eight and 10 hours a day, but head of Fazer Bakery Fin ty acids, calcium, iron and the bread available in 47 bak company’s founder Ray Kroc lion overhauling and upgrad never analysed paintings be PallotFrossard. the new one can function land’s innovation depart vitamin B12.” eries in Finland in a subse opened “Store No. 1.” AFP ing the machine, which can cause we were afraid the par The AGLAE works by around the clock. ment. “Mankind needs new and quent round of sales.

False email addresses were supplied Assists children with heart conditions R. Prasad discovery of faked emails. Press Trust of India tire heart — instead, congen Chennai The manuscript was reject Boston ital conditions have caused On November 17, four pap ed and further scrutiny led Scientists have designed a disease in either the heart’s ers published by research to the discovery of fake soft robotic system with ar right or left ventricle, but ers from Thiruvananthapu emails supplied for the four ticial muscles that can as not both. “We set out to de rambased national labs papers that have now been sist cardiac function in chil velop technology that were retracted by journal retracted. dren who have onesided would help one diseased publisher Frontiers owing “Nishanth Kumar had heart conditions. ventricle, when the patient to fake peer reviews. Three done his doctorate from Soft robotic actuators, is in isolated left or right papers are from CSIRNa ICARCentral Tuber Re designed to perform lifelike heart failure, pull blood into tional Institute for Interdis search Institute (CTCRI), motions, are an attractive al the chamber and then eec ciplinary Science and Tech Thiruvananthapuram, and ternative to more rigid com tively pump it into the circu nology (NIIST) and the joined NIIST as a postdoc. ponents conventionally latory system,” said Nikolay fourth is from ICARCentral He was not a permanent used in biomedical devices. Vasilyev, a researcher at Tuber Research Institute scientist at NIIST. He was Earlier this year, re Boston Children’s. (CTCRI). The papers were doing reasonably good work searchers at Boston Chil Using external actuators published between August and the papers are of rea dren’s Hospital in the U.S. to help squeeze blood 2015 and October 2017 in sonable quality. I don’t had developed a proofof through the heart’s own three journals. know why he did this. Now, concept soft robotic sleeve chamber, researchers de Review of manuscripts by we have not been able to that supports the function signed a system that could researchers working in the trace him,” says Dr. Ajay of a failing heart. However, theoretically work with mi same area of specialisation Ghosh, Director of NIIST. the researchers recognised nimal use of anticoagulants. allows for critical evaluation that many paediatric heart “We’ve combined rigid of the manuscript prior to Worked independently patients have more onesid bracing with soft robotic ac publication in journals. “He was a Science & Engi ed heart conditions. tuators to help a diseased Some journal publishers ask neering Research Board Life is an adventure: An element of the installation “Voyageurs” by French artist Cedric Le Borgne is pictured at sunrise near the These patients are not ex heart chamber pump blood authors to suggest reviewers (SERB) fellow and working “Quartier des Banques” nancial district in Geneva, Switzerland. * REUTERS periencing failure of the en eectively,” he said. for their papers. as a temporary employee There have been many in but equivalent to a scientist. stances where the suggested He was working indepen reviewers may be real per dently. He had contacts with sons but the email address many researchers and he ‘Fiction tag helps political lms to push through’ es are fakes. So the manu suggested the names of re script comes back to the viewers,” says Dr. Dileep Ku author or the author’s mar of NIIST who was mon Madhur Bhandarkar says he has faced hostility in releasing his lms; Ranjit Kapoor rues lack of freedom of expression now friends who give the paper a itoring the group’s work. Prakash Kamat glowing review. “I made a mistake by not so speak of freedom of ex blem. You cannot make it. If Jaane Bhi Do get lm Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. Panaji <> The authors of the four suggesting the names of re pression will come and will Somebody will come and Yaaron were to be — a satirical take on corrup Meanwhile, the ‘Accessi papers had shared personal viewers. But till this hap National awardwinning lm support. There was no sup make a petition aimed at made today, its tion in the 1980s — felt an at ble Films’ section for the vi maker Madhur Bhandarkar port from that side,” Mr. stopping the lm,” he said. mosphere of fear was preva sually impaired opened on or noninstitutional email pened, we never doubted makers would be addresses of the supposed him... In the paper pu on Thursday said that “selec Bhandarkar said. Mr. Bhandarkar elaborat lent in the country. Wednesday with the screen beaten up peer reviewers to manipu blished in May this year, he tive outrage” over lms was The lmmaker said that ed on the travails he had to “There are lot of incidents ing of Secret Superstar and Indu Ranjit Kapoor Hindi Medium late the system. has given CTCRI as his a wrong. making a lm based on histo face as director of Dialogue writer which I am witnessing today, at IFFI 2017. liation though he is not asso Talking to reporters on ry or politics was a “big pro Sarkar. which convince me that the Common author ciated with the institute. the sidelines of 48 th Interna blem” irrespective of the pe “I suered a lot in July world we live in is more Accessible to all S. Nishanth Kumar, who was The coauthor of that paper tional lm Festival of India ople in power and that the 2017. We had to change a lot there should not be scope for dangerous than say, the one Saksham – a Delhibased or a postdoc at NIIST, is the Dr. C. Mohandas of CTCRI (IFFI), Mr. Bhandarkar said best way to get around the is of things in the lm. I was any other individual or or which existed in the days of ganisation has added audio only author common to all retired four years ago. One that many of those who were sue, was to fashion the lm alone in ghting the battle ganisation to usurp that role. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron ( JBDY). description and language four papers; he is the rst of the reviewers for a paper backing Sanjay Leela Bhan as ction. with my team, from the High “Once the censor board “If that lowbudget cult subtitling to these movies to author of three papers and a is his PhD coguide who re sali over his controversial Court to Supreme Court to passes the lm, then no one lm were to be made today, make them accessible to all. corresponding author of tired from CTCRI nearly ve lm Padmavati, did not sup Facing the challenge the Censor Board to the should have an objection its makers would be beaten Rummi K. Seth, managing two papers. Dr. B.S. Dileep years ago. port him when Indu Sarkar, “Whatever the administra States, everywhere. There and the movie should be re up,” Mr. Kapoor said at an IF founder, Saksham, said, Kumar, who heads the Agro “I have been working as a a lm set in Emergency era, tion, these things happen. was a lot of diculty and this leased,” he said. FI programme organised to “This interesting project was processing and Natural Pro CSIR scientists for last 26 came under re. We are a diverse country. has been happening for pay homage to JBDY director started way back in 2005. In ducts Division at NIIST, is a years and have only four “I have said very often that The Central Board of Film some time now,” Mr. Bhan ‘World more dangerous’ Kundan Shah who died in special scenes of lms where corresponding author of years to retire. This has when it came to my lm, I Certication (CBFC) said you darkar said, naming several Dialogue writer Ranjit Ka October this year. there are no dialogues, a three papers. come as a black mark at the was disillusioned because I call the movie ction, so I ad other lms which faced hos poor too rued the lack of “At that time we used to blind person won’t know According to Retraction fag end of my career. The did not get any support from ded a big disclaimer. Then tility over a variety of freedom of expression at feel that there is freedom of what is happening. We have Watch blog, a routine check work carried out by eight anyone, or from any intellec no one has a problem. But if reasons. present. Interacting with the expression. I do not see it a voiceover and a scriptwri on another manuscript sub students who worked for tual. The selective outrage of you are saying it is real and He said that the CBFC media, Mr. Kapoor, who now,” lamented Mr. Kapoor, ter and we all sit and decide mitted by Nishanth Kumar two years has gone to people over lms is wrong. I the story is about history and should be the nal authority wrote the dialogues for the who also wrote dialogues for as to what needs to be writ and other authors led to the waste.” thought those people who al politics, then it is a big pro over release of lms and celebrated shoestring bud lms like Bandit Queen and ten to ll that space.” CM A ND-NDE YK downloaded from : www.visionias.net downloaded from : https://t.me/Material_For_Exam

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Songs by the Ganga

The Mahindra Kabira Festival at Varanasi was a celebration of heritage, music and the mystic poet’s verses Pages 6 & 7

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t was an evening treat to airphobic Delhiites who Ibraved the threat of smog to watch Vidhya Subrama INDIA HABITAT CENTRE nian’s solo presentation, not Melodious strictly within the precincts NOVEMBER 24 singing and concerns of a structured STEIN AUDITORIUM Bhuvanesh stage show but a slightly ca 7 p.m. On the concluding day of “Aarohi17” Komkali sual, classy interactive organised by IHC in collaboration with Kaladharni performance. will feature vocal recitals by Raghunandan More on the lines of a Pansikar, Bhuvanesh Komkali, sarod recital by chamber concert with noth Amaan Ali Bangash. The accompanying artistes ing of a conventional ahaarya include Bharat Kamat (tabla), Dr. Vinay Misra except minimalistic Bharata (harmonium), Shambhunath Bhattacharya (tabla), Ram Kumar Misra (tabla). natyam costume sans other make up, Vidhya’s uninch INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE ing focus came to the fore NOVEMBER 24 with her repertoire that had a pattern to it — “Reciprocity” C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM (exchange). She alternately 6.30 p.m. IIC in collabration with Polish Institute depicted the shringara and will be hosting a concert by Monika opuuszyska (soprano) Aleksandra Pcczek (piano) and orota bhakti aspects of dance to un Baszczyska (violin). The artistes will present a derline the coexistence of concert of works by Mieczysaw Karowicz, Henryk this twopronged approach to Wieniawski, Frederic Chopin, Grayna Bacewicz, the Almighty which is at the Pawe Mykietyn, Witold Lutosawski and basis of classical dance. The Aleksandra Chmieleweska. artiste kept her brieng really LECTURE ROOM 1 short making her dance 6 p.m. Tibet House will present a talk “Ecology in speak for her and it did in the the Information Age: Negotiating the Unknown” in clearest of terms. Going by the Spiritual Ecology Lecture by Sopan Joshi, the pulse of the audience, she journalist for more than two decades who, has was sensitive enough to travelled to several parts of India and the world, choose Hindi and Sanskrit In focus Vidhya Subramanian in performance researching on environment, agriculture, water lyrics with just two songs in management, forestry and livestock, among regional language (Telugu and the elite viewers Vidhya like quicksilver as she traced ment. things. and Kannada), quite popular made for a clear cut delinea the ten manifestations (Dash Despite perfection and KAMANI in dance circuit. tion of her concept. avatar) of the Supreme Lord beauty of execution, where is On one hand was a eulogy in absolute clarity and as Rad the dichotomy between NOVEMBER 24 to Goddess Saraswati, to cos Diverse emotions ha suused with love and shringara and bhakti when AUDITORIUM mic energy in the forms of Her virtuosity was visible contentment Vidhya played the latter doesn’t gure in the 6.30 p.m. The rst day of SaMaPa Sangeet Shambu Natanam and God in her handling of three die the role really well, by just nine artistic moods (Navra Sammelan 2017 will feature vocal recital Saif dess Durga stuti juxtaposed rent emotions that of a moth squatting on the oor and ef sa). Bhakti is an emotion (not Naeem Ali (thumri), ute recital by Chetan Joshi, with the soft devotion of Ya er awed by her divine child, a fusing passion. Every line of a state of being) and can be vocal performance by Kalapini Komkali and Abhay soda to child Krishna in Pu nayika enticing her beloved the lyric was elucidated with felt in any of the listed nine Rustum Sopori’s santoor recital. randara Dasa’s “Jagadodhara (God) and the RadhaKrishna facial and gestural expres rasa like for instance, in na...”, the erotic in Javali divine union and its after sions that conveyed the form shringara or karunya or in “Yera Ra Raa...” (Telugu) and math — all of which were so and feeling with aesthetic shanta. Though the twain the sublime love of Radha in internalised by the dancer. lucidity. shall never meet has been do the Ashtapadi “Kuru Yadu She was poise personied as ing the rounds in many a Nandana...”. the nayika displaying coquet Mime and movement dance conference and Vidhya With excellent dance tish looks with a body lan Durga and Shambu Natanam also pointed it out at the very movements and mime as guage that said it all yet was in dened two complimentary outset before giving her own Exquisite works Displays at “Porcelain against hedging each with full control going by the clas cosmic energies with mark take, the topic per se is super Extravaganza” footwork, going by the venue sicality of this genre; she was edly varied mime and move uous as this critic sees it. INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE NOVEMBER 25 GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA A prayer for peace 5.30 p.m. Kamaladevi Puraskar 2017 will be presented to noted artistes. Following this there will be short performances of Seraikella Chhau, “Su Route” highlighted the spiritual Pabuji ki phad story telling, Manipuri raas with instruments and Ravan Chaya shadow puppet depth of Susm performance. KAMALADEVI COMPLEX As a concept Susm lies in forming the backdrop, the 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The group art exhibition an abode of mysticism. Cele proceedings became “Porcelain Extravaganza” will showcase hand brating this spirit, the recent magical. painted procelain by Rita Gharekhan, Manju Sinha, ly held concert for peace in The event opened with Madhu Bhalla Ahluwalia. the Capital the “Su Route” “Hazrat Amir Khusro Ki”, KAMANI witnessed performances by the traditional storytelling Immersed in piety A. R. Rahman at the event NOVEMBER 25 legendary AR Rahman, lyri dastangoi by Fouzia and Fe cist Javed Akhtar, Nooran roz followed by recitations Dhruv Sangari and Hans Raj He concluded the concert AUDITORIUM Sisters, Hans Raj Hans by Kamna Prasad Sood, Ma Hans. A.R. Rahman’s concert with the manqabat, a Su 6.30 p.m. SaMaPa Sangeet Sammelan 2017 will among other Su exponents. noj Muntashir and Javed Ak was the main attraction as devotional poem, “Araj Suno feature santoor recital by Divyansh Srivastava, Mohi Bahauddin Dagar’s rudra veena recital, and Held next the magnicent htar. Among the highlights he performed along with the Mori Moinuddin Khawaja”, vocal performance by Vidyadhar Vyas. Qutub Minar with Delhi’s ar were Su songs rendered by Palestinian singer Sana adding prayer for peace and chitecture and calligraphy Mukhtiar Ali, Nooran Sisters, Moussa. harmony in the country to it. downloaded from : www.visionias.net downloaded from : https://t.me/Material_For_Exam CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

FRIDAYREVIEW NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 REVIEW 3 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A painful metamorphosis A slice of Chennai’s December music “Baba Bantoo”, written by late C.D. Sidhu and aptly directed by Ravi Taneja, exhibits how relentless oppression force a change in a good human being Seasoned Carnatic vocalist T.V. Sankaranarayanan’s scintillating recital mesmerised the Capital’s music lovers

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he popular December Music Season in Chennai is round the corner when the city becomes alive with music sabhas Tand many lecturedemonstrations programmes. Yet another integral part of this season is the ragamtanampallavi (RTP), the highest level of creative format in which musicians vie with each other to showcase their talents. The 4th edition of Bharatiya Kala Utsav organised jointly by Chennai’s oldest mus ic sabha, Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha and Delhi’s Shanmuk hananda Sangeetha Sabha last weekend at the Capital g ave a taste of the December music season here in Delhi. The visiting artistes were at their creative best during the ragamtanampal lavi sessions, which did nd a place in their concerts. The con cert was held at the Andhra Pradesh Bhavan auditorium in as sociation with the Team AP Bhawan. On the last day of the threeday festival, the seasone d T.V. Sankaranarayanan gave a delectable vocal recital to the utter delight of the music lovers in the Capital. His vibrant voice with high energy levels throughout the concert had a telling eect in Exploring conict A scene from “Baba Bantoo” * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the auditorium. Sankaranarayanan started his concert with verses on Lord Diwan Singh Bajeli Prof. Sidhu focuses on only one nal life. Out of greed for land, his Ganesha in the form of virutham, which was followed by Tulasi DDDDDDDDDDDDD aspect of Goga Peer's devotee Baba father married him to the only vanam’s composition “Gajananam Palaya” in the raga Moha ecently Collegiate Drama So Bantoo's power to cure snakebite daughter of a landlord of a neigh nam. The fast paced kalpanaswaras that he introduced for this ciety presented “Baba Ban patients in the context of feudal ex bouring village. The villagers of his very rst item added liveliness to his renderings and was remi Rtoo” at Meghdoot auditorium ploitation. Revered by the villagers fatherinlaw continue to treat him niscent of Madurai Mani bani, of which he is the tor ch bearer. under the auspices of Sangeet Na for his saintly qualities, he treats as outsider. His own wife hates him After singing Tyagaraja’s “Ramabhirama” in the raga Darbar , tak Akademi which evoked nostal his patients, who come from far because he is not faithful to her. In Sankaranarayanan moved to take up a detailed item. The Tamil gia about its writer, the late Prof. and wide, without accepting any turn, she is in relationship with her composition of Kavimani Desika Vinayagam Pillai’s “Inda Para C.D. Sidhu who wrote nearly 40 gift from those who are cured. He is servant. Suspecting the conduct of mukham” in the raga Poorvikalyani seemed to be a well fulllength plays in Punjabi, Urdu poor and works hard on his elds the servant, the landlord throws thought out choice for this detailed rendition. The hig hlight and Hindi, bringing alive the rural but is unable to pay his debt he him out of the village, beating him here was a scintillating raga alapana and an emotive singing of landscape of Punjab and its ex owes to the village landlord. mercilessly. One day he comes to neraval of the phrase “Ni Oru Silaiyo Ni En Murai Kettilaiyo?” ploited landless peasantry. Some know that Bantoo's son and his of his plays depict the social and Suering silently wife have illicit relationship. A fu Aesthetic rendering economic conict of the urban Threatened by landlord Sarban rious landlord conspires to kill Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar’s “Jalandhra Supithasthe” middle class. Best known for his ce Singh, Bantoo is forced to send his Bantoo's only son. in the raga Valaji too was preceded by a scintillating raga alapa lebrated trilogy on freedom ghter daughter to work at the house of Worshipping Goga Peer with re na. While doing so, Sankaranarayanan also brought out the Bhagat Singh for which Sidhu re the landlord, who sexually exploits ligious devotion year after year, nuances of this raga to the fore. Yet another Tamil composition, ceived award from Sahitya Akade her. Bantoo silently suers, never praying for sons and milk for oth this time it was Periyasami Thoran’s song, “Punniyam Orukodi” mi, Delhi. As the distinguished raises his voice against him. The ers, Bantoo now loses both these in the raga Keeravani, came in for a detailed treatment. The ra multilingual writer, he was the re debauch and greedy landlord has precious things — his son is killed ga alapana, the neraval of the phrase “Annai Kamakshi Pol a cipient of Sahitya Kala Parishad, now his eye on the bualo, the only and his bualo is plundered. Now Anbe Vadivai Vanthaar” and the subsequent kalpanaswaras Delhi award for his contribution to sources of fresh milk for Bantoo’s he faces the dilemma of remaining were all aesthetically rendered. enrich Hindi dramas and Urdu Aca family. The landlord starts perpe silent or taking revenge. The direc Sankaranarayanan, in the RTP session, sang the pallavi “Pai demy awarded him for his Urdu tually tormenting Bantoo, de tor has explored this conict by mala Rangapathe Mampahi” in the raga Kambhoji and set to tis plays. A Ph.D. from University of manding the repayment of his creating a tense atmosphere. ra jati Tripuda taal, once again to the delight of t he music lov Wisconsin, USA on the plays of Ber debt. One day he takes his bualo Ravi Taneja aptly directs the ers. Earlier, he presented a ne alapana of this raga a nd nard Shaw, he taught English at to his house forcibly. Bantoo once play with action owing uninter included ragamalika kalpanaswaras in the ragas Bages hri and Hans Raj College, Delhi University again remains silent, meekly sur ruptedly. The lyrics rendered by Sindhubhairavi, besides Kambhoji. for more than four decades and de rendering to the injustice. Bantoo, chorus led by Veena Sidhu Taneja Kumbakonam M.R. Gopinath on the violin, Parupalli S. Phal cided to write plays in his own the Baba, the high priest, who evoke an atmosphere of pathos, gun on the mridngam and Alathur S. Rajaganesh on the kanjira mother tongue, staging them with prays at the shrine of Goga Peer for anger, poignancy and retribution. provided excellent support. Gopinath’s melodious takes of the his own hard earned money involv others to full their wishes never Atul Jasi has imaginatively de ragas Poorvikalyani, Valaji, Keeravani and Kambhoji was not ing his entire family in the prays for his own betterment to be signed the sets which provide only delightful but also earned him loud rounds of appla use. production. free from the clutches of the lan space for shrine where devotees as Besides providing a riveting support throughout the conc ert, Written in 1981 and premièred in dlord. Tending poisonous snakes semble to worship Goga Peer with the percussionists’ tani avartanam in Adi taal was ent hralling 1982 in Delhi, Prof. Sidhu while kept in his house in bamboo bas Baba Bantoo oering his obeisance and commanded the appreciation of the audience. writing “Baba Bantoo” was in kets, leading a pious life, he rmly almost in trance along with enough spired by the legend of Goga Peer adheres to the principles expected space for Bantoo’s house where who is also known as the God of of a true follower of Goga Peer to dramatis personae interact with snakes and fought for justice. Wor desist from revenge, greed and each other. The ritualistic at shipped in Rajasthan and Punjab, serve people with humility. mosphere is juxtaposed with stark every year Hindus and Muslims as Bantoo's young son wants his realism. semble at Goga shrine, Hanuman father to resist to oppressive acts of Ravi Taneja as Baba Bantoo gives garh, Rajasthan to pay obeisance to the landlord, use poisonous snakes a brilliant performance. His trans him, with the belief that the Peer to bite the landlord whenever he formation from a meek devotee to would full their wishes. It is also comes, to the house with impunity one taking revenge is convincing. widely believed that by carrying a and insults family members. The His furious image at the climax snakebite patient to the shrine, the young son demands that his father stuns the audience. Pramod Kumar patient is cured. Through the bal should rise from his lowly status to as the hated landlord, Shalu Singh lad like singing, the godly prowess liberate the family from the exploi as Bantoo's wife and Tushar Bakshi

of the Peer believed to be the disci tation of the landlord who himself as the rebellious son of Baba Ban Weaving magic T.V. Sankaranarayanan * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ple of Gorakhnath is eulogised. faces contradictions in his perso too strike an impressive note. downloaded from : www.visionias.net downloaded from : https://t.me/Material_For_Exam CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

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* J. RAMANAN Feminine Mythique

The shrine at Spirit of enterprise Tunganath

Damayanti is a proactive woman, meeting destiny on her own terms G.V. DDDDDDDDDDDDD An enterprising Damayanti recognis t is curious that the same epic es her beau and gets married. When should have two tropes with the Nala deserts her — so that she will re Isame theme — gambling. If the turn to her parents and not be his game of dice leads to the downfall of partner through the hard times — she the Pandavas in the main story, it searches for him and goes wherever creates havoc in the life of Nala, the destiny takes her, without losing king of Nishada, in a subplot. But hope. She even serves as a maid — sai then the similarity ends there. It is randri, a role Draupadi plays during war and catastrophe for the heroes the Pandavas’ exile — for the queen of whereas the other royal rises after a Chedi. But return she will not to Vi rough patch. darbha, her father’s kingdom. Damayanti, Nala’s wife, is part of the Hindu lore, singled out for her chastity. Another swayamvar Losing the kingdom in a game of dice, Restored eventually to her parents, Nala is expelled, along with the beauti again Damayanti comes up with a ful Damayanti, also a princess, from his plan to smoke out her husband. She is Hidden in the Himalayas land. The two wander, get separated ready for another marriage and an and reunite after many years. Da unsuspecting king arranges a mayanti would not look at another swayamvar. male although her husband’s fate or Predictably, Nala comes, but as the The Bull connection whereabouts are unknown — the rea charioteer of a king. He has been son for her being eulogised as the Ulti turned into a repulsive creature but Third of the Panch Kedar, Tunganath is where mate Chaste woman, a parallel to Pene his wife recognises him through the lope of Roman mythology. unique taste of the dish he has Nandi’s chest emerged But then there is something more cooked. They meet and story has a than old fashioned delity or loyalty, typical fairytale end. Vrinda and J. Ramanan DDDDDDDDDDDDD which makes Damayanti endearing. The determination, which she Hearing of her beauty, Nala is deter shows in order to marry Nala, does mined to marry her. not desert Damayanti. The narrative Story goes that he sends a swan as is not riddled with the sermon of his emissary, which sings Nala’s chastity, which might have turned it praise to a curious Damayanti — per into a sob story. Instead it is Damayan fect scene for an artist to show his ti’s enterprise and individuality which imagination and none capitalised on outshine Nala’s accomplishments. The Kurukshetra war con it better than Raja Ravi Varma. To re With these two qualities she reclaims cluded with the victory of the turn to our heroine, she spots him in a her husband; but for them Nala might Pandavas and the crumbling swayamvar, where all the celestial sui not have got back his lost kingdom defeat of the Kauravas. But, tors lineup looking exactly like Nala. and status. the ve brothers were lled BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB with remorse. They had com Built in the an easy 3.5km trek from mitted the felony of Gothra Rudraprayag district of Chopta, an idyllic village that hathya (fratricide) and Brah is the roadhead for Tunga mahatya (execution of Brah Tehri Garhwal in nath and can be done in a mins). Sage Veda Vyasa ad Uttarakhand, this day. vised that only Lord Siva temple lies in the Positioned on the ridge could absolve them of their Kedarnath Wildlife between the Alaknanda and sins. The Pandavas came, the Mandakini river valleys, therefore, to Kasi. Sanctuary this historical site also leads A dismayed, mighty Bhima to Chandrashila — the Moon stood astride two huge moun Among these sanctied Rock, at an altitude of 13,000 tains in the Himalaya appre shrines, Tunganath, the third ft., 1.5 km from Tunganath. A hensively looking for Lord Si of the Panch Kedar, situated steep climb up the mountain va. The Lord of the Himalayas at an altitude of 3,680 metres takes us to another shrine for did not approve of the victory (12,073 ft.), has the distinc Lord Siva, consecrated by Sri won by the Pandavas and so, tion of being the temple locat Rama in the Tretha Yuga, to assuming the form of a bull, ed at the highest point in the make amends for the sin of Nandi, he stole away to Gupt world. slaying the Brahmin King Kasi (Hidden Kasi). Ravana. Bhima, in his sincere Exotic birds Chandrashila is a perfect search for Gangadhara, re Built in the Rudraprayag dis place from where one can get cognised the grazing Bull as trict of Tehri Garhwal in Utta a dizzy panoramic 360 de Lord Siva. He grabbed its rakhand, this temple lies in gree view of the snow capped hind legs and tail. The bull, the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanc peaks of the Greater Hima buried itself under the earth tuary, where ungulates like laya — Chowkambha, Nanda and reappeared at ve plac the musk deer, the Indian Devi, Dunagiri, Kedarnath, es, known today as Panch Ke Boar, the rhesus macaque Neelkanth, Sumeru, Bandar dar — the hump rose in Kedar and the common langur; ex Poonch, Janoli (all Himalayan nath, the arms and chest otic birds like the Himalayan Giants) and many unnamed appeared in Tunganath, the Monal, the Royale Pika and peaks as well. navel and stomach surfaced the Koklass Pheasant; the This temple is open from in Madhyamaheshwar, the wild Himalayan Black Bear, April to October. When win face emerged in Rudranath the Indian Leopard and the ter arrives, the Lord’s Doli is and his matted locks mate snow leopard nd asylum in brought to Ukhimath. rialised in Kalpeshwar. its thickly wooded forests of The Pandava princes built oak, pine and bhojpatra ve temples at these sites and trees, alpine meadows and The writers are ace photographers atoned their sins. rhododendron shrubs. It is known for their travelogues downloaded from : www.visionias.net downloaded from : https://t.me/Material_For_Exam CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

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Global Strains Weaving magic with wind

The fujara, national instrument of Slovakia, is on the UNESCO list

Krishnaraj Iyengar The two main types of or DDDDDDDDDDDDD namentations are ‘prefuk’ or What is it the rapid overblowing of a about the ute single note, and ‘rozfuk’ or a that captivates descending scatter of over our being? The tones. Among Slovakia’s oth legendary Su er folk utes like the Koncova thinker Hazrat In and the Dvojaka, the fujara ayat Khan, who wrote exten ranks the highest in impor sively on ‘Brahma Naad’ or tance. In many regions of the ‘Sawt Surmad,’ the primor country, one can nd players dial sound, explained that it who construct their own in was the inexplicable magne struments, like the famed Mi tism of Krishna’s ute that chal Filo of Banska Bystrica, a drew souls personied as go colourful town in the heart of pis towards him. Slovakia. Among the great utes of The fujara is not just a mus the world stands the gentle ical instrument but a oneof ‘Fujara’, (pronounced ‘Fuya its kind artefact with intricate Bharath and This Thing Called Culture ra’), Slovakia’s national indigenous designs and co Sharath Prabhath in instrument. lours decorating its exterior . their Originally a shepherd’s Apart from the innumerable production ute, the piercing, sweet solo folk masters of this in Setting the digital stage ‘Kathaastra’ strains of this instrument re strument and even ensem sound with a simplicity, a bles that perform at village yearning and a spirit of liber festivals and cities such as the Dance today is about engaging with history, body and technology ation. The melody, which re capital Bratislava and Kosice, sembles north and south In the fujara has also entered Ashish Mohan Khokar such as laser lights and spilt course, one can only achieve rare DDDDDDDDDDDDD dian folk tunes, make the Slovakia’s concert scene and screens. But it is important that ly. This concept is still valid. A his listener realise the beauty in even some popular bands. It There’s been a para technology does not overshadow tory of viewing helps the audience simplicity, especially in con was put on the UNESCO list of digm shift in all elds of artistic skills. Is it art or craft? The to understand and appreciate con trast to complex sounds from ‘Masterpieces of the Oral and human endeavour. So it dierence lies in the level of skill. temporary dance. Like any other instruments of dierent Intangible Heritage of Hu is not surprising to see When a skill is honed and mas language, the visual and theatrical countries. manity’ in 2005. art becoming entertain tered, it gives the illusion of being language of the performance can The fujara’s music is thera ment. And in digital In on auto pilot. Which is why, when be deciphered best when one un peutic as it relaxes the nerves dia, everything has taken on newer one sees Valli or Malavika dance, it derstands the basic grammar and of the listener, often creating The writer, a multi-linguist, is an An artiste avatars. looks eortless. Few realise it is be syntax of those forms. Classical a gentle, sleepy trance. The international performer and playing the “Contemporary art scene in In cause of decades of practise and to performances are best appreciated fairytale expanse of Slovak’s composer fujara dia is getting more and more vi tal surrender to art . when one has a basic knowledge of corn elds, the quaint village brant. This is because people want Madhu Natraj had done a com the stories depicted and some idea scapes and the lush vineyards to make sense of their experiences missioned work, ‘Vajra’ some ve of what the mudras mean,” says oer silent accompaniment of living in a modern world. They years ago. Where her artistry rose Palazhy. to the fujara. are constantly looking for ways to as her team created magic with ‘Matsyavtar’ was a breathtaking A rich, soft, dronelike cas process the issues and their con movements backed by digital art as production by Mayuri Madhuri cade of overtones envelopes cerns and fears. We could engage a prop. Upadhaya sisters, where underwa you before progressing into with contemporary arts as a maker ter sequences attained depth due the high tone that resembles or a receiver. I often think that our Stage-screen synergy to digital projection. the South Indian ‘Venu’ body is the carrier of many expe While India imbibes such trends They sought to create an under (ute). The fujara is known to riences , which in a way shape who and technologies from abroad and water magic with movements and have a good range which we are and dene our identity. adapts it to local conditions, end technology merging seamlessly. touches nearly two andahalf Therefore, when you work with results are reasonably good. ‘Jun Their mega ‘Make in India’ produc octaves. Lilting melodies em your body, you are not only engag gle Book’ done by a Bangalore tions for fairs and festivals, even body simple tremolos . A tall ing with layers of history and herit group, two brothers Bharat and abroad, has brought digital dance ute measuring around 200 age but also processing many of Sharath Prabhat for NADAM fest to the centre stage. cm, the fujara is held vertical your deeper and personal was as good as a Broadway produc “The ephemeral nature of dance ly as players usually stand thoughts. Therefore, contempor tion. There was good synergy bet is the most special gift to an au during recitals, often punc ary dance as a medium is sacred ween stage and screen. 3D screen dience, transporting them to a tuating their playing with and when expressed with commit images made it a riveting show. higher level and bringing them in singing. ment and conviction, encapsulates “Dance was always interactive. contact with something out of the Commonly known as an the spirit and pulse of our times,” Only the mode of interaction keeps ordinary, which otherwise one is ‘overtone pple ute,’ the says master of this medium Jaya changing. In traditional folk forms not able to experience often. Digi kind that contains a constrict chandran Palazhy, who is the artis a performer often turns the village tal technology and interactivity ed mouthpiece called ‘pple’ tic director, Attakkalari Centre for or temple courtyards into a stage can augment this experience if found in endblown utes, Movement Arts. and makes his recitals interactive. used prudently, but it can also end the fujara is tuned in either A, Shama Bhate of Pune was in According to Natyashastra and the up being redundant if an artiste is G or F. It has three nger spired by S.H. Raza’s ‘Bindu’ series Rasa theory, interaction between engaged in something for the holes located in the lower of paintings “because their con the audience and the performer is shock value or to showcase the lat part. Air blown into the pple templativeness and quietude crucial in the production of rasa, est technical equipment he/she has at the upper end of the main helped my kathak seamlessly reach which is the hallmark of any good access to,” cautions Palazhy. body produces the sound. A ‘sam’ .” Shama Bhate created many performance. parallel pipe or ‘Vzduchovod’ such works although they were “Natysastra even states that for a mounted on the instrument’s more a projection of abstract paint good performance, we need to The writer, a critic and historian is the main body leads the air to the ings. Today many groups, especial have an ideal performer, audience author of several books and edits KRISHNARAJ IYENGAR

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Varanasi vignettes (clockwise from centre) Darbhanga Poetic trail Ghat, a section of the audience, Kailash Kher, Dastangoi A heritage walk as part of the festival took us to the quaint artiste Ankit Chhadha, crowd at Assi Ghat, Rashmi Agarwal, Harpreet and statues at Kabir math math where Kabir lived in a hut with his Muslim weaver In tune with parents Neeru and Nima. Later, he began to hold satsangs on a chabutara (platform) here. The Kabir Chaura mohalla is a narrow, winding street lined with houses on both sides. As you approach the math, beautiful murals on the walls depict scenes from the saintpoet’s life. Members of the Kabir Panthis have been living in the math from the 16 th century. The samadhimandir was built by Raja Veerdev Singh Ju Baghel, ruler of Kashi, in 1578. The Beejak Mandir is where Kabir undertook sadhana to attain beejak Kabir (knowledge). There is also a library that houses more than Diverse genres met at Varanasi to highlight 700 books, mostly on the mystic saint. the beauty of thought in the poet’s verses SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT *

Chitra Swaminathan sophical insights. His couplets, re thoughts,” says Rashmi. DDDDDDDDDDDDD plete with lifelessons, echo as we Singersongwriter of ‘Maati’ Popular address t is 5.30 a.m. There’s a sharp alight at Darbhanga ghat that wears fame, Harpreet, who performed on The Kabir Chaura mohalla could be refered to as the cradle of chillness in the air. The vast ex a festive look with a makeshift stage the second day at the fest, feels in the Benaras gharana and Kathak. Imagine a street inhabited by Ipanse of water appears dark grey in bright yellow and red. itiatives such as these are a great doyens such as Bade Ram Das Mishra (grandfather of Rajan under the heavy mist. Rows of boats way of taking Kabir’s wisdom are moored along the Assi Ghat Exquisite setting through diverse genres to the youn Sajan Mishra), Gopal Prasad Mishra, Anokhelal Mishra, Gopi while some carrying people sail The Brijrama palace, an 18th century ger generation. “When I began to Krishan, Pt. Ramsahya, Pt Shri Kanthe Maharaj, Pratap across the river. Hundreds of sea royal and now a heritage hotel, compose his poetry for this event, I Maharaj, Pt Kishan Maharaj, Sidheshwari Devi and Sitara Devi . gulls ap over the water surface, overlooks the venue of the third Ma realised the timelessness of the swooping down occasionally to hindra Kabira Festival. The guests verses; their strong connect with You can still hear music coming from these houses as children catch sh. The scene appears like a are being served kulhad chai as the everyday life. Kabir, Bulleh Shah, and relatives of these artistes continue to stay here and beautiful painting. sun, a little ball of red, rises gradual Avtar Singh ‘Pash’, Faiz Ahmed uphold their legacy. Little girls chase you with trays ly spreading its warm glow across Faiz, Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nira full of diyas decorated with owers; the water. Swaras seem to gain a la’…there is no dearth of songs in In the ames gently ickering in the greater depth and Kabir’s poetry a dia,” says Harpreet, who won over breeze. “Please buy and leave them clearer understanding, as lilting the large audience that occupied ev aoat on the water with a wish,” notes emerge from young Kumar ery little space at Assi ghat in the says one of them. I do so, and rush Sarang’s sarangi and Rashmi Agar evening, with his earthy voice, in to hop onto the motor boat waiting wal sings ‘Naiharva humko na tense guitar ris and striking plets and the spirit of his philoso to take a few of us to Darbhanga bhave, sai ki nagri param ati sundar, simplicity. <> phy that resonates so amazingly ghat. jahan koi jav na avey’ and ‘Jheeni The fest brought together classi with the current scenario.” The ghats of Varanasi embrace jheeni beeni chadariya’. cal artistes (including the inimitable In the past 12 years It is 11 p.m. as the festival draws to every emotion. At some, people “Nothing can be more fullling Shubha Mudgal), contemporary en of my performing a close. In the dark of the night, the take a dip and perform prayers for a than singing Kabir’s dohas at his sembles and folk bands. By the nal riverscape appears more magical, a better life; at others, pyres are set birth place. Music is as much about gig (of su rockstar Kailash Kher), M&M (Mahindra and Mahindra) sangeet hain. Thumri, dadra, chaiti, “Though I had read up about career, this is the rst blanket of ink black streaked with up to cremate the dead. Sounds of voice, orchestration and lyrics as the message was clear — harmoni stood for Mahindra and Mo hori, kajri and many other elements Benaras on the Internet, only after time I have got on to the shimmer of lights from the conches, bells and chants wrench the ambience. There could be no um or tabla, drums or guitar, naga hammed. Ghulam Mohammed was of Hindustani music have their roots coming here do I realise what it ghats. There is absolute silence, the air, but a comforting silence en better way to internalise his da or ektara, Kabir’s couplets rise one of the founders, who migrated here. There is a song for every oc means to be in the oldest inhabited the stage without a broken only by the lapping of the water. And the mind wanders back gulfs you as the boat wades through BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB above musical divides. to Pakistan in 1947.” cassion. Any wonder then that it is city in the world.” sound test. I can do the smoothowing water. There According to Jay Shah, vicepresi “Kabir is the ultimate truth. You thronged by people from around Pradeep Sanyal, a young IT exec to Kabir. 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‘Music is food for my soul’ The inheritor and his world Neecia Majolly on her musical journey In a free-wheeling grandfather and other fami ly members, not only In Liza George chat, Shiraz Ali DDDDDDDDDDDDD dian classical music that my Khan, the young family has played but their “I wanted to be a rock star ever since I was a teenager,” says experiments too. My grand concert pianist, singer/songwriter, teacher, choir dir ector, sarod exponent of father, for instance, created and the FounderTrustee of The Majolly Music Trust, Neecia the Maihar albums like ‘The Journey’, Majolly. And while she may be way past her teens, Ne ecia, ‘The Garden of Dreams’, who believes that it is never too late to pursue one’s dreams gharana, talks ‘Legacy’, etc. Then there is is realising hers through The Majolly Project (TMP). about his rich an important album of my “Growing up as a teenager I loved to tune into the UK and uncle named ‘Inner US Top 40 songs. I would often imagine myself up on stage, lineage and more Voyage’.” rocking it. Although I did try forming various bands in my He wants to keep all this youth, they never seemed to work out or last long. TMP, Manjari Sinha music alive through his DDDDDDDDDDDDD what I call my onewoman army band, has been a long time band , primarily an instru coming. TMP works with a mixture of classical, electr onic hiraz Ali Khan, the mental band, with santoor, and progressive rock. People often wonder at my various youngest sarodia of the sarod, vocals, tabla and per avatars classical musician, music teacher and a ro ck diva, SMaihar gharana lit up cussions. “Sometimes there who is into Goth,” grins Neecia. the Sunday morning with are sarangi, violin and ute Her latest Indie album Please, which was released in May the sonorous swaras of Bi too. What we are trying to 2017, focuses on alternative rock. “The album is a collabora laskhani Todi during his do is to create our own in tion with various other artistes although I wrote all the uid, gentle and deeply in terpretations of the music songs myself. It is not a feel good album as the songs touch spiring performance, at the of my family and other re on women's empowerment, politics, environment and real Legends of India, morning markable names of Maihar ities of life. For instance, if Whitebone is on ivory poaching, raga concert series. Accom gharana like Pt. Ravi Shan Please is about a woman trying to say No,” says Neecia who panied on tabla by young kar. We adopt all the vocal has also released four singles, an album on Western classical Saurabh Guho from Kolka and instrumental composi music The Re- ta, he also mesmerised the tions of the inheritance and naissance Begins audience with the melo play in our own style.” and a piano al dious ‘Maand’, the folk me When asked about his bum, Gold Coast lody of Rajasthan. Shiraz hobby, Shiraz surprises us Spa, released by had created waves earlier when he says he was into Universal Audio, this year, when the HCL motor sports. “There was a USA. TMP won Concert Series featured him phase in my life when I left two Global Mus in their memorable concert Bonding with sarod Shiraz Ali Khan my home and wanted to see ic Awards for its ‘The Wave of Maihar’! what is life, not being the debut single The great grandson of the bla with Pt. Shankar Ghosh sory from primary classes. grandson of Ud. Ali Akbar Dark Room. “As legendary Acharya Baba Al at the age of eight I started “I remember playing sarod Khan. Am I capable of doing you can see, my lauddin Khan, grandson of with my left hand. There along with the morning any thing on my own? There range of music is Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and were quite a few instru prayer of the school, apart was a time when I stopped varied, much son of late Dhyanesh Khan, ments (sarod) of dierent from the vocal music class performing. Did corporate like my alter Hitting the right notes Neecia Majolly a Shiraz awed the Delhi au sizes at home brought by es I attended in school. I jobs, even giving tuitions to egos.” But then Majolly * THE HINDU dience when he played the my father from Maihar. I even remember playing ta specially abled ‘Divyang’ she did grow up sarod holding it totally op tried my hand on all of bla, with my cousin Rakhi in kids, joining an NGO.” in a household that had everything from the latest M alaya posite to the way it is con them. When my father not ‘Shri Shikshayatan’, her Then one day his grand lam and Hindi songs to classical Bach and Mozart playing in ventionally held. He plays iced that I feel more comfor girls school where I used to father, Ustad Ali Akbar the background. the sarod holding it exactly table with left, he decided accompany her on tabla Khan, called him up from “Both my parents were into music. While mom, Molly Jo the way Baba Allauddin that I should play that way professionally. Then I start California. . “He said: ‘Your seph Mathews, was into Malayalam and Hindi songs, dad, Khan did. only. It was totally the deci ed training under Aminaji, father was my favourite son. who was keen I become a Western classical musician, played Shiraz disclosed the se sion of my rst Guru, my my aunt, who always lived After he has gone, it is your a lot of Western classical music. In fact, my father, J oseph cret later during the inter father, whom I lost just a with us at our home. She responsibility to carry for Mathews, started playing music by Beethoven, Handel, Cho view. The sarod he played few days after this crucial taught me simple composi ward the legacy. Even if I’m pin and the like when I was just 10 days old hoping I would was 150year old instru decision.” tions line by line. She told not with you, don’t think fall in love with its regal notes.” And fall in love she did. ment of Baba Allauddin Shedding light on his in me not to copy anybody, you are away from us. I “Music has always been the largest part of my life. It is so Khan. “It had such a die itial training, Shiraz says, not even my grandfather, don’t teach you regularly mething I truly cannot live without — music truly is food for rent tonal quality because it “My father gave me initial my uncles or even any other but that is because you my soul. I knew even in my teens that I wanted a career in was made by Baba himself, basic training. I still remem musician. She discouraged don’t need it. You have got music, regardless of whether I made it as a pop star ,” says together with his brother ber my rst raga was Yaman me from playing fast. She all of it in you. Just listen to Neecia, who started o trying to build a name for herself in Ayet Khan, who was a sup Kalyan but I lost him when I said “Concentrate on tone us, our music. I’m sure you the Western classical music industry in Delhi before moving erb instrument maker. Baba was hardly six. I later learnt and total tunefulness.” would be able to play.’ That to Bangalore, where she made her mark as a music instruc Allauddin Khan had de from my aunt Amina Parera On getting an opportuni phone call was a turning tor and performer. signed everything – the and my uncle Ashish Khan ty to learn from his illus point that decided that I Her The Majolly Music Trust trains students in Western shape of the drum, the skin but prior to that it was my trious grandfather, Shiraz quit everything and go back vocal music, the piano, guitar and violin. “When I rst start membrane, the wooden bo grandmother Zubeida Be says: “ I remember he to my inheritance, my tradi ed The Majolly Music Trust, many did not know the die dy, the steel sheet nger gum (the rst wife of Ustad taught me his own creation tion. It is this tradition that I rence between a keyboard and piano. Students joined th e board and the strings. He Ali Akbar Khan), who took BageshreeKanhada. He al am made for.” classes due to their parents insistence. Over the past few especially took care of the care of me. It was she who so taught me the do’s and years, there has been an increase in the number of students instrument’s sound and its instilled in me the discipline don’ts of many ragas. He Plans for future who are actually serious about studying music to a concert tonal quality.” of getting up early in the wanted me to nish my stu “My uncle and guru Ashish level, and have gone abroad to pursue their further studies One wanted to know morning, attending school, dies before I took up sarod Aashish Khan, who is teach in music (there is no conservatoire of music in India fo r whether Shiraz was a left practising sarod. She knew professionally. So I did En ing full time in California In western music). Right now, there is a trend amongst young hander by birth and used everything about sarod and glish (honours) from the stitute of Arts, wants me to sters to learn Western vocals.” Neecia also leads choir the left hand in his daily life was an expert in making ‘ja Kolkata University.” assist him there in the U.S. groups Madrigals, Etc which specialises in music from the too. Shiraz denies this. “Oh va’, the wooden striker The latest news is that he Renaissance period and the Camerata, The Majolly Music no, I write with my right made out of the coconut Indian Blue has legally adopted me as Trust Choir, which has a unique choice of repertoire. hand, eat and play games shell. My grandfather and Shiraz also started experi his son. He always used to like cricket with right. It’s everybody else in my family menting as a teenager with teach me like his son be Music tour only when it comes to music used to play sarod with the his band ‘Indian Blue’ as a cause his son and daughter Neecia is currently on a Western classical music tour, which that I play with left hand. I striker made only by her.” lead player, way back in are not doing music. Now will conclude at Nagaland on November 26. The tour which started learning sarod with His father was keen to put 2005. “My band is not a fu he wants me to be there began in Kuching, Malaysia, took her to Delhi, Mumbai,

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A marathon event Ustad Shujaat Khan at Bhinn Shadj series organised by IGNCA; (below) late Girija Devi at a night concert * BHARAT TIWARI Music all night What is it like waking up at dawn to energise a yawning audience with your violin recital or playing sitar with ngers getting numb because of the cold wave in Punjab? An allnight concert in Delhi took the stalwarts down memory lane... Shailaja Khanna morning concerts, and ending with company her great Guru Pt Omkarnath dience back to a more meditative am DDDDDDDDDDDDD evening ones. The grand culmination Thakur too, though in his later years he biance, playing a very succinct yet n North India there has been an old was listening music from 8 p.m. to 8 stopped playing at allnight sessions. complete raga Lalit, aalap jor jhala, tradition of holding all night music a.m. The next artist was Ustad Shujaat with three gats in rupak then teen taal. Iconcerts, perhaps to allow the lis As Vidushi Ashwini Bhide put it, “All Khan, who played raga Charukeshi, a He is truly a most polished, pleasing ar tening of ragas that are to be performed night music sessions are welcome as Carnatic raga that can be played any tist. He also concluded with “Vaishnav after midnight, till sunrise. These in one is performing to dedicated au time. The young Zuheb Ahmed Khan Jan To” and then, more beautifully “Jai clude all the Kanhras, the Kauns, Jog, diences that are committed, and are stood out with his superb tabla accom Jagadish Hare”. Lalit, Ramkali, Bhatiyar, and all the prepared to wait to hear all night ragas paniment; the other tabla player was Uday Bhawalkar, ttingly took the Bhairavs. Almost all the cities tradition in dicult conditions. Even if the next the usual Arunangshu Chaudhary, night to its tting conclusion with his ally associated with classical music, in day you do not remember all you quite regularly seen with the Ustad. A dhrupad vocal recital, starting at 6 a.m. cluding Allahabad, Banaras, Patna, heard, the memory of the music some spontaneous standing ovation fol as dawn broke. Gwalior, Jalandhar, Lahore and, of how remains with you for much longer. lowed. Khan reminisced about bygone The perfect arrangements of co course, Calcutta has had all night music I am very happy that Delhi has revived all night concerts he had played in, ac vered tent to keep the cold out, free tea sessions, ending after dawn. Another this tradition; Mumbai today has no all companying his father Ustad Vilayat and pakoras to keep the audience reason for holding all night concerts night music sessions but these were ve Khan – once he recalled it was dicult, awake, perfect artist choice made this a could be related to logistics – since ry common years ago.” as his ngers were numb with the bit memorable experience. Deepak Cho most music festivals are held in the Starting with everpopular Desh ing cold at 2 a.m. on a freezing night in pra, a seasoned listener, summed up, conducive weather of winter, it was dif pande, who regaled the expectant au the depths of Punjab. “I hope there are more late night con cult to go home late at night, in the dience with raga Gauri, then a leisurely It took some time for the next artist certs in Delhi like there used to be; it’s a cold and was safer and easier to travel Des. The next piece was a dadra in raga vocalist Shyamalee Joshi to settle down perfect time to listen to music without in daylight. Kalingra, dedicated to the late Girija to her raga Malkaus. The style of gayaki interruptions, and to savour it. I don’t There are several allnight concerts Devi. Vocal support by the very talent was pure Jaipur Atrauli, her vilambit feel tired at all after sitting up all night, still held – notably in Jalandhar, (Hariv ed Shweta Kilpady was pleasing. khayal was slow meticulous but some in fact it refreshes me.” allabh), Banaras, (Sankat Mochan San what repetitive. (She is training under geet Samaroh), Kolkata, (Dover Lane Memories of Patna Vidushi Padma Talwalkar, though has and Uttarpara). Sankat Mochan is un The next artist was senior violinist learned in the Gwalior and Kirana tra ique in that it is held in summer, to Dr M Rajam, born in the Carnatic tradi dition too.) Shyamalee has a powerful coincide with Lord Hanuman’s birth tion, but trained in the Hindustani by voice, better trained in the high octave, day. The who’s who of the classical the great Pandit Omkarnath Thakur. with very fast taans. Rather surprising world congregate together to give “haa She again was very ably accompanied ly after Malkauns she sang raga zari” (pay obeisance) at the temple dur by her granddaughter, no doubt, a chip Patdeep. ing the six days in April or May, and the of the old block. Ustad Akram Khan on The main attraction of the night was scorching heat adds spice to the con tabla was magnicent; his lightn the percussion ensemble with the re certs that end around 7 a.m., after gered and delicate “laya” forays always doubtable Vidwan Vikku Vinayakam dawn. enhancing the concert, and taking it on ghatam, (he had 4 ghatams at 4 dif Delhi used to have all night music at forward. Her lyrical Bageshwari was ferent swaras) with his son the great the Constitution Club, later at Modern followed by an equally adept Jhinjhoti, Selva Ganesh on khanjira, and his School auditorium. But in recent years ending with “Vaishnav Jan To”. amazingly procient grandson Swami this practice has been abandoned, The violin virtuoso spoke of the all nathan, also on khanjira. By then the which is why the initiative of IGNCA night sessions she attended in Patna in sleepy audiences were shaken out of with Spic Macay to hold an allnight the past; they had a charm of their their sloth by this great trio of musi session to conclude their yearold own, with the evening starting with cians who created magical rhythms. In Bhinn Shadj series is so welcome. light music and going on to classical. deed a concert to remember. Bhinn Shadj concerts presented ragas She recalled a concert where she woke Rakesh Chaurasia on ute with Us RAKESH SINHA

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A view of the Sri Krishna Temple at Udupi. (Right) Festive mood around the Matha Udupi — dream destination

The charm of Sri Krishna at the Udupi temple, which awaits the Paryaya Mahotsava, is something special

Geetha Venkataramanan DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Three factors are needed to tie DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD processions. It is the sankalpa DDDDDDDDDDDDD Ashta Mathas Him up — Bhakti, Gnana and Other main deities of Sri Vidyadeesha Swami to rishna means Anan B The eight Moola Mathas are Vairagya. Yasodha had the rst B Vayu and Mukhyaprana turn the tower of the temple da. Looking at Him, Adamaar, Palimaru, Pejavara, but lacked the other two.” But (Anjaneya) are the other main gold. “The abode of Sri Krish “Kyou experience joy Puthige, Kaniyooru, it is not easy to attain Wisdom deities at the Udupi temple. na is akin to His own body, and meditate on Him, you get Krishnapura, Shirur and and Vairagya. “No, it is not ea Sri Madhwa is considered an which has to be preserved. rid of misery,” says Sri Vidhya Sodhe. sy at all,” agrees Swamiji and incarnation of Anjaneya. What better way than lay it deesha Tirtha Swamy of the Pa DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD continues in a soothing tone, DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD with gold? The aim is to involve limar Math, his face radiating “He will bestow them on you if which 35,000 are being fed. every worshipper to oer his the same emotion. The Swami large numbers to listen to his you constantly think of Him Sri Vishvesha Tirtha Swami, mite and be a participant in ji is camping in Chennai as part Anugrahabhashanam. just as the child nally obliged the present ponti, has en this glorious project. The Swar of the preParyaya yatra he has “He descended on earth the mother and let himself be deared himself to people, es na Gopura requires the use of undertaken ahead of assuming (Kru) from Vaikunta to give pe bound.” pecially through his several about 100 kg of gold — 40 the rights to perform puja to ople happiness. He is the sim This is the second time Sri community welfare grams of gold each for the Sri Krishna at the legendary plest God, who is pleased with Vidyadeesha is taking charge programmes. 2,500 sq.ft. Udupi temple. The custom at bhakti. He doesn’t require of the puja rights. Each ponti, What more can be done to For details contact Sri Pali the Udupi Math, established by anything else,” says the Swami during his tenure, makes va enrich the legacy of the tem mar Matha, Anna Nagar, Che Sri Madhwacharya, who pro expanding the Krishna luable contribution to enhance ple? “Daily archana to Sri nai. Contact: 8300640321 and pagated Dwaita philosophy, concept. the worship experience of the Krishna with a lakh Tulsi 9840860119. has it that the puja rights devotees. Sri Vidyamanya Tir leaves,” says the Swamiji. As The Paryaya Mahotsav, a change hands every two years Three main factors tha Swami, Sri Vidhyadeesha many as 100 pundits will chant grand ceremony, when puja among the heads of the eight “Constant worship will free the Tirtha’s Guru, during his pe Sahasranamam round the rights will be handed over to primary monasteries. The pre mind of bonds, which cause riod, oered a golden chariot clock even as the archana con Sri Vidyadeesha Tirtha Swami sent ponti performing puja is misery,” he adds. To illustrate, and diamond crown for Sri tinues — every day, throughout of Palimar Math, will take place Sri Vishvesha Tirtha of Pejavar he says, “When Yasoda wanted Krishna. Sri Vidyadheesa Swa the year. A vast expanse of land at Udupi on January 18, 2018. Math. to tie up a mischievous Krish mi had a diamond armour has been set aside to grow the Sri Vidyadeesha Tirtha will Sri Vidhyadeesha Tirtha is na, she found that the rope fell made for the deity. Also he in sacred plant. Hailed as utsava leave Chennai after Bhiksha travelling across the city to short by two inches. Repeated itiated the noon meal scheme priya, Balakrishna will be cele vandana organised tomorrow meet devotees, who gather in attempts ended in failure. for school students under brated through festivals and at Dharmaprakash.

He never disappoints pilgrims

here are several Krishnas. What is special to put you to sleep, we keep swinging the cradle about Udupi? endlessly, whereas at Udupi the Lord falls asleep T Sri Vidhyadeesha is too happy to ex in a jiy?’ The Lord replied, ‘See, I’m a grahasta, plain. “He came straight from Dwaraka to be my mind is full of tension. So it takes me long to worshipped by Sri Madhwa. He is Balakrishna relax and sleep.’” and is seen with the churner (Kadakol) — unique On a more serious note, Sri Vidhydeesha Tir for Udupi. The kadakol churns the milk and pro tha adds: “A pilgrim never goes back disappoint duces the butter, which is not visible to the eye. ed here. Through the opening he can see the dei The Lord with His Kadakol churns the heart of ty in the glow of ghee lamps. Thereby hangs a his devotee to extract pure devotion.” Only Bala tale — that of poet Kanakadasa, a Dalit, who was sanyasis can do puja at the Udupi sanctum sanc denied entry and to oblige whom Sri Krishna torum at Udupi — a custom unique for this turned west, again an unusual position for the shrine. Moolavigraha, and the humble devotee saw Him Recently, a video clipping of Sri Udupi Krish through a crack in the wall. This became a win na being gently swayed to sleep to the accompa dow and is named Kanakana Kindi, after the niment of a Purandaradasa lullaby was shared worshipper.

on social media. It is rmly believed that at Udupi, Sri Madhwa R. RAGU The Swamiji says with a chuckle: “Sri Krishna himself does the puja at the sanctum sanctorum * at Tirumala was asked, ‘Why does it take so long in the form of the Paryaya Swamiji. Sri Vidhyadeesha Tirtha Swamiji downloaded from : www.visionias.net downloaded from : https://t.me/Material_For_Exam CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

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Going Native Telling Voices The math adds up Beginning of a new era Author Margot Lee Shetterly’s Defying the myth that Urdu is a language that betrays metaphysical dreaminess, book “Hidden Figures” brings “Naya Daur”, a reputed monthly, creates a sense of resonance of multiple voices to light the contribution of

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One of them Katherine ethos of the language owes Interactive media and so Johnson, known as a human computer worked with its existence to the script. cial sites have made several the Space Orbital Mechanical Branch. She calculated Can a language, even en Indian authors and poets the trajectory for Alan Shepard, the rst American i n dangered one, break the ty hugely popular but to no ef space. Her calculations were so accurate that astro ranny of the script with a fect. When will they get re naut John Glenn had requested that she double check view to making itself more cognition from the Nobel what the computer had done. She was awarded the tangible and popular? The Committee? This question Presidential Medal for Freedom from President Oba answer “yes”, seems to be needs immediate answer, ma in 2015. at odds with the popular the editorial concludes. Shetterly says, “These women were black and perception, lies at the heart It is perhaps the rst liter teaching in segregated schools...so when the oppor of the development of a lan ary periodical that put pre tunity at NASA came it was something that they had guage Khasi that adopted a mium on publishing the not even dreamt of. And it came not even a decade af new script which augured translations of what is ap ter white women had started working there. This idea well for it. The UNESCO has pearing in Indian languages of a professional path in math was very new at that withdrawn Khasi from its and no zeroing in on En time. Katherine Johnson is perhaps the best known of Atlas of the “World’s Lan glish and other European these women. In the 50’s when she started with NASA guages in Danger”. It has Transcending boundaries Fay Seen Ejaz; (below) cover of “Naya languages. Not much is she was working in a group that was very closely asso been made known to Urdu Daur” * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT known about Hameed Dal ciated with the space race. That then became her job, knowing people by the lat availing love, metaphysical and now Bengali script has vai (19321977), a noted Ma calculating tra est issue of “Naya Daur”, a dreaminess and rhetorical become a thing of past and rathi author and social acti jectories for reputed Urdu monthly pu ourish. It looks incredible Khasi spoken by 1.6 million vist in Urdu and for the last the project blished from Lucknow on the part of the editor of a is usually written in Roman six months, Naya Daur has Mercury Mis through a well document monthly, not entirely liter script. been publishing the transla sions and Pro ed article that focuses atten ary in true sense, published tion of his famous novel ject Apollo tion on a language and its by the Government of Uttar Dismissing Adam and “Eindhan” (Fuel). ...Men resisted folk tales which are hardly Pradesh, harps on produc Eve The magazine makes it a the idea of hav accessible to the majority of ing an alternative strand of According to Khasi mythol point to showcase the liter ing women do Indians. narrative in Urdu to explore ogy, Adam and Eve were ary and cultural legacy of ing math...but The editor of the month an array of subjects which not the rst occupants it Lucknow and this issue too the women ly, Suhail Wahid, a promis hardly get talked about. A was seven families that carries an article by a well were good at it. ing author, makes it a point sustained attempt not to were put on the earth by known expert on Oudh, Setting new benchmark A scene from the lm So when so to carry such articles that pay heed to familiar sub God. They are known as Mirza Jafar Hussain. based on the book mething works, deate the myth that Urdu jects is resulted in obtaining “Children of Seven Huts’ Naya Daur hardly pays at you go with it and then...they were paid less and th at is a language that betrays an an assortment of highly and this intriguing tale is tention to runofthe mill works for the bottom line. The expectations were low amorous longing for un readable articles and it competently rendered into short stories and it publish ...these women never wanted to become engineers et forms the latest issue of the Urdu by Fay Seen Ejaz. The es stories that depict the c...Only over time as expectations changed, both of journal that zeroes in on story goes on to say that burning issues in more women and society that things changed at NASA.” Hindi, Marathi and Khasi lit god initially created sixteen nuanced way. ‘Potable Wa It may be interesting to know that white and black erature. Further a separate families and seven were ter’ has become the most women mathematicians did more or less the same section on Kazuo Ishiguaro, sent to the earth and people important issue and in one work in NASA but lived highly segregated lives at th at the winner of the Nobel were provided with a ladder of its earlier issues, the time. Prize in Literature for 2017 that hang around Lum Sofet Naya Daur carried a story Shetterly makes another telling comment, “Kathe is also included. Bnem mountain so that one “Tishna Labi” (Thirst) that rine Johnson and the other women never had the Noted Urdu author and could go to the sky for wor poignantly portrays the life question, ‘Will anyone tell my story?’ Their respons e poet Fay Seen Ejaz, in his shipping. There also existed of a young man who sells has been, ‘I was doing my job and did my job really astutely written article, an eternal tree but people water purier. Rajeev Pra well...These women remain modest even though they “Khasi language and its fa razed it to ground inviting kash Shahi, a promising are grateful for nding recognition now...The response mous folk tales” traced the divine wrath and the ladder short story writer, through to the story from the very beginning has been very history of Khasi language. was withdrawn forever and the protagonist raises a per good and strong. Every story has its time...the time for Khasi, spoken by a substan since then the world is full tinent question – “Everyth this story is now and so I feel very fortunate.” tial number of people living of miseries. National Acade ing is available in the city. in Meghalaya, Assam and my of Letters – Sahitya Aka Spectacles for eyes, pace Carries conviction Bengal, was started with demi organised a nation maker for heart, mask for Shetterly says her book carried greater conviction Bangla script and its many workshop that folk tales air and purier for pure wa because Johnson still lives and in one of the interviews important books including were translated into Urdu ter but why there is nothing talks in a very matter of fact manner about the work The editorial raises a pertinent the famous book “Ka Niy and Naya Daur carries six that can keep our minds she was doing. Her daughters are eusive. They say, question pertaining to norms iom Jong Ka Khasi” (The Re stories rendered into Urdu clean”. “She sewed very well and so we always had special and criterion prescribed for the ligion of Khasi) were written by Fay Seen Ejaz. The journal creates a clothes. She cooked and made wonderful dishes...she award of the Nobel Prize for in Bengali script but a The editorial raises a per sense of resonance of multi could do anything. She always taught us to do our best. Literature. Suhail Wahid, editor, Welsh Missionary Thomas tinent question pertaining ple voices and explores the We knew that our mother was working in NASA but finds it quite unfathomable that Jones got the majority of to norms and criterion pre nuanced legacy of human when you are working on a secret you do not bring only languages spoken in the Khasis converted into Chris scribed for the award of the existence that is being your work home...most of our knowledge about her developed countries are tianity and he relentlessly Nobel Prize for Literature. threatened and for this it came from what we read about her and we would invariably chosen. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD pursued Roman script for Suhail Wahid, editor, nds deserves appreciation from came back home and say, ‘Mom this book says you Khasi. 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Blast From The Past Girl with a playful smile

Shyama, known for playing the ‘parallel lead’ with aplomb, will be remembered for her uninhibited style and jazzy sense of humour Deepak Mahaan to accept the changing status newcomers or raw directors. DDDDDDDDDDDDD of popularity. Hence, from Guru Dutt, Ash ontentment is a rare In a rare television inter ok Kumar, Shammi Kapoor blessing. But actress view sometime ago, Shyama and Rajendra Kumar to Om CShyama was blessed had confessed that she loved Prakash, Johnny Walker and with it in abundance and the camera and reviewing the utterly unknown Jawahar hence remained ‘beautiful’ her performances, it’s appa Kaul, she had no qualms in throughout her life. Else, who rent that she was remarkably sharing the screen space with would shun the arc lights uninhibited on screen since anyone as long as the story when the Hindi lm industry “acting was gift of the Gods to gave her scope to stamp her still pursued her with acting her”. Poise and aura she pos identity. Her spontaneity assignments way beyond her sessed from day one or else made her a natural ally of sixties! And it was her charac why would a seasoned direc Johnny Walker. The two fea teristic composure that never tor like Shaukat Hussein Rizvi tured in many lms including allowed her to drown in pes pick her up for a qawwali “Chhoo Mantar” and “Johnny simism or abandon laughter scene for the Noorjahan star Walker”. Procient in craft Shyama (June 7, 1935-November 14, 2017) * THE HINDU ARCHIVES when she lost her love at the rer “Ziddi” in 1943 when Be it “Tarana”, “Do prime age of forty four. Shyama (then Khurshid Ak Behne”, “BhaiBhai”, “Bhab ya” (both “Aar Paar”), “Pyaas ment the whole are worth admiration was mutual. The This inner equanimity ex htar) had gone to the Lahore hi”, “Mirza Sahiba”, “Char Kuch Aur Bhi” (“Lala Rukh”) their weight in gold. Shyama romance that had been kin plains the fabulous glow that lm sets for a stray visit with Paise”, “Aar Paar”, “Barsaat and the evergreen “Ye Ishq may not have set the screens dled through the camera Shyama retained till her her classmates. Taken in by Ki Raat” or “Sharada”, for Ishq Hai” (“Barsaat Ki Raat”) on re but she always proved lenses, carried on with ex death a few days back. Bes the beauty of the young girl, which she was awarded the or for that matter “Ae Dil a worthy teammate who car treme focus on love and de towed with a jazzy sense of Rizvi promptly oered her a Filmfare Award for Best Sup Mujhe Bata De” (“Bhai Bhai”) ried out the assigned role votion even after marriage. humour and a feisty outlook part in the qawwali “Aahein porting Actress, her buoyant and it is visible that she exud with remarkable eciency. And though Fali died too that belied her era, she adapt Na Bhari Shikwe Na Qiye” spirit coupled with a deft ed something special for the Just as she loved the camera, young, Shyama carried on in ed to changes of health and and was equally astounded command over Urdu lan lyrical beats just as she was the camera too had a special contentment since, in her fortune as daringly as she had when the child shot back “of guage made her enact several equally at ease with comic in anity for her and her hus words, “Fali gave so much opted for a lm career with course, why not?” shades from romantic to vam teractions. Geeta Dutt’s voice band Fali Mistry, a renowned love that it fullled me forev out the permission of her el pish and comic to motherly suited her vivacious appeal cameraman of his time, once er”. What she left unsaid was ders at a very tender age. Un Working with newcomers with conviction. But it is in on screen. said that Shyama was a came echoed by friend and col like many who are unable to This bravado characterised the song sequences that she Like every sportsperson, ra’s delight since her persona league Waheeda Rehman adjust to the vagaries of the her career choices and, even really blossomed in to her not every actor or actress had no aws. While this may who felt “Shyama deserved star system, Shyama’s transi at the zenith of her career, own with her mischievous achieves spectacular heights have been an expression for appreciation for being a tion to retirement was grace Shyama never inched from smile. Watch “Sun Sun Zaali of glory. But those that work her regal cinematic presence, warm and aectionate per ful since she had the wisdom accepting roles with rank ma” or “Ye Lo Main Haari Pi with sincerity and comple there is little doubt that their son at all times”.

Quick Five Waiting for his dream role

Atif Khan ups and down. I am playing a generation is not much in Haryana and the stereotypes DDDDDDDDDDDDD very innocent person which clined towards literature but are breaking for good. I am al ashpal Sharma, who is very dierent from my ear they should be aware that lit so going to direct a lm in Ha one can remember as lier roles. The lm largely has erature gives you the mean ryana and I am hopeful about YLakha in “Lagaan” or as actors from theatre back ing of life. They want to know the new generation which is villain in various Prakash ground. everything through the mo bringing a revolution in Ha Jha’s lms, says that audience On getting similar roles bile phone but that cannot re ryana. are yet to see his full calibre. in his early years in the place the actual process of On acting in short lms Recently in Capital for “Pan industry reading. like “Carbon” and appear chlait”, a lm based on Phan Whatever I have done so On depiction of small ing in regional songs ishwar Nath Renu’s short sto far, I cannot claim that view towns in lms streaming on digital ry, he talked about ers have seen my full calibre. “Newton” is the best exam platforms typecasting, surge in regional Actor jaat hi kuchh aisi hai jo ple of this. If something is I think that the visibility is cinema and theatre kabhi satisfy nahi hoti (actors done with genuine eort, it necessary for an actor and education. do not get satised easily). I will be good. Earlier the with short lms, smaller plac Excerpts: have not done my dream pro Mumbai lm industry, there es can share their stories with On his role in ject yet. The villainous cha was no importance of the the rest of the world. Cinema “Panchlait” racters of “Ab Tak Chhap way a city and lifestyle were cannot be made without pas We have not given impor pan”, “Gangaajal”, Breaking the mould Yashpal Sharma depicted but now due to lms sion. These days no one can tance to Hindi literature in “Apaharan” were largely ad like “Sultan”, “Tanu Weds say that I cannot make a lm our country and distancing mired by people and I am portant for an actor. For me, variation in the roles as a Manu”, “Raanjhanaa” the because of lack of resources ourselves from it. “Teesri Ka happy people know me by it is not typecasting but a step theatre artist observes viewers want to place the lm as one can easily make lms sam” was made in 1966 which my character and not by to create a fan base. But I did around him and that makes in a certain geographical lo on mobile phones. You just was again based on Phanish name. I hold the view that an “Singh is King”, “Welcome to the performance fresh. cation. The cinema is becom need a good idea. I have seen war Nath Renu’s story. There actor should create an image Sajjanpur” or “Tubelight” to Theatre is essential for any ing local and that is why it is a lm which conveyed a is similar innocence in this of himself for the audience change my image too. It actor. You can observe that coming to smaller towns. So meaning in a single minute lm too which is about the and for that he has to repeat works both ways. from Balraj Sahni to Nasee it is a and not just an experi with just a photograph. I be villagers and captures their that kind of role in various On actively promoting ruddin Shah and many more. ment now. Haryana was a lieve the new generation of reaction when in a village lms. We remember actors theatre education and The training on stage is like a laughing matter in Bollywood towns and villages can use which has no electricity, pan like Amrish Puri, Nana Pate practice base for new actors. I keep lms but I am happy that now this media revolution to chlait or a petromax lamp ar kar for the kind of roles they It breaks the monotony in visiting drama schools and I mainstream cinema like share their stories and make ND-X rives. There is humour and did on screen and that is im the performance and brings have realised that the present “Dangal” is getting made in a considerable dierence.