5Zxxj Gd Acrxjr ]Z\V]J

$5Zxxj Gd Acrxjr ]Z\V]J$

VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# 3 4 ?0) + 4 ! 4 4 !, -./01 %)* 677 + 89 :( ! . ( + 0!+.!2 /01 /,'( () (2(. "203 1 5 2( -1 . 0(. 22 (/0 (2( #.(0 N . .3.2#.O= $ #(021& N(23(0.O "2.) 1/0 (20( 2 60 1)2

2 31234.56 .37/>

! "$% !&

# "(( )(/0( $ % QR "& R R #31(4/1" have a list of party candidates in my pocket but I can’t dis- ! ith the candidature of close. However, I can make an Wformer Madhya Pradesh announcement. (Congress) Chief Minister Digvijay Singh Election Committee yesterday ! been finalised from Bhopal, the (Friday) finalised the name of ." ).32 fight in the Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singhji from Bhopal.” confirm whether she has been Congress for attacking and " #$ % capital is likely to be interest- When asked whether contacted by the BJP to fight Hindutva by calling them ter- etting aside the seniority N! ing as Pragya Thakur, aka Digvijay was happy with the poll, she did say the BJP was a ror forces. Pragya was given Snorm in appointing a ' P Sadhvi Pragya Bharti, may be decision, Nath said, “I do not party which matched her ide- clean chit in the murder of RSS Service chief for the second Q * + , pitted against him. Digvijay is know, whether he is happy, but ology. However, Pragya hinted pracharak Sunil Joshi as well. time, the Government on -O contesting election after 2003 in I am happy.” To a query, she wasn’t much eager to con- State BJP spokesman Saturday selected Vice Admiral #Q ' the State. whether he has “dealt” with test election, but said she was Rajneesh Agrawal told The Karambir Singh as the new /0 0 1 ' Digvijay’s candidature was Digvijay with this decision, contacted by someone to fight Pioneer that the voters are Navy chief after the incumbent "# made public by Chief Minister Nath parried the question on election. Pragya, who had waiting for Digvijay to contest Admiral Sunil Lanba retires on The panel was set up in the Kamal Nath during his inter- Digvijay’s winnability. taken sanyas at 14, said it was from Bhopal. They want to May 31 this year. Singh super- wake of the Kargil war in 1999 0 1 action with mediapersons at a Sadhvi Pragya Bharti, who an opportune moment to enter teach him a lesson. sedes the senior most aspirant to suggest ways to fine tune the #Q $ 1 programme here on Saturday. has been acquitted in the politics. She slammed the Turn to Page 6 Vice Admiral Bimal Verma. In fighting capabilities in the 2 Q Meanwhile, the Congress Malegaon blast case, is ready to 2016, the present Army chief modern day warfare. 0 1 has changed the seat allotted to take on Digvijay. Talking to Rawat was selected for the top As regards selecting Singh 1"# , 1 its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Raj mediapersons in Bhopal, she job superseding the then senior over Verma, official sources 1 1 Babbar from Moradabad to said, “Digvijay Singh is a ‘desh most officer Pravin Bakshi. said the Government followed Fatehpur Sikri, in an apparent ka dushman’ and I openly chal- The incoming chief, who is a merit-based approach there- 1 bid to make the Lok Sabha con- lenge country’s enemies,” at present serving as the Flag by giving a go by to the tradi- +, test easier for the actor-turned- Pragya was discharged Officer Commanding in Chief tion of appointing the senior 2 politician. Imran Pratapgarhiya from an ayurvedic hospital in (FOC-in-C) of the Eastern most eligible officer to the 1 will now be the party’s candi- the city months ago after being Naval Command in post. date from Moradabad. treated for critical illnesses. (03(($03200(4100(5($ have requested Gandhi to con- Visakhapatnam, will be the They also said Verma had ' Party sources said that Though Pragya did not test from Wayanad seat. He has first helicopter pilot to become not commanded as chief of ! L L 1 Babbar was not keen on con- he Congress in Kerala has not commented on the request Chief of Naval Staff. Before the operationally important 1 4 testing from Moradabad, where * Tproposed AICC president so far. But we expect that there present appointment, Singh Western and Eastern 5 1 the BJP has fielded its sitting Rahul Gandhi’s name for the would be a positive response,” also served as Deputy Chief as Commands and these tenures MP Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar. , "- Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, a Chandy said. well as Vice Chief of Naval are considered very important 1 & After having served as party bastion in the State, but The party, which is con- Staff. for selecting the Navy chief. He Chief Minister of Madhya . he has yet to respond to the testing 16 out of 20 Lok Sabha Verma, younger brother was reportedly overlooked for ! Pradesh for 10 years from 1993 request, senior leaders said on seats in Kerala, has announced of former Navy Chief Nirmal these postings as he was the . 2 to 2003, Digvijay had left the Bengaluru: Ending days of Saturday. the names of 14 candidates but Verma, is at present the principal director of naval ! State saying that he would not suspense, Janata Dal (Secular) Talking to reporters in has not declared its candidates Commander-in-chief of the operations during the 2005 1 contest any election. At present, on Saturday said its National Pathanamthitta district, AICC from Wayanad and Vadakara. Andaman and Nicobar Naval War Room leak in New 2 + he is a Rajya Sabha member. president and former Prime general secretary Oommen “I once again request Command. It is the first tri-ser- Delhi. Several critical com- ! ' Digvijay took active part in Minister HD Deve Gowda will Chandy said the Kerala Gandhi to contest from vice integrated command to mercial and some operational MP in the run up to the last be alliance’s candidate from Pradesh Congress Committee Wayanad. Congress president look after the country’s strate- documents were leaked. Verma + & ! Assembly elections. Tumkur Lok Sabha seat. Hours (KPCC) has requested Rahul to contesting from Lok Sabha gic interests in that region. came under scrutiny but was The way the MP CM after the announcment, contest from Wayanad. seats in South India and North The command was set up fol- cleared with a “severe displea- announced the candidature of Congress leader and Tumkur There is a demand from India will strengthen national lowing the recommendations sure” note. He later served as Digvijay was quite dramatic. MP Muddahanumegowda party leaders that Rahul should unity and integration,” of the K Subrahmanyam com- India’s naval attaché in Iran and $ 1 Generally, the CEC of AICC raised strong objection to the contest from any of the South Chennithala said. mittee recommendations on also commanded a ship. declares the list. Nath said, “I move. Detailed report on P5 Indian Lok Sabha seat. “We Turn to Page 6 higher defence management. Turn to Page 6 % , , + 4,,5 7 1 ,, Q ! " 2 1 # * 1 %& '() " names of its candidates for Earlier 17 names for Bihar * Odisha fielding its spokesper- were announced in Patna. * 1 son Sambit Patra from Puri and Former Jharkhand Chief * 1 % + its State president Basant Panda Minister Arjun Munda will 1 21 from Kalahandi. In Bihar contest from Khunti, a seat O 1+, ,, ." ).32 though, it did not field its once occupied by BJP veteran " spokesperson Shahnawaz Karia Munda. N O1 1 he BJP on Saturday expect- Hussain from Bhagalpur, which BJP’s three new names 9 Tedly denied ticket to yes- he had unsuccessfully contest- from Uttar Pradesh included !"#$ 1 teryears’ film star and its sitting ed last time, thus putting his Pradeep Choudhary, a Gujjar, ! ,, MP from Patna Sahib future in the party under cloud. from Kairana seat (west UP) : Shatrughan Sinha and instead The BJP on Saturday which was won by the RLD ! " #! fielded Information and announced the names of its 102 candidate with the backing of $ $ # %& ! ;; 1 Technology Minister and Rajya more candidates for the Lok the SP and the BSP in a bypoll ! ! Sabha member Ravi Shankar Sabha polls, thus now totalling in 2018. The bypoll had first ! 2 P Q ;; Prasad from its stronghold. 286 candidates till now. tested the efficacy of the </ However, Prasad may face number of issues. tion. The LJP will contest from The candidates have been Opposition alliance against the Sinha eventually as the latter The BJP-led National Nawada this time round. The picked for UP, Telangana, BJP. The other candidates from %&P 1 could be fielded by the Democratic Alliance (NDA) in alliance, however, reposed faith Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, two other seats from West UP 2 Congress in the Kayastha- Bihar announced names for 39 in all other Central Ministers Maharashtra, Assam, which would go to poll in the ( ) 2 dominated seat. For sometime of the 40 seats with Union from the State by fielding them Meghalaya, West Bengal, and first phase are Dr Yashwant * $ 1 now, Sinha had been critical of Minister Giriraj Singh being from the same seats that they Kerala, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, (Nagina) and Bhola Singh + ,% $ O ' both the BJP and Prime shifted from Nawada to had won in 2014. Jharkhand, Gujarat and (Bulandshahar). #! ! Minister Narendra Modi on a Begusarai despite his opposi- The BJP also announced Himachal Pradesh. Turn to Page 6 -. ( ! ! = ,, " # 2 ' ;; , "'# 1> 2 1 , /1" about whom there were /1" , $ ! Q rumours on Friday that he (( ." ).32 ccepting the request of UP would join the BJP, would now he Bharatiya Janata Party on ! 1 1 ,,! ACongress chief Raj contest the Lok Sabha poll TSaturday announced the he national Capital may +, Babbar, the Congress brass has from Lucknow against Rajnath names of three more candidates Twitness strong surface changed the seat allotted to Singh, instead of Dharaura. for the Lok Sabha elections from winds on March 26. In weekly ! 1 0 , 17 him earlier and fielded him The sources maintained Uttar Pradesh. As expected, the weather forecast, the Indian ? +, from Fatehpur Sikri Lok that fearing his defeat, Prasada BJP did not give ticket to Meteorological Department : Sabha constituency. wanted a change in his seat but Mriganka Singh from Kairana (IMD) said that there are 1 Babbar had expressed his a senior Congress leader con- Lok Sabha seat in west UP and chances of rain on March 25 intention to contest from vinced him to take up the replaced her with party MLA and sky will remain cloudy in Fatehpur Sikri Lok Sabha seat prestigious fight from from Gangoh (Saharanpur) entire next week. From March but he was shifted to Lucknow. Prasada was told Pradeep Chaudhary. 26 onwards maximum tem- ' ? Moradabad constituency in that even if he lost the election, Chaudhary is a Jat leader and perature will increase and fluc- Q anticipation that Bollywood the party would ensure a berth before joining the BJP ahead of tuate between 32 degrees Q QQ 1 star-turned-politician Hema for him in the Rajya Sabha later the 2017 UP Assembly polls, he Celsius and 35 degrees Celsius Malini could be fielded from on. was with the Congress and had and minimum temperature ! P Q Fatehpur Sikri by the However, efforts to con- won the Assembly election on the will oscillate between 16 L Q Bharatiya Janata Party. firm the development from ticket of the grand old party. degrees Celsius and 19 degrees L However, soon after Prasada failed as he could not Mriganka Singh is the Celsius. @A Hema Malini’s ticket was be contacted for comments. daughter of former MP from It was a pleasant Saturday - announced by the BJP from In the seventh list released Kairana Hukum Singh. After morning in Delhi with the 7 -! Q Mathura, Babbar got in touch by the Congress late on Friday her father’s death last year, she minimum temperature at 16.6 ture settled at 30.3 degrees mum temperature was 15.5 with his party brass and got night, the party announced contested the byelection to degrees Celsius, a notch below Celsius. Overall humidity was degrees Celsius, two notches ! ' +,Q himself shifted to Fatehpur nine more candidates from Kairana seat in May 2018 but lost the season’s average. “The sky recorded at 34 per cent. below the normal. The overall 9 Sikri. UP while changing candidates to Samajwadi Party candidate will remain clear with strong Friday’s maximum tem- Air Quality Index (AQI) was ?1 Sources in the Congress on two seats. Tabassum Hasan who was sup- surface winds during the day,” perature was 30.2 degrees ‘moderate’ at 113 as per the said that besides Babbar, anoth- Till date, the Congress has ported by the Bahujan Samaj said an IMD official. Celsius, a notch below the sea- System of Air Quality and 2 er senior leader, Jitin Prasada, announced 44 candidates. Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal. The maximum tempera- son’s average, and the mini- Weather Forecasting. ( ) *+, *-./

)*( $ 7 %& ! .R $ +"

/1" /1"

ashtriya Lok Dal has urged hief Minister Yogi Rthe Election Commission CAdityanath, who is one of N" O ! O of India to stop all advertise- the star campaigners of ments featuring cine star- Bharatiya Janata Party, will turned-politician Hema Malini launch the party’s poll cam- /1" the principles of Dr Lohia, who will be contesting the Lok paign in Uttar Pradesh from tomorrow they will also betray Sabha election from her Saharanpur after offering pooja amajwadi Party president the people of India,” Modi Mathura Constituency on at Maa Shakumbhari Devi tem- Akhilesh Yadav hit out at said. Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. ple on Sunday. SPrime Minister Narendra Reacting to Modi’s jibe in In a letter sent to Chief Saharanpur goes to poll Modi for his charge that the Lucknow on Saturday, , Electoral Officer of Uttar with seven other west UP con- opposition had forgotten the Akhilesh said, “We don’t need Pradesh, L Venkateshwarlu on stituencies in the first phase of principles of veteran socialist lecture on principles of Dr Saturday, RLD national polling on April 11. The other leader Ram Manohar Lohia. Lohia from Prime Minister spokesman Anil Dubey said constituencies going to polls on The socialist ideologue’s Narendra Modi or the BJP. the advertisements of a water April 11 are Kairana, birth anniversary was cele- Many people have deflected purifier featuring Hema Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, brated on Saturday. from the principles of Lohia. Malini appearing in the media Baghpat, Ghaziabad and The SP chief termed the Perhaps we are the only party wereblatant violation of model Gautam Buddha Nagar. BJP “schizophrenic” and said which is constantly working on code of conduct, as in the “Before launching the poll the saffron party tries to co-opt Lohia’s principles.’’ advertisement she appeals to campaign, Yogi Adityanath and After ‘darshan’ of Maa would leave for Mathura and icons like Mahatma Gandhi, The SP chief also accused the public to use the water some senior leaders of the Shakumbhari Devi, Yogi will address an election meeting in BR Ambedkar and Ram the BJP of trying to hide behind purified by the said water party will offer prayers at Maa address his first poll meeting at Vrindavan, Pathak said. Manohar Lohia but follows the issue of nationalism mere- purifier. Shakumbhari Devi temple in the nearby Naglamafi village in Yogi will again go to people who these leaders dis- ly to deflect questions raised by In his complaint, Dubey Saharanpur. Yogiji always goes Behat Assembly segment of the Mathura on Monday where he agreed with. the people. said even after announcement to the famous temple during constituency. will join actor-turned-sitting Akhilesh defended his “There are no jobs for the of Hema Malini’s name as BJP his visit to Saharanpur,” said “The Chief Minister will BJP MP Hema Malini who will position saying, “We have youth of the country. The BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha BJP state general secretary and stay in Saharanpur for 90 min- file her nomination papers relentlessly worked for defend- is trying to hide behind ‘nation- poll, the said advertisements west UP in-charge Vijay utes after reaching there from Mathura Lok Sabha seat. ing Lohia’s legacy and the SP is alism’ instead of answering were continuing. Bahadur Pathak in Lucknow on around 12 noon. Some UP Meanwhile, Union Textiles the only party working on his people’s questions. People are The RLD spokesman also Saturday. ministers from the western Minister Smriti Irani will principles.’’ closely watching everything demanded that the cost of the Pathak, who is camping in region, along with senior party address a public meeting at Kali On the occasion of 109th and will give them a befitting advertisements featuring Hema Saharanpur, said that all prepa- leaders, will be present in the Mathia Chauraha in Shastri birth anniversary of Dr Lohia, reply in the election. Also, Malini that appear during polls rations for the grand launch of first election meeting of the Nagar in Kanpur at 3 pm on the Prime Minister, in a blog, posters of BSP chief Mayawatiji be add to her poll expenses the poll campaigning had been Chief Minister. Sunday. Irani is among the star took a jibe at the opposition and me were burnt by BJP peo- account. completed. After Saharanpur, Yogi campaigners of the party. saying that “they believe in ple in Barabanki on Holika. ‘satta, swarth and shoshan’ This only shows their mindset (power, selfishness and towards Dalits and Backwards exploitation) and are experts in of the country,” Akhilesh said. grabbing power”. Addressing a meeting of SP # "" $+" Modi also said that the leaders to commemorate moot question facing 130 crore Lohia’s birth anniversary, /1" Vrindavan in Mathura on his Rajat was rushed to a hos- lided on Yamuna Expressway Indians was, how can those Akhilesh said, “The BJP cannot SUV to celebrate Holi. On pital, where he was pronounced around 9:30 am on Saturday. who betrayed Dr Lohia be dictate what the people want !" # $ %&' n a sensational incident, a Friday evening, he had a verbal dead upon arrival. As per reports, one of the expected to serve the nation? and decide as to who is a " "$ () ** " Ipolice constable shot a youth exchange with Rajat over play- A case was registered in cars collided with the other “Today they are betraying nationalist and who is not.” dead in Mathura after a dispute ing colours near Pagal Baba this regard by Mathura police while overtaking it, as a result over playing colours on Holi on temple. The dispute snowballed and the constable was sent to of which the occupants sus- Friday. and Rohit whipped out a jail. tained serious injuries. The accused constable, revolver and opened fire at The Noida police was inti- All the injured were admit- , 5 who is a kin of a senior Rajat, injuring him critically. mated about the arrest and ted to Nayati hospital on Agra- Samajwadi Party leader, was Later, some eye-witnesses advised to take departmental Mathura highway. While the arrested and sent to jail. rushed to rescue Rajat and action against Rohit after plac- woman was pronounced dead As per reports, constable also nabbed Rohit before calling him under suspension. by doctors, four others were Rohit Yadav aka Tillu, posted in ing the police. The accused cop Meanwhile in Mathura, a stated to be critical. ( Gautam Buddha Nagar, had was later handed over to the woman died and eight persons A case was registered and come to his native town police. were injured when two cars col- the body was sent for autopsy. %(/ ((3(#() They had also decided to create public awareness over he Kalyanpur police arrest- n view of the Lok Sabha elec- temple construction in Ted two thieves and recov- Itions, the proposed march of Ayodhya. ered stolen cash and valuables saints and seers to Ayodhya for However, with the model from them on Saturday the construction of Ram tem- code of conduct coming into morning. They confessed their ple has been postponed. force in the country from involvement in the theft com- The Akhara Parishad, at a March10, Akhara Parishad mitted in the house of Laxmi near Masjid, Kalyanpur. meeting held here, decided president Mahant Narendra Narain of Keshavpuram, Avas The arrested persons also that the fresh strategy and Giri said that fresh strategy Vikas-I, a few days ago. confessed their involvement dates for the construction of for the construction of Ram On a tip-off, the police in many other thefts in the past. Ram temple in Ayodhya Temple in Ayodhya would be arrested both the thieves near The police recovered nine would be announced after the chalked out after the Lok Dalhan culvert. They were pairs of anklet, seven pairs of parliamentary elections. Sabha elections. identified as Lalu alias Firoz bichhiya and 62,000 in cash During the Kumbh Mela, At the present moment, (23) of Astha Hotel, near from them. the Akhara Parishad had the earlier stand of proceed- Ganesh Ata Chakki, Both have a long criminal announced that the saints and ing to Ayodhya for construc- Maswanpur, Rawatpur Gaon, history and over half-a-dozen seers would proceed to tion of the Ram temple stands Kalyanpur and Akram (32) of cases are registered against Ayodhya after Holi for the postponed, Mahant Narendra House No. 55, Sarai Bazar, them, most at Kalyanpur police construction of Ram Temple. Giri added. station, in the past. The police team was led by sub-inspectors Jabir Hussain and Pankaj Kumar. Meanwhile, the police arrested three suspects involved in a triple murder case, includ- %,( ((2 er them. ing a couple. They were held in Gupta had submitted an Maharajpur police station area he Varanasi unit of Anti- application at Sonia police out- on Friday evening. TCorruption Organisation post to get report registered and Meanwhile, with the arrival , ! ! -. $$" ") / on Saturday caught incharge of the police outpost incharge of three bodies in the village 01 Sonia police outpost red hand- Mahesh Singh was investigat- from the mortuary on Saturday ed while taking bribe from a ing the matter. Gupta lodged afternoon, panic prevailed person. The police officer was complaint with local unit of among villagers. It may be sent to jail. Anti-Corruption Organisation recalled that over a dispute of According to information, (ACO) that the police officer playing Holi with neighbours, the victim, Rajkumar Gupta of was demanding bribe to regis- a couple and their elderly aunt Kabirchaura, had taken fran- ter the complaint. were battered to death in Allahabad (PNS): Five bodies for post-mortem exam- chise of a courier company and On the complaint of Gupta, Baijakheda village of persons died in mysterious ination. had employed a youth to deliv- a team of ACO reached the Maharajpur. circumstances on Friday in In the Dalit Basti of Karari er letters/parcels. Gupta had police outpost in disguise and They were identified as the neighbouring Kaushambi in Kaushambi district five per- alleged that the youth had not as per plan, when the com- Vijay Kishore, his wife Rina district. The local residents sons fell seriously ill on Friday delivered many letters/parcels plainant gave a bribe of 5,000, (32) and aunt Usha Devi (54). said that they died after con- and were rushed to two differ- and kept them at his home after the team apprehended the Vijay Kishore was employed in suming illicit liquor. ent hospitals where they making fake signatures of per- police officer red handed. a case a thread manufacturing unit in The police are tight-lipped breathed their last. The police son to whom he had to deliv- was registered in this regard. Pokharpur, Chakeri. over the issue, and have sent the tried to hush up the incident.

! " # $ S & !

Q vrq hq Qiyvurq i Wvwh Q hxhu Tvtu s hq iruhys s 8H`F Q vrpu Gq #u Ay Thuh h Tuvt 8r r Ahvhihq Shq Gpx!!% % hq Q vrq h Uv Uv Q vrpu Q Gq 8"" 6hv Dq vhy 6 rh Ihqh thw Gpx @qv ) 8uhqh Hv h Srvqr @qv ) Wvwh Q hxhu Tvtu SID I ! %$& Gpx Uryrur) @Q67Y) #"%% Ah) !"#$$'! 6yyhuhihq Pssvpr) $"! !#!' ' !#! ' "!(#% Fh Pssvpr) $ ! !"#% !"## % Wh hhv Pssvpr) $#! !# #!(# !# #!($ 9ryuv Pssvpr) I % 7ruvq Byhi 7uhh 7huhq Tuhu ahsh Hh t Ir 9ryuv ! Qur) # #$$ 8vphv Pssvpr) A" Trp % IPD96 Bhh 7qu Ihth ! " VQ Qur) !#'&(' C #'&(( ( ) *+, *-./

' 8/ " ()

% /1" % /1"

he district administration man was shot at by his rival held a meeting with all Aover a property-related Tthe SHOs regarding their issue in Kakori on Saturday duties in view of the upcoming noon giving the Lucknow Lok Sabha elections. The meet- police a tough task to handle in ing presided over by District the election season. The victim Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma suffered injuries on his stom- was attended by all the SHOs ach and his condition is said to at Collectorate on Saturday. be critical. There were reports Chief development officer that the youth was attacked on Manish Bansal, while giving an issue related to a girl. But details of the meeting, said that police spokesman AK Dwivedi the SHOs had been called to rubbished the reports. review certain activities in con- Jitendra Rawat (23) of nection with the law and order Gonda lives in Gurudin Kheda " +" / * situation during elections. locality. Around noon, when he “Once the nominations was in a mango grove, Vishal begin, the observers for elec- of Newada village of Malihabad tions will seek details of how reached the scene and opened " many booths are there under fire at the victim hitting him in the SHOs and how much force his stomach. He left the scene has been deployed at the leaving behind the profusely- booths. The observers try to ( $ ")2 $ $+3 "" * bleeding victim. Some villagers find out if the SHOs have all present in the mango grove the information about the deposited and in case there is said all endeavours were being ambulances. Meanwhile, for converged on the scene after booths,” he said. an exemption, formalities made to ensure that the partic- the benefit of voters, the they heard the gunshot and % /1" Bansal said the DM also should be completed at the ear- ipation of differently-abled Election Commission of India rushed the victim to Trauma reviewed the vulnerability liest. There are several people people was increased and for has started a voter helpline app. Centre. The police spokesman nidentified miscreant , mapping which had already who ask for exemption because that, 40 organisations from The district administration said the police arrested Vishal Ukilled a woman, trisected been carried out by the SHOs. of serious threats to their lives,” the district had been contact- officials said with the help of after launching several raids. “A her body before stuffing it in a “The vulnerability mapping is the CDO pointed out. ed. The DM said one wheel- this app, voters could search case of murderous assault was hand bag and abandoning it on # carried out to see if the thana Directions were also issued chair would be available at each their names in the electoral registered against Vishal. Initial a bench opposite Ram has any vulnerable areas where for physical verification of booth and there would be rolls and learn about their probe revealed that Vishal and Manohar Lohia Law University the voters can be intimidated liquor shops. The SHOs were 3,000-7,500 ‘matdan mitras’ respective booths. Jitendra had an enmity on a in Krishna Nagar early by other groups of people. informed that on March 26, 27 at the booths to bring the dif- “People can also fill form property-related issue and Saturday morning. The identi- These people have to be bound and 28, the zonal magistrates ferently-abled voters there. 6 online to register as voters because of that Jitendra was ty of woman was yet to be % /1" and action has to be taken would be visiting all the booths Sharma said that a rally of dif- and gain information about attacked,” he said. ascertained. Police recovered against them. The CDO said and the SHOs should be pre- ferently-abled people would EVMs and VVPATs. The app Meanwhile, a contractual some CCTV footages in which he recovery of unidenti- that instructions were also sent at that time. also be taken out so that vot- will also help them in making LESA employee Sooraj (26) of the man was seen moving Tfied bodies from different given regarding arm licences. Meanwhile, the District ers were inspired to step out of election-related complaints sector H colony in Gudamba towards the bench and leaving parts of the city always had “We have a total of 59,000 arm Magistrate held another meet- their house to exercise their and get answers to the various ended his life at his house on the place. But the cops failed to embarrassed the police and licences in the district. ing to ensure maximum partic- franchise. He said the differ- queries. They can also view the Saturday. He was hanging from search the suspect, who was tall tested its brilliance unsuc- Instructions were given to the ipation of the differently-abled ently-abled voters unable to results and poll analysis,” an the ceiling with a stole tied and had a sturdy built. The cessfully. Barring the murder SHOs to get the licenses voters in the elections. The DM walk would also be provided official said. around his neck. sniffer also failed to give any of 19-year-old law student lead to police. Gauri Srivastava, whose The incident gave a chill- chopped body parts were wounds suggested that she was ing reminder of Gauri recovered alongside the attacked with a sharp-edged 29 9 ) Srivastava murder case in Shaheed Path in Lucknow, weapon. Police are still empty- which the police had recovered the police failed to get head- handed in this matter. body parts stuffed in sacks way in several of them. In Mohanlalganj, the and strewn alongside the road In 2017, the Hasanganj police recovered several bod- (during the regime of then police had recovered an ies but failed to get any head- SSP Yashaswi Yadav) and unidentified decomposed way about the identity of vic- recovery of body parts of two body of a woman. The body tims and the perpetrators of women in Madiaon (when was stuffed inside a jute crime. On November 30, Rajesh Pandey was SSP, gunny-bag and was recov- 2010, the police recovered Lucknow). Police suspect that ered near Daliganj bridge semi-charred body of a % /1" ,2(. (2$.) the crime was committed by under Hasanganj police sta- woman from inside a field in 03(0 03. -2 . # 1. some disgruntled man who tion. Police are yet to get any Kankaha village. The police wo persons, including a was unhappy with his wife on headway. In the same year, the continued the probe for three Tfive-year-old boy, were 1/0 (-0. ( 323 some issues. police had recovered chopped months and later shelved the charred to death after the shan- As per reports, Vinay Lal of body parts of two women case. On November 26, 2012, ty in which they were resting 0.21 ..0 2 sector D1 of LDA colony spot- from IIM Road. The case was the police recovered the body caught fire on Saturday noon in "2 . (.) () ted the abandoned red- transferred to the crime of a woman from a drain in Gosainganj. Some livestock coloured bag lying on a bench branch on December 18, 2018, Pursaini village of also suffered burns in the -. 1,. 03. 3(05 fixed on the ground and meant after Madiaon police failed to Mohanlalganj. The probe into mishap. The villagers claimed 31".,. & 12. for morning walkers to rest make any breakthrough even the case continued for four that the fire broke out after a there. The bag also contained after marathon efforts. On months and was later shelved. high tension electric wire 0 (3.) 03. (2$ a torn letter. He dialled the January 22, 2019, the On August 22, 2015, the snapped and fell over the shan- police control number appre- Gosainganj police recovered Mohanlalganj police recovered ty. Police rubbished the claims hending some suspected explo- the body of an unidentified the body of an unidentified and said the fire broke out in a that the fire broke out after an sive material inside it. However, woman from thickets near woman but could not get any thatched roof and then in the electric wire snapped. when the cops opened the bag, Ekana stadium. The body was clue about her identity and the tin shed where the victims they were shocked. It con- stuffed in a suitcase. The miscreants. On September 16, ! """ $ "$$%&'& $( were sleeping. tained two chopped off hands, woman’s dress was in a dishev- 2017, the police recovered the As per reports, the victim, A case was registered at two legs and a head of a mid- elled state. Police are still body of an unidentified man identified as Jitendra Kumar Madiaon police station against dle-aged woman. The body empty-hand in this matter. from the forest cover in *+! (! (22), and his nephew Nishant a woman and her son in con- parts were wrapped in a poly- On June 22, 2018, a 24- Dhanuwasad village of (5), both of Shivlar of nection with the mysterious thene bag and the torso was year-old woman was behead- Mohanlalganj. The case is yet Gosainganj, were sleeping in death of insurance agent Bhola missing. Blood was trickling ed and her body was dumped to be cracked. The same is the % /1" were hurling expletives. Hearing Police said Abhishek and his sis- the shanty when the fire broke of Telibagh locality in Lucknow. down from the body parts and in a mango grove under BKT fate of a case in which the this, Abhishek went to the ter Arti suffered injuries in the out and they were charred to Bhola had suffered injuries it seemed that the woman was police station. Cops had sus- body of an unidentified ifteen persons suffered youths and asked them to go to brawl too. A sub-inspector was death. The villagers said an when he had gone to the house killed hours before. The hor- pected that she was first sex- woman was recovered in Finjuries in a bloody battle some other place as their act was booed by the villagers when he overhead wire snapped and it of Rekha (name changed) in rendous incident sent the entire ually assaulted and later her Mohanlalganj area on which erupted between two indecent. This irked the youths demanded the mobile number caught fire in a thatched roof connection with an insurance Lucknow police in a tizzy. head was chopped off. Her February 27, 2019. groups after a youth from one and they attacked Abhishek. To from a woman after intimidat- and later the fire engulfed the policy-related issue on March 19 Soon a huge team of police, led group tried to teach etiquettes save him, Abhishek’s maternal ing her in the name of investi- shanty. The villagers staged a and had died later. His family by ASP, East, reached the scene which a man was seen carrying were yet to ascertain the iden- to youths of the rival group in grandmother came in between gation. The villagers alleged protest at the crime scene and alleged that Rekha had taken a for carrying out the investiga- a red-coloured bag and was tity of the woman. “We are Sikanderpur village of and she was also attacked by one that the S-I was in a drunken obstructed the investigation huge sum from Bhola and sus- tion. The police teams sent the wobbling. The police sources looking for missing persons Gudamba on Friday night. of the attackers who lobbed a state and his intention seemed work being carried out by the pected that Bhola was killed due body parts to the mortuary for said the man was seen coming and matching the details. Among the victims is an elder- brick on her. This made sup- doubtful. “He had reached the police. They alleged that they to a dispute over that. “The doc- autopsy and combed the area to from a lane behind the bound- Some persons are being inter- ly woman, who suffered head porters of Abhishek to march to scene to oversee the investiga- had lodged a complaint about tors had recommended preser- search the missing torso but to ary wall where he had put the rogated,” he said. He added injuries and fractured her arms. the scene and soon it was free tion but indulged in act in the shabby state of the overhead vation of the the viscera as they no avail. The police detained bag on the seat. “It seemed that that the police were also look- She was admitted to a private for all. which he misbehaved with the wire to the Electric department failed to ascertain the cause of some persons and were inter- he was planning to dump it ing for the CCTV footages at hospital where her condition is “Police had identified some woman,” the villager alleged. but their complaint was never death. This made us grow sus- rogating them. somewhere but did not get time Metro rail stations, bus and critical. Reports said a group of of the youths in this connection The police spokesman said he addressed. The police picion. We demand a thread- During the initial probe, or could not spot a safe place,” railway stations to find out the raucous youths were standing and a preventive measure was had no such information when spokesman said the police were bare probe into the case,” the police succeeded in obtain- the sources said. Krishna Nagar way the suspect moved to near the house of Abhishek and being taken,” the police said. asked. cross-checking the allegation deceased’s family told police. ing some CCTV footages in CO LP Singh said the police hide himself. = 8&@@@ ! 0.-

' % /1" around gardens in their areas, and houses on March 20 % /1" but he was thrashed. Genda here are more than 7,000 morning. % /1" later drove his car on Dhruv Tsparrows in the city, as per “A counting form was dis- n irate group of villagers and his friend Onkar and the census carried out by tributed with awareness mate- anaging director of Aattacked a police team caused Dhruv to suffer serious Wildlife Institute of India rial. This activity forced the MLucknow Metro Rail while protesting against the injuries. Critically-injured and Biodiversity Lab of public to think about sparrow Corporation (LMRC) Kumar murder of a local youth who Dhruv was first taken to CHC Lucknow University on conservation. People were Keshav inspected the parking was killed allegedly for Maal but the doctors referred March 20 (World forced to make efforts to spaces at all the stations in the demanding his wages in Maal him to Trauma Centre in view Sparrow Day). bring the sparrows back,” she elevated corridor — from KD on Saturday afternoon. of his condition which was Coordinator, Wildlife said. The count was 2,503 in Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium to managing the parking areas at all Some commuters helped deteriorating fast. His family Centre, Amita Kanaujia said 2013, 3,362 in 2014, 5,637 in Munshipulia — on Saturday. the stations. “We have talked to cops in fleeing the scene by giv- later took him to a private they received an overwhelm- 2015, in 2016, 6,036 in 2017, The idea was to identify and him about the extra parking ing them a lift on their bikes hospital for better treatment but ing response in terms of and 7,066 in 2018. mark appropriate spaces for spaces that can be worked out. when they were being chased by Dhruv died there. SMSes and e-mails. She said She said that a study parking as the passenger count At Munshipulia station where the mob. The group literally laid “The police registered a the figures were still pouring which they had conducted is expected to increase. Several we have a large parking lot, the siege to the area and there was case of brawl, causing injuries in. “The numbers may recently in Lucknow passengers are boarding the entire space is always full,” he no reach of police for hours. An to him by reckless driving and increase as we are still getting showed many areas as dense, Metro and therefore, there is a pointed out. Keshav said they additional police force was sent also causing death due to neg- several responses from resi- highly developed and sur- need to increase the parking were happy to be receiving to the scene to control the sit- ligence,” police spokesman AK dents,” she said. 03. 2 .(. 2 03. /$#. 1- rounded by irregular rings of spaces in about 15 days. “We vis- encouraging number of footfalls. uation. Normalcy returned to Dwivedi said. He said Dhruv’s She pointed out that the diminishing development. ited all the stations and inspect- “Even after Holi, the number of the area only after senior offi- mother Shivrani had lodged a increase in the number of ( 1" ( #. (00 2#/0.) 01 Abdul Wahid, who made ed the spaces in front. We will passengers was 69,000,” he said. cials ably struck a dialogue complaint with the police on sparrows could be attributed a ‘Gauraiyya Conservation soon come out with a proposal. Regarding music in trains, he with agitators making them Friday. Sources said police did to the fact that there had been 03. -(0 03(0 03. . 3() #.. ( Centre’ with the help of his We need to create parking spaces said they had made no arrange- agree to end their protest. not register a case of murder a lot of efforts made for con- 10 1- .--1 0 $(). -1 03. wife Rafiya Anjum in 2016, for two-wheelers,” Keshav said. ments for music in trains Dhruv of Gopramau village of against Genda and this stirred servation of sparrows lately. said a lot of birds visited his He said there were some sta- because it was supposed to be a the area was working as a up the villagers. “On Saturday, “We are making a database of 1. ,(021 1- #2 ) (0.5 centre on World Sparrow Day. tions, such as the one in quiet and serene mode of trans- labourer at the house of Genda they put the corpse on the road all the people who have “A lot of sparrows and Indiranagar, on the main road port. “However, we have Singh, also of Goparamau vil- while protesting against the responded to us and we will bird experts have visited the and they would try and affix arrangements for music at the lage, and Rs 42,00 was due to police apathy. A police team invite them at a common efforts made for sparrow con- Kanaujia said since 2009, centre. However, we have not some kind of a ramp to help the stations and we also have bands Dhruv as wages. On Holika day was sent to the scene to clear the platform and give them spar- servation. These people have an appeal was being made to got any help from the state or bikers park their vehicles in the to perform at many of the sta- (March 20), Dhruv went to road and this ended up in a row houses and ‘Gauraiyya made a proactive endeavour,” the general public every year Central governments,” he pavements. The LMRC MD said tions in the North-South corri- meet Genda to take the money brawl,” the sources said. Mitra’ certificates for the she added. to count sparrows in and added. they had a contractor who was dor,” he added. ( ) *+, *-./ 0:! ' "! (

% /1" “We are already meeting “This 7-day event had “Reports have stated in the increasing. Only an alliance of political parties that have linked raised awareness about air pol- past, more than 2 .6 lakh deaths government and general pub- limate Agenda will be us to their manifesto teams. lution and gathered support occurred due to air pollution- lic can tide over the crisis,” she Claunching on Monday the However, we are not too sure from political parties, execu- borne diseases in India during said. public manifesto for political how much of this they will tives, public and civil soci- 2017. A UNICEF report says Ekta said clean air should parties on the issue of air pol- adopt and hence we will be eties. All mainstream political that four infants die in Uttar be announced as the funda- lution in view of the upcoming putting this in the public parties had promised to pay Pradesh every hour due to mental right for all under Lok Sabha elections. Senior domain so that people can ask utmost attention to the issue in toxicity in ambient air. Almost NCAP. “People must engage in campaigner of Climate Agenda these political parties in future their political manifestos for all the hospitals in the state are efforts by governments and Ekta Shekhar said the mani- regarding how they are dealing the Lok Sabha elections,” Ekta now full of patients with res- NGOs to clean the air, as the festo had been made with the with air pollution,” She said. pointed out. She said that solar piratory problems. Patients issue of air pollution cannot be help of organisations in 40 The same organisation had energy, electric vehicles and from all parts of the state reach addressed by anyone alone. districts of the state. She said kept an artificial white pair of eco-friendly waste disposal hospitals like KGMU and it Each one of us can contribute they had been taking this man- HEPA filter lungs in the city in mechanisms, along with indi- shows that air pollution is not in this fight to bring back ifesto to various political par- January earlier this year. The vidual behavioural change, limited to a specific part or clean air to our cities by utmost ties so that they adopted its lungs had turned black within have the potential to bring region of the state. It happens utilisation of solar energy and points in their respective man- 24 hours, highlighting serious back clean air to Uttar Pradesh every year and the number of public transport based on clean ifestos. health hazards. and entire country. patients is continuously energy,” she added.

, - ! ,, !++ ( " $ "" )) % /1" from the state government and Telecom department has arrears * the amount will be deposited, of Rs 7-8 lakh,” the chief engi- ))* ucknow Electricity Supply process for which is on,” he neer pointed out. . + " ** LAdministration is in the pointed out. He said that a num- He said LESA had over process of collecting arrears ber of primary schools in Itaunja three lakh domestic con- % /1" from government departments and Chinhat had arrears to the sumers, 40,000 commercial for over the past six months to tune of Rs 2.11 crore. “The pri- consumers and 6,000 industrial he light and sound show one year. LESA is currently car- mary health centre in Bakshi- consumers. “The maximum Twill commence at Residency rying out revenue drive and has Ka-Talab has arrears of Rs 2.39 revenue (over 65 per cent) after three months. Regional collected Rs 73 crore. crore and there are 200 such comes from domestic con- tourism officer RP Yadav said the Chief engineer Pradeep centres in total,” he added. sumers, 20 per cent from com- delay was caused by delayed Kakkar said that the target for “Social Welfare department mercial consumers and 15 per layout of the technical system to March was Rs 140 crore. He on Parag Narain Road owes cent from the industries,” support the show. pointed out that major revenues LESA Rs 40 lakh while Kakkar said. He said that smart “The Archaeological Survey comes from all the top govern- Lucknow Development meters were being installed in of India (ASI) has brought about ment departments, including Authority has arrears of Rs 2.2 three trans-Gomti divisions, certain changes which need to be police, defence and railways. crore which will be paid short- including Chinhat, Bakshi- incorporated. A sum of Rs 3.5 The chief engineer said that the ly. The Forest department owes Ka-Talab and Rahimnagar. police department owed LESA LESA Rs 25-30 lakh while “After the installation of smart Rs 11 crore. “We have submit- Lucknow Municipal meters, people will receive ted the bills at the SSP office Corporation Rs 14-15 lakh from SMSes on their mobiles and after getting the same verified its zonal office in Gomti Nagar every consumer will receive the from police station incharges. and the workshop behind a mall bills on the first day of every Now, grants will be sought in trans-Gomti area. The month,” he said.

! " # $ ( !

crore has already been given to " ! ) % Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam. They will also be making a script for staging of the % /1" nalling, he said it would start show,” he said. from Polytechnic crossing and Yadav said the show would he smart signalling system go up to Bandariya Bagh, thus be showcased near the museum Tunder the Integrated covering all the crossings on at the Residency. “It is the place Management Traffic System this route. “The company where the show was originally (IMTS) will be implemented in which has taken up the job of held earlier,” he said. Meanwhile, the form of 6-7 corridors in the implementation is lagging he said that the Tourism depart- city shortly. According to ASP behind by 3-4 months in its ment was also carrying out beau- (Traffic) Abhishek Verma, it schedule, and we have direct- tification of Buddheshwar tem- will be implemented at all the ed it to implement the project ple on Sitapur and a sum of Rs 105 crossings of the city in the at the earliest,” he said. 75 lakh had been given to the next 2-3 months. “The company will be department for the purpose. He said that the issue of starting with a few corridors implementation in the form of because it has limited corridors was taken up after the resources. The company has company faced some problems given us a timeline of 2-3 in the pilot study which was months in which the project taken up near Indira Gandhi will start working in the entire Pratishthan and at Hazratganj two crossings. Now, the com- manner from the preceding city,” Verma said. crossing. pany is implementing it as a crossing,” he explained. Smart signalling is a sys- “The company was not sat- junction or as a corridor. Six Verma said the imple- tem in which the manual isfied with the manner in which to seven crossings will form a mentation of smart signalling workforce will be reduced on it was being conducted at these perfect corridor because the to be done shortly would no roads and traffic will be reg- standalone thing is not work- longer be a pilot study but ulated in an intelligent way by ing,” he said. proper implementation. using sensors and analytics. “In case of a standalone, “There will be a total of 19 The violators will be fined the traffic comes from all corridors (105 crossings) in through automatic number sides which makes it very dif- the city where the smart sig- plate deduction cameras. ficult to regulate and hence it nalling will be implemented,” There will also be surveillance can be tested in a better fash- the ASP (Traffic) said. cameras to check the move- ion in a corridor where the Giving the example of one ment of any suspicious vehi- traffic comes in a regulated corridor under smart sig- cle through various crossings. , '' Lucknow (PNS): Two H1N1 infection so far. The lady doctors from SGPGI doctors down with swine flu and KGMU were among 11 have been identified as swine flu cases reported Kalika Dubey (SGPGI) and from different parts of city Saumya (KGMU). Other on Saturday. Till now, 473 patients included Mamta patients have been identified Srivastava, Padmeshwari in the city while four deaths Devi, Mithilesh Kumari, reported, according to CMO Swapnil Agarwal, Sandhya officials. However, according Sharma, Dev Ashish Malik, to sources, seven persons Mukesh Rastogi, Md have succumbed to the Raheem, and Jai Ram. -8//0-!+ ' ! " /! Shreyash Sharma, a student of City Montessori School, Kanpur Road, has been offered admission by six universities of USA and Hong Kong with scholarship. Shreyash has been awarded 100% scholarship by the University of Hong Kong. He has also been awarded scholarship of US$ 1,60,000 by Florida Institute of Technology, US$ 1,40,000 Trinity University and by Bellarmine University Columbia College of USA. and US$ 40,000 by CMS founder Jagdish University of Cincinnati of Gandhi congratulated USA. Besides, he has also Shreyash and expressed been offered admission by gratitude to the teachers. ( ) *+, *-./ % & -

." ).32 "When anti-national slo- gans were raised in JNU you " $" ":/ ontinuing his attack on called it freedom of expression CCongress president Rahul and you also went there in their " 1 "/ $" Gandhi's close aide Sam Pitroda support. This is an example of "# for allegedly taking a dim view your abhorrent vote bank poli- of Pulwama terror attack and tics". New Delhi: Returning fire on diplomacy was feeling very surgical strike against Pakistan, The BJP president also BJP’s tirade against Sam shy yesterday. BJP president Amit Shah on rejected the Congress distanc- Pitroda for allegedly going “Guess? Chowkidar hid Saturday accused the Congress ing itself from Pitroda's com- soft on Pakistan, the Congress the fact that he had wished Pak of "insulting" the martyrdom of ments by terming them as his on Saturday took potshots at PM on Pak National Day with- soldiers killed in the Pulwama personal views, as he wondered Prime Minister Narendra out a word on Pak terrorism. terror attack and claimed that "what is personal view in poli- Modi for sending best wishes "Muscular politics soap only BJP can ensure the coun- tics". to his Pakistani counterpart opera for people and media try's security. ! -(" 01 The Congress president Imran Khan on the eve of the only," Surjewala said on In the continuing poll-cam- should tender an apology with- neighbouring country’s nation- Twitter. paign slugfest with the Congress, Gandhi. Government's "zero tolerance" out any delay, he demanded. al day saying he should stop The Congress leader also Shah asked Rahul to apologise His comments, including against it to assert that only the sending “love letters” to tweeted, "Modi ji, Stop writing to people and armed forces for that one cannot "jump on entire saffron party is capable of secur- Islamabad. this Love Letter to Pakistan". the comments of his aide. nation" (Pakistan) just because ing India. Modi had sent a letter to He posted a video of Speaking to media, Shah some people from there "came "I want to reassure people of Khan, greeting the people of Modi's interview to a channel said Pitroda's statement con- here and attacked" in reference this country that only the BJP Pakistan on the eve of its where Modi during the UPA veyed that the Pulwama terror to Pulwama terror attack, were can provide security to the National Day and highlighting time is saying Pakistan needs attack was a "routine" incident Friday seized on by Prime country, can give a befitting ! the importance of a terror-free to be talked to in the language carried out by a few people for Minister Narendra Modi to lead response to terrorism and can South Asia. It was Khan who it understands and that writing which Pakistan cannot be the BJP's all-out attack against foil Pakistan's conspiracy," he New Delhi: BJP president Amit made Modi’s gesture public. love letters to it should be blamed, as the BJP chief asked the Congress on the issues of ter- said. The Modi Government has Shah will launch the party's poll Congress chief spokesper- stopped. He was referring to ." ).32 jump in income. Rahul to make his party's stand rorism. succeeded in isolating Pakistan campaign after the Lok Sabha son Randeep Surjewala then prime minister "In his election affidavit in clear on the issue. Keeping the heat on the internationally and the morale election schedule was reminded Modi of his own Manmohan Singh's letter to laiming that Congress 2004, his income was Pitroda, he said , also ques- opposition party on the issues of of security forces is sky high, he announced with a rally in Agra words asking him to stop writ- then Pakistan President. Cpresident Rahul Gandhi 55,38,123 while in 2009, it tioned surgical strikes and air terrorism and nationalism in the said. in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, ing “love letters” to Pakistan Senior Congress leader has no ostensible source of rose to 2 crore and in 2014 it strikes by the Indian armed run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, Shah said the Congress and its top leaders will hold ral- and alleged that his “muscular Kapil Sibal too pitched in say- income, the BJP on Saturday rose to 9 crore. We know how forces. Shah said the Congress is known president on March 7 had said lies in every constituency across politics” is aimed at only the ing: "Remember Modiji...You questioned the substantial rise much an MP earns. We want "Does the Congress believe for "vote bank" and "appease- that questions raised on air the country till Tuesday. people and the media. embraced (then Pakistani pre- in his income between 2004 to ask what is this Rahul that terror incidents in the coun- ment" politics during election strikes should be answered. Asserting that national securi- The attack came after mier) Nawaz Sharif, called and 2014. Gandhi model of development try have nothing to do with the and asked if such politics can be "But whose questions he ty plank will figure high on the Modi sent his best wishes to him to your inauguration and BJP leader and Union without an ostensible source of Pakistan government or above national interest and the wants to be answered and who party's 'Vijay Sankalp' (Pledge Khan on the Pakistan National showed what a change it would Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad income," he said. Pakistan Army?" Shah asked, "blood of martyrs". raising questions on Indian Air for Victory) rallies planned Day, which is celebrated to be. It was you who shared a told the media that Congress He also questioned Rahul seeking Congress President's The BJP president then Force. Who do you support? It for Sunday and Tuesday, senior mark the Lahore Resolution on birthday bash, gave him gifts. leader's income had risen from whether he had bought two response. drew a comparison between is not proper for the national party leader Mulkhtar Abbas March 23 each year. While our PM never visited over 55 lakh in 2004 to 9 properties from Unitech which Pitroda is Indian Overseas the Congress-led UPA dispen- president of a party to raise such Naqvi said the BJP will launch “Mr 56” of the Sari-Shawl- Pakistan, you gave him gifts crore in 2014 as per his elec- was linked to the 2G spectrum Congress chief and is seen to be sation's "no strong action" questions and doubt the IAF," he "ground strike" against "abusers Impromptu Pak visit for and then you are teaching us tion affidavits, and asked how allocation scam, PTI quoted one of the key advisers to against terrorism and the Modi said. of security forces". PNS Birthday-ISI invite fame lessons on Pakistan?" can a mere MP witness such a BJP leader as saying. 7 4 "" $O "P7 * "

!" P "$ ." ).32 Dal-Secular, Rashtriya Janata honestly claim to be Dr Lohia's inspiration from Lohia have , Dal and Sharad Yadav's followers that opposed the NDA completely abandoned his prin- Lucknow: Samajwadi Party schizophrenic." rime Minister Narendra Loktantrik Janata Dal, which will Government's move to abolish ciples. They are leaving no Bengaluru: Ending days of Gowda ceded the Hassan chief Akhilesh Yadav on "On the one hand they try PModi on Saturday utilised merge with the RJD after the the inhuman practice of triple opportunity to insult him... suspense, Janata Dal (Secular) seat that he had been repre- Saturday termed the BJP to co-opt Gandhi Ji, Bhagat the 109th birth anniversary of Lok Sabha polls, were some of talaq," he alleged. Lohia always believed that on Saturday said its national senting to his grandson Prajwal “schizophrenic” and alleged Singh, Sardar Patel, Dr socialist ideologue Ram the parties formed on socialist Hitting out at the Congress, dynastic politics was inimical to president and former Prime Revanna. that the party tries to co-opt Ambedkar and Dr Lohia and Manohar Lohia to hit out at ideology. Modi said whenever Lohia democracy. He would have been Minister HD Deve Gowda will Amid doubts about icons like Mahatma Gandhi, on the other hand they follow socialist parties by dubbing as Modi claimed Lohia would spoke, the Congress "trembled flabbergasted to see his 'follow- contest the Lok Sabha poll Gowda contesting the polls, BR Ambedkar and Ram "reprehensible" be "proud" of the NDA with fear". He said Lohia had ers' think about their own fam- from Tumkur. as he had earlier indicated Manohar Lohia but follows their efforts to Government led by the BJP for once claimed that during the ilies first instead of the nation," The 85-year-old JD(S) he would not, there was people who these leaders form a grand following his ideas. Congress regime neither agri- he wrote. patriarch had earlier expressed speculation that he may disagreed with. alliance with "Dr Lohia's thoughts inspire culture and industry nor the Modi alleged that these par- doubts about contesting the contest from Bangalore The remarks by the SP the Congress. us. He wrote about modernising Army improved. ties are "experts at grabbing polls, saying he was thinking North. Though there was chief came in response to He said Lohia agriculture and empowering "These words can accurate- power, looting as much as pos- about his “usefulness” in the pressure within JD(S) for Prime Minister Narendra would be "hor- farmers, which the NDA ly describe even subsequent sible and exploiting others. Poor national capital. their party supremo to Modi's blog in which he dubbed people who these leaders rified" as most of these parties Government is effectively doing Congress regimes, where farm- people, tribals, Dalits, OBCs “Former PM and JD(S) contest from Bangalore North, the efforts of regional parties to opposed and disagreed with." claim to be his followers. through efforts such as PM ers were harassed, industry was and women are not safe in their national president HD Deve it was apprehensive about form a grand alliance with the In a blog to mark the 109th In a blog to mark the 109th Kisan Samman Nidhi, Krishi discouraged (except if they rule because these parties give a Gowda will contest from Congress' complete support Congress as "reprehensible", birth anniversary of Lohia, birth anniversary of Lohia, Modi Sinchai Yojana, e-Nam, Soil belonged to friends and relatives free run to criminals and anti- Tumkur Parliamentary con- there as most party's MLAs saying socialist ideologue Ram Modi alleged, "Today those alleged, "Today those parties Health Cards and more," he said of Congress leaders) and nation- social elements."He said people stituency as JD(S)-Congress there are considered close to Manohar Lohia would be "hor- parties that falsely claim to be that falsely claim to be Dr. in the blog shared on Twitter. al security was ignored," the PM should realise as as to how can combined candidate,” JD(S) Gowda's bete noire rified" as most of these parties Dr Lohia's followers are des- Lohia's followers are desperate to Referring to gender inequal- wrote. Noting that anti- those who betrayed Lohia be spokesperson Ramesh Babu Siddaramaiah. claim to be his followers. perate to form an opportunis- form an opportunistic 'maha- ity, the Prime Minister said Congressism was Lohia's "heart expected to serve the nation. said in a statement. It was feared that the Accusing the BJP of prac- tic 'maha-milawat' or adulter- milawat' or adulteration alliances nothing pained Lohia more than and soul", Modi said, "Today they are betraying Gowda will file his nomi- MLAs may seek to take tising double standards, Yadav ation alliances with the same with the same Congress (which the caste hierarchy and inequal- "Unfortunately, today Lohia the principles of Dr Lohia, nation on March 25, he said, revenge for the former Chief wrote on Twitter, "I wonder Congress (which Lohia Lohia opposed). It is both iron- ity between women and men. would be horrified at the polit- tomorrow they will also betray adding that JD(S) and Minister's defeat from which principles are being spo- opposed). It is both ironical and ical and reprehensible." "But neck deep in vote bank ical developments taking place." the people of India," Modi Congress leaders will be pre- Chamundeshwari in the 2018 ken of. The BJP seems to be reprehensible." The Samajwadi Party, Janata politics, it was parties that dis- "Those parties that claim alleged. sent on the occasion. Assembly polls. - "+- ,' '')' 9 . ! ) .! 1(0( Launching a vitriolic attack ets of Anil Ambani” in Rafale Swabhimani Shetkari Jaati Jamati Party, Ganrajya on Modi for “peddling lies (fighter craft) case. ! ! Sanghatana (SSS) will contest Sangh, Maharashtra Parivatran $/$#(2 were opposed to Bangade’s n a bid to occupy the anti- wherever he goes,” he said Gandhi was campaigning two seats, while Hitendra Sena, Swabhimani RPI and candidature. IBJP, anti-Trinamool adding the coming election in favour of Congress candidate AB& A@ Thakur-led Bahujan Vikas RPI (Kharat). n embarrassed former Chavan also suggested to Congress space in Bengal, will see a battle of ideologies. Isha Khan Chowdhury who is Aghadi (BVA) and Yuva Launching a blistering AChief Minister Ashok the caller that he should speak Congress president Rahul “On two sides of the political contesting in place of his cousin Swabhimani Paksha (YSP) will attack against the ruling BJP, Chavan on Saturday dismissed to Mukul Wasik, who was Gandhi on Saturday attacked spectrum are: Congress which sister and sitting MP Mausam $/$#(2 fight one seat each. Chavan said: “We have formed speculation about his impend- “calling the shots” in the selec- both Narendra Modi and is fighting for the unity of the Benazir Noor who is contest- Addressing a joint news Mahaghatbandhan by involving resignation as the tion of candidates for the state. Mamata Banerjee with match- country and the BJP-RSS which ing on a Trinamool Congress fter weeks of close-door conference with NCP’s State ing political parties represent- Maharashtra Pradesh Congress "But Mukul Wasnik is no one ing ferocity, calling the former want to drive a wedge between ticket. Aconfabulations, the president Jayant Patil and for- ing all sections of the society Committee president, after an in front of you," the caller said. ‘a vendor of lies’ and the latter castes and communities.” Attacking Noor for betray- Congress and NCP on Saturday mer Deputy Chief Minister Ajit including farmers, labourers, audio tape in which he is At one stage, Chavan is ‘an autocrat of sorts’ who does Piercing the Prime ing the people as “you elected formalised the seat-sharing Pawar, Maharashtra Pradesh women, Dalits, minorities, heard telling a party worker heard saying: “I have also “whatever she likes.” Minister with the Chowkidar her on Congress ticket but she arrangement for the Congress Committee (MPCC) youth and oppressed sections. that ‘No one is listening to me. informed the party. Nobody is Incidentally, Gandhi’s spike Gandhi said Modi is a switched over to the TMC “Mahaghatbandhan” con- president Ashok Chavan said: The NDA Government is I am planning to resign" went listening to me. I am planning attack comes weeks after person who not only “tells lies under pressure from that party,” stituents in Maharashtra, with “There are in all 56 political par- indulging in “Jumle baji”. T h e r e viral in the State. to resign”. Congress leader in Lok Sabha throughout the day,” but also Gandhi said the people will the two main parties, deciding ties in Maharashtra’s is a lot of unhappiness among An audio tape of a con- A former Chief Minister of and his senior party colleague “functions as a chowkidar take account of their betrayers. to contest 24 and 20 seats Mahaghatbandhan. Leaders of common people in the state. versation between Chavan and Maharashtra, Chavan was Mallikarjun Kharge joined (watchman) of the rich people.” Noor however said she had respectively and leave the all political parties are present The BJP-Sena Government has a party activist from questioned about the audio Banerjee along with 21 other The common people like turned coat inspired by the remaining four seats to small- here”. wreaked havoc in the State. It Chandrapur, who identified tape in circulation at a news national leaders in a the unemployed, farmer work- good works done by Mamata er parties. Apart from the Congress, has failed to deliver on all himself as one Rajurkar, in conference called to announce Mahagathbandhan (grand ers do not need chowkidars, he Banerjee. Under the seat-sharing NCP and three other con- fronts. Our intention to throw which the former expressed the formalisation of the seat- alliance) rally in Kolkata. The said insisting only “the rich Taking on Banerjee for arrangement hammered stituents, the other major con- out Governments at the Centre desire from his post as the State sharing arrangement among rally was held on February 19 people like Anil Ambani” need giving Bengal an autocratic among the constituents of stituents in the Opposition’s and in the State. Congress chief went viral on the “Mahaghatbandhan” con- from where all the leaders them. Attacking Modi for Government Gandhi said, “it is “Mahaghatbandhan”, the umbrella coalition include: the Chavan charged that the Saturday. stituents in the State. vouched for a united India “defending the corrupt and a one-man show going on in Congress will contest 24 seats People’s Republic Party Amit Shah-led party was prac- In the mobile conversa- Though he indirectly and united Opposition to fight fugitives” like Mehul Chowksi, Bengal. The person who runs out of the total 48 Lok Sabha (Kavade), RPI tising “Saam, dham, Dhand, tion, the caller voiced resent- admitted that the tape was gen- down a “communal BJP.” Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya this Government never takes seats in the State, while the (Democratic),Swabhimani Bhed” politics and said that ment over the nomination of uine one, Chavan said that a Mendacity is the hallmark who have defrauded the banks anyone’s suggestions. She does NCP will field candidates in 20 Republican Paksha, Bhim Sena, many smaller parties were suf- Vinayak Bangade as a private conversation had no of the Prime Minister, Gandhi of thousands of crores of rupees whatever she likes,” adding the constituencies. Of the remain- United Republican Paksha, fering because of the ques- Congress candidate for the relevance in politics. He clar- said in North Malda from Gandhi said the Prime Minister present Government was “not ing four seats, the smaller par- Maharashtra Muslim Sangh, tionable politics indulged in by Chandrapur Lok Sabha seat ified that he had no plans to where he commenced his elec- had “taken the common man’s better than the one run by the ties — Raju Shetti-led All India Vimukta Bhatkya the principal ruling party. and said that the party cadres quit as the MPCC chief. toral campaign in Bengal. 30,000 crore to fill the pock- previous Left Front.” '"" % - O Sabha seats of Jammu-Poonch With the entry of phases to ensure fool proof and Udhampur- Doda. With Mehbooba Mufti in the fray the security arrangements. this announcement she has Anantnag Parliamentary seat is Meanwhile, in another sig- come on the same page with the set to witness quadangular con- nificant development former National Conference and the test. National Conference has IAS officer Shah Faesal on ($$/ Congress party. fielded Justice (Retd) Hasnain Saturday said that his party Mufti Mohd Sayeed. The former Chief Minister Masoodi, while BJP has given won’t contest the upcoming eoples Democratic Party She had defeated National said the decision was taken to mandate to Sofi Yousaf while Lok Sabha elections. P(PDP) president Mehbooba Conference candidate prevent division of ‘secular’ Congress is yet to announce Addressing a press confer- Mufti has thrown her hat in the Mehboob Beg by a margin of votes in the Jammu region. name of its candidate. ence at Press Club in Srinagar, poll arena by deciding to con- over 65,000 votes in 2014 Lok She also announced that Due to security concerns, Faesal said that they will test Lok Sabha polls from Sabha polls. Agha Mohsin would be the LS bypolls weren’t conducted in strengthen the party first before Anantnag parliamentary seat. Addressing a press confer- party’s candidate for Srinagar Anantnag since April 2017. taking the poll plunge. She had earlier vacated the ence in Srinagar on Saturday, parliamentary seat. In view of the prevailing Faesal launched his ‘Jammu seat in June 2016 to become Mehbooba also announced her The party had given man- security situation the Election & Kashmir Peoples Movement’ Chief Minister of the State party's decision of not fielding date to Qayoom Wani from Commission of India has decid- party during a function in 2 2 " - )"" -" 01 after the demise of her father any candidate from two Lok Baramulla constituency. ed to conduct polls in three Srinagar on last Sunday. ( ) *+, *-./ ' - 0& * " ?B/ :0 1 $ #.(/ / much presence in the the support of senior BJP leader ! 2( Vokkaliga bastion. and former Karnataka Chief $ ndependent candidate and However, BJP's state lead- Minster S M Krishna, a promi- Imulti lingual actress ership was one in supporting nent Vokkaliga leader from $/$#(2 (0( The opposition Sumalatha received a big boost her as an independent so she Mandya. . ; 'Mahagathbandhan' Friday Saturday with the BJP deciding could continue to bank on the Despite losing Mandya Lok JP leader and Maharashtra eft parties of Bihar on announced its seat-sharing for- to support her in Mandya to support of disgruntled Sabha seat in the bypolls in Bschool education minister LSaturday slammed the mula for the 40 Lok Sabha seats take on Chief Minister H D Congress leaders in Mandya, November 2018, BJP had made ." ).32 Mallya was declared a Vinod Tawde said on Saturday Mahagathbandhan (Grand in Bihar, half of which will be Kumaraswamys son Nikhil in who are upset about their significant inroads, with party proclaimed offender by the that Congress and NCP lead- Alliance) for excluding them in fought by the RJD and nine by the Lok Sabha polls. party's decision to cede the seat candidate Siddaramaiah, a Delhi court has ordered court on January 4 last year for ers in the state have lost peo- the seat-sharing formula saying the Congress. Sumalatha, widow of actor- to JD(S). political greenhorn and former Aattachment of liquor baron evading its summons in the ple's trust. the decision was not in sync with New entrants to the Grnad turned-politician M H Congress and JD(S) have civil servant securing 2,44,404 Vijay Mallya's properties in case. They do not have faith in the ground realities in the state. Alliance Upendra Kushwaha's Ambareesh, decided to contest been arch rivals in old Mysuru votes, its best performance Bengaluru in a case relating to The court had on May 8 themselves too, he said. The CPI(ML) Liberation, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party as an independent after being region, especially Mandya. there. FERA violations. last year directed the attach- "Maharashtra Congress the major Left party in Bihar, (RLSP) and Mukesh Sahni's denied a ticket by the Congress, Both parties forged an BJP on Saturday also Chief Metropolitan ment of Mallya's properties in chief Ashok Chavan says said it would now contest in five Vikasheel Insan Party (VIP) which is now facing trouble in alliance to form the govern- announced that Muniswamy S, Magistrate Deepak Sherawat the case through the Bengaluru nobody listens to him and seats and extend support to the will field candidates on five and the district over conceding the ment after the 2018 assembly a Bruhat Bengaluru issued fresh directions after the Police commissioner and (NCP supremo) Sharad Pawar CPI and the CPI(M) which three seats respectively. Former seat to it's ruling coalition poll results and are fighting the Mahanagara Palike corporator Bengaluru Police, through sought a report on it. never does what he says," have declared their nominees for chief minister Jitan Ram partner JD(S). Lok Sabah polls together, from Kadugudi, would be its Enforcement Directorate's spe- It had declared Mallya a Tawde said. two Lok Sabha constituencies. Manjhi's Hindustan Awam BJP's Central Election according to the coalition candidate for the Kolar Lok cial public prosecutor N K proclaimed offender for evad- The leaders of the BJP and "Had the Left been taken Morcha (HAM) has been given Committee Secretary Jagat arrangement. Sabha seat. Matta and advocate Samvedna ing summons in a Foreign its ally Shiv Sena, on the other aboard, it would have added to three seats. Prakash Nadda announced the Sumalatha's late husband With the announcement Verma, sought more time to Exchange Management Act hand, practise what they the credibility of the challenge "The Left had, on its own, partys decision to support Ambareesh had contested and for two seats on Saturday, BJP execute its earlier order in this (FERA) violation case after preach, he said. that the anti-BJP parties seek to decided to contest very few Sumalatha, as he read out the won from Mandya in the past has so far announced candi- regard. noting that he had failed to "Sharad Pawar said that pose to the NDA. It seems the seats this time in order to pre- list of candidates for various and enjoys popularity among dates for 23 (including The court directed the state appear despite repeated sum- (NCP leader and his nephew Grand Alliance has not learnt its vent division of anti-BJP votes. Lok Sabha seats across the the masses there. Mandya) out of total of 28 Lok police to attach the properties monses. Ajit Pawar's son) Parth will not lessons from the betrayal of The manner in which the seats country in Delhi. She had filed her nomina- Sabha seats in the state. by July 10, the next date of It had on April 12, 2017 contest Lok Sabha election, mandate," CPI(ML) Liberation have been allocated can be With Congress ruling out tion as an independent on The first list of 21 candi- hearing. issued an open-ended non- but now Parth is contesting," state secretary Kunal said in a called anything but just," Kunal fielding Sumalatha for Mandya, Wednesday and enjoys the dates was announced on The Bengaluru Police had bailable warrant (NBW) against Tawde pointed out, saying this statement. added. The CPI(ML) has already saying it would go to JD(S), support of many within the Thursday. earlier informed the court that the liquor baron. has left people confused. He was referring to Chief announced candidature of Raju clamour had grown within BJP Kannada film industry, with The five seats for which the it had identified 159 properties Unlike a non-bailable war- Chavan was unable to han- Minister Nitish Kumar, who Yadav, from Ara. The NDA has to induct her and field her as film stars Darshan and Yash party is yet announce its can- belonging to Mallya, but had rant, an 'open-ended NBW' dle his own constituency and heads the JD(U), walking out of fielded Union minister R K the candidate, as a section among others by her side dur- didates are Koppal, Raichur, not been able to attach any of does not carry a time limit for his supporters were leaving the Mahagathbandhan in 2017 Singh, the sitting BJP MP, from believed it would help the saf- ing campaigning. Bangalore South, Bangalore them. execution. the party, Tawde claimed. and returning to the NDA. the seat. fron party, which doesn't have Sumalatha had also sought Rural and Chikkodi.

>>> the Kozhikode DCC president, in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka ;&& $ < 9: )2 for the Wayanad seat but he has have also demanded that the From Page 1 backed out. Siddique said he also party president contest the Lok Gandhi’s candidature from wants Gandhi to contest from Sabha elections from the Wayanad will energise the the Wayanad seat. The election respective states. The Congress = 710 " $ Congress party in South India convention of the party-led earlier this month had and thus the party can win UDF for Wayanad constituency announced that Rahul Gandhi #.(/ / O and Panama. majority of seats from the region, will unanimously urge Gandhi will contest from his bastion Searches have been con- " the leaders said. The Congress to contest from the seat, he Amethi and Sonia Gandhi from he Karnataka-Goa Income ) $ ducted in 26 cases involving had earlier proposed T Siddique, added. The Congress state units Rae Bareli. ($$/ TTax region has detected foreign assets," Balakrishnan "Although majority of and unearthed about Rs 800 ## +, ! added. licensed weapon holders crore worth foreign assets and On Benami prohibition,he he Jammu & Kashmir deposited their weapons in started prosecution in three said the I-T department detect- Tpolice Saturday booked 52 police stations but some peo- cases, a top department official ed a unique modus operandi in persons in Rajouri district for ple paid no attention to the said here Saturday. - % . Goa, where foreigners used to ignoring administrative orders order even after police served "Till date the directorate ! acquire properties which were to deposit their licensed them reminder through has detected and unearthed not registered in their names. weapons in police stations in notices," a police spokesman foreign assets worth close to 0 P "Enquiries have revealed run-up to the upcoming par- said. approximately 800 crore. that many foreigners had paid liamentary polls. Taking note of it, he said Prosecution has been launched consideration for villas and Rajouri, which falls in various cases under relevant in three cases under the Black assessees in the mining busi- were occupying the same for Jammu parliamentary segment, sections of law have been reg- Money Act. Prosecution ness, evidence of laundering more than a decade without is going to polls in the first istered against the violators in notices have already been the money abroad to clear getting it registered or trans- phase on April 11. police stations across Rajouri issued in 10 other cases," prin- undisclosed overseas assets ferred in their names in order The district magistrates district. cipal chief Income Tax were found, he said. to circumvent the law of the across the state have directed Rajouri's Senior Commissioner (Karnataka- "A few assessees have sur- land," said Balakrishnan. people to deposit their licensed Superintendent of Police Goa), B R Balakrishnan told a rendered their Indian citizen- He said 12 such properties weapons in local police stations Yougal Manhas said the per- news conference here. ships and obtained citizenship have been provisionally as part of the efforts to ensure sons against whom cases have He said the searches of other countries. attached under the 'Prohibition free and fair polls. been registered would face exposed a complex web of They were found to have of Benami Properties "An order in this regard cancellation of their licenses overseas entities floated by the opened various undisclosed Transaction Act.' was issued by Rajouri district and the matter would be taken assessees for laundering money bank accounts, made substan- The I-T department was magistrate on March 1 and all up with the district magistrate abroad and investments made tial investments in trust struc- likely to provisionally attach the licensed weapon holders in due course of time. in foreign assets, having ram- tures and acquired real estate approximately 100 acres of were asked to deposit their "More legal actions against ifications under the Black properties overseas in countries land worth more than Rs 100 weapons in local police stations more such violations are being Money Act. like Hong Kong, the U.K., crore by the end of March, he in view of the forthcoming par- worked out by Rajouri Police in While probing many Samoa, Singapore, Bulgaria added. liamentary polls. days to come," he said.

Singh, Ashwini Kumar The seat has gone to the ruling re-election from Jamui. Choubey and Ram Kripal Janata Dal (United) this time, Interestingly, three of six LJP Yadav will be fielded from which fielded Ajay Kumar candidates - Chirag, Paras and their respective sitting seats of Mandal as its candidate. Ramchandra Paswan Motihari, Ara, Buxar and Another surprise inclu- (Samastipur) are members of 333 Pataliputra respectively. sion in the BJP’s list was the same family. !333 Begusarai, won by the BJP in Chhedi Paswan, who will be The BJP, which had won 2014, fell vacant upon the seeking re-election from 22 constituencies in the 2014 From Page 1 death of MP Bhola Singh a few Sasaram, which he had won Lok Sabha polls, conceded five Bhopal Lok Sabha From Page 1 months ago. The Lok Janshakti defeating Congress veteran of the seats to the JD(U), constituency, which was The BJP has already Party (LJP) has fielded and former Lok Sabha Speaker which returned to the NDA in represented by Shankar released of 28 names for UP in Chandan Kumar from Nawada Meira Kumar. Earlier, there 2017 after a brief dalliance Dayal Sharma in 1971-77 its first list when it announced where he will be taking on were reports that Paswan, who with the Lalu Prasad’s RJD.. and 1980-1984, has 184 nominees earlier for 20 Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) had often been critical of the Other notable changes in been held by BJP since 1989. states. Mafuja Khatun will Vibha Devi - wife of Raj NDA Government in Bihar, the saffron party’s list, with Bhopal constituency is contest from Jangipur in West Vallabh Yadav, who lost his might not be reconsidered for respect to the previous parlia- represented by BJP’s Alok Bengal. The BJP also membership of the Assembly the 2019 polls. The BJP has mentary elections, include for- Sanjar, who had won the seat in announced 51 names for recently upon conviction in a also reposed its faith in mer MLA Gopalji Thakur, 2014 by a margin of 3.70 lakh Andhra Pradesh Assembly rape case. State BJP president Pradeep Kumar Singh for who has been fielded from votes. BJP stalwarts like seats, 22 names for Odisha Nityanand Rai will be seeking Araria, which he had won in Darbhanga-- a seat the party Sushil Chandra Verma, Uma Assembly seats and one re-election from his Ujiyarpur 2009 but failed to wrest it had won five years ago with Bharati and Kailash Joshi had Assembly by-election seat in seat while BJP’s national back five years later and also Kirti Azad as its candidate. represented the seat in the Meghalaya. The NDA in Bihar, spokesperson Rajiv Pratap during the by-poll last year, Azad had recently joined the past. Former cricketer comprising the BJP, Chief Rudy will be seeking re-elec- necessitated by the death of sit- Congress. In Madhubani, late Mansoor Ali Khan Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) tion from Saran, where he had ting RJD MP Mohd Ashok Yadav replaces his Pataudi, scion of the erstwhile and Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP, defeated former Chief Minister Taslimuddin. LJP State presi- father and sitting MP Hukum Bhopal State, had announced the candidates Rabri Devi five years ago. dent Pashupati Kumar Paras Dev Narayan Yadav-- a Padma unsuccessfully contested from excepting for Khagaria, cur- Speculations were rife that he will be replacing his brother awardee who has retired from Bhopal on a Congress’ ticket in rently held by the LJP. But it is might be dropped this time. and party chief Ram Vilas active politics. The LJP has 1991. The constituency is not clear whether sitting MP Another BJP national Paswan in Hajipur as the given its ticket from Vaishali to spread over eight Assembly Mehboob Ali Kaiser will be spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Union Minister is likely to get Veena Devi-- a former BJP segments, namely Berasia, fielded again. Husain was hopeful of a tick- a Rajya Sabha ticket with BJP’s MLA and wife of JD(U) MLC Bhopal Uttar, Narela, Bhopal Giriraj Singh’s colleagues et from Bhagalpur, which he backing. Dinesh Prasad Singh, who Dakshin-Paschhim, Bhopal in the council of Ministers had represented in the past but Chirag Paswan, the son of joined Paswan’s party after the Madhya, Govindpura, Huzur Radha Mohan Singh, RK lost the seat to RJD in 2014. the LJP chief, will be seeking announcement. and Sehore. # 333 <9,Q%7 R

From Page 1 Mumbai, hails from Jalandhar. He is Q R Besides Verma, the also a recipient of Param Vishisht other contenders for the Navy Chief’s Seva Medal (PVSM) and the Ati #.(/ / case as well." The documents, which were post included Vice Chief of Naval Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM). In his photocopies, were seized from Karnataka Staff Vice Admiral G Ashok career spanning over 37 years, Singh he Income Tax Department Saturday water resource minister D K Shivakumar's Kumar, Western Naval Command has commanded four ships — Indian Tdismissed as a "forgery document" and residence during a raid carried out by the chief Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar and Coast Guard ship Chandbibi, missile a "set of loose papers", the 'Yeddyurappa Income Tax department on August 2, Southern Naval Command chief corvette INS Vijaydurg, guided mis- diary' about alleged bribe payment to top 2017, he said. The papers were sent to the Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla, sile destroyers INS Rana and INS BJP brass that has created a political furore. forensic science laboratory in Hyderabad, sources said. Verma retires in Delhi. He also served as the Fleet The Congress, citing a media report, which returned it saying that they need the November this year while Karambir Operations Officer of the Western had Friday demanded a Lokpal probe into original papers, Balakrishnan added. Singh will retire after three-year Fleet. His other important assign- the charge that the state BJP chief had paid He said that whatever came out in the tenure or attaining 62 years of age, ments include Chief of Staff of the Rs 1,800 crore as bribe to the party top brass, magazine (Caravan) which broke the story whichever is earlier. Tri-Services Unified Command at which Yeddyurappa had dismissed as "atro- was not part of the Income Tax department's Born on November 3, 1959, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and cious and malicious." "Our conclusion after seized material. Balakrishnan stated that in Singh was commissioned into the Flag Officer Commanding studying it was that it is a forgery document. view of various Supreme Court decisions on Indian Navy on July 1, 1980 as a heli- Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area It is a set of loose papers," principal chief admissible evidence, "this particular diary copter pilot and has flown extensively (FOMAG). Income Tax Commissioner of Karnataka- has no evidentiary value." on Chetak and Kamov helicopters. In the rank of Vice Admiral, he Goa Region BR Balakrishnan told reporters. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep He is the son of a former IAF offi- was also the Director General of He said "There was an attempt to just Singh Surjewala had said at a press confer- cer. A graduate of the Defence Project Seabird, looking after infra- make use of the diary to influence some ence in New Delhi that Prime Minister Services Staff College, Wellington structure development of the Navy’s other investigation, which we have not suc- Narendra Modi should come forward and and College of Naval Warfare, modern base at Karwar. cumbed to. We have done our job in this clarify on the matter. ( ) *+, *-./ 2 4

2($(#() Zafar Mehmood Abbasi and Chief of Air Staff Mujahid 1 " P $ $ t would be a "mistake" for Anwar Khan attended the cer- IIndia to view Pakistan with emony. the eye of pre-partition and its According to official desire for peace should not be sources in New Delhi, Prime - "( misconstrued as a sign of weak- Minister Narendra Modi sent ness, President Arif Alvi said on a letter to Khan, greeting peo- Saturday as Islamabad dis- ple of Pakistan on the eve of its 2($(#() the two countries to address and people of Pakistan on the played its military might on the National Day and highlighting resolve all issues, including National Day of Pakistan. It is National Day. the importance of a terror-free akistan Prime Minister Kashmir. time that ppl of Sub-continent Alvi was addressing the South Asia. PImran Khan has welcomed “I welcome PM Modi's work together for a democrat- annual Pakistan Day Parade Modi, in his message, said his Indian counterpart message to our people. As we ic, peaceful, progressive & pros- here to commemorate the res- it was time for the people of the Narendra Modi's greetings on celebrate Pakistan Day I believe perous region, in an atmosphere olution passed by the All-India sub-continent to work togeth- the eve of its National Day, say- it is time to begin a comprehen- free of terror and violence',” Muslim League on the day in er for a democratic, peaceful, ing time has come to begin a sive dialogue with India to Khan said. 1940 in Lahore demanding a progressive and prosperous "comprehensive dialogue" address & resolve all issues, esp Modi’s message to Khan separate country for Muslims. region, in an atmosphere free between the two countries to the central issue of Kashmir, & came in the midst of severe The National Day featured of terror and violence, they address and resolve all issues, forge a new relationship based strain in ties between the two a joint parade by the army, air said. including the "central issue" of on peace & prosperity for all our nuclear-armed neighbours fol- force and navy, display of mil- Contingents, paratroopers Kashmir. people,” Khan tweeted on lowing the Pulwama attack and itary hardware, along with "" $" - "(/ 1 " and fighter jets from According to official Friday. India has made it clear the subsequent air strikes by open and veiled anti-India Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, sources in New Delhi, Prime to Pakistan that cross-border India on a Jaish-e-Mohammed rhetoric. training camp in Balakot. The dialogue is the only way to responsible nuclear state and Turkey, China, Bahrain and Sri Minister Modi sent a letter to terror attacks and talks cannot (JeM) terror camp in Pakistan’s “It was the duty and next day, Pakistan Air Force resolve issues," Alvi said at the respects integrity and sover- Lanka also took part in the Khan, greeting people of go hand in hand. Balakot. responsibility of Pakistan to retaliated and downed a MiG- ceremony where Malaysian eignty of other states. parade. Shahper and Buraq Pakistan on the eve of its India last year called off a Significantly, India Friday respond to the Indian aggres- 21 in an aerial combat and cap- Prime Minister Mahathir Alvi said the country is safe drones were also displayed in National Day and highlighting planned meeting of External boycotted a reception at the sion... We responded with bet- tured its pilot, who was hand- Mohamad was the guest of and moving on the path of the parade along with different the importance of a terror-free Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Pakistan High Commission ter strategy,” Alvi said, appar- ed over to India on March 1. honour. progress and development after missile systems including Nasr, South Asia. and her Pakistani counterpart here to mark Pakistan's National ently referring to the downing Alvi said India's actions He said Pakistan wants effectively combating the men- Babur, Shaheen 1, Ghuri, Modi, in his message, said Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the Day, objecting to invites extend- of an Indian Air Force jet. jeopardised peace in the region. peaceful co-existence but its ace of terrorism. Shaheen 111 among others, it was time for the people of the sidelines of the annual session ed to several separatist leaders Tensions between India “It would a mistake on "desire for peace should not be The President also inspect- and defence systems as well as sub-continent to work togeth- of the UN General Assembly in from Jammu and Kashmir for and Pakistan escalated after a part of India to view Pakistan misconstrued as weakness". ed the parade before his tanks. The day dawned with er for a democratic, peaceful, New York after blaming the event. The official sources in suicide bomber of Pakistan- with the eye of pre-partition. “We are a peaceful nation, address. Prime Minister Imran 31-gun salute in the federal progressive and prosperous Pakistan-based entities for New Delhi said the prime min- based terror group JeM killed Doing so would be very dan- but are not oblivious to our Khan, Defence Minister Pervez capital and 21-gun salute in region, in an atmosphere free of killing of three special police ister sends a customary message 40 CRPF personnel in Jammu gerous for the region's stabili- defence, and the same has Khattak, Chairman Joint Chiefs provincial capitals. Special terror and violence, they said. officers in Kashmir. on National Days to other heads and Kashmir's Pulwama dis- ty. been proved in the recent of Staff Committee General prayers were also offered in Khan, in a tweet, welcomed Earlier, Khan also tweeted of state and government and trict in February 14. “India will have to accept demonstration of Pakistan's Zubair Mehmood Hayat, army mosques after morning prayers Modi's message and said the Modi's message. “Received msg added that his message to Khan India launched a counter- Pakistan as a reality, and it must defence capability,” he said, chief General Qamar Javed for the country's progress and time has come to begin a com- from PM Modi: 'I extend my highlighted the importance of a terror operation against a JeM come to the conclusion that adding that Pakistan is a Bajwa, naval chief Admiral prosperity. prehensive dialogue between greetings & best wishes to the terror-free South Asia. < "Q ; $ # ( #(31/C 084 1)1 has said a third vote would vio- cal impact of a planned march late parliamentary rules unless in central London in support of urdish-led forces pro- % ritish Prime Minister the plan is altered. holding a second referendum Knounced the death of the BTheresa May has told law- May said in her letter to that would give British voters Islamic State group’s nearly Beirut, Mar 23 (AFP) makers she may not seek pas- lawmakers that if the deal is the option of remaining in the five-year-old “caliphate” More than 630 civilians were sage of her troubled Brexit approved, Britain will leave EU despite the 2016 vote in Saturday after flushing out killed in the six-month opera- withdrawal plan in Parliament the EU on May 22, a date favor of leaving. diehard jihadists from their tion against the Islamic State next week. agreed with EU officials. The organisers of the very last bastion in eastern group that culminated in its The embattled leader, who Lawmakers have twice “People’s Vote March” predict Syria. defeat by US-backed Syrian faces a major protest march in rejected the deal and haven't that one of Britain's largest-ever Fighters of the US-backed forces on Saturday, a monitor central London on Saturday, shown any clear swing toward protest marches will grip cen- Syrian Democratic Forces said. wrote to lawmakers Friday endorsing it in recent days. tral London. More than 4 mil- raised their yellow flag in night saying she would bring Britain is scheduled to leave the lion people endorsed an elec- Baghouz, the remote riverside the European Union withdraw- European Union on April 12 if tronic petition this week in village where diehard jihadists final offensive on the last al back to Parliament if there no deal is approved. favor of revoking Article 50, the of a variety of nationalities dregs of the "caliphate" in its seems to be enough backing for Pro-Brexit forces are also act that formally triggered the made a desperate, dramatic Euphrates Valley strongholds. it to pass. girding for the possible politi- Brexit process. last stand. US President Donald “If it appears that there is The SDF’s victory capped Trump, whose country has not sufficient support to bring a deadly six-month operation ! 1 " " "$/ $ /" ,>> ( ?(@ $ led an international miliary the deal back next week, or the against the final remnants of " $ / coalition against IS since House rejects it again, we can the caliphate which once September 2014, jumped the ask for another extension stretched across a vast swathe cent territorial defeat of ISIS,” the Star Spangled Banner, as tal jihadist group in modern gun on announcing the end of before 12 April, but that will of Iraq and Syria, and held spokesman Mustefa Bali said in a ceremony attended by history has left thousand- jihadist territorial rule on involve holding European seven million people in its a statement, using another Kurdish top brass and officials year-old cities in ruins and multiple occasions. Parliament elections,” she said. sway. acronym for IS. got under way. The state pro- populations homeless. Early SDF fighters last week May’s changing stance Saturday’s announcement In Al-Omar, an oil field claimed in mid-2014 by fugi- US estimates put the numbers expelled the last IS fighters reflects the plan's dismal will go down as a symbolic date used as the main SDF staging tive IS supremo Abu Bakr al- of IS fighters at around who refused to surrender chances in the House of in a war that changed the face base for the final phase of the Baghdadi started collapsing in 40,000, many of them foreign- from an encampment on the Commons after two prior of the region and spurred a assault, fighters in their best 2017 when parallel offensives ers. But the territory admin- edge of Baghouz and have defeats. She also says she would spate of global terror attacks. fatigues laid down their in Iraq and Syria wrested istered by the remnants of IS since been hunting down a need the approval of House “Syrian Democratic Forces weapons and broke into song back its main hubs Mosul and continued to shrink month few survivors hiding on the Speaker John Bercow to bring declare total elimination of so- and dance. A military band Raqa. The nearly five years of after month and in September reedy banks of the the plan back for a third time called caliphate and 100 per- played anthems, including fighting against the most bru- 2018 the SDF launched a Euphrates. despite his objections. Bercow " " 0 " $ - ,(02( 205 "(3201 today ordered the withdrawal ( $1()23/ of those additional sanctions!" ope Francis on Saturday onald Trump has abruptly Trump tweeted on Friday. This Preplaced Cardinal Ricardo ive people were killed Dordered the withdrawal of was an apparent reference to Ezzati, the embattled archbish- Fincluding a deputy minister additional "large-scale" sanc- sanctions the Treasury op of Santiago, Chile, after he on Saturday after Al-Shabaab tions on North Korea, immedi- Department has announced became embroiled in the coun- militants stormed government ately after the Treasury Thursday on Chinese ship- try’s spiraling sex abuse and buildings in Somalia's capital, Department imposed them, ping companies doing business cover-up scandal. a witness and a senator told with his press secretary saying with North Korea. Those sanc- Francis accepted Ezzati’s AFP. “I saw the dead bodies of that the US President "likes" tions prompted swift push- resignation and named a tem- four people, one of them in North Korean leader Kim Jong- back from the Chinese and porary replacement to govern police uniform,” said witness !" " " $ un and does not think they are North Korean governments. Chile's most important archdio- Abdulahi Mohamed. $ " $ "$ /"/ necessary. The sanctions were the first cese: the Spanish-born Senator Ilyas Ali Hassan President Trump's unusu- new sign of pressure since Capuchin friar and current named the deceased minister as “There were some other Attacks that combine al move comes after his second talks between Trump and Kim bishop of Copiapo, Chile, Saqar Ibrahim Abdalla, who casualties including members bombings with gunmen have summit with Kim, held last broke down in Hanoi. Monsignor Celestino Aos Braco. was killed separately. of the police,” he said, without become a speciality of the Al- month in Hanoi, Vietnam. “The US and like-minded The 77-year-old Ezzati had The attack began with twin elaborating. The attack also left Qaeda linked group, which is Trump walked out of that sum- partners remain committed to submitted his resignation to bombings of the complex hous- at least 11 people wounded, fighting an armed insurrection mit after refusing to agree to achieving the final, fully verified Francis two years ago when he ing Somalia’s ministries of according to Abdukadir in Somalia against what it sees the North Korea's demands of denuclearisation of North Korea reached the mandatory retire- works and labour, which were Abdirahman Adan, director of as heretic and foreign influence. lifting all sanctions. “It was and believe that the full implement age of 75. But Francis kept then stormed by the Shabaab. the Aamin ambulance service Earlier this month, at least announced today by the US mentation of North Korea-relat- him on, and Ezzati became the Police official Ibrahim in the capital Mogadishu. 20 people died in an attack in Treasury that additional large- ed UN Security Council resolu- flashpoint of abuse survivors’ ire Mohamed said the attack Shortly after the assault Mogadishu which saw Al- scale sanctions would be added tions is crucial to a successful for mishandling several cases of ended after police killed four began, Al-Shabaab issued a Shabaab jihadists battling secu- to those already existing sanc- outcome,” said Treasury abuse. gunmen. statement claiming credit. rity forces for nearly 24 hours. tions on North Korea. I have Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Francis himself became embroiled in the scandal after initially discrediting victims during his 2018 trip to Chile, 1 $ $ $" , sparking a crisis in confidence in the Chilean hierarchy and his own leadership. 1)1 pounds in Greater Manchester. Cheshire, police set up a dedi- extra vigilant. to the speed and anonymity After realising his error Sanjay Kumar, who spe- cated team to work with mem- “The festival period tends with which it can be exchanged and apologising to the victims, ndian-origin homes are at the cialises in selling Asian gold in bers of the community after a to see a spike in this type of for large sums of cash,” Francis summoned all of Chile's Icentre of over 140 million the dominantly Indian-origin series of Asian gold related crime largely due to more jew- Metropolitan Police Detective 30-plus active bishops to the pounds worth of gold jew- suburb of Southall in west burglaries. Aaron Duggan, head ellery being worn as communi- Constable Lisa Keeley said Vatican last May and strong- ellery stolen in the UK over the London said he recognised the of crime at Cheshire Police, said ties travel across London to dif- during last year's Diwali armed them into offering their past five years, a freedom of cultural significance behind that one of the challenges his ferent venues – whether tem- appeal. resignations. To date, he has information request revealed on gold jewellery and always officers face is that gold can be ples or to other people's homes,” “These pieces of gold and accepted fewer than 10 of them. Saturday. advised his customers to think disposed of easily. the Metropolitan Police said in jewellery are not just valuable The Vatican announcement So-called “Asian gold”, carefully about how they store “At second-hand outlets, a statement. possessions, they are also of came a day after an appeals bought as wedding gifts and their gold and to insure it. certainly around Asian jew- During the course of 2017- great sentimental value, and if court in Chile allowed prosecu- known to be stored in homes of “People are told by their ellery, questions should be 18, the Met Police recorded stolen, would have a huge tors to continue investigating South Asian origin families as parents and grandparents 'you asked - 'who is this person in 3,300 such high-value thefts, impact on owners. Our proac- Ezzati for an alleged cover-up, it is passed down generations, must buy gold – it’s an invest- front of me selling this gold?' worth around 21.2 million tive measures to tackle these rejecting his motion to dismiss led to nearly 28,000 thefts since ment, it's lucky. It's something The irony is it's often harder in pounds. Kent Police with 89 crimes has seen reductions in the case and remove himself 2013, the BBC investigation that we as Asians do, so people this country to sell scrap metal thefts worth 1.6 million offences, however there is from the probe, Chilean media found. are following the tradition and than it is second-hand jew- pounds and Greater more to be done,” she said. reported. Out of 23 of 45 police the culture,” he said. ellery,” he said. Manchester Police with 238 Operation Nugget is the Chilean abuse survivors forces from across Britain that Police forces investigating Scotland Yard regularly thefts worth 1.5 million Met Police's dedicated opera- have long accused Ezzati and his provided figures on these thefts, cases of theft said that in some issues special advice around pounds were among the other tion to tackle gold thieves, predecessor in Santiago, Greater London had the high- of the burglaries victims owned Diwali, Navratri and other key hotspots. which seeks to drive down the Cardinal Javier Errazuriz, of est value stolen – 115.6 million large amounts of jewellery, but major Indian festivals for the “Gold will continue to be number of such offences protecting predator priests and pounds, followed by 9.6 million that was not always the case. In British Asian community to be highly desired by criminals due through a series of initiatives. discrediting victims. ( ) *+, *-./ ) 3 , 8/,<.: ($ 40 I, $ OJ ! + 3 & ! $"$ "" & ! I( J& ! 3 8/,/,!<+7/?!*/+4,8:8<:+/0 ! ! @AB4& % "! 3 " $ 3 L - % "- 3 "3. M ! ! ! 41C'( P " $ % " ! ) O ! 0,O P $ e have already established that Hollywood C + ! O ! I J& & + +! M makes the best animation films. The latest DD ! ! ( +! & Wfrom DreamWorks reiterates the point. * $ ! Those who have not been following the franchise 2 ! & ! & ( & since the time it began back in 2010 — How to Train ! + $ +% & L" Your Dragon, the film was loosely based on a 2003 3 ! ! ! 2 ! book by British author Cressida Cowell. It would be ! %! +! 0 M somewhat sad to see the series come to an end. Some ( ! + & of the dragons are really cute and not to forget & 3 + ! "9 " Toothless — and also a dragon with only half a tail. + + ( O 0 D C 0,O E'( While the last part may not have the fire that the $ O ) ! prequels had, it will thaw even people with a cold heart 0 %! ! + ! — it is after all a story about how a species (read dragons) ( + ! ! despite being brutally hunted by man still befriends a !! + 3 * + :!< human knowing that this particular boy means well. ! 3 +& + @4! " reason why it weaves its magic is Though the original was the best of the lot, part 3 ( + ! - because it has been so well scripted. is all about some brilliant visuals in the hidden world * & 41>2C'( The wit, sarcasm, action, humour which take away your breath. The burst of colours is + & 3 and tragedy has been beautifully amazing. What is more amazing is that it tells a story ! & L( & 3 very film ever made on woven into the narrative. Being — that with love comes a great responsibility — that of + !! 5 ! ! patriotism evokes pride in given a sneak peek into history that sacrifice. & ! ( Eevery Indian — that we get to one gets to see between the Sikhs The first movie was released on March 26,2010 and # + & ! walk on the land that has produced and Islam adds value. Or the it comes to an end on March 24, 2019 (technically not 2 ! * India’s finest. Soldiers who have laid significance of kesari rang — Kesari end but release). It has been a full circle — for Toothless + !! & ! ! ! ! down their lives to protect Mother rang ka matlab samjhte ho.... to grow up and be the alpha that he is and for Hiccup F M +! India — defend her boundaries shaheedi ka rang hai....bahaduri ka. who finally grows up to be a man who leads his people 0 6AD D !! ! * from the enemy— at the cost of Akshay Kumar as Havaldar and making the ultimate sacrifice that love demands. O = L" 2 2 putting not just their lives but their Ishar Singh is brilliant. Off late, the A movie that will take the kiddies into a wonder land *& 2 ! families as well. actor has chosen to be part of films and melt the hearts of the adults. — " ! " & ( 0 ! ! % 2 + We all always talk about the that make the audience sit and !! ! $ + sacrifice a soldier makes when he is think and may be just may be be a ! %! 3 ! 0 at our borders, we forget that the better human being. One can say ! ! only reason he is able to do so that as Singh, this is best fearlessly is due to a strong family performance till day. His acting " 2 D ! & backing. A family that has taught gives you goosebumps because of ! * + D him to take a bullet on the chest. the way he has executed his ! ! ! ! ! 3 Therefore, everything is Kesari character and carried the role on & O ! O makes you proud— that 21 Sikhs of his shoulders. E# ! ! ! + the 36 Sikh Regiment preferred to Not that the other characters % $ & ! ! fight for their honour and not are there for show. Each has played + 2 # + because they were being paid for it. their role to a T. The dialogues, the & 0 = L ! 2 That they preferred to face the action and the climax will leave you * $ O ! ! % $ enemy and defend the border when teary-eyed as will the sheer violence $ & + + 2 +!! D they had the order to run. That and barbarism that unfolds make + + ! 2 2 & + they preferred to face death rather you shudder. & & 2 2 ! 2 ! 2 than be salves to the British. This is a must see epic — how $ + + + + The film directed by Anurag 21 Sikhs fought 10,000 Afghans, + # H + 2 2 Singh is a taut war drama that has were martyred and made the enemy ! ! & M been executed brilliantly and the run for their lives. — " QR ( R C

$/#( 3(3$2 ( .3 ((0 (& # & # (

# + & + roducer Rajan Shahi’s Ye Rishta Kya PKehlata Hai is one of the longest Tell us about your character. Mann which didn’t work. But then running show on Indian television and I play Mahendra Thakkar, a I did Aankhein and it worked and for the same it won the award for successful businessman (has a then there was No Entry, Welcome, maximum number of episodes 2875 shop selling Bhakarwadi). He is a Delhi Belly, Rowdy Rathore, Bol and best continuity show 2019 at the man of values and principles and Bachchan and all of them worked Indian Telly Awards at Sahara Star on can’t compromise with them. But out well. I started getting work and Wednesday evening. Rajan Shahi who believes in changing with time. He people started recognising me. attends events rarely was seen receiving is not rudiment in his thoughts Fortunately, on TV also whatever the award for Ye Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and is ready to accept changes both work I did turned out to be a as a team. He says, "Look styling in his business and life. He respects success so now I don’t feel worried doesn’t matter once your unit says we his customers a lot and keeps in about getting work. I get work. I are a team in true sense of the word.” mind their choices. have faced a lot of struggle in my Ye Rishta has got 102 awards till now Do you share any similarities theatre days and so I understand opular TV actors tell you the traditional and has a loyal audience and now spni with your character? how to value my work. Pfood they used to eat on Holi. off of Ye Risthe Hai Pyar Ke is also a Yes. Just like my character I am Who is the ustaad of comedy? Jasmin Bhasin: For me, Holi talking point and generating good also a man of values and can’t Kishore Kumar, Mehmood and celebration is incomplete without gujiya. I word of mouth.” We wish Rajan Shahi compromise on them. I can’t do Johnny Lever. They did and do remember my mom used to make gujiya at and Director’s Kut all the very best for anything just for the sake of comedy effortlessly. Nowadays, if home for me on Holi. That is the traditional producing heart touching shows. impressing people and creating a you mock someone people will food that we have on the festival and I love good image for myself. I am very laugh on it but I think this not the and miss those gujiyas. Nothing can match real and a very straight-forward true essence of comedy. I believe in the taste of my mother’s cooked gujiyas. person. The difference in me and doing situational comedy and these Tinaa Dattaa: My mom makes ras my character is that I am not people were masters at it. They malai for us every year on Holi and I love businessman. I can’t sit at one never made jokes on people that is it. Without eating her ras malai, my holi is place. I want to be in the field and why still people enjoy watching incomplete. I myself have tried to make it be creative. their work. They are very many times but the taste of ras malai made How difficult was it for you to expressive. And also the evergreen by my mom is unbeatable. I can never match explore the genre of comedy? Charlie Chaplin. If someone can up. It is difficult to get into the make you cry or laugh without Adaa Khan: My neighbour was a Ssharad Malhotra: As I am a Punjabi skin of the character — be it comic uttering a word then no one can Bengali and she used to make these yummy and for me, Holi without lassi is incomplete. or intense or serious. You can’t say match him ever. ras malais every year on Holi. I remember Every year, we have lassi made at my place. ki yeh toh maine aaram se kar liya. There is a lot of competition in on every Holi, she used to get ras malai for From childhood, till now, I have never Jis din actor yeh bolney lag jayega the industry. Does that affect us and it used to taste delicious. I do eat Ras missed having lassi on Holi. So, I am sure ki arey ye toh mere liye kafee asaan senior artists like you? malai at times but the ras malai which she I will have lassi this year as well. thha that shows arrogance and The scenario has changed in used to make had a different taste. I used Shashank Vyas: Kachori is something overconfidence. It means you the comedy genre. There are a lot to love it, I miss eating it. which my mom makes on Holi. I love eating don’t want to grow as an actor. of formats that have come up. It is Arjun Bijlani: As a kid, I remember kachori with achaar. My mom makes Whenever I am given a a never ending process. An actor playing Holi with all my neighbours and on yummy kachori’s every year on Holi. So if character to play I try to or a comedian will never be out of the occasion of Holi, my dad used to make I am not shooting and I am in my understand his situation — place. Everyone has a USP and they this yummy chana masala for all of us. So, hometown on the occasion of Holi, I mental and emotional. Then I try know what they are good at or while playing I used to come in between, definitely have kachori and achaar made by to get hold on his background, what they lack in themselves. As far munch it and go back to play. my mom. family, body-language, accent, as I am concerned, I know that I education and understand his am not good at doing mimicry so struggle story if any. I feel if I will never do it. Not am I someone has faced struggles in his comfortable in with under the ! 4 life and then rose to name and belt kind of comedy so I won’t get fame, he will always be grounded into it. I always love doing and jinkey paas baap-dada ka situational comedy rather and that umbai’s nine-year-old Tejas Varma along with super guru paisa hota hai unmey thoda is my forte. MTushar Shetty have been mesmerising the viewers week on arrogance dikhta hai. After Was there a moment when you week with their powerful performances. Though, this is the first observing the smallest events of a thought of quitting? time for Tushar as a guru, he has been highly appreciated by the character’s life then I proceed Yes, definitely. There were two super judges for his choreography. This time around he has towards the story. I believe in projects where I thought of leaving managed to impress Shakti Kapoor and Govinda who will be seen doing my homework and keep them because for me the work as special judges for the upcoming Holi special episode. The experimenting. If you will not environment matters a lot. If I am contestants performed on their most celebrated songs as an research and experiment with not comfortable working in the attribute to their onscreen jodi. your characters then all your environment I do feel like quitting Contestant Tejas Varma and Super Guru Tushar Shetty performances will become but I have learnt ki aap jo bhi kaam performed on Shakti and Govinda’s popular song Pak Chik Pak monotonous and I feel that is the lo ussey pura karo, beech mein mat from their superhit movie Raja Babu. Both actors were more than end of an actor. I don’t want to choro kyunki show aap se nahi amazed and actually went speechless on seeing them dressed up repeat myself and that is what apney naseeb se chal raha hai. I like Nandu and Raja Babu. makes all the difference in one’s always put aside those feelings and Expressing his views Tushar’s choreography and performance performance. remember how much efforts I Shakti Kapoor said: “You’ve done a brilliant job, I swear! My Was it difficult for you to have put into it and walking away daughter Shraddha is doing a movie — Street Dancer and one make a place for yourself in the is not the solution. more related to dance, I will tell her that at least one song should industry? What are your upcoming be definitely choreographed by you.” No, it wasn’t that difficult. projects? On hearing this Tushar instantly bowed down to him for his Whatever work and projects I took I have offers for a few films but kind gesture. Tushar was elated by the compliment. His up worked out well. The struggle for that I have to leave TV and I am happiness indeed knew no bounds and was seen beaming with of an actor comes in when he does not willing to do it. So, right now joy. a project which doesn’t work or I am only focusing on Bhakarwadi The rest of the judges also appreciated Tushar and Tejas for when he doesn’t get work. I had and once it will be done, I will do their hard work and thanked Shakti Ji for giving him such an my own struggles. I did a film other projects for sure. opportunity as he truly deserved every bit of it. ( ) *+, *-./ # 5 /DED2C+!$+2"7E

0 +! + + ! + ! + + 3(22 (.( ! +! ! & + & orn in a small village in Jalandhar dis- Btrict of Punjab, Rajinder Singh Rahelu ,8: /:.!+4 is a polio victim since when he was just 8 months old. A boy who would use his " hands to crawl from place to place, went on to win a Bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the 56 kg category of power weight lifting. He represented his 28-year-old, with his India in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Tleft side paralysed, is a Paralympic Championships. He has a marathon runner and pushed Commonwealth Silver medal in the Men’s himself to the edge and back Heavyweight category. In all, he has 12-14 with the support of his train- international medals and 20 Gold medals er Rustom and his family. at the national level. Not only this, he has Nihad Panju, from Mumbai, five records to his credit. spent a major part of his life To begin with, he got a job with the doing physiotherapy. But he Punjab Sports Department as an Arjun managed to live a normal life, Awardee. He coached power lifters. A new complete his schooling and Sports Authority of India initiative brought went to college and graduat- in Grade A coaching jobs for Paralympic ed in Interactive Multimedia winners for which he applied in 2015. Design. .!E<.?.%/74 Today, Rajinder Singh Rahelu is a He was also a part of a weightlifting coach at the National Sports programme — Holistic + Academy, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Talking Neurological Reorganisation about his journey where his mother would And Simulation — for four carry him every where till he was 10, to years. This is when the real winning medals for India, the 45-year-old changes started taking place. coach tells you that it all began for him “The four years on the pro- with power lifting options in the disabled come for training. I was 22 back then. I illiterate but they pushed me to study. gramme taught me the category. reached before he did. On day one, I lift- When I won my first Paralympic medal importance of being physi- “After completing my Class XII, I ed 70kg. “My grandfather told me if I could they were thrilled. cally fit. I was so tired doing couldn’t study further due to distance lift this weight with no training, I could do “I was greeted with band-baja when I normal therapy. My trainer issues. This was in 1992-93. I was wheel- much better with it. He said if I worked reached my village. My father was with me was encouraging a group of chair bound and couldn’t go to college. But hard, I could go places. That changed my when I was conferred with the Arjun people to run the marathon I decided to go for distance education. life,” says Rahelu. He continues to work Award. My mother passed away just a few back in 2012. I told him I, too, After that I tried to look for means to earn hard and is eligible for the 2020 Tokyo months back. Initially, I was posted in wanted to run. Since then, I a living. I tried my hand at several jobs. I Paralympic Games. Jalandhar. But after I associated with the have run seven half tried to train with a local doctor after I While he managed to lift 70kg that day, Sports Authority of India, I decided to marathons,” says Panju, who learnt typing. I thought I would open a training was tough. As he operated a hand- move to Gandhinagar,” Rahelu tells you. had a brain injury due to TB clinic. But nothing worked. I come from operated tricycle, his upper body and He is married and has two daughters. His meningitis when he was five an economically weak family. My father hands were powerful. 10-year-old has already won the State-level months old, leading to his was a bandmaster and my grandfather a “The problem was that my village was swimming championship. disability. weight lifter,” Rahelu recounts. small. The nearest gym was four-five km Since the time Rahelu started in 1992 However, he hates to be and a mother who is a home- But this doesn’t mean that “He was a champion from Punjab. I away. I would go there everyday. to the time he won his first medal at the treated differently and likes to " maker. His association with when they are training, knew he was into power weightlifting but Sometimes, it would be closed. We had a Paralympic Greece Games in 2004, a lot be pushed when it comes to The Titan Games on Zee Rustom treats him any dif- didn’t know that one needed to train on a youth welfare centre. When the local youth changed. “Since then, it has become his training. He tells you that Cafe happened due to a film ferently. regular basis. I was intrigued. He was leav- saw me training for bench press, they got organised. Athletes now go as a team. may be there is five to 10 )! . by Sachin Pillai— Not Fragile “There are a lot of posi- ing for training but he sat down and the required equipment for me. I won my There is prize money, certificates and great minutes of awkwardness (a Homegrown original film). tive vibes around me and that explained all about power weightlifting. He first two medals while training at that gym. training facilities. when he meets people but it ) He says he pushed him- spill over when I am training. said there were three events — bench press, The third time, I was already associated In 2004, there were only two medals. soon disappears. ) self so relentlessly because I suppose my trainer takes my deadlift and squat. with Punjab Sport,” Rahelu recalls. Back then, we would spend our own “I have always lived a # people said he couldn’t run a positive disposition to “The way he explained each event, I Though his parents didn’t have the money to participate. Today, there are hun- normal life. My entire fami- marathon and that motivat- encourage me further,” Panju realised I could do bench press. But he told means, they always encouraged him to dreds of athletes who have the ability to ly and friends have played an $ ed him to prove to himself says. me that this was not possible as before one study as much as he wanted. His mother win so many more medals for India. The integral role in pushing and # $ that he could. He had also This special performer is could lift weight on the chest, one had to took him to all the doctors — be it recognition has given confidence to the dif- motivating me. I would not gotten tired of the physio- now trying his hand at dif- put the feet firmly on the ground. This Ayurveda or allopathy. ferently-abled. They know they are no less. be here if it wasn’t for them,” $ therapy. His trainer has now ferent things since he is still would lead to an imbalance. As he was “It’s my parents efforts that have People don’t give us that bechara nazar Panju says. He has a younger become more of a friend young and can experiment leaving, he looked at me and asked me to brought me where I am today. They were anymore,” Rahelu says. sister, a businessman father rather than an instructor. with an active life.

iles D’Souza is a name familiar with Gthose who know anything and everything that is related to Parkour. He 0Q ' is as most people call him, the ninja tur- tle from Mumbai. His mission is to teach how one can overcome any obsta- he is the first woman to rep- cles that come in the way. He believes ./,

C " " D

$() 2)

ionel Messi's international return didn't do much Lto help Argentina regain top form. Messi was back on Friday for the first time since ) $" P the 2018 World Cup but couldn't stop his team losing 3-1 to Venezuela in a friendly. Salomon Rondon, John Murillo and Josef Martinez $" < "B%< scored for Venezuela at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, while Lautaro Martinez replied for Argentina. , " $" $"" Messi hadn't played an international since the 4- 3 loss to France in the round of 16 at the World Cup in Russia. ( ( 2 "He played a good game" Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said. "The chances we created were thanks to aheem Sterling showed that he is him." coming of age on the international Messi showed his usual deft skills and his long-range Rstage as his hat-trick saw England shot in the 38th minute was headed for the top corner start their Euro 2020 qualifying cam- until Venezuela goalkeeper Wuilker Farinez Aray tipped paign by hammering the Czech the ball over the crossbar. Republic 5-0, while Antoine Griezmann Messi helped set up Argentina's 58th-minute goal inspired France to a battering of with a pass to Giovani Lo Celso, who eventually fed Moldova. Martinez inside the area. Manchester City attacker Sterling Venezuela had opened the scoring in the fifth had scored just two goals in his first 45 )" $ " " $ minute when Rondon ran on to a long pass into the caps, but he now has five in his last three $ ) " $ penalty area and sent a right-footed shot beyond goal- international appearances following $" P :&:&. " keeper Franco Armani. Friday's treble, which helped England E" * Murillo made it 2-0 just before halftime by curl- storm to the top of Group A ahead of ing the ball away from Armani just inside the far post. Monday's trip to Montenegro, who Venezuela's fast counterattacks were a nightmare drew 1-1 at Bulgaria. for Argentina throughout and Martinez sealed victo- Sterling opened the scoring in the has looked like that all week in training. break and Kylian Mbappe completed the a goalless draw in Lisbon. ry by converting a 75th-minute penalty. 24th minute when he tapped home I'm pleased for him, it is a special night rout with three minutes left, before The draw was the first time Santos' "It's satisfying to earn a victory against a team like Jadon Sancho's cross, and struck twice for him," coach Gareth Southgate said. Vladimir Ambros claimed a late con- side have failed to score at home in 19 Argentina," Venezuela coach Rafael Dudamel said. more in the second half to put the result "I think he's really matured as a per- solation for Moldova. matches and leaves them second in the Dudamel surprisingly offered his resignation after beyond doubt after Harry Kane fired son and a footballer. He's hungry for Griezmann would have had two group behind Luxembourg, who beat the match. He told a news conference he was not happy home his 21st England goal from the goals and hitting things instinctively more assists had Giroud and Paul Lithuania 2-1. about the political use of a visit by a government offi- penalty spot. without thinking too much." Pogba been more clinical in front of William Carvalho had a fine head- cial before Friday's game in Madrid, and said his future "It was a beautiful team performance goal, but France's display was easily er ruled out for offside in the 16th would be decided in talks with federation officials in and I was happy to help the team get the : enough for the three points and top spot minute and Ronaldo, Pepe and Andre the coming days. win," Sterling said. France also got off to a perfect start in the group ahead of Iceland and Silva all went close to opening the scor- The last time Argentina played at the Metropolitano Sterling has 24 goals for club and after an older head in Antoine Turkey, 2-0 winners against Albania and ing, but Ukraine stopper Andriy Pyatov it lost 6-1 to Spain in a World Cup warmup in 2018. country this term and his impressive ! 4 " $< Griezmann spurred the world champi- Andorra respectively. was on fine form to deny them. Argentina will play another friendly on Tuesday form is a fry cry from the dark days ) " $"" ons on to a comfortable 4-1 victory at "We played a very consummate first In the end the away side could have against Morocco in Tangier. Scaloni said he hadn't when he was vilified as England crashed Moldova. half in terms of control and attacking snatched the three points through decided whether Messi would play in that game. out of Euro 2016. Griezmann opened the scoring organisation. The second half was less Junior Moraes, only for the debutant to Argentina has not won a trophy since the 1993 "I'm just being confident in myself, debut. with his 27th France goal in the fulfilling due to substitutions," said fluff a golden chance to grab a shock Copa America. It lost the last two finals of the tour- I'm trying to get in areas and take shots, The 18-year-old who has 24th minute of their Group H coach Didier Deschamps. win. nament to Chile, in 2015 and 2016. It also lost the 2014 not to worry about anything," he added. shone in the Bundesliga for encounter before crossing for "We've opened our campaign well "We didn't play as we wanted to. We World Cup final to Germany. England carried the momentum Borussia Dortmund, gave Raphael Varane to double the and the second game comes around started slowly, not pressing the way we The Copa America will be held in Brazil in June. from a run to the World Cup semi-finals England fans further cause for scores three minutes later. quickly. In three days we have do it wanted," said Manchester City mid- Venezuela on Monday plays a Catalunya team that and qualification for the last four of the excitement, with his potential adding to Olivier Giroud equalled David again." fielder Bernardo Silva. is expected to include former Spain players Gerard Pique Nations League into the Euro qualifiers that of Sterling and Kane coming into Trezeguet as Les Bleus' third highest Cristiano Ronaldo drew a blank on "The second half we tried to create and Xavi Hernandez. and blooded young hopeful Sancho, their prime. scorer of all time with his 34th inter- his return to international football after chances to go after the game but unfor- who impressed on his full England "I thought Raheem was electric. He national goal nine minutes before the nine months away, as Ukraine battled to tunately we didn't score." $ $ " , - ( OD ( $() 2) ionel Messi will miss Argentina's friendly Lagainst Morocco next week after picking up chance of winning. ( 3( (3 a groin injury in the shock 3-1 defeat to It initially looked easy for South Venezuela. Africa, who scored 180 for three ( 34 aron Finch's fine century drove Australia Barcelona star Messi started the fixture fol- after being sent in, with Reeza Ato a convincing eight-wicket win over a lowing a self-imposed eight-month exile in Hendricks hitting a fluent 65 and $ ! new-look Pakistan in the first one-day inter- which he missed six friendlies since the tourna- Rassie van der Dussen a powerful- national on Friday. ment in Russia, which they exited in the last 16 ly-struck 64. K 0 A@ " & The Australian skipper scored 116 off 135 at the hands of eventual champions France. Sri Lanka lost their first four balls for his 12th one-day international cen- The Argentine Football Federation tweeted wickets in the first four overs and $ ! * D tury that helped his team overhaul the 281- the injury update following the loss at Atletico were floundering at 62 for six when run target in 49 overs on a flat Sharjah sta- Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano stadium. Udana walked in to bat in the 10th " dium pitch. Gonzalo Martinez has also been ruled out of over. .! The win gives Australia the lead in the the fixture in Tangier with a thigh problem. But, as he did in the fourth one- " five-match series and comes on the back of day international, Udana overshad- + their 3-2 series win in India earlier this owed the recognised batsmen with ! month. a superb display of clean hitting, ! "To be able to chase down the target for although he had a let-off when he 0 A@ the loss of two wickets is nice. It's nice to keep was caught on the long-on bound- & +! the momentum with a fourth win in a row," ary off JP Duminy when on 31, only ( 1 +D Finch said. for Duminy to be no-balled for over- + A@A@ Finch's match-winning knock over- stepping. Udana hit eight fours and L( " & ! shadowed Haris Sohail's maiden one-day six sixes. !&L >7D D hundred (101 not out) which helped Pakistan With 46 needed Finch became "He's the kind of player we - to 280-5 in their 50 overs. Mohammad Abbas's maiden wicket but Peter need. He showed his character," said + + 6M + ( "We needed wickets at the top which did Handscomb hit 30 not out to help Marsh Sri Lankan captain Lasith Malinga, 0 A@ not come our way because Finch and Marsh cross the line. who was disappointed with yet handled the chase very well," stand-in cap- Finch and Marsh came together after another top-order batting failure. L2 0A@ " tain Shoaib Malik said. opener Usman Khawaja fell for 24. Duminy praised a "really good L $ ! "Congrats to Haris for getting a hundred Earlier, the young and inexperienced ( .0/ 21 team performance" and the way ( D but we did not push Australia hard," he Pakistan led by Malik proved no match for Dale Steyn and Chris Morris had 3 M7 - & added. Australia, who are on a roll after their win suru Udana's astonishing 84 for struck twice each with the new ball. 98 0A@ 3 The 32-year-old Australia smashed in India earlier this month. ISri Lanka wasn't enough to stop "There are a few things we can 9O Malik for a huge six towards deep mid-wick- Left-hander Sohail, who reached 1,000 South Africa from clinching their improve in the middle and end + K ( ( et to complete his century — his first since runs in his 27th one-day international when Twenty20 international series with overs. Udana played a fantastic June last year against England at Chester-Le- on 40, anchored Pakistan's innings, adding a 16-run win in the second match innings but we gave him a few life- Dussen's innings was marked by Street — off 120 balls. 98 for the third wicket with Umar Akmal who at SuperSport Park on Friday. lines," he said. power hitting, which brought him Finch, who knocked four sixes and eight made a 50-ball 48 in his first international Udana thrashed his not out Hendricks and Van der Dussen four fours and three sixes, Hendricks boundaries, added an innings-building 172 match for two years. score off 48 balls to take Sri Lanka put on 116 off 78 balls for South oozed class as he struck nine fours runs for the second wicket with Shaun Marsh Sohail took a single to complete his hun- from a seemingly hopeless position Africa's second wicket. in a 46-ball innings marked by flu- who scored an unbeaten 91 off 102 balls with dred in the last over, finishing with six bound- to one where they had an outside While man of the match Van der ent off-side drives. four boundaries and two sixes. aries and a six. 5646$)6%4%7&'%' (

213 er Kenji Kitazato took a brave shot 6 8&8.%298'2:',8 on goal but missed the post by a big ndia defeated Asian Games margin. Ichampion Japan 2-0 to start its Playing in overcast conditions on John Isner outlasted Italian clash in the Australian Open campaign at the Sultan Azlan Shah with temperature hovering around qualifier Lorenzo Sonego 7- at the start of 2019 with Cup hockey tournament on a pos- 28 degrees, India continued its 6 (7/2), 7-6, (9/7). Hsieh a set and 4-1 up in itive note on Saturday. hunt for a second goal and earned Japanese star Osaka had Melbourne only to lose a Varun Kumar converted a a penalty corner within minutes of clock. to keep her emotions in check dramatic third-round penalty corner in the 24th minute the fourth quarter. On a day that saw as she opened her campaign encounter. to hand India the lead before But this time Varun missed the Djokovic, top-ranked woman by outlasting Yanina Serena Williams survived Simranjeet Singh (55th) scored a mark, allowing Japan to launch a Naomi Osaka and 23-time Wickmayer 6-0, 6-7 (3/7), a second-set lull to beat diving field goal from skipper quick counter attack, which was Grand Slam champion 6-1. Sweden's Rebecca Peterson 6- Manpreet Singh's brilliant pass to kept at bay by Birendra Lakra's Serena Williams advance, Since winning 3, 1-6, 6-1, and elder sister secure full three points for the five- alertness. the shock of the day was the her second consec- Venus also advanced with a 7- time champions. Japan tried different ways to departure of Indian Wells utive Grand Slam 6 (7/4), 6-1 win over Spain's After a goalless first quarter, dislodge India, used full-press to Masters winner title in January at Carla Suarez Navarro. India slowly took control of the gain ball-possession but did not Dominic Thiem, who the Australian There will be a repeat of proceedings. Eight minutes into the succeed. ( $2($2 California desert but arrived was beaten 6-4, 6-4 Open, Osaka last week's WTA final in second quarter, India won a penal- Japan removed their goal- desperate to land what would by highly rated has failed to Indian Wells between Bianca ty corner and Varun made no mis- whisker after being set up by a keeper to add an extra man in the ovak Djokovic put his be a record seventh title in Polish 22-year- go deep in Andreescu and Angelique take in finding the back of the good pass from Sumit Kumar 55th minute but the tactic back- NIndian Wells disap- South Florida. old Hubert Dubai or Kerber. Japanese goal with a powerful (Junior). fired with India making use of the pointment behind him on Tomic, the current world Hurkacz. Indian Wells. Canadian 18-year-old dragflick. In the third quarter, Japan opportunity to double their lead. It Friday at the ATP and WTA No 81, gave the 31-year-old a Elsewhere, Next up in Andreescu, who brilliantly The Indian midfield manned secured their first penalty corner was a diving effort by Simranjeet Miami Open with a ruthless few problems yet the there was dis- the third round won her maiden WTA title in by skipper Manpreet and Kothajit in the 33rd minute but India cus- that put India ahead. 7-6 (7/2) 6-2 destruction of Australian struggles to con- appointment for is Taiwan's California, beat American Singh stole the limelight by creat- todian PR Sreejesh did well to With just two minutes remain- Australian Bernard Tomic to sistently challenge the best Kei Nishikori. Hsieh Su-Wei, Sofia Kenin 6-3,6-3 to book ing numerous scoring chances but thwart the danger. ing, Japan secured another penal- move into the third round. players and this was evident The fifth seed who defeated a third-round meeting with the forwardline was guilty of wast- The following minutes saw ty corner but the attempt was The Serbian world num- once again as Djokovic eased lost to Serbian American Alison three-time Grand Slam win- ing opportunities. both India and Japan create scor- well-defended by Surender Kumar, ber one endured a meek exit through the gears at Hard Dusan Lajovic Riske 6-2, 7-5. ner Kerber, who saw off With four minutes remaining ing opportunities but in vain. backed by goalkeeper Krishan at the hands of German Rock Stadium with just one 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 but The pair had Russia's Karolina Muchova 3- for the second hooter, Mandeep With two minutes remaining Pathak, who replaced Sreejesh Philipp Kohlschreiber in the hour and 13 minutes on the reigning champi- a rollercoaster 6, 6-3, 6-3. Singh missed the target by a for the third hooter, Japanese strik- after half-time. ( ) *+, *-./ # 00 -% % ", 7( ;! ! not there with us last season. ,:F 1(0( He was with us in spirit.” Warner will miss his open- 3.(2 their inglorious record against utting behind the embar- ing partner Shikhar Dhawan CSK and also had the ignominy Prassing ball tampering cri- who has been traded with the arbhajan Singh rolled back of ending with the sixth lowest sis, David Warner would once trio of Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Hyears to show the rele- total in the league. again look to show his class Nadeem and Abhishek Sharma. vance of a finger spinner in Skipper Mahendra Singh before the fans, his Sunrisers “In Dhawan’s absence we shorter format as defending Dhoni’s move to open with Hyderabad teammate Yusuf will have to push someone up champions Chennai Super Harbhajan (3/20 in 4 overs) Pathan said on Saturday. the order. With more matches, Kings beat Royal Challengers paid rich dividends as he The Aussie opener is back the picture will come clear. We Bangalore by 7 wickets in the removed rival skipper Virat with the Orange Army after he will have to assess the players. opening encounter of Indian Kohli (6) in the fourth over and was not allowed to play last The start is always tricky,” he Premier League on Saturday. RCB never recovered from year by the BCCI because of his said refusing to reveal their On a tricky pitch that that early blow. involvement in ball tampering plan on who would open assisted slow bowlers, RCB Dhoni’s reading of pitch at the Captown Test in March alongside Warner. were shot out for 70 in 17.1 was immaculate as a top score 2018. A winner of three IPL titles overs, a target that CSK of 29 from Parthiv Patel was a “He is returning after a and one World Twenty20, the achieved in 17.4 overs. testimony to that and the time long time so many people will 36-year-old is a veteran in the RCB in defeat maintained that CSK needed to score the come to watch him play again. format as he revealed to play a You may be a fan of SRH or not role with his off-spin. but everyone enjoys his style of Yusuf, who switched sides batting. He is a very much from KKR to SRH last season, entertainer on the field,” Pathan said he’s been working with told reporters at their team spin wizard Muttiah hotel. Muralitharan. Warner has always been in “He guided me in where the thick of things with SRH. the landing feet should be. He led by example with a stag- Duing the time of delivery, gering 848 runs and helped where my right leg should be. them win their maiden title in Where my hand in front should 2016 IPL. be and where I should be look- In 2017, he topped the ing. The speed of my bowling run charts (641) and smashed arm and how it will come a scintillating 59-ball 126 down? $ D +2 $/1 0 ) 2 $ %: 1 against Kolkata Knight Riders, “When you are in the *$ :&%'0:& ! against whom they open their game, you don’t always realise campaign this season Sunday. what are the areas you need to runs. While he was lucky as his stage. The pitch wasn’t an easy “He has always been an work on. But when someone Once Harbhajan’s finger off-break dropped short but It was the perfect platform one to bat on but 70 was too entertainer. He always likes to like Murali guides you, you get spinners had inflicted a telling Kohli’s mistimed pull-shot was for Tahir and Jadeja, who were small a total to defend for play his shots early. So obvi- an idea. As an off-spinner, damage on the psyche of the taken by Jadeja at mid-wicket unplayable with the pitch offer- RCB even though they ously everyone will look for- there’s a lot to learn from him. RCB line-up, Tahir tormented boundary. ing reasonable turn and it only stretched CSK for nearly 18 ward to (watch) him and how He has always gone step by step the visitors even more with his Moeen Ali slog swept helped that the lower-order’s overs. he plays this time.” for me. Last year also he had googlies that killed the contest Harbhajan for a six but that was confidence was shot to pieces. Suresh Raina (19) didn’t Yusuf further said Warner told me a few things. It’s great in the first half. all that he could manage with The way each batsnmen score much but he did com- did not feature in the team in to work with him.” With so much assistance a length delivery stopping on reacted to Tahir’s googlies was plete 5000 runs in IPL when he 2018 but he was always with The veteran had won the for spinners, Ravindra Jadeja him as he tried to check his different. Left-hander Shivam reached an individual score of them in spirit. In Warner’s inaugural IPL with Rajasthan wasn’t going to be left behind, drive and loopy return catch Dube (2) didn’t read the goo- 14. An IPL ‘legend’, Raina is the absence, Kane Williamson led Royals in 2008 and replicated finishing with 2/15 in 4 overs. was gleefully accepted. gly and edged to slips. Navdeep first player in tournament’s from the front as Sunrisers the success twice at KKR in Having gauged the pace of AB de Villiers (9) wanted Saini padded one in his intent history to achieve the feat. Hyderabad stormed to the 2012 and 2014. the pitch, Harbhajan altered the to hit out of trouble and was to defend while Yuzvendra final. “It’s a big tournament and length of his deliveries effec- first dropped by Imran Tahir Chahal was holed out at deep BRIEF SCORES: “Wins or losses he always I’ve always been done well tively and also reduced the pace and off the very next ball was square leg trying to hit out of RCB 70 in 17.1 overs (Parthiv kept himself in touch and kept here. I played the full season at times to trouble the batsmen. caught by Jadeja at mid-wick- trouble. Patel 29 off 35 balls, Harbhajan motivated us. He would always with Ranji Trophy, Vijay There are times Harbhajan et boundary. With Shimron Pathiv Patel (29) was the Singh 3/15, Imran Tahir 3/9) praise if somebody did well and Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali dropped his length but the Hetmyer (0) getting run-out top-scorer and the last man dis- CSK 71/3 in 17.4 overs backed up the players. He may preparing for the IPL. It’s been slowness of the track made needlessly, RCB were in the missed but hardly looked con- (Ambati Rayudu 28 off 41 be coming back after one year a good season for us. I kept my batsmen indecisive. dumps even before halfway vincing. balls). but it does not feel that he was focus on fitness as well.” $/$#(2 0(. 1 ).32 ! ( 44. 1(0( $= omeback man David CWarner would be the cyno- sure of all eyes when last year’s " finalist Sunrisers Hyderabad open their campaign against + two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the 12th Indian Premier League here on Sunday. Under Warner’s captaincy 1(0( Sunrisers won their maiden IPL title in 2016 and in 2017 he ursing a shoulder injury, was the leading rungetter for Nskipper Kane his team. Williamson will be a doubt- But the Australian opener ful starter for Sunrisers missed the last IPL because of Hyderabad’s opening IPL last year’s infamous ball tam- game against Kolkata Knight pering episode in Capetown, Riders, coach Tom Moody and is set make his IPL come- said on Saturday. back along side Steve Smith. Williamson had suffered Warner will be the most the injury during New scrutinised player for Sunrisers Zealand’s second Test against this season after he was banned Bangladesh but he joined the for a year over his role in the Hyderabad side along with $/$#(2 Daredevils, have Shikhar ball-tampering scandal. Martin Guptill on Friday Dhawan in their armoury and While Warner and Smith night. orkload management of the lefty-hander would be keen were banned for a year, young “It’s not a long term Wpacer Jasprit Bumrah and to get runs in the before the Cameron Bancroft was left out injury, whether he plays, we all-rounder Hardik Pandya will World Cup. for nine months for his role. will take a call tomorrow,” be the main focus when Also a good outing for And come this year, both Moody said on the even of Mumbai Indians take on a young players like Shreyas Iyer Warner and Smith would be the match. rechristened Delhi Capitals in and stumper Rishabh Pant will hoping to make an impact for “We have got quite a few their first match of the 12th bolster their World Cup their respective IPL sides. days before our next home Indian Premier League here on chances. Even as his international game. If he’s not available I Sunday. Delhi also boasts of Prithvi ban will end on March 28, the don’t see any issues. Bhuvi Pandya has had two break- Shaw, Manjot Karla and expe- left-handed opener is eligible to (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) will downs in the last six months. rienced campaigners like Colin play in the franchise league and lead our side since he’s is our A recurring back-injury first Munro and Chris Morris, who would be hoping to get into his vice-captain.” ruled him out of the Asia Cup can give stability to the team. zone to stake a claim in SRH play their second in last September before miss- With the likes of Trent Australia’s World Cup squad. match at home against ing the home series against Boult, Ishant Sharma, Kasigo Warner went under the Rajasthan Royals on March Australia. Rabada and Nathu Singh on knife for an elbow injury in 29. Even former India pacer board, Delhi’s bowling attack January during the Bangladesh Williamson had guided Zaheer Khan, who is Mumbai looks a potent force. Premier League but made a Sunrisers Hyderabad to a Indians’ Director of Cricket, felt TEAMS (FROM): successful comeback for his runners-up finish after being Pandya’s workload should be Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sydney club Randy Petes with appointed skipper last season monitored since he has had Sharma, Jason Behrendorff, a 77-ball century in a one-day following David Warner’s recurring lower back injuries. Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, game earlier this month. withdrawal due to the ball- “He (Hardik) has to be Ben Cutting, Pankaj Jaiswal, Kane Williamson, who led tampering scandal. monitored. He’s in consultation Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), them to runners-up finish in Warner has returned to with the team of support staff. Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, the Aussie’s absence last season, the franchise this season but Everything is under control,” Lankan speedster Lasith Lasith Malinga, Mayank will continue to captain SRH have retained Zaheer had said earlier this Malinga will miss the first six Markande, Mitchell Sunrisers, a team that is known Williamson as the skipper. week. games for the franchise. McClenaghan, Adam Milne, for its depth and variation in “Kane is obviously the Mumbai Indians skipper Elsewhere, Rohit’s perfor- Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, bowling. standing International cap- Rohit Sharma too feels that mance will also be keenly Kieron Pollard, Anukul Roy, While Bhuvneshwar tain who is admired with the World Cup round the observed as he is expected to Rasikh Salam, Yuvraj Singh, Kumar will lead Sunrisers pace globally on that platform corner, the onus is on individ- open in the World Cup. Anmolpreet Singh, Barinder department, Afghanistan’s and what he did with us uals to manage their workload Besides, the three-time IPL Sran, Aditya Tare, Suryakumar Rashid Khan will be in charge last year, we felt that it in the IPL. winners have added legendary Yadav, Jayant Yadav and of the spin attack. seemed to make sense to “We have been on the road Yuvraj Singh to their squad, Quinton de Kock (wicket-keep- Sunrisers have traded in continue that continuity,” for last three or four years. We which already has a few big-hit- er). Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Moody said. have played a lot of back-to- ters in Kieron Pollard, Ben Delhi Capitals: Colin Ingram, Nadeem and Abhishek Sharma “Leadership comes in back cricket. It depends on Cutting, Suryakumar Yadav to Manjot Karla, Prithvi Shaw, for Shikhar Dhawan, but the it finish following their loss to Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Bhui, David Warner, Deepak many different fashions and individuals. You should always name a few. Sherfane Rutherford, Shikhar remains to be seen how they SRH in the second eliminator Carlos Brathwaite, Sunil Hooda, Mohammad Nabi, Davey (Warner) still has a listen to your body,” Rohit had On the pace front, Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Amit overcome the Indian opener’s last year. KKR have roped in Narine, Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, leadership role within the said. Barinder Sran, Mitchell Mishra, Avesh Khan, Bandaru departure. Carlos Brathwaite to go along Kuldeep Yadav, Nikhil Naik, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay group. In the middle with Bumrah is another player McClenaghan can be consid- Ayyappa, Harshal Patel, Ishant In KKR’s camp, skipper side Andre Russell, Sunil Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Shankar, Sreevats Gowsami, bat in hand and around who will be closely monitored ered, while Krunal Pandya, Sharma, Kasigo Rabada, Nathu Dinesh Karthik will look to Narine as they would look to Nitish Rana, Sandeep Warrier, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman training and out in the mid- by the Indian team manage- Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Singh, Sandeep Lamichhane, make most of the IPL oppor- reinforce their batting fire- Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel dle when it comes to strate- ment in the IPL. Rahul Chahar and rising star Trent Boult, Axar Patel, Chris tunity to get the selectors’ power with Chris Lynn. Ferguson, Harry Gurney, KC Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, gy from over to over. We just Also it would be interesting Mayank Markande provide Morris, Colin Munro, Hanuma attention. TEAM (FROM): Cariappa and Yarra Prithviraj. Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, felt there was no need to to see how Mumbai Indians’ Mumbai ample spin options. Vihari, Jalaj Saxena, Keemo Taking charge of the team Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, make any change from last manage Bumrah’s workload, Delhi Capitals, who have Paul, Rahul Tewatia, Ankush after Gautam Gambhir’s exit, Dinesh Karthik (c), Robin Willilamson (c), Manish Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz year.” especially after veteran Sri changed their name from Delhi Bains and Rishabh Pant. Karthik led KKR to third place Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Pandey, Martin Guptill, Ricky Nadeem. ( ) *+, *-./ %# % 0 P< Q

We don’t see you singing playback num- ple still remember my songs. I don’t see that the words for me, especially when I sung Jab Se music and if you are able to connect with the bers. What is keeping you busy these days? competition has affected the senior singers Tere Naina from Sawariya. I count that as one audience, you become popular. It is serving as a My playback singing has declined when it because I am already very thankful that I have of the best moments of my life. good platform for newcomers to explore and comes to bigger films. But I have my studio at had such a good run and I can’t try to compete How have you evolved as an artist? make the best of. home and I am busy creating and composing with the young generation singers that will be I try to continuously evolve and stay updat- You are judging Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil music for my YouTube videos. I am also very unfair to them. ed with the present style of singing. Everytime I Champs for the second time. What are you doing corporate and social songs You are the leading voice of Bollywood, sing, I try to be different. You can hear my looking forward to? and now I am focusing more on what all did it take to reach here? songs from 2002 to 2017 and you will not be Judging a music reality show, especially a composing and singing It took lots of dedication and destiny also able to make out that it has been sung by the children’s show, comes with a responsibility and rather than just singing. because sometime you put your best in your same artist. a lot of focus. You have to be sure of what you There is a lot of com- work, but things just don’t go your way. Also to How did you become Shaan from Shantanu are looking for. It has not changed much down petition for singers. be able to reinvent yourself and to adapt to the Mukherjee? the years, but when you know you are judging Does that affect senior styles and changes that music industry is going We were doing an album where people’s children you can’t judge them for expressions , artists like you? through and also to have that fire in your belly names were Shantanu, Sagarika and Naujawan. and emotional quotient because they are too The competition to keep going and never let the thought of giv- Composer Biddu got irritated with such long young to understand these things, but when it 8!!+ has increased and ing up hinder your ability. The other thing is to names and decided to cut my name short to comes to sur, taal, voice quality and whether - everyone is desperate always compete with the best and keep improv- Shaan. It was done even without my consent. It their singing is reaching out to you, you judge & , + to add at least one big ing. was not that I disapproved of it but they did not them on these. I was judging this show five . 8 song to his name. I feel Some best moments from your journey. even ask me ki naam change kar dein kya. They years ago too, but most of the children are still lucky that I was in the The years 2006 and 2007 when I won two just did it on their own saying it’s nice. (laughs) singing yesteryear songs. They are singing clas- phase where I got to sing back to back awards for Chand Sifarish and How can newcomers benefit from the digi- sics. In that sense, there is no evolution. But a lot of popular songs. Sawariya. That’s the time I will cherish for the tal platform? they are singing these in their own style with- . Now, when I am doing two- rest of my life. It was a wonderful phase for me In today’s time, YouTube has become the out copying original artists. Bringing in origi- hour shows, I don’t need to in terms of success and popularity. Ashaji has biggest platform and is like an independent nality to old numbers has changed as compared sing anyone else’s songs and peo- been very complimentary and kind with her music company where you can put up your to a decade back. > 1!0 3(22 (.( ! M ! !

e all know how ATMs works. “Since water is still a Government You put the debit card into the managed utility, we need an authorised Wmachine, follow the instruc- legitimate connection to access raw tions and lo and behold cash. But did water. This water is then processed you know that now you have access to before it is made available to the peo- clean and safe drinking water through ple. We have to approach the ATMs? A water services company — Government for connection and the JanaJal — is revolutionising the way electricity department. Sometimes, we clean and safe water is being delivered have to approach the local adminis- through ATMs. trative body to get access to a place. For It has till date benefitted more than each ATM we have to deal with mul- 90 million people in India with an tiple stakeholders,” Agarwal explains approximate consumption of eight-10 and tells you that the biggest challenge litres per capita per day as has been pre- to safe drinking water has become the P2 scribed by the Ministry of Drinking product for a select few since packed Water & Sanitation in India. It adopts water is expensive. different technology tools to solve dif- Despite, the penetration of pack- ferent problems. In other words, it aged water, it caters to only 5 per cent, G adopts new water treatment technolo- leaving 95 per cent behind. The moti- gies to solve different water-related vation was to bring safe drinking water issues. Given that water changes every through an operational model that took 5-10 km in India, every water ATM is care of the unnecessary cost. Q custom built to suit the environment in He tells you that sometimes the which it is intended to operate in. potable water that we drink is worse Besides accepting coins, all water than bad water since it has micro par- ) ) ! ATMs are enabled with cashless trans- ticles of plastic. “There are people who acting capability. get rashes or food poisoning, it could Parag Agarwal, Founder-CMD, be due to bad water. Bad water is the %.5:&4%&:&<6 JanaJal tells you that their mission is to reason for the deteriorating quality of make safe drinking water available to potable water,” Agarwal tells you and 39 every person at very a nominal cost. says that the reason why water in these “Safe drinking water is a basic human ATMs is safe is that nothing addition- 9%,&%48&% ( requirement, which is essential for good al is being added to it. health and subsequent education of the “All we doing is to bring the total (" people and can boost the GDP by up dissolved solids (TDS) below 500. to 6 per cent as stated in a recent arti- According to the WHO, this level ! cle issued by Niti Aayog. Clean drink- should not be more than 500 for it to ing water is a medium to deliver health be labelled as potable water. But due to and wellness to communities besides packaged water, this level has come How did your musical journey begin? providing gainful employment to indi- down to 30-40. People have got used to It was not as if I wanted to pursue music. But I was 18, in viduals, self-help groups, widows and this taste. The only difference in the the US and discovered music. Back then it was a bit turbulent. the unemployed. We work closely with water in the ATMs is the taste. We I had started my course. But when I came back to India, I told NGOs and charitable foundations to water has gone up to 844 million, which litres. It is a decentralised water distri- bring the TDS down and remove all my mother that I wanted to do music. But I didn’t know what provide vocational training and upskill is almost 200 million more than pre- bution plant that enables people to have microbe contamination that causes to do. But I knew that if I put my mind to it I would be able to individuals by expanding their capa- viously counted. The Economic Survey ( ( 1- A7@ $ 1 greater access to safe and clean drink- water-borne diseases and epidemic,” make music. I started a recording studio. I learnt a lot from the bilities. With the Government’s empha- of Delhi 2017-18 states that around ing water at an affordable cost, taking Agarwal says and tells you that in the artists who came and understand the business. I learnt to play sis on CSR spending, corporates have 6,25,000 households do not have access ( .-2 #(2 10 away the fixed cost involved with next one year they are looking at 2000 the guitar. I did a lot of work for the ad world. I also had a rehearsal developed a renewed focus on safe to piped water supply. packed water. ATMs across India. room. Then one day Asha Bhonsle’s band came to rehearse. They drinking water as its significance in The service follows a triple A phi- 6 2- 03. . 1 “A glass of 250 ml on a refill basis Depending on the condition of the wanted a guitarist. I tried out and auditioned and started singing. terms of meeting basic needs of peo- losophy of making safe water — "(0 03. ($. costs 1. If however, a person wants the raw water is a particular area, the water She loved my voice. I toured with her. That is how Bollywood ple is clearly understood along with the Available, Accessible and Affordable — same quantity in a paper cup the cost treatment plant may have an RO sys- wanted. But I was not happy with the kind of work I was get- fact that the social impact being deliv- to all while keeping technological P/(0205 2 ( (. is 2. A litre of chilled water is 5 but tem or ultra-filtration system or even ting so took a break. Then pop music happened. It took off. ered is unparalleled,” Agarwal says. advancement and implementation at its for 20 litres it is 20. The aim is to take a combination of various systems. Would you say you are an entrepreneur then? There is a wide gap in the demand core. The ATMs also maximise effi- / 03. 10 2 A ( water right up the households. While In order to clean the ATMs, three Yes. But since I do a lot of live performances, I love that. I and supply of safe drinking water in the ciency by utilising solar energy and reg- 20 . 1- 32.) a litre of water is chilled, the bulk water manual routine procedures are fol- am most comfortable there. I love being there. I think my per- country. Nearly 680 million people have ular electricity minimising downtime is at room temperature,” Agarwal says lowed. One is a daily back flush system sonality is suited for it. I am not an extrovert but while on stage no access to safe water. Women and due to power outages. This serves as an "(0. 2 7 #/0 -1 and tells you that the cost of the ATM to get rid of impurities. “Every ATM has I become a different person. It amazes me how I can be these children walk several miles to fetch asset for the smooth expansion to other A@ 20 . 20 2 A@ depends on the capacity of the plant — an operator who does this. There is a two different persons. water, which prevents them from going rural and semi-urban areas. anywhere between 3 lakh to 10 lakh. fortnightly wash. Depending on the You studied acting. Was it a dream to be an actor? to schools or having a job. This has a Water ATM is a kiosk that is an 03. (2$ 2 01 0(. At present over 100 such ATMs membrane and the quality of raw I am not distracted but am a creative person. All my life I severe negative impact on the economic independent water treatment plant have already operations in Mumbai for water, there are quarterly checks. Each have been doing different things. I am still exploring things as growth of the country. with a chiller that has the option to dis- "(0. 230 / 03. a year-and-a-half. In Delhi, these ATMs ATM is also connected to the Internet I go along. I like making music, I love to perform, I love mak- According to a new study titled The pense water in bulk. This means water 31/.31) are operational in NDMC area and and it is possible to control and study ing videos. Basically, I love the effort that goes into learning. When Water Gap-State of the World’s Water in an unpackaged format to people in some are operational in Ghaziabad and the quality and the quantity of water in you learn something and are able to apply in real-time, it gives 2018 by WaterAid, states that the glob- a quantity that they desire — 250 ml, Gujarat as well. There are plans to move real time through cloud to monitor the a high. When I learnt acting, it was so that I could perform bet- al population without access to clean 500 ml, 1 litre, 2 litres, 5 litres and 20 to Karnataka for 1,000 ATMs. system,” Agarwal says. ter on stage. What is the latest track about? It is pop song titled Tu Na Mila. It is a love ballad in modern times. We wanted to show love in a different way. We want- X@@FG`I6UU@S ed to give it a different setting. We researched a lot and could- n’t find a reference point. We have shown action, bullets flying and fire everywhere. It was a challenge to come up with some- & " O ( P .< ( thing like this. But we didn’t want to go overboard also. How does one manage to get so many hits? " ( ) + 9 ' 5 ( : 5 ' It is a combination of many things. The audience has grown. '* + + " : #* ( * " 6- 5 5 The popularity of pop helps. Then there is content. If the con- " 8 tent is good, people will watch it. The Internet is a strange place. A P2 0 It is based on choice. There are many influencing factors. If you + " S 0 B< 0 get a lot of hits in the first few hours on YouTube, it goes to the ,- P0 trending page from where it takes off. Music labels help too. There + . 5 5 0 are so many music platforms where the song can be pushed. A / " 8 -, " lot of things happen. / 0 " Q You are into sustainable development. How did that hap- 0 pen? P2 / 0 S I am a practical person. People think that environment does- " n’t effect them and is far out and not going to impact them. I 0 0 do what I am doing for personal survival. People are unaware " that the problem is real and unfolding as we live it. I understand 3 " 0 that life is going to get complicated. I am young and have a long ! O way to go. My home is solar powered. If one calculates, they would 0 0 realise how much carbon foot printing I am saving. It is like plant- " " * ing a 100 trees. 0 Q/ $ ) * 0 0 Do you have a favourite genre that you love to work with? " $/ # ' ( 5 67-< Q It has to be pop. I am most comfortable here. It offers a lot #* 8 ' P2 of freedom. It has a bit of rock, a bit of jazz, a bit of classical and P0 / 9 * ' 8 bit of R&B. One can do anything with pop. There are no rules. 67 2 / # = 67-> C 9 2 One can do a lot here. 8 # 5 9 # 5 5 2 8 What next? " Q #* ( * ? ' : 0 * ! Q ( After the immediate release of the song for Ek Ladki Ko 0 + " 0 @ 2 : : 5 8 A P Dekha... I am part of MTV Unplugged. I am part of web series " 6767 O 0 Q which is action based and look forward to the series.

!!! "%& 1 $%1"% 1! 12 %1 "% " %34 1 " %& 5 "55 1"12 5 $&6 5 1 5 L "1 % 1 8 :. ; "<"= ? -?P >- #? 2 + ! ")A,?--!-!2E- )> )?!!?!)! !-?9+2?)# - -!)!B )> +,F! 2! !AA) !B+,B?)! ! > )P AA B)!!!) +AA- #?-+ BB# ?,#-A-!D!) #B?B!))>- ,! !)),))>! )AE#

>"< ?"""=

0 + & + & * D ! K )

ss baar sardi lambi pad gayi… Mausam second, and Delhi, vice-versa. Of course, demonstrate the feeling of being alive in a If snow naturally embodies an ambience ka kuchh pata hi nahi chal raha hai...” Delhi winters, too, get celebrated just as the thandi jagah (cold place). Snow embodies the of otherness through the magic of move- (“Winter this time has lengthened... The Himalayan spring and summer, but essential- quality of being faraway just like the distant ment, texture, and transformation, then one weather has been behaving so indeci- ism about a particular ambience of a place moon, and once you touch it, you bring your- of the ways of relating to that otherness (in sively”). For someone who has just shift- continues to hold its sway in the popular self closer to a fantasy world. No wonder addition to posing and photographing) is by Ied from the hills of Shimla to the plains of consciousness: “Delhi heat” (Dilli ki garmi), then, that across the country, temporary wearing something warm and woolen. There Delhi, the inherent perplexity of this and simi- “Shimla chill” (Shimla ki thand). Consequently, amusement parks under the rubric of ‘Winter is a joke amongst Himalayan folks that peo- lar statements being temporality itself assumes a different tenor for Wonderlands’ routinely spring during the sea- ple from the plains, even while visiting the uttered by the Capital’s people habituated to varying vistas and weath- son, and snow — even if artificially created — hills in the thick of summer, automatically residents comes with a ers, the lengthiness of summer holidays in gets excitedly sought after by one and all. don layers of woolens, because for them, it is charm of its own, for plains finding an equivalent counterpart in the Snow is the silent cousin of sonorous rain. enough that they are in the hills. But there is winteriness remains in protracted winter breaks of hills and moun- Extravagantly celebrated in culture, from ritu- another joke to do with the woolens amongst the blood and the tains for school children. als to poetry and cinema, rains in India dictate the Himalayan folk regarding themselves. mind. In fact, if there is One key reason for the ‘automatic’ link a season of their own (the monsoon), the land Once, when someone from the upper reaches something that has qui- that people draw between Shimla (and many after all bearing an overwhelmingly hot, tropi- of the Kullu valley (other versions say etly yet most effica- other hill stations) and winters is the shape ( 03. ).32 "20. cal topography. Unlike many European Lahaul-Spiti) was visiting Delhi during a hot ciously helped me and that the season takes as a result of natural nations whose de rigueur damp atmospheres summer, a perplexed local enquired: “Don’t my family during the topography and architecture. Some months 2 201 2 15 generate around persistent but diffident pre- you feel hot in this dress?”, referring to the ().5 settling-in process over ago, I had reflected in this space on how a 01 P/25 -(). 201 cipitation, Indian rains are ever confident in layers of woven cloth traditionally worn by the last few months, it typical hill house exerts a strong claim to inti- their might and music. But whereas rains Himachalis of the higher areas. To which the is the continuation of winter in the plains, for macy and coziness because of its picturesque /$$. & 2 1" 03(0 occasion song and dance, snow primarily har- visitor promptly replied: “Jab garmi andar what has allegedly been “a long time, this shapeliness: Gabled and pitched roofs, sym- $5 .5. () .( "2 bingers meditation and contemplation, jaayegi hi nahi toh lagegi kaise?”(“When the time”. While the mountains have now been metrical and stylised facades. Add to this and because its entry indexes a wholesome silence, heat won’t pass through the thick layers of my replaced by high-rises and the fresh, silvery the surroundings a cover of snow, and the (/01$(02(5 #. a quintessential quietness. In the hills, it is clothing, how would it affect me?”). In the mists have made way for (sadly) the haze of already romanticised setting gets further 112 -1 "( ) 01 often the case that only after a prolonged, first joke, wool becomes the way of relating smoke and the coughs of smog, the chill of intensified in charm and appeal. It is remark- resounding spell of rain will snow gather the to the hills by staving off the cold (existing winter has nonetheless retained, injecting a able that a number of features that we tend to ( (),. 02.$.0 dignity and gravity to chart a way for itself. or not) when you don’t originally belong to cool that is otherwise desperately sought in associate with a typically generalised under- 1$102 ('*+& Once the drama begins, all differences begin the landscape; in the second, wool strangely the harsh of Indian summers. standing of a scenery — rivers, clouds, mists, to recede, the unity of a colourless colour transforms into a ruse for staving off heat by In the middle and upper highlands of the sunsets, and snow — depend on the penchant - 1$ ). $2 11 resiliently seeping surfaces and sensibilities. It making one feel entirely at home. On similar country, it isn’t uncommon to witness a spell of of water for various forms, because water by 0(/$ 1"). 01 is not always easy to make sense of this inher- lines, I too have occasionally wondered why snow well into March, a period that otherwise itself is transparent and shapeless. Snow bears ently contradictory hue, and I still remember do we drape a snowman in a woolen cap and coincides with the youthful ‘warmth’ of spring testimony to countless visual profiles as (1 0.) P/(3. my childhood classes where drawing snow a woolen scarf when he himself is made of and Holi. Just as seasons behave differently in evinced by the intricate lure of geometrical () ) 2& 03(0 invariably posed a difficulty, so that we usually snow? Shouldn’t their warmth be considered different places, directions and directionality snowflakes (for the keen eyed), and more per- left patches of white sheet uncoloured when- a threat to his snowy, frozen identity? also assume distinctive currencies in dissimilar vasively, by the layering it congeals into over 3(#20/(5 "1 ever we had to depict frozen mountain peaks. Recently, the ever-versatile social com- settings. There was a time when weather buildings and natural terrains (for the com- "203 1.D/ But the lure of white extends far beyond mentator Santosh Desai observed that “the reports at the end of television news invariably mon eyed). Shape further evinces prolonged 1- 2. () 1" the hills, and subconsciously, we fervently hope idea of warmth as a defining human condition began with a nod towards the four metropolis- tactility, and it never ceases to amuse me how that the picturesqueness of snow-clad high- gets re-affirmed only when it is cold. It is then es — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta — visitors from plains regularly exult in the dis- lands somehow permeates the surfaces of flat- that the idea of being alive becomes synony- with Delhi automatically becoming a synonym covery of the thinnest layer of white on hill- lands as well. When some weeks ago, a strong mous with the idea of being warm”. This for the ‘North’. And yet for me, with a child- sides during their travels, instantly stopping hailstorm took over Delhi and left it soaked in remarkable insight is perhaps most potently hood spent entirely in the foothills, valleys and their cars to touch and hold a bit in animated, a sheet of white, the question that immediate- illustrated by the persistent cultural image of a ridges of the Himalayas, ‘North’ was uncon- expansive gestures, to be further immortalised ly propped up alongside the images was: “Is working fireplace, with people huddled testably something much higher and distant by photography. If in the plains, it is the this Delhi or Shimla?” Another such specula- around together and snow falling outside. from the country’s Capital. And if the curious moon atop the Taj Mahal that must be cus- tive query also mentioned “Switzerland”, the relationship between directions and seasons is tomarily palmed or fingerpicked for a photo- dream of inhabiting a distinguished destina- anything to go by, then season-wise, Himachal graph, then in the hills, it is the pristine snow tion in a distant land once again infiltrating directly relates to winters first and summers that has to be handled to experience and human desire via the bait of white. 1- 03. 2) .0. 2 2$( 5 311 01)(5& M7 . .0 "2 .) / "1 2 2 1# yucie (0.1 2. 03(0 )1 10 5.0 .F20& (5 ..( 3 ! "#$%#&' . + ! D+ ! ! D ! & (0/ 0.$/ 2( ! ( )* + ( +*) + ) **) ,

rban lifestyle can be a bane as much for the treatment of infertility by the doc- as a boon. The diseases and health tors wherein the cells could be stimulat- Udisorders that one becomes prone ed in vitro to develop various numbers of to in cities appear to become more wide- specialised cells including male and female spread due to the rapid industrialisation gametes, given their potential use in of the country. Human health is a result reproductive medicine. Primordial germ of the contact of genetic, nutritional, cells (PGCs) are some of the first cells to socio-cultural, economic factors and phys- be developed when an egg cell is fertilised ical infrastructure. All these factors are by a sperm. While some cells remain inside influenced by the environment they are eventually developing into the fetus, other embedded in and by changes in this envi- cells on the outside become the placenta. ronment. Most of the inner cells become stem cells, Around the country, lifestyle disorders capable of turning into any kind of spe- like diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular cialised cell, and a small number of them diseases are already affecting the health and become PGCs, carrying the genetic infor- well-being of thousands of people every- mation that will one day be passed down day. Stem cell therapies carry an immense as sperm or egg. Researchers have been potential in treating the incurable and irre- able to create these PGCs. However, they versible lifestyle diseases like diabetes, heart are yet to determine whether a PGC can disease, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, be turned into a sperm or egg cell. bringing this therapy at the centre stage of medical evolution. However, there are certain other lifestyle disorders that are tak- As people grow old, a large number of cells he concepts of ‘digital skills’ and the necessary skills to accelerate innova- knowledge-exchange and collaboration ing a toll on the human health like hair fall, in their bodies get replaced and with age, ‘digital competencies’ have bro- tion and drive economic growth?” This 1/ 32) . ( . amongst students in different locations. ageing, blindness and infertility (vitiligo is their body’s ability to reproduce new cells ken through the confines of the creates a gap between what is needed and also quite prominent these days). Here decreases immensely. Body fat is the rich- information technology (IT) what is available. The sharp rise in 1-- 01 ( 1$22 Digital competency: With automation again, Stem Cell Therapy acts as a regen- est source of adult stem cells in the industry in recent years. They demand for data-driven capabilities, such 0( 0 ( 03.5 and artificial intelligence poised to replace erative medicine to promote the reparative human body. They carry the incredible haveT become highly relevant yardsticks as analytics and digital marketing, is cre- resource-heavy and repetitive tasks with- reaction of dysfunctional or injured tissue. capacity to not only divide to form more against which organisations across indus- ating a severe skill gap in the labour mar- 102/. 01 in organisations, schools can help their Let’s scan through the battle between stem stem cells, but also to differentiate into spe- tries measure the most-valued resource: ket. It is estimated that over half of the students improve future employability by cells and the following lifestyle disorders cialised cells to regenerate dying or dam- Their human capital. All eyes are on the businesses worldwide are being affected #..-20 - 1$ ( preparing them for the human-machine and problems: aged tissues. Stem cell treatments help in upcoming generation of workers — by digital talent shortage, according to a 2 .(25 partnership from today. The provision of reloading the supply of stem cells, allow- known as the most digitally adept gener- report by Capgemini and LinkedIn. The student access to digital learning tools and ing the body to repair and rejuvenate with ation yet — to see how they can apply crit- threat of labour shortage is becoming very )220( /# 22 robotics/AI labs can have far-reaching Hair loss is a frustrating and embarrass- younger looking skin. By inserting these ical thinking skills and technology knowl- real for local Indian organisations. 03(0 3. 3(. impacts in terms of shaping the next gen- ing experience for every man and woman stem cells combined with some fat tissue edge to achieve new levels of human Whilst the Government is placing an eration of digital workforce. with increasing age. Voluminous hair is into the areas of the face with wrinkles, the progress in the highly technologically urgent focus on implementing training 03.2 0.3115 associated with vitality and youth. No won- face is softly altered without letting it lose advanced workplace of tomorrow. programmes and skills-building initiatives .F. 2.. () Innovation: It is important to help young der, people are always on the lookout for its distinctiveness. The new workplace expectations — notably with the launch of Skills India curious minds understand that technol- some solution that truly works and does- poses an important challenge to India’s — these measures only alleviate but do not .F.0(021 ogy is not only a means to better produc- n’t simply belt out false promises that education sector to prioritise skills build- address the root of the problem: The lack tivity — it also holds the key to creating numerous advertisements offer. Finally, For people who are blind, the thought of ing as the nation (ranked 80th) contin- of continuous exposure to technology and new values and breaking down boundaries there is good news for them! The key to retaining their eyesight seems like an ues to trail behind other economies in the digital through the education journey. to ensure that students today who will be of what is possible. Entrepreneur boot- bringing back those lost strands lies in stem impossible dream. The tables have finally latest Global Talent Competitive Index. As Digital literacy should instead be tomorrow’s workforce can navigate and camps and innovation competitions are an cells wherein they are turned into hair fol- turned, made possible by a few scientists. a result, being prepared for the future developed from an early age, through the thrive in a fast-moving economic climate. excellent way to encourage out-of-the-box licle cells and transplanted onto denuded Macular degeneration is a leading cause of workforce weighs heavily on the minds introduction of innovative ways of think- Our children are off to a promising thinking and applications of technology parts of the scalp or body. Compared to the vision loss in older adults and when it of parents and students.There is then no ing and digital learning tools in classrooms, start as they continue to benefit from an amongst students. Amidst calls for urgent invasive method of hair replacement strikes, it affects the area of the eye that is choice but for educational institutes to with the aim to foster young digital-first increasingly digital upbringing that helps actions to develop a future-ready work- surgery, researchers have genetically mod- important to see fine details. Through stem combine frontier technologies with skill- mindsets and develop the critical skills shape their technology experiences and force capable of powering new levels of ified adult human skin cells to form an cell therapy, stem cells are injected into the based teaching and learning in the class- needed for the process of lifelong learning expectations from an early age. Schools and innovation, the words of the renowned epithelial stemcell. This cell is one of the rear of the eye in order to replace the dam- rooms, to equip upcoming generations of and constant reinvention. In this aspect, educators need to rise to the technology- developmental psychologist Jean Piaget are building blocks for functioning hair folli- aged photoreceptors, which are small but workers with the necessary proficiencies the education system holds the key to nur- driven characteristics of students to pro- more relevant than ever: “The principal cles and produces structurally recognisable crucial cells found in the retina. These pho- for tomorrow’s digital economy. turing competent future workforces. vide them with the right digital tools and goal of education is to create individu- hair shafts. toreceptors are sensitive to light and are vital channels to develop the necessary skills for als who are capable of doing new to a person’s ability to see things. the 21st century workplace. things, not simply of repeating what Lifestyle disorders are witnessing a We recognise the necessity of such other generations have done”. By having Infertility problems have been a major steady increase day by day and they can Business leaders are turning to the edu- Digital is quickly becoming the founda- skills and all our teachers as well as cam- a clear grasp of new workplace require- source of concern for Indian couples late- have debilitating effects on the human cation sector for digital talents who have tion to everything we do in today’s infor- puses are equipped with training, facilities ments and applying a digital-first ly due to changes in lifestyle, stress and the body, its functions and appearance. innovative thinking as they find them- mation age. This includes educating and systems to inculcate these skills to our approach to its skills-based education, recent trend of late marriages contribut- However, the advent of clinical research- selves caught in an increasingly technol- young minds, who will in a few short students. These skills include: India can take strong steps in the right ing to this occurrence. While poor sperm es on stem cell therapies with one’s own ogy-driven and disruptive economic. years determine India’s economic growth direction to equipping our children with count plays a major role in male infertil- stem cells has raised a ray of hope in the Unfortunately, traditionally the education and place on the global stage. It is then Collaboration: Mimicking the rising the necessary skills to thrive in tomor- ity, female infertility is an outcome of constant effort to reverse the effects of these system was designed to produce acade- crucial to enrich every level of education trend of workforce mobility, schools can row. health disorders like polycystic ovarian dis- disorders. This is good news as it can open mic excellence rather than to answer the with 21st century knowledge and its appli- explore the use of virtual technology and 0 4"" order or PCOD. Stem cells are being con- the gateway to treating life-threatening dis- question “how can we equip students with cations — through skill-based learning — high-speed connectivity to promote " sidered as potential new therapeutic agents orders in the long run. 8 :. @ 0 "# $

or, to follow Desai, fire And yet for all their charm, popularly, the White Walkers of seething with anger that is makes special sense when it wool, winter and their various George RR Martin’s A Game of aligned with garmaahat (aggres- Fis cold outside.Warmth is a wonders need to be contextu- Thrones books, whose fear lends siveness that is invariably ‘heat- crucial human emotion and affect alised, not generalised, because an incomparable negative chill to ed’). Nature continuously pro- that takes root in our desire to cold places themselves differ in the words “Winter is coming”. vides us a palette of objects and connect and continue the art of patterns and persistence. My Perhaps, it is futile to recon- occurrences that can be used to living. AR Rahman and Gulzar’s younger brother, a social anthro- cile the two sides of the season. entirely different effects in dif- gorgeously composed title song pologist who working in the Nature destroys, but as George ferent situations. With a major for Shaad Ali’s 2002 romance- Trans-Himalayas for the past few Eliot put it at the end of her mas- part of my life spent in the drama Saathiya evocatively brings years, tells me of the extraordi- terpiece, The Mill on the Floss, it Himalayas, I remain more out this desire by sewing the pres- narily tough life that the people also “repairs its ravages”. I am attuned towards cold places (not ence of snow with the intimacy of of Lahaul-Spiti (which form the biased in using the phrase since cold dispositions!) that constant- wool: “Baraf giri ho waadi mein/ cold deserts of Himachal the full quotation actually stands ly sing with a warmth and inti- aur hansee teri goonjey/oon mein Pradesh) lead when winter as: “Nature repairs her ravages, macy of their own, notwith- lipti simti hui/baat karey dhuaan arrives. The old saying that holds but not all.” As climate change standing the hardships involved. nikley” (“The valley be clad in spring nearer when winter comes swells in its reach and impact, the As the Delhi winter slips into snow/and your laughter needs tweaking here, because truth of Eliot’s prescient words spring only to quickly fade into echoes/cuddled within the weave spring is certainly far behind in becomes even more loud, more summer, I know that my eyes and of wool/your voice condenses into such areas. Here, societies wage a threatening than ever before. And ears will automatically be looking fog”). While the film is set in back-breaking battle of arduous again, the most recognisable sym- forward to all the advertisements Mumbai, the song itself is shot in labour to remove the massively bol of its destruction is to do with promoting thandai, from Dermi Kullu and Manali. But there are a thick layers of snow from their snow and ice, their melting and Cool talcum powder (with its number of films based in the houses and establishments, day in disappearance. It appears that to alliterative “thanda thanda cool plains that do not have to rely on and day out (for months in and keep the earth stable, ice in the cool” jingle) to assorted squashes hill stations to conjure the idea of months out), in addition to find- upper regions of the planet must and drinks, that habitually work winteriness. One can think of ing means to survive within tem- retain its iciness. As a human with close-ups of ice and snow. Aankhon Dekhi (2013)and Delhi 6 peratures of minus 10 to minus quality, however, ‘iciness’ rings For winteriness firmly remains in (2009) among others, both set in 35 degrees. Snow isn’t benign the months that have gone by, alleviate the inhuman conditions springs up in Western fantasy lit- with an undesirable undertow, as the blood and the mind. Delhi, that seek to construct the here, and even its pervasive such extremes have also been as compared to the traditional erature, whether it is the reign of does the word ‘coldness’ (“He 0 " " ( visual aesthetic of warmth by whiteness becomes a source of reported from Western cities and and rudimentary methods the White Witch in the CS Lewis’ gave me a cold shoulder”). And $" " , choosing the season of winter, as blindness under the sun, such metropolises, but their technolog- involved in the Trans-Himalayas. Narnia books, or the regime of yet in Hindi, we routinely use the $/ "" 2 * $ visibilised by the accoutrements that people must necessarily wear ically advanced materiality of Simultaneously, however, the evil icy ‘darkness’ in Susan Cooper’s phrase “thand rakho” (“Keep your " , /4 / of shawls and sweaters. goggles to protect their vision. In daily life still makes it easier to of snow and ice incessantly The Dark is Rising series, or, most cool”) to assuage someone ) "" 4""+ 2 .() ( #11 1. )(5 () $5 "31. 2-. 3(.) buuqy K 1 3( ($/

rimo Levi, in The of all faiths co-existed in peace. Reawakening, sequel to The truth is more complex than his classic memoir that. While the role of certain Survival in Auschwitz, political forces cannot be writes: “Monsters exist, - #% ignored in stoking communal Pbut they are too few in number tensions over the past few years, to be truly dangerous. More it is historically inaccurate to dangerous are the common men, claim that the subliminal anti- the functionaries ready to Muslim rhetoric isn’t deeply believe and to act without ask- 3 $ O , ( coded in the very fabric of the ing questions.” It is an important social and cultural idea of India. lesson. It is a reminder that The battle for a secular genocides aren’t a result of one + +! D & 32$(32 3( $( Constitution was hard fought bad straw-man’s evil actions; and hard won; to ignore that is they are a result of public acqui- to ignore the tremendous escence to crumbling institu- courage that Nehru and tions, apathy towards discrimi- Ambedkar displayed when they nation and dehumanisation of persisted in countering the large segments of people, and Hindutva forces that wanted indifference to politics as long India to be a Hindu nation in as it doesn’t personally affect us. opposition to our newly divided Harsh Mander’s Partitions of the Islamic neighbour. One danger- Heart is a worthy and timely ous consequence of this is that intervention at a time when it completely frees ‘us’, who are most public protests are being tolerant, from all responsibility deemed anti-national, and when for the actions of ‘them’ who independent administrative engage in bigotry. This inability institutions are slowly being to make ourselves accountable stripped of their autonomy. for perpetuating the very struc- Mander’s book is a scathing tures we claim to be fighting indictment of the ruling party in against cannot but be a band- power, who he sees as culprits as aid solution. The book shies well as catalysts behind the con- away from engaging in a temporary climate of communal nuanced understanding of the hate, and minority discrimina- legacy of Partition on the citi- tion within the country. He dubs zenry of India despite mention- this phenomenon ‘command ing it in its title. I also felt that bigotry’ which has emboldened Mander could have spent a little ordinary and less powerful more time in exploring the eco- everyday hate-mongers to exer- nomic conditions that may have cise their worst instincts in pub- led to the radicalisation of so lic without fear of Governmental many people in Hindutva ideol- censure. The narrative begins in ogy. Finally, the book takes for the Gulberg Society during 2002 granted the reader’s knowledge Gujarat riots where the callous- of the workings of the RSS, and ness of the Gujarat Model its ideological influence in BJP. towards the rights of its Muslim This limits its readership to minority, even in the face of people who already agree with their persecution and death, was Mander in their perception of first put on display. Mander the organisation. Perhaps that carefully details the apathy of was intended by the author, but police forces even as Lok Sabha failed to do the absolute mini- in deepening religious divide for Heart we are made to confront a in true journalistic style. His I do believe that this book could MP Ehsan Jafri made repeated mum to maintain refugee their own short-term political jarring reality where this desola- academic rigour ensures that have made a case for newer phone calls to local police sta- camps, or ensure communal rec- gains is discussed and thorough- tion of Kashmir has come to these individual events and converts to Hindutva ideology tions as well as people in the onciliation or social integration. ly criticised in the text. He pro- haunt the minorities of the rest issues don’t sit in vacuum but to reconsider their affiliations uppermost echelons of the State Divided into 12 chapters, the poses that these circumstances of the country too. It lifts the are linked to larger social pat- in light of the information pre- Government, allegedly including book takes care to focus on vari- have reduced minority groups to curtain on the ugly side of terns of social and political sented here. the then Chief Minister ous interrelated issues like second class citizenship within aggressive, masculinist Hindutva complacency. The above critique notwith- Narendra Modi, to no avail. The increased public lynching of their own country. He terms this fascism that has taken large One of the primary weak- standing, this book serves as a next Chapter, “The Ethics of minorities, cow vigilantism, perpetual feeling insecurity and parts of the country in its grip. nesses of the book, in my opin- poignant archive of the times Collective Vengeance” takes a love-jihad politics, religious their manufactured outsider-sta- Mander’s book is part journalis- ion, is Mander’s ‘all was well’ we live in. In the tradition of closer look at the fall-out of this conversions, and profiling of tus as a “bloodless phase of tic, part academic and meticu- syndrome. Time and again, he faithful truth-keeping of writ- Government sanctioned bigotry. young Muslim men as terrorists. genocide”. “They make a desola- lously researched in keeping describes each post-riot affected ers before him, Mander bears The segregation of Muslim com- He also dedicates an entire tion and call it peace”, Agha %&'&( with the requirements of both area as an erstwhile model of witness to the systemic erosion munities in villages of Gujarat chapter to the ‘betrayal’ of ‘secu- Shahid Ali had written in A )) these fields. The author tries to communal harmony. India of of inter-community ties post 2002, as well as their unof- lar’ political parties which led to Country Without a Post Office, a include as many examples of pre-2002 years might have had through this book. It should be ficial economic boycott is juxta- the rise of such a tendency. The slight rephrasing of Tacitus’ * news-reports, eye witness problems, but in Mander’s recommended to everyone who posed with the uninterested culpability of the Left parties, “solitudinem faciunt, pacem % $ +,, accounts, and documentary evi- worldview it was a tolerant, har- wishes to understand contem- Government machinery which Congress, Samajwadi Party et al appellant”. In Partitions of the dences as part of his argument monious country where people porary India.

becomes difficult to get to grips with, especially in the <> light of Pradyot’s swashbuck- ling, more hands-on approach "? towards his work. He is not & only adept at physically !! impressing himself upon the ="== people he seeks to question, " & reminding one of CID’s the- $", */9 atrical and burly officer Daya, but also displays a keener ( ! + + sense of observation as com- ( + + pared to his boss. Roy’s round- ! ing up and sizing up of the + * suspects is also Poirot-like: He ( + analyses the characters and $ ( ! %& motives of all the significant + 0 characters, yoked together by ) & ! 3 (5(.. fluke or by design, talking in * 3 first person, “Let us take & (( William ‘Billy’ Ford first…” The character of the French 0 + " ! & documentary film maker ! sleepy hill station, a Pierre Duval is somewhat lazi- quiet, faraway ly sketched, with lingering Amonastery surrounded loose ends. Thrown into this ; by mountains and nestled in jumble carelessly are Billy’s : ""<@ breath-taking scenic beauty, a nymphomaniac wife who pur- . ;"= % "% decent-looking couple trying sues him literally across the $", 89- to reawaken their passion seven seas; the mousy, secre- away from the bustle of a hec- tive but ultimately harmless tic city, surrounded by several couple; a Lama seeking ) R people with intriguing lives revenge having been a victim 1 ! and obscure motives, and a of sexual abuse as a child, a R ( + sensitive document with an ( Christian organisation which R ) acute incendiary potential — operates in dubious ways, and . & $ & % & if knit together seamlessly, the tale of Miriam’s failed sui- 3 ! $ these would make a perfect cide attempt. The sparsely !R ) recipe for a Bollywood pot- injected humour feels deliber- + boiler. An urbane,new-age ate and lame by turns, failing R 2 reader is denied precisely that to lighten up the tenor of the * & + feeling of fulfilment or a fit- narrative. The character of S 2 ! ting denouement in this Inspector Thapa however, + O + extremely good looking novel ner not entirely unlike Dan some legitimate lovemaking Sherlock missing a similar offers some respite by his that aspires in vain to be a Brown, to name a few. Roy sequences to justify the adult attempt on his life after sheer ingenuity and typical pacy adult thriller. The second holidays with his beautiful but tag. The ace detective Roy of Moriarty’s death, retold in the police hound doggedness. The .4 < book by actor Barun Chanda oft-neglected wife Sharmila, course stays back in the first story of “The Return of last quarter of the novel is the " &6 "% who dons the hats of an adver- romping in the wilderness and Sikkim monastery to clean Sherlock Holmes”. The reader weakest link, with rough :% 1%, 9// tising guru, acting and writing recovering his lost libido, puts up the matter. In a poor imi- is given samples of Roy’s clini- jumps and farfetched solutions by turns, Murder in the up at the out-of-the-way tation of James Bond-esque cal observation skills through- cooked up rather like instant - & Monastery offers a well-exe- Dengziang Monastery and is manner, Roy proceeds to out, as he goes about making noodles, sadly, sans the magic & cuted narrative. rudely interrupted when he is make friends with the “rather deductions about random masala.The logical what’s and Placing Kolkata old hound about to make out with his attractive” Coorgi girl staying happenings and individuals. wherefore’s are made frustrat- +!! Avinash Roy at the centre of wife once more, summoned by at the monastery, Miriam de What plunges Roy finally into ingly redundant as the reader story, Chanda seems to have the head Lama, Lama Phunsok Gonzales, who seems to action in proper, however, are is pushed into a hastily put K # !! + drawn upon one inspiration to help recover the missing know everything that Roy the twin murders of Miriam together chase for unravelling ! too many: A detective who Issah document. What follows thought to be a private con- and Tenzing, her secret lover, mistaken identities, hazy !! wants some moments of peace is the sulking wife, neglected versation between him and within the monastery. Aided motives, and the mystery of & !& ! + and solitude à la a Sherlock once more as duty beckons, the head Lama. Miriam’s dis- by his colleague and Assistant the missing document tests all Holmes, who is surrounded by packed off to home through turbing know-it-all chatter Pradyot, Roy and Inspector the ‘incredible’ powers of 0! & a motley group of tourists her angry outbursts in chaste *-)') and obviously flirtatious Thapa launch on a wild goose deduction of the ace detective = 2 !& with hidden pasts put together Bangla: “Let it ruin *&'). attentions put Roy on alert, chase for the mysterious nun Avinash Roy. Murder in the !& by circumstances like Agatha him…Taatetomarki?”, and together they narrowly who slept with Miriam on her Monastery should be read on a 0 & & K ! Christie’s ten little soldiers, a “Dhurchhai! You are impossi- / 0 escape being crushed to last night. long journey, putting a tradi- + & + ! document pertaining to the ble” to never reappear in the ,1 death by a stray boulder That our hero is an ageing tional, gripping whodunit + + mysteries of Jesus Christ’s life plot, having spiced up the rolling down the hill. The detective, at times utterly aside, befitting only a straight, which is dished out in a man- story in the beginning with episode reminds one of unimaginative and clumsy, breezy read. uvitiut !

1 "" !":9/:&%9/" / ! $/ $ F " F" " $ $ "$ "/ 0"! / " / 1. ! 8 0 R 3 he announcement of victory over territory, it began opportunistically malignant tree, but they haven’t Tthe Islamic State (ISIS) group in claiming attacks without any evidence pulled up its roots, which are still Syria marks the end of the extremists’ of its involvement. capable of growing and spreading,” yria resonates in the regional YPG and others are categorically ways when President Obama self-styled caliphate, a proto-state in The self-proclaimed caliphate Hisham al-Hashemi, a researcher in Sand global fulcrum as another Turkey’s insurgents and law break- sponsored the UNSC resolution which they held millions hostage to attracted tens of thousands of people extremism and expert on ISIS, wrote conflict centre and a twilight ers. Still, akin to other places and laying the blame for all violence on their dark and brutal vision. But ISIS, from around the world, lured by the in a Twitter post. zone. The fact has been that ter- in the context of American home- Bashar-Al-Assad and demanded which traces its roots back to the group’s online activism and slickly Activists who closely follow the rorism is the spectacular attention land security, the White House has that he steps down from the per- bloody emergence of al-Qaida in Iraq produced propaganda videos. Young, conflict in Syria already point to signs gathering device of a resource and to adequately pre-empt the incur- ilous pedestal of power. The after the 2003 US-led invasion, has troubled men were eager to wage war of a growing insurgency and sleeper fund challenged non-state actor. sive and destabilising insurgents American Ambassador, Robert survived past defeats and is already against those branded enemies of cells carrying out assassinations, set- In West Asia regionally and in in the Syrian context and the larg- Stephen Ford, was too withdrawn waging a low-level insurgency in areas Islam, while others were drawn to the ting up flying checkpoints and claim- the Syrian quagmire particularly, er West Asian region. This leads from Syria under duress at threats it was driven from months or even promise of life in an Islamic state gov- ing roadside bombs in liberated areas the issue of insurgency and the us on to the American R2P as the to his personal safety and well- 11 "" $ years ago. erned by God’s law. across Syria and Iraq. spectacularity of the ministra- Americans need to stay much being paving the way for the The grueling four-and-a-half- That physical “caliphate” was That insurgency could gain tions of the Kurdish forces aligned longer in Syria to oversee the branding of state of Syria as a >,, year campaign to drive ISIS from the declared dead, for now. strength as President Donald Trump with United States against the ISIS establishment of peace and sta- recalcitrant nation state. Still, in 0)) " territories it once held has left entire presses ahead with his planned US are present, which are somewhere bility in the conflict ravaged the Trump Administration, the US towns and neighborhoods in ruins, in What is the cost of liberation? withdrawal from Syria. The American pitted against the Bashar-Al-Assad nation. According to the 2012 Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, both war-torn Syria and Iraq. If the The grueling four-year air and commander overseeing the fight regime of Damascus. Global Leadership Report, 29 per opined that the longer term $$ long-standing grievances of Sunni ground campaign against ISIS has against ISIS, General Joseph Votel, has Once upon a time Syria used cent of the Syrians approve of the pedestal of Bashar-Al-Assad Muslims in both countries continue killed or wounded tens of thousands warned that the group is far from to be a progressive and modernist American leadership, with 41 per would be decided by the local to fester, the extremists could rise of people, driven hundreds of thou- being defeated, saying its leaders population centre, but, with the cent disapproving and 31 per Syrian populace and on several , $ again. sands from their homes and left a have dispersed and gone under- internecine entry of Iran into cent people expressing indeci- occasions the US President has swath of destruction stretching from ground. Lebanon through Syria and sion about the American leader- supported idea of “safe zones” in What has ended exactly? the suburbs of Damascus to central “What we are seeing now is not Hezbollah, the regional scenario ship in Syria. Syria which Syria finds unac- What is over is the ISIS’ physical Iraq. the surrender of ISIS as an organisa- has become tricky going beyond The scenario of diplomatic ceptable and beyond the pallor of . " “caliphate,” after the Syrian The major cities ISIS once held — tion but a calculated decision to pre- the pale of the quintessential BOP exchanges was never so bad realism. Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led Mosul, Raqqa, Fallujah and Ramadi serve the safety of their families and ( balance of power) system in the between the doughty Damascus Also, in the aftermath of the group supported by the United States, — have all seen major devastation. preservation of their capabilities,” he larger international system and the and Washington as in the first Douma chemical attacks, the """ declared on March 23 the capture of The group put up fierce resistance said earlier this month, adding that West Asian region. Now, the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91, Trump regime with Paris initiat- $$!! the last tiny patch of territory con- nearly everywhere, using civilians as the insurgents are “waiting for the Syrian nation has turned into a President Bush Sr was part of the ed missile attacks on the Syrian trolled by the militants, in the east- human shields and launching waves right time to resurge.” region, facing one of the worst American-led coalition to coun- denomination, thus, paving the " ern Syrian village of Baghouz. of car bomb and suicide attacks. As The withdrawal of American humanitarian disasters whose teract the dictatorial act of way for a confrontation between That domain once stretched over it slowly retreated, it left behind forces from eastern Syria would open sinews now reach out to Europe Saddam Hussein, and later in the the US and its allies on side of the large parts of Syria and Iraq, which booby traps and explosives that in the door for major turmoil as various as part of a larger migration decade of the nineties, the fencing ring and Iran and Russia the group conquered in a blitz in the many areas have yet to be cleared. actors — including the Syrian gov- across the European mountains Americans successes in bringing being on the antagonist side of the summer of 2014, capturing towns and The US-led coalition dropped ernment, allied with Russia and Iran and icy lands. Hafiz Al Assad of Syria to medi- fighting ring. cities, including Mosul, Iraq’s second- tens of thousands of bombs over Syria — race to fill the vacuum. The US, too, gets embroiled in ate with the state of Israel with the Very accurate Tom Hawk largest. and Iraq to help its allies on the ISIS was all but defeated once this regional fracas. The larger objective of peace in West missiles have been deftly utilised The fighters bulldozed berms ground advance, sometimes pulver- before, when US forces withdrew December 2018 decision of Asia. By the time in the aftermath from USS Philippine Sea and along the border and proclaimed a izing entire city blocks. Syrian from Iraq in 2011; experts warn it President Trump to withdraw the of the September 11 attacks, Syria USS Ariegh Burke at the ISIS tar- contiguous caliphate stretching across Government forces backed by Russian could stage another devastating last contingent of 2,000 soldiers participated in the US-led Global gets in Raqqa. Thus, Syria is akin a third of both countries. At its air power battled ISIS in some areas, comeback. has been a part of his larger War on Terror (GWOT) in order to a rogue nation state tumbling height, the territory was the size of as did Iraq’s state-sanctioned militias, And ISIS has established affiliates “sequestration and isolationist to support the American striving on with Iraq and others, in the Britain, stretching from near the with help from Iran. across Asia and Africa, and contin- streak” in the context of the US in West Asia. contemporary US understanding northern Syrian town of Aleppo to The death toll from the campaign ues to be active in places like foreign policy. The US we perceive In fact, the Syrians were the of the conflict, thus, ushering in the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, remains uncounted. In a report Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt’s Sinai today is much different from the first state to intimate the a twilight zone scenario. As a Baghdad, and home to 8 million peo- released last year, the coalition con- Peninsula, Yemen and the Philippines. times of President Bush where-in Americans about a terror attack result in 2014, the nations of the ple. firmed the deaths of 1,139 civilians in the superpower nowadays intends on the US Fifth fleet in line with order of Bahrain, Qatar, United !-!-((E1C(1 The extremists governed under a airstrikes conducted between August Future of detained fighters and to withdraw from global respon- the USS Cole bombing in 1998. Arab Emirates along with the harsh and violent interpretation of 2014 and November 2018. Rights their families sibilities, including that of conflict Despite, the Syrian-American American F-22 Raptor Stealth Islam. They massacred those who groups say the number is much Another major concern is jihadis resolution and related recon- cooperation in the context of the Fighters were unleashed on the resisted their rule and beheaded higher. finding their way back to Europe. struction efforts in destroyed GWOT, Syria has always remained Syrian air space. hostages, including Western jour- An Associated Press investigation Around 1,000 foreign fighters are cur- principalities. on the American list of terror Harking back to American nalists and foreign aid workers, in found at least 9,000 civilians died in rently being held in Kurdish-run pris- The power vacuum left by the sponsoring safe havens, since the history, the American intervention gruesome videos circulated online. the assault to retake Mosul alone. In ons in northern Syria. Their wives — American withdrawal from a US enumeration of the same in in Cuban war and the incidents in Alleged adulterers were stoned to Raqqa, the US-backed campaign many of them from Western coun- post-Saddam Iraq led to the 1979. The US is of the opinion that Philippines have served as initia- death, those believed to be gay were killed hundreds of civilians and tries — and their children are in spawning of a Phoenix like Islamic the Damascus regime supports tor elements in the rise of arch of the American nation. thrown from the tops of buildings, caused destruction on a massive camps in northern Syria. State (ISIS). In a way, if the terror and separatist actors in American power according to Thus, America has always and children were made to watch the scale. Syria is still mired in civil war, Syrian Kurdish authorities are Bashar-Al-Assad regime does not Israel and the Palestinian territo- Howard K Beale in 1956 work been on a kind of Oregon trail atrocities as part of their brainwash- and Iraq estimates it will need $100 calling on countries to take back their survive, which appears highly ries, which place the West Asian titled as, “Theodore Roosevelt which includes incursions of the ing. The group captured thousands of billion to rebuild. Local leaders in nationals, saying they cannot afford unlikely then a strong and capac- peace and stodgy stolidity at a and the Rise of America to World military genre inside states hob- women from Iraq’s Yazidi minority, Mosul say they need that much for to keep shouldering the burden. ities-laden nation-state actor such grave risk. Power.” bled with humanitarian disasters forcing them into sexual slavery. their city alone. No one has offered Trump has weighed in, calling on as the US will be required to set As an adjunct, the US President Theodore Roosevelt as a consequence of political vio- ISIS also carried out the more to foot the bill, and hard-hit areas Britain, France, Germany and other the unstable stables in order in Embassy was attacked in 2006 for at the turn of the century had gone lence, terrorism and attendant mundane actions of a state — col- remain empty, even years later. European allies to repatriate their Syria. which the Syrian Government on to contend that the United mayhem. Regulating the interna- lecting taxes, printing school text- nationals and put them on trial. The American interventionist placed the blame on the American States ought to have warships tional system has somehow been books, minting its own currency What’s next “The US does not want to watch streak has been on view in places policy in Iraq. These little flies in equal in number to the aspirations a lynchpin of the US foreign pol- and restoring public infrastructure. It The official declaration of victo- as these ISIS fighters permeate which have faced humanitarian the ointment tended to sour the and the popular will of the great icy to rescue the challenged and was an experiment in statehood that ry is of mostly symbolic value. Europe, which is where they are catastrophes. Syria is one such relations between the twin nations American people. The niceties of turmoiled nations their popula- not even al-Qaida ever tried on a sig- Thousands of ISIS militants have dis- expected to go,” he tweeted in instance, wherein, the NATO ally, which were partially at different riding a horse, dining with the tions. nificant scale. persed and gone to ground, and US February. Turkey too has reservations about footings, since the last 30-40 odd elites and deliberating on world From its de facto capital of Raqqa, defense officials have warned that IS But few countries are willing to the Washington’s policy of taking years. So no supine surprises here politics and literature happen to be (The writer teaches in northern Syria, its leaders plotted could stage a comeback in Syria bring back people they view as a secu- the help of the Syrian Kurd groups over the growing of thaws between the enumerated characteristics of International Relations at Indian spectacular attacks abroad, including within a year if military and coun- rity threat, posing a dilemma for the and the attendant militia, in order Damascus and Washington! a true blue American gentleman, Institute of Public Administration, the 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 terterrorism pressure is eased. Kurdish-led forces as the US prepares to counter the ISIS, as the flock of The Americans clearly parted paving the way for the larger over- Delhi) people. As ISIS began to hemorrhage “They’ve cut the trunk of this to withdraw. AP 12( $.)2( 2 .)/2 12( #( 2. 20 1.0 .1. 1 03. 0 .03 1- 3/$( bacqbute " ,(/.& 10 2).0202. K ( .) ( $1)2 %

) O + ! + & & !! 2 ( =

understand democracy as some- extent an average person depends on thing that gives the weak the media messages or to what extent the same chance as the strong,” said media shapes our minds, attitudes and Mahatma Gandhi. “Vox populi opinions is, however, a moot point. vox dei,” an oft-quoted axiom in Idemocracies, was coined by the Greeks and conveyed that the voice of the peo- There have been numerous debates ple was indeed the voice of God. leading to concern and anxiety about Democracy is the manifestation of peo- the increasing role and influence of ple’s will to be governed by those they the media, which, it is alleged, has elect. It is a different matter that the changed the very fabric of politics. A very same people as voters may not fascinating, and at times intriguing, necessarily be happy with the elected interplay of the mass media and poli- representatives they choose to govern tics has been the subject matter of them. Democracy, also, is not necessar- much empirical research. ily the voice of the majority. Many peo- Politics as an institution has a long ple do not vote, and those who do may history. Many things have influenced not see their candidates win. politics over the years. Similarly, the Society has a history spanning mil- media has undergone changes and lions of years, and the media, especially entered various phases. Political institu- the mass media, is a little over a century tions have taken centuries to be what old. Yet it is ironical that the media, they are today. The media as an institu- over the years, has accumulated tion has progressed in a much shorter immense power to influence society in period, as said earlier. Thanks to the more ways than one. The media’s power ingenuity of the human mind, coupled comes from its capacity to influence with science and technology, the media public opinion. Media critics believe has acquired such a formidable position that it is not a knowledge-based profes- and influence from being a watchdog sion, but depends on events and hap- that it questions institutions and prac- penings interpreted from both the sup- tices that are as old as the human civili- ply side of information — through sation itself. While the news media has press releases, backgrounders, press historically been viewed as aggressive conferences, events, etc — and the and overenthusiastic for the latest and demand side of information, from the hottest information, its watchdog func- perspective of reporters who interpret tion in a democratic society posits that events and information according to people know what their Governments their understanding and mental capa- and public-funded institutions are bility. The media, therefore, can be seen doing. The media has the power to hold as a social institution, which is not and the Government and public-funded cannot be very different from the institutions accountable, forcing them nature of the society it exists in. to explain actions and decisions, all of The relationship between the which affect the people they represent. media and society is symbiotic. In fact, The assumption is that the press any debate on the mass media and speaks for the people, thus the freedom society oscillates between two of speech and freedom of the press Acts extremes, depending on who is saying lar. Critics have often called this the culture and values of society and to be at work, curtailing and undermin- are widely prevalent in some democra- it. Some swear by the media’s unbri- ‘Americanisation’ of elections. There groups are ‘constructed, stored and ing its role. These, according to Childs, cies. The need for freedom of the media dled power, while others feel that the may not have been many scholarly visibly expressed’. include the tremendous growth in exec- is to ensure that it articulates the voice media does not affect lives at all. research studies on the Indian elections A primary key to fame and celebri- utive power, the growing complexity of the people and their concerns by Whatever may be the cliché in these with a theoretical construct in the past, ty status: First, it was people from the and speed of social change, the emer- bringing them in the public domain. views, there is no gainsaying the fact but the current crop of scholars — from entertainment industry, then gence of pressure groups and higher The argument supports that the news that the media has become part of the not only India but also the West — has sportspersons, and now even corporate stakes among political parties, the mass media must question the Government, everyday life of an average person, evinced great interest in the Indian honchos, who have acquired celebrity media and other channels. thereby contributing in making democ- who makes sense of the world around elections, and one does find references status in the media. The power of the Representative bodies are becoming racy function. Therefore, it is impor- him/her through media stimuli. in contemporary literature on the sub- media, however, is not intrinsic but less representative, and elections, tant to understand that the freedom In this chapter, an effort has been ject. The later chapters have cited a acquired. This power comes from the though they indicate the preferred can- of speech and expression is in the made to provide a theoretical construct number of such studies. British com- people, as consumers and audiences of didates, often give only a slight indica- interest of the public, and such legis- to the interrelation of democracy, the munication theorist Denis McQuail news and various other programmes. tion of public attitude. A section of ana- lation does not only protect the func- media and its impact on elections. The ascribes four important attributes to the The political institutions that are lysts feels that the decision of the voters tions of the press, but also lets it func- last century or so has seen the develop- mass media that lend it significance. accountable to the people in a democ- is more often shaped by the mass media tion without fear or favour. Today, in ment of many theories and models A power source: The media is the racy through periodic elections obvi- stimuli around election time. Excessive the era of globalisation, this role has around the subject, which have also primary means of transmission and ously face the worst of a vocal and visibility of certain candidates in com- undergone a sea change. It is often been tested in many elections in the source of information in society. The negative media, and that is what lends parison to others, cunning campaigns alleged that the media today has West, especially in the United States media is in the area of public affairs: power to the media. by parties and the ‘public face’ as pre- become a commodity. There is also (US). Over the years, elections in other Government organisations and the cor- Harwood L Childs, author of An sented have the capability to swing pub- growing criticism against the media democracies, especially in the develop- porate sector, because of various regula- Introduction to Public Opinion, in his lic opinion in favour of or against a for projecting unabashed violence. ing world, have copied campaign styles tions, are often in the media glare. thesis on the subject, strongly advocates candidate, which may have nothing to and media usage from their Western A definition of social reality: The the preserving of public opinion, do with the ‘real’ choice of the elec- < counterparts, again the US in particu- media is a forum where the changing because many forces in his view seem torate, as it should have been. To what <) <:'9 P-) )+ / )1 ,, ,)Q

onald Trump said he May reached with Brussels “hates” seeing Brexit " ! # 1 1 & / ) 0 “sounds like a great deal for the Dbeing “ripped apart,” indi- EU” as he urged the Prime cated he believes there should be N O + ! /& 2 (. Minister to think again. The no second referendum, and said President’s intervention seemed that Theresa May “didn’t listen” to fly in the face of May’s claims to his advice. Trump’s interven- you mean you’re going to take very complex thing that’s going that Britain would be able to tion came as he also promised another vote?’. So that’d be tough. on right now. It’s tearing a lot of strike free trade deals around the that a “large scale” trade deal “I thought it [the 2016 refer- countries apart. And it’s a shame world after Brexit despite her with “unlimited potential” was endum result] would happen, it it has to be that way.” He added: concessions to the EU. waiting to be done between the did happen, but both sides are “We’re also renegotiating our Also, Trump and Nigel Farage UK and US after Brexit. very, very, you know, they’re trade deal with the European discussed the merits of a no deal Speaking in the Oval Office, cemented in. It’s a tough situa- groups. We’re talking to the EU Brexit during a face-to-face meet- while meeting Leo Varadkar, the tion. It’s a shame. Frankly, it’s a about trade, they’re willing to ing earlier this month. The US Irish Taoiseach, the US president shame. There was no reason for talk to us. “And if they don’t talk president was urged to support said he had been watching the that to happen. They could have L2 "1/) 2. 01 to us we’re going to do some- walking away from the table if a “very sad” developments in the had the vote and it should have .. 03(0 "31. thing that’s going to be pretty bad agreement is on offer — just UK, and his approach to negotia- gone smoothly. Unfortunately, it 20/(021 "203 severe economically, tariff a lot like he had done during North tions would have worked better. didn’t. It’s a very complicated of their products coming in, Korea talks in Vietnam. The con- He said: “I will tell you, I’m sur- issue, and actually the issue on # .F20 "1 1/0 because the EU treats us very, versation took place at the prised at how badly it’s all gone the border of Ireland is one of the 51/ 1"& ".O . very unfairly. It’ll probably work Conservative Political Action from the standpoint of a negotia- most complex points.” out. Otherwise, we’re going to do Conference [Cpac] in Washington tion. But I gave the prime minis- Trump said an extension 0(2 01 03.$ something that’s good for the DC, a gathering of right-leaning ter my ideas on how to negotiate seemed inevitable but he would (#1/0 0 ().& () United States.” politicians where both men gave it, and I think you would have like to see Brexit “work out”. He Varadkar told Trump: “I speeches. Moreover, the US been successful. She didn’t listen said: “I think they’re going to ". ( )1 ( ,. 5 think it’ll be a few years until the President’s former chief strategist to that, and that’s fine. have to do something because #2 0 (). ).( UK sorts itself out, but in the had said that Margaret Thatcher is “I mean, she’s gotta do what right now they’re in the midst of a meantime the EU is available to the inspiration for Donald she’s gotta do, but I think it short period of time, and they’re "203 03. / #/0 talk trade with the US...” The Trump’s policies in the White could have been negotiated in a not going to be able to do that. “I 20O ,. 5 () president said he would be going House. Steve Bannon also said different manner, frankly. I hate would like to see that whole situa- to Ireland this year. He said: “I’ll now is the “the moment” for Boris to see it, everything being ripped tion with Brexit work out. You 01 .. "3(0O be coming at some point during Johnson, who quit as Foreign apart right now.” Trump has know, we’re talking to them about 3(.2 03. .& the year. It’s just a great place.” He secretary over Theresa May’s previously said his advice on trade, and we can do a very big tweeted, “My Administration proposed Brexit deal, to chal- how to secure Brexit may have trade deal with the UK. But it’s () 03. . "( looks forward to negotiating a lenge the Prime Minister to lead been “too brutal” for May. very sad to see what’s happening 1 .(1M large scale Trade Deal with the the country. Bannon, who ran Addressing the question of a there, and there was no reason.” UK. The potential is unlimited!” Trump’s successful campaign to second referendum the president Trump recalled how he had K )1() 0 /$ Earlier, Trump had warned become President in 2016, said indicated it should not happen predicted the 2016 referendum that Britain “may not be able to that Trump’s policies were based because it was “very unfair”. He result. He said: “It wasn’t that I trade with the US” because of on “pure Thatcherism”. Bannon said: “I don’t think another vote was a supporter. I predicted that Theresa May’s Brexit deal in had also said: “What we are try- would be possible because it it was going to happen. I was comments that could torpedo her ing to do is get a piece of action would be very unfair to the peo- right and people laughed when I hopes of winning Parliament’s for the little guy. ple that won, that say ‘What do predicted it. “I can tell you it’s a backing. He said the agreement 0("0"$ ( -110#(D$() 1/. 2 - (. 3( #.. #( .) - 1$ ($2 03.2 1 itextaiutar # N 2.C$( $#(.O (-0. 0"1 1. 0(

4#/ ong-haul flights, tons of guns and a bagpipe flamethrower: Such are Lthe special demands of his career that James Bond has never been considered a poster boy for an eco-friendly lifestyle. But next year’s 25th Bond film looks set to have Ian Fleming’s hero make his first concession to climate change, by driving an electric Aston Martin — albeit one which retails at £250,000. According to reports, the film — whose working title of Shatterhand was recently debunked — will see Daniel Craig’s 007 behind the wheel of an Aston Martin Rapide E, the spy franchise began in 1964, when one of only 155 electric cars being built Sean Connery drove a DB5 sports car by the British manufacturer. in Goldfinger. Shooting on the new The Sun reports that director Cary film is expected to start in April, after Joji Fukunaga has spearheaded the a series of delays involving the replace- change, with their source describing ment of Danny Boyle as director fol- him as “a total tree-hugger”. “This is lowing reported “creative differences” .'R .'R something Cary pushed for and between he and producers Barbara Daniel and the producers are going Broccoli and Michael G Wilson. along with. Everybody is afraid of Many suggested Boyle and his co- Bond getting labelled ‘too PC’ but they writer John Hodge were eager to bring all felt the time was right to put him in Bond up to date with a plot including /5. a zero-emission vehicle.” nods to the #MeToo movement — /5. Aston Martin’s relationship with and, potentially, 007’s own death. *4 $ *&)*&) /5) /5) hree Michael Jackson fan groups are suing his alleged victims in TFrance for “sullying his memory” by taking part in the Leaving Neverland documentary, the fans’ lawyer told Agence France-Presse. The '(&'3'(&'3 Michael Jackson Community — which claims to be the “official fan club forum” — and the MJ Street and On The Line groups accuse Wade Robson and James Safechuck of “lynching” Jackson.The case, which will be heard 1 !& ( $P& ! O by a court in Orléans in northern France in July, follows reports that Robson and Safechuck in Leaving ! ! + & 1002. (1 Jackson’s children were also consider- Neverland had sullied the memory of ing taking legal action against the the singer, who died in 2009. men, who say that Jackson sexually Jackson’s image had been affected y earliest recollection see today is an optimistic celebration $P/..O .(5 market, which represents £249 billion abused them when they were children. by the allegations as well as “the whole of my personal style of a spectrum of identities. of untapped spending power. Lawyer Emmanuel Ludot, who community of his fans”, the lawyer was far from compli- This may be true with regard to the 2 ).-2.) #5 32 Recently, the Cornish-lifestyle brand has previously successfully sued said. Leaving Neverland was first mentary; instead, it models we’re seeing in front of the (#2205 01 /#,. 0 Seasalt (as worn by the Duchess of Jackson’s doctor for causing distress to broadcast in the US on HBO earlier started with retorts of camera. Take for instance Halima Sussex) launched its first adaptive his fans by giving him the drugs that this month and has since broken M“Well, you’re going to look very silly!” Aden, Charli Howard, or Adut Akech, . 202,. 2).( clothing line, Easy On. The collection, killed him, said the groups “want to streaming records in Britain. And indeed I did: Utterly silly. But who are all redefining traditional 1- #.(/05T 32 only available online, includes discreet discredit the accusations of pae- The film has outraged some of still I threw aside the pristine twin-set supermodel stereotypes. But these additions to existing signature styles dophilia” against Jackson. Jackson’s fans, who have waged an neatly laid out for my sister’s party in faces are the harbingers of change that 24/$$. 6999 such as magnetic fastenings on their Ludot said the “indignity of the often vicious social media campaign favour of a garish pyjama top, conceal the endemic lack of represen- 31" -.(0/ 2 03. popular Beachcombing Coat, loops on extremely grave accusations” made by against his accusers. Dalmatian-print leggings, stuck-on tation in the wider fashion industry. sleeve cuffs to make pulling them on earrings and a conservative flourish Diversity doesn’t begin and end with ( (5$2( (2$.. and off hassle-free, and soft elasticat- of patent Mary Janes, an outfit I who we see in front of the camera, we $/2 2 ( (2 ed waistbands which are pinch-free thought was the height of sophistica- need more minority voices leading when seated. “We wanted to help tion. The whole ensemble was set off from behind the lens. Recent accusa- 1- 3() (-0.) women who can find dressing diffi- by a pink beaded purse puckered with tions of racism facing establishment 103.02 . 2 ( cult,” explains Seasalt’s design director jelly tots, an ill-tempered Tamagotchi brands — such as Prada, Gucci, and Sue Simpson. The collection was and other five-year-old-child essen- Burberry, which were recently called ).-22 .F($. 1- inspired by customer focus groups, so tials. Let’s just say it was hard to dis- out for their racially offensive imagery 31" $P/..O "1 it’s designed to “fit into their lives and tinguish me from the clown booked — are a testament to this fact. The make [them] feel confident”. for post-lunch entertainment. solution is simple, and urgent: We ).10 /0.) 12( However, when I point out their In this moment, fashion became must address this disconnect between 0(#11 .( )2 designs are exclusively shown on about more than clothes for me. It was the diversity of the models on the cat- able-bodied models, they state the an act of defiance, self-assertion and a walk and those packed into the front )2(#.) #1)2. photography is “a blank canvas” but declaration of who I was — which cer- row — the editors, buyers, and ulti- would take in my feedback. But this tainly wasn’t going to be imposed by mately, the voices of power. exposes the long-standing myth that anyone but myself. In the years follow- However, one minority group is grammed walking cane. As a former disability isn’t marketable. More than ing, this sense that style is intimately severely under-represented. Although muse for luxury brands like Stella ever, consumers want to align them- connected to our identity has strength- 20 per cent of people have disabilities, McCartney and Chanel, this image selves with brands that have a posi- ened. Although I’ve had a muscle this demographic is largely non-exis- was a powerful symbol of how fashion tive, inclusive ethos. weakness disability since birth, in tent in the fashion sphere, with only a enables disability to transcend the Seasalt follows in the footsteps of recent years, additional illness, such as handful of designers, such as Teatum stigma that surrounds it. Her presence other forward-thinking brands, such severe pneumonia, has significantly Jones and the late Alexander was also a glaring reminder that peo- as Marks & Spencer and Tommy impacted my mobility, stamina and the McQueen, recognising fashion’s poten- ple with disabilities are often unseen Hilfiger, which have already released physical strength of my voice. As a tial to challenge our perception of dis- on platforms like the red carpet, the adaptive clothing lines. Their designs fashion journalist with a disability, I ability. McQueen’s legacy is defined by epitome of spectacle and visibility. So featured everything from adjustable our months after it first appeared invasion of spectral beasts who cause recognise how style can empower peo- his ability to subvert prescriptive ideas although it represented a victory for hem-lengths to accommodate pros- on Netflix, footage of a real-life a person’s worst fears to materialise, ple to express themselves regardless of of beauty; his spring/summer 1999 disability representation, primarily it thetic limbs and soft Velcro fastenings, Frail disaster will be removed leading them to kill themselves. ability, race, age, gender or size. show featuring the Paralympian Aimee was an intimation of how far there is to sleep-suits specifically tailored for from the movie Bird Box, the post- But in a statement to TheWrap In recent years, the concept of Mullins in a pair of handcrafted pros- to go before it’s accepted as the norm. babies with hip dysplasia. With a new apocalyptic thriller starring Sandra recently, Netflix confirmed that both “diversity” has come into focus in the thetic legs is a defining example of how In a later interview with Vanity Fair, report revealing the adaptive clothing Bullock. The stock footage used con- it and the makers of Bird Box have fashion industry, catapulted from the McQueen’s work deconstructed social Blair laments the lack of stylish cloth- market could reach $288.7 billion cerns a 2013 tragedy in the Québec decided to replace the clip. They also abyss to assume centrestage in fashion taboos regarding disabled bodies. ing available to disabled individuals. globally this year, they are right to be town of Lac-Mégantic when an unat- apologised, saying: “We’re sorry for campaigns, glossy magazine covers Historical prejudices have made dis- She wants designers to focus on expanding their offerings. tended train carrying crude oil rolled any pain caused to the Lac-Mégantic and post-catwalk commentary. In fact, ability synonymous with victimhood improving adaptive fashion, which is The fashion industry’s fascination down an incline, came off the tracks community.” In response, Quebec’s we’ve just witnessed a record year in or failure, and consequently it is often designed to meet the needs of those with diversity not only fulfils an ethical and exploded, killing 47 people. Minister of Culture and terms of inclusion in fashion. hidden from public view. with disabilities and chronic condi- responsibility, but it’s incredibly lucra- Earlier this year, the streaming Communications, Nathalie Roy, Diversity has become not only a buzz- Actress Selma Blair’s first appear- tions: “It can still be chic. You should- tive. While I’ve always believed fashion giant said it would not remove the praised the decision, saying it shows word but also a measure of a brand’s ance on the red carpet following her n’t have to sacrifice style.” can foster an inclusive spirit, finally the clip, which in Bird Box is used to illus- that “by uniting and pooling our relevance in an intensely competitive multiple sclerosis diagnosis last year At last designers are beginning to industry is poised to reflect this. trate mass deaths in the wake of an efforts, everything is possible”. digital marketplace. The fashion we saw her pose defiantly with a mono- acknowledge the disabled consumer 0("0"$ :==4

( hours a day to A Tribe resonating inside of the cheese,” Michael not force them to take their eyes out of " D 25.. Called Quest’s hip hop Harenberg of Bern University of Arts the smartphone and into the road. We pparently not all unicorns erman police say a drunken Florida man called track “We Got it From told Reuters. Beat Wampfler, the cheese- need to find ways to put the road into Aare the embodiment of puri- Gman with a fire extinguisher A911 after going to the bathroom Here”, Mozart’s ‘Magic maker behind the project, said the their eyes,” he said. The striped lights ty and grace. Baltimore County smashed his way into the driver’s and finding a bright green iguana swim- Flute’ opera or Led Zeppelin’s rock clas- cheeses were tested twice by the jury turn green when it is safe to walk, and Police say a person dressed in a cab of a high-speed train running ming in his toilet. Fort Lauderdale sic “Stairway to Heaven”. One wheel and both times the results were more or red when pedestrians should halt. For unicorn costume and wielding from Frankfurt to Paris and Battalion Chief Stephan Gollan tells the was played the throbbing techno of less the same. He said the experiment now, the pilot program is limited to a a crowbar tried to rob a con- demanded that the driver slow Miami Herald the man “freaked out and Vril’s “UV” and another Yello’s dark would now focus on hip hop. “The idea single intersection in central Tel venience store Saturday down. Federal police said the didn’t know what to do.” He says fire- ambient piece “Monolith”. is now to take 5 or 10 cheeses and put Aviv, but the municipality says morning in the Baldwin ICE train operated by fighter Jeff Kurus put on a sterile glove, Soundwaves at low, medium and hip hop on them and then compare.” it will expand the zombie community. Officers arrived Germany’s Deutsche Bahn reached in and grabbed the iguana. He high frequencies were played for three ! " lights if they prove effective. just after the High’s store stopped near Frankfurt after took it outside and released it into the others while one wheel was left in peace. Similar systems have opening time of 5 am to the incident Sunday morning. wild. Gollan says the department “is the “The most obvious differences were 2O: " P( already been used in respond to the robbery call. The 30-year-old man from end-all-be-all” when it comes to unique observed in strength of flavor, smell and "D " Australia, Singapore and Police say the suspect had Heideberg, who wasn’t identi- calls. The department tweeted pictures taste,” Bern University of Arts el Aviv has taken a small step the Netherlands. So far, fled in a silver car. They fied, was arrested and faces an of the iguana, adding “can you imagine researchers said in reporting the find- Ttoward protecting the lives of smartphone-addicted located what appeared to be investigation into dangerous lifting the toilet lid and finding this?” ings of a culinary jury which did blind “smartphone zombies.” The residents seem to be the same car after it had interference in rail traffic, tasting. “The hip hop sample topped the municipality has installed special welcoming the lights. wrecked. No other cars were among other things. list of all cheese exposed to music in LED sidewalk lights at a busy “It’s something involved in the wreck. Police say passengers said ""( terms of fruitiness...(it) was the strongest crosswalk to alert distracted amazing,” said Tel Aviv Police say two people the man took a fire extinguisher of these in terms of smell and taste.” pedestrians staring at their resident Shai Levi. “As involved in the crash were off the wall, smashed a glass xposing cheese to round-the-clock Benjamin Luzuy, a Swiss TV chief phones when they can walk and someone who is addict- taken to a hospital, and detec- door separating the cab from the Emusic could give it more flavor and and jury member, told Reuters TV: when they should stop. Tomer ed to his phone and is tives are working to determine passenger compartment, and told hip hop might be better than Mozart, “The differences were very clear, in Dror, head of the traffic manage- all day long with his what their involvement was in the shocked driver the train was Swiss researchers said on Thursday. term of texture, taste, the appearance, ment division at the Tel Aviv- head glued on the the robbery. No charges were going much too fast and he had Nine wheels of Emmental cheese there was really something very differ- Yafo Municipality, said the screen, I think that it immediately filed. Police didn’t to save the passengers. No pas- weighing 10 kilos each were placed in ent.” The experiment, instead of using “zombie traffic lights” aim to can without any hesita- say if money or merchandise sengers were hurt but the train separate wooden crates last September loudspeakers, used mini transmitters to minimize accidents between tion, reduce the num- was taken in the robbery. was taken out of service. to test the impact of music on flavor conduct the energy of the music into vehicles and inattentive pedes- ber of accidents.” and aroma. The cheese was exposed 24 the cheese. “All the energy is directly trians at crosswalks. “We can- 1$.& .0 / 3(,. 1$. 0.( () 102/. 01 0( yvixiari $ (#1/0 3(5 032 K 3(2$ 101

;"==< ($1) (03( )) O + 3 !! ( !! ! & .!! ! 1 ! !! 6OM D ! 0 A9&M67 / D ! !! D hese are the times of information revolution, & more fashionably called information age. When + Twas information nor crucial is still not clear. But + 0 let us not debate that. So the new jargon is ‘big data’, + ‘cloud computing’ and many more fancy coinages. So % # 0 ! 6'R there are companies into the manufacture of so-called + & 6'R intelligent machines, claiming that these provide + ! !! insights without limits. Well, for a student of Abnormal & Psychology, that is more of a problem than a solution. & Yes, insights without limits are reasons for fantasising and causing delusions, of both persecution as well as 0 grandeur. And, of course, they also convert bounded %&5&0) rationality into unfounded assumptions. Anyway, we are in an era where people use stylish phrases like ‘data is the next oil’ for this world. Whatever that means may not be easily inferred but the fact remains that O & 5 & + mankind can survive without data or oil but not without water, which is the real impending threat lurking + ! & ) (3( 1"($2 round the corner. As city after city go waterless, clues are hardly discernable. Nevertheless, as this craze for +! + data grows to maddening levels, there is a need to exer- # & ! D ith the set of mystical explains why Krishna’s such easygoing Vrindavana denotes the universal self Mathura region for a long time. cise some caution. While we are slowly but surely get- ! D and spiritual con- encounters at Vrindavana or Gokula and his foster father Nanda implying Likewise, in the later stage of Krishna ting submerged in the ocean of information, nay data, cepts having synthe- are termed lilas signifying that these bliss guides all these in their relations cult, if Krishna’s elder brother is treated an old poetry comes to mind. It was Samuel Taylor + ! !D sised with Krishna were mere sports and diversions on to the universe and themselves. as symbol of the individual soul and is Coleridge who wrote this sometime around the end of & during the later phase the part of Krishna at Vrindavana. In Nanda as supreme joy is located in named Nara, he is forever proclaimed the 18th Century in his Lyrical Ballads. It was the 0 & + Wof the saga, the same built an aura of the same context, Harivamsha seems Vrindavana like the brain of every the eternal accomplice of Krishna, ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, a sailor’s plight on board / dreamland with spiritual overtones to add “that all the associates of enlightened person. Krishna in Narayana, performing the role of his a ship surrounded by water all over in a vast ocean, # & around Krishna’s personae by provid- Krishna during his Vrindavana lilas Vrindavana as Nanda’s son represents elder brother. The other pastoral asso- forcing him to recite the famous rhyme: “Water, water, ! ! ing him with pastoral associates and were the parts of the Gods themselves, a devotee who is set on his devotional ciates of Krishna include his sister everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” The modern-day scenario in the form of his foster par- and hence spiritual”. Similarly, path with various distractions like called Subhadra or Ekanamsha who is human’s plight can be summed up with just a little + ! D ents Nanda-Yashoda; elder brother Krishna’s enemies at Vrindavana are personal desires which are termed as stated to be Yashoda’s daughter who modification: “Data, data everywhere, not a byte to + & and sister Balarama-Ekanamsha or held by some representing all types of demons like Putana, cart and others. was exchanged with Krishna, but did think.” Yes, that is what is happening, and rather fast. + Subhadra Gopas and Gopis, including vices such as lust, pride, hatred, ego- Next, among pastoral associates of not die at the hands of Kamsa, and was Bombarded with data, all kinds of data on all types of ! 0 ! !! Radha, and Vrindavana. Mostly, the ism, pride, envy, greed etc. According Krishna, his elder brother Balrama is saved and secretly reared by a Gopa at subjects, the human mind is gradually slipping into an ! ! + narratives of the Puranas, which refer to others, Vrindavana metaphorically dealt with. He was also known as Vrindavana and later worshipped by oblivion of its own making. It is losing its ability to ! to Shri Krishna’s activities with these stands for the garden like holy and Baldeva and Samkarshana. According the cowherds as mother Goddess think and analyse, thus increasingly developing a ! pastoral associates, are held to have pure heart of every devotee of Krishna to Mahabharata, he was an incarna- Katyayani, since she was the one who dependence on gadgets to aid the mind to think. What + been framed and construed and where he teaches the love of devotion tion of God Vishnu’s white hair as had saved Krishna’s life. The Puranas is worse is that these gadgets are systematically being + L0 specifically designed to teach symbol- to all alike who lend their hearts to Krishna was incarnation of God also state that it was on her advice that made a substitute for the mind. Look what is happen- +D ic and spiritual ideals through those him. Krishna’s activities at Vrindavana Vishnu’s black hair. That is why they Krishna succeeded in killing Kamsa. It ing: Machine is learning and human mind is losing the lilas which Krishna enacted in the also are held to delineate him as a are stated to have fair and dark com- is also known that those days, the wor- ability to learn. That it may lead to disastrous conse- ! company with his pastoral associates symbol of a spiritual saadhak with plexion respectively. It is also stated ship of Katyayani was prevalent among quences is still a subject matter of huge global debate, + on earth. Besides, Krishna’s all ultimate realisation of his true individ- that God Vishnu divided Himself into the Gopis, for they along with Radha but the fact is that our thinking is being outsourced to !& !! Vrindavana lilas, which he enacts in ual state. In the same strain, Krishna’s two parts who are later known as are stated to worship Goddess the so-called intelligent machines. Resultantly, human ! ! their company wherein he mostly foster parents Nanda and Yashoda are Krishna and Balarama. He is also Katyayani to beget Shri Krishna as beings are likely to become what O’Henry, had he been O plays the role of love and friendship, held symbolically representing the stated to be the incarnation of their husband. Thus, it be ascertained around, would have termed as the Banana Public draw- + &M are similarly held to be happenings on super most eternal bliss and the ulti- primeval serpent Ananta-Naga. that she was introduced as Krishna’s ing an analogy from his famous expression “Banana $ the non-physical plane and in non- mate knowledge respectively. According to Kautilya, Balarama pastoral associate and sister to meet Republic”. Overdependence on these thinking devices physical bodies, as Vrindavana is also While their resort Vrindavana had his special devotees with shaven the requirement of the devotional aspi- is subjecting the brain muscles to a kind of disuse atro- looked upon as representing the inner itself represents the region of highest head independent of Krishna. rations of the people who looked for- phy, which may lead to the same fate that strikes the consciousness of every individual. spiritual delight and the field of spiri- According to Kautilya, Krishna’s broth- ward to the impress of Shakti in the other bodily muscles making them flaccid. This in all Hence, the whole Vrindavana lila tual growth and devotional love as its er Balrama was later identified with Krishna Cult. Next, the chief of pas- likelihood is going to affect the human mind and its of Krishna is held symbolic along with lord Nanda himself is spiritual bliss such a deity whose worship was in toral associates associated with Krishna thinking ability in the long run. Some glimpses can his partners, who are also assigned incarnate. The Puranas, in the same vogue during Kautilya’s times on the seems to be the cowherdess Radha. already be found with amnesia and ability to retain and with spiritual overtones. Since, his regard, also dictate us that we must analogy of Krishna’s later identification These two types of Gopis, associated recall information declining. There are people who do Vrindavana lila on the whole repre- not treat Krishna’s Vrindavana lilas with God Vishnu. Similarly, as an with Krishna in later stage of his not even remember their mobile numbers. Even simple sents Krishna’s playful activities during with his pastoral associates as having incarnation of Sheeshnaga, Krishna’s saga, represent two variant distinct calculations need to be carried out with the help of which he behaves the way he likes. occurred at one place or time but elder brother Balrama might have been traditions of Krishnabhakti with mechanical devices. Such a data-induced dependence For, at Vrindavana, his encounters rather treat them as recurrent modal- identified with some tribal god of the main focus on the Rasa-dance. syndrome is not far off that will render the mind dys- with Putana, cart, Trina varta, ity with the purpose of conveying Nagas and because of which the Radha and other Gopis are also con- functional and blunt the thinking process. But it seems Aghasura, Bakasura, Dhenuk, Keshi inspiration and guidance to devotees Kaliya-Naga’s episode was introduced sidered to be the outcome of the that in the cacophony of differing noises, no one is and Kaliya, fighting with whom, of every type having either of these in the Krishna saga to propagate the prevalent poetic tradition of love ready to believe that minds, if not used, can well Krishna had not to exert his strength feelings towards Krishna such as ideal that Shri Krishna had also won sentiment during the 16th century. become a vestige like the appendix. but in place he just toys with them for affection of parents; of friends; or of over the prevailing tribal cult of the 0 1 "$ $ // " achieving his victory. This very well loved and beloved etc. Krishna at Nagas who are held to rule over the " >+ > G$"> ! + 3 $ % + & hy am I making such a state- an article. The same is true of all the + D ment? Because as souls this is books I have written. This is my very + Wour number one duty. Souls are important enjoyment, which I hope to & sat, chit, and ananda. These are intrinsic 78':28&56; continue to get, God willing. Of course I 0 to them. Souls are eternal. This is com- watch my favourite programmes on tele- mon knowledge. Souls are also con- vision, which are mostly musical pro- + ! scious. This is also well known, because grammes. I am very particular about all souls are naturally so. However, there 0 % & + watching news on television. This must is a problem with the ananda part. Once be balanced, fact-based. The last and the A ! in material bodies, we, souls, are no !& + & (20 /$( #2312 foremost enjoyment for me is spending + longer in the state of ananda. Rather time with my Lord in His photo forms. I most of us, except some very advanced 18.28) and his enjoyment will be gov- feel sheltered and this is when I get most & ! devotees of God, are in more or less erned by these emotions. People in of my realisations. I do not think that I ! opposite state, ie disturbed, fearful, anx- goodness are wise in their choice of will ever be deprived of this enjoyment. ! O D ious, etc. Yes, people try to enjoy life but pleasures. These are stepping stones to One of the reasons most people are + they do so in whimsical ways. This fact the goal of getting to the ananda state, mortally scared of diseases and major set- ! + requires further explanation. which requires a few lives to fully attain. backs is that they have this impression 0 + We, embodied souls, are governed As everyone is different and have that their enjoyments will dry up. This is by the three modes of the material different circumstances, there will be not true. God has not made a creation ! & D nature. These are goodness, passion, and many different types of enjoyments, but where one is condemned to miseries only. ! + darkness. Unfortunately, the majority if one sticks to enjoyments mostly in the Remember, we have many faculties which + are under the influence of the lower two mode of goodness and, most important- can and do give us enjoyment. We have D modes of passion and darkness. Their ly, which are according to dharma, not senses — the most common means, then, + pleasures are mostly under the influence dharma-aviruddhah, he will gain all we have minds. Intelligence is not far of these two modes. For example, a per- kinds of benefits and will not be harmed. behind and, ultimately, we have ourselves, ! L0 son under the influence of the mode of As I am familiar with my own self, I will ie our own selves, souls. In conclusion, I ! passion will eat rich food in excessive detail how I am going about enjoying my must reiterate that enjoyments should + ! quantities. Such eating, though appeal- life. I have drawn a detailed list of all the never be given up. If not, we will be + + ! ing to the palate and the stomach, will activities which are enjoyable to me and small morsels. I eat mostly alone with no ing. In this, I must thank my Lord for cheating ourselves; we must enjoy to 1 ! ! hurt his or her health in the long run. A are available to me. Eating is the first other activity like watching TV. In short, helping me. He gives me realisations, make our lives meaningful. Life will go on ! person under the influence of the mode and the most regular enjoyment for me. I I enjoy my eating and hope to continue which I jot down. I meditate a lot on spir- but we must find ways to enjoy. ! &M #& of darkness will be obstinate, crooked, eat what is good for me healthwise. I to do so for the rest of my life. itual truths revealed to me. I make notes " O badly behaved, lazy, etc. (The Gita take sufficient time to eat and eat in My other premier enjoyment is writ- and then sit down to give them shape of "G2 > 2K$ (0/(5 .005 35 2 .( 2-. #/0 2 axu % /. 2 - 10 1- 03. ($. (& 2 -1/ K (#2 (11

4: >A ;=

$()3/ 1025(

) )" & *.;$ ./ 5)& : *8;3 ** 7- **; & *. 0 + 0 % !& 5 + 0 ! ! 5 + 0 ! & 2 + & ! % + + 5 5 ! ! 2 + ! ( + ! ! !& + 2 ! ! ! + 1 & 5 1 & ! ( 1 & %+4+ %+& ! !! 5 ! ! ! 0 ! ! + . ! & ! %+ 0! + + ! 0 ! ! + %+ 2 & + + 0 ! + + ! 0 ! 5 ! 5 ! " ! ! ! + & ! )O & +E+A,? 66 +E+A,?6B +E+A,? 6A +E))+? +E))+?# +E))+? " +E- $ +E- " +E- $

--$ *-;)" *- 7&3 *8; $ ** 0%0&' & **;:"% ./ 5 + + +! 0 ! & + + 0 ! ! & & D # ! ! + + 5 ) + ! & % 2 ! %& O O ! 0 3 + 0 D ( + ! ! ( # ! + # & + ! . & D& ! ! ( & ! + 2 ! + + 5 ! 5 ! T O 5 ! 0 0 ! %+ ! 1 & & ! 5 2 O & 4+ 2 & ! ! 0 * ! 5 D ! 5 * ! & !! 0 + + + + +E+A,?6@ +E+A,? AO +E+A,? AA +E))+? +E))+?1 ! +E))+? +E- +E-0 +E- -

7)*')" *.;:% *- 5/ $ *8;&1 ** 8-- :"% *-; .= 0 % ! 5 0 !& & 2 ! + ! + 2 ! & 5 + ! + 0 + . + ! 5 ! + *& + + 0 ! & & O + 5 ! 0 ! %+ + ! 5 ! + ! 1 & # !! & +4 ( + +!! 0 ! ! O ! 2 ! & + 0 - ! !& ( + + + 0 ! 0 5 1 +! ! + ! ! +E+A,? A@ +E+A,?A6 +E+A,? >6 +E))+? + +E))+? +E))+? +E- - +E-0 +E-"

0'0):% *.;: ** 0&%&&1 *8; *. %0) ./;)" & *- 5 + 0 5 + 5 + ! ! + + + + + 5 5 ! )! & & & ! ! 5 ! & + ! !& + # !! + + ! 3 + ! + 1 & %+ + ! " ! 0 ! 5 ! & ! 5 ! / D! 5 !! ! ( # ! + ! ! + 5 + + 0 5 ! !! ! ! 0 & & & & + ( & + 2 & 0 + ! & + 5 # ! & +! $ ! +! ! + +E+A,? >@ +E+A,?6@ +E+A,?6> +E))+? +E))+? +E))+? 0* +E- 0 +E- +E- - / ""/ /1 0K( > " 7 G > /> > /7';I=:;===%

: ' #3( (0 #3/3( ()$().1 his prayers at least for an hour every everybody and anybody, and even “Having understood, what you tion to them. Pursue the process for at morning and evening. Yet, his habit ten- revengeful by nature. Uranus and mis- explained in the last issue, I have been least 20 minutes every day. Having reg- dencies won’t spare him. And his family chievous Neptune play spoil sport with trying to self-reflect upon myself, but in ularly pursued the process for a while, life is in a mess. Let us look at his astro- intelligence signifying Mercury. That vain. I am not able to remain focused. mind will settle down as all such logical pointers. Personality indicator, makes him unconventional, eccentric My mind gets bombarded with uncon- thoughts as would be unnerving you the Sun is locked in adverse formation and opinionated. He remains stuck to trolled volume of random thoughts, from within will go out of reckoning. with Mars, Uranus, and Saturn. That, in his self-delusionary perceptions, dis- something like a monkey continuously You may feel relaxed. Following which, the first place, makes out an impulsive, tanced from ground realities. He won’t hopping from one branch of the tree to unlike earlier, you may now be able to argumentative and quarrelsome person. acknowledge truth on its first appear- the other. I keep flirting with those see a pattern in the thoughts flowing Second, he is eccentric and erratic. ance. Driven by sense of hope against thoughts. There doesn’t appear to be through the mind. Watch them closely, Third, he carries seeds of fear and inse- hope, he will continue blindly pursuing any scope to figure out my true nature, they will reveal your true nature. curity because of which he has a nega- his perception till pushed to the wall. It not to say anything about correcting the Following which you could take correc- tive mindset. He is self-pitying and pes- also accounts for his impaired reasoning thought process. Tell me, how do I go tive initiatives through fresh educative simist. He is a cynic who is in the habit and judgment. For the above stated rea- about?” Asked a reader. “How do you inputs. of finding fault with others. He is jeal- sons, his inter-personal relationship expect to contain a fragile mind so fast, The paradox, however, is that often ous and over critical of others. Put to an stands compromised and so he is not which is habituated to move unre- practitioner’s ego plays spoil sport in the adverse situation, instead of facing it able to relate to those around with ease strained. Have patience, sustained prac- process. It doesn’t let you dispassionate- head on, he may try to somehow find an and comfort. And the result is there to tice may bear fruit.” I responded. Better ly identify and acknowledge your fault- escape route. A sense of inertia deeply see. Just academic awareness of his fault look for a Guru and pursue the process lines. In that case, you may seek the ingrained in his psyche, his initiatives lines would not help him get over his regularly under his guidance. As you guidance of a Guru. He may be able to will be delayed. Habitually, he shuns habit tendencies. For, they are deeply proceed, many such questions may keep intuitively figure out your true nature taking challenges. So, he may miss embedded in the inner realms of his arising. Guru will lead you through. and show you its mirror image. opportunities. And when left behind in mind in seed form. To get over, contin- Meanwhile, for the convenience of Alternately, you could seek astrological the run of time, he may fall into depres- ued reflection over fresh educative our valued readers, I am suggesting a guidance for your personality reading. sion. What further compounds his prob- inputs is required. tried and tested simple process. Just lie Astrology looks at energy map of the lems is that even the mind-signifying 0 "$/ " down on your back on a flat surface. heaven at the time of one’s birth, which Moon is clouded by Saturn’s negative " "">EE Close your eyes and let loose your mind. reflects upon personality frame up of a aspect. 4%%&:/--$/-- " / Let thoughts naturally flow in and flow being with a fair amount of precision, as Fiery Mars is ill-disposed off its dire -(("KK%%%&&&:9 out. You will be flooded with thoughts. energy knows no bias. enemy Saturn as well as Uranus. That 0"7''%%%%BB';B;BI9J';%;&=I:I= Don’t worry, it is all happening as a part A case in point is that of a highly makes him temperamental, intolerant, "7 . G > of the process. But don’t pay any atten- religious person, who has been offering impatient, habitually suspicious of E 7> >

★ U 0/2( (2310 2 13(& .21 .)201 /$( (( "(& (20(0 .)201 I#11J ★ G U (023 3() ( (3$1(& .21 .)201 I .(02,.J ++ ) ))+) , + 5 *6+