MCS/204/2020-22RNINO.MAHENG2002/21899 eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE In the Light of Ye sterday MUMBAI,LATECITY Once there wasaKabulthat AUGUST29,2021 wasacityofdreamersand 16PAGES,`5.00 poets, kite flyersand childrentrudging to school DAILYFROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 12, 13, 14 BKUFaISSUESrmeCALLrpTOroFARMteERSstsfTO GATHERlare ` 87 per kilo upagain,manyinjured ` 115 per kilo ` 141 per kilo inHaryanacrackdown ` 56 per Dozen Lathicharge on ED summons protestagainsta to Abhishek, BJP meetchaired wife; Mamata by CM;Khattar says if violence, says agencies ‘police have to act’ ‘let loose’ EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Afghans queue up forone of Italy’s last military aircraftout of Kabul, Friday. Italysaidithad evacuated 4,890people in all. Reuters CHANDIGARH,AUGUST28

THE AGITATION againstfarm Police break up the protestatBastara toll plaza, Karnal. Express laws enacted lastyear returned First outreachsignal: UNSC drops to thespotlight Saturdaywhen Haryana Police crackeddownon farmers in Karnal, leaving sev- If someone breaches eral injured in alathicharge at Abhishek,Rujiraare facing a Taliban reference in line on terror the Bastara toll plaza on the na- cordon,make sure has a moneylaundering case tional highway. The farmers were protesting India chair,itmentioned Taliban on Aug16; only talksofAfghan groups Aug27 againstaBJP meeting on the broken head: IAS officer EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forthcoming panchayat polls— NEWDELHI,KOLKATA, ity as the chair forthis month. country, andthat neither the Council reiterated the impor- it wasbeing chaired by Chief AUGUST28 SHUBHAJITROY Essentially, this is the firstsig- Taliban nor anyotherAfghan tance of combating terrorism in MinisterManohar Lal Khattar. VARINDERBHATIA NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 nal by the international commu- group or individual should sup- Afghanistantoensurethe terri- Police detainedseveral peo- CHANDIGARH,AUGUST28 THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate nity that the Taliban mayno portterrorists operatingonthe tory of Afghanistanshould not ple afterusing forceinthe after- (ED) has summonedsenior LESS THAN twoweekssince the longer be aglobal outcaste. territoryofany other country.” be usedtothreaten or attackany noon to disperse acrowd that KARNAL SUB-DIVISIONAL TrinamoolCongress leader and Taliban captured powerin On August16, aday after On August27, aday afterthe country, andthat no Afghan had blockedthe highway in MagistrateAyush Sinha,a2018- Chief MinisterMamata Afghanistan, the United Nations Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, the Kabulairport bombings that group or individual should sup- Karnal. batchIAS officer of the Haryana Banerjee’s nephewAbhishek Security Councilhas droppeda Permanent Representative of killedmorethan 100people in- portterrorists operating on the Condemning the police ac- cadre, wascaught on camera Banerjee and his wifeRujirafor reference to it from aparagraph India at the UN,TSTirumurti,is- cluding 12 US troops, Tirumurti territoryofany country.” tion, leaders of farm unions Saturdayinstructing policemen questioning in connection with a in itsstatement that calledon sued astatement on behalf of the —again as President of UNSC, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 urgedfarmers across Haryana to to beat up protesters and notto case of moneylaundering asso- Afghan groups nottosupport UNSC, whichincludedthis para: and on behalf of the Council —is- protestonthe roads. letanyone breach the security ciatedwith alleged pilferageof terrorists “operating on the terri- “Themembers of the Security suedastatement that con- By evening, severalstretches cordon without a“broken head”. coal from Eastern Coalfield tory of anyother country”. Council reaffirmedthe impor- demnedthe “deplorable attacks”. BLASTS: US CLAIMS 2 on the highway and toll plazas In avideo clip that did the Limited mines. India, whichisthe President tance of combating terrorism in However, the August16para IS ‘PLANNERS’ KILLED across the statewereblockedby rounds of social media around Abhishek,anMPfrom of the UNSC forthe month of Afghanistantoensurethe terri- wasreproducedinthis state- IN ADRONE HIT farmers, resultingintraffic the time police crackeddownon Diamond Harbour,has been August, signedoff on the state- tory of Afghanistanshouldnot ment with one telling change: PAGE 11 snarls. farmers, Sinha is heardinstruct- asked to appear before the ment and issueditinits capac- be usedtothreaten or attackany “The members of the Security Trafficwas being diverted to ing agroup of policemen: “Utha Investigating Officer on alternative routes as farmers utha ke maarna peeche sabko (hit MahindraSingh of Barauta September 6while Rujirahas threatenedtocreatemoreblock- them hard)... We shall notallow village,among those injured been told to come on September COURTS SERVE AS TRUTH COMMISSIONS: SC JUDGE ades on highways and toll plazas, this cordon to be breached. We 1. Rujirahad been questionedby SUNDAY notonlyinHaryana but in the have enough forceavailable. We the CBI earlier in the case, filed To speak truth to power is neighbouring states as well. haven’t sleptfor the pasttwo tain lawand order near Hotel last year.The ED case is basedon STORY As partoftheir ongoing days.But youhavecome hereaf- Prem Plaza, wherestate BJP lead- the CBI FIR. protestagainstfarmlawsen- tertaking some sleep... Merepaas ers, including Chief Minister Addressing TMC workers PAGE 9 acted lastyear,farmers have oc- ek bhi banda nikal ke nahi aana Manohar Lal Khattar and state CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 duty of all: Chandrachud cupiedalmostall toll plazas on chahiye. Agar aaye tohsar foota party president Om Prakash national and statehighways hua hona chahiyeuska. Clear hai Dhankar,weremeeting to dis- across Haryana. Theyhavebeen aapko (Noone should breakthe cuss the party’s strategy forthe EXPRESS NETWORK Says can’t rely on states... experts can manufactureconsent allowingtraffic without pay- cordon and reachme. If someone coming panchayatpolls. ment of toll. does, makesurehehas abroken Reachedfor comment, Sinha Justice DYChandrachud said But afterthe incident head. Hope this is clear).” told TheSundayExpress: “There ANANTHAKRISHNANG Saturday. SaturdayatBastara,toll plazas in The Samyukt Kisan Morcha were mainlythree checkpoints NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 Cautioning that the truth, as Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, later demandedSinha’s suspen- between the protest siteand the determinedbythe State, maynot Fatehabad, Yamunanagar,Jind, sion. place wherethe meeting was SPEAKINGTRUTH to poweris always be free of falsehood, he Hisar,Rohtakand others were Officials of the stategovern- taking place. Iwas postedatthe RUPANI: FIRMON notonlyaright but also the duty said: “One cannotonlyrelyonthe TEA, TALK, blocked. ment did notwish to comment thirdand final checkpostbefore of everycitizenand the wayto Statetodeterminethe ‘truth’.” The BJP washolding ameet- on Sinha’s remarks,and some the meeting spot. It means, if any ANTI-CONVERSION achieve this is by strengthening Delivering the Sixth Chief Justice TALLYAND ing to formulatethe party’s strat- triedtojustify it saying “the offi- element wastoreachthere, he LAW,HINDU GIRLS public institutionssuchasensur- MCChaglaMemorial Online TEMPLE egy forthe coming panchayat cer did notsay anythingwrong would have already breached BEING TARGETED ing the freedom of the press and Lecture, Justice Chandrachud polls. SeveralHaryana BJP lead- and wasjustdoing his duty at two nakas before it. Thethird the integrity of elections, ac- said that “democracy needs the Belowthe Ganga ers including Khattar,state party the time of suchpressure”. naka wasveryclose to the meet- 16 TMCMEN KILLED, knowledging and celebrating poweroftruth to survive”. He waters, there are president OPDhankar,general Sinha, postedasSDM in ing venue. Therewas ahigh pos- 5OFBJP;NHRC the plurality of opinions and by We do notcareabout truth then went on to elaborateonthe undercurrents. But will secretaryRavindraRaju, Karnal, wasdeployedasduty sibility that anybreachofthe BIASED:MAMATA committing oneself to the search as muchasabout being natureoftruth, especially its it matter in 2022? One CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 magistrateatthe spottomain- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PAGE 5 fortruth as akey aspiration of so- right:JusticeChandrachud strong contestations today. can’tsay with Banaras ciety,Supreme Courtjudge CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

AAP now plans Tiranga Yatra in ED Bidtosteal Gurus inspired the new laws to aid people like ‘Hindutva’ PLAIN E ● thunder Ayodhya, may halt at Ram temple EX Afghan refugees: PM at Jallianwala Bagh event

Coming afterits introduction Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and AS THE BJP accuses the his virtualaddress, he also re- lies of Punjab.” SOURAVROYBARMAN of a“Deshbhakti” course in Uttarakhand, whereithas Opposition of minority DIVYAA ferred to the Centre’s recent Touchingupon the ongoing NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 schools, “embedded” in fieldedformer Indian Army appeasement, AAP NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 move to observeAugust14as Afghanistan crisis, the PM said: Constitutionalvalues,AAP lead- Colonel AjayKothiyal as itsChief says it’s reframing Partition Horrors Remembrance “Today, if Indians areintrouble THE AAM Aadmi Party,led by ers said, the messagebehind the Ministerial face with apromise nationalism very DEDICATINGthe renovated Day, and said, “India witnessed anywhereinthe world, India Delhi Deputy Chief Minister yatraistodistinguish the party’s to turn the hill stateintothe differently—linking Jallianwala Bagh Smarak another horrorlikethe standsuptohelp them with all Manish Sisodia and RajyaSabha framing of Hinduidentity,reli- “spiritual capital forHindus”. Hinduism, Tricolour to Complextothe nation, Prime Jallianwala Bagh during Partition itsmight. Be it the Corona period MP SanjaySingh, will take out a gion and nationalismin“very In the run-up to the Ayodhya “good governance and MinisterNarendraModi said —the peopleofPunjab have or the crisis of Afghanistan, the “TirangaYatra” September 14 in different” terms from the “divi- event, Singh said, AAPwill also education”. This Saturdaythat it wasacountry’s been the biggestvictims of worldhas experiencedthis. Ayodhya withlikelypitstops at sive”version of the BJP’s. hold TirangaYatrasinAgraon comes as it eyes other responsibilitytopreserveits his- Partition. We still feel the pain of The newcomplex. Modi also Hundredsoffriends from the RamLallatemple and, en Significantly, this comes as SundayandNoidaonSeptember1. states, including UP. tory “asitgives us lessons and a what happenedinevery corner recalledPartition at event Afghanistan arebeing brought to routetoit, at Hanumangarhi. AAP is trying to makeinroads in CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 direction to move forward”. In of India, especiallyinthe fami- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 In first for India,Bhavina smashes way into Paralympics TT final

PAGE 1 venue, Bhavina would needto on wheelchair,beat WorldNo. 3 whereshe lived, she wouldgoto businessman. cause of lackofpoints, the two ANCHOR changetwo buses,get intoacou- China’s Miao ZhangatTokyoto Naroda Patiya, then to Juna He recalls Bhavina’s trau- had decided that theycouldn’t ple of shared auto-rickshaws assureIndia ahistoric silver Vadaj, Ghatlodiaand finallyto matic experience at an event in take anychances.Bothsat and and coverthe lastmile dodging medal and averygood shotat the Vastrapur Blind Association,” China. “It wasverycold there plannedtheir schedule perfectly. Ahmedabad’s notorious traffic the gold Sunday. he says while breathlesslydraw- and she had very high fever.She “Weknewhow manypoints SANDEEPDWIVEDI while on her crutches. Once in a Nikul says Bhavina, from an ing the pictureofhis wife’s Old had to manoeuvreher wheel- we needed to gather at what NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 while shewould have forcom- early age, wanted to do it all. She to New City dailyroute, which chair in snowfor close to akilo- tournamentsweneededtoplay. panyaone-time state-levelun- strivedtobeindependent and backinthe daywould have been metreand ahalf,” says Nikul, We didn’t want to take any AFFLICTED WITH polio as atod- der-19cricketer—her reliable had academic goals. “She is a mostlyred on Google Maps. who gave up on hiscricket career chances. We wanted the IOC’s dler and using crutches ever friend then and asupportive Central government employee Bhavina has movedfrom frustrated by lackofchances and invitation letter whichsaid we since, Bhavina Patel, afterher husband now. with the Employees’ State shared autostoaircraft, but the responsibility of running the had made it forTokyo.Spain was schooling in Sundhiya, avillage On Saturday, Nikul Patel, 36, Insurance Corporation and is travel remains extensive and ar- familybusiness. arisk but we said whatever hap- of 15,000 in Gujarat’s Mehsana had reasonstorevisit those days. very diligentinwhatever she duous. “Wehavetravelledto Beforethe Paralympics, with pens we will see. The Corona fear district, movedtoAhmedabad to He says it washis wife’s drive to does. It wasthe same withtable about 25-30 countries.Attimes, the pandemic peaking in Europe, wastherebut we took our pursue an ITI computer science stand on her feet andjumpover tennis. Ask anyone who is famil- shetravels on her own. Europe the twoweretogether in Spain chance,” he says. course. Thereshe would get obstacles that made her the first iar with Ahmedabad, theywill is very convenient forespecially foratournament that wasvital With onlypartial funding, hooked to table tennis, but the Indian to enter the table tennis tell youhow difficult it must Paddler Bhavina Patelwith husband Nikul. She entered the abledpeople but it’s notthe forBhavina’s qualification for the Patels have to regularly dig pursuit of her new-found pas- Paralympics final. have been forher to practise finals of Women’s Singles Class 4event in TokyoSaturday same everywhere,” says the Tokyo. Havingmissedthe Rio deep in their bank accountsto sion wasn’t easy.Justtoreachthe Thirty-four-year-oldBhavina, table tennis. From Bapunagar cricketer-turned-import-export Paralympics by awhisker be- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THESUNDAYEXPRESS,AUGUST29,2021

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5ARRESTED IN MP FROMPAGEONE Tribal thrashed Broken head being right,” he said. Ferozepur,Amritsar,Khatkar after road Kalan,Kalanourand Patiala her- thirdnaka would have ledto Bhavina in final itagecircuit. accident,tied vandalisation, and also certain Farmer protests flare up again fund their trips. Thereisalsothe PunjabChief Minister unscrupulous elementswere costofthe expensive rubbers Captain AmarinderSingh said to vehicle and partofthese protesting groups. Members of Parliament, MLAs “I appeal to allmybrethren ers forcefullyblockedthe high- questedthe Chief Minister to and ply. “On an average, we end the Smarak as well as the state It couldhavebeen asecurity and district presidentswere to immediatelyreachthe toll wayand attemptedtoenter lookintoit.Althoughlathicharge up spending close to Rs 12 to 13 government's Jallianwala Bagh dragged, dies threat.” present at the meeting. plazas near their location. If toll Karnal city. When police per- should nothavehappened, lakhs annually. People think centenarymemorialremind “So, keepingthese factorsin The farmers attempted to plazas arefar offfromtheir lo- sonnel deployedtheretold farmers should have also table tennis is cheap.But aqual- leaders of the inalienable right of mind, Iwas briefing the forces at gather outside the Prem Plaza cations, theyshould immedi- them that theycould notgoto- protestedwithin the limitsso ity bat can cost closetoRs people to conduct peaceful dem- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA my location. Iwas briefing them hotelinKarnalwhere themeet- atelyblockthe nearbyhigh- wardsKarnalcity,theprotesters thatapolitical party’s pro- 70,000,” he says. ocratic protests,whichcould not NEEMUCH,AUGUST28 on the procedure, achecklistas ingwasgoingon,butwhenthey ways,” Chaduni said in avideo got violent and afew of them gramme is notaffected.” The cricketer, who wasshort- bestifled. The statehas been see- per provisions under the CrPC. I could notreachthere, they message. pelted stones at police person- Leader of Opposition and listedfor the India team forthe ingprotests fornearly ayear now A40-YEAR-OLD tribal wasal- told them that we would give blockedthenationalhighway at Chief MinisterKhattar told nel.Someevenattemptedtoat- former Chief Minister 2002 under-19cricket World on the Centre's farm laws,with legedly thrashedbyeightpersons them (protesters) warnings, fol- the Bastaratoll plaza. reporters: “Today, therewas a tack policewith shovels etc. Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Cup, is well awarethat to be the Modi government virtually who tiedhim to the rear side of a lowedbyuse of watercannons, Theyshowedblackflags to BJPstate-level meeting. Icon- Police usedmild forceand dis- leaders of different parties con- among the best nothing can be closingdoors on them. vehicle with arope that dragged announcement of tear gasfiring vehiclescarryingBJPleadersand demn theprotest call givenby persedthem. The information demnedthe use of police force lefttochance. Nikul says that The CM said his government himforsomedistanceinMadhya and then lathicharge,ifneedbe,” eventriedtoblock theirway. But them(farmers).Obstructingany receivedsofar reveals thatfour on farmers. their two-storeyedhome has had constituted aspecial re- Pradesh's Neemuchdistrict, po- he said. duetoheavy policepresence, organisation’s programme for farmersand10 policepersonnel In astatement, Hooda said: complete wheel-chair access search team to continue work on licesaidonSaturday. Five accused He claimedthat the video theycouldnot stop the vehicles anyreasonisananti-democratic sustainedinjuries.” “This is barbaric. Farmerswere and one of the four rooms has a amemorial it had built forun- have been arrested while efforts that did the rounds was“doc- and kept raising slogans. step. Second, if they(farmers) “OnJune7, we hadtalkswith peacefullyprotestingatleast TT table. known martyrs in Amritsar. areontotrace the others. tored” because “onlyaselected Whentheyrefusedtoliftthe had to hold aprotest,they SKM leaders who had givenus 15 km away from theplace “So forsix months during the Singh also urgedthe PM to The tribal, identifiedas portion about the lathicharge highway blockade, police used should have done it peacefully. awritten assurance that they wherethe BJP’s programme pandemic, Bhavina trainedat bring backthe personal effectsof Kanhaiyalal Bheel, diedduring wasmade viral on social media force, chargingatfarmers with Earlier,wehad reachedanun- wouldnotindulgeinany violent wasbeing held. Suchaction on home. Afterapoint, we would ShaheedUdhamSingh from the treatmentattheNeemuchdistrict platforms… only aselectedpor- lathis and leaving severalin- derstanding that theywould protestinfuture andwouldonly farmers clearly showsthe ill- ask the coachand other wheel- United Kingdom. UdhamSingh hospital on Friday. Theincident tion of my briefing wasleaked”. jured–theyweretaken to local hold peaceful protests.While holdpeacefulprotests.Butthere intentions of this state govern- chair players to come home and hadassassinated Michael O' occurred on Thursdaymorning “The lathicharge that took hospitals by fellowprotesters. protesting,iftheypelt stones at have been severalinstancesaf- ment.Thereshould be an im- playagainsther,” he says.With Dwyer, the former Lieutenant afteraminorroadaccidentinvolv- place wasatBastara toll plaza Thenationalhighway block- police and jam highways, then terthat in whichfarmers have partial investigation intothis one-fourth of the Patelhouse- Governor of Punjab in India, as ingthevictimandamilkmanwho whereanother SDM,not I, was adewas eventuallycleared, but police will also have to do some resortedtoviolence.Whenever entireepisode and the guilty hold occupied by TT,there are revengefor theJallianwala Bagh wasriding amotorcycle. deployed. My location, the point tension beganmounting as work.Ifthereisany atrocity on aprotest getsviolent,itbecomes should be punished. It has be- days when there arespace con- massacre. “ChhitarMal Gurjar,amilk- whereIwas deputed, was10-15 moreandmorefarmersreached partofthe police, theywill also the duty of policetomaintain come ahabit of this govern- straints. “When we have guests man, wasridingamotorcycle km from the spotwherethe ac- the spot, reoccupying the toll be punished. But if thereislaw- lawand order,” Virk said. ment. First, theydeliberately at home, we fold the table and Outreach signal whichknockeddownthe victim tual lathicharge took place. plaza. lessness on thepartoffarmers, BJPstatepresidentDhankar, createsuchcircumstances of sleep on the floor.Ours isn’t a The reference to theTaliban KanhaiyalalBheelof Bandavillage Nothing happenedatmynaka. BKU leader Gurnam Singh legalactionwillbetakenagainst however, said: “The circum- confrontation, engagethe very big housebut TT hasbeen wasomitted indicating that the whenhewas standing on the The police personnel, who were Chaduni appealed to farmers them too. stances in whichpolice used farmers in that confrontation allocated enough space.” Taliban wasperhaps beingseen Neemuch-Singoli road, some 84 briefed by me,did notdoany- across the statetoreachBastara ADGP Navdeep Virk said: forceonprotesters mustbe by provoking them, and then Bhavina, besides table tennis, as astate actor by the UNSC km from the Neemuchdistrict thing. None of the protesters toll plaza in large numbers. “Aroundnoon,protestingfarm- thoroughlyprobed.Ihave re- assault them mercilessly.” is an ardent music loverand re- members,including India. headquarter,”Superintendent of reachedthereand nothinghap- putedcook.“Ifyou have the bha- Former India’s Permanent Police Suraj Kumar Verma said. penedatmynaka,”Sinha said. jiyas she fries, youwouldn’tlike Representative to Indiaatthe UN, He said Gurjar losthis cool af- Sources said the Chief subject transaction of Thailand try, itsdevelopment and the ularism. It introducedadedi- Dalitsand others belonging to it anywhereelse,” chuckles Nikul Syed Akbaruddin, who pointed terthe milk spilledonthe road Minister’s office toohad spoken wasrelated to RujiraBanerjee,” well-being of itscitizens. It is cated curriculum in schools to marginalisedcommunities did to makeapoint. this out on Twitter,said, “In and beat up Bheel. to Sinhaand had found hisreply the ED submission had said. about finding solutions to the “instil the spirit of patriotism and nottraditionallyenjoypower, The chat is cut shortbyacho- diplomacy…a fortnight is along Gurjar then calleduphis “satisfactory” fornow. It had also claimedthat Niraj mostpressing issues of our times nationhood”.The curriculum – their opinionswerenot con- rusoftelephone ringsinthe time…The ‘T’ word is gone.” friendswho also roughedup Singh, Majee’s accountant, “as- suchasunemployment,” Singh called'Deshbhakti' -- will beim- ferred the status of “truth”. background. Nikul putsone Officials said that the decision Bheelandtiedhimto therearside ED summons sistedintransferring substantial told The SundayExpress. plementedacross schools start- While during the British Raj, phone on hold and can be heard to sign offonthe statementhas of avehiclepassingby witharope. during the foundation dayofits funds...toShri Abhishek Singh, who wasamong the ingSeptember 27. truth wasthe opinionofthe King telling the caller thatBhavina been takeninviewofchanging Bheel wasdragged forsome dis- youth wing, MamataBanerjee Banerjee’s closerelative (Sisterin firstpolitical leaders to question The introduction to thecur- or Queen, afterits abolition, truth cannotbeconnectedto the news “ground realities”.The Taliban tance, Verma said. accusedthe BJP-ledgovernment Law&Wife)atLondon & some land-purchase deals forthe riculum's framework defines became the belief and opinion of channelstudio as she hadn’t has been responsible formuchof “Afteravideo of the incident at the Centreofletting loose Thailand”. upcoming RamTemple at “Deshbhakti” as a“celebration of upper-caste men and “with slept. He comes on the line again the evacuation of foreigners and became viral, police swung into Central agenciesonAbhishek, The ED had addedthat Ayodhya, said the campaign pluralismand diversity of the progress in society and annihila- to inform that local channels Afghans-at-risk. action but by then,the accused while claiming thatsomeBJP records seizedfromNiraj Singh might be scaledupand coverall people of India.” The answer to tion of the notions of patriarchy have reachedBhavina’s village. Whilethe US says it has evac- hadfled.Thevictimwasrushedto ministers were hand in glove and digital evidence showedthat 403 constituencies in UP ahead who is a“Deshbhakt,”itadds, and caste supremacy,the opin- “Thisiswhat amedal does. uated morethan 1lakh people thedistricthospitalwherehedied with the coal mafia. "The BJP and MishrareceivedRs168 croreas of the Assemblypolls early next needs to besituatedin the Indian ions of women, Dalits, and other Beforethat, even if aParalympian since August 15,the entire Indian on Friday,”the SP said. the Union governmentcan'tfight proceeds of crime through ille- year.Another AAP leader said Constitution and its“values of marginalisedcommunities are wasliving twohouses away you Embassy wasevacuated on The five persons, identifiedas us politically. Theparty wasde- galcoal miningand pilferagein that afinal decision on stops at liberty,equality,fraternity,jus- slowlybut graduallystarting to wouldn’t beaware. But our Subh August17—aday afterthe first ChhitarmalGurjar (32), featedin the Assemblypolls and justabout 109days in 2020, and the RamLalla temple and tice, democracy,and secularism.” be regarded as ‘truths’ in India”. Laabh Society is different. They UNSC statementwas issued. Mahendra Gurjar and Gopal nowtheyare using Centralagen- that in the pasttwo years, Majee Hanumangarhi have notbeen fi- Quoting AmericanHistorian all came to saygoodbye to her According to datashared by Gurjar(both40),LokeshBalai(21), cies againstour leaderslike had generatedRs1,352 crore nalisedbut these are“verymuch Chandrachud SophiaRosenfeld, Justice and wish her luck.”Ashespeaks, the government, 565 people andLaxmanGurjarhave beenar- Abhishek Banerjee and others... through illegal coal mining. on the cards”. Truth, he said, instils “a sense Chandrachud pointed out that the telephone chorus in the have been evacuated so far: 175 rested andefforts areontotrace Coal is under the CISF,the min- Citingthe statement of a Delhi Chief Ministerand AAP of public trustindemocracies”, the three common means forthe background picks up again. The Embassy personnel, 263 other others, the SP said. istryiswith the Centre, notthe “close confidante”ofMajee, the chiefArvind Kejriwal notonly and alsoplays akey role in creat- determination of “truth” in fame of India’s firstevertable Indian nationals, 112Afghan na- Meanwhile, stateCongress state.What were theydoing? I ED had said thatheconducted welcomedthe Supreme Court ing ashared “public memory” democracies: by thestate,byex- tennis Paralympics medallisthas tionals includingHindus and president Kamal Nath tweeted knowthat dozens of Central his illegal miningbusiness verdictinthe Ayodhya title suit upon whichthe foundationsofa perts such as scientists,and gone beyond the twohouses. Sikhs,and 15 third-country na- thatthe incidentwas very “inhu- ministers have robbed Asansol. “smoothlybymanaging senior case, he had announcedthatthe nation can be built in the future. through deliberation by citizens. tionals. man” whichhesaid is the testi- When theycame forcampaign- functionaries of political party of RamTemple will bebrought un- That’s whycountries setupTruth Althoughall statepolicy is as- Jallianwala event This,officialsherebelieve, monytolawlessnessprevailingin ing in Asansol,theystayedinho- West Bengal through Ashok der the ambit of the Delhi gov- Commissions immediatelyupon sumedtobebasedonthe soci- Indiaunder Operation Devi along with the safepassageto MP.Hedemanded thestate gov- tels ownedbythe coal mafia. Kumar Mishra”, and that“major ernment's pilgrimagescheme gaining independence from ato- ety’s truth, that does notmean Shakti,” Modi said, adding that thosebeing airliftedwould not ernmentto take necessaryactions Should Ibring out the list?" the fund is distributedto managethe forsenior citizens. Three days be- talitarian regime or aftercoming that states “cannotindulgein due to "Gurukripa (blessings)", have been possible had the immediately to checksuchinci- West Bengal CM said, adding political stalwarts of the ruling fore the2020 Delhi Assembly out of aperiod fraught withhu- falsehood forpolitical reasons, the swaroop of Guru Granth Taliban notcooperated. dents. that the TMC wouldn't beintim- party”. polls, when the Centrehad an- man rightsviolations,Justice even in democracies,” he said. In Sahib were also brought back Officials said that while India idated by suchactions by the On November 27 lastyear, nouncedthe formation of atrust Chandrachudsaid. this context, he referred to the safely. hasn't engaged with the Taliban Centre. the CBI’s KolkataAnti- forthe construction of the tem- In adifferent context, he said, Pentagon Papers exposingthe He said laws have been made in the manner as other UNSC Mamata calls for Speaking at the same event, Corruption Branch(ACB) had ple, Kejriwalhad remarked: this role can also be playedby role of the United States in the takinginspiration from the membershave, signingoff on Abhishek said he wasnot fright- firstregisteredacase of corrup- “Thereisnorighttime forgood courts and illustrated this by cit- Vietnam Warand the recent teachings of Gurus. "Keeping the this statement is asignal that meeting of CMs enedofEDsummons. tion and criminal breachoftrust work”. ing the example of howthe apex trend of some countries “trying lessons in humanity givenby opens up the possibility to en- "Threatening us with the CBI and with regard to illegal mining and The AAPhas announcedthat courttook suo motu cognizance to manipulate” dataonCovid in- Gurus in the forefront, the coun- gage with the hardline group. of non-BJPstates ED is notgoingtostopus,"he pilferageofcoal from leasehold it will contestUPpolls. In July, of the Covid-19pandemic. fection and deaths. tryhas made newlawsfor the The August27statement had said. area of Eastern Coalfields Ltdin Singh had metSamajwadi Party Referring to themultiple Even claims of expertscan be people who have suffered," he strong wordsonterrorbut did In April, the ED had told aspe- certain parts of West Bengal. ECL AkhileshYadav, whichhad truths in the socialmedia age, he coloured by ideological affinity, said, in an apparent reference to nothold the Taliban accountable. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cial courtthat Rujiraand her sis- is awhollyownedsubsidiaryof sparkedtalksofseat-sharing, stressedthe importance of “de- receiptoffinancial aid or per- the Citizenship (Amendment) “Theattacks,whichwere KOLKATA,AUGUST28 terhad been paid “substantial PSU Coal India Ltd. which the AAP has kept alive, liberations” to arrive at aconsen- sonal malice,Justice Act, that eases citizenship formi- claimedbyIslamic Statein amount” in London and Thailand In her reaction to the ED saying “political alliances arenot sus on, at least, the basic facts. Chandrachud said. These experts norities likeSikhs from neigh- Khorasan Province (ISKP),anen- ACCUSINGTHE NarendraModi by keyaccusedinthe case. It had move,MamataBanerjee also ac- newinUttar Pradesh.” To exercisethe right to speak arealsooften employed by bouring countries. tity affiliated with Islamic State governmentattheCentreoftrying made the claim while seeking cusedthe NarendraModi gov- Said an AAPleader:“We are truth to power, it wasfirstneces- think-tankswho conduct re- With families of martyrs of in Iraq and the Levant to “bulldoze the federal structure” furthercustody of Ashok Kumar ernmentoftryingto"bulldoze in UP forthe long run. Unlikere- sarytounderstand what truth search to supportspecific opin- the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (ISIL/Da’esh),resulted in the of India,andsnatchingtherightsof Mishra, the inspector in-charge thefederal structure" and gional parties in the country's means, he said, and pointed out ions and thereisthe “possibility present, thePMtalked about death and injuries of dozens of the states, Chief MinisterMamata of Bankura PoliceStation in snatching away rightsofstates, eastand south,aparty with that “while the identification of of cherrypicking of factstoman- how, to mark75years of Indian civilians, including children,and Banerjee on Saturdayproposeda Purulia districtand reportedlya adding that allocation of rights Hindi-speaking leaders and a truthmay be singularly at issue ufactureconsent.” Independence, 'Azaadi Ka Amrit militarypersonnel,” the state- meeting of the chief ministers of close associateofallegedkingpin fornatural resources likecoal base in Delhi cannotaffordto in judicial proceedings,the very Urgingresponsible citizens to Mahotsav'was being celebrated, ment said. It added: “The mem- non-BJPstatesto fightagainst“the Anup Majee aliasLala. comes under the purview of the have no presence in the Hindi natureof‘truth’ canoften beun- put these “truth providers” with freedomfighters being ho- bers of the Security Council reaf- Centre’s authoritarianism”. The ED had claimedthat dur- Central government. She pro- heartland. And it is evidently determinableinsocieties”. through intense scrutinyand noured in everyvillageand firmedthat terrorism in all its Referringto theBJP’sresound- ing questioning, Mishrahad told posed ameeting of all CMs to clear that AAP has carved out a One of the mostcommon questioning, Justice places associated with the free- forms and manifestations con- ing poll defeat in West Bengal, officialsthat thepayment was fight against"the Centre's au- space in the minds of people ways to define truth is in terms Chandrachudsaid that “it is also dom struggle seeing arevamp, stitutes one of the mostserious during her addressonthe foun- made to Rujira andher sisterat thoritarianism". through itsworkoneducation, of facts, JusticeChandrachud equallyimportant forthose mak- includingJallianwala Bagh. He threatstointernational peace dation dayofthe Trinamool the behestofTMC youth leader health, and overallgovernance. said, adding that even the most ing truth claims to be transpar- also said effortswereontocele- and security.Deliberatelytarget- Congress’ students’ wing VinayMishra, and thefunds Tiranga Yatra But that politics of work will have preliminaryfactscan be dis- ent and conspicuous”. bratenationalheroes whose sac- ingciviliansand personnel as- Trinamool ChhatraParishad were sourcedfromMajee. Sisodia andSingh, who is the to be peppered with our defini- puted.Another waywas to de- Flaggingfakenews,Justice rificeshad been forgotten, like sisting in the evacuation of civil- (TMCP), the chief ministersaid, “He admitted that he party's Uttar Pradesh in-charge, tion of nationalism and religios- fine it in terms of opinionand a Chandrachud said that while so- those belonging to the tribal ians is especiallyabhorrent and “Khela[Thegame]isoverinWest arranged to transfer around (Rs) will attend both rallies. ity that does notinvolve hating glance through historywill show cial media platforms allow users community.Workwas currently mustbecondemned.” Bengal, it will happen in Tripura, 1-1.5 croretoDelhi as askedby In Delhi, the AAP-ledgovern- or hurting others.” that individuals sometimes tend to create their own“networks underwayinmuseums to show- Sources said the statement Assamand Delhi in 2024. They VinayMishra. This amount was ment is getting 500high-mast In Uttarakhand,whilean- to have opinions that maynot be and communities,” this also case the contribution of tribal putsIndia’s concerns on terror- [BJP]are harassingUddhav arranged from Anup Majee Tricolours installed across the nouncing Kothiyal as the AAP's morallyjustifiable to others. leads to “echo chambers or bub- freedom fighters in nine states, ism on the frontburner: “The Thackeray andArvindKejriwalfor through Niraj Singh... he stated city at acostofRs85crore. CM face, Kejriwalhad specifically Referring to the approach to bles wherepeople areonlyex- Modi said. members of the Security Council everything. Theywill onlyuse that VinayMishrawas the secre- “The party will organise ase- underlinednot justthe latter's homosexuality and abortion in posedtothe viewpoint they With electionsinPunjab due underlinedthe needtohold per- theirphoto onvaccinecertificates. tary of TMC andwas very close ries of eventsoverthe next one credentials as a“deshbhakt different parts of the world, agreewithand nevercoming early next year,Modi listedthe petrators, organizers, financiers Iask them to use their photo on to MemberofParliament Shri year to markthe 75thyear of fauji”, but also his role in the re- Justice Chandrachud showed intocontact with an opposing steps takenbythe Centre to take and sponsors of these reprehen- death certificates. Even my state Abhishek Banerjee... and know- India'sindependence. The mes- constructionofthe Kedarnath howthe line could be blurred. “I one”. the legacy of the Gurustothe sible actsofterrorism account- wasusingmy photoonCovidcer- ing his clout in theparty, he sageissimple:the BJP's so-called Temple and surrounding areas oftenwonderiffacts areeven “Weonlyread newspapers youth -- turningSultanpur Lodhi ableand bringthem to justice. tificate, but Irefusedand askedto (Ashok) has to obey him (Vinay) nationalismismakingIndiasick. whichwerehit by floods in 2013, considerably different from that align with our beliefs…we intoaheritagetown, the Theyurged all States, in accor- use the national flag.” or his (Ashok)career will be fin- The AAP believesnationalism is lending him the sobriquet“Bhole opinions in aplural society ignorebookswritten by people Kartarpurcorridor,airconnectiv- dance withtheir obligations un- TargetingtheCentre’sNational ished; that he facilitatedin trans- about offeringpeople their ki fauji”. wherethereare variedlived ex- who do notbelong to out ityof Punjabwithothercountries, der international lawand rele- Monetisation Pipeline policy, ferring funds through non-bank- rights. Be it good education or ro- In Delhi, whereAAP is in its periences of different people,”he stream…wemutethe TV when interconnectivityof placesrelated vant SecurityCouncil BanerjeeallegedthattheBJPgov- ing channel from India to London busthealthcare.For us, love for thirdconsecutive stint in office, said. someone has adifferent opin- to the Sikhgurus and develop- resolutions, to cooperateactively ernment wastrying to sell the foraclose relative of Shri theTricolour manifests itself in the party has steadilytriedtore- Powerisalso afactorinthis, ion…wedonot trulycareabout ment of the Anandpur Sahib, with all relevant authorities in country's assets. Abhishek Banerjee; ... that the the form of avision forthe coun- frame both nationalism and sec- he said. In India, since women, the truth as muchaswedoabout FatehgarhSahib,ChamkaurSahib, this regard.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THESUNDAY EXPRESS,AUGUST29,2021 3 THE CITY AMBANI TERROR SCARECASE Two arrestedfor sending nude NIAseeks photos, videos to 10-year-old girl nude pictures and videos on her ment), (C) (voyeurism), (D) EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Snapchat account. “Janiyani then (stalking) and 506(2) (criminal MUMBAI,AUGUST28 shared thevictim’s phone num- intimidation) of the IPC,Sections custodyof berand Snapchat account details 12 and 14 of theProtection of THE MUMBAI Crime Branchon to his friend AjayTukaram Children under Sexual Offences Saturday arrested twopersons Mhatre(30) who also sent her Act, 2012,and Sections 66 (E) forallegedly sending nude pic- his nudes and videos. The victim and 67 (B) of the IT Act, 2000, tures and videos to a10-year-old got traumatisedbut chose to stay wasregistered. Waze,Mane girlfromthe city.Police said the quietabout the incident that she The crime branchunit 10 victim did notrevealher ordeal wasgetting suchphotosand scrutinised the calldataofthe spiracy...” the NIA said in itsplea. till the duo demandedher nude videos from unknown num- phone numbers from whichshe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE It addedthat itsofficerstraced pictures and videos by threaten- bers,” said an officer. wasgetting the messages. “A MUMBAI,AUGUST28 incriminatingmaterial against ing to kill her parents. The twoaccusedthen started team wassent to Janiyani’s suspected accused. Acasewas registeredatapo- messaging her on Snapchat and house and he wasarrested,” said AWEEK before filing its The NIA has invokedcharges licestation on Thursdayevening. WhatsApp, asking her to share an officer. chargesheetinthe Ambani ter- of Unlawful Activities Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi,anartistgives final touches to an idol in Navi Mumbai on The police said afterthe vic- her nude photosand videos. Janiyani confessedtohis rorscarecase, the National (Prevention) Act, along murder Saturday. Amit Chakravarty tim’s parentsgaveher asmart- When she refused, theythreat- crime and said Mhatrewas also Investigation Agency (NIA) on and criminal conspiracy,claim- phonetoattend onlineclasses, ened to kill her parents. The vic- involved in it.Mhatrewas also Saturdaysought from the special ing that 20 gelatin sticks were she created profiles on Snapchat tim then told her parentsabout apprehendedand the twowere courtthe custody of dismissed planted in an SUVcar near the and WhatsApp.Lastweek,one it and theyapproachedthe po- handedovertothe police station Mumbai Policeofficers Sachin south Mumbai residence of in- 'OPERATION THUNDERBOLT' AGAINST MEPHEDRONE of the twoaccused, Sunny lice station whereacase under wherethe case waslodged for Waze and Sunil Mane. dustrialistMukesh Ambani on Bhajanlal Janiyani (29), sent his Sections 354(A) (sexual harass- further investigation. The agency said it is on its“fi- February25and Hiran, who was nal leg” of probeand the role of usingthe car,was murdered on NCB raids 10 places in 2days, arrests 6 keysuspected persons surfaced, March 4. It also sought to con- Later in the day, the NCB whichneeds to be confirmed front Waze and Mane withwit- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE seized57.3gmofMD(commer- with the twoonthe basis of doc- ness statements, articles and MUMBAI,AUGUST28 cial quantity) along with small NCB raids umentsand other materials. The documentsseizedfollowing the quantities of charas and ganja NIA sought Waze’s custody for arrest of five others, including AS PART of 'Operation from Vasai and NallasoparaEast. Armaan Kohli twodays and Mane’s custody for formerACP PradeepSharma. Thunderbolt', under which Twopersons, RafiqMohammed residence five days.“The investigation is The agency said the twoneedto Narcotics ControlBureau(NCB) Ali Shaikh and Nigerian national progressing on aday-to-dayba- be quizzed on thecashseized is focussing on getting rid of Jonhcen Maka, were arrested.In sis (on) direct involvement and from the accusedand bank mephedrone (MD) from athirdoperation carriedout on Mumbai: The NCB specific role of some co-accused, statementstotrack the “origin Mumbai, raids were conducted Thursday, theNCB seized52gm Mumbai raidedthe resi- along withpreviouslyarrested and reverse trail of monetary at over 10 places in the lasttwo of MD at Goregaon West and ar- dence of actor Armaan accused. Who killedMansukh transaction”. It alleged that the days,leadingtothe arrest of six rested Irfan Ikramuddin Khan. Kohli in connection with Hiran... apartofthe largercon- accused, as police officers, tried persons. An officer said Khan wasahis- adrug caseonSaturday. spiracy of this case is revealed to evade interrogation and were NCBofficers said three syn- tory sheeter and amajor peddler Kohli, aformer Big Boss and investigation is underway. It both involvedinthe conspiracy dicates supplying MD to the city active in Goregaon. contestant, wasarrested is being ascertainedtoknowthe to kill Hiran. Special Judge have been bustedaspart of the In the intervening night of in 2018 by the excise de- role of arrested accusedand Prashant RSitrewill hear the raids spearheadedbythe Thursday and Friday, theNCB partment forpossessing other involvedinthe largercon- plea on Monday. agency's zonal chief Sameer seized55gmofMDand asmall 41 bottles of scotch Wankhede. quantityofganja at Kharghar. whiskey at hisresidence An officer said severaloper- Nigerian national Kingsley illegally. He has appeared STXAVIER’SCOLLEGEFESTCONCLAVETOBEHELDTODAY ations were carriedout on Ukwueza wasarrested. in movies likePremRatan Mumbai: Aconclave will be held author AnitaNairwill speak at Thursday and Fridaytobreak the “Ukwueza washoledupata Dhan Paayoand Jaani on SundayaspartofMalhar -the the conclave.The themefor this MD networkand weed out traf- Nigerian community kitchen Dushman. ENS annual festival of St Xavier’s year’s fest is ‘Parallax: The Legacy fickers and peddlers in Mumbai. along with around 50 Nigerian College. Re-routed’. The word ‘parallax’ On Thursday, theNCB inter- nationals, who dispersedasthe The keynote session at 9.15 refers to perceiving aphenome- ceptedalleged peddler Abu NCBteam reached. The sudden of MD and arrested Riyaaz Iqbal am will be presided by non from different angles. As Sufyan Khan from Jogeshwari dispersal ledtoinjuryoftwo Tandel from MiraRoad. The NCB Lieutenant GeneralSatish Dua, part of the fest,asign language West andrecovered MD from NCBofficers,” said an officer. claimed Tandel is amajor MD who will speak on ‘Youth workshop wasconductedinas- him. On Friday, NCBseized65gm supplier in the area. Rerouting Pathways’. Dr Urvashi sociation with Sahni, chief executive and the college’s founder of theStudy Hall Student Educational Foundation, Inclusion Cell University of Oxfordprofessor Dr on August16. John Lennox, and novelistand ENS Man dies as wall collapses

Mumbai: A37-year-old man diedinanincident of wall collapse at BangangainMalabar Hill on Saturday. The BMC's DisasterManagement Cell said the incident took place around 4pm. The deceasedhas been identifiedasHitesh Bhuvad, alocal resident and labourer. Officials said the compound wall of aresidential MHADAbuildingwas being repaired when it col- lapsedonBhuvad, who wasamong the labourers hired forthe work.Hewas takentoElizabeth Hospital wheredoctors declared him brought dead on arrival. No one wasinjured in the incident. ENS Cop dismissed from service for failing to report to workfor 7yrs

Mumbai: Aconstable from the Mumbai Police forcewas dis- missedfromservice afterhe failedtoreporttoworkfor the pastseven years. The suspension followedaninquiry, initiated againstthe constable, as officials came to knowthathehas been drawing salaryduring that pe- riod without working. Policeofficials said the con- stable, Vijayanand Ingale, was postedatthe Goregaon police station but as he remained ab- sent without informing his su- periorssince January2012, he wastransferredtothe Local Arms (LA) division in Naigaon on May20, 2012.However, Ingale did notreporttoworkatthe Naigaon Local Arms office as well. “He wasrelievedfromduty at the Goregaon police station on June 6, 2012,ashewas supposed to join work at the LA division. He remainedabsent from work withoutseeking permission and he did notevenbother to inform anyone,” said an officer. The department sent notices to Ingale’s residence, asking him to reporttowork. They even asked him to declarethe reason forremaining absent. However, as Ingale did notrespond to the notices, adepartment inquiry wasinitiated underthe supervi- sion of additional commissioner of police (north region). During the course of the in- quiry, Ingale wascalledand his explanation wasrecorded but as the committee did notfind his explanationtobesatisfactory, the department then issuedan order,dismissing him from the force. ENS WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 MAHARASHTRA THESUNDAYEXPRESS,AUGUST29,2021

JAN ASHIRWAD YATRA: NARAYAN RANE IN SINDHUDURG Lover set to marry Jharkhand State Watershed Mission (JSWM), ‘NootherstateshouldgetCMlikethis’ Rural Development Department, Govt. of Jharkhand someone else, 4th Floor,FFP Building, Dhurwa, Ranchi –834004; Phone: 0651-2446019/2446217, Fax: 0651-2401974 “Now,he(CM Uddhav cide note that he wasfedup with Sabha MP SanjayRautand Website: www.rdd.jharkhand.gov.in, Email: [email protected] VALLABHOZARKAR Thackeray)will have to go to UP his lowand irregular salaryand VinayakRaut, Sena MP from womansets Advt. No.06(SLNA-JSWM)2021/10 Date: 28.08.2021 SINDHUDURG,AUGUST28 as a(complaint) has been filed wasnot able to payhis debts. Sindhudurg. Expression of Interest (EoI) for empanelment of agencies as PIA in againsthim there(forsaying that Rane further saidthat he had “There aretwo RautsinShiv herself ablaze Watershed Projects under JJY Scheme UNION MINISTER and BJP leader Yogi Aadityanath should be receivedacall from Delhi two Sena, both have onlyone job– JSWM invites 'Technical Proposals' from reputed and experienced agencies for Narayan Rane kept up his attack beaten up with slippers).” days agoand wasasked to not criticise me, otherwise theywill empanelment as Prtoject Implementing Agencies (PIA) in watershed projects under Jharkhand on the ShivSenaand the Maha “I doubt if there is astate gov- slap anyone as he is minister notget (poll) tickets. Idon't un- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Jalchhajan Yojna (JJY). The empanelment will be on the basis of 'Technical Capability'. Vikas Aghadi government as he ernment in Maharashtra," he now. “Daybeforeyesterday,Igot derstand SanjayRautattimes, he MUMBAI,AUGUST28 Terms of Reference (ToR) and all relevant documents are available on the website of Rural continuedhis Jan Ashirwad said in Nandgaon, and pointedto acallfromDelhi and wastold, criticises me inside the House Development Department, GoJ (www.rdd.jharkhand.gov.in).Interested agencies are requested Yatrainhis stronghold the losses facedbyMaharashtra 'Raneji abhi aap mantri hai kisike and aftercoming out, says 'well A21-YEAR-OLD woman from to go through these documents and ToR. The proposal fee is Rs. 2,000 (Rupees TwoThousand SindhudurginKonkan. StateRoad TransportCorporation kaan ke niche nai’. Isaid ‘okay, done'. When Iask... he says he is Santacruz in Mumbai attempted only), to be submitted through demand draft drawn in favour of 'JHARKHAND RAJYA While speaking at Oras in (MSRTC), alleging that employ- thereare otherbody parts too',” with me.” suicide lateFriday by setting her- JALCHAJAN MISSION',payable at RANCHI.This fee is non-refundable. Sindhudurg, Rane, without ees have notbeen paid for he added. Further taking on Sanjay self ablazeafter learning that her The Chief Executive Officer,JSWM reserves all the rights to reject the received naming anyone, said: “Covid-19 months.Healsoclaimed that Rane,who wasarrestedon Raut, he said: “You arefromthat loverwas marrying someone bids/applications or cancel the process without giving any reason to the bidder. deaths in the stateare the high- some employees have diedby Tuesdaymidway through hisya- party, youdoall their work,get else. Proposals complete in all respect should be submitted on or before 23.09.2021 by 5.00 estinthe country... Theyare suicide. “Instead of coming after trafor threatening to “slap” Chief abusedfor them... and if you The police said the woman pm.atthe Office of JSWM, F.F.P. Building, Dhurwa, Ranchi –834004. number 1inkilling people (due me, the government should ad- MinisterUddhav Thackeray,re- leave them and come to me then poured kerosene on her and set -Sd- to Covid-19).” dress the plight of ST employees.” sumedhis yatrafromRatnagiri what will happen to Pawarsa- herself on fire outsideher lover's (Pramod Kumar) “Noother stateshould geta Rane wasreferring to driver on Friday. On Saturday, he went heb? In Lok Sabha, youare al- house at Saath RastainAgripada. AdministrativeOfficer, chief ministerlikethis,who does- Kamlesh Bedse (44) from Dhule, to Sindhudurg, where he will end ways found in Pawarsaheb's of- She suffered90per cent burns PR.NO.252262 Rural Development(21-22):D JSWM, RDD,Jharkhand, Ranchi n'tgetoutof home... doesn’teven employedwith MSRTC,who al- the yatraonSunday. fice. Anyways,Iwon't speak and is currentlyrecuperating at go to Mantralaya. He is acaged legedly hanged self at his resi- At AcharavillageinMalvan muchabout them(both Rauts), Kasturba hospital. tiger from Matoshree,”headded. dence. He reportedly said in asui- taluka, he took on ShivSena Rajya theyare notworth it.” An officer from Agripada po- lice stationsaid, “The woman in herstatement has said thatshe Rane’s tonguewas slipping Considering legalaction wasintroducedtothe man at a weddinginVadodara threeyears ago. Theystarted meeting each repeatedly, needed to be againstParab, studying other and fell in love." “However, when theyin- formedtheir relativesthat they reinedinlegally, says Raut all options, says BJP wanted to getmarried, they forthreatening to “slap” terofMaharashtra,” he added. came to know that theywerere- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Thackeray. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Earlierinthe week,Union lated.The woman washer MUMBAI,AUGUST28 Raut further said that three MUMBAI,AUGUST28 Home Minister Amit Shah had lover's niece... People from the other Unionministers from state calledRane to inquireabout the community instructed them to ATTACKINGUNION Ministerand BJP –Bharati Pawar, Bhagwat THEBJPonSaturdaysaiditiscon- developmentsthatlead to his ar- end their relationship, following BJP leader Narayan Rane over his Karad and Kapil Patil –havepar- sidering legal action againstShiv rest duringtheJanAshirwadYatra. whichtheystoppedseeing each criticismof Chief MinisterUddhav ticipated in Jan AshirwadYatra Sena leader and Transport Inthecontroversialvideoclip, other,” the officer added. Thackeray and ShivSena, party without criticising the Sena, the MinisterAnil Parabfor what it Parabisseenapparentlyspeaking However, on Friday, when MP SanjayRautonSaturday said chief ministerortheMVAgovern- termedas“blatant misuse” of on the phone to apolice officer the woman came to knowthat that legalaction had been taken ment. powerbypressuringthepoliceto saying that Rane should be ar- the man had got engaged to an- againstRaneashehadbeenusing “(Prime MinisterNarendra) arrest Union MinisterNarayan rested without delay. Later in the other woman, she went to “insulting language” frequently. Modihadsaidthatnewministers Rane in Ratnagiri on Tuesday. day, Rane wasarrestedand re- his house with abottle of Raut,whilespeakingataparty should go to their respective con- On Saturday, state BJP presi- leasedonbail at night. Thearrest kerosene. event in Nashik, said thatsince stituencies and inform people dentChandrakantPatil said, “We came following Rane's slap slur “As she did notfind anyone RanebecameaUnionminister, he about the Union government’s have initiated theprocess to againstChief MinisterUddhav in the house, she setherself has been constantlyattacking work.Theyweregiven the re- gather factsand consultlegal and Thackeray on Monday. ablaze outside the house,” said Thackeray,Sena and the Maha sponsibilityto promoteandprop- constitutional experts.” The Shiv Sena has said that as senior Inspector Sriram VikasAghadi(MVA)government. agategovernmentworks.Butone “Weare studying all possible guardian ministerfor Ratnagiri, Koregaonkar of Agripada police “Sincehistonguewasslipping person did notlistentoModi or options. The video clip showing Parabhad the responsibility to station. repeatedly,heneededtobereined BJP.Rather than promoting the ShivSena MinisterAnil Parabor- lookafterlaw andorderinthearea The police said thatacase is in legally. The chief ministerhas government and Modi,hecriti- deringpolicetoarrestRaneatany and had done nothing wrong. yettoberegistered and the inci- done it.The language of the min- cisedShivSena,CMandMVAgov- costisbeinglooked into. It has Meanwhile,DefenseMinister dent has been mentionedinthe isters should be polite. The one ernment,” he added. reachedeveryhouseholdbecause Rajnath Singh on Saturday called station house dairy. who takesthe oath of the Raut further said that BJP of social media,” he added. Rane to inquireabout his health. “Wewill investigateand see Constitution needs to maintain needs to do introspection. “Since Patil said therewas aviewin Rane wasquotedassaying to if anyone forced hertoend her thecivilityanddignityof thepost,” Rane became aminister, BJP has the party thatitshould file acase Singh: “My health is fine... life,” said the officer. Raut told party workers. been on the declining mode and againstParab,alsotheparliamen- Strangely, someone spread ru- In the lastfew days,Sena and will continuetodecline further.It tary affairsminister. "Howcan a moursaboutmy health,whichare BJPhave beenengagedinawarof will soon realise itsmistake,” he stateministerissuesuchanarrest totallybaseless. Ihavenot visited Dawood, wordsfollowingthearrest of Rane added. order?Heisnot the home minis- anyhospital.” Shakeelaide OBC members dies of Covid won’tallow in Karachi ministersenter villages if quota EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MUMBAI,AUGUST28 not restored: BJP GANGSTER FAHIM Ahmed Mumbai: BJP generalsecretary Sharif, also known as Fahim Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Machmachand believedtobea Saturdaywarnedthe close associateofDawood Maharashtragovernment to re- Abrahim and Chota Shakeel, storeOther BackwardCaste dieddue to Covid-19 on Friday. (OBC) reservation withoutfur- Senior officers from Mumbai ther delay, else the community Police crime branchsaid that he will notlet ministers enter their wasdeclared dead in ahospital villages. at Karachi in Pakistan. Speaking to mediapersons, Sources in the crime branch Bawankule,aOBC leader of BJP, said Machmachwas wanted in said: “If it's notdone, OBC com- severalcases of extortion, mur- munitywill notlet ministers en- der and attempt to murder reg- tertheir villages.” isteredinMumbai. Thiscomes aday afterChief Similar caseswerealso reg- MinisterUddhavThackeray con- isteredagainstMachmachin venedanall-party meeting to Delhi. discuss OBC quota. “The CM's “He wasone of the most meeting wasafutileexercise. trustedmen of Dawood Ibrahim. Unless the Maha Vikas Aghadi We believe he washiding in government takesadecision to Karachi along with Dawood initiatethe process and restore Ibrahim and Shakeel," said an OBC reservation, it will be mean- officer. ingless,” said Bawankule. The Mumbai Police said In May, the Supreme Court whilehewas arrested in an ex- had struckdownOBC reserva- tortion and criminal intimida- tion in local bodiesciting it ex- tion case in the early 1990s, ceededthe 50 per cent reserva- Machmachmanaged to secure tion ceiling. ENS bail and leftIndia. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,AUGUST29,2021 EXPRESS NETWORK 5 Second witness in POST-POLL VIOLENCE PROBE Gujarat committed to Second FIR CBIarrests2inNadia, stop‘lovejihad’, filed against Malegaon blast willmove SC: Rupani ex-IPS officer caseturns hostile ernmentwilldoit,” saidRupani. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE files10morecases EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The CM wasspeaking to re- LUCKNOW,AUGUST28 AHMEDABAD,AUGUST28 porters on the sidelines of an eventinGandhinagarto celebrate ADAY aftertheLucknowPolicear- SADAFMODAK The witness deniedthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 16TMCworkerskilled,5fromBJPdead:Mamata THE GUJARATgovernment will the 125th birth anniversaryof restedretiredIPS officer Amitabh MUMBAI,AUGUST28 contentsoftwo of his KOLKATA,AUGUST28 approachthe Supreme Court poetZaverchand Meghani. Thakur on the charge of abetting Kolkata:Havingdeniedany post-pollviolenceinthestatesofar,Chief againstthe recent HighCourtde- OnAugust26,adivisionbench thesuicideof asuspectedrapevic- IN THE trial of the 2008 statementsrecorded THECBIonSaturday arrestedtwo MinisterMamataBanerjee on Saturdayclaimedthat16TMC work- cision to stay certain sections of of Chief Justice VikramNath and timfromBalliaandherfriend,the Malegaon blast, awitnesswho by the MaharashtraATS peopleinconnection with acase ers had been killedand onlyfiveBJP men had diedsince the elec- the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Justice Biren Vaishnavturned police on Saturdaysaid Thakur wasclaimedtohaveattendeda in 2008 and 2011 relatedtoalleged post-poll vio- tions.Addressingthemedia,shecriticisedtheNationalHumanRights (Amendment) Act2021, Chief down an applicationofthe and his wifeNutan had been campwithaccusedLieutenant lence in West Bengal. It also filed Commission and said, “I have no problem withthe CBI;let NHRC Minister VijayRupani said Gujarat governmentseekingrec- chargedwithusingcriminalforce Colonel Prasad Purohit and oth- 10 more cases,takingthenumber work impartially. Theyhad aBJP leader accompanying (the team). Saturday, adding thathis govern- tification of the High Courtorder to obstruct an official. ers,was declared hostile on of cases it has registered to 21. Whilethe reportsays five people from BJP were killed in post-poll ment is “committed”tostopping that stayed eight sections of the Thepolicesaidthesecondcase Saturday. ment that while it wascalled an Thetwopeoplearrestedwere violence,16other victims were from TMC. Did yousend ahuman “love jihad” in the state. Gujarat FreedomofReligion wasfiledasThakurresistedarrest The witnessdeniedthe con- “adventure” camp,nothing identified as BijoyGhoshand rightsteamto Hathras,to Tripura?Iamsorryto say, NHRC members “The stategovernment is de- (Amendment) Act, 2021. It had whenthepolicewentto hishome tentsoftwo of his statements about adventure wasspoken or Ashima Ghosh. Theyhavebeen areBJP cadres.” ENS termined. Hindu girls arelured soughtliftingthestay ontheoper- atViramKhandinGomtiNagarto recordedbythe Maharashtra taught. heldinconnectionwithanalleged and aremade to flee (their ation of section 5that wasinthe take himintocustodyintheabet- Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in The statement claimedthat attackonBJP supporterDharma one of his relativeswho wasal- ers.OnMay 14,the accusedbeat homes).Thenreligiousconversion original act enacted in 2003. ment to suicide case. 2008 and 2011.The statements Purohit had givenalecture Mandal in Nadia district’s Chapra legedly being beaten up by the up their relative,Sanajit Mandal, happens.Inthis contextofloveji- Hoursaftertheorder,Minister Inavideothathassurfacedon includedaclaim thatinthe wherehespokeabout terrorism area on May14. eight accusednamedinacom- and dragged him to anearby lo- had, the stategovernmentisfully of Statefor Homeand Law, socialmedia,Thakurisseenresist- camp, organisedamonth after in India, Pakistan’s role in weak- Inastatement,theagencysaid plaint, officialssaid. cality,healleged. The com- committed.Thestategovernment Pradeepsinh Jadeja, said that sec- ingarrest andattemptingto climb the blast,Purohit had givenalec- ening Indiathrough proxywars it conducted searches at 15 loca- In the complaint, Mandal’s plainant,Dharma, and his willsurelyapproachtheSupreme tion 5was at the “coreofthe law” on the roof of apolice vehicle. He turementioning terrorism in likecounterfeit currency,drugs tionsinconnection with theat- brotherAyansaidmembersofhis nephew Saurav went to save Courtagainstthe High Courtde- and that the government would refusedtocomplywith the po- India on religious lines and the and terrorism. It also said that tack on Mandal. He suffered seri- familyandresidentsofHridaypur Sanajit when the accusedalso al- cision and whatevernecessary move SupremeCourtchallenging lice’sinstructionstillhewasgiven needtorespond to it. The witness Purohit spokeofthe needfor ous injuries while trying to save villagewereknown BJP support- legedlyassaulted them. needs to be done, the stategov- the HC decision. acopyofthe FIR. Beforebeing deniedall the contentsand said Hindu organisations and Hindus shovedintoavehicle, he is heard he had neverstatedthose.This is to cometogether underAbhinav claiming that police were acting the second witness of the 188 Bharat, agroup setupin2004, illegally. who have deposedsofar to turn whichthe ATSclaimedwas part Ex-minister, Mukhtar’s Virtual exhibitions launched to ThesecondFIRwasregistered hostile. of the blastconspiracy. basedonacomplaint from sub- Special PublicProsecutor The statement also said the brother join SP; inspector DhananjaySingh. “On Avinash Rasal, representing the lecture includedcommentson mark ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ the basis of video, an FIR was National Investigation Agency religious lines about terrorismin lodged againstAmitabh Thakur (NIA), declared him hostile and India and the needto“respond”. BJP slams ‘mafialink’ and NutanThakur forcriminal cross-examinedthe witness. It said the witness had leftthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forcetodeter apublic servant When the contentswereread campafter afew days and had Speaking afterSibghatullah NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 from discharge of his duty.Nutan out from the twostatements, the notspoken or metPurohit since. ASADREHMAN and Chaudharyjoinedthe SP, Thakur wasalsocreating hin- witness told the court theywere It also includedthe names of the LUCKNOW,AUGUST28 partychief AkhileshYadavsaid,“It UNION MINISTERS Anurag drance forpolice and accusedof incorrect. When the witness was otheraccused, including will be my attempt that all of Thakur and GKishan Reddy,ac- helpingherhusband,”saidGomti asked by SPP Rasal that he was Chaturvediand Sameer Kulkarni, WITH THE Assemblyelections Netaji’s (MulayamSingh Yadav’s) companiedbyministers of state NagarStationHouse Officer KK refuting his statementstosave claiming theywerepresent getting closer,the Samajwadi closepeople join the party...” LMurugan, Arjun RamMeghwal Tiwari. In thesecondFIR,the po- the accused, he denied it. there. PartyonSaturdayinductedgang- Chaudhary appearedemo- and Meenakshi Lekhi, inaugu- licehave invokedIPCsections224 The ATS, whichinvestigated The witness denied all these ster-turned-politician Mukhtar tional on stageatthe party head- ratedane-photo exhibition ti- (resistance or obstruction by a the case initially before the NIA contents. While he said he iden- Ansari’sbrother Sibghatullah quarters. In 2017,Chaudhary, a tled‘Making of the Constitution’ person to his lawful apprehen- took over,had includedinits first tifiedPurohitwho waspresent in Ansari and former minister long-timeaideto MulayamSingh and avirtual film posterexhibi- sion), 224(resistance or obstruc- andasupplementarychargesheet, court,hesaid he did notknow AmbikaChaudharyintotheparty. Yadav, had leftthe SP saying he tion called‘Chitranjali@75’. tionto lawfulapprehensionof an- statementsofthewitnesswhode- others, including Kulkarni, who The inductionofAnsari, who wassaddenedbythe waythe SP The event wasorganisedas other person), 186(obstructing posedonSaturday. wasalso present in the court- is aformer MLAfrom patriarch wastreated by hisson partofthe ‘Iconic Week’ being Unionministers at an event,aspartof‘Iconic Week’being publicservantindischarge of pub- In the twostatements, it was room. Mohammadabadconstituencyin and thenCMAkhilesh. celebrated by Ministryof celebrated by the I&B Ministry, to mark‘Azadi Ka Amrit lic functions), and 353(assault or claimedthat in May2008, the SPP Rasal said this wasthe Ghazipur district, drew criticism Chaudharysaidthathequitthe Information and Broadcasting, Mahotsav’. I&Bminister Anurag Thakur announcedthat the criminal forcetodeter public ser- witness wasasked by Purohit to second witness to turn hostile. fromtheBJP,withtherulingparty BSP as he wasnot givenany major along with various media units, government willsoon runa‘KnowYour Constitution’ vant from discharge of his). getintouchwith Rakesh Another witness related to the asking what the relationshipbe- responsibilityinthe party. to markthe ‘Azadi Ka Amrit programme to encourageyouths to partner in effortsto The abetment to suicide case Dhawde and pickupaparcel to arrest panchnama of Purohit had tween “mafia Mukhtar’s brother Sibghatullah, aformer MLA, Mahotsav’. It is aims to showcase propagate the foundingprinciples of the Constitution. wasregisteredagainstthe retired deliverittoanother accused earlier deniedthe ATSstatement. and SP would be called”. said thathequit the BSP because the journeyof“newIndia” and police officer,and jailedBSP MP Sudhakar Chaturvedi. Dhawde, AblastatMalegaon near Nashik Mukhtar Ansari, aBSP leader no one in the party supportedhis celebratethe contribution of Atul RaionFridayafter atwo- who wasnamedasanaccusedin on September 29, 2008, killedsix and five-time MLAfromMau,is familywhentheyneededit. freedom fighters, includingthe Constitution. The ministeran- Speaking about the virtual memberinquirycommitteesub- the blast, has been discharged and injuredover100.Seven ac- currentlyinjail,while “Noone in the BSP spoke “unsung heroes” of the freedom nouncedthat the government posterexhibition, the minister mitted itsreport to the state. from theterrorcase in 2017. cused, includingPurohit, Sibghatullah’sotherbrotherAfzal about the injustice being meted struggle. willsoon run a‘KnowYour said,“Chitranjali@75 represents Beforesetting themselvesonfire, The statement further said Chaturvedi, Kulkarni, BJP Bhopal AnsariisaBSPMPfromGhazipur. out to my brother who is in jail. Speaking at theevent, Union Constitution’programme to en- 75 years of Indian cinema and I thesuspectedrapevictimandher the witness wasinvitedforanad- MP PragyaThakur,Sudhakar The Ansari familyhas sizeable in- Akhileshji,despitebeinginSP,has I&B ministerAnurag Thakur courage the youth to partner in am sureit’sgoingtoevoke sa- friend had recordedaFacebook venturecampatPanchmarchi, Dhar Dwivedi, AjayRahikar and fluenceineasternUPdistrictssuch spoken about it and has triedto said the purpose of the e-photo effortstopropagate the found- cred memories of our freedom Live video in whichthe woman MadhyaPradesh, in October retiredMajor Ramesh Upadhyay, as Ghazipur,Ballia, Mau, heal our wounds,”said exhibitionistoinform people ing principles of the fighters, our social reformers and accusedthe police of supporting 2008.Itwas claimedin the state- arefacing trial. Azamgarhand Varanasi. Sibghatullah. about the making of the Constitution. the valour of our soldiers.” Rai. 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“IT was the best of times,it was the For women, it was about empow- that the US and China have spent We must legitimise sports as a key ele- MIRABAI CHANU LOVLINA BORGOHAIN become only the second Indian worst of times.” Nobody could have erment and jumping over many hur- huge budgets on sports infrastructure, ment of school education to find and Silver,women’s 49 kg Bronze,women’s wrestler to win an Olympic silver proved the Dickensian observation dles of patriarchy,misogyny,bias and talent and the big Games economy, nurture talent.The National Education weightlifting welterweight boxing medal.An ordinary farmer’s son, he true in the Indian context than our humiliation. And as the women’s more than hundred times over what Policy 2020 (NEP) mandates sports ed- With an 87 kg lift in the snatch, Lovlina Borgohain began as a com- has also maintained our wrestling champions at the Tokyo Olympics, who hockey team will tell you,you can win we spend per capita on sports develop- ucation to become a part of school and a 115 kg lift in the clean and patriot of boxing legend Mary Kom. tradition of returning with at least won the highest number of medals in with an undying spirit.So what if only ment. However,over the years,the curriculum. Some States like Haryana jerk, she won a silver medal, los- She defeated 2018 world champion one medal from every Olympic the history of the Games.Best because six per cent of women feature in pro- funding has seen an uptick with in- have operationalised this mantra of ing to Hou Zhihui of the People’s Chen Nien-Chin in the quarterfinals, Games since 2008. suchahaul came in the worst of times, fessional sports despite producing creasedallocations to the Sports Au- “catching them young”at the primary Republic China.She hitched rides with the tallyclosing at 4-1. India battling adisastrous bout of the more medal winners from thattinytal- thority of India (SAI) and corporates school level,which explains the State’s withtruck drivers carrying sand BAJRANG PUNIA pandemic as we struggled to save ent pool. Foryet others,itwas about coming forwardtoprofessionalise comparative medal prowess.The mo- to save money forher training MEN’SHOCKEY TEAM Bronze,men’s65kgwrestling lives andgot busywiththe grimreality the refusal to be marginalised by the many disciplines,sharpentraining and mentum of merit must be maintained trips. Bronze Battling hiccups in the initial of fighting to live anotherday.Best be- world. But in the end it wasatriumph infrastructure backup andensuring ex- at the grassroots level at all times with Carrying the burden of amedal stages, Puniamadeaclean 8-0vic- cause our medal winners fought the of self-willand determination, of hu- posure to global competitions.Profes- consistent performance benchmarks. PV SINDHU drought for 41 years,they could toryand gave India its sixth worstofodds with grace under pres- maneffort. sional leaguesinfootball, hockey and That means equally stringent coach- Bronze,women’ssingles have easily crumbled after beingde- wrestling medal at the Olympics sure,courage under fire,grit in the face So questions willalways be raised tournamentsinindividual sports have ing, diet and fitness standards at the badminton feated 5-2 by eventual champions since 2008. of adversity and resilience despite de- about how long can we go on raw tal- undoubtedly whetted talent and kept it junior level.As for athletes, aone-time After Tokyo,she is the only Indian Belgium in the semifinals.During nial.There wasnodreamfactory that ent and passion when we should have competition-ready.But this hasn’t reward is not enough to keep him/her female athlete to winmultiple their bronze playoff against Ger- NEERAJCHOPRA groomedthem, Tokyo wastheir only ascientific system in place to produce been reflected on medal tallies at motivated. Ajob guarantees security Olympic medals.She is the second many,amedal seemed elusive as In- Gold,men’sjavelin throw opportunity to rewrite their destiny. more medallists for acountry of our world events. and beyond star performers,many Indian to win amedaltwice in indi- dia waslooking at a3-1 scoreline. Chopra’sfirst attempt in thefinal Forsome,anOlympian feat wasabout size,considering sportsfeats are usu- Talent scouting still needs to be athletes do not have it.And there’sno vidualevents at theOlympic Theteam came back withfour goals wasmarked at 87.03m, and his clambering out of poverty, amatter of ally seen as one of the markers of de- done scientifically,sports manage- rehabilitation package to fall back in Games.She is thefifthfemale shut- in seven minutes. second flew 87.58 m. He became livelihood. Forothers,itwas about velopment. How then does one ex- ment needs to be depoliticised and left on their sunset years.There are four tlertowin two Olympic singles the second individual Olympic carving aneutral identity,breaking plain the athlete glories from to expertswhile an efficient mapping more years before Paris.The potential is medals.She has broken the formida- RAVI KUMAR DAHIYA champion after Abhinav Bindra free from the mould of their origins Caribbean countries likeJamaica or must be done on investing in disci- there.All we need is the right mecha- ble monopoly of the Chinese win- Silver,men’s57kgwrestling (2008, men’s air rifle 10m). Afirst and expectations. African countries likeKenya? It is true plines with the bestmedal prospects. nism to harness it. ning machine. On his Olympic debut, Dahiya has for India in athletics. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 EXPRESS NETWORK THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,AUGUST29,2021

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Virar East, Virar,Maharashtra- 401305 tional, Denis Kriuchkoy,asasus- Acase of unnatural death pect in her murder. wasregisteredatAnjuna police Selection of Concessionaire for Setting up of State of Art Police areyet to ascertain the station. 2lines of 30 Tons per Hour (TPH) MaterialRecovery murder motive. According to thepolice, Kriuchkoy,47, livedonadif- Kriuchkoy had been on the run Facility at Gokhivare Landfill Site in Vasai-Virar City ferent floor of the same house as since Titova’s death. Police VASAI-Virar City Municipal Corporation as per the MMC Act has been Titova in Siolim, North Go. sources said he had alsotravelled entrusted the function of Scientific Disposal of Solid Waste. The Titova’s postmortemreporthad to Visakhapatnam, Andhra Authority has planned to develop integrated solid waste management shown that she diedafter her Pradesh, since then, but later re- nose and mouth wascom- turnedtoGoa. He wasarrested project for Material Recovery Facility.Asapart of this endeavour, pressed, police said. on Saturdayevening. VVCMC has decided to undertake development and operation of State Titova wasfound dead at 7.20 Shobhit Saksena, of Art 2lines of 30 Tons per Hour (TPH) Material Recovery Facility pm on August19. Therewas no Superintendent of Police, North within the Gokhivare Landfill Site; for the implementation of the Project external injuryonher body. Goa, said investigation in the on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (the “DBFOT”) basis. Titova,was in her apartment case wasgoing on and Kriuchkoy Online electronic Applications in prescribed format for below wasbeing questionedbypolice. mentioned work are invited by Dy.Municipal Commissioner,SWM His motive to kill Titova is yetto Department, VVCMC from applicants with proven experience. be ascertained. 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He said theyhad firsttried An officer said, "The victim of the probesaid the accusedap- AUGUST28 cal bodies wherethe weeklyin- to extort moneyfromthe wasnot abletospeak or share peared to have "underestimated fection population ratio (WIPR) THE KARNATAKA Police arrested woman and her friend, making anydetails,but her friend said the gravity of the incident" and WITH NO letupinthe consis- is morethanseven. Earlier,ithad five residentsofTamil Nadu, in- acall from the latter's phone to the accusedspokeTamil and this thought theywould getawayas tentlyhigh Covid-19cases, the been 10.(WIPR is the total num- cluding ajuvenile, Fridaynight hisfather seeking Rs 3lakh. "It wasone of the vital clues... A theyhad made videos of the in- Kerala government Saturday de- berofCovid-19infections re- forthe gangrape of a23-year- wasfirstanincident of at- dump of cellphone towerdata cident and threatenedtocircu- cidedtoimposenightcurfew be- portedinaweek multipliedby TESTS TODAY: 19,10,939 | TOTAL TESTS: 51,87,98,541 MBAstudent in Mysuru on temptedrobbery," Sood said. wascollected.Wethensourced latethe same if the couple went ginning Monday. It will give a 1,000 anddividedbythe total | August24. One person allegedly The 23-year-old hadbeen sexu- data of mobile SIM cards regis- to the police. However, as the in- WEEKLY POSITIVITY: 2.15% OVERALL POSITIVITY: 6.30% largerroletothe police in imple- population of that local body). involvedinthe case is abscond- allyassaulted and the friend teredinTamil Nadu and filtered cidentbecame known and gath- menting preventive measures Vijayansaid ameeting of ing, police said. beaten up on August24evening them.Meanwhile, other teams ered political heat, theydecided STATES REPORTING MOST CASES and convene ameeting of experts health experts,doctors with ex- The fact that the attackers in an isolated stretchnear collected CCTV footagefrom to hide. The DGP said the ageof STATE NEW ACTIVE WEEKLY TOTAL to chartout acourse of action. perience of Covid treatment, and spokeTamil,technicalanalysis Mysuru. nearbyplaces." one of the accused—who is said CASES CASES POSITIVITY VACCINATION On Saturday, forthe fourth leading virologists would be held of telephone numbers active in On Friday, the woman who The Karnataka Police also to be 17 —isbeing verified. consecutive day, Kerala reported on September 1“to analysethe Kerala 31,265 205,36118.21% 2,77,51,648 the location at the time of the had receivedsevereinjuries left alertedtheir Tamil Nadu coun- However, since the crime wasof ■ morethan30,000newcases,con- present situation and to devise crime,and bus tickets recovered hospitaland is believedtohave terparts,and soon theyzeroed aserious nature, he would be ■ Maharashtra4,831 51,8212.38% 5,63,32,375 tributing 70 per cent of the coun- strategies forthe wayahead”.’ from the spotwereamong the returnedhome, outside in on one suspect in the triedasanadult,Sood said. ■ Tamil Nadu 1,55117,559 1.00%3,07,74,537 try’s dailyaddition of cases. The In adeparturefromthe prac- clues that helpedpolicetrack the Karnataka. Asenior police offi- Tiruppur area of Tamil Nadu Police arealso checking records numberof active casesinthestate tice of IAS officers being sent to ■ Andhra Pradesh1,32114,853 2.13%2,77,97,949 accused, sources said. DGP cer said she leftagainstdoctors’ who matchedall the criteria to see if theyhavebeen involved rose to 2.04lakh. This is at atime districtsfor Covid-19manage- Praveen Sood said all the five are advice."Herparentschose to they were lookingfor."Ateam in other crimes. "Wewill be fil- ■ Karnataka 1,229 18,923 0.73% 4,00,28,946 the entirecountry hasanactive ment, it wasdecidedatthe labourers from Tiruppur who take her and theyleftinthe af- went there. Once we nabbed ing achargesheetatthe earliest," caseloadof 3.59lakh.Thetest pos- meeting to deputesenior IPS of- frequentlyvisited Mysuru for ternoon. She wasnot in acondi- him, it became easy forustoget the officer said. STATES REPORTING MOST DEATHS itivity rate has been above 18 per ficers.Besides,anofficer of the centinKeralaand the samehas rank of additionalSPwill func- STATE TODAY’S TOTAL WEEKLY OVERALL DEATHS DEATHS CFR CFR been below3per centatthe na- tion as Covid control nodal offi- COTTON, SOYABEAN PRICES UP Around 9lakh tionallevelformorethanamonth. cer in eachdistrict. ■ Kerala 15320,545 0.75% 0.56% Afterameeting, Chief The CM said the spurtin August dries up hopes of farmers, people in Kerala ■ Maharashtra129 140,546 3.05% 2.20% MinisterPinarayiVijayan told re- cases wasdue to the easingofre- porters that night curfew would strictions forthe Onam festival. hesitant to take ■ Odisha 68 7,8185.43% 0.79% monsoon revival key to kharif fortune ■ Tamil Nadu 21 34,856 1.26% 1.35% period forsoyabean is 90-94days ing moisturestress. All hopes are vaccine: Vijayan ■ AndhraPradesh1913,8070.77% 0.69% Ladakh shuts down over statehood GOPALKATESHIYA and moong about 75 days. on alow pressureareaformed Note:DataasonAug28;vaccinationnumbersasofAug27.Deathsincludethosefrompreviousdays. &HARISHDAMODARAN Lodhi’s worryencapsulates over North-westand West-cen- SHAJUPHILIP call,local leaders meet MoS Home RAJKOT,NEWDELHI,AUG28 the situation forIndia’s kharif tral BayofBengal offthe Odisha THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, (monsoon) season crop. An ex- and AndhraPradesh coasts. AUGUST28 districts. KDA’s co-chairperson RAOGULAB Singh Lodhi planted tendeddry spell from around The India Meteorological ARUNSHARMA and National Conference leader soyabean on 12 out of his 16 acres June 20 to July 11 resulted in Department expectsthis system AROUND 9lakhpeopleinKerala Over2lakh people JAMMU,AUGUST28 QamarAli Akhoon said Raiheard on July11, aday before thesouth- farmers missing the main kharif to bringenhancedrainfall activ- —comprisingthose above60 them and assured that acom- west monsoon revivedafter a sowing window betweenmid- ity over Southern Peninsular years and individuals withco- UNION MINISTER of Statefor mittee would be constituted, three-week-long “break” phase. June and mid-July. India until August30and over morbidities —are reluctant to hit by Assam floods Home Nityanand Raiheld talks comprising five members each “Itrained well in the firsthalf The monsoon’s revival, Central and West India from take the Covid-19vaccine, ac- with local leaders of Leh and from the Apexbody and the of June. But we were advisedon though, ledtobrisk plantings. By August29onwards. cording to Chief Minister has hit Baksa, Barpeta, Kargil districtsonSaturday, even KDA, besides some officials of DD Kisan channel nottosow,as July 30,thecumulative areaunder Aquickrevival of the mon- PinarayiVijayan. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Biswanath, Bongaigaon, as people in the Union Territory, the Home Ministry, theLadakh those rains were due to the kharif crops, at 848.15 lakh soon is whatMunna Ughreja is Vijayansaid the reluctance is GUWAHATI,AUGUST28 Chirang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, cutting across political and reli- MP,and chief executive coun- Cyclone (Yaas) and wouldn’t hectares(lh),wasonly4.7%lower also desperately seeking. The 38- due to the fear about the side ef- Golaghat,Jorhat, Lakhimpur, gious lines, observed acomplete cilors of both Leh and Kargil hill last,” says this farmer from comparedto the889.99lhduring year-old from Sultanpur village fectsofvaccines. “The govern- THE OVERALL floodsituation in Majuli, Morigaon, Sivasagar, bandh over their demand for councils. He also assured that re- Nanhegaon villageofMadhya thecorrespondingperiodof 2020. in Gujarat’s Morbi district has ment is trying to createareadi- Assam deteriorated on Saturday Sonitpur and Tinsukia districts statehood and constitutional cruitment of local youths would Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district. This gaphas furthernarrowed sown cotton on 100out of his to- ness forvaccination among as the rising Brahmaputra and affected 512villages under safeguards under 6th Schedule be startedatthe earliest, Akhoon The strong rains on July12-13 (1,064.04lhversus1,083.09 lh) as tal200-bigha (80 acres) holding. them and give them the vaccine riverand itstributaries inun- 34 revenue circles in them, it of the Constitution. said. The apexbody andthe KDA were followedby“rimjhim baar- on August27, according to the On the balance, he has protection at the earliest. Even dated vast tractsin15districts said. The meeting in Leh lastedfor areseparategroups of political, ish (intermittent showers)" Union AgricultureMinistry. planted groundnut and soy- then, manyare notwilling for and affected 2,25,501 people of The rivers flowing through nearly threehours, with leaders social, religious, trade and cul- throughout July. Butwhat isof concernis rain- abean on 40 bigha eachand vaccination, whichwould be se- the state, according to the daily mostofthe affected districtsare of the ApexBody of Leh and the tural organisations of Leh and August, however, hasbeen fall in Augustbeing 26.4% sesamum on 20 bigha. On riouslylooked into,’’ said the bulletin issuedbythe Assam maintainingarisingtrendandare Kargil Democratic Alliance Kargil districts, respectively. “poorasookha (totallydry)”. If it deficient forthe countryasa Saturday, Ughreja participated Chief Minister. StateDisasterManagement flowing above thedanger markin (KDA) demanding statehood to Theywereformedtopushthe doesn’traininthenextsevendays, whole. The overall area-weighted in arally of farmersfrom14vil- He said unscientific anti-vac- Agency(ASDMA). severalplaces, an official said. Ladakh and constitutionalsafe- demand forstatehood to Ladakh “mysoyabean crop (whichhas cumulative precipitation from lages of Morbi’s Maliyataluka, cine campaigns have con- Therehavebeen, however, Incessant rainfall in the up- guards forits people under 6th and constitutional safeguards to completed flowering and is in June 1toAugust28hasbeen 9.6% demanding release of waterinto tributedtothe anxieties sur- no loss of human or animal life per reaches in Arunachal Schedule. itspeople under 6th Schedule. early podformation stage) will belowthe “normal” long period the Maliya BranchCanal of the roudning the jabs. He said the so far, thebulletin said. Pradesh has ledtothe rise in the Theyalso demandedholding The Ladakh MP,Tsering fail,” fears Lodhi, who sowed average. Narmada dam project. vaccine has fewersideeffectsin The current waveofflood waterlevel of the Brahmaputra of recruitmentprocess forlocal Jamyang Namgiyal of BJP,did not moong(greengram)inhisbalance The crop, whose sowing was FULLREPORTON aged persons than it does among trigerredbycontinuous heavy leadingtofloods in the state, the youth, besides separateLok attend the meeting. 4acresonAugust15.Thematurity already delayed, is currentlyfac- www.indianexpress.com the young. rainfall in the catchment areas official added. Sabha seatsfor Leh and Kargil WITHPTIINPUTS National Sports Day ADVERTORIAL

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EX GroupandimposedacostofRs20 retailandwholesalebusiness,and held by the Jharkhand govern- movedtheSupremeCourtagainst Amazon, whichhas been in- lakh on it as well as itsdirectors. the logistics and warehousing ment here sawaproposedin- an order by the Delhi High Court volved in adispute withFuture, LAST AUGUST, RelianceRe- Earlierthismonth,FutureGro- businessofFutureGroup in adeal vestment of over Rs 9,000 crore to maintain status quoinrelation accuses FRL of violatingcontracts tailsaiditwouldacquirethe up promoters —including Biyani worthRs24,713 crore.Thescheme in the state, with the launchof to the KishoreBiyani-ledcompa- when it sold itsretailassets to retail, wholesale, logistics andseveralgroupholdingcompa- of arrangement entailedconsoli- the Jharkhand Industrial and ny’s Rs 24,713-croredeal with RelianceIndustries(RIL) lastyear. andwarehousingbusiness nies—had approachedthe dationofFutureGroup’sretailand Investment Promotion Policy Reliance Retail and directing it to On February2,asingle-judge of FutureGroup forRs Supreme Court against an order wholesaleassets intoone entity (JIIPP)2021. enforcetheSingapore-basedEm- benchofthe Delhi HC had di- 24,713 crore. 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Amazon, whichhas 49 forceable underthe Indian Group signedanMoU of Rs 500 has been deliberating uponhow Naxalism has shrunk to afew re- n’t go through, it would cause ahead withits deal withReliance to take further actiononthe deal per cent stakeinone of Future’s Arbitration and ConciliationAct. croretoexpand theircementpl- to generateemploymentin mote pocketsofJharkhandand it ant and the proposedcom- Jharkhand. Our focus largely re- is likelytobeeliminatedfrom the mencement of production will volved around industries based geographyofJharkhand in acou- be March 2023. on mines and minerals ... but we ple of months. Jharkhand invites POLICY WATCH ■ Computer software and The documentsstatedthat arenow also working in the field you, invites youwith open arms.” JAN DHAN SCHEME FDI equity inflows up 168% hardware: 17% Tata Steelhas “expressedtheir in- of tourism, education, renewable He addedthat sevenbureaucrats ■ Services sector:11% tent” to invest Rs 3,000croreover energy, food processing, automo- travelledtoDelhifromRanchito to $17.57 bn duringApr-Jun next three years with “expansion bile, pharma and textile.” “solicit and woo” investors. $6.56billion of capacities”’ofcoaland iron ore He addedthat in renewable “It’s abeautiful statewith a FinMin to banks: FDI inflowintoequities in thecountry rose by morethan mines and “downstream” value energy,the stateiscoming up beautiful landscape. It is astate twofold to $17.57 billion during April-June this fiscal, an FDIequityinflowduring addedsteel portfolio. with a“big project” and planning withavastrangeofflora and official statement said April-June2020-21 SAIL, too, has expressedin- to establishIndia’s “largest float- fauna. Thirty per cent of our land Micro insurance, flexi tent to invest Rs 4,000 crorein ing solar plant”, and emphasised is coveredwith forest,withsuch $22.53billion Gua MinesinWestSinghbhum that Jharkhand also has potential vast productionofminor forest schemes for PMJDY Totalforeigndirectinvestment districtfor over aperiod of three in tourism,pharma, educational produce that it is aparadise for (FDI)inflowduringthefirst years, as per the document. IT institutes amongothers. anyone interestedinthe agro- Sevenyears on:43crore accounts threemonthsof2021-22, willupgradeGua minesfrom4 Soren said these investments food processing industry,”the against$11.84billioninthe MT capacity to 10 MT capacity in the coming months will lead Chief Secretaryfurthersaid. sameperiodofthelastyear and install apalletplant of 4MT to around 20,000 direct and Jharkhand Industries Secret- with `1.46 lakh croredeposits capacity.Asper the press release around 1.5lakh indirect employ- aryPoojaSinghal said the state DEPOSITSPERA/C(IN`) issuedbythe stategovernment, ment. “All potential investors has prepared aSingle Window ENSECONOMICBUREAU TOPSTATESASPER Adhunik Powerwill invest Rs who would committoengage35 ClearancePolicyinvarious sec- 3,500 NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 SHAREOFTOTALFDI 1,900crore and another com- per cent of their workforcefrom tors to invite investors.She said

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mational change” in financial 9 TOTALFDI: SHAREOFTOTALFDI ■ Karnataka: 48% At thelaunchofthe JIIPP 2021, overand above the existing pro- up industries, and threw light on 7

2,000 9 21 21 inclusion brought about by 2,78 ■ Equity inflows EQUITYINFLOWS ■ Maharasthra: 23% Chief MinisterHemant Soren visions of thenew JIIPP 2021.”he various aspectsrelatedto whyin- 18 3, 27 7 2,5 1,500 2,

the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan 1, ■ Reinvested earnings RECEIVEDINQ1FY22: ■ Delhi: 11% said, “The stategovernment added. vestors should invest in Yojana (PMJDY) in aseven- 74 ■ Other capital ■ Automobile industry:27% Source: Commerce Ministry/PTI wantstomoveforward with the During the event, Jharkhand Jharkhand. She also talkedabout 1,000 1, year period, the government 500 cooperationofthe investors. We Chief SecretarySukhdevSingh the JIIPP 2021, ethanol policy, said Saturdaybankshavenow Why is it important: The FDI trends are an endorsement of India’s status aretrying to leverage the infinite said, “Our human capitalisvery road connectivity,electric vehi- been askedto improveaccess 0 as apreferred investment destination amongst global investors resources whichnaturehas healthyand very law-abiding. cle policy,AdityapurCluster Aug’15 Aug’21 of account holders in the giftedJharkhand and walk the Youwill neverhavetoface labour through apresentation. scheme to micro-credit and Source: FinanceMinistry microinvestment products, likeflexi-recurring schemes. capable of delivering financial DRAFT OF DECLARATION FTA talks Accordingto afutureroad services to the lastperson of Forex reserves slide map forthe scheme, the the society —the poorestof Withdrawal of retro tax demands: FinanceMinistryhassaidthat the poor,”Finance Minister with nations banksshould ensurethat eli- Nirmala Sitharaman said. for second straight gible account holders arepro- The proportion of opera- ‘Irrevocable’undertakingbycos like UK, UAE videdthe linked microinsur- tional Jan Dhan accountshas ance policies to improve risen to 85.6 per cent or 36.86 week, down $2.47bn progressing safetynets. croreinAugust2021, from 76 to drop cases against government Over the seven-year pe- per cent or 23.15 crorein fast: Goyal riod since Prime Minister August17, the Centresaid. AMIDFALLINCURRENCYASSETS NarendraModi launchedthe AJan Dhan account is ENSECONOMICBUREAU The I-TDepartment rules provide details for PMJDYscheme, the number treatedas inoperative if there August13August20 NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 of accountshas risento43.04 arenocustomer induced 20212021 companies to give an ‘irrevocable’ undertaking to croreinAugust2021from transactions in it forovertwo Foreign currency assets 576,374 573,009 FOLLOWINGTHE decisionto withdraw alllegal cases againstthe government as 17.9 croreinAugust 2015, years. Out of the total, 8.2 per scrap the retrospective taxation Gold 36,336 37,249 well as an undertaking to notpursue anyinfuture while the depositshaveshot cent accountsare zerobal- provision, the Income Tax up to Rs 1.46 lakh crorefrom ance accounts. SDRs 1,5441,541 DepartmentonSaturdayreleased Rs 22,901crore during the “Todaywemarkseven Reservetranche position 5,111 5,096 rules that will help close taxde- purchase of a67per cent stakein pending litigation and furnishing Commerce and Industry same period. years of #PMJanDhan, an ini- Total619,365 616,895 mandsagainstcompaniessuchas Hutchison Whampoa for$11 bil- of anundertakingto theeffectthat MinisterPiyushGoyal File Of this, 55.47per cent tiative that has forevertrans- Cairn Energy and Vodafone Plc. lion.Laterin2014,theCentre used no claim forcost, damages,inter- (23.87crore)Jan Dhanac- formedIndia’s development in million US dollars; source: Reserve Bank of India/Reuters The rules provide details for the same section to raise taxde- est, etc. shall be filedand such countholdersarewomenand trajectory. It has ensured fi- companiesto give an‘irrevocable’ mandagainstCairnEnergyPlcfor other conditions arefulfilledas NewDelhi: India is fast progress- 66.69 per cent (28.70 crore) nancial inclusion and alifeof FCAs declinedby$3.365 bil- undertakingto withdraw alllegal restructuring done in 2006.After maybeprescribed,” the taxde- ing in discussions on different holders areinrural and semi- dignityaswell as empower- ENSECONOMICBUREAU lion to $573.009 billion. cases againstthe government as the retrospective amendment partmentsaid in astatement. free-trade agreements(FTAs) urban areas. Depositsper ac- ment forcountless Indians. NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 Expressedindollar terms, the wellasanundertakingto notpur- movedbythe UPA-ledgovern- The amountpaid/collected in with countries,including the UK count have risento Rs3,398in Jan Dhan Yojana has also foreign currency assets include sue anyinfuture. ment in 2012,tax demands were these cases shall be refunded, and the UAE, to further enhance August2021fromRs1,279 in helpedfurther transparency,” THECOUNTRY’Sforeignexchange the effect of appreciation or de- Earlier this month, the Centre raisedin17cases,outof whichtax without anyinterest, on fulfill- trade and investment ties, Augustin2015, the ministry the Prime Ministersaid in reserves declinedby$2.47billion preciationof non-USunitslikethe hadbroughtinTheTaxationLaws amountof Rs8,100crore hasbeen mentof thesaidconditions,itsaid, CommerceandIndustryMinister said in astatement on tweetonSaturday. to reach$616.895 billion in the euro, pound and yenheld in the (Amendment) Act2021stating collected forfour cases. adding adraft of theundertaking Piyush Goyalsaid on Saturday. Saturday, detailing progress of On the road ahead, the week ended August20, RBIdata foreign exchangereserves. thatnotaxdemandshallberaised “The amendment made by is being releasedfor comments. Under an FTA, twotrading the scheme. Finance Ministrysaid that el- showedonFriday. Goldreserveswere upby $913 forany indirect transfer of Indian 2021Actalsoprovidesthatthede- Thedeclarationprovides fora partnersreduceoreliminatecus- “Thejourney of PMJDY- igible PMJDYaccount holders In the previous week ended millionto $37.249billioninthere- assets if thetransaction wasun- mand raisedfor offshoreindirect companyto“irrevocablywith- toms dutiesonthe maximum ledinterventionsundertaken willbesought to be covered August13, 2021, thereserveshad portingweek,the datashowed. dertakenbeforeMay 28, 2012. transferof Indianassetsmadebe- draw,discontinue and notpur- numberof goodstradedbetween over ashortspan of seven under the Pradhan Mantri declinedby$2.099 billion to The special drawing rights The government had, in 2012, fore 28thMay, 2012 (includingthe sue” anypresent or futurelegal them. Besides,theyliberalise years has, in effect, produced Suraksha Bima Yojana and $619.365billion. (SDRs)with the International retrospectively amendedthe validation of demand provided challengeagainstthetaxdemand. norms to enhance tradeinserv- bothtransformational aswell Pradhan MantriJeevanJyoti In the reporting week,the de- MonetaryFund(IMF) dipped by Income-tax Act. This wasinre- under Section 119ofthe Finance The department has invited icesandboostinvestments.Goyal as directional change, thereby Bima Yojana. crease in the reserves wasdue to $3 million at $1.541 billion. sponse to aSupreme Courtver- Act2012)shall benullifiedonful- suggestionsandcommentsonthe saidIndiaisengagingwithnations making the emerging FI (fi- Full reporton adropinthe foreigncurrency as- Thecountry’sreserveposition dict,whichhad held that fillment of specifiedconditions draftnotification of therules, havingtransparentruleof lawand nancial inclusion) ecosystem www.indianexpress.com sets (FCAs), as per weeklydataby with the IMF slippedby$15 mil- Vodafone cannotbetaxed fora suchaswithdrawal or furnishing whichcan be submitted by with whom India can have confi- the ReserveBank of India (RBI). lion to $5.096 billion. 2007 transactionthatinvolvedits of undertaking forwithdrawal of September 4. dencethatitwillgetafairdeal. PTI BRIEFLY Google Play app store DahodWorkshop RECENT INFLATION READINGS ‘CAUSEFOR CONCERN’, HESAID AT JACKSON HOLE CONFERENCE revenue reached $11.2 bn NewDelhi: AlokKansal, GeneralManager of Why Powellstill thinkshigh inflation is ‘temporary’ Western Railway,has inau- in 2019, lawsuit says guratedtherenamedDahod case to stakeout at atime when other side.” Workshop via video link. ANNSAPHIR inflationissappingconsumersen- And,of course,itcomesasFed Thepreviouslynamed‘Loco WASHINGTON,AUGUST28 timentand becoming apolitical officialsthemselvesfullyjointheir PARESHDAVE Attorneys general for Carriage&Wagon hotpotatojustasPresidentJoeBi- owninternal debate about when OAKLAND,AUGUST28 Utah &36other US states Workshop,Dahod’hasbeen USFEDERALReserveChairJerome denweighsPowell’sappointment to startbackingawayfromthe renamed‘RollingStock Powell on Fridaypushedback forasecondterm as Fedchief. emergency measures imple- ALPHABET INC’S Google gener- or districtsare suing Workshop, Dahod’. againstconcerns that swiftlyris- Powell’s decisiontobuild the mented to shield the economy ated $11.2billion in revenue Google over alleged ing prices could be an enduring caseforwhy inflationisn’taworry fromthedisruptions—stillongo- from itsmobile app storein antitrustviolations featureofthe economy, forcing —rather than sketch out what ingto somedegree—oftheCovid- 2019,according to acourt filing CIIpollofCEOs the central bank to raise interest couldgowrong —drew praise 19 pandemic. unsealedonSaturday, offering a with theapp store NewDelhi:Asignificanteco- ratesand cut shortthe recovery. from advocates of the year-old Indeed,Powell usedhis clearviewintothe service’s fi- nomicrecovery is on the While recent inflation read- policyframework hechampioned speechonFridaytoacknowledge nancial resultsfor the firsttime. erating income, foranoperating anvil in 2021-22, as indi- ings are“acause forconcern,” thatemphasizestheFed’sfullem- At Friday’s Jackson Hole Conference, US FedChair Jerome that,atleastasoflastmonth’spol- Attorneys general forUtah margin of over 62 per cent. catedby achief executive of- Powell told the Kansas City Fed’s ployment goal and rejectsthe Powell said he wasinfavour of the Fedstarting to reduce its icy meeting, he wasinfavourof and 36 other US states or districts The figuresinclude sales of ficerspollconductedamong annual Jackson Hole economic kind of preemptiveinflation- $120 billion in monthlyassetpurchases this year. Reuters file theFedstartingto reduceits$120 suing Google over alleged an- apps, in-app purchase and app 117seniorCEOsattherecent symposium,responding to what fighting rate hikes that were the billioninmonthlyassetpurchases titrustviolationswiththe app storeads. Google is fighting the meeting of the Confederat- heseesaslikelytobeatemporary stock-in-tradeof theFedinitspre- this year,with inflation already storealso said in the newly chargesthatitabuses itsalleged ion of Indian Industry(CII) trendby tighteningmonetarypol- vious incarnations. risks, with HarvardUniversity’s Obama administration, saying meeting the bar to do so, and fur- unredacted filing thatthe busi- monopolyinapp sales for National Council. ENS icy could bea“particularly harm- It also sparkedcriticism from Jason Furman, who wasaformer thatPowellwas“failingto take se- therprogressontheemployment ness in 2019 had $8.5 billion in Android devices.Atrial datehas ful”mistake.Itwas aprovocative those less sanguine about the senior economic aide in the riouslyany argumentsonthe front expected. REUTERS gross profit and $7 billion in op- notbeen set. REUTERS WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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smaller temples broughtdown, to makeway forthe 24 grandnew structures being built in Renovation of the Kashi eight kinds of stone. All the better forpil- ALETTER FROM Vishwanath temple under grims, who come mostlyfromthe country’s BANARAS the temple corridor south, to maketheir waytothe temple, and project, whose foundation to connect the temple to theGanga. UTTARPRADESH stone waslaid by PM Modi On awet Sunday, thetemple complexis in March 2019,isracing ahiveofbuzzing activity,massive machines towardscompletion. It is noisilyatwork, heaving, lifting, pumping, expected to keep its as pilgrims maketheir way, seemingly un- inauguration deadlineof deterred by Covidorthe slashing rain. The Uttarakhand November 30. Anand Singh Yatri Suvidha Kendras(pilgrimagefacilita- tion centres), guesthouses, viewing gallery, NEP museum,hospice, food court, souvenir and book shop, ramps, lifts andescalators — AL theyare thereinskeletalforms, in different UTTAR stages of completion. PRADESH Chief MinisterYogiAdityanath visits Lucknow Varanasi and the Kashi-Vishwanath temple about twice in amonth,people heresay,and Banaras his visits continueamid Covid. PM Modi came here roughly once in threemonths, be- fore thepandemic. Madhya Pradesh Amessagehas travelledfromWest Bengal to politicallyaware UttarPradesh, and it pierces the inevitability of Modi. Vis-a-vis the Yogi government, too, thereare mount- VANDITAMISHRA ing signs of disbelief, even within the saffron camp—fromcomplaintsabout the temple SOMETHINGWAS different about ‘Pappu renovation project to the wider Covid suffer- ki Dukan’. ing and economic distress, from grumbling Thereisstill no bannerorboardannounc- about politicalfavours to the Yuva Vahini and ing it in the chowk. It’sstill justthere, ashort Thakurs to resentment against“taana shahi” walk through twisty lanes from Assi Ghat, and/or“bhasha shaili”(authoritarianism, where, as theydoevery monsoon, the abrasive politics).But comeelections, the Ganga’s waters have risen pastthe steep ghat economic distress that seems so pulsating steps to lapatthe doorsofhomes and hotels. and concerns thatseem so irrefutable now, Banaras is acity that savours the rituals of maywell be overlaid.Will theyberubble un- argumentandbanternearly asmuch asit rel- der the temple, is the question. ishes itsvivid varieties of street food. Forthe everydaydebate, Pappu’s teashop, small and ■ ■ ■ ill-lit, acouple of smudgedtables and benches againstworld-wearywalls, is adailynook. The Kashi Vishwanath temple complexis Here, youdon’t wait forthe noise to fade adjacent to the compound of the Gyanvapi or the crowdtoclear before arguing.Perhaps mosque —this mandir-masjid disputeisstill because this knowing cityand itscramped unresolved, still in court. The entryfromthe teashop have aheads-up —theyknowthat Tea, talk,tally and temple road is common to thetemple and mosque. the mess and the noise, the beauty and the “Ifwebuild forthe temple, mosque goers will squalor,are partofthe to-and-fro, notout- benefit too,” says Commissioner Aggarwal. side of it. And that youcan’t cordon offthe Yetinthe run-up to another election, old debater or the debate. Belowthe Ganga waters, thereare undercurrents, adesirefor ‘naya chehra’, discontent over prices, bitterness anxieties arebeing stoked again. At Pappu’s teashop, during elections and “Theywill playthe Hindu-Muslim card in between them, youwill always find apo- over Covid, disquietoverreligious rift. However, will it matter in 2022?One can’t saywithBanaras when the election comes,” says aMuslim litical conversationyou canjoin or poke, no sari-seller in an upscale locality,who does- matter what your ownpolitics maybe. On a n’t want to be named. He refers to the line givenday,you could spar with apoetorare- ■ ■ ■ Ajaybelongs to the same sub-caste as Manish,but the main issueis“bhookhmari Vishwanath temple regularly,but “insaan that divideshis Muslim dominated mohalla tiredbureaucrat,aprofessor who has ambled Mayawati,but his familyhas been voting BJP, (hunger)”. “Ghar bhi tohchalana hai (wehave hee nahin rahega, tohmandirkya karega from the Hindu neighbourhood next-door in from theBanaras HinduUniversitycampus AjayKumarGautam, 32 years old, and because “the BSP government favours only to run our households too)”. (of what use is atemple when survivalbe- as the “border”, in anormalised,matter-of- next door,apolitician in search of an audience, Manish Kumar Pandey, 24,two young men afew,not thepoor”, andthe SP brings the Manish’s father diedin2007, casting the comes difficult)”. fact way. adaily wage-earner on abreak.The discus- who drive taxis in the city,liveinvillages fear of “Yadav raj”. But next time elections burden of earning on the young boyof10, So what has changedafterthe BJP sweptto sion, no matter howheated it gets,could end nearby. Ajayand Manishare as different from come, he and his wifewill break away from who headedtoGorakhpur the next year to ■ ■ ■ powerin2017?“Earlier,everyfewdays,two or with yoursparringpartnerbuyingyouthetea. eachother as aDalit can be from aBrahmin the family, theywant change. Next time, wash plates at Anuradha CoffeeCentre, and three times in amonth,Iwould go withmy It could leave youwith abrief flash of insight, in caste-ridden Uttar Pradesh. But the pan- other factors will prevail —the local (BJP) from theretoworkinapoultryfarm in If acity has avoice different from the sum familytothe banksofthe Ganga, to roam on an unexpected frisson of understanding. demic has poundedand flattenedtheir sto- MLAisunhelpful, but the (SP) MP is benev- Kushmi Jungle outside the town. of itsparts,you can’tbesureifBanaras would the ghat,rentaboat, have dinner,and not Duringavisitin February2020, afterapar- ries, bringing the same underlying precarity olent, he says. From there, Manish went to Mumbai, agree fullywith Manish —somindful does worryabout the evening fall. Nowwetry to ticularly sharp andangry exchangeonthe to the surface. Ajayran from one hospital to another to worked as acoolie-cum-helper in agarment it seem to therhythms of devotion, so read- getbackhome before dark.Now we hesitate anti-CAA protests that ragedatthe time, just Ajay, aDalit, returnedtoworkinthe first arrangeoxygenfor his mother-in-lawand his factory. He taught himself to stitchand sew, ilydoes it give devotees the right of way. to go out... ched-chaad aur badtameezi karte before the coronavirus forced the protesters week of this month, afterthe pandemic-in- sister’smother-in-law, when and earnedmuchbetterfor At the congestedGodowlia chauraha, hain (theytrouble and threaten us),” he says. indoors, it suddenlyseemedtobewrit on the ducedlay-offofoverayear,starting from the bothwere infectedby Covid. Sanskriti or culture the next six years, saving spread across the facade of abuilding thatof- “People from good familieshavestoppedven- teashopwall: It’sintent,notlaw.The amended firstlockdown in March 2020. In this period, No hospital took in his is important,says enough moneytosend fers multi-levelparking, agiant TVscreen is a turing out of the mohalla afterdark”. citizenship law, whichexcludes Muslims from he went backtohis villageSadalpuraindis- mother-in-law, she diedat home —in2015,heremem- splash of moving light and colour abovethe And then,manypointout, the Opposition the listofgroups to be givenfast-trackedciti- trict Chandauli, worked on his small patchof home. Forhis sister’s Manish, but the bers sendingupto Rs18,000 busycrowds —inJuly-August, the month in seems unresisting or absent. In Yogi raj,un- zenship, and the proposedNational Registerof land, and did construction jobsfor daily mother-in-law, one hospital main issue is amonth. Then, notebandi the Hindu calendar dedicated to LordShiva,it der Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Partyhas Citizens that threatens to make the citizen’s wages. Beforethe pandemic, he had worked asked forRs1.5 lakhfor oxy- (demonetisation)happened shows ritualsinside the garbha griha or sanc- seemedmoreactive on Twitter.Mayawati’s senseof homehostage to documentsand cut- as adriversince 2018 in aBanaras hotel, gen, “no guarantee”, and the bhookhmari. “Ghar in November 2016,and the tumsanctorumoftheKashiVishwanathtem- tightlycontrolledBSP does noteasilycome offdates, arethe distillationofapolitical mes- whichlaidhim offafter guests driedupdue familyspent Rs 60,000 for bhitoh chalana hai karigar(craftsmen) borethe ple, live.Eventhe Covidlockdowndayswere out on the streetsanyway. “Leaders of the sage. Thereisnopointin quarrellingaboutle- to Covid. Earlier,heworkedfor one-and-a- treatmentatasecondhospi- brunt. Theywerenot paid on shiftedinBanarasto accommodatethepilgrim Opposition needtovigorouslystand up to galclauses or details. half years in aMaruti factoryinGurgaon, but tal, butshe diedtoo.Giving (wehavetorun our time or in full. Manish had to rush on “SawankaSomwar”, the Mondays of the Yogi government’sbid to silence politi- As we sit again at Pappu’s on asweaty wasforcedtoreturn in 2013,along with other thelieto theubiquitousgov- households too)” come backtoBanaras in July-August,whendevotees flocktothe tem- cal disagreement and protest, theyshould be Augustafternoon, waiting forthe chai,pur- young men from the district, aftertheyran ernmentpostersthatprom- 2017,wherehepickedup pletoseek“Baba’s” blessings. prepared to even go to jail...,” aformer jour- poseful looking men, tilaks on foreheads, foul of the factory’s management. Theyhad isefreevaccines,Ajayhasjust work asadriver. He remem- Thereisthe grand temple to Lord Ram nalistsays. come in and gestureinaperemptory sortof mounted a“dharnapradarshan (agitation)” paid Rs 100toregisterfor hisfirst shot. bers the dayhebought his owncar to plyasa that is being built across the state in way. Space mustbecleared on the benches to demand adequatecompensation and ajob “My two-year-old son runs to me every taxi, as if it were yesterday—August1,2019. Ayodhya.Moreimportantlyfor Banaras res- ■ ■ ■ foraprominent BJP leader and his entourage. forthe familyofafellowworker, who losthis eveningwhen Iget backhome, asks papa kya Then, Covid struck. idents, “Baba ka vistarikaran”, the large-scale The leader makes an entryand his band of arm while working. “This could have hap- le ke aaye (what have youbrought me). How “In the three months of the firstlock- expansion and renovation of the Kashi “Banaras ke logon ka kuchtheek nahinhai, supporters fill up the tinyshop barelylong penedtoany of us”, says Ajay. do Itell him, Rs 120 ka tohtel hi bharwadiye down, the car stood still. Business is now Vishwanath temple under the temple cor- seedhe chalte-chaltekab ghoom jaayen, kuch enough foracup of teaovertalk about the Ajaycommutes from his villageto (Rs 120went onlyinfilling petrol)”. picking up, but people arestill nottravelling ridor project, whose foundation stone was patanahin (thepeopleofthis city cantakeyou party’s “chunavi tayyari (election prepared- Banaras everyday and rising fuel prices have “Koinayachehra (a newface)” is needed freely... About50per cent market sahi ho gaya laid by PM ModiinMarch 2019,isracing to- by surprise, youmakeaprediction at your ness)”, and take around of selfies. meant that Rs 120worth of petrol in his bike again, says ManishKumar Pandey, aBrahmin, hai (has recovered), but diesel is Rs 90/litre. wardscompletion. ownperil),” the Banaras resident will say. But amoment has been markedthat goes is barelyenough to makethe dailytrip to the who also commutes dailytoBanaras,fromvil- It meansthat if Iearn Rs 2,000 in 12 hours, The inaugurationofthe renovatedtemple Banarasi exceptionalism is real as well as againstthe tealeavesinPappu’s chai shop. city and back. He got aTVasdowry whenhe lageJalhupur,10kmaway. “Wewere Rs 1,200goesondiesel.” will keep itsdeadline of November 30 this imagined.Yet it wouldindeed be foolish to In this Banaras corner,debatewas the great got marriedinMay 2017,but hardlygets time Congressi, but voted forModiin2014. We “Earlier,edible oil wasRs50alitre,now it year,says head of the MandirNyasExecutive second guess this “galiyon ka sheher”, this city equaliser,power an idea to be playedwith, to watchit, “notevenModiji’s speeches”, be- thought he has risen from below, soldtea, ga- is Rs 200, and the gascylinderistouching Committee, Divisional Commissioner of narrowlanes, wheretrafficmustweave punchedholes into.Itwas nottobedeferred cause he reaches backhome lateinthe night, reebon ka samjhenge, karenge (he understands Rs 920. Kamkharchakartehain (wehavecut Deepak Aggarwal. Houses have been demol- and reverse to move forward, wherelines to.Orceded the tea-shop bench. Not any- and mustleave forthe city again early next poverty, will work forthe poor)”. our expenditure),” he says. ished, compensationpaid, and manyallege lose their straightness, andwherenegotia- more, it seems. morningat6.30-7. “Sanskriti”orcultureisimportant, says Manish is adevout Hindu, visitsthe Kashi even as the Commissioner refutes, several tion is adailystaple. THE SUNDAY PROFILE As Supreme Courtfinally gets nine newjudges, one name remains conspicuouslyout:Justice AkilKureshi. AJustice,denied The long andshort journey of thejudgefromaGujarat familyonce close to Mahatma Gandhi

In2016,whenhedied,hewascrematedasper wastransferredtothe BombayHigh Court, Ajudgeinthe High Courtsaid Justice APURVAVISHWANATH his wishes, in line with Gandhian principles. wherehewouldbefifth in seniority. Kureshi was“hardworking “, “independent” &SOHINIGHOSH Aftergraduating in Mathematics in 1980 Over 1,200lawyers of the GujaratHigh and “excellent in reasoning” while recording and Lawin1983, Justice Kureshi followedin CourtAdvocatesAssociationlaunchedastrike hisopinions. Acourtofficialnotedthe“excep- THE IMPASSE over appointment of judges to his father’s footsteps. Afteralmost20years at against themoveandpetitionedtheSupreme tionallyhigh” disposal rate of cases since he the topcourthas finallyendedwith the gov- the Bar,in2004, he wasappointedAdditional Court. While Justice Kureshi’stransfer to tookoverin2019,withonly1,500casespend- ernment clearing all the ninenamesrecom- Judgeofthe Gujarat HighCourt. He served for Bombaywas stalled,in May2019,the govern- ing nowcompared to 3,000at thattime. mendedbythe Supreme CourtCollegium. 14 years in the court but wastransferredjust ment sent backthe Collegium’s recommen- Butif theCentreisnot seenasfavourableto However, oneofthe names that remains out, when he wasdue to become Chief Justice. dationtoappoint him as Chief Justice of the Justice Kureshi,manyinthe legal circles ques- despitebeing No.2inthe All-India Listofsen- During his time in the High Court, Justice Madhya PradeshHighCourtinstead.Finally, in tion the judiciary’s “hesitation” in resisting it. iority forjudgesofhigh courts,isofTripura Kureshigavetwo important September,the Collegium “Beforeanyoneblamesthegovernmentfornot Chief Justice Akil Kureshi. verdictswhichwereanem- “Beforeanyone recommendedhim forthe appointingajudge,onemustaskthejudiciary Oneof thereasonsfortheimpasseoverthe barrassment to the then blames govt fornot postofTripuraChief Justice. whythe name wasnever sent. Be it Justice appointments, that lastedtwo years, is said to NarendraModigovernment This meant that from Kureshi or Saurabh Kirpal... the government have beentheCollegiumnotincludingJustice in the state. In 2010,heset appointingajudge, looking at heading acourt mightobject,butwe willonlyknowwhenthe Kureshi’s name forelevation. Supreme Court aside atrialcourtorder and one must ask the with 53 judges, Justice ball is in thegovernment’scourt,” aDelhi- judgeJustice Rohinton Nariman, who report- grantedtheCBItwo-daycus- Kureshi found himself lead- basedsenioradvocatesaid.TheCollegiumhas edly insistedonit, retired on August12; the tody of then Gujarat Home judiciarywhy the ing one with justfour. been deferring nominating the openlygay Collegium’slistofninecamejustfivedays later. Ministerand nowUnion name wasnever sent. AcquaintancesinGujarat Kirpal as ajudgeofthe Delhi High Court, re- It’snotthefirsttimethatthecareerof Justice HomeMinisterAmitShahin vouchforJusticeKureshi’sin- portedlydue to thegovernment’s objections. Kureshi,whoisoriginallyfromtheGujaratHC, the Sohrabuddin Sheikh en- Be it JusticeKureshi tegrity,pointing out howin Yatin Oza, who heads the Gujarat High has hit awall. countercase. (In2014, Shah or Saurabh Kirpal...” 2014,hehadrecusedhimself CourtAdvocatesAssociation and is aformer JusticeAkilAbdulhamidKureshiwasborn wascleared in thecase by a from hearing aPIL alleging BJP MLA,said theyare notlookingatany legal in 1960 to an illustrious Gujarat family. Prof SpecialCBI Court.) encroachmentontheprem- routenow.“It will send awrong signal, and if Anamik Shah, former vice-chancellor of In 2011,aBenchheadedbyJustice Kureshi isesof theSabarmatiAshramTrust,Sabarmati thereare bleakchancesof JusticeKureshicom- GujaratVidyapith,says JusticeKureshi’sgrand- upheld the then Gujarat governor Kamla HarijanAshramTrustandManavSadhnaTrust. ing to theSupreme Court, those will be de- fatherGhulamRasulKureshiwaspartof‘Arun Beniwal’s decisiontoappoint formerhigh As the TripuraChief Justice, he took up the stroyedasithas only one vacancy left.” Also Tukdi’, whichwould walk the routeofDandi courtjudgeRAMehtaasthestate’sLokayukta. caseoftrafficking of a14-year-old girlin2020 criticisingthe Collegium,Oza added, “If you March aheadofMahatmaGandhi’s arrival. It had been opposedbyCMModi. suo motu; directedaprobeintoawoman and have the powers to appointand if youare not His father Hamid Kureshi wasasenior ad- JusticeKureshiwas expected to become her husband’s suicide following some leaked able to exercise that poweroryou arenot able vocateand atrusteeofthe SabarmatiAshram Gujarat Chief Justice when the postfellvacant videos,withtheaccusedtriedformoralpolic- to see to it thatgovernmentactsonyour rec- Preservation and Memorial Trust, and among in November 2018,asthe senior-mostjudge ing;and took up aPIL on the stategovern- ommendation,whetherthepoweriswithyou the lastpeople to have been born and livedat of the court.However, JusticeASDavewas ment’shandlingof Covid,followingwhichthe orgovernment,whatdifferencedoesitmake?” Illustration: Suvajit Dey SabarmatiAshram,foundedbyGandhiin1917. namedActingChief JusticeandJusticeKureshi latter“slightlycorrected”itsvaccinationclaims. 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THE BIG Liehas been exposed.For the duce India’s public sector assets to near have been announced. Surprisingly, assets.The revenue ‘gain’ (or ‘loss’) to the last sevenyears, Mr Narendra Modiand zero.Theyare exultingintheestimatethat Railways has been removedasastrategic governmentwillonlybethedifferencebe- his ministers have vociferouslyde- the government willcollect a“rent”of sector.Itisnow classifiedasanon-coreas- tweenRs1,50,000 croreand the current India can nouncedthe Congress governments Rs 1,50,000 croreayear and hold on to a setevenwhile market economiessuchas annual revenue.Thereisalsonoclarity on (and all other previous governmentsin- piece of paper that it is the “owner” of the theUK,France,ItalyandGermanyhavere- jobs and reservation. Will the present cluding, ironically, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s) asset. Theyalso boastthat the heavily de- tainedrailways(or the bulk of the coun- numberof jobsinthe‘monetised’unitsbe defeat PCHIDAMBARAM for“doingnothing and building nothing preciated assetwillbe“returned” to the try’s railway system) in the publicsector. maintained, and eventuallyenhanced? Website:pchidambaram.in for70years”. It wasasifIndia had at- government at the end of the transfer pe- Will reservation forSC, ST andOBCs be Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN tainedIndependence onlyinMay 2014. riod. This is the crux of the National maintainedorabolished? jihadi Islam On August23, 2021, the Finance Minister Monetisation Pipeline (NMP). ROADTOMONOPOLIES releasedalistofassets that were pro- ThereisgenuineconcernthattheNMP posedtobe‘monetised’. However, she will lead to monopolies (or,atbest, duop- HATCHED IN SECRECY THIS HAS been adifficult week forthose failedtodisclose when those assets were OBJECTIVES,CRITERIA olies)inkeysectorssuchasports,airports, The gravestdownside will be prices. who writetopical columns.EvenasIsat built. Theansweris, during themaligned ABSENT solarpower, telecom,naturalgaspipeline, Once monetised, the PSU willcease to be down to writeabout the latesteconomic ‘70years’! petroleum pipeline and warehousing. aprice-stabiliserinthemarket.If thereare reform by the Modi government, tragic The policy of disinvestment and pri- India is relatively anewcomer to thepri- oneortwooreventhreeprivate playersin images from Kabul continuedtodistract vatisation has evolvedoverthe years. All vate-sector ledeconomyinindustryand the sector,thereisbound to be price-fix- me, forcing adifficult choice.Itisnot that THE LISTINCLUDED governmentssince 1991 have fine-tuned services. Sucheconomies will inevitably ingandcartelisation.We have foundthisto themurder by jihadist suicide bombers Thegravest downside will be ■ 26,700km of roads, the policy. Revenue wasonly one of the reachapoint when monopolies will be true even in aso-calledcompetitive of desperatepeople waiting to be evacu- prices. Once monetised,the ■ 28,698cktkmof powertransmissionas- goals of privatisation. Other objectives emerge.The United States canteachus marketincement. The United Kingdom ated and American soldiers whodiedtry- PSUwill cease to be a sets, were enhanced capital investment, infu- manylessons in this regard.Presently,the wasshaken to find this true in the bank- ing to helpthem is notimportant. It is im- ■ 6,000 mw of hydel and solarpoweras- sion of modern technology,expansion of USCongressandgovernmentaredeliber- ing industry.Myapprehension is that portant and deeplydistressing. It is also a price-stabiliser in the market. sets, marketsfor products, creation of jobs etc. atingonlawsand other measures to con- prices willrise in manysectors. reminder thatIndianeeds to fortify her If there are one or twooreven ■ 8,154kmofnaturalgas pipelines, Certaincriteriawere alsosetforchoos- tain the monopolistic andunfair trade Finally, theprocessreflectstheconspir- defences in aregion that is becoming in- three private playersinthe ■ 3,930 km of petroleum products ingtheunitsthatwillbeprivatised.Among practices of Google, Facebook and atorial manner in whichMrModi’s gov- creasingly poisonedwith violence and ha- sector,there is bound to be pipeline, them were: Amazon.South Koreahas crackeddown ernmentoperates. Therewas no draftpa- tred,directed especiallyatus'infidels'. ■ 210,00,000mt of warehousing assets, 1. PSUsinastrategicsector will notbe on its chaebols.China is taking action per on NMP.Therewas no consultation The triumphalism in Pakistanatthe re- price-fixing and cartelisation. ■ 400railway stations, 90 passenger train privatised—e.g., nuclear energy,defence againstsomeof itstechnologycompanies with the stakeholders, especiallythe em- turn of Taliban rule in Afghanistanindi- We have found this to be true operations, 265 goodssheds, production, Railways,strategic ports. that hadbecome ‘too big to be regulated’. ployees and the trade unions.There was catesthat theysee this as acrucialvictory even in aso-called ■ Konkan Railwayand Dedicated Freight 2.Chronicallyloss-makingunitscould On theotherhand,the NMP promisesto no discussion in Parliament and there in their foreverwar againstIndia. High of- Corridor, be privatised. take thecountryintheoppositedirection! neverwill be.The policy washatchedin ficials in Imran Khan’s governmenthave competitive market in ■ 2,86,000kmof fibreand14,917 telecom 3. APSU havingaminimal market Apartfromthe glaring absenceofcri- secrecyandannouncedsuddenly. Theme- said as much, and added that the Taliban cement. TheUnited Kingdom towers, sharefor itsproducts could be privatised. teria in the choice of PSUs that have been diawassufficientlytutoredby thegovern- will nowhelp Pakistan‘liberate’ Kashmir. wasshaken to find this true ■ 25 airports and 31 projectsin9major 4.APSUwillbeprivatisedifitwillpro- broughtundertheNMP,itisnot clearwhat mentandthecaptainsof theprivate sector India canprevent further jihadistterror- in the banking industry. My ports,and mote competition;itwillnotbeprivatised theobjectivesare.Considertheobjective of to hail the leaderand the policy. ism in Kashmir by restoring full statehood, ■ 2national stadia. if it mayleadtoamonopoly. collecting a“rent” of Rs 1,50,000 crorea Getready forthe Grand Bargain holding elections and makingKashmiris apprehension is that prices Byastrokeofthepen,MrModiandhis Thesecriteriahave beenthrownoutof year.Whatisnot disclosedisthe annual ClosingDownSale.Get ready to welcome realise that economic prosperity is more will rise in manysectors Finance Ministerhavethreatenedtore- the windowand no alternative criteria revenue currently yielded by the chosen the monopolists. useful than religion. It is something we needtodoinall of India. As someone who knows the Islamistrepublic next door well, believe me nothing frightens Pakistan morethan the possibility that India will from Hindus and Sikhs. The HM insists that race so farahead of it economicallythat it inside extracaution is necessary, whichiswhy e- She will make ordinary Pakistanis realise that TRACK visas were introduced. In the turmoil after SAID Playitagain, Zan: In religion is aweaker glue than prosperity. Kabul wastaken over,alarge number of InthiscolumnIhavesaidbefore thatthe COOMIKAPOOR Indian passportswent missingand are FARIAHSAIDI main reason whyIsupportedNarendra feared to be in Pakistani hands. Kabul darkness, abeam Modi wasbecause Ibelievedhim when he saidthathewouldmove Indiainanew eco- nomic direction.Bythis Imeanthathe POT VS KETTLE would move firmlyawayfromthe LITERARY LOCK-UP Narayan Rane, arrestedby theMaharashtra SINCE THURSDAY,myphone hasn’t Nehruvian socialism that kept India poor government foraspeechthreateningto stoppedringing. TheKabulairportcarnage by putting the main levers of the economy ADISPUTE betweenthe above100years ‘slap’ Chief MinisterUddhavThackeray, has leftmyfamilyand colleagues in in the hands of the State. He has notsuc- old CalcuttaClub and the heirs of feels it is acase of the potcalling the kettle Afghanistanshaken. Scared fortheir lives, ceededindoingthisbecauseeveryattempt renownedBengali writer Nirad C black. Uddhavonce threatenedtobeat up they saytheyhavenooption but to leave at real reform has metwith jeersfromour Chaudhurithreatensto escalate intoama- UP Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath with their homes and contemplatelives as socialistOpposition leaders, and slybut jor scandal. In 2000,Chaudhuri’s son slippers forfailing to remove his footwear refugees in foreignlands,withnothingbut strongresistancefrombureaucratswhode- Prithvi Chaudhuri, who is the sole execu- before paying homagetoChhatrapati aset of clothes and hope forsurvival. rive powerfromthecomplexinfrastructure torand authority forthe author’s estate, Shivaji. Maharashtra has along tradition of Besides, formanyofmycolleagues at Zan of regulations,rules,inspectorsandlicences had loanedtothe club’s libraryraremem- outstanding orators,withauthor-poet TV,Afghanistan’s firsttelevision channel that decades of socialismcreated. orabilia belonging to his father fordisplay AcharyaPralhad Keshav Atre settingahigh forand by women, the Taliban takeover Modi likeManmohan Singh has been only. Prithvi acknowledgesthat therewas standard even before Independence. But could also snatchawaytheir hard-earned forced to reform by stealth. He seems still no written agreement as it wasdone in in recenttimesMaharashtraleadersgetso freedoms and careers. Their spokesperson to believe that‘governmenthasnobusiness good faith. Aspecial Nirad Chaudhuri cor- carriedaway, their utterances canmakeau- has already askedworkingAfghan women to beinbusiness’butnotasinglemajorpub- ner wascreated in thelibrary. The expen- diences blush withembarrassment.Bal to stay at home as Taliban soldiers are“not licsectorcompanyhasbeenprivatisedsince sive items on displayincludedpaintings by Thackeray’s harsh languagetowards oppo- trainedtorespect them”. hebecamePM.NotevenAirIndia.Theword Claude Monet, Nandalal Bose, Sarat nents ledtothe phrase“Thackeray bhasha”. Afghanistanisusedtothe vicious cir- ‘privatisation’ cannotbeuttered without Chandra Bose, amongothers. In theau- Leaders from allparties have gotintohot cle of gruesome warand occasional people likeRahul Gandhi immediately thor’sbookcollection aresome valuable waterbecauseofcolourfullanguage.The peace. During one suchbrief period of shriekingabout the ‘crownjewels’ being firsteditions, including his ownfamous latePramod Mahajan once compared calm in 2017,Zan TV wasset up to give sold. This happenedlastweek whenthe work, Autobiography of an Unknown Indian. Sonia Gandhi to Monica Lewinsky. voice to women and tell their stories.For Finance MinisterannouncedaNational The crownjewel of the collection is an orig- MaharashtraNCP ministerChhagan instance, one of the stories that we broad- Girls of aShaolin Wushu Club showoff their skillsinKabul in 2017. File/Reuters Monetisation Pipeline. She explainedde- inalfirstfolio of Shakespeare. (Afirstfolio of Bhujbal,when in the Sena, wantedstatues castwas on widows of menwho losttheir fensively thatthisisnotprivatisationbutan similar vintagewas auctionedlastyear in of Nathuram Godse all over the country. livesinthe war. We got the mostinspir- attempt to monetise publicsector assets. New York for$10 million.) Prithvi, who ing narratives, wheremanyofthese women achievers acrossthe world— completedtheir graduation. Alarge num- Assomeonewhobelievesthatthepub- spends muchofhis time in Dehradun, re- women had become successful entrepre- politicians, academics, entrepreneurs, ac- berofthem spokeEnglish and some even lic sector is abottomless pit that sucks up ceivedwordfromKolkatasome time back INNOVATIVE SCHEMES neurstoearnaliving. tivists,among others.Inacountrywhere went on to join the Parliament. It wasthis moneythat could be better spentonim- that the Nirad Chaudhuri corner had been Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman’s Whiletherewerewomen in themedia womenwereonce notallowed to leave other side of the Afghan woman, one that provingpublicservices,Iwelcomedthepol- temporarilyclosedfor repairs. He got sus- NationalMonetisation Pipeline schemeof- in Afghanistan, the industryhad been their homes andfear of tortureand death the worldhad seen very littleof, that Zan icyandwasvilifiedbyDynastyloyalistsand picious whenthe clubrefusedtopermit fers diverse opportunitiesfor Indianand largely male- dominated.One of my col- loomedlarge,the show gave role models TVcapturedand whichinspiredme to join sundrysocialists.Theyaccusedmeofnot the loaneditems to beeven photographed foreign private capital to raise funds, with- leagues (whom Ican’t name to ensureher to young girls and women. It gave them them. It gave me therolemodels that I understanding that the public sector was to facilitateawell-known producer who is out impacting government ownership. safety) told me howwhen she told her hope of achieving their true potential. neededinmylifetoo. meanttocreatejobs and notmakeprofits. making adocumentaryonChoudhuri for One innovative suggestion is forprivate familyshe wanted to become ajournalist, Manyofthose dreams maynever see Unfortunately, since Taliban forces Well, the truth is that it has created toofew his125th anniversary. The club’s CEO con- parties to handlerail operations to tourist aftergraduating from college, theywere thelightofthe daynow.Given their past surgedthrough the Capital and otherparts jobsfor toomuchinvestment. The charge tinues to be evasive aboutproducingthe destinations. Another is forurban munici- apprehensive.Soshe took up teaching, con- record, the Taliban cannotbetrusted, and of the country, the broadcasthas stopped. that trulyastoundedmewas thatthe pri- artefacts, whichare said to belockedaway palities to hireout little-usedstadia, which sidered ajob suitable forwomen in that is whymyAfghanistan-basedcol- We have been updating news on theout- vate sector must notbetrusted because it in acupboard. In itslastreplytoPrithvi, the areinurgent needofrepair. Afghanistan. But when she heardabout leagues want to leave.But as Ishare their let’s online platforms, but that’s all. But as createdNPAs(non-performing assets)and club suggestedthat it would firstvet the Zan TV,she convincedher familyand got pain over long phone calls and advise them, we find ourwaythrough thisdifficult time, corruption.Almost everypublicsectorcom- documentaryscriptbeforeproceeding,for- the job. Her income helpedher familytoo. Iamalso awarethat lifeasarefugee is very some memoriesbring asmile to my face panyisanNPA.And, thereisnoshortage of gettingitdoesnot ownthe pieces,which RISKY BUSINESS Then therewerefamilieswho were unsure difficult.Thesewomenhadthriving careers and revive hope. Once, when an acquain- crooksand corruption. were presented as aloan. Poll surveys of the mood of the nation have about their daughters cominginfront of in Afghanistan, but in anew country, where tance andIweretalkingaboutmy work,he We justhear toolittle about them. It is been embarrassinglyinaccurateinthe past the camerafor news reports. they mightnot even understand the lan- told me about his cousin in Afghanistan true thatVijay Mallya andNirav Modi fled and consequentlymanymedia barons Among the50-60 employees atZanTV guage at first, provingtheir credentials will who wanted to become ajournalistand without paying theirloans, but whydowe DIFFERENT STROKES have abandonedthis expensive exercise. —writers, producers, directors, reporters be very tough.Some of them who have howshe struggledtoconvince her family, hearsolittleaboutRaviParthasarathywho The Indian government is said to be com- Amajor media group whichcommis- and anchors —manyofthem in their 20s, managed to fleehaveleftbehindtheir but then went on to do very well. He said did the same thing? Wasitbecause the pletely outofthe loop in Afghanistan, with sionedaMood of the Nation survey before suchstories were commonplace. Some of school and collegedegrees. Theywill have the familywas reallyproud of her.Turns companyheheaded, IL&FS, is apublicsec- Pakistantrying to ensurethat thereisno Independence Dayperhaps developed my colleagueswerealso the sole bread- to startfromscratch. All the progress of the out, she wasthe same girlwho had taken torcompanywhosemaininvestorhasbeen rapprochement with the Taliban. cold feet afterseeing theratings. The sur- winners of their families. pastyears will come to naught. up teaching before joining Zan TV! the Government of India? In 2018,justbe- Nevertheless,tillthe Kabulairport bomb veyindicatedthat the supportfor Modi as The job gave them achance to go out My familywas forced to leave What is happening nowisheart-break- fore thiscompanypostedalossof Rs99,354 blasts,India managed itslarge-scale emi- PM had plummeted from 66%to24% in a on the streetsand getsound-bites of other Afghanistaninthe mid-’90s during the ing, but with women likemygrandmother, crore, Mr Parthasarathy, afamous socialite gration operations fairly smoothly. year and that Yogi Adityanath had an 11% womenonissuesthatmattered.Theywere Mujahideen regime. Iwas in junior school mother and the manyemployees of Zan TV and bon vivant, fledtoLondonsupposedly Although the Kabulairport is guarded on rating, making him the secondmostpop- also secureinthe knowledgethattheir then, and would oftenhear stories of war who aredeterminedtogrowand thrive,a to receive treatment forcancer.When the all sides by the Taliban, the Indian govern- ular prime ministerial candidate, although work will beunderstood by editors backat and persecution from my mother and newbeginning maybearound the corner. noise dieddown, he returnedtoMumbai mentmanagedto sneakin batchesof evac- his home state, UP,isstill recovering from the office, whichwas notthe case in other grandmother.But along with those, there and livedquietlywhile his subordinates uees seeking shelter in India. The refugees the aftereffectsofthe Covid pandemic. The media outletswhere the editoriallenswas were also accountsofgritand courage Canada-based Fariah Saidi is went to jail.Parthasarathywas safe, until were brought from ashelter wherethey group’s magazine waiteddiscreetlytill af- largely male. shown by Afghan women and howthey programme director at Zan TV last June, because he had cultivatedsome arebeing temporarilyaccommodated. terIndependence Daytoreleasethe data In the pastyear,our show Women of kept their families afloat. Theydidn’t just (As told to AnkitaDwivedi Johri) of themostpowerfulmeninDelhithrough However, thereare differences between and focusedmoreonthe economic sur- Impact,hostedbyone of my colleagues survive,theythrived. an interesting system of bribery. Thesons theMEAandtheHome Ministryastowho vey. Thegroup’s Hindi channel ignoredthe basedinGermany, gainedalot of popular- Despitethe ongoing wars, the levelof National Editor Shalini Langer curates the of senior officials and politicians always should be granted asylum in India, apart pollfindings entirely. ity.Ithelped us connectwith Afghan educationamong them washigh, many fortnightly ‘She Said’ column found jobs in IL&FS and those who needed funds forexpensive foreign educations were also helped, as were wiveswho wanted foreignexchange on tripsabroad. Parthasarathyisnow rotting in aChennai history jail because in June the Tamil Nadu Economic Offences Wing managed to sur- HEADLINE Afghan or Indian? Alongidentitybattle prise himathome and arrest him. Not onlyare public sector companies DIVYAGOYALGOPAL oftendens of moreiniquity,nepotism and [email protected] Soon,GuruNanak’sfollowersgrew and Afghanistanhas been dwindling since stood at 650, with around 400moving to theselanguages. Hindi entered their lives corruption than private companies, they manySikhs from Kabul begantovisit 1992, following theSovietWar when the Indiasoonafter.AsTalibanforcestookover, through Bollywood films in the 1980s and have less excusebecause instead of creat- Punjabtopay their respectstoSikhgurus. government fell and Mujahideen rebels just280 of them were left. 1990s, and while manyunderstand the lan- ing wealth forIndia theyhaveserved AS THE lastbatches of Afghan Sikhs and Later,the seventh Sikh Guru, Har Rai, also took over Kabul. Between 1992 and 2001, Butevenastheyfindnewhomesinnew guagenow,not all of them speak it. The way mostlytosuckitup. Theyare so unprof- Hindusarrive inIndiafromtheTaliban-be- playedapivotal role in sending Sikh mis- the communities facedpersecution at the countries —and areviewedthrough the Afghan Sikhs wrap their turbans tooisdif- itable that it is estimated that five compa- sieged nation, manymembers have been sionaries to Kabul and a dharamsaal (gurd- hands of both the Mujahideenand then the prism of their religionand ties to India — ferent from Indian Sikhs, and their food, nies account for40% of all profits. The pub- assertingthat ‘Weare Afghans’and not wara)was establishedinthe city. Taliban, andmanymembers took refugein their clothes,language,food andcultureall with delicacies suchasAshak and Mantu, lic sector needs real reform, and the Prime ‘Hindustanis’, as being portrayed by some. “Severaldocumentsrecordthethriving Canada, Austria, the US and UK. bear adistinct Afghan identity.The Sikhs has moreincommon with other Afghan Ministerdeserves praise forattempting it. The realityisthat, likeincase of most trade of Hindusand Sikhs in Afghan soci- Manyofthoseoldfearswere revivedre- fromtheregioncanbebroadlydividedinto communities than with the cuisine of India will neversee real prosperity un- communities, history is interlinked.The ety, buttoday99% of them have leftthe centlywhenasuicidebombattackkilledat three categories: Pashtun Sikhs, who hail Punjab. AttanMilli, an Afghani dance,isalso tilwerealise that socialism wasabad idea rootsofSikhismin Afghanistandatebackto country. Afghanistan... refuses to acknowl- least18Hindus and SikhsinJuly2018, in- from provincessuchasKhost andPaktia apartoftheir culture. that shouldhavebeen abandonedlong the16th Century, whenGuru Nanak vis- edge them as theirnatives but they have cluding AwtarSingh Khalsa who wasthen and speak Pashtoand Dari; Sikhs from “Weare Sikhs,but notHindustanis. We ago. Neverhas India neededmoretoshow ited the countrytospread the messageof madecontributionstotheirmotherlandde- runningforparliamentarypolls.Hewasfa- Kabul, Nangarhar,Ghazni, Kundoz, areAfghans,” says Pritpal Singh, aLondon that it can become the economichub of “peace, brotherhood and tolerance”. As per spiteaturbulentjourney. CananAfghanbe ther of current Afghan MP NarendraSingh LaghmanandLogar,whospeaktheHindko resident who visited Afghanistan in 2012 the subcontinent. This does notmean that his travel history recordedinthe earliest aHindu or aSikh? History says YES,”notes Khalsa who arrivedinIndia last week. dialect of Punjabi; and the Siraiki-dialect to film adocumentaryinhisfather’sances- our problems with jihadi Islam will die a Janamsakhis,during his fourth udaasi historianInderjeetSinghinAfghanSikhsand Lastyear,onMarch 25,whenaterrorat- speaking Sikhs from Kandahar,Urugzan. tral town Jalalabad.“We hadtoflee in 1992 quietdeath. Theywillnot.And we must (travel) between1519-1521, he visitedpres- Hindus: AHistory of AThousand Years. tack by an Islamic Stategunmankilled 25 But with Dari (Persian) and Pashtobe- and Isee the same happening again. My neverforget26/11because it can happen ent-dayKabul, Kandahar,Jalalabad and From an estimatedone-twolakh in the Sikhs at GurdwaraHar RaiSahib in Kabul, ing spoken all over ,mostmembers of the children, who have grownupinLondon, again. We needtobecome strong enough Sultanpur,with Bhai Mardana. 1970s, the number of Hindus and Sikhs in theSikh-Hindupopulation in Afghanistan communityare proficient in at leastone of maynever be able to visitAfghanistan.” to prevent it. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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TOPOFTHE 2ISLAMIC STATE ‘PLANNERS’ KILLEDINDRONE STRIKE NEAR PAK BORDER US intelagencies fail WORLD USstartstroopwithdrawalfrom to reach conclusion on Covid-19 origins Kabul,retaliatesforairportblast LALITKJHA US’ Director of National WASHINGTON,AUGUST28 Intelligence said in a Protesters take cover THE US intelligence community reportthat the virus during clashes at the Taliban largely seal offairport has failedtoreachany firm con- probablyemergedand Gaza border. AP clusion on the exact origin of infected humans Covid-19 andissplit on whether REUTERS&AP it leaked from alab in Chinaor through an initial WESTASIA KABUL,AUGUST28 emergedinnature, even though small-scale exposure Palestinianchild it does notbelieve theviruswas US TROOPS have begun their developedasabiological that occurrednolater diesweekafter withdrawal from Kabul airport, weapon, according to resultsof than November 2019 the Pentagon said on Saturday, adetailedreviewordered by beingshotat following atwo-week scramble UK troops return. AP President Joe Biden. Gazaborder by Washington and itsallies to The Director of National virusbefore theinitialoutbreakof flyout their nationals and Intelligence in areport on Friday Covid-19emerged, it said. A12-YEAR-OLD Afghans at risk of reprisals under FINALUKEVACUATION said SARS-CoV-2, the virus that “Afterexamining all available Palestinian boywho was Afghanistan’s newTaliban rulers. causes Covid-19, probably intelligencereporting and other shotinthe head by Israeli As it neared the end of a20- FLIGHTLEAVESKABUL emergedand infected humans information, the IC (intelligence forces duringademon- year militaryinvolvement in the London: Britain endedevacu- through an initialsmall-scale ex- committee) remains dividedon stration at the Gaza-Israeli country, the US said it had killed ation flightsfromKabul air- posure that occurrednolater the mostlikelyorigin of Covid- border lastweek diedof twoIslamic Statemilitantsplan- port on Saturdayand began than November 2019 with the 19.All agencies assess that two his wounds Saturday, ning attacks in Afghanistanfol- bringingtroopshome,evenas firstknown clusterofCovid-19 hypotheses areplausible: natu- Gaza healthofficialssaid. lowing adeadlybombing out- theUK’stopmilitaryofficerac- cases arising in Wuhan, China, in ralexposuretoaninfected ani- Hassan Abual-Neil was side the airportonThursday. knowledged“we haven’tbeen December 2019. mal and alaboratory-associated shotonAugust21during American officials also able to bring everybody out”. However, therewas no una- incident,” the reportsaid. the demonstration organ- warnedofahigh riskoffurther Britain’sdefenceministrysaid nimity amongthe intelligence Acknowledgingthe receiptof isedbyGaza’sHamas attacks by the group —enemies the final flight forAfghan citi- Families evacuated from Kabul arrive at WashingtonDulles InternationalAirport, in community on the origins of the the report, Biden in astatement rulers to protestthe crip- of both the West and the Taliban zenshadleftKabulandfurther Chantilly, Virginia, on Friday. AP coronavirus. said his administration will do pling blockade imposed —asitwinds up itsmission. The flightsoverthe weekend will “The viruswas notdeveloped everythingitcanto tracetheroots by Egyptand Israel. US and alliedforeign forces are bringhomeBritishtroopsand as abiological weapon. Most of this outbreak that has caused Violence eruptedwhen seeking to withdrawbya diplomats, though theymay agencies also assess with low so muchpain and death around Palestinian protesters be- Tuesdaydeadline setby alsocarryafewremainingUK Taliban preparetoset up govt confidence that SARS-CoV-2 the worldsothat theycan take ganthrowing rocksand President Joe Biden. or Afghan civilians. Britain’s probably wasnot geneticallyen- everynecessaryprecaution to explosivesatIsraelitroops The airportblast, which ambassadortoAfghanistan, gineered;however, twoagencies prevent it from happening again. near the fortifiedborder. killedscores of people including LaurieBristow,said from as US evacuation nears end believe therewas notsufficient Reacting to the report, Israeli troops responded 13 US troops, highlighted the Kabulairportthatitwas“time evidence to makeanassessment China said the US intelligence by opening fire,wounding peril of the final stages of the to closethisphaseoftheoper- Mounting frustrationinKabul over economic hardships either way,”said the unclassified community’s reportonCovid- over 40 Palestinians,in- mission. Biden promisedon ation now”. AP version of the report. 19 originsis“notscientifically cluding al-Neil. AP Thursdaythat Washington ready been appointed to run key The reportdid notname the credible” and Washington’sas- would go afterthe perpetrators. REUTERS Taliban institutions including the min- intelligence agencies. sertion of lackoftransparency An overnight US drone attack US officials said another at- AUGUST28 spokesperson istries of public health and edu- The intelligencecommittee on the partofBeijing is onlyan killedtwo Islamic Stateplanners tack againstthe Kabul airport Zabihullah cation and the central bank. also assesses that China’s officials excuse forpoliticising and stig- MALI and woundedanother in wasanear certainty,and there THE TALIBAN said on Saturday Mujahid UN officials have warnedthat didnothaveforeknowledge of the matising the issue. PTI Ex-president,PM Nangarhar province, US Army were fears that it couldbemore theywouldannounceanew gov- Afghanistanfacesahumanitarian Major GeneralWilliam Taylor destructive than Thursday’s at- ernment forAfghanistaninthe catastrophe,withlarge partsofthe releasedfrom said, referring to an eastern area tack.The US embassy in Kabul coming week and expected the following Thursday’s suicide at- countrysuffering from extreme housearrest that borders Pakistan. warnedAmericanstoavoid the economic turbulence and sharp tack near the airportasa“clear drought conditions. As of Saturday, therewere airport. currency fallsthatfollowedtheir attackonAfghan territory”. The economy,shattered after MALI’S FORMER interim fewerthan 4,000 US troops at Taliban forces sealedoff the take-overofthe city twoweeks But he appealed to the US and four decades of war, also faces president Bah Ndawand Kabul airport, the official, who airportonSaturdaytomost agotosubsidequickly. otherWesternnationsto maintain the loss of billions of dollarsin prime minister Moctar declinedtobeidentified, told Afghans hoping forevacuation. Zabihullah Mujahid, the diplomatic relations aftertheir foreign aid, following the with- Ouane have been released Reuters, down from 5,800atthe Taliban leaders deployedextra movement’s main spokesman, withdrawal, whichheexpected drawal of Western embassies fromhousearrestbytheau- peak of the evacuation mission. forces outside the airportto madethecommentstoReutersas would be completed“very soon”. from the country. thoritieswho oustedthem The WhiteHouse said the prevent large crowds from the US militarywinds down its Thereismounting frustra- Mujahidsaid the economic in May, acommittee moni- next fewdays were likelytobe gathering. Newlayers of check- mission to evacuateUScitizens tion in Kabul at the severe eco- problems being experienced toringthepost-couptransi- the mostdangerous of the evac- pointssprang up on roads lead- andvulnerableAfghansandwith- nomic hardship causedbya would be easedonce the new tionsaidonFriday. Theirde- uation operation. TheUnited ing to the airport, some draw troops from Kabul airport plummeting currency and rising government wasinplace. “The The Wuhan InstituteofVirology. File tention by militaryofficers States and allies have taken manned by Talibanfighters. aheadofanAug 31 deadline. food prices, with banksstillshut- fall of Afghaniagainst foreign in MaymarkedMali’s sec- about 111,900people out of Areas wherelarge crowds had Mujahid condemnedan teredtwo weeksafter the fall of currency is temporaryand it is ond coup since the over- Afghanistaninthe pasttwo gathered over the pasttwo overnight US drone strike the citytothe Taliban. because of the situation that throw of PresidentIbrahim weeks, the Pentagon has said. weekswerelargely empty. againstIslamic Statemilitants Mujahid said officials had al- suddenlychanged,” he said. BoubacarKeitatheprevious Risk of hospitalisations August. An international body tracking this political transitionhasbeenpushing ‘Didn’t need to happen’: Pentagon seeks answersfor attack higher with Delta thecurrentinterimauthor- itiesto releasethetwofrom and 13 US service members. tack,whichwas claimedby takeoverof thecapital,themilitary house arrest. REUTERS IDREESALI It wasatragic coda to Islamic StateKhorasan (ISIS-K). had been seeking approval to get variant: Britishstudy WASHINGTON,AUGUST28 America’s 20-year warin But at some point,McKenzie at-riskAfghansoutof thecountry. USA Afghanistan, the largest loss of added,troops had no choicebut But the slowtempo of pro- Louisianabraces BY WEDNESDAY night, US intel- lifefor the US military thereina to comeincontactwithpeople cessing and inability to secure ADITIKHANNA ligence agencies were near cer- decade, on the cusp of the full trying to board evacuation flights, housingfor theevacuees in third LONDON,AUGUST28 forHurricaneIda tain that an attackwas imminent withdrawal of troops by Aug. 31 screenthem, patthem down for countries sloweddownthe pace RESIDENTS ACROSS outside Kabul airport, triggering ordered by President Joe Biden. weapons, and ensuretheydid of departures, according to the THOSE INFECTED with the Delta Louisiana’s coastSaturday aState Department warningto Among the mostpressing Localofficials saidasmany notmakeitintothe airport if they officials, at one point halting all variant of Covid-19inthe UK were taking one lastday to Americancitizens to leave the questions as the US military as 170people were killed. NYT posed athreat. flightsfromKabul forsix hours. have been found to be twice as preparefor what is being area immediately. launches itsinvestigation: How US officials said the condi- That meant troops were on likelytobeadmitted to hospital describedasa“life-altering” Justover12hours later,asui- did the bomber make it through tions forthe attackwereset the frontlinesatthe airportgates compared to the Alphavariant, Hurricane Ida whichisex- cide bomber walked through the Taliban checkpoints? Whywere “It wasafailuresomewhere,” months in advance. in the face of chaos outside. according to alarge newstudy. pectedtobring winds as large crowds to agatemannedby US troops in such aconcentrated General Frank McKenzie, the Theysaid weeksbeforethe “Thisdidn’t needtohappen,” The study,carriedout by An information sign in high as 225kph when it US troops and detonated explo- space when theyknewanattack head of US Central Command, evacuationfromKabulairportbe- aUSmilitaryofficial told Reuters. PublicHealthEngland(PHE) and Bolton, UK, in May. Reuters slams ashore. Acombina- sives,killingarepored170Afghans wasimminent? told reporters hours afterthe at- ganfollowing the Taliban’s REUTERS CambridgeUniversity and pub- tion of voluntaryand lished in TheLancet journalon mandatoryevacuations Friday, is the firstofits kind to Alpha variant,” note there- have been calledfor cities comparethe hospitalisation risk searchers in their analysis. across the region including of thetwo variantsand high- “Resultssuggestthat out- NewOrleans, wherethe Pentagon, China military holds talks for 1st timeunder Biden lightsthe needfor people to be breaksofthe Deltavariant in un- mayorordered amanda- fullyvaccinated. vaccinated populations might tory evacuation forareas The US has put countering Taiwan and China’s human tant secretaryofdefence for “Both sidesagreedonthe im- It confirms previous reports lead to agreater burden on outside the city’s leveesys- IDREESALI Chinaattheheartofitsnationalse- rights record to itsmilitaryactiv- China, spokelastweek with portanceofmaintaining open that Delta—firstidentifiedin health-careservices than the temandavoluntaryevacu- WASHINGTON,AUGUST28 curity policy foryears and Biden's ity in the South China Sea. ChineseMajor GeneralHuang channels of communication be- India—ismoreinfectiousthan Alpha variant,” theyconclude. ationforresidentsinsidethe administration has described ri- Despitethe tensions and Xueping, deputy director forthe tween the twomilitaries,” the of- Alpha, whichwas firstidentified The study looked at 43,338 leveesystem. But since the ASENIOR Pentagon official held valrywith Beijingas“thebiggest heated rhetoric, US militaryoffi- People’s LiberationArmyOffice ficial added. in Kent, England. Covid cases that occurredbe- storm quicklyescalated in talkswiththe Chinese military geopolitical test”ofthis century. cials have long soughttohave forInternational Military Officials said US Defence “This large national study tween March and Maywhen intensity,the mayorsaid it forthe firsttime since President Relationsbetween China and openlinesof communicationwith Cooperation. “(They) utilisedthe SecretaryLloyd Austin has yetto found ahigher hospital admis- both Alphaand Deltawerecir- wasn’t possible to order a Joe Biden took office in January theUnited States have grownin- their Chinese counterpartstobe US-PRC Defence TelephoneLink speak withhis Chinese counter- sion or emergency careatten- culating in the UK. The bulk of mandatoryevacuation for to focus on managingriskbe- creasingly tense, with the ableto mitigatepotentialflare-ups to conduct asecurevideo con- part, in partbecause therewas a dance risk forpatientswith the infections were in people the entirecity. AP tween the twocountries, aUSof- world's twolargest economies or deal with anyaccidents. ference,” the US official said, on debateabout whichofficial was Covid-19 infected withthe Delta who had notyet been vacci- ficial told Reuters on Friday. clashing over everything from Michael Chase, deputy assis- condition of anonymity. Austin’s counterpart. REUTERS variant compared withthe nated. PTI Biden to Israeli PM: US has options 2OFROBERT FKENNEDY’S SONS SAID THEY BACKED SIRHAN SIRHAN’S RELEASE RFK’s assassin a‘changedman’, granted parole if nuclear diplomacywith Iran fails Speakingtoreporters in the TREVORHUNNICUTT ED Major Oval Office, both leaders touched theyalso supportedreleasing him or another. And Iamgrateful to- TKennedyand Rory Kennedy. &MATTSPETALNICK differences onIran,oneof thethorniestissues JULIEWATSON and prosecutors declinedtoar- daytosee him as ahumanbeing But another sibling, Robert F WASHINGTON,AUGUST28 PLAIN E remain betweenthem, butmostlythey ● &BRIANMELLEY gueheshould be kept behind worthy of compassion and love.” Kennedy Jr,has spoken in favour EX paperedovertheirdisagreements. SANDIEGO,AUGUST28 bars. But the governor ultimately Six of Kennedy’s nine surviv- of his release in the pastand US PRESIDENTJoe Biden told THOUGH THERE wasnopublic Bidensaidtheydiscussed“our will decide if he leavesprison. ing children, however, said they wroteinfavourof parolingSirhan. Israeli Prime MinisterNaftali acknowledgement of disagree- commitmentto ensureIrannever FOR15years, Robert F. The boardfound Sirhan no were shocked by thevote. They He said in the letter that he met Bennett in WhiteHouse talkson ments, Biden and Bennett dif- develops anuclear weapon.” Kennedy’s assassin wasdenied longer poses athreat to society, urgedGov.GavinNewsom,whois him in prison and wasmoved by Fridaythat he wasputting feronkey issues. While Biden “We’reputtingdiplomacyfirst parole by aCalifornia parole noting thathehad enrolledin facingarecallelectioninCalifornia, Sirhan, “who wept,clinching my "diplomacy first" to trytorein in is keen on reviving the Iran nu- and we’ll see wherethattakes us. boardthat maintainedSirhan morethan 20 programmes in- to reverse the parole board’s deci- hands,and askedforforgiveness”. Iran's nuclear program but that cleardeal, Bennett is strongly Butif diplomacyfails,we’reready Sirhan did notshowadequate cluding anger management sion and keep Sirhan behind bars. “While nobody can speak de- if negotiations fail he would be againstit. Biden is an advocate to turn to other options,” Biden remorse or understand the enor- classes,Tai Chi and Alcoholics Sirhan Sirhan “He took our father from our finitively on behalf of my father, prepared to turn to other un- forthe two-state solution, a added,withoutofferingspecifics. mity of his crimethat rocked the Anonymous meetings,evendur- familyand he took him from Ifirmlybelievethat basedonhis specifiedoptions. long-held US position that AWhiteHouse statement issued nation and the worldin1968. ing the coronavirus pandemic. America,” the six siblings wrote ownconsuming commitment to Afteraone-daydelaydue to a Trumphad distance himself later said the twoalso “reviewed Buton Friday, the two-person “Wethink that youhave by Sirhan’s remorse and that in astatement lateFriday. “Weare fairness and justice, that he suicide bombing in Kabul during from. Bennett opposesthe idea steps to deterand contain Iran’s panel said he appearedtobeadif- grown,” Parole Board Sirhan should be releasedifhe’s in disbelief that this man would would stronglyencouragethis the chaotic US evacuation from of aPalestinian state, and pro- dangerous regionalbehaviour”. ferent man, even from his last CommissionerRobertBartonsaid. notathreat to others. “I’m over- be recommendedfor release. boardtorelease Mr Sirhan be- Afghanistan, Biden and Bennett motesmoreIsraeli settlements Bennett wasexpected to hearing in 2016,and granted the Douglas Kennedywas atod- whelmed justbybeing able to The statement wassigned by cause of Sirhan’s impressive held their firstmeeting seekingto in occupiedland —anissue press Biden in private to harden 77-year-old prisonerparole.Two dler whenhis father wasgunned viewMrSirhan face to face,” he Joseph PKennedy II, Courtney recordofrehabilitation,” he said resetUS-Israelirelationsand nar- that is likelytotestUS-Israeli his approachtoIranand backout of RFK’s sons, going againstsev- down in 1968.Hetold the board said. “I’ve livedmylifebothinfear Kennedy,Kerry Kennedy, in alettersubmitted during the rowdifferences over howtodeal ties in the future. of talkstoreviveanuclear deal eral of their siblings’ wishes, said panel that he wasmovedto tears of him andhis name in one way ChristopherGKennedy,Maxwell hearing to theboard. AP with Iran’s nuclear advances. with Tehran. REUTERS THE SUNDAYAUGUST 29, 2021EXPRES| WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM |SMPAGE 12 AGAZINE

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Before the Ta liban took control of Afghanistan this month, once there was aKabul that was acity of dreamers and poets, kite flyers and children trudging to school —acity with afuture

Ta ran NKhan palaceof Amir Abdur Rahman Khan,the ruler installedbythe British as theywithdrew after thesecondAnglo-Afghanwarin1880.Thepre- HROUGH THE incessant rain ceding violence had leftKabul damaged;the outside my window in British handedoveracapital of ruinedmonu- Mumbai, in my mind’s eyeI mentsand gardens to thenew Amir. see glimpses of the Paghman T range, the mountains that ■ ■ ■ were visible from every room of my firstapartment in Kabul. It was Since Kabul had come under the Taliban’s the spring of 2006 and Ithought nothing of control, Suhail had triedtoreachthe airport sitting out on our small balconyorstanding twice. Once, he wasalmostcaught in astam- by the windows.Later,Iwouldbewarned pede, he said.AsIwrite, Iwait forhis news.I about both these things. think of an afternoon in Panjshir visiting a In the mainstream media, the eventsof different friend’s family, who talked about lastweek appear as asudden shift. But Kabul the resistance to theTaliban from the valley changed long before the Taliban took over in the 1990s. Iheardsuchtalkofresistance lastSunday. Foryears, manyvoicestriedto —small and large —frompeople Imet in tell us this moment wascoming. Kabul over the years. Ididn’t hear muchfrom Afghans about Afghans being saved—these ■ ■ ■ were stories Igathered from the English mainstream media. Suhail (name changed)was one of the firstpeople Imet in Kabul; he gave me my ■ ■ ■ firstcup of green teaand my firstlanguage lessons (“Afghan forthe person, Afghani for Among the manykinds of violence faced the money”). It wasonlyinthe lastfew by Afghans is their erasurefromnarratives months that Iheardhim speak about trying about Afghanistan. Theyare oftendescribed to leave Afghanistan. Icalledhim days before either as noble victims,oreternal warriors. the city wascaptured by the Taliban. “They Afghanistan is described as a“graveyardof will do something,” he had said confidently, empires’, or the setting for“the Great Game”. about the international forces that were ar- Thereisatone of certitude in suchstories — riving in the capital. “Theywon’t justlet that this ending waspre-ordained, that this everything go.” violence had to come. Suchstories erase the brutalities that unfoldedacross the country ■ ■ ■ and in Kabul before the current takeover by the Taliban. Theyalso blotout the very idea In 2014,the International Security THOSE WERE THTHEEDDAAYYSS of afuture. Assistance ForceorISAFformallyendedits (Clockwise from here) Children playing combat operations in Afghanistan. The year with kites; streets of Kabul; an old ■ ■ ■ before that, manypeople Ikneweither left wreckage of an aircraft ininthevalleley Kabulormade plans to depart. Theysaw no Mujtaba Ali wasinKabul when arevolt futurefor themselvesinthe city. eruptedagainstKing Amanullah. He ended Suhail wasdifferent. He travelledabroad WIKIMEDIACOMMONS/SGTPETETHIBODEAU,USMARINECORPS up being evacuated in an airliftfromthe city forhis work and to study.And he always in early 1929. From the windowofthe plane went home to Kabul.His familywas grow- as it took off, he sawhis Afghan manservant ing and he had built them ahouse on ahill. Abdur Rahman running through the snow, From eachofthe windows wasaviewof waving his whiteturban.“Ba aman ekhuda,” trees. He had spent his childhood as arefugee theyhad said to eachother in parting. in neighbouring Pakistan. We neverspoke The same wordsmyfriends end each about it, but Ithink he did all this so his chil- conversation with these days.“In the careof dren did notfeel unmoored. God,” theysay. In my photosthereisone takeninQargha, ascenic artificial lakeashortdrive north of ■ ■ ■ Kabul, whereSuhail took us soon after Nauroz in 2006.Iremember his laughter Kabul appears in the rain outside my win- tinged with pride as Iexclaimedatthe beauty dow, andIdraw on amemoryofhope that of the landscape, whichIfoundbreathtak- glimmers likethe snowglimpsedonthe ing. Behind the ruinedmud walls on the edge Paghman range. Of aKabul imaginedby of the city,Isaw houses rising, likegreen those who watchitrecedingfromaplane shoots in the spring. window, whowatchitonthe news from afar, What Irememberfromthose rainy or who watchitfromthe windowsoftheir mornings in 2006 is the cautious sense of homes:acityofpeace, acity with dreamers optimism. Youcould speakofthe city in the and poets,kiteflyers and children trudgingto future tense. school, kicking pebbles on their way. The city GETTYIMAGES WIKIMEDIACOMMONS/CHRISTOPHERKILLALEA Isaw,acity with afuture. ■ ■ ■ late1920s. He wroteabout itsvistasand its wasimplementing his controversial agenda would come decades of war. then, and had been playing in his living room markets, itshomes and itspeople, in away of modernisation in Afghanistan. By the when abulletcame through the window, TaranKhantravelledtoandworkedinKabul In his memoir In aLandFar from Home: A that felt familiar to me. ForAli, Kabul wasa time Ali publishedhis memoir,itwas 1943. ■ ■ ■ straying from astreetfight. between2006and2013.Herfirstbook,Shadow Bengali in Afghanistan (2015; translated from citymarkedbyits independence from MohammedZahir Shah wasonthe throne. WhenSuhailwashisson’sage,hehadbeen City:AWomanWalksKabul(2019)wontheTata the original Deshe Bideshe),writer Syed British colonial rule, and he enviedKabulis He would be the lastking of Afghanistan. Afew years agoSuhail’sson had been shot takenbyhis teachers on aclasspicnic. They LiteratureLive!FirstBookAwardandtheStanford Mujtaba Ali describes living in Kabul in the this freedom. At thetime, King Amanullah Soon afterhis overthrow in acoup in 1973 in the arm. He had been around12years old had gone to theBagh-e-Bala, the summer DolmanTravelBookoftheYearaward

Dipanita Nath storytelling. At theBharatRang Mahotsav,the The women who performedweremostly theatre festivalof theNationalSchoolof Drama eitherteenagers yettobemarriedorover35 Play, in Delhi, afew years ago, apuppettheatre yearsof age,whohadfulfilledtheirchildbear- AT THE centreofthe Pashtoplay Backbiters artiste hadsaid,“If bombsgooff,allof usfreeze ingdutiesandwere readyto exploretheirartis- areayoung girlwho refuses to be sold in mid-dialogue forafewsecondsand then we ticsides.Whilemaleactorsputupstreet shows marriagetoanolder man and her friend startactingimmediatelyandignoreeverything inmarketplaces,women’stheatre wasstaged who intends to go forhigher studies. else.”ThiswasevidentwhentheKabulTheatre in the homes of women or women’s parks, Paused Women in the latter’s neighbourhood in Festival washeldin2005, and 50 groups eachperformance of about 30 minutes. “The northern Afghanistangossip that she in- turnedupfromacross the country, made up audiencewasdelightedbecauseitwaslikelive tends to go to university,whereshe’dsit next of manyyoung Afghanswho had neverseen TVcominghome.Wehearaboutmenplaying In the last two decades, to boys and wear lipstick. By the end of the aplay. “Atthe festival, 49 stories were about women,butinourplays,womenplaythemen. show, these women aremade to realise that the war. It showedthat theatreisintrinsic to Theyare reallygood because theyknowhow Afghanistan’s long history their chatter is notonlyharmful, it is also human natureand peoplewant to tell stories the abusive husband is or howthe dismissive againstIslamic tenets.Until recently, andactitout,”says NewYork-basedSherman. policeman behaves,” says Sherman. of storytelling hadfound a Backbiters wasahugelypopular plays es- The last20years have also been atime of With the US deadline to leave Afghanistan voice through women’s pousing women’s rights. Today, itsperform- experimentsand transformations, with mu- onlyhours away,the theatrecompanyis“del- ers arehiding from the Taliban, who took sic beginning to play in weddings and people uged with requests forasylum”. One of the theatre groups. An artistic control of Afghanistanrecently. enjoying Turkish dramas andBollywood films. women theyare trying to getout is an actor “Ourwomen’s theatregroups in COURTESY:JOANNASHERMAN,BONDSTREETTHEATRE Youngperformers were ready to shedrealism theyhad come acrossinatheatrefestivalin director,who had Afghanistanwereverysuccessful. Theatre SEPIA TONES andexplorenew movementsintheatre. Bond 2005, when she wasmerely14years old. She training is good forconfidencebuilding and Memories of atheatre workshop in Afghanistan Street Theatrepartnered withExile Theatre has become an outspoken activist since and nurtured some of these the womenlearnttostand straight, notkeep in their work in Afghanistan. “Initially,we features on the Taliban’s list. their eyes down as theyhad donesince child- ration resultedinfour women’s theatrecom- TheatreinAfghanistan had alsobeen sub- facedresistance from certain quarters... Another youngwoman, an orphan who groups, on how that hood and speak clearly.Manywenton to hold paniesacross Afghanistan. jected to these political upheavals, brought Women were also notallowedtoperform in once performedwith the groupbeforeher stands threatened now public officesand become provincial youth Bond Street’sfirstviewofAfghanistanwas aboutby yearsof themujahideen,civilwarand public, especiallyinconservative areas. We relativesput astoptoit, will stay back.“Maybe leaders.Itisdishearteningtosee all the good of ademolishedlandscape. “Mostplaces theTalibanregime.Agroupof someof thebest had to go to religious leaders and saythe she’ll have ahardlifebut she will always re- work reversedindays,” says Joanna Sherman, looked likestones had been piled on stone. actors,directors,playwrightshadescapedfrom women were onlygoing to perform forother member that she had been strong and mighty artisticdirector,BondStreet Theatre,whichhas People were eking out an existence between AfghanistanduringthefirstTalibanregimeand women on topicssuchashealth issuesand on stageand the women in the audience had beenworkinginAfghanistansince2003,with twowalls that had fallen on topofeachother. had formedExile Theatre in Peshawar,where voting rights. In areas wherewedid our per- listenedtoher because she had something to the support of the US embassyand the US What struckuswas that the people were de- theydidtheatreperformancesaboutdifferent formancesabout voting, women’s voting saythatwas important, andthe boldness to InstituteofPeace, among others. The collabo- terminedtoget lifegoing again,” she says. socialtopics.ButAfghanshave alonghistoryof went up by 80 per cent,” says Sherman. sayit,”saysSherman. EYE,THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE

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Vishnu Varma appeared,dressednot in her usual whiteor brownhabit,but in abright yellow-and- DOWN IN black salwar-kameez,anattireshe had NEARLYSeptember 2018,Kerala was adoptedfor non-church activities and one witness to an extraordinaryprotestby that figured among her 13 “transgressions” THE LONELY five Catholic nunsagainstapowerful mentionedbythe Church.“The habit we JUNGLELAND bishop, Fr Franco Mulakkal, accused wear is made of extremelycheap polyester Iof raping afellownun. As the five nuns cloth. It gets very hotinit. This is aforeign at- sat at the Vanchi SquareinKochi, astone’s tireand it has to be modifiedfor thelocalcli- throw away from theKerala High Court, matehere. Besides,ifpriests have the liberty VIGIL demanding the arrest of the accused, 270km to wear shirts andpantsoutside church,why away at aconvent in Wayanad district, Sister can’t nuns?” asksSrLucy,asshe settles down Lucy Kalappurafelt aweight on her chest. forthe conversation on the porch of ahouse RanjitLal AMathematics teacherand amemberof notfar from the convent. The exhausting protest of aKerala nun the Franciscan ClaristCongregation (FCC) un- Born as the seventh of 11 children —six Ranjit Lal is an author, der the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church for boys and five girls—intoanaffluent, environmentalistand over three decades, Sr Lucy,56, wasac- land-owning familyinKarikkottakaryin birdwatcher quainted withtales of oppression of women Kannur district in 1965, countering inequal- inside the Church.“It takesagreat deal of ity wasatrait Sr Lucy pickedupfromher fa- couragetospeak up againstapowerful man. ther early in her childhood. “My father wasa When Iheardher (survivor’s) account, I popular social worker in the area and he knewthat she wasspeaking the truth. Ibe- would frequently intervene in local disputes. lievedher,” says Sr Lucy. Iwas always struckbyhis kindness and The Sky But the attitudeofher fellownuns at the benevolence towardsthe workers. The idea FCC convent wasvastlydifferent. As theysat of becoming asocial worker andhelping the over lunchone day, eyes gluedtothe scenes poor came to me because of him. At home, of protestonTV, lewd remarks questioning too, therewas no gender discrimination Crawlers the morality of the survivorflowedacross among the 11 of us,” says Sr Lucy,who had the table. It wasclear their sympathies lay joinedthe Church in 1985. withthe accused. “I knewthen that Ihad to One of her early conflictswith the highly Before humans, nature had her go to Kochiand extend my solidarity to patriarchal structureofthe Church came in them,” she says. 1993, when Sr Lucy wasdeputed to go to own avian squadrons —the raptors Afew days later,when she got along Bundi in Rajasthan to teachataChurch-run weekend’s leave at the school, Sr Lucy took school. During her second year there, an eld- NANair show, on aNational Dayorotherwise, offinher whiteAltofor the protestvenue. erly Goan priesttookcharge.“He wanted me we areblown away by our screaming supersonic “Onlyafter Iclimbed thestage at the protest to go to his house, scrub the floors and cook fighters, bristling with guidedmissiles, zooming in and shook hands with food forhim. Theother ●●● I the nuns, did Ifeel a sisters did astoldbut Ire- perfect formation, or the big bombers or deadly, if grosslyugly, helicoptergunships clattering menacingly deep sense of relief,” fused. He got angryand over us. But muchbeforewelearnt to fly, Mother Nature’s says Sr Lucy. The tussle with her would badmouth me in Air Force(MNAF) had coveredall the bases with her avian But true to her frontofthe students. Ire- squadrons: big bombers, stealth fighters, light combat air- expectations, the superiors and the hard- turnedtoKerala soon af- craft, hoverers as deadlyasany gunship. She equipped Church didn’ttake ter,”she said. and armedthem well, ensured only the targetsbede- kindlytoher action. line rulesofthe Church From then on, the stroyed(eaten), with no collateral damagetoother living Aside from participating intensified every time tussle with her superiors creatures, and (unlikeany other air force) aclean-up in the protest, she had and the hard-line rules squadron, likethe great carnivores, to clear the carnage givenfreewheeling she attempted to of theChurch intensified leftbyothers’ battles so that nothing is wasted. interviews to the media everytime she The calibreofthe weapons and equipment variedac- questioning the Church redraw the boundaries attemptedtoredrawthe cording to the targets. But the basics were the same: tar- leadership’sinaction in boundaries of her rights geting equipment —powerful, binocular,night vision the case. By doing so, of her rights as anun as anun. When she sub- (multiple times better than ours), hearing as good as any she had broken the rule mitted arequesttothe radar’s, asense of smell, terrain-and-target-specific body of “anusarana”orobedi- ●●● Church to fund her book design, flight ability and muscle power. ence, one of the three of poems, Snehamazhayil Forweaponry:talons and beaks. Talonslikegreat vows that Catholic nuns areduty-bound to (In the rain of love)in2015, she claims the hooked grappling irons with grizzlybear power, and that observe. Shortlyafter Sr Lucy returnedtoher Church repeatedly turneditdowntill she pub- wickedly curvedbill that could rip out the beating heart of a convent in Wayanad, the local diocese hit lisheditherself in 2018.Around the sametime, kill, shred it and offeradelectable flutteringvalve to afledg- backbyoutlawing her from her duties at the her requests to obtain adriving licence and ling with atendernessthat would makeany mother smile. parish,including teaching Bibleand offering buy acar were also dismissedbythe Church. The eagles were the big bombers: huge, heavy,mag- holycommunion. The informal decision was Acar,she argued, wasnecessarytocommute nificent, with telescopic eyesight, awesome wing power later reversedafter the locals came together to her school everyday and to visit homes of and skull-crushing talons. Targetscould be airborne in the nun’ssupport. thelocal parishioners. She found it deplorable (cranes) or ground mammals and reptiles (hares, foxes, But the Church didn’t backdown. It sent thatnunshadto begfor commutingexpenses snakes, babydeer,orfoolishlycavorting monkeys). From show-cause notices to Sr Lucy asking her to or aliftfromthe local priestwhile the men in wayabove,the target is spotted and lockedon. The bird explain whyshe shouldn’t face expulsion. In thechurch operatedby different rules. Sr Lucy bankssteeply, losing height and then straightens out into August2019, the FCC announcedSrLucy’s took driving lessons at the ageof53and even- itsscreaming dive,following the panickedtargetrelent- expulsion from the congregation on account tuallybought aMaruti Altoonabank loan. lessly. It clocks nearly 320 kmph (the golden eagle) before of her“failuretogiveasatisfactory explana- If theseincidentsofrebellion made Sr flaring out itstail to brake. With itstalons extendedasit tion forher lifestyle in violation of the proper Lucy atalking point in Karakkamala, the hits, it drivesthe great hooksdeep, itsbeak snapping to lawofthe FCC.” She filedacaseagainstthe protests againstBishop Franco turnedher dislocatethe victim’s neck. If it has afamilytofeeditwill expulsion in the civil court, but, while the trial intoadarling of the liberal masses in Kerala. take offwith itsheavy burden. The male, mostly, does the COURTESYSISTERLUCYKALAPPURA is yettobegin in the munsiffcourt, in June this Those in the government and across the po- hunting and the female (larger, fiercer) guards the THE GOOD year,the Church saidtheVatican hadrejected litical aisle, however, said little, awareofthe nestlings. Eagles have big, broad, forceful wings to support FIGHT the nun’s appeal againsther dismissal forthe risksofangering the CatholicChurch that (Above) Sister Lucy; thirdand final time,virtuallyshutting all doors wields influence over 61per cent of the forher to getareprieve.Nearly three years af- Christians in the state. “My lawyer said that afile photo of nuns’ terthat protest, Sr Lucy is proof that standing I’m likeadropofwater staringatthe sea,” protest in Kochi up to apowerful institution suchasthe says Sr Lucy with child-likeglee. in 2018, demanding Catholic Church andpointing out itsfoibles is The supportonsocial media platforms the arrest of alonelyand exhausting enterprise. and among progressive laymen thirsting for accused Bishop changewithin the Church has onlymade Sr Franco Mulakkal ■ ■ ■ Lucy’scase morearduous. At theconvent whereshe stays,she remains completely os- On arecent rainymorning, when Iarrived tracised. As she waitsfor the hearing of her at the Karakkamala FCC convent to interview case to come up, she says,“If the judgeiscon- Sr Lucy,asign outside the imposing blue scientious, Iam100 per cent confidentthat building read, “Without the permission of he willrule in my favour.But if he’snot,this the Mother Superior, no one shouldenter the doesn’t end here. Iwill appeal till the convent.” It wasinstalledinabid to dissuade Supreme Court. Awoman cannotbethrown RANJITLAL those coming to meet Sr Lucy,especially on to the street illegally. That’s whyIam KEEPING WATCH journalists.SrLucy had instructedmetowait fighting. It’s notmypersonal issue. It’s a Afemale shikra in woodland habitat outside on the road. Afew minutes later,she social issue.” VIGNESHKRISHNAMOORTHY/EXPRESSARCHIVE

their weight and broad tails to help them manoeuvre. So awed arewethat manysmaller countries, besides some big superpowers, have these as their national emblems! to me by ayoung man Iworkedwith many Somehow, menacingly easy-going arethe harriers — years agoand popularisedbythe book helicoptergunships —that wing lowand slowoverfields, Heart of Imperfect Affluenza, TheAll-Consuming Epidemic (2001, marshes and reed beds, looking down, with their owl-like Berrett-KoehlerPublishers)where theau- disc-shapedfaces, funnelling in rumours from rustling thors describeitas“apainful, contagious, so- reedstotheir ears. Theybrake,lose height, hoverand drop ciallytransmittedconditionofoverload,debt, —onacootorduck, notassavvy as therest. Harriers have Enoughness anxiety,and wasteresulting from the dogged long, fairly broad wings and long, roundedtails. Other pursuitofmore.” hoverers include brickred flint-etchedkestrel that takes Acompass forwhat trulymatters: Many rodentsand insects, and the easy-flying black-shouldered Wabi-sabi —the beautyinour brokenness and people Imet in the pastyear have talked kitewith itsintense rubyeyes. The osprey,aunique hov- about howthe pandemic has taught them erer and fisher,has talons adaptedtogrip slippery fish. impermanence —isatribute to alife well-lived what matterstothem and what does not. I Easilythe topgunsofaerial combat arethe fastback- have had richconversations with children, wingedfalcons. Rightatthe topisthe wanderer,thatisthe ness, grace in accepting impermanenceand youngpeople and families and some of the peregrine, ajungle-crow-sized,dark-eyed,dark-headed, exquisiteness of earthlylife. Imagine running things Iget to hear oftenare “simplicity”, moustachioedfalcon, found worldwide, designedfor your hand on an old desk or chestofdrawers “community”, “connections”, “being sheer speedasitmorphs from combataircrafttoguided in your grandparents’ room, feeling the grain healthy”, “doing something meaningful”, “na- missile. It begins itsattackfromhigh up, clocking atermi- of the aged wood, simple lines, little cracks, ture”, “sustainability”, “spirituality”, “finding nal speedclose to 400kmphasitspearsafter dovesand crevices formedoverthe years. Younotice GETTYIMAGES joyinlittle things”, “contributing to society starlings. No birdhit at this velocity has ahopeinhell. how, over the generations, different people WELCOME have damaging effectsastheyundermine us, in some wayorthe other”, “digital minimal- Peregrines arenow colonising skyscraper citieslikeNew have lefttheir little etchings hereand there. It BACK inviting experiences of unworthiness and la- ism”.Repeated themes of what theywantto York,fromwhere they pickoff bluerockdoves at will. stands thereinthe corner,decrepit, alittle rick- bels of being “unsuccessful”, “failure”, and not distance themselvesfromhavebeen of “clut- Our clothes might be Their wings arelong, smooth and tapering, their tails long. IMAGINE etybut full of rare beauty.Atributetoalife worthy enough.Mallculture,onlinestores and tered, crazy, hecticlives”,“rabbitholesofso- Smaller hawks, likethe shikra andgoshawk aredeft, livedwith zest, atestimonytowhat we hold alittle frayed, our credit cardcompanies have convincedus that cial media”, “meaningless consumption”. As dodgy fighters that scramble from aperch (woodland by SheljaSen on to in thefaceofall adversity. homes messy, but we happinessis aclick away,and we have letour- we find our wayout of the pandemicmaze, copse) to ambush theirtargets —small birds, rodentsand As we starttoput the broken pieces to- would be enough, selvesbelulledbythis fake propaganda. Every maybeweneedtopause andreflect on what reptiles.Theirblunt, shortwings helpintwisting and turn- THE LAST one-and-a-half years have come gether,our journeyofrecoveryisnot going to our lives easier and occasion andcelebration is being co-opted, path we want to take.When wasthe lasttime ing speedilyatwillthrough needle-hole gaps in branches. I down quitehardonmostofus, andweare be easy.For me, wabi-sabi is embracing the our hearts lighter as packaged and sold to us, and we think we we experiencedan expansive sense of joy, ex- oncesaw ashikra come out of nothing and take down a dragging ourselvesout of it, quitefrayedatthe “full catastrophe” (a nod to the1964film Zorba we welcome people needit. But we do notrealise that it is taking us hilaration? What were we doing? Whatdoes piedstarling with aheart-stopping “whump!” edges. As we open our metaphorical doors to theGreek)ofthis messy and imperfect life. away from the elusive happiness that we are it tell us about what we hold precious?What Buzzardsare broad-winged,bulkier and seemingly welcome people intoour homes, we wonder What would it be likeifwecould startappre- into our scruffy seeking, and thusleaving us feelingmore possibilities couldtherebefor our futureif lazier,“generalists”astheyquarterfields and open ground if we arereally preparedto step out orletpeo- ciating these imperfections rather than find- lives again wretchedandmiserable. We aretrying to buy we movedforward in this direction? forrodentsand lizards. Owls comprise MNAF’s “stealth ple in. Our homes have weathered the storm ing quickfixes?Let me sharethree main our wayout of misery, but paradoxically, get- It’s wonderfultosee howpeople across the fighters”. Mostlynight-flyers,theyare equipped with along withus, and the effectsare showing. The threads that have come out of my conversa- ting morestuckthan ever. worldare takingto minimalism,stoicismand enormous eyes, rotating,radar-disc heads,asymmetric threadbaresofas,fadedwallsandchippedcut- tionswith manyyoungpeople overthe years: Good forour planet: What if we started downshifting. “Less is more” is becoming a ears, and asound-deadening plumage: abarn owlmay lery tellingstoriesofpain, tears, love and maybe, it is good forour mental health; cherishing the old, threadbare, rusty,chipped, mantrafor many, thriftstoresaway of lifeand waft pastyou and you’ll neverknowit, especially if you’rea meaningful conversations. The spruced-up maybe, it is good forour planet; maybe, itwill stainedstuff we own? Will that helpusbe declutteringareligion. What if we believedin rat, until it screeches in triumph andyou become dinner! nooksand crannies once hostedconferences, give us space and time to explorewhat really comfortable withour ownselvesand notcon- our “enoughness” rather than lack? Our Kites and vultures comprise the “recovery”squadrons. workshops,meetings, home-schooling and matters to us?Let me expand on these: stantly seek ashinier,glossier illusionofjoy clothes might be alittle frayed,our homes Theyclear up the carnageleftbyothers, or the remains of collegepresentations. Humansand animals Good formental health: Our capitalist (likeonPinterest)? Capitalism bulldozes us messy,but we would beenough, our liveseas- anydead animal. Kites maytakeliving creatures, too— cohabiting adding to thejoyful messiness of culture demands certain “standards of living” intothe commodificationofhappiness, and ier andour hearts lighter as we welcomepeo- birds or small rodents—but the vultures will wait till a living. Eachcorner awitness to our struggles, whichweare obliged to complywith —how we aregetting lured intoalifestyle that’s ple intoour scruffy livesagain. fatallywoundedanimal dies or is utterly helpless. hope, loss and survival. our homes look,what we wear,what money cramming ourcupboards, landfillsand Mostraptors hunt singly, though great migratory As Ilook around my rundown and much- we make.Our worthand value is measured oceans and choking the ecosystemthat nour- SheljaSenisanarrativetherapist,writer, squadrons follow migrating targets, picking offkills on the lovedhome, Ithink of the Japanesesentiment againstthese standards. We arepushedto ishes us. Theindustries arethriving, but the co-founder,ChildrenFirst.Inthiscolumn,she go.Nextweek, we’ll meetMNAF’s non-raptorialsquadrons. or philosophyofwabi-sabi that is moreofan compareourselveswith others constantly(so- costtoour carbonisedearth is toomuchto curatestheknow-howofthechildrenandthe experienceandalmostimpossibleto put into cial media plays ahugerole there), leading us ignore. Nowthereisevenaname forthis youthsheworkswith.Shecanbereachedat words. It speaksofthe beauty of imperfect- to internalise these judgements, whichcan malaise—“affluenza”, aconceptintroduced [email protected] EYE,THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE

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TheLightFantastic Writing for In his new book,Jairam Ramesh presents aprofound and deeply immersive biography of the Ear Edwin Arnold’s influential book on the life of the Buddha How the AIR commentaries Ta nsen Sen THE LIGHT OF shaped public opinion during the ASIA: THE POEM THAT Bangladesh WarofIndependence AIRAMRAMESH is awell-known au- DEFINED THE thor of booksonIndian politics, politi- BUDDHA Syed Akbaruddin cians, and international affairs. JAlthough TheLight of Asia significantly BY JAIRAM deviates from his previous writings RAMESH ISUALISINGJOURNALISM as avocationinIndia thematically,itpreservesRamesh’s hallmark Penguin Random todaybrings forthimages of newspapers, mag- embrace of archival research andhis zeal for House azines, television, and now, the omniscient so- storytelling. The storyhetells this time is not Vcial media and digital apps. Rarely does radio 448pages; `799 about aperson or event but concerns the figureinthat list, exceptasanafterthought. We live in global lifeofafascinating book by the 19th- times when capsules of news within asequence of musi- centuryEnglish polyglotEdwin Arnold Dalhousie’s reign in India. In late1875, his ren- cal records form the staple of mostradio broadcasts.A (1834–1904), titled TheLight of Asia or The dition of the Gitagovinda appeared as The lackofawareness that radio journalism, too, once thrived Great Renunciation(Mahabhinishkramana) IndianSongsofSongs.With thelatter publica- maywell be forgiven. Being theLifeand Teaching of Gautama: Prince tion,Ramesh notes, “Arnoldmade anamefor The artof“writing forthe ear” is different. It requires of India and FounderofBuddhism.Ramesh’s himself inEnglandand Indiaas well.” Indeed, skills of ahigher order than the investigative and literary latestpublication is abiographyofthis im- twoyears later,Queen Victoria conferredthe abilities of agoodjournalist. Listeners seldom give radio menselyinfluentialbook. prestigiousOrder of theStarof Indiaupon him. their undividedattention. Building anarrative,when PublishedinJuly1879, Arnold’s narrative The publicationofTheLight of Asia firmly wordsare evanescent and those who utter them invisible, of the lifeofthe Buddha is “an epicpoem writ- establishedArnoldasoneof theleadingschol- is no simple matter.When narrativesare in competition teninblankverse,” that is,“poetrywritten ars of Indiaand Indian religions. Ramesh out- as wasinSouth Asia in 1971,the challengebecomes stiffer. withregular metrical but unrhymedlines.” lines in invigoratingdetail the significanceof Reading UL Baruah’s ABangladesh WarCommentary Intricatelyknitting together the various thiswork beyondthefameitbroughtto itsau- brought backchildhood memories of when All India phases of theBuddha’s life —his conception, thor.Hedoes this by demonstrating the im- Radio (AIR) bulletins were the onlysource of “breaking his worldlyexperiences at his father’s palace, pact the poem had on various people and or- news”for ordinaryIndians. In hindsight, suchAIR com- the “foursights” thatled himtorenounce fa- ganisations in India and abroad, the multiple mentaries can be termedasaform of “public diplomacy” milial attachmentsand the luxuries of palace translationsthat were publisheddowntothe as theywerecompeting formind space and seeking to life, the sensual temptations craftedbyMara 21st century,andthereason“itoccupiesanim- mould national opinion in India and beyond. In the “tech- as he meditatedin forest,the attaining of en- portantplaceinthehistoriographyofmodern nology-deficient” environment of India of the early- lightenment under the Bodhi tree,his teach- Buddhism.” Regardingthe latter,Ramesh ex- 1970s, AIR helpedIndians makesense of “current events” ingsofthe Four NobleTruths andthe plainstheinfluenceArnoldandhisTheLightof and shapedincipient worldviews of many,likeme. Eightfold Path, and the finalcessation of his Asia had on the membersofthe Theosophical Across terrains, wardespatches arepopular.The narra- life—Arnold’s biographyquicklybecame Society, especially ColonelHenry Steel Olcott, tivesofWorld WarIIabout the heroics of the Allied Forces popularamong Indianand foreignintellec- who laudedthe book fordoing“morefor were crucialtothe golden ageofradio in the West.Baruah, tuals, Nobellaureates, and politicians, includ- Buddhismthan anyother agency,” and who wasabroadcaster during WorldWar II before going ing both MahatmaGandhi and Winston AnagarikaDharmapala,whoplayedanimpor- on to becomethe director general of AIR towardsthe end Churchill among itsadmirers. It wastrans- tant role in asserting Buddhistclaims over the of his career, appears to have understood thatwell. The lated intoseveral Indian and European lan- Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya then under manuscripts of his radio despatches of 1971,whichwere guages, performedintheatres, and made into thecontrolof agroupof Shaivites.Arnoldhim- retrievedfromoblivion through the assiduous effortsofhis films. Forthoseunfamiliar withArnold’s self,Rameshshows,wasdeeplyinvolvedinad- journalistson, Amit Baruah, areinthe same vein. The news work,Irecommend the beautifullyillustrated vocating the preservation of theTempleasa storiesare told in aconversational waythat ordinarypeo- 1885 edition publishedbyJROsgood &Co. in Buddhist siteunder Buddhist control. ple can easilycomprehend.The Boston, whichisfreelyavailable online. Giventhe details providedbyRamesh, subject matter reflects an arche- Ramesh’s objective is nottoanalysethe the wish listfor additional materialisashort typal Indian viewpoint. Buddha’s biography, nor is it to explorethe one.Ramesh could have examined Olcott’s Writing of the emergence of literary merit of Arnold’s “blank verse.”His commentabout thesignificance of TheLight Bangladesh, Baruah putsitpith- task is rather to enlighten us aboutArnold of Asia to theBuddhist revivalmovements ily, “The house that Jinnah built and the history andthe various entangle- across Asia in moredetail, going beyond just has collapsed. Political philoso- mentsofTheLight of Asia.The result is acap- theissue of the Mahabodhi Temple. Equally phers, who stressedthe subjec- tivatingstudy of aman who calledhimself important is the needtoexplain the use of tive element in the making of a “onewho lovedIndiaand the Indianpeo- the term “Asia” in the title of Arnold’s book. nation, have been proved ples” and his mostfamous work,aswell as This is pertinent because one of the figures wrong... Appeals in the name of the impact the twohad on aslewof Ramesh discusses in the contextofthe Islam and Pakistani ideology renownedindividuals across the worldand Mahabodhi Temple is OkakuraKakuzo, who ceasedtohaveany meaning for on one of the mostimportant sites of famouslywrote that “Asia wasOne” and who A the Bengalis.” Buddhistpilgrimage. Ramesh’s book is ade- wasinstrumental in popularising the ideaof BANGLADESH Baruah follows an interesting lightful read, being exceptionallyeducational pan-Asianism.Was Okakurainfluencedby WAR approach. He consistentlydraws and remarkablyimpressive in respect of its The Light of Asia,especiallyArnold’s Preface, COMMENTARY: from Pakistani sources to embel- research andinvestigative work. wherethe poetdescribes Buddhism as the 1971RADIO lish his commentaries while Ramesh’s TheLightofAsia is dividedinto WIKIMEDIACOMMONS “great faith of Asia” and claims that the DISPATCHES: pointing out the fault linesin four sections. The firstsection covers three thattheyhad embraced different religions. WHAT THE University,Arnold’s love forIndia startedin Buddha’s “spiritual dominions” extended VOLUME1 theirsociety. Of particular inter- phases of Edwin Arnold’s lifeprior to 1879; Ramesh’s book endswith “A Final Word,” in BUDDHA late1857, when he acceptedthe position of “from Nepaul and Ceylon over the whole estishis depiction of thestory BY UL BARUAH the second is an entwinedhistory of Arnold whichheunderscores the “enduring appeal” TAUGHT Principal of Poona College(nowthe Deccan Eastern Peninsula to China, Japan,Thibet, relating to theuntil-then- and his TheLight of Asia as the twojourneyed of TheLight of Asia andthe remarkable life College). During his two-year stay at Poona, Central Asia, Siberia, and even Swedish Indian Council of favoured “establishment”jour- around the globe; the thirddeals with the af- and contributions of itsauthor,who, accord- An 18th century Arnold learnt Sanskrit, startedtranslating Lapland”? The late-19th centurywas acriti- Wo rld Affairs; nalistAnthonyMascarenhas, terlifeofThe Light of Asia afterArnold’s death; ing to Ramesh, “was aman of his times, Thangkapainting of Indic texts, and championedthe cause of ed- cal period forthe emergence of an Asian con- Macmillan covering the events in East and the shortfinalsection narratesthe “cu- firmlyanchored in late Victorian society,a Shakyamuni Buddha ucation and literacy,including women’s edu- sciousness in India, Japan, and China.Did The Education Pakistanfor theKarachi newspa- rious” cases of Arnold’stranslation of a quintessential British imperialistbut deeply cation.Afterhis tenureinPoona, he spent over Light of Asia help triggerit? 148pages; `1,650 per, TheMorning News.Itwas “verse-saying” of aKashmiri saint and in love withothercultures, mostnotably adecade and half (1860–76) in Londonasa Mascarenhas who, in an article princess namedLallesvari, and the “discov- India and, towardsthe end of his kaleido- writer, journalistand poet.Duringthis time, TansenSenisdirectoroftheCenterforGlobal in Sunday Times on June 13,1971, unveiled the genocidal ery” of Arnold’sgrandchildren, theirconnec- scopic life, Japanese as well.” he publishedatranslation of the Hitopadesa AsiaandprofessorofHistory,NewYork intentions of the regime, told to him repeatedlyby tionstothe Indian subcontinent,and the fact Astudent of the classics at Oxford and wroteatwo-volume work on Lord University,Shanghai Pakistani officers. The horrific natureofthe details sharedbyMascarenhas andrelated by Baruah included the willingness to kill twomillion people, eliminationof the intelligentsia, resettlement of non-Bengalis and re- SHELF LIFE distribution of Hindu property.Baruah also generously uses Westerncorrespondents’ assessmentsofthe situa- newsworthy,but that changes soon. The in fact of what passes as news,isasim- tion in both wingsofPakistan. Perhaps,this wastoap- Dark Places repetitionand brazennessofthe subse- portant apartofthe storyasthe actual peal to the audiences in Pakistan, as his commentaries quent crimes bring intofocus the inepti- solving of the crimes. were also broadcastinPunjabi, Pashto,Sindhi and Urdu Jonaki Ray Maximum City,having arrivedfrom tude of thecrimebranch. Arace to solve The interplaybetween politicians, the as partofAIR’s outreach efforts. Allahabad viaDelhi. While he is notsure thecase beginsand the focus of thestory police and the media is brought out in The surge of social media nowmeans the medium of whether he wantstotakeupjournalism alternatesbetween Rohan’sattemptsto the novel, as is the internal politics be- messaging has changed.Internethas made radio broad- IT’S YOUR firstday in anew job in anew as acareer in the long term, he feels that keep pace with theinvestigation and the tween notjustvarious newspapers, but casters audio-content creators in amulti-platform world. city.You do notknowthe languageor thecrime beat would give him aringside accountsofvarious investigating officers also within the variousdepartmentsof All this is reinvigorating the notion of “writing forthe ear”. howtoproceedonyour assignment, for- viewof“things that has always fascinated trying to find the perpetrator before pub- anewspaper.Who gets theleadand how, The reappearance of Baruah’s long-forgottenradio getthe right (or wrong) people to contact him —the brooding cop, the wily crimi- licopinion about them plummets further. what makes fora“story” worthprinting despatches, written 50 years ago, takesusbacktowhat to getitdone. Now, fill in theXfactors — nal,the mind games, the chase, and the Crime fictionthat devotes itself to de- is shownthrough Rohan’s eyes. There’s mayseem as aquaint era, when measurement of audio the city youfind yourself in is Mumbai, final unravelling.” scribing and solving the crime from the also the wrangling and politics within success wasnot trackedbyelectronic audience measure- and the job, thatofacrime reporter. The Afterreporting on acouple of low-key IN PLAIN investigating officer’s point-of-viewisa the various branches of the police that ment but by working foralargercommon cause. It is a Indian Express’s crime reporterMohamed cases whichteachRohanthe ropes of the SIGHT popular genreinliterature. PD James’im- makethe bookanexciting read. pity that onlythe manuscripts surviveand the audio Thaver’s debut novel, In PlainSight,starts beat —whichpolicepersonnel to have BY MOHAMED mortalAdam Dalgliesh, Elizabeth Atighter editing,especiallyofthe broadcasts arenolonger available in the AIR archives. with thisintriguing premise and pro- good termswith,gettingpastthe local di- THAVER George’s InspectorLynleyand,closer middle when the mysteryisheating up, Theywould have madefor acompelling auditorycom- ceeds to unpackthe inner workings of alect andits abbreviations, or howtode- HarperCollins home, AnitaNair’s Inspector Gowda and and morefocusonthe characters would panion volume. Afterall, the attractiveness of radio is in both —the crimebeat of anewspaper as codevarious leads (afterall,“agood story 264 pages Vaseem Khan’s Inspector Chopraseries have improved the storyline, but this is the tone, pace and manner of delivery.Alas, that partof well as thatof“oneofthe premierinves- wasjustaquestionaway”),hegetsto cover cometomind. What makes In PlainSight adebut of promise and one that ends Baruah’s magic, and our heritage, seems lostforever! `399 tigating agencies in the country”: the aseries of murdersinNehru Nagar, alow- unusual is the perspective of thereporter, withthe hope of more to come. Mumbai crimebranch. income area in the city. that adds depth to thenarrative.The Thewriter,aformerdiplomat,isdean, Rohanisarookie reporterinthe The firstmurderdoesn’t really seem machinations involved in newreportage, JonakiRayisaDelhi-basedpoetandwriter KautilyaSchoolofPublicPolicy,Hyderabad

cum-nationalsecurity-advisor. He morningand,consequently, could RajivGandhi also had asense of humour, Sanghvi’s objectivity appearscolouredbyhis brushedasideMishra’s choice of notalwayskeephis eyes open writes Sanghvi. When someone referred to proximity to his sources,whether to the Friends and Strangers Krishan Kant as the presidential during the day. (politician and former prime minister) GandhicamportoVajpayee’sfosterfamily. He candidate. Vajpayee, Sanghvi RajivGandhi, as prime minis- ChandraShekhar’s palatial residence in is dismissiveoftheir adversaries. Narasimha writes, performedabalancing act ter, spokefranklyofhis riftwith Haryana’s Bhondsi as an ashram,hecorrected Rao, forinstance, is described as a“small time VirSanghvi’s memoir is an engaging account of the life between the two. then-president Zail Singh to him loudlyand said it wasmoreofacountry manipulator masquerading as astatesman’’. and times of friends in high places According to Sanghvi, Sanghvi, admitting he did not club. Sanghvi also discloses the genesis of ac- He also glosses over uncomfortable detailsin Manmohan Singh wasSonia send anygovernment papers on torAmitabh Bachchan’s unlikelyfriendship his owncolourful life. His move from print to Gandhi’sfirstchoiceasprimemin- Punjab to theRashtrapati Bhavan with Amar Singh. The latepolitical fixergot full-timetelevisioncameaboutafterhisname Coomi Kapoor functSundaymagazine.Someof theseinsider isterevenatthe time when PV becauseofSingh’s tendency to ChandraShekhar,whenhe wasprimeminis- figured in the Radiatapes (2010). His defence, storiesseemto have beenwithheldearlierbe- Narasimha Raowas appointed meddle in Punjab politics. He ac- terinthe early ’90s, to close thecase, instituted allegedly ignoredby theOutlookmagazinefor cause of his proximity to thesources. partypresident.Heclaimsthatthe knowledgedthathehad nixed by VP Singh as finance minister, against years, wasthat his telephone conversations VIR SANGHVI had acharmedlifeasajournal- Theauthor providesatellingpictureofthe Congress did notbringupSingh’s ARUDE LIFE: mostofthe president’s requests Ajitabh Bachchan, Amitabh’s brother. with (Niira) Radia were doctored,and,inany ist.Somehow, alldoorsopenedforhim.Besides all-important role the lateBrajeshMishra name then because it would have THE MEMOIR to go abroad because “the man is Some of the moreriveting descriptions in case, happenedafter the 2G allotments. Api- his immenselyreadablestyle,hehas always played, virtuallyrunning the Atal Bihari been unacceptable to the allies. BY VIR SANGHVI an embarrassment”. When Mani the book areabout the author’s ownlife. The oneer in news andfeature television,Sanghvi been ashrewd, and oftencaustic observerof Vajpayeegovernment, and offers apeep into Some of the book’s insider Penguin Viking ShankarAiyar,then Rajiv’s aide, suave Mumbai boyfelt constricted in sleepy gothis fingers burnt afteradisastrous experi- menandmatters.Healsohadthegoodfortune Mishra’s battle with LK Advani. Forinstance, tales arehilarious. As prime min- 400 pages protestedthat the PM wasbeing Kolkataand cannotresistanoccasional dig at encewithPeterMukerjeaandhiswifeIndrani, to have friendsinalltherightplaces.Evenwith Advani assuredthe US government that India ister, HD Deve Gowdawas an- `699 toocandid, Rajivretortedthat, “I the idiosyncrasies of hisformer boss Aveek whowere runningtheNewsXchannelinthose his newspaper proprietors, Virwas on breezy would sendtroops to Iraq. 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Zverevdenies 2Afghan athletes reachTokyo From bad to worse allegations, backs ATP domestic abuse rules to compete in Paralympics

ManchesterCity thrash Arsenal5-0 as Gunnersrecordworst starttoseason ASSOCIATEDPRESS NEWYORK,AUGUST28 ASSOCIATEDPRESS TOKYO,AUGUST28 REUTERS OYMPIC TENNIS gold medalistAlexander AUGUST28 Zverev againdenied abuse allegationsmade TWOATHLETES from Afghanistanhavear- by aformer girlfriend and said he would sup- rivedinTokyotocompete in the Paralympics, MANCHESTER CITYmade light work of port the introduction of adomestic violence the International Paralympic Committee said thrashingahapless10-manArsenal5-0inthe policy by the men's protour. Saturday. Premier League on Saturday,aresultthat Zverev,a24-year-old German who was The two-person team of Zakia Khudadadi means the Gunnershavelosttheir opening the runner-uplastyear at the U.S. Open, and Hossain Rasouli had flown from Kabul threeleaguegamesofaseasonforthefirsttime whichstartsMonday, issuedastatement to Paris before continuingontoTokyo, the since 1954-55. about the matter and then brieflyaddressed IPC said. Arsenal coachMikel Arteta,backatthe it at apre-tournamentnews conference. Khudadadi will be Afghanistan's firstfe- Etihad Stadiumwhereheworkedasanassis- The former girlfriend, OlgaSharypova, male athlete to compete at the Paralympics tant between 2016 and 2019,watchedinhor- firstmade the accusations lastyear and pro- since Athens 2004. rorashis team fell apart early on,with Ilkay videdanew,detailedaccount this week via She will challengeinthe women's 44-49- Gundogan and Ferran Torres giving City a2-0 aSlate.comarticle. kilogram weight categoryintaekwondo on leadinside 12 minutes. "I'vealwayssaid that the allegations and Thursday, and her teammatewill line up in Thevisitorsremainedmastersof theirown everything that has been said is untrue.The the heatsofthe men's 400meters T47event chaoticdownfallasGranitXhakainexplicably courtconfirmedthat," Zverev said at the on Friday. got himselfsent offfor atwo-footedlunge in news conference. "So there's nothing else to The Paralympics close on Sept. 5. the 35th minute, making an alreadydifficult sayfrommyside because, as Isaid, the court The IPC said the twoweremet in Tokyo Afghan paralympic athlete Zakia taskthatbitmorechallengingforArteta'smen. confirmedthat it's untrue." at the Paralympic VillagebyIPC president Khudadadi will be the country’s first City couldthen afford to take their foot off Zverev wasgranted apreliminaryinjunc- Andrew Parsons. The IPCsaidthe twowill femaletocompete in the Games since the gasbut the goalsstill flowedasBritish IlkayGundogan directshis header towardsBernd Leno’s goal forManchester tion in Germany againstthe author and pub- notbeavailable forinterviews and have been Athens 2004. Reuters recording signing JackGrealish setupGabriel City’s firstofthe game. Reuters lisher of the allegations. "The courtfollowed givenpermissiontoskip the usual press con- Jesus forCity's thirdjustbeforehalftime. our argumentsand states, the accusations ferences. Rodri addedafourth early in the second aredefamatoryand false," hisstatement said. "Twelve days agowewereinformedthat "On behalf of their fellow4,403 half, before Torres scored his second lateonto No action wassought againstSharypova. the Afghan Paralympic team could nottravel Paralympic athletescompeting at the Tokyo

complete amiserableafternoonforArtetaand ED Sharypova,aformer tennis player,al- to Tokyo, amovethat brokethe hearts of all 2020 Paralympic Games,"she said,"Iwel- his side. EPLRESULTS Adefensive leged lastyear that Zverev attempted to involved in the Paralympic movement and come Zakia and Hossain to theParalympic Another loss means Arsenal arewithout a strangle her withapillowand hit her head leftbothathletesdevastated," Parsons said Village. This is their home forthe next nine PLAIN point, or even agoal, from their three games Newcastle 2-2 Southampton E debacle againstawall at aNew York hotelbefore in astatement providedbythe IPC. days andasacommunity we are100%be- ● so farthis season, while City,temporarilyat EX the U.S. Open in 2019.She said she feared "That announcement kick-startedama- hind them. leastwithrivalsinactionlaterintheweekend, Brighton 0-2 Everton Arsenal’s nightmarish starttothe EPL, forher lifeatthe time.Zverevhas denied jor global operation that ledtotheir safe "Both athleteshavebeen extremelyclear arebackontop of the standings. West Ham 2-2 CrystalPalace three lossesinthree games, has been the allegations. evacuation from Afghanistan, their recuper- that afteryearsoftraining theywantedto "Arteta knows howIlovehim," City boss Norwich1-2 Leicester their worstinhistory and at the heart The ATPsaid lastweekend it would be- ation by France, and nowtheirsafearrival in competeonthe biggeststage of all,the Tokyo PepGuardiola said."In the twoorthree years of it lies adecade-old problem. Aslew gin an independent review of itssafeguard- Tokyo," he added. 2020Paralympic Games," Gotell added. hewasherehewasimportanttowhatwe built. Man City 5-0Arsenal of stop-gap, washedup, criminally ing policies, whichitsaid is expected to in- ChelseyGotell, the IPC Athletes' Council "The fact thatsomanyauthorities have Peoplewantresultsrightaway;withtheplay- AstonVilla 1-1 Brentford poorcentral defenders have found clude recommendations pertaining to chairperson, welcomed them in astatement combinedtomakethis possible is trulywon- ers he had today, Ben White, Thomas Partey Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea refugeatthe Emirates over the years. domestic violence.OnFriday, Zverev said also providedbythe IPC. derful." were missing, manyplayers theyinvestedin Todayinthe 5-0 capitulation to an or- he would favorapolicy."It's going to get were missing, without that it is difficult. dinaryManchesterCity,Arsenal’s sortedinthese kind of situations," he said. "Iknowhisawarenessasamanagerandas twogoals inside12minutes forthe firsttime backline consistedofCedric at right "I think it's good that the ATPiskind of re- aleader,the moment everyone is backhewill since 2017.Xhaka's recklessness musthave back, CallumChambers at right centre newing their rules alittle bit because Rakesh sails into pre-quarters,Shyam exits doanexcellentjob.IknowthisbecauseIknow made Arteta consider makinganearly exit back, RobHolding as the centre back, they'vebeen theresince the '80s and noth- him,Iknowthejobhecando.Todaywescored himself. Sincethe startofthe 2016-17season, Sead Kolasinacatleftcentre-back and ing has been changed in away." Tokyo:Rakesh Kumar continuedhis im- Kong rivalpaledincomparison shooting some goalsthat we didn't deserve. We didn't no playerhas been sent offmoreoften in the Kieran Tierney at leftback. Barring the pressive run of form to storm intothe pre- four 10s(three Xs) foratotal of 131. In the playthat good to scoreagoal," said Guardiola. Premier Leaguethanthe Swissmidfielder. fourth goal, everygoalthat the quarterfinals while his teammateShyam last-16roundonTuesday,thethirdseeded Right from the offinthe Etihadsunshine, Grealish then had an impact as he easily Gunnersconceded wasdowntopoor SundarSwamimadeasecondroundexitas Kumarwillface14thseedMarianMarecak, the Spaniard's confidenceinhis current for- squaredforJesusto makeitthree,beforeRodri marking in and around the boxand an Indiancompoundarchershadamixedday atwo-time 49-year-old Olympian from ward optionswasunderstandableasthehosts drilledawell-placed strikeintothe netfrom inabilitytodefendone-on-one posi- attheParalympicGameshereonSaturday. Slovakia. blewArsenal away,evenifthe visitors gave distance to put City on course forabig score. tions. Their firstgoal conceded –a Aday afterheshotthe highestscore-- Earlier,21stseedSundar,who alsogot them morethan ahelping hand. SubstituteRaheemSterlingshouldhavemade cross intothe boxwas essentiallyfive 699 out of amaximum720 -- by an Indian abye intothe second round, had anarrow Jesus wasallowedfar toomuchtime geta itfive lateon,before Torresarrivedrightoncue Arsenal defenders againstthree, paraarcher in the qualificationround,the 139-142 defeat against2012Paralympics seventh-minutecross intothe middle, Calum to puttheicingonthecakeasCitymadeitback- shorterMan Cityplayers.Callum wheelchair-bound36-year-oldKumareas- silvermedallistMatt Stutzman, the arm- Chambers then got his angles all wrong as he to-back5-0 winsathome. Chambers leaptfor the ball, com- ilyovercame Ka Chuen Ngai of Hong Kong less archer from the USAwho shoots with letthe ball float overhis head and Gundogan pletely misseditand allowedIlkay by amassive 13-point margin at the his feet.Frombeing 55-all at the halfway stole in to head home. Liverpool, Chelsea sharedraw Gundogan to score theeasiestheader Yumenoshima Park here. mark, Stutzman took athree point lead Thingswentfrombadto worseforArsenal Chelseahadto stay contentwitha1-1draw of his life. The shape of their backline Kumar,who wonanindividual gold withaperfect30/30fourthendandsealed as aBernardo Silva cross wasthen allowedto againstLiverpoolatAnfieldafteracontentious wasstretched and pulledand toyed medalatthe7thFazzaPara ArcheryWorld the the fixturebythree points,despite driftpastseveraldefendersbefore Torres,who penalty wasawarded to thehostteam at the withrepeatedly –acharge that solely Ranking Tournament in Dubai earlier this some latechallengebythe Indian. could notbelieve his luck, strokedthe ball stroke of half-time. Chelsea would also lose layatthe feet of manager Mikel Arteta. year,had nearperfectfour ends, dropping Meanwhile, India's javelinistRanjeet home. ReeceJamesto thesamehandballincidentthat Arsenal providedenoughover90 justonepointeachenroutetototalling144 Bhati bowedout of Paralympics afterfail- Arteta cut afrustratedfigure on the touch- matchrefereesandVARdeemedasaredcard. minutes forafull-blown video session out of apossible 150. ingtoregisterevenasinglevalid throw in line. Already underpressureafter Arsenal fin- MoSalahtooktheresulantpenaltyandscored. on what nottodowhen defending AlexanderZverevwon gold in Tokyo Overall,heshot nineperfect10sinclud- hissix attemptsinthe men's class F57fi- ished eighth forthe second successive season The visitors had earlier takenthe lead againstatop team. followedbythe Cincinnati Masters. File ingfourclosest to thecentre(X),ashisHong nal, hereonSaturday. PTI lastterm,theSpaniardwatchedthemconcede through KaiHavertz in the 21st minute. 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BRIEFLY USOpenprotocols From 215/2 to meltdown changed:Fansneed vaccinationproof Indialose eight wicketsfor 63 runs, sufferadefeatbyaninnings and 76 runs as Englandlevel series NewYork: U.S. Open spectators now mustshowproof of at leastone dose of aCOVID-19vaccine to attend SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY SCORECARD matches, achangemade less than 72 AUGUST28 ENGLAND VS INDIA hours before the tennistournament starts.The U.S. TennisAssociation an- INDIA SLIPPED in the corridor of uncertainty. HEADINGLEY nouncedFridaythatthe NewYork Englandlearntfromtheirmistakesonthethird Toss: India, chose to bat City mayor's office decidedtorequire dayand hardlybowledanything on the leg IND 1STINNS 78 proof of vaccinationtogointoArthur stumpwith the second newball on the fourth ENG1ST INNS 432 Ashe Stadium,the main arena at the morning. Eight wicketsfell in less than two IND 2ND INNS 278 (o/n 215/2) National TennisCenter.The USTA then hours.Fromovernight215/2,Indiaslumpedto CPujaralbwbRobinson 91(189b,15x4) optedtoextendthatrule to coverall 278all out to losethe thirdTestbyaninnings VKohlicRootbRobinson 55(125b,8x4) ticket-holders who are12and older and76 runs.Yesterday’sresolve evaporatedinto ARahanecButtlerbAnderson 10(25b,2x4) and enter the grounds during the thin air. RPantcOvertonbRobinson 1(7b) two-week Grand Slam tournament Six catches went behindthe stumps today, RJadejacButtlerbOverton 30 that begins Monday. Theevent is re- eitherto thewicketkeeperorintheslipcordon. (25b,5x4,1x6) turningto100%capacity afterall fans Pujara’s LBWwas down to misjudging the MohdShamibAli 6(8b,1x4) were bannedfromattending ayear lengthandmovementofadeliveryinthechan- ISharmacButtlerbRobinson 2(5b) agobecause of the coronavirus pan- nel. MohammedShami wasbowledthrough JBumrahnotout 1(6b) demic. ACDC vaccination card—ora the gate offabig off-break from Moeen Ali. MohdSirajcBairstowbOverton 0(2b) photo or photocopy—areamong the Indian batsmenbecameuncertainand hung ■ Extras (b4,lb4,nb5,w2) 15 acceptable ways of proving vaccina- their bat, as England seamerstargetedthe off ■ Total(99.3overs) 278 tion. Earlier in the week,the USTA said stumpchannel,bowlinganimpeccablelength. ■ FoW:1-34(Rahul,18.6ov),2-116(Rohit,47.4 spectatorswould notberequired to England’scelebrationaftersecuringthevic- ov),3-215(Pujara,83.3ov),4-237(Kohli,89.6ov), wear masksorshowproof of their torywasatadlow-key.There wasnomadrush 5-239(Rahane,90.6ov),6-239(Pant,91.5ov),7- vaccination status to attend matches to collect the stumps. Ollie Robinsontookone 254(Shami,94.2ov),8-257(Ishant,95.5ov),9- at the U.S. Open. AP to savour his second five-for in Test cricket.He 278(Jadeja,99.1ov),10-278(Siraj,99.3ov) wastheMan-of-the-Matchandthoroughlyde- ■ Bowling:JAnderson26-11-63-1,ORobinson served thememento. In an innings where 26-6-65-5,COverton18.3-6-47-3,SCurran9-1- Verstappenleadsin JamesAndersonreturnedwithonewicket,the 40-0,MAli14-1-40-1,JRoot6-1-15-0 dramaticBelgianGP 27-year-old from Sussex spearheaded ■ Englandwonbyaninningsand76runs England’s pace attack. Onlyabout acoupleof qualifying monthsago,Robinson’scareerwasthrowninto uncertainty afterbeing hauled up forsome of- LEADINGFROMTHEFRONT Paris: RedBull'sMaxVerstappenmas- fensive tweets he postedasateenager.Hehas teredthe treacherous conditions at a shownstrongcharactertoputthecontroversy Root became England's rain-soakedSpa-Francorchampstrack behind and raise his game. With 16 wicketsat mostsuccessful Test to seize pole position from surprise star 19.06, Robinson is his team highestwicket- 27 captain, surpassing George Russell in acrash-interrupted takerafter three Tests. Michael Vaughan’s 26 wins. His tally qualifying session forthe Belgian When England sufferedacrushing defeat of 17 home Test wins as skipper is Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday. at Lord’s, andRootlosingthe plotonthe final ViratKohli added10runstohis overnight scorebeforebeing dismissed by Ollie Robinsonfor 55. Reuters onlybehind AndreStrauss’ 19. The Dutchman lappedthe seven-km daycontributedmoretothelossthananything trackinone minute59.765 seconds. else,thingslookedbleakforthehosts.Bereftof Russell brieflylooked likehewould fourfrontlineplayers–BenStokes,JofraArcher, seize ashockpole in hisWilliams, with StuartBroadandMarkWood–theircomeback Knee scan for Jadeja You can’t hit yourway outoftrouble, even Mercedes's championship leader hasbeenspectacular.Bylettingtheircricketdo Lewis Hamilton unable to beat him, the talking, theygaveIndia arude awakening. NewDelhi: RavindraJadeja wastaken but wasultimatelypippedby to ahospitalinLeedsforprecautionary Verstappen with alap that was0.321 Unravelling scans to knowthe extent of aknee in- you have to build yourinnings:Kohli seconds quicker. Hoping to join India’sbattingunravelledonthefourthday. juryhe sustainedduring the thirdTest. Hamilton at the champion team next England took the second newball right at the Jadeja, who has playedall the three season, Russell inadvertentlyends up startand Andersonwas rightonthe money. Tests,apparentlyhurthis knee while to getout of thatsituation, building our in- “Basically, they bowled alot better than being abufferbetweenthe seven-time Gone were the freebies he offeredyesterday. fieldingontheseconddayofthematch. SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY ningsslowly. Because here(in England) you us in this game. Yesterdaywebattedwell. champion, who will startthird, and his His everydelivery wasachallengefor Virat As of now, theIndian team manage- AUGUST28 cannothit your wayout of trouble. Youhave Today, if Iand Pujarawould have stuckto- RedBull title rival. McLaren's Lando Kohli. Firstthree overs were maidens. Against ment doesn't seem to be tooworried to build your innings,”Kohli said at the post- gether forone moresession in the morning, Norris walked away from aheavy suchpressure,indecisioncrept in.Pujara shoul- as it might notbe"very serious". PTI INDIANSKIPPER ViratKohli has ruledout matchpress conference afterIndia suffered it would have been easier forus,” the India shunt duringthe final phase of quali- dered-arms to aRobinsondelivery that broke playing an extrabatsman following the in- an innings defeat in the thirdTest. captain said, as his team failedtosee offthe fying that forced a40-minutehalt to backoff theseam. It wasfull enough to take a nings defeat to England at Headingley. Three England fast bowlers, James second newball. the session. REUTERS good chunk of the offstump, whichthe DRS The sun shone bright and the Headingley "I don'tbelieve in that balance (extrabats- Anderson, Ollie Robinsonand Craig Overton, confirmed. Pujarawas out on 91,without pitchwas still perfect forbatting. India were man) and Ihavenever believedinthat bal- bowled 19.3 overs on the fourth dayand the Long rope forPant adding anything to his overnight score. doneinbyEngland’s precision. Rishabh Pant ancebecause either youcan tryand save a pitchmap showedverylittle dots on and Rishabh Pant is acase in pointabouthow Mirza-McHalereach The DRS savedKohli, when the India cap- hasbecomeacaseof anglingballanddangling defeat or youcan tryand win agame. And around the leg stump. But morethan the line, thelackofhittingspacehasmadehimasitting finalsinCleveland tain reviewedacaught behind decisionon bat. Yetagain, he reachedfor awide one from we have drawngames in the pastwith asim- the nagging length undid India’sbatting. duck.Panthas 87 runs from three Testsinthe Ajinkya Rahane’s insistence. The bat had Robinson to offeracatchtoCraig Overtonat ilar number of batters,"Kohlisaid. “The areas theybowledwith the (second) seriesandmorethan theruns,hehasbeenre- Cleveland: Indiantennis player Sania clippedthepad.AfouroffRobinsontookhimto thirdslip.Hehasbeenaveraging17 inthisseries. "If your topsix or sevendon't do the job, newball,especially the length theyhit, you peatedly getting out to deliveries outside the Mirza and her American partner hishalf-century. Anotherfourcameonitsheels; Englandhavefiguredhimout.Afterbeingbun- then that extraguy is no guarantee of bail- have to be precise in your decision-making to offstump, playing with an angledbat. Christina McHale sailedintothe ahalf-volleywas driven pastmid-on. Acouple dledoutfor78inthefirstinnings,theonlyway ing youout everytime. Youhavetotakepride faceeveryball.It’snotthatyoumakeamistake Kohli backedthe left-hander.“With one women's doubles final of the 'Tennis of rare loosedeliverieslater,Robinsonregained theycouldhavecomebackintothis Test was in taking responsibility and doing the job for and the ball is wide enough nottotakethe loss, Icannotstart analysing that as acaptain. in the Land' tournament with a hisdiscipline–alengthballangledintothecor- throughexcellentbowling.Butthebowlers,too, the team. If youdon't have the ability or re- edge,”Kohlisaid,puttingemphasisonpartner- Definitelythemanagementisnot goingto start straight-setwin over UlrikkeEikeri ridorandstraightenedwithextrabounce.Kohli were inconsistent. Today, once the firstthree sources to take 20 wickets in aTestmatch, ship batting. “Eventually, it’s howmanypart- analysingthat.We failedinthisgameasateam and Catherine Harrison here. Mirza pushedatitandRoot got acatchatfirstslip.On wicketsfellquickly, thewritingwasonthewall. then youare already playing fortwo results nerships youare putting on. Here, even afirst andwe take responsibilityforthat.Similarcon- and McHale took one hour and 23 the thirdday,during his unbeaten 45, he was- Agoodteamdoesn’tbecomebadovernight. and that's nothow we play,"headded. innings total of 250 or 300can be big enough. versations were being initiated about Pujara minutes to defeat the Norwegian- n’t beaten even once outside the offstump. It UntilthisTest,Indiadominatedtheseries.Rain “Concentration and precise decision- It’saboutputtingonpartnershipsof 50-60runs. aswell,whichseemto have disappearedafter American pair 7-6 (5) 6-2 in the semi- wasadifferent ball game today, with England deniedthemavictoryatTrentBridgeandthey making”, these areKohli’s prescribed anti- If youcan do that, youhavedone the job for yesterday. We want to give Rishabh all the finals of the WTA250 tournament on bowlers asking tougher questions. wentone-upatLord’swithathumpingwin.As dote to England pacers’ length-choke. Hitting yourteam.We have to focusonhowwecando space to playhis game.You can’tjudgepeople Friday. TheunseededIndian- Rahanedidn’tlooktroubledtostartwith.A it turnedout, Leedswas abad Test forthem. one's wayout of trouble is notanoption in partnership batting moreeffectively.” all the time on numbers. There’s still time in American pair will battle it out forthe couple of fours came from themeat of the bat. However, adefeat as humiliating as this de- seaming conditions that give thebatsmen Afterthe firstday batting implosion that this series. Aftertwo moreTestmatches, we tophonours with topseeds Shuko But Englandwerekeeping thingssimple, a mands ashake-up. very little margin forerror. sawIndia were allout for78intheirfirstin- canlook backand reflect and analyse.” Aoyama and Ena ShibaharaofJapan probing line ball afterball. An angleddelivery The next Test starts at the Oval in five days “Wehavetoacceptthat they(England) nings followedbylosing eight wicketsfor 63 Kohli also droppedahintabout rotating in the summit clash. Mirza and from Andersonfromalittle wide of the crease and India have ashort turnaround time. “We won’t makerun-scoring easy forusand we runsinthe second innings today, batting has his fast bowlersinthe next twoTests. McHale had notchedcomprehensive drew himintoadefensive push. The ball liketobeinthe situations wherepeople start have to put in double effort to scoreruns.We been put under the scanner.But during "That'sbound(rotation) to happenasit'sa wins withoutdropping aset in their straightenedtotakethe edge to Jos Buttler.His coming at us with doubtsand startquestion- have to keep double concentration and we England’s innings, India’s bowling wasin- logicalandsensiblethingto do.We don'twant previous twogames. PTI half-centuryinthesecondinningsatLord’sfeels ing the ability of our team,” Kohli said at the should take that as an opportunity;atest of consistent as well. Kohli agreedthat England to pushindividualsto aplacewheretheybreak likeanaberration. post-match press conference. our character,patience and resolve.Wehave bowled better than India. down and thatconversationisimportant."

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successful bowler in the countycircuit, a the ball away or angling it in from wide of the quaint with the Kookaburra balls and make SANDIP G markerofconsistency that earnedhim an crease.Here,to go withtheangle,theballbroke friendswith his role model Josh Hazlewood, AUGUST28 Englandinvitation.Helaterreflected:“Getting backfiendishlyintohis pads.The ball had not who handedoverthe club cap forthe St sackedbyYorkshirewasablessingindisguise. deviatedoffthesurfaceasalarmingly asithad George Club. SEVEN YEARS ago, afterYorkshiresacked It made me switchmylifearound and realise on that particular ball. He is so muchofacricket nerdthat his fledgling seamer Ollie Robinson, then coach that Iwanted to be aprofessional cricketer." Sussexteammates call him the“Badger.” Jason Gillespie lamented:“Whenyou seea Extrabounce, ancillarydevice Maybe, right from childhood,therewas too veryskilfulyoungcricketercontinually display Vindication of calibre The Kohli-wicket over summeduphis ca- muchcricket around him. His grandfather unprofessionalbehaviour,atwhatpointdoyou Similarly,the mostrecent setbackwould reer the best.Kohli struckhim fortwo gor- giftedhimacricket batwhenhewasthreeand continueto toleratewhenyouhavethewhole onlyfuelhimto asserthimself attheTest level. geous boundaries, aflickand an on-drive.But usedtotakehim to matches before he turned squad being very professional? It’s notyour Afterbrieflyfiddling with thoughtsoftaking he producedone that jagged away offthe five.His father Ian wasanactivepresencein righttoplayfor Yorkshire, it’s aprivilege.” anindefinitebreak,hehasbouncedbackwith seam afterpitching. Lulling Kohli intoafalse the clubcircuit whilehis motherissoobses- Robinsonwasdevastated,hefelttheworldwas 16 wicketsinthree TestsagainstIndia. Twoof sense of security and then hurling the knock- sive about the game that she hasearnedthe crumbling aroundhim. themwere five-fors,thesecondatHeadingley out punch.UnlikePujara, Kohli read the nickname'RichieBenaud'forthecricketingad- Robinson apparentlyhad along listofdis- avindication of his calibreasaworld-class length as well as the line, but the extrabounce viceshedishesoutto herson.“If Iget outbadly, ciplinarybreaches.Severaltimes,heturnedup seamer. surprisedhim (justaslackofbounce had sur- I'll getamessagefrommymum saying 'that latefor practicesessions,sometimeshedidn’t The spell with the second newball that prisedPujara). Robinson doesn’t use bounce wasarubbishshot,wasn'tit?”hetoldBBC.His turn up at all, and there were instances when blewout the flickers of India’sresistance,was as his primaryweapon, as mosttallfast stepfatherisformerEnglandkeeperandassis- he popped up at the wrong ground. Robinson an attestation of his skill,discipline and intel- bowlers aretempted to,but an ancillaryde- tant coachPaulFarbrace. couldnotkeeptimebecausehewastoohome- ligence.The stripwasflat,the sunwaspound- vice.Then kicked in the away movement —a Ironically, overseeinghistransformationis sickand missedhis friends at home, in Kent, ingdown,andinthemiddlewere twoofIndia’s fractionand notextravagant. Ala Kyle Gillespie, who joinedSussexin2018. “I would and ended up shuttling between the two finestbatsmen, Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Jamieson. sayheiscomfortablythemostresearchedand places. Besides, he says,hewas naive,are- Pujara, both revitalisedafter runsonthe third Likethe Kiwi, he has farmoresubtle tricks well-preparedfastbowler Ihavecomeacross minder of whichpopped up in Junewhen he dayanddeterminedtocarryIndia’shopes.The Ollie Robinson —withabit of Josh Hazlewood and atouchofKylie Jamieson about in his repertoirethan youthink he has. Back inprofessionalcricket.Hedoeshishomework wasbannedforracistcommentshehadposted newball would invariably allysome move- him—has harassedthe Indians with his line, length, swing, seam,and height. Reuters in his Yorkshiredays,hejustknewtoseam and comes to team meetings justfull of ideas. nine yearsago on Twitter.But thosedays are ment,but the shiningcherry would notauto- the ballintothe right-hander. Now, he seams He watches the footage, gets information and clearly behind him. maticallyreap him aharvest. Robinson knew it away and has learnedtoswing the ball both formulatesplansforeach batsmanwitheither But as he had demonstrated sevenyears he had to plothis wickets. And he did with a lapse in focus, but acleverchangeinlength. leave atallbowleronhislength,assumingthat ways too. He’s picking reverseswing from the neworold ball,” he told The Guardian. ago,aswellasnow, heonlyharnessedthehurt serene menace. Until then, or mostlythroughout the match, the natural height and hence the bounce StuartBroad and the leg-cutter from James This comment of Gillespie would please to transformhiscareer.SackedfromYorkshire, He firstnailedPujarawith ahumungous he had bowled in the shorterside of good wouldtake theballoverthestumps.Thefuller Anderson. In between,hesqueezedintime him more. “Heisagreat example to others.” It he joinedSussex, wherehis career turned nip-backer, whichthe Indian batsman had fa- length,butherehepushedthelengthby afoot lengthsurprisedPujara.Themassive bendwas to play club cricket in Australia foracouple of sums up his transformation story. And of around and from 2018,hehas been the most tallyshouldered arms. It wasnot afleeting but nottoo full either. Mostbatsmen tend to to fool him next. Robinson wasmostlytaking years for“holistic cricketeducation,” ac- course, the wicketsthat keep piling up.

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