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REDIFF.COM EDITORIAL TEAM an Indian environmental activist. Partition, the Pathans would have found much kinship with Saisuresh Sivaswamy, Senior Editorial Director. Sheela Bhatt, Senior Editorial Why did the filmmaker produce it? To help the country? I Indians. Director, News Ivan Crasto, Editorial Director, Sports do not think so. He is taking advantage of our country’s crisis Afghanistan has great reservoir of natural resources, which Shobha Warrier, Associate Editorial Director to become famous and also make money. India and not China should help develop. They have very lit- Prithviraj Hegde, Editor, News, Nandita Malik, Editor, Business Savera R Someshwar, Archana Masih, Syed Firdaus Ashraf, Managing Editors I am surprised that in a country that is the world’s biggest tle in common with China, while in appearance, language, Rajesh Karkera, Joint Creative Head producer of the films, a foreign filmmaker has to come to pro- customs and emotional constitution they are quite like A Ganesh Nadar, Indrani Roy Mitra, Seema Pant, Ronjita Kulkarni, Swarupa Dutt, Associate Managing Editors duce a film about its domestic problems to make the govern- Indians. Prasanna D Zore, Vikash Nanjappa, Deputy Managing Editors ment and the public aware of the problem. The only hitch to forging an alliance with it will be because Rupali S Nimkar, Senior Assistant Managing Editor Onkar Singh, Sanaya Dalal, Assistant Managing Editors The activist herself also could have taken the initiative to of possible mischief-mongering by Pakistan. This can be N V Reuben, Senior Art Director Uday Kuckian, Art Director produce the film or find a director/producer to do it, if she was countered if India and the US take concrete steps to foster Puja Banta, Chief Features Editor so concerned about our country’s problem. division of Pakistan along its ethnic faultlines in Sind, Punjab, Vipin Vijayan, Sanchari Bhattacharya, Chief News Editors Harish Kotian, Deputy Sports Editor I do not understand why India is becoming so vulnerable to Baluchistan, Pashtuns and Azaad Kashmir. A divided Patcy Nair, Bikash Mohapatra, Chief Features Editors foreigners who come and take advantage of our weaknesses, Pakistan will do better by its peoples and its subdivisions will Abhishek Mande, Meghana Biwalkar, Senior Associate Editors Rajorshi Sanyal, Deputy News Editor whether they are doctors or activists. We should be ashamed pose less headache to the world. Gauri Ghadi, Senior Assistant Editor of ourselves that we let these things happen. I am sure India Surendra Kelwala Sonil Dedhia, Principal Correspondent Mahipal Soni, Director, Operations (Editorial) has the manpower and resources to take care of its problems Livonia, Michigan Aslam Hunani, Joint Director, Operations (Editorial) without help from another country. It is embarrassing that Ashish Narsale, Associate Director, Operations (Editorial) Rajesh Alva, Manager, Operations (Editorial) Manisha Deshpande, Senior Visuals Coordinator Anant Salvi, Visuals Coordinator India Abroad Publications, Inc A subsidiary of Rediff.com India Ltd. On the front page, from left: Captain Pratima Dharm, Major Kamaljeet Kalsi and Sukanya Roy, all winners of the India Abroad Award for Special Ajit Balakrishnan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Achievement; Professor Lloyd I Rudolph who won the Friend of India Award with his wife Susanne H Rudolph; Dr Thomas Abraham, winner of the EDITORIAL & CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS India Abroad Award for Lifetime Service to the Community; Anita Desai, winner of the India Abroad Award for Lifetime Achievement; Preet Bharara, 42 Broadway, 18th floor, New York, NY 10004 MAIN OFFICE: the India Abroad Person of the Year 2011; Neera Tanden, winner of the India Abroad Publisher's Award for Special Excellence; Dr Shwetak N Patel, Call: 646-432-6000 winner of the India Abroad Face of the Future Award Fax: 212-627-9503 Web site: http://ia.rediff.com/index.html A3 The doctor

recommends A R Rahman, right and Danny Boyle eams have been written about the Supreme Court’s decision June 28 to uphold President PEOPLE R Barack Obama’s health-care law. But we love how Dr Atul Gawande puts it in perspective, regard- India Abroad less of the way you vote. ‘A few days ago, while await- July 13, 2012 ing the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Obama’s health-care law, I called a few doctor friends around the country,’ he writes in The New Yorker. ‘I asked them if they could tell me about current patients whose health had been affected by a lack of insurance. “This falls under the ‘too numer- ous to count’ section,” a New Jersey internist said.’ The surgeon lists miserable and only too com- mon stories about the lack of insurance from Indianapolis to Ohio, Philadelphia to Las Vegas. ‘Tens of millions of Americans don’t have access to basic care for prevention and treatment of ill- ness. For decades, there’s been wide support for universal health care,’ Gawande says. ‘Finally, with the passage of Obamacare, two years ago, we did something about it. The law would provide coverage for people like those my friends told me about, either through its expansion of Medicaid eligibility or through subsidized private insurance. Yet the country has remained convulsed by battles over whether we should imple- ment this plan — or any particu- lar plan… The court’s ruling keeps alive the prospect that our society will expand its circle of moral concern to include the millions who now lack insurance. Beneath PARESH GANDHI the intricacies of the Affordable Atul Gawande Care Act lies a simple truth. We are all born frail and mortal — and, in the course of our lives, we all need health care. Americans are on our way to recognizing this.’ The Wayfairer

t is not often that we come across an engineer who wants to sell I house ware. Enter Niraj Shah. The Cornell University alumnus is a co- founder, along with Steve Conine, of the fast-growing Wayfair, a Boston- based online house-ware company. ‘The pair have built a business focused on the practicalities of Internet retailing: wide selection — the company has ARR at the more than 5,000 brands and 4.5m items; customer service — it has, for example, received high marks from Stellaservice, an online retailer rating service; and competitive prices,’ says The Financial Times. ‘Now, the part- Olympics ners have set their sights on becoming the Amazon of the housewares busi- ness, and are trying to elevate Wayfair LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS COURTESY: WAYFAIR.COM (recently listed as one of the 25 Best Niraj Shah agic happens every time music composer A R Rahman and filmmaker Tech Companies to Work For in 2012 by Danny Boyle collaborate. Slumdog Millionaire got Rahman two Oscars, Business Insider) from a site you happen ing to go from the transactional part of M while 127 Hours got him two nominations. They are now collaborating upon for the humdrum chore of buying a shopping to the emotive. When you go on the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Boyle is the artistic director of bookcase to the online store you seek out online for anything in your home, we want the event, and Rahman reveals to IFC.com, ‘I’m already doing a track for him for for the deeply personal act of decorating you to think: Wayfair.’ And if the stuff on the Olympics. You’re the first person to know! It’s one of the songs for the opening your home.’ Shah, the company’s chief their Web site is an indication, they are ceremony.’ Here’s to more magic. executive, tells the newspaper, ‘We’re try- not far from their goal. A4 PEOPLE India Abroad July 13, 2012 M Night Shyamalan Night’s plot or all those who have been wondering about M Night Shyamalan’s upcoming F film After Earth, the official plot descrip- tion is finally out thanks to the upcoming Comic Con in San Diego. It reads, ‘In After Earth, one thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind’s new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige (played by Will Smith) returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13- year-old son, Kitai (played by Jaden Smith). When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai’s craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his KEITH BEDFORD/REUTERS father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.’ We hope this one turns out better than his previous box office debacle The Last Airbender. Coming to a screen near you… ivi Singh struggle to realize the moved to the American dream. NUnited States Directed by Pablo as a student. But there Veliz, it has won the was something about Special Jury award at Los Angeles that made Cinefestival 2011. But her want more. “I Singh knows that the came to the US as a road ahead will not student at the necessarily be easy. “I University of Southern am aware that I will California. I had done have to fight the some theater in India. stereotyping of Indians When I saw so many in this industry. It is a creative people in Los constant struggle to Angeles, I felt inspired. get roles and establish I decided to further yourself in this field. perfect my acting skills The number of roles and took classes,” she offered to Indian tells India Abroad. “My actors has definitely family is in India. increased in television, Initially, they were Nivi Singh but we are yet to see shocked when they the trend in main- came to know about my acting aspiration, stream cinema,” she says. Yet she is opti- but now they are supportive and proud.” mistic. She adds, “There is a lot of diversi- The Bhopal-born actress, who has acted in ty in American society, with Indians being short films, plays and on television and an integral part of it now. The contempo- has featured in a Moby music video, will rary stories told by writers/directors will soon be seen in the film Cardboard have a lot more Indian characters, so I Dreams. The movie —which was shot in think I will have a better chance to get Los Angeles, Texas and India and made in roles.” Good luck, Nivi. English, Hindi and Spanish — details the — George Joseph Irrfan Khan, right, with Anil Kapoor Irrfan’s disappointment Art beat he excitement is over. The release of The Amazing Spider-Man July 3 has t is always interesting to walk into a museum in the United States and stumble upon disappointed all Irrfan Khan fans. After all, his role as Dr Ratha is even Indian art. Seven contemporary Indian artists — Sonal Jain, Mriganka T smaller than Anil Kapoor’s appearance in Mission Impossible – Ghost I Madhukaillya, Shumona Goel, Shai Heredia, Vikram Joglekar, Amar Kanwar and Protocol. And that one, as we all know, was really a bit part. Khan has been Kabir Mohanty — were part of an exhibition titled Being Singular Plural at the slammed by the Indian media and audience for doing this film, but, in all fairness, Guggenheim Museum in New York from March to June. Organized by Sandhini Poddar, he had always maintained that his role was not lengthy and he did it for the expe- associate curator, Asian art, it was the museum’s first exhibition to focus exclusively on rience. He told India Abroad: “I am fortunate that I could play a part in this myth artistic production in India. While Kanwar’s 19-channel video installation Torn First of America; the biggest fantasy of the film world. I had a great experience working Pages had political oppression in Myanmar as its subject, Mohanty’s Song for an Ancient with (director) Mark Webb and (actor) Andrew Garfield… The production design, Land explored the issue of identity from a vegetable vendor in Mumbai to a friend in the huge canvas, the shoot and the scale was an experience in itself. As an actor, New York. With Joglekar, who is a sound engineer and designer, Mohanty also presented you want to go through these experiences at least once in your lifetime.” We hope an interactive sound installation titled In Memory. Goel and Heredia’s film I am micro that if the rumors that he plays the villain in the sequel are true, he will return celebrated small-scale independent filmmaking and collaboration. And Jain and with a substantial part. Madhukaillya were inspired by the philosophy propagated by French thinkers Gilles — Patcy N Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Their Trespassers Will (Not) Be Prosecuted was a round-the clock public artwork installed on the exterior of the museum. India Abroad July 13, 2012 NEWS SPECIAL/PHYSICS BREAKTHROUGH A5

know how the discoveries will affect our life or knowledge. But the advanced technolo- gies we have developed will percolate soon The Indian link in the into public use. An example is the World Wide Web which was created at CERN for physicists to exchange data seamlessly... We gave this away to the world without cost, and it has led to a complete transformation Higgs Boson discovery of how we now communicate… apart from the trillions of dollars of transactions cur- rently happening on the Web.” As soon as the Higgs Boson discovery was announced, Sharma’s 8-year-old daughter, a second grader in San Diego, e-mailed him a congratulatory message. Sharma’s wife works for Motorola. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director general, CERN, and others said that it was too soon to know for sure if the particle they found is an impostor as yet unknown to physics, perhaps the first of many particles yet to be discovered. That possibility is particularly exciting to physicists, as it could point the way to new, deeper ideas, the Times noted. Some physicists are still calling it a ‘Higgs- like’ particle. Sharma told India Abroad that the parti- cle “looks very much like a Higgs Boson.” CMS experiment spokesperson Joe Incandela, a physicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said, ‘The results are preliminary but the 5-sigma signal we’re seeing is dramatic. This is indeed a new particle. We know it must be a Boson and it’s the heaviest Boson ever found. The implications are very significant and it is precisely for this reason that we must be extremely diligent in all of our studies and cross-checks.’ In Geneva, 1,000 people stood in line all night to get into an auditorium at CERN to hear the announcement July 4. Higgs entered the meeting to sustained ovation. The next step will be to determine the precise nature of the particle and its signif- icance for our understanding of the uni- Professor Vivek Sharma verse. Are its properties as expected for the long-sought Higgs Boson, the final missing ingredient? Or is it something more exotic? GEORGE JOSEPH saw and thought thousands of years ago,” was one of six physicists in the 1960s who All the matter that we can see, however, Sharma had told India Abroad from suggested that a kind of cosmic molass per- appears to be no more than about 4 percent ou and I exist because of this par- Geneva in an interview a while ago. “They vading space is what gives particles their of the total. A more exotic version of the ticle, though I hate to call it the were thinking of the origin of the world and heft. Higgs pointed out that these cosmic Higgs particle could be a bridge to under- “YGod particle,” said Professor Vivek from where the mass came to the world. It molasses would have their own quantum standing the 96 percent of the universe that Sharma, one of the first people to know moved me and has driven me to pursue particle, so the branding rights went to remains obscure, according to CERN. about the existence of the Higgs Boson — answers for the ancient question. By the him. The particle is also partly named after Sharma said the “plan is to continue which scientists say is key to understanding technology of today I am now answering legendary Indian scientist Satyendra searching for new subatomic phenomena the universe. the curiosity posed by my ancestors thou- Nath Bose, who worked with Albert for the next decade and more.” Sharma, professor of physics at the sands of years ago.” Two teams, the CMS Einstein in the 1920s and made discoveries Born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Sharma University of California, San Diego, heads and Atlas, with about 3,000 scientists, that led to the most coveted prize in parti- obtained his master’s in physics from the the Switzerland-and-France-based CERN’s were looking for the Higgs Boson, the sub- cle physics. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He Compact Muon Solenoid experiment — atomic particle considered to be the cause A large number of Indian scientists, rep- came to the US in 1984 for higher studies. one of two large particle physics detectors for creating mass. Both teams had almost resenting the Saha Institute of Nuclear He also spent five years at CERN in the built on the Large Hadron Collider — team reached at the same conclusion a few Physics in Kolkata, the Tata Institute of early 1990s, where he discovered two new that found the Higgs Boson. months ago. An official announcement was Fundamental Research in Mumbai, the subatomic particles. He is a fellow of the Two major experiments, one headed by delayed for further studies. Harishchandra Research Institute in American Physical Society and received the Sharma, confirmed the existence of the The teams have built the most complicat- Allahabad and the Institute of Physics in UCSD Academic Senate award for distin- sub-atomic particle. The discovery is being ed machines ever, like the Large Hadron Bhubaneswar were also involved in the guished teaching. Other awards he has won hailed as one of the most path-breaking in Collider, the particle accelerator where pro- world’s most ambitious experiment over include the Cottrell Scholar Award, modern times. The new particle is 125 ton-photon collisions are used to search for the years. Research Corporation, (1998 ); Faculty for times the mass of a proton. Without this the Higgs Boson. The multination project ‘India is like a historic father of the proj- the 21st Century, Project Kaleidoscope new particle, matter would not exist. cost about $10 billion. ect,’ Paolo Giubellino, spokesperson of the (1998); and National Talent Prize, Ministry When he was a child, Sharma’s mother, a “Discovery of the Higgs Boson is a very Geneva-based European Organization for of Science & Education (India), 1979. Sanskrit scholar, had told him that The important and a necessary clue to our Nuclear Research, famously known as Asked if the new findings will change Song of Creation in the Rig Veda says the understanding of the subatomic world and CERN, told the Press Trust of India. man’s belief in religion/God, Sharma, who world was void and formless in the begin- indeed why the universe exists,” Sharma How will the discovery impact life and planned to return to the US in a few days, ning and it was utter chaos. The words told India Abroad last week. science? said, “God is some thing very private and a moved the young boy. The particle is named after University of “Discoveries are made out of the curiosi- matter of each individual’s belief. I do “The song was a record of what the sages Edinburgh physicist Dr Peter Higgs, who ty,” Sharma told India Abroad. “We do not experimental physics, not God.” A6 SPECIAL/THE HEALTH-CARE DEBATE India Abroad July 13, 2012

new President and a new Congress who will repeal and replace the terrible law. If you are small business owner, a Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley vow middle-class taxpayer, or if you are worried about what Obamacare will do to the quality of your health care, you have only one option — make President Obama a one-ter- mer.” not to implement ‘Obamacare’ At a media conference, Governor Haley echoed Jindal, saying: ‘Regardless of the decision that came down, what was bad policy yesterday is bad policy today. The fact that Governors Nikki Haley and the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate means Bobby Jindal at the National we are looking at one of the largest tax increases on the Governors Association in the American people we have ever seen. This is a tax increase State Dining Room of the for the people of South Carolina, it’s a job killer — and it is White House, February 27 the government getting in the way of physicians and the patients… It continues to keep us from doing what we know we need…We know best what the people of South Carolina need. We know best how to help the people in the rural areas as well as in the cities. If (Washington,) DC would let us do our job, we would spend less money and be more effective in the way we do that.’ She argued: ‘There is only one solution, and that is new leadership in Washington. We have to have a new Senate, and we have to have a new President. We can no longer have any sort of mandates like this that continue to put tax hikes on the people of South Carolina… We need to repeal this law, I’ve said that from the beginning. We need to not only repeal the law, then we need to go to Washington and say all governors need block granting. We need you to give us the money and let us decide what the people of South Carolina need. We will spend less money. We will be more effective in the way we target it, and we will be able to return that money — if it’s unused.’ Haley also released a letter she wrote to United States Senator Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican and high priest of the Tea Party, regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health exchanges in South KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS Carolina. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling, DeMint had AZIZ HANIFFA and if we don’t repeal it soon, we will have more people rid- urged governors across the nation ‘to stop implementing ing in the cart than pulling the cart.’ the health-care exchanges that would help implement the ouisiana Governor Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal and South He said, ‘I have vowed not to implement Obamacare in Carolina Governor Nimrata ‘Nikki’ Randhawa Haley, Louisiana, because this November we’re going to elect a Page A7 Lboth Republicans, last week pilloried the Supreme Court’s upholding of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which the GOP derisively calls Obamacare. The Indian-American governors vowed not to implement it in their states. ‘This week’s Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare was a disappointment and a blow to our freedoms,’ Jindal wrote in a missive to friends and supporters. ‘As we get farther away from the ruling, reality will dawn on people, and we will be right back to where we were. The American people did not want or approve of Obamacare then, and they do not now. Americans oppose it because it will decrease the quality of health care in America, raise taxes, cut Medicare, and break the bank.’ • European Medical Universities which are Public Institutions, established and well recognized for over a half century. English The Supreme Court, Jindal said, ‘should have protected language curriculum comparable to major American medical our constitutional freedoms, but remember, it was the schools. over the last 60 years, our affiliated universities President that forced this law on us. I congratulate the have trained more than 40,000 Physicians. Supreme Court on one thing — they were far more honest • Programs for both High School and College Graduates. • Smaller class sizes with traditional European style education. about Obamacare than President Obama was. They rightly Excellent hands-on participation for extensive training and have called it what it is — a tax. The truly frightening part experience building. about the ruling is the court’s declaration that President • Unmatched research opportunities available on campus to help Obama can use the federal government to use their powers students enhance potential choice of residency. • Clinical Rotations/Clerkship available at ACGME approved and of taxation to compel behavior. What’s next? Taxes on peo- accredited hospitals in USA or at hospitals in Europe. ple who refuse to drive Chevy Volts or eat tofu? This is • Universities recognized by major State Medical Boards, including ridiculous.’ California & New York; two states with the most stringent rules for He added: ‘Here is the big picture situation in America accreditation and the most residency positions in the USA. Graduates currently practicing across the USA, Canada, Europe today. Success used to be measured by how many people we and throughout the world. could get off the government dole, but now, under President Obama, we measure success by how many people we can get on government programs. Indeed, food stamp rolls have increased by 70 percent since 2007. There used to be a stigma to relying on the government, but now it’s celebrated. We have it 100 percent backwards in America today. We should celebrate people getting off of food stamps, off of Medicaid, and off of government health care. The bottom line is that Obamacare eats into the spirit of independence that made America great in the first place, India Abroad July 13, 2012 SPECIAL/THE HEALTH-CARE DEBATE A7 ‘This will crush this nation’

RITU JHA US Representatiuve Ed Royce at his is going to increase the (gov- the AAPI convention ernment’s health-care) cost to the “Ttune of trillions of dollars,” Akshay Desai, legislative committee chair, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, told India Abroad about the new health-care legislation upheld by the Supreme Court last week. He was speaking to India Abroad on the sidelines of the AAPI convention on Long Beach, California. “As you know,” added Desai, who is also chairman of the Republican Party of Florida’s finance committee, “we as a nation are having deficit spending going on in Washington. We have a national debt of over $15 trillion. On top of that if we con- tinue to spend without any regards for how we are going to pay it back, this will crush this nation.” The Republicans, he added, “are not heartless. We want to make sure that every- body gets taken care of. (But) there are (other) ways. We have the ‘association of heath plan’ and those heath plans held the opportunity to be able to buy insurance interstate.” The Supreme Court ruling will add about 30 million people with medical insurance, and they will be looking for physicians. RITU JHA “It is a great opportunity for us though,” is not the right solution.” ical) schools,” he said. “It takes seven to 10 cians to take care of this increased said Desai, who is chairman, president and Desai pointed out that Republican presi- years before a new physician can come into demand.” chief executive officer, Universal Health dential candidate Mitt Romney has prom- practice.” In his speech at the AAPI convention, Care Group Inc. “We will be having 32 mil- ised to repeal Obama’s health-care law on He also pointed out that many American United States Representative Ed Royce, lion additional people who would be look- the first day in office, if the former physicians are approaching retirement age. California Republican, said, ‘Reform in ing for an insurance solution, and that is Massachusetts governor is elected “We have to look for the work-force health care is one of the most important greatly beneficial for an organization like President in November. opportunity for the future of this great elements. And the one thing that we have ours.” “I will wait till November,” Desai said. nation and by making sure that we have not tackled yet is tort reform.” He added: “Currently we have 65,000 As an AAPI representative, Desai said, appropriate number of physicians and the It is essential, he said, to bring down the Medicaid members in our heath plan. It is one of his primary concerns is the lack of health-care professionals to take care of the cost of health care with tort reform. ‘It a great opportunity for us, but the question funding for Graduate Medical Education. A growing need of seniors,” he said. “There needs to be addressed,’ he said. Speaking to is how we as a nation going to deal with our lot of medical students are having difficult are 42 million Americans on Medicare; by over 1,000 physicians, Royce said the deficit and how we are going to deal with in finding appropriate resident opportuni- 2030, it will grow to 75 million. Every year, insurance system is broken. ‘We should the debt of $15 trillion. We have to act in a ties, he said. we have close to 4 million Americans turn- have one national market for insurance,’ he responsible manner. There has to be a solu- “We do have a shortage of physicians, so ing 65. So those people will need addition- said. ‘We need one national market to drive tion. The solution provided by Obamacare we have to increase the (number of med- al services and we don’t have enough physi- down price and un-complicate this process. Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley vow not to implement ‘Obamacare’

Page A6 nothing — we were given very little in the first provisions and wanted it repealed. place and, unsurprisingly, asked to give far too much in She had said, “You have to fully repeal Obamacare and return.”’ the reason is because the cost on the state is unaffordable. harmful effects of this misguided law.’ She added: ‘Critics of our decision sometimes forget that What we will find is the health care will go down, the costs In her letter, Haley assured DeMint: ‘South Carolina states are given a choice, and the law’s authors may now will go up.” stands with you and your cosigners in opposing implemen- wish that they had not written a federal exchange option Haley acknowledged: “What President Obama did well is tation of state-based insurance exchanges — a decision we into the law. It is increasingly clear that without significant he brought up the conversation in health care, which is a have been committed to since it was announced after care- state assistance, it will be unlikely that any insurance very real concern in this country.” ful consideration last December. Our analysis of the exchange solution can be implemented at all. With the But, she argued: “We need to go back to the basics of exchange law found that, among other things, states have implications of this choice in mind, combined with the every state and look at how many uninsured we have and little meaningful flexibility under the Obama administra- court’s decision properly returning Medicaid expansion say, what do we need to do to make it transparent between tion’s concept of ‘state-based’; exchanges are required to decisions to the state and the fact that the ‘state-based’ the patient and the doctor, the doctor and the insurance assume many administrative functions now performed by exchanges are state-based in name only, states opposed to company, and just like the auto industry, allow insurance the private insurance market; and most notably, the law’s the ACA should not freely give up the leverage we now have companies to cross state lines so that people can pick and primary intent is to create a new system for delivering fed- to repeal and replace this bad law.’ choose which insurance policy they want at the affordable eral insurance premium subsidies under rules governed by In an earlier interview, India Abroad had asked Haley price that they can afford. That’s where we need to go back the Internal Revenue Service — a function where the state why she continues to rail against Obama’s health-care law to. But a mandatory health-care plan that takes people out has no compelling role. The bottom line is that by refusing and if she would be amenable to any changes in the of private policies and puts them on the government poli- to implement state-based exchanges, the state is ceding President’s legislation or if she was outright against all its cies is less services and higher costs.” A8 US NEWS India Abroad July 13, 2012 Gopal Krishna creates history again Aziz Haniffa profiles the most influential Indian-American Republican in the important caucus state of Iowa

opal T K Krishna is undeniably the The National Platform Committee is the most influential and powerful Indian- crown jewel of all those platform committees. GAmerican Republican in the important Therefore, getting elected to the National caucus state of Iowa, which for centuries has Platform Committee — an opportunity that is traditionally held the first presidential caucus available only every four years — is quite an and thus been coveted by every incumbent honor not only for me but for all the Indian and challenger. Americans in this country. During the delib- Over the past 25 years, the Hyderabad-born erations August 20 and 21, I plan to take care and raised Krishna, 65, who immigrated to of state issues such as support for Iowa’s the United States in 1969, has continued to renewable energy industry, bio-fuels industry create history — by being a quintessential and insurance industry, and farming issues grassroots activist, and not by writing out a such as crop insurance, subsidies, soil conser- big check. vation, etc. On a personal level, I will make In 1988, he became the first Indian every effort to have an input in the preserva- American to be elected as a delegate to the tion and protection of civil liberties, support Republican National Convention in New for India’s nuclear power industry to help Orleans, when current Louisiana Governor reduce pollution, bilateral trade with India Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal was only 17. that will help develop both the US and India In 1990, Krishna became the first Indian in terms of jobs and ease the unemployment American to be elected to the state central situation in this country, and support for committee of a major political party. In 1995, immigration of intellectuals and profession- he was elected treasurer of the Republican als from India who can help grow US and Party of Iowa — the first Indian American to Gopal Krishna, left, with create jobs in this country.” Mitt Romney, second from left, become a state officer of a US party. In 1996, in a photograph signed In interviews with India Abroad over the he was elected as state co-chairman of the by the Republican years, Krishna, a life member of the Iowa Republican Party, once again becoming presidential candidate Republican Presidential Task Force and the the first Indian American to hold such a posi- Republican Senatorial Inner Circle, has tion in a national political party. always advocated grassroots activism. In a state that is over 95 percent white, this “This is the only way to go if our communi- was the first time a non-Caucasian had been elected ty wants to gain political empowerment,” he has state co-chairman of any party, let alone the GOP. often said. “Just because some of us have lots of Last month, Krishna once again created history money and we throw that money in support of some when Iowa’s 28 delegates to the 2012 Republican candidates, that does not bring us the same credibil- National Convention elected him as the state’s male ity as when we are involved in grassroots activism… representative to the National Convention We try to buy power rather than earn respect. We Committee on Resolutions — the powerful and pol- want to fly in by helicopter, rather than climb the icymaking Platform Committee — for the conven- ladder.” tion, to be held August 27-30 in Tampa, Florida. When he was first elected co-chairman of the Iowa Every state elects a male delegate and a female Republican Party, he had told India Abroad: “The delegate to the National Convention Committee on fact that I, as an Indian, as an immigrant, as a non- Resolutions, who will be responsible for developing Caucasian, could be elected co-chairman of a politi- the 2012 Platform for the Republican Party. Their cal party in a predominantly white state shows that deliberations August 20 and 21 are to be shown live we can do it anywhere in the country. We simply by CSPAN. have to take one step at a time whenever the proper “To be the first Indian American to represent an opportunity arises.” entire state in such a prestigious committee will be Gopal Krishna, second from right, with son Alvin, left, wife Rajakumari, right, and Texas Governor When Krishna was elected co-chairman in 1996, a humbling experience,” Krishna told India Abroad. Rick Perry Brian Kennedy, who at the time was the head of the June 15, he was elected as a delegate to the GOP’s GOP in Iowa, told this correspondent: “Gopal has National Convention, after receiving the highest number of Central Committee, I was an automatic delegate to the been an instrumental leader in the Iowa Republican Party votes among the 10 candidates who competed for the three Congressional District and State Conventions. Even ever since he joined the central committee in 1990. He has delegate positions during the 3rd Congressional District though my congressional district comprised all new coun- been a guiding force in eliminating the state party debt and Presidential Caucus in Des Moines. ties, I was elected to an unprecedented seventh two-year building up a substantial surplus that will help our candi- Since 1988, when he was first elected as a delegate to the term in the State Central Committee during the Third dates. Of course, how could we go wrong with someone GOP’s National Convention, Krishna has been elected Congressional District Convention, April 21. I received whose first name starts with G-O-P!” seven times to the Republican State Central Committee, highest votes among the nine candidates who competed for Krishna is an alumnus Osmania University, Hyderabad. twice as treasurer, Republican Party of Iowa, and three four positions in the State Central Committee After immigrating to the US, he received three master’s times as the state co-chair, Republican Party. He explained: “Iowa’s delegates are not bound by any law degrees — in electrical engineering from the University of Krishna told India Abroad that during the presidential to vote for any particular candidate. They can vote for who Kansas in Lawrence, in business administration from primaries and before former Massachusetts governor Mitt ever they want. All of them will probably vote for Romney, Drake University in Des Moines, and in sanitary engineer- Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination, who, as you know, has a sufficient number of bound dele- ing from Iowa State University in Ames. He is the founder he had not endorsed any of the GOP candidates. gates from other states to become the nominee.” and president of Krishna Engineering Consultants, Inc, “Being a member of the Republican State Central Hence, Romney’s official confirmation as the nominee which has provided engineering and surveying services to Committee — a 17-member board of directors for the during the convention is a formality. 244 clients on 1, 098 projects in 12 states in the past 32 Republican Party of Iowa — I stayed neutral in the presi- Krishna described how he was elected to the powerful years. dential race in order to extend equal welcome to all the National Platform Committee. Krishna is married to Rajakumari, and they celebrated candidates,” Krishna said. He pointed out that he was part “After the conclusion of the Republican State Convention their 38th wedding anniversary July 1. They have three of the organizing committee on the January 3 caucuses June 16, Iowa’s 28 delegates elected me to the National sons, Alvin, Dean and Golden, and Reena Krishna is their “that started the nominating process for all presidential Platform Committee,” he said. “Every party activist tries to daughter-in-law. They are also proud grandparents of Veer candidates.” be a member of the County Platform Committee, District Krishna, 2, and Asha Krishna, 8 months, all of whom live Krishna added: “Being a member of the Republican State Platform Committee and the State Platform Committee. in West Des Moines. India Abroad July 13, 2012 US NEWS A9

built over the last several years.” Haridwar, Uttarakhand-born Duggal Shefali Duggal on key committee for immigrated to the US at age 2 and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Two years ago, she was also actively involved in Kamala Harris’s campaign for attorney Democratic National Convention general of California. Duggal was a major raiser of funds for Harris and organ- ized at least two fundraisers on Harris’s AZIZ HANIFFA Democratic Convention, representing behalf. California.” Duggal is also a member of President hefali Razdan Duggal has been Her responsibilities on the committee Obama’s Presidential Partners, a member nominated to be on the National will include, she said, “to determine and of the Democratic National Committee SCredentials Committee for the resolve questions concerning the seating Asian American Leadership Council, and 2012 Democratic National Convention of delegates and alternates to the con- the DNC National Steering Committee. in Charlotte, North Carolina, in vention. In fact, the report of the She serves on the DCCC’s Chairman’s September. Credentials Committee is actually the Council and is a member of the Majority Duggal is a longtime Democratic Party first order or business for the conven- Council of Emily’s List, an organization activist who has proved to be one of the tion. I can’t tell you how happy I am to dedicated to electing Democratic women to most effective raiser of funds in be part of this small group selected.” all levels of government. California for President Barack Obama’s Also being selected to be an at-large del- She is also a committee member of re-election campaign, raising nearly $1 egate representing her state at the con- Human Rights Watch, California million. She has been a delegate or alter- vention, she said, “is doubly-thrilling, Committee North, and serves on the board nate to the Democratic National Party and this is particularly exciting for me of directors of The Forgotten International. Conventions since 2000. because I had the honor of being an at- During Obama’s 2008 presidential cam- “There are only 31 people from around large delegate for the Commonwealth of paign, Duggal was a trustee for the DNC the country on the National Credentials Massachusetts at the 2000 Democratic South Asian American Leadership Council, Committee, including two co-chairs and National Convention in Los Angeles, where she focused on South Asian and four co-vice chairs,” an elated Duggal and I remember India Abroad covering young professional outreach, co-hosting told India Abroad. “I am so honored and my participation then.” fundraising events for both Obama and his immensely grateful to (Democratic She added: “I believe my commitment surrogates. She previously worked with National Committee) Chairwoman to the Democratic Party, across the fed- Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign as a (Debbie) Wasserman Schultz for nomi- eral, state and local levels over the last member of the campaign’s Northern nating me. My nomination has been many years, has provided me with the California Steering Committee, and the approved to be on the committee as a privilege to play such an important role.” Women for Hillary Committee. party leader/elected official.” Last year, Duggal was appointed to She was executive director of Indus Duggal explained: “There are three President Obama’s 2012 re-election Women Leaders, a national South Asian main committees which oversee the campaign’s National Finance women’s organization, and is a graduate of Democratic National Convention — the Committee by virtue of her successful Emerge, a political leadership training pro- Credentials Committee, the Platform fundraising for then senator Obama’s gram for Democratic women. Duggal was Committee, and the Rules Committee — 2008 presidential election campaign, also a board member of the Indian and I am so thrilled to be asked to serve and also more broadly for the DNC and American Leadership Initiative, an organi- on one of these important and influen- the Democratic Congressional Camp- zation focused on promoting South Asian tial committees. I believe that aign Committee in 2008 and 2010. political participation. (California Attorney General) Kamala At the time, she told India Abroad, “As Before she jumped into the fray of full- Harris (one of the co-chairs of the Obama the National Finance Committee is a time political activism and fundraising, re-election campaign committee in limited group of selected individuals Duggal worked as a political analyst at California) and I are the only two South chosen both for their fundraising capac- political strategy firm Staton Hughes, and Asian Americans on all three of the ity and ability to reach a wide audience, worked for the MA Democratic Party, the committees. I have also recently learned COURTESY: SHEFALI RAZDAN DUGGAL I also benefited from the extensive net- NH Democratic party, and Senators Ted that I will be an at-large delegate to the Shefali Razdan Duggal with President Barack Obama work of Democratic supporters I have Kennedy and Dianne Feinstein.

Haley clears one controversy, lands in another

AZIZ HANIFFA neering firm, where she was a $42,000-a-year consultant. sole Democrat in the Committee, state Representative State Representative J Roland Smith, the chairman of the Laurie Slade Funderburk, voted against her. outh Carolina Governor Nimrata 'Nikki' Randhawa House Ethics Committee in exonerating Haley, said, 'We After she was exonerated, Haley said, 'The Ethics Haley was last week cleared of any wrongdoing by a turned over every stone that we could to find evidence that Committee did its job thoroughly, professionally, and well. Sstate ethics committee. would make a different decision.' Finding none, he added, It's just a shame that our judicial and legislative bodies The Indian-American Republican governor had been the charges against Haley were 'over. It's been dismissed.' have had to waste so much of their time on phony political accused by an influential fellow Republican, John Rainey, The committee, comprising five Republicans and a charges that never had any evidence behind them or any of lobbying on behalf of a hospital and an engineering firm Democrat, heard testimony from witnesses including com- basis in fact.' - for which she was a fund-raiser and consultant respec- pany executives, lobbyists and state officials, who all said Haley, 40, a rising Republican star whose name has been tively - when she was a state legislator and before she made Haley had done nothing wrong. thrown around as a potential vice presidential candidate to a run for governor in 2010. Haley was not scheduled to testify, but she made a sur- Mitt Romney, also rejoiced with a posting on her Facebook Rainey alleged that Haley had used her influence as a leg- prised appearance before the committee, saying she was page: 'It's My Life.... Bon Jovi . Great song! You better stand islator to secure approval for the hospital to build a heart there to defend her reputation. She slammed Rainey as 'a tall. When they're calling you out. Don't bend, don't break. center and also to help the engineering firm to settle a dis- racist, sexist bigot who has tried everything in his power to Baby, don't back down.' pute with the state over a controversial plan to build a state hurt me and my family.' Rainey complained: 'It is clear that the House Ethics farmer's market. She said that when she ran for governor, Rainey had Committee harbors a culture of corruption enshrouded in a The allegations centered around her work for the accused her Sikh-American family having ties to terrorists. conspiracy of silence… The members of the committee Lexington Medical Center Foundation, for which she Haley was cleared of all charges by a unanimous vote, ought to be ashamed of itself.' His attorney Christopher P raised $110,000 annually, and the Columbia, South except for one charge - where she was accused of not dis- Carolina-headquartered Wilbur Smith & Associates engi- closing her payment by the engineering firm - where the Page A10 A10 US NEWS India Abroad July 13, 2012

and US-Australia-India - would lead to Chinese paranoia about its possible encir- clement and containment. US-India naval exercises vital: Beaman said, "The RIMPAC exercises were never developed to represent any par- ticular geographic area. It was designed and developed to bring together those likemind- Third fleet commander ed nations that wanted to participate in a maritime exercise to develop and foster relationships. I cannot speak to perceptions AZIZ HANIFFA tion will also incorporate prototype or intentions of countries that are not par- energy efficiency initiatives such as ticipating especially in a strategic level. ice Admiral Gerald Beaman, solid state lighting, on-line gas tur- These are things well beyond my pay grade commander of both the United bine water-wash and energy man- and well beyond my scope of control." VStates Third Fleet and the Rim agement tools,' it added. Earlier, Beaman told journalists: 'RIM- of the Pacific Exercise that kicked off Vice Admiral Beaman told India PAC 2012 is our Olympics of sorts. We're last week and continues till August 7 Abroad that there would be major not competing against each other - I like to in and around the Hawaiian islands, "Indian staff participation," but refer to it more as a gathering of gold told India Abroad that the exponen- India would not be fielding a vessel medalists from 22 different nations, and the tially growing US-India maritime in this exercise because "I do know game for us is RIMPAC 2012. It's a realistic exercises will be vital to stability and that the ship that they were looking and well-developed training program. It's security in the region's sea-lanes. at sending had other commitments been developed over several months. It's a "It is going to be very significant," that they were just unable to challenging program that each country has he said, "and the main reason we are reschedule." contributed to and to meet their own indi- building these maritime partnerships He said it had nothing to do with vidual goals and training objectives.' during the RIMPAC exercises is timing "or anything else, but it was a He added: 'For the first time, RIMPAC exactly why we want to maintain our decision strictly made by the Indian 2012 is incorporating a humanitarian assis- relationship with India - to help pro- Navy and regrettably they were tance disaster relief exercise, and we're vide stable and secure international unable to participate at this time, using it for certification of expeditionary commerce through the sea-lanes. but we look forward to their partici- forces to respond to foreign disasters that's Our relationship with India will pation in 2014." a crisis response adaptive force package.' remain significant during the coming India's staff participation, he reit- Beaman acknowledged that China was years." erated, would be invaluable. not invited, but hastened to add: 'We con- RIMPAC is the world's largest Beaman acknowledged that while tinually seek to improve our military-to- international maritime exercise. the US naval maneuvers and mar- military relationship with China. Right now, Twenty-two nations, 42 ships, six itime exercises with India in recent as I suggested earlier, that effort toward that submarines, more than 200 aircraft years have been the largest with any mil-to-mil effort - that effort is taking place and 25,000 personnel will partici- nation, the benefit this time around at the strategic level. And so we do look for- pate in the biennial exercise. This in terms of RIMPAC would be more ward to when we have the opportunity for year's exercise includes units or per- of a coalition opportunity for both more military-to-military engagements at sonnel from Australia, Canada, Chile, countries. the operational and tactical level which Colombia, France, India, Indonesia, "We do bilateral exercises," he would take place in a RIMPAC exercise or Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the explained. "But in the case of RIM- an exercise of this nature. But, unfortu- Vice Admiral Gerald Beaman Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, PAC, with 22 different nations par- nately, that is not where the relationship Peru, the Philippines, Russia, ticipating, whether it's strictly is right now.' Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, the United tions to sea control and complex war-fight- through staff personnel or personnel and He asserted that RIMPAC was not Kingdom and the US. ing. The relevant, realistic training syllabus assets such as vessels, it expands that train- designed as a formal coalition on the lines RIMPAC 2012 also marks the first time includes amphibious operations; gunnery, ing value to incorporate employment of of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization non-US officers will command components missile, anti-submarine and air defense people and things in a coalition environ- sans China. of the combined task force during the exer- exercises as well as counter-piracy, mine ment." 'I want to make sure that everyone under- cise. clearance operations, explosive ordnance He noted that India had been "involved in stands the RIMPAC exercise was never The theme of RIMPAC 2012 is 'Capable, disposal and diving and salvage operations. planning," and that Indian personnel would designed to form a formal coalition,' he Adaptive, Partners.' A Pentagon statement RIMPAC 2012 will feature the first demon- "be on some of the boards and cells within said. 'It is what we would refer to in the US said: 'Participating nations and forces will stration of a US Navy Great Green Fleet, our functional component commanders." as a pickup game, in that those that want to exercise a wide range of capabilities and during which US surface combatants and India Abroad asked him about the lack of participate observe an exercise first and demonstrate the inherent flexibility of mar- carrier-based aircraft will test, evaluate and Chinese participation, and if both RIMPAC then they are allowed to participate. But it itime forces. These capabilities range from demonstrate the cross-platform utility and and the recent trilateral dialogues and naval is by no means meant to try to formalize an disaster relief and maritime security opera- functionality of bio-fuels. This demonstra- maneuvers and exercises - US-Japan-India, institutional type of coalition.' Haley clears one controversy, lands in another

Page A9 'It amazes me that in a week that we have heroes who apologies to both the soldiers' families and to the senate, have died fighting for our freedoms, we have cowards who and that he had asked Major General Robert Livingston, Kenny called the hearing 'a farce', and that 'the fix was in are afraid to take a vote in the senate,' Michael allegedly head of the state's National Guard, to look into the matter. on this from the beginning.' wrote. The same day, the Guard announced that three sol- Livingston said he will conduct an internal review of the On Haley's counter-allegations, Rainey said these 'per- diers from South Carolina had been killed in an attack by a Guard's policy on social media use and was reported to sonal attacks are merely an effort to distract from the sub- suicide bomber in Afghanistan. have spoken with Michael Haley about the matter. Michael, stantive and unresolved questions I have raised.' Amid calls for an apology, Haley defended her husband, it is learned, told him he intended to express himself as a Even as the controversy was being cleared up, the South saying, 'he is a citizen' who had every 'right to get frustrat- private citizen, not as a member of the Guard. Carolina governor was embroiled in yet another controver- ed'. It didn't end there. State Senator Phil Leventis, a sy over a Facebook posting by her husband Michael Haley. Another influential Republican and frequent critic of Democrat who retired as a brigadier general in the South Michael, an officer in the South Carolina National Guard, Haley, state Senator Jake Knotts, asserted that Michael's Carolina Air National Guard, said on the senate floor: 'I had called state lawmakers cowards, for not voting on a bill action had violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal found it difficult that Mr Haley implied that he knew what backed by his wife that would restructure parts of the state employees from engaging in partisan political activity. those three wanted. They died as Americans. They didn't government. Knotts was as saying that Michael Haley should offer die as Republicans or Democrats.' India Abroad July 13, 2012 EYE ON PAKISTAN A11

A woman wears a stick-on tattoo during July 4 festivities at the Baumholder US military base in Germany. Baumholder has traditionally been home to the 170th Infantry Brigade, though the unit, which numbers several thousand soldiers and has participated in numerous combat operations in Afghanistan, will be inactivated by the fall of 2012 and its members and their families redeployed, mostly back to the US

security in Afghanistan and the region.’ This, Clinton argued, ‘is a tangible demonstration of Pakistan’s support for a secure, peaceful, and prosperous Afghanistan and our shared objectives in the region. This will also help the United States and ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) conduct the planned drawdown at a much lower cost.’ Obviously making a case she would also have to make to Congress when it reconvenes, Clinton explained: ‘This is critically important to the men and women who are fight- ing terrorism and extremism in Afghanistan. Foreign min- ister Khar has informed me that, consistent with current practice, no lethal equipment will transit the GLOC (ground lines of communication) into Afghanistan except for equipping the ANSF (Afghan National Security Force). In concluding the call, I reiterated our deep appreciation to the government and the people of Pakistan for their many sacrifices and their critical contribution to the ongoing fight against terrorism and extremism.’ The New York Times reported that the accord had come together July 2 in Islamabad after weeks of behind-the- scenes phone calls, e-mails and meetings between one of Clinton’s deputies, Thomas R Nides, and a top Pakistani diplomat. RALPH ORLOWSKI/NEWS/GETTY IMAGES The newspaper said that Clinton and her top aides, work- ing closely with senior White House and Pentagon officials, had carefully calibrated what she would say in her phone call to Khar. Clinton had opted for the softer ‘sorry’ to meet Pakistan’s longstanding demand for a more formal apology On eve of Independence for the airstrikes, the newspaper said. The Times said the deal carries risks for both govern- ments. Critics of Pakistan’s weak civilian leadership would assail the accord as a sellout to the US, while the rap- prochement offers potential fodder for Republicans who Day, US dependence on have consistently pilloried President Barack Obama for apologizing too readily. Lisa Curtis, the head of the South Asia program at the Heritage Foundation, conservative Washington, DC think tank with close links to the Republican leadership, argued Pakistan exposed that “merely re-opening the supply routes will not help the US achieve its objectives in Afghanistan. Because it does AZIZ HANIFFA respect.’ not address the fundamental problem of continuing For months, both White House Spokesman Jay Carney Pakistani support for the Taliban and Haqqani Network or all its tough talk — that it would not give in to and State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland had that are killing US and coalition forces on a daily basis in Pakistan’s demand for an apology for the airstrikes in asserted that the US had no intention of offering Pakistan Afghanistan.”Curtis, a former Central Intelligence Agency FNovember that killed more than two dozen Pakistani an unqualified apology, and had also refused to agree to official, added: “Pakistan has never explained — let alone soldiers — the Obama administration last week said sorry Pakistan’s demands for huge fees per North Atlantic Treaty apologized — for its lack of action against the enemies of to Islamabad. Ironically, the apology came on the eve of Organization supply truck allowed to use the land routes to the US that find sanctuary on its soil. As Washington closed America’s Independence Day, once again indicating its Afghanistan. Senior Pentagon officials too had indicated down for the Independence Day holiday, US Secretary of dependence on Pakistan. that the US was not going to be blackmailed, though alter- State Hillary Clinton publicly apologized to Pakistan for The Obama administration’s apology — a public state- native routes through Central Asia had cost over $1 billion the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers inadvertently killed by a ment by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — was also in extra shipping fees. NATO military strike along the Afghan border last issued over the July 4 holiday period, when United States Obviously fearing that the relationship with Islamabad November. Secretary Clinton’s apology deal is really inci- lawmakers had recessed. Thereby avoiding howls of protest was fast going down the tubes and counterterrorism coop- dental to the real issue at stake in US-Pakistan relations. from Congress, which has been livid over Pakistan’s double eration had been jeopardized, not to mention the spiraling The reality is that the US and Pakistan are striving for dif- game in the war on terror and where there is a near con- costs of using alternative supply routes, the State ferent outcomes in Afghanistan.’ sensus to cut off all aid to Pakistan. Department capitulated. Curtis said Clinton’s declaration that the restoration of Clinton said she had called up Pakistan’s foreign minister Clinton said the US and Pakistan ‘should have a relation- the supply routes was a ‘tangible demonstration of Hina Rabbani Khar, and ‘once again reiterated our deepest ship that is enduring, strategic, and carefully defined, and Pakistan’s support for a secure, peaceful, and prosperous regrets for the tragic incident in Salala last November.’ that enhances the security and prosperity of both our Afghanistan and our shared objectives in the region.’ is Clinton said: ‘I offered our sincere condolences to the nations and the region… The foreign minister (Khar) and I “simply not true”. families of the Pakistani soldiers who lost their lives. were reminded that our troops — Pakistani and American She warned: “The US cannot afford to allow the Taliban Foreign minister Khar and I acknowledged the mistakes — are in a fight against a common enemy. We are both to regain influence in Afghanistan, lest the country revert that resulted in the loss of Pakistani military lives. We are sorry for losses suffered by both our countries in this fight to becoming a safe-haven for terrorists once again. For its sorry for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military. We against terrorists. We have enhanced our counterterrorism part, Pakistan is focused on ensuring that a regime friend- are committed to working closely with Pakistan and cooperation against terrorists that threaten Pakistan and ly to Pakistan emerges in the country, and that regime Afghanistan to prevent this from ever happening again. As the United States, with the goal of defeating Al Qaeda in would most likely include elements aligned with Al Qaeda. I told the former prime minister of Pakistan days after the the region. In addition, I am pleased that foreign minister Until Pakistan aligns its goals more closely with those of Salala incident, America respects Pakistan’s sovereignty Khar has informed me that the ground supply lines into the US and NATO in Afghanistan and confronts the and is committed to working together in pursuit of shared Afghanistan are opening. Pakistan will continue not to Taliban and Haqqani networks inside Pakistan, tensions objectives on the basis of mutual interests and mutual charge any transit fee in the larger interest of peace and between the US and Pakistan will persist.” A12 EYE ON PAKISTAN India Abroad July 13, 2012 Last tango in Afghanistan The US-Pakistan rapprochement, and implications for India

n an article I wrote March 9 on the appointment of Lieutenant General Mohammad Zahir-ul-Islam as the Inew Inter Services Intelligence director-general, I had written: ‘All indications are that the civilian leadership is keen to mend fences with the United States. Zahir-ul-Islam could be the right man for the job because he was never very close to the US and, at the same time, was never sus- pected by the US of being mixed up with the jihadi terror- ists.’ The three-point face-saver announced from Washington, DC and Islamabad July 3 marks a recognition by the US and Pakistan of the strategic reality that the continuing frictions in the bilateral relations are proving counter-pro- ductive and detrimental to their interests in Afghanistan. The face-saver comprised a statement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing America’s regrets for an air raid — over a Pakistani border post at Salala on the Afghan border on November 26, 2011, in which 24 mem- bers of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps were reportedly killed — and a Pakistani decision to allow the resumption of the movement of logistic supplies between the Karachi port and Afghanistan through Pakistani territory without insist- JOHN CANTLIE/NEWS/GETTY IMAGES ing on an enhancement of the transit fee paid by the North Boys on their way to a small school in the Taliban stronghold of Sundray village in the Pech Valley, Afghanistan, June 28 Atlantic Treaty Organization Pakistan. A US official indicated that as part of the deal, ples of the inmates of Osama’s Abbottabad hideout for ISI had effective control over the different Afghan Washington would also release about $1.1 billion to the DNA tests. mujahideen groups and were able to ensure that they did Pakistani military from a US ‘coalition support fund’ The pending issues relating to the Abbottabad raid are not attack the withdrawing Soviet troops. Now, the designed to reimburse Pakistan for the cost of counterin- still under negotiation between the two governments. A Pakistan army and the ISI do not definitely have effective surgency operations. face-saver should not prove very difficult, since no control over the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, as the Pakistani ‘(Pakistani) foreign minister (Hina Rabbani) Khar and I Pakistani military personnel were killed during the Taliban is called. Pakistan’s ability to pressure the Afghan acknowledged the mistakes that resulted in the loss of Abbottabad raid. There were no Pakistani civilian deaths Taliban and the Haqqani Network to not attack the with- Pakistani military lives,’ Clinton said. ‘We are sorry for the either, except some living with Osama in his hideout. It is drawing NATO forces is yet to be demonstrated. losses suffered by the Pakistani military. We are committed understood that attempts are being made to find a face- The continuing presence and activities of the remnants of to working closely with Pakistan and Afghanistan to pre- saver under which Pakistan will allow the Pashtun doctor Al Qaeda from Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal vent this from ever happen- to settle down in the US after a Areas will be an additional complicating factor, which was ing again.’ token sentence. not there during the Soviet withdrawal. The US will have to Qamar Zaman Kaira, The belated US decision — maintain a high level of drone strikes to disrupt the activi- Pakistan’s information min- after dragging its feet for ties of Al Qaeda, the Haqqani Network and the TTP oper- ister, announced in seven months — to reach a ating from FATA. This could create fresh friction. Islamabad: ‘The meeting of face-saver with Pakistan is an In return for the removal of the ban on the movement of Pakistan’s defense commit- indicator of its coming to equipment from Afghanistan to Karachi during the with- tee of the cabinet has decid- B terms with the ground reality drawal phase, Pakistan might not be satisfied with an ed to reopen the NATO sup- that an invading power would expression of US regret for the Salala raid. It will expect the plies.’ RAMAN need Pakistan’s support for US to be favorable to its interests in Afghanistan, and vis- Pakistan’s new prime min- disengaging from Afghanistan à-vis India. ister Raja Pervez Ashraf, without humiliation. The That could mean fresh Pakistani expectations of US sup- who chaired the meeting, said it was time to end the block- Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan post-1988 was facili- port for limiting the Indian presence in Afghanistan, and ade. He reportedly told the committee: ‘The continued clo- tated by the pressure exercised by Pakistan on the Afghan dilution of the pressure on Pakistan to act against the anti- sure of supply lines not only impinges on our relationship mujahideen to not attack the withdrawing Soviet troops. India terrorist groups. with the US, but also on our relations with the 49 other Similarly, the US is hoping that Pakistan will facilitate the The mending of US-Pakistan fences, if it proves durable, member states of NATO.’ thinning out of the NATO presence in Afghanistan by pres- could create problems for India in our relations with While a face-saving formula has thus been found to end suring the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network not to Afghanistan and in our counterterrorism efforts. Our poli- the post-November 26 frictions arising from the death of attack the withdrawing NATO forces. Moreover, as admit- cymakers have to anticipate the kind of problems that Pakistani paramilitary personnel in the US air raid, a face- ted by US officials, the continued closure of the logistic India is likely to face and identify the options that would be saving formula has not yet been found to the frictions that movements through Pakistani territory would have made available to us in future. arose after the US Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan time-consuming As the NATO withdrawal gathers pace, it will be a hideout May 2, 2011. and expensive — if the NATO forces were to use only the dynamic situation with oft-changing power play. India has Two frictions arose from the Abbottabad raid. The first northern route through the Central Asian republics. to have a dynamic mindset to be able to limit damages to related to Pakistani complaints of violation of its sover- Will the face-savers work? Will the tensions be over once our interests and to counter new threats to our security. eignty by the US undertaking a unilateral raid without its and for all? Will the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan I have said many times that we should not count on a per- permission. The second related to the US complaints of and the withdrawal of heavy military equipment through manent estrangement between the US and Pakistan. Our Pakistani harassment of some Pakistani nationals who had Karachi be smooth? The answers will depend on the sin- policymakers should not similarly count on permanent US helped the Central Intelligence Agency in establishing cerity of the Pakistani political and military leadership and support for our concerns relating to Pakistan’s backing to Osama’s identity. the kind of control that the Pakistan army and the ISI are anti-Indian jihadi terrorists and threats to Indian interests The US has been particularly concerned over the able to exercise on the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban and in Afghanistan. Pakistani arrest and jailing of a Pashtun doctor, Shakil the Haqqani Network. Afridi, who had helped the CIA covertly collect blood sam- During the Soviet withdrawal, the Pakistan army and the B Raman is India’s best known counterterrorism expert Indian Foreign Secretary A13 Ranjan Mathai, right, with his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani in New Delhi, July 4

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Sayeed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, with his face cov- Chhattisgarh: 19 alleged ered, is escorted to a court in Maoists killed, villagers say they New Delhi, July 5 were not rebels The killing of 19 alleged Maoists in Chhattisgarh June 29 by India’s Central Reserve Police Force sparked off a contro- versy last week, with villagers calling the B MATHUR/REUTERS operation fake and accusing the security forces of murdering innocent people. Mumbai attacks dominate In the 40-hour encounter, 19 people, including a 15-year-old girl and 10 others India-PPakistan talks in the age group of 15 to 28, were killed. Addressing a joint media briefing after the two-day India- Security forces maintained that among the Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks in New Delhi July 5, India’s 19 were hardcore rebels, including those Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai insisted that action against the who masterminded the Dantewada prison 2008 Mumbai terror attack masterminds and handlers would be break in 2007. India’s Tribal Affairs the greatest confidence building measure by Pakistan. Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo called He added that India had shared information on the investiga- the offensive ‘completely unacceptable’ tions (into the Abu Jundal case) so far. His Pakistani counterpart and raised the issue with Home Minister P Jalil Abbas Jilani insisted that the entire evidence should be Chidambaram, who said he regretted the shared with Pakistan. Jilani also rejected the accusations based loss of any innocent lives. on Jundal’s confessions that Pakistani state actors were involved in the Mumbai attacks. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS Page A14

Assam floods claim 116 lives The flood situation in Assam remained alarming with 116 people dead at press time as the Brahmaputra and its tributaries con- tinued to flow above the danger mark July 5. An estimated 22,00,000 people had been affected in the worst-ever flood in recent years causing large-scale devastation in 27 of the state’s 28 districts. Road and rail services were also affected. The state disaster relief force and the Indian Army have deployed teams in rescue operations with the Indian Air Force also extending help. Meanwhile, chief minister on US study tour Under fire for his 10-day trip to the United States in the midst of severe floods in his state, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said July 3 such visits were necessary to ‘get a first-hand experience of technological and social advancements in other countries.’ The chief minister, who returned from the tour July 1, said during his visit he had seen and discussed latest the technology and know-how related to different fields, includ- ing flood-control, education and health.

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an affair with Vikas’s sister Bharti. In June 2008, they were sentenced to life imprisonment. Assets case: Court rejects Andhra politician’s bail plea The Andhra Pradesh high court July 4 rejected YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy’s bail plea in a disproportionate assets case. Reddy, 39, was arrested May 27 after being questioned for three days and has been in jail since. He had moved the high court seeking bail after a special Central Bureau of Investigation court rejected his bail application. Sangma’s bid to scuttle Pranab fails July 3, the Rajya Sabha secretary general — the returning officer for the Indian presidential elections — rejected a complaint by P A Sangma who sought the cancellation of Pranab Mukherjee’s candidature on the ground that Mukherjee continued to hold an office of profit at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, even after filing his nomination. Mukherjee provided copies of his res- ignation, submitted before his nomi- nation. Bhanwari Devi case: Fugitive Celebration held ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS Kailash Jakhar — accused of kid- Tibetan exiles rehearse before a performance to celebrate the 77th birthday of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, July 6 napping and murdering Jodhpur nurse Bhanwari Devi — who had escaped from the state high court premises after armed assailants Page A13 Investigation July 4 in the multi-billion dollar Adarsh opened fire and helped him flee, was re-arrested by the housing scam that had fueled a political storm in the state police July 2. leading to Chavan’s resignation in 2010. US court absolves Union Carbide of liability DMK leaders court arrest against AIADMK in Bhopal gas tragedy California court awards Indian couple ‘witch-hhunt’ In a setback to the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas $36.48 million compensation Top Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam leaders, including tragedy, a United States court last week held that neither A Riverside County, California, Superior Court jury party chief M Karunanidhi’s son M K Stalin and daughter Union Carbide nor its former chairman Warren Anderson awarded over $36 million as compensation to Mumbai- Kanimozhi, besides thousands of party workers, courted were liable for environmental remediation or pollution- based Prakash Sheth and his wife Jashiree, whose car was arrest July 4 across Tamil Nadu as part of a protest related claims emanating from one of the world’s worst struck by a big-rig on Interstate 10 in Beaumont two years against the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam industrial disasters. US District Judge John Keena in ago. The Sheths were visiting the US and were on their government. The DMK said the AIADMK had ‘foisted Manhattan dismissed a lawsuit accusing the company of way to an airport in Orange County for a family vacation cases’ against its cadre. Kanimozhi, accused in the 2G causing soil and water pollution around the Bhopal plant in Hawaii with a relative. Jashiree received the worst case, lashed out at the ‘vindictive politics’ of the state gov- due to the disaster. The court ruled that it was Union injuries, including a spinal fracture that left her paralyzed. ernment and alleged that her party leaders were being Carbide India Ltd, and not its parent company Union She now requires 24-hour care. arrested without proof. Carbide, that was responsible for the generation and dis- posal of the waste that polluted drinking water, and the Kashmiri group’s dress Kalam’s book touches raw nerves liability rested with the Madhya Pradesh government. code for tourists Former Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam’s latest The Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir has asked book, Turning Point A Journey Through Challenges, rec- Court pulls up federal agency, quashes tourists to the state follow a ‘proper’ dress code. ollecting his stint as the country’s head of state, has probe against Mayawati Advocate Zahid Ali, spokesperson for the group, said, touched raw nerves in many political circles. Kalam In a major relief to Bahujan Samaj Party chief ‘Some tourists, mostly foreigners, are seen wandering in reveals that he was willing to swear in Congress chief Mayawati, India’s Supreme Court July 6 quashed a nine- short miniskirts and other objectionable dresses here Sonia Gandhi as the country’s prime minister in 2004 year-long disproportionate assets case against her and which is quite against the local ethos and culture and is despite opposition from many quarters over her foreign pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation for initiat- not acceptable to the civil society at all.’ He cautioned origin. Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav criticized ing the probe against her without specific directions from Kashmiris against ‘well-designed vicious plans of the anti Kalam and said, ‘His conscience has woken up late. It is the court. Islamic forces who are working here tirelessly to deviate for self-aggrandisement. We used to respect him a lot but the Kashmiri Muslims from their religious ethos, which now are very saddened after such comments.’ Akhilesh’s about-tturn on cars for lawmakers are indispensable for their very identity.’ July 4, after a nationwide uproar, Uttar Pradesh Chief After questions on gender, athlete faces Minister Akhilesh Yadav revered his decision allowing Murderer seeks retrial video ordeal state lawmakers to buy cars using their constituency Vishal Yadav, who is facing life term for the 2002 mur- Pinki Pramanik, a 2006 Asian Games gold medalist for development funds. der of his sister’s boy friend Nitish Katara, asked the Delhi India facing questions on her gender and charges of rap- high court July 4 to order a retrial. Senior lawyer Ram ing her live-in partner, was humiliated after a cell phone Former Maharashtra chief minister charged Jethmalani, appearing for Vishal, tried to shift the blame video clip of her gender verification test at a hospital in in housing scam for the killing on fellow convict — and Vishal’s cousin — Kolkata went viral. The Calcutta high court has ordered a Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan was Vikas Yadav, while calling for the case to be re-heard. The probe into the alleged violation of her rights and asked among 13 people charged by India’s Central Bureau of Yadav cousins were found guilty of killing Katara who had cyber crime experts to look into the matter. A15 IRS program to

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A CORRESPONDENT ‘We continue to make strong progress in our international compliance efforts that he Internal Revenue Service has help ensure honest taxpayers are not foot- announced a plan to help United ing the bill for those hiding assets offshore,’ TStates citizens living overseas — said Shulman. ‘People are finding it including dual citizens — catch up with tougher and tougher to keep their assets tax-filing obligations and provide assis- hidden in offshore accounts.’ tance for people with foreign retirement Shulman said the voluntary disclosure plan issues. programs had so far resulted in the collec- To help these taxpayers, the IRS offered tion of over $5 billion in back taxes, inter- new procedures that would allow taxpayers est and penalties from 33,000 voluntary who are low compliance risks to get current disclosures made under the first two pro- with their tax requirements without facing grams. In addition, another 1,500 disclo- penalties or additional enforcement action. sures had been made under the new pro- These people generally would have simple gram announced in January. tax returns and owe $1,500 or less in tax for The voluntary disclosure programs are any of the covered years. part of a wider effort by the IRS to stop off- The IRS also announced that the new shore tax evasion and ensure tax compli- procedures would allow resolution of cer- ance. This includes beefed up enforcement, tain issues related to certain foreign retire- criminal prosecution and implementation ment plans, like the Canadian Registered of third party reporting through the Retirement Savings Plans. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. In some circumstances, tax treaties allow The IRS also closed a loophole that’s been for income deferral under US tax law, but used by some taxpayers with offshore only if an election is made on a timely basis. accounts. Under existing law, if a taxpayer The streamlined procedures would be challenges in a foreign court the disclosure made available to resolve low compliance of tax information by that government, he risk situations. is required to notify the US Justice Taxpayers using the new procedures Department of the appeal. announced would be required to file delin- The IRS said that if the taxpayer failed to quent tax returns along with appropriate comply with this law and did not notify the related information returns for the past US Justice Department of the foreign three years, and to file delinquent report of appeal, he would no longer be eligible for Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts — or the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program FBAR — for the past six years. (OVDP). HYUNGWON KANG/REUTERS Submissions from taxpayers who present The IRS also put taxpayers on notice that higher compliance risk will be subject to a Doug Shulman, commissioner, Internal Revenue Service their eligibility for OVDP could be termi- more thorough review and potentially sub- nated once the US government has taken ject to an audit, which could cover more The new procedure goes into effect ply with the law, an IRS statement said. action in connection with their specific than three tax years September 1. The IRS said it is aware that The IRS also announced that its offshore financial institution. ‘We are announcing a series of common- some US taxpayers living abroad have voluntary disclosure programs have Under the current OVDP, the offshore sense steps to help US citizens abroad get failed to timely file federal income tax exceeded $5 billion, and released new penalty has been raised to 27.5 percent current with their tax obligations and returns or Reports of FBARs. Some of these details regarding the voluntary disclosure from 25 percent in the 2011 program. The resolve pension issues,’ said Doug Shulman, taxpayers have recently become aware of program announced in January, including reduced penalty categories of 5 and 12.5 commissioner, IRS. their filing requirements and want to com- tightening the eligibility requirements. percent are still available. Florida broker charged in astrology-based ponzi scheme

SUMAN GUHA MOZUMDER people feel dejected and are more inclined to sell securities. adding that he created phony account statements to hide Persaud, 47, was a registered representative at a Florida- his trading losses and give investors a false sense of securi- urudeo ‘Buddy’ Persaud, a former broker in Florida based broker-dealer but separately operated the now-inac- ty. was charged last week by the Securities and tive White Elephant, starting in mid-2007. In all, he raised Persaud used this money to pay for, among other things, GExchange Commission with defrauding investors in over $1 million from at least 14 investors between July his home mortgage, tuition for his children, family vaca- an astrology-based Ponzi scheme. 2007 and January 2010. tions, and clothing. He also used a debit card linked to the The SEC alleged that he lured family, friends, and others He did not tell investors that in making at least 90 per- White Elephant bank account containing investors’ contri- into investing in his firm White Elephant Trading cent of his trading decisions, he relied on directional mar- butions, and allowed his son to do the same. Company LLC by falsely guaranteeing their money would ket forecasts based on lunar cycles and gravitational pull ‘Persaud preyed on people who trusted him by promising be safe and yield lofty returns ranging from 6 to 18 percent. provided by an Internet service. high and steady returns while hiding his unconventional Persaud would tell investors he would invest in the debt, According to the SEC’s complaint filed in US District trading strategy,’ Eric I Bustillo, director, SEC’s Miami, stock, futures, and real estate markets but refrained from Court for the Middle District of Florida, Persaud used Regional Office, said. revealing his investment strategy, which was premised on investors’ money to make payments to other investors, the The SEC’s complaint seeks disgorgement of ill-gotten the idea that gravitational forces affect mass human behav- hallmark of a Ponzi scheme. He also lost $400,000 of gains, financial penalties, and injunctive relief against ior, and in turn, the stock market. He believed that when investor funds through his trading and diverted at least Persaud to enjoin him from future violations of the federal the moon exerts greater gravitational pull on the Earth, $415,000 to pay for his personal expenses, the SEC said, securities laws. A16 BUSINESS India Abroad July 13, 2012 ‘It’s imperative for the government to reassure investors’ ontek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy change the mood. chairman of India’s planning com- Mmission, says bottlenecks in infra- One factor that has dampened investors’ structure need to be removed to attract sentiment, at home and abroad, is the gov- investment ernment’s tax avoidance proposal and what is, in common parlance, called the Vodafone After taking charge of the finance min- hook. Could the government reconsider istry, the prime minister spoke of reviving these? animal spirits, restoring investor sentiment There are two separate issues. There is the and reversing the climate of pessimism. Vodafone tax issue and I don’t want to com- Does that mean it is imperative for the gov- ment on something involving an individual ernment to act decisively and quickly? company. The larger issue is the general Absolutely, and that is exactly what the anti-avoidance rules (GAAR). prime minister meant. A number of these were introduced; they For us to blame the world is totally wrong. have caused a lot of uncertainty among There are lots of things domestically that investors. The government recognized it by needed to be corrected and that’s what we postponing GAAR’s implementation and should concentrate on. said they were going to bring out draft Growth fell to 6.5 percent, last quarter to guidelines to reassure people. 5.3 percent and, clearly, you need to revive Most important, the government has animal spirits if you’re going to get it back to often said foreign institutional investors eight or nine percent. How important is it to should be reassured that this is not intend- push through stalled reforms? ed to make prejudicial change in their tax When you say animal spirit, what you situation. That’s the correct thing to do. really mean is the pace of investments must The draft GAAR should reassure people. I begin (to pick up). To get investment up, believe they have just circulated something lots of things have to happen. at the official level, invited feedback; these One is pending reforms. A lot has to do have taken care of some problems. I think with better implementation of existing proj- the government should look carefully at ects, which have got stuck. Some of it has to informed opinion on whether these rules do with the tax-related changes the prime take care of the problems that are creating minister talked about. difficulties, and address those. It is a very Taken together, investors need to be reas- important area and not new. We should sured that the government is keen to attract carry the steps taken to a logical conclusion. and promote investment, keen to support Vodafone worried investors Could the gov- domestic investors. ernment come to a conclusion that because There are some reforms the government Vodafone was adjudicated by India’s can push through on its own, like the foreign Supreme Court and then upheld for review, direct investment in retail and aviation. Will that this company will not be affected by the it happen? retrospective amendment in the tax law? Certainly, FDI in retail, in civil aviation, Taxation matters are complex and I don’t should be done. But everything that needs want to pronounce on complex matters, to be done is not a reform. A lot if it is just particularly when they relate to an individ- implementation and bottlenecks being ual company. removed. The concern that came up was not just A second set of reforms like insurance, because of Vodafone, though it is possible banking, pension and goods and services tax the high-profile attention complicated are dependent on legislation. Those are everything else. Vodafone is an issue the stuck in the Indian Parliament. Will the gov- finance ministry will have to handle. ernment be able to find a way, by negotiation Might it be sensible for the government to or by reaching out to parties to push those assure investors that the retrospective through? amendment of tax legislation, something I certainly hope the government will reach that unsettles investors all over the world, out to all stakeholders to build a consensus will not happen hereafter? in Parliament. But, I don’t think the decel- My view is that a retrospective amend- eration of growth is because these reforms ment should be the rarest of things. We are haven’t been pushed through. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman, India’s planning commission UTTAM GHOSH/REDIFF.COM not the only country that occasionally does Remember, for four years we grew with something retrospective. Other tax jurisdic- nine percent (yearly), with none of these reforms in place. tions have done, but very, very rarely. A lot can happen if the implementation bottlenecks in The Business Interview Let’s come to the second problem we face, the fiscal infrastructure, which are holding up investment are deficit. Last year, it came at 5.7 percent (of the Gross removed. None of these require legislative changes. Montek Singh Ahluwalia Domestic Product). If we have to bring it down to 5.1 per- Industrialists note a number of critical projects in the cent, is it critical that subsidies be capped at two percent? power sector are held up because of the unavailability of Correct, and that has been the government’s policy, the coal, pricing and problems with power transmission. Can tlenecks. Legislative changes are important but they can policy of the previous finance minister. The prime minister these be quickly tackled? come over a period of time. has said we need to do it. Absolutely. The highest priority for getting a quick We can sort these out in four months or, at least, we can change of investor mood must lie in overcoming these bot- create evidence that these are being sorted, which will Page A18 MAGAZINE India Abroad July 13, 2012

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reet Bharara made history when room, where India Abroad Publisher and cation, business and industry, medicine and he became the first Indian- Rediff.com Founder, Chairman and Chief even in politics. You came here in search of American US Attorney of the Executive Officer Ajit Balakrishnan looked your dreams and you have realized it on the Southern District of New York, back at the community’s immense achieve- soil of this country. And we applaud you for and the highest ranking law ments over the years. your contribution to the progress and pros- Penforcement officer in the annals of the Ambassador Rao then hailed the commu- perity in US and to the cause to the India- Indian-American experience. nity and India Abroad. “For over past four US friendship.” But some people don’t stop at just making decades, India Abroad has emerged as a The awards — hosted by Columbia history. leading voice of the Indian-American com- Journalism School Professor Sreenath With every passing day, Bharara becomes munity in the United States. It has set high Sreenivasan, for the eighth time in nine a little more legendary. standards of journalism and is serving as an years — began with a new chapter. This legend-in-the-making was June 29 important platform for the community to The first award, the India Abroad Special evening conferred with the India Abroad highlight its achievements and discuss their Award for Achievement 2011, went to three Person of the Year Award 2011 at an A-list concerns and expectations,” she said. of the community’s rising stars. Sukanya ceremony at The Pierre hotel in Manhattan. “To say that the Indian-American com- Roy was honored for winning the 84th The awards presented by India Abroad — munity has come of age is no exaggeration. Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2011. That the oldest and most widely-circulated The accomplishments and achievements of she kept the desi reign at the Bee going for Indian-American weekly newspaper, pub- the 3 million-strong Indian-American com- the fourth year running was a happy coinci- lished from five locations in North America, munity have caught the imagination of this dence. and owned by Rediff.com — have been the country, and indeed of the world. Through The next two awardees opened a new most coveted community honor in the their hard work and contribution to this chapter in the event’s history. For the first United States since inception in 2002. country, the community has earned high time the winners’ roster included military Celebrating achievements across a wide respect and recognition among the larger officers — a mark of the community’s grow- spectrum, representative of the increasing American population. This is clearly evi- ing place in the American fabric. and far-reaching impact of Indian dent from the fact that a larger number to Captain Pratima Dharm, who has served in Americans, this year nine awards were pre- Indian Americans are today leading names Iraq, was honored for becoming the first sented in seven categories. in the fields of science and technology, edu- Hindu chaplain in the US military. The evening began with the who’s who of Then came the inspiring Major Kamaljeet the Diaspora and India — Indian Singh Kalsi. He became the first turbaned Ambassador to the United States Nirupama Sikh to serve in the United States Army in Rao led the guests of honor, which included almost three decades after fighting an among others diplomats Ambassadors Vijay Watch uphill battle for accommodation with his Nambiar, Hardeep Singh Puri, Lakshmi Indian Ambassador articles of faith. Puri, Prabhu Dayal and Manjeev Singh to the United States An emergency physician, he served in Puri, legendary actress Madhur Jaffrey, NIRUPAMA Helmand province in Afghanistan, one of Oscar winner Megan Mylan, Grammy- RAO’s the world’s bloodiest war theaters, and was nominated jazz musician Vijay Iyer, distin- speech on ishare. decorated with the Bronze Star, the US guished dancer Astad Deboo, Chief rediff.com army’s fourth-highest honor, on his return. Financial Officer, District of Columbia, “On the flight over here… I am the one Natwar Gandhi, oncologist Dr that’s randomly screened a 100 percent of Dattatreyudu Nori, comedians Aasif the time… I am standing there in the box of Mandvi and Hari Kondabolou and writers shame and I am thinking this is why I am Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee and Rajesh doing what I am doing, because I don’t Parameswaran — meeting over cocktails http://ishare.rediff.com/video/entertainment/ want my kids to stand in the box of shame… and hors d’oeuvres. ambassador-nirupama-rao-at-the-india-abroad- awards/7166466 The event soon moved to the grand ball- M3 M3 India Abroad July 2012

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presented the award to Tanden, who took over as president of the Center for American Progress last year. The important role Tanden plays in Pride & Honor American politics was highlighted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Tanden its educational standards and achieve- was a close Clinton aide during the latter’s PAGE 2 ments, a MacArthur Genius is a rarity. days as First Lady, Senator and on her Dr Shwetak N Patel — the son of motel Presidential campaign. I want my kids to be able to go to the air- owners, and now an assistant professor at In a specially-recorded congratulatory port, walk down the streets and people to the University of Washington for whom video for the India Abroad Person of the think this is just another American,” Major engaging with the likes of Microsoft Year Awards ceremony, Clinton said, “Neera Kalsi said. Founder Bill Gates and Amazon.com consistently provided me with smart advice “We have to fight for America,” he added. founder Jeff Bezos is all in a day’s work — on major policy issues. And now as presi- “We are a part of America and the enemies was granted the most prestigious dent of the Center for American Progress, a of diversity are certainly the enemies of the MacArthur Fellowship last year and the leading think tank that is providing new nation.” India Abroad honor this year. policy ideas to move the country and the His presence, his words held the audience Earlier winners of the award mathemati- world in a progressive direction, she and in thrall. cian Dr Manjul Bhargava, the youngest full CAP are giving sage advice to policy leaders The India Abroad Person of the Year professor at Princeton University, and Dr Awards, essentially, celebrate that intangi- Priyamvada Natarajan, professor of astron- M4 ble yet wonderful entity that is the commu- omy and physics at Yale University, were nity. Indians abroad weren’t always one. there to present the award — a historic It took a pioneer like Dr Thomas moment that brought together three bril- Abraham to bring the Diaspora scattered liant young minds of the community. across not just the United States, but the The India Abroad Publisher’s Special Watch world together, give them a voice and Award for Excellence has been won by the India Abroad strength. likes of astronaut Sunita Williams, who is Publisher For his tireless, lifelong service to this returning to another six month stint in AJIT cause, India Abroad honored Dr Abraham, space, this time as commander of the BALAKRISHNAN’s the founder of the Global Organization of International Space Station, and Pulitzer speech on ishare. rediff.com People of Indian Origin and a winner of the Prize-winning writers Jhumpa Lahiri and Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, with the India Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee. Abroad Award for Lifetime Service to the Joining their haloed league this year was Community 2011. the woman who shattered the glass ceiling From celebrating the past, the evening and became the first Indian American to turned its eye on the India Abroad Face of helm a major American think tank — Neera the Future Award 2011. Tanden. http://ishare.rediff.com/video/entertainment/the- Even for a community that prides itself on India Abroad Publisher Ajit Balakrishnan india-abroad-publisher-speaks/7166464 M4 India Abroad July 2012 Pride & Honor who has thrice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has won India’s Sahitya Akademi Award — was honored with the India Abroad Lifetime Achievement Award 2011. “Anita Desai was perhaps the first of India’s most prominent writers writing in English after R K Narayan,” said Chiki Sarkar, editor-in-chief, Penguin India. “When she was writing, it was a desert in the landscape of Indian English writing. We didn’t have our Salman Rushdies or Vikram Seths or Amitav Ghoshs or our INDIA ABROAD Amit Chaudharis. She was writing in a vacuum.” Desai’s books, from Cry the Peacock in PERSON 1963 to the Artist of Disappearance in 2011, have not only engaged generations of readers, but also inspired some of the OF THE YEAR greatest Indian writers writing in English. Booker Prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie attended the event just to salute 2011 the legend, asserting in his speech that Desai could hold her own against a writer SPONSORED BY like Jane Austen. “There is a friend here (tonight) who goes back even further back in my history, who I was very, very happy to glimpse,” Desai said. “That’s Madhur Jaffrey. Because as school girls, her sisters and my sisters and I used to bicycle down Alipur Road (in New Delhi) together, to go to Queen Mary’s High School for girls… And JAY MANDAL/ON ASSIGNMENT here we are tonight… Who would have ever thought?... Friends both absent and Neera Tanden pats India Abroad Publisher Ajit Balakrishnan as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hails India Abroad in her present make up the company here. Little congratulatory video message after Tanden received the India Abroad Publisher’s Special Award for Excellence 2011 India, which is not so little anymore, PAGE 3 (which) I am happy to be amongst and for choosing me for this immense honor, which I had never expected.” The evening ended with the much-anticipated India Abroad in Washington and around the world.” Person of the Year Award 2011. She also hailed the role India Abroad has played in the United No one needed to be told why Preet Bharara — who has in the States, saying, “India Abroad has been a voice for the Indian com- past year sent some of the biggest names on Wall Street to prison munity in this country for decades. As that community grows larg- and nailed notorious arms traffickers like Viktor Bout, numerous er and attains greater influence India Abroad has been there to drug traffickers and terrorists — was the unanimous choice for this highlight its successes and encourage greater participation. As year’s honor. Secretary of State and throughout my career, I have seen the criti- Bharara shot into the limelight with his prosecution of top Wall cal role the Indian Diaspora is playing in the United States. And I Street executives like Indian-American icon Rajat Gupta and Sri want to applaud that engagement and hope you will continue to be Lankan billionaire Raj Rajaratnam. But it is only one part of what a voice for diversity, tolerance and hard work, all values that both makes him one of the most powerful people in the world and lands Neera and India Abroad personify.” him on Time magazine’s cover and its 100 Most Influential People Up next was the special award that was instituted last year in view in the World list. of the deepening ties between India and the US. It honors an The Ferozepur, Punjab-born prosecutor has captured the collec- American academic, diplomat, politician or writer who has tive imagination of America with his integrity, his precision prose- enhanced American understanding of India or improved relations cution, his almost fanatical apolitical stance, his considerable effort between the two nations. to maintain a low profile and let the work of his office talk, and his If last year’s awardee, diplomat Strobe Talbott, is considered the unshakeable belief that no one, absolutely no one, is above the rule American who set the tone for present day India-US relations, the of law. winners of the India Abroad Friend of India Award 2011 are, with- Greeted with a standing ovation, he said, “As an Indian American, out a doubt, India’s steadiest friends. or any kind of Indian, I had basically three goals set by my parents. Professors Lloyd I Rudolph and Susanne H Rudolph dedicated First, go to medical school. I totally failed at that. Second, win a their careers to the study of India in the 1950s — a time when it was spelling bee. No good at that one either. And the third was to not fashionable for international scholars to study the country. It appear in India Abroad. So, I am very proud today to say I am one wouldn’t be for decades to come. But that never deterred the cou- for three.” ple. “I am really blessed to have a job that is everyday its own daily Starting from 1956, their first trip together to India, they returned reward…” he said. “The job that I have as US Attorney of every year, not because their careers revolved around the country — Manhattan is a simple one, or at least it should be. The job is really the Rudolphs, who taught at Harvard and the University of to keep our homeland secure, our streets safe, our markets fair, and Chicago, can be credited with introducing the first courses on India our government honest. The job is to do what is right, to cherish the in America — but because they fell in love with it. truth, to expose the corrupt, to protect the weak, to punish the For this and many more debts India studies in America owes guilty and, in everything, to simply serve justice. It is to be fearless, them, the professors were honored with the second Friend of India but also to be humane. And it is to make every decision every day award. without reference to race or religion, power or privilege, status or The evening then leapt to another legend. Author Anita Desai — station. It is, I think, the best job in the world.” „ M5 India Abroad July 2012

INDIA ABROAD PERSON OF THE YEAR From left, Ambassador Vijay Nambiar, 2011 the UN secretary general's special adviser on Myanmar; Rahul Baig of Wells Fargo, one of the main sponsors SPONSORED BY of the India Abroad event; Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York; and lawyer Preeta Bansal

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From left, Vijay Dandapani, COO, Applecore Hotels, a key sponsor of the India Abroad event since its inception, Ambassador Nirupama Rao, and Professor Rudolph

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‘Nobody thought of studying a new nation such as Independent India’ Professor Susanne Hoeber Rudolph’s remarks at the India Abroad Person of the Year Awards ceremony

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PARESH GANDHI India Abroad Lifetime Achievement Award winner Anita Desai, left, and Professor Lloyd I Rudolph, right, with Desai's son Arjun, second from left; Rudolph's son Matthew and Desai's daughter-in-law Kathleen Chia e first encountered India in 1956 when we drove over- around for studying India. Our 1950s PhD classmates at land from London in a Land Rover. It was nine years Harvard were pursuing well-trodden paths, subjects related to W after Independence. Susanne was 26, Lloyd 28. We America or European countries. Nobody thought of studying a had just finished our PhDs and had Ford Foundation Foreign ‘new nation’ such as Independent India. Susanne was told by Area Training Grants. senior faculty that it was alright if she wanted to study India, but Subsequently, we spent every fourth year doing research in Lloyd was told that India was not a suitable subject for a male India. We did this 11 times until our retirement in 2002. Three- graduate student. year intervals were long enough for change to reveal new When we returned to Harvard from our research in India and images: The decline of the sari and the dhoti, the rise of the sal- asked to offer a course on India, our request was refused. We war-kameez, then of trousers, tight were told we could offer a course on jeans and T-shirts; changing Bollywood India as part of the British Empire. The styles from the wet sari to the wet kiss; next year we succeeded in introducing the nationalization of tastes as Dosas courses on Indian government and pol- and Idlis migrated North and Chapattis Watch itics, modern Indian history and Indian migrated South. India Abroad civilization. In 1964 we accepted Our engagement with area studies, Friend of India appointments at the University of political development and moderniza- Award winner Chicago’s outstanding South Asia tion theory began in 1956. There SUSANNE H Center where, for 34 years, we taught weren’t many people who could inter- RUDOLPH’s courses on India pret the world beyond Istanbul. speech on ishare. After World War II, India, figurative- Our next 50 years studying India rediff.com ly if not literally, was the first colony to often proved to be a bumpy ride. At the become a new nation. Its prospects for beginning in the 1950s there were democratic government and economic sunny days: The romance of Gandhi, development were uncertain but hope- admiration for Nehru, the commitment ful. It was an ancient civilization as well to international cooperation and devel- http://ishare.rediff.com/video/entertainment/ as a new nation. opment. Then, in the 1960s, came the susanne-rudolph-winner-india-abroad-friend-of-india- Our first book, The Modernity of award/7166463 stormy weather of the Cold War. Tradition, challenged modernization America asked developing countries to doctrine — that tradition would be choose between the US and the Soviet swept into the dust bin of history and Union. India pleased neither side by choosing to be non-aligned. that 'they' were destined to become like us. We found that tradi- When we took off overland for India from London in a well- tion was often adaptive and that we could learn from them. stocked Land Rover, there weren’t any concepts or models And learn we did. The

Lawyer Preeta Bansal,Lawyer left, Preeta with Bans Natwar Gandhi, chiefNatwar financial Gandhi, ch Brightest officer, District ofofficer, Columbia District Stars INDIA ABROADINDIA ABROAD A glittering evening with PERSON the community’s biggest achievers OF THE YEAR 2011

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PARESH GANDHI From left, Anjan Sahni, co-chief of the terrorism unit in the US Attorney’s Distinguished dancer Astad Deboo Office in the Southern District of New York, with his wife Reena and Ellen Davis, Chief Public Information Officer

JAY MANDAL/ON ASSIGNMENT From left, DJ Rekha, Salman Rushdie, a guest, Aasif Mandvi, and another guest GUNJESH DESAI PARESH GANDHI Indian Consul General in New York Prabhu Dayal, left, and Lieutenant Colonel Ravi Chaudhury M10 India Abroad July 2012 Through the Glass Ceiling Neera Tanden,India Abroad Publisher’s Special Award for Excellence 2011

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PARESH GANDHI Earlier winners of the India Abroad Face of the Future Award, from left, Dr Priyamvada Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, and mathematician Dr Manjul Bhargava, the youngest full professor at Princeton University, with this year’s winner Dr Shwetak N Patel and Neal Simon, president, University of Antigua Vision of the Future Dr Shwetak N Patel,India Abroad Face of the Future Award 2011

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Dr Thomas Abraham, second from right, accepts the award from India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, second from left, and community leader Dr Joy Cherian, the first winner of this award, right. and Sujata Thakur, regional director, India Tourism, left PARESH GANDHI M13 India Abroad July 2012

INDIA ABROAD PERSON OF THE YEAR 2011 The United States Army’s first turbaned SPONSORED BY Sikh in almost 30 years, Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, center, with his family — from left, father Charan Singh, wife Chinar, mother Paramjeet, brother Ranjeet and kids Maya and Kabir

Fighting for AmericaPARESH GANDHI Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi,India Abroad Special Award for Achievement 2011

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The US Army's first Hindu chaplain, Captain Pratima Dharm, right, touches actress and Watch winner of last year’s India Abroad Award for India Abroad Lifetime Achievement Madhur Jaffrey’s feet Special Award for before accepting the India Abroad Award for Achievement winner Special Achievement Captain PRATIMA DHARM’s speech on ishare. rediff.com

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PARESH GANDHI From left, Kathleen Shea, vice president, sales and marketing, the Americas, Taj Group of Hotels; Commonwealth gold medalist shooter Roopa Unnikrishnan; Sukanya Roy, and Grammy nominated jazz artist Vijay Iyer, who last year won the India Abroad Publisher’s Special Award for Excellence M16 India Abroad July 2012

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PARESH GANDHI Salman Rushdie hugs Anita Desai while presenting her the Anita Desai in a India Abroad Award for Lifetime Achievement. He also pensive mood saluted Desai in a moving speech

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http://ishare.rediff.com/video/news-and- politics/exclusive-salman-rushdie-at-the-india-abroad- event/7166479 GUNJESH DESAI India Abroad July 13, 2012 A17 A18 BUSINESS India Abroad July 13, 2012 ‘It’s imperative for the government to reassure investors’ prices remain soft, in the current year 2012-13, we will not have as big a deficit as last year. The key thing is, we’ll still have a deficit so we need foreign inflows to finance it. Therefore, you need to ensure the attitude of this government towards investment remains one that attracts investors? Absolutely, and that is the attitude of the government. What about inflation, stubbornly stuck above seven percent? A year ago, the fear was double-digit. I would be happier if we could say inflation is in the five-six percent range it isn’t, at the moment. A lot that needs to be done on the infla- tion front is keeping the macro (fundamen- tals) under reasonable control and it is under that control. We will not have the pressure on com- modity prices, which we had in the previ- ous year. I think that will be a softening effect on oil prices and if we have a reason- able monsoon, given that we have a big food stock, I don’t expect too much pres- sure on food inflation. The whole GAAR problem was allowed to develop, when you knew the economy was slowing. Why was that problem allowed to develop in the first place? As soon as the budget was presented, it was clear that GAAR was going to be a prob- lem. The previous finance minister (Pranab Mukherjee) then postponed it by a year, in

RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/REUTERS clear recognition that what had been put forward was not acceptable. There is a The expectation that the rupee will keep weakening is no longer there, says Montek Singh Ahluwalia process; when you make changes, you con- sult. I hope they resolve this uncertainty very quickly. Page A16 Are you willing to accept a higher fiscal capital outflow. Was the previous finance minister himself deficit? For, when people are uncertain about the the problem? If you are really committed to capping sub- A budget growth assumption. Variations exchange rate in other countries, you see a You don’t want to be carried away by sidy at two percent, would you accept that in growth, it is assumed, will impact the fis- capital outflow; in India, they buy gold. newspapers. They always try to put one diesel and cooking gas (LPG) prices and, cal deficit. Most people say, let us deter- Because gold import has been choked off, minister against another. The art of taxa- perhaps, kerosene need to be raised quickly mine what is the structural fiscal deficit we the CAD next year will on its own come tion is difficult. You have to give credit to and substantially? want and then, if the growth is less, you down? the previous finance minister; after all, he The view of the plan panel and any econ- should accept the deterioration. That’s The expectation that the rupee will keep postponed the application of GAAR. omist on this is that diesel and LPG have to what we are doing around the world. weakening is no longer there. If you remove Within 24 hours of Mukherjee resigning, be aligned with global prices. We can keep I’m saying we should continue with the the gold imports from the accounting, the course correction has started. The prime in mind the need to subsidize really vulner- 5.1 percent defined as the structural deficit CAD of the first three quarters of 2011-12 is minister is using a different language and able individuals, certainly kerosene and, target and if the growth is less than that, we pretty much the same as it was in 2010. animal spirits are suddenly being worried may be, LPG, but otherwise it is not possi- should accept that the fiscal deficit in the High, but the same. about. ble to run an economy if you are going to current year might worsen and in the next So the CAD over a period of time will cor- The India growth story having slowed is maintain substantial subsidies on these. year’s budget, we’ll have to set a more rect itself? not something the previous finance minis- If you are really serious about that 5.1 appropriate target. In 2012-13, it will not be 4.2 percent. ter was denying. percent deficit target, remember it is pre- The second deficit that worries people is Are you also saying by that same account, Previously, the government denied there dicted upon a growth assumption of 7.6 the current account deficit (CAD), an the slide in the rupee will slowly reverse was policy paralysis; now, there is admis- percent, which many believe is unrealistic. unprecedented 4.2 percent of GDP. I know itself? sion that there was. We are not going to get 7.6 percent. My the steps you take to improve investment I don’t like predicting the exchange rate Using terms like policy paralysis is good guess is the best hope we have for the cur- will help balance the CAD and the weaken- but its weakening has gone a little beyond television; it’s not good policy making. rent year, given the slowdown that has ing of oil prices will help you but beyond what underlying fundamentals would sug- When things happen, you take a corrective occurred, the economy could grow at 6.5- that, do you have steps? gest. step. Let’s see how it works out. 7 percent, depending on what happens in A very large part of the CAD deteriora- So, in these two areas, the CAD and the the next six months. I don’t think 7.5 is tion in 2011-12 over the previous year was rupee slide, the government doesn’t need to Excerpted from Montek Singh possible. due to a huge import of gold. That is do much because those are situations Ahluwalia’s interview with Karan Thapar In which case, expenditure has to be cut? choked off anyway and I think that deterio- already correcting themselves? on CNN IBN’s program the Devil’s Advocate Globally, a rigid fiscal target is not a con- ration is less a development on the current You always need to worry about the CAD temporary practice. account than a sort of a substitute for the but I don’t think it will be 4.2 percent. If oil By arrangement with Business Standard India Abroad July 13, 2012 BUSINESS A19

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he rambling, low-slung vastness of Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the TPhilippines, is broken by the steel and glass high-rises of Makati — the country’s financial nerve center. At one end of Ayala Avenue, the main thorough- fare of this central business district, sits Bong Borja, in a roomy corner office. The story of the Philippine business process out- sourcing (BPO) sector is well known, but Borja reveals another facet of this extraordinary tale: how the Philippines learnt to play the outsourcing game from India. It is a tale of consequence because the Philippines has since outplayed the Indians at their own game, and is now the biggest exporter of the voice-based BPO services in the world. ‘A lot of our success was because we were operat- ing with India, in hindsight. We were learning from them, taking the best practices but also avoiding the pitfalls. We knew, for example, early on that wage inflation was creeping up and so when we were faced with the same issue, we were steadfast as an industry to not go into that trap,’ Borja says, with a hint of an accent. He can speak of the industry with some authori- ty — he was among the Filipino entrepreneurs who got the country’s BPO industry off the ground at the turn of the century. Employees at a call center in Siliguri , By 2004, PeopleSupport, the company that he West Bengal founded, was listed on the NASDAQ, and had expanded in the Philippines and even to Costa RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/REUTERS Rica. Four years later, it was acquired by the Essar Group and became part of Aegis, of which he is now president — strategic initiatives. ‘But we learnt good things as well. (For instance) the expansion geographically into other provinces of India, and How the Philippines not just focusing on the main ones in India. We knew that we had to go near where the talent is,’ he adds. Along the way, Borja played a pivotal role in setting the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP), the equivalent to India’s National Association of Software outplayed India in the and Services Companies (Nasscom), and the Contact Center Association of the Philippines. He has chaired both bodies, once even concurrently. ‘We were trying to forge a very strong partnership outsourcing game between the Nasscom and BPAP in promoting off shoring,’ Borja recalls, though he stutters a little while trying to get former Nasscom president Kiran Karnik’s first name right. ‘A lot of the fiscal incentives that we’ve got right now have wasn’t enough human resource available. The partnership has persisted, insists Gillian Joyce been patterned after India and a couple of other countries. ‘That helped tremendously, because I think today the Virata, senior executive director, BPAP. The income tax holidays and things like that,’ says Borja. ratio of companies that are operating with economic zone ‘We always look at India to see what’s happening, what it For companies that register with the Philippine status but not physically in the economic zones would has done right, what we should watch out for, if there are Economic Zone Authority, there’s an income tax holiday for probably be over 90 per cent. It’s a major, major thing,’ he any pitfalls and since India started ahead of us, naturally as up to eight years, followed by 5 percent tax on gross adds. a leader, we watch it all the time,’ she says, ‘It’s nothing to income, compared to 35 per cent for other corporate enti- As a result, while much of India’s information-technolo- be paranoid about. We do work well with Nasscom.’ ties in the Philippines. gy sector works out of distant software parks, the booming According to Virata, the Philippine government looked at Alongside, there’s a complete waiver on value-added tax Philippine BPO sector delights in the comforts of vibrant Nasscom as a template while setting up BPAP in 2004. for any purchases, as well as no tax or duty on imports. and well-connected business districts in the heart of its ‘India actually made outsourcing a comfortable and Kiran Karnik, former president, Nasscom, recalls his cities. viable proposition to the western world, and so the barrier erstwhile organization’s support for the then fledgling Yet, the country has had its own ghost to fight on the way to off shoring, by the time we came in, was less. They (the Philippine BPO sector. to the top. client) could only say that since we’ve outsourced to India, ‘There are many things that they picked up from us,’ he ‘We did have a law that said that women could not work we can also outsource to the Philippines,’ adds Borja, ‘So, admits, when asked about the fiscal incentives, ‘And they at night, and government was supportive in that it would we did feed off the success of India.’ bettered us on that, while our government has stepped allow companies with women working in night-shifts to There are the usual reasons why the BPO sector has seen back and there are differences on the tax and regulatory apply for waivers,’ discloses Virata. ‘We only amended the strong growth in the Philippines: a substantial English- front now.’ law only last year, I think. All this time, companies have speaking population, with about 500,000 graduates com- Industry bodies like BPAP did much more than merely been filing for exemptions from the law. But the govern- ing into the job market every year; labor cost arbitrage, as take the Indian paradigm and replicate it in the archipela- ment has been open-minded enough to realize that the law wages remain much lower than other large English-speak- go. really needed to be amended.’ ing countries; and a cultural affinity to Western countries, ‘One of the biggest tweaks that was done was extending Without its women, it would be next to impossible for the particularly the United States, the largest outsourcing the economic zones to buildings,’ says Borja. Philippines to grow the industry to 25 billion by 2016, with client in the world. While the original law looked at developed repressed 1.3 million employees. But even with them, it is unlikely to There are other factors that have helped create favorable areas or empty United States military bases, the industry be an easy target to achieve. conditions — and some of these have a distinctly Indian fla- lobbied hard to get these extended to buildings as infra- vor. structure in the prescribed locations wasn’t ready and there By arrangement with Business Standard A20 BUSINESS India Abroad July 13, 2012 BITS Pilani eyes US universities

RITU JHA that they can get to know each other. Once that happens then we can go forward to joint collaborative research.” ijendra N Jain, vice chancellor, the Birla Institute of Technology Jain said BITS had plans to grow its academic programs at its three and Science in Pilani, Rajasthan, was in the United States to new campuses in India. India, he said, lacked good faculty members and Bexplore collaboration options as part of BITS Pilani’s Vision 2020 funding was a major problem. plan. Jain said he was on a 15-day trip to the US and had visited Stanford, “We are visiting nine universities in California,” Jain told India Abroad. UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz and planned to visit universities “We would like to be able to find ways by which we can collaborate on in Southern California before heading back to India. research. The first thing that we are looking forward to from these uni- He said he was also looking forward to hiring economics PhD students Bijendra N Jain, vice chancellor, versities is for them to be able to host some of our faculty colleagues. So and post-doctoral researchers. Birla Institute of Technology

A watchman sits next the week that was to stacked sacks of rotten wheat at Dera Mir Miran village, Punjab, June 27. Rodent-infested wheat and rice are Air India pilots call off 58-day rotting in fields across North India strike due to a woeful lack of storage facilities About 450 pilots of India’s national carrier Air India and an inefficient, who fly international routes called off their agitation July corruption-plagued 4 after 58 days — one of the longest strikes in India’s avia- public distribution system that fails tion history. The Air India management said it would millions of ‘sympathetically’ consider the reinstatement of the 101 impoverished people sacked pilots, but did not give any assurance. No service tax on remittances to India by Diaspora India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has dismissed reports of any plans to bring under the service tax ambit foreign remittances by overseas Indians, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said July 3. Singh has also sought details from the finance ministry on the issue, he added. Chandy raised objections before the prime minis- ter over the reported move by the government to levy the tax on the money of Indians working abroad. AJAY VERMA/REUTERS India’s economic troubles The Indian Patent Office effectively ended Bayer’s self-inflicted: Report monopoly for its Nexavar India’s economic troubles are mostly self-inflicted, drug and issued its first-ever resulting from policy paralysis and opposition to reforms, compulsory license allowing a situation that is unlikely to change before the general local generic maker the election in 2014, says a report titled ‘Emerging Asia Hyderbad-based Natco Pharma to make and sell the Economics Update — What’s Gone Wrong in India?’ The drug cheaply in India report by by Capital Economics, a macro-economic research consultancy, expresses doubts over reforms even post 2014. Maoist trade unions setting up base in Tamil Nadu factories Maoists have reportedly established a foothold in the key industrial belts in Tamil Nadu — the base for top global companies like Nokia, Dell, BMW, Daimler and Hyundai. The Confederation of Indian Industry and the Employers’ Federation of Southern India have discussed how to deal with this problem. Ban on milk import from China

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Understanding tax liabilities on gifted property How can I get my Non-Resident Ordinary Transferable 15CA. property. Development Rights converted to Non Resident External iii. Takes printout of filled Form-15CA with system gener- TDR? As far as I understand I should send the bank request ated acknowledgement number. I am currently in the process of selling my ‘inherited’ to encash the NRO TDR prematurely and then transfer cer- iv. Signs Form-15CA and submits it to the Bank along house in Mumbai and planning to buy rural electrification tain amount of that to make NRE TDR in the same branch with Form-15CB in duplicate bonds to save on capital gains tax. I have been advised to with form 15CA and 15CB with attachment of the copy of the v. Bank remits the Amount. open a dematerialized account with an Indian Bank so the statement of the TDS issued by the bank and the certificate bonds can get deposited there directly. of our filing the income tax in India on the total income I hold a self-acquired housing property in Delhi. I want to My Indian bank told me that they do not allow Canadian including the interest on the NRO TDR. gift a portion (one floor) of the property to my NRI son. I and US residents to open a demat account. My wife and I file income tax in India and in the US. We have the following queries: Could you please tell me the name of the financial institu- are US citizens and have Overseas Citizenship of India 1.Whether I can gift the portion to my son? tion, which will allows Canadian residents to open such an cards. 2. If yes, what will be the rate of account? Also what are the Reserve stamp duty? —Vijay Gandhi Bank of India notification details 3. If he sells the gifted property, At the outset, let us clarify that the REC bonds that you of May 7 wherein it has allowed a can he transfer the sale proceeds refer to need not necessarily be bought in the demat form. provision subject to payment of to his NRI account? In other words, you may opt to receive the physical bond tax and the ceiling of $1 million 4. What are the procedural for- certificate at an address specified by you. If you would per financial year. malities, ceiling for exemption rather own the forms in the digital form, then a demat — Dr V R P Sinha and taxation, if any, and tax liabil- account would be necessary. Yes, your understanding is cor- ity for both? There are some organizations who do not allow opening rect. A non-resident Indian was — Meena demat accounts by US-based NRIs and others do. Last we allowed to remit the foreign 1. Yes, any of your close relatives checked Kotak Securities offered demat accounts to US exchange abroad but was not can receive a gift of any financial NRIs. But there would be several others — you will have to allowed to deposit it into his A N SANDEEP asset owned by you. check with the major banks and other financial institutions NRE account. If he needed to do 2. The rate of stamp duty differs individually. Take care to open such account at the same so, he had to remit it to his bank SHANBHAG SHANBHAG from state to state. However, the place as you may have a residence or family connection in abroad and remit it back into his duty will be far less in the case of India. NRE account. such a gifted property. The AP DIR Circular 117 May 3. NRI/ Person of Indian 7 announced, ‘that henceforth NRI as defined in Foreign Origin may remit sale proceeds within the limit of $1 mil- Readers who wish to ask A N Shanbhag a question can Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2000 con- lion per financial year of immovable property acquired by fill in the following details and mail the coupon to: The tained in notification number Foreign Exchange him by way of — Business Editor, India Abroad, 42 Broadway, 18th Floor, Management Act 5/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as a) Purchase out of rupee funds (or when such person was New York, NY 10004 amended from time to time, shall be eligible to transfer a resident) or Or fax it to 212-727 9730 funds from NRO account to NRE account within the over- b) Inheritance or legacy or gift or all ceiling of $1 million per financial year subject to pay- c) Settlement without the settler retaining life interest in Your question: ment of tax, as applicable (i.e. as applicable if funds were which case, this may be reckoned as transfer by way of gift, remitted abroad). the remittance can be effected only when it is sought for Such credit of funds to NRE account shall be treated as bona fide purposes to the satisfaction of the AD. eligible credit in terms of paragraph 3(j) of Schedule-1 of 4. The procedural formalities in respect of submission of notification number FEMA 5/2000-RB dated May 3, Forms 15CA and CB have been detailed in a reply to anoth- 2000.’ er query in this column. As regards tax, as and when your There has been a substantial increase in foreign remit- son sells the property, he will have to pay capital gains tax. Name: tances, making the manual handling and tracking of cer- The cost to be adopted for this purpose is the cost as paid tificates difficult. To monitor and track transactions in a by you (your son’s cost is nil since the property is gifted). Address: timely manner, circular 04/2009 July 6, 2009 has modi- Even the holding period would be the combined holding fied the format of the undertaking (Form-15CA) which is to period — the number of years that you have owned the be filed electronically. The format of the certificate of the property plus the number of years that your son holds the accountant (Form-15CB) has also been modified vide inser- property. If such combined holding period is more than A N Shanbhag is an investment consultant and author of In the tion of Rule 37BB through notification 30/2009, March three years, the capital gain would be long-term in nature. Wonderland of Investment; How to Convert a Taxpayer into a 25, 2009. The tax rate would be 20.6% of the capital gain that Taxsaver; NRI Investment Guide. This article does not constitute The revised procedure with effect from July 1, 2009: remains after subtracting the indexed cost from the sale tax or legal advice. Consult your tax or legal advisor before making i. Remitter accesses www.tin-nsdl.com. proceeds. There would be no tax liability on you, only your any tax- or legally-related investment decisions. The authors may ii. Electronically uploads the remittance details in Form- son would be liable to tax since it is he who is selling the be contacted at [email protected]

urbanization programs. Water, sewage and percent to 5 percent on foreign investment lion) in April-June. the week that was transportation are among the main chal- in long-term infrastructure bonds and on lenges for the country in building capaci- external commercial borrowings in certain ties in cities. sectors like power, airline, roadways Delhi-Mumbai industrial Page A20 among others. It is a tax levied on income, corridor in innovative India to launch $40 which includes interest and dividends No plans to cut from securities owned by non-residents. projects list billion city projects withholding tax on The Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor India will launch the $40-billion second project has featured in a list of world’s phase of its urban renewal mission in government bonds Rupee fall to hit India most innovative and inspiring infrastruc- about four months, Urban Development The Indian government has no plan to Inc’s margins by $2bn ture projects by consultancy firm KPMG. Minister Kamal Nath said. The Jawaharlal reduce withholding tax for foreign The rupee’s depreciation of 9.36 percent The $90-billion project is aimed at creat- Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission investors on government bonds as demand against the dollar in the first quarter of the ing industrial infrastructure along the phase II will be carried out over the next for these bonds are strong, a senior Indian current financial year is expected to Delhi-Mumbai rail freight corridor, which five years as India works to cover its infra- finance ministry official said. The govern- increase India Inc’s mark-to-market losses is under implementation. structure deficit and manage massive ment will reduce withholding tax from 20 on foreign currency loans by over $2 bil- India Abroad July 13, 2012 A23 California’s program for EB-5 investor visa

The state of California has changed its policy and will now business has been designated a high unemployment area. provide customized Targeted Employment Area certifica- This designation and certification of TEAs in California is tions for projects that qualify under the new state guidelines. effective from May 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013, when a Eligible TEAs include metropolitan statistical area, counties, new certified list will be issued based on calendar year 2012 cities, or individual census tracts with qualifying high unem- unemployment data. ployment that are not in already designated metropolitan Q: What if my project is not in a designated metropolitan statistical areas, counties, or cities. statistical area, county, city or individual census tract but is Under federal law, 10,000 immigrant visas per year are nearby or adjacent to one? Can I still get a TEA designation? available to qualified individuals seeking permanent resident A: You can still apply to USCIS for a designation, but the status on the basis of their engagement in a new commercial State of California will not issue you a certification. enterprise. This visa program is popularly called the EB-5 Q: Can I link multiple counties, cities or census tracts visa program. together to create an area of high unemployment and Permanent resident status based on EB-5 eligibility might receive a certification from the state? be available to investors who have invested – or are actively A: No, only projects that are located directly in a desig- in the process of investing – at least $1,000,000 into a new nated metropolitan statistical areas, counties, cities, or commercial enterprise that they have established. A new census tracts having high unemployment rates are eligible. commercial enterprise includes: the creation of an original Aggregating counties, cities, or census tracts is not in line business, the purchase of an existing business and restruc- with the state guidelines of the program as the intent of the turing or reorganizing the business to the extent that a new state is to support projects in areas of high unemployment. commercial enterprise results, or expanding upon an exist- Contact: [email protected] ing business. An applicant seeking status as an immigrant ‘We are all descended from folks who came from investor must demonstrate that his/her investment will ben- someplace else’ said President Barack Obama at the natu- efit the United States economy and create full-time employ- ralization ceremony held at White House for military per- ment for no fewer than 10 qualified individuals, or maintain sonnel. Part of his remarks: the number of existing employees in a ‘troubled business.’ ‘I have to tell you, just personally, this is one of my favorite If the investment in a new commercial enterprise is made in things to do. It brings me great joy and inspiration because it a TEA, the required investment is decreased to the $500,000 reminds us that we are a country that is bound together not investment level. A TEA is either a ‘high unemployment area’ simply by ethnicity or bloodlines, but by fidelity to a set of in an urban setting (being part of a metropolitan statistical ideas. And as members of our military, you raised your hand area) that has experienced an unemployment rate of at least and took an oath of service. It is an honor for me to serve as 150 percent of the national average rate or a ‘rural area.’ your commander-in-chief. Today, you raised your hand and Applicants to the EB-5 visa program must demonstrate that have taken an oath of citizenship. 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HARISH KOTIAN is so much external entertainment. I remember while growing up, the ahul Dravid, who retired long train journeys for playing first from international cricket class. When you were on these jour- Rearlier this year, says Test neys, in the evening you could hear G cricket in India will face stiff sur- R Viswanath or Syed Kirmani talking vival challenge in a decade’s time about the game or Carlton Saldanha since children growing up now or Roger Binny. You had their undi- may prefer easy bucks in the vided attention and you kept pester- Twenty20 format over the tradi- ing them by asking questions. It was tional form of the game. a great time and a lot of my learning The cricketer — in Mumbai July early on happened in these train 4 for the launch of a book titled journeys. I fully enjoyed them. Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel — Are cash-rich tournaments like the spoke on many issues including his IPL spoiling today’s youngsters? brief stint as India’s captain, his It is hard for me to be judgmental relation with former coach Greg of kids of today. When I grew up, if I Chappell and more. wanted to be a successful profession- al cricketer, making a living out of What forced you to give up India’s the sport became a part of that. I had captaincy in September 2007? completed a commerce degree in col- I thought it was a great honor lege, and not very successfully, so I and privilege to captain my coun- knew I had to make this click. try. I dreamt, as a kid growing up, I knew the only option for me was of wanting to play and that’s all I to be a successful Test cricketer at wanted to do. that stage. There was no other way I In some ways, I had a taste of could make a professional living out what it was like, because for four- of the sport I loved. and-a-half years before that I was Today there are a lot of options for the vice captain under Sourav not playing Test cricket but yet mak- (Ganguly) and had captained in a ing a living out of the game. You can’t few games as well. When I got the blame young kids for taking that job I took it on with an enthusiasm opportunity if they feel they are not and energy that in some ways I felt good enough for Tests. was needed at that stage and I I don’t want to judge them on that, wanted to do it. but I would like to challenge them. I I know in the end I gave it up would like to tell young kids that the because of that very reason. Maybe greatest satisfaction is from actually it was just the amount of cricket we playing Test cricket and playing in played in that period, some of the some of the greatest stadiums across ups and downs we had. To be fair Rahul Dravid at the book launch event in Mumbai, July 4 HITESH HARISINGHANI/REDIFF.COM the world. So don’t sell yourself short. we had some good results and Try and achieve it, because it is possi- some crushing disappointments. All that took a toll on me. it takes I don’t know. ble and can be done. I would get up in the morning before some of the one-day Your relation with the controversial coach Greg It will be interesting to know what young kids like my son international games and think, ‘Oh God, here is another Chappell? — who have grown up watching Twenty20 cricket — would game of cricket.’ I had never felt like that earlier. I thought he was a fantastic person to talk cricket. Right want in ten years’ time. So that will be a challenge. I don’t It is a tough job. There is a lot of stuff that happens out- from the first time I met him in Australia I thought he was see it as an immediate problem in the future, but I see that side the field that you need to be able to deal with. In hind- a terrific man; he really knew the game. He is a kind of per- as a long-term issue over the course of the next ten years. sight, there are a lot of things that I look back and think, sonality who has grown up in an era of Australian cricket The best captain you played under? maybe, I could have done it better. where after playing the game they sit back at the end of the It is a tough one, because all of them had their strengths I would like to believe that I did a pretty good job of it. day, spend hours at the bar discussing the game. There was and each of them meant something to me. I played the Some times when certain results don’t go your way, like the a lot there that he could offer in terms of knowledge, the longest under Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh World Cup, it takes a toll on you emotionally. If some of experiences of having played the game so much. He was a Dhoni. those results could have gone better, maybe, my frame of great batsman himself, so he knew batting and understood Ganguly brought a certain amount of passion to the job mind would have better and I would have been able to it well. There was a lot he could offer, there was a lot he and had the desire to win. He took whatever it took to win. carry on longer. could help young kids with it. Dhoni took over one of the more mature teams; he is a Your plans for the future? Did Chappell call the shots when it came to picking the great leader by example, someone whom I have always I don’t really know what is lined up in the future. It is a team? admired. I think both of them were really good for a long great game and it has been part of my life. I would in some It was always my team; there was no doubt it. Greg was a time. way like to be involved in some form or the other. What strong personality and because of the fanfare and publicity Reasons for your failure in the 2011-2012 Australian tour. that form takes, and how and when it happens, you never that came with whatever he did, at times it would always It should have happened earlier as well. It should have know. seem that it was his team more than mine or the Indian happened in England and in the West Indies earlier. I think I have to be humble about it as well. A lot of people who team. my timing went off in Australia. It is a tricky thing, the tim- I respect and who I feel have been able to really make some He is kind of that person who can polarize opinions at ing. It is just a question of when you deliver your bat and good contributions to the game from the outside have times. He had an opinion, and, like most Australians, he when the bat comes down and the timing of the bat coming taken some time away from the game. I have been caught voiced it and he was strong about it. But I always felt that down; maybe, I lost that a little bit in Australia. up in this for the last 25 years, if you talk about the under- it was my team; I was very happy with things and the way Maybe, they bowled well too, they pitched the ball up. 15 cricket I played for Karnataka. they went. The thing with these tours is that you don’t have time to I have lived this game, I have played this game; I have How has the culture in the team changed over the years: analyze too much, not a lot of time to work on small chinks been around people associated with the game. I think In a way, it is a sign of professionalism, because people that come in to your bat. sometimes it is not a bad idea if you step away from it all, are so busy cooling down, stretching, going to the physio- Over a period of time, I would like to believe that there go outside and look at things from a different perspective. therapist; so time for social interaction or meeting people have been periods where I have made mistakes, or the tim- It is a great game and there is no way I can give back. I and getting together happens less. ing has gone wrong or the technique has lost its shape, but would love to be associated with it someway and what form I think there are many distractions in today’s time. There I have been able to pull back and find a way to fight back. India Abroad July 13, 2012 NY/NJ/CT T1

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he forecast had said thundershowers but hundreds of devotees walked Tnearly a mile under a blazing sun to the new marble Jain temple in Franklin Township, New Jersey, July 4. There were nine floats — filled with members of fami- lies who had bid for the honor — two horse carriages, a bagpipe band, and exuberant devotion. “Our Jain munis (saints) have made a big difference,” said Pravin Tamboli, one of the organizers. “Their mantras must have been so powerful. See, no rain.” The organizers believe at least 4,000 devotees — a good number of them coming out of the state, with a few hundreds from the West Coast — participated in the prayers and cultural activities stretching across 10 days. The organizers did not get an elephant to attend the ceremonies but they promised a helicopter that would fill the temple area with flowers. The pushpa varsha would last for three hours, the organizers said. “We are also letting the people around us know that the cardinal principles of ahim- sa (nonviolence) and how even Mahatma Gandhi was inspired by Lord Mahavira’s teachings,” said Tamboli. The temple facilitates various Jain sects under one spacious roof. The new temple Shikarbhandi Derasar,

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Snapshots from the inaugaration ceremony A26 COMMUNITY NEWS India Abroad July 13, 2012 Molly Smith gets top post at Pratham

GEORGE JOSEPH the International Association of University World Within: Evil in the Tragedies of Presidents to the United Nations. Shakespeare and his Successors (1991). r Molly Smith, former president of During her inauguration as president of From 2002 to 2006, she was the dean of Manhattanville College, New York, Manhattanville College, Smith said the the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Dhas taken over as the executive women who have influenced her personally Hall University in South Orange, New director of Pratham USA, a nonprofit to include her mother, grandmother and her Jersey. help children’s education in India. mother’s adoptive mother. She called them Chennai-born Smith is an alumna of ‘The opportunity to bring my experiences the ‘the pillars on which I rest my personal Ethiraj College for Women, Madras in India, the United Kingdom, and the commitments.’ Christian College, and Auburn University. United States to bear on extending At the time, her former colleague at the She is married to Duane H Smith, director Pratham’s powerful mission and positive Seton Hall University in New Jersey, of honors and scholars, Mercy College, in impact on individuals and communities is Professor A D Amar, had told India Dobbs Ferry, New York. They have a son an extraordinary opportunity in service and Abroad: “Molly Easo Smith is an American and a grandson. leadership,’ Smith was quoted as having success story, the story of meteoric rise that Pratham USA, which has an annual said. ‘This position allows me to wed my could excite many immigrants for some budget of less than $14 million, has been interests in educational excellence, access time to come. What happened to Smith can awarded the highest four-star rating from to learning, India, globalism, and philan- happen only in America; in about a decade, Charity Navigator for the past six years. thropy into a single role.’ Molly rose from basically a faculty position The organization was founded with Dr Atul Varadhachary, president, Dr Molly Smith in a small no-name college to the president UNICEF support in the slums of Mumbai Pratham USA, said Smith ‘is an outstand- of Manhanttanville College. She has what it in 1994. Today, Pratham’s direct urban pro- ing educator and proven leader who distin- takes to succeed in America — a unique grams, including pre-schools, community guished herself throughout our search combination of ambition, drive, mettle, and libraries, and remedial learning programs process.’ 19 Indian states. malleability.” reach hundreds of thousands of children Arvind Sanger, chairman of Pratham’s Smith, a Shakespeare scholar, has previ- Smith brings extensive experience as a annually. In 2007, with the support of the board, said Smith’s ‘passion for education ously held positions as provost, dean, and scholar, teacher, dean, provost, and college William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and providing quality learning for all chil- professor of English at colleges and univer- trustee in both non-denominational and Pratham launched its flagship Read India dren drives her commitments.’ sities in the United States as well as at the Catholic institutions. Before her appoint- Campaign to reach the 100 million chil- Smith said her immediate task will be to University of Aberdeen in the UK. She ment at Manhattanville, she was the dren in India who cannot read, write or do work closely with the organization’s board serves on the board of trustees at Fairleigh provost at Wheaton College in Norton, basic math. of directors, the 15 chapter leaders, the Dickinson University and on the executive Massachusetts. Pratham’s Annual Status of Education national executive leadership team, volun- committee of the International Association She is also the author of two scholarly Report evaluates India’s status of education teers across the US and Pratham’s leader- of University Presidents, where she leads works, Breaking Boundaries: Politics and through direct testing of more than ship in India to continue 18-year-old orga- an initiative to develop women as academ- Play in the Drama of Shakespeare and his 700,000 children in 16,000 villages across nization’s work. Pratham has programs in ic leaders globally. She is a representative of Contemporaries (1998) and The Darker India.

RITU JHA ikram Nayudu’s term as president of the student The siblings who created history at union at the University of California at Irvine ended Vlast month, and so did a chapter in the university’s history. Vikram’s sister Sitara was the first Indian to head University of California, Irvine up UC Irvine’s student union in 2010-2011; Vikram stepped into her shoes last year. When they joined the university to study engineering, and so was my grandfather. So it was always at the back their father Ranadhira ‘Randy’ Nayudu told them: ‘Do not of my mind.” forget your primary reason that you are there for your stud- She said her parents were supportive because they ies, but in addition to that it is going to be one of the best knew it would be an extraordinary experience in terms four years of your life and enjoyment. So participate in of leadership and management. The student union pres- everything that you have on campus.’ ident oversees a staff of 300, and a budget of $2 million. But when Sitara became the president of the student “Both of us were qualified students,” said Sitara, who union, the father was unsure. was a chief of staff in her third year that helped her earn “She was taking on too much — because it is a big step,” the position of presidentship in the fourth year of col- he told India Abroad. “And I kept wondering how she is lege. Vikram was deputy chief of staff and served on the going to manage her engineering studies and at the same students’ board before he was elected. time to be able to president of the student body. We always “I have a very high energy and he is calm and com- encourage kids in extra-curricular activities. I used to tell posed,” the sister said of the siblings. my kids: Do not come home and say I have earned 4.0 She said the key was to keep clam “and listen to every- because I am going to ask you what else you have done in one, because you get hundreds of students who come up school.” with (issues about) professors and tuition. You have to Leadership at school runs in the family, it would seem. keep a positive attitude and a lot of resources available. Ranadhira was the student body president at the And you should have an open mind be patient.” University of Madras Engineering College. His father and Time management skills, she added, are also crucial: Vikram and Sitara’s grandfather, Brigadier Mendu Ayyana “You work about 30 to 40 hours a week.” Nayudu, a decorated military officer who served in the Vikram, a mechanical engineering major, echoed his Second World War, was the first student body president of sister, saying, “Patience is key to moving forward and the same engineering college in 1942. success. It was a great honor being elected as president. Sitara and Vikram, residents of Diamond Bar, California, It was an even greater honor to take over from my sister.” live with their parents and grandmother. They said the election was not easy. “Both Vikram and I won by a landslide,” said Sitara, who graduated in environmental engineering. “Growing up, I Sitara and Vikram Nayudu with an Award of Appreciation from knew my father was a president in his school back in India the UC Irvine veterans’ community India Abroad July 13, 2012 COMMUNITY NEWS A27 A music scholar in love with the sounds of India

ARTHUR J PAIS Francesca Cassio sings at the sonic attraction and I was quickly cross- Hofstra University Guru Nanak ing musical oceans. I was 20 then. I rancesca Cassio, a scholar and Interfaith Award event went to India and studied under Ustad singer specialized in Indian music Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar and also Fwho has lectured, performed and came to know the Gurbani tradition recorded in India, the United States from Bhai Baldeep, who was also and Europe, has just completed a refreshing his knowledge of music three-day intense retreat of Gurbani under Daggar.” music in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At Last year, in an article paying tribute least half of the retreat’s 30-odd partic- to her guru Dagar who had just passed ipants were Sikh Americans. Others, away, Cassio wrote: ‘I had the privilege like Cassio, were westerners who are to be accepted as disciple, being educat- also disciples of Bhai Baldeep Singh, ed in dhrupad according to the system Gurbani exponent from New Delhi. of guru-shishya parampara (teacher- “My interest in Indian classical music student tradition). Somehow it was not and in the Gurbani tradition is easy for a westerner to change the way of refreshed whenever I attend retreats learning, but in the time, I appreciated like the one Bhai Baldeep conducts,” the values carried by the traditional ped- Cassio says. agogy of dhrupad. As Guruji used to say, Rome-born Cassio, 44, spent nearly “Raga is not a combination of notes. two decades in Italy training in western Dhrupad is not the name of a musical music and performing in operas before genre but the name of Knowledge”.’ India tugged at her musical soul. She In 2003, Cassio accompanied R F has taught music at Italian universities Dagar in Europe for a tour of concerts and also at Viswa Bharati in West and workshops. She is also very knowl- Bengal. She has a PhD in ethnomusi- edgeable on thumris (she learned under cology from University la Sapienza of Girija Devi), Indian folk music, and Rome, in affiliation with India’s Benares Hindu University. Rabindrasangeet (learning from Pramita Mallik and Reba And she is an associate professor in the Department of Som). Music and the Sardarni Harbans Kaur Chair in Sikh musi- Cassio’s concerts across the globe include one in Jodhpur cology at Hofstra University, New York, since September two years ago to mark Guru Nanak’s Birthday Celebrations 2011. It is reportedly the first Gurbani music chair at a uni- and at the Rajasthan International Folk Festival. She has versity in the western world. also performed at the Indian Institute of Technology-New “My research focuses on the tradition of Gurbani music Delhi. At the Guru Nanak Prize event in New York this and its place in the traditional Indian music starting in the year, she led half a dozen singers and musicians in reciting medieval times,” says Cassio. “I study the unifying forces in Francesca Cassio with Sikh hymns. Girija Devi in 2003 this music but also study the different traditions and She is asked at times about her religious affiliation. She singing styles, say between Gurbani and bhajans. It is not readily admits she has an Indian spiritual name but it is just seeing the two kinds of devotionals in different con- ing as a musicologist. First it was dhrupad, and when I private. Is she a Sikh? “Whether I embrace Sikhism or not,” texts and languages but also studying the performance began to hear the music of Daggar brothers, I felt deep she says, “does not affect my work as a researcher and pro- style. I got into Indian classical music because of my train- within me that something was pulling me to India. It was a fessor of musicology.”

Faith shines as Jains celebrate new temple in Jersey

Page A25 have a Muslim Center that has been approved for construction, and a second which could easily cost $10 million when Hindu house of worship is under construc- more facilities are added, has more than tion.’ The former AT&T training center is 10 times the capacity of the nearby older now a Chinese Community Center, he said. temple which could seat about 150. It has Some other religions represented are been 30 years since the Jain Center of Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Ukrainian New Jersey founded a small temple in Orthodox, Methodist, Lutheran and Caldwell, which became too small a venue Pentecostal. There are several Indian for the increasing Jain population in churches celebrating the mass in Tamil, Central Jersey. The Jain Center claims it Telugu and Bengali. The July 4 Jain event runs largest sangh outside of India and started near a mosque, with hundreds of There were nine floats, filled among its year-long activities are holding women and children carrying miniature with members of families camps and classes several times a season murtis. who had bid for the honor for over 450 young and mostly America- Spread over nine and a half acres, the raised Jains. temple complex has two floors with around Franklin in Central New Jersey and its 44,000 square feet of space constituting a have books in English about Jainism that “There is peace and celebration,” said one 58,400 residents belong to a very diverse prayer hall, a dining hall, kitchen facility, would appeal to the second and third gen- amidst the increasing volume of bagpipes religious landscape. classrooms, library, storage rooms, living erations. which was now joined by a young man with ‘In the last two years, we had the ground- quarters for the priests and a 350-car park- As the procession snaked into the temple a dholak. “We are offering goodwill to breaking on a Jain Temple, and the grand ing facility. premises, a few elderly people sitting under everyone around us, and the thoughts opening of a Hindu Temple,’ Kenneth Daly, Several committee members said that one a tent — they could not walk in the sun — about ahimsa. I believe even Jesus learned the township manager, said recently. ‘We of the biggest endeavors for the temple is to waved at their children and grandchildren. about compassion from Jain teachings.” A28 India Abroad July 13, 2012 India Abroad CALL (800) 822-3532 Fax: (212) 691-0873 Email: [email protected] Classifieds Website: www.indiaabroad.com/classifieds

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