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Nepal’s I-G killed: The chief of Nepal’s Armed Police Force, inspector-general Krishna Mohan sector sale Shrestha, his wife and bodyguard were killed on Sunday by suspected Maoist rebels in But Rs700 cr shares for staff Kathmandu. P13 By Sanjay Dutta strategic partner and 5 per Powell’s warning: US secretary TIMES NEWS NETWORK cent to the employees. of state Colin Powell However, the CCD decided warned on Sunday New Delhi: The govern- to include stiff conditions that Iraqi President ment on Sunday gave the dis- in the share purchase Saddam Hussein investment process a big agreement that would effec- could take advan- push by clearing the stalled tively give the government tage of international oil sector selloff and keeping powers to block the strategic inaction by using his other state-owned companies partner from taking any de- doomsday weapons out of the process. But it sug- cision without the govern- or sharing his tech- arcoated the decision by giv- ment’s nod. nology with terrorists. P13 ing the employees a Rs 600- 700 crore parting gift. These conditions would Poll outcome: The AICC reshuffle, From camels to missiles the Republic Day parade showcased a panorama of Indian military prowess. Related reports & pictures on pages 5 & 10 on the cards after the Gujarat deba- After months of bickering bar the new owners from cle, has been put off till after the Hi- between the oil and the disin- closing down, selling, leasing machal election result on which vestment ministries, the Cab- or disposing of the compa- hinges the fate of many Congress inet Committee on Disinvest- ny’s assets, without consult- leaders. P7 ment stuck to the compro- ing the government. There mise formula of selling would also bar them from Raja Bhaiyya: The UP police on Microsoft alert, S Korea limps back changing the share capital Hindustan Petroleum to a Sunday raided the residence of and articles of association or jailed Independent and dissident Seattle: Microsoft said on Saturday curity spending to try to prevent a 18 months, the worm known as Slam- strategic partner and take introduce new business not MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias that a virus-like attack against its repeat of the outrage that paralysed mer targeted a known weakness in the public float route for Raja Bhaiyya and seized jewellery key database software, which slowed broadband and mobile services on Microsoft’s software to shut down Bharat Petroleum. in line with HPCL’s area and silver utensils. P7 Internet traffic around the globe, Saturday afternoon. powerful server computers — clog- The decision to keep PSUs of expertise. could spread to its other less fre- South Korean systems engineers ging the pipelines of the worldwide out means exploration major However,it would retain 26 Shetty case: Four persons, owing quently used programs unless users raced on Sunday to repair Internet network. Networks across Asia, Eu- ONGC and fertiliser coopera- per cent in BPCL, offering allegiance to the Chhota Rajan tives Iffco-Kribhco cannot 35.2 per cent to the public and gang, have been arrested in connec- protected themselves with key soft- networks ahead of the start of the rope and the US were shut down. tion with the murder of Sharad ware updates. working week, after the country’s What happened ? Even though the worst of the dis- bid for HPCL. reserving 5 per cent for the Shetty, a Dubai-based businessman Although the spread of the com- system crashed thanks to the fast- ruptions appeared to have passed by The CCD raised the share employees. The public offer- and an associate of underworld don puter worm — dubbed Slammer — spreading computer worm. An unknown program, Saturday afternoon US time, more of equity earmarked for the ing would have both domes- Dawood Ibrahim. P13 had passed its peak and was coming ‘‘The problem is not completely re- Slammer, attacked the isolated network problems were like- employees to five per cent tic and foreign components. under control, Microsoft urged com- solved and we will have to have more Internet on Saturday ly to continue until Monday when from 2 per cent suggested by Comment: It is good that Dhaka complains: Bangladesh’s panies, the main buyers of its SQL of a sense of the importance of se- The Impact businesses return to work and more the disinvestment depart- ONGC has been kept out of foreign office on Sunday summoned (pronounced ‘sequel’) Server 2000 curity,’’ information and communi- damaging variants could emerge. ment. Depending on the the bidding since this would India’s deputy high commissioner Did not impact desktop and other related programs, to down- cation minister Lee Sang Chul said. About 150,000 to 200,000 servers stock price at the time of have meant a back door entry and lodged a formal complaint of PCs, but slowed load security patches from the Officials said widespread use in Reuters the sale, this means a gain by another government enti- the ‘‘push in of Indian Muslims’’ into Internet speeds have been compromised so far. its territory. world’s largest software maker’s South Korea of Microsoft’s Windows Comment: Since viruses are often of Rs 600-700 crore for the ty.Now the government must website. programmes had left its systems par- Is it over ? spread by cheap pirated software, employees. carry its critics and its allies IIT party: The IIT50 gala in Meanwhile, South Korea, the ticularly vulnerable. Expect more problems which is commonly available in In- The government would re- along with it to ensure that Silicon Valley, US, last week was a world’s most wired country, said its In what experts called the most on Monday dia, we should be particularly mind- tain 12 per cent in HPCL, of- the stalled disinvestment time of celebration, a paean to Internet companies would boost se- damaging attack on the Internet in ful not to be hit by ‘Slammer’. floading 34.01 per cent to a process gains pace. remembrance and nostalgia, AFP besides the larger goal of ‘‘making a difference’’ and ‘‘giving back to 3 schoolboys India’’. P15 Anand wins: Vishwanthan Anand won the Corus chess tournament in arrested for Wijk Ann Zee on Sunday after set- tling for a quick draw against girl’s murder Evegeny Bareev in the 13th and the final round. P20 By Bhadra Sinha Cup venue under cloud: Eng- TIMES NEWS NETWORK land’s cricketers will insist that their New Delhi: Three boys have controversial World Cup match in Zimbabwe next month be switched been arrested for allegedly murder- away from Harare, a report claimed ing a 16-year-old girl and burning in London on Sunday. P20 her body on Tuesday evening in east Delhi. Megha Rohatgi’s body was found in Anand Vihar after patrolling po- licemen spotted smoke billowing out of a heap of rubber tyres. She had been strangled. One of the three boys was the vic- tim’s classmate at St Lorens school in Anand Vihar. The other two are his friends who study at Ryan Inter- national school in Mayur Vihar Phase-III. The police said Megha met the two boys for the first time when she was killed. They said Megha had come to trust her classmate. ‘‘When he introduced her to his friends, she went with them in a car.’’ At some point they tried to be in- indiatimes.com POLL timate with her. When she began to scream, they tried to silence her Yesterday’s results: Has Bipasha Basu with her dupatta and in the process, emerged as Bollywood’s heroine No. 1? strangled her. Yes 33% No 67% Then they burnt the body after dousing it with petrol. • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose The boys have been arrested and to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. sent to an observation home. Today’s question: Do you think BCCI is A senior officer said a post- justified in banning cricketers from tak- Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes are jubilant after winning the mixed mortem ruled out any sexual ing their spouses on the World Cup tour? doubles at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday. Report on page 21 assault. Cast your vote on www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 AIIMS may lose yet another top doc By Kalpana Jain Some others who quit ed to extend his leave but this was re- TIMES NEWS NETWORK fused by the ministry.’’ Reddy had declined a posting to New Delhi: The All India Institute •A K Banerji — neurosurgeon Geneva, instead choosing to work in of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) could •Upendra Kaul — cardiologist India and using the grant for more. well be in the process of losing one WEATHER of its top-ranking doctors — all in •Ravi Bhatia — neurosurgeon His case has only increased the ‘‘frustration and anguish’’ of several the name of rules which have been •A N Malviya — rheumatologist Max. 26.4oC/ Min. 6.8oC flouted in most other cases. faculty members, who feel there is Moonset: Monday — 1311 hrs. Professor of cardiology K Srinath •Samiran Nundy — gastro- no recognition for honest work. In- Moonrise: Tuesday — 0323 hrs. Reddy,who is leading a major initia- intestinal surgeon stances of preferential treatment are Sunset: Monday — 1756 hrs. tive of the World Health Organisa- numerous: Some doctors have been Sunrise: Tuesday — 0711 hrs. tion (WHO) to prevent cardiovascu- ‘‘unmatched skills’’. away for eight years at a stretch. Mist/fog in the morning. Partly cloudy sky. lar diseases in developing countries, However, after months of delay, One doctor even got a promotion Possibility of light rain in some areas to- has been asked to rejoin or face dis- sources say, AIIMS sent Reddy a let- while on leave. wards the afternoon. Maximum relative hu- ciplinary action. Reddy, who helped ter, saying he would face discipli- Justice J S Verma, former chair- midity on Sunday 97% and minimum 27%. set up the initiative, is on leave from nary action if he did not join man of the National Human Rights AIIMS. In September last year,he re- immediately. On the face of it, Commission, said: ‘‘The institute quested that his leave be extended by AIIMS could well be following a would be poor if he leaves. He is not Book your Classifieds on leave for making money. He bro- 24 hours service: “51-666-888” another year or he be granted volun- recent directive by the Union health tary retirement. ministry to compel doctors on ught the WHO office to India. The Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” The fact that WHO has set up such over-extended leave, mostly abroad, nation ought to be proud of him.’’ The ATM of information an office in India for the first time, to rejoin or quit. Comment: Such an internationally The Largest Classifieds Site which has attracted funding from 16 Asked whether Reddy’s case could renowned specialist should not top-ranking global institutions, in- be clubbed with that of the others, be made to fall victim to a rigid cluding the National Institutes of AIIMS director P K Dave said: ‘‘It is bureaucracy. AIIMS — and more Health in the US, is no small achieve- right that his case is different.’’ He importantly the patients who go * 22 + 8 pages of Delhi Times ment, sources say.Reddy also enjoys said he had also done a lot of work there — will be much the poorer for + 8 pages of Education Times the reputation of a cardiologist with on behalf of the ministry.‘‘He want- Dr Reddy’s absence.
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Naina Balsaver Ahmad presents Dilli Dambola winner Astha Sharma with a 29-inch Philips TV, while Nirnajan Kishore and Manoj Kumar Gupta receive a 14-inch Philips TV from Shibani Kashyap, at The Grand New Delhi on Sunday.
(Left) Shibani Kashyap presents a Rs 50,000 Durian gift voucher to Dilli Dambola winner Sarita Malhotra at The Grand New Delhi on Sunday. (Right) Ashish Garg receives a 14-inch Philips television from Naina Balsaver Ahmad.
(Left) Winners of gifts from Magppie — Deepak, Sangeeta, Sanjeev, Simpal Divakar, Ritesh Roy and Ritu pose with Naina Balsaver Ahmad. (Right) Winners Arun, Vinod, Sumedha and Sheetal strike a pose with Shibani Kashyap.
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Monday,January 27, 2003 3 NINAN’S CITY No sign of safety on flyovers By Diya Koshy and Saurabh Sinha TOI TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: On January 24, when yet another motorist lost his life at the Chirag Dilli fly- over, the promised signboards were nowhere in sight. The city witnessed 1,625 fatal accidents in 2002, in which 1,696 people died. And already there have been 62 accidents till January 15 this year, in which 64 people have died. And unsafe flyovers have been a major contribut- ing factor. The 200-metre stretch of the outer Ring Road from the Savitri flyover to the Chirag Dilli flyover is perhaps one of the most dan- gerous. As soon as a vehicle speeds down from the Savitri flyover, pedestrians running to cross the road through missing iron rail- ings on the central verge force motorists to swerve dangerously. Less than 50 metres away, a blind curve leaves motorists confused whether they need to go straight or take a sharp left turn. In the absence of any clear signboards telling com- muters that the small road leads to Sheikh Making the Boards Sarai on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, and that the sharp right turn would take one to the learner-friendly Chirag Dilli flyover, drivers on this busy road are seen taking sudden left or right turns. Pavnesh Kumar (Controller Rukmini Shah, a Mumbai-based bank ex- ecutive, of examination, CBSE) ROUGH CROSSING: While more flyovers are being planned for the city, there are not enough •Born on: September 30, 1949 in found her- safety precautions on existing ones. Meerut. A science graduate from LET’S MAKE self stuck D N College, Kumar pursued his on a fly- BUILDING BRIDGES masters’ in mathematics from DELHI BETTER over. ‘‘I Meerut College. am unfa- Growing numbers Crisis zone The good news •Been there done that: Kumar miliar with Delhi roads,’’ she said. ‘‘There joined the Uttar Pradesh Educa- were no signs indicating where I had to turn. •There are 43 flyovers in •55 accident-prone areas •Signages will be put up at tion Services. In 1998, he took over I was on my way to Sheikh Sarai but was left Delhi, including those in the are being studied by 34 existing sites and future as the CBSE controller of exami- going in circles. Stopping to ask for directions planning stage (as of Central Road Research flyovers nations. He started the process of was practically impossible in the oncoming November 12, 2002) Institute simplifying question papers and traffic,’’ she said. making them For those taking the left turn for the Chirag head of traffic and transport at CRRI. ‘‘We are learner-friendly. Dilli flyover, pedestrians crossing the road • Installing a board indicating that it is an ac- studying the signages (with particular refer- IN THE He introduced also pose a problem. While there is a subway cident-prone area ence to the flyovers at Shahdara, Faridabad the CBSE web- near the flyover, there are no signboards say- • Installing reflectors on the road for helping and Chirag Dilli) and whether to construct site. ing so. So it remains mostly unused. drivers at night NEWS pedestrian crossings, subways or an over- Loves to: An Once again, at the base of the Chirag Dilli • bridge to ensure the safety of both pedestri- In the letter, the traffic police said: ‘‘The avid gardener, his favourite pas- flyover, motorists are confronted with the ans and drivers,’’ Reddy said. study shows that the stretch of the outer Ring time is relaxing with a book in his choice of either ascending the flyover or tak- ‘‘There are three key elements to ensure Road from Savitri to Chirag Dilli flyover is garden. Holding on to his love for ing a right turn to reach Greater Kailash or road safety: the road, user and the vehicle. If very dangerous from traffic safety point of literature, R K Narayan is his Sheikh Sarai. In the absence of any overhead even one of these is out of sync, we’ll have a view because of poor alignment.’’ favourite writer.Finds Browning’s luminous signboard, motorists have to sud- problem,’’ he said. Almost a year later, work has finally begun optimism ‘‘inspiring’’. Ghazals by denly swerve to the left or right. It is at this The traffic police have also conducted a on the flyover. PWD executive engineer CPS Jagjit Singh and Begum Akhtar point that five youths — three in a car and two study of the Chirag Dilli flyover, following Vimal said: ‘‘The budget has just been sanc- help him relax. pedestrians — lost their lives when the car which they asked the Public Works Depart- tioned and the tender has also been awarded. •Mantra of success: Commit- rammed the approach of the flyover in No- ment in April last year to carry out some The overhead signages will be installed and ment and hard work. Kumar does- vember. changes. Some of these were: the Central Public Works Department is look- n’t believe in shortcuts. Believes And officials are finally waking up to it. A • Proper overhead and glowing signages ing after road improvements. We have shut that focus and an element of de- traffic police official said the Central Road Re- should be built near the blind curve the Chirag Dilli village road on one side. We tachment is necessary because search Institute (CRRI) had been asked to • Missing iron railings on the central verge have acquired land from the Delhi Develop- personal likes or dislikes can lead conduct a safety audit and prepare a report must be re-installed ment Authority to ensure that traffic can flow you to take decisions not entirely on the shortcomings of flyovers. The report • A directional board informing pedestrians smoothly. The work should be complete in 15 professional. was expected by next month, said T R Reddy, about the subway days.’’ UGC asks universities to harvest water, promises aid By Saurabh Sinha ter, the check dams con- of 150 universities, asking TIMES NEWS NETWORK structed in JNU have led to a the interested ones to get in New Delhi: Buoyed by the rise in the water table,’’ touch with CGWB offices success of rain water har- Singh said. with these details. vesting in Delhi, the Univer- Similarly, Jamia Hamdard ‘‘The UGC proposes to cre- sity Grants Commission University has also benefited ate awareness among the uni- (UGC) has asked all universi- from harvesting. According versities about rainwater ties to harvest rainwater. For to the Centre for Science and harvesting and to provide this purpose, UGC will also Environment (CSE), which them financial support for consider giving financial as- drew plans for the university, undertaking such projects, sistance to the universities. the pre-monsoon water table with technical and scientific The Central Ground Water here was 45 metres below support from the CGWB,’’ Board’s (CGWB) Delhi unit ground level (mbgl) last year. UGC joint secretary Pankaj Despite poor rains, the level in-charge S B Singh said: Mittal said in the letter to the went up to 40 mbgl after the ‘‘The board had recently VCs, in December last. monsoon. Even the quality of made a presentation to the Among the universities water had improved. UCG on harvesting. The uni- contacted in Delhi are Delhi The board has asked the versities have huge tracts of University, Guru Gobind land and the recharge poten- universities to submit the fol- Singh Indraprastha Vish- tial is great. The UGC au- lowing points to their region- wavidyala, Jamia Hamdard, thorities have also agreed to al office: Request letter for the proposal.’’ taking up scientific survey Jamia Islamia, Jawaharlal Rain water harvesting for implementing the same; Nehru University (JNU) and structures have been very layout plan of the area indi- Shri LBS Rashtriya Sanskrit successful in other institu- cating existing land use; de- Vidyapeeth. tions. ‘‘Jawaharlal Nehru tails of existing storm water For the universities’ con- University (JNU) is majorly drains; and details of exist- venience, a list of all CGWB dependent on ground water. ing groundwater extraction regional offices and the de- Despite being one of the structures. tails of the inputs required places that suffered maxi- A senior UGC official then by them were sent with the mum depletion of groundwa- wrote to the vice-chancellors letter. Govt rushes to save city’s depleting reservoirs By Saurabh Sinha marshes where the Public TIMES NEWS NETWORK Saving resources Works Division (PWD) had reclaimed 40 hectares of a New Delhi: In the midst of UN declares 2003 as • 150-hectare water body by all round gloom on the water Year of Fresh Water. front, there’s a ray of hope. filling tonnes of toxic fly ash. Amidst a series of court or- •40 acres of 150-acre While the damage was done ders the government has fi- Jehangirpuri marsh filled as it was not found appropri- nally woken to the task of with toxic fly-ash ate to lift the fly ash for saving and restoring dead dumping it elsewhere, there Remaining 110 acres water bodies. • was a side benefit. will be reserved and this As a result, after the Ar- ‘‘It has been proposed to can generate 6 million chaeological Survey of India preserve the remaining 110 gallons of water a day in (ASI) was asked to restore acres which are under the drought periods. the baolies or stepwells pro- Delhi Jal Board. Recharge tected by it, the Agrasen ki •MCD to protect 20- shafts will be made there and baoli, and a few others in acre water body in the water of the Yamuna in places like Mehrauli and the Seelampur. spate would be directed to the Red Fort are being desilted so water body through supple- that rainwater can seep into Delhi.’’ mentary drains,’’ said Manu aquifers from there. Or this: ‘‘... while in devel- Bhatnagar of Intach. The Delhi Municipal Cor- oped countries, water bodies From March to June, when poration (MCD) has decided are not only maintained, but Delhi reels under severe wa- to protect the 20-acre water also are being created. Delhi ter shortage, this wetland body in Seelampur. Now, the which will yield almost up to six slum wing will ensure that could million gallons a day (mgd) no more portions of the wa- WATER boats of which would be supplied to ter body are reclaimed. 508 water the water treatment plants of Making all this happen VIGIL bodies has DJB, he said. wasn’t easy.The government only a few V K Jain of an NGO Tapas, acted only after the court left and the rest have been de- who filed the petition for sav- made some strong observa- stroyed by neglect or have ing the water bodies, howev- tions. Sample this: ‘‘In case been filled up with debris or er, said: ‘‘Reviving water bod- the water bodies are main- toxic material, including fly ies can be possible only if tained by the land owning ash.’’ people take the initiative.’’ agencies, it will solve the In fact, Intach was asked to (The reporter has a CSE problem of water shortage in study the Jehangirpuri Media Fellowship)
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER TOI Art READER’S GRIEVANCES OF DELHI Rain or snow is likely to occur at isolated Four held for NATIONAL places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and tificate. — P K Aggarwal, Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers are likely at IGNOU certificate Mumbai: I-A 0700, robbing people 193-194, Ajit Nagar, Am- 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, isolated places in Andaman and Nicobar bala Cant. 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Islands. Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of This is to draw the atten- 2300 Jet Air 0650, the country. tion of the Indira Gandhi 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, outside banks Ticket refund 1935, 2030, 2200, National Open University Sahara 0700,1800, 2015 INDIA WORLD TIMES NEWS NETWORK (Ignou). My son Pranav I booked a train ticket KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min 1600★★,1700,1945 Aggarwal completed his (PNR No 2138379672) on Delhi 25 07 Guwahati 21 09 Amsterdam 08 03 New Delhi: A gang of four Jet Air 0600, 1720, BDP (BA) in June 2001 and April 4, 2001, for Bangalore Sahara0705,1915 Mumbai 29 21 Dehradun 22 07 Bahrain 18 15 persons, who robbed people Chennai 31 21 Hyderabad 34 19 Bangkok 33 24 his roll number was from New Delhi. But I trav- CHENNAI: I-A of their money as they came 0640,0955★★★ Kolkata 28 15 Indore 29 13 Beijing -01 -02 972051784. He completed all elled only till Kopargaon 1645,1900 Jet Air Bangalore 31 16 Jaipur 25 15 Chicago -08 -17 out of the bank, was busted the formalities of submit- and cancelled the forward 0645,1900 Ahm’bad 32 15 Lucknow 21 06 Geneva 08 02 by the special team of east BANGALORE: T’puram 32 22 Patna 22 07 Hong Kong 23 17 ting the due assignments journey (Kopargaon to I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 28 12 Rajkot n.a. 17 London 12 08 district police after a chase. and was allowed to appear Bangalore) due to non- Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 29 21 Shimla 14 06 Los Angeles 26 13 With the arrest, the police in the term end examina- availability of seats (TDR Sahara 0715, 1745 Pune 33 11 Srinagar 13 -03 Moscow -03 -06 HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 claimed to have solved 12 cas- tion (TEE). No 069347 dated April 4, GOA: I-A 1200, es of robbery. He last appeared in TEE Sahara 1135 TRAIN RESERVATIONS 2001). I submitted the rele- KULU: Jagson 0630, According to the police, in June 2001 and the cer- vant documents along with 0650, 1215 ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 1400 hrs. on the accused — Rohit Singh, tificate No 3839 dated Octo- 26.01.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. TDR to the chief commer- AHMEDABAD: Mohan, Rajinder Singh and ber 10, 2002, bears a testi- I-A 0600,1700★★1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl cial superintendent (re- Jet Air 0610 mony to that. He has lately NORTH Pramod Kumar — were ar- funds), Northern Railway, GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: rested in Ghaziabad. ‘‘The been issued a provisional I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 27.01 28.01 30.01 27.01 New Delhi, from where my ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 04.02 04.02 27.01 team had to chase the ac- certificate No 23138 dated case has been transferred 2403 Jammu Exp 27.01 01.02 03.02 04.02 October 10, 2002, and state- Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, EAST cused before arresting to the chief commercial Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ ment of marks certificate Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Calcutta Rajdhani 28.01 28.01 29.01 — them,’’ said a police officer. manager/director, Central 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 2304 Poorva Exp 30.01 29.01 29.01 13.02 No 7483 dated October 9, Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2382 Poorva Exp 27.01 27.01 28.01 18.02 According to him, the ac- Railway and New Delhi ad- (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2002, that contain many Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 28.01 31.01 13.02 cused, in order to evade ar- ministration (letter No 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 27.01 27.01 27.01 rest, misled the public into 3-day traffic diversion bonafide mistakes — com- B/16/4937/3-7-2001 and Au- INTERNATIONAL 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 27.01 27.02 27.01 pleted his BA in June 2001 believing that they were be- TIMES NEWS NETWORK sides of Rajpath. ‘‘Pedestrians can walk gust 8, 2001). Despite sever- BANGKOK/TOKYO: 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 27.01 28.01 27.01 27.01 and not in June 2002. Thai Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 19.02 19.02 ing chased by robbers and upto Vijay Chowk,’’ deputy commissioner al requests, I have not re- 5622 North East Exp — 04.02 17.02 23.02 New Delhi: The traffic police has done di- Awards of assignment-1 of I-A 0050 (IC-855) tried to instigate them into of police (traffic) A K Ojha said. He ad- ceived the refund yet. FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 27.01 29.01 29.01 29.01 versions on roads leading to Vijay Chowk, FHS-1, assignments-2 of 2816 Puri Exp — 27.01 27.01 27.01 beating the policemen. — Col V K Malhotra, 793, 0305 (LH-761) vised motorists to avoid Rafi Marg which FEG-1 and FEG-2 and as- AMSTERDAM: 2802 Purshottam Exp — 06.02 06.02 29.01 He said, the team leader, for three days, to enable people see the il- Sector 29, Noida. KLM 0140 (KL-472) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 04.02 31.01 31.01 will have heavy traffic due to diversions. signment-3 of EPS-2 and sub-inspector Vinay Tyagi luminated Rashtrapati Bhawan as part of LONDON/NEW YORK: 4230 Lucknow Mail 30.01 01.02 03.02 02.02 the Republic Day celebrations. The traffic diversions are a follow-up to ESO-6 have not been en- Park goes waste British Air 0210 WEST had to flash his identity card the special arrangements that the Delhi (BA-142), A-I 0715 2904 Golden Temple Mail 28.01 28.01 28.01 12.02 The restrictions will be between Janu- tered that would definitely before arresting the accused. (AI-111) 2926 Paschim Exp 27.01 05.02 05.02 24.02 ary 27 to 29 from 4 pm to 9.30 pm. Police made for the Republic Day and dur- raise his percentage. For Despite repeated pleas to PARIS: Air 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 28.01 27.01 29.01 — According to the officer, Since Vijay Chowk will remain closed to ing the parade’s rehearsal. Although the assignment-1 of ANC-1 the MCD’s horticulture de- France 0040 (AF-147) 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 28.01 27.01 28.01 — the accused used to gather in- SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 13.02 30.01 30.01 general traffic in the evenings, no vehicles police claimed they had left no stone un- only 72 marks have been partment by the residents Airlines 2055 (SQ-407), 1078 Jhelum Exp — 06.02 29.01 19.02 formation by standing out- will be allowed on Rajpath, between Rafi turned to ensure smooth traffic, com- entered instead of 76 se- of Munirka for improving I-A 0050 (IC-855) 2916 Ashram Exp 27.01 27.01 31.01 05.02 side a particular bank. HONG KONG/SEOUL: SOUTH Marg and ‘C’ hexagon. It will remain total- muters were caught in many jams on Jan- cured by him. a park (behind gurud- A-I 2340 (AI-312) ‘‘One of the gang members 2616 G T Exp 27.01 27.01 28.01 27.01 ly pedestrianised. Only one way traffic will uary 23, the day of the rehearsal. My requests made for is- wara), the condition of ROME/MANCHESTER: 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 28.01 27.01 27.01 28.01 used to go inside the bank suing proper certificates park has further deterio- A-I 0300 (AI-131) 2432 Trivandrum Raj 28.01 28.01 28.01 — be allowed on Janpath. Vehicles can go Senior officials, however, said the de- and collect information rated. Nowadays it is being AIR INDIA 2626 Kerala Exp — 27.01 27.01 28.01 from Maulana Azad Road to Windsor Place partment would position policemen at sen- have not been acceded to. 2618 Mangala Exp — 05.02 29.01 27.01 about who was withdrawing Ignou have earlier failed used as a dumping ground MUMBAI: 0315 (AI 755), only.Similarly,Mansingh Road will also be sitive places where traffic was likely to get 2628 Karnataka Exp — 27.01 27.01 27.01 how much money. He, then, for building material by 0345 (AI 156), 0615 2724 A P Exp 27.01 27.01 27.01 27.01 made one way,from Rajendra Prasad Road choked in the coming three days. ‘‘Our to deliver the intimation (AI 146), 2330 (AI 112) 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 27.01 27.01 28.01 — used to pass the information, to Maulana Azad. men will be on the streets during all the slip to allow him to appear residents of Munirka. We GOA: 1245 (AI 643) 7022 Dakshin Express — 27.01 — 27.01 using a cell phone, to his as- The traffic police has decided to allow hours when diversions are in place. It will in the June 2001 TEE and I would like to request the A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 No. of passengers dealt on 25.01.2003 (Delhi Area): 45,883 (N. Rly. Area) had again to spend about authorities to improve the (Air.)25652050, B-A:(Air.) 1,76,521. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all sociates who waited outside free parking for the public between Rafi be ensured that there are no jams and mo- 25652908, Lufthansa: (City) subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for the bank to nab the victim,’’ Rs 150 for it. park at the earliest so that 23323310, (Air) 25652328,SA: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. Marg and ‘C’ hexagon (India Gate) on both torists are not inconvenienced,’’ Ojha said. 23356286, Thai Air: 23323638 (Information supplied by Indian Railways) the officer said. Now I, request the Ignou it can be used by residents authority to get my son the of the area. — Ramesh Ku- Science channel correct and complete cer- mar,House No.52, Munirka. New Delhi: Union human Readers should send their contributions addressed to Readers’ Grievances resource development minis- c/o Metro Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002. ter Murli Manohar Joshi in- augurated Gyan Darshan-III, a television channel dedicat- ed to science and technology, Metro line to Dwarka and four Gyan Vani radio TIMES NEWS NETWORK day. The stretch is expected channels. to be completed by 2005. The channel will also New Delhi: A month after The first phase of the Del- beam lectures delivered at the first phase of the Metro hi metro rail was inaugurat- IITs. TNN rail, between Shahdara and ed by the Prime Minister on Tis Hazari started, the Cen- December 24. tre has approved another Kapoor said: ‘‘Delhi metro line from Barakhamba road is an example of cooperation to Dwarka. The distance of between the Centre and the this line is 23 kilometers. state government. The provi- Lieutenant- governor Vijai sion of a modern transport Kapoor announced the Cen- system for east Delhi area tre’s approval during his Re- carries a special signifi- public Day address on Sun- cance.’’
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Monday,January 27, 2003 5 Trouble-free show of might Delhi makes PCR constable fired at, 2 held most of sunny TIMES NEWS NETWORK near Kakrola housing com- provocation. Mohammed Ilyas TIMES NEWS NETWORK plex on Najafgarh road after According to him, Kumar, New Delhi: A constable, eight PCR vans cornered had gone to Matiala red alert New Delhi: The mighty Jaguars morning posted with a police control them.’’ point to deliver oil to another room (PCR) van, was shot streaked across the blue winter sky at By Anuradha Mukherjee The injured constable, Ra- PCR van. ‘‘They were going 780 km per hour making an ‘‘Arrow- and injured by two men in TIMES NEWS NETWORK jinder Kumar, had a bullet in back to their post,’’ Khan head’’ formation. this was followed by Dwarka on Sunday evening. his chin. He was rushed to said. the deafening sound of Sukhoi-30’s twin New Delhi: Rising tempera- But the accused, Suraj Bhan Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospi- The accused, in a white jet engines, as wing commander Umesh tures and respite from the fog and Ravi Kumar, were arrest- tal . ‘‘Kumar’s condition is Maruti van, had parked Rakhra sent the aircraft into a vertical saw Delhiites making the ed within 30 minutes of the stable now,’’ Khan said. themselves in sector 12. climb over a colourfully decorated Raj- most to come out and watch incident. Kumar continued to drive When the PCR van stopped to path. The awe-struck crowd applauded the Republic Day parade. A locally made revolver, even after getting injured. question them, the accused as the jet looped in a free fall before dis- •The dragnet closed in: was recovered from them. ‘‘He drove until the other drove away . ‘‘The van fol- appearing over the horizon. The security personnel were Joint commissioner of police PCR vans helped them,’’ lowed them. During the The fly-past emerged the hands down not leaving any stone un- (operations) A S Khan said: Khan said. He claimed the chase Suraj Bhan turned favourite at the 54th Republic Day cele- turned. From combing the ‘‘The accused were arrested shooting was without any back and fired,’’ Khan said. brations on Sunday. hair to detect any hidden ob- Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee ject to making one take off laid a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti the shoes and checking the at India Gate. Bugles sounded the ‘Last soles, they did it all. Post’ in memory of those who •Roughing it out: But de- were martyred while defending the na- spite all hardships, specta- tion. A FINE BALANCE: Daredevils of the Army Signals Corps salute the President as part tors sat through the two-and- At 10 am sharp, the National Tri- of the Republic Day parade on Sunday. a-half hour long show brav- colour was unfurled. As the National ing the sun that got harsh as Anthem was played, four Mi-8 helicop- the day progressed ters flew over the saluting dais, shower- •Heads held high: Citations ing petals. were read out for Subedar Children and the old alike witnessed Suresh Chand Yadav of the the military prowess showcased in T-90s National Security Guards and T-70s tanks, the state-of-art 700-km and Subedar Surinder Singh range ‘Agni-I’, the indigenous Arjun of 3 Sikh. Their widows re- tanks, the 155 mm Howitzer 77B guns - ceived the Ashok Chakra the pride of Indian artillery during the posthumously. recent ‘Operation Vijay’, and the in- •Eyecatchers: Eight-year- digenously developed long-range old Yaman Mohan said he Prithvi missile system. liked the Delhi tableau the But there were many firsts this year. best. ‘‘Kyonki Metro Dilli kee These included the indigenously devel- cheez hai. (Because it depicts oped mobile decontamination system, Delhi Metro),’’ he said. used against biological and chemical •Heroes on bikes and warfare agents. planes: The finale, however, A total of 29 marching and 23 band was the flypast. Wing Com- contingents coupled with 16 mecha- mander S J Nanodkar and nised columns and 16 contingents of Wing Commander P school children enthralled guests at the Mukhopadhayay led the 10 Rajpath. Jaguars in the arrowhead Twenty-four tableaux showcasing formation. facets of tourism, technological ad- Caught on the backfoot: vancement and economic progress of • As one came out of the spec- the country added to the colour and As a finale to the Republic Day parade, balloons in the colours of the national flag tators’ enclosure, streams of pageantry of Sunday’s celebrations. were released over Rajpath. urine flowing out of the pub- lic convenience made for an ugly sight, not to mention the stench. A first: Woman leads RPF squad •Many firsts: Among those participating in the parade By Maneesh Pandey ordinate officers and 144 oth- a reader in mathematics in as the route from Rajpath to for the first time were the TIMES NEWS NETWORK er ranks. Hindu college and mother is Red Fort is over 9 km. Special Service Bureau ‘‘It was not easy to manage a housewife. An alumni of Recalling the long hours of New Delhi: When the Rail- marching contingent and the them initially, but with their Modern School, Barakham- practice and rehearsals, she Jharkhand state tableau. way Protection Force (RPF) encouragement and regard, I ba Road, she graduated in said: ‘‘It was not easy waking contingent passed the salut- brought them together to per- chemistry from St Stephens up at 3.30 am every morning ing dais at the Rajpath, it was form,’’ said Ruchira while college. and reaching the India Gate a moment of glory for assis- speaking to The Times of In- Many were unsure if at about 4.30 am.’’ tant security commissioner dia. Ruchira would lead the con- ‘‘The practice used to ex- Ruchira Chatterjee. A proba- Her parents were more tingent upto the Red Fort. tend upto 10 am every day tioner of 2000-batch civil than pleased to see her in ‘‘Lady officers who have tak- and later on we used to re- services exam, Chatterjee is shining attire, wielding the en part in the marching con- peat the same at the head- the first woman to lead the sword and leading the parade tingent earlier opted out mid- quarters in Daya Basti, be- RPF contingent. on their television set. ‘‘My way. Many were surprised to tween 3 pm and 5 pm. We She is more than proud to parents had come for the full see me leading the contin- have been practising since have done it, especially when dress rehearsal on January gent through the full route, December.Even the dense fog the Indian Railways is cele- 23. So they watched me on TV upto the Red Fort during the and winter chill didn’t deter brating 150 years of its exis- for a better close-up,’’ she dress rehearsal,’’ said Ruchi- me and my contingent in de- tence. Chatterjee led an all- said. ra. livering the best,’’ Chatterjee male contingent of three sub- Her father, S Chatterjee, is It is no mean achievement, added.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,January 27, 2003 7 SP to go it AP Cong shuffle put off alone in UP byelections till Himachal polls By Manjari Mishra TIMES NEWS NETWORK By Rajesh Ramachandran fire had managed to open TIMES NEWS NETWORK Congress clutter fronts in the state capitals. Lucknow: The equations be- The change in Maha- tween the Samajwadi Party New Delhi: The fate of •AICC reshuffle put off (SP) and the Congress have till after Himachal poll rashtra and the prolonged many Congress leaders in instability in Rajasthan once again become taut. Delhi hinges on the com- •All powerful general have preoccupied most The provocation this time ing Himachal Pradesh as- secretaries, working party leaders, including is SP’s surprise move to an- sembly polls. committee members Sonia Gandhi, with atten- nounce its candidates both Even the current insta- ganging up to protect tion being drawn away for Gauriganj (which falls bility in Congress-ruled themselves from the performance of under Sonia’s Amethi parlia- states is being explained the AICC leadership. mentary constituency) and by certain Congressmen •Sonia convinced by Haidergarh assembly by- party leadership that all The dissident pot has as an attempt to shift focus been kept boiling in many elections, disregarding Con- from the failures of the would be well after victo- gress’s feelers to take on the ry in Himachal poll Congress-ruled states be- Congress leadership here cause of the predominance battle jointly. to the state capitals. UPCC chief Arun Kumar procedure during Indira of one faction over others According to senior Con- at the AICC. Singh Munna hinted that the Gandhi’s period to deflect gress leaders, the AICC party was open to alliance for the stigma of failure away ‘‘The Gandhi family al- reshuffle, that was on the the bypolls through his ex- from the Congress presi- ways operated with rival cards after the Gujarat poll hortations to ‘‘all secular po- dent and on to certain AICC factions in the AICC and in Indian Air Force Suryakiran jet trainers perform during the Republic Day celebrations in Gujarat on Sunday. debacle, has been put off litical outfits in the state to leaders. state capitals. But now the till after the Himachal elec- unite and give a befitting re- But somehow our at- balance of power is shifting tions. ply to the coalition with a tempt failed and the Con- to just one camp, with all Daggers were out in the communal bent’’. His opti- gress president got exposed powerful general secre- UP Govt misusing Pota, says Katiyar Congress after the party’s taries and working commit- mism about SP’s ready ac- miserable performance in to all the criticism for the Lucknow: BJP’s UP president Vinay Centre. ‘‘This incident may have a cas- and arms do not make this a fit case for tee members ganging up to ceptance had percolated Gujarat. soft Hindutva campaign in Katiyar on Sunday fired yet another sal- cading effect...Misuse of Pota may start the Pota. Katiyar said he will ensure protect their positions. A down the party cadre. So An attempt was also Gujarat,’’ said an AICC vo against the Mayawati government, in other states too.’’ that the state government rescinds its victory in the Himachal much so that even the made to raise the issue in functionary. saying the enforcement of the preven- The state BJP chief said he was not order and if need be ‘‘I will speak to our elections is all that is re- strongest critics of SP-Con- the Congress Parliamen- The next opportunity gress alliance had reconciled tion of terrorism Act (Pota) against protecting the jailed MLA or his father. national leader in this regard’’. quired for them to hang on tary Party meeting. The at- for the anti-establishment to the possibility. jailed MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias ‘‘Both of them are history-sheeters. ‘‘There should be no political vendet- to their posts,’’ said a leader tempt was to get a junior camp was the working com- Raja Bhaiya and his father tantamount- They could be tried under different ta in the trial of any case. Political lead- MP to raise the issue of mittee meeting that was de- of the rival faction. Naturally, SP’s move has ed to its misuse. Acts. By invoking the Pota against both ers always fall prey to any new legisla- ‘‘ideological deviation’’ in liberately delayed to avoid The leadership here ap- led to much embarrassment Katiyar said, ‘‘Neither Raja Bhaiya of them, the state government has vio- tion. Politicians make a law and they the election campaign and speculation of the party pears to have convinced and dismay in the Congress nor his father is a terrorist and none of lated the spirit of the Act.’’ are the first to bear the brunt of it,’’ point fingers at certain getting nervous after the Gandhi that all would be ranks. Observers say the them was found indulging in anti-na- On the seizure of jewellery during a Katiyar said. The state government leaders. Gujarat defeat. well after victory in the Hi- over-reaction is understand- tional activities.’’ He said misuse of the raid on the residence of Raja Bhaiya, slapped Pota on Raja Bhaiya and his fa- ‘‘This was the standard But by then, those under machal elections. able, especially in the context of the Gauriganj seat. Pota in UP will bring a bad name to the Katiyar said possession of jewellery ther Udai Pratap Singh on Saturday. PTI
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8 Monday,January 27, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi Freedom call in Pak’s north EDUCATION BAZAAR TIMES NEWS NETWORK ‘‘Pakistan’s last colony’’, that remains control as Kashmir became a dispute economically most backward. It notes before the UN. The late Zia-ul-Haq re- New Delhi: Even as Pakistan’s North- that while people from PoK leave the named the region Northern Areas. ern Areas emerge as a major safe haven country,those from Northern Areas are The Northern Areas have no status for Al-Qaida and Taliban elements, the denied this choice as they need an exit under Pakistan’s Constitution now. two million-plus people of the moun- They are neither a province of Pak- tainous region, who insist on calling The reasons istan nor are they part of the PoK. The the area Gilgit-Baltistan, have stepped region is directly ruled from Islamabad up their campaign for independence Exploitation through a Northern Areas Council, from Islamabad’s rule. Bad economic situation,deployment headed by the federal minister for The federal government, they allege, of the populace on the frontlines Kashmir affairs. has not only denied them democratic Misgovernance Pakistan had ceded 5,180 square km rights, but also neglected their econom- of Northern Areas to China under a Separatist leaders say Pak Govt is ic development, while using them as 1963 agreement. Mehboob Ali Khan, a indifferent to human rights violations human fodder for fighting. leader from Gilgit-Baltistan, told a func- The Northern Light Infantry, that tion held by the Karakoram National draws its soldiers from this region, is visa to go abroad. Movement and the Karakoram Students mostly used for campaigns not popular Originally a part of the princely state Organisation that this would not have with the regular Pakistani Army, like of Jammu and Kashmir, the Gilgit- happened had Northern Areas elected the 1999 Kargil intrusion and subse- Baltistan region, then under the control their own assembly. Ghazi Anwar quently, fighting alongside the Taliban of Gilgit Scouts, rebelled and declared Khan, another leader, said while Pak- in Afghanistan. itself as ‘‘Azad Democratic Gilgit- istan alleged rights violations in The monthly journal Kargil Interna- Baltistan’’ in 1947. After 16 days, the Afghanistan and J&K, it turned a blind tional describes the Northern Areas as Pakistani authorities established their eye to Gilgit-Baltistan. PM to launch Reuters watershed SERVICES management plan today
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Union rural de- velopment minister Shanta Kumar has said the Centre is considering a proposal for a constitutional amendment to compel the states to give at least 13 of the 29 subjects to panchayati raj institutions. The move is being consid- ered in view of the reluc- tance shown by most states in transferring the 29 sub- jects to panchayati raj insti- tutions (PRIs). Only Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Ra- Amused onlookers watch buffaloes fight during a public event on Republic Day in Bhopal. jasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Daman and Diu have so far transferred all the 29 subjects to the panchayats. Undertrials stuffed into Panchayati raj is among the issues on the agenda of a two-day national conference of state ministers in charge overcrowded prisons of rural development, pan- chayati raj and public works By Rakesh Bhatnagar has assured Tihar inmates that steps would TRAVEL which gets underway here, TIMES NEWS NETWORK be taken to decongest the prison. Justice on Monday. New Delhi: Recently,a woman convicted in a Khare, who visited the jail on the eve of Re- The conference will see the case for 7 years moved the Supreme Court for public Day, favoured enlarging the jurisdic- launch of a Rs 1,000-crore bail as her appeal against the sentence was tion of special courts dealing with cases car- ‘Haryali’ initiative for water- pending before a high court for two years. rying upto three years jail term. shed management by the In reply to a notice, the high court said the Overcrowding of jails is as much a viola- Prime Minister. This initia- woman’s appeal was way down in the queue tion of the right to life as denial of speedy tri- tive comes close on the heels and a decision may not be possible before she al. Nearly 75 per cent (about 2 lakh) of the of another scheme, ‘Swajald- had already served the sentence. about three lakhs prisoners in the hara’, which envisages peo- The SC granted her bail. country’s jails are awaiting trial by ples’ participation in man- The Indian criminal justice sys- overburdened courts. With a back- agement of water supply in LEGAL tem tends to ignore the plight of log of three crore cases, unless the rural areas. undertrials and convicts languish- pace of fast track courts is acceler- The conference will also VIEW ing in the country’s 1,155 jails. Ac- ated, they are likely to languish in give the Centre the opportu- cording to former Supreme Court chief jus- jails for years. nity to review the implemen- tice M N Venkatachaliah‘‘the jails are penal Noted jurist and former Supreme Court tation as well as the impact of dustbins’’. Another former chief justice, A S judge V R Krishna Iyer once said: ‘‘Prisons its rural development pro- Anand, dubbed the criminal justice system, are built with the stones of law’’. The tragedy, RECRUITMENT grammes. involving investigations and prosecutions, ‘‘ however, is that they are increasingly being Among other items on the an engine of oppression’’. occupied by law-makers, enforcers of law and agenda are the Rs 60,000- those who are expected to check lawlessness. crore rural roads scheme, The population of jails is fast increasing Supreme Court Bar Association president and the two employment-gen- despite Justice Anand’s landmark judgment R K Jain felt that the special courts should be erating schemes of Sampoor- ordering release on bail of all undertrials held frequently and favoured a ‘‘liberal ap- na Grameen Rozgar Yojana who committed ‘‘petty offences’’ and had proach’’ in granting bail to petty offenders. (SGRY) and Swarnajayanti spent over a year in jail. Delhi’s prestigious SCBA secretary Ashok Arora, too, attributed Gram Swarozgar Yojana Tihar jail has 12,000 inmates against a capac- the present morass to the ‘‘inhuman ap- (SGSY). ity of 3,700. Now, Chief Justice V N Khare proach’’ of the legal institutions. Dialogue beyond diplomacy In TN, small By Mahendra Ved way ahead of the current state visit and read TIMES NEWS NETWORK Khatami’s recent book Dialogue Among change is Civilisations: Role of Islam and Civil Society. New Delhi: President A P J Abdul Kalam So impressed was he with the 200-odd page and his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Mo- book which talks about equality among na- sold as hammed Khatami met at Rashtrapati Bha- tions, that he referred to it in glowing terms van on Sunday afternoon for what could best be described as the confluence of two civili- at Saturday evening’s banquet. scrap Kalam particularly appreciated Khatami’s COMPUTERS sations. Tiruchirappalli: Ru- The outcome of this intercourse may not comparison between a statesman and an artiste, the common point being that both mours of demonetiza- be fully known, but that it took place indi- tion of coins of lower cates deep mutual understanding of ancient have to be creative. Khatami, his appetite aroused by what the denomination has led to cultures. It could have profound long-term people in Tamil Nadu’s host had to say, was understood to have impact on the relations between the two southern districts refus- sought Kalam’s writings. So, the guest was countries. ing to accept five paise, presented with copies of Kalam’s Ignited After the flurry of Saturday’s bilateral 10 paise and 20 paise Minds and Vision 2020. talks, signing of agreements and the interac- coins which were being Referring to their ancient ties during the tion, and Sunday morning’s Republic Day pa- disposed of as scrap by rade, it was time to relax. So Kalam shed his formal talks, India and Iran signed an agree- some traders. formal bandhgala and received Khatami in ment to give them a contemporary touch. In Bags of rejected coins his residential quarters over an informal his interaction with the media, Khatami re- have piled up at trans- lunch and discussion. ferred to the role of Mahatma Gandhi in port corporations. ‘‘We They spent the afternoon discussing ‘‘driving out the enemy through non-vio- don’t know how to dis- ‘‘where the world is going’’, an official source lence’’ during the last century. Kalam com- pose them,’’ said Krish- said. It was a totally one-to-one meeting. pleted the time cycle, giving his guest a vision nan of a transport cor- Kalam, it appears, had done his homework of India in the years to come. poration. Krishnan could not explain how the coins Geopolitics binds India, Iran lost their value though the coins had not been By Manoj Joshi become an alternate route to negative development. demonitized. ‘‘It could TIMES NEWS NETWORK the Russian Federation and Teheran and New Delhi be rumour,’’ he said. Europe. Iran also hopes to therefore cooperated in back- Chandra Naidu, a New Delhi: The presence of create a new sea-bridge to ing the Northern Alliance trader, said: ‘‘At one Iranian President Seyyed supply LNG to India. and are determined to check point the coins started Mohammed Khatami as the What binds the two coun- Pakistan in Afghanistan. accumulating so much chief guest at the Republic tries is a key axiom of Iran also wants to ensure that some merchants Day parade on Sunday is a geopolitics — my enemy’s en- that it is not hemmed in by themselves could have tribute to the manner in emy is my friend. Pakistan is spread the rumour.’’ which geography affects pol- the US and is seeking Indian not quite an adversary of investments to develop infra- Reports said that even itics. If things go as the two Iran, but the twisted clerics beggars at several countries have outlined in structure as well as markets who send jehadi terrorists to for its oil products. places refused to accept the New Delhi Declaration, India are also the ones who But the logic of New Del- such coins. both countries stand to gain consider the 20 per cent Shias Manager of a bank at hi’s search for better rela- from this relationship. of Pakistan as apostates and Virudhunagar district tions comes from a glance at The most important out- attack them. As a result, the expressed concern the map. Bordering Central come would be that India kind of trust that Pakistan about the Reserve Bank Asia and dominating the Per- would be able to bypass the enjoyed during the 1971 war of India not doing any- Pakistani blockade and rap- when Iran supplied Islam- sian Gulf and the Arabian thing about this. idly open up new rail and abad with fighters and spare peninsula, Iran is a key Is- He said private road routes to Afghanistan parts has gone and been re- lamic country as well as well- traders have started sell- and Central Asia through the placed by wary mistrust. endowed with oil and natural ing bags of coins to port of Chah Bahar. A dele- Anothing important bind- gas. But what a map does not scrap metal dealers. gation of Iranian business- ing factor is that Iran, like In- quite say is that Iran is huge, One estimate says PROPERTY men is also in India at this dia, has a sense of its own about half the size of India, more than 200 scrap time, exploring the possibili- history and its place in the has vast reserves of oil and is dealers were involved in ty of developing a North- world. This came from a joint a market for the kind buying coins for their South corridor through a big- perception that Pakistan’s of goods India would like to metal value. PTI ger port at Bandar Abbas to control of Afghanistan was a export.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,January 27, 2003 9 N-E Govts offer peace talks Modi’s tips on Guwahati: North- A step forward to come out of the useful dowry eastern state govern- jungles and stop inhu- Khaplang faction TIMES NEWS NETWORK ments offered peace •Militants should join man killings in the Pearls of wisdom talks to separatists on greater interest of soci- mainstream, says Gandhinagar: The country Republic Day to end ety,” said Maikon Das, plays spoilsport Assam governor might take pride in banning decades of homeland the 65-year-old mother Modi says TIMES NEWS NETWORK evils like dowry. However, strife in the region. of a leader of the out- Give drip irrigation sets •Violence cannot Gujarati gaurav, tossed up by ‘‘Militant groups lawed United Libera- as dowry solve problems, says Agartala: The Khaplang faction of the the BJP during elections, should shun the path tion Front of Asom Manipur governor National Socialist Council of Nagaland seems quite different. Sacchidanand says of violence and join (ULFA). seems all set to trigger a new phase of Don’t put forth petty the mainstream by •Insurgents’ families There are around 30 So, when chief minister insurgent activities in the north-east Narendra Modi proposed demands to government holding peace talks also call for peace rebel armies operating with the help of other outfits. with the government,’’ in the north-eastern that farmers give drip-irriga- The faction said there could be no crore, the Balaram Bhawan- Assam governor Lt states and their de- tion sets as dowry to their peace there if the Centre did not take it cum-temple complex will Gen (retd) S K Sinha said in his Re- mands range from secession to daughters, the state knew ex- seriously. come up on the prime land public Day speech. greater autonomy and the right to actly what this gaurav was The NSCN (K) consists mostly of opposite the Gandhinagar ‘‘Our doors for meaningful politi- self-determination. all about. Sema Nagas and operates from Myan- Let alone complimenting collector’s office. cal negotiations with insurgent Unidentified militants attacked a mar. It had declared a ceasefire with the groups are open,’’ he said. security patrol in Manipur’s Bish- the efforts of NGOs and so- VHP leader Sacchidanand- Centre two years ago. But it continued At least 10 separatist groups in five nupur district on Saturday night, cial organisations in their ef- ji Maharaj raised the dowry to impart guerrilla training to other N- of the seven north-eastern states killing a paramilitary trooper and forts to ban dowry, Modi ac- issue. He asked the farmers E terrorist outfits. gave a call for a 17-hour general critically wounding three others. tually has suggestions as to to get out of the free and Self-styled revenue minister of the strike on Republic Day to protest In Assam, three people were in- what could be given as dowry. cheap syndrome and stop New Delhi’s alleged colonial rule jured when militants lobbed a NSCN (K), Zeluolic Angami, has said The chief minister was ad- putting forth such demands over the region. grenade in a crowded marketplace on that ‘‘no agency should ignore the out- dressing nearly 10,000 to the government. And, ‘‘Violence and bloodshed cannot Saturday night. fit’’ as it still enjoyed mass support. He Bharatiya Kisan Sangh probably the farmers took a solve the region’s grievances. All A police spokesman said normal was apparently peeved at the way the (BKS) activists at the founda- cue from his advice. such problems can be resolved only life in five of the seven north-eastern NSCN (K) had been ignored when talks tion-laying ceremony of through talks,’’ Manipur governor states has been hit with people gen- were held between the NSCN (IM) and Balaram Bhawan, the pro- The seven-point pledge, Ved Marwah said. erally remaining indoors due to the the Centre recently to end the decades- posed state headquarters of which they took under the Interestingly, family members of rebel boycott call. old insurgency and bring peace to the the BKS, here on Friday. leadership of BKS national separatist leaders across the region ‘‘Private and public transport re- entire north-east region. Modi told the farmers to secretary Jivanbhai Patel, called for peace. mained off the roads, while people Speaking recently to a website, Anga- take a pledge to give drip-ir- talked about none of the usu- ‘‘On the occasion, I would like to preferred to remain indoors,’’ a po- mi said his outfit was monitoring the de- rigation sets as dowry to al demands like assured pow- appeal to my son and other militants lice official said. IANS velopment closely. their daughters. er supply,subsidies or higher To be built at a cost of Rs 25 price for farm produce. Murmurs at Saarc over pact against trafficking By Anita Katyal TIMES NEWS NETWORK Distressed women New Delhi: Member states •Nepal, Bangladesh of the South Asian Associa- want rescued women to tion of Regional Cooperation be allowed to stay in (Saarc) are quibbling over countries where they had the fine print in the conven- been sold tion on prevention of traf- •India opposes this, ficking in women. Nepal and says country of origin Bangladesh are suggesting should take them back that a rescued victim should and pay for repatriation be allowed to stay and work in the country where they •Convention had not had been sold. come into force even a India, the destination year after being signed country for trafficking in women in this region, has reportedly expressed reservations about this recommendation on the ground that illegal foreign migrants cannot be allowed to stay once detected. Sources in the department of women and child develop- ment (DWCD) explained that India also opposed the sugges- tion that a trafficked person be given the option to stay on in the destination country, as she has no say in the matter and has to be repatriated to her home country. India has also opposed the demand that the rescued women be given monetary compensation by the host country,stating that even the cost of their repatriation should be borne by the country of origin. ‘‘The countries from which these girls are trafficked also have a responsibility..they should take steps to prevent their trafficking,’’ said a DWCD official. BJP’s PR act New Delhi: The BJP’s new public relations offensive is as much about winning friends as influencing people. Recently,it invited 60-odd am- bassadors for lunch to ex- plain the party’s ideology, programmes and policies. On Saturday, party presi- dent and members of the eco- nomic cell entertained a FIC- CI team at the party head- quarters. On February 3, a CII team will meet the BJP.TNN
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10 Monday,January 27, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi
AP Mohammed Ilyas Congress hoists own flag Hyderabad: The Congress party headquarters at Gand- hi Bhavan in Hyderabad witnessed commotion when in- stead of the Tri-colour, the Congress flag was hoisted by state president M Satyanarayana Rao during the Re- public Day celebrations. The resemblance between the two flags led to the con- fusion. However, the mistake was immediately rectified and the Congress flag was replaced by the Tri-colour. A visibly upset Rao said that the matter is being en- quired into and suitable action will be taken against those responsible for this faux pas. PTI
(left) Spectators watch the parade in Srinagar. (right) President of Iran Mohammed Khatami with President A P J Abdul Kalam during the Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi on Sunday. Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee can also be seen in the picture. Record turnout in President plays host Peaceful celebrations to 3,000 visitors at Srinagar for R-Day all over the country Rashtrapati Bhavan TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: While people thronged to States’ resolve Srinagar: The gathering at Bakshi stadium here for the watch the Republic Day parade braving New Delhi: Over 3,000 guests, a Republic Day function on Sunday was the biggest since terrorist threats and amid unprecedent- larger number than normal, at- the onset of militancy in the state. ed security in New Delhi, celebrations •Bihar: Maintaining financial disci- pline, mobilising resources tended the Republic Day At Home Thousands were present to witness the parade. Ad- in other parts of the country were by hosted by President A P J Abdul dressing the function, Jammu and Kashmir finance and large peaceful. •Kerala: Seizing on renewed invest- Kalam on the lawns of Rashtrapati minister Muzaffar Hussain Beig asked the militants and In Bihar,governor V C Pande stressed ment interest to usher in progress Bhavan. separatists to positively respond to the offer of talks the need to maintain strict financial dis- •Karnataka: Bringing to book forest As in the past, the winners of made by the Centre. cipline and mobilising additional re- brigand Veerappan the Padma awards were the cyno- He also expressed the hope that the hostilities be- sources. The governor, who took the sure of all eyes. tween India and Pakistan end sooner than later. guard of honour and salute at historic •Uttaranchal: Policies on technolo- gy, industrial and employment Thus, it was that danceuse Son- Rejecting the demand of the Hurriyat Conference that Gandhi Maidan here, said the Bihar al Mansingh and journalist Prab- they be included in the talks between India and Pak- government could improve the situa- •Andhra: Making efforts to curb hu Chawla were among the win- istan, Beig said while it was primarily for the Centre to tion by cutting down on government ex- terrorist activities ners who were congratulated by a talk to Pakistan and find a solution to the Kashmir prob- penditure and initiating measures to large number of the invitees. lem, the answers to the everyday problems confronting control population. In Uttaranchal, the main function Iran’s President Seyyed Mo- the people of the state could not endlessly wait till an un- Orissa governor M M Rajendran un- was held at Parade Ground with Gover- hammed Khatami, chief guest at derstanding between the two countries is reached. furled the tri-colour and took salute at nor Sudershan Agarwal hoisting the na- this year’s Republic Day Dispelling the misgivings in some quarters about the the ceremonial parade in Bhubaneswar. tional flag and taking salute. celebrations, was present along policy of healing touch initiated by the new govern- A grand and colourful parade by var- In Goa, Governor Kidar Nath Sahani with the ministers accompanying ment, he said that the move should not be construed as ious forces at the Central Stadium, announced new technology, industrial him. weakness or a policy of appeasement. where Governor Sikander Bhakt un- and employment policies for the state. So was Prime Minister Atal Bi- furled the national tricolour, marked Andhra Pradesh governor Surjit hari Vajpayee along with several of celebrations in Kerala. The Governor Singh Barnala called for a concerted ef- his cabinet colleagues and offi- called upon the people to seize on the re- fort both by the government and the cials. newed investment interest in the state public to curb the unabated terrorist ac- Advanced a bit compared to ear- to usher in a period of progress. tivities in the state. lier years to beat the cold, the func- In Karnataka, Governor T N In Uttar Pradesh, Governor Vishnu tion turned out to be a very pleas- Chaturvedi stressed on the govern- Kant Shashtri unfurled the national flag ant one with the bright sun adding ments of the state and Tamil Nadu the at Rajbhaban. Chief minister Mayawati to the warmth. need to bring Veerappan to book. took salute. PTI
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12 Monday,January 27, 2003 INTERNATIONAL The Times of India, New Delhi
Oscars salutes AROUND THE WORLD AP O’Toole with Joel’s car hits tree: Net parade names 10 spams Singer Billy Joel was in stable condition By Rashmee Z Ahmed sumerist, including a demand now than anti- lifetime award early Sun- day after his TIMES NEWS NETWORK Electronic junk Nigerian money-launder- virus ones. Los Angeles: Peter O’Toole, car swerved ing proposition, an online Surfcontrol, which Free adult site nominated seven times for an off the road London: Spam or unso- • casino, freedom from credit claims to be the “Number licited commercial e-mail passwords Oscar for his work in films as and struck card debt and weirdly One Web and e-mail filter- a tree on offering “free adult site •Low price drugs diverse as the historical epic enough, a “number one pas- ing company”, calls the Lawrence of Arabia and the Long Island, passwords”, “best online (Viagra) ta pot”. problem “a flood”. casinos” and the “chance nostalgic comedy My Fa- police said. “Everyone will recognise The problem is especially The acci- to meet singles in your •Refinance your vorite Year, will receive an mortgage at least half of the top-ten acute in the US, say experts, honorary Academy Award at dent oc- area” may just be an an- list,” Surfcontrol’s Tom Mo- curred around 10:30 pm Sat- Nigerian confidential with the UK and Europe this year’s Oscar ceremonies. noying part of life in the • riarty told this paper. urday in Sag Harbor, when money transfer playing catch-up and the “O’Toole’s performances wired world, but isn’t a top Surfcontrol and Message- Joel lost control of his 2002 rest of the growing Internet have ignited the screen for 10 spam listing a step too •Tiny remote control car labs are two of the Europe’s Mercedes Benz. The car community, including In- more than four decades,” far? biggest guns on the global swerved off the road and •Best online casino dia, at risk as well. Frank Pierson, president of No, say the compilers, frontline of the war against struck a tree, said police chief #1 Pasta pot The industry says this is the Academy of Motion Pic- one of the leading Euro- • spam. basically because spam- Thomas Fabiano. Joel was ture Arts and Sciences, said pean companies waging a •Get out of credit card It believes 2002 was a mers address the gullible In- taken by ambulance to East worldwide war on spam, Friday in announcing the Hampton Airport and then air- debt bumper year for spam. The ternet surfer’s wildest which is estimated to cost award. lifted to Stony Brook Universi- problem is forecast to be so hopes and worst fears, businesses millions in lost •Meet singles in your It will be presented during ty Hospital, police said. It was bad by July,spam will over- promising we can get rich productivity and network area the 75th annual Academy not immediately clear whether take normal e-mails. quick, lose weight with that congestion. •Copy DVDs in one click Awards ceremony March 23 alcohol was involved, police The chief technology of- miracle diet and find sexual Nearly a third of all e- at the Kodak Theatre in Hol- said. AP ficer of Messagelabs, which nirvana by reading the elec- mail today is estimated to lywood. Its citation will read: American Splendor tops list compiled by Surfcontrol originally targeted internet tronic litter. be spam, that unsought irri- “Peter O’Toole whose re- Sundance: American Splen- company, last year’s most viruses but is now totally But the 15-member Euro- tating electronic junk clog- markable talents have pro- dor, a wily film biography that annoying spams included focussed on spam-busting, pean Union has already ging up inboxes to sell prod- vided cinema history with stars Paul Giamatti as churl- an alarming number has already gone on passed legislation to outlaw ucts no one wants, at prices some of its most memorable ish underground comic-book of apparent sexual bar- record to prophesy “spam spam by end-2003, in a few will pay. characters.” writer Harvey Pekar, won the gains, such as free access to could make e-mail sign it recognises the O’Toole, 70, made his stage grand jury prize, the top dra- Now, spam-warriors be- pornographic websites, cut- unworkable”. dangers of going the Amer- debut at 17 before attending matic honour at the Sun- lieve it is best for the world’s price Viagra deals and Messagelabs, which de- ican way, where non-exis- dance Film Festival. Sun- the Royal Academy of Dra- growing cyber community the swinging singles fast tected the potent global tent data protection laws dance jurors gave the docu- matic Arts. He made his film to know the enemy. lane. Lovebug virus, says its anti- have meant message-over- mentary grand prize to Cap- debut 10 years later with a bit According to the top 10 The rest are frankly con- spam services are more in load. turing the Friedmans, which part in the 1959 film The Sav- traces the disintegration of a age Innocents. family after the father and He shot to fame three years youngest son are arrested for DUBYAMAIL later portraying legendary child molestation. Awards The strip is just scintillating! The irony British adventurer T E were presented Saturday and sarcasm of Bush and our depraved Lawrence in Lawrence of night, with top winners politicians is mind-blowing, eclectic and pleasing to both mind and soul. I Arabia, which brought him screening one last time on wonder why some people fail to appre- the first of his seven best ac- Sunday as the 11-day inde- ciate this humour. Maybe their conser- tor Oscar nominations. pendent-film showcase end- vative thinking has become accus- ed. AP tomed to the monotony of life. The others were for Becket — Raghav Yadav (1964), The Lion in Winter Tipsy pilot grounded: A Your comic strip sure tickles one’s (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips jugular vein and the sketches are great. British Airways pilot about to Keep up the good work! (1969), The Ruling Class fly a passenger jet to London Super model Jerry Hall at a fashion show in Dublin. — Anjali Kaushik Pathak (1972), The Stunt Man has been caught over the al- cohol limit at Arlanda airport near the A star for Somers: Suzanne Somers, who e-mail: [email protected] (1980) and My Favorite Year (1982). AP Swedish capital Stockholm, police say. The played ditsy blond Chrissy Snow on the tipsy pilot was detained by police and given a 1970s sitcom Three’s breathalyser test shortly before departure, the Company, got a star Fri- Arlanda police duty officer said. Swedish TT day on the Hollywood news agency quoted British Airways spokes- Walk of Fame. “And the woman Marianne Ramel as saying the pilot’s nuns in Catholic school breath test showed a blood alcohol concen- said I’d never get to heav- tration of 0.02 percent, the equivalent of en,” she joked during the about two beers if tested immediately. Regu- ceremony. “This is heaven lations prohibit pilots and flight attendants and I’m just floating in it.” from flying within eight hours of consuming She said lots of hard work alcohol. The pilot was later allowed to return went into her success. She has written 10 to UK. Reuters books focusing on weight loss. AP
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DIASPORIUM IRAQ Dabbawala goes to UK US ready to attack Iraq alone: Powell UPDATE Reuters On Monday, Mumbai’s dabbawala Davos: Secretary of State Colin Powell groups late on Saturday, Raffarin said Beware of body bags: Iraq on arrives in Britain, land of that told sceptical Europeans on Sunday Paris considered war a last resort and Sunday stepped up the war of words great post-colonial concoction, the US was willing to attack Iraq alone called for more time for weapons in- with the US by warning of huge chicken tikka masala. It won’t be if the UN Security Council shrank spectors to decide whether Baghdad troop losses from any invasion. quite the humble aluminum tiffin from disarming President Saddam was hiding weapons of mass destruc- Evoking a nightmare vision of piles of carrier, but Tiffin Bites, the desi Hussein. tion. body bags, the newspaper of Presi- dent Saddam Hussein’s eldest son version of the thriving Pret-a- In a speech to muster European sup- In London, British Prime Minister port for a tough line against Iraq, Pow- Tony Blair said Sunday UN inspectors Uday played on fears raised by the Manger office lunch chain, offers Vietnam war which left thousands of bhaji breaths along with Bombay ell made few concessions to European should have “whatever time they doubts about the wisdom of invading need” to complete their audit of Iraq’s US soldiers dead. “The number of potatoes and aubergine masala. these bags will be so high that Bush the country while UN inspectors are alleged weapons of mass destruction Clear, spill-proof plastic tubs will and Blair will not be able to hide it or replace the metal towers of food. still searching for suspected weapons but warned he believed the process lie about it,” Babel said. of mass destruction. should take weeks rather than NRI press corps He mixed reassurances that the months. Blix to report arms gaps: Iraq Bush administration would be patient Raffarin said he expected the in- has left large gaps in its arms decla- The call has gone out for the and consult its allies with warnings spectors to ask for more time when ration, is blocking private interviews Pravasi Bharatiya Press Corps, i.e. that time was short and Washington they report to the UN Security Council with scientists and is balking at U-2 discernibly brown hacks who can would not wait for ever. on Monday, adding it would be “wise” surveillance flights over the whole country, UN weapons inspectors are produce at least one Indian grand- “We are in no great rush to judg- to agree to their request. expected to say on Monday. parent, pronounce Thiruvanan- ment today or tomorrow but it’s clear Speaking on BBC television, Blair thapuram standing up and distin- that time is running out,” he told a said: “I don’t think it should take them Kuwait’s securiy fears: Kuwait’s guish between Hindu, the person, gathering of business and political months to find out whether he (Sad- Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al- and Hindi, the language. Actually, leaders in the Swiss town of Davos. dam Hussein) is cooperating or not but Ahmad al-Sabah said he believed the admission criteria are unde- Conflict in Iraq is not inevitable, but I think they (the UN inspectors) should war on Iraq was imminent and raised fined, but rounding up the PBPC Saddam Hussein must cooperate with have whatever time they need.” concerns over internal security after in Blighty for the first time ever is UN weapons inspectors or face “a war The premier reiterated that war was attacks against Americans. “Military preparations and movements indi- surely a clever and long-overdue of incalculable consequences,” French still not inevitable if Baghdad cooper- cate that war is not far off. War is bridge-building move in the propa- Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin ated fully with the inspectors, but he coming soon and we will not be ex- ganda war. On the agenda is a wel- said. An anti-Bush poster at a rally to protest a possible US-led war against Iraq at warned Saddam to stop “playing empt from its dangers,” said Sheikh come home drink and dinner with In a speech to France’s main Jewish the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Saturday. games.” Agencies Sabah, seen as running the day-to- High Commissioner Ronen Sen. day affairs of Kuwait. 9/11 film fest Rushdie warns of mess: Author Salman Rushdie says any decision A controversial multi-part movie to wage war commissioned to mark the first an- Saudis eye India, but Gujarat scares them against Iraq niversary of the 9/11 attacks is fi- would create a nally making its belated New York By Siddharth Varadarajan where and, boom, all your mon- ple, Walid bin Talal, the richest ticularly in Asia. China, Korea, ‘‘As businessmen, we will go “colossal mess” debut next week. 11’09’01 features TIMES NEWS NETWORK ey is the US could end up frozen Saudi investor, has said he is Malaysia and India are consid- where there is profit and stabil- in the world. The for nothing,” a leading Saudi not afraid and is not consider- ered attractive destinations. ity,’’ said Ziad al-Bassam, who US’ reasons for 11 short films by international di- Jeddah: With Saudi-US rela- businessman said. ing withdrawing any funds. Last December, the first Sau- headed the Saudi delegation. military action in rectors, including India’s Mira tions mired in distrust follow- The stakes are enormous — If there is a financial exodus, di business delegation in 25 ‘‘And so when we read about the Gulf were Nair, France’s Claude Lelouch, ing 9/11 and the freezing of for both Saudi Arabia and the say officials, this is likely to be years visited India. ‘‘We were Gujarat, this worries us. What spuri ous and and Bosnia’s Danis Tanovic. Each that Iraq posed bank accounts thought to be US. Though there are no firm very, very low-key. Pulling out really impressed with what we would have happened if I had film runs exactly 11 minutes, 9 sec- no threat to the linked to terrorist activity, an money in an open way would it- onds and one frame. Because it is statistics, Saudi citizens are es- saw in Hyderabad, Delhi and built a factory there and it had superpower na- increasing number of Saudi timated to have parked as much self Mumbai,’’ said Walid Fitaihi, a been burned down because I stridently anti-US, the film is a hot businessmen are asking tion, he told an audience in London’s potato that hasn’t found distribu- as one trillion dollars in the US. make US-returned doctor and busi- am a Muslim?’’ whether their investments in Barbican theatre on Saturday. tors in the US. Mira Nair’s seg- The market rumour is that $200 SHIFTING the US nessman who is building Saudi ‘‘You cannot separate eco- the US are really secure. ment tells the true story of a miss- billion of that has been pulled au-Arabia’s first paperless hospi- nomics and politics,’’ said Fi- Iran won’t back US: Iran will not When last year, the wife of ing Muslim who was suspected of out in the past year or so but SANDS thori- tal. Fitaihi even published a taihi. ‘‘If India wants money side with the US against any other the Saudi ambassador in the being a terrorist — until it was dis- Saudi officials and business- ties laudatory article on the Indian from here, it should simply be Muslim country, foreign ministry US was investigated for having covered he died a hero helping fire- men insist this is highly un- suspicious, they say. economy in influential Arabic true to its own democracy and spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said men at the World Trade Center. donated money to an individ- likely. However, two trends are dis- daily Okaz. treat its Muslims as equal citi- Sunday, amid the growing war threats against Iraq. He was reacting Others are even more critical. ual whose relatives might have ‘‘As a general rule,’’ said cernible. Property prices here But even as they wax lyrical zens. You should use the Mus- known one of the 9/11 hijack- Khalid al-Shelail, deputy direc- have begun to rise as Saudi about the Indian IT and phar- lims of India as ambassadors to to a warning from US Defense Sec- Reports from Rashmee Z Ahmed in ers, the business elite here kept tor general of the Saudi Arabi- money returns home; and Sau- ma sectors and express keen- help bring Arab money in for retary Donald Rumsfeld last week to London and Chidanand Rajghatta their fingers crossed. “You nev- an General Investment Author- di investors have begun active- ness to do business, Saudi busi- the development of the country Iran not to create trouble in Iraq or in Washington er know, your family name ity, ‘‘we do not feel our money ly looking for investment op- nessmen say they are troubled rather than pushing them intervene in its domestic affairs. shows up on some list some- there is threatened.’’ For exam- portunities outside the US, par- by what happened in Gujarat. aside.’’ Four arrested Maoists kill Nepal’s top in Shetty paramilitary officer, wife murder case Dubai: Police have arrested AP By Suman Pradhan four men belonging to the TIMES NEWS NETWORK gang of underworld don Kathmandu: Nepal’s sen- Chhota Rajan in connection ior-most paramilitary offi- with the murder of Sharad cer was assassinated on Shetty, a former close associ- Sunday in a brazen attack ate of rival gangster Dawood by suspected Maoist rebels. Ibrahim, here a week ago. His wife and bodyguard Karan Singh Narsingh Ra- were also killed in the at- jit, Manoj Muddanna, Amar tack. Bahadur Bam and Sumit Inspector-general Krish- Vazhakkulath Ponnappan na Mohan Shrestha, the were nabbed on Friday just chief of the Armed Police before they were to flee the Force (APF), was on a rou- country by sea, police said tine morning walk in the here. Except Bam, all are be- southern suburbs of Kath- lieved to be of Indian origin. mandu along with his wife Holding passports of and bodyguard, police said. Nepal or Liberia, the arrest- No one claimed responsi- ed accused have confessed to bility for the attack. But the the killing at the behest of government squarely Chhota Rajan, police said. blames the Maoist rebels, Sharad Shetty, a Dubai- who have been waging a vi- based hotelier popularly olent ‘‘people’s war’’ since known as Anna Shetty, was 1996 to turn this Himalayan shot dead by two pistol-wield- Kingdom into a communist ing men from close range as republic. he was entering the popular Eyewitnesses said they India Club on January 19. saw three men gunning The killing was suspected down Shrestha, his wife to be a revenge by Chhota Ra- and bodyguard from point- jan for an unsuccessful at- blank range. Shrestha put tempt on his life in Bangkok up a fight before being in September 2000 as Shetty killed, police said, quoting was believed to have engi- several eyewitnesses. Security officials inspect the site where the chief of neered it at the behest of Da- ‘‘At least eight shots were Armed Police Force was killed in Kathmandu on Sunday. wood Ibrahim. heard by some witnesses, fighting. of all security services was Three of the arrested had and a few people even saw The 15,000-member APF held soon after the killings. entered UAE on visit visas Shrestha and his guard fire was formed one-and-a-half The defence ministry con- and were given membership upon the rebels,’’ an officer years ago as a fighting force demned the Maoists for the of the exclusive India Club, said. He said one of the to take on the Maoist rebels. ‘‘despicable and cowardly police said, adding the four- three assailants, who was Till then, the police had murder’’. some had been living in apparently injured in the been at the forefront of the Defence ministry Dubai for the last two months gunfight, has been taken battle, often losing badly to spokesperson Bhupendra monitoring Shetty’s move- into custody. The other two the guerrilla tactics of the Prasad Paudyal said, ‘‘The ments. Meanwhile, com- are still at large. rebels. Maoists have exposed their mander-in-chief of Dubai po- As the APF chief, The APF and the Royal double characteristics. On lice Major General Dhahi Shrestha wielded enor- Nepalese Army have suc- the one hand, they call for Khalfan Tamim said police mous power in Nepal’s ceeded in checking the talks, on the other, they kill would seek temporary clo- fight against Maoist rebels. rebel advance in the rural unarmed people. The gov- sure of the India Club, a pres- So far, more than 7,200 per- districts. ernment strongly de- tigious joint for the elite Indi- sons have been killed in the An emergency meeting nounces this terrorist act.’’ ans, including diplomats and businessmen. PTI Plane brings Taiwan, China a little closer By Harvey Stockwin minutes for the 747 to go from Shanghai via Hong Kong pro- Taiwan is merely a renegade TIMES NEWS NETWORK Taipei to Shanghai. Instead, vided it changes its flight province, and to act of that the jet took a little under five number in Hong Kong. Sun- assumption. Hong Kong: A commercial hours in each direction. day’s flight did not do that. It The very term “cross passenger jet from the Re- Instead of starting a new was indirectly direct. straits” flights is a compro- public of China on Taiwan international flight path, at The ostensible reason for mise. China has made cer- flew to and from the People’s Taiwanese insistence the the Taiwan government’s in- tain that negotiations regard- Republic of China on Sunday China Airlines plane first sistence on a five hour detour for the first time since the ing truly direct flights got flew south along the regular was simple: were a new truly nowhere by insisting that fighting in the Chinese civil flight path to Hong Kong’s direct Taipei-Shanghai route war ended in 1949. these would be “domestic Chek Lap Kok international opened up, together with oth- flights”, rather than from one But while Taiwan’s China airport, landed, and then er direct routes to Chinese Chinese sovereign entity to Airlines Boeing-747 flight took off again 50 minutes lat- cities, then China’s Air Force another. Taiwan, in other marked a new development er to fly north along the regu- might one day launch sur- words, would have to accept as it flew empty to Shanghai, lar route to Shanghai. prise attacks along the new and then returned to Taipei The chartered flight was routes, confusing Taiwan’s that it is merely a province of with 243 Taiwanese passen- only “direct” in the sense defences. communist China. gers, it also provided a point- that those 243 Taiwanese pas- The more immediate rea- Given the continuing polit- ed reminder that in some sengers did not have to son for these indirect “cross ical impediments, true direct ways that civil war is not yet change flights in Hong Kong, straits” flights lies elsewhere flights are not expected to over. while the 747 did not have to —in China’s refusal to treat materialize anytime soon. For a start, this initial “di- change its flight number in the Taiwan authorities as a Yet these indirect chartered rect flight” was not a direct Hong Kong. fully functioning govern- flights also indicate ways in flight across the Taiwan Normally Hong Kong’s ment exercising sovereign which, economically at least, Straits. If it had been so it Dragonair is the only airline control over the island. Bei- the two Chinas are getting would taken roughly ninety which can fly from Taipei to jing continues to insist that closer together.
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14 Monday,January 27, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi EDITEDIT PAGEPAGE Triple Deterrent Excuses for Empire Fifty-six years after Indian independence of investment in education and health was HOUGHT FOR ODAY A T T India Must Stick to No-First-Use called time on the largest empire the world always low. One can accuse the British Put your money where your MoU is. By K Subrahmanyam thousands of weapons who could take on the has ever known, Britain is finally re- government of neglect in their imperial examining the whole imperial project. But in role, but that’s very different from saying — Anon rest of the world without having to worry The government in its decision of January 4, about any other nuclear weapon power. the slew of new books and TV series on the the empire was run purely in order to 2003 has accepted the doctrine of no-first-use subject, Niall Ferguson’s stands out for its exploit Indians for the benefit of Lancashire recommended by the first national security India, Pakistan and China do not function staggeringly politically incorrect theories. In mill owners. advisory board after a six-month intensive under similar conditions. They have to take ‘Empire: How Britain made the Modern But surely Britain didn’t acquire the empire Cup D’etat into account the existence of other major deliberation devoted entirely to the nuclear World’ and the accompanying, ongoing TV for the good of the world? There was much relief — and some gloating — after the doctrine. Apparently, the third NSAB had nuclear powers and their reactions to their series, the Oxford don argues that the Raj Though the initial impulse was undoubt- International Cricket Council gave the green signal to suggested scrapping this doctrine among its use of nuclear weapons. was really the world’s first brush with edly the naked profit motive, it was not the the ‘men in blue’. Frankly, there was never any serious various recommendations in the annual Nuclear deterrence, in essence, means globalisation. And ‘Anglobalisation’, he tells impulse of the Indian Civil Service. By the doubt about India’s participation in the World Cup. The national security review. It is desirable to persuading the adversary to believe that Rashmee Z Ahmed, was good for everyone: Victorian era, certainly the role of a figure ICC could hardly afford to let its premier event become have a debate on the rationale of the no- any use of a nuclear weapon by him will like William Bentinck, the conception a resounding flop. Even so, it came up with an first-use strategy. Its roots go back to Indian result in a retaliation that would be Some say yours is a politically incorrect, even becomes developmental. One has to avoid a interesting googly.To fully appreciate it, let’s do a quick strategic thinking over the last two decades. unacceptable in terms of damage. A first regressive view of empire. simplistic ‘them’ and ‘us’ discussion of how rewind. The ICC has sold all marketing rights for the The US and western powers did not agree to strike, including a decapitation strike, on a I have been as explicit about the minus the Raj operated. The number of British national capital cannot be prevented at the World Cup to the Global Cricket Corporation (GCC), this doctrine in their updated NATO nuclear signs on the balance sheet as the plus signs. people in India was tiny. The Raj functioned posture statement released in 1999. present stage of technology till effective The arguments about the positive achieve- through collaboration between British and which in turn sold the rights to corporate sponsors. The missile defence is available. Therefore, ICC assured these sponsors they could use the images of It has been pointed out that except for ments of empire are primarily economic. My Indian elites. One of the findings of recent China, which watered down its ‘no-first-use’ that contingency is independent of whether point is that if you introduce, as the empire economic research is that the British, the players for the duration of the event and six posture declared in 1964, the other four we adopt no-first-use or not. did, free trade and literally billions of relative to the Mughals, reduced slightly months after it. Also, the players would be barred from nuclear weapon powers have not adopted The effectiveness of our deterrent posture pounds of overseas investment, a system of the inequalities of Indian society. There endorsing rival brands for a month before and after the this strategy.The Soviet Union did from 1982 depends on the adversary being convinced legal enforcement which investors find was a sincere, often misguided belief that event. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) till its dissolution. The US strategy — conse- that our retaliation will be punitive and reassuring, a relatively uncorrupt adminis- the British had worked out a system of signed a deal with the ICC accepting these terms. Then, quently that of Britain and France — was would not be worth his while even if he tration, balanced budgets and sound economic development and their function when the players protested, it did an about-turn and that nuclear weapons would be used to deter can strike first at our capital. Given the money, you’re doing pretty much what the was to export it to the rest of the world. said it would back the cricketers. The ICC now says a conventional aggression by an adversary limited arsenals in the developing world and International Monetary Fund today advises But it didn’t always work. Indian players are welcome to play on their terms, but it believed to have massive their likely dispersal, it is developing economies to do. That’s right. But there’s a big difference will take the BCCI to a court of arbitration. superiority in that respect. inconceivable for a nuclear But what about that between failing to As a result of the altered terms, the sponsors are Pakistan today puts forward power to hope for a total basic history every solve the chronic likely to reduce the money they will pay the ICC, the same argument vis-a-vis disarming strike of its Indian schoolchild Q&A problem of famine reportedly from around $550 million to $450 million. The India. Subsequently, the use nuclear adversary and there- learns, namely, that in a monsoon econo- ICC is likely to demand that the BCCI compensate it of nuclear weapons was by escape retaliation. The the British milked In the 21st century, my than deliberately for this loss. From a purely legalistic viewpoint, the projected as an instrument Indian arsenal will be us dry? there is a need for causing it. BCCI doesn’t have much of a case. What it does have, for extended deterrence for dispersed, mobile and camou- I think there’s an Indians and Scotsmen But why say this now though, are the keys to cricket’s treasure chest — in allies who depended on the flaged with various deception urgent need to alike to recognise — is it to reverse US for their security. measures to make the adver- reassess those well- years of British bad the form of the huge Indian market. The BCCI can point that nationalism is India is not likely to face sary’s task more difficult. established nation- a comfort blanket conscience about out that the ICC will not lose $100 million, but actually an adversary with massive In addition, India building alist interpretations and it doesn’t help empire? gain $450 million, which would not have been conventional superiority even up a strategic triad will of British economic us understand The timing is forthcoming if India had not contested the Cup. The in respect of China as the ensure the effectiveness of policy. It’s not just the past. closely linked to our Udayshankar ICC can threaten to suspend India, but it would only forces Beijing can deploy (not the forces our retaliatory capability. In these me who’s doing it, growing awareness shoot itself in the foot if it did so, because the only China has) against India on the Himalayan circumstances, no-first-use is the rational it’s Indian economic of the historic reason corporates sponsor its events is that they front cannot exceed what India can. way of enhancing deterrence in the minds of historians too, such as Tirthankar Roy. His antecedents of globalisation. This isn’t so want to sell their goods to cricket-mad Indian fans. Washington’s nuclear policy during the adversaries. While such a policy will New Economic History of India makes the much a book about imperialism as the first India is to cricket what the US is to the UN. The rest Cold War was not deterrence but compe- contribute to strategic stability, giving up point that though there was a systematic and age of globalisation. of the world may rail against unilateralism, but llence. The US was attempting to use its that policy and both sides being committed to concerted shift towards producing for export Which you’re pithily calling Anglobalisation. ultimately, it has no choice but to fall in line. So the superior nuclear capability to impose its first-use will lead to an extremely unstable rather than for subsistence, this was a nec- Is that your own coinage? best long-term solution would be for the ICC to impose policies and the Soviet Union with a smaller situation, especially during a crisis as the essary corollary of attracting British invest- Yes, and I think we can’t really understand a token, face-saving fine on the BCCI, and let the N-arsenal up to the mid-’70s was able to one witnessed in the first half of 2002. ment. And that British investment did things globalisation without recognising that in its players and fans get on with enjoying the game. deter Washington. If New Delhi is not to The stability of the situation in May-June for the Indian economy that were positive. first phase it was propelled by structures of adopt a no-first-use strategy, it would imply 2002 was largely attributable to the Indian The expansion of irrigation, the construc- domination, imperial structures. that India would consider the possibility no-first-use posture. The NATO doctrine tion of railways, the development of Indian How is it being received? of a deliberate nuclear aggression under updated in 1999 argues that its first-use coal and textile industries and so on. The Actually,the real lessons of empire need to Fat of the Land certain circumstances. policy is a political one intended to make fruits of overseas investment were tangible. be learned by the United States, which is in The US and the USSR had tens of clear to all potential adversaries that war is In the end, real national income in India goes the equivalent position of global dominance ‘McFrankenstein’s creations’ was the description by thousands of N-weapons ranging from not a rational option for them. Washington up by 80 per cent between 1891 and 1938. that Britain enjoyed. It is much more judge Robert Sweet about McDonald’s products in a tactical weapons deployed in forward areas argues that this is necessary to ensure Are you really saying Mahatma Gandhi important that my book be read by historic obesity case. But in the end, it was a McVictory to intercontinental weapons in fixed silos. deterrent protection to their allies against made an economically unsound decision to Americans than British politicians. for the fast food giant. The court threw out a lawsuit The wisdom that a nuclear exchange at a rogue nuclear states. India is not likely campaign against British rule? And by Indians? filed by several plaintiffs, including a 400-lb teenager, tactical level could not be limited without it to be in such a situation. There are strong political arguments for I would love the book to be read and all of who blamed the chain’s food as the cause of their escalating to theatre and global strategic The theory of deterrence and no-first-use countries to govern themselves rather than discussed in India. I’m always struck when I obesity. The judgment draws the line between personal levels in a very short period of time came go together. The first aggressive use of a to be governed by an alien minority,as India visit India by the vehemence with which nuclear weapon will be a confession that responsibility and society’s responsibility to protect about only in the eighties. With thousands was. From the perspective of liberal political Indians, particularly Anglicised ones, of weapons, the bulk of them in fixed deterrence has failed and nuclear war fight- theory, Gandhi and all who campaigned for dismiss Britain’s imperial contribution. But individuals; in this case consumers are hardly installations, there were pressures that ing had become inevitable. It is recognised independence, were in the right. But if we nationalism is a feel-good ideology. I’m a unaware of the dangers of eating junk food. But either they had to be used or they would be all over the world that nuclear war fighting ask the question in purely economic terms, Scotsman and it always rankles that the Eng- then, what justified the courts’ ruling against cigarette eliminated by an adversary strike. Under between two nuclear weapon states would we’ve to be aware of both costs and benefits. lish dominated the British Isles and contin- companies in several suits by those with tobacco- those circumstances, strategies of launch on not lead to any meaningful military decision Of course, the benefits didn’t go far enough. ue to do so. But in the 21st century,there is a related ailments? Simple: Nicotine is ten times more warning and launch under attack were beyond appalling losses to both sides. In The British can be accused of doing too little. need for Indians and Scotsmen alike to recog- addictive than even heroin, and cigarette companies developed. All these strategies were the these circumstances, no-first-use appears to Because their fundamental objective was low nise that nationalism is a comfort blanket have been economical with the truth about the harm products of two nuclear powers with tens of be the appropriate policy for India. taxation, low public expenditure, the extent and it doesn’t help us understand the past. their products cause. In this case, the court rightly assumed that no food can be so addictive that the individual can go on eating it to such dangerous proportions. In the case of the teenager in question, Symbiosis Between he apparently ate McDonald’s food every single day Sweet Dreams since the age of six. The responsibility here clearly By Nina Sood my mugs of black coffee pleasure. Maybe I can enjoy vests with his guardians and himself. Science & Spirit each day? This article has it now without remorse. America is perhaps the most weight-conscious nation The morning headline left me in a dilemma. After The recommended cook- By Karan Singh Bonded in Love in the world, yet half its adults are overweight. And instead of depressing me all, there have been other ing medium was refined Some years ago, I called upon gradually developed these Natural mildness chances are that many more will bite off more than with an account of terror- reports about other things oil, ghee being strictly the great scientist Prof S deeper insights, notably should be there in the they can chew after news that the obesity gene has ist attacks brought hope that one eats and drinks. no-no. The latest theory is Chandrasekhar in Chicago with C G Jung and Transper- family.Observance of been discovered raising the possibility that an and joy. The astounding that a little pure desi ghee I have read that a glass of and asked him how seers of sonal Psychology. The study the vows leads to anti-adiposity vaccine is on the cards. The obesity gene breakthrough that seven or is good for the heart, but I red wine or a small drink the Vedas and Upanishads of consciousness has now mildness... Right belief is only one piece in the genetic jigsaw and it is too eight cups of coffee a day can no longer stand the in the evening is a good had two astounding insights become a respectable area for should there be early to expect any miracle cures. Research clearly would help to prevent dia- taste or smell of it. Yester- tonic for the heart. What that have emerged in modern intellectual and experiential amongst family proves that obesity can best be prevented in childhood betes. Would it work if one day’s poison fruit is pre- about the sugar content of science only recently. exploration. Albert Ein- members. Crookedness were already a diabetic; scribed as a must today. with the right mix of diet and exercise, though the alcohol? Can a diabetic The first is the concept of stein’s famous remark that and deception cause would coffee assist in low- A reliable theory of few in India’s upper middle and upper classes are also indulge in a daily glass anantakoti brahmanda, end- ‘‘science without religion unhappiness in the ering blood sugar as well? sensible eating, regardless listening. One in every 15 children in this segment is of wine? I remember when less universes. The second is is lame, religion without family.Straightforward- On the other hand, how of ailments, is a balanced obese, with attendant problems like hypertension, eggs were taboo, especially the concept of vast aeons of science is blind’’, makes an ness and honesty in would those tempting mugs diet; a little bit of this and a diabetes, coronary artery disease, gall bladder the yellow, yolky, yummy time through which creation important point. Before him, one’s body,speech and of steaming black coffee little bit of that, is what is disorders, osteoarthritis and sleep dysfunction. Yet, part and only the white passes, much like the ancient the Cartesian-Newtonian- mental activities lead affect a heart patient? really necessary. The body the average upper class parents’ idea of demonstrating could be eaten freely.It was belief that a single day of Marxist paradigm of thought the family to an Being both — a diabetic needs everything in moder- love for their children appears to be to indulge them difficult to find a substitute Brahma is 4.32 million postulated an unbreachable auspicious path. Purity, and heart patient — how ation. I shall, with a clear in high-fat treats, fast food being a preferred choice. for egg at breakfast. Now- human years long, so that his dichotomy between matter reverence, ceaseless would I make the caffeine conscience, stick to my one adays articles suggest a one year corresponds rough- and spirit. After Einstein pursuit of knowledge, One third of adult males and half the females in to skip the heart and con- or two cups of coffee a day. couple of eggs in a week, ly to the age of planet earth. and Heisenberg’s Uncertain- charity,removal of this social group are obese. And unlike in America, centrate on the pancreas? but the habit has forsaken Dear diabetics, wouldn’t obesity is yet to be considered a health problem in When I suggested that per- ty Principle, quantum me- obstacles that threaten Over the years, I had cut me and instead papaya has it be delightful if the next haps this knowledge came to chanics and extra-galactic equanimity,service to India. In fact, fast food outlets may be losing ground down my coffee intake after edged its healthy way onto tip on food announces that in a number of other countries, but more are springing seers in enhanced states of cosmology, the situation others — these make developing a heart prob- the breakfast table to join chocolates are good for dia- consciousness, Prof Chan- has changed considerably. up in India. A German philosopher once said you the family happy. lem. Would so much of caf- my sole, daily cup of black betics and help to maintain drasekhar seemed to agree. Science is in one of its are what you eat. Today, clearly, what you eat is feine disturb the beating of coffee. A second cup is healthy blood sugar levels Tattvarthasutra 6.18-24 In Indic traditions, con- creative periods where old ✥ what you are. So think about that the next time the heart? Should I serious- considered a luxury, which without the bathroom sciousness is not merely an barriers are breaking down you reach for that burger and fries. ly contemplate increasing I drink with guilt and scales tilting against you? epi-phenomenon of evolving and we can discern outlines I will make you of one matter, rather it is the prime of a convergence between heart, of one mind and principle that calls forth science and spirituality. free from hate. Love one CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS these millions of worlds. The I use the term ‘spirituality’ another as the cow loves Travel Travail great icon of Shiva Nataraja advisedly, because ‘religion’ the calf she has borne. Ayurveda Imbroglio public from untrained practitioners. Let the son be loyal to Twenty years ago, the poet, E B White described the portrays this kinet- carries a lot of — Lady Sarah Morritt, via e-mail ic universe in which baggage, some of it the father, and of one indefatigable train commuter — as “One who spends Apropos of ‘No cheating on Ayurveda, says all things, from negative. Spirituali- mind with the mother; Britain’ by Rashmee Z Ahmed (Jan 20), as a his entire life/ In riding to and from his wife/ A man Missionary Position galaxies to sub- ty transcends barri- Let the wife speak sweet member of the governing council of the who shaves and takes a train/ And then rides back atomic particles, ers of race, religion, and gentle words to the British Ayurvedic Medical Council (BAMC), Apropos of the edit ‘Rites of Passage’ to shave again”. But lately, being up early and shaving are in flux. The THE creed and nationali- husband. Let not I would like to clarify certain statements of (Jan 22), there is no comparison between a so often is the least among commuters’ woes. For drum in Shiva’s left ty. Seers of all great brother hate brother, the report. Our interest is not marketing foreign missionary engaging in illegal activ- SPEAKING most of them, getting into the crowded compartment hand represents faiths have sought sister hate sister, but the protection of the qualifications of ities and Swami Vivekananda. Vivekananda TREE of suburban locals and the metros, is itself a close creation, while the to describe what is unanimous, united in almost five lakh Indian ayurvedic doctors did not go to the US clandestinely.He openly shave. Passengers hope and pray on the journey fire in his right hand essentially an indescribable purpose, speak you who have studied for five and a half years lectured before an audience comprising the to detrain in one piece, protecting their purse from represents its destruction in experience, whether it is words with friendliness. for the BAMS degree. Already,unscrupu- educated elite. The American missionary, pickpockets. R L Stevenson did famously write that the cycles of time. Shiva’s the Beatific Vision of the Atharva Veda lous westerners, who have studied for three on the other hand, went to a Dalit basti in other two hands point to the Christians, the Bodhichitta ✥ “to travel hopefully, is better than to arrive”. But months or less, are claiming to be better Kerala to convert the residents with money possibility of individual of the Buddhists, the Noor-e- today, the world’s commuters have the worst of practitioners. How can the British govern- power. Why did he not preach his gospel to In five ways should a realisation amidst cosmic llahi of the Muslims, the both the worlds, if we heed what Britain’s Strategic ment, which now has a four and a half years the educated elite of Thiruvananthapuram? child minister to his chaos. One hand is raised in Ek Onkar of the Sikh gurus Rail Authority (SRA) says. Its train of thought is: training programme for plumbers, suggest — M G Vaidya, New Delhi parents as the eastern a gesture of benediction, or the self-realisation of “the daily ordeal of coping with an overcrowded and that 1,150 hours are enough for training quarter: ‘Once while the fourth points to the Hindus. Clearly there are unreliable rail service, only ensures that rail ayurvedic practitioners? II supported by them, his upraised foot as the path states of higher conscious- commuters become stressed long before they arrive Regarding the statement that BAMC is I will now be their of liberation. ness which are the heritage at the work-place, and long after they manage to privately-run, BAMC has a body of Indian When you describe the rough treatment support; I will perform The question of conscious- of the entire human race. and British academics, ayurvedic physi- meted out to Joseph Cooper as ‘‘a sign of duties incumbent on return home”. It isn’t the surgeon-general to lay ness and its evolution is one This flows from the per- cians and lay members, including vice- our growing intolerance’’, who do you mean them; I will keep up the down the law and issue health warnings to the that has attracted some of sistent tradition of the light chancellors of Manipal and Gujarat by ‘‘our’’? It isn’t anyone I know, not even lineage and tradition of travelling public. But in a recent report, it officially the best minds in the world. that illuminates the universe ayurveda universities, Dr Robin Monro, those who are knee-jerk sympathisers of the my family; I will make pronounced that commuting is bad for you, and In India, we have developed — that of consciousness a scientist previously at Cambridge sangh parivar or the BJP.Only the sangh myself worthy of my cautioned against the ‘‘cumulative impact’’ of journeys over the millennia systems of itself. It is awareness of this University,and the Rt Hon Viscount Gough. parivar and the home ministry are responsi- heritage.’ In five ways in cramped carriages. Curiously, it also disclosed yoga which are surely the light in all human beings Our only aim is to prevent dangers to the ble for the physical assault and deportation parents thus ministered that railway firms in Britain found it cheaper to most integral exploration of that alone can become the orders. It is dangerous to turn the public to, as the eastern consciousness ever essayed cornerstone of a harmo- incur modest penalties for allowing over-crowding into accomplices. Because most people quarter, by their child, by humanity. Indian civilisa- nious global society. What than to acquire more carriages providing for longer simply accept this blame, they begin to show their love for him; From timesofindia.com tion took a unique turn — is needed is a symbiosis trains. Nearer home, such concern for our long- rationalise communal violence, which in They restrain him from our most creative minds between the inner and the suffering commuters would be touching. Our own fact they would never have participated in. vice, they exhort him to turned the searchlight outer, the quietist and the rail authorities are yet to wake up to what western Madhushala Memoriam — Peggy Mohan, New Delhi virtue, they train him to inwards towards the source activist, and in the broader psychiatrists identify already as the ‘cattle truck’ a profession, they With the passing away of Harivanshrai Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page of consciousness, and built dimension, between science train syndrome, severely damaging commuters’ Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New contract a suitable Bachchan, more than a poet, we have lost an entire science based upon and spirituality. cardio-vascular health. In Britain, the state-funded Delhi-110002. email:[email protected] marriage for him, and a modern thinker. Personally,I find his creative introspection. 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The Times of India, New Delhi, Monday,January 27, 2003
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KAUTILYA INVESTMENT IIT’s diaspora has a party UPDATE Farewell, great, Some 2,500 of India’s engineering tigers network, and work on the road ahead Argentina gets By Chidanand Rajghatta coming together on a pan-IIT TIMES NEWS NETWORK scale involving all campuses. generous guru ‘‘Can we fly formations?’’ San Jose, Silicon Valley: In- loan from IMF By Jairam Ramesh have distinguished careers of vited to deliver the keynote asked Hemen Godbole, one of the organising committee he International Monetary Fund ap- The name of Pal- their own. Keeping himself address of the Golden Jubilee members. ‘‘You bet we can.’’ proved a $6.78 billion loan package for ahalli Ramaiya aloof from any governmental of the Indian Institute of T They could. and the out- Argentina ending 11 months of arduous Brahmananda, links, he was a fiercely inde- Technology held last week in come was staggering. In addi- negotiations and giving South America’s the eminent eco- pendent scholar, monumentally Silicon Valley, Bill Gates de- tion to the 2,500 IITians who second largest economy some breathing nomist who prolific in publishing books, cided to a bit of background turned up, more than 1,000 room until the country can elect a new passed away a technical papers and popular ar- research before the speaking were turned away because president. few days back, ticles. His advice was always gig. So he went to the IIT web- there was simply no space at The IMF announced the decision by its brings back a sought, even if rarely followed. site, and then, just for com- Fairmont’s cavernous conven- executive board in a brief statement, say- picture of an India that might Twice he hit the headlines: parison, to the MIT website. ing the loan package was designed to pro- have been, memories of a path once in 1962 when his influential On the MIT site, he says, the tion center, the largest avail- vide “transitional financial support” not taken by the country and a study on poverty was hotly de- big news was that the coffee able venue in the Valley. through August 31. perspective on its unfinished bated in Parliament and again house on the campus was clos- One IITian counted 48 Gup- After that, the agency hopes to have in economic reforms agenda. Back in February 1974 when he mo- ing down because people tas, 35 Singhs, 34 Jains, 26 place a longer-term loan package that in the early 1950s, when there bilised 140 economists to pre- weren’t spending enough Sharmas and 23 Agarwals (or would provide fresh resources to help Ar- was an overwhelming consen- pare a blueprint for combating money there. On the IIT Mum- a variation of that) besides an gentina emerge from the worst financial sus among economists, Indian inflation that was then raging at bai website, the hot news was assortment of Boses and Ban- crisis in its history. and foreign, about how India over 20 per cent. This blueprint, that they had caught a leopard nerjees, Balakrishnans and The IMF’s approval of the transitional should industrialise, there were known colourfully as “Semi- Balasubramanians (short- on the campus recently. loan came even though the agency could four dissenting voices —D.R. bombla” (Scheme of the Econo- ened in typical IIT lingo to un- ‘‘That’s something US uni- not come to terms with Argentina on an Gadgil, C.N. Vakil, B.R. Shenoy mists for Monetary Immobilisa- mentionables). Another versities can’t offer in terms IMF-approved plan to deal with the coun- and Brahmananda. Vakil and tion through Bond Medallions counted 62 IITians from of experience,’’ Gates joked to try’s economic problems. Normally, the Brahmananda published their and Blocked Accounts), did Oracle, 59 from Intel, 29 each some 2,500 IITians packed organisation refuses to provide new loans views in 1956 in a widely-ac- serve as an input into the Mrs from IBM and Sun Microsys- standing room only into San until such an agreement is in place. claimed classic Planning in an Indira Gandhi’s tough and effec- tems, 22 from Stanford Uni- Jose’s Fairmont Hotel Confer- However,the government of Argentine Expanding Economy. tive anti-inflation package de- Ajit Ninan versity, and 21 from Applied ence Hall last weekend. Then, President Eduardo Duhalde balked at Their main criticism of the vised by Dr Manmohan Singh Gates, who is a college Materials. into each others arms shout- cently. His son Abhay some IMF demands, calling them too Second Five Year Plan (1957-62), that was announced in July ‘‘Next time, we are going to dropout but not given to easy stringent, and threatened to default on that laid the foundations of In- 1974. Although Brahmananda’s ing forgotten nicknames and Bhushan (1965, IIT Kanpur) is hold it in a stadium,’’ boasted praise, spoke thus to the Indi- IMF loans coming due this month if no dian economic policy,was that it prodigious output presaged inquiring about life, the uni- a VC in Silicon Valley. Monishi Sanyal, an organis- an tigers of technology, ‘‘The agreement was reached on new loans, an neglected mass consumer goods much of the reforms of the verse and everything (‘‘Hey Then there is the famous ing committee member. IIT...is an incredible institu- action that would have cut the country off like food and clothing and laid 1990s, the full potential of vital, Piggy, where are you these family firm of Infosys’ N.R. Just as well. Sometimes, the tion that has changed the from its last source of foreign credit. far too great an emphasis on employment and export-inten- days man? Did you marry the Narayana Murthy and atmosphere was gladiatorial world.’’ The IMF action on Friday will essen- heavy industry-oriented import sive industries like textiles and chick you were dating???’’). Sycamore Networks’ Desh — and occasionally sopho- If there was an element of tially provide the country with enough re- substitution. India could not en- other consumer goods has yet to Some of the alum repaired Deshpande, both IITians mar- moric. Despite the pan-IITian hyperbole in that statement, sources to stay current on its IMF obliga- joy the fruits of efficient labour- be unleashed, because of reser- to play cards (bridge now, ried to sisters Sudha (IISc, kinship, there is still a sport- no one was complaining. The tions through August. intensive industrialisation of vations for the small-scale sec- rather than the teen-patti of Bangalore) and Jayashree ing rivalry between the cam- IIT50 gala was a time of cele- Argentina is scheduled to elect a suc- the East Asian type largely be- tors, restrictive labour laws and yesteryears) in quiet corners; (also IITian). Less well known puses. Redolent of school bration, not carping — al- cessor to Duhalde in late April. The new cause of the choices made in the the nature of fiscal levies. others plotted to buy and sell but equally distinguished is days, at an inter-IIT quiz, par- though there was plenty of president is to take office in May. Second Plan and carried for- Brahmananda’s intellectual companies. Later, it turned to their brother Shrinivas tisan crowds cheered their chiding from mostly non- The IMF hopes the new administration ward subsequently. Actually, in- canvas was unusually wide — the serious business of what Kulkarni (IIT Delhi), an astro- teams and barracked others IITians over what some saw as will have the political support needed to stead of neglect, what the Sec- monetary policy, development (Kharagpur won). Grown men IIT hubris and media hyste- to do for India. physicist at Caltech. enact tough economic reforms that will ond Plan did was to consign the economics, economic theory, momentarily left their respon- ria. If anything, the IIT50 was There were whole families But on this day it was the allow the IMF to provide new loans to production of mass consumer macroeconomics. His lifestyle a paean to remembrance and and generations of IITians. At larger IIT family that was cel- sibilities and role-modeling to help end the country’s lengthy economic goods to village, cottage and was Gandhian. He rebuffed nostalgia, besides the larger 84, Arya Bhushan is an IITian ebrating. The IITs have a hoot and jeer; there were even downturn. small-scale industry. This was many offers to teach overseas goal of “making a difference” who predates the IITs. He is an strong individuality. Loyalty hai-hais. Some of it was such The IMF support approved Friday in- done to appease the Gandhians but drew great satisfaction and “giving back to India.” alumnus of IIT Roorkee (1940 to campus and hostel is im- good fun that they even began cludes a new $2.98 billion loan and a one- led by the then-deputy chair- when international giants like At Fairmont, the mood ini- batch), which is the oldest en- mense. For years now, the IITs planning Mardi Gras and year extension of $3.80 billion in loan man of the Planning Commis- Pierro Sraffa and Jacob Viner tially was glutinous with bon- gineering school in Asia (es- have been organising solo, Mood Indigo in the US. payments that were coming due over the sion Gulzarilal Nanda. Among warmly acknowledged his con- homie. IITians who had not tablished in 1847) but has been and often haphazardly. Now It was all heady,giddy stuff. next eight months. the first to write about a 7-8 per tributions as being world class. met for a decade or more fell ‘‘upgraded’’ to an IIT only re- for the first time, they were (To be concluded) The Bush administration originally cent rate of growth, Brah- He was also large-hearted to- took a hard line in the IMF negotiations mananda was also the first econ- wards those who disagreed with with Argentina, insisting the agency omist to point out that the Sec- him and in spite of the attacks should not loan any more money until Ar- ond Five Year Plan was neglect- that were mounted on him by Honda India plans to export Dio scooter gentina agreed to implement tough eco- ing the foreign trade. Thereafter, the “leftist” establishment right nomic reforms. Manmohan Singh and Jagdish By Byas Anand through the 1960s and 1970s, he ports would commence in a year. Efforts export it to Europe,” the sources added. However, US officials moderated that Bhagwati were to er elaborate TIMES NEWS NETWORK retained his unbounded admira- are also on to introduce the locally pro- This, industry watchers said, is ex- position as the threat of a default loomed on this theme of anti-export tion for both Nehru and Maha- New Delhi: Honda Motorcycle and duced Activa, It first offering through the pected to end Honda’s existing little ex- and it became clearer that Duhalde’s bias in our economic policy. lanobis, believing they were Scooter India (HMSI) is gearing up to venture, in the European markets. posure with erstwhile partner Pune- lame duck government did not have the In the grand traditions of the non-ideological visionaries. In drive its made-in-India scooters in the “We start our operations in a small based Kinetic group. Honda has been political power to gain approval of the great Indian gurus of yore, this he echoed P.N. Dhar who overseas markets. The firm is working to- way and make the base very strong be- sourcing scooters from Kinetic for ex- tougher reforms the IMF was demanding. Brahmananda was an inspira- once wrote that Nehruvites have wards introducing the recently launched fore expanding. This has been the Honda porting. Now the Dio (or Lead) is expect- The action by the IMF’s 24-member ex- tional teacher and mentor. He completely ossified Nehru, just motoscooter Dio in the global markets philosophy and we followed this in India ed to replace the Kinetic models abroad. ecutive board ratified a deal reached be- trained a very large number of as, it might be added, Gandhians under a new brand name — Lead. as well. Activa has received a good re- The firm has applied to FIPB, seeking tween IMF negotiators and Duhalde’s men and women in the Universi- have frozen Gandhi in time. The preliminary exercise of identify- sponse here and, this year, we plan to additional royalty and license fee to its government last week. AP ty of Bombay who went on to [email protected] ing the markets is on, sources said. Ex- double the manufacturing capacity and parent for making the model here. EXECUTIVE DIGEST US-Iraq row to weaken stock Electronics components’ NATIONAL exports up by over 20%: Electronics components’ SBI, LIC, IDFC to put in markets, increase oil prices BOSS exports have posted a 20.35 Rs 300 cr in IDF: State INC per cent rise in 2001-02 to Bank of India, Life Insurance The regulator speaks: Rs 2200 crore compared to By J Mulraj largest field) and others. upward of $ 80 /barrel, Corporation and Infrastruc- A friendlier regime in Iraq killing any chance of a glob- Ending months, nay years, Rs 1828 crore in 2000-01, lobal stockmarkets ture Development Finance according to an estimate by may, it is presumed, lead to a al recovery.Were that to hap- of war between cell and are likely to become Company are likely to con- Electronics and Computer re-allocation of oil develop- pen, markets would collapse. tribute Rs 100 crore each basic operators, the TRAI increasingly nervous finally set in place a Software Export Promotion G ment contracts in favour of The market in the coming shortly in India Development from next week, when the UN level field. Are all happy? Council. The European coun- companies such as Exxon or weeks is thus likely to be Fund, which would exclusive- tries have become the major inspection team will be sub- BP.They hope to be able to in- ly invest in the equity of infra- Watch this space. volatile, reacting to events as destination for Indian compa- mitting its report on the pres- crease Iraqi oil output from a structure projects. Confirm- ence or otherwise of they unfold in this high stake nies in 2001-02 with the elec- UN mandated 2 mbpd to 6 game of ‘the other guy blixed ing this, IDFC managing di- tronics component exports weapons of mass destruc- rector Nasser Munjee said: mbpd. This would, however, ..oops blinked’. touching Rs 677 crore against tion, in Iraq. The US and its require huge investments of “SBI and LIC have in principle Rs 590 crore in 2000-01. ally, Britain, are portraying Domestically, the telecom agreed to invest Rs 100 crore $5 billion and upto three tangle continues to be in a this as their commitment to- years to fructify, in addition each in IDF. We will put in Rs Inflation keeps rising, wards the fight against glob- murkier and murkier mess. 100 crore.” to $ 3 billion of operating touches 3.72%: Inflation al terrorism and their efforts When cell phone operators continued to rise for the costs. As the article says, at rescuing a beleaguered first entered, they were asked FIIs net purchasers in fourth consecutive week to and tyrannised Iraqi people by the regulators to sign in- equities, debt: The foreign Old economy touch a new high of 3.72 per Oil fiasco institutional investors were through a regime change. On terconnect agreements with Message for vs new: Old is cent for the week ended Jan- net purchasers in both equi- uary 11, compared to a mere the other hand, the French MTNL and BSNL, the then reformers: Speaking gold as steel giant One route... ties and debt at Rs 166 crore 1.57 per cent in the corre- and German leaders are join- fixed line existing service at an investor meet in TISCO delivers ($34.5 million) and Rs 104.6 sponding period in the previ- ing hands to oppose war, stat- Destruction of Iraqi oil providers. Since it was the Kerala, disinvestment spectacular Q3 re- crore ($21.8 million) respec- ous year, despite a strong ing that they wished to avoid fields will escalate latter who had the clout (cus- minister Arun Shourie sults on the back of tively in the trading week downward pull by the prices hardship to the Iraqi people. oil prices to $80 per tomers), the agreement was asked chief minister rising steel prices, ended January 24. Mutual while Satyam’s of vegetables. The price The Russians are also siding barrel one sided, providing for pay- funds, netted sales of Rs A K Antony to blank with them. One should be out voices against re- abysmal guidance change, as measured by And another ment of access charges to 126.12 crore in equities while for the year ahead wholesale price index (WPI) happy about the concern MTNL/BSNL whether they recording net inflows of Rs forms. If wishes were Allow investment to in- horses, disinvestment spells tough times rose marginally by 0.06 per shown by global leaders for crease Iraq’s oil output initiated a call or terminated 70.52 crore in the period, for software. cent from 3.66 per cent in the the common people; were it SEBI said. would takeoff... to ensure a global boom it. This revenue kept these previous week. not for the fact that the whole government owned fixed line thing is really about oil and providers going when their not about people. The strike “once Saddam is gone, any long distance business start- Workers from a quoting unidentified “high of- private-sector business man INTERNATIONAL by Venezualan oil workers (a new oil arrangement will re- ed losing money. construction company ficials,” said an inter-ministeri- to head Japan’s then state- key supplier to the US) has quire the passage of new Now, it is the WLL opera- confront their boss al meeting discussed the pos- run telecom firm in 1981, pushed up oil prices, and, keeping the top post when it laws by a new, democratical- tors who have no clout; the Ex-WorldCom executive (left) in Hangzhou, sibility and a proposal was barring Saudi Arabia, there was partially privatised in ly elected parliament. This cell operators have 10 million touted as C&W CEO: A eastern China, claim- being worked on to send to is no other country that can former European executive at prime minister Khaleda Zia’s 1985. He retired in 1988 but process will be time-consum- and the fixed line 40 million ing they have not been raise production to compen- U.S. telecoms firm World- cabinet shortly. Initially foreign was arrested the next year ing, but - if the Bush admin- subscribers. Under pressure paid since June 2002. sate for Venezualan loss. En- Com, Lucy Woods, has been investors would be allowed to over bribery charges in a istration really means to sup- from different quarters the The protection of ter Iraq. sounded out as a possible rights for millions of own a maximum 49 per cent stock-for-favour scandal that port democracy - it must ac- regulator is likely to lay engulfed the top echelons of An article ‘Iraqi Oil: One new chief executive at trou- migrant workers is stake of a private airline with cept the results. And, the re- down interconnect charges the nation’s political and busi- Big Sticky Mess’ by David bled UK telecoms group emerging as a major the rest owned by national sults may not be to its and the sharing of this by Cable & Wireless Plc, The Ob- ness worlds and was sen- Isenberg(http://asiatimes.co issue in China. investors, it said. National flag liking.” various players. The point is; server newspaper reported. carrier Biman has reserved tenced to 2 years in prison. m) points out that Iraq has 10 If the same assessment has it should have done so years Bill Allan, chief executive of ri- Swiss carrier mulls in recent months by the air routes. Civil aviation per cent of the world’s been arrived at by the US and ago. It did not, because val UK telecoms firm Thus Plc further fleet, job cuts: growing prospect of military officials could not be reached proven oil reserves, has high MTNL and BSNL are govern- has also been approached Swiss International Air Lines, conflict in the Middle East, for comment. ET INSTA POLL quality crude exploitable at British leadership, then the over the position, added the the state-sponsored flag car- which has scared already Yesterday’s results: Will you use lowest cost. At current rates current rhetoric is simply ment owned. report which cited sources in rier created after the collapse reluctant potential passengers Disgraced first president mobile phones more as basic its reserves represent a $ 5 posturing as a way of seek- So now, the originator of London’s finance community. of Swissair, is considering and boosted oil prices. of Japan’s NTT dies: phone rentals go up? trillion pool. Late last year, ing a regime change without the call will pay the termi- Cable & Wireless must find a further fleet cuts because Bangladesh mulls open Hisashi Shinto, who was at a costly war. If that were to nating agency Rs Yes 80% No 17% Iraq had signed deals with new chief executive after traffic remains slow, a skies policy: Bangladesh is the helm of Japan’s telecoms several nations including happen, global markets 0.38/minute. This, in effect current CEO Graham Wallace spokeswoman said on considering opening reserved giant Nippon Telegraph and • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of Russia’s Tatneft and LUKoil would boom. On the other means that MTNL/BSNL announced his resignation Sunday. Bigger German rival national and international air Telephone Corp (NTT) when it the general public. (to sell 40 per cent of Iraqi hand, if Iraq destroys its oil subscribers will face the end this week, after much criti- was privatised in 1985, died Lufthansa has already routes to private airlines, a Today’s question: Are the new oil), France’s TotalFinaElf fields in a scorched earth pol- of being subsidised by the cism over a dramatic slide in reduced its capacity as the report said on Sunday. The of pneumonia on Sunday. He phone tariffs fair? (to develop Majnoon, the icy, price of oil can shoot to the group’s performance. airline industry has been hurt Financial Express newspaper, was 92. He became the first cell companies.
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16 Monday,January 27, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES The Times of India, New Delhi
AFP Medical negligence and the insurance factor consumer court holds delays in the complainant heavy cost. a doctor guilty of neg- getting the compensation The warning comes in re- A ligence. Guess who awarded by the courts. sponse to two separate revi- challenges the order ? The in- Fortunately for con- sion petitions filed by New surance company which has sumers, the apex consumer India Assurance Company, to pay the damages! Of court has taken a very strong opposing the verdicts of the course, the insurers interest objection to such appeals Punjab State Consumer Dis- in challenging the guilty ver- filed by insurance compa- putes Redressal Commission dict against the doctor has nies. Saying that the insurer in two separate cases of med- more to do with having to in- was abusing the process of ical negligence. In both the demnify the damages award- cases, the Commission had ed by the court and less to do CHECK-OUT upheld the orders of the dis- with its faith in the doctors Pushpa Girimaji trict forum holding the doc- infallibility. tors guilty of negligence. However, this adds a new justice and prolonging the While in one case, the com- dimension to medical negli- agony of victims of medical plaint pertained to 45-year- gence cases fought before negligence, the National Con- old Mohinder Kaur going consumer courts and as far sumer Disputes Redressal into a coma during surgery, as consumers are concerned, Commission has sent a stern in another, a minor’s hand this is not a happy develop- warning to all insurers that had to be amputated. Con- ment. Appeals filed by insur- henceforth such petitions firming negligence as the ance companies questioning filed by them challenging the cause in both the cases, the the verdict of medical negli- verdicts of consumer courts District Forum had awarded gence by consumer courts in medical negligence cases Rs 2 lakh to each of the vic- could well lead to inordinate will invite imposition of tims’ families. In the first case, New India Insurance, United India Insurance and National Insurance had filed appeals. In the second case too, the appeal of the insur- ance company was dismissed by the State Commission. French activist Susan George gives a speech at the III World Social Forum, in Porto Alegre, Brazil on Saturday. The event is being held in this southern Brazilian city as a counter- weight to the World Economic Forum, a meeting of the world’s top business, financial and political leaders, currently being held in Davos. Tata Tea to refinance Tetley buyout debt By Baiju Kalesh TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: Three years after acquiring UK-based Tetley Plc for 275 million pound, the Rs 47,000 crore Tata group has decided to refinance 170 million pound external debts to reduce its interest costs. Of this amount, 114 mil- lion pound is senior debt — the lenders have the first right on the cash flows of the company and 56 million pound is subordinated debt — the interest rates are high- er but the debtors’ claims are second to those of the senior debtors. The refinancing will result into the three-tier debt structure designed during the acquisition in 2000, being reduced to a single layer.
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The Times of India, New Delhi BUSINESS TIMES Monday,January 27, 2003 17 Roche owners Internet revolution is still young at heart united to repel By David Manasian and wonder of millions of trillion of debt. Yet it would people as they logged on to be wrong to conclude that overnments of the the world wide web for the this is the end of the Inter- industrial world, you first time. It really did seem net revolution. Boom and Novartis bid G weary giants of flesh possible that the Internet bust often follow the intro- and steel, I come from cyber- had launched a spontaneous duction of radically new Zurich: The shareholder A combined group would space, the new home of revolution that might lead to technologies. In the 1870s, pool that controls Roche vie for the No.2 spot in the mind. On behalf of the fu- a brave new borderless America’s railroad industry Holding AG will not yield to global pharmaceuticals mar- ture, I ask you of the past to world. boomed in much the same advances from rival Swiss ket with Britain’s Glaxo- leave us alone. You are not Seven years later, Bar- way as the world’s telecoms healthcare company Novar- SmithKlne Plc. welcome among us. You low’s claims sound absurd: industry in the late 1990s, tis AG to create a Swiss phar- Gerber played down the have no sovereignty where just another example of the only to collapse in a similar maceuticals juggernaut, a importance of the fact that we gather. 1990s hype that produced the heap of bankruptcies, ac- spokesman said. Novartis now holds close to Ah, it all seems so long dotcom boom and bust. The counting scandals, stock- On Thursday, Novartis re- the one-third stake that ago. In 1996 John Perry Bar- Internet, it seems, has market losses and enormous vealed that it had increased would let it block major low, a former cattle rancher, turned out to be simply an- debts. America’s economy its voting stake in Roche to strategic decisions requiring lyricist for a rock band, the other appliance, a useful fell into recession. 32.7 per cent from 21.3 per a two-thirds majority vote. Grateful Dead, and commen- new medium like radio or A few years later, a reviv- cent. “I see at this time no deci- tator on technology, posted television, not something ing economy together with The shareholder pool is sions on the horizon that these words in an online dis- likely to usher in a civilisa- advances in railway engi- centred on the Hoffmann and would require a two-thirds cussion group. His Declara- tion of the mind. Cyber gu- neering triggered a new Oeri families, heirs to the majority,”he said. tion of the Independence of rus like Barlow have also Empty cubicles at an Internet cafe: The future is not that bleak wave of investment. Rail- founder,and allows members Gerber’s comments rein- Cyberspace was an 800-word lost heart, and now issue ent in this new medium. This is because new elec- electricity.Whether this will roads quickly revived, chan- to control a majority of force Roche owners’ insis- credo which claimed that equally exaggerated warn- The taste for hyperbole of tronic technologies deal be for good or ill is impossi- ging American business for- Roche voting rights with less tence they will not bow to users of the Internet inhab- ings about the Internet’s Barlow,Lessig and their sort with the very essence of hu- ble to predict, because how ever. The same sort of thing than 10 per cent of its equity pressure from Novartis and ited a new world of creativi- strangulation by govern- may be easy to mock, but man society: communica- they are applied will be a happened when the internal capital, thanks to Roche’s agree to a merger. ty, equality and justice ment and corporate inter- they are right in their fun- tion between people. Earlier matter of social and politi- combustion engine came two-tier capital structure. “We remain convinced which would forever remain ests. With the help of gov- damental claim: the Inter- technologies, from printing cal choice. Many of these along. In the first few years “The family very clearly that Roche has better beyond the reach of existing ernments, big entertain- net and its related technolo- to the telegraph, have done choices will be difficult and of the 20th century, there has no intention of selling, chances as an independent governments. We will create ment companies are trying gies are capable of trans- likewise, and have wrought divisive. were thousands of people and the majority cannot be company. That’s why we do a civilisation of the mind in to control everything that forming society.Far from be- big changes over time. But Billions of dollars have tinkering with carmaking, shifted,” former Roche chair- not want a merger and keep cyberspace. May it be more we know, Barlow says. ing over, the computer and the social changes over the been lost betting on the idea most of whom went bust. man and pool member Fritz the majority in Roche,” An- humane and fair than the The fight about this will, telecoms revolution that cre- coming decades are likely to that the Internet would A decade later only a Gerber, who acts as dre Hoffmann, a family mem- world your governments in my view, determine the ated the Internet has barely be much more extensive, quickly change everything handful survived, but the spokesman for the group, ber who sits on Roche’s su- have made before, he con- future of humanity. begun. Technologies will and to happen much faster, from retailing to entertain- car was about to become the told the Sonntags Zeitung pervisory board, told the Fi- cluded with a flourish. Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford change almost every aspect than any in the past, be- ment. Internet usage has icon of progress. The Inter- Sunday newspaper. nanz und Wirtschaft paper on It is hard to believe today, professor who is also a lead- of our lives — private, so- cause the technologies driv- continued to grow, but most net has already thrown up a “Roche is strong enough to Saturday. “We deem a merg- but Barlow’s musings struck ing commentator on the In- cial, cultural, economic and ing them are continuing to dotcoms have failed, and the host of legal and political co- develop on its own,” he er with Novartis or another a chord at the time, spread- ternet, is almost equally political. In some areas, the develop at a breakneck pace. telecommunications indus- nundrums, that will have to added. The pool’s binding competitor as not useful,” he ing rapidly through the In- apocalyptic: The existing di- changes may be marginal, More importantly, they look try, which raced to build the be faced over the coming contract runs until 2009 and said. “Mega-mergers have ternet. The declaration en- nosaurs are succeeding in but in most they will be pro- as if together they will be as infrastructure for cyber- decades. The debate has al- can be extended “without hardly ever fulfilled their ex- capsulated the exhilaration stifling the creativity inher- found, and unprecedented. pervasive and ubiquitous as space, is staggering under $1 ready begun. The Economist further ado”, he said. pectations”. Reuters
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A worker feeds tropical fish in a tank as an artificial fish adorns a fish farm in Singapore. Few people would consider the business glamourous but Kenny Yap, Singapore’s king of ornamental fish breeders is not bothered at all because he has struck gold. Digital photography eclipsing Kodak? or decades, rampant lems? picture taking made Film demand peaked in FEastman Kodak, the early 1999 and has been on a world’s biggest maker of slowing growth and declin- film, an immensely prof- ing trajectory ever since. As itable company. Film ac- consumer confidence began counts for about 20 per cent to wane in 2000 and digital of the company’s sales, but camera sales began to be- up to 50 per cent of its profit. come more meaningful, film But digital photography, demand began to slow really heightened competition and markedly. the weak economy have cut Kodak has thrown out into sales. And last week Ko- numbers that last year digi- tal cameras cannibalised its film unit growth by three percentage points. I think that number is even higher, because digital camera sales have been even stronger than expected and sales of digital printers have been stronger than expected. Is film becoming obsolete and is Kodak responding rap- idly enough? We think more and more people are taking advantage of digital imaging. The biggest problem is that it is more expensive, it takes time and requires a good quality printer. Film is still the best way to get durable prints, and Ko- dak has been outperforming the industry for the past three quarters in film. That is one of the reasons we were surprised by the magnitude of their struggles when they dak, which eliminated more reported their results last than 7,000 jobs last year, said week. it intended to cut as many as How important are the 2,200 more. Investors, who mega-chains like Wal-Mart to have flocked into the stock the film business? the last year,unceremonious- We estimate that Wal-Mart ly dumped shares on the accounts for at least 20 per news. They ended at $32.08 on cent of the U.S. film market. Friday. If you include Sam’s Club, Benjamin A. Reitzes, imag- that rises to between 25 per ing technology analyst at cent and 30 per cent. The pro- UBS Warburg, talks about cessing figures are very simi- the company’s prospects. Fol- lar. In short, Wal-Mart is one lowing are excerpts from the of the most powerful compa- conversation: nies in the photography in- What caused Kodak’s prob- dustry. NYT Svc
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18 Monday,January 27, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES The Times of India, New Delhi Two sides of the World Economic Forum Private ownership gets a AFP AFP shot in arm with weak global stock markets othing in business en 11 firms private and is and with fund managers and beats the thrill of a looking at several more, now share analysts focusing on N good old-fashioned sees ever larger firms going bigger,more fail-proof firms, takeover battle. And the fight private. Increasingly, they many well-run, profitable to win Safeway, Britain’s are in continental Europe. firms trade cheaply,often be- fourth-largest supermarket And in Britain last year, low the book value of their chain, seems destined to be- Southern Water was taken assets. At such prices, a big come a classic. private for 2.1 billion pound reason for being quoted the The bidding for Safeway and Brake Brothers, a cater- ability to raise capital scarce- may highlight a somewhat ing firm, followed for 600m ly applies. Nor is there much different trend in corporate pound. Tom Hunter, a chance of making an acqui- ownership: The growing at- wealthy investor, wants to sition using the firm’s shares traction of taking public take House of Fraser private. as currency. Roger Carey companies private. Although Rumours suggest that in- took Saville Gordon, a prop- the number of public firms vestors are also sniffing erty firm, private last August going private fell last year, around the JJB Sports chain, in a 500m pound buyout after along with other corporate Mothercare, Matalan, a fash- 35 years on the stockmarket: US secretary of state Colin Powell (R) and Australian Foreign Minister Tony Juniper, a leader of the Swiss anti-globalisation movement capital-market activity such ion group, and even Boots, a We were exceeding on all Alexander Downer (L) address the media after their talks during the demonstrates at the entrance of the venue of WEF annual meeting in as initial public offerings chemistsall quoted. fronts. We had great returns, annual meeting of WEF in Davos. the Swiss Ski resort of Davos. (IPOs) and mergers and ac- In America, Dole Foods, a tremendous growth, but in- quisitions (M&A), the drop fruit giant, delisted after a vestors were not listening, it from the peak has been much was like talking to a brick smaller than the drop in of- New game wall. Our shares were at a 40 ferings and mergers. In Eu- per cent discount. It was to- rope, for instance, the vol- IPOs losing shine tally demoralising, he says. ume has ranged between $11 Firms prefering private According to Roberto billion and euro 14 billion in ownesrhip for more free- Quarta, a partner at Clayton, the past four years, and the dom in decision making Dubilier and Rice, “man- number of deals between 20 Sound backing agers say it is unfair. Com- and 45, says Bridgepoint Cap- pare our performance and Private equity firms are ital, a venture capitalist. our share price.’ Buy-out flush with money to Moreover, whereas the funds, by contrast, mostly carry out buyouts bursting of the bubble is like- take a long-term view, free- ly to depress demand for ing firms from the pressure IPOs and mergers for years, $2.5 billion buyout by its of quarterly profit targets. it has probably made the case chairman last December. Better still, unlike the public for going private stronger There have also been more markets, private investors, than it has been since the private sales of bits of big especially private equity 1980s. In the 1990s, capital companies, such as Diageo’s funds, have money. Charles was available in effect free in recent sales of Burger King Milner, head of KPMG’s pri- the stockmarkets, and it was to Texas Pacific. In some cas- vate equity group, says that a foolish firm that did not get es, this reflects a need for they are flush with funds and some by going public. Now, firms to raise capital fast; in are actively looking at that capital has dried up. others, an attempt to raise businesses. Many firms now trade at their share price by becom- Financial buyers are not such depressed prices that it ing more focused. In either only prepared to pay cash for may be equally foolish to re- case, a private sale now deals. They will also reward main public. makes more sense than an the target firm’s manager And, whereas most of the IPO. Robert Kindler, global soften the existing, demor- firms that have gone private head of M&A at JP Morgan, alised lot that way. At a time in the past few years have expects more of the same: of underwater stock options been relatively small, in re- Private equity deals surged and complicated incentive cent months some bigger 64 per cent in 2002, so I think plans for public bosses, cash deals have taken place, and we’ll see a lot more going-pri- has great attractions. Bridge- even bigger ones have been vate deals this year. point’s Gibbons puts it blunt- mooted. Alastair Gibbons, There are other good rea- ly: Managers see going deputy chief executive of sons to be private. After three private as an opportunity to Bridgepoint, which has tak- years of falling share prices, get rich. The Economist
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Monday,January 27, 2003 May be, may not be Quote pe quote Pak win the Cup!!! Former batting great G R Viswanath Warne’s comments say more about him So the cup goes to Pakistan. No, has once again let it go between and the Australian culture. We have a no, not the World Cup. A SA corpo- the point and gully. Vishy, who now rate house presented a momentum serves the game as an ICC match culture that is 2,500 years old — I think and 1000 rands to Pak for the first referee, feels India would do well we all know where they come from ones to arrive for the WC. There are 12 in South Africa but are not the — Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna Ranatunga others to be bagged too — first four, days to go favourites to win the coveted Cup responding to Warne’s sting remarks six, wicket, run out et al COUNTDOWN TO THE 8th CRICKET WORLD CUP
STAROSCOPE What Indian stars can hope for during the Cup Anil Kumble Only to make up the numbers Born October 17, 1970 Kumble was born in Krittika nakshatra of Taurus sign. Moon is in 1st house, Ketu in 4th and Rahu in the 10th, Mars and Mercury in 5th house, Sun and Jupiter in 6th house, Venus in the 7th house and Saturn in the 12th house. In the World Cup 2003, he is having Rahu dasa and Venus bhukti. It is a good sign for his aggressive game and the potential role of a rescue player.During the pre- liminary games he will take many important wickets; some of them by one-handed efforts which will defy gravity.But he will have to make extra efforts to get the desired results. Against England, Zimbabwe and Hol- land, Kumble will swing the bat marvelously which will show how a senior player has the advantage of know- ing how to be at the right place at the right time. —Pt Kewal Anand Joshi (Senior astrologer and columnist) IN THE FAMILY Wishes and luck from brother Dinesh Kumble More than anything my mother’s wish to see him get a hat-trick in any form of the game is paramount, noth- ing like it if Anil can score that in this World Cup. Per- sonally, I’d want to see him end up as the highest wick- et-taker in the tournament, a repeat of his performance in the 1996 World Cup. At the moment he’s following the routine that’s been given to him by the trainer and is resting as well. We are pretty much used to him going for these important series and tournaments so there’s no nervousness or jitters.
MAGIC MOMENTS Facts and figures • In 1987 Reliance World Cup vs Australia at Madras, Sunil Gavaskar delight- ful backfoot drive in McDermott’s first over so impressed noted commentator and journalist Henry Blofeld that he called it ‘‘the stroke of the year.’’ • When Nelson Mandela was released from gaol, he gave his blessings for South Africa to return to the international cricket. The ICC readmitted them in July 1991, although chairman, Colin Cowdrey suggested they would not be able to include SA in the 1991-92 World Cup. Mandela’s advice was sought on the matter and British PM John Major and his Australian counterpart, Bob Hawke, were also involved in negotiations. Most people liked the idea and in October it was agreed that a ninth side be included in the competition. That necessitated a re-draw which increased the number of matches to 39. —Rajesh Kumar Bangladesh skipper Khaled Mashud will need to lead from the front if his team is to make any impression in the 2003 World Cup. top teams and many now question will definitely like to use home con- SLOG OVERS ICC’s wisdom in elevating them to ditions to their advantage when they How the fringe teams have performed over the last year in ODIs the elite company. In the coming host New Zealand and Sri Lanka SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI World Cup, they will be going in with at Nairobi. But coach Sandip On the road They will surely add a bit of colour to Bangladeshis produced an incredible a young team under wicketkeeper- Patil would know the enormity of the World Cup. But beyond that, the shocker in 1999 when they put it batsman Khaled Mashud after old the task. or a culture so ancient, folk-lore is fringe five — Bangladesh, Kenya, across huge favourites Pakistan. Of campaigners like Aminul Islam, Holland, Namibia and Canada Fbut obvious. Legend has it that Holland, Namibia and Canada — will course, the later victory caused much Akram Khan and Naimur Rehman earned their slots after finishing in God’s assistant had to answer heaven’s only provide match practice to the controversy and allegations of fix- were left out. The youngsters can that order in the ICC Championship summons and left leaving fire in the main contenders, barring a major re- ing, but it also went a long way in en- hope for worthwhile experience and (played in Canada in 2001), the World safe keeping of ostrich as he consid- versal of form and ability. suring Test status for the victors. wish for one more upset. Cup qualifying event for associate ered the other animals too stupid to Of course, Bangladesh are one of Bangladesh, though, have hardly The Kenyans are a athletic lot but members. Holland beat crowd care for it. The bird tucked it under its the ten Test playing nations and lived up to their Test billing. They other than skipper Steve Tikolo lack favourite and surprise package feathers for safe keeping. But the wily Kenya have One-day international continue to flounder abjectly against class to make much of a dent. They Namibia in the final while Canada San bushman too wanted to get hold of status. But even these two are not ex- beat Scotland in the 3rd place play-off fire. So he tricked the ostrich into pected to make much headway. Hol- to clinch the 14th and final Cup slot. spreading its wings under the lure of land and Canada have the experience Bangladesh Kenya The three will be more than happy to teaching it how to fly.Fire fell out and of playing in the World Cup but it be just part of the jamboree. thus man got a wonderful tool. Hmm- •Played 14, lost 13, No result 1 •Played 9, lost 8, no result 1 will hardly be any use in South Figures from 2002 show why one mm, quite interesting, wot? Though it supposedly lost its mind Africa for their amateur squads. •Lost three matches each to SA, •Lost two matches each to can’t put too much money on these in grief over losing fire, the ostrich Namibia are the babies of the tour- Lanka and Pakistan, two to Windies Australia, Pak and Zimbabwe teams. Bangladesh, Kenya and Hol- nament and will evoke interest only can grow upto six feet tall and live and one each to Australia and New and one each to SA and WI land collectively played 25 ODIs in because they are unknown entities for 50 years. Now South Africa Zealand 2002 (Canada and Namibia didn’t for most fans. amounts for 80% of the world’s ostrich Holland play any). None of the three could Both Bangladesh and Kenya have •They hold the dubious distinction products. one great World Cup upset to their of losing a world record 25 matches •Holland played two and lost both win even a single match. How many ✬✬✬ credit. While the Kenyans stunned in a row from 1999-00 to 2002 — one each to Pak and Sri Lanka will they win at the World Cup? The arts in South Africa are alive and — For matches in 2002 well — if perennially underfunded. West Indies in the 1996 Cup, the —Shashank Shekhar The country’s first artists were the San who decorated their caves with animal motifs. Now township paint- THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE GOOGLY TURNING POINT ings, sculpture and pottery have be- Moments and images from the past The slip between the Cup and the leap come very popular.The music scene is In the match against India in the 1992 even livelier, ranging from the distinc- The 1983 World Cup started Ajit Ninan World Cup Down Under,Australian captain tive kwela (pennywhistle) and kwaito with a row over participa- Allan Border elected to bat, thinking that a (African pop) to soul and jazz. Afrikan- tion of India, who had put big score would be his side’s best chance ers also have their own distinctive up a pathetic show in the for victory. But openers, Geoff Marsh (8) kind of music. Literature is a field in previous two editions. and Mark Taylor (13), returned back to the which South Africans are known — There were suggestions the most easily recognisable being pavilion early — Kapil Dev claiming both The Ostrich cuts a regal figure that teams that have not wickets claimed. Wilbur Smith and JM Coetzee. done well in previous edi- However, Dean Jones went on to make tions should be kept out as 90 off 109 balls, adding 71 with David the event was for the best. Boon (43) for the third wicket, and 54 with THE BATTLEFIELDS The row was further fu- Steve Waugh (29) for the fourth. Late, a elled by David Frith, the crowd-pleasing cameo by big man Tom Azhar: Captain’s Boland Park, Paarl then editor of Wisden Moody (25 off 23 balls) enabled the hosts knock in vain LIFELINES Cricket Monthly and a bit- post 237 for nine off 50 overs. Kapil and Capacity: 12 000 ter critic of India who in Prabhakar bowled superbly and had identical figures of 3 for 41. Highest innings one of his articles wrote In reply, India lost Kris Srikkanth early and were 45 for one in the score: 351/3 (50 ovrs), off the Indian team, pledg- 17th over when rain interrupted the match.As per the quirky rain rule, India v Kenya, 2001 ing to eat his hat if India three overs were reduced from the Indian innings but the target was Lowest innings score: won the World Cup. Indian only reduced by two runs. The Indians did well and were coasting to- 139 (34.2 ovrs), Sri manager P R Man Singh wards victory, needing five runs from three deliveries. However, they Lanka vs Pakistan, challenged him claiming ‘Frith’s remarks irked me’ lost the match as Venkatapathy Raju was run out on the last ball, go- 1998 India have improved their ing for a single that would have tied the scores. The turning point for PR Mansingh: I’ve always respected the media for their Top individual score: performance in ODIs . India in the match was Mohammed Azharuddin’s run out. He had 146, Sachin Tendulkar As if fired by the contro- role but what Mr. David Frith claimed was out of place. It played a captain’s knock of 93, with able support from Sanjay Man- (Ind) v Kenya, 2001 versy,Kapil’s Devils played really irked me and the team. We all decided that we’ll take jrekar (47 off 42 balls). Best individual bowl- out of their skins to clinch it in a positive vein and take virtue out of it. I’m glad it hap- It was an agonising defeat for India, who could have come out of ing: 5/41, Eddo Bran- the Cup. Frith, it was re- pened exactly like that as India went on to win the World their two games in Queensland with four points, but had to be satis- des (Zim) v India, 1997 ported later, kept his word Cup and Mr. Frith had to eat his words on that. fied with just one, from the washout in the Mackay against Sri Lan- and publicly ate something BIRTH THE PITCH ka. Jones was named Man of the Match. small and intimate venue, Boland Park nes- eamers might as well pack their bags and move on to resembling a hat! — as told to Dinesh Chopra —Rajesh Kumar Atles in the picturesque Paarl winelands, with Sthe next venue: Boland Park is as flat and bare as any the imposing dome of Paarl rock to the west and wicket in the country, and bowling attacks need to keep magnificent mountain ranges to the east. The an immaculate line and length if they want to escape a nearest big city,Cape Town, is far enough away to mauling.Even so, the pitch is true enough to help driving make it feel like an idyllic countryside retreat, on the up, and spinners likewise battle as the ball sits up South African cricketer says no to Zimbabwe and the atmosphere at ODIs is relaxed, good-na- slowly to be hit: in 1996 Boland allrounder Kenny Jackson tured and sleepy as barbeques are lit as the lights experimented with a new secret weapon, his so-called Zimbabweans. in vain pressurised their teams to members of the English team are warm up. The stadium is also far enough inland “knuckle ball”, against the touring Australians. THE SIDE STORY “My cricketing career will end withdraw from the games. probably going through the same not to be plagued by Cape Town’s howling south- Mark Waugh saw off the first ultra-slow ball with cau- Zimbabwean row some day but I’ll have to live with my They argued that playing matches moral soul searching that I experi- east wind, resulting in hot afternoons, perfect tion, but helped himself to the rest of the over, retiring the moral conscience forever.I was there- in Zimbabwe would be tantamount to enced before making up my mind not evenings and warm, still nights. knuckle ball for ever as it cleared the boundary with room Durban (South Africa): While Eng- fore not prepared to forego my moral- endorsing Zimbabwean President to tour.” Stewart said. GOLDEN MOMENT to spare.In 2001 Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly carved up land have defied its government by ity so that I could be a substitute at Robert Mugabe’s regime, which “Hopefully, my refusal to travel to imbabwe’s Eddo Brandes, did it his way against India in the the Kenyan attack to post a world-record first-wicket stand of 258 in 41 overs, the pair nominating their pledging to play their World Cup the World Cup,” Stewart said. stands accused of a myriad of hu- Zimbabwe under the present circum- Zfirst ODI played in Paarl in 1997. Zimbabwe had set India 237. Sachin Tendulkar and Mohd Azharuddin seemed to take India to shots and hitting boundaries at will. Captains will certain- match in Zimbabwe, a lone South His decision to skip the tour that man rights abuses and rigging presi- stances will help focus attention on victory at a jog. But Brandes knocked over both with the new ly be eager to post a total should they win the toss. African player has announced his re- started this week has jeopardised his dential elections in March. the crisis there and, in a small way, ball, each out for six, and then came back to bowl Ajay Jadeja However, they will be in a new territory as Paarl has nev- fusal to tour the country. chances of being selected as one of Stewart said his actions were sup- contribute to that country being re- who was threatening to build his 32 into a match-winning score. er hosted a day game. Errol Stewart has made himself the five substitutes to the 15-man ported by some of his provincial stored to a full democracy.” He has However, India recovered thanks to Robin Singh, and finally the FIXTURES unavailable for the South African A World Cup squad. team-mates as well as members who represented South Africa in six ODIs scores were tied. But there was big Brandes once again, ripping the ball in from the deep to run out Singh to tie the match and February 12 India v Holland team’s tour to Zimbabwe, saying he Six World Cup matches will be are in the current A team in Zimbab- and said his decision was a “very per- February 19 Sri Lanka v Canada hoped his boycott would draw inter- played in Zimbabwe and the govern- we. “Despite the England Cricket sonal one” and was motivated by po- deprive India of a certain win. Indian chickens had come home to roost, and Brandes finished with a venue-best haul of 5 for 41. February 25 Pakistan v Holland national attention to the plight of ments of Britain and Australia have Board decision, I’d think that many litical and moral considerations. AFP
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20 Monday,January 27, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
books. As the man says, “I am proud to be a part of Martina’s legend. As a boy of 8 when I watched her Wives out, psychologist in for India playing Wimbledon, I nev- er imagined I would one AFP Kolkata: The Cricket Board day share a part of her his- has roped in the services of tory.” Quite humble for a Jyoti Bajpai named South African sports psy- man who’s himself rewrit- chologist Sandy Gordon to Busy, don’t disturb ten the tennis tomes of a boost the morale of the Indi- nation. t the end of India’s an team ahead of its World manager for World Cup disastrous New Cup lung opener against Hol- Hail the chief TIMES NEWS NETWORK Zealand tour, cap- land on February 12. about them.” A Bajpai also said that the tain Sourav Ganguly said here was a time Announcing this, BCCI New Delhi: The cricket players are well aware of the the boys were looking for- when the working president Jagmohan board joint secretary Jyoti International Cricket Coun- ward to the two-week rest committee of the Dalmiya told newspersons Bajpai will be Indian team’s T cil’s (ICC) Code of Conduct. they would get before em- cricket board used to de- here on Sunday that Gordon manager for the coming “The access to the players’ barking on the World Cup cide about the managers would have two sessions with World Cup that kicks off in rooms, the dressing room, trail. He said the rest was for upcoming tours, but to- the Indian players in South Cape Town on February 8. use of cell phones etc. have important because the day everything is left to Africa. BCCI sources said According to a top board offi- all been very clearly ex- team had been on the road the Chief. Because he that February nine and ten cial, Bajpai has been intimat- plained.” for a long time. alone knows how to bal- have been fixed as tentative ed of his appointment and However, as soon as the ance the various pressure dates for the team’s interac- will leave with the 15-mem- In the past Bajpai has been team was back, our stars groups. The working com- tion with Gordon. ber squad from Mumbai on the manager of the Indian were quickly into their mittee met in the Capital Dalmiya, who had a two- January 29. teams that played in Sharjah strides as brand promoters last week, but no an- and-half hour meeting with Bajpai almost made it to in 1994. Besides, he held the and models. After all, how nouncement was made as the team management dur- the 1999 World Cup in eng- same post during the Sahara can the marketingwallahs to who will accompany the ing which various adminis- land as the team manager be- Cup in Toronto in 1998. let go of the cricketers in World Cup squad as man- trative matters, logistics and fore board’s political equa- Meanwhile, all members of the World Cup season. ager. The choice of the preparations of the team tions had him replaced with the World Cup bound squad They are the best bets to Boss is joint secretary Jy- were discussed, said the Indi- top functionary and former have cleared the dope tests Udayshankar oti Bajpai. Most board ans would undergo extensive India cricketer Brijesh Patel conducted during the recent members apparently pre- practice routines in two ses- for the post. New Zealand trip, board pres- fer the upright president of sions daily in South Africa When contacted at his ident Jagmohan Dalmiya an- the Andhra Association, for 12 days from January 30. Kanpur residence, Bajpai, nounced in Kolkata on Sun- Subba Rao, whose work The team, which would fly who’s also the secretary of day.“We have received the re- was hailed by everyone out from India on January 29, the Uttar Pradesh Cricket As- port. They have all come out when he went to the West would play two practice Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly (R) arrives for a team management meeting at a sociation (UPCA), was all ex- clean,” Dalmiya told Indies six years ago. matches against ‘strong’ lo- Kolkata hotel on Sunday. cited. He told Times News newspersons here. All conventions and un- cal sides in Durban on Feb- Roux were present at the on the lessons learnt from help the team at the nets. Network on Sunday: “To be a The players underwent a written laws have been ruary four and six. meeting. Dalmiya said vice- the Kiwi trip and the similar- Dalmiya said that BCCI’s part of the World Cup squad dope test at Auckland in New thrown to the winds. Some The Board has also decided captain Rahul Dravid, who ities in conditions that can be media manager Amrit Math- is a great honour that has Zealand on January 10 for years ago it was decided not to allow wives of the was also scheduled to be expected in South Africa,” ur would accompany the been bestowed on me. I’ll per- the first time in the cricket- that office-bearers should World Cup bound cricketers present, could not make it as the BCCI Chief said. team for the benefit of mem- form to the best of my ing history of the country. not go on tours as man- to accompany them in the ini- he missed his flight. Dalmiya, however, reiter- bers of the fourth estate. abilities.” The Indian board, which was promote all kinds of prod- agers of teams, but it does- tial stage of the tournament. “However,we talked to him ated that the the team’s show- He said the Indian players, Elaborating on his profile given a list of banned sub- ucts in cricket-crazy India. n’t seem to hold good any “Wives will not be allowed over phone and sought his ing in New Zealand could not apart from utilising the in- for the prestigious tourna- stances by the ICC in August Thus Sourav & Co have more. Obviously,it is a sop to accompany the players till views,” Dalmiya said, adding be taken as an yardstick as tervening period between the ment he said, “doping will be last year, decided to get the been busy appearing in for the Uttar Pradesh the team qualifies for the su- that the meeting centred sole- “even the hosts struggled to New Zealand tour and the the main issue during the test conducted as a precau- promotional shows and do- Cricket Association secre- per sixes,” Dalmiya said. ly around cricketing matters, notch up 100 runs on the fast South Africa campaign for tournament. We don’t want tionary measure. ing ad campaigns. tary for not being made the Skipper Sourav Ganguly, and also took stock of the dis- and bouncy tracks”. rest and relaxation, had also any hassles regarding that. Dope testing would be But won’t it distract board secretary. coach John Wright, physio- mal performance of the team Dalmiya said the Board undergone work outs as per a The players have been given mandatory during the World them from the job at hand? Another UP official, Ra- therapist Andrew Leipus and in New Zealand. has asked for the services of schedule prepared by Le very strict do’s and dont’s Cup because of government And won’t it hinder their jiv Shukla, went to England physical trainer Adrian Le “Basically, we deliberated 24 South Arican bowlers to Roux. PTI and there’s no ambiguity regulations in South Africa. recuperation from the as manager for the NatWest grind of international tri-series and Ranga Reddy, ROAD TO THE WORLD CUP cricket they went through who took over from him for Hayden, Pollock in the last few months? the Tests, has been made They need to be at their vice-president on return. lead the pack freshest and sharpest to Of course, Bajpai will have England players want No injury crisis, says Aussie selector make a mark in the World the assistance of Amrit Sydney: Australia’s run ma- Melbourne: Australia’s senior cricket selector Trevor Hohns rejected suggestions on Sun- Cup. And as professional Mathur, the man for all sea- chine Matthew Hayden can day that the national team were “in crisis” with injuries 16 days before the start of the cricketers, their job is to sons and reasons, as media- expect to be a marked man at Zimbabwe clash switched World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Experienced middle-order left-hander Michael play the game first and man-cum-second-official. the World Cup after being of- London: England’s crick- they will only agree to go to Bevan became Australia’s latest casualty on Saturday when he was stretchered off with a foremost. But sadly,Indian ficially recognised on Sunday eters will insist that their Zimbabwe because of the groin injury during the second tri-nations series final against England here. cricket has become more as the best batsman in Test of a tamasha. Simi ties the knot controversial World Cup England and Wales Cricket The Bevan incident came shortly after young all-rounder Shane Watson had been forced and limited-overs cricket. match in Zimbabwe next Board’s contractual obliga- to withdraw from the World Cup squad with a back problem. as “Dynamite Simi” Hayden’s 458 runs off Eng- month be switched away tion,” said the report. Switch to tiranga who tamed the “Co- Several other players, including star fast bowlers Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie, lish and Sri Lankan bowlers from Harare, a report Nasser Hussain’s men’s are still under fitness clouds. But Hohns, chairman of the selection panel, said there was he International bra” Golf Course in during the tri-nations One- claimed here on Sunday. opposition to the game, one H AFP no cause for panic. Tennis Federation’s Saujana, Malaysia, at the day series, at an average of The team, who said in of six to be staged in Zim- AFP T directive to national height of her amateur ca- 65.42 and strike-rate of 91.05, Australia on Saturday that babwe, is understood to have reer, been “tamed” in her associations for use of the moved him to the top of the they would issue a state- firmed after it was revealed turn? For India’s only national colours in the PricewaterhouseCoopers ment outlining their that the squad had received team uniforms for Davis playing professional thoughts on the matter, will anonymous threatening let- woman golfer tied the knot One-day rankings. Cup matches is clearly an South African captain and declare their reluctance ters aimed at sparking a attempt at enhancing the in Kolkata last week as her about the fixture in the change of mind. all-rounder Shaun Pollock appeal of the competition. golfing friends from home statement to be issued on The newspaper reported leads the bowlers with Sri Possibly the use of the na- joined in what sounds like their behalf by Richard Be- that Port Elizabeth and tional colours will height- a typically Simi-merry, Lankan spinner Muttiah Mu- van, the managing director Bloemfontein have already en the fervour associated somewhat boisterouns ralitharan at number two. of the Professional Crick- been identified as the Sangeet. Christoper Guffin 1. Hayden (Aus), 2. Sanath Jayasuriya with these ties. So come (SL), Yousuf Youhana (Pak), Virender Se- eters’ Association, the Sun- grounds which could stage February 7, Leander Paes is the brave, lucky Yank day Telegraph reported. matches switched from Zim- who has won Simi’s heart, hwag (Ind), 5. Chris Gayle (WI), Michael Be- and the gang will take on van (Aus), 7. Jonty Rhodes (SA), 8. Adam “The statement is expect- babwe at short notice. Japan in their Asia-Ocea- and he has been caddying Gilchrist (Aus), 9. Ricky Ponting (Aus), 10. ed to call for England’s qual- “The team were receiving nia tie sporting a novel for her on the LPGA Tour Jacques Kallis (SA). Bowling: 1. Shaun ifying match against Zim- threats about the possibility dress-code. for some time. Simi and Pollock (SA), 2. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), babwe to be transferred of disturbances and riots in One can’t help but won- Chris were actually mar- 3. Glenn McGrath (Aus), 4. Makhaya Ntini from Harare to South the lead up to our match,” a (SA), 5. Brett Lee (Aus), 6. Wasim Akram der why our teams contin- ried six months ago but Africa, and make plain that spokesperson said. AFP ue to sport an insipid blue wanted the Indian wed- (Pak), 7. Andrew Caddick (Eng), 8. Jason Gillespie (Aus), 9. Chaminda Vaas (SL), 10. instead of the more vi- ding to share the fun and Harbhajan Singh (Ind). AFP brant shades in the tiran- joy with friends and fami- ‘Australia red-hot favourite’ ly at home. Chris, whose ga. Possibly, other sports Adelaide: Australia were red-hot World Cup favourites, but profession is teaching, will I’m getting back too could take a leaf out of co-host South Africa were a major threat and Pakistan a po- probably continue to point tennis and lose the shirt on tential wildcard, England cricket coach Duncan Fletcher out the line, hand over the their backs to a more psy- to my best: Warne said here on Sunday. Fletcher said England’s form had im- correct club and help chedelic hue. And what Melbourne: Australia leg- proved steadily during their Australian tour, several play- sooth nerves for at least better place to make the ers were coming back from injury and his team were capa- some time. The Guffins are spinner Shane Warne, who transition than the cricket ble of giving top sides a “fright” on their day. off on a “working honey- has returned to action after a World Cup in South “Australia must be favourite,” Fletcher said of the side moon” in Japan where month on the sidelines with a Africa? Though that’s not that beat England for the 13th consecutive time in One-day Simi is playing three shoulder injury, believes he going to happen, it’s sure internationals in Saturday’s second tri-nations series final events on the Kosida Tour will regain top form in next worth a think. at Melbourne Cricket Ground. with Chris as her caddy. month’s World Cup. Leander is anyway play- “But I think South Africa have shown they are pretty May there be many birdies “With each game I play I’m ing quite colourful tennis. good over the last few years. “They were pretty unsettled and big prizemoney going to get better. I’m start- His run with the 46-year- about nine months ago, but they’ve settled down now. cheques for the one and ing to get there. I’m not far old legend Martina “And you should never forget sides like Pakistan, they are only Simi Mehra Guffin! awa. I’m regaining my confi- Navratilova to the mixed a very dangerous side,” he told reporters. dence and waiting for the doubles title at the Aus- Fletcher said England’s failure to beat Australia in a One- tralian Open has already World Cup,” Warne said after day international this season would not play on their mind Australia’s 2-0 One-day finals rewritten the record when they met again in the World Cup. AFP Shane Watson’s World Cup dreams have been shattered by a back injury. win over England. Reute CAPITAL SPORT Nisha, Sasikiran in lead Hindustan held: Defend- Anand adds another feather to his cap Pledge is ing champions Allwyn-Hin- Mumbai: Women’s interna- Nadu maintained his one dustan drew with Indian Air tional master Nisha Mohota point lead after he drew his Wijk Aan Zee (The Nether- After his closest rival, from the French defence, tournament, top seed China’s Force, New Delhi 0-0 in a of Bengal maintained her 13th round match against lands): World Cup Champi- world’s strongest woman which went into the Burn Zhang Zhong finally met his Pool A match of the SAIL- on Viswanathan Anand be- chess player Judit Polgar, Variation. The Indian cham- nemesis, albeit too late for promising half a point lead after the end Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury. DSA senior division football of the ninth round with an Results: Men’s 13th round): V Sara- gan the new year in style played a quick draw with tal- pion played it safe and soon others to catch up, in the TIMES NEWS NETWORK league at the Ambedkar sta- easy win over J E Kavita of vanan (3) lost to M R Venkatesh (7), A Kunte winning the 65th Corus ented youngster Teimour signed offered the draw highly regarded Ian Rogers dium here on Sunday. (9) drew with P Harikrishna (9), R B Ramesh Grandmasters Chess tourna- Radjabov of Azerbeijan, which was accepted by the of Australia. Despite the loss, Tamil Nadu in the 29th Na- (6.5) bt Tejas Bakre (6), S R Chowdury (6.5) New Delhi: The Delhi racing DDCA league: Gush Cricket Club 162 ment here on Sunday.The 31- Anand settled for a quick 14- Russian after a brief Zhang has a whopping 2.5 in 39.5 overs (Gursharan Singh 49, tional A women’s chess drew with K Sasikiran (10), N Das (7) drew season is lacking in good Ravi Rawat 2 for 26) lost to Darling championship on Sunday. with P M Thipsay (5.5), S M Prathamesh (4) year-old Indian superstar an- move draw with Evegeny Ba- thought. Radjabov finished points lead over second young runners. With three Club 167 for in 29 overs (Mahesh lost to S Kidambi (6), S S Ganguly (7.5) bt S nexed his third Corus title reev of Russia in the 13th and with 6.5 points in the lower placed Friso Nijboer. Former In the 40th men’s National months left, only three young- rawat 71, V. Gautam 35). Soman (4.5), Lanka Ravi (6.5) drew with S tallying 8.5 points from 13 final round. Polgar, who held half of the standings. World Junior Girls A championship, GM and top Satyapragyan (5.5), D Barua (8.5) bt S Jha sters - Pledge, Posen and Rajdhani 110 in 28.3 overs (Mohd rounds, pipping the likes of Anand to a draw in the penul- Anand and Polgar were the Champion Koneru Humpy seed K Sasikiran of Tamil (4), G B Prakash drew with S Saha (5). PTI Hopes Are High - shone on the Parvez 25, Manoj Kumar 5 for 21, Ravi Braingames Champion timate round, finished sec- only players to finish unbeat- put up a fine defence in a track. Interestingly, chestnut Malhotra 2 for 17). Hind CC 113 for 2 Vladimir Kramnik of Russia ond with eight points. en in 14-player all-play-all difficult position to beat in 13.5 overs (Sudhir Sidhu 62 not filly Pledge turned out to be and World Champion Ruslan The swift game, in which tournament. tailender Viktorija Cmi- out, Sushil Dogra 25). the best runner lifting Sohna Salgaocar make short Ponomariov of Ukraine. Anand played white, began In the Grandmaster ‘B’ lyte of Lithuania. PTI Forthcoming events: The 23rd Delhi Stud Million on Tuesday. state judo championships from janu- Pledge, who is a sister of ary 27 at Netaji Subhash Modern Sports Club, Defence colony. work of Tollygunge Bangalore-based top class Deep Chand Yadav memorial cricket runner Bank Balance, has Margao: Salgaocar dominat- lygunge made the first attack from Feb 8. Entries close with JP Ya- Gambhir, Chopra in big stand the makings of a real winner. ed the second half to score an and had scoring chances but dav. Tel No. 9811472173. Posen’s best performances emphatic 3-0 win over Tolly- Abolonle’s attempt was TIMES NEWS NETWORK and the visitors lost their re- 88, 6-105, 7-140, 8-140, 9-152. Bowling: ond day of the four-day Elite Amit Bhandari 19-2-62-3, Sanjay Gill 14-2- should come over longer dis- gunge in the 7th edition of thwarted by Alert Kalyan maining five wickets for 76 Group-A New Delhi: Gautam Gamb- 43-1, Sarandeep Singh 17-4-37-2, Rahul tances. Hopes Are High has the OIL PSU National Foot- Chaubey and latter he made runs. Subhomoy Das (66) was Sanghvi 5.3-1-13-1, Sonu Vaid 2-1-4-1, Brief scores: Himachal Pradesh (1st in- AP men prevail hir and Akash Chopra set nings): 254 the ability to become a good ball League, played at Nehru a diving save to prevent him lone batsman to defy Delhi Mithun Manhas 1-0-5-1. Hyderabad: Riding on a su- Delhi for a big target against Mumbai (1st innings): 390/8 in 98 overs sprinter. Daring Eagle, who stadium here on Sunday. from scoring. bowlers as Bengal’s first in- Delhi (2nd innings): A Chopra lbw b Chat- (V Mane 58, P Mhambrey 20, S Bahutule 34, perb performance by J Bengal in their Ranji Trophy terjee 94, G Gambhir batting 93, V Kumar finished fourth, should be fol- Salgaocar, who led 2-0 at Salgaocar made a counter nings, resuming from 93 for V Samant 76, R Powar batting 85, U Malvi Pankaj, Andhra Pradesh Elite Group A cricket match batting 0; Extras: (lb-2, nb-8, w-1) 11; To- lowed over both shorter and half time, scored through move and Tollygunge keeper five, came to an end just be- tal: (For 1 wicket) 198; Fall of wickets: 1- batting 31; V Mallick 2/82, S Sharma 2/94, men thrashed Gujarat 79-35 A Kapoor 2/50). Jatin Bist (35), Sunday Seah Ghosh had to stretch to his at the Kotla ground on Sun- 196. Bowling: Ranadeb Bose 9-2-27-0, longer distances in future. in a preliminary round Dharmani on 92: In (36) and substitute Alex Am- left to parry a power pack day. Delhi were 198 for one RANJI ROUNDUP Sabbir Ali 8-0-37-0, Rohan Gavaskar 5-0- Strawberry fancied: match in Group C in the Na- 38-0, Sourasish Lahiri 16-1-46-0, Lakshmi Ahmedabad, Gujarat tailen- brose (66th). drive off Sunday Seah. with Gambhir unbeaten on fore lunch. Amit Bhandari Strawberry is expected to lift tional Basketball Champi- Ratan Shukla 4-1-13-0, Utpal Chatterjee ders displayed some fine bat- At the end of the ninth Salgaocar, who could not 93 and Varun Kumar yet to claimed two wickets for in- 16-1-35-1. the Ansbach Cup, the main onship at the Gachibowli in- ting, adding 72 runs to their round, Salgaocar took their combine as a team in the in- open his account. Chopra nings haul of three for 62. Mumbai take sizable event of the Mysore races door stadium on Sunday. Delhi (1st innings): 164. overnight score before being tally to 16 points from five tial stage, found their bear- was out on 94 just before the lead: In Mumbai, lower-or- scheduled for Monday. The hosts also tasted victo- Bengal (1st innings): A Das lbw b Saran- bundled for 306 on the second Selections: Kaiga Plate: 1,200m: wins and one draw while Tol- ing midway into the first half stumps were drawn on the der batsman Ramesh Powar 2.45pm: Aethion 1, Baverly Babe 2, Boss ry in the women’s section deep Singh 17, N Haldipur c Sanghvi b day against Punjab in Motera. when international Sofi Sam lygunge remained on 10 with Climax Lawrence who second day on Sunday. The Bhandari 2, D Gandhi c Dahiya b Gill 5, R (batting 85) and wicketkeeper Tweed 3. Panaji Plate: 1,600m: Young Gen- hosts had conceded a slender Gavaskar run out 5, S Das c Chopra b Saran- Brief scores: Gujarat (1st innings): 306 tleman 1, Brave Dream 2, Jai Hindh 3. excelled to gave her team a points. East Bengal are at the latter was awarded the man Vinayak Samant (76) added in 124.4 overs (L Parmar 43, N Patel 66, M Cochin Plate: 1,600m: Marvel Star 1, Crys- five-run lead in the morning deep 66, D Dasgupta b Vaid 7, L R Shukla c 57-46 win over Kerala. top of the table with 21 points of the match award control Chopra b Bhandari 6, U Chatterjee c Dahiya 133 runs for the eighth wick- Parmar 55, B Mehta 55, S Trivedi 35; Vineet tal Delight 2, Arduous 3. Ansbach Cup: Results: Men: Group A: Karnataka 69 bt followed by Dempo (20) and the midfield along with Jatin as Bengal were all out for 169 b Bhandari 19, R Bose run out 2, S Lahiri c et to help former champions Sharma 4/92, Reetinder Sodhi 2/44, 1,200m: Strawberry 1, Tabreez 2, Emerald Uttar Pradesh 50. Group B: Railways 80 bt Vasco (18). Bisht and in a span of two in reply to Delhi’s first in- Verma b Sanghvi 23, S Ali not out 0; Extras: Mumbai take a sizable 136- Navdeep Singh 2/45). Forest 3. Babaudan Giri Plate: 1,400m: Kerala 75. Group C: Andhra Pradesh 79 bt Punjab (1st innings): 208 for 4 in 63 Grey Bull 1, Royal Caribbean 2, Kass 3. Ooty nings 164. (b-1, lb-4, nb-12) 17; Total: (All out) 169; Gujarat 35. Haryana 58 bt Pondicherry 29. With play confined to mid- minutes scored two goals to Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-24, 3-29, 4-56, 5- run first innings lead over overs (R Rickey 65, P Dharmani batting 92; Plate: 1,400m: 5.15pm: Dilmerub 1, An- Group D: West Bengal 66 bt Goa 37. PTI field in the intial stages, Tol- put it beyond Tolly’s reach. PTI Fifteen wickets fell today Himachal Pradesh on the sec- Lalit Patel 3/45). jaam 2, Koravanji 3.
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The Times of India, New Delhi TIMES SPORT Monday,January 27, 2003 21 Paes helps Navratilova Ageless Agassi executes Schuettler AP By Rohit Brijnath sequent speeches might stretch him past John McEnroe and equal longer than the match. with Jimmy Connors, it signified one complete the collection Melbourne: When the tennis tour The German had no answer to a more verse in his redemption song. ends in November, and players, By Rohit Brijnath Ajit Ninan man who has a snipers eye, a short- The young punk who spurned his wrapped in exhaustion, head for the Melbourne: On Friday, hav- backswing forehand executed so fast gifts has become a 32-year-old man beach, in a room somewhere in Las it makes Wyatt Earp look slow and desperate to fulfil the promise of ing difficulty falling asleep, Vegas can be heard the thunk of lift- Martina Navratilova, who who explores more angles in an hour every day.This, after all, was once the ed iron. Andre Agassi’s year has not than a geometrician might in a week. purple-haired, actress-dating, denim- has 56 Grand Slam titles, sud- ended but a new one has begun. I do denly realised: Wait a The American, who appears to move shorted, tradition-trashing rebel, tests on my strength and condition- faster between points than even Mrs who did commercials for Canon cam- minute, this (Australian ing (in the off-season); I know how Open mixed doubles title) is Agassi in her prime, was perfect era proclaiming Image is everything, much iron I lift and my speeds on the from ball one. As he explained: What- and ate so much junk food that it was the only one I’ve never won. run, and then I set a plan. I have to be With the help of a ever I do in the first game must be a reported his thighs touch. sparkling performance from reflection of what I do in all match. But, in 1997, having dropped to No. Leander Paes that has been Which meant breaking the German 141, he grew up. Maybe with the shav- taken care of. Paes-Navratilo- in the first game of the match, and the ing of the head, the menace became a last, and for good measure five times monk. Whatever, if once he spat on va beat Todd-Woodbridge- careful not to push too hard; it’s Eleni Daniilidou 6-4, 7-5 and in between, becoming the first man to the umpires chair at the US Open, about building momentum. lose so few games in an Australian fi- now he was winning the Arthur Ashe then proceeded to leap into That speed, that muscle, that mo- each others arms. Paes col- nal since 1926. The German tried Humanitarian Award. Between the mentum then finds its most complete every trick he knew,but in the context ages of 20-25 he won just three Grand lected his fifth major title, advertisement in January at the Aus- while Naratilova became the of the company he was in, he is a lim- Slam titles; since he turned 29, he has tralian Open. While the world is wak- ited magician. For a while in the sec- improbably won five. oldest player at 46 years 3 ing up, Agassi is dressed and ready.It months to win a Grand Slam. ond he actually got Agassi to break a Agassi said he feels a sense of ur- might explain why he won here in sweat; by the end, he seemed resigned gency that you never know when it (a The Indian-American two- 2000, in 2001, (he didn’t play in 2002) some will play together at to his execution, all that was left was a Andre Agassi gestures to the crowd to major title) is your last one. Asked by and again yesterday. Agassi beat stop clapping at a photo session after every Slam this year. Having blindfold and a last cigarette. McEnroe on television how long he Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in 76 The win was not merely an eighth beating Rainer Schuettler of Germany would go on, he replied: Till I feel that not dropped a set this tourna- minutes; at times, it seemed the sub- in the men’s final on Sunday. ment might have something Grand Slam title for Agassi, taking at even at my best I can’t win. to with it. So could a relation- ship that is part-awe, much- respect and a clear affection. Said Navratilova to TNN: “His doubles instincts are fantastic. It’s a pleasure to play with someone (who plays so well).” Earlier, at the press conference, she said: “Leander makes it fun to be on the court with, spiritually and of course tennis-wise.” Asked to pick the mixed doubles player she enjoyed playing the most with, she replied: “That’s easy.He’s sit- ting right here.” Leander was equally effu- sive: “Martina earlier today said she won her first Grand Slam in 1973. I was born that year.Her zest for life, her pas- sion for the game is mind- ‘Martina rejuvenated me’ boggling. I’m going to be 30 New Delhi: India’s Leander Paes helped legendary Martina this year, and I felt I was get- Navratilova create history as the pair won the mixed doubles ting old.” title at the Australian Open tennis tournament on Sunday. The match was dramatic Paes, who won his second mixed doubles Grand Slam, said for its breaks, 10 in two sets. playing alongside Navratilova had rejuvenated his spirits. The weak link was Daniili- dous serve (she never held in “I grew up, my whole childhood, watching Martina play, five games), the strong point create history winning those many Wimbledon titles. I never was Paes speed, volleying thought I’d play on the same side of the net as her. and will. Still, to see “It’s a real treat to play with her. Her zest for life, her pas- Navratilova polish off vol- sion for the game is mind-boggling,” Paes said of Navratilo- leys was to marvel at her en- va. Navratilova’s has become only the second player in histo- during instincts. ry behind Margaret Court to win singles, doubles and mixed At the end, Paes gallantly doubles all the four majors. She replaced Norman Brookes of bowed to her.After all, he has Australia as the oldest Grand Slam winner. Brookes was 46 tale for all time to tell. and two months when he won men’s doubles in 1924. PTI
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22 Monday,January 27, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi Agassi targets the Slams, not the ranking ‘Spin may earn Melbourne: Andre Agassi says he will more Grand Slam singles titles than Agas- his goals these days are not focused on again that his faultless preparation for Cup for India’ not be seduced into chasing after the si — Pete Sampras tops it with 14 from Roy fighting for ranking points around the the Australian Open paid rich dividends. world number one ranking after his over- Emerson (12), Bjorn Borg (11), Rod Laver world. “Winning Slams is a function of Chennai: Seri- aspirants in the MAC 40th overs in a match. powering victory in the year’s first Grand (11) and Bill Tilden (10). “My goals aren’t directed at the overall getting through the days that things ously doubting spin foundation along I am not convinced Slam tournament here on Sunday. Agassi has different objectives in his long haul of grinding through a lot of dif- don’t go as planned. It’s also a ques- the bowling and with former India about our strength in He may be 32 but Agassi was simply ir- twilight years on the tour. ferent circumstances and difficulties and tion of playing your best tennis fielding prowess of In- spinners, Abhiram this,” he said adding resistible in annihilating German Rainer “The world number one ranking is a re- putting myself through it mentally and when you need to,” he said. dia, legendary spinner Bhat and L Sivara- Australia and South Schuettler in a 76-minute Australian sult of not just playing great at one tour- physically,” he said. “So that’s going to “For me, it’s about challeng- Erappaly Prasanna makrishnan, told a Africa will qualify as Open final to claim his eighth Grand Slam nament,” he said. “It’s about playing great hurt my chances (of world No.1), if I’m ing myself, pushing myself. said India would face a press conference that the top teams from the title and reopen the debate as to who is the throughout the whole year. A lot has to go not out there playing every tournament I can live without the herculean task at the “both our seamers and respective groups for world’s top player. right for that.” that I can, or certainly the big ones. “So competition. I can live forthcoming World spinners need to the Super Six. Vanquished Schuettler was in no doubt Sunday’s victory was even sweeter for my goals are still the same, which is to be withoutthe hard Cup in South Africa. maintain a line and Prasanna said the as to who was the best player in the world coach Darren Cahill, who parted compa- at my best for the tournaments I want to work. But I can’t Stating that “a team length despite the fear spinners can be effec- on form. “I don’t know if he’s taken tennis ny with Hewitt last year to forge a suc- play my best - and that obviously means live which calls the shots of being hit for runs tive only if they are to a new level, but he’s definitely the best cessful partnership with Agassi. the Grand Slams and select others. “The without know- in the first 15 overs and our batsmen upto able to move the ball player in the world at the moment,” Agassi, following his injury scare here number one will be the result of a lot of ing what it and bowls the middle seven should play to substantially. He said Schuettler said.Australian Lleyton Hewitt last year when he feared a wrist injury things going right and feels like overs effectively will their potential for pos- Sachin Tendulkar and claims ownership of the top ranking, but might finish his playing career, said he it’s a long year.” Agas- to try to ac- win the Cup”, Prasan- itive results”. Prasan- Virender Sehwag with his early demise here and Agassi’s had developed a playing style to compen- si demonstrated complish sate for the wear-and-tear grind of the yet something that I na asked “do we have na said Harbhajan would be vital, both dazzling performances, the ageing Amer- men’s circuit. don’t believe that the attack and ade- Singh did not spin the with the bat as well ican great has strong claims to retrieving I question if I quate fielding to win ball much and if he the ball. “Sachin Ten- the world number one he last held in Sep- “I play the game a certain way.I hit matches, especially could turn the ball as can.”AFP dulkar and Virender tember 2000. the balls in front of being amongst the much as Muttiah Mu- Shewag have to do But Agassi said that was not his target me. I’m never on a contenders for the ti- ralitharan of Sri Lan- well in both batting after proving yet again that he his the full stretch and tle in the same ka, he would be suc- and bowling to help In- torquing the joints, undisputed champion on the Australian group?” Prasanna, cessful. “It is a pity dia win their matches knees and hips. I Open’s Rebound Ace hardcourt. who is here to train that we do not have in the World Cup. Ten- have It was his fourth Australian title from the 30 genuine spinners in dulkar has been very built a as many finals and eighth Grand Slam our country. It is our useful in breaking certain strength bad luck. Seam- crown, placing him sixth on the all-time partnerships,” he level up.” ers and spin- Grand Slam list. said. Prasanna said V But ners are the Only five players in history have won V S Laxman should ones who oper- have been selected in ate mainly dur- the team in place of Martina set to bend PM’s ing the 11th to ear over dog ruling Dinesh Mongia. PTI Melbourne: Martina Zealand, go Zhang triumphs Navratilova says she wants through Tahiti, to have a few words with same rule. “Even New Delhi: Zhang Lian-Wei created golfing history when he friends in high places as she Hawaii has the became the first Chinese player to win an event on the- tries to fly her new pooch out same rule. I don’t know why, European Tour after a thrilling victory in the Caltex of Australia first class. the rest of the world you can Singapore Masters golf tour- nament on Sunday. The 46-year-old bring the dog in the cabin, Pacific The 37 year old Asian bought the pug but not this Ocean. PGA Tour mem- called Frodo while on hol- part of Reuters ber did what no- iday in Gladstone, north the one else has been of Brisbane, a few weeks be- able to in 2003, namely fore winning her 57th beat Ernie Els, to tri- Grand Slam title at the umph after a day of Australian high drama in the swel- Open on tering heat of the Laguna Sunday. She National Golf and Country wants the puppy to Club. travel with her in first According to reports reach- class back to her home in ing here, Zhang shot a two-under the United States, 70 on the final day for a four-day ag- but Australian gregate of 10-under 278, beating Els by aviation one stroke. The genial South African, who laws say was expected to wrap up his fourth straight ti- Frodo must tle after the Nedbank Golf Challenge go below. “I at the end of 2002 and the first two need to talk to events of 2003 on the US PGA Tour, (Australian the Mercedes Championships and the Prime Minis- Sony Open, closed with a one-over 73. ter) John India’s Arjun Atwal, who was the de- Howard about fending champion, shot a par round of 72 to that,” she joked. tie for the 10th place at three-under 275. “Getting into the Among other Indians in the fray, Asias No 1 States is easy.... get- player in 2002, Jyoti Randhawa shot a final ting out of here is day 73 to finish tied for the 38th place at two- the difficult part. “He’s going over 290, while Amandeep Johl was in joint 60th to have to go under. I thought place at seven-over 295 after a round of 75. Jeev we’d go through New Milkha Singh shot his second successive 80 to finish way down at tied 66th place at nine-over. On a good day for the Asian PGA Tour, Thailand golfer Prayad Taking part in Slam final Marksaeng took third place on 280 after a closing 71 while Englands Simon Khan and Maarten Lafeber of was important: Schuettler the Netherlands shared the fourth place on seven under par 281, after matching final round 70s. ‘‘I’m Melbourne: Rainer Schuettler said it was very excited and very,very happy,’’ said Zhang af- not the thrashing but the taking part that counted ter his historic triumph. The bare statistics, after his first-ever Grand Slam final appear- however, do not do justice to an enthralling fi- ance ended in resounding defeat here on Sun- nal day which, like all good thrillers, fea- day. The German 31st seed was demolished in tured a wicked twist in the tail. De- 76 minutes by Andre Agassi in the most one-sided Aus- spite struggling to tralian Open final since 1926, Schuettler picking up just find his range on five games en route to a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 loss. the greens But Schuettler refused to be downcast at his and see- thrashing, saying the experience alone of reach- ing ing a first-ever Grand Slam was satisfaction his enough. “It was a great experience for me to two play my first final,” Schuet- shot tler said. “I lead at the start of the think I day evaporate before played a great tour- the turn, Els nament, for me it was a reached the 72nd hole dream,” added Schuettler, who had previous- one in front after Zhang ly not gone beyond the fourth round of a pulled his tee shot left of the Grand Slam event in 17 attempts. Schuettler, green on the demanding 202 the first German to play in a Grand Slam final yard 17th hole and made bogey since Michael Stich appeared in the 1996 French four. It was match point to the Open final, said he had been unable to respond South African but on the 18th, he when Agassi attacked him ferociously from the out- pushed his tee shot, the ball bounc- set. He lost his opening service game without win- ing off a cart path and a ning a point, as Agassi swarmed all over the court tree before coming to rest. relentlessly to score two early breaks. “I tried to do Across the other side something special,” Schuettler said. “But I was of the fairway, under pressure from the first point. Zhang’s bold tee shot He was playing very good, I never flirted with the water had the chance to play my game. hazard before his nine “That’s the worst way to start a iron approach final like that against Andre. So he shot from 136 was controlling the game from the yards came to first point, which is exactly what I rest. didn’t want to happen.” Schuettler was left in no doubt that Agassi was the best player in the world on form. “I don’t know if he’s taken Jyotirmoyee happy tennis to a new level, but he’s definitely the best player in the world at the moment,” Schuettler said.AFP with ‘delayed’ Chang to retire after US Open recognition San Jose (California): Former French Open champion Kolkata: Bangkok Michael Chang of the United States will retire from Asiad double gold professional tennis after the 2003 US Open and will medalist Jyotirmoyee begin a farewell tour next month, his agent revealed Sikdar on Sunday on Saturday. “Michael has done pretty much all he can experssed happi- do in the sport and realises that his best ness for being tennis is probably behind him,” agent awarded the Pad- Tom Ross told ‘tennisreporters.net’. ma Shri, but said that the “However,he still believes he can be honour was long over- competitive this year and has a few due. “Yes, I feel hap- big wins left in him. This tour will py.It’s a recognition be a celebration of his great on- for my contribution court accomplishments as well a to the country,” Sik- celebration of what a great am- dar who clinched bassador he has been for the gold medals in 400 game.” The 30-year-old Asian-Am- and 800 metres at the erican, who has 34 career singles ti- 1998 Asian Games at tles and reached a Bangkok, said. “But I career-high feel that I could have been world num- given ber two, has the not been at award his best since earlier. suffering a Athletes knee injury who have regularly finished four second best to me at various years meets were bestowed the ho- ago. nour before me. This AFP seems puzzling.” PTI
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