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DIWALI SPECIAL EDITION Ambassador Hardeep S Puri is appointed The Indian Panorama invites articles and advertisements for the a Minister in Modi’s Rejigged Cabinet Diwali special editionbeing brought out on October 13, 2017. PM Narendra Modi reshuffled his cabinet September 3 and brought in nine new faces. Articles and advertisements Nirmala Sitharaman is the First Woman Defence Minister After Indira Gandhi may please be emailed to [email protected] by October 5, 2017. NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi elevated four senior For any queries, please email to ministers to the cabinet rank as he [email protected] or call 646-247-9458 roped in nine new faces to the Union council of ministers on September 3 morning. After DACA Repeal Trump The ministers promoted were Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Dharmendra says he has 'great love for Pradhan, Piyush Goyal and Nirmala Sitharaman. young immigrants' Also Read Related Stories on page 3 & 15 | contd on Page 32 Widespread condemnation of DACA Repeal Hardeep Singh Puri being sworn in as a Union minister of state by President Ram Nath Kovind at RashtrapatiBhavan in New Delhi. The newly inducted minister declared: "Will do my best". Photo courtesy Arvind Yadav/HT Fierce Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida Juster Nominated as US Envoy to India TAMPA, FL (TIP): WASHINGTON (TIP): The White Fast and furious House on Friday, Sept 1 announced large-scale Hurricane Kenneth I. Juster, one of the foremost Irma is sweeping experts on India-US trade relations as towards Florida. If the next ambassador to India. He WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald the storm reaches its succeeds Richard Verma who Trump has said that he has "great love" for young full potential, it could relinquished charge in November 2016 immigrants who came to America as children and be one of the worst after Trump's election as President. hoped that the Congress would bring in a legislation hurricanes in the Preferred by New Delhi and vetted to help them, hours after he scrapped an amnesty state's history. by the Trump Administration, Ken India expert Kenneth program for 8,00,000 undocumented workers. contd on Page 30 Juster is credited with playing a Juster nominated to contd on Page 32 Read Related crucial role in the US-India nuclear be the next envoy to India Read also Related stories on page 12 Story on Page 13 contd on Page 30 US tech giants vow to defend ‘Dreamers’ NEW YORK (TIP): US tech giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, have pledged to stand by their employees after the Trump administration scrapped an amnesty program that granted work permits to immigrants who arrived in the country illegally as children. US President Donald Trump, on September 5, scrapped an Obama-era program known as Deferred Action for Children Arrival (DACA), a move likely to impact 8,00,000 New York Governor Andrew undocumented workers including more than 7,000 Indian- Cuomo has promised to Americans. challenge any decision by Trump contd on Page 32 to end DACA. Also Read Related Stories on Page 12

104-02, 120th Street, S. Richmond Hill, NY 11419 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 2 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 NEW YORK 3 Hardeep S Puri - Just Minted Minister of State for Housing & Urban Development Ambassador Hardeep S Puri, now Minister of State with Independent Charge of Housing and Urban Affairsin the rejigged Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations By Ravi Batra from 4 May 2009 - 27 February 2013. His four years at the United Nations were eventful for Indian diplomacy whenIndia pushed for a permanent seat on Security Council, and contributed hugely to furtherance of UN agenda. Outside the UN, Ambassador Puri was an admired and much-loved person for his qualities of head and heart, and anaffable and winsome nature. The news of Mr. Puri's induction in Modi cabinet immensely pleased his friends and admirers in New York.One of his closest friends, attorney Ravi Batra, sent in his comment to The Indian Panorama which we are hugely pleased to publish here. Mr. Puri assumed office on September 3. The Indian Panorama has had a long association with Mr. Puri who the newspaper featured a couple of times while he was stationed in New York. We are glad to see him in the select group guiding the destiny of a great Hardeep S Puri, Minister of democratic nation of 1.3 billion people. We wish him all State with Independent success and happiness. We also congratulate his Charge of Housing and Urban Affairs wifeAmbassador Lakshmi Puri. --EDITOR

Narendra Modi has tapped H. Puri) was walking up and down the aisle to who, like Bond, always rise to the challenge to their head, clean water to drink, clean air to E. Hardeep Singh Puri as the give that last "warm touch" of friendship to succeed handsomely.His innate ability to first breathe and a waste management system PMMinister of State for Housing each nation's PR. The result was that India harness the challenges, develop an action worthy of a nation on a hasty march to enjoy and Urban Development - directly answerable won on the first ballot - with a near- plan, and then effectuate it with sufficient her destiny with youthful vigor of an to him. It's a deeply happy and proud moment unanimous support of 189 countries perseverance, and sometimes with needed educated citizenry. for all of us who know and love Hardeep, and entrusting India with global peace and flexibility, to reach the goal beyond To all who have played the game of who wish India well always (especially, to be security - because of Hardeep Singh Puri. Our expectations. Knowing Hardeep, from friend obstruction of this Portfolio, beware as America's indispensable ally). This most joy and love was palpable and overflowing. We to family, and more, PM Modi just harnessed Hardeep-the-diplomat will overcome you - in difficult of assignments has been given to a saw nation after nation coming over to greet the personal and professional relationships of his unique authoritative style. Perhaps, India man who was born to serve and has much to and celebrate him. The SC seat he won, he a global superlative fiduciary of India to noticed that the very evening of his Oath- contribute to humanity - now, at least to 1.3 worked hard and earned a reputation for provide affordable housing and develop urban taking, he held his first meeting with his top billion Indians who are impatient to realize uncommon maturity in policymaking and a centers that comport to the Paris Accord and subordinates to harness the landscape and their version of the American Dream. healthy distaste for regime change - even if it latest technology. obstacles. The rest, as they say, will soon Like Ian Flemings' 007 James Bond, came camouflaged as Responsibility to Unlike the telephone sector success, when enough be history-making success for India - Hardeep is India's, to achieve the difficult goal Protect. India escaped the landline telephone shortage as entrusted to Hardeep by PM Modi. and do it beyond expectations. My wife, Ranju Everybody knows of Hardeep's service to and misery to 21st century digital mobile (Ravi Batra is a Lawyer; Chairman, National and I were with him and Lakshmi in 2010 in India - from Sri Lanka, to Ambassador in phones, in Housing & Urban Development Advisory Council South Asian Affairs, and the UNGA hall for the Security Council vote London and Brasilia, and as Permanent there is no way to succeed by going 100% Greenstar Global Energy Corp.; and Pro Bono and witnessed that even as the Ballots were Representative to the United Nations in digital - as land will remain analogue, even if Advisor to the Ukraine Mission to the UN in being given out, as India's Permanent Geneva and New York. Now, India has we embed it with digital upgrades. New York. He can be reached at Representative, Hardeep (and DPR Manjeev entrusted an intractable portfolio to a man Yet, every Indian has the right to a roof over [email protected]) Chairman Crowley Pushes for Health Care Protections, Consulate General of India, Immigrant Rights in Government Funding Bill New York

NEW YORK (TIP) House constituents. Crowley introduced or co- Special Consular Services Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe sponsored eight amendments - all aimed Crowley (D-NY) introduced a series of at improving the lives of individuals n recognition of special needs and in order to amendments to the government living in Queens, the Bronx, and across facilitate access of members of the Indian funding bill that would defend middle the country, such as ensuring they IDiaspora, Consulate General of India, New York class families against Republican continue to have access to quality will be open on Saturday the 16th of September 2017 attempts to undermine vital health care health care and do not see their tax from 0930 to 1330 hrs. to provide special Consular and immigration priorities. The dollars wasted on President Trump's Services. Crowley amendments would, among detestable immigration policies. Indian Passport holders/US Passport holders of other provisions, secure critical "It's unconscionable that federal Indian origin who have applied for or are in the provisions of the Affordable Care Act dollars would be used to advance the process of applying for Indian Passports/Visa/OCI and prohibit government funds from political agenda of congressional Cards may come to the Consulate and get their being spent on efforts to deport Republicans and President Trump. applications/supporting documents pre-approved individuals eligible for the Deferred They didn't think we'd pay attention but before submitting to CKGS. Applications with all Action for Parents of Americans we are, and I won't stand for it," said supporting documents would be examined in the (DAPA) or the expanded Deferred Crowley. "Unable to push forward their Consulate and approved for submission to CKGS. Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) disastrous Trumpcare plan to strip Applicants who plan to attend are requested to pre- programs. millions of access to health care, register with the Consulate by means of a mail As part of the government funding Republicans are trying to sneak a addressed to "[email protected]" listing the process, members of Congress are able repeal past the American people. House details of their application. Services would be to submit amendments to ensure Republicans are also giving President rendered only to such applicants whose details reach federal funds are allocated in Trump a blank check for his despicable the Consulate by 10th September commonsense manners that protect mass deportation efforts." THE INDIAN PANORAMA 4 INDIAN ABORAD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Indian American Professor Included in All- star Team of Rising Researchers Indian American Democrat BOSTON (TIP): New Chemical Engineering Professor Ashish Kulkarni of congressional candidate Aruna Miller University of Massachusetts at Amherst recently has been included among the so-called "Talented 12", an international endorsed by Emily's List "dream team" of rising all-stars in chemistry, as chosen by MARYLAND (TIP): Aruna Miller, an role in working with the Office of the Chemical & Engineering News. The 36-year-old academic, Indian-American politician and a Secretary of State and the Department Dr. Kulkarni's baseball-card- who completed his member of the Maryland House of of Economic Development to coordinate undergraduate work at the style photo on the lively Delegates representing District 15 in the Governor's arrangements for his Institute of Chemical Talented 12 webpage Montgomery County, Maryland, picked first stop to Hyderabad. Technology in India before nicknamed him the "Cancer earning his doctorate at the up the endorsement of the women's In 2013 Delegate Miller was one of ten Crusher." He comes to UMass University of Cincinnati, grew political group Emily's List in the race Maryland lawmakers named to the Amherst after serving as an up loving cricket for Maryland's 6th District Maryland Business Climate Workgroup instructor of medicine at congressional seat. designed to make recommendations and Harvard Medical School and an associate bioengineer at Miller, a former Montgomery County develop long-term plans to streamline Brigham and Women's Hospital. Kulkarni's research efforts transportation engineer, is the only business regulations, encourage have been focused on the development of pioneering, structure- woman running in the race to replace business innovation, and develop public- activity, relationship-inspired nanomedicine for cancer therapy. Rep. John Delaney, who is running for private partnerships to finance "Disease develops in our body if there is an imbalance in the president. infrastructure. immune system," Kulkarni said in his Chemical & Engineering Miller was sworn in as a member of In 2013 Governor Martin O'Malley News profile. "I'm developing dual-function nanoparticles that House of Delegates on January 12, 2011 appointed Delegate Miller as a can allow us not only to create a balance in the immune system and appointed to the Ways and Means Commissioner to the Interstate but also to monitor whether the drug is working in real time." Committee (revenue, transportation & Commission on the Potomac River Basin As Chemical & Engineering News explained its Talented 12: education subcommittees). She is a (ICPRB). The ICPRB's mission is to "This team of up-and-comers has big ideas for using chemistry member of the Land Use and enhance, protect, and conserve the water to solve global problems. Welcome to the third annual Talented Transportation Committee of the and associated land resources of the 12 issue. It took us months of scouring the globe to collect all 12 Montgomery County Delegation and a Miller, a former Montgomery County Potomac River and its tributaries of the rising stars in chemistry featured here." member of the Women Legislators of transportation engineer, is the only through regional and interstate As a postdoc at Harvard, he designed nanoparticles that could Maryland where she serves on the woman running in the race cooperation. act as cancer immunotherapies; meaning drugs that prompt the executive board. Miller maintains her activism in immune system to find and attack cancer cells. But, although After re-election in 2014, Miller was Caucus. community organizations, including cancer immunotherapies known as "checkpoint inhibitors" appointed to serve on the In 2011, while serving as a Delegate, serving on the boards of the Black Rock dissipate tumors in many people with cancer, they don't work for Appropriations Committee where she is Miller encouraged strengthening Center for the Arts, the Montgomery all. Researchers have been searching to find a good diagnostic or Chair of the Oversight of Personnel economic and cultural development County Public Schools Educational biomarker to predict and track people's responses to the Subcommittee and vice-Chair of the between Maryland and Indiaand Foundation, & the Indian Biomedical treatments. The 36-year-old academic, who completed his Transportation & Environment accompanied Governor Martin O'Malley Association. She is a graduate of undergraduate work at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Subcommittee and in 2016 was on six-day trade mission to India, which Leadership Montgomery (class of 2013) India before earning his doctorate at the University of appointed as vice-Chair of the Capital resulted in nearly $60 million in and in 2012, Miller served as an at large Cincinnati, grew up loving cricket. Kulkarni can include his Budget. In the 2017 Miller was elected to business deals for the state of Delegate to the 2012 Democratic addition to the Talented 12 super team on his list of Chair of the Women's Legislative Maryland.Delegate Miller took a lead National Convention. distinguished awards. Among other honors, he is the recipient of the Hearst Foundation Young Investigator Award, Dana- Second Indian student Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Career Development Award, Indian American Vas American Association of Cancer Research Scholar-in-training Shalini rescued from Award, American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Narasimhan appointed Texas lake dies Therapeutics Young Scientist Award, and the Melanoma HOUSTON (TIP): Shalini Research Alliance Young Investigator Award. Singh, a 25-year-old Indian student CEO of Novartis died on Sept 3, days after she was Indian American gets 6 months prison term BASEL, SWITZERLAND (TIP): The rescued along with another Indian for Illegally Hiring Immigrants Board of Directors of Novartis has student Nikhil Bhatia from a FORDS, NJ (TIP): Sanjay Gupta, an Indian American appointed Indian American Vasant (Vas) swollen lake in Hurricane Harvey resident of Fords, New Jersey,was sentenced for illegally hiring Narasimhan, M.D., Global Head of Drug hit Texas on Aug 26. Bhatia was twelve unauthorized aliens to work at his company, Doon Development and Chief Medical Officer, as rescued from the Lake Bryan along Shalini, who continued to be in a Technologies located in Iselin, New Jersey.U.S. District Judge J. CEO of Novartis, effective February 1, 2018. with Shalini Singh on Saturday, critical condition, Garvan Murtha sentenced Gupta to a six-month term of Dr. Narasimhan is a member of the Aug 26. Bhatia succumbed to his was declared dead incarceration and a $10,000 fine. Judge Murtha also ordered that Executive Committee and joined Novartis in Dr. Narasimhan has held injuries on Wednesday, Aug 30. late Sunday, Gupta pay restitution totaling $14,200 to foreign workers from 2005. He will replace Joseph Jimenez who numerous leadership Shalini, who continued to be in a September 10 night whom Gupta obtained illegal fees and payments. has been CEO since 2010. The 41-year old positions across Novartis critical condition, was declared dead late Sunday night. According to Court documents, Gupta, 51, admitted to Narasimhan who heads the Drug Discovery Bhatia, a PhD student at the Texas A&M University, recruiting 12 foreign workers with information technology division runs one of the industry's largest drug development programs- completed his schooling from Jaipur's St. Anslem's Pink expertise to work in the United States at his company Doon overseeing 9,600 employees, 143 projects, 500 ongoing clinical trials and a City Senior Secondary School in 2011 and did his B. Tech in Technologies. Gupta then submitted forms and documentation nine billion dollar budget. Vellore, had recently graduated from Texas A&M to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Dr. Narasimhan said, "I would like to congratulate Joe and express my University in Water Management and Hydrological to obtain H1-B visas for the foreign workers with the stated gratitude to Joe, Joerg, and the Board of Directors. I feel honored and Science. Shalini was pursuing master's degree in public purpose of working for Doon Technologies. USCIS has a visa humbled to be asked to lead Novartis. We will continue our legacy of health from the same university. She came to the US only processing center in St. Albans, Vermont which processed some bringing leading innovation to patients around the world. With our last month to pursue the two years Masters program after of the applications submitted by Gupta. However, Gupta had no recent launches, our strong pipeline, broad capabilities, world-class her degree in Dental Surgery from I T S Dental College in intent to follow these assurances, and instead placed the foreign leadership team, and committed people, I am very confident about our Greater Noida. workers at worksites outside the State of New Jersey, and paid future." Dr. Narasimhan has held numerous leadership positions across Bhatia, originally from Jaipur, along with Shalini from the foreign workers only when work was available. Gupta's Novartis in commercial, drug development and strategy roles. Prior to New Delhi, were swimming in the lake when a sudden misrepresentations to USCIS were material, in that H1-B visa his current role he served as Head of Development for Novartis current of water pushed them deeper. The friends allocations are designed to allow the employment of foreign Pharmaceuticals. Before joining Novartis in 2005, he worked at accompanying them noticed that the duo were in distress workers in specialty occupations only when there are McKinsey & Company. He received his medical degree from Harvard and flagged down nearby police officers. Bryan Police insufficient U.S. Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents to Medical School in the US and obtained a master's degree in public policy officers were able to rescue and provide cardiopulmonary work in those positions. from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In addition, he resuscitation to the victims until medics arrived, according In addition, Court documents reflect that Gupta submitted holds a bachelor's degree in biological sciences from the University of to Bryan Mayor Andrew Nelson. Both were admitted to a fraudulent documentation to USCIS to obtain H1-B visas, Chicago, also in the US. During and after his medical studies, he worked hospital in a critical condition. Dr Anupam Ray,the Consul specifically by forging fictitious contracts with purported extensively on a range of health issues in developing countries. Dr. General of India in Houston, was attending to their customers in an effort to demonstrate that work would be Narasimhan is an elected member of the US National Academy of medical needs. At least 100,000 Indian-Americans living in available for foreign workers when they began work for Doon Medicine. He is a US citizen born in 1976, married with 2 children, and and around Houston area have been severely affected by Technologies. Further, court documents reflect that Gupta lives in Basel, Switzerland. Among the string of US FDA approvals under the tropical storm. The life-threatening storm has affected demanded prospective H1-B visa beneficiaries pay Gupta an his watch this year there is a potential blockbuster heart-failure drug around 13 million people, with rains turning streets into illegal fee for submitting the H1-B visa applications to USCIS. Entresto. Narasimhan brought a new dynamic to drug discovery by rivers. At least 50 flood-related deaths have been confirmed Gupta also demanded that H1-B visa beneficiaries pay him using big data and technology extensively by partnering with tech by local officials. hundreds of dollars to retain their visas, or risk deportation. companies like Microsoft, Google and Qualcomm. MORE INDIAN ABROAD STORIES ON PAGE 22 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 ADVERTISEME NT 5 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 6 NJ/NY/CT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Comptroller Maragos: Living Wage Affected 143 Million Customers Audits Recover $1.1M for NEW YORK (TIP): Various news September 2016 that 500 million outlets including New York Times, user accounts had been hacked in Washington Post and CNN have 2014, followed by a second reported that Equifax, one of the disclosure three months later that a Underpaid Employees since 2007 three major consumer credit different attack in 2013 reporting agencies, has been compromised more than one billion Living Wage Law May Need Revisions to Restrict Waivers hacked. Equifax is reported to have accounts. said on Thursday, September 7 that Equifax said that, in addition to a data breach left Social Security reporting the breach to law MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau review of Armor Correctional numbers, driver's license numbers enforcement, it had hired a County Comptroller George Health Services Inc. Twenty- and other sensitive information for cybersecurity firm to conduct a Maragos issued the 2016 Living three employees were owed 143 million United States review to determine the scale of the Wage Law Annual Report $11,287 for underpaid wages and consumers vulnerable to hackers. invasion. The investigation is highlighting the recovery of over compensated time. Armor failed Criminals gained access to expected to wrap up within the next $11K for underpaid employees to pay the required hourly rate certain files in the company's few weeks. and the frequent use of waivers and their policies did not provide system from mid-May to July by The company handles data on that seek to sidestep compliance compensated time off for exploiting a weak point in a website more than 820 million consumers with the Living Wage Law. employees working between 20 application, according to an and more than 91 million businesses Cumulatively, the Comptroller's and 23 hours per week, or investigation by Equifax. The worldwide and manages a database efforts have recovered $1,089,259 classified as per diem, as company said that it discovered the with employee information from of unpaid wages and uncredited required by the law. The intrusion on July 29 and has since more than 7,100 employers, compensated time off for Comptroller's Office currently found no evidence of unauthorized according to its website. employees since the law was has six Living Wage reviews in activity on its main consumer or "This is clearly a disappointing enacted in 2007. During 2016 the process. commercial credit reporting event for our company, and one that County granted ten waivers to County vendors The Nassau County Living Wage Law was enacted to databases. strikes at the heart of who we are compared with eleven the prior year. The County's raise the minimum wage of employees working for a Hackers were able to retrieve and what we do," Richard F. Smith, Living Wage increased on August 1, 2017 to $13.98 per majority of the County's contractors. The birth dates and addresses, as well as chairman and chief executive of hour for employees receiving health benefits and $16.07 Comptroller's Office is responsible for monitoring credit card numbers for 209,000 Equifax, said in a statement. per hour for those not receiving benefits. compliance with the Law. To date, $1,089,259 of unpaid consumers. Documents with "Confronting cybersecurity risks is "It is gratifying the County's Living Wage Law and wages and uncredited compensated time off owed to personal information used in a daily fight." Comptroller's Office enforcement through audits 1,405 employees have been identified by the Living disputes for 182,000 consumers was The company created a website, recovered significant money for underpaid Wage audits completed by the Comptroller's Office. The also taken. www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, to employees," said Comptroller George Maragos. Comptroller's Office has released 37 Living wage audit Equifax said that some personal help consumers determine whether "However, we are concerned that too many annual reports for 30 different contractors. information for British and their data was at risk. waivers to the law are being granted, especially to the Canadian residents was also "While we've made significant Information regarding the Living Wage Law can be same vendors. I have requested the auditors begin a found at http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/1597/Living- hacked. investments in data security, we review of the waiver process to close loop holes." Wage The data breach at Equifax is not recognize we must do more," Mr. The Comptroller's Office performed a living wage the largest. Yahoo disclosed in Smith said. Rahul Gandhi has the thought process of Nehru

voice is not heard. He is a beacon of hope to millions of Indians, because, he firmly believes in secularism, rule of law, freedom of speech and providing an equal platform for every Indian to achieve success. Rahul Gandhi once said "We have a tendency to worship By Rajender Ducally great men. When we do that we cast them in stone. We freeze them in time". There is no doubt that Nehru was a great man. he true democratization is not simply the right to vote, But more than that, Nehru had a dynamic way of thinking, but it is all about the devolution of power, that is how constantly evolving, forever compassionate. This is what one Tfirst Prime Minister Nehru dreamt how India should be. can see in Rahul today, a dynamic leader, constantly evolving Interestingly, this founding fundamental principle of and actively campaigning for a tolerant society, for peace and democratization is also executed by India's beloved young equal opportunity to all. leader Rahul Gandhi within world's largest political Rahul Gandhi also believes that law makers are not above organization, Indian National Congress. The tireless efforts of the law and refused to allow the bill that protected law makers Rahul Gandhi to democratize the congress from top to bottom from being impeached and jailed to be put to vote by his Party has undoubtedly made Rahul Gandhi, the most Nehruvian in the parliament when it was in power. congress leader since Jawaharlal Nehru. He strongly believes Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is visiting the US this He is the symbol of secularism and is the hope for many in Nehru's idea of India, where a billion people choose their month and will be in New York where INOC (I) has organized a people who live in poverty and need an opportunity and level destiny and live in harmony together and the idea of India reception to him on September 20 playing field to success. While Nehru's vision built a strong where there is unity in its vast diversity. He has embarked on in India. In this context, Rahul Gandhi brings a very base for modern Indian and established basic infrastructure bringing the democratic process first within the Party,starting challenging thought process that will hopefully rejuvenate the for the Country post-Independence, Rahul idea of India of with holding elections for Youth Congress and has been slowly Grand Old Party and revive it with his ideas of democracy, inclusion, opportunity for all to succeed, democratic process in building a democratic Congress Party where popular leader inclusion, compassion and batting for keeping secular spirit of the true sense and a sense of belonging in every person are elected and not chosen by the leadership. He has also the country in true sense. towards the country will propel India to be a super power in toured the entire country to understand and feel the country Rahul like Nehru, is a charismatic leader and a great orator. the near future. and listen to the voices of its people, especially the weak and to He is also one of the very few leaders with pan-India Last, but not the least, Nehru had shared his vision of get an idea of the India that they would like and the issues that popularity and his personal integrity is beyond reproach. He is Independent India as Indian Prime Minister when he visited they face so that he can build policies for a platform for these also a dedicated party-man with profound influence over his USA for the first time in 1949 and addressed the students, people to succeed. party's cadre, like Nehru of 40's and 50s. Rahul Gandhi's guests and faculty at Berkeley University and delivered a Young people in India and abroad find a lot of qualities of messages are wrapped in fervent nationalism and convey a historic speech at the University and Rahul Gandhi will soon India's first Prime Minister Pandit Nehru in Rahul Gandhi as sense of building a great nation, much like the ideas of India's offer his reflection on contemporary India and road ahead at both Rahul and Nehru are men of ideas, but never an first Prime Minister. He also believes in socialism as a tool to the same University on September 11th, 2017 in his maiden ideologue. Nehru understood deeply that everyone is entitled uplift the huge section of people in India who are still living in tour to USA as a Congress Leader. to their viewpoints and gave space to every view. Because he poverty. Some of the policies in UPA Government like The Diaspora in USA, the Congress Cadre in India and thought, every perspective is unique in its own way. Nehru's Employment Guarantee, Housing to Poor and Food Security millions of people in India, especially the underprivileged and leadership was one of inclusion and compassion as he strongly are tools aimed at providing the poor people with Government minorities look forward to the evolving of Rahul Gandhi as a believed that legitimacy can only come from compassion, assistance to fight poverty. leader post his visit to USA and also to hear his vision of India conversation, from listening to and understanding the views, One can also see the reflection of the idea of Nehru in these @ 70 and the road ahead, which is the theme of his visit and including the opposing views. Today,Indian National congress policies where Mr. Gandhi played a key role in bringing address to the major universities in the USA, starting from is at crossroads because it has lost the last general elections people's idea into country's governance structure. The Food Berkeley, Harvard and Princeton University. very dismally in 2014 and also for the first time in over 130 Act, RTI, MGNREGA, Right to education, Aadhaar are all such (The author is the National General Secretary of Indian years of its history, the Party is in power in less than 5 states radical innovations, that created the platform for those whose National Overseas Congress (I), USA) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 7 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

GUEST COMMENT AS I SEE IT Decoding BJP after Baba's conviction Gauri Lankesh's killers must The BJP has been courting the Babas because it embodies the concept of religious men leading the country rather than its politicians. After the Gurmeet be found; or it'll embolden 'Ram Rahim' episode, the RSS is in a dilemma and is simply playing along. S Nihal Singh The RSS is still feeling its way to translate its concept of Ram Rajya into reality those who stifle dissent as it takes time to completely change the narrative. he Baba, with his cult following, was he murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh in a figure of considerable importance Beyond the conviction of Baba Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh leading to mayhem Bengaluru has set off a wave of protests across the Tand politicians of all hues humored and deaths in Haryana in particular lies a preview of the RSS-inspired BJP Tcountry; the chill that has set in is difficult to miss. It is him for the votes he could deliver.But there scheme of things for a future India. a fool's game right now to hazard guesses about the identity of was a deeper purpose for the BJP and its the killers, but the manner in which she was brutally Haryana unit to court the Baba because it murdered raises extremely worrying questions. Her killers embodied the concept of religious men caught her outside her home, alone and with her guard down leading the country, rather than its as she got out of her car - they fired at point-blank range, politicians. Putting it another way, hitting her on the chest and the temple. They appear to have politicians would rule the country in fled without even once getting off their motorbike, leaving no concert with religious leaders. This is true finger or shoe prints, as 'clean' a murder as can be. This has the despite the homilies of Prime Minister hallmark of a professional hit-job, a pre-meditated Narendra Modi in radio broadcasts and assassination. It is the police's remit to identify and nab the otherwise. killers, but Lankesh's killing cannot but draw attention to the It is no secret that the Baba endorsed the various constituencies that she kept on notice. Lankesh, the BJP in the Haryana assembly elections publisher and editor of the Kannada weekly Gauri Lankesh which tipped the scales in its favor. In Patrike, wore her activism on her sleeve. She came up against gratitude, the entire state cabinet went to the establishment in multiple ways, as she sought to bring the Baba's headquarters to pay obeisance. Naxalites to the mainstream, take up the cause of Dalits and Besides, photographs of the Baba with farmers, raise consciousness on the creeping influence of Chief Minister M.L. Khattar sweeping the Hindutva groups, give moral support to progressive floor and the Sports minister, Mr Anil Vij, Narendra Modi eulogized Dera Sacha Sauda Baba in 2014 when he was BJP in charge campaigns, and basically bear scrutiny on those in power. with folded hands in his presence after of Haryana Her murder has taken place in a year that India dropped plying him with a check for lakhs of rupees memorial to be shared by all. decades of Congress rule after India won three places in the World Press Freedom Index compiled by have become iconic images. Prime By all indications, the RSS is still feeling independence. We still live in a country Reporters Without Borders, from an already bleak 133 to 136. It Minister Modi himself lauded the Baba for its way to translate its concept of Ram shaped by the giants of the independence demands words and also acts of reassurance from the his "Clean India" campaign. Rajya into reality. The Constitution is one movement, almost all of them belonging to Karnataka and Central governments. Where does this glimpse of religious impediment, the judiciary another, and the Congress. Yes, textbooks are being leaders at the forefront take India? The RSS above all the very diversity - in religious, revised to rewrite history to obliterate the (The Hindu) itself is confused and seems to be playing ethnic and other terms - in governing the long decades of Muslim rule. The beautiful the game as it goes along. It is, of course, for country. The last task falls into the lap of Taj Mahal stands uneasily in the Uttar a Hindu India or Hindutva as it defines it. the Prime Minister, himself brought up in Pradesh of Yogi Avidyanath. 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Her forceful advocacy journalists have been threatened with rape and on behalf of Rohingya people is a true assault. auri Lankesh, a prominent Kannada manifestation of her deeply held convictions. India has just celebrated its 70th anniversary journalist and a vehement critic of Death threats or intimidation from any quarters of its independence. The Democratic Gcommunal politics of the BJP never stopped her from confronting the ever Institutions that were created under the government, was gunned down at her doorstep increasing challenges to the freedom of Nehruvian vision are increasingly under threat in Rajarajeswari Nagar in Bengaluru by some expression by the media, the fourth estate. from right-wing forces that are closely aligned A prominent Kannada journalist, known unknown assailants. She worked as an editor in Undoubtedly,journalists, opinion makers, and with BJP.The fundamental right to express one's for her scathing attacks on communal Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada weekly started by reporters are being increasingly targeted by contd on page 30 forces in the country was gunned down in Bengaluru on September 5 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 PERSPECTIVE 9 Of Donald Modi & Narendra Trump THE AFFINITIES BETWEEN TRUMP AND MODI ARE STRIKING,

By A.G. Noorani BUT NONE OF THEM BODES WELL FOR DEMOCRACY.

O two persons are exactly alike. pot-shots at Nehru. Trump plays the But Narendra Modi and same game on George Washington and NDonald Trump resemble each Thomas Jefferson, as if there was other to such a degree that one might nothing else to them besides as well call them Donald Modi and ownership of slaves. Modi has sought Narendra Trump. The affinities are to rewrite history systematically to striking in their range and depth; and exclude Nehru's role in nation- they are disturbing in their building, very much as Stalin had potentiality for harm to the national history rewritten to wipe out Trotsky's good. This comes out in sharp relief as record. A nation is known by the men it one lists their traits one by one. lauds as its heroes. Modi and his BJP- 1. A monumental ego is the most RSS mentors prefer to laud S.P. conspicuous quality which Mookerjee, Deem Dayal Upadhyaya Narendrabhai shares with and V.D. Savarkar. Donaldbhai. From it follow most The top leadership of the state has it others. in its power to promote its ideology 2. Demand of loyalty. Trump was and to create an atmosphere. In every clumsy enough to sack the Federal democracy, the media has Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) sympathizers of both, the ruling party Director James Comey because he and the opposition. Modi's regime has failed to extract from him a pledge of created a new class of active loyalty; itself a highly improper supporters in the media on whom it demand. Modi, unable to fire heads of lavishes its largesse. These are noted statutory bodies, hand-picked loyalists columnists who never deviate from the in advance for sensitive posts. He party line and have prospered in Modi planted his man Friday Amit Shah as Narendra Modi is all over Donald Trump in this picture at the White House, Raj. TV is as faithful, bar exceptions. party chief and set up a cabal of June 27, 2017 They mould a climate. On August 15, fawning Ministers. Never before was 10. Flamboyance in style and 15. Both are ruthless. Modi lost no the National Public Service announced the country treated to a daily dose of escapist vagueness on substance. time in putting veterans like L.K. that the Lincoln Memorial in Ministers praising their chief. Sushma Slogans pass for policy statements: Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in Washington, D.C., had been defaced by Swaraj stooped so low as to proclaim America First and Sab ka Saath, Sab their place though they had run out of obscene writings drawn with spray that Jawaharlal Nehru merely ka Vikas; Modi fears parliamentary steam and posed no danger. Trump has paint. A Smithsonian Museum map on promoted his own image while Modi debates and press conferences. He shattered all records of presidential Constitution Avenue had received the raised the prestige of the nation. To dislikes questions and abhors sackings of officials; Stephen K. same treatment. think that this is the man who sits on precision. So does Trump. Bannon, the "Chief Strategist", being 19. Besides these dozen and odd the chair on which Jawaharlal Nehru Such persons find institutions the latest. affinities lies one which bodes ill for once sat. Not to be outdone by Sushma stifling. Trump attacks the United 16. A leader's egotism, dangerous the political system. It is the leader's Swaraj, Rajnath Singh rushed to praise States Congress; Modi plants favorites always, becomes a real menace when it belief that he stands apart and above Modi's Independence Day speech the as heads of cultural and educational is married to a narrow and exclusivist the party. The party derives strength very next day ("patterns emerging bodies in order to bend them to his nationalism. Modi never conceals his from him; not him from the party. from his address, which reflect his will. brand. It is Hindutva "cultural Trump's recent attacks on the concept of governance almost like 11. To be sure, the two adore nationalism". He told the Press Trust of Republicans will soon pass. The party mantras"); Ravi Shankar Prasad's business and will go all out to make life India (PTI) "I am a Hindu nationalist", system is strong though the divides are tributes to his master are as regular as easier for Big Business, for favorites. frankly and bluntly. Trump flaunts his not as sharp and Trump cannot last they are sickeningly fulsome. As with 12. You know the club bore or the brand of nationalism, which long. His ratings are abysmally low. Trump's men, Modi's stooges suffer dinner party pest who tells any who Charlottesville revealed. The RSS is disturbed by Modi's from acute insecurity. gives him an ear, "I may not have 17. Since the hard core of the antics but shrewdly reckons that it has 3. Both revel in demagogy,laced with studied economies; but my first constituency is what it is, neither more to gain by him being Prime fierce personal attacks on opponents principles are sound. I can fix the Trump nor Modi can afford to be Minister than by ousting him. Modi's and critics. They believe in Balfour's system." Trump and Modi belong to anything but selective in their ratings have suffered, but they remain dictum-speak often and speak for long; this class. censures of wrongs, no matter how encouraging enough for him. The and you will acquire the contempt for 13. These "experts" in economies are grave. Trump's infamous remarks of opposition has not crafted an his audience which every bore has. experts also in foreign policy.Modi and August 15 on the outrage at alternative and attractive program, 4. Both are coarse and crassly Trump believe in highly personalized Charlottesville will outlive his nor acquired an inspiring leadership. vulgar, in their strict dictionary diplomacy based on one assumption Presidency: "You also had people that Modi developed an image of himself as meaning. They do not care for censure. and one calculation. The assumption were very fine people on both sides." one who will deliver and laced it with Modi set the tone with his speeches in simply is that they know better and can The best comment came from Britain's Hindutva. Any alternative must meet Gujarat. manage men and matters. Within Prime Minister Theresa May on him on both. 5. Both spread group hate with weeks of being sworn in as Prime August 16: "I see no equivalence It saddens one to note that two of the abandon. Minister, Modi hosted President Xi between those who propound fascist world's great democracies are led by 6. Both are exclusivist ideologues Jinping, with results that are there for views and those who oppose them. I men intolerant of dissent; driven by a owning a narrow world view and a all to see. Trump went to Saudi Arabia think it is important for all those in tunnel vision; and made of poor narrow concept of nationalism. They to egg it on in its wild schemes- positions of responsibility to condemn quality fiber, coarse and outmoded. regard themselves as the very isolation of Iran and humiliation of far-right views wherever we hear "Ye gods, it doth amaze me, /A man personifications of their visions. Qatar. The calculation is a crafty one. them." of such a feeble temper should/So get 7. Insecure as they themselves are, Excursions abroad will impress Modi practices his brand of moral the start of the majestic world, / And Trump and Modi conduct their sceptics at home. equivalence as his speeches during the bear the palm alone." pantomimes with obedient advisers. 14. Most remarkably, our arrogant election campaigns to the Lok Sabha in Shakespeare had a conspirator say Professionalism is scorned. partners in daring enterprises share a 2014, in Bihar and in Uttar Pradesh, this of Julius Caesar. What a scornful Uneducated, except in the formal love and also a hate. They love Israel. revealed. Not once has he censured portrait he would have drawn of sense, the duo is also uneducable as They hate China. In 2013, when he was attacks on Muslims specifically, nor sawdust Caesars Trump and Modi. well. They will not grow. Chief Minister of Gujarat, Modi has Trump attacked the Klu Klux Klan. (A.G. Noorani, author of a number of 8. Egotism breeds ambition. Each, in denounced China as "expansionist". Modi dare not censure the Rashtriya books, is aleading constitutional expert his own style, seeks to recast the polity Simplistic to the core, they believe that Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). and political commentator and anew. the world would join them in their 18. If the polity is to be recast, it is contributes regularly to various 9. But neither cares to be specific attempts to isolate the chosen victim, essential that history is rewritten and publications the world over) about his program. If reading brings be it Iran or Pakistan. But states follow national heroes are replaced with Source: Frontline pain to the lips, reflection gives a the national interest; policies of votaries of the ideology of hate. The Post comments headache. isolation have a short shelf life. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) takes THE INDIAN PANORAMA 10 SOUTH ASIA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 Pakistan army chief advocates dialogue on Kashmir issue For first time, Pakistan admits LeT, ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has called for the resolution of the Kashmir Jaish are based on its soil dispute through political and diplomatic means, a stance divergent from the approach the country's army has employed ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on so far. September 7 admitted for the first time Bajwa's statement at his annual 'defence day' speech this that internationally proscribed week comes two days after Pakistan foreign minister Khawaja terrorist outfits, such as Lashkar-e- Muhammad Asif admitted for the first time that Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammed, were internationally proscribed terrorist organisations such as operating from within its territory, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad were operating from with foreign minister Khawaja within the country. Muhammad Asif calling for tougher Emphasising that peace is essential for prosperity, Bajwa action against these groups. added, "The welfare of millions of people of these two "We should impose restrictions on countries is linked with permanent peace. Instead of insulting activities of elements like LeT and JeM Pakistan and using force against Kashmiris, it is in India's so that we can show the global favour to seek resolution of the dispute through diplomatic community that we've put our house in and political means." order," Asif told Geo News while Without naming India but referring to it as a "neighbouring responding to a BRICS declaration that country", Bajwa said, "We did not bring nuclear weapons to named several terrorist groups, South Asia. And even now these weapons are simply a including the two, as threats to guarantee of peace in answer to a neighbouring country regional security. which is high on power. It is this country which has brought Asif said Pakistan could no longer unconventional war to the South Asian region." afford to "test" its friends on the issue The General said, "We have paid the price for the wars of terrorism. started by super powers, in the form of terrorism, extremism "Friends like China should not be and economic loss. We are abiding by our policy that we will tested every time, particularly in the not allow our soil to be used against any country, and expect changed (global) scenario," the the same of other countries." The Pakistan military minister added.Only a day earlier, the activities of these organisations in our wrong decision and acted like a proxy leadership's change of approach gains significance in light of foreign office in Islamabad, as well as country. If we continue to do that we for the next decade. After 9/11, we a consolidated global fight against terrorism. Pakistan has defence minister Khurram Dastagir, will always face such again made a wrong decision and recently come under fire from all quarters, including the US, had rejected the BRICS declaration, embarrassments." adopted a war, which was never ours. for harbouring terrorists. (PTI) saying there were no safe havens for Asif admitted that Pakistan had We have suffered uncountable losses of terrorists inside Pakistan. made mistakes in the past, saying there lives and properties in this war," he Flooding in India, Nepal, In fact, the foreign office had said was no need for the country to said. Asif said Pakistan needed to get Pakistan was itself a victim of terror. participate in the proxy war in rid of its false image. "We've no stakes Bangladesh affecting 16 million But foreign minister Khawaja Afghanistan during Ziaul Haq's tenure, involved but are only carrying the Muhammad Asif said, "I am not and later in the war on terror. "There's baggage of our past follies. We cannot children: UNICEF making any political statement.. we an urgent need for a clean break from correct ourselves as long as we do not cannot afford to shut our eyes on our past. In 1979, Pakistan had made a accept historical facts," he said. (PTI) UNITED NATIONS (TIP): About 16 million children across India, Bangladesh and Nepal are in urgent need of life-saving support due to "catastrophic" flooding in the three South Asian countries, a UN agency said. 3,500 more US troops headed to "Millions of children have seen their lives swept away by these devastating floods" said Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia. "Children have lost their homes, schools and even friends and loved ones. There is a danger the Afghanistan worst could still be to come as rains continue and flood waters move south" she added. Weeks of torrential monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh have devastated the lives of millions of children and families. UNICEF estimates that almost 16 million children and their families are in urgent need of life-saving support. Since mid- August, there have been at least 1,288 reported deaths, with over 45 yasion people estimated to be affected. Many areas remain inaccessible due to damage to roads, bridges, railways and airports. The most urgent needs for children are clean water, hygiene supplies to prevent the spread of disease, food supplies and safe places in evacuation centres for children to play, the UN agency said. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is on the ground working in close coordination with respective governments and humanitarian partners from three countries to scale up its responses and respond to immediate needs of affected children and their families. "Massive damage to school infrastructure and supplies also mean hundreds of thousands of children may miss weeks or months of school" said Gough. "Getting children back into WASHINGTON (TIP): The US will its earlier figure of 8,400 troops to about terrorists can never again use school is absolutely critical in establishing a sense of stability deploy additional 3,500 troops in 11,000 troops. On Friday,Mattis had told Afghanistan as a training ground and for children during times of crisis and provides a sense of Afghanistan, taking the total number of reporters that he had signed paper work launching pad for terrorist attacks normality when everything else is being turned upside down." soldiers stationed in the war-torn for deployment of additional troops in against our homeland," Senator Todd In India, four states in the northern part of the country have country to 14,500, a defence official has Afghanistan but did not reveal the exact Young said. been extensively affected by the flooding, affecting over 31 said. figures. "Afghanistan is not a short-term million people including 12.33 million children. Some 805,183 Defence secretary Jim Mattis The additional troops deployment circumstance we face. Despite houses are either partially or fully damaged and 15,455 schools authorised the new deployment which come after Mattis, along with Secretary encouraging signs I saw, it doesn't mean have been damaged, disrupting the education of nearly one is in line with President Donald of State Rex Tillerson, briefed members we are departing from Afghanistan million students. Further heavy rains in Mumbai resulted in Trump's Afghan policy, which did not of the Congress on the new Afghan soon," Senator Jerry Moran was quoted at least five deaths by drowning and three people including set a timeline for the withdrawal US strategy and also about North Korea. as saying by Military Times. two children died due to house collapse. In the affected states troops from the country, defence They were joined by General Joseph The House Foreign Affairs in India the state governments, following rescue operations, department official said on Wednesday. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chief Committee yesterday announced plans are conducting relief, rehabilitation and recovery operations. Trump last month ruled out a hasty of Staff, and director of National to hold a Congressional hearing on UNICEF, at the request of the state governments, is providing withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan Intelligence Dan Coats. budget request for Afghanistan and multi-sectoral planning and coordination support in the three to end America's longest war. "The US military presence in Pakistan on September 13. worst affected states of Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Over Mattis has authorised about 3,500 Afghanistan should be based on our Alice G Wells, acting assistant 9.8 million people in Bihar have been reached with lifesaving additional troops to Afghanistan, the national security interests, the advice secretary, Bureau of South and Central information on topics such as safe drinking water and official said on condition of anonymity. of our commanders, and the facts on Asian Affairs, will testify before the handwashing, UNICEF said.(PTI) Last week, the Pentagon had revised the ground. We must ensure that Congressional Committee. (PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 11 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 12 US FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 Hindu Americans Urge Congress to Enact DACA decision taken for safer, Comprehensive Immigration fairer, and legal immigration Reform

WASHINGTON (TIP): Leaders of the Hindu American system, Says White House Foundation called upon Congress for the swift passage of compassionate and comprehensive immigration reform, WASHINGTON (TIP): Faced with the No permits will be expiring for another and called the termination of the Deferred Action for very real possibility of a potential six months, and permits will remain Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by President Donald immediate shutdown of the entire DACA active for up to two full years. The Trump unnecessarily punitive. program by a federal court, President President was elected partly on his "The termination highlights the need for Congress to Trump took the responsible and promise to deliver meaningful stop delaying immigration reforms that serve our constitutional step of announcing that immigration reform that puts the jobs, country's needs, and better reflect our country's values as the administration will be phasing out wages, and security of the American a nation of immigrants," said Suhag Shukla, the the program over the next two years. people first. He is delivering on that Foundation's Executive Director. "A sign of a broken September 5th deadline was set by the promise every day, and he has put system can't get more obvious than when an order must plaintiffs presenting the administration forward serious proposals to Congress serve as a last resort to deliver a dream or when it's used to with two, and only two, real options to that would responsibly end illegal jeopardize the immigration status of hundreds of choose from: the likely sudden immigration, prevent visa overstays, thousands of young people, including thousands of cancellation of the program by a judge or remove dangerous criminals, protect Indian, South Asian, and diaspora Hindus, who have an orderly wind-down that preserves the American jobs and wages, and create a grown up, studied, and worked here." rule of law and returns the question to merit-based system that grows our In particular, the Foundation called for a the legislative branch where it belongs. middle class. congressionally mandated pathway to citizenship for The President chose the latter of the two These are not just President Trump's previously undocumented children. There are options. priorities; they are the American people's approximately 800,000 undocumented individuals who The President made the best decision priorities. For decades now, the were provided legal protections under DACA after they in light of the fact that the system was set American people, immigrant and U.S.- were brought to the US by their parents when they were up by the Obama administration, in clear born, have asked Congress to establish a children. violation of federal law. President Obama lawful immigration system that protects "Participants of DACA trusted the federal government even admitted this himself when our country. They've asked for strong, to register and have since been extensively vetted. They're announcing the program, calling it a secure borders, they've asked us to contributing members of American society - many of "temporary stopgap measure" and calling protect American security and American them taxpayers, many students - all brought here as on Congress to act. jobs, and they've asked us to have children," Shukla stated. "No one should be penalized for DACA was initiated after Congress compassion, not only for those who are the actions of their parents through no fault of their own." explicitly rejected the same proposal in White House Press Secretary Sarah here illegally, but for unemployed Earlier this year, the Foundation outlined its key legislative form. In other words, Sanders explains ending of DACA at a American citizens, including millions of immigration policy priorities for the Hindu American President Obama didn't just suspend press briefing on September 5 unemployed African American and community, focusing on family unification, streamlining federal law, but implemented a policy The main effect of today's Hispanic citizens who continue to suffer the employment immigration system, permanent Congress had explicitly rejected. announcement is that work permits and under a broken system. reauthorization of the Special Immigrant Non-Minister There is a misconception that DACA other government benefits are being The President's DACA decision today provision in the Religious Worker Visa Program, and primarily serves as a shield from gradually phased out. But rather than brings us closer to a safer, fairer, and legal revamping the refugee and asylum application process. deportation. This is misleading. DACA leave DACA recipients and men and immigration system. Now that he has grants work authorization to nearly women of immigration enforcement in ended this unsustainable and SAALT Slams President 800,000 individuals who are not legally confusing limbo, while the DACA unconstitutional program imposed by the authorized to work. DACA recipients, program was challenged by states in the previous administration, the President is Trump's Decision to Terminate whose average age is in their 20s, were not same court that struck down another of calling on the men and women in an enforcement priority before, and they the previous administration's unlawful Congress to fulfill their duty to the DACA certainly won't become a priority now. immigration orders earlier this year, American people by truly reforming our The priorities remain the same: President Obama [sic] is laying out a immigration system for the good of all NEW YORK (TIP): South Asian Americans Leading criminals, security threats, and those who responsible 24-month phase-out -- sorry, people. Together (SAALT), a national civil rights and racial justice repeatedly violate our immigration laws. President Trump. organization, slammed President Trump's decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the latest in a litany of this administration's anti-immigrant policies. Bill Gates Disappointed with Trump's "America's values are founded on the ideal that all people are created equal and deserve justice. The President's decision to terminate DACA puts 800,000 decision to end DACA individuals at risk of deportation from the only country they've ever called home. Ending DACA is the latest evidence of this administration's utter lack of NEW YORK (TIP): Microsoft co- and commitment to continuing to move commitment to our nation's founding values of equality founder Bill Gates expressed his our country forward", he further added. and fairness," stated Suman Raghunathan, Executive disappointment on Donald Trump's "I hope that Congress will quickly Director of SAALT. "Our current patchwork of decision to end the DACA program and pass a permanent fix to allow these immigration policies and programs is broken, and we expressed hope that Congress will young people to stay in the country demand Congress does its job to craft a commonsense quickly pass a permanent fix so that without the destructive fear of immigration process that creates a roadmap to citizenship hundreds of people do not get separated deportation", he wrote. for aspiring new Americans. This is the only way to align from their families, friends, and Deferred Action for Childhood our immigration laws with the values Americans hold communities. Arrivals (DACA) is an American dear." "I'm very disappointed with today's immigration policy established by the The Trump administration will phase out DACA after a decision to end DACA. Hundreds of Obama administration in June 2012. six-month delay, punting responsibility to Congress to thousands of young people who have DACA allows certain illegal immigrants craft legislation to protect Dreamers. Passing the DREAM been educated in the United States and who entered the country as minors to Act 2017 is an important first step, but what the nation have played by the rules their whole receive a renewable two-year period of needs is a comprehensive immigration reform. lives will be forced to live under the deferred action from deportation and Over 27,000 Asian Americans, including 5,500 Indians threat that they will be separated from eligibility for a work permit. and Pakistanis, have already received DACA. An their families, friends, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates The USICS has announced that they additional estimated 17,000 individuals from India and communities", Gates wrote on a expressed his disappointment on Donald are no longer accepting initial requests 6,000 from Pakistan respectively are eligible for DACA, Facebook post. Trump's decision to end the DACA for DACA, but will adjudicate initial placing India in the top ten countries for DACA eligibility. "Melinda and I have been incredibly program requests for DACA accepted by Sept. 5, With the termination of DACA, these individuals could impressed by the Dreamers we have Image / Courtesy Twitter 2017.They will no longer approve face deportation at the discretion of the administration. come across in our work with advance parole requests associated The CEOs of Apple, Google and Facebook and many Microsoft, the foundation, and other represent the best instincts of this with DACA.Theyare only adjudicating other business leaders have all staunchly supported DACA programs we have supported over the country and the tradition that the great DACA renewal requests received by and opposed its termination, citing their need for talented years. They have been raised as experiment of the United States is Oct. 5, 2017, from current beneficiaries workers in a direct rebuttal to claims that DACA has hurt Americans and have taken that made better by people from other places whose benefits will expire between the American economy. responsibility seriously. Dreamers coming here to dedicate their talents Sept. 5, 2017 and March 5, 2018. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 US 13 4 killed in medical helicopter Work Visa to Green Card route crash in North Carolina getting tougher from October 1 BELVIDERE (TIP): The North Carolina Highway Patrol says four people have been killed in the crash of a medical helicopter. With 2.47 lakh applications, Indians are top H-1B visa applicants till July 2017 Patrol spokesman Master Trooper Christopher Knox said NEW YORK (TIP): Heretofore, the Duke Life Flight helicopter went down around 11:45 a.m. thousands every year transited to US Friday near the town of Belvidere, close to the Virginia border Green Card through their work visa in and about 160 miles (260 kilometers) east of Raleigh. the US.. H1 B route was found to be quite Knox said it's not known where the helicopter was headed convenient to obtain a green card. But it when it went down and authorities have no idea what caused appears it is not going to be the same the crash. He said the Federal Aviation Administration has "easy and convenient" route anymore. been notified and state troopers are on the scene to secure the As reported in The Indian Panorama site. earlier, from October 1, the United States The Duke Life Flight web page says its helicopters usually Citizenship and Immigration Service have two critical care providers and a pilot onboard and can (USCIS) has made an in-person only carry one patient at a time. (AP) interview mandatory in such cases. In technical parlance, it refers to an I-485 Qatar crisis: Donald Trump offers adjustment of status interview. This announcement was made on August 28 to mediate and was reported immediately by The Indian Panorama WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald Trump said On another front, US immigration Thursday that he believes there is a "chance" for a Middle East attorneys are seeing an uptick in peace settlement, one of the most elusive goals of US number of 'Requests For Evidence' diplomacy. (RFEs) being issued by the USCIS. These "I think we have a chance of doing it," he told reporters RFEs relate to petitions (applications) during a White House news conference with Kuwaiti Emir filed on or about April 2017 for H-1B Latest available data released by the There are often situations where level Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. visas that will be valid from October 1, USCIS shows that during 2015, as many 1 is indeed the appropriate level - even At a joint press conference with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah 2017. as 34,843 Indians adjusted their the largest consulting firms in the US do al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Trump offered to mediate and said, "I As regards the amendment made for temporary visa status and obtained send out entry-level professionals for would be willing to be the mediator. I think it's something adjustment of status to that of a green green cards. Of this, 25,179 were holding assignments." that's going to get solved fairly easily." card, NPZ Law Group managing jobs in the US (primarily under the H1-B NPZ Law Group has seen a sharp hike Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and attorney David H Nachman explains, category). in the RFEs - by 55% to 65% as compared Egypt announced on June 5 they had cut diplomatic and "USCIS currently requires interviews Immigration.com managing attorney to the past numbers. economic ties with Qatar , accusing it of having ties with for family-based green card and Rajiv S Khanna says, "A new wrinkle in Nachman explains, "The question that Shiite Iran and fundamentalist Islamist groups. (PTI) naturalization (obtaining citizenship) the inquiries is that, as USCIS had continues to arise in the RFEs is to prove processes. But most of the time, it warned, they will not accept level-1 that the position that the H-IB applicant Grandparents not part of Trump's waives the interview requirement for wages to be given in H-1B cases easily. will be taking is in a specialty the above category of applicants. While They are questioning level-1 wages occupation. The new set of questions travel ban: Court interviews for those transitioning from almost uniformly." that we are seeing has to do with why the employment-based visa status to green He explains the various levels and level-1 wage has been chosen if the cards were standard a decade ago, illustrates the wages. Level-1 category position is a 'specialty position' calling waivers have been regularly granted relates to entry-level jobs and, at the for a complex set of duties. As you can since then.Under the new policy, there other end, is the level-4 category which see, the US government is requiring us will be no further waivers. Thus, the calls for a more technical and leadership to argue that the position is 'complex' new process will lengthen the waiting role. and then, on the other side, asking that if time for green card applicants." The prescribed wage at level 1 for a it is so complex why is a lower salary A vast majority of those to whom software developer in San Jose is $88,733 being assigned?" green cards are allotted comprise those a year, which rises to $155,147 annually The increase in inquiries is an who are already working in the US on at level 4. Khanna adds, "It is the USCIS administrative cost for all, and is temporary visas. position that level-1 salary indicates a especially challenging for those During the four-year period up to 2014, non-professional position that does not employers (mid-tier companies) that had over 2 lakh green cards were allotted to require a specific college degree and is a designated level 1 even for more H-1B visa holders, according to a report job that would be inappropriate for an H- experienced visa applicants. SEATTLE (TIP): A federal appeals court on Sept 7 rejected by the Bipartisan Policy Centre. 1B visa. the Trump administration's limited view of who is allowed (TIP Bureau compilation) into the United States under the president's travel ban, saying grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the US should not be prevented from coming to the country. Irma bears down on Florida, more than The unanimous ruling from three judges on the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals also cleared the way for refugees accepted by a resettlement agency to travel here. The decision upheld a ruling by a federal judge in 5 million told to flee coast Hawaii who found the administration's view too strict. "Stated simply, the government does not offer a persuasive MIAMI: Irma trained its sights on they could reach from coast to coast, Miami at midnight Thursday to avoid explanation for why a mother-in-law is clearly a bona fide Florida and officials warned more than 5 testing the nation's third-largest state, the gridlock. "Irma is going to take all of relationship, in the Supreme Court's prior reasoning, but a million people that time was running which has undergone rapid development Florida.'' Despite driving overnight, he grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or cousin out Friday to evacuate ahead of the and more stringent hurricane-proof still took 12 hours to reach Orlando, a is not,'' the 9th Circuit said. deadly hurricane as it followed a path building codes in the last decade or so. trip that normally takes four hours. The appeals panel wrote that under typical court rules, its that could take it from one end of the "This is a storm that will kill you if From there, he and his wife, two ruling would not take effect for at least 52 days. But in this state to the other. you don't get out of the way,'' National children, two dogs and a ferret were instance, the judges said, many refugees would be ``gravely By early evening, Irma was a slightly Hurricane Center meteorologist Dennis headed to Arkansas. imperiled'' by such a delay, so the decision will take effect in weakened Category 4 storm with winds Feltgen said. "Everybody's going to feel About 5.6 million people in Florida, five days. "Refugees' lives remain in vulnerable limbo during of 155 mph (250 kph) and forecasters said this one.'' more than one quarter of the state's the pendency of the Supreme Court's stay,'' they wrote. it could be back up to Category 5 when it Irma killed at least 20 people in the population, were ordered to evacuate "Refugees have only a narrow window of time to complete their comes ashore near Key West on Sunday Caribbean and left thousands homeless and another 540,000 were told to leave travel, as certain security and medical checks expire and must morning. as it devastated small resort islands the Georgia coast. Authorities opened then be reinitiated.'' Forecasters adjusted the storm's known for their warm, turquoise water. hundreds of shelters for people who did The Justice Department said it would appeal."The Supreme potential track more toward the west In Florida, gas shortages and gridlock not leave. Hotels as far away as Atlanta Court has stepped in to correct these lower courts before, and coast of Florida, away from the Miami plagued the evacuations, turning filled up with evacuees. we will now return to the Supreme Court to vindicate the metropolitan area of 6 million people, normally simple trips into tests of will. Florida Gov. Rick Scott said people executive branch's duty to protect the nation,'' the agency said meaning ``a less costly, a less deadly Parts of interstates 75 and 95 north were fleeing could drive slowly in the in a statement. The US Supreme Court said in June that storm,'' University of Miami researcher bumper-to-bumper, while very few cars shoulder lane on highways. He hasn't President Donald Trump's 90-day ban on visitors from Iran, Brian McNoldy said. drove on the southbound lanes. reversed the southbound lanes because Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced Nevertheless, forecasters warned that "We're getting out of this state,'' said he said they were needed to deliver gas pending arguments scheduled for October, partially its hurricane-force winds were so wide Manny Zuniga, who left his home in and supplies. (AP) overturning lower-court rulings. (AP) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 14 INDIA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

UNRULY PASSENGERS TO BE 1993 MUMBAI BLASTS PUT ON ‘NO FLY LIST’ NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Sept 8 Abu Salem gets life term, 2 unveiled rules to tackle cases of onboard unruly behaviour by passengers. The move would allow airlines to others get death sentence ban such passengers for a period ranging from three BAN DURATION months to lifetime. NEW DELHI (TIP: Extradited ammunition, and hand grenades to actor Up to 3 months: For unruly The commander of the gangster Abu Salem was on Thursday Sanjay Dutt (convicted in the earlier physical gestures, verbal flight would have the right to sentenced to life imprisonment by a phase of the trial under the Arms Act). harassment, unruly file a complaint against such inebriation Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Salem, who was close to (Dawood's passengers. The revised Civil (TADA) court in Mumbai in the 1993 brother) Anees Ibrahim and Dossa, took Up to 6 months: For Aviation Requirement (CAR), Mumbai serial blasts case. it upon himself to bring a part of the physically abusive effective immediately, defines Special Judge G A Sanap pronounced arms and ammunition from Dighi to behaviour such as pushing, three categories of unruly kicking, hitting, the death verdicts on convicts Mumbai, the court earlier said. behaviour —verbal, physical inappropriate touching Mohammed Taher Merchant and Feroze This was "vital towards achievement and life threatening. Khan for their role in the blasts, said of the conspiracy so that the weapons Minimum 2 years: For life- There is a provision for Special Public Prosecutor Deepak Salve. could be used to terrorise and torment threatening behaviour such debarring passengers from as assaults, damage to Besides Salem, the special court innocent citizens of India," the court flying for three months for aircraft systems awarded life sentence to Karimullah had said. verbal unruly behaviour, six Khan and 10 years rigorous Quayyum for want of evidence. The trial of Salem, Mustafa Dossa, months for physical and two imprisonment to Riyaz Siddiqui. Arguments over the degree of Karimullah Khan, Feroze Abdul Rashid years or more for life-threatening behaviour. The Special Judge also slapped sentences continued after the conviction Khan, Riyaz Siddiqui, Tahir Merchant, The complaint by the pilot-in-command will be probed by an varying amounts of fines on the convicts in June and concluded on August 10. and Abdul Quayyum was separated from internal committee to be set up by the airline that will decide after finding them guilty on various All the accused were facing multiple the main case as they were arrested the quantum of ban. If the panel fails to give a decision in 30 charges, including murder, conspiracy charges of criminal conspiracy, waging subsequently. days, the passenger will be free to fly. to hatch the blasts, supplying arms and war against the government, and Dossa died of cardiac arrest at J J Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said the new ammunition, and other serious offences, murder of people. Hospital in Mumbai shortly after being rules would allow formation of a national “No Fly List” that Salve told media-persons after the This was the second leg of the trial. In convicted on June 28. would be shared among airlines. The promulgation of the list ruling. the first leg that concluded in 2007, the The Mumbai blast of March 12, 1993, in India was the first of its kind in the world, he claimed. A special TADA court had in June TADA court had convicted 100 accused resulted in 257 fatalities and over 700 The revised CAR will be applicable to all Indian operators convicted six persons, including in the case, while 23 people were were injured. The attacks were planned engaged in scheduled and non-scheduled air transport mastermind Mustafa Dossa and Salem, acquitted. by Dawood Ibrahim, India's 'most services, both domestic and international carriage of in the blasts case, 24 years after the The court had earlier held that the wanted' fugitive, who also has his name passengers. It would also be applicable to foreign carriers, attacks left 257 people dead in the prosecution had proved that Salem was prominently figuring on the 'most subject to compliance of Tokyo Convention, 1963. Aggrieved country's financial capital. one of the main conspirators and that he wanted' lists of the US and the Interpol. persons will be allowed to appeal within 60 days. It, however, let off accused Abdul delivered three AK-56 rifles, N-energy, defence to set tone Army plans to induct 800 women in military police 1 dead in violent clashes in of ties with Japan: Jaishankar Jaipur, curfew imposed NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after Nirmala JAIPUR (TIP): One NEW DELHI (TIP): Drawing the emerging contours of its Sitharaman took over as the country’s first person was killed when bilateral relations with Japan and latter’s contribution to full-time female defence minister, the army on police opened fire on a mob modernisation of Indian economy,New Delhi today said it will Friday announced that it is giving finishing after it went on a rampage, create a multi-polar Asia and highlighted civil nuclear energy touches to a proposal for inducting women setting ablaze a power house and defence as two important fields that would set direction of into the military police. and several vehicles, the ties. The proposal is very significant as women following an alleged assault “Today, the two countries clearly see each other much more will be inducted in the military’s non-officer of a couple by a constable in strategically. This is expressed through a wide range of cadre for the first time, although they will be Ramganj area of the city. contacts and activities, including in areas that are relatively in a non-combat role. Curfew was imposed in four new. Obviously, India’s accelerated economic growth provides In a presentation made at the army chiefs’ police station areas of the new business opportunities for Japanese companies. But the conclave, adjutant general Lieutenant were required in the Corps of Military Police city to bring the situation logic of our current cooperation is much deeper,” Foreign General Ashwani Kumar said, “The proposal (CMP) to investigate gender-specific under control, a senior police Secretary S Jaishankar said in his address to the “India-Japan is being finalised for induction of 800 women allegations and crime. The women will be official said, adding that Colloquium” ahead of Prime Minister Shizo Abe visit next in the military police with a yearly intake of inducted as junior commissioned officers and internet services were also week. “A broader modernisation of the Indian economy and 52.” jawans. The armed forces account for around suspended and schools in the society is very much in Japan’s larger interest. This would The three-day conclave, hosted by army 3,500 women officers, all of whom are in non- curfew-laden areas have been help create a more multi-polar Asia that, in turn, enables a chief General Bipin Rawat, is being attended combat roles. closed. A petty dispute more multi-polar world,” he said. by eight former army chiefs. The platform Women were allowed to join the military as between a police constable Stating that cooperation in civil nuclear energy and in provides an opportunity to the force to draw officers outside the medical stream for the and a motorcycle-borne defence are two domains that portend the future direction of on the collective experience of its former first time in 1992. couple late last night led to India-Japan ties, he said Japan could make a substantive leaders and seek their inputs on key issues. The move to induct women in the CMP clashes between the locals difference to the country’s nuclear industry. In 2016, during The force expects the plan to move fast comes at a time when India’s first female and the police, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan, both under Sitharaman. The proposal is being pilots are preparing to fly warplanes after which the curfew was countries signed a civil nuclear deal that allows Japan to pushed by General Rawat himself. they complete the last leg of their training imposed around 1 AM in export nuclear power plant technology to India. Lieutenant General Kumar said women later this month. Source: HT Ramganj area. DERA HQ SEARCH: BANNED NOTES, LUXURY CAR SEIZED FROM GURMEET RAM RAHIM DEN

SIRSA (TIP): The first day of currency notes (both old and new) JCB machines, locksmiths, second day of search operations. search of the Dera Sacha Sauda amounting to a few thousand rupees forensic experts and dog squads Nearly a hundred packs of headquarters near Haryana's Sirsa during the search, said Haryana were called in to assist a crackers were also found. The town on Friday ended with a few government deputy director Satish comprehensive search operation authorities have sealed the factory. computers, a luxury SUV and some Mehra. launched by security agencies and Also, 1,500 pairs of costly designer currency notes being seized, official Officials involved in the search district authorities at the Dera shoes of the Dera chief and (old and new currency) being seized, remained tight-lipped about the premises. Internet services in Sirsa hundreds of designer dresses were officials said. recoveries made inside. Sources district were suspended by local recovered. Officials said that five children said that a couple of rooms in one of authorities on Friday. Meanwhile, the Haryana Police were found inside the Dera premises the buildings had been sealed and EXPLOSIVES SEIZED have arrested three Dera Sacha in the search. that the search operation could take on Friday morning. The media was Sauda followers for hatching a The authorities seized a few a long time. stopped at some distance from the An illegal crackers factory was on conspiracy of trying to help Ram computers and hard disks, one The search operation began amid Dera premises to avoid any Saturday found inside Dera Sacha Rahim escape from Panchkula Toyota Lexus luxury SUV and some tight security and curfew in the area controversy. Sauda headquarters during the during an agitation on August 25. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 INDIA 15 NIRMALA SITHARAMAN PM Modi’s 9 new ministers GETS DEFENCE, PIYUSH NEW DELHI (TIP): Nine ministers 4. ANANTHKUMAR HEGDE Hardeep Singh GOYAL RAILWAYS who joined Prime Minister Narendra Puri, 65, is a Minister of State Modi's cabinet were told that they were in the Ministry 1974-batch of NEW DELHI (TIP): Nine ministers joined Prime chosen with great consideration. of Skill Indian Foreign Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers on Sunday Meeting with them before the oath Development Service and in the third restructuring exercise since he took oath of ceremony, PM Modi reportedly told the and Entrepre- served as India's office in 2014. Four junior ministers were promoted to the ministers to perform and "do a good neurship Permanent Cabinet including Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (now Minister of job". The new members inducted in the Representative Minority Affairs), Nirmala Sitharaman (MoS Defence), Union council of ministers include Ananthkumar to the United Piyush Goyal (MoS Railways and holds additional charge of four former senior bureaucrats and Hegde, 49, has Nations from the Coal Ministry) and Dharmendra Pradhan (Petroleum also BJP leaders from the states of been a member 2009 to 2013. and Natural Gas with additional charge of Skill Karnataka, Rajasthan and Madhya of the 11th, 12th, Known for his Development). Pradesh which go to polls in the near 14th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha from experience and expertise in foreign NIRMALA SITHARAMAN AS DEFENCE MINISTER future. Uttara Kannada in Karnataka. He is an policy and national security, he is the SHATTERS MANY GLASS CEILINGS, AND NOT JUST THE NEW FACES agriculturist by profession. At the president and chairman of think-tank young age of 28, he was elected to the Research and Information System for BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN 1.ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY Lok Sabha for the first time. During his Developing Countries (RIS) and was multiple stints in Parliament, he has the vice president of the International Minister of State for Health and served as a member of parliamentary Peace Institute, New York. His four- Family Welfare standing committees on finance, home decade career in diplomacy included affairs, human resource development, critical roles as India's ambassador to Sixty-four- commerce, agriculture and external Brazil and the United Kingdom, and year-old Ashwini affairs. He has also been a member of Permanent Representative of India to Kumar Choubey the Spices Board of India for four Geneva. An alumnus of The Hindu was a health terms. He is a practitioner of martial College, Delhi University, Mr Puri was minister in art Taekwondo. a student leader and active during the Bihar. A BJP JP Movement. He briefly taught at St. veteran, he was 5. SATYA PAL SINGH Stephens College in Delhi before born at Dariyapur in Bhagalpur and joining the IFS. Minister of State did BSc (Hons) in zoology from the in the Ministry of 8. RAJ KUMAR SINGH Science College, Patna University. At Human Resource Minister of State (Independent Charge) present, he represents the Buxar Lok Development; of the Ministry of Power; Minister of Some are calling it a "well-disguised doosra". Some are Sabha seat. Married to Neeta Choubey, Minister of State State (Independent Charge) of the calling it another "surgical strike". Whichever way you look he has two sons. He was an active part in the Ministry of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy at it, handing the defence portfolio to Nirmala Sitharaman is of the JP Movement in the 1970s and Water by far the biggest statement delivered by Narendra Modi in was taken into custody during the Resources, River Raj Kumar Sunday's Cabinet reshuffle. Development Emergency. Chaubey is credited with Singh, 64, is a By all means, this was a double promotion for Sitharaman, and Ganga for having raised the slogan -- "ghar- former IAS who until Saturday held the independent charge of the Rejuvenation ghar me ho shouchalaya ka nirman, officer of the commerce and industry ministry.She was first elevated into tabhi hoga ladli bitiya ka kanyadaan". Satya Pal Singh, 61, is a Lok Sabha 1975-batch Bihar Cabinet rank, and subsequently inducted into the Cabinet He has helped in the construction of MP from Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. A cadre and a Committee on Security (CCS) by virtue of her appointment 11,000 toilets for Mahadalit families. 1980 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS former Union as the Union defence minister. 2. VIRENDRA KUMAR officer, he retired as the Mumbai Police home secretary. Sitharaman technically is the second woman to hold the chief. He was honoured for his services He is a member defence portfolio, but for former prime minister Indira Minister of State in the Ministry of by the Centre in 2008 with Antrik of the current Gandhi, defence was an additional charge. Sitharaman is Women and Child Suraksha Sewa Padak and a special Lok Sabha representing Arrah in India's first full-time woman defence minister, and the sound Development medal for extraordinary work in naxal Bihar. Mr Singh studied English of the glass ceiling being shattered would reverberate for a hit areas of Andhra Pradesh and literature at St. Stephens College and long time to come. Nothing carries the message of women's Virendra Madhya Pradesh in 1990. Mr Singh has is a law graduate. He also studied at the empowerment more than battle-hardened generals doffing Kumar, 63, is the written books, including on topics like RVB Delft University in the their hats to a female boss. As far as symbolisms go, it is a Lok Sabha MP tribal conflict resolution and Netherlands. powerful one. from Tikamgarh naxalism. Born in Basauli village in 9. ALPHONS KANNANTHANAM As Sitharaman moves into Raisina Hill, the all powerful in Madhya Baghpat, he has MSc and MPhil CCS, which also includes the prime minister, home minister Minister of State (Independent Charge) Pradesh. From degrees in chemistry, an MBA in of the Ministry of Tourism; Minister of Rajnath Singh, finance minister Arun Jaitley and external the convenor of the Akhil Bharatiya strategic management from Australia State in the Ministry of Electronics and affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, will now feature two Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), District and an MA degree in public Information Technology women. Among the many symbolisms that emerge, the first Sagar in 1977-79 to now being set to administration as well as a PhD on the is that that the prime minister firmly believes in women become a Union minister, it has been a naxalite movement. Alphons leading from the front. This message is reinforced by the fact long journey for Mr Kumar, who was 6.GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT Kannanthanam that Sitharaman, a first-time Rajya Sabha MP,takes over the elected for a sixth Lok Sabha term in is a former 1979- defence portfolio at a time when India's borders with Minister of State in the Ministry of 2014. Mr Kumar had participated in the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare batch Kerala Pakistan and China are 'hot' and we have only just emerged JP Movement and was in jail for 16 cadre IAS officer. from a grave deadlock with the Chinese in Sikkim sector months during the Emergency. He Gajendra He is also a which could have very well slipped into a military conflict. hails from the Scheduled Caste Singh practicing ut it will be unwise to look at Sitharaman's appointment community and holds a master's Shekhawat, 49, is advocate. Mr only from the prism of women's empowerment. In elevating degree in economics and a PhD in child a Lok Sabha Kannanthanam her to the post, Modi has also indicated that he considers labour. member from was known as Sitharaman to be a good performer in a tough time for the Jodhpur in 'Demolition Man' during his stint at Indian economy. 3. SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA Rajasthan. He is the Delhi Development Authority for The 58-year-old's tenure as MoS commerce was marked by also a national having ordered razing of thousands of an economy struggling to remain on feet after the twin blows Minister of State in the Ministry general secretary illegal constructions. Born in a non- of demonetisation and GST and an alarming dip in export of Finance of the farmers' electrified Manimala village in figures. But she has earned accolades for showing tough wing of the BJP. A sports enthusiast, Kottayam district to a World War II negotiating skills at multilateral forums including World Sixty-five-year- Mr Shekhawat has participated at the veteran, he pioneered the literacy Trade Organisation, or for having the gumption to press old Shiv Pratap national and all-India inter-university movement in India as district collector China for a more level-playing field in trade and commerce Shukla is a Rajya level in basketball. He currently is a of Kottayam by making it the first 100 even as the Chinese were breathing fire on the Doka La Sabha member member of the All India Council of per cent literate town in India in 1989. issue. from the Sports and the president of the He retired from the IAS and was She copped a fair bit of criticism for India's lackluster electorally crucial Basketball India Players Association. elected as an Independent member of performance in exports, but as she told reporters on Sunday Up. The lawyer- He has MPhil and MA degrees in the Kerala Assembly from after taking oath as a Cabinet minister, "Every criticism is a social worker was earlier a minister in philosophy from Jai Narain Vyas Kanjirappally from 2006 to 2011. Mr message and we have to learn from it. I am not averse to the state. He was appointed a vice- University, Jodhpur. Kannanthanam is a member of the criticism and also not frightened of it (criticism), but president of UP unit of the BJP in 2012. 7. HARDEEP SINGH PURI committee set up to prepare the final certainly take messages from them. Criticism per se do not He is a law graduate from the Gorakhpur draft of the National Education Policy, reflect on performance, it only adds to your performance if Minister of State (Independent University and was imprisoned for 19 Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and 2017. He has authored a book -- Making you are ready to take on-board the corrections that may be months during the Emergency. Urban Affairs A Difference. workable." THE INDIAN PANORAMA 16 FEATURE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

n September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist Ogroup al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost RELIVING 9/11 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist A co-ordinated al-Qaeda attack on America on 11th September 2001 killed almost 3,000 people. Two attacks, which triggered major U.S. initiatives to hijacked planes were flown into New York's World Trade Center, resulting in the collapse of the Twin combat terrorism and defined the presidency of George W.Bush. Towers, while another crashed into the Pentagon. The fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania WORLD TRADE CENTER HOW IT HAPPNED? On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. on a clear The airplanes hijacked on 9/11 begin taking Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing off at 7:59 a.m. The first to depart is 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 that into the north tower of the World Trade Center leaves Boston’s Logan International Airport in New York City. for Los Angles with 92 people on board. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near At 8:14 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 — a the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, Boeing 767 with 65 passengers on board — instantly killing hundreds of people and leaves Logan for Los Angeles. trapping hundreds more in higher floors. American Airlines Flight 77 leaves As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got Washington Dulles International Airport at underway, television cameras broadcasted live 8:20 a.m. The plane, a Boeing 757 with 64 images of what initially appeared to be a freak people on board, is headed for Los Angeles. accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane Finally, at 8:42 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93 hit, a second Boeing 767—United Airlines Flight departs from Newark International Airport. 175—appeared out of the sky, turned sharply The Boeing 757, which carries 44 passengers, toward the World Trade Center and sliced into is bound for San Francisco. the south tower near the 60th floor. The first crash occurs at 8:46 a.m. when The collision caused a massive explosion that Flight 11 slams into the north tower of New showered burning debris over surrounding York’s World Trade Center. buildings and onto the streets below. It The second crash comes at 9:03 a.m., when immediately became clear that America was Flight 175 flies into the south tower of the under attack. World Trade Center. The structural steel of the skyscraper, built to 9:37 a.m.: Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon. withstand winds in excess of 200 miles per hour and a large conventional fire, could not 9:45 a.m.: Just minutes after Flight 77 withstand the tremendous heat generated by the crashes into the Pentagon, the White House and U.S. Capitol are evacuated. burning jet fuel. At 10:30 a.m., the north building of the twin towers collapsed. Only six people in 9:59 a.m: After burning for 56 minutes, the the World Trade Center towers at the time of south tower of the World Trade Center their collapse survived. Almost 10,000 others collapses at 9:59 a.m. The fall, which kills approximately 600 workers and first were treated for injuries, many severe. responders, lasts 10 seconds. OSAMA BIN LADEN The fourth hijacked plane crashes at 10:03 in The attackers were Islamic terrorists from a field in Shanksville, Pa. Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. 10:28 a.m: After burning for 102 minutes, the Reportedly financed by the al-Qaeda terrorist north tower of New York’s World Trade organization of Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden, Center collapses. they were allegedly acting in retaliation for 5:20 p.m: Hours after the attacks that America’s support of Israel, its involvement in morning, the 47-story 7 World Trade Center the Persian Gulf War and its continued military building collapses from ancillary damage. presence in the Middle East. Some of the terrorists had lived in the United the U.S. from terrorism. The three main bodies States for more than a year and had taken flying created within the DHS consist of Customs and lessons at American commercial flight schools. Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Others had slipped into the country in the Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. months before September 11 and acted as the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). “muscle” in the operation. The main duties they fulfill in the post-9/11 era The 19 terrorists easily smuggled box-cutters include screening and collecting data on and knives through security at three East Coast international travelers, additional screenings airports and boarded four early-morning flights and interviews of people of certain bound for California, chosen because the planes nationalities, and sharing information with were loaded with fuel for the long other countries. transcontinental journey. Soon after takeoff, the Immigration Reform terrorists commandeered the four planes and took the controls, transforming ordinary While national security became a centerpiece passenger jets into guided missiles. of U.S. immigration policy after 9/11, ATTACK ON PENTAGON undocumented immigrants’ entry into the country has remained a constant political issue. As millions watched the events unfolding in Refugee Resettlement New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., before The immigration debate in the U.S. has crashing into the west side of the Pentagon shifted to some degree in the last several years military headquarters at 9:45 a.m. as the country considers whether it has a moral New York City's 9/11 Memorial. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a duty to welcome refugees ? and if so, how to devastating inferno that led to the structural ensure that they don’t pose a national security collapse of a portion of the giant concrete At the World Trade Center, 2,763 died after the Pennsylvania. threat. The U.S. has admitted more than 800,000 building, which is the headquarters of the U.S. two planes slammed into the twin towers. That HOW U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY HAS refugees since the 9/11 attacks, if this year’s Department of Defense. All told, 125 military figure includes 343 firefighters and paramedics, figures are taken into account. Only three have personnel and civilians were killed in the 23 New York City police officers and 37 Port CHANGED SINCE 9/11 been arrested on terrorism charges, according Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the Authority police officers who were struggling to Arguably, the most significant difference is to MPI. “The threat to the U.S. homeland from airliner. complete an evacuation of the buildings and that the Department of Homeland Security refugees has been relatively low,” Seth Jones, 2,996 PEOPLE DIED save the office workers trapped on higher floors. didn’t exist before 9/11. Formed in November director of the International Security and At the Pentagon, 189 people were killed, 2002 with the passing of the Homeland Security Defense Policy Center at the RAND A total of 2,996 people were killed in the 9/11 including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77, the Act, the agency replaced the Immigration and Corporation, testified to Congress in 2015. attacks, including the 19 terrorist hijackers airliner that struck the building. On Flight 93, 44 Naturalization Service and became responsible “Almost none of the major terrorist plots since aboard the four airplanes. people died when the plane crash-landed in for enforcing national security and protecting 9/11 have involved refugees.” THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 17

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lobal icon and Bollywood's eternal It girl Madhuri Dixit is all set to venture into world Gwide music with - The Film Star. Bollywood's Dhak Dhak Girl Madhuri Dixit, is poised to release her first-ever English language EP, The Film Star. The EP will be launched with the debut single, 'Tu Hai Mera'. ‘Tu Hai Mera’ is a special ode from Madhuri to her PARINEETI CHOPRA fans for all the love and support she's received from them and continues to. It is a fusion of classical Indian CLEARS THE AIR ABOUT folk music with western pop lyrics and beats, bringing together the East and the West, creating an iconic HARDIK PANDYA sound and vibe. hile the world knows that cricketer The idea to create a multilingual soundtrack from Virat Kohli and actress Anushka one of India’s most iconic performers and entertainers WSharma are a couple, Twiteratti like Madhuri was conceived early last year at a meeting thought Parineeti Chopra and Hardik Pandya in Beverly Hills, CA between Madhuri Dixit, her could be the next 'Bollywood-cricket' link after husband Shriram Nene and Sat Bisla, president & their recent Twitter chat. founder of A&R Worldwide. Bisla has been an early It all started with Parineeti posting a picture supporter for acts such as Sheppard, Coldplay, Muse, of a bicycle few days back, but the captions Keane, Dido, Adele, The Temper Trap, LMFAO, Jessie J, spoke about the 'most amazing partner' and 'love Katy Perry, Sia, Gavin James and hundreds of others is in the air.' prior to their global successes. Cricketer Hardik Pandya's response to the Talking about embarking on this musical journey picture set tongues wagging, talking about a Madhuri Dixit stated, “Music has been a part of my 'second Bollywood-cricket link', first perhaps being from the very beginning. I was pretty clear that I being Virat and Anushka. wanted to kickstart this new chapter with a sense of The actress, however, later had to post a celebration and gratitude for my fans who have offered video, following the link-up rumours, that the their unrelenting support and all their love no matter 'partner' in question was instead her new what. So what better way to embark on this journey smartphone. than by celebrating their appreciation!" At an event on Monday, the actress was asked Talking further about her debut single Tu Hai Mera, about the link-up rumours again and this time, Dixit says, "It was a pleasure to work with a team of she set the record straight. talented individuals who understood and appreciated the She said, "Whether I am single or not that is beauty of the East and West. We were able to create not the discussion, but I am not dating Hardik something that really speaks to your soul. Our hope is that Pandya. Even I heard about it." the audience will appreciate all the hard work our team Fans expecting a 'second Bollywood-cricket' has put into the project and that it moves them as much as link after Virat and Anushka would surely be a it has affected us.” Source: DECCAN CHRONICLE disappointed lot.

MOVIE REVIEW Anyway, mastermind, Bhawani, who is madly in love with Gitanjali promises her that he will win her pot of gold back. So he lovingly handpicks his crew—a lock picker, Tikla(Sanjay), a BAADSHAHO daredevil all-rounder, Daliya(Emraan), a `I-bite-bullets-for- CAST: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Vidyut Jammwal, Ileana breakfast' kinda gal, Sanjana(Esha) who along with him, form D’Cruz, Esha Gupta, Sanjay Mishra the quartet that sets out to outsmart the faujis taking the armoured truck from Rajasthan to Delhi. It's the haraami v/s DIRECTION: Milan Luthria army clash. GENRE: Action The highlight of the film is the chase that ensues soon after DURATION: 2 hours 16 minutes Seher(Vidyut), an army officer alights from the train. You so wish that the film had maintained the same breakneck speed STORY all through, but alas! For a heist-thriller to work, the moves of the rural bandits Emergency has been declared in India. Maharani should have been more calculated and precise. Instead, here Gitanjali(Ileana) from one of Rajasthan's princely states has you have buffoonery. Everyone is mouthing signature lines already lost her privy purse. Now, she fears that she will lose trying to constantly reiterate how ``bad-ass'' they are. However, the last treasure chest of gold which has been forcibly taken if you're in the mood, indulge them-- these are Bollywood's away from her. So she asks her trusted lieutenant, Bhawani paisa-pheko, dialogue-suno moments. (Ajay) to step in and plan a heist. Ajay burns the screen with his searing intensity; Ileana passes muster as the Maharani with hidden facets; Emraan's REVIEW takeaway is that he gets to shimmy with Sunny Leone and On paper, Baadshaho may have had the merit of a Vidyut gets an `interesting' introduction. Hollywood heist thriller like Ocean's Eleven. This would seem Sunita Radia's lens captures the expanse of the desert deftly like why Ajay Devgn agreed to be a part of this multi-starrer-- showing scale. Certain shots even stay frozen in your memory. that attempts to make outlaws look like Robin Hood. However The song Mere Rashke Qamar rekindles the magic of the voices good intention is defeated, when the execution offers zero of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. If you're novelty. an action junkie, this could be your weekend big-ticket ride. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 HOLLYWOOD 19 JENNIFER LAWRENCE’S CHARACTER REPRESENTS MOTHER EARTH

s the release date for Darren Aronofsky's upcoming horror movie A'Mother,' starring Jennifer Lawrence is coming closer, people are getting more and more curious about what the title and JLaw's character represent in the movie. And it seems like we now have an answer to that question. While premiering his new thriller at the Venice Film Festival, director Darren Aronofksy said that Lawrence's character represents Mother Earth, and her destruction symbolizes how people treat the environment. I DON’T ENJOY BEING He said, "I think there is absolutely a connection. America is schizophrenic. We go SINGLE: ANGELINA JOLIE from backing the Paris climate [accord] to eight months later pulling out. It's tragic, but, he past year has been hard for Angelina in many ways, we've revealed who the enemy Jolie. The actress is now opening up is and now we can go attack it." Tabout her feelings. In an interview with He also noted that making Lawrence's Sunday Telegraph, she said, “Sometimes maybe character completely submissive was it appears I am pulling it all together. But really intentional. "It really has to do with the I am just trying to get through my days. I don’t allegory of the film and what we're trying to enjoy being single. It’s not something I wanted. do there. If you think about Day 6 in your There’s nothing nice about it. It’s just hard.” history and in your bibles, you'll kind of figure However, sources from E! News have earlier out where the film starts," shared Aronofksy. reported that she is not getting back with Brad The film also stars Domhnall Gleeson, Ed Pitt. “Emotionally it’s been a very difficult year. Harris, Kristen Wiig, Michelle Pfeiffer, and And I have some other health issues,” Jolie said, Brian Gleeson in pivotal roles. The flick is referring to her hypertension and Bell’s palsy slated to hit theaters on September 15. diagnoses, and added, “I feel sometimes that my body has taken a hit, but I try to laugh as much as possible. We tend to get so stressed that our children feel our stress when they need to feel our joy. Even if you are going through chemo, you need to find the ability to love and laugh. It may sound like a postcard, but it’s true.” MOVIE REVIEW

empowers each actor with enough material to showcase their range of skills and to a large extent, they do not disappoint. Tatum & Driver play two siblings carrying some family baggage LOGAN LUCKY due to unfortunate events. They both imbibe their characters with a subtle sibling tension under the surface but are undeniably CAST: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane, Riley brothers in arms. Their sister Mellie Logan, played by Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterston, Dwight Yoakam, Keough, is a strong presence even with her limited screen time. Sebastian Stan, Hilary Swank, Daniel Craig There are a lot of smaller parts featuring a talented set of actors DIRECTION: Steven Soderbergh like Hilary Swank and Seth MacFarlane who might make you GENRE: Comedy wonder what they're doing in this film at certain points, but clearly, DURATION: 2 hours everyone's having a great time playing this assorted bunch of endearing oddities. That's certainly the case for Daniel Craig, who STORY seems to have taken up this film as a palate cleanser of sorts. Before Steven Soderbergh's 'Logan Lucky' is an American heist comedy he wears the bespoke suit again, and gets back all his fancy toys as film. It focuses on three siblings who plan to rob the Charlotte the spy extraordinaire, he has to make do as a petty criminal with Motor Speedway in North Carolina. a penchant for crude bombs. Instead, Craig walks a fine line between being a tightly wound manic genius, and an eccentric REVIEW loose cannon waiting to blow up. It's a thrill to watch him at work Steven Soderbergh retired from filmmaking in 2013, claiming as the wild card. that he had lost interest in the industry. The director behind the Which is also a way to describe 'Logan Lucky' as a film. It's 'Ocean's Trilogy' - the iconic heist series - decided to come out of unpredictable, with some unforeseen twists and turns but with its retirement and make another entry in the same genre, but this time heart intact. While the last act feels a bit drawn out, especially with at the other end of the glamor spectrum. If the sophisticated crew the rushed introduction of a particular character, the majority of of Ocean's had swag, then this ragtag group has rustic charm, and the film plays out smoothly and there's hardly a lull in the quirky loads of it. Set in West Virginia, there's nothing fancy about any of humor and suspense. Even if it doesn't raise the stakes of the them, or their methods. But Soderbergh's years of experience with genre, there's enough potential to turn this funny and smartly handling an assorted cast hasn't wasted away over the years. He written caper into another entertaining Soderbergh franchise. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 20 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 FEATURE 21 VICEROY’S HOUSE

BY MABEL PAIS ● “It's been the most satisfying thing I've ever done” ● “History is written by the victors” ● “My intention is to examine how someone like me can look at new historical evidence and explore an alternative historical narrative to what I'd been taught as a girl.” Gurinder Chadha Director - Gurinder Chadha Writers - Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini, Gurinder Chadha Actors - Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon, Hugh Bonneville, Manish Dayal, Simon Callow Music - A.R. Rahman Running Time - 1h 46m Genres - Biography, Drama, History

At a pre-release screening Q&A in New York city, Chadha emphasizes that her mother, 91, when she was growing up in Rawalpindi (now Pakistan) "Viceroy's House" poster recalls that everyone (Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian) lived side by side very happily with a lot also have huge capacity for love!" of respect for one another. Chadha articulates her As Chadha's conception of how to tell the story mother's words in Punjabi at the Q&A. In the words developed, she approached Cameron McCracken of Chadha's mother, in 1947, the Britishsuddenly did (Executive Producer and Managing Director of black magic and whatever happened all she Pathe in the UK, co-executive producer of Slum Dog knows….. there was a lot of destruction. Most Millionaire) to help progress the project. The urinder Chadha, the British-raised Hugh Bonneville as Mountbatten and Gillian director of "Bend It Like Beckham" Anderson as Edwina in a confesses that "Viceroy's House" is the scene from "Viceroy's story of a Punjabi-British mother who House." G learns about the 1947 partition of India from her 91-year-old mother. She closes the film, "Viceroy's House" with an ode to her grandmother, who sought refuge from Pakistan in India. The story is based on the books "Freedom at Midnight" by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre and "The Shadow Of The Great Game - The Untold Story Of Partition" by Narendra Singh Sarila. The film's narrative is fairly evenly split between the political wrangling of the real historical figures upstairs (the British players); and the emotional downstairs (the Indian players) scenes, centered on the fictional romance between Jeet (a Hindu personal valet to Mountbatten played by Manish Dayal), and Aalia (a Muslim translator for Mountbatten's daughter Pamela played by Huma Qureshi) who is betrothed to someone else (another Muslim, chauffeur to the Viceroy) and may end up on the opposite side of a new border. Famous figures - including Mohandas K. Gandhi (Neeraj Kabi), Jawaharlal Nehru (Tanveer Ghani) Manish Dayal as Jeet and Huma Qureshi as Alia in "Viceroy's House." Gillian Anderson as Edwina, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Denzil Smith) - are Hugh Bonneville as supporting but pivotal players. Impeccable Indians knew that there was something quite fishy combination of British and Indian backers gave Mountbatten and Lily Travers production design and some fine performances, about how partition came about, but no one could Chadha the opportunity to make the kind of film as Pamela in "Viceroy's including Gillian Anderson as Mountbatten's wife, quite put their finger on it. she grew up loving. House." hold this film together. "I decided I wanted to make a film about what I Whilst bowing down to their genius, Chadha sees call The People's Partition," she explains. "I didn't her movie as being in the same tradition as David just want to explore why Partition happened and Lean's A Passage To India (1984) and Richard focus on the political wrangles between public Attenborough's Gandhi (1982). figures, I also wanted to make sure the audience As a writer-director, Chadha has repeatedly understood the impact of Partition on ordinary translated her personal experience as a Punjabi- people." British woman into uplifting, crowd-pleasing Chadha's ancestors lived in the foothills of the movies, from her ground-breaking 1993 debut Bhaji Himalayas, now on the Pakistani side of the border. On The Beach to her box-office smash Bend It Like Her grandparents lived through the tumultuous Beckham. events which saw sectarian violence between India's Asked for whom she made the movie, Chadha says minority population of Muslims (many of whom that it's hard to strike those balances between an craved their own homeland) and the Hindu and Sikh Indian audience and a western audience. "In the end, majority, bring about the greatest refugee crisis the you have to do what feels right for you and I did what world has ever seen; in a vast diaspora, an estimated I felt was right for me. And I so wanted to make the 14 million people were displaced during Partition film (to coincide with) 70 years after partition." and up to a million died. In any event, what happened in 1947 has been To make a purely political film, Chadha quips she pored over for the last 70 years and Chadha believes might just as well have made a documentary. But to her interpretation is not the first and it will not be reach a broader audience, she needed to entertain as the last. But at least it will stimulate debate! well as educate. "That's why I chose to interweave (Mabel Pais is a freelance writer. She writes on the these political events with a love story - after all, arts and entertainment, health and wellness, social even when the world is falling apart around our issues and spirituality) ears, life goes on - people's hearts endure pain but THE INDIAN PANORAMA 22 INDIAN ABROAD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Indian American Returns to New York after solo flight around the world Indian American Former Campaign Guru Sentenced for Money Laundering in San Diego Mayoral Election

WASHINGTON DC (TIP): Political In return for his political consultant Ravneet Singh, former CEO contributions, Azano sought to buy of ElectionMall Technologies, was political influence. For example, he sentenced Aug 31 to 15 months in prison wanted support for his vision of Miami and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for his West - a San Diego waterfront role in funneling more than $600,000 in development project with a yacht illegal foreign campaign contributions marina, a branded five-star hotel, and from Mexican citizen Jose Susumo luxury bayside condominiums that Bansal returned to Buffalo on August 21 completing a six-week Azano Matsura to candidates in the 2012 promised Azano millions in profit. In world tour San Diego mayoral election. other instances, Azano wanted access, BUFFALO, NY (TIP): Ravinder K. Bansal, a retired U.S. District Court Judge Michael M. like the ability to call on influential entrepreneur of Indian origin, who embarked on a solo flight Anello ordered the defendant to report political figures or obtain letters of around the world to raise money for a hospital in Haryana, has to prison on October 12, 2017, to begin reference to secure his son's admission completed a six-week tour after raising $160,000. He will donate serving his sentence. to the University of San Diego. the money to the Rotary Ambala Cancer Hospital in Haryana, In September 2016, after six weeks of Ultimately, with Azano's help, Filner India, to purchase an urgently needed MRI machine. trial and five days of deliberations, a won the election, though he was forced On July 4, Bansal, a resident of Buffalo, New York, embarked federal jury in San Diego returned guilty to resign shortly thereafter. on a solo flight around the world in a single-engine Cessna 400 and verdicts against Singh, Azano and For his part, Singh used his returned on August 21. During the 19,878-mile trip he flew across Azano's son, Edward Susumo, who were specialized skills and knowledge to England, France, Italy, Greece, Jordan, the UAE, and Oman and convicted of felony counts associated facilitate the crimes. Evidence at trial ended in India. He also had stopovers in Thailand, Malaysia, with a series of illegal campaign demonstrated that Singh used code Philippines, Japan, Russia, and Canada during his return trip to contributions by Azano to the campaigns Political consultant Ravneet Singh, names for the Dumanis and Filner work the United States. He planned the mission after his daughter-in- of Bonnie Dumanis and Bob Filner. former CEO of ElectionMall that Azano paid for but never for any law was diagnosed with life-threatening cancer. "This mission for "American elections are not for sale," Technologies, was sentenced Aug 31 to other domestic candidate for office; me is very personal as it not only is an adventure that I have been said Executive U.S. Attorney Blair 15 months in prison harshly reprimanded employees for dreaming about for a while, but will also help bring awareness Perez. "We will not allow our sacred despite the fact that Azano's foreign using those code names in emails; and about cancer in the rural community around Ambala and get the electoral process to be compromised. national status made such contributions on one particularly candid occasion, hospital a needed MRI machine now. Above all, it will generate This prison sentence underscores an illegal. To conceal his connection to referenced the "legal ramifications" of publicity for the hospital that will hopefully continue to bring important message: Anyone who tries to these contributions, Azano arranged discussing these topics. Singh further donations/support from the local and international community manipulate the American electorate will with his son Edward Hester and others concealed the payments from Azano by and Rotarians to keep the hospital operating and growing in pay a high price." to funnel this illegal foreign money structuring the wires from a Mexican future", he wrote. According to evidence presented at through corporate and third person company, Broadlink, controlled by "It has been a dream of mine for years to do this Round the trial, Azano, Singh, and others "straw donor" contributions. The Azano, which had nothing to do with World trip. I am finding it hard to believe that I have done it and conspired to inject hundreds of conspirators, moreover, arranged for at electoral politics, to company Singh come back home safely. I have lots of people to thank for helping thousands of dollars in cash and in-kind least $267,000 worth of Singh's in-kind controlled, not Election Mall, but me fulfill my dream. First and foremost is the unflinching support consulting services to the Bonnie consulting services to be secretly eSolutions, which primarily developed of my family, my wife Pratibha, my sons Rohan and Nitin, my Dumanis and Bob Filner campaigns, funneled to the campaigns. software from India. brothers, sister and their families. My logistics team Eddie Gold and Ahmed Hassan of GASE, my friends in Buffalo, the new ones I made along the way and most of all God Almighty who watched over me through this entire journey. Thank you, Thank you, and Indian American appointed as U.S. Thank you all for helping make my dream come true", he wrote in his blog. Bansal is a Ph.D. holder in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Engineering, is a retired entrepreneur Magistrate Judge in New York with a passion for flying and a wannabe Drummer.

Parents travel from India to US to help NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American son beat wife lawyer Sanket Bulsara, who recently TAMPA, FL (TIP): served as acting general counsel to the An Indian woman in U.S. Securities and Exchange Florida was rescued Commission, has been appointed as a on Sept 2 after the magistrate judge in the Eastern District authorities received a of New York and is the first South Asian call from India that American to serve on the bench in the she was beaten and Second Circuit. held against her will "We are thrilled to welcome Judge by her husband and Bulsara into the Eastern District Police has arrested Devbir, his father, his parents. According family," Chief Judge Dora Irizarry said. Jasbir Kalsi, and mother Bhupinder Kalsi to reports, 33-year-old "Judge Bulsara was chosen by the Board Silky Gaind, was found "badly beaten and bruised over her entire of Judges from among five highly body" from beatings by her husband Devbir Kalsi and his parents. qualified and stellar candidates Police has arrested Devbir,his father,Jasbir Kalsi, 67, and mother, recommended by the Magistrate Judge Bhupinder Kalsi, 61. Gaind and her 1-year-old child, who was Merit Selection Committee composed of found unharmed, have been moved to a safe place, according to members of the bar and citizens of the the Sheriff's Office. Eastern District." According to investigation report, the parents had traveled Judge Bulsara received an A.B. from India to "counsel and discipline" Gaind at their son's request. degree magna cum laude in 1998 from Devbir Kalsi had told his parents that his wife was being Harvard College and a J.D. degree cum Judge Bulsara was appointed as a Magistrate Judge of the Eastern District of New disobedient. While beatings by her husband continued, Gaind laude from Harvard Law School in 2002. York on August 28, 2017 Photo courtesy of the Eastern District of New York was held against her will by his parents. The Hillsborough He is a graduate of Edgemont High County Sheriff's office said Gaind called her parents in India on School. 2015, he became the Deputy General functions. Bulsara also served as Saturday, Sept 2 to tell them of the abuse. They then called Upon graduating from law school, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, Special Kings County Assistant District authorities. According to an arrest report, Devbir Kalsi and his Judge Bulsara was a law clerk to Judge Adjudication, and Enforcement at the Attorney while he was at Wilmer Hale wife got into an argument on Friday night, during which he John G. Koeltl of the Southern District Securities and Exchange Commission and successfully tried felony and struck her "repeatedly and forcefully." When the woman tried to of New York. Thereafter, he was an in Washington, DC. misdemeanor cases. defend herself, Devbir Kalsi's parents began hitting her, too, associate at Munger Tolles & Olson in As the Acting General Counsel of the Bulsara received several awards causing bruises on her face, neck and torso before Jasbir Kalsi Los Angeles and Wilmer Cutler SEC, he served as the agency's chief related to his numerous pro bono threatened to stab her with a kitchen knife, the report said. Pickering Hale and Dorr in New York, legal officer. He also oversaw the matters that have included working on Bhupinder Kalsi faces charges of battery domestic violence where he worked from 2005 to 2015, agency's appellate, adjudication and prisoner rights cases and a Hague and failure to report child abuse. including as a partner of the firm. In enforcement related legal policy Convention child abduction matter. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 WORLD 23 Prince William and Kate UK school bans skirts to make expecting third child: Palace LONDON (TIP): Kensington Palace said on Monday that uniform 'gender neutral' Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their third child. LONDON (TIP): A secondary school William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, in the UK has banned girls from wearing already have two children, Prince George and Princess skirts in a bid to make its uniform Charlotte, aged four and two. gender neutral and deal with complaints "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to over the "decency" of short skirts. announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting their Priory School in Lewes, east Sussex, third child," the palace said in a statement. has announced that starting from this Kate is suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a form of autumn term, all new students must severe morning sickness, and will not carry out her wear trousers, while returning students engagements today, it said. have the option to wear either trousers The Queen and both families are said to be "delighted with or skirts. the news" (AFP) Tony Smith, the school's headmaster, said he bought in the change because Syrian army says Israel planes pupils had been questioning why the uniform ascribed certain garments to struck its positions in Hama boys and others to girls. "Pupils have been saying why do boys province have to where ties and girls don't, and girls have different uniform to boys," he BEIRUT (TIP): Israeli warplanes targeted a Syrian was quoted as saying by The Telegraph. The school's website states that from parents and students was divided, with military position in Hama province early on Thursday from "So, we decided to have the same September all new Priory students will some agreeing with it, while others Lebanese airspace, killing two people and causing material uniform for everybody from Year 7. be required to wear the updated voicing their opposition. damage, the Syrian army general command said in a Another issue was that we have a small uniform. "My daughter and her friends are statement. but increasing number of transgender "This uniform has been designed appalled by this. The school is creating a The army statement said it took place near the town of students and therefore having the same specifically in response to the many hostile environment for girls," a parent Masyaf and warned against the "dangerous repercussions of uniform is important for them," he said. issues and suggestions raised by was quoted as saying. this aggressive action to the security and stability of the There had also been complaints from parents, students and school staff. Another parent said, "My daughter region". the wider community about the length of Specifically, it addresses the current said she has got a gender and it's female, An Israeli army spokeswoman earlier declined to discuss school skirts, so this was another factor issues of inequality and decency," the so being gender neutral when she has reports of a strike in Syria, saying the army does not comment in the decision to ban them altogether. school says on its website. got a gender is a big deal for her, as she is on operational matters. "We know the current uniform is not "We hope that it will provide a smart, proud to be a girl. I feel girls should be Israeli officials have in the past admitted that Israel has necessarily worn as respectfully as it comfortable and affordable alternative allowed to wear skirts if they want to." attacked weapons shipments bound for Lebanon's Iran-backed should be. There were problems with to the current uniform. The new update Meanwhile, some parents said they Hezbollah group, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, decency and a number of issues raised consists of shirt, tie, school jumper and supported the move. "I'm not in favour of without specifying which ones. by people in the community about how trousers. This is a gender-neutral uniform at all, but if you're going to have Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israeli military intelligence, students were wearing uniform," Smith uniform to be worn by all students," it a uniform I think it is great it's gender tweeted that the reported attack was not routine and targeted was quoted as saying. says. The response to the change from neutral," a mother said. (PTI) a Syrian military scientific centre. "The facility at Masyaf also produces chemical weapons and explosive barrels that have killed thousands of Syrian civilians," Yadlin said in the tweet. Merkel's party alleges Russian cyber There was no independent confirmation that this was the target but the United Nations has said in the past that the Syrian government has carried out chemical weapons attacks, which Damascus denies. attacks ahead of elections Israeli officials have also previously said that Israel and Russia, another Assad ally, maintain regular contacts to BERLIN (TIP): A top leader of German coordinate military action in Syria. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Jets flying over Lebanon overnight broke the sound barrier party said her website had been hit by and Lebanese media reported that some Israeli jets had thousands of cyber attacks- many from breached Lebanese airspace. (Reutes) Russian IP addresses- before Sunday's televised election debate. Death toll rises to 61 in powerful German intelligence and government officials have often voiced concerns that Mexico earthquake Moscow could seek to interfere in the Sept. 24 national election, in which Merkel is MEXICO CITY (TIP): One of the most powerful widely expected to win a fourth term. earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country's Russia has repeatedly denied trying to southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and sending influence foreign elections. panicked people fleeing into the streets in the middle of the Julia Kloeckner, vice chairman of night. At least 61 people were reported dead. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union The quake that hit minutes before midnight Thursday was (CDU), said on Monday that her political strong enough to cause buildings to sway violently in the website had seen some 3,000 attacks on capital city more than 650 miles (1,000 kilometers) away. As Sunday before the debate between Merkel beds banged against walls, people still wearing pajamas ran and Social Democratic leader Martin at German politicians and institutions chancellor than Merkel. out of their homes and gathered in frightened groups. Schulz. have used phishing schemes that include Merkel backs continued sanctions Rodrigo Soberanes, who lives near San Cristobal de las Following a pattern seen in earlier attachments with malicious software. against Russia for its actions towards Casas in Chiapas, the state nearest the epicenter, said his hacks, the CDU's headquarters in the state Germany's BSI federal cyber protection Ukraine. Relations between Germany and house "moved like chewing gum."The furious shaking created of Rhineland-Palatinate, where Kloeckner agency said it was aware of the incidents Russia have been cool in recent years, a second national emergency for Mexican agencies already is the party's leader, also experienced and was in touch with the CDU although Germany is highly dependent on bracing for Hurricane Katia on the other side of the country. "massive attacks" ahead of the debate, she headquarters in the state, a spokesman energy supplies from Russia. Intense rains were reported in the Gulf state of Veracruz, said. said. A spokesman for the German interior where the storm was expected to make landfall late Friday or "Many of the senders have Russian IP Officials with the headquarters of the ministry told a news conference on early Saturday as a Category 2 storm that could bring life- addresses," Kloeckner added. CDU and the Social Democrats, junior Monday that cyber attacks directed at threatening floods. President Enrique Pena Nieto said Friday German authorities have blamed a partners in the ruling coalition, said they political parties had increased generally in evening in a televised address that 61 people were killed - 45 in spate of cyber attacks directed at the had not seen a wave of similar attacks on recent months, but declined to comment Oaxaca state, 12 in Chiapas and 4 in Tabasco - and he declared German parliament, individual their websites. on the latest incidents. three days of national mourning. lawmakers, political parties and political Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of He noted the BSI had been working The worst-hit city was Juchitan, on the narrow waist of think-tanks since summer 2015 on APT 28, Germany's BfV domestic intelligence closely with politicians and parties to Oaxaca known as the Isthmus, where 36 quake victims died. a Russian hacker group with links to agency, told reporters in July that Berlin increase security. About half of Juchitan's city hall collapsed in a pile of Moscow. expected Russia to try to influence this Experts said hackers were increasingly rubble and streets were littered with the debris of ruined Kloeckner did not say how the attacks month's election and said he suspected going after subsidiary sites such as those houses. A hospital also collapsed, Pena Nieto said after had been discovered or what form they had that Russian President Vladimir Putin of local party branches in the hope of touring the city and meeting with residents. The patients were taken. Many recent cyber attacks targeted would prefer a different German finding vulnerabilities. (Reuters) relocated to other facilities. (AP) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 24 WOMEN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 LACK OF SLEEP MAYBE RUINING YOUR MARRIAGE: STUDY Key to happy marriage lies in separate bank accounts ccording to a new study, the real Asecret of a long and happy marriage is not in romantic dates or loving spouses, but rather lies in separate bank accounts. Even though a majority of couple accept that a joint bank account has the potential of building trust and openness, one in four claimed that amalgamating income - and especially savings - was likely to cause irreversible rifts that could end in break-up or divorce. The study was ouples who fight may find a way to sample was taken after the issued was commissioned by the resolve their issues by getting a good discussed. website MoneyMagpie.com Camount of sleep, a new study suggests. "We found that people who slept less in the as part of awider study by The study was conducted by a team at the past few nights didn't wake up with higher Opinium Research into Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral inflammation, but they had a greater Britain's spending habits. Medicine Research. inflammatory response to the conflict," Wilson According to founder Inflammatory responses have been linked to said. Adding, “So that tells us less sleep and consumer affairs many chronic illnesses, heart disease and increased vulnerability to a stressor." expert Jasmine Birtles, the arthritis. Because sleep issues have been Those who slept less than seven hours were findings reflect positively linked with inflammation, researchers wanted more likely to fight with their partner and on newlyweds who are to understand its relationship with a couple's were found to have higher levels of an taking proactive steps to Study shows that 34% of married couples keep their marriage, Stephanie Wilson, lead researcher inflammatory response in their blood. Well- reduce the risk of finances apart. on the study told the Daily Mail. rested partners had a healthy approach to an unnecessary conflict For the study, a couple’s response to issue than those who were sleep-deprived. before it arises. stressful situations was compared to how Experts recommend couples get at least She went on to add that the results of the research appear to suggest that more people than much of sleep they were getting. 43 couples seven hours of sleep to improve their ever before are choosing to keep their finances separate after getting hitched or moving in participated in the research where they talked marriage and wellbeing. "We would tell people together. about a hot button issue in their marriage, that it's important to find good ways to process She says that while joint bank accounts could be a simple way of managing household according to a report by the Daily Mail. Before the relationship and resolve conflict," Janice spending for newlyweds, survey suggests that couples were increasingly reluctant to lose talking about the topic, couples provided a Kiecolt-Glaser, senior author and director of their financial independence. sample of their blood and information about the Institute for Behavioral Medicine The study found that 34 percent of married couples preferred keeping their finances the amount of sleep they had. A second blood Research told the Daily Mail. Source: ANI separate. Source: DECCAN CHRONICLE FOOD CORNER INGREDIENTS JACKFRUIT PAYASAM TOMATO RICE 1 cup soaked basmati rice, 2 medium chopped onion, 2 teaspoon sambhar powder, 1 handful chopped, coriander INGREDIENTS leaves, 2 tablespoon refined oil, 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste, 4 large chopped tomato, 3 medium green chilli, 1/4 teaspoon 500 gm pureed jackfruit, 2 teaspoon cashews, 1 cup grated powdered turmeric, 3 pinches salt, 1/2 teaspoon ginger paste, coconut, 2 cup coconut milk, 2 cup powdered jaggery, 1/2 2 pinches red chilli powder teaspoon green cardamom, 2 teaspoon ghee Method Method Wash and dry the basmati rice and soak for about 20 To prepare this delicious payasam recipe, put a deep- minutes. Take a deep pan, put it on medium flame and bottomed pan on medium flame and melt ghee in it. pour water in it. Bring it to a boil, and then add the When the ghee is hot enough, add the cashew nuts and soaked rice. Cover the pan with a lid and cook on medium roast them. Once done, transfer to a bowl and keep flame till the rice becomes soft, but not mushy. Now aside. Add the grated coconut in the same pan and lower remove from fire and keep it aside. Now put the chopped the flame, dry roast till golden brown in colour. tomatoes in a blender and blend it properly. Transfer the Now, add the pureed jackfruit in the pan along with puree in a bowl and keep it aside. Now heat 2 tbsp of oil jaggery powder and roasted cashews, and cook for about in a pan and add the ingredients for seasoning (mustard, 10 minutes. Make sure that the mixture is thickened. asafoetida, curry leaves, dried red chillis). Add onions and (Note: You can also use the pulp of the jackfruit.) saute. Then add green chillies and ginger-garlic paste. When the jackfruit mixture is thickened, add the coconut Saute these ingredients for a minute. milk along with cardamom powder and stir continuously. Now add the tomato puree, turmeric powder, red chilli Stop in between and bring the milk to a boil. Let the milk powder, sambar powder and salt. Cook until the oil and jackfruit mixture simmer for another 10 minutes. separates. Add the cooked rice to the tomato gravy and Once cooked, turn off the flame and garnish with mixed mix well. Once done, transfer the tomato rice in a serving dry fruits. Serve hot! bowl and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with papads, potato chips or raita. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 HEALTH & FITNESS 25 BREASTFEEDING COULD Now, one can detect cancer in REDUCE ASTHMA just 10 seconds new device can detect whether or not a tumour is cancerous in just 10 seconds. The researchers from ATTACK RISK AUniversity of Texas, Austin invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous tissue new study has found during surgery, delivering results in about 10 seconds-- more breastfeeding reduces the risk than 150 times as fast as existing technology. Aof asthma attacks by half. The MasSpec Pen is an innovative handheld instrument A new study found children who that gives surgeons precise diagnostic information about suffered from the chronic lung disease what tissue to cut or preserve, helping improve treatment and and were naturally fed were less likely reduce the chances of cancer recurrence. to endure its symptoms - "If you talk to cancer patients after surgery,one of the first breathlessness, coughing and things many will say is 'I hope the surgeon got all the cancer wheezing, according to a report by the out,' " said team leader Livia Schiavinato Eberlin. "It's just Daily Mail. When the symptoms heartbreaking when that's not the case. But our technology worsen that is when the attack occurs. could vastly improve the odds that surgeons really do remove Sufferers are unable to speak or eat every last trace of cancer during surgery." and have difficulty breathing. The current state-of-the-art method for diagnosing cancers For the study, researchers examined and determining the boundary between cancer and normal 960 children between the ages of four tissue during surgery,called Frozen Section Analysis, is slow and 12 who used asthma medication and sometimes inaccurate. Each sample can take 30 minutes regularly. A questionnaire revealed or more to prepare and interpret by a pathologist, which information about whether or not they increases the risk to the patient of infection and negative were breastfed. The results showed effects of anesthesia. And for some types of cancers, frozen asthma sufferers who had been section interpretation can be difficult, yielding unreliable breastfed were 45% less likely to suffer results in as many as 10 to 20 percent of cases. from the attacks. However, in tests on tissues removed from 253 human Researchers believe this may be cancer patients, the MasSpec Pen took about 10 seconds to because of breastfeeding's effect on an lead author of the study Dr Anke breastfeeding and asthma provide a diagnosis and was more than 96 percent accurate. individual’s immune system. Maitland-van der Zee from the exacerbations". The technology was also able to detect cancer in marginal "Changes in the composition and University of Amsterdam told the "Further prospective research is regions between normal and cancer tissues that presented activity of the gut microbiome in early Daily Mail. warranted to confirm this association mixed cellular composition. The team expects to start testing life can influence the immune system Dr Maitland-van der Zee also stated and to clarify the underlying this new technology during oncologic surgeries in 2018. and these changes might indirectly currently it "is still unclear whether mechanisms" Dr Maitland-van der Zee "Any time we can offer the patient a more precise surgery, lead to changes in asthma later in life," there is a causal relation between told the Daily Mail. a quicker surgery or a safer surgery, that's something we want to do," says James Suliburk. "This technology does all three. It allows us to be much more precise in what tissue we remove and what we leave behind." Just 25 min of yoga can boost Although maximizing cancer removal is critical to energy levels and brain function editating and practising yoga have numerous health benefits. MThey can boost your body and mind, and even ‘reverse’ stress-causing DNA. A new study suggests that just 25 minutes of hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation every day can significantly improve brain function and energy levels. It can boost the brain’s executive functions, cognitive abilities linked to goal-directed behaviour and the ability to control knee-jerk emotional responses, habitual thinking patterns The current method for diagnosing cancers, called Frozen and actions. Section Analysis, is slow and sometimes inaccurate. Researcher Peter Hall from the University Of Waterloo in Ontario, improve patient survival, removing too much healthy tissue Canada said that hatha yoga and can also have profound negative consequences for patients: mindfulness meditation both focus the For example, breast cancer patients could experience higher brain’s conscious processing power on a risk of painful side effects and nerve damage, in addition to limited number of targets like breathing aesthetic impacts. Thyroid cancer patients could lose speech and posing, and also reduce processing ability or the ability to regulate the body's calcium levels in of non-essential information. “These ways that are important for muscle and nerve function. two functions might have some positive In tests performed on human samples, the device was more carry-over effect in the near- term than 96 percent accurate for cancer diagnosis. The team has following the session, such that people also demonstrated that it accurately diagnoses cancer in live, are able to focus more easily on what tumor-bearing mice during surgery without causing any they choose to attend to in everyday observable tissue harm or stress to the animals. life,” Hall added. performed significantly better on executive effective for improving energy levels, but Physicians can operate the disposable handheld device The team involved 31 participants, in function tasks compared to the reading hatha yoga had significantly more easily.It requires simply holding the pen against the patient's which the participants completed 25 task. “This finding suggests that there may powerful effects than meditation alone. tissue, triggering the automated analysis using a foot pedal, minutes of hatha yoga, 25 minutes of be something special about meditation — Hatha yoga involves physical postures and and waiting a few seconds for a result. Meanwhile, the pen mindfulness meditation and 25 minutes of as opposed to the physical posing — that breathing exercises combined with releases a drop of water onto the tissue, and small molecules quiet reading (a control task) in carries a lot of the cognitive benefits of meditation. Mindfulness mediation migrate into the water. Then the device drives the water randomised order. The results indicated yoga,” said lead author Kimberley Luu. involves observing thoughts, emotions and sample into an instrument called a mass spectrometer, which that following both the yoga and The study also found that mindfulness body sensations with openness and detects thousands of molecules as a molecular fingerprint. meditation activities, the participants meditation and hatha yoga were both acceptance. Source: ANI Source: ANI THE INDIAN PANORAMA 26 SCIENCE & TECH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Google’s new MYSTERIOUS SURFACE tool to help SMBs manage DEVICE ON THE biz online

oogle on Thursday launched a new CARDS NEXT MONTH Gdashboard feature icrosoft had launched the Surface within Search for ‘Google My Pro and the Surface Laptop earlier Business’ customers. The Mthis year, but now it appears that the dashboard allows Small and company still has a few surprises on the Medium Businesses (SMBs) CSIR'S ARTIFICIAL LEAF Surface front for 2017. to easily manage their Corporate VP for Surface at Microsoft, businesses online. CREATES FUEL FROM Panos Panay, will attend the company’s For this, owners are Future Decoded event in London on October required to find their SUNLIGHT, WATER 31, and according to reports, there will be businesses on Google Search, NEW DELHI (TIP): Scientists have developed an unveiling of at least one new device as a part complete and enhance artificial leaf that absorbs sunlight to generate hydrogen of the Surface lineup. listing, share photos and fuel from water, an advance that may provide clean Details are not present as of now, but from posts and see how many energy for powering eco-friendly cars in the future. previous reports, a second generation Surface views they are receiving. The ultra-thin wireless device mimics plant leaves to Book is very likely to make ground at the According to Google India, produce energy using water and sunlight. event. It was believed originally that more than 80 per cent of "It is known that hydrogen generation from renewable Microsoft would unveil the second-generation devices to the market in late 2017. people are searching the resources will be the ultimate solution to our energy and Book in October 2016, but the company According to a statement from a Microsoft Internet to find local environment problems," said Chinnakonda S Gopinath, a allegedly held back the release because spokesperson, that plan is still on the table, information. senior principal scientist at the Council of Scientific and certain features weren’t ready. It now turns and with the October 31 event one of the last “When people get to know Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Chemical out that the Surface Book 2 is ready for debut this year, the software giant could use it your business, they are more Laboratory in, Pune. and it could see daylight next month in specifically to introduce such devices. At this likely to become customers Gopinath, said that his team had been working in the London. point, it’s not known if Microsoft itself wants and businesses with area of water splitting to generate hydrogen for nearly a Also, there is a possibility that Microsoft is to join this Windows 10 on ARM push with a complete listings on Google decade. planning to discuss the future of Windows 10 Surface model, but more news in this regard are twice as likely to gain "Hydrogen burning gives energy and water as a side on ARM chips, as the company and its are expected to be shared in London. customer trust, 38 per cent product, underscoring its importance and relevance to partners originally promised to bring such Source: DECCAN CHRONICLE more likely to attract in-store the present day world," he told PTI. visits and 29 per cent more "This line of research is very relevant to our country. likely to see a purchase,” India is blessed with plenty of sunlight through the Google India said in a year that is not exploited significantly to produce energy Indian-origin scientist creates medical statement. or hydrogen," he said. An owner can find The device consists of semiconductors stacked in a camera to see through body business on Google Search manner to simulate the natural leaf system. When visible and click the edit button on a light strikes the semiconductors, electrons move in one LONDON (TIP): An illuminated tip of the new menu above the search direction, producing electric current. Indian-origin scientist has endoscope’s long flexible results. The current almost instantaneously splits water into led a team at a UK university tube. The fields which can be hydrogen - which researchers believe is one of the to create a medical camera Until now, it has not been edited will be highlighted cleanest forms of fuel as its main byproduct is water. that can see through the possible to track where an where an owner can update At present, hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels by human body, and he believes endoscope is located in the information and upload steam reforming and in this process emits a large amount it has immense potential for body in order to guide it to photos directly. of carbon di-oxide (CO2) - a green house gas that doctors in tracking internal the right place without using promotes global warming. examinations. X-rays or other expensive "In the present work, we have made an attempt to Kev Dhaliwal, Professor of forwards with minimally methods. generate solar hydrogen. The preparation method Molecular Imaging and invasive approaches to Light from the endoscope reported is simple and practicable and hence there is a Healthcare Technology at the treating disease,” said can pass through the body, very good possibility of scaling it up," he said. University of Edinburgh, Dhaliwal, the Project Lead of but it usually scatters or The research was published in the Scientific Reports, believes that with this device Proteus, which is part of a bounces off tissues and an online, open-access journal from the publishers of doctors will no longer be larger research collaboration organs rather than travelling Nature, states that the device of an area of 23 square required to exclusively rely developing a range of new straight through. This makes centimetres could produce 6 litres of hydrogen fuel per on expensive scans and X- technologies. it nearly impossible to get a hour. rays. The camera is designed to clear picture of where the "But in the not-so-distant future, we could expect to see “It has immense potential help doctors track medical endoscope is. a car fuelled by hydrogen generated from the artificial for diverse applications, such tools, known as endoscopes, The new camera takes Google says more leaf process on-board or stored during the day time," as the one described in this that are used to investigate a advantage of advanced than 80% of people Gopinath said. work. The ability to see a range of internal conditions. technology that can detect are searching the To improve the light-absorbing efficiency of the device’s location is crucial The new device is able to individual particles of light, Internet to find artificial leaf, researchers used gold nanoparticles, for many applications in detect sources of light inside called photons, the team titanium dioxide and quantum dots. Source: PTI healthcare, as we move the body, such as the explains. local information. Intel to update 5G testing device to meet standards

hipmaker Intel Corp said on Thursday that it was broadband service that could be introduced as soon as late updating 5G equipment that will allow telecom 2018. Ccompanies like AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Intel’s mobile trial equipment, which looks like a large box, Inc to run trials based on standards to be released later this handles the processing needs for a 5G connection. The updated year. version, slated for the fourth quarter, will support new 5G A 5G network is expected to offer faster speeds, more standards that the Third Generation Partnership Project, a capacity and shorter response times while supporting uses telecom group known as 3GPP, is expected to release in late ranging from self-driving cars to remote surgeries. Telecom 2017. companies and their suppliers consider it to be a multibillion- As a result, the new platform will allow Intel’s partners to dollar revenue opportunity. “really see what works and what doesn‘t,” Rob Topol, general Intel has five 5G trials with global service providers and 15 manager of 5G business and technology, said in an interview. more in the pipeline, Chief Executive Officer Brian Krzanich Intel participated in 3GPP’s working groups to develop the said on a post-earnings conference call in July. 5G standards, Topol said. 3GPP also developed current mobile One such trial, with wireless carrier AT&T, involves a 5G phone standards for 4G LTE. Source: Reuters THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 BIZ & FINANCE 27 PAKISTAN’S HABIB BANK TO CLOSE NEW YORK OFFICE To pay $225 million fine for compliance failures WASHINGTON (TIP): The New York State Department of Financial Services on Thursday said Pakistan’s Habib Bank had agreed to pay $225 million to settle an enforcement action Jaguar Land Rover’s I-PACE concept car is seen on display brought against it for infringing laws ahead of it’s 2018 production launch as Jaguar’s first fully designed to combat illicit money electric SUV at their ‘Tech Fest’ in London. transfers. The DFS said in a legal filing last JAGUAR LAND ROVER TO month it was seeking to fine the bank, Pakistan’s biggest lender, up to $630 million for “grave” compliance failures ROLL OUT ONLY ELECTRIC over anti-money laundering and sanctions rules at its only U.S. branch. CARS FROM 2020 The regulator said the bank, known as HBL, agreed to pay just over a third LONDON (TIP): Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover of that sum as part of a broader today announced that all its new car models will be settlement in which it will shutter its electrified from the year 2020. New York branch, subject to conditions. The luxury brand, acquired by the Indian automotive giant These include submitting to a DFS nine years ago, unveiled plans for a range of fully electric, investigation of transactions processed plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles in the coming years. by the branch from October 2013 to the “Every new Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) model line will be end of September 2014, and from April New York regulators said Habib facilitated billions of electrified from 2020, giving our customers even more choice. 2015 through the end of July 2017. dollars of transactions with Saudi private bank, Al Rajhi We will introduce a portfolio of electrified products across In a statement HBL said it “remains Bank, which reportedly has links to al Qaeda, and failed our model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and committed to strengthening its to do enough to ensure that the funds were not mild-hybrid vehicles,” Dr Ralf Speth, JLR Chief Executive compliance processes, operations and Officer, revealed at the inaugural Tech Fest in London today. controls” across its 1,700 branches. laundered or used for terrorism. “Our first fully electric performance SUV, the Jaguar I- Shares of HBL surged 5 percent, to PACE, goes on sale next year,” he said. Source: PTI 160.58 rupees per share, amid investor Habib, Pakistan's largest private bank, neglected to relief that the fine was not larger than watch for compliance problems and red flags on Switch to clean vehicles or be $225 million. transactions that potentially could have promoted Thursday’s announced settlement terrorism, money laundering or other illicit ends, New bulldozed: Gadkari to auto cos does not preclude further future York banking officials said. enforcement action if the DFS NEW DELHI (TIP): Carmakers producing vehicles that investigation reveals further problems. run on traditional fuel, take note — Union minister Nitin The enforcement action followed a putting the integrity of the financial strengthening its operations and Gadkari has a clear message: Go for alternative fuel, else he 2016 review in which the regulator said services industry and the safety of our controls.” will not mind “bulldozing” them in his bid to check pollution it found “weaknesses in the bank’s risk nation at risk.” The DFS said a court hearing set for and imports. According to the road transport and highways management and compliance” that HBL disclosed it was in negotiations later this month had been canceled as minister, a Cabinet note on electric vehicles is ready that will management had failed to tackle. with the DFS last month and said the part of the settlement. take care of charging stations. He was addressing the SIAM’s The review showed HBL had failed to potential fine and closure of its New Pakistani brokerage firm annual convention here. properly screen thousands of York branch would have no material Intermarket Securities said the hefty He held out a veiled warning, saying those supporting the transactions and had processed impact on its business outside the fine would hurt profits and could force government will have an advantage and those busy “minting payments for known criminals and United States. HBL to issue foreign-currency money” will be in trouble, asking them not to approach the sanctioned entities, among other “HBL is pleased to have this matter subordinated debt to pay the regulator. government later on the ground that they have huge stock of failings. behind it and has begun the orderly But the sum was “manageable” and vehicles that do not run on alternative fuel. “The bank has repeatedly been given wind-down of its New York operations,” the medium-term outlook for the bank “Already, we are in the process of a Cabinet note where we more than sufficient opportunity to Matthew Biben, a partner at Debevoise should not be affected, it said in a are going to plan charging stations... It is in the last stage and correct its glaring deficiencies, yet it & Plimpton LLP and the bank’s U.S. research note. will be done as early as possible,” he said, adding the has failed to do so,” Financial Services lawyer, said in a statement. “Under the circumstances, we believe government will soon bring in a policy on electric vehicles. Superintendent Maria Vullo said in the “HBL believes that the opportunity to it makes sense for the bank to take this “I urge you (carmakers) politely to do research. First, statement. resolve this matter consensually at this one-off hit, rather than approaching when I urged you for electric vehicles, you said battery is “DFS will not stand by and let Habib time is in the best interests of its courts which would have put the share costly. I coaxed you to start at least. Now, the batteries cost Bank sneak out of the United States investors, shareholders and customers. price under a cloud for longer.” 40% less. And if you start now, cost will be reduced further on without holding it accountable for HBL remains committed to Source: Reuters mass production. Teething trouble is everywhere,” he explained. He promised that the proposed vehicle scrapping policy stuck due to GST issues will be sorted out soon. Source: PTI RBI had cautioned govt on DeMo: Rajan Govt blacklists 300,000 shell NEW DELHI (TIP): Former RBI would outweigh its long-term Governor Raghuram Rajan today said as benefits. He said no decision on company directors the central bank head he had cautioned demonetisation was taken during his the government about demonetisation term and neither was a date fixed. NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Wednesday and the estimated loss of GDP at 1-2% or Rajan said after demonetisation decided to bar as many as 300,000 directors of companies that Rs 2 lakh crore. there had been estimated loss of have defaulted on statutory compliances from serving on the Speaking at the launch of his book, ‘I economic activity and GDP to the boards of other firms to improve corporate governance and Do What I Do’, Rajan said while the data tune of 1-2% which is around Rs 2 check financial irregularities through the use of shell on the impact of demonetisation is still lakh crore. In addition, black money companies. coming in and needs to be analysed, an has come into the banking system The ministry of corporate affairs, which regulates additional cost in the form of black and it remains to be seen how much unlisted companies, also decided to track down the beneficial money coming in to the banks and tax can be collected from these owners of suspected shell companies and take penal action interest being paid on it amounts to Rs accounts. against those who divert funds from companies that are 22,000 crore a year. of demonetisation. The additional cost to the banking struck off the records of the Registrar of Companies (RoC). Rajan’s comments come at a time When asked about the system is in the form of Rs 22,000 The ministry said it is also monitoring the action being when the RBI revealed that 99% of the demonetisation, the former RBI crore in interest a year that has to be taken by regulatory bodies against professionals such as scrapped Rs 500 and 1,000 notes came Governor said, RBI had prepared a paid after the black money has chartered accountants, company secretaries and cost back to the banking system and there note and told the government that the efound its way into the banks, he accountants who have been found to have colluded with the has been intense scrutiny of the benefits short-term economic cost of note ban said. Source: The Tribune shell companies in committing financial irregularities. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 28 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

BEJAN DARUWALLA Email- [email protected] | Phone : +91-9825470377 | www.bejandaruwalla.com Predictions for the month of SEPTEMBER, 2017 Today there is computerized voice type analysis. My observation is you, Scorpio, Taurus and Libra are blessed with the baritone which persuades people to do your bidding. This is certainly yoga time or yoke time or partnerships of all possible sorts. I suggest yoga and partnership with God will be exceptionally fruitful. Enjoy it. Life is sweet but short. Cleanliness, purity and mysterious creativity is associated with you Virgos because your name is associated with Virgin Mary the mother of Christ. That's why I predict that Virgo Narendra Modi will be able to cleanse and purify the Ganges. Mighty achievement. But Virgos are school masters. School masters are perhaps too rigid and lay down the law a bit too hard for others to follow. A little bit of tolerance and flexibility is needed. After all, all human beings have their failings.

Aries: Leo: Sagittarius: Never believe that your life is useless. Never Leo Sprinter Bolt was defeated in the recent Pressures are certainly going to mount in terms of believe that after your death there will be Olympics. But though defeated the winner prestige and work. Your attitude will be mighty complete silence. Never believe that your bowed down to him and paid homage. This is the important. Stay hopeful, buoyant and do not lose grave and resting place will be unmarked. Be clue to your powerful personality, your image your confidence under any circumstances. You sure that your vibrations will remain in the and finally your great spirituality. The Sun is may have to work hard on two fronts home and ether forever. In other words, be sure that in your main planet therefore the mantra is work very sincerely. The mantra for you is, "OM one way or the other you will never be specially meant for you. OM HRAM HREEM JHRAM JHREEM JHROOM SA GURUVE forgotten. HROM SA SURYAYE NAMAH NAMAH". Taurus: Virgo: Capricorn: Music, the arts and the rhythm of life itself go This is the month when you can sweep away one Pilgrimages, spirituality of totally different naturally with you Taureans. September is the and all by your diligence, intelligence, dimension, tours and the ability to synchronize month for all of this. Add to it genuine inspiration and undoubted sincerity as well as different trends and directions should help you in spirituality, tantra and mantra, birth of imagination. Knowing this it becomes your a thousand different ways. God favors you because children, bhajans, satsangs, entertainment and dharma to do all that you can not only for you certainly deserve it. This is high praise, nobly the natural flow of the energy of life itself. A yourself but for others. Love and duty are the deserved and won. Conference and meetings are month to show how good and great you can be. two wheels of your bicycle. foretold. Gemini: Libra: Aquarius: Ganesha quotes nothing great is easily won, The peace that passeth understanding as the Karmic debts will have to be paid, like it or lump Nothing great is easily lost, Every good deed Bible says can be yours. At the same time, it. The best thing is to accept it and go right ahead nobly done, will repay the cost. paradoxically, you may have to look after the bravely and intelligently. This is not going to be It means in simple language that you will be weak and the helpless. Expenses may mount. It easy. But in life the spiritual path can be one of rewarded in one way or the other for every is a month of paradoxes and contradictions. But thorns and thistles. Yes, you will be able to walk on good deed you have done. It means nothing given faith in God and your own self you will it. Otherwise also this is a slightly uneven month. good ever goes in vain. come out a winner. Pisces: Cancer: Scorpio: You will grow through what you go through. Though your grave might be unmarked be sure As the Bible says, "The truth shall make you Partnerships at all levels are predicted. The that you will never be swallowed in silence. A free". In other words, be absolutely honest in greatest partnership is with your Maker and your time to make your presence felt of transport your dealings and game set a match will be own Destiny. A time to heal others and thus be at and publicity, news and views and messages. finally yours. The simple reason is friends and peace with yourself. In short hostility and love, Extend a helping hand to one and all and well-wishers will flock to your side and support enmity and friendship all come to a meeting point, Mother Nature will do exactly the same for you once they know that you are sincere and co- a very unusual month. Journey with a stop-over is you. operative. possible.

Bejan Daruwalla is available for astrological consultations. He can be reached at [email protected] and on phone 011-91-9825470377 www.bejandaruwalla.com THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 SPIRITUALITY 29 ONAM, THE HARVEST FESTIVAL nam is the biggest and the most boat got stuck in the bend in the river. The number of big and decorated boats called resplendent site to watch the bejeweled important festival of the state of oarsmen tried to move it but were chundan vallams participate with elephants walking on the OKerala. It is a harvest festival and is unsuccessful. The spiritual head, hundreds of boatmen. Rowing of boats on streets in their full majesty celebrated with joy and enthusiasm all over Bhattathiripad who was boarding the same the rhythm provided by the songs and and grandeur. Children the state by people of all communities. boat Palliyodam, thought that it was a bad music of the drum makes it a captivating particularly take great According to a popular legend, the festival omen as the boat was laden with food. He event. delight in watching the is celebrated to welcome King Mahabali, came to river bank to seek help and saw a Aranmula Uthrittathi show of their favourite whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the hut by a dim light that was glowing. He animal. Songs, time of Onam. decided to visit the hut and ask for help. This is another magnificent boat event dance and merry Onam is celebrated in the beginning of When Bhattathiripad went close to the organised in connection with Onam. This making are a part of the month of Chingam, the first month of hut he saw a poor widow weeping and some annual event takes place on the day of this event. Malayalam Calendar (Kollavarsham). This children sleeping besides her. The woman Uthrittathi Asterism at Aranmula. This is Celebrations at corresponds with the month of August- told Bhattathiripad that her children slept meant to relive mythology that narrates a September according to Gregorian off hungry and she has no food to feed them. story of Lord Krishna crossing the river on Cheruthuruthy Calendar. Bhattathiripad was moved by her pathetic that particular day. It is believed that the Renowned for Carnival of Onam lasts from four to ten state. He went to the boat Palliyodam and spirit of the Lord is present on all the boats housing the days. First day, Atham and tenth day, brought food for the family.When the family hence there is no competition of any famous, Thiruonam are most important of all. became happy with the food, boat Palliodam sort in this event. A large Popularity and presentation of rich culture could be easily maneuvered to the main number of of the state during the carnival made Onam course of river again. the National Festival of Kerala in 1961. From then on began the tradition of Elaborate feasts, folk songs, elegant dances, feeding one poor person on the day of energetic games, elephants, boats and Onam. flowers all are a part of the dynamic festival The Legend of Vanishing Boy called Onam. Government of India has taken due It is said that once, about 10 notice of this vibrant and colorful festival. kilometers up the river Pampa from It promotes Onam internationally in a big Aranmulla, the head of the Katoor Mana, way and celebrates 'Tourist Week' for Kerala a Nambudiri family, had a bath in the river. Kerala during Onam celebrations. Thousands of He said his prayers and waited to feed a domestic and foreign tourists visit Kerala to poor man to complete his ritual. He waited be a part of Onam. for long but nobody came. Tired of waiting, the Brahmin closed his eyes and began to Legends pray to Lord Krishna. As soon he opened his Just as in the case of many other festivals eyes, he saw a small boy in tatters before of India, there are several interesting him. The devout Brahmin gave a bath to the legends behind the origin of Onam. The boy, a set of clothes and a sumptuous meal. festival is celebrated by all in the state of To the surprise of the Brahmin. the boy Kerala, but Nambudiri Brahmins of Kerala vanished as soon as he finished his meal. He are the most spirited when it comes to looked for the boy and spotted him near Onam celebrations as they attribute its Aranmulla Temple. But, the boy origin to their own community. Nambudiri disappeared again. also called Namputiri is the dominant caste The Brahmin came to the conclusion that of Kerala. Its members regard themselves he was no ordinary boy and was God as the true repositories of the ancient Vedic himself. From then on the Brahmin brought religion and of the traditional Hindu code. food to Aranmulla Temple every year The Legend of King Mahabali during Onam. It is believed that there once lived a wise Customs of Onam and generous asura (demon) king, Carnival of Onam encompasses a Mahabali. He was highly regarded by his spectrum of fascinating activities. subjects and everybody was happy in in his Traditional people of Kerala even go out of kingdom. their way to celebrate the festival Gods felt challenged with the growing exhaustive of stipulated customs and popularity of Mahabali. They seeked help traditions in full grandiose. from Lord Vishnu who was worshiped by Besides the various rituals that are meant King Mahabali. Lord Vishnu took the avatar to be completed in individual households, people come to watch the joyous event. Kalamandalm, the Kathakali Training of a poor and dwarf Brahmin, called there are a lot of customary activities that Some also offer Valla Sady as a vazhipadu Centre, Cheruthuruthy is a small village in Vamana and came to the kingdom of are organised at the level of society and city (offering) in the temples on this occasion. the north of Trissur district. Onam Mahabali just after his morning prayers, all over the state. Procession of Decked Elephants celebrations at Cheruthuruthy are marked when the King gave boons to the Brahmin. Athachamayam for the Kathakali performance by the best The disguised Lord Vishnu asked for as Trichur, the cultural capital of Kerala, artists of the state. A large number of much land as could be covered by his three Athachamyam is a grand procession that marks the festival in its own beautiful style. people gather in this village to watch the steps. The King made a promise to do so. marks the beginning of the grand carnival Here, a procession of decorated elephants enactment of scenes from epics and folk Suddenly, Vamana increased to a massive of Onam. It is celebrated with lot of fan- in carried out on the streets. It's a tales. size. With his one step he covered the whole fair on the day of Atham at Thirpunithura of the sky and with the other he covered the and Piravam. The event recalls a royal whole of earth. He then asked for a place to tradition when Maharajas of erstwhile put his third step. King realised that the boy Kochi State as a custom traveled to the was no ordinary Brahmin and asked Thripunithura Fort with their entire If Hindus don't maintain Hinduism, Who shall save it? Vamana to to put his third step on his head. entourage. Today, even in the absence of The boy did so, pushing Mahabali in the the King, the custom retains its regal Come Listen and Dine with Dr SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY AND OTHERS nether world, the patala. Lord Vishnu was charm. Highpoints of the event are pleased with King Mahabali generosity and performances by folk artistes, caparisoned 22nd HINDU UNITY DAY:October 6th Friday 4 PM to 9 PM granted him a boon. Deeply attached with elephants, musical ensembles and dance his people, the King said he would like to shows by skilled artsites. For Tickets Inquire visit Kerala and his people every year. Lord Snake Boat Race Vishnu was pleased to grant the request. ARISH SAHANI 718 271 1906 ([email protected]) It is this homecoming of King Mahabali The most enthralling and popular of all that is celebrated as Onam every year. such customary events is the Vallamkali or PABITRA CHAUDHURI 718 688 9537 ([email protected]) The Legend of Boat Palliodam the Snake Boat Race. The event is held just a few days before Thiru Onam. Though the SPONSORED BY IAI FORUM INC The story goes that several years ago event takes place at several places in the some people were traveling in the boat city, the most important of them all is the called Palliodam when all of a sudden the one organised at Alappuzha. A large THE INDIAN PANORAMA 30 MISCELLANY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 contd from Page 8 "wrong," "self- defeating" and "cruel." The announcement, which was anticipated for the past POETRY CORNER Murder of Gauri Lankesh is an few days, was greeted with protests from across the country. The move is likely to impact 8,00,000 undocumented ominous sign for India's flailing workers including more than 7,000 Indian-Americans. The Journey Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the White House democracy yesterday demonstrating against Trump. The White House has defended the decision to rescind BY MANNAT ARORA opinion is under assault as either sedition charges are DACA. filed against the individuals or the institution that exercise "There is a misconception that DACA primarily serves as those rights or the law enforcement mechanism is being a shield from deportation. This is misleading. DACA grants manipulated to intimidate and silence those voices. work authorization to nearly 800,000 individuals who are Gauri Lankesh's death appears to be a meticulously not legally authorized to work. DACA recipients, whose planned and executed to silence a powerful voice. The average age is in their 20s, were not an enforcement priority opposing forces could not match her rationale pointing up before, and they certainly won't become a priority now," the dangers of right-wing politics and its possibly White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said yesterday. The journey acquaints the traveler, disastrous effect on the secular fabric of the nation. Her "The priorities remain the same-criminals, security With roads narrow and wide. harsh criticism of prevailing casteism in the society was threats, and those who repeatedly violate our immigration often directed at Institutions that still harbor those laws," she said. As they bend and curve; swivel and swirl, sentiments and made her more of a passionate activist who Sanders said the main effect of the announcement is that They take him places near and far. had little patience for the status-quo. work permits and other government benefits are being This is not the first murder of a rationalist and thinker gradually phased out. after the ascension of BJP to the power at the Center. A "No permits will be expiring for another six months, and At times they teach him, rationalist professor and thinker M M Kalburgi was permits will remain active for up to two full years. The The lessons of walking; murdered in the quaint town of Dharwad. In the president was elected partly on his promise to deliver Rugged they maybe- giving him a furious neighboring state of Maharashtra, rationalists Govind meaningful immigration reform that puts the jobs, wages, fight, Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar were also shot, and the and security of the American people first. Smooth they may turn out to be- proving it's one thing that united them all was their strident voices "He is delivering on that promise every day, and he has not so difficult all the while. against intolerance and hatred of the right wing ideology. put forward serious proposals to Congress that would It is no more an exaggeration to say that India is responsibly end illegal immigration, prevent visa governed under a 'simulated emergency' without truly overstays, remove dangerous criminals, protect American As smooth seas never made skilled sailors, declaring it. Shani Prabhakaran, a television reporter from jobs and wages," she said. All the bumps, bends and brakes; Kerala, spoke candidly about the treatment of the media by Responding to questions, Sanders exuded confidence that the BJP government at a recent seminar in Chicago that the Congress is going to step up and do their job. Make him balance his staid. sponsored by the India Press Club. According to her, as soon "This is something that needs to be fixed legislatively,and Fast ways never meant the destination was as she finished a television segment analyzing the last three we have confidence that they (Congress) are going to do any nearer. years of the governance by the Modi regime, a that. And we stand ready and willing to work with them in questionnaire from Delhi had arrived with a number of order to accomplish responsible immigration reform, and He sees the sun strike a silent slumber; questions asking her to substantiate each criticism! DACA is certainly part of that process," she said. Commenting on the recent raids, NDTV's Prannoy said the Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Worried, if he'll never make it; following 'our fight is not against the CBI, I-T or the ED but Relations Committee said the president is right to want this But the road roars, against politicians who were using these Institutions and issue to be resolved legislatively. Of the drawing destination. ruining and destroying our country.' "Hopefully, while addressing it, we also will deal with a The basic responsibility of a journalist is to inform the myriad of other issues that need to be corrected with our public free of hype and bias. The fourth estate, as the media broken immigration system, including enhancing So he beats on, mindfully marching to make is often dubbed, acts as a mirror and a watchdog for the enforcement and security measures," he said. the future his present; good of the public. However, most of the media in India Senator Chuck Schumer said most Americans know how Milestones moving by his side, painting today are controlled by big corporations whose professional heartless this DACA decision is, ripping apart families and pictures of proximity. responsibilities of the news outlets they own are telling people who worked so hard to become Americans for intertwined with their business interests. The result is an years that they now have to leave the country. abject failure in reporting the news with fairness and "These are folks who were brought here as children, (MANNAT ARORA, BASED IN LUDHIANA, INDIA, balance that could prove to be detrimental to a vibrant through no fault of their own. They may have known no IS A PENULTIMATE YEAR STUDENT OF democratic society. other country but ours and have voluntarily registered BACHELORS OF LAW AT PANJAB UNIVERSITY. Never in the history of India, a governing party had themselves with the government in order to live, work and WINNER OF A NATIONAL-LEVEL POETRY made such blatant attempt to eliminate an opposition party give back to our great country," he said. COMPETITION, SHE STRONGLY CONSIDERS (Congress Mukta Bharat), intimidated and scared Media Schumer said 91 percent of DACA recipients are LITERATURE TO BE A FOOD FOR THE SOUL. houses from reporting factual news, invoked colonial-era employed, paying taxes and paying into Social Security. SHE IS A UNIVERSITY TOPPER. SHE SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME IN HER LIBRARY OR IN sedition laws to silence student activists from speaking out A study by the Center for American Progress earlier this THE BACKYARD PLAYING WITH HER DOG) or created a hostile environment where these killings go year found that ending DACA would drain $433 billion from unabated. national GDP over 10 years, he said. Through her sacrifice, Gauri Lankesh has woken up our "The human and economic toll of rescinding DACA will conscience once again. She had recognized the fact that our be far reaching. The Trump administration's action to end and deputy and senior adviser to the Deputy Secretary of hard fought freedom and liberty, once again is in danger. In DACA is senseless and cruel. California has its eyes on State from 1989-1992. In the private sector, he has been a her death, our flailing democracy will be missing one of its Congress to do what it should have done years ago, but we partner at the investment firm Warburg Pincus LLC, strongest defenders. May I salute this brave soul for her cannot bank on that. Executive Vice President at Salesforce.com, and senior true grit and passion for justice! "So, the Governor stands with Attorney-General Becerra partner at the law firm Arnold & Porter. 'The power to question is the basis of all human progress' as he takes our fight to court to defend the Dreamers," His foreign policy expertise was garnered while serving - Indira Gandhi California Governor Edmund G Brown said. as Chairman of Harvard University's Weatherhead Center House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer has written a for International Affairs, and as Vice Chairman of The (The author is a former Chief Technology Officer of the United Nations and Chairman of the Indian National letter to Speaker Paul Ryan today urging him to allow Asia Foundation. Juster also founded and served as the US Overseas Congress, USA) consideration of amendments to the omnibus Chair of the US-India High Technology Cooperation Group, appropriations bill on the Floor this week that would and was one of the key architects of the Next Steps in contd from page 1 prohibit the use of taxpayer funding by the Administration Strategic Partnership initiative between US and India, for certain purposes. (Source: PTI) which laid the foundation for the historic civil nuclear After DACA Repeal... agreement. Juster Nominated as US Envoy... Juster's long service in Public office and expertise in US- US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions on September 5 India relations, may indicate a smooth sailing through the announced the rescinding of the Deferred Action for pact. Till recently Juster served as the deputy assistant to Senate confirmation hearing. India's Modi government has Children Arrival (DACA), an Obama-era amnesty program the president for International Economic Affairs, also expressed approval on Juster's nomination. that granted work permits to immigrants who arrived in coordinating international economic policy with national the country illegally as children. security and foreign policy for the Trump Administration. Fierce Hurricane Irma bears... The move likely to impact 800,000 undocumented workers Juster will succeed Richard Verma, President Obama's including more than 7,000 Indian-Americans. nominee, who left New Delhi after Trump won the It's not clear exactly where the storm will make landfall, "I have a great heart for the folks we're talking about-a Presidency in November 2016, leaving the post unfilled for but winds well in excess of 100 mph could batter numerous great love for them. And people think in terms of children, almost a year. population centers along Florida's west coast. And coastal but they're really young adults. I have a love for these Juster an alumnus of Harvard College received his waters could rise 10 to 15 feet above normally dry land, people, and hopefully now the Congress will be able to help master's degree in Public policy from the Harvard Kennedy completely inundating homes, businesses, and roads. them and do it properly," Trump told reporters at the White School of Government and his law degree from the Harvard Hurricane warnings cover much the Florida peninsula's House, September 5. Law School. Juster's stint in public service, saw him coastal areas. Hurricanes watches extended farther north The decision has evoked widespread criticism with serving as Under Secretary of Commerce from 2001-2005, into coastal Georgia and South Carolina. 5 million have former President Barack Obama calling it calling it Counselor (acting) of the State Department from 1992-1993, been told to flee. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 TRAVEL 31

walk through history, Agra is the mystical abode of all things past. AThough magnificence of the Taj Mahal attracts tourists to Agra from all over the world, this city is also peppered with forts, tombs and mausoleums that make for an attractive itinerary. Nicknamed Baby Taj, the tomb of AGRA: THE LAND Itimad-ud-Daulah is worth a visit. A visit to the ruined city of Fatehpur Sikri, Agra Fort, and Akbar’s Tomb also deserve a place in your itinerary. Fatehpur Sikri built by Emperor Akbar requires you to keep aside a day for visit. The Agra Fort should be explored for its antiquity and display of architectural finesse. OF TAJ MAHAL A city of dualities, Agra has also been quietly undergoing a metamorphosis of its own as new hipster neighbourhoods are cropping up throughout its length and breadth. Besides the Taj Mahal, tourists also flock to the Mehtab Bagh, which is neatly aligned with the Taj, for an enchanting view of the iconic monument on full moon nights. TAJ MAHAL The Taj Mahal is considered by many, to possess architectural beauty unsurpassed by any other structure in the world. Constructed over a period of 22 years, employing twenty thousand workers, it was completed in 1648 C.E. and costed a whopping 32 million Rupees. Built entirely of white marble, it almost seems to glow in the moonlight, with the shimmering Jamuna river situated just across. The Muslim emperor Shah Jahan built this monument in the memory of his wife Mumtaz, whose grave is housed within the premises at the lower chamber. The grave of Shah Jahan was added to it later. The Taj stands tall and regal on a raised, square platform, forming an unequal octagon with its four truncated corners. The architecture uses the interlocking arabesque concept, where each element is singular in its entirety, but integrates seamlessly with the whole. The central dome spans 58 feet in diameter and soars to a height of 213 feet. It is flanked on four sides by smaller domed chambers, and four slender minarets rising to a lower height of 162.5 feet. The entire mausoleum is decorated with an inlaid design of flowers and calligraphy using precious gems like agate and jasper, and the main archways are carved with passages from the Holy Qur’an. MEHTAB BAGH Originally built by Emperor Babur as the last in a series of 11 parks bordering the Yamuna’s east bank, this Mughal garden was conceived before even the Taj Mahal. Although it fell into disrepair owing to a flood in 1652 AD, it was reconstructed and restored to its former glory in 1996, and is now one the best spots to take in stunning views of the Taj Mahal. The gardens surrounding the Taj Mahal are perfectly aligned with Mehtab Bagh, and a large octagonal pool at the heart of the garden offers a perfect reflection of the Taj in the moonlight. Translating to mean ‘Moonlight Garden’, this is where Mehtab Bagh gets its name from. FATEHPUR SIKRI Fatehpur Sikri is a town located about 40 kilometres from Agra, and has been given the status of a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, this was the Mughal capital from 1571 to 1585, during which the empire reached its pinnacle of completed by his son jehangir after his death. banks of the Yamuna River, construction on the architecture which deserves a visit. success. The site was chosen to honour the Sufi Using various different styles of architecture, fort was started in 1565 by the Mughal Emperor ITIMAD-UD-DAULA'S TOMB saint Salim Chishti and the city within was this beautiful and imposing tomb is located Akbar, and further additions in white marble built to honour the birth of his child, Salim. amidst a gorgeous garden, and has been were subsequently made up till the reign of his Nicknamed the Baby Taj, the exquisite tomb of The construction of this walled city took constructed using red sandstones and glossy grandson Shah Jahan. Originally built for Mizra Ghiyas Beg was the precursor to the Taj almost 15 years to complete, and the complex white marble inlaid in geometric patterns. The military purposes, it was later used as a palace, Mahal. Built between 1622 and 1628, it is located included several royal palaces, a harem, courts huge courtyard is entered through a stunning and eventually even served as a prison where along the banks of the Yamuna and was built by and a mosque. The buildings have been made gateway, and features three-storey minarets in Shah Jahan was confined for 8 years by his son the Mughal queen Noor Jahan, wife of Emperor from red sandstone and have been designed in each. The tomb of Mariam Zamani, Akbar’s Aurangzeb, who seized power in 1658. The fort Jehangir, to commemorate her parents. It is an keeping with Persian architectural concepts, Christian Wife from Goa and King Jehangir's runs along a length of 2.5 kilometres within architectural marvel located at the heart of the although the overall style is Mughal. mother, is placed nearby. enclosed walls, it encompasses several exquisite well known and scenic Persian Garden. The tomb AKBAR’S TOMB AGRA FORT palaces such as the Shah Jahani Mahal, Jahangiri has been elegantly designed and finished in the Mahal, Khas Mahal, audience halls named Diwan- most beautiful architectural style laid in yellow Sikandra Complex containing Akbar’s tomb Aside from the Taj Mahal, Agra has one of the i-Am and the Diwan-i-Khas, a Fish Pavilion, the marble with black and white marble inlay. A is one of Agra’s architectural marvels. Work on finest Mughal forts in India, the Agra Fort. A Nagina Masjid, Garden of Grapes and the Pearl similar tomb was later built by Noor Jahan for her it was started by Akbar in 1605, and was massive red sandstone structure located on the Mosque. A world heritage site, it is a testament to husband near Lahore in Pakistan. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 32 TURN PAGE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 contd from page 1 Steel. Atomic Energy; Minister of State in the 23.Niranjan Jyoti: Minister of State in the 18.Jual Oram: Minister of Tribal Affairs. Department of Space. Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Ambassador Hardeep... 19.Radha Mohan Singh: Minister of 5.Mahesh Sharma: Minister of State 24.YS Chowdary: Minister of State in the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ministry of Science and Technology; Here are the revised portfolios of the 20.Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Minister of Culture; Minister of State in the Ministry of Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth ministers: Social Justice and Empowerment. Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Sciences. 21. Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of 6.Giriraj Singh: Minister of State 25.Jayant Sinha: Minister of State in the CABINET MINISTERS Textiles; Minister of Information and (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ministry of Civil Aviation. 1.Rajnath Singh: Minister of Home Affairs. Broadcasting. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 26.Babul Supriyo: Minister of State in the 2.Sushma Swaraj: Minister of External 22.Harsh Vardhan: Minister of Science and 7.Manoj Sinha: Minister of State Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Affairs. Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences; (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Enterprises. 3.Arun Jaitley: Minister of Finance; Minister of Environment, Forest and Communications; Minister of State in the 27.Vijay Sampla: Minister of State in the Minister of Corporate Affairs. Climate Change. Ministry of Railways. Ministry of Social Justice and 4. Nitin JairamGadkari: Minister of Road 23.Prakash Javadekar: Minister of Human 8.Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Minister of Empowerment. Transport and Highways; Minister of Resource Development. State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry 28.Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State Shipping; Minister of Water Resources, River 24.Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of of Youth Affairs and Sports; Minister of in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Petroleum and Natural Gas; Minister of Skill State in the Ministry of Information and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water 5.Suresh Prabhu: Minister of Commerce Development and Entrepreneurship. Broadcasting. Resources, River Development and Ganga and Industry. 25.Piyush Goyal: Minister of Railways; 9.Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of State Rejuvenation. 6.DV Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Minister of Coal. (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of 29.Ajay Tamta: Minister of State in the Statistics and Programme Implementation. 26. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Power; Minister of State (Independent Ministry of Textiles. 7. Uma Bharati: Minister of Drinking Defence. Charge) of the Ministry of New and 30. Krishna Raj: Minister of State in the Water and Sanitation. 27.Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Renewable Energy. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers 8.Ramvilas Paswan: Minister of Consumer Minority Affairs. 10.Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of State Welfare. Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of 31.Mansukh L Mandaviya: Minister of 9.Maneka Sanjay: Gandhi Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs. State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Women and Child Development. CHARGE) 11.Alphons Kannanthanam: Minister of Highways; Minister of State in the Ministry 10.Ananthkumar: Minister of Chemicals 1.Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; Minister of State in the and Fertilizers; Minister of Parliamentary (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of of Tourism; Minister of State in the Ministry Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Affairs. Planning; Minister of State in the Ministry of of Electronics and Information Technology. 32. Anupriya Patel: Minister of State in the 11.Ravi Shankar Prasad: Minister of Law Chemicals and Fertilizers. MINISTERS OF STATE Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. and Justice; Minister of Electronics and 2.Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Minister of 33.CR Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Information Technology. State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry 1.Vijay Goel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and 12.Jagat Prakash Nadda: Minister of of Labour and Employment. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister Public Distribution; Minister of State in the Health and Family Welfare. 3.Shripad Yesso Naik: Minister of State of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Ministry of Commerce and Industry. 13.Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati: (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Programme Implementation. 34.PP Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Minister of Civil Aviation. Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, 2.Radhakrishnan P: Minister of State in Ministry of Law and Justice; Minister of 14.Anant Geete: Minister of Heavy Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). the Ministry of Finance; Minister of State in State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Industries and Public Enterprises. 4.Jitendra Singh: Minister of State the Ministry of Shipping. 35.Subhash RamraoBhamre: Minister of 15.Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Minister of Food (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of 3.SS Ahluwalia: Minister of State in the State in the Ministry of Defence. Processing Industries. Development of North Eastern Region; Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. 36.Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of 16.Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Minister of State in the Prime Minister's 4.Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi: Minister State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water Farmers Welfare. Raj; Minister of Mines. Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Sanitation. 37.Satya Pal Singh: Minister of State in the 17.Chaudhary Birender Singh: Minister of Minister of State in the Department of 5.Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in Ministry of Human Resource Development; the Ministry of Social Justice and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Empowerment. Resources, River Development and Ganga 6.Vishnu Deo Sai: Minister of State in the Rejuvenation. Ministry of Steel. 7.Ram Kripal Yadav: Minister of State in US tech giants vow to the Ministry of Rural Development. 8.Hansraj Gangaram Ahir: Minister of defend 'Dreamers' State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. 9.Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary: Microsoft and Apple are offering the most Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; full-throated defense of "Dreamers" - Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal. undocumented individuals who have been in 10.Rajen Gohain: Minister of State in the the US since they were young and registered Ministry of Railways. with the federal government to get work 11.VK Singh Minister of State in the permits. Ministry of External Affairs. Apple CEO Tim Cook condemned the 12.Parshottam Rupala: Minister of State in Trump administration's decision and the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers pledged in a note to employees to offer any Welfare; Minister of State in the Ministry of employees affected by the change the Panchayati Raj. "support they need, including the advice of 13.Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the immigration experts." Apple will "fight" for Ministry of Social Justice and its Dreamers, Cook tweeted. "#Dreamers Empowerment. contribute to our companies and our 14.Jaswantsinh SumanbhaiBhabhor: communities just as much as you and I. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Apple will fight for them to be treated as Affairs. equals," he tweeted. 15.Shiv Pratap Shukla: Minister of State in "You're going to have to go through us to the Ministry of Finance. deport Dreamers who work here," Microsoft 16.Ashwini Kumar Choubey: Minister of said, adding it will stick by its employees State in the Ministry of Health and Family affected by any change to DACA, even in Welfare. court. - PTI 17.Sudarshan Bhagat: Minister of State in New York to file lawsuit protecting the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. beneficiaries 18.Upendra Kushwaha: Minister of State US President Donald Trump's decision to in the Ministry of Human Resource end benefits for children brought into the US Development. illegally faces a legal challenge from New 19.Kiren Rijiju: Minister of State in the York and other states. New York Attorney Ministry of Home Affairs. General Eric T Schneiderman will announce 20. Virendra Kumar: Minister of State in a multi-state lawsuit to protect beneficiaries the Ministry of Women and Child of DACA program. Development; Minister of State in the Schneiderman and New York Governor Ministry of Minority Affairs. Andrew Cuomo have promised to challenge 21.Anantkumar Hegde: Minister of State any decision by Trump to end DACA. Cuomo in the Ministry of Skill Development and said the move would affect roughly 42,000 Entrepreneurship. New Yorkers, upending their lives and 22.MJ Akbar: Minister of State in the ripping families apart Ministry of External Affairs. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS 33

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NEW YORK (TIP): Once Rafael Nadal went from passive to aggressive and got his uppercut of a forehand going, it didn’t take long for him to power into the U.S. Open final. Closing in on a third title at Flushing Meadows and 16th Grand Slam championship overall, Nadal overcame a so-so start with an overwhelming performance the rest of the way Friday night, taking nine games in a row during one stretch to beat 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals. “He played so smart from the second set until the end of the match,” del Potro said. “He was dominant.” No. 1 Nadal will be a significant favorite Sunday against No. 32 Kevin Anderson of South Africa, who beat Pablo Carreno Busta 4- 6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to become the lowest-ranked U.S. Open finalist since the ATP’s computer rankings began in 1973. The 6-foot-8 (2.03- meter) Anderson, who won an NCAA doubles title at the University of Illinois, is equipped with a big serve, certainly, but he only once had even been a quarterfinalist at a major until this week. He’s also lost all four previous matches against Nadal. targets. His numbers the rest of the way: 36 the 24th-seeded del Potro actually edged ahead It was quickly clear that the only doubt Plus there’s this: Nadal looked as good as winners, 10 unforced errors. with the match’s first break, going up 3-2 in remaining was what the final score would be. ever over the last three sets against del Potro, Eventually, Del Potro’s flat, fearsome the first set when a backhand return caught “Just the fight to be in the final, and have a further confirmation of his return to the forehand became less dangerous, as if he the net tape and took a fortuitous roll over to chance to fight for another title here, is so height of his powers. Nadal is again healthy suddenly remembered just how weary he was, Nadal’s side for a winner. important for me,” Nadal said. and capable of excellence, after wrist and and his backhand _ a two-handed shot he has “Lucky,”del Potro acknowledged later. That Hours earlier, Anderson was so excited that knee injuries dulled his effectiveness in 2015 had to rebuild after three operations on his moment was greeted with a chorus of “Ole, he celebrated his semifinal victory as if it and 2016 _ the first seasons since 2004 in which left wrist _ was effective early, then stopped ole, ole, ole! Del-po! Del-po!” for the popular made him the champion, stepping on a chair he not only failed to win a Grand Slam trophy hurting Nadal. Argentine, who would serve out that set, and then a flower box to help him climb into but didn’t even make a final. “He was playing all the time to my punctuating it with a forehand . his guest box in the stands. “It’s been an amazing season, of course, backhand, and when you don’t have that Maybe that woke up Nadal, who wouldn’t “I don’t know if it’s appropriate,” after a couple of years with some troubles, confidence to play three, four hours with a again relinquish a game until he owned the Anderson said. “It certainly felt the right injuries, tough moments,” Nadal said. “So this good backhand against Rafa, it’s just a matter second set and a 3-0 lead in the third. The next thing to do.” year, since the beginning, has been a very of time,” del Potro said. time del Potro served, Nadal finally earned Hip, leg and elbow injuries caused him to emotional year.” Dealing with the flu and a fever, del Potro his first break point with some fantastic miss time this season. Ankle surgery,plus left He reached the Australian Open final in came back from a two-set deficit to win his defense, throwing himself to his left to knee, right shoulder and groin injuries were January,losing to Roger Federer, then claimed fourth-rounder in five sets, then got past 19- somehow get back one massive forehand from problems last year. his record 10th French Open championship in time major champion Federer in the del Potro, who _ perhaps stunned that ball He is appearing in his 34th major June. When Nadal’s uncle and coach, Toni, quarterfinals in four. Maybe it was all too came back _ sent his next forehand long. tournament and took advantage of a draw was asked to describe his nephew’s year, this much for del Potro, whose one Grand Slam By now, Nadal was pulling his own depleted by withdrawals of several top was the reply: “It’s easy to describe it. He has title came via wins over Nadal in the intimidating, topspin-lathered forehand up players, including past champions Novak played really good.” Well, then. semifinals and Federer in the final in New the line and pressing the matter whenever del Djokovic, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka. Save for a less-than-dominant opening set York eight years ago. Potro left a ball short. As Uncle Toni put it, “It’s nice,” Anderson said, “that some of Friday, in which Nadal had nine winners and That was the last time Nadal lost in a major Nadal “began to attack, with very good them gave us a bit of a shot to make a run in 10 unforced errors, he barely missed his semifinal ; he’s now won 15 in a row.This time, decisions.” this tournament.” Source: AP

NEW YORK (TIP): Americans Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys, both struggling with serious injuries just three months ago, STEPHENS SNAPS VENUS’ RUN advanced to their first Grand Slam final at the US Open. Stephens, who missed 11 months with biggest match of either’s career for a top prize of Open final.” a left foot injury before returning in July, $3.7 million. Stephens needed a thrilling break at love in outlasted seven-time Slam champion Venus “I’ve known her for a long time. She’s one of the penultimate game to deny two-time Williams 6-1, 0-6, 7-5. “I’m super happy to be in a my closest friends on tour,” Stephens said. “I champion Williams her first US Open final in 15 Grand Slam final,” Stephens said. “To do it here, love her to death. And it’s not easy playing a years. “I just worked my tail off and tried to run my home Slam, is obviously more special. I friend.” every ball down and here we are,” Stephens said. think this is what every player dreams about.” Stephens, who was wearing a walking boot in “It required a lot of fight and a lot of grit.” Keys, who had a wrist surgery for the second June and ranked 957th in July,has won 14 of her Williams could not overcome 51 unforced time in 10 months after a first-round French past 16 matches, with semifinal runs at Toronto errors that doomed her bid to become the oldest Open exit, routed 20th seed CoCo Vandeweghe 6- and Cincinnati. “I have no words to describe women’s singles finalist in US Open history at 1, 6-2 in 66 minutes to complete the first all- what I’m feeling, what it took to get here, the age 37. Now 83rd, Stephens is the lowest-ranked American US Open final since Serena Williams journey I’ve been on,” Stephens said. “It’s Slam finalist since unranked Justine Henin at beat sister Venus in 2002. incredible. I don’t know how I got here. Your the 2010 Australian Open and the lowest at the “It still doesn’t feel real. I’m still shaking,” guess is as good as mine. Just hard work. That’s US Open since unranked Kim Clijsters won the Keys said. “I played pretty well. There’s a lot of it.” 2009 title. “It was definitely well competed,” things in my head right now,so I’m struggling to Stephens beat Keys in the second round at Williams said. “In the end she won more points come up with words. I knew I had to rise to the Miami in 2015 in their only career meeting. than I did and that’s what it added up to. Just occasion. I’m just happy to be in the final.” “Sloane is a new person right now,” Keys said. made so many errors at the end there... I wasn’t The friends and Fed Cup teammates will meet “She’s so excited to be out on the court again. playing well. Just wasn’t playing well.” on Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium in the I’m excited we get to play each other in the US Source: AFP THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 35 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 36 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017