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Amit Shah B. S. Yeddyurappa Rahul Gandhi Siddaramaiah H. D. Deve Gowda Karnataka Kurukshetra of the South

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t’s a war and not simply a battle by the chief minister lashed out at the care or realise that , Yeddyurappa is a that the Congress and the BJP state government over what he leader of Lingayats. Iare waging over Karnataka alleged were the killings of BJP and Dr. S. Settar, Emeritus Professor assembly poll in May. Campaigning Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) National Institute of Advanced by Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister workers under its rule. Studies in Bengaluru, an authority on Siddarmaiah and Amit Shah is more Such inflamed passions on both Lingayats said, ‘The Lingayats do not of personal vitriolic attacks rather sides is because the May election has constitute the vote-bank of any partic - than enunciation of their party’s poli - been made out to be litmus test for ular party, any more, and despite cies and schemes. who will win 2019. And for the first their substantial numbers their votes Out of the blue the Chief Minister time the media cannot be blamed for alone would decide a government. ‘ Siddaramaiah said ‘Amit Shah no creating such impression.. On the question of Congress gain - Hindu.’ He rubbed in further saying Making the May poll an indicator ing because of declaring Lingayats a Shah was anti-Hindu, and that the of who will win in 2019 is one of religious minority, Dr Settar bluntly BJP president should first clarify Rahul’s usual gaffes. How can he be said all sects and communities are whether he was a Jain or Hindu. Is sure that his party will return to vulnerable to bribes, brandy and Amit Shah, a Hindu or Jain, an elec - power? By trying to alienate questionable bounties, so also this for tion issue? And since when Jains have Lingayats, there is division among community.’ become anti-Hindu? How low will the them, the head of their mutt is This is bad news for Rahul whose contestants stoop, this was not only a opposed to the move to separate calculation for his party retaining personal attack on Shah but a gross Lingayats from Hindus and declare power in the state was based on the misrepresentation of the state of rela - them a religious minority. hope that Lingayats will desert BJP tions between Hindus and Jains. This move is worse than mandal - and vote en masse for his party candi - 8

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aggressive and at the same time more The BJP has also attempted to tactical. Amit Shah seems determined BUT THE CONGRESS WORRY ISN’T woo Dalits with leaders like to take Karnataka.. THE MADIGA ANGER ALONE. IT IS Yeddyurappa staying at homes of For instance, Dalits make up near - ALSO STARING AT A SPLIT IN ITS Dalits. Yeddyurappa later organised a ly 23 per cent of the population in meal at his home for Dalit families Karnataka, and the BJP has been tar - DALIT VOTE DUE TO AN ALLIANCE who had hosted BJP leaders.‘Apart geting a section referred to as the ‘Left BETWEEN MAYAWATI’S BSP AND from the Dalit card, the BJP has also Dalits’ or Madigas or untouchables. FORMER PRIME MINISTER H D launched a strident Hindutva cam - They are considered most backward, DEVE GOWDA’S JD(S). THE BSP IS paign, especially in coastal and left out of the State’s benefit Karnataka. With many constituencies umbrella, with the Congress seen as CONTESTING IN 20 SEATS AND IS here with large Muslim populations, more dominated by leaders from the OFFERING SUPPORT TO THE JD(S) the region is ripe for polarisation and more creamy ‘Right Dalit’ or touch - IN THE REMAINING 204. THOUGH THE has long been a Sangh stronghold. able Holaya communities, like the BSP’S BEST PERFORMANCE IN During his tours, the BJP presi - Congress leader in Lok Sabha dent has been visiting homes of Hindu Mallikarjun Kharge and state KARNATAKA HAS BEEN 2.74 PER party workers killed in incidents of Congress president G Parameshwara. CENT VOTES IN 2008, AND IN 2013, ITS communal murders, and has The BJP has also been wooing a CANDIDATES HAD LOST DEPOSITS IN 174 announced this would continue under prominent Scheduled Caste seer from a BJP government. the Lingayat community, Maddara OF 175 SEATS (GETTING 0.91 PER CENT Congress is also fighting hard and Channaiah Swamiji of the Maddara VOTES), THE ALLIANCE MAY DO CRUCIAL has also been trying to broad-base its 8

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Empowerment Party (MEP) and the Madiga anger alone. It is also staring No party has returned to power in MIM, eyeing the Muslim vote. at a split in its Dalit vote due to an Karnataka for a second term since the The MEP has in recent days made its alliance between Mayawati’s BSP and Janata Party lead by Ramakrishna presence felt in places like Bengaluru former prime minister H D Deve Hegde in 1985, and no CM has by holding rallies and putting up flags Gowda’s JD(S). The BSP is contesting returned after a full five-year term and buntings all over the city.Sources in 20 seats and is offering support to since Devaraja Urs in 1978, but the said appeals had been made by the JD(S) in the remaining 204. Congress is hopeful of beating both mosques in response, advising people Though the BSP’s best performance in these records courtesy ‘a slew of pop - to cast their votes “wisely” and not be Karnataka has been 2.74 per cent swayed by new parties. votes in 2008, and in 2013, its candi - THE BJP HAS ALSO BEEN WOOING A Another big factor in the favour of dates had lost deposits in 174 of 175 PROMINENT SCHEDULED CASTE the Congress is Siddaramaiah’s own seats (getting 0.91 per cent votes), the image, distinct from the Congress, of a alliance may do crucial damage to the SEER FROM THE LINGAYAT COMMUNITY, strong leader of backward castes, Congress. MADDARA CHANNAIAH SWAMIJI OF Dalits and minorities, as well as the The JD(S), which won 40 seats THE MADDARA CHANNAIAH MUTT IN party’s relatively controversy-free and got 20.15 per cent votes in 2013, CENTRAL KARNATAKA. THE SEER tenure in power. Allegations of cor - has been consistently losing support, ruption like the alleged illegal denoti - but is expected to hold its ground in ATTENDED A LUNCHEON HOSTED FOR fication of over 400 acres of govern - the old Mysore district of Mandya, DALITS BY YEDDYURAPPA A FEW ment land have not stuck. parts of Hassan, and rural Bengaluru, MONTHS AGO WHILE SHAH CALLED ON The BJP campaign is led mainly which is populated by Vokkaligas. by Modi and Shah, along with JD(S) Karnataka chief and former CM HIM IN THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH. Yeddyurappa. And seem to be draw - H D Kumaraswamy has been on the THERE IS SPECULATION THAT THE ing good crowds. But so are the rallies road, campaigning for six months and SEER IS INTERESTED IN CONTESTING of Rajiv and Siddaramaiah. The only was the first to announce a list, of 130 THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ON A BJP difference, and it’s a major difference, candidates, for the elections. is Modi’s oratory and his trait of win - With the BJP not having a signifi - TICKET TO EMERGE AS A YOGI-LIKE ning people. cant presence in Old Mysore, it is the FIGURE IN KARNATAKA. And then there is the stinging JD(S) that is the Congress competi - retorts and the huge election machin - tion here. The BJP has lately tried to ulist schemes unveiled by ery Shah has built up. Shah said the make inroads by wooing the erstwhile Siddaramaiah since 2013.’…… Karnataka elections, be it a win or Mysore royal family of Wodeyars. schemes like Annabhagya (free distri - loss, will also have a bearing on the There is some speculation that bution of rice), Ksheeradhare (subsidy 2019 Parliamentary elections. He said just before the polls BJP and JD(S) for milk), Vidyasiri (hostel facilities the BJP is the only alternative for which, if it happens, will be a winning for students), agriculture e-markets, Siddaramaiah-government in combination. Rahul is worried about interest-free loans for farmers, reser - Karnataka, which is “nothing more this possibility. He has called the vation for SC/STs in civil contracts, than an ATM of corruption for the JD(S) the B team of the Sangh low-cost meals at Indira Canteens in Congress”. Parivar. Countering the charge, JD(S) urban areas, free dialysis facilities at “After the 2014 elections, we’ve leader Danish Ali has said, “The all taluk centres etc. removed the Congress from 11 states alliance with the BSP is not aimed at The Congress is also banking on and I do not see any competition from 8 the Congress.” schemes for Dalits, and the raised the Siddaramaiah-government as peo - 1 0 2

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t the very outset, let me begin More to the point, twenty eight by expressing my heartfelt years after the enactment of the Acondolences for all those who Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled have lost their lives in the huge vio - Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, lence that broke out following the the Supreme Court on March 20 bandh call given by several tweaked the law to protect innocent Opposition parties in protest against people from the sweep of its draconian the Supreme Court landmark ruling provisions which denied anticipatory insulating the government servants bail to an accused and led to automat - from the indiscriminate and gross ic arrest. To be sure, from now on, it abuse of the Scheduled Castes and the has been made mandatory by the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Apex Court that the arrest of any citi - Atrocities) Act. No amount of money zen under the Scheduled Castes and and no offering of job as is the tradi - the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of tion in India after allowing mob vio - Atrocities) Act, 1989, will require a lence to go on unchecked will ever written approval from a police officer heal their wounds nor will the depart - of the rank of Senior Superintendent ed souls ever be brought back to life! of Police (equivalent to Additional Their life stands devastated because Commissioner of Police) who will of this “Bharat Bandh” calls and per - record reasons why an arrest is neces - petration of violence which snatched sary. It has also been stipulated that court can apply its mind to ascertain if away their near and dear ones for no where a public servant is involved, the a prima facie case under the Act is fault of theirs! approval must come from the appoint - made out. Based on its conclusions, It was on March 20 that the ing authority. Even at the stage of further remand or detention of the Supreme Court delivered landmark registration of a case, it will be open to accused can be refused. Section 18 of ruling in case of Dr Subhash police to conduct a preliminary the 1989 SC/ST Act did not allow an Kashinath Mahajan v The State of enquiry (by a DSP rank officer) and accused to get anticipatory bail. Maharashtra and another by ruling not proceed in cases where allegations What wrong has the Supreme that government servants cannot be are found to be frivolous or motivated. C o urt said? Why is there so much of arrested without prior sanction of a Further, as an additional safe - brouhaha and hullabaloo over such a competent authority. It is not hidden guard to check the blatant abuse of reasoned and well-drafted judgment 8

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our country and instead Supreme allowed to do openly on streets what given? Why the Centre is expert in Court itself will be forced to review its terrorists trained in Pakistan cannot lambasting judiciary for crossing its judgment by filing review petition? do openly? Why attacking of hospitals, limits by indulging in judicial How long will politicians be ambulances carrying patients, rail - activism but itself does nothing to con - allowed to give their supporters free way stations etc taken most lightly by tain the violence which results from hand in mercilessly beating up inno - Centre which alone explains why we such bandhs as we saw just before our cent people, setting vehicles on fire, repeatedly see such naked dance of own eyes like a helpless spectator? roughing up even women, girls and violence, hooliganism and destruction Why Centre is not realizing that children? How long will politicians be every time when bandh calls are our international image is getting bat - allowed to instead blame everything tered every time such violence and on supporters from other parties and killings are allowed to go on in the justify their protest on streets which WHY IS THERE NO DEPLOYMENT OF name of “Bharat Bandh”? Why Centre mostly always results in huge violence FORCES IN TIME WHENEVER SUCH BANDH takes very lightly the attack on for - but which is mostly not so much CALLS ARE GIVEN? WHY ARE GOONS eign tourists just like they were reported in media except when it ALLOWED TO DO OPENLY ON STREETS attacked now when some of them were breaks out on a very large scale as we travelling in a bus in Azamgarh who are seeing right now before our own WHAT TERRORISTS TRAINED IN PAKISTAN with great difficulty fled after saving eyes? How long will all this be allowed CANNOT DO OPENLY? WHY ATTACKING OF their lives from goons openly roaming to go on in our country? HOSPITALS, AMBULANCES CARRYING on the streets? Which foreign tourist Now all limits are being crossed. will like to come in such lawless coun - Political parties are openly allowing PATIENTS, RAILWAY STATIONS ETC TAKEN try where supporters of political par - their supporters to carry rods in their MOST LIGHTLY BY CENTRE WHICH ALONE ties are given open licence to indulge hands to beat people, smash window EXPLAINS WHY WE REPEATEDLY SEE in vandalism, violence and destruc - screens and do all sorts of violence to SUCH NAKED DANCE OF VIOLENCE, tion by not doing anything to arrest forcibly coerce people to listen to their them well in time? diktats even while masquerading as HOOLIGANISM AND DESTRUCTION EVERY Why can’t protest be done in a peaceful protesters! Centre is quick to TIME WHEN BANDH CALLS ARE GIVEN? simple and dignified manner? Why is announce filing a review petition WHY THE CENTRE IS EXPERT IN LAM - there an increasing trend to resort to against the Supreme Court order but BASTING JUDICIARY FOR CROSSING ITS streets violence, bandh calls etc when - why does it always keep a deafening ever any ruling comes against any silence on the lives lost in the violence LIMITS BY INDULGING IN JUDICIAL particular group? Why instead of unleashed by various political parties? ACTIVISM BUT ITSELF DOES NOTHING TO resorting to legal option do parties Is Centre not indirectly guilty of abet - CONTAIN THE VIOLENCE WHICH RESULTS resort to bandh calls which gives a ting them by just doing nothing or golden opportunity for goondas and precious little to check this menace? FROM SUCH BANDHS AS WE SAW JUST lumpen elements to openly mix with Why is there no deployment of BEFORE OUR OWN EYES LIKE A HELPLESS the crowd and indulge in such horrible forces in time whenever such bandh SPECTATOR? violence that even terrorists would calls are given? Why are goons feel ashamed of by not sparing even hospitals, sick people, small children etc? Is this is what is “Shining India”? Why such goons feel that nothing will happen to them as they enjoy political support? How can politicians be allowed to do with India what Britishers could not do? Even when Britishers were ruling India no one had the guts to indulge in such naked dance of violence? It has to be said with deep regret that the rule in India 70 years after independence is worse than what it was in British India! 8

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More for less. That is what the Indian travelling public has been demanding. Now, with for- eign destinations beckoning Indian carriers and regulations permitting flights, the low-cost long-haul business model is attracting interest from Indian LCCs, writes C Santosh.

ow Cost Carriers (LCCS) today and Jet Lite (2.3 per cent). ever, came into prominence post 2000. dominate the Indian domestic Importantly, these LCCs have earned “In Asia, rapid expansion of LCCs has Laviation sector, which as per a reputation for efficient service and been a key driver of overall growth in the Directorate General of Civil on-time performance, in addition to the short-haul market since the early Aviation (DGCA) grew at 17.31 per matching or exceeding their peers in 2000s. As a result, the LCC penetra - cent during January-December 2017 Southeast Asia in terms of operational tion rate in some Asian regions is now (1171.76 lakh passengers), as com - efficiency and customer service. It is more than 50 per cent of their home pared to the same period last year, this reputation for safe travel, on-time markets,” says Boeing’s Current when 998.88 lakh passengers flew on performance and access to a modern Market Outlook (CMO) 2017-2036. Indian domestic flights. Stifled by fleet (IndiGo was the first Asian oper - decades of inertia and dominated by ator of the A320neo), that will have Growing Aspirations state-owned airlines with little incen - customers queuing up for long-haul The global aviation sector itself has tive to improve their services, India’s LCC flights. grown dramatically from 100 million domestic aviation sector until the The emergence of low-cost carriers passengers in 1960, to 3.7 billion pas - nineties was far behind global indus - (LCC) and ultra-low-cost carriers sengers in 2016. With larger number try benchmarks. The last decade and (ULCC) has brought about a reduction of travellers taking to the air from a half however, has seen the emer - in airfares worldwide, over the last 10 India, China and Southeast Asia, air gence of Indian LCCs who have made years, which has resulted in a reduc - travel is expected to reach four billion air travel affordable to larger sections tion of average airfares by 0.9% per passengers in an even shorter time. of the population than ever before. year. 10 out of 30 largest airlines now India is expected to become the third Indian carriers have benefited from have an LCC in their group. LCCs are largest commercial aviation market surging domestic passenger demand hardly a new concept having first by the early 2020s and this growth and according to the DGCA, air pas - emerged in the 70’s, Asian LCCs how - will also mean greater numbers of senger traffic in the country witnessed India’s fast growing middle class tak - a growth of 18.3 per cent (Domestic THIS SECTOR TILL NINETIES WAS FAR ing up tourism and travel like never 21.5 per cent and International 8.5 before. With a per cent) in 2016-17 as compared to BEHIND GLOBAL INDUSTRY ENCHMARKS. growing 2015-16. HOWEVER THE LAST DECADE HAS SEEN The dominance of the LCCs can be THE EMERGENCE OF INDIAN LCCS WHO gauged from their passenger load fac - HAVE MADE AIR TRAVEL AFFORDABLE TO tors (January 2018); SpiceJet, GoAir and IndiGo respectively, reported 95 LARGER SECTIONS OF THE POPULATION per cent, 90 per cent and 89.7 per cent THAN EVER BEFORE. INDIAN CARRIERS load factors in January and Jet Lite HAVE BENEFITED FROM SURGING DOMES - was at 89.7 per cent. The legacy Indian full-service carriers along with TIC PASSENGER DEMAND AND ACCORDING the Vistara and Air India reported TO THE DGCA, AIR PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN 8

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Change in Business Model their own low-cost, no-frills subsidiary It is not a matter of simply adapting IF INDIAN LCCS WILL OFFER AN ALL airlines. the LCC short haul model but coming up with a new model that caters for ECONOMY CLASS LAYOUT FOR INTERNA - Leading India’s LongHaul Low the greater operational complexity of TIONAL SECTORS OR OFFER THE MORE Cost Charge long-haul international flights and COMMON APPROACH OF PROVIDING SOME India’s leading LCC, IndiGo, is bull - ensuring regulatory compliance over PREMIUM SEATS AS WELL. THIS HOWEV - ish on prospects for domestic and an international network. Since LCCs long-haul low cost international trav - do not offer customer loyalty pro - ER, WILL REDUCE OVERALL SEATING el out of India. IndiGo appointed grammes, they will need to retain the CAPACITY AND INTRODUCE COMPLEXITY India veteran Wolfgang Prock- affection of the customer over a solid INTO THE BOOKING PROCESS, HENCE Schauer as Chief Operating Officer foundation of safe, efficient service (CEO) in January. Prock-Schauer had and of course attractive fares. A well RAISING COSTS. FACT IS THAT THE INDIAN previously worked with GoAir and Jet thought out choice of international TRAVELLER, WHO HAS AN UNMATCHED Airways. IndiGo now operates flights sectors that can make use of the exist - SENSE OF VALUE WILL QUICKLY LATCH ON to eight international destinations ing domestic network as a feeder serv - TO THE LCC WHICH OFFERS THE BEST with Colombo in Sri Lanka being the ice will also be vital. There is also the newest. “We just look at our interna - matter of higher aircraft utilisation COMBINATION OF PRICE, tional flights as pretty much accident - and quick turnaround time which is ly crossing an international border. It the cornerstone of the LCC model is the same flight, the same airplane (along with ideally a single aircraft process, hence raising costs. What is and a similar product. So, yes, you see type). This is simply not possible on certain, however, is that the Indian some more international, but you will long-haul flights due to the longer traveller, who has an unmatched see lot more domestic. We will go and stage length which reduces the cost sense of value will quickly latch on to chase where the opportunity is, so, it advantage. While it is uncertain as the LCC which offers the best combi - is not that we have either tied down yet if Indian LCCs will offer an all nation of price, value and features on to one or the other,” said Aditya 8

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Protecting its Turf Jet Airways will fight tooth and nail to combat the challenge from LCCs seeking to encroach on its profitable long-haul routes. The airline is now in the final year of a transformation phase that began in FY 2015, with measures taken to enhance the Jet Airways brand, network diversifica - tion, increase asset utilisation, and stemming losses. From FY2019 and beyond, the airline will maintain a continuous focus on cost reduction and take additional measures to rein - vigorate the brand. Towards this, the airline has focussed on the Jet Airways brand with a full service offering across its network and enhanced service standards to pas - sengers.Fleetwide utilisation of its Boeing 737s has now increased to 13.45 hours from 11.4 hours. This will unlock capacity equivalent to 36 B737s from March 2015 to March 2018. The carrier is also undertaking a maintenance cost reduction drive this year. Jet Airways will no doubt benefit from the introduction of its B737 MAX 8 airplanes from June2018, which will offer 15 per cent improved fuel efficiency. It is estimat - ed that 25 B737 MAX 8 are to be delivered by March 2020. The chosen configuration by the airline is 174 seats (12 Business Class and 162 Economy Class). The airline will also increase the seats on its B777 wide bodies from 346 to closer to 400 seats from 2019. Jet Airways announced in February that it had completed refur - bishment of its Boeing 777 interiors. Jet Airways operates 18 wide-body Etihad alone contributed more than tight control on costs, reflecting in the aircraft on its long-haul routes with 40 per cent of the Jet Airways’ overall reduction in non-fuel CASK,” said ten B777s and the eight A-330s. partnership traffic. Jet Airways plans Vinay Dube, Chief Executive Officer, Aircraft assets have also been to realise a 12-15 per cent reduction in Jet Airways. redeployed to optimise the carrier’s non-fuel CASK over the next 8-10 domestic network with an approxi - quarters and has been helped by low The Indian Environment mately 30 per cent increase in domes - fuel prices. “The weak demand in the For sure, our regulatory intensive tic capacity having been achieved over Gulf continues, whilst low fares as domestic aviation environment is far 8

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Aircraft Contenders New generation widebody jetliners have contributed to the rise of longhaul low cost carriers, the first of which was Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. It’s combina - tion of fuel-efficiency and passenger comfort has resulted in airlines using the 787 to open new markets or time- of-day windows that were just not financially viable with older-genera - tion aircraft. The emergence of the 787 growth of longhaul low cost airlines alone, resulted in more than 140 new will be supported in India it remains AN OVERLAP HAS EXISTED BETWEEN OPER - routes opened up in just a few short to be seen. The development of a years. The use of the 787 by airlines longhaul LCC hub at one of the major ATIONS OF TWIN-AISLE AND SINGLE-AISLE was key toopening new nonstop routes, Indian airports is key, however, this AIRCRAFT TYPES. TWIN-AISLE AIRCRAFT such as the recently announced Perth– may take years to fructify, SE Asia ARE USED MORE OFTEN ON ROUTES LESS London service, San Francisco– remains the hub of longhaul low cost THAN 2,000NM, SINGLE-AISLE TYPES ARE Chengdu, and Melbourne– Vancouver, operations with Malaysia and etc. The low Direct Operating Cost USED ON THE ROUTES LONGER THAN 8 Singapore being the key players. (DOC) of new twin-aisle types like the 1 0 2

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tenders as they offer high density seat - (routes less than 2,000nm) has Airlines ing capacity and the range to under - increased by 26 per cent in the last six The growth of longhaul low cost air - take fights greater than five hours. years, as per Airbus info. In the Asia- lines, really began to take off just five With regards to LCCs alone, the dis - Pacific region 22 per cent of all short- years ago, “In mid 2012, Singapore tances covered by airlines in Asia- haul operations are now performed by Airlines (SIA) launched Scoot and Pacific has grown from 950 to 1,150km wide-body types. Capacity needs on there have since been another 14 between 2002 and 2016, an increase of these shorter sectors is one of the key launches of long haul low cost opera - 200 km or 21 per cent. drivers for the use of twin–aisle types, tions including five under full service For some time now however, an however, there is also the matter of airline groups. Air Canada, Hainan overlap has existed between opera - airport congestion, where these air - Airlines, Korean Air, Lufthansa, tions of twin-aisle and single-aisle air - craft prove useful. This trend is also Qantas, SIA and (most recently) IAG craft types. Twin-aisle aircraft are evident with the fact that today, Asian all now have subsidiaries or brands used more often on routes less than LCCs operate approximately 100 with long haul low cost operations,” a 2,000nm, while single-aisle types are widebody jetliners; merely a decade recent CAPA article said. “The fact all used on the routes longer than they had none. three main European airline groups – 2,000nm, according to Airbus. The use Air France, IAG and Lufthansa – have of twin-aisle on short-haul operations Growth of Long Haul Low Cost now joined the party is the biggest tes - tament yet to the future of a model that until fairly recently seemed ques - tionable,” CAPA says. Australia’s Qantas was the first full service air - line group to launch a long haul low cost. It did this in 2006 when it launched international services under its pan Asia Pacific LCC brand Jetstar. AirAsia X was next to com - mence services in 2007. Since then six full service airline groups started long haul low cost subsidiaries. The latest entrant was International Airlines Group (IAG) which launched its long - haul low cost airline brand ‘LEVEL’ in June 2017. LEVEL is also the Spain's first longhaul low cost operation and 8 1 0 2

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Air India’s disinvestment How and why

t is reported that the govern - Government of India, with an option debt. It had also employed 18,000 ment would divest 76 per cent of to purchase an additional 2 per cent. staff, which at over 700workers, per Iits stake in Air India. In return, the airline was granted plane, is more than double the indus - Importantly, this would be a cue to status to operate international serv - try standard. The Indian pilots had potential buyers that GoI’s remain - ices from India as a designated flag fears that there would be major job ing 24 per cent stake is lower than carrier under the name Air India losses when airline is sold. The re- the 26 per cent mark, which would International. In 1960, Air India have been continuous hurdle in the International entered Jet age. On way of special resolutions and would June 8, 1962, airline's name was have interfered in the job of a new officially truncated to Air India and management. This has been a long on June 11, it became the world's time coming. first all-jet airline. In 1986, with the Here it is worth mentioning that delivery of Airbus A310-300 airline the Union Cabinet on June 28, 2017, became the largest operator of this gave its ‘in-principle’ go-ahead to type in passenger service. In 1993, divest stakes in Air India — a wholly Air India made history by operating owned government airline. The the first non-stop flight between Cabinet granted Air India’s strategic New York and Delhi. In 1994, it was disinvestment, which means the gov - registered as Air India Ltd. From ernment is willing to shed a substan - 1990 to 2000, Air India introduced tial portion of its stake and hand services to London, Chicago and over the management of the ailing Shanghai. airline to the private sector. Hence, On February 23, 2001, the NDA before discussing the future government decides for Air India’s prospects of Air India’s disinvest - disinvestment. Three groups lined ment, let’s first have a peak into its up to buy stakes in Air India. In May past and how the present situation 2004, a wholly owned low-cost airline came into being. called Air India Express was launched and also flights to Los Air India’s past Angeles were launched but were ter - Air India was founded by J.R.D. minated soon. On December 1, 2009, Tata in July 1932 as Tata Airlines, a Air India introduced services to division of Tata Sons Ltd. Tata Washington but they were also ter - 8

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A 22 D U privatization plan collapsed and reasons being its falling demand or purchased, capacity was gifted Singapore Airlines decide to pull out and the most important reason is away to foreign airlines under bilat - of a joint bid with Tata Group to take man-made. There was 800 per cent eral agreements, for ground han - over Air India. Political opposition to increase in losses in just two years. dling in Bengaluru and Hyderabad privatization, bureaucracy, and glob - After the merger aircraft were leased , which was surrendered to a pro - al slowdown, which make companies posed joint venture. Flights were less willing to part with their cash, IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT THE THEN withdrawn from profitable routes are all thought to have conspired and pilots weren't sent for proper against the privatization process. AIR INDIA CHIEF ARVIND JADHAV training. Actual losses began in 2006 This deal was expected to raise $2.5 ON JULY 14, 2010, ANNOUNCED HIS on the decision to lease aircraft to billion. Earlier Lufthansa, Delta and INTENTION TO MAKE NEW TERMINAL increase market share. There was no Air France were its potential buyers. proper route, marketing or pricing 3 FOR INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC strategy. Airline took heavy losses Fiscal mess OPERATIONS WITH PLANS TO START till market built-up. In 2006, 4 In the fiscal year 2006-07, joint loss - NEW DIRECT FLIGHTS TO CHICAGO Boeing 777 were leased and delivery es for Air India and Indian Airlines AND TORONTO AND ALSO TAKING of these aircraft began from July stood at 7.7 billion, which further 2007 onwards. But some of its oper - reached to 72 billion after merger by ALMOST ALL INTERNATIONAL LONG ations expired due to the expiry of March 2009. For this whooping HAUL FLIGHTS DUE TO LACK OF lease. Air Indian Express and India loss, there were several reasons such SPACE. THIS WOULD ALSO Airlines flights competed with each as rising oil prices, slowing world PROVIDE GREATER CONVENIENCE other ever after the merger. At the economy, etc. The difference of fare airports of Bengaluru and between Air India and private play - FOR TRANSIT PASSENGERS . Hyderabad, Air India had to share ers also contributed to loss. Other its revenue from ground handling with Singapore Airport Terminal Services. The industry average for a first officer to become a command - er is 4 years. In Air India, pilots spend close to 10-11 years to be first officer. Airline's inadequate plan - ning for command training from 2003 onwards meant hiring over 160 expatriate pilots and paying them double the salary paid to Indian counterparts. Also Air India faced tough competition from for - eign airlines due to liberal bilateral agreements. Due to which Air India's share of the overseas market has been steadily declining. In July 2009, SBI Capital Markets Ltd. was appointed to prepare a roadmap for recovery. At the launch ceremony of Air India aviation 2010, the then Aviation Minister, Praful Patel said that the national carrier could soon get an organisa - tional restructuring plan. Air India would undergo a major transfor - mation of management. He added that it would involve important and 8

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India chief Arvind Jadhav on July 14, 2010, announced his intention to make new terminal 3 for interna - tional and domestic operations with plans to start new direct flights to Chicago and Toronto and also tak - ing almost all international long haul flights due to lack of space. This would also provide greater con - venience for transit passengers who earlier had to transfer between the international and domestic termi - nals which were located on com - pletely different sides of the airport. They would later on be able to catch their connecting flights within the same terminal. Arvind Jadhav wanted to change the order of some111 planes ordered in 2006 to get narrow-body aircraft instead of wide-body aircraft. Factors respon - sible for the failure of Air India remained being the winner of vari - ous recognized awards including Reader's Digest, Best South Asian Airline, World's First All-Jet Airline, World's Largest Operator of Airbus and many more, which brought complacency in Air India. Furthermore, rising fuel prices were causing a severe decline in air traffic. With the changing govern - ment norms, , Air India had to compete with international -level flights offering better services and cheaper costs including Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways. Secondly, the merger with Indian Airlines put effort to cut costs. It has a terrible a scar and a loss of Rs 7200 crore. FURTHERMORE, RISING FUEL PRICES reputation for service and an even This merger caused several chal - WERE CAUSING A SEVERE DECLINE IN worse one for on-time arrival and lenges for survival in front of Air AIR TRAFFIC. WITH THE CHANGING GOV - departure. That is not the worst. India. Air India took a loan of US $ Being government-owned, Air India 534 million from Indian govern - ERNMENT NORMS, , AIR INDIA HAD TO has to contend with requests from ment to fulfil its losses. In July, SBI COMPETE WITH INTERNATIONAL - politicians and bureaucrats - Capital Ltd decided to prepare LEVEL FLIGHTS OFFERING BETTER requests that it cannot refuse. More revival strategy for Air India. SERVICES AND CHEAPER COSTS importantly, political considera - Arvind Jadhav also prepared tions play a role greater than eco - a turnaround plan with the help of INCLUDING KINGFISHER AIRLINES AND nomic logic when any strategic Accenture and SBI Capital but JET AIRWAYS. decision is taken. it also failed. Due to the incomplete It cannot be gainsaid that when merger, the organisation's structure Jadhav assumed charge, he started 8

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A 24 D U be very painful at first, with man - power, fleet and route reductions, but then, as the airline will slowly emerge from the darkness, it will have a chance to grow again in a profitable way,” he said. Jitender Bhargava, former Air India execu - tive director, said, “The UPA govern - ment took the airline into this debt trap; now the NDA government should make sure it is not remem - bered for selling the flag carrier cheap. A special committee of retired and serving Air Indians should nego - tiate best terms and keep the process transparent.” Air India’s privatisation did come up several times in the UPA tenure too at the highest level, said another top bureaucrat who was directly involved in the process, but did not want to be named. However, political will was lacking. The argument given was this: Air India was being given on an average some Rs 2,000 crore equity by the government every year since 2011. Nearly 40 per cent of its outgo of some Rs 25,000 crore is spent on oil bills and airports, which anyway comes back to government- owned oil and airport companies, besides the taxes paid. This includes Rs 6,500 crore in fuel, Rs1,500 crore to airports and Rs 500 crore in serv - ice tax. “So, it was seen as just transfer - ring money from one arm of the gov - underlying problems of the airline and harsh for most ears. But if Air India is ernment to the other,” said this take the correct steps. Unfortunately, to survive, these things must be said," bureaucrat, recalling a conversation Jadhav managed to alienate practical - said one senior Air India official, at the Prime Minister’s Office. “Air ly the entire staff of the organisation who advocates for Jadhav initiatives. India also has immense prestige shortly after taking charge by giving a But the mismatch of chairman's ideas attached to it. The last thing the very candid interview to a magazine. and lack of employee commitment let (UPA) government, already marred In the interview, Jadhav lashed out at the airline to this failure. Survival is by scam allegations, wanted to signal the work culture, at the sloppiness at still a question in front of the to the world was the end of its own every level of management, and the airline and it needs a strategic leader airline. It’s not just another compa - general lack of energy and ability under whose guidance this ship can ny.” However, Air India can no longer among his staff who he felt were too float successfully. bank on perpetual government sup - pampered and overpaid. Jadhav also port as private airlines steadily eat pointed out that he was saddled with The road ahead into its share. Governments the world 32,000 people when he needed no Against this backdrop, it is worth over have stepped back from owning 8 more than 12,000 or so. There were mentioning that former Jet Airways airlines and hotel chains. This is Air 1 0 2 many in the aviation ministry and out - CEO Steve Forte said the govern - India’s BA(British Airways) moment. , 8

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BY PROF. NK SINGH Air India If you cannot cure sick ir India is on sale and that is the news which might gladden Athe heart of all champions of person throw him private enterprise but it could throw a wrench in the heart of experts who have cured sick. It might be surprise, to many who feel everything must be free enterprise, that Singapore has airport and airline in government sec - tor and most prized in their function - ing. Canadian postal service is in gov - ernment sector but that may be so in many countries but not as efficient and highly acclaimed organization as that of Canada. PM Modi is himself credited with turning around the power sector of Gujarat which was in shambles and now is doing well. I have turned around International Airports Authority of India in three years making it one of the top ten profit making public sector undertak - ings. At that time Air India IAAI Indian Airlines all the three were working professionally and on profit without being drain on the exchequer. I happened to be on the board of Air India and it was chaired by Mr. Rattan Tata. Professional manage - doubt Air India is today in shambles UNDP asked me to coordinate and ment mattered and red tape could be because of continuous ruin brought in analyse the etiology and strategies to tamed but with the exodus of profes - by no one else but government itself build the institutions? Most of the air - sionals and routine appointment of by callous appointment and unwise lines were in dumps in the region how civil servants the entire sector is fac - decisions of buying airplanes not leas - Ethiopian Airlines were doing well ing Chaos. Recently a civil servant ing them. Today it has 51,367crores and on profit remained a mystery? was appointed to head the AI but debt burden and a turnaround plan While there were many factors which within few months he found cozier indicated injection of 30000 crore in I presented and the report was pub - posting and move to Railways. Air equity. Passenger Load factor evalu - lished by UNDP yet three factors I India or even aviation sector does not ating it capacity puts it in the bottom would like to mention as most impor - have its own service to provide the of all airlines. Nevertheless it could tant that apply to Air India also. chief which is its greatest tragedy. show operational profit of 8 crores. Leadership, Accountability, and work Many years back professionals were But why did AI remain on operational culture transformation are most cru - preferred against bureaucrats but no table for so long? cial factor in changing organizations. more. No one is accountable as CEO Way back in nineties a study was Regrettably these have been neglected 8

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“Feed the poor; Look after the needy; Educate the illit- Pujya Periyava: erate; Empower them to earn their daily wages and lead a life of dignity; Every morsel Dharmic Services and of food they eat from your efforts is your bhiksha Vandanam to me.” the Undeserving Nation Kanchi Kamakoti Peethathipathi Pujya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Sankaracharya Swamigal

By B.R.HaRan fRom cHennai

ujya Sri Chandra sekharendra traversed the length and breadth of Vedic studies and learning of Dharma Saraswathi Sankaracharya the country by palanquin as well as by Shastras, Paramacharya anointed PSwamigal, who was revered by foot spreading the glory of Sanatana him as his successor to the Peetham, devotees as ‘Paramacharya’ and Dharma. Pujya Paramacharya lived giving him Deeksha and the name ‘MahaPeriyava’, took charge of as an embodiment of simplicity, Pujya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi 8

1 Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham as the renunciation and asceticism. Sankara charya Swamigal, on 22 0 2

68th Peethathipathi on 13 February Pujya Paramacharya took March 1954. As 69th Peethathipathi, , 8

2 1907. Pujya Paramacharya was at the Subramanyam, who was born in a Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal l i r helm of affairs when the freedom small village named ‘IrulNeeki’ in followed the footsteps of his Guru and p

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A 28 D U erentially addressed by devotees as Adisankara at the entrance of Manasarovaron the auspicious ‘PudhuPeriyava’. Pasupathinath Temple, Nepal in Guru Poornima, which also PudhuPeriyava took Sankara 1974. As advised by Sri Jayendra happened to be Guruvar narayanan, who was born in Saraswathi Swamigal, King of (Thursday). Periyapalayam village of Thiruvallur Nepal constructed an Arch at a w In the year 2000, he visited district, as his disciple and anointed place called Mirganj on Bangladesh as their guest and had him as his successor, the 70th Peetha Indo-Nepal border. It was darshan at Shakti Peet thipathi, to the Peetham with the named ‘SankarDwar’ and Dhakeshwari. Here again he fullest blessings of Pujya Maha the words ‘Welcome to Nepal becamethe only Sankaracharya Periyava on 29 May 1983, giving him the only Hindu Kingdom in visiting Dhakeshwar Temple after the name Pujya Sri Sankara the World’ were inscribed on Sri Adisankara. Government of Vijayendra Saraswathi Sankara it. Pujya Periyava opened it Bangladesh named the entrance of charya Swamigal. in 1988. the temple as ‘Sankara charya After that and until Maha w In the same visit (1988) he Gate’ and honoured him by Periyava attained Siddhi on 8 proceeded from Nepal to Kailash erecting an arch in front of that January 1994, for almost 10 years, the and Manasarovar on invitation temple and naming it Acharya Triumvirate served from the government of China. ‘Jayendra Arch’. Sanatana Dharma and blessed mil - Pujya Periyava was the only w In 2001, he visited Amarnath and lions of devotees, who reverentially Sankaracharya who had visited offered Silver and Gold Bilva worshipped them as Maha Periyava, Kailash and Manasarovar after leaves. He placed a Linga made of Pudhu Periyava and Balaeriyava. It Sri Adisankara. At a height mercury on the Ice Avudaiyar and was a divine spectacle for the devotees of 14,000 feet, he consecrated performed pooja. to have darshan of all the three two Murtis of Sri Adisankara w Pujya Periyava started the Acharyas at the same place and such at the foot of the mountain, one tradition of performing pooja on a spectacle had happened only at the banks of sacred Sindhu in Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Ladakh and it is being performed Pujya Periyava Sri Jayendra PUJYA PERIYAVA WHO WAS AT THE HELM every year since then. Saraswathi Swamigal, who was at the OF AFFAIRS FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS w He was instrumental in the con helm of affairs for more than 60 years TAKING THE KANCHI MUT TO GREATER struction of a temple for Devi taking the Kanchi Mut to greater HEIGHTS AND SPREADING ITS SERVICES Saraswathi in a place called heights and spreading its services far Ramban between and wide, attained Siddhi on 28 FAR AND WIDE, ATTAINED SIDDHI ON 28 Jammu and Srinagar. February 2018 (Sukla PakshaT rayo - FEBRUARY 2018 (SUKLA PAKSHAT RAYO - w During his Char DhamYatra, dhasi). Pujya Periyava’s Brindavana DHASI). PUJYA PERIYAVA’S BRINDAVANA Pujya Periyava offered Spatika Pravesam happened just next to the PRAVESAM HAPPENED JUST NEXT TO THE Lingam to Kedarnath. He had Brindavanam of Pujya Paramacharya organised to inscribe Adisankara’s inside the Matham. Vedic chanting BRINDAVANAM OF PUJYA PARAMACHARYA Slokas on marble stones there and and bhajans were conducted for the INSIDE THE MATHAM. VEDIC CHANTING he had also placed portraits of next 13 days and the Aradhana was AND BHAJANS WERE CONDUCTED FOR Tamil Saivite Saint Thirugnana performed on 13 March 2018. Sambandar’s Thevaram Hymns. THE NEXT 13 DAYS AND THE ARADHANA Pujya Periyava also visited Next only to Sri Adisankara WAS PERFORMED ON 13 MARCH 2018. Badrinath, Pancha Badris, Pujya Periyava Sri Jayendra Pancha Prayags, Rishikesh, Saraswathi Swamigal had many spe - at the place of commencement Hardwar and other sacred places. cial achievements to his credit which of Parikrama and the other at are second only to Sri Adisankara. the concluding place of Parikrama. Jagathguru who served Yuga w Pujya Periyava has traversed the The day Periyava visited Dharma entire nation four times. happened to be the auspicious PujyaPeriyava’sDharmic services are w He had visited and had darshan Guru Poornima day and he per innumerable. He gained huge experi - of 51 Shakti Peethams, 7 Mukti formed ‘VyasaPooja’ after having a ences and knowledge during his trav - Stalams, 12 Jyotir Linga Snaanam in the Punya els with his Guru Paramacharya. Kshetrams and bathed in all TheertamManasarovar. After Taking into consideration the chang - 8

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reached the people in every nook and corner of the society. Now there are more than 40 branches of KanchiMatham across the country. It is too difficult to describe PujyaPeriyava’s innumerable and phenomenal service to Sanatana Dharma which will go on for pages and pages without ending. So, let us have a glimpse of them in a broader perspective classifying them under Veda Rakshanam, Temple Protection, Go Samrakshanam, Education, Health and Social Services.

Veda Rakshanam and Sanskrit & Tamil Development w Pujya Periyava expanded the Mut’sVeda Patashalas to more than 30 places across the country and the Mut runs them in Nepal too. w Several Trusts such as Veda Rakshana Nidhi Trust, Veda Dharma Shastra Paripalana Saba, Kalavai Brindavan Trust, etc., have been functioning to promote the study of Vedas. Students are provided good facilities including Pariksha Samithi which teach Temple Protection and boarding and lodging to study Sanskrit. Sanskrit is being taught Preservation of Temple Tradition Vedas. These trusts also conduct through postal correspondence Pujya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi examinations and competitions t too. Language, Grammar, Swamigal was a strong advocate of here by producing competent and Literature etc., are being taught. Temple protection. He was always talented Vedic Pandits. A magazine by name ‘Samskrit campaigning for renovation of old and w Students who want to take Sri’ is also being run. dilapidated temples rather than Vaidhee ka Samskaras as Competitions are conducted for building new ones. He himself had profession are also provided with School students. organised renovation of hundreds of required training. Measures w Sri Jayendra Saraswathi temples and involved the general pub - including monthly pension have Swamigal had initiated many lic also in those activities thereby also been taken for the welfare of activities for the development of making them realise its importance. elderly Vedic Pandits. Tamil language as well. Poets, Pujya Swami ji had also consecrated w Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Litterateurs and Scholars are thousands of temples across the coun - Swamigalstarted a few more recognised and honoured. try. trusts like Advaita Saba, Sri Publication of books under various Pujya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Adisankara Advaita Research categories is undertaken. Primary Swamiji also contributed a lot on Center, etc., to carry out research School students are taught behalf of Sankara Mut to various tem - activities and spread Advaita phi beginners’ literatures like “Athi ples across the country. Some of the losophy. Dvaita and Visishta dvai Choodi” and “Konrai Vendan” etc. contributions are Gold roof for ta scholars have also been invited Higher school students are Vimana of Kanchi Kamakshi Temple to exchange views and they are taught Shivite and Vaishnavite and offered Gold and Silver chariots, 8

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Go Samrakshana Go Samrakshana was very close to Pujya Periyava’s heart. He wanted each and every temple to have its own Goshala. He strived hard to make it a reality and helped many temples to achieve it. He supported a lot of ani - mal welfare organisations and animal activists to start Goshalas. Swamiji wanted all varieties of cattle to be pro - tected. He pleaded with every Prime Minister and party leaders to promul - gate a ban on Cow Slaughter. During Prime Minister Vajpayee’s period, he even announced ‘Fast unto Death’ for a ban on cow slaughter, which made Vajpayee to form a Cattle Commission. Throughout his life he was campaigning for the welfare of cattle.

Education Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal’s contribution in the field of education Pearl Garland for Pillayarpatti Village Temple Pujaris. is enormous. Apart from opening Vinayaga, Huge wooden Ratham for Pujya Swamiji was very concerned Veda Patashalas, Agama Patashalas, Kanchi Varadaraja Perumal, etc. He about the Village Temples and the etc., as said by Pujya Paramacharya, had constructed Kamakotees warar welfare of Village Temple Pujaris. He Swamiji had also established number Temple in Kasi, Sri Adisankara helped them a lot. During his yatras, of modern schools in the name of Temple in Prayag and a Keerti he used to visit them and find out ‘Sankara Vidyalaya’. He wanted both Stamba for Sri Adisankara in his their grievances and requirements ‘Dev Bhakti’ and ‘Desh Bhakti’ to be birth place Kaladi, Kerala. and do them the needful. He used to taught to the students simultaneous - Swamiji had organised to publish specifically meet the Harijan commu - ly. He wanted value based education Raja Raja Chola’s epigraphic inscrip - nity and help them building their own (including cultural & traditional val - tions as a book in the name of temples. He used to give Vigrahas for ues) to be imparted to students. “Sivapatha Sekara’s Inscriptions” in their temples. Swamiji organised Puja Apart from Sankara Schools, Tamil, during the 1000th birth Training for Village Pujaris and initi - Oriental Schools are also being run in anniversary of the great Chola emper - ated measures for their welfare as various towns and cities. They have or. well. classes up to the level of Higher Sri Swamiji had started a Shilpa There were lot of temples in Tamil Secondary (12th std). Three CBSC Patashala for the preservation and Nadu which do not have resources for schools in Chennai, Mumbai and progress of Shilpa Shastra. Many stu - even lighting lamps. He formed a Bengaluru have Vedic studies also dents complete the course there and trust by name ‘Kshetra Paripalana and those students who study both make a career out of it. Similarly, Sangam’ through which he made Vedas and CBSE are provided with Sankara Mutt also runs Agama arrangements for oil lamps, two times boarding and lodging facilities. Patashala for teaching Shivite Pooja and one time Naivedyam (offer - Schools for the differently abled 8

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The one which shines as a crown in his educational services is the establishment of Sri Chandra sekharendra Saraswathi Vishva Mahavidyalaya, a Deemed Unievrsity, which imparts Art, Science, Engineering and Information & Technology. A unique course by name Bachelor of Samskrit and Applied Sciences (BSAS) has also been introduced. The huge campus holds Sri Chandra sekharendra Saraswathi International Library and Research Center, wherein, research scholars conduct researches on Vedanta, Nyaya Shastra, Mantra Shastra, Jyodisha, Language, Literature, Grammar, etc. The library has more than 2 lakh books. Digitalisation of Old manuscripts, Palm leaves and other types of inscriptions is also happening here. An Ayurveda College is also run. The local community around the universi - ty is given training for growing medic - inal plants and producing medicines from them. The earnings from the pro - duce are fully spent for the welfare of those people only. A 60 feet Murti of Sri Adisankara has been consecrated in the campus and the entire university resembles the ancient “Ghadikastanam” for which the Pallava’s capital city was famous for. w He established the Kanchi auspices is doing a great service Kamamoti Sankara Hospital and for the people of Northeast. Medical Service Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Institute w Swamiji established a General Sri Jayendrar’s Guru Pujya of Medical Sciences and both are Hospital on the way to Badrinath Paramacharya started the Matham’s functioning well. Hindu Mission in Himalayas. medical services with an Ayurvedic Hospitals function in 17 places in w He opened Kanchi Sankara dispensary and a hospital for leprosy Tamil Nadu and some of them are Medical Center at Lake Gardens, patients in Kumbakonam in the year Ayurvedic hospitals. Kolkatta. 1916. However, the medical services w Sankara Nethralaya Eye Hospital w Sankara Eye Hospital (12th in the carried out by Kanchi Matham in Chennai is creating history. country) was inaugurated by Chief expanded hugely after Sri Jayendra Pujya Swamiji also established Minister Naveen Patnaik in Saraswathi Swamigal started sharing Kanchi Sankara Eye Society in Odisha in the presence of Pujya the responsibility with his Guru. With Coimbatore. It was Swamiji who Swamiji in 2016. the blessings of his Guru, Sri Swamiji had paved the way for ‘Eye w On behalf of Sankara Matham reached out to the nook and corner of donation’ across the country by his and as instructed by Swamiji, Eye the country through hospitals and steadfast campaigning. screening camps are being 8

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about the welfare of the poor and the Gujarat earthquake. It adopted as Temple Cleaning, Cultural needy and he had initiated a lot of two villages, and completely built Training Classes, Sloka Competitions services for them. them afresh and brought them and Summer Vacation Camps, etc. w In 1987, while he sat in penance in back to normalcy in all aspects. Pujya Swamiji, with the blessings front of Bhagwan Venkateswara w During Kargil war, financial of Pujya Paramacharya, founded in Tirupathi, he got a divine order support was provided for the another organisation by name “World and immediately on return from families of deceased soldiers. Hindu Council”in 1976, and organised Tirupathi, Swamiji started a w For the victims of 2004 Tsunami, a huge Conference in Chennai in movement called “Jana Kalyan”, several helps including eye February 1976, with the noble objec - which is carrying out several screening amps and treatment tive of uniting the world Hindu com - services, under taking were provided for the victims munity. 700 members of Hindu numerous projects. along coastal Tamil Nadu. Religious Board and more than 1000 w Self-employment training schemes w Pujya Swamiji always used to visit representatives of various Hindu have been organised for the places struck by natural organisations from Nepal, Sri Lanka, destitute women. calamities and talk to the victims, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji w Financial assistance, Gold motivate and bless them and Islands and South Africa attended. Mangalyam, Sarees and dress extend all possible helps to them. Seminars and lectures on Five Tamil materials are provided for poor w Many drinking water wells have Kavyas, Saiva Siddhanta, Vishnu girls for their marriage. been constructed under ‘Jeevan Bhakti, Hindu concepts in Tamil w Artificial legs and Tricycles are Dhara Well Scheme’ in and Sangam Literature and Hinduism in given for differently abled persons. around Kanchi puram. Epigraphy were organised. In the w Poor Harijans are given lands w Samashti Upanayanam for poor evenings, traditional village arts such to eke out a living on their own. boys is a regular service at various as Villu Pattu, Karakattam and w Sewing machines and Iron boxes places. Kannikadana Trust has Bhajans were organised. An exhibi - are given on self-employment also been formed to conduct free tion on Hindu Dharma was also schemes. marriages for poor girls. arranged. w Women self-help groups have w Funeral (Cremation as per Again in April 1977, World been formed and are Shastras) and other Samskaras Religion and Philosophy and Cultural functioning well. are undertaken for Orphaned Conference was organised in Madurai w Hostel with all facilities are being dead under the scheme by name ‘ with the noble aim of creating run for orphaned girls in Kanchi Jeevatma Kainkaryam’. ‘Religious Harmony’ among world reli - puram, Kalavai and Kalahasthi. ‘Gnanavapi’, a place to perform gions. Representatives of Hinduism, w Hostels for differently abled are last religious rites for the dead, Islam, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, also run in Kanchi puram has been functioning in Chennai, Ancient Greek and Egyptian religions, and Hardwar. Madurai, Salem, Kolkatta and Confucius Zen Buddhism, Tibetan w Homes for the Aged are being run Mumbai. Vessels and other Buddhism, Judaism and Jainism par - in several places in Tamil Nadu, facilities are offered. ticipated and shared their concepts Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and activities. Representatives from and Madhya Pradesh. Dharma Rakshana various Asian, European and African w Kanchi Moodoor Archaga Welfare Pujya Swamiji spread the message countries participated. Trust extends financial assistance “Dharmo Rakshati Rakshita:” across to poor Temple Archagas and the country throughout his life. He was Religious Harmony Village Temple Poojaris. Monthly always thinking of unity among Hindus On one side, Pujya Sri Jayendra pension is given for aged and the growth of Hindu Dharma. He Saraswathi was focusing on the Vedic Pandits. wanted our elders to teach our children growth of Hindu Dharma through w Annadhanam (Free meal) is a daily and students the fundamentals and sig - Hindu Religious Board and its activi - phenomenon in many places. nificant aspects of Hindu culture and ties, and on the other side, he was ‘Handful of Rice’ (PidiArisi - religious traditions. striving hard to create harmony Tamil) scheme started by Pujya In order to spread Hindu Dharma, among world religions. He visited the Paramacharya has been its culture and tradition, Swamiji Mathams of other Sampradayas like continuously going on. founded an organisation by name Dvaita, Visishtadvaita, etc., and 8

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A 34 D U However, he was of the strong actions, which he had undertaken for pseudo secular organisations and opinion that religious conversion resolving the Ayodhya Ram their adharmic activities in the name would spoil the harmony and that Janmabhumi issue, instilled faith and of ‘secularism’. He was also aware of activities of one religion should not confidence in the minds of both the the fact that alien powers act behind interfere in another religion’s activi - Hindu and Muslim sides. He sincerely these organisations funding and ties. He was never hesitant in convey - and strongly believed that the issue encouraging them with the motive of ing this point whenever he participat - could be resolved by talks and de-Hinduising this nation. ed in interfaith dialogues. indulged in peace talks many times. All his activities and services had In the year 1981, when the Muslim organisation had great a larger objective of defeating these Harijans of a small hamlet by name respect for him and cooperated with forces and he strongly believed that Meenakshi puram in Tirunelveli dis - him. That a few more religious leaders Hindu Unity is the one and only trict were converted to Islam, the are trying for dialogues now, even weapon which could vanquish them. whole nation was shocked. The then while the Supreme Court is seized of So, he strived hard for Hindu unity; Prime Minister Indhra Gandhi was the issue, is mainly because of the he focused on inculcating and instill - very much concerned about the situa - strong basement Swamiji had laid by ing spiritualism, patriotism, and cul - tion. However, without waiting for the his talks. tural values among the Hindu mass - governments to take steps, Pujya The fact that plenty of Muslims es. If his Guru Pujya Paramacharya Swamiji rushed to Meenakshi puram, had come and paid their last respects achieved huge success in the field of spoke to the local people, gave them after he attained Siddhi, is proof spiritualism and spiritual progress, the confidence, motivated them and enough for the reverence and respect Swamiji achieved the same in the stopped many from converting. He he commanded among that communi - field of social service and progress. also spoke to the representatives of ty. both the religions and prevented fur - Along with his Guru Pujya The painful Nine years ther worsening of situation and Paramacharya, Swamiji had seen and As Pujya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi brought back normalcy. experienced the “anti-Hindu, Swamiji continuously served in the Much before this incident and Brahmin-bashing, anti-Hindu Gods” fields of Religion, Spiritualism, even after it, Pujya Swami always activities of Dravidian racist organisa - Culture, Education, Health and Social 8 used to visit the localities of poor and tions. He has seen them resorting to progress through hundreds of organi - 1 0 2 down trodden and meet them during violence in the name of ‘Rationalism’ sations and Trusts and took care of , 8

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propagation of their religion and con - God, but there is no pardon and devotees were answered by Ishwara. version of the poor and gullible. They prayaschita for sins committed Justice was rendered in 2013 and conspired and indulged in bringing against Guru. God alone will decide Dharma won. World wide Hindus were down the Kanchi Matham, by spread - their destiny! happy and relieved and thanked God. ing canards and false hoods with the Even the so-called Hindu organi - Facing and tolerating all sorts of help of conniving media and support - sations have not risen to the occasion attacks silently, without showing even ive government machinery. They in support of the grand old institution. a glimpse of their sufferings in the schemed to destroy the Matham and They stopped after some token protest open, respecting the law of the land Acharyas. A huge conspiracy was laid demonstrations in the beginning. For and cooperating with the investiga - around them and ultimately a murder them, politics was more important tions, enquiries and judicial proceed - case was foisted on the Acharyas and than Dharma. They wanted political ings, continuing their religious, spiri - Pujya Swamiji was arrested by the alliance and friendship with the very tual, cultural and social activities, the then Jayalalitha government on the same parties and party heads which Acharyas have been blessing the devo - auspicious occasion of Deepavali in unleashed the asuric assault on the tees for nine years with a divine smile. 2004. It would not be an exaggeration to say After almost two months of incar - IN ORDER TO SPREAD HINDU DHARMA, that the “Spiritual Power” of the ceration in prisons and immediately Acharyas was protecting the devotees after Pujya Swamiji obtained bail in ITS CULTURE AND TRADITION, SWAMIJI and gave them the required strength Supreme Court in January 2005, FOUNDED AN ORGANISATION BY to withstand the Adharmic assault on Jayalalitha government again struck NAME “HINDU RELIGIOUS BOARD” the institution. by arresting Pujya Sri Sankara (HINDU SAMAYA MANRAM – TAMIL) Only a brief account of Pujya Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal on Acharya’s services has been given 10 January 2005. The change of gov - AND EXPANDED IT ACROSS THE here. While looking back at the enor - ernment at the center also aided such STATE WITH 375 BRANCHES. THE mous services of Acharya to the nation a heinous act against the 2500 years BOARD HAD SEPARATE WINGS FOR and the society, and the way the old institution. nation and society responded to the Anti-Hindu forces celebrated the CHILDREN, STUDENTS AND WOMEN. asuric assault on him by Adharmic attack on Kanchi Acharyas. Right IT UNDERTOOK ACTIVITIES SUCH forces, one could only feel that, THIS from the day of arrest, to the day of AS TEMPLE CLEANING, CULTURAL NATION DOESN’T DESERVE HIM! filing charge sheets, atheist, commu - TRAINING CLASSES, SLOKA However, those great human nal, separatist, pseudo secular and beings, who served the Acharyas and Dravidian racist forces joined the COMPETITIONS AND SUMMER VACATION the Matham with utmost bhakti and alien forces in spreading canards CAMPS, ETC dedication at the time of crisis and the against the Matham and Acharyas. painful nine years which followed, The print and electronic media went revered institution. On the whole, the would certainly be blessed by Sri berserk and undertook a sustained entire Nation failed the Acharyas and Tripurasundari Sameda Sri Chandra venomous and vituperative cam - the Kanchi Matham. mouleeswarar. paign. Their only aim was to bring Despite all these going against their Pujya Periyava has attained down the 2500 years old Hindu favour, both the Acharyas bravely faced Siddhi. This nation, which is enjoying Institution. Virulent propaganda and all the canards, campaigns and cases. the fruits of his great services, would actions were unleashed to the extent There were indeed some sincere minds certainly understand and realise his that the glorious Matham started los - filled with utmost Guru Bhakti and they greatness. Pujya Bala Periyava has ing its sheen. silently served the Matham and Acharyas taken the complete responsibility of Meanwhile, there were schemers as though they were sent by Bhagwan the affairs of the great institution. and conspirators within the institu - Ishwara. They stood behind the Acharyas Both Pujya Maha Periyava and Pujya tion, who acted in self-interests like rocks and toiled day-in and day-out, Periyava would bless Pujya Bala against the Matham and Acharyas. forgetting their personal lives and daily Periyava to continue the Dharmic They projected themselves as loyalists routines and ensured that the daily activ - activities of the Matham. It is the and supporters of the Matham ities of Matham continued without any duty of the Hindu samaj to extend for public consumption, but acted hassles. They protected the institution. their support with utmost devotion against the interests of Acharyas and Those devotees who were weak and who and dedication. 8

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  CINE WATCH shoots with Alia injured shoulder

lia Bhatt has a busy year ahead of her with two big projects in the works and 'Raazi' set for its release. While on one hand, Ashe is working with Ranbir Kapoor in 'Brahmastra', she is simultaneously working on 'Gully Boy' with Ranveer Singh. After returning to Mumbai from her shoot in Bulgaria, Alia has begun a 20-day schedule for Zoya Akhtar's directorial. The most commendable part is that she is not taking a pause despite a shoul - der injury and is reportedly working with a sling. Apparently, she sustained this injury while shooting for an action sequence for 'Brahmastra'. Moreover, she has been prohibited from performing any action sequences. As 'Gully Boy' doesn’t demand any such strenuous activities, Alia seems confident that she can pull off the shoot. Kangana talks about Sexual Assault angana Ranaut says that a woman should be allowed to talk about sexual assault even 50 years Kafter it happened, even from her deathbed. She said “Feminism is a movement that has to take over the world. A movement can only be successful when it is global. Anyone should be able to be a part of it. Two years ago, feminist was a shameful word. Since then, women, collectively, have fought cases, put their careers at stake, and risked everything to make this word ambitious. A woman should be allowed to talk about sexual assault even 50 years after it happened, even from her deathbed because then the exploiter will be scared that one day she might remember it and write a memoir. So, this will set an example. Before shutting the women up, they 8

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uvraj fame actress Zarine Khan talked about important factors related to menstrual hygiene recently. She was invited as the Ychief guest for the one-day state level awareness workshop, which was an effort by the state government to create awareness about menstrual hygiene. Many girls of Chhattisgarh participated in it. "I am humbled to be invited for such an important cause. It is a great initia - tive taken by the government and I am more than happy to create awareness through my speech," Zareen said in a statement."Thanks to Akshay Kumar who showcased the cause so beautifully through his film 'PadMan'," she added. 'PadMan', starring Akshay, is based on the story of a real-life superhero who invented a low-cost sanitary pad 8

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41 A D U HEALTH WATCH Management of DDiiaabbeetteess

iabetes is considered as a life and disturbs the process of metabo - • Kidney and liver complications long disorder by modern med - lism in the body. • Netropathy Dical science but according to Diabetes is also believed as hered - • Retinopathy naturopathy it is a disorder of diges - ity disease. In old days people get suf - • Diabetes coma,etc tive system which can be controlled by fered with diabetes in old age but now changes in life style, regular practice young person are also seen suffering Classifications of Diabetes: of yoga and diet regulations. from diabetes in growing numbers. A Diabetes may be classified into follow - major factor responsible for this ing three groups: What is Diabetes: increase is change in our life style. (1) Non-insulin dependent diabetes Diabetes is considered to be a disease mellitus (NIDDM) of people of sedentary habits in whose Symptoms of diabetes (2) Insulin dependent diabetes melli life there is no place for physical exer - The main symptoms of Diabetes are tus (IDDM) cise or physical labour. In this disease as under: (3) Juvenile diabetes the amount of insulin produced by • Sugar in urine pancreas is reduced quantitatively, • Sticky and concentrated urine Treatment of diabetes: which result in the increase of sugar • Frequent urination Yoga and naturopathy system are in blood and excess sugar eliminations • Frequent hunger specially effective in controlling the outside through urine. • Frequent thirst diabetes. Research studies of central • Dryness in the skin council for research in yoga and Cause of Diabetes • Weakness of eyesight naturopathy carried out at different Lack of physical labour, severe pres - • Feeling of tiredness and weakness institutions have proved that these 8

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A 42 D U Mudtheraphy: Mud pack over Amritahar-sprouted gram, moong, abdomen methi approx. 50gm OR fresh Amla Hydrotherapy: Hot and Cold juice 50ml. Fomentation over abdomen, cold hip Lunch: Roti(mixed with wheat and bath ,hot and cold hip bath wet gram flour) 25gm to 50gm, green veg - abdomen pack, spinal bath. etables 250gm, salad 25to50gm, curd Massage: Whole body massage 150gm, butter milk one glass. Chromotheraphy: Sun bath. Water Dinner: As in lunch but use of curd is kept in brown bottle and exposed to not advisable in night. sun rays for atleast 8 hours in half cup dose twice a day after meals is also Foods beneficial in diabetes: found beneficial. Soyabean, bean , turnip, cucumber, Exercise: Morning walk garlic, Lauki bitter guard, spinach, fenugreek, bathua, chaulie, amla, Diet Therapy: jamun,bel etc. The diet of a diabetic patient is of utmost importance . for diet prescrip - Some important things for a dia - tion the age of patient as well as betes patient: weight, occupation and type of dia - 1. The use of methi in food is specially betes must be kept in mind. For this beneficial for diabetic patients. the diabetics can be categorised into Sprouted methi or one tea spoon following three groups: of its powder may be taken daily. (1) The patients whose weight is 2. The diabetic patients may take the below normal. roti made up of wheat flour mixed (2) The patient whose weight is with gram , soyabean and methi. normal. in 10kg. Flour a ratio of 7.500kg. (3) The patient whose weight is wheat,1.500kg. gram,900gm above normal. soyabean and 100gm methi may A normal weight person of sedentary be kept. habits who is not doing any physical 3. All the sweet products, ghee, labour requires food of approx.2000 vanaspati, too sweet fruits, fine from stress, his digestive system is calories, medium worker approx. 2500 flour and its products , preserved tackled to work properly and the and heavy worker approx. 3000 or and packed food products, diabetic complications are also even more calories. The diabetic smoking , chewing of jarda, gutka, controlled. Based on the above patient whose weight is reduced, and consumptions of alcohol is said principles the treatment of a requires some more calories than completely prohibited for diabetic diabetic patient should be planned. other diabetic patient and the patients. Following practices of yoga are patients having weight above normal 4. Bitter guard , neem leaves, bel, beneficial in this but correct package should take food of less than 2000 gudmar,jamun etc. may also be suiting to individual patient calories so that their fat could be helpful in the control of diabetes. is required to be prepared according to reduced. 5. A diabetic patient should examine the age of condition of patient: For diet regulation the best his blood sugar at the regular method is that the patient examine interval to ensure that it is in Shatkarmas :kunjal,nauli,shankha his urine daily to access that how control and the patient could save prakshalana much cereals intake maintains his himself from any complication. Bandha : uddiyan bandha urine free sugar. As the health The normal range of blood sugar Asana : katichakrasana, ardhamat - improves and capacity of patient to in empty stomach may be between syendrasana, vajrasana, bhujan - tolerate the cereals enhance, the 70-110mg/dl. And post prandial gasana, paschimottasana, salab - quantity of cereals may be maintain between 110-150mg/dl. hasana,konasana and padahastasana. their strength by taking curd etc. as a 6. Regular long walks are beneficial Pranayama: Bhastrika, ujjayi, part of their food. for diabetic patients. nadishuddhi and bhramari Diabetes is believed as a difficult dis - 8

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43 A D U SPIRITUAL WATCH TTThhheee ssspppiiirrriiitttuuuaaalll tttrrreeeaaasssuuurrreee hhhuuunnnttt

By H.H.Swami CHinmayananda

treasure hunt can be success - our in the right direction as advised by ful only when the digger has those who know the truth as declared in Acorrect information of the the scriptures. place where the digger has correct In the spiritual treasure hunt, the information of the place where the endeavour of digging is made with the treasure is hidden. He must also have pickaxe of thought and the spade of dis - the enthusiasm and energy to dig and crimination. With these, we remove the find the treasure. He must slow and earth – the attachment with the body, steadily, with hopeful patience and mind and intellect, which are the effect perseverance, continue digging and off the ignorance of the self. Avidya cre - remove all obstacles that he may meet ates in us various misunderstanding and with till he reaches the goal of his it is these agitations of the mind and neg - seeking – the treasure trove. At last, ative thought veiling of the intellect that when he comes to the rich vaukts he conceal the treasure divine, the self. must be level-headed and calm These can be removed by reflaction and enough not to lose his balance so that meditation. he is in a position to gather the treas - Manana and dhyana reflection and ure and make use of it. meditation- prepare the mind for a single In the same fashion, the infinitely pointed application by brunging it to the rich treasure of perfection that lies state of least agitation. This is the condi - unseen beneath the outer crude lay - tion of the mind and intellect fit for vic - ers of matter envelopments in the ara, the highest spiritual sadhana known bosom off the man is to be discovered to man. This is exhaustively indicated as his own self. The seeker must have only in Vedanta. the assiduity, industry, hope and This is the only path for complete and patience to dig in the right place, in permanent liberation from the chaotic the right fashion, constantly and con - confusion created by our ignorance of the tinuously with unabated enthusiasm, underlying divinity in ourselves. in the face of even the greatest obsta - cles, until at last, he comes not only to see the treasure but to gather it, pos - courtesy-- news bulletin sess it and enjoy it, as its sole propri - chinmaya mission etor. The seeker must not dig just anywhere; he must start his endeav - 8 1 0 2

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BOOKSHELF ‘Cancer Weds Cancer’

by Vishwarupa rath

ife is 10% what happens to tivals, to his deep poems, to his reli - you and 90% how you react gious thoughts, all of them were "L to it." Sudhir Mota,has unique and heart touching. Because of made this famous quote influential in course, a word written by heart touch - his book 'cancer weds cancer.' es the heart; and this author did it . At As according to the author, life is a every turn of their life the writer has vast ocean within which innumerous created a very optimistic situation things keep happening. And the main enlightening a flicker of positive hope thing is, all these calamities of situa - in the minds of readers till the very tions that occur in the ocean of life, last. are mostly unforeseeable. Among Grief, was something very beauti - these powerful calamities, one most fully illustrated by the author. He has unpredictable is Cancer. said that we all bloom like roses and Cancer, I believe itself is a very one fine day only our memories and strong word. It is that cyclone of life fragrance shall prevail in the world. which can come and wash out anyone And till then, he says to be content at any time. Luckier are those who get with our happiness and haughty of aware about this upcoming calamity, our grief. a little early. But those who get to Then, at the last pages of his know at the very last stage when the words, he glorified the significance of calamity is about to knock their door Holi, of colours and their relation with and destroy them, I consider those our life. It is given how our life’s each people really strong and dauntless. stage welcomes a new shade of colour Here in the story, the author's wife everytime. And then how, we get some had cancer and they got to knowabout extra colours, but wait for right time it just a little before the cyclone of can - to open them. ‘CANCER WEDS cer was going to hit her hard to death. Childhood and youth, according to Yes. It was stage 4 when they got to Mr. Mota, is that sweetest pie which CANCER’ know about it. But the survivor and we scratch till the bottom of pan. her better half chose to get into the Birth and death, being called brackets SUDHIR MOTA boat of calmness and through it, and of life by him, there exists both posi - PUBLICATION-SARVATRA smoothly sail with the flow rather tive and negative signs within, which PUBLICATION than drowning in the cancer waters. we all have to come across. Being a poet, Mr. Sudhir has ‘Journey of time is our journey.’ Pages:118 always understood and appreciated With this, the beautiful book has Price: `150/- the rhythmic Up's and Down's in life. ended. The book teaches us to face the He has taught us that if life is a music reality called life and to welcome both then we ought to play the strings of all sweet and melancholy times joyfully. the chords at least once. This book ignites inspiration, pos - Each of his description, starting itivity, happiness, truth, and of course from tenderness and joy of bright fes - the very beauty and charm of life.

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ASTRO WATCH FORECAST This week for you based on Vedic Sun Signs AJAI BHAMBI 9810303357 Week Beginning On 15th April to 21st April 2018 www.astrobhambi.com

ARIES TAURUS GEMINI April 14 to May 14 May 15 to June 15 June 16 to July 15 You may face struggle in Communication will You infuse ingenuity getting a project off the ground. come more easily for you in into your work and you Interactions at work could be stressful at this period. It would be easier to would be able to lead the way to times, being more proactive would have express your thoughts whether in chart a fresh course for a massive its benefits as you would get cooperation. introducing new ideas at work, or project. You are blessed with friend - Though money comes your way, you making the most of the synergy or ship and love at this point. An event would have planned and unplanned showing your affection to a loved could improve your relationship expenses. Bonding with friends and shar - one. You will settle in to a challeng - with a key friend. A property dispute ing your feelings. ing yet productive week. can be resolved amicably.

CANCER LEO VIRGO July 16 to Aug 15 Aug 16 to Sep 15 Sep 16 to Oct 15 This week you shine You need to work hard You would see some in terms of energy and cre - to get the desired results this results which take you ativity and the week brings height - week. Do not get involved in projects closer to your aspirations. Gains ened awareness especially with which do not resonate with your val - too are not ruled out especially respect to the inner self. You gain ues or are unclear to you. Avoid risky in ongoing matters and you self-confidence as you meet with investments and stick to the tried would be in the limelight. success in endeavours. You would and trusted. You may have to travel Emotionally it is a stable time and be specially receptive to new rela - and these trips will be learning you achieve success in interper - tionships and may benefit socially. experiences for you. sonal relations.

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS Oct 16 to Nov 15 Nov 16 to Dec 15 Dec 16 to Jan 13 Your quiet energy If you find new projects This is a time to will instill confidence in or assignments to start then remain focused and retain others. You have the skills that go ahead and initiate them as stars your composure. You may have to would make you the obvious are on your side. Moreover you will make some compromises now as an choice in a prestigious project. also find that others are more than opportunity presents itself, but Financially you will be quite willing to join forces with you. It’s a being flexible keeps you open to a relieved person this week as good time to review savings plans new approaches. You may also be pressures ease out and gains are and investments. A short trip with the roped in on some trivial project; indicated. family is on the cards. either work related or social.

CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES Jan 14 to Feb11 Feb 12 to March 13 March 14 to April 13 Great headway can be Free flow of ideas and Your vision will be made and this will help you positive energy will help you heightened and concepts revive a project close to your heart. to come up with plans that can be become clearer. Professionals will You strive for perfection in all that launched at the earliest. Your mind is have the satisfaction of a job well 8

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EDITOR’S NOTE DEGENERATION OF HUMAN VALUES AND

DEEPAK KUMAR RATH FALL OF DEMOCRACY

Dear readers,

t has been almost nine years that we have shared opin - in the last decade, it has been observed that all political ions, views and analysed different forms of democracy parties willingly take on political leaders from other par - ithrough Uday india. ties. This is not confined to politicians only, mafia dons, Even after the rapid advent of electronic and social religious heads of mutts, temples and sects, powerful indi - media, one is surprised about the persistent existence of viduals from castes and communities etc. are welcomed the print media. But i can assure you, that we are getting with open arms. The ideology and moral quotient has stronger with the support of our readers. in an independ - absolutely no value in politics now. Now one can see many ent democracy, the medium is not important; it is the mes - elected members who have joined and left more than five sage that is vital. A powerful voice does not need a loud - political parties. The BJP was earlier reluctant in choosing speaker. Every citizen in a vibrant and functional democ - corrupt politicians from other parties, but now they too racy has the choice to lend his ears or not. have joined the bandwagon and subscribe to the dictum of With the advent of technology, the message of the winning elections, by any means. media is now filtered through different mediums, as each it is an open house for leaders from SP, BSP, Congress, and every news sources have their own agenda to fulfill. TMC, Left, BJD, JDU…all can now join the BJP and get The noble profession of journalism is now ‘on sale’. i want elected with the party symbol. There is no ideological bar - to point out that in the process of selling the Fourth Estate, rier, or no moral quotient in the BJP in choosing the candi - we have auctioned the essence of Human Values, and the dates to fight the elections. While i am giving the example morality of the journalists has been distorted, either force - of the BJP, this malaise is now universal amongst other fully or through appeasement. The slow degradation of political parties too. moral values has created a monster amongst us and that The latest buzz is about the BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh has now destroyed the pious institutions of our age old Sengar from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh. Kuldeep Sengar democracy. The crisis of human values and moral values has an image of a political hooligan in Uttar Pradesh, has landed us at the crematorium, where we have zero and he had first joined thet Congress, then BSP, then SP reliability on each other. Crisis of Reliability has destroyed and now is a BJP MLA. He has been accused of raping a the individuals, social institutions, messed up family val - minor girl last year who is now eighteen years old. The vic - ues, which all have ultimately a large impact now on our tim’s father has lost his life while in custody, so there is a Democracy. huge pressure on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to in a democracy like ours, the popular former Chief ensure justice. Minister of Bihar, Laloo Prasad is in jail on corruption Not only in politics, there has been moral degradation charges, he has been convicted in many cases. His extend - in social life too. Every morning, the newspaper headlines ed family is neck deep in politics, and in spite of the proven scream about the murder and rape of minor girls, charges against nearly all the members, they are still murder of students at schools, son murdering his parents, active in the political scenario and most of them are elected sister murdering her sister and brother in law, father representatives. raping his own daughter… and what not !!! Where are we Laloo Prasad is only the tip of the iceberg of the indian are heading? Are we only leading to a mechanical life political arena. Nearly all the political parties have where the soul has no place and only presence of our members who are deeply involved in various charges of physical bodies? in Bharat, our shastras teaches us to fol - corruption, including serious crimes like murder, dacoity, low a life of divinity, with respect and kindness to all 8

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