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SNAPSHOTS AFP Young and high, 60 per cent of schoolkids drink By Sakina Yusuf Khan below 17 take alcohol and 20 per cent and ending up with inflamed stom- ing specially to teenagers where a bot- TIMES NEWS NETWORK of them are regulars. Often, the first Early Birds achs or bloated livers at an early age. tle of beer costs just Rs 60 and a shot ● experiment with drinks happens as ● The first swig is often at the ‘‘My advice to them: More than medi- of Vodka Rs 15. Abhay apologises: ‘‘Sorry, we got early as 11 or 12, but mostly at 14-15 cine you need counselling,’’ he says. Often the drinking takes place with too drunk last night. I promise, it age of 13 years. By the time they are 17-18 it’s What’s more startling is that girls parental approval. ‘‘If parents them- won’t happen again.’’ Abhay is 17. His part of their lifestyle. And, by their ● 60% of school kids have had are equally into it. For Shweta, it selves offer drinks to their guests, the words would worry most mothers, ex- early 20s, some of them end up as al- their first drink before they are 17 started with the first pyjama party at youngster takes the approval for cept that mom was there coholics. 13, while her doctor parents were granted,’’ says Nagpal. Traffic police — cleaning up the mess ● Says Jyoti Bose, Prin- 20% of them are regulars by 18 away abroad. The girls pinched a bot- chief Maxwell Periera feels parents after his friend puked cipal, Springdales ● tle of rum from her father’s bar. The don’t have a choice. ‘‘They can only during the pre-Boards SUNDAY Pubs sell beer at Rs 60 a bottle School: ‘‘Youngsters to- thrill was unimaginable. The fallout: advise them to drink responsibly.’’ booze party on their ter- and Vodka at Rs 15 a shot day are hitting the bottle By 19, Shweta was a confirmed alco- As writer Githa Hariharan, mother race. ‘‘It’s better all this SPECIAL much earlier. For girls, ● Teenagers drink with parental holic, was married off and sent to US of two teenage sons puts it: ‘‘Young- happens under my roof it’s an assertion of their approval because doctors said she desperately sters will want to experiment. We can rather than somewhere else,’’ she ra- independence. For boys, it’s part of a needed a change of scene. only rely on the upbringing and val- tionalises. Her approach is in stark macho image they want to create.’’ Not everyone drinks at home. Un- ues we’ve given them.’’ contrast to his friend Reshma’s moth- According to Jitendra Nagpal, con- If this isn’t alarming enough, beer der the law, anyone below 25 cannot Comment: Driving a supposed vice er. Reshma’s bureaucrat mom beat WINNING SPREE: Serena Williams of sultant psychiatrist, VIMHANS: is often not the preferred drink. Ac- buy or drink in a public place. But re- underground has always proved the US poses with her trophy. She beat her up for returning home past mid- ‘‘Early drinking is often heavy drink- cording to gastroentrologist Rahul ality is different. ‘‘I’ve boozed in a CP counter-productive. Moderate social sister Venus 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-4 to win night, reeking of alcohol. ing because at that age they drink the Australian Open women’s singles Gupta, the new entrants to the drink- pub in my school uniform! As long as drinking is better than clandestine only to get high. Most of them drink final in Melbourne. New Delhi: Like it or not, it’s hap- ing culture — youngsters from the you can pay,who cares if you are 12 or binging. Hopefully, this liberal atti- pening. According to a VIMHANS to keep up with the hip crowd and ce- nouveau rich and middle classes — 25,’’ says an ex-Modernite, now in col- tude will also take away some of the study, 60 per cent of urban children ment ties with their peers.’’ are kicking it off with hard liquor lege. There are pubs and shops cater- stigma attached to drinking. Jumbo cabinet: After tackling the pulls and pressures exerted by both the AP Congress and the NCP, Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Honours for Sonal Mansingh, Jamshed Godrej, Aamir Khan on Saturday inducted 53 ministers, taking the strength of his ministry to a record 69. Portfolios will be finalised on Monday. P13 President’s speech:In his Republic Day-eve address to the nation, President Sonal Mansingh Naseeruddin Shah Jagjit Singh Aamir Khan O V Vijayan Mukesh Kumar Kalam outlined his vision for the country’s Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Padma Bhushan Padma Shri Padma Bhushan Padma Shri development while praising the Election The country’s top civilian awards list was announced on Saturday. Commission and state government machineries for conduct of free and fair Bharat Ratna Purshottam Lal, journalists T V R Shenoy elections. The J&K people came up for The country’s highest civilian award has not and Prabhu Chawla, classical danseuse special praise for standing up to been conferred on anyone this year. Padma Subramanyam, Carnatic musician militants. P11 Balasubramania Rajam Iyer, RSS ideologue Padma Vibhushan Dattopant Bapurao Thengadi, novelist Indo-Iranian ties: Iranian officials, ac- Four awarded the second highest civilian O V Vijayan and Oriya novelist Sitakant companying President Khatami, on Sat- award — Odissi danseuse Sonal Mansingh, Mahapatra. urday skirted the issue of a pipeline former Sikkim CM Kazi Lhendup Dorji, Padma Shri through Pakistan and sought an MoU to litterateur Balram Nanda and Ayurvedic open up its oil and gas fields to Indian oil doctor Vaid Bhrishaspati Dav Triguna. The 54 awardees include Bollywood actors firms in return for New Delhi’s promise to Aamir Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Rakhee buy LNG (liquefied natural gas). The two Padma Bhushan Gulzar, dancer Malvika Sarukkai, classical regional allies signed several agreements The 34 awardees include industrialists singer Rita Ganguly, athlete Jyotirmoyee to forge closer political and economic Harishankar Singhania and Jamshed Sikdar, hockey player Mukesh Kumar and ties, while condemning states that aid Godrej, actor Naseeruddin Shah, ghazal former cricket captain S Venkataraghavan. and abet international terrorism. P9 singer Jagjit Singh, heart specialist Related report on page 12 Iraqi plea: While praising India and the Arab world, speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly said in New Delhi that they were expected to throw their weight behind moves to avert a war in the Gulf region. P9

RETURN OF THE NATIVE: Vipin Handa (centre), one of the four diplomats of the Indian embassy expelled from Pakistan, walks through the Wagah border check point on Saturday.

indiatimes.com POLL Pay more talk less, says TRAI Yesterday’s results: Is the US finally beginning Graphic: Neelabh to tighten screws on Pakistan’s terror network? TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: First the good news. Yes 35% No 65% All incoming calls on cellphones, be it from basic/fixed, cellular or • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. WLL-M (mobile wireless in local loop) phones, will be free from Today’s question: Has Bipasha Basu emerged April 1, telecom regulatory body, as Bollywood’s heroine No. 1? TRAI, said on Saturday while an- Cast your vote on nouncing new tariffs. www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 TRAI’s order goes beyond cellu- lar operators’ proposal to make only cell-cell incoming calls free. Next, STD rates will fall further to Rs 8.40 a minute, from a peak rate of Rs 9. Below Rs 8.40, phone companies will be free to charge STD rates, except that 0-50 km will continue to attract local call rates. And now, where it may hurt. WEATHER Call duration has been reduced for fixed phones to 60, 90 and 120 sec- o o Max. 24.8 C/ Min. 5.5 C onds, from a standard 180 seconds Moonset: Sunday — 1229 hrs. (three minutes) duration, on a Moonrise: Monday — 0217 hrs. range of parameters. Sunset: Sunday — 1755 hrs. Sunrise: Sunday — 0712 hrs. People will pay Rs 1.20 for two minutes now for calling fixed-fixed Mist/fog in the morning. Minimum temperature or fixed-WLL-M phones for local will be around 6 degree C. Maximum relative calls. They will pay Rs 1.20 for even humidity on Friday 94 per cent and minimum shorter duration (90 seconds) for 25 per cent. calling from fixed phones to cell- phones in metros (Delhi, Mumbai, Book your Classifieds Calcutta and Chennai). In non- 24 hours service: “51-666-888” metro areas, the call duration will be 60 seconds, for Rs 1.20. of consumers. In non-metro areas, providers, who will pay one anoth- Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” For a three-minute call, for in- a call often travelled from one end er (0.30-0.60 paise per minute) for The ATM of information stance, people in non-metros will of the state to the other and Rs 1.20 completing calls on one another’s The Largest Classifieds Site pay Rs 3.60 (Rs 2.40 in metros) for for three minutes (from fixed to networks. IUC is included in tar- calling on cellphones from fixed cellular) did not cover the cost of a iffs specified. lines, instead of Rs 1.20 for three call. A fixed-to-fixed call would at- TRAI has also finalised access minutes now. Besides, monthly tract STD charge. deficit charge (ADC). Fixed line rentals for fixed lines have been TRAI has not specified any tar- operators have been charging raised by Rs 20-30 for users in high iffs for WLL-M, saying that service below-cost rentals and call capacity exchanges in urban ar- providers will be free to charge as charges to make phones affordable eas. Senior citizens will not be af- they please. Last year, TRAI had to the masses. fected by this hike. shown the same ‘forbearance’ in Comment: Let’s learn to ring off Free calls have been halved to 30 case of cellular industry. TRAI’s faster by making our landline in urban areas and 50 in rural ar- new tariffs have been worked out calls short and sweet. In any case, eas. TRAI said that average call based on two crucial parameters. what we lose on the roundabouts time nationwide was below two It has finalised network intercon- of local calls, we make up on the minutes and shorter duration nection user charges (IUC) for ba- swings of STD. would not impact a large number sic, cellular and WLL-M service Related report on page 13

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2 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 DELHI ‘Computers in all schools’

TIMES NEWS NETWORK years. Giving full credit to the New Delhi: Delhi chief children for launching cam- minister Sheila Dikshit has paigns like greening the city announced that all the gov- through eco-clubs, ‘‘say no to ernment schools will get plastic bags’’, ‘‘say no to computers by the end of To chat on SMS send 'cchat' to 8888 this year. crackers’’ etc, she appealed to ‘‘It is the government’s them to take up the task of “It's beauty, poise and presence of mind that commitment to complete the making city clean with the makes a Miss India” — SHIKHA SWAROOP same zeal and make Delhi an task of computerisation in Former Miss India & Actress all government schools example not only for the by the end of this year,’’ country but also the whole world. Q: Tell us programme. The Dikshit said at a Republic more about contestants who shine Day ceremony held at Stressing upon the com- the through will be the ones who Chhatrasthal Stadium on posite cultural inheritance platinum guild have a persona of being a Saturday. that made India a great international survivor. It is beauty, poise Addressing the children nation, Dikshit exhorted (PGI) shows and presence of mind that present in the stadium, the children to uphold the cher- that you have makes a Miss India. chief minister said her gov- ished principles of democra- been doing? -Greg Q: According to you, how far ernment was resolved to cy, secularism, justice and A: It has been an awareness has the Miss India contest make the city clean and equality enshrined in the exercise to make platinum a changed over these years? green in the forthcoming Constitution. preferred metal for jewellery -Indu in India. My participation in A: In every field we are this exercise was to be an aping the west, and that can ambassderess in achieving answer the story of the Miss the PGI goal. I produced India contest too. Today the these shows, inviting and commercialisation of the Delhi is heading towards an urban slum bringing together the niche contest is huge, thereby rather creme of the cities making the stakes higher As it is, DDA con- for its inertia will not be able monitor addi- who could imbibe the style whereas, in the past it was struction do not tional construction okayed by the new law. It of platinum. obviously the other way PEOPLE strictly conform to will lead to urban chaos. Q: What would you advice round. I find that there was a to this year's Sunsilk lot of innocence and building norms R.L.Pathak, Lodi Colony mandatory for an ac- Femina Miss India non-complexities, may be POWER tive seismic zone in The BJP government’s decision okaying contestants?-Dien spontaneity, which made a which the Delhi additional construction in DDA flats is A: We all know that it’s not winner tick. But today things falls. Additions and unwise. It is a political gimmick. A blanket only beauty and brains that have changed. Question of the week the girls can gather in less alterations will fur- sanction, without considering whether these For complete chat log on to than one month training ● Should the govern- ther modify the colonies can cop with extra load shows utter http://chat.indiatimes.com structural stability lack of civic sense on the part of the decision ment have legalised of these dwelling makers. additional construc- units and reduce Onkar Chopra, Janakpuri tion in DDA flats? their tremor safety. The government’s decision DDA colonies can- is welcome. At a time when ● Can DDA colonies not cope up with ex- yes palatial houses in posh tra load on founda- colonies are encroaching left, cope with the extra tions, walls or on the right and centre, why should load? services. 03% anyone grudge a small con- R.K.Malhotra, Alak- cession made to DDA flat By allowing such con- nanda owners. These flats were constructed for low- struction the govern- No, the government er and middle income groups basic accom- no ment is not only de- should not have le- modation but with this move it would enable stroying these colonies them to have more covered area to meet their galise additional CHANGED BEYOND RECOGNITION: Is it a DDA flat on a mansion? but creating DDA construction. People requirement. The only thing to be kept in mind while making alterations and addition- 97% slums.Planned devel- will makes changes quality of material used. In case of It’s a wrong decision aimed at catch- al construction is that it does not endanger opment has no mean- to suit their conven- an earthquake they will crumble like ing votes. It will lead to a free for all the safety of the building. ing if, the government itself bends the ience which will a pack of cards. and make a total mess of planned rules. It shows total disregard for the make the colony Pavesh Viz, Shalimar Bagh construction. Moreover, DDA known Sweta Bhatia, Malkaganj effort put in by planners and engi- look very haphaz- neers. Its a dangerous move and will ard. I don’t think the cost the city dearly. flats will be able to IN THE LINE OF FIRE Kundan Lal, architect, cope with the extra Old Rajinder Nagar load because of poor It is a humanitarian step. Most of these No sensible person can approve DDA flats were bought 20-25 years ago. of a law which takes liberties Meanwhile, families have expanded, with a well-thought out master- there’s pressure on space; allowing own- plan. Regularising additional ers to convert a balcony into a room is a construction in DDA flats will small concession. I don’t see what the put pressure on civic amenities, hoo-ha is all about. In any case, most make these building haphaz- owners had already made alterations to ardous and render then unsafe. suit their needs and were paying regular I suspect this is just the begin- bribes to inspectors. But the sword still hung over their ning of more changes in building laws to head. Legalising additional construction is the best way favour the builders lobby. But let me tell you, out. At least the money will go into the government’s it will spell Delhi’s ruin. coffer, not private pockets. H D Shourie, CEO, Madan Lal Khurana, Former Chief Minister of Delhi Common Cause

CINEMA OF THE WEEK

Kuch To Hai (thriller) ★★ Dum (action) ★★1/2 Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Esha Deol, Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Diya Mirza, Natassha Atul Kulkarni Direction: Anil V Kumar Direction: E Niwas Showing at: Chanakya Showing at: Sheila

hat do you do with a thriller And now, he’s trying to prove he’s ver- which goes into comatose at in- satile too. After playing the hot-headed W terval and dies long before cur- underworld rookie in Company,the tain call? You simply yawn. Or else, lover boy in Saathiya and Road,Vivek lament at the great loss. For here is Oberoi’s now flexing muscles and young Tusshar’s bid for stardom pumping iron. Dum sees him emerging going kaput! all over again. And for no as an action hero who socks straight in fault of his. the jaw and kicks right into the groin. Kuch To Hai begins with a promise. It Does he succeed? He does, despite a opens as a colourful campus film lifted script that lets him down and a director straight out of the I Know What You Did who fails to realise that innovation is the name of the game now. Un- mindful of the changing audi- ence tastes. E Ni- was insists on carrying through with a dog-eared con- frontation be- tween a corrupt cop, known for his infamous en- counters (Atul Kulkarni) and a brawny chawl boy (Vivek) who has been come to terms with the loss of his re- brought up the cently deceased father. Vitti knows he way Sanjay Dutt, has just one friend: his old-time shrink Jackie Shroff, who helped him get over his crying Sunny Deol and bouts in Analyse This. He pretends he’s Anil Kapoor on the verge of a nervous breakdown by have been bred relentlessly singing the soundtrack of in umpteen West Side Story in order to convince the films in the prison guys that he needs help. The offi- 1990s. It’s the Last Summer series. There are basket- cials are convinced and send him to live principled, middle class background with his doctor who must rehabilitate ball matches, prom nights and college which gives him the power in his shows: all done with the usual him, wean him off his criminal ways punches, we are told all over again as he and make him fit for civil society. razzmatazz that goes with bratpack. takes on the bad guys: the corrupt neta Thrown in is a love triangle between the Indeed! a tall order. Things get more and his man in uniform. difficult when the Mob tries to reclaim boy-next-door (Tusshar), the girl-next- If Dum fails due to it’s moth-balled door (Natassha), and the college heart- their Boss and the doctor’s long-sup- story-line, it succeeds a wee bit due to pressed trauma about a lonely child- throb (Esha Deol). Also, there is the its power-packed performances. Both chill factor which creeps along the cor- hood and a strict father suddenly begin Atul Kulkarni (who earlier impressed to surface. Mayhem, but not quite mad; ridors in the form of a mysterious as Tabu’s husband in Chandni Bar) and and dishevelled Professor (Rishi comic, but not funny enough. Vivek Oberoi complement each other as Watch it for a chuckle, not a laugh. Kapoor) who glares menacingly at who- thetraditional rivals, even as Diya ever crosses his path. Mirza tries hard to shake-off the glam- Nikhat Kazmi The mystery takes off just before in- our girl image. A sweet attempt! terval when the youngsters discover the Watch it for Vivek. Professor’s dark secret and then acci- dentally run over him on a cold winter Analyze That (comedy) ★★1/2 night. Post-interval, you think it would Cast: Robert De Niro, Billy be time for some edge-of-the-seat thrills. Crystal But the wait is too long and too tedious. Direction: Harold Ramis Showing at: PVR Anupam You’ve got to suffer a series of non-hap- pening scares, songs and comic tracks that leave you cold with despair. The Boss (Robert De Niro) The characters are lifeless, the chills needs help again. And so are cold, the pace is nerve-wracking. A does the Doc (Billy Crystal). couple of peppy dances are the only sav- Mobster Paul Vitti needs to ing grace of Ekta Kapoor’s maiden film get out of prison and back venture. Will someone tell us what are into action even as psy- Jeetendra and Rishi Kapoor doing here? chotherapist Ben Sobel must

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DELHI SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 3 Sprucing up for R-Day costs Rs 1 crore Awards for 13 Delhi Police officers TIMES NEWS NETWORK been awarded for meritori- Kaur who has previously TOI-ART ous services. won 42 commendations; sub- New Delhi: Thirteen officers By Bhadra Sinha and The security agencies aerial attack. Anti-aircraft The awardees include ad- inspector Jai Narain Dixit of Rahul Chhabra of the Delhi Police have been launch their final plans for guns and surface to air mis- Security dragnet ditional commissioner of po- the communication unit; TIMES NEWS NETWORK the celebrations a day before. sile (SAM) units are posted as awarded police medals on the •Over 50,000 visitors •800 commandos of eve of the Republic Day. lice (anti-corruption) Rajesh sub-inspector Hukam Chand rchestrating the Sixty snifer dogs join the well. Malik, an IPS officer of AG- of the anti-corruption team. A total of 115 police expected Delhi Police While joint commissioner of Republic Day Sources said senior police MUT cadre, 1986 batch; in- branch and sub-inspector Be- control room vans are asked •Delhi Police deploys •60 sniffer dogs police (vigilance) Kanwaljit celebrations to officers have been asked to spector (technical) Shiv sar Singh who has 136 com- to do regular rounds of the take personal charge of 30,000 men; 48 DCPs; •Of 115 PCRs, 62 for Deol and joint commissioner perfection in- 1,500 traffic police R-Day parade of police (crime against Prasad of the communica- mendations and cash re- volves both man- venue. arrangements for specific personnel •Quick reaction teams of women) Vimla Mehra have tion unit; inspector Bhim wards. Opower and money. Every- Quick reaction teams of stretches of the road. Offi- Sain who is with the special Assistant sub-inspector cers have been issued check •55 companies from the commandos from NSG, been awarded the President’s thing has to be perfect. And, commandos from NSG, Indo riot cell and inspector Harpal Sarabjeet Singh; head consta- lists and have been asked to BSF, ITBP and CISF ITBP and Delhi Police medal, 11 other officers have those who sweat it out to Tibetan Border Police and Singh Yadav in crime and ble Sasi Thampi Ayyapanand make this happen include Delhi Police take their places personally ensure that no Other players railways wing. constable Ranjit Kumar have people from Delhi Police, and a three-tier security slip-ups take place. Tableaux 24 Others include Kanwaljit also won the medals. paramilitary forces and the check is conducted. The exer- Civic Authorities: The an- Band contingent 23 civic agencies. cise begins at noon, a day be- nual act of dressing up the Security forces: Security fore. Capital for Republic Day cel- Marching 29 contingent arrangements ‘‘All buildings ebrations is expected to cost begin a month which offer a di- the civic agencies close to a Mechanised 16 columns in advance. rect line of crore. Over 30,000 Del- CAPITAL sight to the pa- A bulk of this amount is School children 16 contingent hi police person- rade route and being spent by the MCD for nel and another STORY adjoining areas repairing and relaying roads. 23 ambulances, Hazmat vans and fire-tenders 10,000 men from are sealed,’’ a MCD officials said there is no the para-military forces are police officer said. special budget for R-Day positioned at Rajpath for a Radars are stationed at beautification. tions. The civic agency this The Indira Gandhi Inter- month. strategic locations to moni- ‘‘Most works are carried year would be spending close national airport will also re- Forty-eight deputy com- tor the skies. Strike out by way of advancing to Rs 75 lakh,’’ said MCD main closed for four hours, missioners of police super- squadrons of the Air Force some of its approved civil works committee chairman, between 8 am to 12 pm, on vise the arrangements. are on full alert to thwart any works in view of the celebra- J K Sharma. Sunday. Event-managing a nation’s celebration

By Maneesh Pandey the core group planning and arrangements in December, holes, postboxes and tele- TIMES NEWS NETWORK executing Republic Day followed by sending requisi- phone junctions for possible arrangements. And they tions for force deployment bombs. hey are the unsung he- have had this job since 1980. from all wings of Delhi Po- The day finishes around roes behind the suc- Work for R-Day started ear- lice and the para military midnight and may begin be- T cess of the nation’s ly December. ‘‘We have even forces. fore sunrise the next day. most prestigious event. For lost track of what day of the Rana said, ‘‘We carry out ‘‘Everything has to happen them, their country comes week it is. It is only on the fi- anti-sabotage checks and de- simultaneously,’’ said Rana. first and everything else lat- nal day that we realise that tect possible mines or plant- And it is not easy. For, every- er. today is January 26,’’said ed explosives along the pa- thing has to shrouded in ut- Meet Baljeet Singh Rana Rana. rade route. We also brief all ter secrecy. and Rohtas Singh, both sub- The two are perfect event the staff members about the Families take a backseat. inspectors posted with the managers. The process be- security drill.’’ They do miss their children, New Delhi district. The duo gins with putting up barri- For them work that in- who only call to know when have been an integral part of cades and making stage cludes checking sewers, man- they will come back. Surajkund Crafts To partially offset the increase in the cost of Mela from Feb 1 production, we are Faridabad: Artisans from forced to raise the cover Uttaranchal, the theme state price of Sunday Times for the 17th Surajkund Crafts of India to Rs 2.75 with Mela, are busy giving finish- effect from today. ing touches to Badrinath We trust our readers temple gate replica being will bear with us and constructed at the fair continue to extend their grounds. patronage. The fortnight long annual food and crafts event begins on February 1. Tanzanian held: Delhi zonal To create an ambience of unit of Narcotics Control Bu- reauapprehended a Tanzanian the newly formed hill state, national and recovered 3.5 the replica will be surround- gram of cocaine and 15 gram ed by flora from the valley of of hashish from his possession. flowers. He allegedly used to supply the The event is expected to contraband to high society tap and promote tourist po- people at city bars and dis- tential of the hill state that cotheques. The Tanzanian has has been carved out of Uttar been remended to the judicial Pradesh. TNN custody. TNN

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4 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 DELHI

FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER R OF DELHI Rain or snow is likely to occur at isolated places in Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and NATIONAL Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur Pass or fail? Exams on test Mumbai: I-A 0700, at isolated places in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya and sub- 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. By Sujata Dutta Sachdeva ● Encourages creativity. In class. How will he learn if ● Unprepared for boards. E 2300 Jet Air 0650, Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country. 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, TIMES NEWS NETWORK the examination system, his basics are weak?’’ asks Child psychologist Vatsala 1935, 2030, 2200, learning is examination- Goldie Malhotra, principal, Subramanian says children Sahara 0700,1800, 2015 INDIA WORLD New Delhi: HRD minister KOLKATA: I-A 0700, based not knowledge-pro- Modern School. should be used to the pat- ★★ Max Min Max Min Max Min Murli Manohar Joshi has M 1600 ,1700,1945 Amsterdam 08 00 pelled. ‘‘Not having to face tern of learning a syllabus Jet Air 0600, 1720, Delhi 24 05 Guwahati NA 08 suggested there should be Shyama Chona of Delhi Mumbai 29 20 Dehradun 22 06 Bahrain 20 14 the pressure of finals, stu- and writing. ‘‘Writing at a Sahara0705,1915 no final exams upto class Public School agrees it is CHENNAI: I-A Chennai 31 19 Hyderabad 34 17 Bangkok 33 23 dents will be able to think stretch for one or two hours ★★★ Kolkata 27 14 Indore 31 12 Beijing 00 -09 VII. Reason: failures dam- important to assess the 0640,0955 independently.It will stimu- during exams prepares 1645,1900 Jet Air Bangalore 31 17 Jaipur 26 10 Chicago -11 -13 age the self-esteem of young child. ‘‘Written expression E 0645,1900 Ahm’bad 32 13 Lucknow 25 07 Geneva 07 02 late creativity. The spirit of them for future board ex- pupils and this is no way to BANGALORE: T’puram 33 22 Patna 18 09 Hong Kong 19 16 competition can be encour- Testing times ams. If they are not used to I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 31 12 Rajkot 32 16 London 09 00 prepare them for life. The aged even without exams,’’ it, they may find it difficult Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 29 20 Shimla 14 04 Los Angeles 23 12 NCERT had made a similar Sahara 0715, 1745 Pune 32 10 Srinagar 14 00 Moscow -03 -06 says child psychologist An- The bright side later.’’ HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 recommendation in its Na- M jila Gugnani. ● Syllabus problems. The GOA: I-A 1200, tional Curriculum Frame- No exam blues; Will Sahara 1135 TRAIN RESERVATIONS CBSE chairman Ashok stimulate creativity; present textbooks and syl- KULU: Jagson 0630, work 2002: ‘‘Examinations Ganguly agrees: ‘‘For most, labus may not be suited for 0650, 1215 ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on before class X must be re- Increase self-esteem; AHMEDABAD: 25.01.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. exams alone are the moti- Learning will be fun the changeover. ★★ placed by school-based eval- B I-A 0600,1700 1845, vating factor to learn more. ‘‘How can you expect the Jet Air 0610 Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl uation, which will be con- The flip side GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: This would imply that the system to change when the NORTH tinuous and comprehensive I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 26.01 26.01 30.01 27.01 entire education process Writing at a stretch will syllabus emphasis is on the- ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 04.02 04.02 26.01 in nature.’’ has to be subordinated to be difficult; Will encour- oretical knowledge. Only if R Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, 2403 Jammu Exp 27.01 29.01 29.01 04.02 age mediocrity; Not be Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST If the suggestion is ac- testing. Academically, the the syllabus includes ap- Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Calcutta Rajdhani 26.01 26.01 29.01 — cepted, middle school will prepared for boards; plied knowledge with more 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 requirement is that testing Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2304 Poorva Exp 26.01 29.01 26.01 13.02 never be the same again. Lose competitive spirit practicals, will the non- (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 27.01 27.01 27.01 18.02 should be subordinated to Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 27.01 31.01 13.02 However, experts are divid- teaching.’’ exam system work,’’ points A INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 26.01 27.01 26.01 ed on the issue. out Gugnani. Bose says primary and is important to see how 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 26.01 26.02 26.01 Why it will work... The way out... BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 26.01 28.01 27.01 26.01 middle school is the only much the child has retained Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 19.02 19.02 ● Eases pressure. Students what was taught, and for ● Test them regularly but A-I 0050 (IC-855) time students get to experi- 5622 North East Exp — 31.01 17.02 23.02 will not be pressurised by that a final exam is re- make it fun. No finals need FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 27.01 29.01 27.01 29.01 ment in extra-curricula ac- N 0305 (LH-761) one final exam, because quired.’’ What’s more, stu- not mean no exams, say ed- 2816 Puri Exp — 27.01 27.01 27.01 tivities. ‘‘They should not be AMSTERDAM: KLM 2802 Purshottam Exp — 06.02 06.02 29.01 evaluation is continuous. dents could become laid ucationists. ‘‘Have continu- 0745 (KL-476) bounded by exams then.’’ 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 04.02 31.01 26.01 What’s more: no repeating back and a competitive spir- ous evaluation over the en- LONDON: British Air 4230 Lucknow Mail 30.01 01.02 03.02 01.02 Why it won’t work... 0210 (BA-142) WEST classes. Says Jyoti Bose, it would be lacking, they say. tire instructional period,’’ C PARIS: Air France 2904 Golden Temple Mail 27.01 27.01 28.01 12.02 ● Promotes mediocrity. 0040 (AF-147), principal, Springdales ‘‘An exam at the end of says Ganguly. 2926 Paschim Exp 27.01 05.02 05.02 24.02 Some principals argue that A-I 0735 (AI-141) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 27.01 27.01 29.01 — School, which has been fol- the year is needed to know Evaluate the child both in SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 26.01 27.01 27.01 — lowing this mode for the last if a child is promoted auto- how the child has pro- Airlines 2055 (SQ- scholastic and non- scholas- 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 13.02 30.01 30.01 matically, his foundation gressed. Final exams are 407), I-A 0050 (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 27.01 27.01 19.02 15 years: ‘‘In spite of not tic areas, ‘‘but don’t fail any- E HONG KONG/OSAKA: 2916 Ashram Exp 27.01 13.02 28.01 05.02 having final exams till class may not be good. good for competition among one.’’ Hold re-exams for stu- A-I 2320 (AI-318) SOUTH themselves,’’ argues ROME/GENEVA: VII, our students have got ‘‘It is unfair to keep push- dents who perform consis- 2616 G T Exp 26.01 26.01 28.01 27.01 Manorama Tikri of Air A-I 0350 (AI-171) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 28.01 26.01 27.01 26.01 excellent results in the ing a child whose concepts tently badly in a particular AIR INDIA 2432 Trivandrum Raj 26.01 28.01 26.01 — boards.’’ are not clear to the next Force Bal Bharati School. subject, says Tikri. 2626 Kerala Exp — 26.01 26.01 28.01 AHMEDABAD: 2618 Mangala Exp — 05.02 28.01 27.01 ‘Death 0120 (AI 610) 2628 Karnataka Exp — 27.01 26.01 27.01 MUMBAI: 0615 (AI 140), 2724 A P Exp 27.01 27.01 27.01 26.01 0700 (AI 170), 1855 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 27.01 27.01 28.01 — (AI 301), 2145 (AI 319) 7022 Dakshin Express — 27.01 — 26.01 Date fixed for When music makes studying easier is A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 No. of passengers dealt on 24.01.2003 (Delhi Area): 46,501 (N. Rly. Area) (Air.)25652050, B-A:(Air.) 1,71,821. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all By Kavita Menon are two ragas that help her 25652908, Lufthansa: (City) subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. Ilyasi case TIMES NEWS NETWORK Musical musings relax. 23323310, (Air) 25652328,SA: (Information supplied by Indian Railways) the 23356286, Thai Air: 23323638 ‘‘Whenever I take a break TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: ‘‘Within music •Raga Yaman and Raag from studies, I sing one of lies all the wonders and keys Bhupali increase con- New Delhi: The judge these ragas or listen to classi- to the miracles of life — nat- centration. golden in-charge of Karkar- cal music. This clears my ural and spiritual. Music can dooma courts has fixed •Vrindavan Sarang can mind and I feel fresh,’’ she facilitate the process of says. February 1 for starting help you relax. key proceedings in the Anju change and growth.’’ These Priya from DAV Public Ilyasi dowry death case words by Ted Andrews will •Peppy music can be a School, Noida, feels that light in the court of sessions. help students to understand source of inspiration. music can cheer up a person. that The Delhi Police in how music can actually help ‘‘I listen to popular Hindi al- them cope with exam pres- •Students’ preferences bums and get inspired to October last year had range from Hindi film filed a chargesheet in sure. According to music di- work hard,’’ she says. ‘‘Light rector Jawahar Wattal, ‘‘Any music to classical and music and latest film songs opens the court of a metropol- pop music. itan magistrate, charg- kind of music can help one to boost spirits,’’ adds Priya. ing Anju’s husband relax. It depends on an indi- Popular numbers like I help in improving their pow- Suhaib Ilyasi, a crime vidual’s preference.’’ have a dream by ABBA and the er of concentration and serial producer, under While popular Hindi mu- It’s my life by Bon Jovi set the memory. sections 498A and 304B sic and western pop have a pulse racing and can act as a Prem Prakash, who teach- of Indian Penal Code peppy feel,certain ragas in major source of inspiration, palace es Hindustani music at the (IPC). Hindustani music and bha- says Steffi N Andrat, a stu- If convicted, under jans are said to have a sooth- Bharatiya Kala Kendra here, dent of St Francis de Sales, section 498A (subjecting ing effect, says Wattal. believes that raga Yaman Janakpuri. of a married woman to Devotional songs and and raga Bhupali can help a ‘‘Most students feel that cruelty), the accused hymns are part of almost student to grasp things bet- classical music is complicat- ter. ed and hence go in for more faces an imprisonment every Indian household and, IN MEMORIAM eterni- trendy pop numbers,’’ she of three years, with fine. therefore, it shouldn’t be dif- ‘‘These are simple ragas ficult for students to turn to that have a soothing effect on says. And under section OBITUARY SERVICES 304B (dowry death) the music to relax. the body and mind,’’ says But whatever be the prefer- ty.’ accused may get a seven Though hard Rock and Prakash. His views are sup- ence of the student, it is im- years prison term, Jazz seem to be preferred by ported by Tanvi Mehrotra, a perative that he or she listens which could be extended Generation X, there are some Class 11 student of Spring- to good quality music, says - Milton to life. Both offences are hardcore followers of Indian dales School, Dhaula Kuan. Nazareth Andrades, music non-bailable. classical music. Such stu- Mehrotra believes that Vrin- teacher at New Era Public dents say that certain ragas davan Sarang and Bhupali School, Mayapuri. 40-year-old woman gangraped in Najafgarh TIMES NEWS NETWORK left her family and went to live with one Malkay in New Delhi: A 40-year-old Dhansa village. woman was allegedly gan- ‘‘Malkay’s wife had left graped by four men in Najaf- him and she went to stay garh area. The police have ar- rested three accused. Two of there,’’ the officer said. On those arrested, Naresh and Friday evening, Malkay’s Hari Om, are both 18-year- wife reportedly came back old. The third, Gopi Chand, is and evicted the victim. 32. The police said a hunt has After leaving the home, the been launched to arrest the victim was approached by a fourth accused. ‘‘The victim person who said he would recognises him,’’ a police of- help her get Malkay back. ficer said. One of the accused, The victim is the mother of Naresh, approached the four children — three sons woman and claimed he knew and one daughter. The police Malkay better than the other said she had lost her husband man. He reportedly took the five years ago and was living victim to a field. There he alone in a village in Najaf- was joined by the three oth- garh. Three months ago she ers who allegedly raped her. Chief Justice promises to decongest Tihar New Delhi: The Chief Jus- tice of India, Justice V N Khare, on Saturday visited Tihar Jail and promised steps to decongest the prison, which hosts over 12,000 in- mates. Justice Khare favoured en- larging the jurisdiction of these courts, to enable them try offences punishable with imprisonment of up to seven years. Amidst thunderous applause from the prisoners, he assured them that a final decision on the matter would be taken soon. The court, which started functioning in May 2000, sits twice a month at present and tries petty offences punish- able with imprisonment for up to three years. Director general, prisons, Ajay Agrawal, Supreme Court Bar Association presi- dent R K Jain and secretary Ashok Arora, also present on the occasion, supported the idea. They said it would save considerable time and re- sources besides the ‘‘harass- ment’’ to inmates and police personnel. PTI

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TOI Boy sodomised, DMRC’s disabled-friendly toilets

By Anuradha Mukherjee rector (planning) C B K users,’’ said DMRC chief TIMES NEWS NETWORK Rao. architect Tripta Khurana. beaten in school ‘‘We are planning to And it doesn’t take much New Delhi: Hit by a deluge build toilet blocks outside to customise them. ‘‘They By Bhadra Sinha ical treatment. His face has of passengers wanting to the stations. Each toilet will just need to be a little larger TIMES NEWS NETWORK got swollen. The accused relieve themselves at the Metro station — toilets or than the regular cubicles New Delhi: A 12-year-old boy slapped him several times,’’ no toilets — the Delhi Specifications to allow free movement of was allegedly sodomised by Ved said. Metro Rail Corporation wheelchairs. The cubicles four boys who locked him in During the lunch break, •Toilet doors and also must have grab rails the boy had gone to the toilet (DMRC) has decided to cubicles should be wide, a bathroom of Sarvodaya construct some. The new to help users move from Vidyalaya school, Madangir, wit three of his friends. the for easy manoeuvring the wheelchair to the com- accused let the other three toilet blocks will come up of wheelchairs. on Friday afternoon. at Tis Hazari, Kashmiri mode,’’ said Khurana. The Three of the four accused boys get away. toilets will be constructed Gate and Seelampur sta- The doors have to have been arrested. They ‘‘The school toilets are in a • and handed over to Sulabh tions. The DMRC is design- open outside. were apprehended at the spot separate block. Every toilet for maintenance. does not have a separate door. ing the toilets to make sure after the boy’s cries caught they are disabled-friendly. •Commode should be at The toilet block in use at his teachers’ attention. The There is a common door for least 480-500 mm high. Shahdara being run by Su- Class 7 boy was also beaten all of them,’’ Ved added. SECURE REPUBLIC: Security personnel keep a vigil at Rajpath on Saturday. Earlier, DMRC had de- labh is not accessible and a up. The boundary wall, adjoin- cided against providing •Usage of anti-skid tiles. wheelchair cannot even ‘‘The fourth accused man- ing the toilets, is broken. The toilets at stations. ‘‘Ideally, get into the complex. Provide emergency aged to give us the slip be- four boys entered the school civic agencies should pro- • DMRC officials said the Licence for unlimited liquor a big hit alarm inside the cubicle. cause of the commotion. We, complex from there. vide toilets outside. We toilet was constructed in however, have his descrip- ‘‘They have been coming TIMES NEWS NETWORK cences till now,’’ said a senior your party’’. This licence is a even wrote to the Delhi the initial stages by Sula- tion and should be able to inside the school from that excise official. He said people must for serving more than Municipal Corporation. have two cubicles. One of bh. They,however, said that New Delhi: When it comes to nab him because he lives in space and creating a nui- preferred paying Rs 2,000 and 18 varieties of hard liquor But on not receiving any re- them will be customised for modifications would be serving spirits, Delhiites are Dakshinpuri itself,’’ a police sance every now and then,’’ enjoy complete peace of and 36 litre of low alcohol ply, we decided to provide the disabled and would be made to make the utility ac- a disciplined lot. Last Sep- officer said. The accused Ved said. He also claimed the mind. drinks at any function. Viola- the toilets,’’ said DMRC di- accessible to wheelchair- cessible for all. Sunny, Bobby and Subhash accused had earlier threat- tember, the Delhi state excise The department is going to tors may have to face impris- (all are aged between 25 to 30 ened the teachers and school department had made it publicise about the licence in onment for up to three years. years) are also residents of staff when they tried to stop mandatory to get a new li- ‘‘a big way’’. ‘‘We will create Apart from the excise de- the same colony. their entry. cence, L-49 A, for Rs 2,000 and awareness about the useful- partment’s office at IP Estate, The boy’s father Ramesh He added the boy does not then serve any amount of ness of the licence,’’ the offi- the licence can be procured Ved said his son was under know the accused and there liquor at private parties. cial said. from some vends, whose list trauma since the incident. ‘‘I is no animosity between ‘‘This has been the single So the department’s adver- is available at the depart- took him to the hospital on them. ‘‘We have never met most successful excise policy tisement for this licence ment’s website — www.del- late Friday to get him med- them earlier,’’ Ved said. as we have sold over 3,000 li- reads ‘‘don’t kill the spirit of higovt.nic.in/excise. DDA to chop 500 trees in Nehru Place

TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Over 500 trees in a park in Nehru Place are on the verge of being lost to a concrete jungle. For the Del- hi Development Authority (DDA) plans to axe the trees and develop the park as a night bazaar-cum-parking lot in the commercial centre. A consultant architect has already been hired for the project. But the proposal to axe trees has not gone down well with the Delhi Munici- pal Corporation (MCD) and the corporate company which has been developing the park over the last nine years. It had a pact with the MCD. Spokesperson of the said: ‘‘We have facts to prove that the park has brought down pollution in the area.’’ Sunita Narain of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has even requested the lt-governor to intervene. ‘‘Protecting greens in the city is important, especially, in a congested area like Nehru Place. It would be best if the DDA finds an alternative site for its plan,’’ she reacted. DDA vice-chairman Sub- hash Sharma said there was nothing wrong in cutting trees for development. ‘‘Aren’t trees cut when fly- overs are built,’’ he asked. Sharma said the DDA was prepared to plant 10 trees for every tree axed in the project. ‘‘We are willing to follow the prescribed norms for restor- ing greenery,’’ he said. Slum relocation N ew Delhi: The NDMC has chalked plans to relocate slum clusters at Raja Bazar, Bharati Nagar and Nauroji Nagar. Vice chairman of NDMC, Ram Bhaj, said the engineering department has been instructed to remove shanties erected by construc- tion workers soon after the completion of works. TNN

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6 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 DELHI Katara murder accused want charges to be dropped

TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Nitish Katara murder case accused Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav have moved the Delhi high court, saying the charges against them should be dropped. The matter had come up for hearing before the court of Justice R C Chopra, who listed it for Tuesday for the response of advocate S K Sax- ena, who is a special public prosecutor in the case. The defence lawyers K N Balgopal and G K Bharti have taken the plea that there was no evidence to suggest that Nitish has been forceful- ly taken from the wedding ceremony. Secondly the hammer with which Nitish was killed was not sent along with blood smears for the DNA test to es- tablish the deceased was the son of Neelam Katara. Ni- tish’s body was found in a charred condition after he was abducted. Vikas and Vishal are ac- cused of kidnapping Nitish from a wedding and then murdering him on February 16-17 night last year in Ghazi- abad. The alleged provoca- tion was that they did not like his friendship with their sister Bharti Yadav. The Supreme Court on Au- gust 23 had transferred the trial proceedings from Ghazi- abad to Delhi on a petition filed by the victim’s mother Neelam Katara alleging that a fair trial was not possible there. The U.P. police had filed the chargesheet in Ghaziabad court against the accused in April, but the apex court had stayed the tri- al proceedings at Ghaziabad court following the transfer petition. Vikas is also an accused in the murder case of ramp model Jessica Lall. Before this, the high court had already rejected the plea of the accused to stay the tri- al in the court of additional sessions judge S N Dhingra. The accused had then tak- en the ground that since Vikas Yadav was also an ac- cused in Jessica Lall murder case, both can not go on si- multaneously because of practical difficulties.

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BRIEFLY No time to shop, no AP time to spend

By Rashme Sehgal TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley is undoubtedly one of the more high-profile faces of the BJP. From DUSU president to ace lawyer and Cabinet minister, Jaitley was entrusted last year with the task of beefing up the party organisation. Devoting himself to politics has meant that Jaitley has had to put his legal practice on hold. And also that he’s had to plan his finances ‘‘in such a way that I have enough money to see me through during the phases when I am not earning my usual amount, like when I was Cabinet minister’’. Do you prefer to save or spend? I’ll put myself in the moderate cat- from a non-volatile source. A BSF jawan on guard in Srinagar on egory. I live comfortably but I’m not Your best investment? Saturday. extravagant. Investing in Reserve Bank of India I do save because there have been tax-free bonds. I started doing so Collapse toll mounts: The toll in the phases in my life when I have had to when I was getting a 10-per cent tax- building collapse in Mumbai’s Fort area live entirely on my savings. This free income, and continue to do so has risen to four with two more persons makes me cautious and desirous, al- even when interest rates are down to succumbing to injuries, police said on ways, of the need to plan ahead. seven per cent. Saturday. At least five of the 17 injured How much money do you usual- Even at this rate, considering pres- were stated to be in a critical condition. ly carry in your pocket? ent inflation figures, they offer the The fire brigade officials ended the opera- Not much — a few 500 rupee notes, best form of investment. tions early Saturday after residents con- but I almost never spend them. My And your worst? firmed that all the trapped persons had circle of activity is Investing in the been removed. PTI now restricted to Unit Trust of India NSCN(I-M) talks offer: In a bid to Parliament House, LET’S TALK — I have ended up quell tension in Manipur and Assam over the BJP party of- losing a lot of mon- the Naga issue, NSCN(I-M) said in a fice, the courts and MONEY ey. statement on Saturday that it ‘‘fully travelling around Is there any- recognises the legitimate rights and aspi- the country for party work. I seldom thing you splurge on? rations’’ of all neighbouring people and have time for shopping and have not Not really, but I do admit I have a offered to hold talks with them to resolve been to Connaught Place for a long weakness for good pens and spectacle the differences.PTI time now. The only time I get to do frames. Whenever I go abroad, I am some shopping is when I travel out- BKU calls mahapanchayat: The definitely on the look-out for a pair of side the country. Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) has con- good frames. vened an emergency mahapanchayat at Basically, my wife does all the shopping, including buying herself a What is the most extravagant its headquarters in Sisauli, Uttar Pradesh, thing you have ever bought? on Saturday to formulate its future course birthday present from me or buying of action against the policies of the presents for the kids. I prefer not to answer that ques- Mayawati government. PTI Do you prefer credit cards? tion. I carry a whole lot of them — Have you ever gone through dif- Naxals kill activists: Naxals of the American Express, Visa, Mastercard People’s War Group shot dead two politi- ficult times? — the whole gamut. I was born into a middle-class fam- cal activists in Andhra Pradesh’s Waran- Who looks after your financial gal district, police said on Saturday. In ily, my parents were refugees from affairs? both instances, the motive behind the Lahore. My secretary, who has been with killing was not known.PTI me ever since I became a lawyer. He They spent a lot of money educat- Kashmir Rly station: Prime Minister takes care of everything, including ing their three children, including Vajpayee is likely to inaugurate a railway my day-to-day accounts. My house- myself, in good public schools. We station, without a railway line, during his hold expenditure is looked after by were a disciplined family, and so we visit to the state in April this year, J&K my wife. lived in basic comfort with no ex- chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Have you invested in any prop- travagances at all. Once I started told mediapersons on Saturday. PTI erty? earning, I was never hard up. Communal harmony award: Seventy I own a house in which I live — it Is there any important lesson five-year-old Begum Syeda Chishti has serves as my office as well. I own an- you have learnt about money? been selected for the Communal Harmo- other property, which I have rented That one should never be too at- ny Award for 2002. The award, carrying a out to supplement my income. tached to it. The other thing: Not to cash prize of Rs one lakh, was instituted Do you dabble in shares? keep any black money in the house, in 1996 by the National Foundation for No. I have never bought a single since this generally gets frittered Communal Harmony, set up by the gov- share in my life. I find the share mar- away in wasteful expenditure. ernment as an autonomous organisation, ket very fragile. Whenever I am out of I believe it is always better to go in a release said. PTI law practice I have to lean back on for stable investment than to attempt my savings, so I need a stable income to make a fast buck.

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INDIA SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 9 Iraq asks CAPITAL NOTEBOOK Iran offers gas Healthy move India to India, Iran for stronger ties TOI in ships to Union health minister Shatrughan Sinha, who has been oppose war Ajit Ninan receiving a great deal of flak for not taking his job TIMES NEWS NETWORK seriously, is on a PR mis- New Delhi: Iraq on Saturday skirt pipeline sion: He has taken his said it expected India and the three secretaries — for Arab world to throw its By Sanjay Dutta health, family welfare and weight behind the moves to TIMES NEWS NETWORK Indian systems of medi- avert a war in Gulf region. cine — and the 17 MPs Hoping to meet Prime Min- New Delhi: Iranian officials accompanying who constitute the consul- ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee tative committee for his President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami on Sat- over the weekend, Speaker of urday chose against discussing with their In- ministry, to Lakshadweep the Iraqi National Assembly for a meeting of the com- dian counterparts the proposed gas pipeline Sa‘adoun Hammadi said through Pakistan given New Delhi’s height- mittee. Needless to say, about Arabs and Indians: ened security concerns in the wake of recent when the meeting is held ‘‘What they have done is attacks by local tribals on Balochistan in the Capital, attendance great. But they could do bet- is usually quite thin, but ter. We do not want a war and pipelines. this time, there was a hope it will not take place. Instead, the Iranian delegation pressed for scramble to get onto the plane for the tropical island But if it is forced on us, we signing of a Memorandum of Understanding brainstorming. So will this rear guard action help Shot- will use every means we have (MoU) to open up its oil and gas fields to Indi- gun keep his job? Will the sun-soaked MPs tell the PM and fight, and we shall win,’’ an oil firms in return for New Delhi’s promise what a fine minister he is? For speculation in the Capital said Hammadi, who ranks to buy LNG (liquefied natural gas). is that whenever the Prime Minister reshuffles his team high in his country’s political Sources said Iranian oil minister Bijan next, Sinha may find himself somewhere else. hierarchy. Namdar Zanganeh did not mention the He declined to elaborate pipeline at all during talks with his Indian A school for Swamy the means his country could counterpart Ram Naik and offered to sell 2.5 use in its defence. Flanked by mtpa (million tonne per annum) of LNG. THE irrepressible ‘leader’ of the one-man Janata Party Saleh Mukhtar, his country’s ‘‘The Iranians could not hope for any Subramanian Swamy misses no occasion to promote envoy here, he vigorously de- favourable Indian response to the India-Iran himself. At a press conference recently, called to an- nied US and British allega- pipeline, particularly after the recent attacks nounce his forthcoming visit to Pakistan ostensibly to tions that Iraq had received explore peace, he once again flaunted his Harvard con- in Balochistan by tribesmen,’’ an oil ministry contraband chemicals that official said. nection. He enclosed with the press release a copy of the could be used for producing ‘‘The Iranians realised that these attacks letter from the dean of the arts and science faculties, weapons of mass destruction Ajit Ninan support our stand that any energy supply line Harvard University, invit- from Indian firm NEC Engi- ing him to teach at its sum- neers Private Ltd, saying it President of Iran Seyyed Mohammed Khatami with President APJ Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Vaj- passing through Pakistan is not safe as Islam- payee at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday. mer school. Swamy said, was ‘‘all part of American abad has failed to act against rogue elements,’’ during his Pakistan tour,he campaign to demonise Iraq’’. By Mahendra Ved ‘‘Comprehensive Convention a contemporary relationship... in an external affairs ministry official said. would contact the Harvard ‘‘There is no evidence. The TIMES NEWS NETWORK against International Terror- the context of challenges of The oil ministry official said since LNG can alumni there to improve bi- arrested persons have denied ism’’. modern world and drawing upon be transported in special tankers, selling gas lateral ties. New Delhi: Signing a ‘‘New Del- India needs Iran to gain un- their historical relationship and in this form would help Iran to skirt con- allegations they earlier made hi Declaration’’ and a ‘‘Road Map Swamy ‘‘clarified’’ that hindered access to Central Asia interaction’’. tentious issues. on being tortured,’’ the two to Strategic Cooperation’’, along contrary to media reports, told a media conference. and thence, to Europe. For Iran The ‘‘Road Map’’ initialled by The Iranian officials insisted on drawing up Rahul Gandhi had not with five other agreements, re- The Indian firm had sent a — with the US still nursing old foreign ministers, Kamal Khar- an MoU for Vajpayee and Khatami to sign earned a degree from Har- gional allies India and Iran on consignment to Jordan and hostilities — India is a useful razi and Yashwant Sinha, sets a vard. Now you can’t have Saturday braced up to forge clos- when the two were to meet on Saturday the UAE. There was no proof five-year target for political dia- evening for official talks. two Harvard ‘stars’ in poli- er political and economic ties. logue and modalities of coopera- to the effect that any of this The accord However,the Indian officials refused, saying tics, can you? They also condemned ‘‘states tion on issues of strategic signif- consignment had been trans- that aid, abet and directly sup- since any gas purchase was a commercial de- ferred to Iraq, they said. Tough stance icance and interaction among port international terrorism’’. their respective National Securi- cision the details would have to be first worked No ‘‘abettor’’ of terrorism was Condemn states that aid, ty Councils. out by the concerned companies — GAIL India mentioned in the documents, but abet and directly support Documents do not mention and National Iranian Oil Company. it was clear that both countries international terrorism any specific area of cooperation The Indian officials also said the Iranian have resolved to build on their in the field of defence. But care proposal would have to be examined in view of successful cooperation in Clarity of thought has been taken to underline that the recent gas finds by Reliance, Niko, Cairn Afghanistan. Indo-Iranian defence coopera- and ONGC. Besides, it was pointed out that The two sides warned interna- Areas of mutual coopera- tion clearly identified tion was ‘‘not aimed at any third Petronet, a consortium of Indian oil firms, had tional players, and Afghanistan country’’. contracted 5 mtpa LNG from Qatar. New Delhi itself, against allowing any room This is in keeping with Khata- would have to find buyers for this gas before for the return of the ‘‘dark partner. mi’s stance adopted during his making any fresh commitment to Iran. forces’’. This was the expression The resolves worked on and recent visit to Pakistan where he The Indian officials also said that the Iran- Iranian President Seyyed Mo- expressed on Saturday with spe- resisted provocations from the ian LNG offer was not new and was made by its hammed Khatami used, while cific time-frames — even if par- hosts to take a stand that could former deputy energy minister Rahgozar Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vaj- tially implemented — could have overshadowed his current about a year back. IndianOil chairman M S payee was more explicit in men- place the two allies at a clear ad- visit here. Ramachandran confirmed that such an offer tioning the ‘‘evil Taliban’’. vantage vis-a-vis any friend or Murli Manohar Joshi and his was made to his company. ‘‘We are examining Themselves being active par- foe in the region, sources said. counterpart Mostafa Moeen the issues,’’ he said. ticipants in Afghanistan’s recon- The most significant aspect of signed an agreement for cooper- struction, the two sides urged the interaction was a clear iden- ation in the field of science and The sources said GAIL may pick up equity the international community to tification of areas of mutual co- technology, that covers IT, BT, in a $3.4-billion LNG project in south Iran. Be- commit itself to this task. On operation. The New Delhi Decla- pharmaceuticals, food technolo- sides, NIOC was keen on forging a marketing their part, they resolved to work ration, signed by Khatami and gy and a closer interaction be- tie-up with Gail to sell LNG in the Indian for an early finalisation of a Vajpayee, envisages ‘‘building up tween scientific institutions. market.

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10 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 INDIA Two years on, scars of the quake remain

By Sourav Mukherjee Two years later, most of & Radha Sharma the quake-affected have TIMES NEWS NETWORK moved on with their lives. Ahmedabad: Dhanji Mehta, But for some, refuse to forget. a 70-year old businessman, Dineshbhai Patel (65) has calls up his youngest son in attempted suicide three Gandhidham almost every times in the past two years. day since the January 26 Patel holds himself responsi- earthquake two years ago. He ble for the death of his two also speaks to his daughter- grandchildren. He had insist- in-law. ed that his daughter send her A loving gesture children to Ahmed- from a father who abad from Surat. misses his son, you QUAKE Barely had the would say.Only,the youngsters stepped son and his family RECALL into his home in have been dead for Ambawadi when two years now, crushed un- the tragedy struck and both der the four-storeyed apart- succumbed. Patel lost his son ment in Gandhidham. and his right leg but his The son never wanted to grand-children’ death is what leave, but gave in after Mehta is driving him crazy. insisted that he do something ‘‘If only he had not asked worthwhile and help with them to come over..this possi- the family business. A fact bility continues to torture that is eating into Mehta’s him. Medication calms him conscience. but he is still harbouring the ‘‘Tremendous guilt is guilt and the related suicidal gnawing at Mehta’s con- tendency,’’ says psychiatrist science for he holds himself Dr Rajesh Maniar. responsible for pushing his Maniar confesses that son into the jaws of death. there are a number of people His only solace is calling the reeling under guilt. ‘‘Medica- son’s ‘‘non-functional num- tion and psychotherapy is ber’’ and speak to him for helpful. What they need most hours. is complete family support. ‘‘Psycho-therapy has Even a mention of how helped him but he has not things could have been differ- been able to free himself of ent can precipitate the guilt- guilt,’’ says psychiatrist Dr related depression,’’ says Dr Mrugesh Vaishnav. Maniar.

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INDIA SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 11 Azmath back Kalam outlines challenges, commends Jammu & Kashmir people in Hyderabad, TIMES NEWS NETWORK the people of J&K needed to complimented the media, in- According to him, the where knowledge would be physical connectivity by pro- be congratulated for display- dependent groups and politi- The road ahead country needs to embark on a the primary resource instead vision of roads in rural ar- New Delhi: In his first Re- ing immense courage and up- cal parties for their contribu- second green revolution to of capital and labour. eas, electronic connectivity says he was public Day-eve address to the holding the country’s demo- tion to the electoral process Challenges increase productivity. He The IT sector could play a through reliable communica- nation, President Kalam cratic traditions despite the despite the ‘‘passions of com- Need to usher a second said the production of cere- pivotal role in the areas of tion network and knowledge tortured in US saluted India’s democratic threat of cross-border petitive politics’’. green revolution als, for instance, would need tele-education and e-gover- connectivity by establishing traditions while outlining terrorism. Outlining the challenges to be increased from the pres- nance for rural areas. In this more professional institu- TIMES NEWS NETWORK his vision for the country’s The President praised the in India’s march towards de- e-concerns ent 200 million tonnes to over context, he called for the tions and vocational training future development. Election Commission and velopment, Kalam set out a IT sector had a great re- 300 million tonnes by 2020. launch of a ‘‘mega mission’’ centres. Hyderabad: Mohammad Referring to the conduct of the state government ma- roadmap for the country to sponsibility to contribute Lauding the strides made to provide urban amnesty in The President also compli- Jaweed Azmath, 32, one of free and fair elections in chineries for their ‘‘exempla- follow to achieve its goal of in areas of e-governance by India in the IT sector, rural areas. mented the country’s the two Hyderabadis who Jammu and Kashmir and ry performance’’ in the con- rooting out illiteracy,poverty for rural areas Kalam said a new society was This would require con- defence, nuclear and space was cleared of charges of Gujarat, the President said duct of these ele ctions. He and disease. emerging in the 21st century nectivity at various levels — scientists. being involved in the terror- ist attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001, after being arrested in the US a day after the attack, and later charged with a credit card fraud, returned to the city on Friday. Azmath showed himself to be older by a couple of years in the passport to get a visa to the US. ‘‘The agent who helped me get the passport is himself in the US now,’’ Azmath told The Times of India on Friday. He said he obtained a pass- port by faking his age, only to get a job in the US and help his family. The period in prison ‘‘was mental and physical tor- ture’’, he said, recalling his days in custody. ‘‘I was told if I owned up to the attacks on the WTC I would be given a new life. The FBI said it would bring my wife and son to the US, and give us a house and enough finances si that I would never have to work again,’’ he said. Azmath said the FBI showed him his flying li- cence and told him he was a pilot as well as a navi- gator. ‘‘They told me I was one of those who attacked the WTC, that I was from Egypt. They said they could do anything and also get my photographs and passport from that coun- try,’’he recalled. Detailing the mental tor- ture he faced, Azmath said the FBI told him that he could never see his family again. ‘‘They said my punish- ment for attacking the WTC would be death,” he said. “The prison lights used to be switched on 24 hours, I was not allowed to sleep and for a number of days I was kept in freezing tempera- tures,’’ he said. With the past behind him, Azmath said, ‘‘I will simply rest for a few days and begin all over again.’’

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12 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 INDIA Padma Bhushan for Valley gears up for R-Day AP IGNCA: A centre for arts or Chawla, Shenoy TIMES NEWS NETWORK credits his success to the a monument to apathy? trust he enjoys of its share- New Delhi: The two journal- holders as well as the credi- TOI ists who received the Padma By Parul Chandra bility of the group’s publica- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bhushan come from a varied tions. background. New Delhi: It was meant to be Prabhu Chawla has made a After a stint with the Indi- the mother of all monuments. name for himself in both an Express group, Chawla re- Built on 24 acres of prime land in print and TV while T V R turned to the India Today New Delhi’s Central Vista ad- Shenoy, a founder and editor group in 1996 and was execu- of The Week, is now tive editor and later joining Rajpath, the Indira Gand- known primarily as editor of the maga- hi National Centre for Arts (IGN- a columnist who zine as well as a di- CA) could well turn out to be the does not hide his rector of the TV To- biggest white elephant in inde- proximity to the rul- day Network. Last pendent India. ing party. year, he reinvented So far Rs 100 crores have been Chawla, 56, cur- himself as a talk- spent on the main building — the rently editor India show host of the Kalanidhi Kalakosa, billed by Today and editorial programme Sidhi PM Vajpayee as ‘‘yet another director of the India Baat, known for its milestone among the monu- Today Group of hard-hitting, no- ments of the Capital’’ during its publications, made a name holds barred approach. inauguration on November 19, The Indira Gandhi National Centre of Art in New Delhi. 2001. That excludes the price of for himself in the 1980s as a Chawla comes from a fam- tion and we will need Rs 5 crores Equally pathetic, perhaps, is the real estate and maintenance. formidable political reporter ily of Punjabi refugees from for the sub-station.’’ fate of the second building, the Another Rs 500 crores are and analyst. Though a free- Pakistan who had to struggle Shetty says even if the entire Sutradhara, meant to house the wheeling journalist, Chawla against huge odds in post- needed for the centre to take its building is occupied, money will administrative offices. Work be- has seen himself as the quin- Partition Delhi. His first in- final shape with seven other have to be found to pay the esti- gan on it three years ago but has- tessential organizational terest was teaching and he buildings — an administration mated Rs 1.5 crore annual prop- n’t proceeded beyond the founda- man, and has thus assumed was a lecturer in Delhi Uni- Security has been tightened in Jammu and Kashmir in view of threats of building, others housing concert erty tax, the electricity bills (the tion stage. In the absence of managerial responsibilities versity before becoming a terror strikes on the Republic Day on Sunday. halls, theatres, museums, exhibi- building is totally air-condi- money to go ahead with con- whenever asked to do so. He journalist. tion galleries, and tribal arts cen- tioned) and for its overall main- struction, the contractor, it ap- tres. The idea was to build the ul- tenance which could total be- pears, has been kept busy pump- timate centre for the arts, as tween Rs 3-4 crores a year. ing out ground water which Akshardham hero honoured with Ashok Chakra good as any in the world. But the Begun in 1985 when Rajiv seeps into the foundation. Else, present government is disin- Gandhi was the Prime Minister, the money already spent on the TIMES NEWS NETWORK ing the anti-terrorist operation at Bihar regiment. The other two Seva Medal, 42 AVSMs, one bar- clined towards providing the the IGNCA was conceived as a foundation will go waste. Swaminarayan temple complex . awardees are Naik Tarlok Singh to-Shaurya Chakra, 21 Shaurya money. tribute to the late Indira Gandhi With no additional money in New Delhi: National Security Only one Ashok Chakra has of Mahar (30 Rashtriya Rifles) Chakras and 11 Yuddh Seva A little over a year after its in- who was a keen patron of culture sight, there is a question mark as Guard (NSG) commando Sube- been awarded this year. The list and commando Surjan Singh of Medals, among others. auguration, the Kalanidhi struc- and encouraged lavish govern- to who will continue with the dar Suresh Chand Yadav, 41, laid includes three Kirti Chakras, the NSG. Incidentally, Lt-General Kapil ture seems to have become a ment spending in promoting it. work. TPL wants to move out and down his life while fighting ter- second highest In all, 494 armed forces person- Vij is among the many senior of- haunting monument to the The centre is built on a prize- the CPWD is leery of taking on a rorists who unleashed mayhem peace-time nel have been awarded ficers who have been awarded the megalomania of the czars of In- winning design of Ralph Lerner, project that has a number of out- at the Akshardham temple in Gu- award for gallantry and dis- AVSM. In January last year, dian culture. It has no power sup- an American architect and the standing dues. jarat last September. A grateful ‘‘conspicu- tinguished Lt-Gen Vij had been suddenly ply and so the library which the construction is managed by Tata After an initial sanction of Rs nation has now honoured him ous gal- service removed as commander of the building was meant to house, Projects Limited (TPL). The 17- 100 crores in 1985, the IGNCA re- with the Ashok Chakra, the high- lantry’’, one awards. elite 2 Corps during troops mo- among other things, functions on member trust is currently ceived another Rs 15 crores to est peace-time gallantry award, of which has Thebilisation along the Indo-Pak generators. While the remaining chaired by Dr L M Singhvi, but complete the Kalanidhi building. on Republic Day. been award- awards list border. structure remains starkly empty, this is after Congress president Since then it has received noth- Born in Khatan Khera, Alwar, ed posthu- includes 28 While the government denied its beautiful flooring is covered Sonia Gandhi was removed as ing. The trust itself has a corpus, Rajasthan, Yadav had joined the mously to Param it, sources had insisted that Vij in dust. Says the member secre- life-chairperson of the IGNCA in again provided by government, 13 Mahar Regiment of the Army Havildar Vishisht was removed since he had moved tary of the IGNCA, N R Shetty: January 2000. of Rs 100 crores, but they say in 1979. On deputation with the Rudal Seva Medals, some elements of his strike ‘‘The building doesn’t have a Handling Kalanidhi is the they do not have any money to NSG since December 2001, he Prasad of five bars-to- forces deployed in Rajasthan too sanctioned electricity connec- least of the trust’s headaches. complete the construction. made the supreme sacrifice dur- the Army’s 4 Ati Vishisht close to border with Pakistan.

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INDIA SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 13 Cellular Cos, basic service Shinde forms Teenmurti: The bright side of India Inc. 69-member By Malavika Sanghvi fibre that sets them apart. those who know Nandan are TIMES NEWS NETWORK And each has conquered not surprised that his new providers cry foul over tariffs demons in their own back- fortune has not changed his Mumbai: When three names jumbo cabinet yard. And each is very differ- basic DNA. from India featured in a for- By Sanjay Anand about Rs 1,700-2,000 crore a ing one another’s networks. ent. In the mid-eighties as a TIMES NEWS NETWORK eign newspaper’s list of the TIMES NEWS NETWORK year) on account of all in- This has put off basic phone Ratan and Mukesh are gen- struggling young entrepre- world’s most respected busi- coming calls on mobiles be- companies. Mumbai: Chief minister uinely shy. They give the im- neur, Nandan was not one to ness leaders, it did not sur- New Delhi: Both cellular as ing made free. One industry observer Sushil Kumar Shinde induct- pression of wanting to be compromise on principles as prise many.In a world where well as basic phone service Basic phone companies said state-owned companies ed 53 ministers on Saturday, away from the centre of at- rigid as his present adher- Enron, WordTel and Ander- providers said on Saturday said by asking them to pay in- like BSNL/MTNL would pay taking the strength of his tention. Yet both have risen son have turned belly-up and ence to issues of corporate that they have been hit by terconnect user charge (IUC) more to WLL-M subscribers cabinet to a record 69. The to the occasion and ad- where their former employ- governance and business new telecom tariffs, an- to cellular operators for ac- than they would get, benefit- distribution of portfolios dressed large gatherings ees pose for Playboy centre- transparency. An insider nounced by the Telecom Reg- cessing their networks, TRAI ing private companies like will be finalised on Monday. with aplomb. Ratan’s speech folds, respect has become a tells of an incident when the ulatory Authority of India. had brought in CPP (calling Reliance, which has bet heav- The Congress inducted po- at the Taj centennial and four letter word. young Nandan was trying to Several phone users also party pays) regime, which ily on WLL-M. litical heavyweights such as Mukesh’s address at the In India respect is no easi- get a leading builder to sign a said they would be the losers has been widely opposed. He said Reliance’s plan to former chief minister Shiva- launch of the Dhirubhai Am- er to acquire. Auditing contract with his company. — be it paying higher rentals Cellphone users pay Rs offer per minute call rate of jirao Patil Nilangekar and bani Knowledge City dis- frauds, tax scandals and ‘‘Your services and price is or being constrained by re- 1.20 to basic operators every 0.40 paise for Reliance-Re- outgoing MPCC president played a surprising ease with shareholder frauds are com- fine,’’ said the fat-cat big- duced call duration. They time their subscribers call liance calls might not be af- Govindrao Adik, while drop- Ratan Tata: Heading India’s pubic communication. name industrialist. ‘‘Now mon. Which makes the inclu- oldest industrial house, he is said their phone bills would fixed line and WLL-M (mo- fected but it would have to ping senior ministers Rohi- Nandan is Mr Modesty. what commission will you das Patil (agriculture and sion of Ratan Tata (50 on the not one for devious battles go up and apparent gains bile wireless in local loop) collect IUC of 0.30 paise from Though he belongs with the give me, for choosing you?’’ parliamentary affairs), Shiv- list), Mukesh Ambani (33) but has bravely taken on (like free incoming calls on contacts. But fixed phone and its subscribers for accessing other two as far as achieve- Nandan was horrified. It is ajirao Moghe (transport and and Nandan Nilekani (45) all vested interests mobile and slightly lowered WLL-M users pay nothing for other networks, effectively ironic that today he runs into water conservation) and STD rates) would benefit few calling cellphone users. Now, raising WLL-M call charge have been judged by interna- the same man on many offi- Ramkrishna More (school ed- and be nullified by the hikes. TRAI has said all operators and blowing away the gov- tional peers. cial panels, and, of course, ucation). Cellphone companies said (cellular, basic and WLL-M) ernment’s affordability argu- Each represents a different Infosys is hundred times they could lose a lot of rev- would pay one another ment for allowing the serv- NCP president Sharad face of corporate India. Pawar was more cautious larger. enue (one even put the loss at (about 0.30 paise) for access- ice. Ratan’s aristocratic lineage Ratan’s dislike for the cut and dropped only one minis- sits atop India’s oldest indus- ter of state, A T Pawar. throat and the devious is trial house, which is only well-known. He masks his Jagmohan: Clean up, get Rs 1 cr Shinde had a tough time fi- now moving gingerly into the nalising the list of legislators disapproval in Old World put- new century. Mukesh leads a downs, yet his bravery in tak- TIMES NEWS NETWORK you can to develop a monument or area but if to be inducted in his cabinet brash old economy war-horse ing on vested interests in there are beggars and unhygienic conditions, as pulls and pressures were admired for its extraordi- New Delhi: Union tourism minister Jagmo- what do you think the tourist will remem- exerted by both the Congress bloody and dangerous Machi- han has announced a special project of Rs 1 nary growth, and which has avellian battles marks him ber?’’ asked Jagmohan. and the NCP. rarely suffered fools — espe- crore for any place, city or state which wins The minister emphasised the need to inte- His next headache will be out. the prime slot on cleanliness, tidying up not cially among his blue-blood- In a recent interview, his grate the functioning of the departments of allocation of portfolios. ed adversaries. Nandan, who just a monument but the environment culture and tourism with civil aviation and Defending his decision, described the misdeeds of around it. is New India and New econo- JRD’s old satraps as ‘‘silly others. Shinde said:‘‘I wish I could my, has built the country’s The announcement came during the Na- things’’. In spite of his retire- His deputy, Vinod Khanna, said there was have formed a smaller cabi- first super-company of the tional Tourism Awards function on Friday, ment, he still rules at Bom- a need for everyone to pitch in, from the first net with 21 ministers. Mukesh Ambani: Leader of a 21st century, following rules Nandan Nilekani: With no fa- the eve of National Tourism Day.‘‘We have to bay House. Indian a foreigner sees to the last so the visi- “But the politics of leading group that has registered an that Wall Street as well as mous surname, he struggled learn to live in a disciplined, clean and Mukesh may be laying tors will return. ‘‘There is a need to make In- a coalition government has extraordinary growth, he may Washington admire. to make it big but people healthy way. Look at the state of our cities, aside his soft-spoken mod- dian cities a happening and forced me to induct more lay aside his shy demeanour All three of them have con- who know him say success we need fundamental reform and reorgani- but not his workaholic ethic esty but he is unlikely to fun place,’’ he legislators in the cabi- ducted themselves with a dig- will not change his basic sation of the Indian mind, we have to think nature abandon his workaholic eth- said. net.” nity that is rare in the rough about creating a new dynamism, giving a the more remarkable. ic. A dyed-in-the-wool indus- new direction to society,’’he said. and tumble of boardroom They ments are concerned, Nan- trialist, he is mired in his This Delhi MP’s plea for ‘‘hard and battlegrounds. Each pos- dan is a breed apart. Not hav- biggest challenge since tak- strong’’ decisions comes at a time when sesses a ing a famous surname and ing over Reliance. his colleagues in the government not being born into an in- This battle in telecoms is are clearing scores of irregu- dustrial family, Nandan’s unfolding at a vicious pace, larities in thousands of trajectory is perhaps the but the struggle will draw on DDA flats in the most interesting. An en- not only the Ambani mil- Capital. gineer by training, a pro- lions, but also the man’s re- ‘‘Do fessional to the core, markable renown for strate- what gy and execution.

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14 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 SPECIAL REPORT Mother Courage Ray of Ummeed Anjina Rajagopal, 50, chucked Dr Vibha Krishnamurthy runs her steno’s job to run a clinic for children with Saikripa, a society for developmental disorders homeless children in Mumbai he’s Mummy.What else would you er husband’s a management con- call a woman who has 37 children sultant and she’s got a medical S and plans to have more? H degree from Harvard. They have Anjina Rajagopal’s first child hap- two children and spend Rs 60,000 on rent pened by chance. While walking to her every month — not to pay their home office from the bus stop one morning, bills but to pay for what you could call Anjina saw a boy being thrashed by a their third child, Ummeed. fruit vendor near ITO. The vendor said Ummeed is a cheerful yellow-and- the boy was an orphan and always white clinic tucked off Warden Road in pestered him for food. Says Anjina, ‘‘I South Mumbai. The clinic is small, went back again in the evening. The overrun by toys and children from tod- child was crying helplessly.I decided to dlers to teenagers, who keep the staff of take him home.’’ ten professionals always on its toes. The She informed the police and adver- parents turn up on the doorstep of this tised in a newspaper. When no one nation of Rs 100 each from the nine so- another Home in Narela and one as a centre with ummeed in their hearts that Lata Shankar who has just returned the child goes to, calling up to tell came forward to claim the boy she ciety members. counter girl at Barista. this space will help their children lead from Glasgow, there is a physiothera- the teacher that the child can’t help decided to look after him. This hap- Now, she decided to give up her job The home runs mostly on donations more fruitful and happier lives. pist, occupational therapist, family flunking spelling because he is dyslexic. pened in 1990. Rajat is 23 today. He has and approached CRY for help. A charity from organisations. The amount — Rs The centre, started a little over a year therapist (since the parents need as Forty per cent of the patients are too ago, was set up by Dr Vibha Krishna- multiplehandicaps and still goes to a show also helped them collect a basic 20,000 a month — is hardly enough. Peo- much counselling as the children), a poor to pay. The centre’s incomings are special school. murthy and her husband to treat chil- fund. The family grew. ple also chip in: a bori of rice, a tin of learning disabilities consultant and a Rs 50,000, the outgoings cross Rs 1 lakh. Anjina and a few like-minded friends Anjina has had to change three ad- dren with developmental disabilities. biscuits or even a bundle of clothes. clinical psychologist. The Dorab Tata Trust has given them a decided to register a society,Saikripa, to Which includes children with cerebral dresses since then — she couldn’t afford So far more than 2000 children have small grant but as the arithmetic shows look after homeless children. Three to buy property. ‘‘These really help us tide over the palsy, mental retardation, learning dis- come to Ummeed from all over Maha- there’s no way of breaking even. And months later, Rajat got a sister. By 1992, Now Cadence Design Systems, a soft- shortfall,’’ says Anjina. ability, autism, attention deficit disor- rashtra. Many are late speech develop- yet the young couple continues to put in this single woman — a Keralite from ware company, has bought land for Apart from the home (Bal Kutir), der and behavioural disorders. One of money and keep the show on the road. Karnataka — had acquired a family of Saikripa and is building a two-and-a- Saikripa also runs two charitable the reasons for setting up the centre was ers, some are autistic, others have a fa- seven including an abandoned new- half storey home. Anjina and her 30 schools — Sai Shiksha Sansthan in because of the lack of ‘‘professionally cial tic, still others are hypersensitive. ‘‘We wanted to give back,’’ shrugs Dr born. The children stayed with Anjina children live in their temporary quar- Vazidpur and Sai Vidya Vatika in Agaa- trained therapists’’ in India. One child who was autistic was given to Krishnamurthy, ‘‘not out of some at her small home in Noida. ters close by. pur. Anjina’s children go to the Shiksha Ummeed, Dr Krishnamurthy stress- ripping off her clothes, but after Um- goody-two-shoes motive, but just to put Till this time Anjina had been man- Seven of the brood have moved out Sansthan. es, runs on team spirit. Along with her meed she has improved a great deal. something back.’’ aging with her steno’s salary and a do- and are working — two as teachers in Rachna Subramanian other developmental paediatrician Dr The centre also liaises with the school Nina Martyris Ordinary folks, different strokes As India celebrates another Republic Day, Sunday Times toasts the spirit of an uncommon band of heroes: silent samaritans working for the greater good. Profiles of a few good men and women...

Mai ka ghar Woman of substance Designed for comfort Sindhutai Sapkal, 55, was a beggar before Smita Pattnaik, 34, is battling to empower rural women in Angul, Orissa Kamal and Sanjeev Saxena design special she started running orphanages clothes for the handicapped Bagan once more er simple looks belie her feisty spirit. Young Smi- ife has come full circle for Sindhutai Sapkal. She start- ta Pattnaik has become a force to reckon with in ver had a fracture? Wearing trousers when the leg is in Robin Pal is the Green Man of his south ed as a railway-station beggar in Pune and now begs for H her native Angul district, known for its mining a cast can be a difficult job. ‘‘Kids suffering from de- L food to feed her wards in her five orphanages at Pune, industry. She raises her voice, makes women aware E formities suffer the same kind of pain as a patient with Kolkata locality Wardha, Chikhaldara and Ahmednagar. of their rights, and unites them to fight against a fracture while wearing clothes,’’ points out Delhi-based Ka- For the 50 to 100 children in each orphanage, Sindhutai is injustice. Hers is an unending battle to empower rural mal Saxena. Her Project Solace is designed to make specially ou could call him an environmentalist. But at simply Mai. And Mai is prepared to do anything it takes to women. adaptive garments for spastics, mentally and physically chal- South Kolkata’s Bakul Bagan Road Robin Pal is keep her flock fed and clothed.Married into a family from As the day breaks, Smita glances at her monthly lenged individuals and orthopaedic patients. Y simply known as the Green Man. Years ago, the Wardha, Sindhutai was thrown out by her in-laws when she schedule and sets out for some remote village to sort out ‘‘I realised that although there has been extensive research areatried to organise tribal women to secure their right over another problem: drunken husbands beating their wives in medicines and therapies for the physically challenged, had lost its greenery and famous bakul trees to new forest produce. Driven to begging, she would share whatever or unwed mothers desperately seeking help. A group none of them addressed their fundamental needs,’’ she says. highrises. Thanks to Robin Pal’s efforts, the Bakul she got with other beggars, especially children. quickly forms around her as she starts educating the A doctorate in medical genetics, she decided to work towards trees are flowering once again. “I could not bear It was thanks to a generous donation by former Bombay women on how they can improve their lot. making them more self-reliant. the sight of the trees I grew high court judge B G Kolse Patil that Sindhutai was able to Her efforts have worked wonders in the drought-prone ‘‘Since these kids are not in the mainstream, they lack self- up with being chopped off,’’ start an orphanage. Impressed by her selfless work, he do- area, dotted with illegal coun- esteem. Clothing plays a key role in building self-esteem, so I he says. nated 10 acres of land in Junnar where she constructed a hut try liquor bhattis. Puttagada, decided to work towards engineering an adaptive and attrac- Pal began his single-mind- “I could not bear to put up her children. Deepak Gaikwad, the first boy who like many other villages here, ‘‘I would not tive type of clothing which would suit their needs,’’ she says. ed endeavour to save the trees the sight of the took shelter with her after being abandoned by his relatives has turned liquor-free. The 134 Her husband, Sanjeev,also a doctorate in the same subject, almost 20 years ago. He began grew up to discover that he had been left a share in the an- tribal families of the village claim the liquor supported her decision. planting a variety of saplings trees I grew up cestral property.Deepak donated the share for setting up the were sunk in abject poverty business has Quitting their jobs at AIIMS, they set up Project Solace. brought from far-off places. with being orphanage at Kumbharwalan near Pune. Later, Sindhutai and alcoholism till the women Kamal took a course in fashion garment technology. His clerical job left him with was able to raise money for renting modest premises when turned pro-active. ‘‘I would not completely The infrastructure and machines for the enterprise little savings, most of which chopped off... stories of her work got wide publicity. claim the liquor business has stopped, but our were managed through a loan from the Delhi Finance he has poured into his mis- Every year during She’s got as many as 63 awards for her good work, but completely stopped or the peo- Corporation. sion. This frail-looking man precious little cash. Sindhutai is still begging to run her ple have stopped drinking. But effort has To sustain the project, they take orders for ordinary school still waters the trees every pujas, people orphanages. For the past two years, the cash-strapped state our effort has yielded results yielded results.” uniforms, hospitals and hotels for their day-to-day apparel. morning and evening, spray- uproot some trees government has not paid even the measly Rs 95,000 annual in many villages,’’ she says. This income, Kamal says, comes in handy to support their ing insecticide, and spreading grant to her orphanages. The Saswad orphanage in the Today, there are as many as research and development of special adaptive garments the message about a green en- to erect a pandal.” drought-prone Purandar taluka suffers from acute water 100 women’s groups in the villages, guided by her Nari which are given free to special institutions. They are giving vironment through graffiti. shortage, but they have not been able to even construct a well. Suraksha Samiti. Smita has also helped women demand the prototypes free to institutions so that they can also Messages like ‘Think Green’ ‘‘We owe money to almost everybody,’’ she says. ‘‘The chil- and get berths in village committees to participate in produce garments for their patients. and ‘Save a tree, Save a life’ are splashed all over and the dren get food largely due to merchants like Ashok Agarwal, the decision-making process. More than 10 women’s The Saxenas have designed an entire product line under 124 varieties of plants growing in the locality are flour- Vishnu Kabra, Dilip Bothra, R.B. Agarwal and Manoharlal groups have got bank finance through the district rural the label, Lots of Life, which was displayed in Paris in June ishing proof of his efforts. The locality abounds in Garg who have been quietly donating groceries worth Rs development agency. this year at Autonomic, a technical trade fair catering to the bakul, mango trees, lebernum, mahogany and others. 24,000 every month for the past two years.’’ When Sindhutai A post-graduate in History, with a degree in law as needs of the handicapped. What breaks his heart: Everytime he sees his little gets any award in cash, which is not very often, the money well, Smita spurned a job in the Rourkela steel plant. The couple are now set to mass-produce these products and ones (trees) being axed mercilessly. “Every year, during goes towards paying bills and buying essential commodities. ‘‘Even when I was in school, the plight of our illiterate distribute them free in special schools and hospitals. If the pujas, people uproot a few trees or chop its branches She also visits schools and colleges to appeal to students to and helpless women bothered me,’’ she says, explaining they succeed, they will move to designing a special range of to erect a pandal,” says Pal. Not one to give up, he plants donate foodgrains, books and old clothes for her children. why she chose a different path. utensils and toiletries for the physically challenged. two more saplings at the same spot. Rajaram Satapathy Manjiri Damle Rashme Sehgal Delhi’s water man Mission Peace Help on the streets VK Jain, 50, is augmenting the metro’s water Meera Rafi Malek, 30, runs a Sanata Kumar Sinha, 45, quit teaching to resources through public interest litigation centre for slum children in help out street children It was a trip to is far greater than the sup- Five years ago, bai and came back to Bihar. Europe which ply,’’ says the 50-year-old strife-torn Ahmedabad Sanata Kumar opened VK Jain. The court made it Here, he started anew by group of children are mission. Sinha picked picking up street children Jain’s eyes. The mandatory for all buildings up a street child former Delhi discharging over 10,000 huddled together,learn- Born in an and providing them shelter, A ing how to count. Some orthodox near the Patna food and medical aid. University lec- litres of waste water to in- Junction Rail- turer realised how badly Del- stall recycling systems and are Hindu, while some come Brahmin fam- Eighteen years later he from Muslim families. A ily, Meera has way Station. Ravi had fled his and his team of 35 volunteers hi had messed with its envi- reuse the treated water. home, cast out by his parents rons. So he took the only re- ● Saving water bodies: In rare sight in the strife-torn married a are involved in tracing the city of Ahmedabad, and Muslim. because of his drug addic- homes of lost children, giv- course that could give a 2001, the court asked a joint tion. Today, the reformed 18- made possible by 30-year- ‘‘Hate cannot ing street children vocation- spurt to the sluggish official committee to find out the ex- year-old works as a tailor and old Meera Rafi Malek. be allowed to al training and making socie- machinery — the courts. act number of water bodies supports the same family Meera runs Sadbhavna take over love ty more responsive towards And he was right. Ever since in Delhi. The survey, Jain that had abandoned him. he filed a PIL in 2000, on safe said, found 508 water bodies Parishad, a centre for 400 at any cost,’’ their problems. drinking water and augmen- and recommended that slum children in Bhilwas, she believes. “Every year we get around In 2002 alone the phone tation of Delhi’s water re- those smaller than 4,000 near Shah Alam — one of Now, her efforts are bearing to earn a livelihood. Recent- while my marriage to Rafi 3,000 street children from the helpline he runs provided sources, a series of orders square metres be reclaimed the worst riot-affected sub- fruit. ‘‘Though they are still ly, Meera successfully host- makes it easy to access Patna Junction fleeing from medical aid to 132 children, have shown a ray of hope. for green patches.Now gov- urbs of Ahmedabad. This at reluctant, both communi- ed a Hindu-Muslim Roza Muslims. their homes. Half of them shelter to another 135, ● Courts have made rainwa- ernment agencies are revis- a time when the whole state ties have accepted the past programme, where men During the riots I could from outside the state,” says ensured 107 children went has been polarised on com- and are sending their chil- ter harvesting mandatory in iting water bodies. The PWD came with knives but ended provide a healing touch to Sinha, founder of Balsakha, back home and rescued 18 munal lines. dren to our centre. Even the all buildings with an area of has promised not to throw up hugging each other. both communities. On the a voluntary organisation children from extreme parents accompany them at over 100 square metres: ‘‘The fly-ash in the Jehangirpuri Peace is an obsession for Meera believes it’s her flip side, they don’t trust me working for the betterment torture. times,’’ says Meera. DJB can add 140 million gal- marshes. Despite the suc- Meera. And she has stood connection with both com- completely. One wrong of street children since 1984. It gives himsatisfaction to lons a day (mgd) to its exist- cess, Jain remains a modest firm against verbal and She has also started a pro- munities that has gone in move and they disown me. A post-graduate in Social find many of the children he ing supply once the Sonia Vi- man. ‘There’s lots to be physical abuse from both gramme for riot-affected her favour. ‘‘I wear a bindi It hurts,’’ she adds. Work from Bombay Universi- had picked up earning their har treatment plant becomes done,’’ he says. communities to fulfil her women who are taught how and enter Hindu homes, Radha Sharma ty, Sinha quit his job as a livelihood legally. operational. But the demand Saurabh Sinha teacher in a college in Mum- Dipak Mishra

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16 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 INTERNATIONAL

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300 missiles a day on Iraq, threatens US Reuters Spears stalking case: Washington: A US war plan calls for tration builds up military might in late February or March, the newspa- than were launched during the entire Britney Spears’ troubles with the launch in March of 300 to 400 the Gulf and tries to convince Iraqi per, quoting defence officials and an- 40 days of the first Gulf War. On the an alleged cruise missiles a day at the start of a President Saddam Hussein that force alysts, reported on Saturday. second day, the plan calls for launch- Japanese war on Iraq, more than were fired will be used if he does not disarm. A CBS said the battle plan, called ing another three to four hundred stalker, ac- during the entire first Gulf War, ac- Pentagon spokesman declined to “shock and awe,” focuses on the “psy- cruise missiles,” the network said. cused of cording to a televised report. comment. chological destruction of the ene- During the 1991 Gulf War, a US-led sending love notes to the US officials and analysts have pre- The Washington Post joined CBS in my’s will to fight rather than the armoured column swept into Kuwait pop dicted for months that an attack on looking toward March as the possible physical destruction of his military and destroyed Saddam’s elite Repub- princess, are Iraq would be swift, massive and de- start of military action. Despite a forces.” lican Guard divisions in the largest due to a signed to catch Baghdad by surprise. wave of deployments over the past “If the Pentagon sticks to its cur- tank battle since World War Two. But “cultural misunderstanding,” But Friday’s report by CBS News, five weeks, the Pentagon has only be- rent war plan, one day in March, the this time, the target is the Iraqi lead- the man’s lawyer said on Fri- quoting unidentified Pentagon offi- gun sending combat elements to the Air Force and Navy will launch be- ership and the battle plan is designed day. Spears, 21, is seeking a cials, offered new details of US de- Gulf and cannot assemble the force tween three and four hundred cruise to “bypass Iraqi divisions whenever restraining order against fence strategy as the Bush adminis- needed for an invasion of Iraq until missiles at targets in Iraq —more possible,” the network reported.Reuters Masahiko Shizawa, 41, of Yokohama, Japan, claiming N Korea demands treaty he had sent her photos of DUBYAMAIL with US: North Korea said himself and a note saying Saturday it would not trust a I don’t know how people find humour in “I’m chasing you.” But Shiza- this utter nonsense comic strip. It’s a letter or statement of non-ag- wa’s lawyer told a brief court total wastage of valuable space and gression from the US and hearing that the legal fray reader’s time. I think TOI should be re- warned hostilities between the was due to a “cultural misun- warded for creating the most senseless two countries could only end comic strip ever. derstanding.” “He’s a VIP in with a formal treaty. The US has Japan. He had no intent” to — Manjit Das indicated it is willing to give a disturb her, lawyer Simon written assurance that it will not Hiller said. Reuters I love this cartoon strip. You are doing initiate military conflict, but it well, continue it. has refused to consider a Springsteen album a — Yugal Bhatia non-aggression treaty, which classic: From Bruce would have to be passed by Springsteen’s breakthrough e-mail: [email protected] Congress. AFP Born to Run to Led Zep- pelin’s hit Stairway to Heav- en, some of the biggest clas- A special issue of National Geographic, due to be out on sic-rock titles of the 1970s February 1, takes the reader on a historical tour of the were inducted on Friday into swimsuit over the last 100 years. the Grammy Hall of Fame. The 1975 album that festival. Three of the contestants, two women launched Springsteen as a superstar and the and a man, spent around 10 weeks in hospi- 1971 Zeppelin ballad that became one of the tal recovering from extensive skin grafts, most heavily played tracks of the rock era which they had to undergo following the were among 21 recordings to gain Hall of event in Birmingham in August 2001. AFP Fame status this year. The eight albums and 13 singles bring to 606 the number of titles Moore to present Oscar: Julianne recognised since 1973 by the National Acad- Moore, an Oscar contender for her perform- emy of Recording Arts and Sciences for their ances in two movies, has been tapped to enduring artistic quality. Reuters present one of the prestigious awards this year, Oscars organisers said Thursday. Radio station fined: A British radio sta- Moore will make her second appearance tion which held a competition that left three as a presenter at the Academy Awards cere- contestants with severe ice burns and per- mony March 23, producer Gil Cates said. The manent scars was Friday fined $24,500 by actress is herself a two-time Oscar nominee, the courts. BRMB based in Birmingham, cen- but has never won one of the coveted stat- tral England, challenged participants in its uettes. She won a best actress nod in 1999 Coolest Seats In Town competition to sit on for her performance in The End of the Affair, blocks of dry ice — which has a temperature while in 1997 she was nominated for a best of minus 78 decrees Centigrade — for as supporting actress Oscar for her role in the long as they could to win tickets for a music porn industry drama Boogie Nights. AFP

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BRIEFLY INTERNATIONAL Pak infiltration on the rise: US War on Iraq underlines Reuters Washington: Sharing India’s stand, Boucher was responding to ques- him on’’. the US has said cross-border infiltra- tions on the reported remarks of US Boucher said he was not worried NATO’s generation gap tion by militants in Jammu and Kash- ambassador to Pakistan Nancy Powell about the calls by some groups to expel mir had increased after a drop and that Pakistan should stop being a Powell. ‘‘No, I think this is a matter ever mind Monday’s UN try. Later, as president, the Paris that it should stop completely. ‘‘platform for terrorism’’ and must where she and Musharraf have a clear weapons inspectors’ report diplomatic bag from Washington ‘‘Infiltration has gone down and keep militants from infiltrating into understanding of our work together Non Iraq to the Security often bore requests for select in- come back up somewhat... We do be- Jammu and Kashmir, which irked and what needs to be done.’’ Council. Ignore the other big Mon- gredients and queries about the lieve infiltration should stop com- both the fundamentalists and the Pak- He said the issue was not going to day bash, the European Union more elaborate recipes. pletely and that is an issue that we do istani government. lead to ‘‘any major conversation’’, (EU) general affairs council, at Can one wonder then that near- continue to work on with the govern- Boucher said President Pervez when Pakistani foreign minister which EU foreign ministers dis- ly 300 years down the line, Paris ment of Pakistan,’’ US state depart- Musharraf had given assurances that Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri meets sec- cuss the looming Gulf War II. views the American administra- Iraqi police officers drag out a man ment spokesman Richard Boucher Pakistan would stop infiltration ‘‘and retary of state Colin Powell next The battle for Baghdad is al- tion’s dismissive words as a tad who entered a UN car shouting “please told mediapersons on Friday. that is something that we work with week.PTI ready being fought in the trenches mean-spirited? save me”in Baghdad on Saturday. of the doubters’ sandbagged na- Unkind but not wholly untrue. tional souls. And it is old Europe France and Germany, long de- that is in the American firing line. scribed as the engine of Europe, Kasuri for Indo-Pak talks: Pakistan’s Superbowl Sunday: The big day of TV ads The national heartburn brought are more accurately the very chas- Foreign Minister Khurshid Muhammad on in stridently anti-war France sis on which the enlarging edifice Kasuri has called for unconditional talks ricket fans already gag- AFP Reebok and beer-maker An- between New Delhi and Islambad without and Germany by US Defence Sec- rests. And theirs is not a sclerotic, ging from an overdose heuser-Busch. further delay. “Solution to any problem retary Rumsfeld’s dismissal of but certainly an old-timer’s view lies in diplomatic engagement and not in Cof commercials about Most of the big ads will be them as “old Europe” is a symp- of the world. shying away from it or resorting to de- the men in blue and the sug- shown at half-time, at which tom India can understand. We too How else does one explain the ployment of troops in threatening pos- ary sweet soda they drink, break some of America’s top are a young country with an old appalled tones in which the Ger- tures,” Kasuri, who is currently on a visit the assortment of vehicles entertainers will perform, of- civilisation and a long memory. man ambassador in London re- to US, said in Los Angeles. “The Kashmir they drive, and the products ten advancing their own new In these political- cently harked issue should be viewed in the light of UN they use, will have no respite releases and careers. This ly correct times, back to WWII and resolutions,” Kasuri was quoted as saying over the next two months. year’s star cast: Shania ageism against in- pleaded for under- by Dawn. “Terrorism is a threat to peace, The World Cup cricket fies- Twain, Gwen Stefani and U2. dividuals is deemed EURO standing of his stability and economic development of all ta will ensure that the ads are Among those licking their ugly. No more so country’s abhor- countries and particularly developing amplified and multiplied till lips this year is the tomato perhaps in the con- VISION rence to being countries like Pakistan.” PTI you are blue in the face. Why and avocado industry.Ameri- text of cherished part of yet anoth- Planes collide, 5 killed: Five people some company needs to cans are so much into dips national timelines Rashmee Z Ahmed er, unnecessary were killed in a mid-air collision between spends millions to drum in and snacks during the game spanning millen- conflict? two light aircraft which destroyed a family the same message every few that sale of salsa and gua- nia. Understandable then that an- And what of apparent French home in a densely populated neighbour- minutes is something that de- Fans of Oakland Raider and Tampa Bay Buccaneer square off camole (made from avocado) gry Frenchmen have been out obduracy to war for the sake of hood of Denver, Colorado, police said fies explanation to all but the against each other in downtown San Diego on Friday ahead goes through the roof. The with the heavy artillery. war? How old-fashioned is that in Saturday. One of the aircraft was a sin- ad and marketing folks. of Sunday’s Superbowl final. California Avocado Commis- Ludicrously,but entirely appro- an age which has altered the doc- gle-engine Cessna and the other a twin- But why blame then when sion estimates that 40 million priately for Europe’s ancient trine of international military in- engine Piper Cheyenne. Three of the vic- the game lasts eight hours in more ads. The rules of the But in reality it is Ameri- pounds of avocados will be gourmet heartland, their notional tervention to a simple moral tims were aboard one plane, and two with plenty of spare time in game are changed to accom- ca’s largest advertising event. eaten during this year’s Su- defence comprises fragments of choice between humanitarian ac- were aboard the second aircraft, police between for drinks, adjusting modate the wise and wonder- Throughout the year, big and per Bowl. history and some tattered recipes tion and gross neglect? Even so, said. One of the planes crashed into a sidescreen, and friendly ban- ful ways of the ad and mar- small corporations plan their Amid all this hoopla, the from the great feasts of yore. the French have left themselves family home, which was destroyed. Six ter with the keting men. advertising move with this game itself becomes inconse- There is a point to all of this. It wriggle room in the tight corner people on the ground were injured at the umpire? This com- day in mind. More advertis- quential. For the record, this was as American ambassador to between America’s countdown to time of the crash. AFP The Ameri- ing Sunday ing dollar is spent on this one year’s finalists are Tampa Paris that the man who would lat- war and the firing of the first ONLY IN evening, mil- single day and event than any White House intruder held: A man cans play it Bay Buccaneers and Oakland er write the Declaration of Inde- shots. lions of Amer- other during the year. leaped the fence surrounding the White differently. A Raiders. Outside the two pendence learnt of the epicurean Meanwhile, “new Europe”, as House on Friday and was immediately basketball AMERICA! icans will set- This year, ABC, which cities on either end of Amer- delights of old Europe. Thomas Rumsfeld described the imminent taken into custody, the US secret service game that tle down in bagged the TV rights, has ica, there is very little pas- Jefferson, who stepped into the aspirational entity composed of said in Washington. The unidentified man lasts less than Chidanand Rajghatta front of their sold 61 30-second ad spots sion about who wins the title. ambassadorial shoes of another former Soviet bloc countries, entered the northwest gate of the White an hour is television sets during the game for an aver- Judging by the surfeit of appreciative American gourmet, squirms with eagerness to House behind another visitor, then stretched to three hours with for what is called Superbowl age sale price of $2.1 million advertising, it won’t be long Benjamin Franklin, took French take the American dollar and go to jumped over the fence onto the grounds. frequent time-outs and Sunday. Notionally it is the per spot. So that’s a matter of before cricket gets there. A cooking lessons in his diplomatic war. Agents captured him within seconds, and breaks to accommodate more country’s big sporting day — $128 million from ads. $500 million 500-ad splurge downtime. But all that proves is the main he was being questioned.AP ads. Previews and post- the finals of what we roughly Among the advertisers are for the World Cup final and a He returned home, trunks faultline on the continent lies be- mortems are added on to pile know as American Rugby. corporate behemoths such as game between two teams no crammed full of cookery books tween NATO’s “older” European Pepsico (11 one cares about? At least you and with a selection of vine cut- members and its seven new ones. spots this may avoid the pain of seeing tings with which he hoped to es- NATO, not the EU, is faced with year), Gener- the men in blue live up to tablish an American wine indus- the generation gap. al Motors, their colour.

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18 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 ALL THAT MATTERS

TALKING TERMS Dileep Padgaonkar Is sex no longer a dirty word in Indian cinema? Yes it is. Families are flect society and not vice-ver- No. Prudishness isn’t a Himansu Rai’s camera lov- Window of opportunity sa. It is societal mood and the ingly panned on Sita Devi uncomfortable watching culture of the country that part of Indian cinema or and Charu Roy as they in- From time to time, New Delhi has given such intimacy on film. defines films. the Indian psyche. dulged in the most natural the impression that it is prepared to do Our culture has an inher- expression of love in A business with the Kashmiri separatists. ent ‘sharam’ or shyness in it, Throw of Dice. Then came But on each occasion, it has executed a Karan Johar where intimate sexual con- Nikhat Kazmi the unforgettable kisses be- somersault. The government doubtless Film-maker tact between a man and a Senior assistant editor tween Himansu Rai and De- has good reasons to be wary of them. That woman is considered private vika Rani in films like Kar- they have close links with Pakistan would Uday Shankar and personal. And our socie- ma, Light of Asia, the royal be hard to dispute. The positions they take I don’t think the Indian film youth become the heads of ty hasn’t yet opened up to the Take your pick. Bollywood’s the one hand, he has the no- bathing scene in Raja Har- on various issues concerning Kashmir often echo Pak- market is ready for explicit families, the film market will extent where sexual issues trade journals carry two ad- holds-barred physicality of ishchandra and the seminal istani positions. They routinely meet Pakistani officials in sex scenes just as yet. A siz- change. But, certainly, not are discussed in the drawing vertisements this week. One Jism where kissing and ex- semi-nude scenes of New Delhi and abroad. What transpires during these pow- able sector is made up of yet. room. Only after that hap- collates the first week collec- tra-marital sex naturally Mehtaab in Chitralekha. wows is a matter of speculation. It is safe to assume that family audiences, many of Besides, society is not pens, will our cinema be able tions of Jism and the other flow into the screenplay and The kiss was replaced by they are not confined to exchanges about the weather. whom are uncomfortable ready to accept change too to show explicit sex on announces the forthcoming are portrayed without maul- swaying roses not because of The elections to the state assembly provided the sepa- watching sexual intimacy on easily today. While audi- screen. release of Pyaasa Jism. ing the laws of art and aes- the Censor Board but due to ratists with an opportunity to prove their representative screen. We can neither ig- ences in the ‘40s and ‘50s (As told to Needless to say, the choice thetics. And on the other, the rising tide of naturalism character. They chose to forego it on the grounds that the nore this sector, nor pres- could accept bold subjects, Piali Banerjee) for the film-goer is clear. On there is the heaving and in the 1940s which viewed it purpose of the polls was to ensure day-to-day governance surise them into dropping today’s mindset seems to be panting of interpolated sex as un-Indian. In fact, till but not to pave the way to address the Kashmir issue their inhibitions. closing up. For instance, in that fails to fulfil even its ba- date, the Censor Board has which, in their view, is far from settled. Meanwhile, they Ever since Hum Aapke the ‘40s, Sharda, a film about SUNDAY DEBATE sic motive: Titillation. never treated sex as a dirty The fact that Jism has have been loath to utter a word of criticism of Pakistan- Hain Kaun brought in a huge a man being in love with his Deepak Harichandan word. All it demands is that sponsored terrorism. The government’s circumspection is influx of family audiences to step mother, was a great hit. brought sex into main- film-makers follow the basic understandable on these grounds as well. theatres, film-going has been But in 1991, Lamhe, with a stream cinema without rais- norms of decency.It is mere- Despite all this, however, it would be misleading to un- looked upon as a family out- similar subject, wasn’t ac- ing eyebrows bears ample ly the misinterpretation of derestimate the appeal of the separatists in the Kashmir ing in urban India. Extended cepted by the audiences, de- evidence to the growing ma- the Cinematographic Code Valley.The appeal may be nowhere as far-reaching as they families and friends go for spite being well-made. turity of the Censor Board which has, time and again, make it out to be. The large voter turn-out in the assembly movies together and eat, In today’s scenario, if a and the film-makers. It could unleashed a wave of conser- elections and the defeat of the National Conference did drink and have a good time. film has explicit sex scenes, also mean an end to the vatism. An interpretation take them by surprise. They also have to reckon with the If explicit sex scenes are the buzz will most probably puerile soft porn industry which had caused Raj refusal of the world’s major powers to draw a distinction shown to them, most end up attract audiences who will which ironically reduces sex Kapoor to cry out in an- between legitimate and illegitimate violence. squirming in their seats. My see it for all the wrong rea- to a dirty word. guish: ‘‘Why are we so hypo- All the same, the separatists appear to enjoy credibility aunt, for instance, told me re- sons. It will be the kind of To argue that the Indian critical? Children don’t grow in considerable sections of Kashmiri opinion which is a cently that she felt the urge audience who will not even family audience prefers only on trees, they are made in good enough reason to engage them in discussions. to cover her teenaged grand- notice your screenplay, how- popcorn entertainment and bed. And what is immoral in This is precisely what the Kashmir Committee headed son’s eyes during the inti- ever hard you may have shuts its eyes when reel be- showing a beautiful girl. If a by Ram Jethmalani has endeavoured to do over the past mate scenes in Jism. worked at it. gins to reflect reality — the Fellini shows a woman nude, few months. (I am one of its members.) The Committee has If children are too young Explicit sex scenes can moral police call it SEX and it is considered art. If I show held three rounds of a structured dialogue with the All- to go to a film with an only work for very small VIOLENCE — is the biggest a woman’s beauty, it is con- Parties Hurriyat Conference, with Shabir Shah and sever- ‘Adult’s Only’ certificate, budget films, targeted at a fallacy of industry pundits. sidered exploitation.’’ al other Kashmiri leaders, academics, lawyers and ac- that too spoils the party. For niche audience. I believe In between its intermittent If the Indian screen can tivists. The talks have been frank and wide-ranging as well then, families can’t go out to- Jism was made with Rs 3 bouts of schizophrenia, Indi- play host to uncut Holly- as transparent in that the press has been informed about gether. On weekends, people crore, in which case it will an cinema has always dis- wood, if satellite television the deliberations. invariably look for films they work. And I do applaud Poo- played a maturity of vision. can talk uncensored about If and when the Union government decides to open talks can all go to. ja Bhatt’s attempt to try out Prudishness has never The Mind of the Married with them, it can proceed on the basis of the agreement It’ll take at least another 20 something new. But in the been an intrinsic part of ei- Man, why then must desi cin- that has been reached so far between the separatists and years before India is ready case of mainstream com- ther Indian cinema or of the ema fight shy of the body the KC. It includes the following points which could pro- for explicit sex scenes on mercial cinema, a big-budget Indian psyche. Jism is just beautiful and desi soap foam vide a window of opportunity: (a) violence as an instru- screen. I am 30 now; person- film like Kabhi Khushi Kab- re-visiting terrain that can about asexual bhaiyas, bhab- ment and a strategy to attain political objectives deserves ally, I’m okay with the idea. hie Gham would never be be traced back to the early his and behenjis. No more to be roundly condemned (b) all concerned parties must But there are two genera- able to recover its money if it years, the middle years and schizophrenia, please. We the pre-1990s prudishness. In rise above traditional positions and abandon extremist tions ahead of me who had explicit sex in it. gave them the Kamasutra,so fact, the first kiss dates back stands to resolve the Kashmir issue (c) the solution must aren’t. Once these genera- Finally, we can return to what’s all this coy talk about to the 1930s when director entail a firm commitment to democracy, the protection of tions pass out and today’s the argument that films re- the birds and the bees? human rights and respect for religious and ethnic plural- ism (d) no resolution is possible without the early return and rehabilitation of the Kashmiri migrants. GUEST COLUMN It is now necessary to pin the separatists down to the G. Parthasarathy specifics of these broad principles. The Kashmir Commit- State and nation tee has made it clear that in its view ‘‘extreme stands’’ would include the secession of Jammu & Kashmir from them is growing wider in our Re- earn himself the title of ‘Hindu hri- the Indian Union, any erosion of the special status of the JUGULAR VEIN public. The state is, or ought to be, day samraat’ and lend his name to ‘Booted and roasted’ state guaranteed by the Indian Constitution and disturb- the mechanism of day-to-day gover- the expanding vocabulary of cul- Jug Suraiya ing the status quo in Pakistan-held Kashmir. This has not nance: formulating and implement- tural nationalism. Roll over, Hin- led to the suspension of the talks. Indeed, the separatist ing legislation, preserving of law dutva. Here comes Moditva. leaders have assured the KC that they,in turn, are prepared Last week, state and order, ensuring the security The other day in conversation, during Indo-Pak chill to place before the government a solution to the Kashmir and nation came to and well-being of the citizen, pro- noted psychiatrist Nimesh Desai issue which would be ‘‘peaceful, durable, acceptable and loggerheads and viding health care and education, put it slightly differently: We’ve got A young colleague of mine in Islamabad remarked honourable’’ to India, Pakistan and the Kashmiris. New brought the Capi- seeing that people don’t starve to the frontal temporal lobes of our during the Kargil conflict that it was strange that Delhi has nothing to lose if it examines the content of this tal to a standstill. death despite the existence of a brains transposed. We use the part while Pakistani diplomats in Delhi were ‘‘feted solution and, if it finds merit in it, allows the separatists to For the past eight bloated public distribution system of our brain which is sensitive, po- and hosted,’’ their Indian counterparts in Islam- ‘sell’ it to their friends in Islamabad. The ball will then be days, Dilli has and government depots bursting at etic, artistic, to deal with things abad were ‘‘booted and roasted’’. He said this just firmly in the court of the ‘proxies’. been rehearsing its the seams with rotting grain. Oh that require hard reason and logic after my wife Shanti and I had to go through the Republic Day parade, which takes yes, and also keeping the traffic and discipline, and vice versa. We harrowing experience of consoling the sobbing place this morning. Each year, com- running smoothly,with a minimum are tough where we should be soft, wife of one of our officials who had been dragged muters are caught for hours in grid- of fuss and pother. and soft where we should be tough. out of his house and kidnapped by ISI goons, in the presence of MEN AND IDEAS locked traffic. Work schedules, ap- Practical details, in which God — Moditva? Temporal lobes? his wife and neighbours. Gurcharan Das pointments, the business of the day, or at least, good government — is Suraiya seems to be out to This was a typical Pakistani retaliation for the expulsion of one all take a backseat as the Capital re- said to reside. This is the legitimate lunch, terminally. And last week, of their staffers in India, who had been caught receiving classified hearses for the annual bash which and necessary sphere of the state. caught in those endless jams, I information from an Indian contact near the Hindon Indian Air Losing our best celebrates the pomp and circum- From which it is flagrantly ab- wished I were. Because then I’d Force Base. The incident occurred just when Prime Minister Nawaz stance of the Republic. In the sconding. Leaving a vacuum which know that the glaring contradic- Sharif was in Washington, assuring President Bill Clinton that he immobilised traffic, blood pres- politicians and their ideological tions existed not in reality but only would be pulling back General Musharraf ’s Northern Light In- Our government’s recent decision on dual sures rose, bladders distended. mentors are filling with the concept in the realm of my own delusions. fantry from the Kargil heights. Interestingly,yet another colleague nationality did not assuage my feelings of And as though in mockery of of nation. If the ‘state’ is — or ought What were these contradictions? of mine was beaten up in Lahore, just after Prime Minister Vajpay- unease, and I continue to agonise over the the impasse they’d created, the to be — about the practical, the ob- That as a state we couldn’t even ee’s Lahore Bus Yatra — again when Sharif was abroad. He had told loss of our best and brightest to the West. practising processionists went jective, the quantitative, the ‘how’ control traffic. me earlier that he regarded such acts as barbarous. I ask myself, does it matter if highly- marching by, troops, cavalry, tanks, and ‘what’ of things, the ‘nation’ is Yet as a nation we could take While mine was a particularly difficult tenure and involved the skilled Indians leave? Certainly, I cele- tableaux, the symbolic sinews — or ought to be — about the emo- pride in a Republic Day flypast of fallout of the nuclear tests, the Vajpayee visit, the Kargil conflict, brate the success of the Hyderabadi soft- of our 53-year-old Republic. tive, the intuitive, the subjective, fighter jets drawn up in a symboli- the shooting down of a Pakistan Navy reconnaissance aircraft, the ware engineer who makes good in Silicon So what’s new? Suraiya rants the qualitative, the ‘why’ of things. cally eloquent trident formation. Musharraf coup and the hijacking of IC-814, I do not think these Valley. But my experience in running a business is that about this every year. That’s right; I Even as the state withers around That we could not prevent dalits, personal experiences of mine were any different from those of my skilled talent is the scarcest commodity in the world and do. But people repeatedly do cost ex- us, relinquishing its responsibili- women, sundry other minorities predecessors, Satish Chandra and Satinder Lambah. everyone is in a hunt for it. Ask any CEO of a reasonable- ercises to figure out how much the ties, the ‘nation’ blooms in its stead from being killed, raped, burnt Islamabad has been described as a city of ‘‘bureaucrats, bores sized company and he will tell you about the long evenings exchequer spends on Parliament, like a genetically modified saffron alive, but could allow young men to and boulevards’’. One gets to understand Pakistan only when one he has spent trying to persuade a good candidate to join his with all the man-hours lost thanks lotus. One rashtra, one people, one smash up a McDonald’s outlet for visits Karachi, Lahore or Peshawar. I had spent over three years as company. The same goes for nations — America’s success to walk-outs, stalling tactics, and religion, cry out the vendors of this carrying a sign featuring the taboo India’s consul-general in Karachi in the 1980s. Shanti and I had is measured not only by its economic or military might but other time-wasting tamashas. fictive nation, sounding eerily like word ‘beef ’. That we could not pro- many good friends there and in Lahore. Our children studied in the because it is able to attract the best talent from the world. Someone should do a similar cost- ventriloquists’ dummies mouthing vide ourselves with electricity, wa- Karachi American School. The at- My dilemma over losing our best is compounded by my ing of the Republic Day parade. The Hitler’s call of Ein Reich, ein volk, ter, basic sanitation, literacy, food. mosphere was then so relaxed that we passionate belief in free trade and investment, which I am price tag for the parade should take ein Fuhrer. But what the heck, we could and even had car pool arrangements for convinced will eventually bring enormous prosperity to all into account the thousands of work- Since we seem incapable of being would shake a nuclear fist in Pak- the children with Pakistani friends. Indians. Why should I demur when it comes to globalisa- ing hours lost each year because of a strong state, let’s as a feel-good istan’s face, while it did the same to Parties in Karachi and Lahore were tion of labour? My reason tells me that I should support it holding the rehearsals at the height substitute have a superstrong us, by jingo! no different from those in Mumbai or but my heart doesn’t agree. One side of me thinks of my of the morning peak hour traffic. nation, based on a history made What we call the Republic is the Delhi, with alcohol freely flowing, passport in a deeply emotional way — as a commitment to But all this is still in the realm of up of myths. overreaching arch linking state and even as General Zia ul-Haq was pro- an identity; but another side says that passports are mere- trivia. What really disquieted me The obfuscation of state and na- nation. Today our Republic has be- claiming the virtues of Islamisation! ly a convenience. A friend of mine has three passports — this year is how the rituals of Re- tion would explain why a chief min- come the rope in the tug of war be- The lives of Indian diplomats in American, French, and Italian — and he doesn’t spend public Day, and the bedlam they re- ister could not only jettison his con- tween the two. When it snaps, Pakistan changed drastically in the much worrying about his nationality. And 93 countries sult in, aptly reflect the growing stitutional obligation to protect the what’ll we use to splice it? The can- 1990s. Under pressure from the ISI, agree with him as they recognise dual citizenship. confusion in our minds about the lives and property of all citizens un- dy floss fluff of a confected nation, Benazir Bhutto ordered the closure of Living in the world of passports and visas we tend to for- state and the nation. We increasing- der his government’s jurisdiction or the tougher, enduring fibre our mission in Karachi. A vicious get that these barriers are a recent phenomena. There ly tend to think of the two — nation but by actively encouraging and fa- of state? On the other hand, propaganda campaign was launched were no such fences a hundred years ago during the first and state — as interchangeable. cilitating vengeful rioters to attack why bother? Who needs a bit of in the state-controlled electronic me- age of globalisation, which in many ways was far more lib- They’re not. And the gulf between another section of the community, old rope, anyway? dia and in the Urdu press, accusing eral than today,especially after 9/11. It was also an age that India of rape, loot and pillage against produced two of our best non-resident Indians — Mahatma Deepak Harichandan Muslim Kashmiris. India was depict- Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. ed as a country on the verge of collapse and disintegration. Pak- We blame NRIs for not being as patriotic as their Chi- allotting marks, say uously for 3-5 matches, space constraints. istanis were pressurised by the ISI not to mix with Indian diplo- nese counterparts and not investing enough in India. It’s a LETTERS for batting, bowling, must be debarred from The last para, which I mats. While Indian intelligence agencies have no power to intimi- wickets taken, average playing other matches too false comparison; we fail to recognise that it was only in Qualifying marks am including here, would date or arrest people, I know of several cases when Pakistanis who the 1990s that our NRIs became wealthy and capable of runs per wicket, fielding for a year or so. Cricket is put things in perspective: visited the High Commission, or socialised with my colleagues were making entrepreneurial investments. The Chinese diaspo- This is with reference to catches, etc. now commercialised. ‘‘Agrees an activist work- taken in for questioning and intimidated, or roughed up. Even em- ra of Hong Kong and Taiwan, the main investors in China, ‘‘Is the Indian cricket Those who qualify un- Cricketers earn tonnes of ing among gays: ‘Adult, inent Pakistanis like Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi and Benazir’s in- have had a 15-year head start. Hence, the timing of the gov- team fit for the World der each category must money not only for play- private and consensual terior minister Aitzaz Ahsan did not regard themselves as immune ernment’s decision on dual nationality is excellent because Cup?’’ (January 5). The be allowed to play in the ing the game but also for sex between adults from the intimidation of the ISI. There were a number of instances this is the moment in history that we need globally suc- performance of each World Cup. Those whose appearing in advertise- should not be crimi- after the Musharraf takeover, when prominent Pakistani business- cessful Indians to link our enterprises with global markets. player can be judged by performance fails contin- ments. nalised.’ Obviously,the men in Lahore and Karachi who were our close friends for several Unfortunately,our dual nationality policy is flawed, and Mahesh Kapasi, debate is split wide years, were warned about having any contacts with us, after they is going to result in too many Indians giving up their Indi- New Delhi open.’’ hosted dinners for Shanti and me. an citizenship, and adopting a foreign one. Our babus PASSING THOUGHT Corrections There was a relatively relaxed environment for us just after the should learn from the best practices among the 93 dual na- Gay perspective Lahore Summit. There was cautious optimism that things would tionality countries and give, for example, full citizenship This refers to ‘Gay ac- In the story ‘Colours improve. During the Kargil conflict, we showed utmost regard and rights to NRIs and virtually the same passport as resi- tivists may win battle of the nation for the respect for Pakistanis seeking visas to visit India, or others whom dents. Few NRIs may, in fact, change their behaviour as a but the cost may be high’ common man’ (January we could meet socially.But day-to-day dealings with the foreign of- result of dual nationality, but most will get a sense of be- (January 19). The 19), the phrase ‘R K fice bureaucracy led by a virulently anti-Indian foreign secretary ing valued and of belonging, and that is worth a great deal. petition by Naz Narayan’s Common Shamshad Ahmad, (a protege of the military/intelligence estab- I am not in favour of taxing expatriates, as Jagdish Foundation does not Man’ should have read lishment) and increased ISI surveillance did make things tense for Bhagwati and Mihir Desai have suggested. The only solu- call for the repeal of Sec- ‘R K Laxman’s Common my colleagues, especially after the October 12 coup. Mercifully, the tion to bringing our brightest back is to make India a nice tion 377. Its demand is for Man’. The error is next foreign secretary, the soft-spoken and sophisticated Inam ul- place to work in. This will only happen if we accelerate the a ‘reading down’ of the regretted. Haq was cast in a different mould. Despite these problems, some of pace of reform. Just as we have reformed telecom — where law in order to decrimi- our Pakistani friends did find ways to keep in touch with us. And rates are dropping by the day and queues for phones have nalise only sexual acts In the story ‘‘How about a there were academics, businessmen, political figures and social ac- virtually disappeared — so must we reform power and oth- between consenting company guest house in tivists like Asma Jehangir, Brigadier Rao Abid and I A Rahman er infrastructure. Taiwan, South Korea, and China have who had the courage to interact with us when an opportunity arose, adults in private. Greece’’ (Jan 19), the begun to see a reverse flow in talent. Ireland has become a even if we disagreed on some issues. PRISM name of the international country of immigrants after centuries of being a land of Postings in Pakistan are both challenging and interesting. With The reporter replies: property dealer C B Raic- emigrants. Once we reach Taiwan’s level of infrastructure, I am so sorry, Sir. The penalty is going to be pretty rare exceptions, I found my colleagues and staff maintained their You are right. The hand Ellis should have we too will experience what it did recently.Of the 312 com- heavy. The small print in the contract you have cool even when they were provoked, threatened or under pressure. panies in Hsinchu industrial park near Taipei, Silicon Val- signed does that... last two paras of my gone as C B Richard Ellis. 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It trusts to- To place your order, log on or call 9604-600-600 from Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Navin Jindal through qualities that the most spiritual person tally on being provided for.Excessive consumption of would envy — but, at the same time, the most practi- food, air, or water is not an option. Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. I have both an inclination towards as cal person would envy them too. These shared quali- Bonding: Due to their common genetic inheritance, Prefix STD code to call from other locations well as a desire for spirituality. I am ties speak eloquently for what a cell agrees not to do cells know that they are fundamentally the same. The spirited, yes. But spirituality is some- as much as for what it does. fact that liver cells are different from heart cells, and thing I am still seeking. For me, spiri- Higher purpose: A cell agrees to work for the welfa- muscle cells different from brain cells does not nega- tuality is the quest for one’s inner self. re of the whole body first and its individual welfare te their common identity, which is unchanging. In It is never too late to be what People spend a lifetime trying to purs- second. If necessary, it will die to protect the body. the laboratory,a muscle cell can be genetically transf- If music be the food you might have been. ue long-lasting happiness. I believe that Skin cells perish by the thousands every hour, as do ormed into a heart cell by going back to their comm- Deepak Harichandan — George Eliot true happiness can only be sought wh- immune cells fighting off inv- on source. Cells remain tied of therapy, play on... ◆ en when one looks inwards and emba- ading microbes. Selfishness is to their source no matter how A love song is just a caress set to music. rks upon a journey of self-realisation. not an option, even when it co- many times they divide. Bei- ound heals. And music heals better. The mes down to a cell’s survival. ng an outcast is not an option. — Sigmund Freud I believe in God, but I am not ritual- use of music as a healing medium dates ◆ istic. I practise pranayam and relaxati- Communion: A cell keeps in Giving: The primary activity S back to ancient times. Music therapy is touch with every other cell. of cells is giving, which main- When it’s all over, it’s not who you were... it’s on techniques — they help me focus be- defined as the prescribed use of music and Messenger molecules race tains the integrity of all oth- whether you made a difference. tter on my tasks. People spend hours, musical interventions in order to restore, everywhere to notify the far- er cells. Total commitment to maintain, and improve emotional, physical, — Bob Dole days, months fretting over small things. thest outposts of any desire or giving makes receiving auto- ◆ According to me, being alive, in itself, is physiological and spiritual health. Using intention, however slight. matic — it is the other half of music to establish a trusting relationship, a cause for celebration. Don’t threaten me with love. Let’s just Withdrawing or refusing to a natural cycle. Hoarding is the music therapist works on improving the Belief in something is very importa- go walking in the rain. communicate is not an option. not an option. patient’s physical and mental functioning th- nt. I believe in my country.And so, havi- — Billie Holiday Awareness: Cells adapt from Immortality: Cells reprodu- rough carefully structured activities. ◆ ng the Tricolour around me lifts my sp- moment to moment. They re- ce in order to pass on knowl- Music can train the body to be calm or ac- irits. This feeling is probably similar to main flexible in order to re- edge, experience, and talents, celerate its functions depending on what No man is rich enough to buy back his past. what people experience when an idol or spond to immediate situa- withholding nothing from th- type of music is used. — Oscar Wilde painting of God is around them. tions. Getting caught up in eir offspring. This is a kind of Music therapy works to- ◆ All of us have been conditioned to rigid habits is not an option. practical immortality, sub- wards specific therape- Hot heads and cold hearts never turn to God in times of adversity. I am Acceptance: Cells recognise mitting to death on the physi- utic goals and objecti- solved anything. no different. But I believe in giving my each other as equally impor- cal plane, but defeating it on ves. Goal areas incl- — Billy Graham best and realising that I don’t control tant. Every function in the body is interdependent on the non-physical. A generation gap is not an option. ude communicative, ◆ the results. I trust myself and choose to every other. Doing it alone is not an option. We are selfish and greedy. As they evolved, cells academic, motor, em- otional and social skills. You can look within for value, but you must be what I am and what I want to be. If Creativity: Although every cell has a set of unique learned what really works for survival. Your body look beyond for perspective. something doesn’t go right, I believe in functions, these combine in creative ways. A person can’t afford to pay lip service to leading a spiritual All in all, music therapy can can digest food never eaten before, think thoughts life unless it wants to throw away aeons of wisdom. make a significant con- — Denis Waitley working hard to change it. I don’t be- ◆ lieve in blaming anyone else for my never thought before, dance in a way never seen be- Yet, the vast majority of suffering in our personal tribution to medical care by own failures. fore. Clinging to old behaviour is not an option. lives comes about because we consciously choose to providing psychological and physical When we’re hungry, love will keep us alive. (As told to Anubha Sawhney) Being: Cells obey the universal cycle of rest and ac- behave contrary to the soul bargain that keeps our comfort to patients with various needs. Have tivity. Although this cycle expresses itself in many bodies alive. you tuned in? — The Eagles

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20 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 OPEN SPACE CIRCULAR LOGIC e4 DEAR MS, Each of the houses (in a circle Horse-Keeping-Dept: Why do we use ‘@’ in email IDs? and numbered 1 to 6 with house This is about the old farmer's #1 at the top and going will concerning the distribution What’s long position and short lasts for hours. In the second kind, clockwise around) has one pet— of his 17 horses to his three position in stock market to produce approximately 20-25 either an angelfish, cat, dog, sons in the proportions of one- terminology? seconds of zero gravity,a very spe- gerbil, parrot or snake. The half, one-third and one-ninth. In share market, a deal is done on cific parabolic trajectory is fol- residents include 10 adults The lawyer adds another horse one day and the actual delivery lowed by trainer aircraft (the mod- (Anne, Burt, Cora, Harold, of his own to the 17, making the takes place after a few days. When ified KC-135 jet aircraft, also called Jerome, Paula, Sean, Ursula, total 18. Of this, nine (one-half) the price of a share is expected to as vomit comet). The third kind of Valerie and Walter) and four go to the eldest son John, six rise, people buy it with the inten- children (Billy, Lily, Molly and (one-third) go to James and two simulator is Precision Air Bearing Roby). Last names of the six (one-ninth) go to William— tion of selling later at a profit. Floor (PABF) which glides on a households are Prager, Quorn, totalling 9 + 6 + 2 = 17, leaving This is called ‘overbought posi- film of air. Here the astronaut Rudkoff, Styron, Torrance and one which the lawyer takes tion’, and because people are long- slides around with little friction. Usdan. Find the full names of the back. The reasoning is as ing for the share scrip, it is also — Pradeep Jain, Agra residents of each house and tell follows: 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/9 = 17/18. called ‘long position’. In the oppo- Who are gazetted officers? what sort of pet each family Therefore, by adding one horse, site case, when the price of a share Article 309 of the Constitution of have from the following 16 clues: all three are able to have their is expected to fall, people sell it India (Part XIV Services under the (1) No two households has the shares and one remains after with the intention of buying it lat- Union and States) specifies the re- same combination of adult men, the division, which is then taken er at a cheaper price and make de- cruitment and service conditions adult women, boys and girls. (2) back, thus maintaining the livery. This is called the ‘oversold There is no more than one adult of persons serving under the given condition. position’, also called the ‘short Union and States. Under this pow- man, and no more than one — Dhaval C Patel, Dubai, UAE position’. adult woman, living in each er, names of the Class I officers ei- Take all 17 horses to a bridge — Amit Roy Chowdhury, house. (3) The cat and the parrot ther recruited or promoted by on a dry river. Now place two Hyderabad live next door to each other. (4) horses below the bridge and UPSC, along with legal notices, No two houses with children are What is peacock’s ore in amendments to recruitment rules, one horse on the bridge, which chemistry? next door to each other. (5) gives one by two —i.e., one- etc are published in the Official half. So give 1 + 2 = 3 horses to Peacock’s ore in chemistry is cop- Gazette of India. And all such offi- MINDSPORT first brother. Next, place three per iron sulfide (Cu5FeS4), which cers listed in the gazette are there- horses below the bridge and is called bornite. It’s a bouquet of fore called Gazetted Officers. Mukul Sharma one horse on the bridge, which colours from an iridescent tarnish — Kuldeep K Jain, Chakradharpur gives one by three —i.e., one- that forms when bornite is ex- Paula's household is larger than third. So give 1 + 3 = 4 horses posed to air.The tarnish is made of ANY ANSWERS? the Styron household. (6) If to second brother. Lastly place assorted copper oxide or hydrox- Harold's house had one more nine horses below the bridge ides that form an atom-thin layer Fans line up for autographs from Serena Williams at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Why are snakes classified under person living in it, then the three and one horse on the bridge, over the bornite. The thickness of QUESTION: Why is a follower of a person called a fan? the class ‘tetrapoda’ even though pairs of opposite houses (#1 and which gives one by nine —i.e., the layer is close to the wavelength itude, altitude) anywhere on the dates back to the ancient Greeks he had to invent a way of address- they don’t have legs? #4, #2 and #5, #3 and #6) would one-ninth. So give 1 + 9 = 10 include equal numbers of of light. When light waves bounce planet. When you turn on a GPS who sent information by scraping ing the other user. He looked for a — Sangamesh S.B., Bangalore horses to third brother. Adding between the bornite surface and receiver, it looks for radio signals the wax off a tablet and writing a character that would separate the What’s the origin of the phrase people. (7) Robby and Lily live all the sharings we get 3 + 4 + between the Rudkoff and Torr- the tarnish layer, they leave with from the satellites in that region. message on the underlying wood. user’s name from the name of the ‘Big Brother is watching you’? 10 = 17. the wavelengths of various GPS satellites are 15,000 km above The tablets were then covered computer. ‘@’ does not occur natu- ance houses, neither of which is — S K Srivastava, Surat, India — Pradeep Jain, Agra colours making it look like a rain- the earth. For the GPS receiver to with wax again, rendering them rally in people’s names and isn’t a home to the angelfish. (8) The ENDGAME How did the use of the phrase “see’’ a satellite, it must be above largest family lives in #2. (9) Assume quasi-static bow.In the case of bornite, the tar- innocent when inspected by the digit. It is also an indicator of the ‘touch wood’ begin? Mr Usdan, Anne and Sean live in movement of the hour and nish has a purplish violet or blue the horizon and unobstructed by sentries. In modern times, it location of a user and has been — Ritika Agrawal three consecutive houses clock- minute hand in a clock. Find colour.Since bornite is often inter- buildings, mountains, etc. Once works to camouflage information. found to be the most convenient wise around the circle. (10) Billy What is the difference be- how many times in a day you grown with chalcopyrite which the receiver has locked on to three Osama bin Laden reportedly uses separator between the user name lives next door to the Prager tween a virus, a worm and a get such an orientation of hour tarnishes to more greens and yel- satellites, it has a 2-D fix and can it to communicate through chat and server name. house. (11) The dog lives in the logic bomb in the cyberworld? and minute hand which, when lows, the peacock ore may have display your longitude and lati- rooms, bulletin boards etc. — Yash Ganthe, Goa — Prateek Awasthi, Gorakhpur Quorn house (which isn't colours ranging from purple to tude to about 30-metre accuracy.If — Abhilash Nanda, Cuttack Cora's). (12) Walter's household interchanged, give a valid time How is a state of zero gravi- What’s the origin of the term blue to green to yellow as is seen the receiver can see four satellites, has twice as many people as notation. Valid means if it is 10 Why do we use the symbol ‘@’ in ty—for training astronauts — ‘Mexican wave’? o'clock, the hour hand is at 10 on peacock’s tail. Hence, the name. it has a 3-D fix. email IDs? achieved on the surface of Anne's. (13) Molly lives between — Padmaraj Janagouda, via and the minute hand is at 12 — Dipti Prakasini Das, — Ankur Mazumdar, recd via Until 1971, SNDMSG was the mail the earth? Valerie and Burt. (14) Only one email person in the Circle has the (not even slightly shifted from it). Bhubaneswar email program used to leave messages Astronauts are trained in zero- same first and last initials; this —(Submitted by How does a Global Positioning What is steganography? for other users of the same com- gravity simulators that are basi- V Balakrishnan, You ask . Or you answer. Mark the envelope person doesn't share a house System (GPS) work? Steganography is the art of hiding puter.When Ray Tomlinson had to cally of three kinds. In the first and address your answer and question to: [email protected]) with the gerbil. (15) Each child GPS is a collection of 24 orbiting secret messages within an image, send a file to a user on a different kind called micro-gravity wall, hy- Open Space, Sunday Times of India shares a home with a four- Snailmail: D-268 Sushant Lok-I, satellites. They allow anyone with audio or even video. The word computer, he combined SNDMSG draulics is used to simulate neu- 2nd Floor, S B Towers legged pet. (16) There are Gurgaon, Haryana 122001 a GPS receiver to determine his steganography literally means with CPYNET, a file transfer pro- tral buoyancy and the weightless- 40/1M G Road, Bangalore - 560001 email: [email protected] at least two people in the Email: [email protected] precise 3-D location (longitude, lat- ‘covered writing’. The technique gram. Thus e-mail was born. But ness of space and this experience Torrance house. Website: www.mindsport.org

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The Sunday Times of India, New Delhi, January 26, 2003 Greenidge is back Quote pe quote Ganguly begins practice Gordon Greenidge is back in Frankly, Sri Lanka - and the game Sourav Ganguly has launched his bid Bangladesh the camp. He will be the overall - would be better off without to regain form with a hour-long “technical” coach at the World Cup. The him (Ranatunga). Yes, there is plenty practice session at the Eden Gardens. former West Indies star, who was also in of animosity between him and me. Later, the Indian captain said two 13 charge in 1999 in England, is expected — Shane Warne on the opening day weeks were enough for acclamtising days to go to take over from Mohsin Kamal of the 1999 World Cup to South African conditions COUNTDOWN TO THE 8th CRICKET WORLD CUP

STAROSCOPE What Indian stars can hope for during the Cup YUVRAJ SINGH Born: December 12, 1981 Aussies: Almost invincible Yuvraj Singh is having Ardra naksha- Reuters tra and Gemini lunar sign that is de- termined and never likes to lose. His SLOG OVERS ascendant is Aries, a man of determi- How the top teams have performed over the last year in One-dayers nation and having natural strength by virtue of astrology. In the 3rd house are Moon and hey were rattled by year, however, they settled times with injuries and then Rahu, Saturn and Mars in 6th, Jupiter in 7th, Sun T Shoaib Akhtar’s pace scores with all three pre- some off-field incidents. and Mercury in 8th and Venus in the 10th. At the and Stephen Fleming’s cap- tenders and ended up win- Injuries took toll on Glenn moment he’s having a good time due to his fortune taincy at home. Later, Sanath ning 25 out of their 36 One- McGrath, Jason Gillespie, house Jupiter and sub period of Venus. Jayasuriya’s heavy bat and day matches. Brett Lee, Shane Warne and In the World Cup 2003, all eyes will be on Yuvraj be- Mutthiah Muralitharan’s off- One match against South Adam Gilchrist and at the cause his Venus is in the 10th house. The entire nation spin stunned them into sub- Africa ended in a tie while end of the current series, it’s is attracted towards this dapper-looking player. His mission in the ICC Trophy another against Pakistan — not clear who all are hundred Jupiter is in the Kendra or lord of fortune so if he plays safe and goes about his job after doing necessary home- semifinal. But at the end of the final of the three-nation per cent fit. work, he’ll be a huge success both with bat and ball. A the year, as they take a series in Nairobi — was The upheavel started rather when Australia failed combination of Rahu and Moon in the 3rd house will en- well-deserved rest, Australia washed off. The bottomline hance his track record during preliminary and final remained the best team in may suggest easy going but it to reach the final of a home One-day series in a long, long games of the tournament. He’s also expected to do well the world, even though they wasn’t really that. The year time. That resulted in their in matches against England and Australia. were a little less domineering was, in fact, a story of strug- elder statesman Steve Waugh — Pt Kewal Anand Joshi in 2002. gle. At times, they struggled being unceremoniously (Senior astrologer and columnist) In the latter part of the with their composition, at dumped from the One-day team. IN THE FAMILY Ricky Ponting took charge. Love and wishes from mother Shabnam Singh But the problems contin- Scorecard 08 ued with Pakistan taming ‘It’s still the same with me when Yuvraj is batting in Played 36,Won 25, them in their own den a few the middle. I still get nervous and jittery. Like all moth- WINS months later. He got his re- ers, I also like my son to do well for the country. My 06 Lost 9, tried 1 venge in the four-nation younger son Zoravar also watches the game with me. No result 2 tournament at Nairobi, He’d keep looking at me to check if I’m getting tensed handing them one of their and then he’ll try to comfort me that everything will be worst defeats — a 224-run fine. I had never been in doubt about Yuvraj’s ability to 03 03 thumping. do well at the highest level and it’d be really The only team that Aus- great if he can shine in the World Cup. There 02 02 tralia dominated totally this isn’t anything specific that I do or will do for 01 year was England. They won him before he leaves for South Africa. It’s all the six matches between gonna be a routine puja everyday praying for them, on their way to the VB his well-being. May India win the Cup. 02 02 Australia 02 Series. That should really 03 keep their spirits as they pre- pare to defend the title they MAGIC MOMENTS won in England in 1999. One little warning though: Facts and figures the year’s performances have ■ In their inaugural World Cup game at Lord’s in 1975, India in reply to shown that they are not as in- England’s 334 for four, admitted immediate defeat and crawled their way N.Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka Bangladesh England Kenya LOSSES to 132 for three off 60 overs. Demonstrators, during the course of the In- Results from Jan 1, 2002. Includes Saturday’s match vincible as they appear to be. — B. Shrikant dian innings, continually ran on to the ground imploring their countrymen to play some strokes. One Indian supporter became so irate, he punched two policemen and was sentenced to six months jaill. ■ For the first time, a century could not be recorded in the inaugural game THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE GOOGLY in the seventh World Cup competition and when India’s Ajay Jadeja post- Moments and images from the past ed an unbeaten 100 off 138 balls against Australia at The Oval on June 4, it was the fifth hundred of the 1999 competition - all by Indians. nother first for the Ajit Ninan —Rajesh Kumar A1996 World Cup. It Shane Warne salutes the Melbourne crowd after Australia’s victory over England on Saturday. for the first time an um- pire was asked to stand down following a com- TURNING POINT plaint by a team. Zim- The slip between the Cup and the leap babwe’s Ian Robinson A day before the second semifinal between India and faced the ignominy after England at Wankhede Stadium in 1987, Australia had the Pakistan team, ex- shattered the sponsors’ dream of an all-subcontinental pressed lack of “confi- final by defeating Pakistan at Lahore. dence” and asked him to England then completed the misery beating India. be removed from their Opener Graham Gooch, who was practising sweep shot, crucial Group B match compiled a magnificent hundred (115) after Kapil Dev against South Africa. put them in. Thanks to his 117-run partnership for the The reason was an third wicket with Mike Gatting (56), England managed earlier tiff between the to recover from the early dismissals of Tim Robinson then Pakistan captain and Bill Athey to post 254/6. Maninder (3/54), and Kapil Salim Malik the umpire (2/38) ensured England’s total wasn’t a very big one. concerned during a Test However, India’s reply failed to take off as Philip De- in Harare. Malik had ac- Freitas sent Sunil Gavaskar’s off stump cartwheeling cused Robinson of when he had made just 4. Srikkanth mistimed many cheating, claiming that strokes and made 31 uncharacteristic runs before re- the umpire had handed ‘SENIOR PLAYERS OVER-REACTED’ turning to the pavilion at 58 and 15 runs later Sidhu was him a wet ball during Intikhab Alam, Pakistan manager/coach during 1996 caught in covers, the hosts were 73 for three. After the de- each break making it World Cup: The dressing-room was divided on whether to parture of Chandrakant Pandit (24), Kapil (30) and difficult for his bowlers. lodge a protest on umpire Ian Robinson’s appointment. I was- Azharuddin, raised 47 runs in 5.2 overs to raise some The ICC, as usual, n’t really keen on his removal because as a cricketer our job hopes. But the game turned decisively when Azharuddin bowed to pressure and is to perform to the best of our abilities and let the rest do (64) was given out lbw by umpire Steve Woodward as he Steve Bucknor of West their’s. It was such a crucial match and it was a deviation swept at a straight and full Hemmings top-spinner. That Indies officiated along from the job at hand. I think some of the senior players were signalled the end of India’s campaign. From 204 for five, with Sri Lanka’s K T over-reacting at the time. Authorities that be will be setting a India (219 off 45.3 overs) had lost their last five wickets for Francis in the match bad precedent if they keep acceding to the players’ demands 15 runs and bowed out. Gooch was the Man of the Match which Pakistan lost like that. and Kapil relieved of captaincy for the second time. tamely. — as told to Dinesh Chopra —Rajesh Kumar

SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI THE BATTLEFIELDS On the road St George’s Park LIFELINES haun Pollock calls Drakensberg the most beautiful Capacity: 19,000 Spart of the country. And the Proteas are getting Highest innings score: enough time to admire them as the team undergoes a 330/7 (50 ovrs), Australia v gruelling training programme there. The majestic Drak- SA, 2002 ensberg is the country’s highest and most impressive Lowest innings score: mountain range rising to over 3000 metres. Known to the 147 (49.4 ovrs), India v SA, Zulu people as Ukhahlamba, or ‘Barrier of Spears’, the 1992 Mountains of the Dragon boast of treks, trout and more Top individual score: 135, than 5000 San paintings. The Tugela river plunges some Saleem Elahi (Pak) v SA, 950 metres in five vertical drops to form the world’s sec- 2002 ond highest waterfall. Within them nestles the inland Best individual bowling: mountain kingdom of Lesotho surrounded on all sides 4/32, Brian McMillan (SA) v by South Africa. The kingdom is connected to South India, 1992, Waqar Younis Africa through the Sani pass, one of the few routes that (Pak) v NZ, 1994, Fanie de the montains allow across. But it too can be traversed by Villiers (SA) v England, 1996 4x4 vehicles alone. Formed 150 million years ago, the range still back to an era that witnessed the raw fury of BIRTH THE PITCH he home of Eastern Province, St George’s has remained nature. Those who frequent Durban for the battles at t George’s has always refused to be defined as par- almost untouched by time and rapid developments. Kingsmead would do well to plan a trip to the basalt T ticular type of wicket. For many years common con- Quaint old stands give the venue a homely feel, and its ar- S kingdom of Drakensberg. sensus has been that it suits spinners, yet Allan Donald chitecture is strongly reminiscent of some of the older South African Tourism took his first 10-wicket haul in Tests in Port Elizabeth grounds in the West Indies. The impression of a Caribbean stadium is heightened by the now traditional brass band that against India. One-day pitches, however, tend to favour plays a somewhat limited repertoire. Requests from players the batting team: this does not mean that scoring runs is and umpires to gag the musicians have gone unheeded. easy, but rather that taking wickets is even more difficult. GOLDEN MOMENT In recent seasons St George’s has offered a hint of assis- hen Kenya and India met in October 2001, all that tance to the new ball, but as soon as the white lacquer is Wseemed in doubt was whether Sachin Tendulkar worn off, the pitch becomes grudging to all comers, of- would make 120 or 150. In the end it turned out to be one fering no lateral movement and little bounce to seamers of the greatest days in Kenyan cricketing history. Kennedy and slow turn for the spinners.Although the ground is one Otieno (64), Ravindu Shah (50) and Thomas Odoyo (51) of the smallest in the country, with very close square pushed the struggling African team to a remarkable 246/6 boundaries, so anything dropped short is easily put away. in their 50 overs, and while it was an impressive effort for FIXTURES the outclassed Kenyans, it never looked enough. But February 13 West Indies v New Zealand seamer Joe Angara bowled four overs with the new ball February 19 England v Namibia without conceding a run, and when he claimed Ten- March 2 Australia v England dulkar’s wicket for just three, the fairytale had begun. An- March 11 Super-six game gara finished with 3 for 20 as Kenya surged to victory by March 18 1st semi-final Picturesque Drakensberg 70 runs, the upset of the year. —Asia Features

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22 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 SPORT

ROAD TO THE WORLD CUP Pack Paes to SA too AP Injured Be- THE SPORTING LIFE form has been wobbly, but he is a Let’s focus on game now, class act, and the runs will come Ayaz Memon once the mind is cleared of self- van in doubt doubt. Obviously miffed To me, this was the lingering says beleaguered Dalmiya by the dismal per- problem in New Zealand which for World Cup formances in New made the team’s effort namby- By Soumitra Bose Dalmiya refused to go into the details Melbourne: Australia’s Zealand, a reader pamby and allowed the mediocre TIMES NEWS NETWORK of Friday’s more than three-hour meet- World Cup hopes suffered a of this column opposition to get away in so many ing among the executive board mem- blow on Saturday when challenged me to Kolkata: “It’s a step in the right direc- crises. Pusillanimity will be fatal bers of the ICC Development Interna- Michael Bevan was carried provide one good tion under the circumstances,” said in South Africa. A certain level of tional. It was, however, not difficult to off the Melbourne Cricket reason how India BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, re- ruthlessness is imperative for the guess that Dalmiya waged a lonely bat- Ground after sustaining a could win the World Cup. Here are acting to the ICC truce plan that paves campaign to succeed. tle on the contracts issue. On asked groin muscle strain. Aus- the 15: Sourav Ganguly, Virender the way for the Indian team to take part At a particularly sensitive stage whether he was yet again outnum- tralian Cricket Board Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul in the World Cup in southern Africa during the second World War, bered, Dalmiya said: “There will al- (ACB) chairman of selec- Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed next month. when Hitler unleashed his Field ways be a few black sheep, but let’s not tors Trevor Hohns told re- Kaif, Parthiv Patel, Ajit Agarkar, Marshall Gerd Von Rundstedt, Talking to the Times of India Friday talk about it now.” porters the selectors would Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Za- General Patton assembled his evening, Dalmiya said: “We have always While it is almost certain the IDI will hold a telephone confer- heer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, troops and said: ‘‘What do you do wanted cricket to triumph over money drag the BCCI to the Court of Arbitra- ence on Sunday to discuss a Ashish Nehra, Dinesh Mongia and when you got a monkey hanging matters and that’s what finally hap- tion for Sports in Lausanne, BCCI offi- possible replacement if Be- Sanjay Bangar. by his tail in a tree? You cut his pened at our teleconferencing today.” cials feel that not everything is lost for van was ruled out of next I am being neither facetious nor The BCCI chief said it was now time to the Indians. The Public Interest Litiga- month’s tournament. ACB doing an about turn on the senti- balls off. That’s what I am going to concentrate on the game. Dalmiya has tion against the ICC’s sponsors is pend- medical officer Trefor ments expressed in this space over do to Von Runstedt. Dismissed.’’ summoned a meeting in Kolkata on ing at the Delhi High Court and the James said a decision the past few weeks. Ganguly may choose the words Sunday where Indian captain Sourav Supreme Court’s decision to give spon- would be made in the next New Zealand was an unmitigat- he wants, but the message to the Ganguly, vice-captain Rahul Dravid, sors LG’s appeal another hearing on 48 hours on Bevan’s fitness. ed disaster, but the World Cup need team must be unambiguous. ★★★ coach John Wright, trainer Adrian Le January 31 has given BCCI something “It’s a bit early to tell. not be. The selectors have done a Roux and physio Andrew Leipus have to cheer about on a day that clearly be- We’ll need to see how he good job. This is a fine bunch of At SportsBiz 2003, a sports mar- been called. longed to ICC. pulls up tomorrow,” he told cricketers. The team has talent, keting seminar held the other day AFP reporters. “He was in quite balance and depth. It can beat Zim- in Mumbai, two unrelated obser- West Indies batsman Brian Lara gears up for batting prac- a lot of pain.” Reuters babwe, Australia, England, Pak- vations caught my attention be- tice at the Stanford Cricket Ground at St. John’s, Antigua. Pak feel fresh istan to reach the Super Six, good cause in many ways they told the West Indies play hosts South Africa in the opening match enough to win the next three same story. of the competition in Cape Town on February 9. Donald feels games and reach the semis, and Mike Ferreira suggested that after rest thereafter two more to win the Cup. the BCCI should set aside 5 per There is one small proviso cent of its revenue to assist other English threatened Johannesburg: Pakistan the pressure have fully recovered from though: the players must want to sports. Given the complexities of London: England’s cricket play in Zimbabwe was di- their hectic schedule of in- win. Badly. Desperately. At any the issue, and the government still team have received anony- minishing. ternational cricket and are of being host cost. The key man in this cam- clueless about how sports can be mous letters threatening vi- World Cup executive di- ready to challenge for the paign, I believe, is captain Sourav given the Big Push, this may never olence if they travel to Zim- rector Ali Bacher said the Cape Town: South African World Cup, captain Waqar Ganguly who will have to create happen, but it is an interesting babwe for next month’s letters should be treated fast bowler Allan Donald this desire in his players. In New concept nonetheless. Younis said on Saturday. said on Saturday his side World Cup. with suspicion. “If you look overall we Zealand, the team looked shell- What despairing Mike is saying, England and Wales Crick- “In South Africa over the are under immense pres- shocked after losing the two Tests, played six months on the trot in effect is that if other sports had et Board (ECB) chairman years I have received many sure to be the first host then became submissive and final- in Sri Lanka, Kenya, Zimbab- even five percent of the outlay that David Morgan said the team anonymous threatening let- country to win the cricket ly fell into a rut. It lost to a far infe- we and South Africa,” Waqar cricket receives, sports in India received the threats at their ters,” Bacher said. “Most World Cup. rior side only because it lost focus. said after landing at Johan- can go places. Any takers? hotel earlier this week in people don’t put a name to A police dog is put through her paces in the stands “We have got a very unfor- nesburg. “We needed a rest giving sporting public and How quickly Ganguly can re- In the same debate, the hon- Sydney, the BBC’s website them. I’ve never gone to the during a security demonstration prior to a ‘lock and it was an important their expectations are very group his players, re-ignite that orary secretary of the All India reported on Saturday. police and I’m still around.” down’ of Newlands stadium in Cape Town. break. We used the time well. high,” Donald said in an in- spark which saw India win some Tennis Association Anil Khanna The letters warned of vio- The ICC decided on Fri- We talked about the tour here terview with the Weekend Ar- famous matches last year, will es- revealed that Leander Paes took no lent consequences, includ- day that all six of the match- and spoke about the prob- Aussie PM’s no to intervention gus newspaper on Saturday. tablish the momentum and tenor money for playing in the Olympics ing riots and disturbances es to be played in Zimbabwe lems. Hopefully we’ve sorted Melbourne: Australian PM John Howard ruled “But playing in front of of the campaign. He is a passion- and nominal money for playing before and during the game, would go ahead after re- things out. “In 1992 no one out any intervention to stop the Australian team those South African crowds ate cricketer and an aggressive, the Davis Cup because of ‘‘pride in if England travelled to Zim- viewing security arrange- expected Pakistan to win. I playing in Zimbabwe. Speaking on Saturday after will be motivation in itself.” trusting captain under whom the country.’’I leave it to Leander’s babwe. Nasser Hussain’s ments. spoke with Imran Khan. It’s the International Cricket Council announcement Donald said he had spo- many young players have bloomed chartered accountant to advise team play the home side in ICC chief executive Mal- not that he won with the that all six World Cup matches would go ahead in ken to 1995 rugby union while seniors have not felt inse- him on such ‘foolishness’, but it Harare on February 13. colm Speed said on Friday team — he won with the Zimbabwe, Howard said the federal government World Cup winning flyhalf cure. In the context of Indian might not be a bad idea for the Morgan said he had been that the board decided there brain,” he said. “It was the had never advocated an Australia only boycott of Joel Stransky and now had cricket, where nepotism in selec- BCCI to send him with the Indian told of the letters by Hus- was “no reason on grounds way he thought about things. the nation. “My position has always been that the a clearer idea of the sort of tion and dressing-room intrigue cricket team to South Africa. sain and that the enthusi- of safety and security to re- You have to believe in your- International Cricket Council should shift all of pressure the hosts would be have been prevalent for decades, To get the adrenalin pumping, asm of the 15-man squad to locate the matches.” Reuters self and the team.” Reuters the games,” Howard said in Melbourne. AP under.Reuters these are sterling virtues. His own wot? Lee scalps five as Aussies wrap up series Bengal squander advantage TIMES NEWS NETWORK But sensible batting from c Das b Ali 12, M Manhas st Dasgupta b AP Gavaskar 41, V Dahiya lbw b Lahiri 0, S Ver- Melbourne: Australia Lee finished with five for 30 Gautam Gambhir and New Delhi: Bengal’s bowlers ma c Das b Chatterjee 14, S Vaid lbw b Chat- wrapped up the triangular from 9.3 overs. Mithun Manhas saw them terjee 3, S Singh c Das b Lahiri 6, R Sanghvi caught Delhi on the wrong One-day series finals 2-0 by The tourists were 224 for rise to 108 for two. The top- b Lahiri 18, S Gill lbw b Lahiri 2, A Bhandari foot but their own batsmen not out 0. Extras: (b-6, lb-11, nb-3, w-5) 25, beating England by five runs in eight with one over remain- scorer, Gambhir (43), got stumbled on the opening day Total (all out, 60.1 overs) 164 a tense finish at the Melbourne ing, requiring just six runs to caught behind off Lahiri Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-23, 3-108, 4-108, 5- of their crucial Ranji Trophy Cricket Ground on Saturday. win, when Lee claimed his while Manhas (41) was 112, 6-116, 7-126, 8-157, 9-158. match here on Saturday.On a Bowling: Ali 10-1-51-2, Bose 6-1-13-0, Set a modest 230 to win in fifth wicket with the first ball typical Kotla wicket, where stumped off Rohan Gavaskar. Shukla 8-2-14-0, Chatterjee 15-5-41-2, the second of the best-of-three of the over, yorking Andy Lahiri 16.1- 4-24-5, Gavaskar 5-1-4-1. the ball tended to keep low, Just before the lunch- Caddick for four. Bengal (1st Innings): A Das lbw b Saran- series after Australia had their spinners pushed the break, Delhi lost three quick deep 17, N Haldipur c Sanghvi b Bhandari 2, Australia: A Gilchrist c Anderson b Flintoff made 229 for seven, England Delhi batsmen to the back wickets. Rahul Sanghvi (18) D Gandhi c Dahiya b Gill 5, R Gavaskar run out faltered against more fine fast 26, M Hayden c sub (Shah) b Irani 69, R spent an hour at the wicket 5, S Das not out 46, D Dasgupta b Vaid 7, LR Ponting c Flintoff b Caddick 1, D Martyn c foot and reaped the harvest. Shukla not out 0. Extras: (lb-2, nb-9) 11, To- bowling by man-of-the-match Stewart b Caddick 11, M Bevan retired hurt Bengal bundled them out but was helpless when one tal (for 5 wkts in 31 overs) 93 10, A Symonds b Irani 8, B Hogg not out 71, Brett Lee and were dismissed for 164 just before tea as their delivery literally rolled along Fall of Wickets: 1-13, 2-24, 3-29, 4-56, 5- for 224 in 49.3 overs. S Warne c & b Irani 0, B Lee c Blackwell b 88. Bowling: Bhandari 8-0-37-1, Gill 6-0-17- Anderson 18,A Bichel not out 11. Extras: (b- off-spinner,Sourasish Lahiri, the ground. Delhi skipper Vi- 1, Sarandeep 8-2-16-1, Sanghvi 4-1-12-1, England, thrashed by 10 3, w-1) 4 Total: (For 7 wkts, 50 overs) 229 picked up five for 24. This is jay Dahiya, who also went Vaid 2-1-4-1, Manhas 1-0-5-0. wickets in the first final on Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-40, 3-56, 4-98, 5- out cheaply for 18. Scores of other matches: Himachal 254: (V 147, 6-148 7-196. Bowling: Caddick 10-2- his second best carrer haul. Rathore 108, A Sharma 39, P Mhambrey Thursday, looked to be coast- 23-2, Anderson 9-0-57-1, Flintoff 10-0-56- However, the Bengal bats- Bengal, however, could not 5/64), Mumbai 20 /1 ing to victory as Michael 1, Blackwell 10-0-32-0, Irani 10-1-46-3, men allowed the hosts to take advantage of the situa- Gujarat vs Punjab: Gujarat:234/8: (Niraj Pa- Vaughan and Alec Stewart Vaughan 1-0-12-0 (w-1). tion as theit top three bats- tel 66). bounce back by throwing Hyderabad vs Railways: Hyderabad 282/7: scored 60 apiece. England: M Trescothick c Bichel b Lee 0, N men - Nikhil Haldipur, De- Knight c Symonds b Lee 5, R Irani c away their wickets. By the (D Manohar 107, AT Rayudu 62, Harvinder Leg-spinner Shane Warne Symonds b Williams 7, M Vaughan c Ponting end of the day’s play, they bang Gandhi and skipper Ro- 3/64, M Kartik 3/72). (2-58), who will retire from b Warne 60, N Hussain b Hogg 28, A Stew- were struggling at 93 for five. han Gavasker- gifted their TN vs Assam: TN 331/2: (S Suresh 131 n.o., One-day Internationals after art c Bichel b Warne 60, P Collingwood not H Badani 115, S Ramesh 69). out 25,A Flintoff b Lee 16, I Blackwell c Mar- In the morning, the hosts, wickets away. UP vs Baroda: UP213/7: (Rohit Prakash 41, the World Cup, took both key tyn b Lee 1, A Caddick b Lee 4, J Anderson surprisingly,elected to bat on Delhi (1st innings): A Chopra c Haldipur b Ali Jyoti Yadav 44, N Chopra 44, Patel 2/50, Bhoite 4/54) wickets and was later run out 0 a damp wicket and received a 0, G Gambhir c Dasgupta b Lahiri 43,V Kumar chaired from the field on his Extras: (lb-7, w-4, nb-7) 18 Total: (All out, 49.3 overs) 224 shock on the very first ball. home ground. England fell Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-18, 3-20, 4-88, 5- Akash Chopra was caught in NO 2359 SUNDAY CROSSWORD away when Lee returned to 151, 6-182, 7-216, 8-218, 9-224. Bowling: second slip off Sabir Ali’s de- the attack to lose their 13th Lee 9.3-0-30-5 (nb-3, w-1), Williams 10-1- 46-1 (w-1), Bichel 10-0-42-0 (nb-2, w-1), livery.Ali got his second bats- consecutive One-day match Hogg 10-1-41-1, Warne 10-0-58-2 (nb-2, Australians Shane Warne (L) and Brett Lee celebrate a dismissal in the second tri-series final man, Varun Kumar, with against the world champions. w-1) Agencies between Australia and England at the MCG on Saturday. only 23 runs on the borad.

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SPORT SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 23 Sister act IV: Serena slams Venus to enter grand orbit AFP By Rohit Brijnath grimace, she politely dis- same piece of martial music Melbourne: She shrieked at agreed: “Most of my fight repeatedly. A variety act the errant shots, disdainfully and courage I’ve gotten from sisters are not. flung her racket, fixed a Venus. So I don’t know if Venus was handicapped by linesman with a look that that’s a true statement.. Of a structurally weak forehand suggested — a step outside course, when she said I just (31 errors, 4 winners), her sis- and clenched her fist like a wanted to win so bad that ters refusal to feed her short boxer who’s split a rival’s seemed more like her.” balls and a second serve, one eyebrow. Serena Williams, Using the phrase Williams at 114kmph, while her fastest like always, played with the sisters, as if to suggest they was 196kmh. Still, she creat- fury of a woman whose ulti- are equals, has passed. There ed more break points than mate satisfaction might lie in is Serena, and then, there is her sister, 15 to 12. actually drilling a forehand Venus —after a gap. In win- Her later admission, “I’m through someone. That ning her fourth straight going to work on my tough- ness, I’m going to fight per- haps explanation why she didn’t convert.” After comfortably taking the first set-tiebreak, Serena was broken to 2-4 in the sec- ond, but recovered the mo- mentum with a screaming someone, on Saturday, was Grand Slam title, her name inside out forehand that Venus. will now be spoken with skidded off the line when This ability to compart- Maureen Connolly, Margaret 30.40 in the first game of the mentalise, to see Venus as an Court, Steffi Graf and Marti- third. Although the sisters opponent, not someone who na Navratilova. would go on to exchange is a friend, a scrabble com- As she made history, the breaks, Venus eclipse some- panion, a sister, propelled man who made her, back how appeared never in Serena to the Australian home in American must have Serena Williams (R) hugs sister Venus after the women’s singles final at the Australian Open doubt. Open title. She won 7-6 (7-4), snorted in delight. tennis tournament in Melbourne on Saturday. Serena won 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-4. It was scarcely a classic, 3-6, 6-4, in a match that was When Richard Williams 106 errors testifies to that, more prize fight than tennis said his daughters, then no was the superior player, peo- not stroked but clubbed, lines movement, was so stunning but in the context of their match. taller than rackets, would ple said ‘No way.’ Now, not hit but scorched. The roof it quickly explained why major finals, it was more Later, Venus, admitted: one day contest Grand Slam he has earned that last laugh. was closed because it was 44 Venus once conceded her even, the first to travel to “She was probably a little finals, peopled sneered; when It was a match where spec- degrees outside; it made no goal was to earn fewer speed- three sets. Said Serena: mentally tougher out there.” he said, during the period tators rarely sat forward, re- difference, these girls gener- ing violations. “Venus just about had me.” When repeated to Serena, Venus was in ascendancy, coiling as they were from the ate their own heat. Soon though it turned te- One a day, when the rage grin now having replaced that his younger daughter violence on court. Balls were The pace of shot, and dious, like listening to the infects Venus, she might. ‘I’m a lady and want to Vintage Agassi holds clear edge French pair By Rohit Brijnath my best.” trate Agassi and lure him sculpt doubles Melbourne: After having You better believe it. Agas- into error, but unlike James play women’s tennis’ dissected Andre Agassi’s si, at 32 years 272 days is the Blake or Andy Roddick, Melbourne: French pair stroke production and stud- oldest man in a Grand Slam Agassi is not one-sided; he is Michael Llodra and Fabrice Melbourne: She has now won all there is to win in ied his footwork, it can be re- final since Ken Rosewall in well armed on forehand and Santoro avenged their loss in women’s tennis but there is no way Serena Williams will liably said that a prawn out 1974. Rosewall lost, Agassi, backhand. So to his tireless last year’s Australian Open be tempted to challenge a man on the court. Even though in the sun too long is the only who has lost 43 games in 6 running, the German must doubles final by beating de- she is so dominant in the women’s game, she dismissed way for Rainer Schuettler to matches, should not. add variety: drop shots, sur- fending champions Mark suggestions of playing against the men. Serena is on beat him in the final. Schuettler is a smart fel- prise calls to the net, pulling Knowles and Daniel Nestor record as saying women’s tennis is too easy and once Before German tempers low, capable of impressive Agassi wide, big shots, any- 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, for the title on called to be allowed to play on the men’s ATP Tour. begin to ignite, let it be said mileage, but the game he thing to disrupt his rhythm. Saturday. But on Saturday after her latest triumph, she said: that this unlikely scenario plays is not game enough. As Roddick said: “He’s go- The victory is a first dou- “I’m here to play women’s tennis. I’m a lady. Predomi- was dreamed up by Schuet- Rallying with Agassi carries ing to make Agassi work for bles crown for the pair who nantly most of the time I always like to play ladies.” It tler himself. Asked what it with it only the promise of every point. He’s going to run came back from a break was a different story five years ago here when both might take to overcome Agas- frustration, for the American down everything. (But) He down in the third set to beat Williams sisters were busy proposing a Battle of the si, he replied: “Maybe he eats is a product of more precise might have to step up and be the men ranked one and Sexes, claiming they could beat a player from the men’s something wrong the day be- and powerful engineering a little more aggressive at two in the doubles world tour. fore, then I have a chance.” than the German. times.” In short, good ideas rankings. German 203rd-ranked Karsten Braasch, a heavy The German’s advantage Schuettler’s game has tak- will have a better chance For Knowles and Nestor it smoker in the twilight of his career, accepted the chal- is that no one else except en him so far that it appears than a bad prawn. Else, an was a sixth Grand Slam final lenge of playing one set against the siblings. Serena fell those named Schuettler ex- absurd to suggest he change eighth Grand Slam title for defeat in seven appearances, pect him to win. As he said: it. Admittedly, chasing the American threatens to last year’s victory here their 6-1 while Venus scraped one more game to lose 6-2. Reuters “I have no pressure. I will try enough balls down may frus- become a formality. only success. Reuters Williams siblings dedicate it to granny Melbourne: Serena and Venus Williams ded- complete her collection of all four Grand icated their Australian Open final perform- Slam titles. ances on Saturday to their late grandmother. “It was great getting to know her, I wish I The two sisters both paused from the cele- could have known her better. She never brations to pay a tribute to their mother’s missed a match if we were on TV or any- mother, Ora Lee Price, who died recently. thing.” Venus said: “We really wanted to do “We wanted to dedicate it to her because this for her. She was someone very special to she was someone really special in our life,” us. She inspired us a lot. We always cherished said Serena, who beat Venus 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 to our experiences with her. ” Reuters

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24 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 26, 2003 SPORT Amber Regent Els leads,Atwal out for Derby Singapore: South Africa’s Yates share the third spot at Ernie Els dropped two shots seven under after shooting 69 New Delhi: Amber Regent, on the final two holes, but and 72 respectively. who is in rousing form, still leads by two strokes af- Defending champion Ar- should lift the Bangalore Der- ter the third round of the jun Atwal found himself by (GR I), the main event of $900,000 Singapore Masters floundering as he finished Bangalore races for Sunday. on Saturday. with four-over-par 76 to slide Selections: Pancha Shila Trophy (Div II): 1,400m: 1.30pm: Generation Next 1, Alybaby 2, Els, finished the day at 10- to 213 and virtually out of the Advertorial 3. NRCE Cup: 1,100m: Own Vision 1, under-par 206 after shooting title reckoning. Sulakhani 2, Hey, Hero 3. Pancha Shila Trophy a two-under 70 at the Laguna Gunning for his fourth (div.I): 1,400m: Top Ace 1,Appointed 2,Trajan 3. Narsimha Cup: 1,400m: One Magic Moment 1, National Golf and Country successive title after wins at Smart Striker 2, Allies Serenade 3. Vidhana Club, two strokes ahead of the Sun City Challenge in De- Soudha Cup (div.II): 1,200m: La Bella Vita 1, China’s Zhang Lian Wei, who cember and back-to-back Bansuri 2, All For You 3. Bangalore Derby: 2,400m: Amber Regent 1, L’avenir 2, Obligado 3. carded a three-under-par 69 wins on the US PGA Tour in Indian Republic Trophy (Div.I): 1,200m: Butter for an eight-under total of Hawaii, Els was a runaway Sponge 1, Hero Worship 2, Telegram 3. Mysore 208. Thailand’s Prayad Mark- leader at 12 under par after 11 Race Club Trophy: 1,600m: Name And Fame 1, Vivid Dreams 2, Ansbach 3. Vidhana Siudha saeng and Britain’s Simon holes. Reuters Cup (div.I): 1,200m: Sure Future 1, Star Chivalary 2, Gem 3. Indian Republic Trophy (Div.II): 1,200m: 6.00pm: Grisogono 1, Nimitz 2, Dee Emm 3. TNN

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