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New Delhi June 15, 2003, Capital • 44 pages including Men & Women & Classifieds + 8 pages of Delhi Times Price Rs. 2.75 Photo: Neeraj Paul/ Imaging: Neelabh Night-out SNAPSHOTS Venkaiah AFP turns into a makes peace nightmare for with Vajpayee young couple By Smita Gupta TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A late Friday New Delhi: BJP president M Venka- night dinner turned into a iah Naidu made another effort to nightmare for an estate-own- make peace with Prime Minister Vaj- er and his wife. Three men payee when he met him for an hour at stopped them near Sirifort, 7, Race Course Road on Friday eve- injured the man and ning to brief him on party matters. snatched their Hyundai Ac- Usually, the PM is consulted on cent (UA-06A-8911). The as- major organisational issues, and sailants drove off with the Deputy PM L K Advani — currently couple’s friend inside the car. abroad — is kept abreast on a more She was let off after the as- regular basis. Naidu’s detailed dis- sailants robbed her of Rs cussion with Vajpayee — which cov- 10,000. A few hours before the ered the agenda for next week’s chin- car-jacking incident, the as- tan baithak, recent party meetings in sailants had stolen a Maruti the North-East and elsewhere in the car (DL-2CE-3878) from De- run-up to the assembly polls this year, fence Colony. and the general elections in 2004 — is The incident happened therefore, significant. It is being seen when Ashish and Namrata A customer browses in a shop where Hillary Clinton’s book titled ‘‘Living as a way of involving the PM in or- Gupta and their friend Neena History’’ is on display in Bangalore. The ganisational issues. were returning home after book which has sold 200,000 copies In this context, the meeting on FUTURE SHOCK: The backdrop of the Taj Mahal may look like this if the UP government executes its Heritage Corridor project. having dinner at a restaurant nationwide on its first day in US Thursday between HRD minister at Ansal Plaza. A police offi- bookstores according to its publisher, Murli Manohar Joshi and principal cer said Ashish had reached is also in great demand in India. secretary to the PM, Brajesh Mishra Delhi on Friday from Ka- may presage an ‘‘informal’’ arrange- shipur, Uttaranchal, where ment through which the latter will be Ah Taj! Are you ready for this... he stays. His wife arrived a Pak won’t freeze N-programme: Pakistan will neither roll back nor freeze in touch with the party. few days ago to be with her By Rashme Sehgal allow tourists to visit these monuments going to be put to ahead with their plan to build its nuclear weapons programme, the Sources close to Naidu said the BJP parents in Hauz Khas. It was TIMES NEWS NETWORK country’s state-run news agency quoted president expressed his deep sense of monuments without entering such use?” he asks. the Corridor, they should half past midnight when a ‘‘hurt’’ at the allegations levelled Agra. The mall is a part of Nalini Thakur, HoD, Con- have held a nation-wide com- truck obstructed their way at the information minister as saying. ‘‘We New Delhi: Imagine a shop- against him by party colleagues, in- that project. servation, School of Planning petition to allow the best Balbir Saxena Marg. Namra- are a declared nuclear power, so there is ping mall as the backdrop of cluding Joshi, in the aftermath of his The Central Pollution Con- and Architecture, concurs: known architects in the coun- ta recalls: ‘‘My husband took no question of freezing it,’’ Sheikh Rashid the Taj Mahal instead of the Ahmed said, adding Pakistan would ‘‘not twin leader statement. trol Board has sent an angry ‘‘The Taj is a world heritage try to participate. a right turn from the T-junc- picturesque Yamuna. Is this tolerate’’ any pressure to stop its nuclear Vajpayee, sources said, told him memo to the Ministry of En- site and is governed by the The UP government has tion near Sirifort Road. But an architectural nightmare? programme. that some of these remarks should vironment warning them of UNESCO convention which simply handed the project to a the way was blocked because No, this could soon be the serious consequences if at- clearly spells out the need for Delhi-based company called of a truck parked there.’’ Sampras may retire: US legend Pete not have been aired. However, he ugly reality. The UP govern- tempts are made to interfere a proper management plan Consulting Architects Plan- Sampras, whose pres- should put the episode behind him Thinking the vehicle had ment has started the con- with the flow of the Yamuna. prepared by specialists. How ent break from tennis and continue to prepare the party for ners Services. Sources within broken down, Ashish re- the polls. The PM added he would say struction of the Heritage Cor- ‘‘The filling up of the river can they start work without NPCC allege that CAPS has versed his car and bumped seems an undeclared ridor on the banks of the Ya- retirement, said on Sat- something publicly to restore Naidu’s bed will affect the natural understanding the basics of already received an advance into a Maruti car in which muna, behind the monument. urday that he will make prestige at an ‘‘appropriate’’ time. flow of the river river hydrology? of Rs 1.6 crore of the total Rs three young men were seat- a decision on his future Sources close to Vajpayee stressed The UP government has de- as well as the The Archaeolog- 4.25 crore being paid for exe- ed. While Ashish and Namra- at the end of this year. that Naidu’s job was not in danger. cided to fill up the river bed natural flood ical Survey of cuting this project. The NPCC ta got off to check their car, Sampras has not Apparently,some party functionaries behind the Taj in order to plain,’’ warns B SUNDAY India should is also reported to have paid the men came out. played an ATP event have impressed on the PM that re- build a shopping complex, the Sengupta, mem- have ensured Rs 17 crore to a Delhi-based ‘‘One of them suddenly since winning the US placing Naidu would tarnish the im- work for which has already ber secretary, SPECIAL that all depart- construction company Ish- fired. Ashish ducked and the open title last September. age of the party,which already took a begun. The Central and the CPCB, in a letter ments accepted vakoo (India) Pvt. Ltd for re- bullet brushed past him. The State government have sanc- dated April 2. this plan before 7 LeT militants killed: Seven top beating last week due to the leader- moving the sand. other two asked us for our Pakistani militants belonging to Lashkar- ship controversy. Further, Naidu al- tioned Rs 175 crore for the The construction work be- it was implemented.’’ Defending the work NPCC car keys,’’ Namrata added. e-Taiba were gunned down by security ready had two predecessors: Bangaru construction of the Taj Her- gan last November under the Defending the UP govern- chairman SC Bali says, “All Ashish and Namrata got no forces in an encounter on Saturday in Laxman and K Jana Krishnamurthy. itage Corridor, even as envi- aegis of the National Project ment’s decision, RK Sharma, our drawings have been ap- time to warn Neena. Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, Yet another change would make the ronmental conservationists Construction Corporation principal secretary, environ- proved by IIT Roorkee.’’ The The men drove away with according to official sources. party look indecisive. are decrying the ‘scandalous’ (NPCC) without any environ- ment said, ‘‘The Supreme six-member Roorkhee team Neena, leaving their Maruti This was Naidu’s first one-to-one nature of the project. mental assessment of its im- Court had directed us to re- have in their notings declared behind. Neena requested the Moore Knighted: James Bond star meeting with the PM after his late The state government’s ‘‘the plans supplied (to them) assailants to let her go. ‘‘She Roger Moore was awarded a knighthood pact on the Taj. Says M C move all the shops from the grandiose project to link by Queen Elizabeth II in her birthday hon- evening meeting soon after the di- Mehta, activist lawyer: “This front of the Taj. We were only are smudged...no monuments was finally dropped near ours list published on Saturday. However, asastrous felicitation ceremony,when Agra’s important monuments is a huge scam. After all, what trying to relocate them.’’ Sen- can be made out on them.’’ Shahpur Jat after paying the the 75-year-old was not knighted for his the PM had taken a swipe at the DPM, — Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Ram does a mall consist of other gupta’s letter has also pin- A PIL has been filed in the money,’’ Namrata said. acting ability, but for his tireless work for leaving the latter deeply embarrassed Bagh, Etmatuddula and Chin- than restaurants, discos, pointed that in case the gov- Supreme Court against the The car was found, parked the children’s charity Unicef for which he and the party president uncertain ni-Ka-Roza — is supposed to cabarets? Are our historic ernment did decide to go construction work. opposite the Red Fort on has been a goodwill ambassador for the about his own future. Saturday night. past 12 years. P13 Sacked for drinking Pepsi: A US truck driver, who worked for the Coca- Hot, happening and getting real Cola bottling company, has been sacked after being spotted gulping down a soft By Rachna Subramanian lems in the marriage. If a net drink made by Pepsi. Rick Bronson, and Nona Walia Chat Masala friend occupies the mindspace of who worked for the ‘‘world’s biggest TIMES NEWS NETWORK a spouse, it amounts to mental in- soft drink firm’’ for 12 years, was fired •Cyber-relationships: after someone reported him for support- New Delhi: In the garden of cy- Meeting, mating, love-chatting, fidelity.A couple must understand ing the ‘‘enemy’’. ber-Eden, love and fidelity are be- sex on the Web the boundaries which a friend can ing redefined. Online chatting encroach.’’ Iraq’s oil export: Loading will start on •Who’s in it: Old and young, ‘‘There’s a rise in divorce be- Friday for the first export of Iraqi crude with its see-you, see-me technolo- rich and not-so-rich gy allows anything: cyber-kissing, cause of cyber relationships,’’ since the US-led war, a senior oil says Sanjana Bali, a divorce ministry official said. cyber-mating, cyber-weddings, cy- •What makes them hot? ber-honeymoons and, maybe later, Anonymity, accessibility and lawyer.She says four out 10 ‘extra- a cyber-divorce. And yes, e-liasons lack of inhibition marital’ net romances land up in lawyers’ chambers. are leading to real-time broken •Use & abuse of Web: 57% marriages. According to a survey of 1,117 flirt, 38% talk sex, 31% people done in 2002 by the Univer- What makes cyber-relation- real-time sex ships a booming affair? sity of Western Sydney, the ma- ‘‘Anonymity, accessibility and on- •Getting real: 4 of 10 extra- jority believed cybersex and shar- line dis-inhibition,’’ says Aruna marital net romances end up in ing intimate information online indiatimes.com POLL Broota, professor of psychology, lawyers’ chambers was an act of infidelity. But sociologist Patricia Uberoi Should India send its troops to Iraq? DU, ‘‘The young and old, the mid- dle-class and the rich are all in it.’’ Myth, author Peggy Vaughn pre- has another take: ‘‘It’s better to Yes 32% No 68% The Internet Use & Abuse Sur- dicts: ‘‘The Internet in the future have cyber sex with a stranger vey reveals that 57 per cent people will be a source of affairs.’’ Are than sleep with your brother-in- VOTE NOW: Does Hillary Clinton’s biography law.What harm can fantasy really imply that women are more use the Web to flirt, 38 per cent these affairs real enough to be forgiving then men? have had explicit online sexual considered adulterous? do? In the battle between the vir- tual and real, let’s see the virtual Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 conversations, and 31 per cent Akash Malhotra, 28, is in thera- have moved on to real-time sex. py with his wife, Shilpa. Reason: as unadulterated fun.’’ Mishti, 27 and Nagesh 41, marital discord because of a past Would a virtual online affair be (names changed) have been in a cyber romance. ‘‘I met this Japan- adulterous then? ‘‘It’s undefined,’’ WEATHER net relationship — and this in- ese girl before marriage, who I says Bali. ‘‘But under the law, a printout of an email is admissible Max. 43.5oC/ Min. 28oC cludes cyber sex — for five years. found very sexy. Soon, we were Moonset: Monday – 6.55 pm Nagesh was married when they talking on the phone. A year later as proof.’’ She adds, ‘‘Most invol- Moonrise: Sunday – 8.36 pm started out, Mishti later. The af- we decided on marriage,’’ says ved in cyber affairs defend their Sunset: Sunday – 7.20 pm fair continues. They have never Akash. She flew in to discover relationship as no real touching is Sunrise: Monday – 5.23 am met. ‘‘There’s no guilt in my rela- Akash was overweight. The wed- involved. But, actually reaching Partly cloudy sky. Duststorm/thunderstorm accom- tionship with my husband, there’s ding was scrapped. the bedroom is not necessary.Sim- panied by squall. Haze likely in some areas towards no desire to meet Nagesh either,’’ His counsellor, Sujata Sharma ulated sex is enough to keep any- evening/night. Maximum relative humidity on says Mishti.’’ says, ‘‘Akash’s net friendship was one satisfied. And a spouse would Saturday 63% and minimum 16%. In her book The Monogamy just one of the many other prob- feel equally betrayed.’’ One US colonel, 49 broken hearts NYT e proposed to Karen. He pro- line up dozens of prospective Hposed to Yana. He proposed to wives back in the United States Monica. He proposed to Kathy.He and Canada that he met through proposed to Sarah. He proposed to Internet dating services. Virtually Susan. He proposed to Vicki. He all of them posted ads on a site proposed to Colette. called tallpersonals.com, which You get the idea. specializes in men and women Book your Classifieds Colonel Kass Saleh of the U.S. who are taller than average. 24 hours service: “51-666-888” Army was part of the force that In recent days, as his chronic Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” fought the Taliban in courting has come to light, The ATM of information Afghanistan, work fraught with some of the betrayed women have peril and often lonely. But appar- compiled a list of 49 women who The Largest Classifieds Site ently not that lonely. The Army were romanced by him. The said on Tuesday it is looking into Robin Solod, 43, who met Colonel women are heartbroken and in- allegations that he managed to Saleh on the net, now cries foul. tent on revenge. NYT

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CINEMA OF THE WEEK Chalte Chalte (romance) ★★★ to irrational arguments about wet Do they split? Now,now,haven’t we Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee towels, shoes in the wrong place, too seen enough soft focus romances. But Direction: Aziz Mirza much television viewing, too little Chalte Chalte isn’t exactly soft focus. To chat on SMS send 'cchat' to 8888 Showing at: Delite quality time...blah, blah, blah! It is sweetly realistic and cutely ro- “You can get exploited in any profession” The lovers who wooed in exotic mantic despite a bit of overacting by halte Chalte, you could just Greece settle for a romantic wedding Shah Rukh Khan. — AYESHA PREM, Model walk into an audi for a dekko which begins to crack up even before The winner here is clearly Rani: Q. How did you anything else that you do except C of Shah Rukh’s post-marital the first anniversary. The reason? she’s become a big girl now. Watch it prepare for modelling?- jyoti love affair.Here’s what you will find... You must be joking! Is there any log- for the characteristic warmth which modelling?- supratim A: I'm designing accessories; I've Shah Rukh steps on to the path of ic behind why couples fight. Rani is director Aziz Mirza imbues in his A: I got a portfolio been doing that for the last 3 adulthood, leaving behind the youth- an order freak and likes to keep her characters. done, that was the years. ful chutzpah of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. middle class makaan neat and clean. first step and then I circulated my Q. How do you see the change in Technically, you could say this is an Shah Rukh is bindaas and hyper, as Matrix Reloaded (action thriller) pictures and then I waited for the focus from fashion to flesh in exploration of what happens when he always is, and believes in disorder ★★★★ call to come. I shot for Rohit Bal modelling?- heman the Dilwale take the Dulhaniya away. and chaos. Most of the tiffs happen Cast: Keanu Reaves, Laurence and that's how it started. A: I don't see much change. 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The Matrix theory is •Top models deny call girl pro Aparna Behl member the first one), take a re- just one of them. Only,it’s visual- invasion •Jugular Vein: ality check. Matrix action cuts ly more enagaging. And primari- One isolated incident does not Mukhteshwar are about dreaming the impossi- ly because the director approach- mean mainstream modelling has memories ble in terms of sound, light, cam- es the delineation of action as room for sex rackets, argue Audio version of Jug Suraiya’s weekly column era and action. And actually exe- pure worship. models Manpreet Brar, Indrani Das Gupta, Nethra Raghuraman and To listen, log on to cuting them! Techically,Matrix Reloaded be- Ruchi Malhotra, and fashion http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com Matrix Reloaded scores on comes the last testament on cel- both levels: On the expanse and luloid action. 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POOR★ AVERAGE★ ★ GOOD★ ★ ★ VERY GOOD ★ ★ ★ ★ OUTSTANDING ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wimpy’s arrests New Delhi : A team of Punjab police arrested the Wimpy’s vice-president, director and deputy manager, finance on Friday night. Two drivers of the company were also arrest- ed. Sandeep Kapoor,advocate for Wimpy’s International, claimed that Punjab police, un- accompanied by Delhi police, made the arrests without war- rants or FIR copies. The advocate filed a com- plaint with the deputy commis- sioner of police (south) Vivek Gogia. The DCP admitted that local police was not informed. ‘‘The Punjab police have con- firmed the arrest,’’ Gogia said. Another officer said the Pun- jab police action was against Mob wrecks havoc at Sabzi Mandi the rule which says that any TIMES NEWS NETWORK in the Sabzi Mandi area fol- state police has to inform the lo- lowing an accident in which cal police of the city where they New Delhi : A police officer a 13-year old boy was injured. go to arrest a person. was injured in mob violence Deputy commissioner of police (north) Sanjay Baniw- al said:‘‘Rajan Sharma is a member of a trust which re- portedly owns land in Kumharon Wali Gali in Subzi Mandi area.’’ Following a fight with lo- cals over vacating a plot of land in the area, Sharma was trying to flee when the acci- dent occurred. The boy was hospitalised.

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Rape accused not identified I-Day: D-day for restored Red Fort New Delhi: The 15-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by two police officers in Rohini, has not been able to identify the culprits yet. She has seen about 500 consta- It’s time to recapture the city’s lost splendour,says Union culture minister Jagmohan. Delhiites agree... bles and head constables. Investigations point to the in- Neeraj Paul volvement of police officers. The residents of police How to hardsell our heritage colony in Pitampura, where the accused reportedly took the victim, identified the victim’s uncle who too was tak- •Citizens should get together en there. They told the team that two persons alongwith to save the built heritage, a girl and man had come to the quarters. Since the two says writer Patwant Singh were police officials, they did not stop them. TNN •Create centres of excellence instead of trying to do every- thing simultaneously, says INTACH’s O P Jain •Give alternate sites to people who have built within 100 me- tres of monuments and clear the encroachments, says urban expert H K Yadav •These things will make our monuments irresistible

NOW: The Chatta Bazar at the entrance to the palace area of the fort today bears no resemblance to its original self. By Saurabh Sinha sprawling fort. Here’s a inside the palace area, visi- have started shining again. TIMES NEWS NETWORK glimpse of how history is be- tors no longer have to tread The basement has been ing resurrected in some carefully on bajri. Instead opened and rooms have been ayers of history parts of the huge complex: that path has been dug to the restored where old artifact are being peeled Chatta Bazar: The market original Mughal period level will be displayed, said Red off at the Red street at the entrance to the and is being covered with Fort’s conservation architect Fort. The Army, palace area will be given its sandstone. A K Soni. which, for traditional look, said Jagmo- Diwan-i-am: The sand- But the biggest change decadesL has occupied large han. ‘‘For that, we’ll give al- stone here is getting chemi- here is literally a watershed. parts of the 17th century ternative sites to the shop- cal treatment to remove the The marble water channel fort, is handing over areas keepers. The place will have scars left by Delhi’s polluted here is being excavated. under its control to the Ar- a documentation centre air. The throne is also ‘‘Very soon, water will flow chaeological Survey of India where old artifacts will be being spruced to be fit to seat from here to the fountain be- (ASI). displayed,’’ he said. a king again. tween the Rang Mahal and These areas, as also the But the shopkeepers don’t Diwan-e-khas: Hundreds the rear of the Diwan-i-am,’’ ones that were under the ASI said Sinha. but neglected so far, are be- Nahar-i-Bahisht: The ing restored to their pristine canal inside the fort is being original self under Union getting ready to flow once culture minister Jagmohan’s again after it dried up due to Rs 10-crore master plan. disrepair in 1820, said Sinha. ‘‘Red Fort will become a It will feed the channel in- centre of excellence and the side Rang Mahal and the wa- hub of Indian culture, ter will flow to the fountain. tourism and civic life. It will New eatery: The Heritage be made the finest landmark Tea House at the end of the of Delhi by removing all palace area is another big aberrations of recent past THEN: A painting of the fort drawn in 1850 by a Britisher. change one can notice in and will be frozen in histo- the fort. ry,’’said Jagmohan. seem amenable to the idea. of flowers are blooming once What was once a dilapidat- How long will that take? ‘‘The high court has stayed again in the emperor’s hall ed structure, is now a gleam- ‘‘While restoration is a con- the government’s move to of private audience. All the ing new eatery. Ready with tinuous process, a major close our shops. We are missing semi-precious traditional furniture, the part of the work will be over ready to change the look of stones in the inlay works place will serve gastronomic by August 15,’’ he said. the shops as desired by ASI that make these flowers have delights of purani Dilli like Work is already in but we don’t want to move been replaced. paranthas, chat, kachori, and progress. Lawns have been out as some of us have been ‘‘In all the palaces like the poori bhaji. laid out at the rear of the fort here for 120 years,’’ said Red Shahi Hamam and Diwan-e- Showcasing the freedom on the Ring Road side. Land- Fort Bazar Shopkeepers’ As- Khas, missing semi-precious struggle: The newly-restored scaping of the front portion sociation’s stones are be- baoli and the adjoining Sal- is on and a Dara Shikoh park Anirudh Sing- ing fitted in the imgarh Fort will showcase will replace the present filth. ha. CAPITAL empty slots. the freedom struggle as the ‘‘Adequate car parking — the On Sunday, Gold plating is Red Fort was an integral biggest problem visitors face the Army will also being done part of it. ‘‘The slogan ‘Dilli today — will be provided hand over the STORY in some areas chalo’ was a call to congre- here,’’ said ASI Delhi circle’s upper portions as per the origi- gate at the Red Fort. The fa- superintending archaeolo- of the jawans’ quarters. nal plan,’’ Sinha said. mous INA trial was held gist A K Sinha. Apart from the shops, work Rang Mahal: The largest here. We will showcase all To meet the August 15 in all other parts of the fort apartment in the imperial these aspects here so that the deadline, hundreds of is progressing smoothly and seraglio is the centre of ac- future generations can have labourers are working at a rapidly. tivity these days. The glasses a complete view of history furious pace all over the Pathways: While walking of the sheesh mahal here here,” said Jagmohan. And then there are more ed Fort is one of the few monuments in Delhi that bask in the glory of government attention. A large R number of the architectural splendours lie hidden TOI forgotten. What could have been marketed as prime tourist spots, are now sagas of monumental tragedy. For example, Adam Khan’s tomb in Mehrauli is more popular with rag- pickers than even the locals. There’s a big garbage dump just next to this pre-Akbar This is the entrance to the period building in Delhi. Khirki mosque in south Delhi. Living up to its popular name Bhul Bhulaiya, the 16th century tomb today lies forgotten just next to the Qutab Minar. Same is the case of Moth ki Masjid near South Exten- sion-II. Houses have been built all around it. Shopkeepers of the market behind it use its various arched dalans as stores or to park scooters. Ironically,it was among the first monuments to be protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Delhi. New structures keep cropping up near the 15th century mosque every now and then. Reaching the Khirki Mosque near Sheikh Sarai is like participating in a spot the monument contest. Totally hid- den by the surrounding houses, this beautiful 15th century mosque is almost inaccessible. Some of its domes have col- lapsed. In an effort to save it from any further damage, iron grills are being installed around it. ronically, civic apathy hasn’t even spared the IQutab complex, the only structure apart from Hu- mayun’s Tomb that has the coveted World Heritage TOI Monument status in Delhi. The entrance to the complex is full of stalls, beggars and hawkers. The Minar has been closed since 37 schoolchild- ren died in it follow- ing a stampede in 1981. Union culture minister Jagmohan recently asked the ASI to repair the Minar and open it Hawkers, stalls are right at for public again by the entrance to the Qutab. September this year. Apart from organ- ising the Qutab Festival, admitted ASI Delhi circle’s superintending archaeologist A K Sinha, nothing is being done to hardsell the monument. But despite the civic apathy, between 5,000 to 20,000 people visit the place daily. ‘‘With just a little improvement, the city’s built heritage can become its biggest USP for attracting tourists. The key to the city’s future lies in its past,’’ said writer Patwant Singh.

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Deepak Harichandan FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER Pusa Institute professor arrested for dowry death OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers likely at many places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizo- NATIONAL ram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan WB and Sikkim, Konkan and TIMES NEWS NETWORK Anand Kumar Singh, married alleged that she had been Mumbai: I-A 0700, Goa, coastal AP, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshad- to the victim Kajal Sharma on killed by her in-laws for failing 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, weep; at a few places in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gangetic WB, New Delhi : The police have 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, east UP, madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, January 29, this year. to meet the latter’s dowry de- 2300 Jet Air 0650, Telangana, Rayalaseema, TN and interior Karnataka and at isolated arrested the head of the genet- On June 9, Kajal was found mands. 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, places over the rest of the country outside Haryana and Punjab. ics department in Pusa Insti- 1935, 2030, 2200, dead at her Delhi home. Her Kajal was a final year stu- Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD tute, his wife and son in a in-laws had claimed that she dent of National Medical Col- 1520, 1800, 2025 KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min dowry death case. had committed suicide by lege, Kolkata, and had come to 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 43 28 Guwahati 32 23 Amsterdam 20 09 B B Singh got his son, hanging. But Kajal’s parents the city on June 1. Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 33 25 Dehradun 39 25 Bahrain 40 30 Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 39 27 Hyd’bad 35 24 Bangkok 36 27 Cooperatives’ Bill to be CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 36 29 Indore 36 26 Beijing 23 16 0640,0955★★★ B’lore 32 22 Jaipur 41 31 Chicago 17 12 passed: The New Delhi Coopera- 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 41 29 Geneva 33 18 tives’ Bill will be passed in a spe- 0645,1900 Lucknow 43 29 BANGALORE: T’puram 32 25 Patna 41 29 Hong Kong 29 25 cial session of the state legislative I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 37 29 Rajkot 39 27 London 22 13 assembly after getting clearance Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 41 28 Shimla 28 19 Los Angeles 22 16 Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 33 24 Srinagar 29 14 Moscow 16 08 from the Government of India, HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 chief minister Sheila Dikshit said GOA: I-A 1200, Sahara 1200 TRAIN RESERVATIONS on Saturday. Speaking at the state KULU: Jagson 0630, level weavers’ conference, Dikshit ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on 0650, 1215 14.06.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. AHMEDABAD: said that the bill was being I-A 0600,1700★★1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl delayed by the Centre. Delhi Jet Air 0610 NORTH industries minister Deep Chand GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: 4033 Jammu Mail 21.06 29.06 30.06 29.06 I-A 0555★★, 1010• Bandhu promised that Rs 1.48 ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 10.07 13.07 28.06 2403 Jammu Exp 24.06 30.06 01.07 02.07 crore as arrears of market Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST development assistance for Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 16.06 20 .06 20.06 — 2000-01 and 2001-02 will be re- 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 2304 Poorva Exp 18.06 22.06 25.06 02.07 Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, leased soon and a handloom (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 20.06 23.06 24.05 07.07 Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 23.06 10.07 09.07 advisory board to promote and INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 26.06 25.06 23.06 popularise the sector will also 2402 Shramjeevi Exp - 17.06 23.06 19.06 BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 17.06 19.06 18.06 19.06 be constituted. Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 16.07 17.07 A-I 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 30.06 08.07 17.07 FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 17.06 27.06 24.06 24.06 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 25.06 26.06 23.06 AMSTERDAM: 2802 Purshottam Exp — 30.06 29.06 24.06 KLM 0745 (KL-476) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 29.06 27.06 22.06 LONDON: British Air 4230 Lucknow Mail 17.06 23.06 25.06 26.06 0210 (BA-142) WEST PARIS: Air France 2904 Golden Temple Mail19.06 27.06 30.06 01.07 0040 (AF-147), 2926 Paschim Exp 22.06 30.06 01.07 02.07 A-I 0735 (AI-141) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 24.06 26.06 26.06 — A woman isn’t safe SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 22.06 24.06 25.06 — Airlines 2315 (SQ-407), 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 03.07 03.07 26.06 I-A 0050 (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 09.07 06.07 09.07 HONG KONG/OSAKA: 2916 Ashram Exp 20.06 02.07 30.06 24.06 A-I 2320 (AI-318) SOUTH ROME/GENEVA: 2616 G T Exp 22.06 23.06 30.06 23.06 A-I 0350 (AI-171) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 21.06 23.06 01.07 22.06 2432 Trivandrum Raj 24.06 08.07 08.07 — anywhere in Delhi AIR INDIA 2626 Kerala Exp — 29.06 25.06 23.06 AHMEDABAD: 2618 Mangala Exp — 03.07 01.07 23.06 have to be changed, perhaps spots in search of some 0120 (AI 610) 2628 Karnataka Exp — 30.06 30.06 22.06 with stricter, humiliating cheap thrill. MUMBAI: 0615 (AI 140), 2724 A P Exp 26.06 29.06 03.07 23.06 punishment to Shiveta Bhatia, Malkaganj 0700 (AI 170), 1855 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 30.06 07.07 08.07 — PEOPLE (AI 301), 2145 (AI 319) 7022 Dakshin Express — 26.06 — 18.06 the offender. Because undesirable ele- No. of passengers dealt on 13.06.2003 (Delhi Area): 56,504 (N. Rly. Area) POWER Pulkit Khare, NOIDA ments move about freely A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,40,458. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for Due to differences in sex ra- without fear of police and (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. 23323310, Singapore Airlines (Information supplied by Indian Railways) tio and illiteracy,women be- the administration and are 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 Question of the week come targets in Delhi. An confident that the general ● Why are public unemployed man is a dan- public will remain silent Man attempts suicide in police custody places unsafe for gerous person, he thinks up they are able to attack ways in which to give vend women in Delhi. A lot of New Delhi : A man attempted suicide while in the custody of women in Delhi? to his frustration. people remain mute specta- Pitampura police station under the north-west district, on ● Which are the tors to their eveteasing and Friday evening. Himanshu (22), the police claimed, is an West Delhi and North Del- most vulnerable hi are particularly bad. molesting of women. auto-lifter and is already an accused in four cases. Two police spots? Apart from this lonely places Crowded buses, deserted officers have been suspended following this incident. such as parks are spots bus stops, metro trains, cin- Departmental action has been initiated against head con- Growing insecurity where women are unsafe. ema halls and offices are the stable Ajay and constable Satbir for being negligent while in- amongst women Sachin Manchanda, Lajpat most unsafe places for terrogating the accused. TNN reflects moral degradation, Nagar women. dented male Rohit Kr. Pandit, Shalimar psyche, stagnant social Eveteasers, fun seekers, Bagh growth and biases against frustrated folks who throng women. public places to satisfy their Unsafe places urge makes Delhi unsafe for This comes in the way of women. Indifferent atti- • Deserted places like nurturing women’s freedom tudes and failure to impose parks, unlit streets, bus and individuality. Be it the punishment creates better stops university campus or shop- opportunities to harass Movie halls, hotels ping areas, it’s a shame that women.Hence, be it buses, • and restaurants, women in the Capital have theatres, college campuses, shopping malls to live in suspicion and fear. busy market streets, rail- The attitude that it is a way stations and subways, •India Gate, Lodhi women’s problem must be men with an appetite make Colony, Nehru Park discarded and mindsets a beeline for vulnerable IN THE LINE OF FIRE •In Delhi there is ab- sence of any form of public transport available at reasonable prices. •Men still think that their place is in- side the home. This mindset creates problems. •Delhi is the destination of large numbers of job seekers. A lot of men in Delhi feel insecure about women ‘invading’ their space. They hurt women in their fight for survival. •There are enor- mous disparities in wealth in this city, a lot of anger amongst the poor. Women and children become the targets. Urvashi Butalia, writer,publisher

Rs 138 crore for projects: The expenditure finance committee under the chair- manship of Delhi minister for fi- nance and plan- ning on Saturday announced Rs 138 crore for launching new projects in the city. Approval was given for a 64-bed maternity and child hospital in Naseerpur, NCC Bhawan in Rohini and a flyover at the Ring Road and Punjabi Bagh club crossing. Clearance was also given for re- pairs and mainte- nance of other projects also. TNN Two bridges to be made: Leader of opposi- tion in the Delhi Assembly, Prof Jagdish Mukhi laid the foundation stone for two bridges over Pankha Road nul- lah. TNN

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INDIA SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 5 Kapil to be quizzed over Mercedes gift Yaseen Malik, associates freed TIMES NEWS NETWORK Hiren Hathi. When contacted, Hathi Kapil da jawaab said: ‘‘Rana came to me through a com- AP Ahmedabad: The Criminal Investiga- mon friend six months back, saying he Srinagar: Jammu and tion Department (CID), Gandhinagar is wanted to be introduced to Kapil, who Kashmir Liberation Front likely to record the statement of former he wanted as his brand ambassador.’’ (JKLF) chairman Moham- Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev about However, Kapil could only give him mad Yaseen Malik and his his connections with Ahmedabad- an appointment for February 2, 2003, two associates, who were ar- based scamster Zahir Rana, who al- rested on Thursday during legedly gifted him a Mercedes car in where Rana held his dealers’ meet at the a signature campaign by the February this year. Juhu’s Centaur Hotel in Mumbai and separatist organisation, The CID (crime) seized the Rs 24-lakh gifted Kapil the car. At the meeting, were released on bail on car from Kapil’s residence in Delhi on where 5,000 ‘‘leaders’’ of the company Saturday. Friday and is bringing it to Gujarat. were present, Kapil gave away awards Malik, his deputy Javid The police had sought his consent be- as the chief guest. According to Hathi, Ahmad Mir and another fore seizing the car, said an official. ‘‘The directors of the Mercedes compa- senior leader Noor Moham- ‘‘We will record his statement about ny were also present at this meeting, mad Kalwal were granted this car,’’ Special IG Pramod Kumar where Rana said he wanted to felicitate bail by a court on Friday told TNN on Saturday. Kapil by gifting him the car.’’ evening and their release Rana, who was chairman and man- You all are God.You know Rana has been accused of defrauding was effected on Saturday af- aging director of Remo Marketing Pvt “ investors to the tune of Rs 70 crore ter completion of legal for- Ltd, was arrested on May 26 on charges everything.Write or do through his MLM schemes, one of malities, sources said. of fraud after some investors drew the whatever you want. which operated through the JKLF activists went to attention of the CID (crime) that their ’’ recharge4free.com. The CID (crime) act- Srinagar Central Jail to re- cheques drawn from this company had —Kapil’s reaction to TNN ed on the complaint of one of the in- ceive party leaders who bounced. His company was based on vestors, who claimed to have lost his were lodged there after the the multi-level marketing (MLM) con- money when the cheque issued to him judicial magistrate, Anant- cept, where members were to pay an ini- subscriptions in as many folds. by Remo marketing, bounced. The po- nag remanded them to five tial fee of Rs 200 and earned bonus Police sources told the TNN that dur- lice suspect the fraud could be of a days of judicial custody af- Kashmiri separatist leader Yaseen Malik, left, with his close aide Javed Ahamed Mir, after points on the number of subscribers, ing interrogation, Rana had stated that much larger sum considering the num- ter their arrest. PTI his release from prison on Saturday. who they roped in by the end of the he was introduced to Kapil through the ber of companies Rana had launched in year. they earned money against the cricketer’s Ahmedabad-based associate, 24 cities of the country.

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6 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 INDIA Games patriots play... PTI

Newly-commissioned officers toss up their caps in jubilation after the passing-out parade at the Indian Military Academy in Dehra Dun on Saturday.

No change in India’s stand: Defence minister George Fernan- des on Saturday said there has Write and wrong: Karishma been no change in India’s stand that Pakistan must stop cross- border terrorism before resump- tion of any talks between the two author sues Bradford countries. Speaking to reporters here, Fernandes said there TIMES NEWS NETWORK that of Bradford. has hardly been any let up in The matter went to the Supreme Court, af- Mumbai: The native has struck back. So far infiltration of militants from ter the Kolkata court passed an injunction at the receiving end of charges of intellec- across the border. ‘‘More or on the screening of the serial made for Sa- tual theft levelled against him by British less, things are the same on hara TV after the channel beamed the first bestselling writer Barbara Taylor Bradford, the border.’’ TNN episode on May 12. The apex court has Sachin Bhaumick, who scripted the serial, stayed the beaming of the Rs 60 crore serial. Karishma — A Miracle of Destiny, has filed a criminal complaint of defamation in a Bradford had termed the script of Karishma Mumbai court. intellectual rape of her work and vowed to And late on Friday evening, additional fight plagiarism in Bollywood. chief metropolitan magistrate R D Gate is- Bhaumick, a film writer who has au- sued summons to respondents Bradford and thored hits like Anuradha, Aradhana, city journalist Pammi Somal. While exam- Karan Arjun and the latest Rakesh Roshan ining the contention of the complainant movie Koi Mil Gaya and also Motherland, that the two had been making ‘‘false, told the court that statements and inter- malafide and per se defamatory statements views issued by the UK writer and the Mum- without any basis’’, the court observed that bai journalist in newspapers and magazines prima facie a case had been made out had tarnished his reputation in Bollywood. against them under Section 109 r/w Section He said despite the matter being sub-judice, 107 and/or 34 r/w Section 499-500 of the In- the respondents never refrained from pass- dian Penal Code. ing damaging remarks without caring to Bradford had slapped a case against the read the story. serial in the Calcutta High Court, alleging The serial stars Karishma Kapoor and that the story was plagiarised from her nov- has a number of Bollywood actors, includ- el A Women of Substance. However, on his ing Sanjay Kapoor, Jugal Hansraj and Ayub part, Bhaumick argued that the script was Khan. More real-life drama seems to be un- based on his own story Aparajita and there spooling with rumours about a rival chan- were no similarities between his book and nel’s involvement in scuttling the serial. Mother’s name still doesn’t work in schools

TIMES NEWS NETWORK husbands, were forced to adopt their father’s Ahmedabad/Vadodara/ name due to government Surat: School education norms. minister Anandiben Patel The district education of- had noble intentions ficer (DEO) in Surat, howev- when she announced on er,said that all 550 schools in Women’s Day this year that the mother’s name will the district had been issued be acceptable during the en- the notification sometime rolment of students in back. schools. ‘‘These notices were re- However,the move did not quired to be collected by the make any difference in the schools from the DEO of- current session. fice,’’ he said. Enrolments in most According to Thomas schools across the state has Thakur of St Xaviers School been already completed for at Ghod Dod Road, no such the academic year 2003-04 official communication was but several school authori- issued to the school. ties say they were not even ‘‘For admissions, we have aware about such a notifica- been asking for the name of tion. the child’s father only,’’ he The demand had been said. made by several women’s or- Sharda Yatan High School ganisations who felt that principal Mayaben Desai, children of women, who too, said she was not aware were separated from their of any such notification.

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LET’S TALK PARENTING New twist to Staines’ case BJP has put India on the path to progress: Advani By Rajaram Satapathy in the CBI-designated informed the court that New York: Asserting that the Between 1988 and 1998, the confidence that Vajpayee would TIMES NEWS NETWORK court here, that Staines Gladys during her visit BJP-led government has brought country had seven prime minis- lead the country even after next We’re always kids had tried to outrage her had stated that Graham political stability to the country, ters but for the last seven years year’s elections. Bhubaneswar: Gladys modesty in a hut behind got what he deserved. To Deputy Prime Minister L K Ad- Vajpayee has been leading the At a meeting organised by Staines, widow of slain the church at Mano- this Gladys said: ‘‘I have vani said that the party has put country which vindicates the po- Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in asso- Australian missionary harpur village on the never met Hemalata the nation on the path of real lices his government is follow- ciation with NRI associations, he for our parents Graham Stewart Staines, night of January 21, 1999. Karua and neither Stai- progress with the aim of ensur- ing, Advani said here on Friday. said Indians have the capacity to has denied that her hus- he Wonder Years. They Uday Shankar ‘‘Graham Staines was a nes nor myself ever visit- ing that it takes its place among He added that this showed po- ensure the 21st century belongs band had attempted a sex- morally upright man. He ed her village or tried to Tcan be arduous and the developed nations by 2020. litical stability and expressed to India. PTI amusing. But when your fa- ual relationship with a was totally against sexual convert her to Christiani- ther’s name is Sunil woman two days before relationships outside ty as she has alleged.’’ Gavaskar they can be as- his death at Manoharpur marriage and he was Karua in her deposi- tonishing as well. Gavaskar village. careful in his actions so tion had told the court junior, Rohan, savoured ‘‘The allegations are that he could not be false- that she and her husband every moment of his grow- completely baseless and ly accused,’’ she said in had first met Staines and ing up. With parents like false,’’ Gladys said in a her statement. ‘‘He never his wife at a church in his, he could just go out and statement issued from visited women in their Machhagada village in play his strokes. her house in Baripada. homes as accused by October 1998. Gladys re- How much time do you Gladys’ reaction came Hemalata.’’ futed Karua’s version spend with your parents? in response to the state- Karua also stated that saying that during that Contrary to popular per- ment made on Thursday 20 days after the incident period she and Staines ception, I spend a lot of by 32-year-old defence Gladys had visited her were in South India with time with my parents. witness Hemalata Karua and consoled her.She also their children. Though I’m playing for Bengal, I still spend a lot of SRPF man shoots himself: A time with them. In fact, sometimes I miss them a state reserve police force (SRPF) lot but have learnt to live with it. Our conversa- personnel shot himself dead with tions can be about anything and everything but his service rifle at the SRPF just being with them is the most important factor. Group-VII camp in Daund, the Are your parents strict disciplinarians? Any Pune police said on Saturday. The restrictions? reason behind his action is yet to No. Fortunately they trusted me. They ensured be ascertained. PTI I get the best education and value system. Once that was instilled I was all by myself. That doesn’t mean that I can’t go to them with my problems. That’s one cushion that’ll always be there. Kids never grow up for their parents, same is with me. Do they try to see your point of view? Surely. When I turned 18 my dad told me that from now on all my decisions will be mine but they’ll be there to guide me along. My parents nev- er imposed anything on me. Can you talk to your parents about any- thing? Any taboo subjects? It’s been a very liberal growing up. I can just walk up to them and talk anything that I want to. If your dad wanted you to be a doctor/engi- neer and you wanted to join a rock band or be- come a model, what would you do? It’s a rather hypothetical question. But I can’t imagine them going against my wishes. As I said, they’ll be there to guide me. Do you smoke or drink in front of them? I’m a teetotaller but my friends do drink and smoke in the presence of my parents. Can you talk to them about sex? Did they talk to you about sex and love during your growing/impressionable years? I don’t remember they talking to me about sex or love specifically, but I’m sure if they had to it’d be like any other normal conversation. Were you able to bring your girlfriend home to introduce to your parents? I never had the need. I had been seeing my wife (Swati) for last ten years before we got married this year. She was more a part of the family than my friend. My parents always knew that Swati was the girl for me. Could you keep out late at nights or stay over at a friend’s house? They never had a problem with that. Staying over at friend’s house wasn’t a big deal. They be- lieved that if I’m staying over at my friend’s place I’ll only end up learning how other families live. Is your relationship with parents different from what they had with their parents? It’s said that you are a reflection of your parents. So, seeing my parents I can well imagine how their parents would have been. Dinesh Chopra Punish guilty policemen: Panel Hyderabad: The State Human Rights Committee has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to prosecute the police officers whom it found guilty of misuse of power in six cases, of which five relate to custodial deaths. The committee, which gave its first annual report to governor S S Barnala on Friday, has asked the government to pay compen- sation to the aggrieved party within three months from the date of receipt of report. It also said it is no substitute for a formal Human Rights Com- mission, whose decisions can be binding on the government. TNN 2 policemen held in J&K

TIMES NEWS NETWORK Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested two policemen, allegedly involved in attacks on security forces and the killing of former state law minister Mustaq Ahmad Lone at a public rally during the assem- bly polls in September 2002, police sources said. On Saturday last, two policemen, including the SHO of the Sogam police station, Gulam Rasool Wani and Mun- shi Abdul Ahad, were arrested for their in- volvement in a foiled fi- dayeen (suicide) attack on a CRPF camp. Wani and Ahad con- fessed to their involve- ment in the attack and another strike recently on CRPF personnel in which two jawans were killed and four injured, the sources said. Counter-intelligence Kashmir sleuths on Friday evening arrest- ed sub-inspector Abdul Ahad, in-charge of the Zechaldara-Handwara police post and head constable Farooq Ah- mad Indrabi, posted at Kantpora-Lolab under the Sogam police sta- tion, the police sources said.

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8 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 INDIA Left divided over pro-Congress line Govt to reach TIMES NEWS NETWORK in the Left Front. said in a resolution adopted Soldiers love those greenbacks a consensus New Delhi: The durable Left ‘‘The RSP is dismayed as to at its central committee Graphic: Neelabh Front has hit an iceberg over why and how any Left party meeting on Friday. By Rajat Pandit the question of proximity to worth the name could ex- There is no ambiguity that TIMES NEWS NETWORK on Iraq the Congress with its con- press its unilateral, post- the reference is to the CPM’s New Delhi: Just how will- By Smita Gupta stituents, accusing each oth- haste willingness to lend sup- recent political overture to ing is the Indian soldier to TIMES NEWS NETWORK er of straddling an ideologi- port to a party which has not the Congress on the plea of keep peace — or fight wars cal faultline on this issue. so far expressed even its de- countering the BJP. — on somebody else’s behalf New Delhi: The Prime Min- It all began with the Revo- sire to part with its retro- The other LF constituents, in a foreign location? Pretty ister’s scheduled meeting lutionary Socialist Party’s in- grade socio-economic poli- however, have reacted much willing, even though with Congress president So- dictment of the CPM for toe- cies and approach towards sharply to the RSP advocacy Iraq may turn out to be a nia Gandhi on Sunday on the ing a pro-Congress line with- communalism of any hue,’’ for treating the BJP and Con- whole new ballgame. issue of whether India out discussing the issue with- the smaller LF constituent gress on equal terms. The Indian Army may should send troops to Iraq or not is, sources said, the first Sonia’s rally: Rajput women have to pack their bags for Iraq soon enough — the fi- step towards building a ‘‘na- tried to disrupt Congress presi- tional consensus’’ on the is- dent Sonia Gandhi’s ‘‘women’s nal decision is awaited — but guess what makes the sue. empowerment’’ rally, organised The meeting will take by the Mahila Congress in Indian soldier most excited about foreign assignments? place in the aftermath of an Ajmer on Saturday. A section of inconclusive meeting of the women, belonging to the Ra- Crisp American green- backs, that’s what. UN al- Cabinet Committee on Secu- jput community, tried to disrupt rity, Deputy Prime Minister the rally while Sonia was deliv- lowances in dollars, coupled with tenures away from the L K Advani’s consultations ering her speech because they in Washington with the were prevented from handing debilitating counter-insur- gency operations in J&K American leadership, and over a memorandum to her. ahead of the Pentagon dele- They were seeking reservations and the North-East, or for- ward posts on the LoC, gation’s discussions with for Rajput women and carrying their counterparts here on make Army battalions look has lost 108 personnel, of the Indian troops? Will they in Iraq, it will be more than banners to the effect. TNN Monday, as well as foreign forward to offshore assign- around 65,000 troops sent for have operational autonomy welcome. secretary Kanwal Sibal’s pro- ments. 36 UN missions in the last 50 or will they have to ‘‘serve Despite committing over posed visit to the US. As an Army officer, part years. Sometimes, of under’’ the occupying US one-third of its forces for Given the sensitive nature of UN Interim Force in course, it has got messy like and UK forces? Will they be counter-insurgency duties of the issue, official sources Lebanon (UNIFIL) until re- in Somalia and Sierra called upon to use force in Kashmir and the North- said the Vajpayee govern- cently, puts it, ‘‘Dollars Leone. Compare that with against Iraqis to control law east, the Army is already ment needed the time to as- apart, we act as diplomats over 1,000 soldiers who have and order situations? How identifying the battalions to sess the public mood and rather than combat-ready been killed fighting militan- long will they be deployed? send to Iraq if the govern- forge a national consensus. soldiers in UN peacekeep- cy in India in the past three Will they have a clear-cut ment decides to commit ‘‘The PM is not keen to send ing operations. So, it’s defi- years. exit policy if events over- troops there. troops unless there is a na- nitely a much-needed wel- But Iraq, where US sol- take the operations? And, fi- It is likely to be a division- tional consensus on the sub- come break from combating diers are still facing sniper nally, who will foot the bill? plus contingent (around ject,’’ these sources said, militancy or hard postings fire and increasingly getting If it is the US, won’t that 17,000), with a strong com- like Siachen.’’ bogged down, may prove to make Indian soldiers merce- plement of engineers and adding that the Congress In the Indian battalion de- be a new experience. naries? Answers to such doctors. president will be briefed on ployed as part of UNIFIL in So, even as the Cabinet questions are yet to be an- The Indian contingent is the background to the US re- Southern Lebanon, between Committee on Security pon- swered. expected to be deployed in quest, India’s compulsions as the Israeli forces and the ders over sending a ‘‘stabili- The Centre, despite oppo- the relatively less unruly well as the clarifications thus Shiite Islamic Hezbollah, of- sation force’’ to Iraq and a sition from the Congress Kurdish sector of Northern far received. ficers get over $2,000 as Pentagon team comes visit- and other parties, seems ea- Iraq. While India has had a The government is con- monthly allowance. Al- ing to clarify ‘‘doubts’’, ex- ger to send troops to Iraq. It cordial relationship with cerned, these sources added, lowances for other ranks perts warn India must tread believes the move will fur- the Kurds, the Indian troops that India’s independence vary from $750 to $1,650. very cautiously before rush- ther India’s strategic inter- may have to contend with a should not be compromised And this is way beyond ing troops to a country ests and bolster claims for a few militant outfits in the in any way — it should their salaries here. where utter chaos prevails larger role in global affairs. Kurdish ranks. Security neither be seen as being UN peacekeeping opera- at the moment. And, if in the process, India concerns of neighbouring under the aegis of the tions, by and large, are not What, for instance, will be corners a large share of the Turkey will also have to be US, nor should Indian considered perilous. India the rules of engagement for huge reconstruction effort kept in mind. troops be made to look like mercenaries. Woman crusader in police dismissed By P K Surendran Vinaya was told that she TIMES NEWS NETWORK had committed gross viola- tion of police rules and disci- Thiruvananthapuram: The pline while in uniform. She first policewoman who was also warned against her proved to be a crusader for continuing fight against the gender parity, constable N A police brass. Vinaya, has been dismissed Vinaya has won many bat- from service. tles for the women police and Vinaya had been placed women in general. Her bat- under suspension for 13 tles ensured for the women months, following her police the right to wear pants protest at a police meet in and shirts on duty. She has January 2002 against what also taken up the cause of she termed, ‘‘discrimination women athletes and has won against women athletes in them a separate track and police (department)’’. Howev- scoreboard at police games. er, she challenged her sus- She also crusaded for the pension in the Kerala High right of a single women to Court and won. She was rein- bring up her offspring and stated on the orders of won again. deputy inspector general N ‘‘She has the right to ap- Sankar Reddy only last peal to her superior and to month. me,’’ the new director gener- But, merely 20 days after al of police, Hormis she rejoined the force at the Tharakan, told The Times of Ambalavayal police station India when confronted with in Wynad, she was shown the the issue. However, Vinaya door through a show-cause has decided to approach the notice. court of law. AFP

Chairman of Infosys N.R. Narayana Murthy (R) talks with company COO S. Gopalakrishnan at the company’s AGM in Bangalore on Saturday. Infosys sings ‘Badi mushkil hai’

TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bangalore: If Infosys Technologies’ annual general meeting (AGM) on Saturday,held in the sprawling Indian Institute of Science campus, stood out of the ordinary this year, it wasn’t for the usual reasons. It wasn’t for the turnout of shareholders, which remained as big as ever. And it wasn’t for company secretary V Balakr- ishnan’s presentation of Infosys’ financial op- erations for the year,which this time too was in- terspersed with film songs — and this time ap- propriately began with Badi mushkil hai, bhai, badi mushkil. There were, in fact, two other matters that made the proceedings different. One was the proposal of the company to delete Article 107 of the company’s Articles of association. The Ar- ticle, in effect, said that so long as N R Narayana Murthy and family held more than five per cent of the company’s shares, Murthy would have the right to remain the managing director of the company. However, as far back as 1998, Murthy had waived this privilege accorded to him and passed on the managing director’s re- sponsibilities to Nandan Nilekani. Murthy said he was keen to have this Article removed because it deviated from global corpo- rate best practices. ‘‘I understand the sentiment that went behind it, but it is not appropriate un- der today’s corporate governance norms,’’ he said. Murthy also dismissed all speculation that this was a move to distance himself from the company or to reduce his responsibilities.

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INDIA SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 9 Aids fight: Laurels for Tata, flak for Govt TOI Alphonso mangoes By Chidanand Rajghatta The Aids threat was so big TIMES NEWS NETWORK that whatever Tisco is doing ‘‘is just a drop in the ocean’’, Washington: A global busi- Chairman Ratan Tata, who may go to America ness coalition backed by was here especially to receive By Chidanand Rajghatta country. some of the world’s most the award, said. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Which is why in a fruity powerful movers and shakers On the margins of the move, Indian officials put recognised India’s flagship event, activists and well- Washington: From a bas- export of mango on the enterprise Tata Iron and wishers panned the Indian ket case to the fruit basket table in trade talks with Steel Company (Tisco) with government for failing to of the world is such a the US on Thursday. an award for community- recognise the challenge. sweet journey.India might The fruit is becoming based awareness programs ‘‘The Indian government have just made the passage increasingly popular in on Aids at a glittering dinner wastes its time in useless de- to become the world’s the US, but Washington al- here on Wednesday. bates and flip-flop policy,’’ But while Tatas got the biggest fruit grower with lows imports only from the fumed Congressman Jim Mc- an output of nearly 100 thumbs up, activists railed Dermott, who is also a physi- Americas and explicitly against the Indian govern- million tons of fruit and bans Indian mangoes fear- cian and who first recognised vegetable combined, ac- ment’s tendency to wave the the problem during his ini- ing they will bring in the problem away. Aids will de- cording to trade officials. boll worm and other agri- tial visits to India in the ear- At least in the area of stroy economies and coun- ly 1990s. ‘‘They have been cultural pests. tries unless the world wakes mangoes there is no dis- US officials have prom- Ratan Tata receives an award on behalf of Tisco for commu- hobbling along for a decade pute. India is arguably the up to the threat, speaker after while the disease is eating ised to study Indian pro- nity-based awareness programs on Aids in Washington. world’s largest mango pro- speaker warned, amid wide- away at the vitals.’’ posals offering improved ferent outlook in India. ell, senators and Congress- ducer accounting for more spread fears that India is ig- By sheer coincidence, the variety of mangoes. In a remarkable conflu- men, to talk about the issue. than 50 per cent of the noring the scale of the prob- event was foreshadowed by a The move, if it comes to ence of interests, some of the The award for Tatas was world’s output. Nearly a lem. front-paged story the same fruition, could put dozens world’s best known business- the one brief heady moment quarter of India’s total The gathering for the day in the Washington Post, of Indian varieties on men-executives (CEOs of for India’s effort to meet the black-tie event was indica- reporting in scary detail the area under fruit cultiva- American shelves and Mercedes Benz, Viacom and challenge of Aids before the tive of the fear that is sweep- spread of Aids in India. tion is set aside for man- prove a juicy bonanza for ing through the Western cor- Coca Cola among them) sat scale of the threat and the is- goes, which also accounts Indian fruit growers. Man- porate world and the US ad- with Washington’s makers sue of government inatten- for 25 per cent of the total goes retails for up to a dol- ministration, and contrasted and breakers, including US tion swept away the congrat- For more, go to fruits production in the lar a piece in the US. sharply with the rather indif- Secretary of State Colin Pow- ulatory mood. www.timesofindia.com Gucci considers Kolkata Kolkata: West Bengal convinced the famed mak- chief minister Buddhadev ers of handcrafted hand- Bhattacharya on Friday bags and shoes to send a achieved what could prob- team of members of a Guc- ably be his biggest success ci associate to examine the on his Italian trip, by elic- prospects of sourcing iting a promise from luxu- products from the state. ry goods giant Gucci that it In a message from Flo- will examine the setting rence, the chief minister up of a retail outlet in expressed satisfaction at Kolkata. the outcome of his four- Bhattacharya, who visit- day visit to Italy, but ed the Gucci facility at Flo- stressed on the need for rence accompanied by a follow-up action for tangi- business delegation, also ble results. TNN

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10 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 INDIA Shilpa’s father first sought help from ex-minister to recover dues from Prafful Sarees owner TIMES NEWS NETWORK in the Prafful Sarees extor- the ad film in which Shilpa ter who is also a former TADA Said a senior police official, talking to them over phone A time-tested Ahmedabad: Film actress tion case, that he first con- had been featured. detainee, failed to deliver the ‘‘Shetty established contacts because they posed as men of tacted BJP MLAs Purushot- The negotiations with goods that Shetty got in touch with Solanki through his Pankaj Aggarwal,’’ Shetty Shilpa Shetty’s father, Suren- tam Solanki and his brother Agrawal are said to have been with Malaysia-based gangster driver Dilip’’. Apparently, said, before leaving for Mum- dra Shetty, has acknowledged Hirabhai Solanki to recover done by Hirabhai. Police offi- Fazl-ur-Rehman, whose asso- Dilip is ‘‘well-connected’’ in bai on Saturday. Shetty’s bond: Blow during his interrogation be- the dues from Prafful Sarees cials said it was only after ciates allegedly made extor- Mumbai. lawyer, S V Raju termed the ing done by the Surat police owner Pankaj Aggarwal for Solanki, a former BJP minis- tion calls on Aggarwal. Talking to the TNN, Shetty, reports as false and said ‘‘my however, denied news reports client never admitted at any that he had established con- time during the interrogation tact with Rehman’s associates or to any other persons that hot, blow cold to recover his money. ‘‘I was he had talked to the mafia.’’ Highs and lows

Indo-Pak: After Pokhran-II (1998), Advani favoured pro-active steps to counter Pak-sponsored terror.Va- jpayee went for the Lahore bus diplomacy (1999). Kargil (1999) followed. At CCS after Kargil, Advani was for attacking terror camps in PoK, without crossing the LoC. But the PM’s diplomatic line cul- minated in the Agra Summit (2001). Advani was against hosting Musharraf, the architect of Kargil. The summit failed, Advani was blamed. In Vajpay- ee’s third attempt at peace with Pakistan, Advani is treading cautiously. Narendra Modi: At the BJP national executive held after the Gujarat riots (2002), CM Narendra Modi al- most lost his job. Vajpayee wanted him removed. But Advani defended Modi. His view prevailed. Modi re- tained his job, but he’s talking development, instead of Hindutva, ever since. BJP politics: Shankar Sinh Vaghela, from Advani’s Gujarat, was all praise for Vajpayee. But Vajpyee did not come to his rescue when Vaghela was expelled from the BJP in 1995. Similarly,when Kalyan Singh, an Advani follower from Vajpayee’s UP criticised him, Advani did not stall his expulsion in 1999. N K Singh: When Advani wanted PMO secretary N K Singh removed (2001), because of some controver- sies involving him, Vajpayee agreed to move him to the Planning Commission. Cabinet Reshuffle (2003): Vajpayee wanted Ma- mata Banerjee in the Cabinet. Advani was against it. When the PM insisted, Advani added Trinamul Con- gress MP Sudip Bandopadhyay to the list of those to be inducted. But neither has happened so far. Ma- mata objected to Sudip. The matter is unresolved.

By Mohua Chatterjee Jansangh was wiped out. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Advani, secretary of the New Delhi: Edmund Jansangh unit in Delhi Hillary and Tenzing Nor- then, lived in the party of- gay. Neil Armstrong and fice sharing it with Vajpay- Edwin Aldrin. They are ee. ‘‘The two of us went for teams, but the finish line a film in a Pahargunj the- had room for just one. It atre to overcome our de- was Hillary first on Mt pression. At night, as we Everest and man’s giant walked back to 13, Rajen- leap was Armstrong’s. dra Prasad Road, Vajpayee- When BJP wrested power, ji repeated the name of the Prime Minister A B Vajpay- film, Phir Subah Hogi and ee finished as number one, said it was significant for Advani as number two. the party too — there would There are differences, a be a new dawn,’’ says Ad- working relationship keeps vani, talking about their them — the party and the early days. ‘‘He is not just government — going. my oldest friend, he is also When Vajpayee an- my leader. Whatever I have nounced his third peace done is not without his initiative with Pakistan, he knowledge,’’ said Advani took his Cabinet by sur- about their relationship in prise. Advani was not in the present context. favour of any talks at this In 1990, when Advani de- point, but clearly, Vajpayee cided on his rath yatra,Va- had made up his mind. Ad- jpayee was vehemently vani accepted the decision against it. But, Advani got and is trotting across the a resolution passed sanc- US today declaring, India is tioning it at the BJP’s na- ready to compromise even tional executive. Though it on the Kashmir issue. turned out to be in BJP’s Advani had made up his favour, it remained a major mind on Gen S K Sinha, as point of disagreement. J&K governor. Vajpayee Their most recent dis- was unhappy with the cho- agreement was over Mama- ice, but when Advani told ta Banerjee’s inclusion in him of his decision, Vaj- Cabinet, which Advani was payee accepted it. not in favour of. The duo Vajpayee and Advani cut a deal — that Sudip talk to each other on the Bandopadhyay of Trina- phone countless times mul will have to be made a through the day — possibly minister if Mamata was be- that’s what keeps them go- ing brought in. It’s a anoth- ing. It seems, when Vajpay- er matter that Mamata ee expresses his opinion on played her own card. an issue first, Advani takes It did not stop the PM it as the decision. When Ad- from popping a surprise. vani wants his decision to Not so long ago, at about 10 be considered, he raises the am, when Advani was step- issue first. Vajpayee ac- ping into his car to leave for cepts Advani’s opinion as work, the phone rang. His the decision. When they wife Kamla came rushing want to consult each other out asking him to wait. Va- to arrive at a decision, they jpayee was on the line, ask- seek each other’s opinion. ing if he could drop by for In 1958, Delhi’s first Met- lunch. Advani cancelled ropolitan Corporation elec- his appointments. The two tion results were out. The spent the rest of the after- Left had swept it and the noon together. Cong MLAs will come on my side, says Mayawati By Manjari Mishra TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lucknow: Congress MLAs are up for grabs any time, chief minister Maywati claimed on Saturday. Having returned to Lucknow after her 15-day sojourn abroad, Mayawati, obvi- ously in a belligerent mode, sounded quite confident that ‘‘the second split in the Con- gress party could come through, if she so de- sired’’. The chief minister said the Congress MLAs were trying hard to reach her, adding she would decide upon further course of ac- tion after some time. ‘‘I am just back, wait and see what all happens,’’ she declared. So as the CM’s arrival has deepened the furrows on quite a few faces in the Opposi- tion camp, fearing for the safety of their flocks, anxiety in the Congress camp was al- most palpable on Saturday. The party leaders, fearing another split, have intensified the damage control meas- ures. UPCC president Jagdambika Pal, who was camping in Chiraigaon rushed back to Lucknow early morning for a few hours to monitor the ground situation.

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INDIA SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 11 Ayodhya tangle: Signs of a settlement? Religious leaders move over,the intelligentsia has joined the negotiations and is determined to untangle the mandir-masjid web. Sunday Times presents a complete update AP By Sakina Yusuf Khan TIMES NEWS NETWORK eligious leaders move over, the intelligentsia Secret parleys to Rhas seized the initia- tive. A group of Muslim in- tellectuals — columnist Saeed Naqvi, activist Syeda find a way out Hameed, lyricist Javed Akhtar and Ashghar Ali En- By Mohua Chatterjee manded that the govern- gineer amongst others are TIMES NEWS NETWORK ment put an end to Mus- lim harassment in the working behind the scenes to New Delhi: With an eye thrash out a ‘‘graceful solu- name of checking terror. on the coming elections tion’’ to the Ayodhya issue. The government wants the Centre is keen to re- Former President R Muslim bodies to with- solve the Ayodhya dispute Venkatraman, former UP draw the case (title suit). through an out-of-court governor Romesh Bhandari The initiative to sort out settlement. If it succeeds, and spiritual guru Shri Shri the Ayodhya tangle came Ravishankar have been ac- it will fetch brownie from the PMO. Vajpayee tive on the negotiated settle- points for the BJP. has entrusted Advani ment front from the other The formula being dis- with the task of negotiat- side. cussed in secrecy with ing with Muslim leaders. Do the negotiators agree representatives of the HRD minister M M Joshi with the Shankaracharya’s Muslim community — se- has also come forward to Triveni Plan (See box)?Says lect members of the Mus- assist. The negotiations Syeda Hameed: ‘‘I haven’t lim Personal Law Board — will be Advani’s first do- met the Shankaracharya, nor is that the Muslims (the mestic assignment on his any government official, but Wakf Board) agree to return from the US. yes, I’m all for a negotiated ‘‘gift’’ the disputed land Vajpayee had asked the settlement. Some may say it’s Vishwa Hindu Parishad chief Ashok Singhal offers prayers at Karsevakpuram, near Ayodhya. for a temple to be built Shankaracharya to spear- a risk. But we feel the time to there. This will also estab- head the initiative. ty. All these Muslim organi- plot of land but for the Mus- a problem solving phase’. take the risk has come.’’ lish the fact that the land But VHP and RSS leaders sations -- including AILMP- lim wajood (identity) if we There can’t be a more con- Can these intellectuals ne- in question belongs to the are against such a solu- are at best NGOs. compromise once we’ll be ex- ducive atmosphere than this gotiate on behalf of the Mus- Muslims for only the own- tion. pected to compromise al- for an out of court settle- lims? ‘‘We are drafting a Muslim intellectuals point er has the right to gift it. If When the first formula, ways.’’ Syed Shahabuddin ment.’’ statement arguing for a nego- out that if the court decrees this negotiation comes in which the government adds: ‘‘We opposed a negoti- tiated settlement. The effort in favour of the temple, A prominent member of through, the dispute over talked of allowing a is to convince the community they’ll have to give up their The Triveni Plan the AIMPLB staunchly op- the land can be ended, say mosque outside the and religious leaders that claim anyway, so why not posed to negotiations alleges: government sources. panchkosh was being se- ‘‘The government is using Hindus and Muslims can’t now and win Hindu goodwill. Muslims gift the land In return, the Muslim cretly deliberated, BJP • every trick in the book — live forever in mutual suspi- Even after that if the Hindu- for a Ram temple at the negotiators want Hindu president Venkaiah Naidu temptation, intimidation and cion and hatred because of lunatic fringe reneges on the disputed site organisations to renounce spilled the beans at a pub- the Babri Masjid- agreement and rakes up coercion to get religious lead- their claim to the Mathu- lic rally in Rampur, UP. Ram Mandir. We Kashi, Mathu- •Hindus promise not to ers to the negotiations table. ra, Kashi and other temple The VHP leaders react- have to solve it ra and 30 thou- rake up Kashi Mathura Especially Shahnawaz Hus- sites and permit a mosque ed sharply. The Muslim and get on with DEEP sand Hindu and any other temple sain and Mukhtar Abbas within a 10 km radius of negotiators, too, were up- more pressing temples, the dispute Naqvi are wooing them with the temple. set that it was made pub- problems — edu- majority com- whatever they can. But there Apart from these, Mus- FOCUS • Muslims be allowed to lic. And the negotiation cation, develop- munity can be are few like us who will not lims negotiators have suffered a set back. The ment and liveli- counted on to pray at all ASI held bite the bait.’’ Meanwhile the mosques asked the government preliminary report of the hood, that face the communi- to retract. Even if the court Shankara-charya, the central which has been targeting ASI has made the govern- ty today.’’ verdict favours a mosque, the figure in the recent negotia- madarsas, to stop this ment sceptical about the Maulana Kalbe Sadiq vice- demolition and events in Gu- tion drama has gone back to ated settlement on principle. campaign and permit new court’s judgement going president of the All India jarat show that there’s no Kanchipuram saying that a ones. They have also de- in favour of the temple. Muslim Personal Law Board way you can build a mosque Our stand has been consis- solution will be reached in (AIMPLB) and its treasurer and pray there. tent — we’ll accept a court two three months provided Abdul Karim Parikh are in Arguments against: Za- verdict whatever it be. We re- the three parties engage in favour, so is Jamaitul-Ule- faryab Jilani, counsel for the spect the Constitution.’’ dialogue and discussion and man-e-Hind. The intellectu- Central Sunni Wafq Board, Hameed counters: ‘‘We continue to do so without als argue that no organisa- the main plaintiff in the Ayo- have to be realistic and prag- outside interference. Will it, tion can claim to to speak for dhya title suit argues, ‘‘It’s a matic. The PM himself has won’t it? The country keeps the entire Muslim communi- fight not just for a mosque or declared that ‘the nation is in its fingers crossed. The excavation story: What lies beneath ojo-Vikas International cated in the GRP survey re- decorated black stone pillar In an application submit- Pvt Ltd a Japanese port, ‘‘anomalies were con- with yaksha figurines on ted to the two observers mon- Tcompany had in its firmed/partly confirmed four corners, glass bangle itoring the excavation — H S Ground Penetrating Radar only in the seven trenches, no fragments, iron nails, Arabic Dubey and M A Siddique — (GRP) survey indicated the structural anomalies were inscription of holy verses on the board and the evidence of a structure be- found in other trenches. stone, copper coins, iron Muslim parties have neath the disputed site in Ay- Among the finds by the pointed razor blade, human disputed the ASI’s progress odhya. ASI — a brick wall, floor, a head, bird lamp, perforated report. The ASI’s version: But triangular-shaped buttress, disc, seals with worn out According to the Board’s ASI’s excavations at Ayodhya two squarish black pillar character and an unidenti- Counsel Zafaryab Jilani, the so far has not confirmed bases, successive layers of fied object. ASI has in its report men- Tojo’s findings and come up floor to brick pillar, and floor The Sunni central Waqf tioned structural bases with any evidence suggest- with burials. board’s contention: The Sun- which it says are very old but ing the existence of a struc- The items unearthed in- ni central Waqf Board the they actually belong to a ture beneath the disputed clude a wide range of arte- main plaintiffs in the Ayod- much later period. site. facts of various antiquity — hya title suit and Muslim He also alleged that the Its preliminary report sub- moulded brick fragments, parties have accused the ASI has been throwing away mitted to the Lucknow bench terracotta wheels, some ar- ASI team of selective collec- glazed tiles and bones which of the Allahabad High Court chitectural fragments, terra- tion of artefacts and also fab- point to a Muslim habitation on June 4, said that while cotta animal figurines and ricating archaeological evi- in the area. checking the anomalies indi- sling balls, moulded bricks, dence. — SYK A twist to the dispute saga he CBI seems to Janambhoomi Nyas. have been caught ‘‘During the crucial T in its own web. In meeting on the eve of a bid to provide safe pas- the demolition at Ram sage to the eight prime Katha Sanghralaya, ad- accused in Babri demo- jacent to the disputed lition conspiracy case site in Ayodhya, Advani, (no. 198/92), including Uma Bharati and others L K Advani, M M Joshi, had given fiery speeches Uma Bharati and oth- to instigate karsevaks to ers, it seems to have pro- pull down the mosque. voked the accused in the We were assured sup- main demolition case port too,’’ says Mahant (case no. 197/92) to turn Das. ‘‘First karsevaks hostile. were provoked to raze This is what hap- the structure and now pened on June 7 at the they want to get away Special CBI Court (Ayo- with it, leaving us to dhya Prakaran), Luc- face the gallows.’’ know when five of the 26 Others who vent their accused in the Babri grouse on June 7 out- demolition case (crime side special CBI court, no 197/92) dropped a Lucknow, include Shiv bombshell accusing Ad- Sena office-bearer of vani, Joshi, Uma Haryana unit Vinod Vat- Bharati and others of sa, Santosh Dubey, R C instigating karsevaks on Khatri and Amarnath December 5, 1992 to de- Goyal. More karsevaks molish the Babri Masjid had joined them. the next day.In legal cir- What seems to have cles, the outburst out- irked these accused is side the court assumes the treatment they met- importance as their ed out all these years. charges corroborate While Advani and oth- with the fact that the ers became heroes, they mosque was uprooted are charged with crimi- the next day in 1992. nal cases. Although Mahant Ram Narain these accused have yet Das, one of the accused to file an affidavit or in the case, has no re- record their statement grets about training in the court, their utter- guns against Advani ances may have far- and others. ‘‘They are reaching results. enjoying Z plus category ‘‘The statement of co- while we are running accused can be taken as for life under ISI substantive evidence. threat,’’ he rues. Ironi- But it will not be conclu- cally, Mahant Das was sive and will be put to the priest of the cross-examination,’’ makeshift temple in says Jafrayab Jilani. 1992 but was later re- V N Arora and moved by the Ram Srawan Shukla

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12 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 SPECIAL REPORT Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visits China on June 22. Sunday Times traces key Bollywood: issues that drive bilateral relations between the two Asian giants and lays down the India’s brand agenda for Operation Beijing new export to Beijing ast November, when Lagaan was re- leased across 25 theatres in China, it L created history as the first Indian film to be imported by the China Film Group Leaping (CFG). The audiences loved it in its short- ened, digitised and dubbed avatar. The ru- ral heartland of imperial India evoked fond memories of another time: A time, when films like Do Bigha Zameen, Awara and Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani had ce- mented the brotherhood of India-China cinefans. ‘‘Of course, those were seen on non-commercial terms,’’ says an Indian embassy official in Beijing. For, the CFG Tiger, did not have a rudimentary precursor to handle import and export of films. And canalisation was unthinkable under the strict ‘content control’ regime. It was only in the ’90s that China opened up to Hollywood action and Bollywood emotions. In the 10 years since the CFG was formed, NFDC has sold 25 hits like Caravan, Mr India, Shahenshah and Bobby among others. Clearly, Chinese audiences, Feisty emerging out of state controlled cinema, have no stomach for cerebral filmmakers like Mrinal Sen. The only art house fare to be accepted was the emotion-packed Saaransh, Ardh Satya and Madhupakkam. Experts say, China has the potential to become a big market for Indian films. Ac- cording to a Price Waterhouse Cooper study, China has 1,40,000 theatres and pro- duces only 85 films annually. With the Dragon growing number of TV channels, cable net- works, and home video market the possi- ‘‘I have no regrets for having visited mous expansion of US forces across bilities are immense. Today,China’s box of- Peking. My conscience is clear.I am not the region. Of particular concern to fice spending is small. From $ 259 million a fence-sitter.I believe in taking risks. I China has been the arrival of US in 2003 it’s projected to grow to $ 423 mil- lion by 2006, when India will spend $ 882. believe in taking initiatives.’’ forces in Central Asia and Pakistan. So, if piracy is tackled, there’s a huge po- External Affairs Minister A B Vaj- Hua Junduo, the Chinese ambassador tential for the Indian player. payee’s defending his February to India laments, ‘‘not a few’’ in India Then why is it that our earnings are only 1979 visit to China. suspect ‘‘that China is either a threat or someone trying to contain India.’’ $250,000 in a decade? Why hasn’t Lagaan’s quarter century has passed success been repeated? Why hasn’t CFG since the day Vajpayee There have been periodic media-driv- en scares about Chinese companies come back for Hemanter Pakhi, Magunira made that fighting state- Shagada or Kabhi Tum Kabhi Hum — ment in Parliament. Much coming into India and Indian attitudes remain suspicious but it is not diffi- whose cassettes they picked up at IFFI last has changed since the visit, October? started in good faith, cult to see why. On its part, China no longer sees Ti- Clearly,there’s a need to bolster the bhai- turned into a fiasco when ing evidence. According to a senior Since the 1993 and 1996 Sino-Indian India as a state of the Union. In a spe- bet as ‘‘a major issue,’’ as a Chinese of- bhai exercise between filmmakers, distrib- VajpayeeA cut it short after the Chinese Chinese official, ‘‘These reports are agreements, India and China are try- cial referendum in 1975, more than 97 utors and channels heads for business to ficial pointed out. The Chinese profess decided to invade Vietnam. based on CIA sources and designed to per cent of the electorate voted to be satisfied that the Dalai Lama is ing to reconcile their respective ver- grow. A lot has also changed from the drive a wedge between the two coun- for Sikkim’s merger with India as its Ratnottama Sengupta in India merely as a religious leader sions through talks. The Chinese read- summer of 1998, when Prime Minister tries.’’ Indian officials however, claim 22nd state. Most of the world accepted and is not permitted to undertake po- ily exchanged LAC maps of the cen- Vajpayee carried the nation over the they have their own evidence. But the this, except China since they had con- litical activities. They are also aware tral sector, covering Uttaranchal and nuclear threshold. In his letters to government currently adopts a cool siderable strategic interest in the China’s Film Bazaar that, while India recognises Tibet as a Himachal Pradesh’s boundary with world leaders then, he pointed out that posture by merely noting, as it did in state. Till 1962, a lot of Chinese im- part of China, political support for the Tibet — since there are no major dif- z Lagaan: India’s first official export China was a major factor in the Indian the 2002-2003 Defence Ministry report, ports came via Kalimpong and Nathu Dalai comes more from western civil ferences there. But they have been decision. A furious China led the con- that ‘‘China’s close relationship with dragging their feet on exchanging La to Lhasa, a distance of about 1,000 z Screened successfully in 25 cinema halls society groups. across China demnation of India and insisted on Pakistan takes a particular edge in maps of the western and eastern sec- km from the port of Kolkata. implementing the harsh UN security view of the latter’s well-known bel- tor, where each side has major claims Reopening this route will benefit z Bobby, Caravan, Shahenshah, Mr India, council resolution 1172. ligerence and hostility to India and its and counter-claims. them enormously since the alternate Koyla, Pardesi Babu, Daag — The Fire, Indian leaders are no longer as acquisition of nuclear assets.’’ Since the aim of the agreements is route from China into Tibet traverses Saaransh, Ardh Satya, Marupakkam: naive on China. And Vajpayee’s visit to find out where the LAC lies and not a more difficult mountain terrain. The Some of the other 25 hits comes after carefully weighing the determine the final boundary,the Chi- Chuanzang road from Chengdu to z Do Bigha Zameen, Awara, Dr Kotnis Ki pros and cons. His aides believe, ‘‘the ● China denies helping Pak nese stand indicates they are not Lhasa is 2,330 km, the other major Amar Kahani: Earlier art house successes Chinese have taken a strategic deci- with its N-programme ready to move on the broad array of road, the Qingzang Freeway from Xin- sion to normalise ties with India.’’ ing to Lhasa via Golmud is 1,907 km. ● confidence building measures yet. But With India building its own strategic India claims it has evi- In fact, Chengdu and Xining are only ● Unlike LoC with Pak, LAC it is expected that after Vajpayee’s vis- forces as well as forging close ties with dence it, they will quicken the process of set- the starting points. Xining, the capital the US, it no longer sees China as a Since the 1962 war, China has followed with China is not a mutual- tling all boundary disputes with India. of Qinghai province, is another 1,700 threat. Indeed, Indian business lead- a policy of containing India by build- ly agreed line on either map km more from Beijing. ers have started seeing the opportuni- ing bridges with its South Asian or ground But, says a senior Indian diplomat, ties in China. neighbours. This policy has worked ‘‘The Chinese are trying to make out ‘‘In the 1980s we thought, by opening most successfully with Pakistan. Ac- The entire 4,056 km Sino-Indian bor- as if it’s India that will gain from the up, we could be exploited by our ene- cording to American media reports, in der is disputed and defined by a Line route.’’ Chinese officials say,there are the 1980s, China helped Pakistan to of Actual Control (LAC). While the mies,’’ says a senior PMO official. ● China still to accept the no problems in resolving the Sikkim ‘‘Now we know that it provides us build and test nuclear weapons. Then Line of Control with Pakistan in issue, all it requires is ‘‘a political de- openings to exploit, in both business in the 1990s, it provided Islamabad Kashmir is delineated on detailed 1975 merger cision.’’ What they avoid adding is that and politics.’’ The Chinese eagerness with the missile technology to deliver maps, countersigned by both parties, The tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim the political decision needs to be taken to engage India seriously has magni- these weapons to most parts of India. there is no precise definition of the was a protectorate of India. A popular by China, not India. fied post 9/11, as it resulted in an enor- The Chinese hotly deny this, demand- LAC either on maps or on the ground. revolt in 1974 led to its annexation to Manoj Joshi

CHINESE CHECKER CHINA INDIA Trade: A world without walls... 1,24.7 100 71.8 10 t’s the first vist by an Indian growth has occurred despite the semble sets according to Bharti’s Gurgaon. But the list is two years prime minister in nearly a barriers put up by Indian govern- specifications. old, and if you probe beyond the decade. Naturally, expecta- ment. In 2000, when India started Abheek Barua, senior econo- names, a different story emerges. 1,00.9 65.38 64.2 17 + 30 (RH) I tions are building up on both to phase out quantitative restric- mist at Crisil Centre for Econom- Today,Chinese companies look- sides of the border. PMO officials tions (QRs) on imports, Indian ics Research (C-CER), believes ing to invest in India want to set working on the agenda for the trip companies scared of cheap Chi- that Chinese industry has evolved up wholly-owned subsidiaries. Literacy Life expectancy National say,strengthening trade and creat- nese imports lobbied hard to stop in a direction that makes it easy to But they are given the famous In- Population at birth in 000,0000 rates holidays ing conditions to do business for the influx which they reckoned produce standard, commoditised dian run-around treatment. The the ‘Asian century’ is top priority. were 50 per cent cheaper then stuff like microchips, low-end Foreign Investment Promotion As the momentum builds up, let’s their desi substitutes. Among oth- electrical etc. ‘‘You can’t beat Chi- Board (FIPB), whose actual func- 286.4 47 billion look at the ground reality on trade er things, India began using anti- na at mass-production and scale.’’ tion is to deter,not encourage FDI, 1,079.2 1.90 ties between the two Asian giants. dumping litigation to curb trade. But, he says, the Chinese have fall- spins investors around file-by-file For example, over the last 10 en behind absorption of high-end for months, sometimes years. years, India filed 153 anti-dump- technology or developing IT, R&D ‘‘What we’ve seen is total apa- 464.6 0.58 66.59 4.5 billion ing cases, of which 66 target Chi- or design applications. This could thy,’’ says the head of a Chinese na. open huge opportunities for both company trying to invest in India. Forex Foreign Direct Personal But today, some plucky Indian nations if they combine their tech ‘‘There’s a complete veil of secre- reserve GDP computers India and China have been trading manufacturers have shaken off skills with manufacturing muscle. cy over all paperwork. Nobody Investment in billion US$, US$, 2002 US$, 2001 per 100 ppl; 2001 partners for over 25 years, but the blues and found ways to work Perhaps, even the Chinese have knows what’s happening to your 2000 even after so many years, China with Chinese companies. Bharti realised this. As Singh points out, project. Sometimes they call for accounts for only 4 per cent of our Teletech, for example, has used a China’s attitude towards India ‘clarifications’ but after getting 93.26 5.25 7.7% 256.72 total trade. Cross-border invest- changed dramatically after they them, there’s complete silence.’’ ment is a trickier issue. While Chi- Advantage India joined the WTO in 2001. ‘‘Earlier, China’s treatment of Indian in- na seems to have opened up more Chinese businessmen only want- vestors is better. Ranbaxy,Dr Red- 5.90 5.7% readily to Indian investments, we Superior technical skills ed to talk about trading — ship- dy’s, Aurobindo Pharma, NIIT, 29.73 68.16 haven’t. Frustrated by the tangle ping low-cost kits and assemblies Aptech, Ajanta Quartz etc, have al- of red tape they face in India, Fast with developing research, for sale in India — but not invest- ready set up joint ventures. Video- Rate of Internet users many Chinese investors suspect IT and design ment or collaboration. All that has con, Onida, Tube Investments, Total land Irrigated land GDP growth the government wants to discour- changed. Now they want to invest Nitco, are investing. The CII di- 00,000 sq km per 10,000 ppl, 00,000 sq km 2001 age them from investing here. Advantage China and explore synergies.’’ rectory of Indian businesses oper- Officially, they did trade worth ating in China lists 34 companies, $2.95 billion in the last fiscal year. Mass production and scale including bigwigs like Reliance 24.77 11.03 20 Rs 2,400 This is less than 3 per cent of In- and Tata IT. dia’s total trade volume of $100 bil- Good at producing chips, LCD Under China’s investment lion. However, the unofficial fig- rules, overseas companies have to Rs 3,500 screens and low-end electronic 6 ure is higher. According to the In- goods If only New Delhi’s paranoid man- tie up with a state-owned entity 4.38 0.63 dia-China Chamber of Commerce, darins would listen. Officially,the (SOE). The SOE is typically pas- smuggling, trade routed through Indian line is: ‘‘Everybody is wel- sive, contributing no cash or oper- Phone Cell phone Credit card Avg salary countries like Nepal, and transac- mix of domestic manufacturing, come. No exceptions.’’ The exter- ational skills, but facilitating land subscribers subscribers owners of a factory tions disguised as corporate trans- component-sourcing from China, nal affairs ministry has a list of acquisition, paperwork and access per 100 ppl; 2001 per 100 ppl; 2001 in million worker actions, take the real figure close and design from Hong Kong and Chinese companies with a toe- to infrastructure in return for a to $5 billion. London, to make more than four hold in India. China National Ma- share of profits. With a one-party Luckily, growth has been im- million phones last year, making chinery Import and Export Corpo- system and unions, it helps to 140,000 8 7,03,521 pressive. From 19.8 per cent in it the largest non-Chinese manu- ration, China Petroleum Technol- have a state-owned entity on your 85 1998-99 it jumped to 27.3 per cent in facturer in the world. Says vice- ogy & Development Corporation, side. 2001-02. Says Gurpal Singh, chairman and MD Rakesh Bharti China Metallurgical Import and While the Prime Minister’s 800 6 5,48,415 deputy director general of CII, Mittal, ‘‘China has huge depth in Export Corporation (CMIEC) are agenda for the trip may be cut out, 12,500 ‘‘Last year Zhu Rongji projected making components like chips, among them. They point to the real work that he has to do is Sino-India trade would be worth circuits etc. These scales cut durables-makers like Konka and back home. That is, turn errant Cinema Films Cars Car $10 billion by 2008. With more co- prices dramatically, so it makes Haier, which set up Indian JVs in ministers from playing politics to halls produced per 1000 production operation and synergy, we can sense to import these compo- 1999. Huawei Technologies, a tele- actually boosting India-China per year people in 2001 beat the figure.’’ nents.’’ Mittal also hand-holds two com gear-maker, with software business ties. Swati Chakrabarti Interestingly, most of the Chinese phone makers, who as- and R&D centres in Bangalore and Abheek Barman

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INTERNATIONAL GRAFFITI Indians rule Queen’s honour list Reuters Gibson hits back: Holly- By Rashmee Z Ahmed wood star and filmmaker Mel world. Gibson has hit out for the first TIMES NEWS NETWORK Christopher,the controver- time at claims that either he sial, UK-based millionaire- London: Their titles conse- or his controversial new film brother of Booker-winning about the death of Christ was crate a long-dead British em- Sri Lankan novelist Michael pire. anti-Semitic or anti-Catholic. Ondaatje, has also received The comments, made in an And part of Britain’s anti- an award, which Britons col- exclusive statement to enter- quated but much-anticipated loquially call a gong. tainment industry bible Daily royal roll call now reads like At least 15 other Indians Variety on Friday, mark the an Indian Who’s Who be- and a dozen people from first time that the star, who is cause its newest members in- across the sub-continent a strict Catholic, has spoken clude: A Mumbai boy who be- were honoured as well. These out about the furore. “To be came the toast of London, include: Nemu Chandaria for certain, neither I nor my film Madrid and New York for his services to the Jain commu- is anti-Semitic,” Gibson said enigmatic sculptures; an en- nity; fireman Jagtar Singh following an outcry sparked by fears that the movie, The trepreneurial Bengali engi- Soar for promoting racial Passion, which is still in pro- neering professor who has equality within his service; donated generously to Tony duction, might portray both Sarabjeet Singh Soar for Jews and Catholic in a nega- Blair’s Labour Party; and a helping small Asian busi- tive life. AFP Gujarati confidante of Nel- nesses in his local area and son Mandela during the anti- Jhalman Singh Uppal for Dream holiday was apartheid struggle. services to the Punjabi com- nightmare: A woman has Kelly Clarkson (left) and Justin Guarini are shown in a scene from their film, From Justin Sculptor Anish Kapoor, munity. been awarded nearly 30,000 to Kelly. Clarkson won the first American Idol signing competition in 2002, while Guarini Sushanta Kumar Bhat- In an extended interview pounds compensation by a came second. The film opens in the US on June 20. tacharyya and Hanif Bham- to this paper, the Hindi and London court after her dream aquarium in the nude, the after Guy Venables jumped is susceptible to stress. We jee have been given UK’s ders and Members of the Surati origins, told STOI. Urdu speaking Bhamjee, who holiday in Barbados turned Daily Telegraph reported. The into its tank as a publicity are very concerned he died much-sought-after royal British Empire represent The award for London- describes his cultural roots out to be a nightmare of leak- 12-year old smooth hound stunt at the Brighton Sea Life as a result of seeing Venables awards alongside former the new aristocracy: the based 49-year-old Kapoor as “Indian”, said the award ing roofs, frayed furniture and shark died suddenly two days Center. “This variety of shark jumping into the tank,” Sea James Bond Roger Moore, meritocrats. crowns three decades of a was unlikely to change his a bumbling butler. Janet Kep- AFP Life Center’s Lisa Hand- sports icon David Beckham, “This is an honour for the glittering career in various life much. pel-Palmer paid 88,000 scomb said. Reuters pounds for a month-long holi- singer Sting, actresses Helen The awards’ most swing- South African Indians, the Western capitals. day over the Millennium in Actor turns robber: Police Mirren and Kristin Scott- forgotten ones, who took on His enigmatic sculptural ing recipients ever have what was described as a lux- in Rio de Janeiro have arrest- Thomas. the struggle against artworks are now exhibited probably been the Fab Four ury villa at the Royal West- ed an amateur actor, who The newly-honoured apartheid after Mandela in numerous private and moptops, the Beatles, back in moreland resort near played a drug-runner in the Knights, Dames, Comman- went to jail,” Bhamjee, of public collections around the the 60s. Bridgetown. What she found hit gangster film City of God, fell far short of what she had for trying to steal a woman’s expected — the pool was purse. “Fiction turned reality. Wrigley chews tiny, the garden overgrown, Unfortunately, it is another windows had no glass and example of social inequality Devil’s Highway is no more in this country,” said police over idea of the butler’s only skill was By Jodi Wilgoren sixes is enough.” Moscow’s bus route 666 making rum punches. Reuters investigator Carlos Alberto Pinto, adding that Rubens Now, it seems even three became 616 in 1999. Even Sabino, 19, could spend up Viagra gum oliticians in New sixes are too many. the US government, which Naked man scares shark to four years in jail. Most of Mexico, Colorado and For 77 years, Route 666, has a policy against switch- to death: A British comedi- New York: The Wm. Wrigley an could face criminal Amrat Cola was launched in Islamabad on Saturday to the actors in the 2002 Brazil- P Utah have forced the christened as the sixth trib- ing Social Security num- Jr. Co. has patented a way to charges over the death of a challenge US giants Coca Cola and Pepsi. A wave of ian drama about life in Rio’s government to change the utary off Route 66, has wo- bers for religious reasons, make its “Double Your Plea- number of Route 666 to “sensitive” shark after he anti-US sentiment is sweeping Pakistan following the violent slums really live in the ven its way through three agreed in 1996 to issue a ouster of Afghanistan’s Taliban regime and the Iraq war. Reuters sure” slogan more potent: Route 491. The reason? The jumped into a tank at an teeming shanty-towns. with chewing gum contain- states. But this spring, new one for a 1-year-old girl numbers “666” are suppos- politicians in those three in Orange County, Califor- ing the active ingredient in edly tied to devil worship, Viagra. states petitioned the federal nia, whose parents refused and these legislators argue to list her 666 on their in- But with about eight years that some people are afraid left on Pfizer Inc’s own patent come taxes. to travel the road. All this even though the for Viagra, the maker of Dou- About 15 years ago, June ble-Mint and Juicy Fruit gum relevant Biblical passage — Merrett, who owned from Revelations, Chapter has no immediate plans to Anasazi Restaurant & 13 —does not even explicit- market such a product itself. Lounge — a single-story ly mention the Devil. “Here “There’s been no develop- roadhouse in Cortez, Col- is wisdom,” says Verse 18. ment activity whatsoever nor orado — decided that the “Let him that hath under- is any anticipated at pres- address of her establish- standing count the number ent,” Christopher Perille, a ment was unacceptable. of the beast: for it is the Wrigley spokesman, said on As though it wasn’t in- number of a man; and his Friday. He did not rule out auspicious enough to be agency that handles such number is six hundred the possibility that Chicago- stuck squarely on US Route things to change the high- threescore and six.” based Wrigley might recon- 666, the building’s number way’s number, arguing that Whatever the validity of sider that decision in about was also 666. So along with the New Testament’s asso- the fears, Route 666 is no eight years, when Pfizer’s Vi- adopting the local name of ciation of 666 with Satan more. On May 31, it was agra patent runs out. the road as it crosses was impairing the econom- changed to 491. It will take According to Wrigley, the through town —Broadway ic vitality of the towns up to a year, and untold gum formulation is effective —she convinced officials at along its route. sums, for the three states to when it is chewed for at least City Hall to switch the ad- This humble highway is change their signs and two minutes. The gum would dress of the Anasazi to 640. hardly the first to have an maps to reflect the sani- contain 5 milligrams to 100 “She said, ‘Why should identity crisis. South Korea tized moniker, and the milligrams of the active in- we have the double devil?’” added seven soldiers to its cowboys who live along the gredient, sildenafil citrate. Ruth E Russell, the original Iraq contingent to road will probably keep The gum would have to be Anasazi’s lounge manager, bring the total to a non-con- calling it Triple Six long chewed at least 30 minutes recalled. “She said three troversial 673. afterward. NYT News Service before sex. Reuters

By Jug Suraiya BRICKBATS He could have ...except the SPCA & Neelabh might have I had initially thought that this strip auditioned for the was supposed to condemn Bush and objected.... I’d have loved to have made a role of the whale... his actions. Of late you have taken to Vajpayee... spare him, he is our PM. If movie with Gregory Peck. May Indira Gandhi were the PM, she be I could’ve acted in would’ve killed you long back. — Sidhartha M, Bangalore Moby Dick. Utilise this space to publish something more purposeful. — Niranjan For bouquets go to www.timesofindia.com e-mail: [email protected]

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AP Snoring kids fare poor in studies: Children who snore perform worse at school, according to a new study by German scientists. “Our study clearly Coke man sacked for drinking Pepsi showed that snoring has a detrimental effect on children’s performance in Los Angeles: A US truck driver who “Coke is really grasping at straws school,” Christian Poets, head of a joint study by the University of Tuebingen and worked for the Coca-Cola Bottling on this one,” said Jim Santangelo, the Hanover Medical School, said on Friday. Scientists monitored the sleeping Company has been sacked after be- behaviour of 1,144 school children aged between eight and 10 in the western city principal officer of Teamsters’ ing spotted glugging down a soft branch of which Bronson is a mem- of Hanover, measuring pulse rates and blood oxygen levels. Reuters drink made by the rival Pepsi com- ber in El Monte, east of the Califor- pany,union officials said. nia hub of Los Angeles. Rick Bronson, who worked for the world’s biggest soft drink firm for 12 The Teamsters claim that Coke re- years, was fired after someone re- ally sacked the worker because of ported him for supporting the ene- his work three months ago in organ- my, the International Brotherhood izing Coke merchandising workers of Teamsters said. under the powerful union’s aegis. AFP MES MES/GARRISON ENGINEER (SOUTH) DELHI CANTT-10 invites applications upto 01 July 2003 from enlised approved and eligible Contractors for repairs of toilets, flooring, joinery, plastering in certain bldgs of AFMSD and other units in Old Base HOSP area under GE (South) Delhi Cantt-10. Estimated Cost: Rs. 13.50 lakhs. Earnest Money: Rs. 25,250/-. Period of Completion: 06 months. Cost of tender shall be Rupees one thousand. Application shall be accompanied with Demand Draft of Rupees one thousand in favour of Garrison Engineer (South) Delhi Cantt-10 from Nationalised Bank. Demand Draft shall be returned in case application is not found suitable for issue of tender. For details see Indian Trade Journal 25 June 2003. davp 4000(490) 2003 Visitors pose for pictures in the wheel wells on Bigfoot 5, billed as the world’s biggest pickup truck, on Friday at Ford headquarters in Dearborn during the auto giant’s 100 birthday celebration. The four-day celebration ends on Sunday. Hillary feels sorry for Lewinsky

London: Hillary Rodham Clinton says she feels sorry for everyone who was caught up in the scandal of her husband’s affair with Monica Lewinsky, including Lewinsky. In a British television interview broadcast Friday, the former first lady now a US senator for New York said she felt sorry for everyone hurt by the “relentless partisan investigation” into her husband’s relation- ship with the White House intern. Asked by broadcaster Trevor McDonald whether that included Lewinsky,Clinton replied, “Absolutely.” In her new memoir, Living History, Clinton describes how the affair almost destroyed her marriage. She told McDonald she had now forgiven her husband. “We hope to grow old together,” she said. Clinton said political forces hostile to her husband had driven the frenzy surrounding the Lewinsky story, which led to President Clinton’s 1998 impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice. He was acquitted by the US Senate. “There were so many victims, and these people were willing to destroy anyone in order to end my husband’s presidency,” she said. “That is a point I tried to make in the book... that this very personal, painful experi- ence for us as a couple and a family was brought to public light not by people who cared about my husband’s soul or our marriage,” she added. “You know, they were motivated by political malice.” AP

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INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 15 AFP Lanka sinks Iraqi shepherd LTTE vessel, Indian dressmakers sues US forces 12 missing Colombo: A Tamil Tiger to outfit American for $200m rebel ship with 12 people aboard exploded and sank Ramadi: An Iraqi shepherd is seeking Saturday during a clash with $200 million in damages from the US a Sri Lankan navy patrol off military for the deaths of 17 members of the northeastern coast, mili- troops of the future tary officials and rebel his family as well as 200 sheep in a mis- Reuters sile strike, in the first such suit filed sources said. nyone who watched Wash- through the courts of the US-led occu- Rebels said all 12 crew ington’s war on Iraq on tele- pation administration. jumped from the ship before A vision has a pretty good idea The first hearing will take place on it exploded and were cap- of how formidably well-equipped is July 20 at the tribunal of Ramadi, 100 tured by the navy. The navy GI Joe, something the rather more km west of Baghdad. “The trial will be said it believed those on the sparsely clad Indian jawan might Iraq’s first against US troops because we vessel were killed and denied get to see close up a few weeks from believe they used excessive force against arresting them. now. But apparently that is just the the Iraqi people who cooperated with Meanwhile, snipers, be- beginning. The US Army has just the United States to topple Saddam Hus- lieved to be Tamil Tiger decided to soup up the American sein’s regime,” Abud Sarhan’s lawyer rebels, killed a leading Tamil soldier with new killer uniforms said. A visitor passes through an electric sculpture by Carsten Holler from Belgium, during the politician in Jaffna on Satur- that might land a few more jobs on Lawyer Rabah al-Alwani was ap- 5Oth Biennale of Art in Venice on Friday. day,military officials said. Indian shores — and we are not proached by Sarhan, 71, to file a suit Subathran, a leader of the talking of just stitching here. against US defence secretary Donald Jaffna unit of the Eelam Peo- In a new contract potentially Rumsfeld and General Tommy Franks, West Asia talks set to resume ple’s Revolutionary Libera- worth $3 billion, the US Army last commander of US forces in Iraq, after tion Front, was killed while week commissioned an American the shepherd claimed a US missile land- doing his morning exercises armaments firm to outfit its soldier Jerusalem: Israel and the officials in the first such Wolf was due to arrive in Is- at home, a military official ed on his tent on April 4. Palestinians planned to re- talks since US President rael to hold separate talks in with uniforms that could cost up to Days before, Sarhan had left his home said. His party is opposed to $30,000 apiece. From the sound of it, sume high-level security Bush launched the peace coming days with Israeli and LTTE, which controls much village of Al-Altash, near an Iraqi mili- talks on Saturday despite a plan at a summit last week, Palestinian leaders. His orig- the new army attire will be haute tary base that was heavily bombed by of the Jaffna Peninsula. week of strikes and counter- sources on both sides said. inal brief was to oversee im- couture for geeks (indeed, it is being coalition warplanes. Early Saturday, a navy pa- strikes that have killed more But there was little cause plementation of reciprocal discussed on Geek.com.) MIT president Dr Charles Vest He had set up a tent in the nearby trol craft spotted the LTTE In his new avatar, the American than 50 people and imper- for optimism amid Palestin- confidence-building steps greets an American soldier, who is desert to host 20 of his family members vessel being towed by small- soldier will be a lean, mean fighting illed a US-led peace plan. ian militants’ vows of re- mandated by the road map. wearing a prototype of the Future and relatives in three distinct sections, er rebel boats to the coast. machine who will be integrated, The meeting, which coin- venge and Israel’s pledge to But following a Hamas sui- Warrior combat uniform. one for women, one for men and the oth- The navy ordered the ship to networked, uplinked, downloaded, cides with a new US mission wage war against them “to cide bombing in Jerusalem er for children, said his half-brother stop and then fired warning and generally...well, you get the pic- which will not just be protective Hamad Sarhan, 25, who was wounded in to salvage the peace “road the bitter end”. and Israeli air raids against shots when the order was ig- ture. gear but a virtual companion with the attack. map”, was expected to be The US called for restraint the Islamic militant group in nored, a military official The uniform itself will have two night vision and laser capabilities, All his family members died, except dominated by Israel’s re- by Israel and an end to Pales- Gaza, he was expected to find said. layers of clothing which will most- adding to what is beneath and in- for him and his half-brother as the two newed offer to pull back from tinian attacks after the spi- himself in the role of trou- Another navy patrol craft ly be computerised. The undergar- side the scalp. had stepped outside the tent to perform parts of the Gaza Strip in re- ral of tit-for-tat violence ble-shooter. joined in the operation. The ments will be wired It will have a camera, a Global Po- their ablutions in preparation for the turn for a Palestinian crack- heightened international On Saturday,Israeli forces rebels, seeing they were out- with sensors to sitioning System an- evening prayer. He said 200 of their 700 down on militants. concern that the 32-month- tightened travel restrictions numbered, withdrew their measure heart rates, tenna, and micro- sheep also died in what he said was a Palestinian security chief old conflict was spinning out in the Gaza Strip and raided smaller boats and the ship ex- temperature, breath- ONLY IN phones and re- coalition raid. AFP Mohammed Dahlan was to of control. the Tulkarm refugee camp ploded moments later, the of- ing and other body ceivers to receive meet senior Israeli military Veteran US diplomat John in the West Bank. Reuters ficial said. AP indices. The over- AMERICA! real-time videos garment will have from overhead drones and com- various affixed giz- Chidanand Rajghatta mos, including a mand centers. A re- Goodbye Law Lords: Alice in Wonderland comes to life tractable eyepiece built-in tightening and loosening mechanism. It will will enable the soldier to read text ho, but the most sentimental, land’s judiciary and upper house of par- with a watch and silly semantics, is the House of Lords relevant. also be made of new fabrics that messages or view images. would weep to see the bottom liament, even while he sat in on Blair’s deeply hidden meanings within its text. Homeland security, an American in- can react to chemical or biological It is not clear yet how practical all end of Anglo-Indian history cabinet meetings? It is a little like England’s modern saga, vention post-9/11, has become the buzz W exposure. this application will be on the bat- abolished with one imperious stroke of What ‘porpoise’ in establishing a US- littered with dysfunctional royalty, ob- phrase, but no one is sure if that calls for tlefield. As the US discovered to its Tony Blair’s modernising broom? style Supreme Court at one fell swoop as sessed with its happy school-leaving a Washington-style cabinet appointment Under the new plan, equipment dismay, a sand storm in Iraq could Like the Red Queen in Alice in Won- Blair has announced, without consulta- young princelings who look like Diana, in London. carried by the soldier will be cut by upset the best laid plans of Cheney derland, Blair has just lopped off the tion? Was there really a but thirsting still to enter The war on terror has become part of 50 per cent, but he will have an un- and Rumsfeld. But better equip- head of the 1400-year-old office of the ‘porpoise’, a pressing an American wonderland Britain’s plans for permanent battle- manned vehicle companion with ment also resulted in strikingly low Lord Chancellor. Henceforth, no Lord need to cut England adrift of transparent, glass-and- readiness even as its over-stretched him called the “mule”, which could casualties for US forces in a war in Chancellor will ever again sit on the his- from some of its cher- EURO chrome modernity. army struggles to catch its breath. lug plenty more. US soldiers cur- which it has almost subdued a na- toric and historically uncomfortable red ished but impenetrable The clues are all there. And in ultimate homage to the Red rently carry about 100 pounds of tion of 25 million people. throne called the Woolsack, filled with history? Might Britain’s VISION The Lord Chancellor Queen, Blair is even shouting off with equipment. He will also carry a wool from India and other Common- Labour government be bows out, putting paid to her head as he announces his readiness more lethal weapon called the XM29 Of course, while the nifty new wealth countries. And the bottom end of losing its way? Rashmee Z Ahmed a position first recorded to take the British Queen’s visage off its which will be capable of firing the outfit will ensure greater lethality the bilateral relationship may fancifully In Red Queen mode, in 605 AD. The Blair gov- currency and embrace the euro. same bullets as the current M-16, and survivability, it will unfortu- be said to have shrivelled. Blair might justifiably answer: “I don’t ernment has made known it is thinking The end result, it has to be said, is but will also be fitted with an air nately not make the American sol- But never mind the Indian wool. As know what you mean by your way.All the about elected, American-style sheriffs, neither glass-chrome modernity, nor launcher and grenades that explode dier any better loved or respected. the Mock Turtle asked Alice with a deli- ways about here belong to me”. district attorneys and police officials. old-style bewigged-and-powdered in the air to rain shrapnel down on He will probably be more feared ciously unsubtle pun: “What is the por- The point about the real Alice in Won- The House of Lords, upper house of regal pomp. It looks like fudge. It smells the enemy, or to capture them in a and hated. At last reports, the US poise?” Indeed, what porpoise in doing derland story, with its talking caterpil- parliament, formerly presided over by foul. net. was yet to devise any technology away with the Lord Chancellor, a be- lars, babies that turn into pigs, Mad Hat- the Lord Chancellor, has thrown out And like Alice in her Wonderland, we But the showpiece in the new that could change the hearts and wigged-and stocking-clad politician who ter, slumbering Doormouse, grinning many of its hereditary peers. But Blair find “it takes all the running you can do scheme of things will be the helmet, minds of people across the world. presided anachronistically over Eng- Cheshire cat, talking flowers, a rabbit has yet to figure out a way of making the to keep in the same place”.

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16 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 ALL THAT MATTERS

TALKING TERMS Dileep Padgaonkar Hillary vs Bill: Are women more forgiving than men? Democracy redefined Yes they are. Men want to possess women and find betrayal unforgivable No. Forgiveness is more about pragmatism than about the female DNA Of course Women are born in betrayal nowhere to go. But I don’t Are they? text. Sample the unwritten errant spouse and how will The overthrow of Saddam Hussein has women are — their parents feel betrayed agree. I think women make After the one: But I was not just a wife, life be in case grace plays tru- more or less settled problems arising more forgiv- when they are born because the choice. gasping and I was also the President’s ant and mercy slips. Like a from the tyrannical nature of his ing. For- they wanted a boy, and Is there genuine forgive- how-could- wife! man, the heart of a woman regime. Fear and intimidation no giveness, all their lives they exist as ness? Yes, there can be you-Bill was Yes, the President’s wife too is pure muscle. All that longer loom large in Iraq. Imprison- one must re- an appendage to someone if the man proves he is sorry. over,Hillary who garnered solace from poetics about the overflow of ment without trial, torture and the mur- member, else. So they learn to I don’t mean lip service — writes in Nelson Mandela, was gifted a the milk of human kindness der of dissidents are a thing of the past. comes out of treat betrayal in a more one has learnt the hard way Living His- white prayer scarf (urging is Shakespearean fantasy. Fiercely independent newspapers have strength not practical manner. that lip service to humility tory: ‘‘As his for compassion) by the Dalai For the Midwestern, middle Prahlad Kakkar Nikhat Kazmi mushroomed. But efforts of the Anglo- Ad man weakness. Infidelity is a shattering is never taken at face value. Senior Assistant Editor wife, I want- Lama and had Stevie Wonder class Hillary,who grew up on American occupation forces to estab- Women experience for the man, for He has to prove it again ed to wring specially sing and write a stories of how her mother lish democratic rule have generated new anxieties. have an in- he has not only been betrayed and again. That is, if the man Bill’s neck. sonnet for her on forgiveness. washed the same blouse Despite its horrendous record, Saddam’s regime could herent strength, whereas in his own eyes but in the is sorry at all. Most men are But, he was not only my hus- All this, after she had pushed every day to wear with her claim certain redeeming features. It crushed religious ex- men are fragile creatures eyes of his friends and socie- never sorry. band, he was also my Presi- Bill out of her bedroom in only skirt and in colder tremists, offered women access to education and jobs in with egos that are easily ty at large, something which As told to Nina Martyris dent.’’ That’s the written Martha’s Vineyard. The last weather, her only sweater, government and the professions, frowned on the veil, al- bruised. matters more than anything three chapters of the book forgiving Bill was a sensible, lowed the consumption of liquor and permitted popular It is a rare man who is else in the world. For, men see Hillary doggedly pursu- pragmatic solution, rather entertainment. In all this Saddam’s tyranny was a far cry comfortable in his own skin, don’t do things to impress SUNDAY DEBATE ing just one objective. She than a noble, womanly one. from the Taliban who were both bigoted and brutal. who doesn’t treat a woman as women, as they think they Deepak Harichandan calls it ‘Waiting for Grace’ Look at what’s happening Now the concern is that extremists could emerge victo- a trophy. Very few men look own them. Men do things but in real words, it trans- to the first wife of our very rious in a free election. Once in power, they are bound to beyond a pretty face for com- to impress other men. lates into an assiduous at- own desi tube. Despite the make a mockery of democratic values and turn bitterly panionship, intelligence and A woman, who is a home- tempt to ensure that her hus- sundry attempts by the Vi- hostile to their liberators. As Fareed Zakaria points out in stimulation. Most are attract- maker, will handle the public band is not impeached. Too rani parivar to convince her The Future of Freedom (Penguin), many countries across ed to a woman because of her humiliation with stoicism many things were at stake... about the virtues of forgive- the globe which embarked on the democratic path during looks and spend the rest of and dignity for the sake of Hillary’s decision to save ness, tired-looking Tulsi is the past decade or so are illiberal in practice. Democrati- their lives trying to own her, the home. Although she may her marriage — and America determined to leave two-tim- cally elected governments enjoy unfettered powers. There treating her as a prized pos- be shattered, she will deal — is part and parcel of an in- ing Mihir. If the archetypal are no countervailing forces or institutions to check their session. If you look at it, zar, with it. telligent woman’s guide to Indian woman doesn’t in- profligacy and corruption. Citizens are denied their basic zoru and zamin all come un- The only time she will survival. In a moment of clude forgiveness in her rights. Politicians exploit religion, race, language and eth- der the same tutelage. not tolerate infidelity is honesty, Hillary exults on womanly virtues, how can nicity to garner votes. This often leads to an outbreak of vi- When ownership comes when her position in the how, even as 60 per cent of we dare to tog it on to the fe- olence. Crony capitalism has crippled the economy.Mafias into play, betrayal is seen home is threatened, when the Americans were willing to male DNA? have a free run of the place. as unforgivable. Men are man wants to bring his forgive the US President for For the average woman, Zakaria argues that to equate democracy with elections naturally less forgiving ‘‘straying’’ into the house. his personal peccadilloes, forgiveness becomes a neces- alone, as America seeks to do, is to put the cart before the because in their eyes to That’s when you get a taste of her own approval rating was sity only under two con- horse. Democracy can be effective only when other condi- be cuckolded is a huge and hell hath no fury like a peaking at an all time high of straints: financial depend- tions are fulfilled: rule of law, separation of powers, pro- blasphemous thing. woman scorned. 70 per cent. Needless to say, ence and the future of the tection of fundamental rights and the rights of minorities, Look at the semantic em- Most men would turn her response to her hus- kids. For those who forgive a vigilant legislature and media, and, not least, a thriving, ployed — when a woman is around and say women band’s infidelity was guided out of intense love, there well-regulated capitalist economy.He bundles these condi- unfaithful the man is being are more forgiving because by approval ratings. would be as many men as tions under the rubric of constitutional liberalism. ‘‘cuckolded’’; but when a man they don’t have a choice — Forgiveness, then, is a rela- there are women. Because In his view, the absence of such liberalism accounts for man is being unfaithful he is since the woman is not the tive value. It has less to do die-hard romanticism tran- the disenchantment with politics and politicians in sever- ‘‘straying’’. For men, betray- bread earner and is economi- with gender and more to do scends the X and Y chromo- al parts of the world, including in his native India, and al is the ultimate crack. cally dependent she has with who and how: Who’s the somes. gives rise to resentment of those who back the local regimes. Here, according to Zakaria, lies the source of anti- Americanism across the globe. It is especially prevalent in “Most of all, they want no responsibility the Muslim world where democracy is an exception rather GUEST COLUMN for their own behaviour. We should just un- than the rule. Religious extremists are quick to exploit the Thomas L Friedman Have I got mail! derstand them. ‘Bout cover it? Only answer rising tide of frustrations attributed to the onslaught of is for kids to grow up, realise parents don’t western, particularly American, commerce and culture, Last week, I offered a world, or by America, and everyone wants to well. We all walked out, remember...? have all the answers and are, at best, imper- and of late, to the war against international terrorism. ‘‘brief theory of every- be heard. “The America we loved was on the side of fect beings themselves.’’ Zakaria’s insights are not entirely novel. Others before thing’’ about why so The other is that many, many people are the poor and the powerless.... I am not sure Many others argued that Bush may often him have emphasised the distinction between the hard- many people seemed up- worried about how alienated America is be- future generations around the world will be right on substance, but his team’s in- ware and the software of democracy.In his latest book The set with America. The coming from the world. Many blame the feel the same as we did toward America.’’ your-face style alienates even long time Crisis of Islam, distinguished scholar Bernard Lewis also thesis: America has be- Bush team, others blame the world, but Many torched President Bush for this. friends. ‘‘I think we’re generally right,’’ insists that a free and fair election is the culmination, not gun to touch other peo- there is a powerful sense that something im- ‘‘Many of us in the world are frightened,’’ writes Mike, ‘‘free markets are a good thing, the inauguration, of democratic development. Moreover, ple’s lives more than portant is being lost, which is why much of wrote Saul, ‘‘yes frightened by the unop- free speech is a good thing, confronting evil Zakaria doesn’t quite address a key question: how is one to their own governments the e-mail was incredibly heartfelt. posed power of an Administration that has is a good and necessary thing. So we can’t ensure that an authoritarian government readily agrees to do and therefore people A Chinese-American graduate student total disregard for those who disagree with give the rest of the world a veto on these expand the area of constitutional liberalism when such an all over the world want to be able to vote on wrote: ‘‘The question you posed about hat- it and that threatens the future of this world things, but we can give them an ear. And we exercise is certain to sound its own death knell? American power. ing America is the burning question... be- with its indifference to anything outside of can respectfully make clear as day that we Where Zakaria scores, however, is in the historical per- I invited readers to e-mail me their cause USA has been the beacon of hope its own plans....’’ understand their worries...and this is why spective he provides (about the relations between the state thoughts. (this) past half a century to the disenfran- Others were more charitable to Bush. we disagree.... and religion, about the democratisation of capitalism and I’ll never do that again. chised, the wounded, the refugees (yours ‘‘For better or for worse the world is a bunch “But perhaps even more important than culture) as too in the clarity and sophistication of his So far I’ve received over 8,000 e-mail mes- truly among zillions).... of petulant teenagers that now think of us that is how we say it. Bush has been vulgar analysis. Given his impressive credentials — educated at sages from America and all over the world. “More important USA, until now, has (the US) as the parent,’’ wrote Roger. ‘‘They rap in this respect. If we put the same Yale and Harvard, former managing editor of Foreign Af- Two themes stood out: One is how much been seen as the ‘Fair Arbiter of the World’, want our protection, our comfort (our finan- lyrics... to the tunes of Beethoven and fairs, currently editor of Newsweek International, a sought- people are now interested in foreign policy, and, despite its unsurpassed muscles, a fair cial support). They want us out of their Gershwin then I think we could create after panelist on TV talk-shows and seminar circuits — in the wake of 9/11 and Iraq. Grandmothers and unfeared policeman.... The world does rooms while keeping them tidy, freedom to greater harmony.’’ policy-makers in Washington are certain to lend him an at- and students, tourists and immigrants not want to see you morph into just another mock us but come to us when they have Bless you all for writing but you can tentive ear. Fareed Zakaria is destined to go places. everyone is now feeling touched by the imperial power. We know that movie too problems.... stop now. NYT

JUGULAR VEIN MEN AND IDEAS Jug Suraiya PASSING THOUGHT Gurcharan Das Why India matters

On a recent lecture have crossed $79 billion. A strong curren- infrastructure. They are aware of our Mukteshwar memories tour of America I cy isn’t good for exports, but investors telecom revolution though news about found that Indians are like a strong stable currency, and this the world’s largest highway project has regarded with new se- may signal higher foreign investment in- not reached them. But they do criticise Sitting on a shoulder of sun in Muk- riousness. Whether in flows in the near term. Europe is suffer- our corruption and red tape. ‘‘One foot on teshwar I have two sets of eyes. One for a Bay Area restaurant ing from sclerosis, Japan has been stuck the accelerator and 100 on the brake’’ is outer vision, and another which looks or a Wall Street office for a decade with deflation, the US is in how one American described our bu- inward on the vista of memory.In Muk- or a Chicago hospital recession, Latin America has its own reaucracy. A potential investor in our teshwar, both views compel attention. we are now perceived problems, and SARS has clouded China’s power sector said he fled from India when At 8,000 feet in the Kumaon hills, Muk- differently.Indian pro- near term future. So, in comparison India he realised that he would have to get 97 teshwar commands a ‘more than 180 de- fessionals abroad have succeeded in mak- has begun to look attractive to investors. permissions, which raised the spectre of gree view of the Himalayas,’ Dilip Gup- ing India relevant: something our leader- A less welcome sign of India’s new rel- 97 bribes. If only Prime Minister Vajpay- ta of the Mountain Trail hotel tells us. ship of the non-aligned movement could evance is America’s concern that India ee showed the same determination in im- It’s not a clear day. But though we can’t never achieve. will steal its white-collar jobs. China has plementing economic and administrative see the snows, the densely wooded ridges and valleys, Washington pays us attention not be- already robbed it of blue-collar jobs; now reforms as he does in Indo-Pak diploma- cloaked in virgin oak and deodar and pine are resonant cause of our bomb but because American India is set to become America’s back of- cy,this black mark too would fade. with the sound of cicadas, like the thrum of a tightly politicians look to 200,000 Indian million- fice, as US companies try to cut costs in Clearly, nothing has changed India’s stretched string. Space and time seem to enfold on them- aires in America for funding their elec- this recession. Every day some newspa- image more than the success of Indians selves in the convolutions of hills, a giant’s origami. tions. Yes, 2 lakhs! These Merrill Lynch per reports that a new company plans to abroad. It is reinforced by the grim Hills, reminders of earth’s adolescent upheavals and our figures also explain why 120 Senators and outsource some office process to India. prospect of middle class office workers in own childhoods, stir memories. Mukteshwar is full of Congressmen are members of the India This may be good news for educated Indi- India taking away their ‘‘knowledge memories, most notably of Jim Corbett, who in 1929 hunt- Caucus on Capital Hill and why Indians ans — accountants, architects, scientists, jobs’’. On the flight back I was next to a ed and killed the man-eating tigress who had long ter- are on the donor list of major American doctors, graphic designers, phone opera- young Indian returning from Antwerp’s rorised the area. The PWD bungalow where he stayed is a charities. The old begging bowl is giving tors — but it has got US employees gen- diamond area. He told me that Hove- must on tourist itineraries. I get a copy of Corbett’s book way to the picture of a confident young uinely worried. They are anxious be- niersstraat, a Jewish street once cele- from the hotel library.Rereading his exploits 35 years after Indian emerging from his Park Avenue cause they know that economics usually brated for famous kosher restaurants, I first read him is like following a jungle spoor in my own apartment in an Armani suit. prevails over protectionist sentiment. now offers the best dal roti in Europe. mind, a hunt made all the more exciting in that it is set, That India has been one of the fastest But, as Congressman Jay Inslee recently And why not: 80 per cent of the world’s physically, in the identical landscape in which I am read- growing economies in the world for 25 advised, Nasscom should mobilise Indi- polished diamonds now pass through In- ing. ‘The proximity of a tiger causes a disturbance in the Instead of listening to customers’ complaints, he years is also beginning to be known. In- ans in America as well as the Indian Cau- dian rather than Jewish hands. bloodstream. When the tiger...is a man-eater, and it is is complaining to the customers about the condition of work here. vestors have noticed that the rupee has [email protected]; post box 10 o’clock at night, and you know the man-eater is watch- cus to fight this rising protectionism. strengthened as our foreign reserves 3046, New Delhi 110003 ing you, the disturbance...becomes a storm.’ The long-gone Investors now complain less about our narrator’s voice whispering in my ear unleashes on me a tempest of remembrance of when I’d first encountered those words, stared into the yellow eyes of the man-eater. Mukteshwar has more memories in store. By chance I SWAMINOMICS come across a copy of Citizen Tom Paine, a novel about the Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar Don’t expect fresh US wars ideologue of the American revolution, written by Howard Fast. Reading Paine, the man who coined the phrase ‘the Will the US now famous witticism, ‘‘Saddam ing. This is a standard feature of The increase is almost as much as gas has crossed $6 per thousand United States of America’, is like looking into the incan- attack Iran? Or has kept his job. Have you?’’ By fo- recessions: even after the bottom of in 1992. GDP growth was only 1.6 BTU in summer, something un- descent heart of a comet as it blazes its signature across Syria or North cusing on the economy, Clinton the economic cycle is reached, lay- per cent in the latest quarter, too precedented. the skies. But there are words within words. The book — Korea? Learned beat Bush Sr. offs continue in the first year of slow to create new jobs. Bush’s tax Why? For years, natural gas dis- published by A H Wheeler in 1943, price Rs 3 — contains a articles are be- George Bush Jr will not want to recovery although GDP rises be- cuts last year yielded only slow coveries in the US have been less letter dated June 5, 1944, written by an officer serving in ing written repeat that error.When he attacked cause of productivity gains. Unem- growth, and this year’s tax cuts than the depletion of old fields, so the 9th Jat regiment, and addressed to Mrs A Bhagwant about this, but Iraq, he took a risk. Had Saddam ployment rose from 5.3 per cent in may fare no better. scarcity has arisen. Many chemi- Singh, No 1 Queensway, N. Delhi. ‘My dear Bhabiji, This most are based blown up his oil-fields (taking the late 1990 to almost 8 per cent in Why? The excesses of the last cal industries based on gas may will totally surprise you, and I wonder if you can even on foreign poli- price of oil to $40-50 a barrel), had mid-1992, killing the re-election boom have not yet been fully liqui- simply close down and shift to the recognise the name at the bottom of this letter...I wonder if cy considera- the war been long and nasty,the US of Bush Sr. dated. The stock market remains Gulf, Malaysia or Australia. Fed you have gone to the hills...I propose to be passing tions alone. In fact decisions are might have suffered a fresh reces- Today again, job trends in the US overvalued. The US current ac- Chairman Greenspan thinks high through...I may be so lucky as to see you again. If this does taken by politicians with very pri- sion, imperilling Bush’s re-elec- are grim. The economy has count deficit has increased to a gas prices will continue, discour- not catch your fancy,please do not bother to reply...How is vate agendas. tion. But his gamble succeeded: shed workers for eight quarters in record 5 per cent of GDP, very un- aging economic recovery.The high topsy-wopsy Prem? Yrs affectionately,Joginder.’ Iraqi oil-fields were not destroyed, usual after a recession. Rising con- price of oil also seems now to The letter, obviously,was kept, so that I could read it, 59 President Bush’s main aim today sumer spending has been the driv- represent genuine scarcity, a and the war was short. The stock The main risks of war are years later. And surmise stories from the clues it contains. is to ensure he gets re-elected next er of growth, but is based mainly consequence of slow exploration in markets zoomed after the victory. Was Joginder a suitable boy in search of a bride? Could year. That event may seem distant economic. Bush Sr won the on a housing boom that now looks the low-price era of the 1990s. Iraq this have been ‘topsy-wopsy Prem’, and if so, did Joginder to Indians, but campaigning for the Yet the US economy looks shaky. war of 1991, yet lost the like a bubble that could burst. A re- will restart production in a succeed? By total serendipity, I meet my fellow guest Alok primaries has already started in Economic stagnation and job cent IMF survey suggests that few months, but OPEC is likely to Banerjee, whose Allahabadi family has been associated the Democratic Party. A fresh war losses look possible even if reces- 1992 election. Because, property busts are even more dam- cut production when that happens. with A H Wheeler for six generations. I show him the book will imperil Bush’s re-election sion is avoided. Stagnation can though he won the war, a aging than stock market busts. So oil could remain at $30 per and the letter, and we talk of the myriad romances, real chances. For that reason alone, do erode jobs only slightly less than Possibly the most important rea- barrel, which historically has her- and fictive, engendered by Wheeler’s books, without which not expect a fresh war before the mild recession. recession raised US unem- son for slow economic growth to- alded recession. no train journey was complete. I myself remember reading 2004 Presidential election. Since Bush Jr got elected in 2000, ployment. Democratic Party day is high energy prices. The US Bush Jr faces major economic first Tarzan comics, later James Hadley Chase and Irwing The main risks of war are eco- the US has lost a whopping 2.5 mil- price of oil crossed $30 a barrel ear- risks in his re-election. Fresh mili- Wallace, to the rocking lullaby of the rails. nomic. George Bush Sr won the lion jobs, thanks mainly to the 2001 car stickers carried the ly in 2003 in expectation of a Gulf tary adventures, in Iran or North The chances of my picking Citizen Tom Paine, finding Gulf war of 1991, yet lost the fol- recession. Bush hopes for rapid famous witticism,‘‘Saddam War,and an ultra-cold winter drove Korea, will greatly increase the the letter in it, and bumping into the current owner of A H lowing 1992 election. Why? ‘‘It’s the GDP and job growth by 2004. Yet natural gas prices to a new high. risk of recession and unemploy- Wheeler, all in the space of 24 hours would be a million to economy,stupid,’’ was the winning the signs are not propitious. has kept his job. Have you?’’ The quick Iraq victory fuelled ment. His political strategists will one. Anywhere else but in Mukteshwar, which seems to be strategy of Bill Clinton. Although Look back to the experience of hopes that oil and gas prices would almost certainly advise him to win made of and for fortuitous narratives. And I wonder what Bush Sr won the war, a recession Bush Sr. The US economy recov- a row. Unemployment, which crash. That happened only the election first and consider for- imperceptible imprint I shall leave in the collective memo- raised US unemployment. Democ- ered in 1992 from the recession of reached a trough of 3.8 per cent in temporarily. Today oil has again eign adventures later. For now, ries of the place, for someone whom I’ll never meet to ratic Party car stickers carried the 1991, yet unemployment kept ris- 2000, has increased to 6.1 per cent. risen to $31 a barrel. Natural Teheran and Pyongyang can relax. discover. I’ll never know. But you will, whoever, and when- ever, you are. 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• •• IAM BOOKS Neelabh Wisdom Of Dying: to more conscious living; listen to our in- Thank you, Dad! Practices For Living — ner feelings and to those of the people we N Michael Murphy love; change patterns of relationships to Price : Rs 810 enhance our connection with ourselves Parent. Also friend, philosopher and guide. Today, on the occasion of Death catches us unpre- and others; use the powerful models of sto- Father’s Day, this moving piece currently in circulation on the Internet pared. Overwhelmed by rytelling , myth and ritual; and, finish not knowing what to do what needs to be finished, let go of what reinforces the role played by the most unique man in our individual lives or say, we may hold our needs to be let go. breath until it passes. It is e was a much older man. And married. But ed in my ears, ‘‘Yeah right, you haven’t eaten all day!’’ An Excerpt about recovering what we these didn’t stand in the way of his love for I burst out laughing as I recalled what he used to do. Just as the knowledge of death looms over have lost before we die. Inter-weaving the the individual who expends great energy me. I was the most important person in his When he had something to share — meat, for instan- intensely moving stories of those who have in its denial, so also the family lives with life. Or so I loved to think. He always had ce — he would cut off a bit and put in his mouth bef- met death and those who have accompa- the certainty of dissolution. A family may time for me. I was his special girl, his gem. ore giving to whoever it was meant for. He did that nied them, with stories from ancient myth experience the death of its elders as the Not once in all the years I knew him did he with each portion he gave out. Later, he would say, and legend, and insights gained from the first assault on its safety, togetherness, Hever say he was too busy for me. He was always there. ‘‘Can you believe what I just did, I shared it all witho- author’s decades of experience in guiding and permanence. Later, as the children And for years, he was the most constant person in my ut leaving anything for myself !’’ His wife and I would others on their journeys toward death, this scatter and parents age, many adult life. Even now, I can see him sitting on his favourite look at each other and hide a smile. Oh yes, his wife remarkable book may well change your ap- children begin to voice their fears that the stool on the verandah of his house. He sat there, wait- and I were on good terms, but that’s another story. proach to life as it reveals how we can focus family will break up after the death of one ing for me to come to him. And I always went, know- The memories of this man do not just centre on our conscious dying to open ourselves or both parents. ing he would be there, waiting. Knowing that all oth- around food, not that it would be totally out of place. No sorrow or joy lasts er things and people would fade as I sat on the floor Mealtimes were our best times and it wasn’t just the Our price Rs 292 beside him, or leaned on the pillar at one end of the food. My entire life — with its twists and turns, its forever,says Nirupma Rao verandah, ready to drink in his words, his stories, joys and frustrations, warts and all — daily reminds To buy call 9604-600-600 from OR log on to: and his dreams — which were mostly his dreams of am a very intense person. Whatever me of him. I am the woman I am because he loved me, Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. what he wished for me. and moulded me in his own image. I take on, I throw myself into with a Prefix STD code to call from other locations Now, as I look back, I don’t know when I first be- He spent most of the time we knew each other in- I great deal of passion. Any task I per- came aware of him. But I certainly know how the re- troducing me to the world he said would one day be form, I stick it out till the end and don’t lationship started — he told me about it several mine. And today, I am what I am because one man ever give up. Ultimately, what matters Neelabh loved me, believed in me, and gave me a is how strong you are from within. That dream to pursue. With his words, he I can remember when the air is one quality that should remain intact Food for thought... opened up a new world for me — one that was clean and sex was dirty. and must not get eroded. From the time was beyond my imagination. t is said that the kind of food you consume — George Burns I was a little girl, I have been very de- Education featured on his long list of has a direct bearing on your thoughts. The ◆ termined and focussed. I believe my dreams for me. It was something that ability to dream from my army man fa- I first step to reach the state of Nirvana is Love is not blind — it sees more, not less. was important to him. Once I asked why through giving your taste buds some rest But because it sees more, ther and credit for my rational outlook the moon always seemed to be going so- and consuming food which is required to goes to my mother. mewhere. ‘‘It doesn’t really go anywhere, it is willing to see less. keep you going. My mother had a very high sense of it only appears so.’’ — Julius Gordon morality,which was inculcated in all of I sighed. ‘‘I wish it travels because Food that we consume can broadly be di- ◆ us. My father taught us to dream big then I can travel with it to wherever it is vided as — tamsik and satvik food. Tamsik When anger rises, think of the consequences. and reach for the sky.When we were in going.’’ food means food items which are spicy,over- — Confucius our hometown in Kerala, every evening ‘‘Listen to me, you don’t need the moon cooked and fried and have low food value, ◆ my mother would light a lamp and to travel to the ends of the earth. If you which is primarily eaten to satisfy the taste Only I can change my life. bring it out in the aangan. We called want to go to the ends of the earth, you buds. Satvik foods are pure, less spicy,boiled, No one can do it for me. it deepam and observed a minute’s will go. In fact, if you want to go to the raw, sprouted and with minimum fat. silence around it. — Carol Burnett moon itself, you will get there. Just study Foods that are ◆ Even today,when I am stressed out at hard in school.’’ too bitter, too so- the end of a hectic day, just recalling ‘‘Really, you mean I can go to the Whatever God’s dream about man may be, ur, salty, hot, pu- it cannot come true unless man co-operates. that moment of silence gives me moon?’’ ngent, dry and an immense sense of peace. I also ‘‘Yes, you can. People who are not as — Stella Terrill Mann burning are de- ◆ find peace in nature and love to go for intelligent as you are have gone to the ar to those in the long walks. moon.’’ Wow! Now that was something to mode of pas- The meeting of two personalities is like the My parents were not very religious dream about. I owe my life to this one sion. Such foods contact of two chemical substances: if there is or ritualistic but were God-fearing peo- man who truly and deeply loved me. In a cause distress, any reaction, both are transformed. ple. I feel one can see God in many way,he gave life to me and sustained it. He also gave misery and disease. Former Beatle, George — Carl Jung forms. When my sons were young, just times. It was one of those love-at-first-sight stuff, me words that I have lived by these past years. This Harrison an ISCKON disciple once sa- ◆ looking at the sheer innocence and though I doubt that I really noticed him that first great man went on to glory before I could adequately sweetness on their faces made me re- time. But later, I did notice him: I had to, as events thank him; before his dreams for me would come to id,‘‘They say the way to a man’s heart is Don’t accept rides from strange men, alise that there is something beyond us outside our control threw us together in such a way actualisation. through his stomach. So, if you can get to a and remember that all men are strange. mortals. that there was no way I could have ignored him. Not But I hope that as he looks at me today from man’s spiritual soul by eating, and it works, — Mark Twain I know nothing lasts forever. That that I wanted to. Heaven, he is pleased with what he sees. I’ve not yet why not do it?’’ We agree. truth helps me deal with tough situa- He loomed large in my life, and everything and gone to the moon (and tions. I read a lot and listen to music — everyone else, faded in the background. I may not re- I doubt that it’s still one of my passions. I like to sing along call how it really started but I do remember the many my dream). I’ve not and that’s my riyaaz. I am not an ath- hours we spent together on many a moonlit night. gone to, ‘‘all the letic person but in 1986 I went for the The stories he told, and the things he said during schools that there are Kailash Mansarovar trek, which gave those nights have been my rock these past years. But to go’’ and become an me enormous satisfaction. recently too, I’ve begun to notice just how much I’m expert, but I’m work- The Krishna temple in Guruvayur is acting like him. ing on it. My life one place which has a very special sig- The other day,I was frying chicken to use for stew. is still a work-in-pro- nificance for me. I not only visited it in During the preparation, bits and pieces of the meat gress, and by God’s my growing years, but also got married kept ending up in my mouth (those chicken, they grace, this man’s there and make it a point to take my sure know how to fly!). Later, after I had finished dreams and prayers sons there, as and when I can. cooking and cleaned up, I wondered vaguely why I for my life will (As told to Divya Vasisht) was feeling full ‘even thought I haven’t eaten all day.’ come true. A voice — it must have been the chicken — whisper- Thank You Dad!

you work for it! It takes longer to get out of debt than to get into it: I I wish I had known... have never really had much debt. I did take out student What are ten things I wish I would have known before going loans to pay for school and wow, do they take a long time out into the real world? Here they are... to get out of. Fortunately I Richard Wisner why there is something that cover guys of Men’s Health have them paid off but for a Life isn’t fair: You know, we call average. Most people Magazine (You know, the while there, it was one of the your mother always told you want to stay where they are. ones that say ‘six-pack abs in big checks we wrote every this but as kids we never be- That is why they do. Those 20 minutes a day.’ I think that month. Many people think lieve it. We think that some- who strive to go forward will means they only eat twenty credit cards are great be- how mom was two tacos always be cutting against the minutes a day,and it is usual- cause they can have what short of a combo plate and grain and will often be re- ly stewed vegetables! But I di- they want when they want it. that eventually we will go sented, even if quietly,for it. gress). If I would have known Too bad they don’t realise into the real world and show The stock market goes better, I would have worked that twenty minutes of her how those who work down sometimes: Some of harder when I was younger shopping ecstasy will result hard and do right always do you older folks knew this. to keep the weight off so I in months or years of come out on top. Then after But us young whippersnap- wouldn’t have to work that payments. about five years we become It doesn’t work to try to disenchanted and start to please others: I have always smell the coffee. Life isn’t wanted people to like me. fair! Why didn’t anybody tell Many times, I wanted them me that? I guess they did, did- to like me too much. That is- n’t they? Unfortunately, n’t good. This doesn’t work sometimes the bad guys because I realised that most wins. Sometimes people die of the time, people liking or early. We shouldn’t take this disliking you has nothing to lightly, but we must be real- do whatsoever with rational ists. While we accept what thought. Some people will comes our way,we still strive dislike you, no matter how to work hard, dream big, and well you have done, and oth- do right. ers will love you, warts People play favourites: It and all. So I do my best and is true that it isn’t what you let the chips fall where they know but who you know that may now. counts. This is because peo- You need to tend to your ple play favourites. Some- spiritual, emotional, and times it doesn’t matter that physical health or you will you are the best person or crash hard: If you don’t take have the lowest bid. People time out for yourself, both in- will regularly cut deals with wardly and outwardly, your people they like or who can body will catch up with you. scratch their back in return. You can take time for your- I guess the lesson to learn is self by choice or not. It is that while we strive to much more fun by choice! achieve much and have ex- Life is hard and it can and cellent skills, we should also will weigh you down. We develop a strong network of need to tend the fires of spir- healthy relationships. it and mind while keeping People will let you down: our physical bodies tuned for Being a person who does success as well. If not, our what he says can be a bless- bodies break down. ing and a curse. It is a bless- Bonus: In spite of the ing because I am able to look above, life is very much at myself in the mirror each worth it! Some of the above day. It is a curse because if may seem like bummers. you are like that, you will pers, we have been riding it much harder now! They aren’t the positive most likely expect that from high on the hog for a while. Marriage is work: A good things we like to focus on, but others and yet they will regu- This is good in a sense, but marriage is more work. they are true. Being positive larly let you down. People unless you have some com- When you are young you doesn’t mean sticking your can be bad at keeping their mon sense of how financial think, Ill find the girl of my head in the ground in order word or doing what is right. I markets work, you can get dreams and well live happily to avoid the negative of life. could have relieved a lot of quite a shock from time to ever after. Well, hello! You What it means is that we are emotional stress if I would time. You see, before you get forget that your spouse is hu- realists who understand the have known this one before into the real world, every- man and you are too, most of negative aspects of life getting out into the real thing gets handed to you and the time! To live under the and choose to be optimists world. you really don’t have to work same roof with someone and instead. Not everybody wants to for much. Then you do and to work out likes and dis- We deal with the negative grow personally: I just as- you think that every invest- likes, personalities, and and pursue the positive. That sumed that everybody loved ment will turn out grand schedules, not to mention is why I can say that life is to learn and to grow. I whoops! life goals and the like is worth living no matter how thought everybody wanted to The older you get, the HARD WORK! Not drudgery, expensive or painful the les- get better at what they did. harder it is to lose weight: just work. Yes, there will sons I have had to learn have The reality is, however, that I was always a little pudgy. be plenty of bliss and joy, been. Life is good and I can most people do not. That is Nothing big, just not like the but marriage will make make it better!

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18 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 OPEN SPACE

SPACED OUT IDIOCY LETTERS e4 The Endgame problem run last week (about a Why do pages of old books turn yellow? Not Hill-arious farmer planting a tree) has generated this instant response: “Dear Mr Sharma: The endgame in to- AFP Shobhaa De’s piece day’s Mindsport is taken directly (without even (‘Politically Incorrect’, changing a word) from a problem I had submitted June 8) lampooning to Science Today 2001 ‘Fun With Maths’ section. Hillary Clinton was not The problem was published in 1989 (March or so) at all hilarious. Ms De and the solution was explained next month. If began the column with people have to lift problems, they should at least an indictment that “is- have the courtesy to cite the original author. n’t it a bit late in the — Dr V R Muralidharan.” day to be snarling at the I have since made my peace with Dr VRM but I luscious Lewinsky?’’ must say to you, young Jehangir Modi of Surat, She then goes on to de- India, that while I completely understand your duce that the “canny coyness to quote sources (being of the same Clintons did a deal (she mould myself), you have absolutely no talent for shoplifting. Why in the sweet name of Jesus stays put, he completes couldn’t you have simply changed ‘farmer’ to his term; she runs for ‘oceanographer’, ‘tree’ to ‘seaweed’ and ‘square the senate, he stays plot of land’ to ‘underwater quadrangle’? That put).’’ Pray,how can Ms way the good doc would have required a hefty De pass such an au- month of Sundays to figure it was a rip-off on his thoritarian judgement original and, by which time of course, we would on Mrs Clinton? She all have supped at the inn of ill-repute and wasn’t a close confi- shoved off for the dawn of nothing while dante of Mrs Clinton making haste. (Mind it, the rest of you robots, during the hour of the that’s a tip.) trial. DEAR MS, — Nandini, Mumbai Saucy-See-Saw-Dept: Regarding the see-saw and family balance prob- II lem the answer is: F sits on D’s lap at the end and accompanying them on the same side is E Shobhaa De has adopt- who sits at the first seat (1 metre from the cen- ed a very cruel ap- tre). On the proach to a very deli- other side B sits 1 metre from the centre and C cate subject. When sits at the end. Hillary Clinton states Solution: The sum of moments making a perfect she was devastated by square has to be a multiple of 100; the obvious her husband’s confes- choice for it being 400 (900 being the other pos- sion, one can readily sibility but ruled out since if we make all six of believe it. After all, them sit, the maximum possible moment sum who wouldn’t be shat- comes to 100 + 80)*3 + (70 + 60)*2 + (50 + 20)*1 = 870. If x is the weight of the person who is talk- tered by such confes- An unmanned lifeguard stand on a North Miami, Florida beach. According to the Pew Oceans Commission report released recently, America’s oceans are in crisis with sions. Furthermore, ing blah blah with J, then since this guy should respect to fishing limits and controlling pollution. QUESTION: Which ocean in the world is the deepest? sit at the end, the total sum of moments after this Ms De finds it unbe- lievable that Mrs Clin- thin layer of liquid on the out- quencies, it is used to mask consumption. Even a small — Nirmal G., recd via email ton stood by her hus- OPEN SPACE side. This layer of liquid is not other sounds. LED indicator consumes pow- Why doesn’t a person walking MINDSPORT band only because of Why do pages of old books turn perfectly transparent but stops — Karen Miranda, Thane er, though it’s a fraction of on a hot coal-bed feel a her love for her daugh- yellow as time goes by? some of the light coming a watt. The ‘zero watt’ lamp is, scorching sensation? Mukul Sharma Why are passenger cabin lights ter. Isn’t it the most Paper is made from wood, through. The foam thus acts switched off during takeoff and in fact, a 15-watt lamp. Conven- — Y.N. Murthy, recd via email tional electro-magnetic energy natural thing for a guy sits will be 400 + 3*x which makes 200 + which is largely white cellu- like a mirror and appears to landing in commercial aircraft? Is there any word in the Eng- meters did not record con- mother to do? 3*x/2 on each side. Now since this element has lose. Wood also has a dark sub- be white in colour because A commercial aircraft con- lish language starting from Q sumption if the load was very — A. Anand, via e-mail to be a multiple of 10, x cannot be 50 or 70. If x = stance called lignin, which they’re just reflecting the sumes a large quantity of elec- and not having U as the sec- small. The indicator did not 20, then initially one side of the seesaw has 230 ends up in the paper. The expo- local light. trical power for various move- ond letter? move when the load was only 15 and the other 170 as their moment sum. Now sure of lignin to air and sun- — Sanjay Devasthale, Thane ments and controls needed dur- — Manu Bisht, Bangalore Votebank Politics watts when at night there since one guy is already sitting at the end, we light is what turns paper yel- What is white noise? ing takeoff and landing, the What is the difference between This refers to the de- was no other electrical load have no combo for which moment the sum will low.Lignin eventually turns pa- White noise is a type of noise most power intensive operation a hotel and a motel? bate, ‘Should we extend be 170. If x = 60, we have such a combination, it except the ‘zero watt’ lamp. per yellow because of oxidation produced by combining sounds during aircraft travel. There- — Abhishek Kumar Saini, reservation to the up- being 110 on one side (F at the end and E on the — D.K. Sharma, Kota i.e. the lignin molecules, when of all different frequencies. If fore, all less important electri- recd via email per castes’ (May 31). 1st seat) and 290 on the other side (C at end and What is fool’s gold? exposed to oxygen begin to you took all the imaginable cal loads such as main cabin Why do our eyes water when One is not sure about B on first seat). So F gets down, allows D to sit at change and become less stable. lights, etc. are removed from The mineral pyrite (iron we cut onions? the motive of the politi- the end and takes his lap as his seat. tones that a human can hear — Kranti Mishra, recd via email the generator. It is similar to pyrite) is called fool’s gold as it — Hassan A Modan, Kolkata cians who now back —Nishant Menon, Mumbai-400 066 and combined them, you would How does coloured gel in a have white noise. The adjective switching off headlights of an has a lustre akin to gold. Seen What is the ‘Witch of Agnesi’ in the idea of providing Shame on D (all of 60 kg) for sitting on the lap of toothpaste become white on automobile at night before from a distance, it shines. Min- mathematics? reservation for upper- F (20 kg) just to make the seesaw balance. And “white” is used to describe this brushing? type of noise because of the starting the engine thereby get- ers would often mistake it to be — Soumyaa Sareen, Nagpur caste persons who be- the other person on the same side? It’s E (50 kg) gold. Only close scrutiny would The gel contains a surfactant to way white light works. White ting maximum current from long to the economical- at the 1 metre seat, balancing (on the other side the battery. reveal that it wasn’t gold. You ask. Or you answer. Mark the envelopes of the seesaw) B at the 1 metre seat and C at the enhance cleaning. On brush- light is made up of all of the ly weaker sections. — Manjiri Diwanji, Mumbai ‘Open Space’ and address your answers 3 metre seat. ing, the gel comes into contact different colours (frequencies) — R.D. Kale, Pune and questions to: Votebank politics —Chiranjeeb Dhar, [email protected] with water and air and forms a of light. Similarly, white noise Why is a ‘zero bulb’ called so ANY ANSWERS? Open Space, Sunday Times of India, seems to be driving Few-Dollars-More-Dept: thick foam which contains mi- is a combination of all of dif- even though it consumes some II Floor, S&B Towers, 40/1, M.G. Road, their agenda. crobubbles. These bubbles have amount of power? Why does a bull get angry only Bangalore — 560 001 — Subhash Chandra The pub crawling problem was interesting but ferent frequencies of sound. As email: [email protected] not so challenging. A bit of concentra-ted work a hollow bit in the middle and a white noise contains all fre- There is no bulb with zero watt when it sees red colour? Agrawal, Delhi and there were the answers. (1) Each round at the Red Star was $7.5; (2) One round at the Black Knight cost $4. —Sandeep, [email protected] ENDGAME I will work with Aishwarya again: Shah Rukh I was at a restaurant for lunch the other day. The bill came and I wanted to give a whole number of By Dominic Ferrao up with him telephonically in London In ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ where she had we felt it would be better if we contin- rupees to the waiter with the difference between hen ‘Chalte Chalte’, a SRK home to tell us something about the film. a brief but memorable role and in ‘Kab- ued without Aishwarya. And like I What would you like the audience to hi Kushi Kabhie Gham’ where she had keep repeating, Rani was always what I gave him and the bill being the tip. I al- production, hit the theatres; the ways like to tip between 10 and 15 per cent of look forward to in ‘Chalte Chalte’? a special appearance. It’s nice to finally the first choice of the unit and due to W enthu of the fans, that stand for the bill. But if I gave him a certain number of ru- I think what audiences will like do a full length film with her. I think her having date problems we had miles outside the premiere/party are- pees (whole number) the tip would be less than about ‘Chalte Chalte’ is the simplicity she’s a tremendous actress who can approached Ash. 10 per cent and if I would give him one rupee nas to get a dekho of their favourite and the freshness. It deals with the do justice to any role. Will you work with Ash again? more the tip would be more than 15 percent of star, seemed hugely dampened at a problems of relationships and tells us The whole Aishwarya-out-Rani-in- I don’t work with any actor or the bill. What is the maximum possible amount of ‘missing’ Khan. With his back surgery to never forget that the relationship the-film imbroglio did slow down actress. I work with the director. If a the bill? and the subsequent physiotherapy ses- itself is more important than the the start to your project. But it director casts her with me, hundred (Submitted by Maxim D’Souza, Karnataka) sions in London, the country’s favou- problems that come with it. seems all has ended well. per cent I will work with her. rite Khan was not around to make the How was it working with Rani Yes, it’s far too confusing to explain So when do your fans see you back Snailmail: D-268 Sushant Lok-I, Gurgaon, grand news splashes and the appear- again after ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ here. But yes, there was a decision that in action in Mumbai? And when do Haryana 122001 Email: mindsport@mantraon- ances to promote his latest offering. and her brief appearance in ‘K3G’? we needed to finish the film in three you start shooting for your next? line.com But Shah Rukh and his indefatigable It was marvelous as always. I’ve months. It was a decision taken by the Inshallah, in another couple of mon- Website: www.mindsport.org spirit be thanked, we were able to catch worked with Rani a number of times. producers, UTV and Dreamz, jointly.So ths I should be back in action. Hawking eloquence By Nina Martyris cannot speak, and uses a TIMES NEWS NETWORK computer-cum-voice synthe- siser to communicate with Mumbai: ‘‘When he tried out the world. my software last week,’’ says Mr Metha and Mr Crishna, Arun Mehta, ‘‘it was the high who run a firm called Radio- point of my life.’’ phony, met the celebrated Mr Mehta, a Delhi-based physicist when he visited software programmer, has India two years ago for the cause to celebrate. He re- Strings Theory conference turned from Cambridge last week after astrophysicist in Mumbai. Stephen Hawking tested the Over a conversation at the software for a new communi- Taj, it emerged that Prof cator that Mr Mehta had de- Hawking’s current commu- signed for him with inputs nicator__the Equaliser__al- from his Mumbai business though competent needed partner Vickram Crishna. upgradation. Radiophony Prof Hawking, who suffers evinced interest and from a degenerative motor was bestowed the task of illness, can only move designing a new commu- two fingers of his left hand, nicator. The Equaliser had trans- formed Prof Hawking’s life in 1985 after a tracheotomy left him without speech, forcing him to use a most excruciating form of com- munication__raising his eyebrows to indicate which letter of the alphabet he wanted from a sheet of letters someone held up and pointed to.

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The Sunday Times of India, New Delhi, June 15, 2003 The Wright mantra Hardly sporty Emily ka Gosa John Wright offered a simple mantra It was the first International Transves- She used to be a figure skater who’s to his wards at the National Cricket tite Olympics. 25 participated in now taken to boxing. Controversial Academy: work hard and dream big. events like Handbag triathlon, Pearl Tonya Harding, however, had no He has a rider too: don’t get necklace jumprope and Synchronised trouble in winning her first four-round discouraged if results don’t come up to ironing. This one looks like boxing bout. Emily Gosa (right) too looks expectations as ‘‘Such things happen’’ and yes they are real nuns pleased with the result Prakash Amritraj wins first championship in India BRIEFLY Hockey needs proper marketing AFP Bhajji too needs finger surgery To cite a few obvious examples, Aishwarya By Dinesh Chopra and Sunil Warrier derwent the tests, a disappointed Harbhajan still feels pain when THE SPORTING LIFE Rai is not a member of the jury at the Cannes TIMES NEWS NETWORK Harbhajan said: “The doctor has bowling. It’s an unstable injury. Ayaz Memon Film Fest by default, and Sachin Tendulkar is advised me to go for a surgery but Every time he spreads his finger not amongst the more robust global sports New Delhi\Mumbai: Ace India I don’t know where will I have it he is going to feel the pain.” off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will Razzle-dazzle skill with hock- brands by chance. They are stars performers done. I still have pain and swelling Warrier had also treated Ten- ey stick apart, among the whose equity is being realized with a meticu- have to undergo a on the affected finger.” It’s likely dulkar before the master batsman surgery on the in- more admirable qualities of lous understanding of the booming market that Harbhajan may consult Or- decided to get the surgery done in Dhanraj Pillay is his blunt- for Brand India. jured middle finger thopaedic surgeon Dr. Dror Paley the US. of his right hand, a ness. He is prone to call a What hope does hockey have in this mi- in Baltimore, United States, who “It’s a disappointing phase in scan revealed on spade a shovel which has fre- lieu? Worth many, many million dollars if in April operated upon the injured my life but I have seen these lows Saturday. quently had the IHF officials you ask me. Like cricket, hockey began in finger of ace Indian batsman earlier too. I’ll come out stronger straining to show him the yel- England, but is still very ‘Indian’ if you know The spinner Sachin Tendulkar. Harbhajan too and hungrier after this lay off,” he sounded extremely low card, as it were. But most Indian what I mean, in spite of the dominance of the has a torn ligament like Ten- said. sportspersons are so righteous or sanctimo- Europeans and Australia in the past few disappointed as his dulkar. Harbhajan had packed his bags county plans for this season were nious that anybody willing to take a stand on decades. With India’s hockey fortunes on the Confirming this, orthopaedic for Lancashire and it was only af- prickly issues must strike a chord, even if upswing, the time to hitch a ride with Brand quashed owing to the excruciating surgeon Dr Sudhir Warrier, who ter consulting Dr. Joshi that he de- pain in the injured finger. On Fri- the premise is sometimes questionable. India is ripe. examined Harbhajan on Friday, cided to have tests done. “I was Riding the crest of unexpected success in If he gets past the irony of it, Dhanraj day, Harbhajan cancelled his con- said: “I and Dr Anant Joshi (the fine when I left home. In fact I the three-nation tournament in Australia, might discover that cricket in fact provides a tract to play for English county BCCI appointed doctor), had some came with all my luggage to Mum- Dhanraj took a reverse flick at corporate classic case study on how this can be done. Lancashire after the swelling and more tests done on Saturday. The bai and was all set to embark for sponsors in India immediately on his return. Whatever Jagmohan Dalmiya’s shortcom- the pain recurred on his injured diagnosis was that surgery was a Lancashire. I just bowled for about He wants them to spend more time and mon- ings, he (and a host of other similar thinking US woman soccer player Mia Hamm finger. must if Harbhajan had to spin the 20-odd minutes after which the ey looking at sports apart from cricket. Too administrators) were quick to grasp the sig- trains during a practice session prior to Speaking to Times News Net- ball again,” he said. “Though he swelling and the pain returned,” much for the flannelled fools, he reckons, too nificance of Brand India in the global mar- their friendly match against Ireland at work from Mumbai where he un- has been resting for two months, he said. Rice Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt little for the others, who end up as fools after ket, made Indian cricket critical to the finan- Lake City, Utah, on Saturday. a lifetime spent playing their sport, left with cial health of the sport, and then monetised a bagful of trophies and medals and a this brand value to make the BCCI the rich- Roddick outguns Agassi: Andy Rod- drought-ridden bank passbook. est cricket board in the world. Vijay, Furyk a cut above the rest The plaint is old and familiar, but not mis- The ICC may have its headquarters in Eng- dick beat world number one Andre Agassi AP for the first time to book his place in the placed or ill-timed. In fact, in the current mi- land, but cricket’s epicentre lies clearly in In- Queen's Club grasscourt final with a 6-1 lieu it has an extraordinary dimension that dia today. A huge amount of thinking, poli- 6-7 (5/7) 7-6 (8/6) win on Saturday. Rod- even Dhanraj may or may not have perceived, ticking, administrative and financial acu- dick also made it to the record books after but which could provide hockey the succour men has made this possible: from evaluating finishing the second game of the second it so badly needs. Namely, Brand India is on the size of the market for the sport, to hard- set with a serve timed by the courtside the upsurge in myriad activities, and espe- selling this to television channels, sponsors speedgun at 149 mph (239.7 kph). AFP cially where winners and high achievers are and what have you. AC Milan eye Nakata: European concerned. Monetary benefit for players is perhaps champions AC Milan, who earlier this The strength for this brand comes from among the last links in the chain that make week pulled out of the race to sign Man- one billion Indians scattered across the Indian cricket the success story it is; chester United’s David Beckham, could globe, a country whose economic clout is im- organizational vision and vigour among the turn their attention to Parma’s attacking proving by leaps and bounds and a nation first few. Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata, that yearns for success. There is a rider to Dhanraj’s worry about the lack of spon- according to Saturday’s Gazzetta dello this, however. To exploit Brand India, the sorship for hockey is well-founded, but his Sport. Nakata would be more suited to phenomenon has to be properly understood, shot at goal, so to speak, may be ill-directed. Milan’s budget as he is believed to be then exploited. Wishful thinking and lament Brand India can ensure financial interest in available for around 15 million Euros, a will not work. Hard-nosed organizational and hockey.But does the IHF understand this? Is third of Beckham’s estimated value. AFP marketing ability might. it ready to succeed? Does it want to? Razzaq recalled: Allrounder Abdul Razzaq will join the Pakistan team for a three match One-day series against Eng- Back pain takes its toll on Lawson land, the Pakistan Cricket Board an- Bridgetown (Barbados): 21-year-old was still having tional Cricket Council, after nounced on Saturday. “The selection Persistent back pain from an trouble with “bulging discs in Test umpires reported him committee has decided to replace injured injury will keep the West In- his lower back.” The injury for irregular bowling meth- opener Faisal Athar with Razzaq on the dies’ fastest bowler, Jer- has kept him from playing ods against Australia. request of captain Rashid Latif,” chief se- maine Lawson, from playing since May 13, when he took He will not be in shape for lector Aamir Sohail informed. AFP in two upcoming Tests seven wickets in the fourth of the team’s first Test against Austin accused of rape: Tim Austin, against Sri Lanka, cricket of- seven Tests against Australia. Sri Lanka on June 20-24 in St. a 1992 Olympic bronze medalist who ficials said on Friday. Lawson’s bowling is also Lucia or the second on June went on to win the IBF bantamweight title, Jim Furyk hits an approach shot from the 13th fairway during the second round of the US Open at the The WI Board said the fiery under review by the Interna- 27-July 1 in Jamaica. AP was arrested on a rape charge, police Olympia Fields Country Club on Friday. said on Friday. According to an affidavit By Glenn Sheeley ahead of Quigley,who slipped to a 74. filed by Springfield Township police De- Three strokes back at 4-under 136 are Sea Island’s tective Patrick Kemper, Austin, 32 was Olympia Fields (Illiois): For years the US Open has Jonathan Byrd, who is playing in his first U.S. Open twice engaged in sexual intercourse with been considered golf ’s toughest exam. Now it’s like a 16-year-old girl on May 18. AFP everyone has been given the answers. and had a second-round 66, and Australia’s Stephen After two rounds at Olympia Fields Country Club, Leaney (68). Defending champion Woods also had a 66 Khanna as observer: CK Khanna, the and is tied for fifth, four shots off the lead at 136. Delhi and District Cricket Association vice the scoring is more reminiscent of a typical PGA ‘‘It’s a little easier when you’re in the fairway,’’said president, was the observer at the Annual Tour event. Another day like this and a Honda Clas- General Meeting of the Jammu and Kash- sic is likely to break out. Woods, who hit 10 of them in the second round. mir Cricket Association that was held on Manageable rough and a shotmaker’s course — the Davis Love III, the PGA Tour’s leading money win- Saturday. TNN USGA’s way of bringing more people not named ner, shot 76-75 and missed the cut, which came at 143 Tiger Woods into contention — combined with re- — lowest of any US Open. How kind are the greens? IA fly high: Reetinder Sodhi (61 n.o.) ceptive greens have turned the Open into a champi- Woods said he hit a 6-iron to the 496-yard ninth hole, and Shafiq Khan (67 n.o.) led Indian Air- onship where par is starting to be a bad score. lines to a second successive title win in on the downslope, and the ball rolled only about three At the midway point, it’s Vijay Singh (with a 7-un- the 7th Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal day-night feet. “You never see that in a US Open, hitting a 6-iron der-par 63) and Jim Furyk (66) sharing the lead at 133. cricket tournament. and it barely trickling,” he said. NYT News Service The 7-under totals are the lowest ever for a U.S. Open UP Cricketers 164 in 39.2 overs: (Satish Durai 49, Nikhil after 36 holes. US Open results Chopra 3/27, Manvinder Bisla 3/28), Indian Airlines Obviously,Chicago is the place to go low.It was one 165/3 in 37.4 overs: (RS Sodhi 61 n.o.). TNN Scores: Jim Furyk 67-66 (133); Vijay Singh 70-63 (133); Stephen Leaney 67- of the lowest scoring days in U.S. Open history,with 68 (135); Jonathan Byrd 69-66 (135); Eduardo Romero 70-66 (136); Nick Price BETTING METER 38 players shooting rounds under par. The record is 71-65 (136); Fredrik Jacobson 69-67 (136); Tiger Woods 70-66 (136); Justin 47, set in 1990 at nearby Medinah. Leonard 66-70 (136); Robert Damron 69-68 (137); Tom Watson 65-72 (137); FORMULA-1 Stewart Cink 70-68 (138); Woody Austin 74-64 (138); Brandt Jobe 70-68 With a back nine of 5-under 29, Singh tied the low- (138); Ian Leggatt 68-70 (138); Tom Byrum 69-69 (138); Daniel Forsman 71- Montreal Grand Prix est round ever shot in a major, including his own at 67 (138); Brett Quigley 65-74 (139); Darren Clarke 70-69 (139); David Toms M Schumacher 4/5 the 1993 PGA Championship. 72-67 (139); Alex Cejka 73-66 (139); Kirk Triplett 71-68 (139); Tim Petrovic R Barrichello 4/1 69-70 (139); Cliff Kresge 69-70 (139); Ernie Els 69-70 (139); Darron Stiles 71- K Raikkonen 5/1 Furyk, whose looping swing has been described as 68 (139); Dicky Pride 71-69 (140); Jonathan Kaye 70-70 (140); Phil Mickel- D Coulthard 8/1 ‘‘a man trying to kill a snake in a phone booth,’’ man- son 70-70 (140); Lee Janzen 72-68 (140); Mark O’Meara 72-68 (140); Mike J P Montoya 10/1 aged a 4-under 66 to post the first 7-under score Fri- Weir 73-67 (140); Angel Cabrera 72-68 (140); Ryan Dillon 72-68 (140); Chad (as per ladbrokes.com) Campbell 70-70 (140); Hidemichi Tanaka 69-71 (140); Billy Mayfair 69-71 day. Singh followed it several hours later, but had a (140); Bernhard Langer 70-70 (140); Mark Calcavecchia 68-72 (140); Peter record number in his sights before settling for pars Lonard 72-69 (141); Jay Williamson 72-69 (141); Loren Roberts 69-72 (141); LIVE ON TV on his closing three holes. ‘‘I would feel better,’’Singh Adraig Harrington 69-72 (141); Justin Rose 70-71 (141); Chris Anderson 72- 70 (142); Len Mattiace 69-73 (142); Steve Lowery 70-72 (142); John Mag- ESPN: 2230 hrs: US Open Golf. 0600 hrs (Monday): NBA said of the record round, ‘‘If I did it on Sunday.’’ Finals (Game 6). innes 72-70 (142); Ricky Barnes 71-71 (142); Kevin Sutherland 71-71 (142); Star Sports: FIM World Motorcycle Championship: Motogp First-round co-leaders Brett Quigley and Tom Wat- Fred Couples 70-72 (142); Olin Browne 72-70 (142); J.P. Hayes 70-73 (143); 2003. 2215 hrs: Formula One - Air Canada Grand Prix. son were among those cooling off. The 53-year-old Brian Davis 71-72 (143); Kenny Perry 72-71 (143); Sergio Garcia 69-74 (143); John Rollins 73-70 (143); Niclas Fasth 75-68 (143); Fred Funk 70-73 (143). Watson had a 72 and is four shots back at 137, two Lessons from the rise and fall of FC Kochi By Inivalappil Mani Vijayan It started with a bang. It had everything going for it in the lem in Indian football. The UB Group is the primary sponsor today.Maybe, There are two states in our country first few months. But FC Kochi soon lost its way. Today, it didn’t get enough mileage from where passion for soccer knows no it’s virtually on the death bed. Why couldn’t such a Kochi. It also didn’t help that Star bounds. One is, of Sports pulled out its television plans course, West Bengal; high-profile club continue its assault and show the way for as the NFL was forcing it to concen- the other is my native Indian sport? I M Vijayan, its former captain, explains trate on Kolkata. state, Kerala. Howev- Even Baichung was interested in I still believe that the withdrawal er, here is a huge dif- joining the club but Ranjit Gupta INDIAN SPORT of television coverage was the great- ference in the way the est blunder in Indian soccer history. game is run in the two (former IFA secretary) ensured that SLEEPING ESPN and Star had just been pockets. he went back to East Bengal. launched in India at that time. It was Kolkata boasts of There was only one problem GIANT important to strike a good deal with century-old clubs that have survived though: FC was a one-man show. It them. The AIFF failed. And it has against all odds. Mohun Bagan, East was P.V. Paul’s baby. But he had the as sponsors. We beat Mohun Bagan 3- been cricket all the way on Indian TV Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting vision to look forward. He created an 1 in the Durand final in front of a since then. have their own legions of fans. In amazing atmosphere in the club. He packed Ambedkar Stadium. I still re- The warning bells should have God’s own country, there are hardly aimed for things that even the member newspaper reports that the any clubs that the soccer fanatics of Kolkata clubs could only aspire for. gates had to be shut two hours prior been heard when Mohammedan Sporting almost sailed into oblivion the state can identify themselves He ensured that all the players to the kick-off. Everybody wanted to for a decade because of financial con- with. The coconut trees among the were insured; it is still an unfulfilled see us play. straints. One has to understand that picturesque lagoons have, in fact, only dream in Indian soccer. He promised But after the meteoric rise, came well-wishers cannot run a club. Only seen the death of many a bold dream. to treat a player with respect and pay the fall. Ironically, it was all due to sponsors can. Now that they have FC Kochi is one such dream. him his full salary if he sustained an lack of funds. Everything mysteri- found a few sponsors, they can again Kochi was celebrated as the first injury on the field. Just look at the ously vanished. Looking back, I feel dream big. I wish them good luck. professional club of the country and other extreme: Last season, that everything in Kochi was done in Believe me, the top players still it certainly was. So much so, that Baichung was fielded in crunch a hurry. Paul hardly had anything have a soft corner for Kochi. But we even after being key members of the matches by Mohun Bagan even left for the future and struggled to are all professionals today. Nobody JCT squad that annexed the inaugu- though he was carrying an injury. run the club the very next year itself. will risk a whole year if he is scared ral National Football League title in Eventually he couldn’t play for quite Soon, the star footballers left and getting his dues in the end. I hope 1996-97, Jo Paul (Ancheri), Carlton some time. And he has still not been Kochi was in doldrums. Jo Paul and I Paul realises that everything is not (Chapman) and I agreed to shift base paid his dues, for no fault of his. came back the following year, merely lost. He should draw inspiration from to Kochi the following year. Mind The first year was great. Paul, per- as a goodwill gesture. But we are yet Sporting’s revival. you, Kochi was conceptualised and haps, had more money to spend than to get our dues. I know that many As told to Nilanjan Datta came into existence that very year the club needed. NRIs from the Gulf from the last batch of Kochi too Readers can write their views to and had’t even gained the right to pumped in huge sums. He also man- haven’t received anything. [email protected] or fax play in the NFL. At least, at that time. aged to rope in Kalyani Black Label Actually,sponsorship is a big prob- to (011) 23323346, 23324173.

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Your departure was very were doing fitness regimes but Tips from the trainer sudden. Was it building up for didn’t know the whys of it all. International players are some time? May be that’s one aspect that’s an- always fighting against No, it was quite sudden. I was ‘I had to restrain guys like Kaif’ swered now. Even ‘what they injuries. Most of them owe quite satisfied with my job with should be doing’ has been an- a lot to trainers and phys- No. it wasn’t easy to begin with. Kaif have their role models play- the BCCI, gelling well with the Trainer Adrian le Roux says that working with the swered to a point. ios for their longevity on It was a typical doctor-patient re- ing in the same team — people boys, got a hike as well (laughs) But fringe players stay as the field. Some of them lationship where both have to be Indian team was a fine experience and hopes that like Tendulkar, Dravid, Srinath. but demands at the domestic front unaware as ever. share their experiences: comfortable with each other.I did- the fitness awareness will trickle down to domestic There was never a dearth of in- were getting a bit too much. Stay- Andrew Flintoff n’t rush into things and gauged Things aren’t as negative as on English ing away from family was getting cricketers too. Le Roux spoke to Dinesh Chopra spiration. In fact, at times I had to their minds first. One thing that restrain guys like Kaif from work- they seem. Awareness is reach- physio Kirk Rus- too much of a strain. And this pare themselves for the chal- side game and I thought they was common was the fierce desire ing too hard. ing domestic players too but it’ll sell: Sadly, I’ve opportunity to work with the to win. That was half the job lenges. could do with some running. take time. Andrew Leipus keeps Where do you leave these been on South African boys came along. done. The next step was to make There was an instance in the Was driving the youngsters conducting these seminars the1 stretcher players now? That’s it. them work hard towards it. For West Indies where you made difficult? where he’s educating the coach- on more occa- Could you ask stars like that, me, John Wright and other Ganguly and Tendulkar run One standout factor with the In- They are a lot more educated es and the physios on this. But sions than I’d Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Gan- seniors in the team spoke to the almost the entire island. dian team is that most of the now. The general awareness level yes the general level of aware- have liked to. guly, Virender Sehwag to run boys. We’d observe and talk a lot Well, not the entire island but a youngsters like Yuvraj Singh, amongst them is up by several ness amongst the domestic play- Thus, Russ knows a lot that extra lap? about how other teams would pre- bit of it. They had opted out of a Harbhajan Singh, Mohammed notches. Before I came in they ers is quite low. about my body. He has been a great help though I must admit that I whenever I tried to bring out haven’t been as coopera- variations into my bowling.’’ tive as he’d have liked me Bangar adds: ‘‘I’m 30 but feel to be. My love for junk a lot younger with the rou- has often irked him no tines that I’ve been following end but he’s still a dar- since I first played for India.’’ ling and a great pro too. FIT AND And Sehwag has this to say: Hashan ‘‘What surprised me most Tillakaratne was his understanding of on Sri Lankan our bodies. I was a bit out of physio Alex shape some time back be- Kontouri: It’s cause of my love for food. But 2not often that a batsman now even when I’m home can carry on there are some strict dos and with a pulled RARING don’ts about my eating hamstring. habits. Not surprisingly, I’m But our one of the fittest members of physio Kon- the team these days.’’ Zaheer touri helped me not only says: ‘‘As a fast bowler I now stand out there in the know what muscles to relax middle but also get my after a hard day and how I maiden double century, should go about it.’’ against the West Indies. Le Roux used innovation I was on 30 when I pulled TO GLOW and experimentation to keep it. But I went on and bat- the players on their toes. ‘‘He ted for over nine hours got us a watch which would and it was all because of The triumvirate of Wright, Leipus and tell us exactly how much him. weight we needed to lose and Ramnaresh Leipus was probably the best thing to from where. One of the Sarwan on have happened to Indian cricket in re- prime beneficiaries of his West Indian methods was Dravid who sports physio cent years. The sudden departure of the doubles up as wicket-keeper Ronald Rogers: in the One-dayers,’’ says 3I had a recurring groin trainer has already caused a few ripples. Harbhajan. problem some Times News Network studies the legacy But then Le Roux was a time back. No hard taskmaster. When one could un- left behind by Le Roux Sachin Tendulkar and derstand what Sourav Ganguly wanted to exactly was it. I By Shashank Shekhar man who is getting even take it easy during the tour to remember in Sri Lanka I & Dinesh Chopra more accolades is Adrian le West Indies, by opting out of was pretty low and trying Roux. For a change, the Indian a tour game, he made them to figure out why it kept cricket team didn’t huff and As a Special Report in the run almost the entire length coming back. Ultimately, puff its way to the final of Times of India a couple of of an island. Ronnie solved it. The prob- the World Cup in South months ago had first noted, There’s another interest- lem was with my footwear. Africa. It sputtered in the ini- he has almost single-handed- ing story: he became a kind He advised me to change it tial stages but was soon ly changed the outlook of our of a villain when he tried to and touch wood it’s been rolling like a Royce, at full top stars and gods. He has cut down spices and oil from fine since then. speed. It was probably the managed to shift the respon- the diet of the players. One Virender Se- only team that didn’t have to sibility of fitness, working senior batsman and bowler hwag on for- wrestle with injuries and hard and discipline directly Ajit Ninan apparently wanted to get mer Indian breakdown worries. on to the players. back at him. So one fine day, trainer Le No wonder, so much is be- Roux: He had Sachin Tendulkar eventu- in good spirits, they threw ing made of his sudden and 4great under- ally had to go to the US for an him into the pool in South unexpected departure. The standing of operation; Ashish Nehra may names but the question is: so effectively? gar, it was simply a case of grammes for each cricketer. Africa. Le Roux’s response Indian cricket board must ac- will he be as good? ‘‘Our attitude towards matching up with the best. Recalls Harbhajan: ‘‘Le Roux our bodies. still be recuperating from a was simple: he put the cept responsibility for failing More importantly, will he work and training changed ‘‘After seeing teams like Aus- worked wonders for me. The One of the ankle surgery and Harbhajan pranksters on spaghetti and to sign him at the first oppor- able to win the respect of the completely,’’ says Harbhajan tralia and South Africa, we elasticity in my body has in- salads for one full week. changes in me Singh may have just pulled tunity itself. But more impor- team like Le Roux had done Singh. ‘‘He was a strict disci- always had the urge to be on creased. That helped me The unfortunate part of is that I now know how to out of his contract with Lan- tantly, one hopes that it has plinarian. Thanks to him, I par with them in terms of fit- the Le Roux saga is that he look after myself better. I cashire too. But that is an- learnt its lesson: top guys are now know how to look after ness. Andrew and Adrian was with the team for only was a bit out of shape other story altogether. Le Roux worked won- After seeing teams like like rare gems. They will be myself better. We were re- brought in that culture about an year. He has left be- sometime back which The more significant part stolen if they are not treated ders for me.The elas- laxed when he was around. among us.’’ For Zaheer, the Australia and SA, we fore he could finish his agen- had a lot to do with my of the tale is that they could nicely. We knew that even if got in- trio of Wright, Le Roux and da, before he could help first love for food. But now ticity in my body has in- had the urge to be on even when I’m at home play for the entire length of The board is already look- jured, he would bring us back Leipus was responsible for class cricketers and young- there are some stricts dos the tournament without ing for suitable replace- creased.That helped in shape,’’ says Virender Se- bringing in professionalism par with them in sters. One only hopes that the and don’ts as to what I showing too many signs of ments. Coach John Wright hwag, during a break from and even accountability into team has learnt enough from me whenever I tried to fitness.Andrew and eat. Not surprisingly, I’m discomfiture. While physio has already been asked to be- his county match. ‘‘We could the system. him to continue on their own. one of the fittest mem- Andrew Leipus must take a gin the hunt and Le Roux bring out variations in give a lot more in each Le Roux and Leipus’ game- Adrian brought in that Until a new trainer is bers of the team now. himself is also believed to match.’’ bow for keeping the machine my bowling: Harbhajan plan was simple: they culture: Bangar signed on and lost to some —DC match-fit, day after day, the have suggested a couple of For allrounder Sanjay Ban- evolved individual pro- other country.

ikramaditya POSITION: INDIANS ABROAD V Kamble of CHESS White: Kh2; Qg8; Mahindras’ new the Union Bank Pravin Thipsay Rg5; P-a2, b4, d4, of India made f7, g2. Bhupathi-Mirnyi in semifinals coach arrives his maiden In- Black: Kd3; Qf4; By Stanislaus D’Souza ternational Mas- Kamble New Delhi: Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi R-c8; P-a6,h4. entered the doubles semifinals of the $775,000 TIMES NEWS NETWORK ter norm in the 8 PROBLEM: White Stella Artois championship at the Queen's Club in recently held Mumbai: Booth has hit 7 to play and draw. London on Friday. Commonwealth town. This is not about the Bhupathi and Mirnyi, the second seeds, sub- Bollywood horror flick— Chess Champi- 6 SOLUTION: The dued the Australian duo Wayne Arthurs and Paul Bhoot— but Mahindra Unit- onship. In the White King is un- 5 Hanley 6-3, 7-6 (11/9) in the quarterfinals, accord- ed’s latest soccer messiah— seventh round, der check and the 4 only correct way to ing to information received here. David Booth. he scored over Earlier in the second round, the Indo-Belaruss- get out of the The English coach, who re- Grandmaster 3 ian pair defeated Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Raemon Sluiter check is the bold ceived rave reviews from In- Koneru Humpy 2 of the Netherlands 6-3 6-4. dian coach Stephen Constan- of the Bank of 1.g3!! In the game, Bhupathi and Mirnyi will play Xavier Malisse of Belgium and Humpy blundered tine and AIFF secretary Al- Baroda. We 1 Andre Sa of Brazil in the semifinal. PTI with 1.Kh3?? and bert Colaco, arrived in Mum- shall see the a b cde f g h bai from Bangkok on had to resign im- crucial position Humpy Wednesday night. Booth has from this game. mediately after Sania-Sanaa duo wins ITF title coached in Africa, Brunei 1..Rc1! as now Hyderabad: Indian junior doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Sanaa and Mayanmar and carved a White is several Pawns up, but Black there was no escape. For example, has strong threats against the enemy Bhambri on Saturday won the ITF Grade-I Junior World Ranking niche for himself with excep- 2.g3 Rh1+! 3.Kg2 Qf1 Checkmate! Af- Tournament at Frankfurt, Germany. tional results in all three King. As a result, White can only ter the bold Pawn move, however, it is draw the game. The Indian pair defeated Maren Kassens of Germany and Alla countries. ‘‘I have high re- Black who has to struggle for a draw. Kudryavtsea of Russia 6-1, 6-0 in the final, according to information gards for Mr. Kashmiri— di- Humpy overlooked this forced contin- For example, 1..Rc2+ 2.Kh3 Qf1+ received here. rector of Strata— and decid- uation and lost. Can you find out what 3.Kg4! Qe2+! 4.Kxh4 Qh2+ 5.Kg4 Sania and Sanaa had also reached semifinals of the French Open ed to give Mahindra United a the youngest Indian Grandmaster Qe2+ 6.Kf5 Rc6!! 7. Rg6! Qf3+ with a doubles earlier this month.PTI look in even though I have missed? draw by perpetual check. had a lot of offers till yester- day,’’said Booth who is yet to r Ashwani mond return, a sim- CROSS COUNTRY sign a contract with the D Mehta from BRIDGE ple squeeze cannot Mumbai champs. Delhi e-mailed Prakash Paranjpe be operated. In- Raman, Mouma in last four the following stead, the Declarer Bangalore: Top Seeds S Raman and Mouma Das, both represent- Malhotra seeks deal and posed a W Dealer NS Vul should summon a ing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, advanced to the semifinals question. North- criss-cross squeeze. of the Mayor’s Cup All India Invitational table tennis champi- ♠ ♦ another term South reached J 4 3 He should win King onship here on Saturday. TIMES NEWS NETWORK 6H in due course ♥ K 7 6 2 in the Closed hand, National champion Raman defeated Shubham Choudhary (Rail- New Delhi: President of the after South ♦ A T 6 2 cash two trumps way Sports Control Board) 12-10, 9-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-2, while Mouma General Association of Na- opened with 1H. ♣ K Q ending in the Dum- brushed aside the challenge of Karnataka’s V Ranjitha 11-4, 11-2, 11- tional Sports Federations West led with my, cash the Club 8, 12-10 to book their berth in the last four of the men’s and women’s ♠ ♠ (GANSF) V K Malhotra will ♣A, drawing ♣9 7 6 5 Q T 9 8 2 winner by discarding sections. Raman was joined in the semifinal by Ranbir Das (RSCB), ♥ ♥ be seeking another term in from East. Not Q 5 J a Diamond, and then who came from behind to oust R Rajesh (LIC) 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, ♦ ♦ office when GANSF’s general wanting to open 7 Q J 9 8 proceed to cash the 11-6, 11-8. T Pradeepa (PSPB), Montu Ghosh (PSPB) and Nandita ♣ A T 8 7 6 4 2 ♣ J 9 5 body assembles at the Na- up Diamonds, remaining trumps. Saha (RSCB) also scored quarterfinal victories on Saturday.PTI tional Stadium on Sunday. West continued ♠ A K He would arrive at All the federation heads of with a Club. The ♥ A T 9 8 4 3 a four-card ending Prakash Amritraj dumps Kannan Olympic and non-Olympic Declarer won in ♦ K 5 4 3 with ♠ AK and ♦54 in sports bodies of the country Chandigarh: Second seed Prakash Amritraj outplayed Vijay Kan- the Dummy, dis- ♣ 3 the Closed hand and will be there to exercise their carding a Dia- ♠ J43 and ♦A in the nan in straight sets to win the second leg of the ITF men’s singles vote to elect a new body after mond from hand Dummy. If East satellite tournament here on Friday.In an one-sided final played at almost five years. the CLTA complex, Amritraj took just 70 minutes to beat Kannan 6- and quickly rat- ken the squeeze by keeps ♠ Q to three, “It’s become imperative ♦ 3, 6-1. Holding on to his serve throughout the match, Amritraj made that we seek a new mandate tled off six trumps. He pushing a Diamond at the Declarer cashes A his intention clear from the very first game of the final by attack- next cashed the ♠ AK first and gets back to the as some of the office bearers trick two?” was Dr Ash- ing the net and forcing Kannan to make some silly mistakes.AFP and reached the Dummy wani’s question. closed hand with a have lost their federation with ♦Ace, producing a Dr Ashwani himself an- Spade to enjoy the last seats since 1998 when we had two-card ending with ♠ J swered the question in Diamond. Chhattisgarh clinch girls crown our last elections,” said Mal- hotra on Saturday. Malhotra and ♦Ten in the Dummy the latter part of the mail. Ludhiana: Chhattisgarh girls dethrowned holders Kerala 83-57 in If East keeps two dia- said the GANSF would dis- and ♦K5 in the Closed The Diamond switch the 54th Junior Basketball Championship which concluded here on monds, the Declarer cus various issues through hand. East was plays havoc with the De- ♠ Saturday. Right from the word go, Chhattisgarh dominated their cashes AK first... which non-Olympic sports squeezed in Diamonds fancied rivals, giving hardly any room to the defending champions clarer’s entries as far as a like korfball, netball, tug-of- to fightback. At half time, the score read 34-25. M Pushpa (30), Par- and Spades. simple squeeze is con- swww.demicoma.com war or circle kabaddi could vati (23) and Bharti starred for the winners.PTI “Could West have bro- cerned. After the Dia- [email protected] be introduced in schools.

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22 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, June 15, 2003 SPORT Hawke Bay in fine shape Ferraris fastest Spurs one victory away from NBA crown New Delhi: Hawke Bay should lift the Colts Trial Stakes (gr I), the main event of the Ban- East Rutherford(New Jersey): Steve Kerr in- jumper from the corner, took two dribbles to Conference finals— the victory that got them galore races scheduled for Sunday. vented a new victory dance, a backward high- his right and knocked down a 15-footer on the here. Selections: Galilee Plate (div.II): 1,400m: 2.00pm: Bajo Grande 1, at Montreal GP step he unveiled after yet another clutch shot. run. A smile plastered across his face, his The next step will be closing out the Nets, Nationality 2, Fayetteville 3. His Majesty Plate (Div.II); 1,200m: Star of Wonder 1, Ne Tlus Ultra 2, North Berwick 3. Mahalakshmi Plate: Montreal: The setting was what sort of message does The seldom-used player with four champi- backpedaled downcourt kicking his heels high and the Spurs’ first chance will come at home 1,400m: Aldora 1, Clarentia 2, Red Flame 3. His Majesty Plate onship rings came through again for the in the air. Sunday night in Game 6. (div.I); 1,200m: Dramatic Heights 1, Legacy of Pride 2, Dream Zone perfect for a traditional that send out on the state Spurs, knocking down a pair of timely “My strut, a little Thomas Hearns. It felt Game 7, if necessary,will be in San Antonio 3. Colts Trial Stakes: 1,600m: Hawke Bay 1, Smart Supreme 2, Formula One showdown: of Formula One?’’ Brown Sugar jumpers and making a key steal late in the good,” Kerr said, referring to the former box- next Wednesday. The Ferrari cars were Stoddart started Fri- 3. Chamundi Hill Cup: 1,400m: Fabulous Jet 1, Saratoga Sizzle 2, fourth quarter as San Antonio defeated the ing champion. Kerr is the only player on either roster to Attorney 3. TV Reddi Memorial Plate: 1,600m: Bernstein 1, Star once again dominant and day’s battle at the Canadi- Eaglle 2, Dilmangemore 3. Elusive Pimpernel Plate: 1,100m: Brush New Jersey Nets 93-83 Friday night to take a 3- It was the latest heroic postseason chapter have played in a championship series that was the little teams struggled an Grand Prix by with- With Fame 1, Flox 2, Super Celebrity 3. Galilee Plate (div.I): 1,400m: 2 lead in the NBA Finals. for Kerr, whose resume from this postseason tied 2-2, doing it in 1997 with the Chicago Bulls. Astor 1, Temple Town 2, Star Again 3. to compete. On a day when drawing his support for Ferrari teammates Rubens Kerr took only two shots and made them includes a 4-for-4 performance from 3-point He didn’t enter the game until early in the final Fond Fantasy wins: Fond Fantasy (B Prakash atop) claimed the Fil- proposed technical rules lies Trial Stakes (gr I) at the Bangalore races held on Saturday. Barrichello and Michael both to help the Spurs score 15 of the game’s fi- range in a 23-0 run the Spurs used to defeat the quarter, then displayed all the poise of some- changes because the man- Fiorenzza (Mrs Silva Storoi astride) turned out to be the runner-up, Schumacher posted the nal 22 points. On his second shot, Kerr faked a Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the Western one who has done this many times before. AP while Ramjet (P Kamlesh up) finished third. two fastest times in a rainy ufacturer-backed F1 teams pre-qualifying session for have failed to give Minardi the Canadian Grand Prix, and the Jordan team funds a battle broke out Friday they allegedly promised to between the Minardi help them compete. AP team and his big spend- ing competitors. It stemmed from the apparent collapse of a ‘‘Fighting Fund,’’ money that was to help the low- budget teams compete. ‘‘The fourth-oldest team in F1 deserves to survive ... but you can’t keep competing with budgets that are 20 times your budget,’’ said Minardi team own- er Paul Stoddart. ‘‘If we don’t have 10 teams, My team has been doing a great job By Giancarlo Fisichella ter Heinz-Harald Frentzen slammed into the barriers I am always disappointed at the swimming pool. to finish a race without Thinking of safety im- any points, especially a tough race like Monaco. provements for a moment, But, hey, we had a reliable I was relieved that my for- package and for that rea- mer teammate Jenson But- son I would like to thank ton had not suffered any my team. I know they have long-term damage after been working flat-out to his heavy accident exiting provide Ralph and myself the tunnel. The circuit au- with reliable cars and they thorities and the FIA have did a great job as both our done a great job with the Jordan-Fords were run- level of safety now and for ning strongly at the finish. sure Jenson benefited Grand Prix day at Mona- from wearing the HANS co is just incredible; the device. Atlas F1/Gameplan grid is packed with more celebrities than at any other Grand Prix and the yachts in the harbour seem to get bigger and better each year. As the pack left the grid at the begin- ning of the race, I made a great start and man- aged to get past Jacques Villeneuve for 11th place. I then chased hard after Cristiano da Matta when the safety car was brought out af-

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