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KOLKATA NEW DELHI SILIGURI BHUBANESWAR www.thestatesman.net e-mail: [email protected] 26 AUGUST 2012 12+4+12 LC Rs 3.50 Short Takes ‘MEDIA HOUSES PAYING PEOPLE TO MANUACTURE CANARDS’ Judges should not seek to rule: CJI Apple winner in NEW DELHI, 25 AUG:Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia today said CM attacks media judges should not govern the cou- ntry or evolve policies, and should patent battle apply the enforceability test on statesman news service some verdicts, such as making the “right to sleep” a fundamental KOLKATA, 25 AUG: Chief minister right. The CJI, who was delivering a Mamata Banerjee today alleged that a with Samsung lecture here, also wondered what would happen if section of the media was paying money to the executive refused to comply with the judiciary’s some people to manufacture canards NEW YORK, 25 AUG: In a massive victo- g The jurors directives that may not be enforceable. pti about her government. ry in its patent case against Samsung, details on page 5 found that Miss Banerjee who was speaking at a technology giant Apple has been award- Samsung had resh flare-up in lower Assam Trinamul Congress Yuva programme said: ed more than $ 1 billion in damages after infringed upon GUWAHATI, 25 AUG:3ive persons were killed in fresh “Now media is run by business houses. a jury in California found that the South six of the violence in lower Assam's Chirang district today They instruct their journalists to spread Korean firm violated a series of Apple's Apple taking the toll to 85 since ethnic trouble erupted last canards. I have been told by Mr -irhad patents related to the software and patents, month. The five were stabbed to death at around Hakim (the state urban development design of mobile devices. including 5:30 pm at Chaoudharipara at Bijni in the district, minister) that he has heard that sums of The nine jurors in the case reached patents covering the physical Assam IGP (law and order) L R Bishnoi said. between Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh are a verdict after answering more than design of the iPhone and the Additional security forces were rushed to the spot being paid (to participants of talk shows) 700 questions in a verdict form over “pinch-to-zoom” feature in and the area sealed, Mr Bishnoi said. pti for making such statements on television. three days of deliberations in a San Apple products that details on page 5 These people even go further to lodge Jose court in California. magnifies an image diaries with police if necessary and then According to the verdict, Apple's g All seven of Apple’s patents ive killed in Purulia accident were found valid; PURULIA, 25 AUG:A man was beheaded and a withdraw it.” patents were valid and the company “Just because you own a channel, you did not violate any of Samsung's Apple did not woman had her legs torn off when two vehicles sma- violate any of shed into each other this morning. 3ive people were cannot incite rapes and suicides. Speak the patents. truth. Do not incite crime,” the chief min- An Apple spokeswoman said in a Samsung’s killed and 10 seriously injured in the accident in whi- patents ch a pickup van carrying newspapers from Kolkata ister thundered. “Now they have picked statement that the verdict sends a up rapes to highlight. -irst there is break- “clear message that stealing isn't right. g Apple had to Purulia collided head-on with a lorry on 60A, the listed 28 Bankura-Purulia highway, this morning at Joynagar- ing news. Then there is a contradiction. The mountain of evidence presented Samsung Hutmura near Purulia town. sns (details on page 3) This carries on for two days. Do not treat during the trial showed that Samsung's products in Missing girl’s body found, rape alleged politicians like guinea pigs,” she said. copying went far deeper than even we the case BARRACKPORE, 25 AUG:The body of a 10-year-old “If the complaints are genuine, the knew... We make these products to girl who had been missing for two days was found administration will take steps. I'm the first delight our customers, not for our patents, including patents covering the today. Her family members say she was raped and person to take stringent action against the competitors to flagrantly copy.” physical design of the iPhone and the then murdered. The body was recovered from crime. But if you lie, police will lodge Reacting to the verdict, Samsung “pinch-to-zoom” feature in Apple Panihati Ghat by area residents, police said. They diaries against you. Certain things can be said it would ask the court to overturn products that magnifies an image. say they found the mark of a noose around the little tolerated for a certain time, but not all the the verdict and also plans to appeal in They found all seven of Apple's girl's neck. sns (details on page 3) time,” Miss Banerjee said. a higher court. Samsung said the ver- patents valid and also decided that She said a section of the media is work- dict “should not be viewed as a win for Apple did not violate any of the five Neil Armstrong is dead ing hand-in-glove with the CPI-M to vilify Apple, but as a loss for the American patents as alleged by Samsung. WASHINGTON, 25 AUG:Neil the state government. Mamata Banerjee speaks at the Trinamul Yuva programme. sns consumer. It will lead to fewer choices, Samsunghad sought over 422 mil- Armstrong, the US astronaut This section of the media, she said, is less innovation, and potentially higher lion dollars from Apple for violation of who in 1969 became the misleading the people by dishing out half- "During the Left -ront regime only six Territorial Administration election. prices.” Samsungsaid the verdict isits patents. first man to set foot on the truths and falsehoods about alleged inci- six newborn care units were set up but She asked the youth brigade of her not the “final word” in the case or in The closely-watched trial provided a moon, died today at the age dents of rape and molestation. within one and a half years we have creat- party to disseminate information about “battles being waged in courts and tri- rare glimpse into the workings of the of 82. Armstrong had Miss Banerjee complained that these ed 22 such units,'' she said. the performance of her government bunals around the world, some of companies, particularly Apple, which undergone heart surgery days the media hardly takes up the issues "Anyone committing suicide, they will through social networking. which have already rejected many of has remained secretive about is opera- just weeks back, and his of the downtrodden. She said that Press project as the farmers committing suicide. She also instructed state finance minis- Apple's claims.” tions. family said in a statement Council chairman Markandey Katju had And now these media houses are doing a ter Amit Mitra to lodge police -IRs over Apple had listed 28 Samsungprod- The companies had to divulge sales that he passed away also written to her about it. roaring business by dishing out false cases the disappearance of a number of govern- ucts in the case and had accused the figures, business negotiations and following complications “Mr Katju had earlier criticised us. He of rape and molestation,'' she charged. ment files from the state finance depart- South Korean company of infringing internal memos. resulting from cardiovascular procedures, according to US media reports. He had celebrated can do so. But now he has written a letter Miss Banerjee claimed that no other ment. She said these files had gone miss- seven patents. Later, Samsunghad Apple executives also revealed his 82nd birthday on 5 August. Armstrong comma- to me on the present-day media to which I state government has achieved the level of ing at about the time the previous Left alleged that some models of the never-before-heard stories about the nded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the will reply,” the Trinamul chief said. progress that her government had done in -ront government was voted out of power. Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch things going on at Apple, including moon on 20 July 1969. Armstrong’s words ~ She said a section of the media first tried only 16 months. She listed as her govern- She said there was uncertainty over the had infringed on five of its patents. that designers huddle together around "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap to say that her government will divide West ment's successes the restoration of peace continuance of the UPA government and Jurors decided in favour of Apple a kitchen table at the company's head- for mankind" ~ as he first stepped on the moon Bengal and when it proved to be false, they both in the Hills and also in Junglemahal, the Trinamul Congress was trying its best and found that Samsunghad quarters to come up with new prod- endure as one of the best known quotes in the raised false propaganda over crib deaths. highlighting the recent Gorkhaland to ensure that it does not collapse. infringed upon six of the Apple ucts and designs. pti English language. Armstrong and his wife, Carol, whom he married in 1999, made their home in the Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill, but he had largely stayed out of public view in recent years. pti Autos strike for right to carry 5 passengers Lokmanya’s voice BJP in no mood to compromise KOLKATA, 25 AUG: Auto-rickshaws in Salt The striking auto-rickshaw drivers said the Mr Mitra today urged the auto-rickshaw NEW DELHI, 25 AUG:Rubbishing the “no loss” Lake went off the road today following a strike state government had earlier turned down operators to cooperate with police and warned argument of the government in the allocation of coal called by the drivers demanding that they their proposal to hike fares. Now, the minister them that stern action would be taken if they block, the BJP today made it clear that it is in no mo- should be allowed to carry five passengers and has framed new guidelines that would not be flout the new guidelines. He said many unau- recording found od to allow Parliament to function till its demand for a hike in auto fares. Auto-rickshaw operators possible for them to follow. They added that thorised auto-rickshaws are plying in the city PUNE, 25 AUG: A rare audio recording of Lokmanya Tilak done 97 years Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation is affiliated to the Trinamul Congress and the Citu they will have to be given money to buy uni- and its neighbourhood and he is sitting with ago, believed to be the only one of its kind, has now come to light. met. The Congress, meanwhile, challenged the BJP have joined the strike. forms. Auto-rickshaw operators in Salt Lake the union leaders to resolve the issue. The While a vast collection of Lokmanya's articles and books have been to bring a no-confidence motion against the UPA carefully preserved over the momentous years at the Kesari trust library government instead of stalling Parliament’s proce- State transport minister Madan Mitra had deadline to regularise unauthorised auto-rick- edings over the issue. sns met with auto-rickshaw operators at Writers’ auto-cracy shaws has been extended till January 2013. “But here, audio recordings of his voice were not available, according to Mr details on page 5 Buildings on Tuesday to discuss the need to dis- if the operators disobey the guidelines, we have Dipak Tilak, the great grandson of Lokmanya, who had famously cipline errant auto drivers. It was declared at the alleged that police imposed fines on them and no other choice but to take stern action against declared “Swarajya is my birthright”. PM’s iran visit meeting that autos will be allowed to carry only seized a few vehicles over the last three days as them, including seizure of their driving licence,” Tilak’s voice had been captured during the recording of a music con- NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Prime Minister Manmohan four passengers. Mr Mitra had also said at the they were carrying more than four passengers. he said. Incidentally, Bajaj Auto, manufacturer cert held in Pune on 21 September 1915 to celebrate the Ganesh festi- Singh will leave for Iran on 28 August to attend the meeting that police would impose fine if they Long queues of commuters were seen of the majority of the passenger auto-rickshaws val ~ started by Tilak to mobilise the masses ~ which was done by one Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit, which will be are found carrying more than four passengers. standing at auto-rickshaw stands near plying in the city, has recommended that the Seth Lakhmichand Narang. A connoisseur of music, Narang had carried preceded by bilateral talks with Iran's supreme leader He asked all auto drivers to wear uniforms car- Ultadanga station, Sector V, Karunamoyee, vehicles should carry only three passengers and a US-made recording machine with him to record the famous classical Ayotollah Ali Khemani and President Mahmoud Ahm- rying their name and licence number. Laboni and City Centre. that the front seat should be empty. sns singers of the time ~ Master Krishnarao, Pandit Bhaskarbua Bakhale adinejad. A host of meeting with the leaders of other NAM countries, including Pakistan, is also likely to and Narayanrao Rajhans alias Balgandharva ~ who were invited by take place on the sidelines of the 16th NAM Summit, Tilak for the festival held at “Kesari wada”. foreign secretary Mr Ranjan Mathai said here. pti The minute-long recording of Tilak's voice intermixed in the record- Prithvi-II successfully test-fired Politics over medal winners ing of the concert is accidental. In the recording, Tilak is heard appeal- ing to a mammoth gathering turned out for the concert to keep quiet. BALASORE, 25 AUG:The nuclear-capable Prithvi-II “It is my wish that the audience should maintain ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km was today ranjeet singh jamwal to Hyderabad) have “Haryana connections”, silence. I will not tolerate noisy interrup- successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range all three were given cash rewards by the state tions. People can go out but the concert near here as part of user trials by the Army. pti CHANDIGARH, 25 AUG: How many sportsp- along with Dutt according to the colour of should be conducted as per the sched- ersons from Haryana won medals in the Lon- their medal. While the silver medallist was ule,” Lokmanya is heard saying in Marathi, don Olympics? The Bhupinder Singh Hooda given Rs 1.5 crore, the remaining three according to an account kept by Suhas and government and the Opposition parties in the bronze medallists were given Rs 1 crore each. Sudhir Datar, grandsons of Bakhale state have different answers for this question. But the INLD and HJC allege Dutt was dis- and grand daughter-in-law Shail- Weather The Hooda government claims four ~ criminated against as the “outside players” aja Datar. A reference about the Yogeshwar Dutt (bronze in wrestling) and also got cash rewards from their respective incident is found in a book Yesterday’s readings Maximum temp. up to 5.30 p.m. was 33.1°C (+1) Sushil Kumar (silver medal in wrestling), state governments – Delhi in Kumar’s case written by Master Krishnar- Minimum temp. up to 8.30 a.m. was 26.4°C (0). Relative humidity Max.95%, Min.74%. Sun sets today at 5.59 p.m; rises tomorrow at 5.18 Saina Nehwal (bronze in badminton), and and Andhra Pradesh in the case of Nehwal ao in which he had men- a.m. Relative humidity at 8.30 a.m: 88% (+4) and at 5.30 p.m: 80% (-3) Gagan Narang (bronze in shooting) ~ out of and Narang. They contend the Hooda gov- tioned the intervention by Rainfall: 1.2 mm India's six medal winners in the Olympics are ernment should have given a bigger cash Tilak at the concert to Hooghly river tides at Garden Reach Aug 26 Low 3.04 a.m. 2.49 mt from Haryana or “associated” with the state, Clockwise from top left: Narang, Nehwal, reward to Dutt than to the outside players as calm the large audience. Aug 26 High 7.51 a.m. 5.11 mt Aug 26 Low 4.19 p.m. 2.68 mt but the Opposition parties are not impressed. Dutt and Sushil Kumar. file photo he was not given any cash reward by any According to Mr Aug 26 High 8.33 p.m. 4.73 mt The main Opposition party, Indian other state government. Mr Chautala said the Dipak Tilak, who is also City Max Min Light rain in some areas. National Lok Dal (INLD) and Haryana Janhit event,” says INLD leader Mr Abhay Singh chief minister is misleading the state on the chairman of the Tilak Delhi 31 26 Stormy Maximum and minimum Congress (HJC) maintain that only Dutt rep- Chautala, who is also the president of the number of players who won Olympic medals. Trust, the recording, Mumbai 31 26 Stormy temperature will be around 33°C resents the state and the achievements of the Indian Boxing -ederation. He said as Dutt got less money as compared the only one available Chennai 34 26 Stormy and 26°C respectively. Bangalore 26 19 Stormy other three had nothing to do with Haryana. As the Hooda government maintains Ku- to outside players, he has a right to feel igno- of Lokmanya's voice, “He (Mr Hooda) claims that four of the mar (who comes from a village near Najafg- red by his home state. Alleging injustice to had been preserved by Hyderabad 30 23 Stormy Moon rises today at Indian medallists belong to the state. But arh in south West Delhi), Nehwal (born in Dutt, HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi also charged Mukesh Narang, grandson Siliguri 32 26 Stormy 1.40 p.m. sets except for Dutt, the other three never repre- Hisar but based in Hyderabad) and Narang that Mr Hooda is shortchanging the Haryana of Seth Lakhamichand. pti Bhubaneswar 31 26 Stormy at 12.00 a.m. Patna 34 28 Stormy 3ull Moon Aug 31 sented Haryana at any level in any sporting (whose grandparents migrated from Panipat player for the sake of false pride. C M Y K

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C M Y K 3 KOLKATA 26 AUGUST 2012 LOCAL ive killed in accident on Bankura-Purulia highway

statesman news service Stir after accident death PURULIA, 25 AUG: A man was beheaded and a woman had her legs DURGAPUR, 25 AUG: Local residents clashed with torn off when two vehicles smashed into each other this morning. policemen at Kalipahari crossing on NH 2 in Asansol after a man was killed in a road mishap this morning. !ive people were killed and 10 seriously injured. Kusum Nunia (35) was killed when his scooter was hit A pickup van carrying newspapers from Kolkata to Purulia col- by a bus at Kalipahari. His sister who was riding pillion lided head-on with a lorry on 60A, the Bankura-Purulia highway, was injured and was admitted to hospital in a critical this morning at Joynagar-Hutmura near Purulia town, under condition. The driver of the bus is absconding. The locals Muffashil police station. organised a road block of NH2 for one hour to protest The pickup was running at ferocious speed toward Purulia and rash driving. Two policemen from Asansol (South) PS the lorry was coming from the other direction. Witnesses said both were assaulted by the crowd. sns vehicles tried to cross a culvert at the same time and collided. Two passengers of the van died on the spot. Eleven injured peo- tim was beheaded on the spot and the legs of a woman were instant- ple were rescued by area residents and rushed to Deben Mahato ly amputated from her body in the accident. Police expressed grati- Sadar Hospital in Purulia, where three of the injured lost their tude to the local people for their wholehearted and outstanding lives, including the driver of the van. The driver and helper of the cooperation, without which the death toll would have been higher. lorry remain at large. Some of the relatives of the dead admitted that the practice of At the hospital morgue, the dead bodies were lying in a row: paying cheap fares to travel by newspaper vans has been going on Governor M K Narayanan on Saturday handed over a cash award of Rs 5,000 and a citation each to 98 Sadhucharan Mahato (26), the driver of the van, from Arjunjora vil- for years. The drivers take passengers to earn extra money. meritorious students at a programme organised by the Mamraj Agarwal %oundation at Raj Bhavan. The awardees lage under Hura police station; Thandi Kaibarta (55), of A police officer, who asked not to be named, admitted that this included 39 boys and 59 girls who performed outstandingly in this year's school-final, higher secondary, under Lodhudka under Hura police station; Manoj Kaibarta (48); and has long been a practice. When the vans get late, their drivers graduate, masters and MBBS examinations. They came from 15 districts in the state. sns Kalyani Bauri (55). The identity of the fifth victim was unknown. handle the vehicles recklessly, which can cause accidents, the officer The initial impact of the accident was so huge that one male vic- said. Corporates KMC to manufacture trident invited to Body of missing girl found, lamp-posts to cut costs family says she was raped statesman news service placed an order for 400 lamp-posts. Trinamul run buses statesman news service statesman news service Congress Rajya Sabha MPs ~ Mr Mukul Roy, 14-year-old raped and killed KOLKATA, 25 AUG: In order to cut down the pro- Mr Debabrata Bandopadhyay and Mr Srinjay Basu BARRACKPORE, 25 AUG: The MALDA, 25 AUG: A 14-year old, Class IX student KOLKATA, 25 AUG: To increase curement cost of trident light lamp-posts, the ~ have already given Rs 6 crore to install trident body of a 10-year-old girl who from Mathurapur under Manikchak police station revenue and provide better ser- Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will now lamps. A scheme has been taken to install trident had been missing for two days was allegedly murdered after being raped while going vices, the state transport depart- manufacture them at its Entally workshop. lamps from Ultadanga to Barasat via VIP Road. was found today. Her family back home from tuition this morning, informed police. ment has invited corporate hous- The KMC is spending Rs 5365 to buy each tri- Meanwhile, at a meeting held in the chamber of members say she was raped and The state women development minister, Mrs Sabitri es to run buses. dent lamp-post while its own manufacturing cost the municipal commissioner it was decided that then murdered. Mitra visited the deceased’s residence to console the A tender in this regard was will be Rs 2100. proper and uniform distance between trident light- Police said the body was recov- family. The district superintendent of police said they issued by the department today. Manufacturing cost will go down further once posts will have to be ensured. A senior civic official ered from Panihati Ghat by area have started an investigation and the culprits would be Transport minister Madan KMC starts bulk production. The KMC has so far said till now no rule was being followed to ensure residents. They say they found arrested soon. sns Mitra said these buses will pro- spent Rs 27 crore to buy trident lamps. Had KMC uniform spacing between two lamp-posts. The offi- the mark of a noose around the vide better facilities to people. waited for some time till its trident lamp-posts were cial said that indiscriminate installations of trident little girl's neck. Her body has bers lodged complaints with All these buses will be air-condi- ready, it could have saved at least Rs 5 crore lights on Lenin Sarani and Lalbazar has made the been sent for a post-mortem. police. tioned and will possess mobile Mr Tarak Singh, member, mayor-in-council (in area look uglier. At Kankurgachi two trident lights She lived with her mother at After the body was recovered, and laptop chargers. Commuters charge of Entally workshop and tubewell) said have been installed on two sides of an electrical her grandfather's house on about 4 p.m. today, Congress will, however, have to pay a high- KMC is giving Rs 200 as incentive to each worker transformer, he said. Left !ront councillors have Burning Ghat Road in Noapara. leader Samrat Tapadar went to er fare to travel in these buses. engaged in the manufacture of the lamp-posts. already demanded a probe in the procurement of Her father has been missing for the police station to voice Considerations are being made Mr Singh has written to the principal secretary trident lamps. The civic authorities have placed years. The girl was last seen at concern over the incident. Area to fix the fare for nine kilometres municipal affairs department requesting him to orders with 200 firms to supply trident lamps. the Purono Saswan Ghat at residents demonstrated at the to Rs 25. ask the municipalities to buy trident lamp-posts Orders of less than Rs 5 lakhs were placed with Noapara.When she did not station, demanding a CID inves- A meeting will be held at from KMC.Maheshtala municipality has already each companies to avoid the tender committee. return home, her family mem- tigation. Writers' Buildings on Monday to decide on the fare structure. Mr Madan Mitra said the corporate houses will not be allowed to Presidency mentor resigns Cop commits Chief minister criticised charge an exorbitant fare. KOLKATA, 25 AUG: Professor Sukanta Chaudhuri, a former teacher Each company will have to of Jadavpur University has resigned from Presidency Mentor Group, suicide, pay around Rs 74,000 per dissatisfied over the growing discrimination in the way the govern- for crimes against women month to the department, said ment is treating other state universities and Presidency University. blames seniors statesman news service Mr Mitra. Among other steps to attract the best of faculty for Presidency He said that the buses will be University, the state government had announced special research and KOLKATA, 25 AUG: A sub- KOLKATA, 25 AUG: Chief minster Mamata run on the ‘profitable’ and ‘pop- development funds amounting to Rs 1 lakh, 2 lakhs, 3 lakhs and 4 inspector of the Kolkata Police Banerjee came in for sharp criticism for rising ular’ routes within Kolkata, lakhs for various ranks of teachers, including assistant professors, committed suicide at his incidents of violence against women in the between the city and the suburbs associate professors, professors and distinguished chair professors Vidyasagar Pally residence in state at a women's convention today. and on long distance routes. respectively. In a note of dissent, submitted last year to chief minis- Baguiti today morning. His "Though there were cases of violence To begin with, 50 such buses ter Mamata Banerjee, along with the first report of the mentor body was found hanging from against women during the previous regime, it will be introduced between group, Prof.Chaudhuri had made it clear that he did not subscribethe ceiling of his room. did not claim that it had done enough Barasat to Howrah via to the proposal of offering an extra package to the faculties of The suicide note of Kartik for the cause of women," former CPI- Dharamtalla soon. Presidency University. sns Chattopadhyay (50), posted at M MLA Kumkum Chakraborty Park Street police station states said at a convention organised by the victim was suffering from Santi Gantantra Sanhati depression after he was allegedly Mancha. “insulted” and “mentally tor- "But now incidents of violence Cyclist body demands right of way tured” by his seniors. Mrs Ruma against women are occurring statesman news service avoid traffic jam and maintain mobility. Chattopadhyay, found her hus- almost daily" Ms Chakraborty On 11 August 2008, former police commissioner band hanging from the ceiling of said. "But though the chief minis- KOLKATA, 25 AUG: Members of Cycle Arohi Mr Goutam Mohan Chakraborty issued an order a room and called the neigh- ter is a woman and claims to poss- Adhikar O Jibika Raksha Committee will stage a banning cycling in 38 streets in the city. The num- bours and subsequently the es a positive mindset, she is saying demonstration on 27 August near Hazra crossing ber went up later. police were informed. Ms these are conspiracies" she said. demanding the creation of cycling zones. Last year, in December, members of the commit- Chattopadhyay told police her "It is time for those who had earlier Members of the committee alleged they are often tee had requested city traffic police to allow plying husband was under severe hit the streets demanding **parivartan harassed, with police often slapping fines when of bicycles on a number of roads, including depression for sometimes. Mr (change) to raise their voices in protest they ride bicycles on city roads. Mr Raghunath Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, Gariahat Road, Rajeev Kumar, Commissioner of against these incidents" Ms Rina Ghosh Bhattarcharjee, convener of the committee said Ballygunge Circular Road, Park Circus, Tollygunge, Bidhannagar Police, also visited Roy, a senior leader of CPI-M womens' traffic police introduced no-cycling zones in the city Kidderpore, Southern Avenue, Hazra Road and the spot. A senior police officer wing said. "The chief minister was in 2008 claiming that cycles are slow. Palm Avenue. The proposal was however turned from Bidhannagar said they are ushered in with great hope and the A senior police officer of the traffic department down. examining the suicide note. It is many women in the state placed their said the order was issued under the provisions of Mr Bhattacharjee said the organisation will being probed whether the victim faith on her which is belied by the Traffic Regulation Act 1965 which say that traffic launch an agitation in the city in the near future if was being tortured by his government's handling of these inci- police can control slow-moving vehicles in order to the police do not relent. seniors.sns dents" she added. PWD recruits group D staff on ad hoc basis

anindita chowdhury The Statesman had reported on 11 May that it appeared that 50 applications for Group D posts, most are lying KOLKATA, 25 AUG: The state public works depart- either with the secretary or the minister, since they ment (PWD) has begun recruiting Group D staff the state was trying furtively to recruit party supporters for could not figure out a way to go about the recruit- members on an ad hoc basis for its directorate of government jobs. The tiny advertisement did not mention ment without contravening the rules. roads. "My minister has said that he would approve it !ifty-five candidates apparently applied through which government agency or department had placed it, saying but who will initiate the file? So the applications are post box number 1146 in response to an advertise- only that a few departments, agencies and societies of the lying locked in my locker," said a departmental secre- ment which appeared in an insignificant corner of tary. page seven of the Bengali daily Sakalbela on 30 state government were seeking applications for Group D posts There have been a few conflicts between ministers March. on a temporary basis due to exigency. and officials resulting in the transfers of the latter, The Statesman had reported on 11 May that it particularly in those departments where candidates appeared that the state was trying furtively to recruit panchayat elections. secretaries of PWD and PWD (Roads), the officer-on- selected by the Public Service Commission were not party supporters for government jobs. Every department was sent 50 applications, filled special duty to the minister-in-charge and the execu- given appointments because they cleared the exami- The tiny advertisement did not mention which in, with photographs attached, and “instructions” tive engineer of the city division. Two senior person- nation during the Left regime. Nearly 2,900 success- government agency or department had placed it, that the applicants should be recruited for Group D al assistants to the departmental minister and secre- ful candidates were not given appointments in the saying only that a few departments, agencies and posts on an ad hoc basis. They were also given a tary, respectively, were asked to assist the commit- health department, and another 100 in the food societies of the state government were seeking appli- copy of the decision of a Cabinet meeting in tee. After the testimonials of the candidates were department after the new government came in. cations for Group D posts on a temporary basis due November to recruit 3,000 casual workers for Group checked, a list of 55 names was drawn up. The addi- Even members of the Trinamul-backed unions to exigency. At the same time, printed application D posts temporarily. PWD even formed a commit- tional five names had apparently come from a local are unhappy. "We have fought against this for 35 forms mentioning this post box number were doing tee to conduct interviews on 11 August at the PWD Trinamul MP.All the candidates came from southyears. We got jobs during the CPI-M regime only the rounds in Trinamul Congress circles, sparking guesthouse in Kolkata, according to an order Kolkata, including Alipur, Bhawanipore and Harish because of exams conducted by the Public Service suspicion that it was a clandestine attempt to induct (85/SPW/ 2012) issued by the departmental secre- Mukherjee Road. Most of the candidates passed Commission. But our own government is following party sympathisers into government jobs before the tary. The committee is comprised of the two joint Class VIII. Although all departments have received in their footsteps," said a member of a union. 4 KOLKATA 26 AUGUST 2012 LOCAL TENDER Youth killed BEHRAMPORE, 25 Expression of interest AUGUST: A 25 year-old ABRIDGED NOTICE INVITING TENDER NO. 03 OF youth, Dhananjoy 2012-2013 Mondal from Borderpara Executive Engineer(A-l) Siliguri (A-l) Investigation & Planning Division, area of Raninagar police sought from SP group Shibmandir, Siliguri, invites sealed tender vide N.I.T. No. 03 of station in Murshidabad 2012-2013 for construction of field channel in Teesta Command Area in the District of Jalpaiguri. was shot dead allegedly statesman news service been mentioned in Mr Mistry's letter include hydro Last date of application for purchases of tender documents is by BS* jawans posted thermal power plant, deep sea port, construction 18.09.2012 up to 16.00 hours and Last date of receiving tender along the Indo-Bangla KOLKATA, 25 AUG: The state government will of roads, highways and expressways, hospitals, IT documents is 26.09.2012 up to 14.00 hrs. Details will be available on border. Mondal was seek expression of interest from the leading con- park, real estate, water treatment, purification and all working days in this office from 12.00 noon to 4.00 P.M. up to engaged in fishing this struction company, Shapoorji Pallonji, to invest in recycling and aerospace and defence. This apart, 29.09.2012. morning when a bullet Sd/- fired from a nearby BS* a deep-sea port, an IT park, power plant, hydro the company has also expressed eagerness to set Executive Engineer(A-l) Siliguri (A-l) electricity, airports and construction of roads in the up night shelters and vagrant homes as part of it's Investigation & Planning Division, Siliguri outpost killed him instantly. sns state. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. Memo No. 378(3)/SDI&CO/SLG. Date: 24-08-2012 Six new airports are to be set up in the state and Mr Mitra said the letter is encouraging and an it will be good if the company comes forward, said assessment is being made on the work that is being state finance minister Amit Mitra. carried out in these areas. 4ollowing which the gov- Mr Shapoor Mistry, group managing director of ernment will come up with specific projects and Shapoorji Pallonji, today wrote a letter to the the company will be approached, Mr Mitra said. finance minister "expressing interest to undertake It may be mentioned here that Mr Mistry held infrastructure projects in West Bengal." an hour-long meeting with chief minister Mamata The probable areas for investment that have Banerjee at Writers' Buildings few days back. Undertrial flees from Andal PS

Appendix 'A' to GE (I) 866/EWS Letter No. statesman news service 8332/117/E8 Dated: 31 July, 2012 DURGAPUR, AUG 25: An under- MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICES trial fled from the police lockup Garrison Engineer (I) 866 Engineer Works Section, in Andal Police Station in C/o 99 APO, invites applications for issue of tenders for the Durgapur early this morning. following work: The police has begun a search More Tender (a) "Manning and Operation of DG Sets at Electric but the inmate is still absconding. Power House at AF Sta. Carnicobar" Ads on Estimated Cost : Rs. 33.00 lakh at par market rates. The undertrial, Mithun Earnest Money : Rs. 49,500 in favour of GE (I) 866 EWS, Mondal, visited the toilet early Page 8 C/O 99 APO. in the morning accompanied by For further details refer 'Indian Trade Journal' a constable, but he managed to Dated 15 August, 2012. give him the slip. The OC, Andal PS, Mr Dibyendu Das said: " davp 10102/11/1374/1213 The miscreant fled crossing the CORRIGENDUM-I fencing of the PS leaving the FOR EXTENSION OF TOD policeman perplexed.” GOVERNMENT O INDIA Mithun Mondal had been MINISTRY OF DEFENCE arrested along with a accomplice ORDNANCE FACTORY MEDAK with fake currency notes from YEDDUMAILARAM-502205, MEDAK DIST. (A.P.) Bakhtiarnagar crossing on NH 2 in Andal PS area. The ACJM OPEN TENDER NOTICE Court in Durgapur ordered The General Manager, Ordnance Factory Medak, Yeddumailaram-502205, invites sealed bids in two seven days Police Custody for parts (Technical & Commercial) from eligible Indian bidders in Indian Rupees for the following item. them and the culprits were taken SI. No. T.E. NO. & DATE ITEM FOR READ back to the Andal PS. The lock- 01. 73010/OFMK/EOM/ CNC TOD: TOD: up and the entire Andal PS inci- OTE/RR/2-00362, UNIVERSAL 02-08-2012 30-08-2012 dentally is equipped with CCTV Dt.: 04-06-2012 LATHE AT AT to help round the clock surveil- QTY. 02 NOS. 15-00 HRS. 15-00 HRS. lance. This is not the first instance IMPORTANT NOTE: when such an incident has 1. Tenderers who have already submitted their offer (dropped in tender box) have full right to withdraw occured. Similar incidents hap- their previous offer and can submit afresh. Previously submitted offer can be collected by an autho- rized representative of the firm, carrying authority letter from the firm, during any working day pened in 2002 and 2008 tarnish- preferably on Thursdays, from 14-00 hrs. to 17-00 hrs. with prior intimation/appointment. Also, ten- ing the image of one of the best derer can submit a fresh offer stating that previous offer is superseded by the present offer clearly police stations in the state. indicating the offer number and date. 2. These tenders can be viewed/downloaded from Website: www.tenders.gov.in & submitted against these Tender Enquiries complete with Tender Fee, EMD and requisite documents as mentioned in our tender. Short Takes 3. Please address your correspondence to: THE GENERAL MANAGER Dengue on rise ORDNANCE FACTORY MEDAK SILIGURI, 25 AUG: Three YEDDUMAILARAM-502205 (A.P.) (ATTN: SHRI A.K. SHARMA, DGM/EOM) more persons have been Phone No.: 0091-40-2328 3275; Fax No.: 0091-8455-239074 admitted at government- Clearly indicating T.E. No. for which application is made. run hospitals and private FOR DETAILS PLEASE VISIT WEBSITE: www.tenders.gov.in facilities today with davp 10201/11/1344/1213 dengue symptoms. The number of suspected GOVERNMENT O INDIA, MINISTRY O DE ENCE dengue-afflicted persons has risen to five in Siliguri DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY sub-division over the past P.O. KANCHANBAGH, HYDERABAD-500058 (AP), INDIA 48 hours, informed the TELEPHONE: 24583204, TELEFAX: 24583242, FAX NO.: 040-24340078/24583242, GRAMS: MISLAB Darjeeling district deputy OPEN TENDER NOTICE chief medical officer, health, Mr Tulshi TENDER NOTICE NO. DRDL/22/07P/11/0536/CMM-1 Pramanik. 1. The Director, DRDL, on behalf of the President of India, desires to procure following stores from original manufacturer(s), accredited supplier(s). Official misuse RAIGANJ, 25 AUG: The Sl. Tender No. Nomenclature of the QTY. TENDER EMD No. Stores / Services FEE senior state Congress 1. DRDL/22/07P/11/0536/ TEST FACILITY AUGMENTATION 1 No. Rs. 500 Rs. 2,00,000 leader and RaiganjMP, CMM-1 TO INSTALL & COMMISSION Mrs Deepa Das Munshi SEMI FREE JET TEST FACILITY today alleged that the chief minister, Miss 2. For Tender Enquiry Nos. DRDL/22/07P/11/0536/CMM-1.The bids are to be submitted in Two-Bid pattern i.e. “Techno-Commercial Bid and Price Bid” in two separate sealed covers Mamata Banarjee is distinctly marked accordingly and sealed inside a single envelope which should be duly using the north Dinajpur superscribed with tender notice reference No., due date and due time. Two bids i.e. Techno- district administration to Commercial Bid and Price Bid should be identical in all respects except that the Techno- make her scheduled 30 Commercial Bid and Price Bid should have blank space at the places where prices have August public meeting at been stated in the Price Bid. Bids not received accordingly will not be accepted. Itahar a success. Miss 3. TERMS & CONDITIONS: Banerjee has instructed Issue of tender document : 22-08-12 to 26-09-12 up to 16-30 hrs. Last date of Acceptance of offers / tender : 27-09-12 at 17-00 hrs. the BDOs in the district Opening of tender (Techno-Commercial Bid only): 28-09-12 at 10-30 hrs. to gather people for the Opening of Price Bid : It will be intimated separately. meeting, Mrs Dasmunshi Quotation should be valid for a period of 180 days from the date of opening. said, adding that the chief 4. Purchase of tender: minister’s programme to a) The tender document containing detailed specification / drawing (if applicable) of the distribute Kishan Credit items with terms & conditions can be obtained by the original equipment manufacturers / Card and patta from the accredited suppliers from Director on any working day on payment of tender fee in the form of Demand Draft in favour of Director, DRDL, payable at Hyderabad. Tender docu- political pulpit is against ment fee is exempted for registered vendors. the norms of right b) Tender document can also be downloaded from DRDO website: www.drdo.org The firms governance. quoting on basis of downloaded from DRDO website should submit the tender fee and AIMS movement EMD along with the Price Bid. c) Tender documents are not transferable and cost of tender document is not refundable. SILIGURI, 25 AUG: The 5. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) in form of Bank Draft / Pay Order in favour of Director, DRDL state Congress president, is requested to be submitted by Indian bidders other than those registered with DGS&D, any Mr Pradip Bhattacharya Govt. Deptt. or any Lab. / Estt. of DRDO along with their quotation. If a bidder withdraws or today said in Siliguri that derogates from the tender in any respect within the period of validity of his tender then EMD his party would go for a will be forfeited. Bidders registered with any of above organizations must submit the proof of movement from 19 registration to avail exemption from EMD and Tender Fee. Draft / Pay Order for EMD should September, demanding be enclosed with Price Bid. 6. Credentials / Pre-qualification Criteria (PQ): The pre-qualification / post-qualification of prompt land acquisition bidder’s would be made based upon their capability, resources, capacity and experiences. for the proposed AIIMS- The bidders would be required to submit documentary evidence in support of above criteria type facility in Raiganj. along with their Techno-Commercial Bid. 7. Indian firm(s) should quote in Indian Rupees only on FOR destination basis. Custom Two killed Duty/Excise Duty excluded price should be quoted as necessary exemption certificates if SILIGURI, 25 AUG: Two applicable will be provided. Taxes and other levies, if any should be indicated separately. All persons were killed on relevant information except price should be available in the Techno-Commercial Bid. Detailed the spot while three Technical Literature / Data should also be enclosed with Techno-Commercial Bid for speedy others were injured as the processing. vehicle they were on 8. The sealed offers shall be submitted on or before due date. The Director, DRDL shall have rammed into a DEMU no responsibility for delay or non-receipt of tender documents sent by post. Offers received late, conditional offer, and incomplete offers will be summarily rejected. train at Gosaipur in the 9. The Director on behalf of the President of India does not bind himself to accept the lowest or Siliguri sub-division today, any other tender and reserves to himself the right to waive off any formality thereof or reject police said. any or all the tenders received without assigning any reason thereof. davp 10301/11/0288/1213 5 KOLKATA 26 AUGUST 2012 NATIONAL Five more killed in BJP digs in heels fresh Assam flare-up GUWAHATI/KAJALPUR, 25 AUG: Cive persons were killed in fresh over PM resignation violence in lower Assam's Chirang district today taking the toll to 85 since ethnic trouble erupted last month. The five were stabbed to death at around 5:30 pm at statesman news service Congress hits back at BJP Chaoudharipara at Bijni in the district, Assam IGP(Law and Order) L R Bishnoi told PTI. Additional security forces were rushed to the NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Amid the deadlock gripping THISSUR/KARAIKUDI (TN), 25 AUG: spot and the area sealed, Mr Bishnoi said. Parliament over the CAG report on allocation of Dubbing the coal block allocations The attacks came on a day when Karnataka deputy chief minister coal blocks during 2005-09 when Prime Minister controversy as a “non-issue,” the R Ashoka, on a three-day tour of the north-east, urged Northeast pro- Manmohan Singh was directly in charge of the coal Congress today challenged the BJP to fessionals and students, who had fled the southern state, to return ministry, the BJPtoday asserted that it would bringnot a no-confidence motion against the and assured protection and job guarantee. Mr Ashoka, who met sev- allow Parliament to function till the PM resigned UPA government instead of stalling eral students and professionals who had fled from Bangalore, said: ~ a demand dismissed by the Congress and the Parliament’s proceedings. The BJP would “There has been no major incident of violence in Karnataka. There party-led UPA government. not be bold enough to take such a course have only been a few verbal threats.” He expressed confidence that The BJPtoday also rejected as “preposterous”of action as it would not only expose its those who had fled his state would return soon. pti Union finance minister P Chidambaram’s claim “true colours” but also fissures in the BJP- led NDA, Congress spokesman and JPC yesterday that there was no loss in the allocation of chairman Mr P C Chacko told a meet-the- 57 coal blocks since there has not been any mining Press programme here. Short Takes of coal from them except one so far. Hitting out at the BJP for disrupting In its report, the CAG has held that the govern- Parliament on the coal block allocations NRHM: Paswan seeks CBI probe ment’s allocation of these coal blocks to private issue, finance minister P Chidambaram PATNA, 25 AUG: Claiming that the uteri of five lakh allottees had extended undue presumptive bene- today asked the party why it was not women have been removed in the past seven years fits of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to such private compa- ready for a debate, daring it to face under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), nies. Mr Chidambaram had yesterday rejected the questions on allocations made during the LJP supremo Ramvilas Paswan today demanded a CAG’s estimates of this presumptive loss to public NDA’s rule. “If the BJP has such a strong CBI probe in the sensational multi-crore scam. exchequer as “totally flawed”. case, why don't they debate the subject in Doctors of government and private hospitals Taking on Mr Chidambaram, the senior BJP Parliament?” he asked, reacting to BJP removed the vital organs from the bodies of women leader Mr Arun Jaitley today dismissed his “no- leader Mr Arun Jaitley's criticism of the who had come for treatment of various ailments loss theory” as “misleading”, “preposterous” and government and his assertion that his and gobbled up Rs 30,000 of insurance for each “false propaganda”. party is in no mood to allow Parliament to patient, Mr Paswan claimed at a dharna organised “Kapil Sibal had propounded the zero loss the- function till its demand for Prime Minister by his party. The doctors treating these women for ory in the 2G spectrum case, he had to eat his Manmohan Singh's resignation is met. pti minor ailments have played havoc with their health words...Chidambaram has not learnt lessons from and lives as there was a provision for withdrawal of Sibal’s bitter experience and has tried to take it fur- PM’s resignation is accepted. money from the patients’ smart cards after ther,” Mr Jaitley told a press conference. “Our strategy does not permit that we allow the treatment, the LJP chief alleged. pti He said once the coal blocks were allocated, the government to use Parliament to end this debate valuation of these private companies in the market without any accountability. We want the debate to AP CM in wait and watch mode Waterlogging due to the heavy rain in the Capital on Saturday. In Jammu and “sky-rocketed”. The right to mine lies with the allot- go on further,” Mr Jaitley said. HYDERABAD, 25 AUG: Andhra Pradesh minister Kashmir, five people, including three women, were killed and nine others injured in tees and not with the Government of India, said “There are occasions when obstruction in Dharmana Prasada Rao, facing corruption charge, rain-related incidents. sns Mr Jaitley. “The opportunity that the Government Parliament brings greater benefit to the country,” will be allowed to continue in his post for some more of India could have exploited now vests in private Mr Jaitley said. time as chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy appears hands,” he said. He said when the Opposition forced a wash-out to be in no hurry to accept his resignation letter. Mr “Instead of accepting that the government com- of the entire winter session of Parliament in 2010 to Reddy is said to be keen on protecting his colleague, Police warn against ‘gherao’ of PM, Sonia residences mitted a monumental blunder, fragile logic is being press for its demand for a Joint Parliamentary who holds the roads and buildings portfolio, from the NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: The erstwhile Team Anna was ministers of Opposition-ruled states Chhattisgarh invented to mislead the country. Is this kind of a Committee on the 2G spectrum allocation scam, CBI in Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's today warned by the Delhi Police against staging (Mr Raman Singh), Madhya Pradesh (Mr Shivraj logic an indication for which they want a that had led to “benefits” for the country. The BJP disproportionate assets case. pti protests outside the residences of the Prime Singh Chouhan) and Odisha (Mr Naveen Patnaik). Parliamentary debate? And then paralyse the PAC thus clearly seems to have dug in its heels, even as JL starts meeting Naga groups Minister, Mrs Sonia Gandhi and BJP chief Nitin Differences over targeting the BJP came to fore (Public Accounts Committee) with this kind of logic several other Opposition parties, including the KOHIMA, 25 AUG: Members of the Joint Legislators Gadkari here tomorrow even as differences cropped when Ms Kiran Bedi came out in public saying they so that the truth never comes out?” Mr Jaitley said, Left, the BJD and the TDP, want a discussion in 1orum of the Nagaland Assembly, led by Chief up among the activists on the issue of targeting the need to focus only on the party in power. However, adding that if the CM believes there was no loss Parliament and the PM’s explanation on the con- Minister Neiphiu Rio, today met leaders of the S S Opposition party on the coal block allocation issue. Ms Bedi and Mr Kejriwal sought to downplay the then he is “not the best custodian of India’s public troversy there. Asked if the BJPhad been “isolat- Khaplang-led NSCN (K) as part of an ongoing Police refused to give permission to India differences. exchequer”. ed” in its Parliament-stalling move, Mr Jaitley said exercise of meeting all Naga political groups to build Against Corruption, led by Mr Arvind Kejriwal, to “I fully support Kejriwal's call for Jantar Mantar “If somebody were to embezzle money from all parties, including UPA allies, will have to now a broad consensus on political negotiations with the hold a dharna at Jantar Mantar, from which they rally. While I feel we need to focus on party in Chidambaram’s bank account and transfer it to his decide whether they would like to be silent over government of India. pti plan to march for the gherao, seeking a fresh power, I respect his and others view to cover own illegally, Mr Chidambaram cannot complain the crucial question of “monumental corruption”. Rs 1 cr for 34 militancy-hit families undertaking to abide by stringent conditions to all...This is time for 'a united front against corrup- till that man withdraws money from the bank?.... Allow PM to make statement, says Shourie SRINAGAR, 25 AUG: The Jammu and Kashmir gover- avert any law-and-order problem. tion'. If we are fragmented, the corrupt will contin- Obviously, he (Chidambaram) suffers a loss the Cormer telecom minister Arun Shourie today said nment has sanctioned over Rs 1 crore in ex gratia to Two days after the activists announced that they ue to be in power to protect itself,” Bedi tweeted. moment he loses control over the money,”Mr Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should be 34 militancy-hit families in Bandipora district. pti will gherao Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Race Mr Kejriwal said Ms Bedi was “completely” with Jaitley said. allowed to make a statement on the coal block allo- Course Road residence and that of Mr Gadkari them and “there could be two viewpoints on any With Parliament’s proceedings being washed out cations controversy in the wake of the CAG's find- Measures to ensure girls’ safety here, Mr Kejriwal today said they will also protest issue. But he admitted that “her viewpoint is slight- this week, the BJPmaintained that it will continueings, saying the Opposition gained nothing by CHANDIGARH, 25 AUG: To prevent eve-teasing, outside the residences of Mrs Gandhi and chief ly different”. pti to stall both Houses until their demand for the stalling Parliament over the issue. including following girls at the end of the school hours, girl students in Punjab will now be allowed to go home 15 minutes before boys. According to the latest directions issued by Punjab’s director general of school education (DGSE), CJI: Judges should not rule nation, teachers will also be required to keep vigil near Akhilesh opposes deregulation school gates when the students at the end of the day. Instructions have been issued to the co- ‘right to sleep’ tough to enforce educational schools for not leaving girls alone in the of sugar and cane sector NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Chief Justice of India S of Constitutional Structure”, he was making classrooms and ensure presence of teacher in the H Kapadia today said judges should not gov- an apparent reference to the recent Supreme class all the time. The initiative has been taken statesman news service They would be free to defunct. He said the main ern the country or evolve policies and should Court judgment on the Ramlila Maidan following complaints from the parents of students purchase cane directly from task of these committees is apply the enforceability test on some verdicts police action against Ramdev’s supporters in against eve-teasing which is said to be playing a LUCKNOW, 25 AUG: Uttar Pradesh chief the outlying cane areas and to ensure that the suga- like making the “right to sleep” a fundamen- which the “right to sleep” was declared a fun- major role in increasing rate of drop-out of female minister Akhikesh Yadav has opposed procurement centres. This rcane produced by the tal right. damental right. students. The DGSE has also asked the police to the Central government’s proposal to could give rise to resent- members is fully utilised. Doing some frank introspection on the “Judges should not govern this country. deploy police control room vans near the school deregulate the sugar and cane sector. ment amongst cane grow- These committees also judiciary’s functioning, he also wondered We need to go by strict principle. Whenever during opening and closing hours. sns The chief minister voiced his views at ers of the reserved areas, make available fertilisers, what would happen if the executive refused you lay down a law, it should not interfere a meeting at his official residence on Mr Yadav said. They could seeds and insecticides to to comply with the judiciary’s directives that with governance. We are not accountable to A K Hangal put on life support Saturday with the chairman of the Prime set up many procurement members. may not be enforceable. people. Objectivity, certainty MUMBAI, 25 AUG: Veteran actor A K Hangal was put Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, centres in one village and none in Deregulation will adversely impact “Right to life, we have DON’T GOVERN, JUDGE enshrined in the basic princi- on life support today after his Mr C Rangarajan. another. This also could cause anger these committees, he added. The chief said, includes environmen- ples of the Constitution has condition worsened, doctors attending Explaining his government’s view, Mr amongst the growers, he added. minister said the proposed move is tal protection, right to live with dignity. Now to be given weightage,” he said, Mr Justice on him said. The 98-year-old was Yadav said the interests of the cane The chief minister told Mr anti-farmer, anti-people and not in the we have included right to sleep, where are we Kapadia said judges should go strictly by the admitted to Asha Parekh hospital in growers will not be ignored. He said a Rangarajan that with deregulation there interest of the law-and-order situation going? It is not a criticism. Is it capable of Constitutional principles which has clearly suburban Santacruz on 16 August. “He sizeable section of the farming commu- was the possibility of the exploitation of in the state. being enforced? When you expand the right, demarcate the separation of powers among is on a life support system. One of his nity was involved in sugarcane cultiva- small and marginal farmers. Influential Mr Yadav also raised the issue of the judge must explore the enforceability. the judiciary, the legislature and the execu- lungs is not functioning. He is also tion and the livelihoods of a number of people could set prices, buy cane from byproducts of sugarcane, including “Questions which judges must ask are, if it tive. having respiratory problems,” Dr Vinod Khanna, of people were dependant on activities small farmers, and sell it at higher prices molasses. He said ethanol made from is capable of being enforced. Judges must The CJI said judges must abide by the prin- Asha Parekh hospital told PTI. Mr Hangal slipped and related to this sector. to mill owners. This would lead to molasses is blended in petrol at 5 per apply enforceability test. Today if a judge pro- ciples of the Constitution while dealing with fell in his bathroom on 13 August, fracturing his right Referring to the Centre’s move to inequality and the beneficiaries would cent. This blending should be increased poses a policy matter, government says we Centre-state relations and federal policy femur (thigh) bone. The doctors could not operate on deregulate the sector, Mr Yadav (in be the big sugar mill owners, he said. to 10 per cent. In addition, there should are not going to follow. Are you going by way while dealing with matters arising out of him because of his weak condition. pti photo) said any such action would give The chief minister said the existing also be a hike in the ethanol rate of Rs of contempt or implement it?” he asked. scams and made it a point to clarify he was a free hand to the sugar mill owners. cane committees will gradually become 27 per litre being given to sugar mills. Delivering a lecture titled “Jurisprudence not mentioning the “coalgate” scandal. pti Cops want capital punishment Panel unhappy over lack of ‘Coastal security network for Mumbai gangster will enhance surveillance’ data on SC population MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Noting that guarding the Indian coastline MUMBAI, 25 AUG: Mumbai police’s Crime (contract to kill) from Sahebrao Bhintade and was a “challenging” and “herculean” task, defence minister A K Antony Branch (CB) today confirmed that it will seek Bala Surve, developers in a feud with today said implementation of the coastal surveillance network will capital punishment for notorious gangster Jamsandekar over a property in Ghatkopar. press trust of india AG ‘cautions’ govt on reservation enhance the electronic surveillance capability of the Coast Guard. Arun Gawli ~ who once took on Dawood Gawli sent his shooters to the victim's home NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: The Attorney General, Mr G E Vahanvati, Inaugurating the Maharashtra chain of static sensors aimed at improv- Ibrahim Kaskar to become the Mumbai under- one morning to kill him. The CB took almost NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Pulling up the is learnt to have cautioned the government on reservation in ing real-time surveillance along the coastline, he said the government world's don ~ following his conviction in a a year to gather evidence about his involve- social justice and empowerment min- promotion for SCs and STs, saying that any law on the issue decided to operationalise this chain in Maharashtra and Gujarat first as murder case. ment. Surve died during the trial. istry for not having population data should be framed cautiously so that it can face legal challenge the western coastline is a “highly sensitive one”. He was pronounced guilty of the killing of Since the 1980s, Gawli has been arrested in on certain Schedules Castes, a Parl- in courts. The country's top law officer's opinion to the ministry The sensors are operational with radar stations fitted at Tarapur, Korlai, Shiv Sena municipal corporator Kamlakar 49 different criminal cases. He proved his iamentary committee has asked the of personnel comes days after the government assured Tolkeshwar and Devgad as part of the chain of static sensors project by Jamsandekar in 2007. On Monday, when the innocence in all but two. government to prepare the necessary political parties that it favours a Constitutional amendment to the Coast Guard. special Maharashtra Control of Organized Gawli’s mob of professional killers and caste-wise details as soon as possible. provide for reservation in promotions for SCs and STs after “The fast-changing coastal security scenario and the varied threat per- Crime Act (MCOCA) court hears arguments to extortionists operates from Dagdi Chawl, a The Parliamentary Standing legally examining all aspects. sns ceptions require proper coordination and alertness. The role of fisher- decide the punishment, the CB says: "We will fortress-like structure in Byculla, where even Committee on The Constitution (SC) men community acquires a singular importance. We must ensure maxi- urge the court to give Gawli death, consider- cops fear to venture. It is just two kilometres Orders (Amendment) Bill 2012 obse- lation of communities proposed to be the data on the economic and social mum community participation to strengthen our coastal security,” he ing his criminal record of over 30 years.” from Dongri, where Dawood used to run his rved that the caste-wise data could be included in SC list through the Bill was statuses of castes, the committee said, said. Altogether 46 such stations are planned in the first phase. He also The gangster said he would appeal for a underworld business.The two were always obtained by the government from 20- not available with them,” the report “Government should collect and use said that cyber security threat is becoming a major problem and the gov- lighter sentence, considering his health and sworn enemies. 11 Census records and can be used in prepared by the Committee said. The updated data on economic and social ernment is taking measures to counter it. “The armed forces have been age. "Now I am a family man,” he said. Gawli formed the Akhil Bharatiya Sena 15 preparing the financial memorandum Committee also pulled up the Registr- status of various castes for processing mandated to deal with it,” Mr Antony said. The defence minister also Gawli is held guilty with 11 others after years ago and was elected twice to the of the Bill. The Constitution (SC) ar General of India “for referring to old new proposals for inclusion/exclusion expressed concern over ceasefire violations along the border.”Ceasefire their arrest under MCOCA in 2008 under dif- Maharashtra Assembly. He is a sitting member. Orders (Amendment) Bill 2012 was literature of pre-independence era in of castes.” violations have occurred and we are concerned over the violations”. ferent sections of Indian Penal Code, including His wife and daughter are municipal corpora- introduced in the Lok Sabha in May determining socio-economic status of It also prescribed strict time sched- 302 (murder) and 210 (conspiracy). tors, ironically backing the Shiv Sena. this year to insert certain castes from castes for clearing proposal for inclu- ules for all the agencies involved in Jaya’s demand for Lankan defence personnel considered The Shiv Sena corporator Jamsandekar was Mumbai police hope a death sentence for the states of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, sion/exclusion of castes and there was the process including the social justice The defence ministry is considering the demand made by Tamil Nadu killed at his home on 2 March 2007 by Gawli's Gawli would help wipe out the only “remain- Odisha and Tripura in the SC list. no new literature on demographic and ministry so that the benefits could chief minister J Jayalalithaa to send back two Sri Lankan officers train- men. The gangster, who is also an MLA of his ing operating” gang in the commercial capital “The Committee was constrained to economic status of castes”. reach the intended populace in the ing in the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington in the state, Akhil Bharatiya Sena, took Rs 30 lakh supari since Dawood and Chota Rajan have fled. sns note that data on the estimated popu- Strongly recommending updating shortest possible time. foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai said today in New Delhi. pti 6 KOLKATA 26 AUGUST 2012 EDITORIAL

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THEATRE TO MEETING IN MEMORIAM Intolerance on both sides of fence DATTA PARUL — In memory of our mother, who left us this day in 1986. Missing girl child — Samir, Shivaji, Indrani. THERE is a quirky parallel between the Hooghly district (PL4053) administration’s bar on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee holding a PERSONAL closed-door meeting in Arambagh on 9 September and the A Major ailure Of The Police district CPI-M banning the play, Poshu Khamar, based on asgupta Jayanti (Ma, Dida) wishing George Orwell’s Animal arm from being staged in the same Dyou many happy returns of the day. sub-division (14 March 2010). It would be rather simplistic to sankar sen to deal with the cases. =or example, in Mumbai, majority remain untraced. Police operations are — Rupa, Gautam (Delhi); Tanya describe West Bengal’s latest controversy as the ruling the information is relayed through a police also hobbled by the lack of resources. Hence (Washington DC). Trinamul’s tit for the CPI-M’s tat. Between them, they show- notice along with details pertaining to the vehi- the failure to deal effectively with the problem. (PL4052) case a travesty of the freedom of expression either through IN an effort to trace missing girls, Delhi Police cles stolen, the ones recovered, and an appeal The police have displayed an utter lack of sen- has reportedly put up posters with their pho- for the identification of bodies. The exercise to sitivity to tackle the problem, with little or no the performing arts or by holding a meeting and quite the tographs in the Capital’s red-light areas. Re- locate the missing stops at this stage. concern over the plight of the victims. most crucially a sense of intolerance on either side of the search studies suggest that a large number of Apart from NCRB, there are regional websites A national database and monitoring centre Man Gets Pricked By political fence. The CPI-M decision against the play was of those missing eventually land up in brothels. A such as the Zonal Integrated Police Network are urgently imperative. The NCRB could set up course duly reversed by the then Chief Minister. survey sponsored by the National Human (ZIPNET) and a few state police websites which a National Tracing Centre that could facilitate HIV-Infected Syringe The latest, that targets the former ruling party, has exposed Rights Commission and conducted by the provide information on missing children. But the location of missing children at the grass- the absence of unanimity within the district administration Institute of Social Sciences revealed that in any the data is usually incomplete. The police is roots level. The database has to be regularly In Beijing Taxi which appears to have acted with malice aforethought. There given year, as many as 44,000 children are re- not sufficiently aware of the database and inves- updated and the information documented. In press trust of india has been no high-level investigation to ascertain whether the ported missing, and among them about 11,000 tigation suffers in consequence. 2006, Delhi Police had computerised the data. BEIJING, 25 AUG: A 37-year-old Chinese venue is conducive for a meeting to be presided over by the remain untraced. This is a somewhat tentative The Supreme Court in the case of Harilal v/s The matching of missing persons with uniden- former Chief Minister; the Arambagh SDO’s letter, denying man was pricked by an HIV/AIDS infected- estimate because data collected from police Commissioner of Police, Delhi & Others (writ tified bodies is being done with the help of syringe left behind at the back of a taxi in permission, is based wholly on a police inspector’s subjec- records are inadequate and computers. Before the Haidan district, raising fear and concerns tive reflection. It would be presumptuous to imagine that incorrect. Many of the miss- computerisation of data, among commuters. Mr Xu Tan (name there would be a flare-up between the local Trinamul and the ing children are actually barely 25 per cent of those changed) got pricked by a syringe while CPI-M. The argument of “security bar” rooted in the law and killed and buried in neigh- reported missing were getting into a taxi in Haidan district on order situation, therefore, seems contrived. bours’ backyards (as in the traced; this has now in- August 21, state media quoted health offi- The SDO may have officially informed the district CPI-M, but Nethari serial killings), or for- creased to 73 per cent. cials as saying. even he doesn’t appear to be thoroughly convinced with the ced to become child beggars On the directive of Delhi Mr Xu felt something pierce his leg while police station inspector’s version.Hence his instruction to by a nexus or even trafficked High Court, a cell has been getting into the taxi and found it to be a the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) to visit the venue for commercial sexual exploi- set up in the Central Bu- syringe placed in the magazine rack fixed at and advance a second report. Is the SDO trying to wriggle tation. The NHRC’s research reau of Investigation to the back of the front seat. According to Mr out of the mess after accepting the police inspector’s report has established the link bet- coordinate rescue efforts Xu, the syringe had a needle cap, which ween ‘trafficking’ and ‘per- across the country. Regret- and then conveying it to the CPI-M? like the syringe barrel, contained some sons reported missing’. fully, it isn’t functioning Having stirred an unwarranted political controversy, the sticky fluid. And yet the police seldom effectively owing to resour- He took the syringe to the Chaoyang administration has tied itself up in knots through this rigma- investigate cases of missing ce constraints. role of its own creation. At no stage were Hooghly’s Super- District Centre for Disease Control and children properly. Normally, The National Human Prevention and after a few preliminary tests intendent of Police and District Magistrate involved in testing the investigation of a crime Rights Commission had set the waters of Arambagh. Nor for that matter does the SDO’s it was found that the fluid was HIV-infect- begins with the registration up a committee, under the ed. Dr Jiang, a doctor at the centre’s letter highlight the perceived fragility of the law and order of a =irst Information Report chairmanship of its mem- situation. department of sexually transmitted dis- in a police station. But in the ber, Mr PC Sharma, to exa- eases and AIDS detection, said a quick test Willy-nilly, the administration has afforded the CPI-M, case of a missing person or mine the issue of missing notably the opposition leader, Suryakanta Mishra, an oppor- found the fluid to be HIV antibody positive. child, no formal =IR is regis- children. It suggested that “Because the quick test was just prelimi- tunity to rant at the establishment. Has the administration tered; the police station diary preliminary enquiries cou- nary the result may have been false,” Dr realised the folly of its peremptory move against the former mentions only a “missing ld be outsourced by the Jiang said. The centre has submitted a sam- CM? Having triggered a furore, the government has now person entry”. The Station The police have displayed an utter lack of police to responsible ple to the Chinese Centre for Disease indicated a rethink on the ban order with the Home Secre- House Officer forwards the sensitivity to tackle the problem, with little or NGOs. The Union home Control and Prevention for further tests. tary assuring the party that he “will look into the issue”. information to all concerned, ministry can issue guide- According to Beijing News, Mr Xu’s Better sense will hopefully prevail on the basis of a proper including the Superintendent no concern over the plight of the victims... lines to the NGOs. This will blood test results were reportedly HIV neg- assessment of the ground situation; it would be less than of Police, who in turn sends it help develop a synergy bet- ative. However, a publicity staff member at responsible if the bumbling district administration acts on to the head of the State Indeed, missing children symbolise a “black ween the law-enforcement the centre said the hospital had prescribed hearsay. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had upheld the freedom police. Details of the missing hole” in law-enforcement. Unfortunately, the agencies and the NGOs him preventive medications. of expression by lifting the ban on a play, in effect overruling persons are advertised in the and ensure a measure of Mr Ji Zhongcheng, Mr Xu’s friend, said the district party. His successor will, we hope, uphold his media with photographs. police are yet to acknowledge the gravity of the constructive partnership. Mr Xu’s doctor asked him to take regular That done, there is no seri- It also recommended right to hold a meeting. problem and the task of locating and rescue is tests in the first month. The taxi company ous follow-up to trace the that state governments has refused to take responsibility, Mr Ji missing children. accorded a relatively low priority issue a directive to the law- said. Mr Xu plans to sue the taxi company. In terms of the country’s enforcement agencies to Experts are cautiously optimistic about law, the matter is not recog- set a 15-day time-frame Mr Xu’s chances of not being infected with LAND ACQUISITION nised as a crime. Hence, the process of search petition No. 66/1996), had issued guidelines on from the date on which the police receives the HIV. Even if there are HIV antibodies in the and rescue does not figure in the list of priorities tracing missing/kidnapped girls and children. report of a missing child. If a child cannot be fluid, it does not mean that the virus is def- of the law-enforcement agencies. The investiga- These include publication of photographs of traced within 15 days, an =IR on malafide intent initely still alive, given that it was very frag- Bill prone to misuse tion is very casual and ad hoc. Considerable time children, enquiries in educational institutions, should be prepared for proper registration of ile outside the human body, Dr Jiang said. is wasted before the information is conveyed to and the setting up of a multi-task force under the case. Mr Li Chaolin, president of the Chinese the police stations. At the police headquarters, the State CID. Indeed, missing children symbolise a “black =oundation for Prevention of STD and the information is filed with the Missing Persons Non-profit organisations such as the National hole” in law-enforcement. Unfortunately, the AIDS, said the probability of Mr Xu getting THE Land Acquisition Act of 1894 should have been Bureau, a wing of the State CID. Centre for Missing and Exploited Children police are yet to acknowledge the gravity of the infected is slim. replaced long ago. The legislation brought forward by the It is then advanced to the National Crime (NCMEC) provide information free of charge to problem and the task of locating and rescue is “HIV has a lower chance of survival out- ministry of rural development called the Right to =air Records Bureau (NCRB) in Delhi which oper- the families of kidnapped and sexually-exploit- accorded a relatively low priority. A firm politi- side the body. If it has been outside the Compensation, Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Transpa- ates under the control of the Home ministry. ed children. At least two NGOs ~ Children cal commitment, mobilisation of resources and body for a long time, the virus may be inac- rent Land Acquisition Bill, 2012, is worse than the archaic The NCRB functions as a documentation centre India and the National Centre for Missing Chil- coordination between the police and the insti- tivated. However, it is worth being vigilant. colonial law. The ministry has rejected the suggestions of and has no role to play in the investigation, dren ~ run websites displaying photographs of tutions of civil society are imperative. It will take three months to determine if he people’s movements and the recommendations of the all- monitoring or rescue of missing persons. It re- missing children for whom the police are con- has got it. People who have potentially party Parliamentary Standing Committee. The government mains unaware of the children who are traced ducting enquiries. Unfortunately, there is no been exposed to the virus should go to standard medical institutes within 24 must understand that development of infrastructure and and those who remain untraced. =urther, there systematic cooperation and coordination bet- The writer is Senior ellow, Institute of Social Sciences; former Director-General, hours. Don’t panic. Doctors will assess urbanisation must not be at the cost of land owning citizens is no analysis of the problem in the ‘Annual ween the police and the NGOs. Crime in India Report’ published by the NCRB. Efforts to trace missing persons have gener- National Human Rights Commission; and whether preventive medication is neces- of the country. =armers, landless workers, Dalits, tribals, Different states follow different procedures ally been ad hoc and slipshod. No wonder, the former Director, National Police Academy sary,” Mr Li said. rural folk and the urban poor have been consistently giving feedback and suggestions regarding the Bill and engaged the government on its provisions. The struggles for protec- tion of natural resources continue in every part of the coun- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR try. Because of that, land acquisition has now become a political issue. What is needed is a law based on political consensus, not crony capitalism. The new Bill claims to provide legal guar- antee to project-affected people and ensure transparency in President the biggest white elephant the land acquisition process. But this process can’t be at the cost of the poor. The government must stop acquiring land SIR, ~ In his article, “Not a powder-puff” (23 August), vacancies. It is possible that the BJP will win 50 per cent of Then it’s better not to go in for ‘education’. for private companies and public-private partnership pro- Nirmalendu Bikash Rakshit states that our President is virtu- these seats. At this juncture, the electorate doesn’t consider yours, etc., subhajit, (class ix), malda, 23 august. jects in the name of public interest; in effect it must stop ally all-powerful. He has quoted the relevant articles from the BJP to be a viable option. Why does the party fight shy of being a property developer for the rich. our Constitution, replacing the standard belief that the Head a debate given the fact that several of the coal-rich states are National Register for Citizens The Bill exempts only multiple crop agricultural land of State is but a decorative piece of the Cabinet. under the control of the BJP. Over the next two years, the from acquisition. Since 75 per cent of agricultural land in Can Mr Rakshit explain the following? What prevented the NDA can well mount further pressure on the government. SIR, ~ Twenty-seven years after the AASU-Rajiv Gandhi the country is rain-fed and single cropped, mostly held by President of the day to, one: directly order our Army Chief to Both the Congress and the BJP must resolve their political Assam Accord (1985), neither the Centre nor the state has tak- marginal farmers, Dalits and tribals, it creates a mechanism deploy the army and stop the massacre of innocent Sikhs in differences, shore up their image and restore their credibili- en steps to update the National Register for Citizens. Your edi- to deprive them of their sole source of livelihood. 1984 and Muslims in 2002? Two: likewise, for the Babari ty. It is time for an all-party debate on the critical issues con- torial, “Border security” (21 August) states that the IMDT Act Masjid demolition? Three: order the execution of convicted fronting the nation ~ from scams to development. of 1998 was quashed by the Supreme Court on a petition by The rural development ministry does not seem to have terrorists, Mohd Afzal and Ajmal Kasab ~ Azhar Masood and yours, etc., bidyut kumar chatterjee, faridabad, 24 august. an adviser to AASU. Neither the Asom Gana Parishad govern- learnt any lesson from various farmers’ agitations, such as Omar Sheikh earlier ~ instead of treating them as our hon- ment, led by by Prafulla Mahanta, nor Hiteswar Saikia’s Cong- the one at Bhatta Parsaul in Uttar Pradesh against the acqui- oured guests? =our: instruct the Election Commission to A student’s cry ress government was interested in implementing the agree- sition of agricultural land which was stoutly condemned by ensure that no unsuitable person is allowed to stand for elec- ment. The inaction by the political class has continued for 27 the Supreme Court. tions? And five: overrule our political pussyfooting and SIR, ~ Yesterday, a ghastly accident occurred in our school, years and has of late triggered riots that threaten the country’s The Standing Committee of Parliament which reviewed appoint a Chief of Defence Staff? A C Institution, Malda. A krishnachura (caesalpinia pulcher- integrity. the Bill wanted the government to clarify the definition of My personal opinion is, the President is our biggest white imia) tree upturned on the students who were playing under In an article in your North-east page on 20 August, Patricia ‘public purpose.’ Under Section 3 of the Bill, “acquiring land elephant and the post needs to be scrapped. its foliage during the tiffin break. Many students were injured, Mukhim, the editor of Shillong Times, writes: “Internal securi- for private companies for the production of goods for pub- yours, etc., jayanta dutt, kolkata, 24 august. some fatally. ty sources claim that the multimedia message that went ballis- lic” would constitute public purpose. In what way is it dif- But today we attended school as usual, with heavy hearts. tic might have originated from Assam and that this is a devious ferent from Section 40 of the 1894 Act which enables acqui- Through these columns, I would like to express my anguish, if ploy to yet again trip Tarun Gogoi”. There appears to be a sition of land for private companies for construction of Latest political drama I may. political power struggle in which Himanta B Sarma, the sec- “some work which is likely to prove useful to the public.” I protest. ond-in-command in the Assam cabinet, is also involved. Gogoi The provisions of the new Bill will not apply to 13 out of 16 SIR, ~ The spat between the UPA and the NDA over Man- I protest forcing us into classes might feel encouraged by a Muslim leader’s boast that the Central Acts, including the Industrial Development Act, mohan Singh continuing as Prime Minister even after the when our bruised friends are screaming restless, community has 28 MLAs. The fencing of borders with Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, and the National Highways Coalgate scam has escalated sharply with BJP MPs walking some are lying calm and cold in death beds. Bangladesh remains incomplete. And the exercise must cover Act. This means that forcible land acquisition and injustice out of a meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee that Can’t education wait for a single day? the states of Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and West will continue. If acquired land is not used within five years, has been set up to probe the 2G scam. We enjoy holidays many a time Bengal. A recent letter by a Jadavpur University academic in it will go to the State Land Bank and not to its original own- This is the latest political drama which will disrupt parlia- at the very mercy of our leaders, your paper stated that students in the North-east refer to the ers, or for distribution to the landless. mentary proceedings and thereby cause a drain on the pub- at their sweet will. country as ‘mainland India’. In emotive terms, national inte- The Bill has no provision for urban evictions and dis- lic exchequer. I am not convinced with media reports that Can education wait only when our wise leaders want us to? gration is a myth. Vital issues are swept under the carpet by BJP members might quit Parliament to intensify the instabili- When they think it right? both the Centre and the north-eastern states. And this has led placements. In the name of real estate, large tracts of land ty and force early elections. Never to consider the little soft hearts suffering from empa- to riots and the exodus of refugees. The BJP is no option, con- occupied by the urban working class are being acquired The present Lok Sabha has 20 months to complete its thy! sidering the exodus from Bangalore. negating all provisions of the Urban Land Ceiling Act. Unless tenure; by-elections will have to be held to fill the 114 So cruel education is! yours, etc., anil kumar sarkar, kolkata, 23 august. these shortcomings are addressed, the proposed Bill will keep the door wide open for exploitation and misuse. 7 KOLKATA 26 AUGUST 2012 PERSPECTIVE Brain and drain Japan needs a Konrad Adenauer model william choong Writing in the Korea Times recently, Noh Yang Keun, a resident of Seoul, argued that Tokyo’s per- sistent claims on Dokdo “show that the apologies so AUGUST is that time of year when Japan has to far made by Japanese leaders were none other than grapple with its militaristic past. On 15 August, 1945, lip service”. the country suffered an ignominious defeat to Allied He echoes what late President Roh Moo Hyun said forces, marking the end of World War II in the Asia- in 2005, that Japanese leaders’ insistence on visiting Pacific. This year, however, Japan came under even Yasukuni and their attitude towards revisionist history more pressure, as Tokyo saw territorial disputes with nullifies “all the reflection and apologies Japan has so South Korea and China over two groups of islands. far made”. Earlier this month, South Korean President Lee There is a way forward for Japan ~ it can take a leaf Myung Bak made a historic visit to the Dokdo islands from Germany. Unlike Japan, Germany has taken mas- ~ a move challenged by Japan, which calls the islands sive strides to admit its wartime guilt. Germany prac- Takeshima. On 15 August, five Chinese activists landed ticed Vergangenheitsbewältigung, or “coming to on the Diaoyu islands, which the Japanese call the terms with the past”. It prosecuted Holocaust perpe- Senkaku. The two incidents underscore serious differ- trators and paid huge sums to the survivors. It has also ences between Japan and its two neighbours, China preserved concentration camps and other sites. and South Korea. Professor Jennifer Lind at Dartmouth University Pragmatic solutions are possible, provided parties argues that Japan can adopt the Konrad Adenauer remain rational. Experts suggest that China and model. In the 1950s, the German Chancellor acknowl- Japan work on functional development of the edged the country’s wartime atrocities, yet at the same Senkaku/ Diaoyu islands, such as the joint develop- time stressed its post-war achievements. ment of gas fields. In practical terms, Japan’s adoption of the Adenauer Similarly, the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute could be model would involve the country’s leaders abstaining brought to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as from visiting Yasukuni, and honouring the war dead at Tokyo has suggested. While Seoul is adamant that the a new secular memorial. “Tokyo’s adoption of the ICJ route is futile, adjudication will settle the issue Adenauer model would go a long way towards repair- once and for all. The problem, however, is that such ing Japan’s image in Asia,” Prof Lind wrote in oreign pragmatic solutions would be encumbered by Japan’s Affairs. If Japan adopts the Adenauer model, the problem with history. impact on Asia would be huge. Recent protests in Hong Kong highlight this. Right now, Japan is routinely criticised when it According to Bloomberg News, demonstrators tram- comes up with regional initiatives. In 2009, Japan pro- pled on mannequins of Japanese soldiers dressed in posed the East Asia Community. Detractors slammed World War II uniforms as the crowd chanted: “Diaoyu the proposal as a refashioning of its wartime “Greater belongs to China. Get rid of Japanese militarism.” East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere”. The reason Japan is held in such suspicion by peo- By contrast, no one in Europe has any problems ples in South Korea and China is fairly straightforward with Germany coming up with regional initiatives or Aside from coercion, brain drain cannot be checked in India irrespective of the steps taken by ~ it has never really come to terms with its wartime taking a leadership role on the continent. In fact, the government. Arguments advanced in support of migration of highly-skilled professionals record, nor has it silenced right-wingers bent on gloss- Berlin has been criticised for doing too little to save ing over the country’s ugly past. the ailing euro zone. from developing to developed countries are basically meant to soothe the conscience of In 1988, Seisuke Okuno, a Cabinet minister said Speaking to The Straits Times earlier this year, Mr citizens of developed countries, and should not be taken seriously by anyone from developing that Japanese imperialism was “Asian liberation”. He Waldemar Dubaniowski ~ Poland’s envoy to declared that “Caucasians” were the real aggressors in Singapore ~ said that Poles had come to terms with nations, writes arunabha bagchi Asia. In 2008, General Toshio Tamogami, the chief of Germany taking a leadership role. Such a move is his- the air force, was sacked for denying that Japan was toric, given that, during World War II, Nazi Germany UNION health minister Mr Ghulam funnelled to better American universities opposed to US$51 billion received by fy brain drain from India is lack of oppor- the aggressor during the war. carved up Poland and killed close to six million Poles. Nabi Azad recently made headlines by for research in science and engineering. China made front-page news in India. tunities in this country. As everybody Granted, Japan has offered more than 40 apologies Speaking in Berlin in November last year, Polish for- declaring that doctors going for higher By the mid-60s, young scientists and After the initial euphoria evaporated, it knows in India, emigrants are usually the for its wartime crimes. In 1993, then Prime Minister eign minister Mr Radek Sikorski hogged the headlines studies to the USA would have to sign a engineers from India and other develop- dawned on me that a large chunk of that ones with the best employment oppor- Morihiro Hosokawa admitted to Japan’s violence when he said: “I fear German power less than I am bond before leaving and mandatorily ing countries, the writer included, start- money was sent, in all probability, by tunities in India. A related argument is against Koreans during the first half of the 20th centu- beginning to fear German inactivity. You have become return to India upon completion of their ed queuing up in front of US Consulates Indians working in Arab countries for a the meagre remuneration that these emi- ry. He expressed his “genuine contrition” and “deep- Europe’s indispensable nation.” studies. The Indian government could seeking visa for higher studies. And, pittance. These émigrés have to go back grants would have received had they est apologies”. If Japan adopts a similar tack, it too can enjoy a easily enforce compliance by refusing eventually, most of us settled in the West. to India after a stipulated period of time. chosen to stay back. According to the lat- That said, however, some Asians think that Japan’s leadership role in Asia. One thing is needed, though such doctors the no-objection certificate The term brain drain was essentially They mostly leave their wives and chil- est International Monetary und esti- refusal to rein in its revisionist historians and high-pro- ~ it has to find the Japanese equivalent of the that the USA insists on as a pre-condition coined at that time. dren back home and have to send money mate, the annual per capita GDP of India file visits to the Yasukuni Shrine ~ which honours its Adenauer model. for allowing foreigners to practice medi- The person who got maximum home for their upkeep. They also like to is $3,694, while that of the USA is fallen soldiers and war criminals ~ smacks of gross cine in that country. Opinion makers in mileage out of the term is the highly- invest their meagre savings in realty or $48,387 in terms of purchasing power insincerity. the straits times/ann Indian national newspapers have been acclaimed Indian economist Jagdish save to start some small business later in parity. It is better not even to think in overwhelmingly critical of this decision. Bhagawati. In a series of studies in early India. Such Indians were never part of absolute terms. How can we talk about Why did this announcement affecting a 1970s, he mooted the idea of a tax to the brain drain phenomenon, anyway. parity in salary in this environment? tiny minority of Indians cause so much compensate the country for the “brain One suspects that remittance from high- Recently, Europe started wooing scien- 100 YEARS AGO indignation in the media? The reason, I (that) was lost”. Professor Bhagawati end professionals living abroad must be tists and engineers from developing believe, is that this decision raised the even edited two volumes on the subject modest. They live with their spouses and countries because of a dramatic reduc- NEWS ITEM spectre of a hard look at what is known as containing contributions by a number of children, have a commensurate lifestyle tion in birth rate there. Europe has taken “brain drain”. This term, coined in the economists. I remember having heated and plan for the best possible education a lot of inspiration from the American THE DELHI EXPLOSION mid-60s, refers to the phenomenon discussions at that time with my friends for their children. Their parents mostly H1-B visa programme and is allowing urther Details wherein highly-qualified individuals, hav- in Los Angeles on the subject that was need marginal financial assistance, if at holders of student visas prolonged stay (rom Our Correspondent) ing obtained bachelors (mostly B.Te- threatening to affect all of us. We soon all. The literature on remittances to India after they have obtained their degrees. To Delhi, April 26 ch/MBBS), masters and Ph.D degrees came to the conclusion that Professor gives one the feeling that the data on dif- put it bluntly, aside from coercion, brain The staff sergeant killed in the recent explosion, whose name was rind, had come from erozepore last (mostly in engineering and science) in a Bhagawati’s enthusiasm notwithstand- ferent sources of remittance is sketchy. drain cannot be checked in India irre- January and had since been working at the ort with the lascars, (six of whom were also killed), unloading developing country, settle permanently ing, it was an exercise in futility and a This is ironic, given the huge data collec- spective of the steps taken by the gov- obsolete shells. The place where the accident happened was the laboratory and not the magazine as first stat- in a developed country for their entire total waste of time. We concluded that tion exercises routinely undertaken in ernment. ed, the latter being on the other side of the ort. Otherwise the damage would have been even more serious. professional career. Any discussion on no such tax would ever be imposed on India to embrace all conceivable fields of The simple truth is that it costs the As it was, the lascars was practically blown to pieces and rind was so terribly injured, his legs being severed “brain drain” is bound to raise uncom- any individual or any country, and we economic activity. Indian government an enormous from his body, that he lived but three hours. All present when the accident happened were killed, and the fortable questions about subsidising the suspected that the learned economists It is also suggested by many that expa- amount to train doctors, engineers and experts will therefore have a difficult task to ascertain how the disaster was caused. One theory suggested is huge costs of training students in those knew that as well as we did. As expected, triates like to network with Indians still scientists. The most dramatic estimate I that the explosion may have been caused by some electrical disturbance in the atmosphere and that the neigh- disciplines. If that debate should lead to the “Bhagawati Tax” met with an early living in the country and are eager to use have read suggests that each AIIMS grad- bouring wireless installation may have attracted the danger. the idea of professionals being required demise, although some lesser-known their wealth of knowledge and experi- uate costs the government Rs 1.7 crore. to sign a bond before going abroad, and economists have made attempts to revive ence. This is highly condescending and is According the same study, more than 27 April, 1912 being forced to come back to India to it from time to time. based on fiction. Some networking does half of the doctors (MBBS) having gradu- compensate for the costs incurred on In the meantime, the trickle of Indian take place in academia, but that is most- ated from the AIIMS between 1956 and training them, the result would be cata- professionals, primarily scientists and ly for tax-free visits to India by emigrants 1997 are working abroad. No definite CROSSWORD NO 3482 strophic to all beneficiaries. engineers, to the USA became a flood and sabbatical trips abroad by resident study has yet been done to evaluate the The fundamental right to emigration from 1980s onwards. Today, it is not pos- Indians to augment their salaries. The cost of running different higher degree is often cited as one of most potent criti- sible to think of an upper-middle class country gains very little from such inter- programmes in government institutions. Solution for 19 August cisms of efforts to stop brain drain. (extended) Indian family with not a sin- actions. Professionals working in the USA Whenever a professional leaves India, Article 13 of the UN’s Universal De- gle member living in the West. are too worried about keeping their the return on the cost incurred on claration of Human Rights reads: The dream of almost every better-off high-pressure jobs to pay much attention his/her education is effectively lost. The “Everyone has the right to leave any Indian parent these days is to see his chil- to such networking. They are happy if country where the emigrant settles gets country, including his own.” This decla- dren settled permanently abroad, either they are able to go home for a holiday the benefits without any investment ration is merely meant to be a stick to by first sending them to expensive pri- without the fear of losing their jobs. whatsoever. beat totalitarian governments with, and vate schools or through marital arrange- Expatriate Indians setting up ventures in The Indian government would do has nothing to do with human rights. ments. Recent attempts by the govern- their home country make for good copy, well to increase its investment in high Otherwise, why should people have only ment to start four-year bachelor degrees but such efforts are really insignificant in school education and vocational pro- the right to leave any country at will, but for general studies in Indian universities comparison to the large number of grammes that would yield much more none to settle in any country at will? The also stem from similar aspirations. A entrepreneurs that India needs. It was long-term benefits for the country. The lack of reciprocity in the UN declaration four-year undergraduate degree would different for China when the Hong Kong way out could be to charge each student lays bare the hypocrisy of the interna- make prospective Indian students ready Chinese and the Taiwan Chinese shifted the full cost of his/her college/university tional power structure. It is indeed for graduate courses in the USA without their operations to low-cost mainland in education. Most students won’t be able unfortunate that even Indians cite this having to put in a year in an Indian uni- the initial phase of China’s economic to afford this. The obvious solution then highly-selective stance to advance argu- versity first. takeoff. would be to extend them low-interest ments in favour of emigration. With the baby boom generation, an The funniest argument in favour of loans. Every student having taken a loan The 1950s saw a huge exodus of MBA degree became the easiest route to brain gain is that the carrot of possible would be obliged to file income tax Indian doctors to the United Kingdom a cushy career in the USA. rom late 80s, emigration motivates Indian students to returns after graduation, irrespective of (UK) to cater to the newly-launched high Wall Street salaries attracted most strive for higher professional degrees in his/her level of income. Those with National Health Service there. It was bright American students to the financial science and engineering, which in turn low/little income could get substantial ACROSS 22 Availed oneself of letters from 4 Call to mind right after impossible for the UK to train in a short industry after a business school stint. As expands India’s skilled manpower base. loan waivers as could doctors and teach- Feydeau’s editor (4) soldiers get an award (8) 7 Reported on hoax involving 23 Decline of French produce 5 Uttered after Dutch girl is time the large number of doctors needed the USA encountered shortages of engi- With few job opportunities available ers working in villages far from their retired English vicar (7) (10) overwhelmed with grief (10) for running the system smoothly. While neers and scientists in industry and acad- outside a tiny organised sector, Indian places of residence. Similarly, Indians 8 Public knowledge at last after 25 A French psychoanalyst 6 Tight-fisted Whistler wearing Indian doctors helped set up an ideal emia, globalisation advocates extolled the parents would anyway do all it takes to working abroad who had studied after lowdown by artist online (7) almost getting model an old woman’s hairnet (7) 10 Nine others fancy it’s made of introduced to exercises to 9 It’s made by a restaurant chef social medicine structure in a foreign virtues of the flow of highly-qualified pro- send their children (mainly boys) to obtaining heavily-subsidised loans could paste (10) calm down (7) originally at no more cost country ~ ironically, the country of our fessionals from developing to developed engineering/medical schools, irrespec- be made to pay back in a very short peri- 11 Declare to prevent time being 26 Cease operating in secret in (5,6) former colonisers ~ this caused immea- countries. But the ethical dilemma of tive of whether or not that improves od of time, so that they are not able to lost (4) court (5,2) 13 Be in conflict with princess surable damage to the health care system brain drain remained. Then suddenly, their chance of going abroad. To sum change citizenship before the loan is 12 Hide, safely concealed at taken in by shrink (10) first, in a palace on the DOWN 16 A short letter containing City of our fledgling country. The demand for such proponents discovered that brain up, arguments advanced in support of recovered. An umbrella identification outskirts of Essen (8) director’s story (8) doctors abated in the UK in course of drain was, in fact, “brain gain”. This was migration of highly-skilled professionals mechanism such as the controversial 14 See 1 Down 17 See 1 time, but Indian medical practitioners Orwellian doublespeak at its best. from developing to developed coun- Aadhar scheme may prove useful in this 15 Lock up in packing case 1/17/14 Fatherly advice for 18 Mythological creature’s dog taking unusual care (11) confused brunette on how it drinking neat rum (7) are allowed to settle in that country One popular argument in favour of tries are basically meant to soothe the regard, after all! 19 Change course suddenly feels (2,5,3,4,2,4) 21 Cause continuing resentment whenever a shortage is anticipated. the brain gain theory is the remittance conscience of citizens of developed from south to west before 2 Bad-tempered girl dropping with row over the borders of A different kind of exodus to the USA from expatriates. Recent World Bank fig- countries, and should not be taken seri- The writer is ex-dean and pro- crossing central Devon (6) German (4) Lancashire (6) 20 Epitomised by a game 3 An example with not as much 24 Over-hasty when hot after run started a decade later. With space race ures suggesting that India received the ously by anyone from developing fessor of applied mathematics against Germany (8) touching (6) (4) becoming the visible face of the Cold highest remittance of US$55 billion from nations. at University of Twente, NOTE: igures in parentheses denote the number of letters in the words required. War, enormous amount of money was 27 million global desis in 2011 as A popular argument advanced to justi- the Netherlands (By arrangement with The Independent, London) C M Y K

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OICE O THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER OICE O THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER MINOR DISTRIBUTION DIVISION NO. 10 MINOR DISTRIBUTION DIVISION NO. 4 GHATSILA GALUDIH e-PROCUREMENT NOTICE Re: e-PROCUREMENT NOTICE (4th Call) Tender Ref. No. WRD/MDD-10GTS/IFB-04/12-13, Date: 21-08-2012 Tender Ref. No. WRD/MDD-4GLU/IFB-01/12-13 1 Name of Work Residual Earth work, structure work & Date 21-08-2012 PCC lining work of water courses of 1 Name of Work Earth work, structure work & PCC lining work of Bankati Minor (OR-31) Ex. Km 71.00 of water courses of Salbani Minor (OR-22) Ex. Km C.L.M.C. and residual earth work, struc- 47.63 of C.L.M.C. ture work and PCC lining work of Ghatsila 2 Estimated Cost Rs. 6,79,84,161.00 (Rupees six crore seventy Minor (OR-32) Ex. Km 74.438 of C.L.M.C. nine lakh eighty four thousand one hundred sixty including distribution system one) only 3 Time of completion 550 Days 2 Estimated Cost Rs. 6,12,85,000 (Rupees six crore twelve 4 Last date/Time for 10-09-2012 upto 5-00 p.m. lakh eighty five thousand) only online submission 3 Time of completion 550 Days of bids 5 Date of publication 29-08-2012 at 5-00 p.m. 4 Last date/Time for online 10-09-2012 upto 5-00 p.m. of tender on website submission of bids 6 Name & address of Executive Engineer, Minor Distribution 5 Date of publication of 29-08-2012 at 5-00 p.m. Officer Inviting Tender Division No. 4, Galudih tender on website 7 Contact No. of 9431186071 Procurement Officer 6 Name & address of Executive Engineer, Minor Distribution 8 Helpline No. of 0651-2491232 Officer Inviting Tender Division No. 10, Ghatsila e-Procurement Cell 0657-2383169 7 Contact No. of 9431186071 Procurement Officer Note : Only e-Tender will be accepted. Further details can be seen on website http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in 8 Helpline No. of 0651-24912320657-2383169 e-Procurement Cell Executive Engineer Minor Distribution Division No. 4 Note: Only e-Tender will be accepted. Further details can be seen on website: http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in PR No. 54323(2012-13) Galudih Executive Engineer Minor Distribution Division No. 10 PR No.: 54319 (2012-13) Ghatsila

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Sl Nomenclature Qty. Tender No. Submission/ No. Opening Date 1 HONING MACHINE 10 Mtr. 1 T/EO/M/NC/G/318/12-13 03-11-2012 2 CONVENTIONAL LATHE 5 METER 2 T/EO/M/NC/G/319/12-13 09-11-2012 3 CNC UNIVERSAL MILLING M/C 8 Mtr. 1 T/EO/M/NC/G/320/12-13 16-11-2012 4 HMC 600x600 3 T/EO/M/NC/G/321/12-13 15-12-2012 5 HMC 500x500 2 T/EO/M/NC/G/322/12-13 22-12-2012 6 CNC RIFLING MACHINE (TOOLED UP) 1 T/EO/M/RR/G/323/12-13 29-12-2012 GOVERNMENT O JHARKHAND Information and Public Relations Department Last date & time of Submission & Opening of Tenders : (Indian Standard Time) Sealed tenders are invited from eligible, reputed, qualified firms Bid Submission Bid Submission Bid Opening Date Bid Opening with sound technical and financial capabilities for design, devel- Closing Date Closing Time Time opment, implementation and maintenance of an end to end solu- Mentioned against each case 09-00 hrs. IST Mentioned against each case 10-00 hrs. 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This invitation to bid is open to all bidders meeting the min- Tender Document Fee for GTE Each Case : INR 2500 imum eligibility criteria as mentioned below: More Tender Earnest Money Deposit for Each Case : As mentioned in the individual tender 1. documents. a) Annual Sales Turnover generated from services related to Ads on System Integration during each of the last three financial Note:- years (as per the last published balance sheets), should be Page 4 All relevant details, detail specification of machine, terms & condition etc. are only available on at least Rs. 50 lakh. website: https://ofbeproc.gov.in b) Systems Implementation agency must have successfully GENERAL MANAGER completed at least 3 ICT Development and Implementation davp 10201/11/1346/1213 FOR AND ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA engagement(s) for any Government agency / PSU in the last 3 years. c) The agency should be ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 27001:2005 GOVERNMENT O INDIA, MINISTRY O DEENCE GOVERNMENT O INDIA, MINISTRY O DEENCE certified. 2. Scope of work: ORDNANCE FACTORY AMBAJHARI, NAGPUR-440021 Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) a. The agency would be required to build & operate an end to Phone No.: 07104-237845-49, Fax No.: 07104-237705, E-mail: [email protected] INSTRUMENTS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT (IRDE) end web-based solution for receipt, classification, approval, Phone: (0135) 2787004 to 7 and 2780635 to 38, Fax: (0135) 2787128 / 2787161 posting of advertisements that are released by the depart- G-OPEN TENDER NOTICE OPEN TENDER NOTICE ment to the various newspapers across the country. The The General Manager, Ordnance Factory Ambajhari for and on behalf of The President agency should put in place all infrastructure & manpower The Director, Instruments Research & Development Establishment, Raipur Road, Dehra Dun-248008, invites of India invites sealed Quotation under the mentioned item/s. Tender documents will sealed quotation in Two-Bid System (i.e., Techno-Commercial Bid & Price Bid) from reputed vendors for the for receipt and online processing of advertisements by supply of following items. Details are available in tender document available on our website: www.drdo.org IPRD, GoJ to the newspapers. The newspapers and other not be issued from this office; the vendors should download the tender docu- from where it may be downloaded. The Tender Fee may be sent through Demand Draft enclosed with the agencies should have separate inbox where they have an ments, Technical documents from www.tenders.gov.in & OFB web site Techno-Commercial Bid and the EMD may be sent through Demand Draft enclosed with the Price Bid. access through a unique log in password. Similarly, the https://ofbeproc.gov.in Please forward sealed quotation in separate envelopes (i.e. Sl. 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No. NS2120023" on the envelope / can be sent Rs. 30,000 c. The agency would be required to maintain the accounts of along with BID. Firm who are registered with Ordnance Factories, the Central Purchase 12901MS1213R095(3) (i) Window 2008 Server R2 single open license 100 Not more than IPRD, Ranchi which may include preparation of accounts, Organization (e.g. DGS&D), NSIC & Department of the Government of India need not with media CD Qty.-4 Rs. 8,500 bills, data entry, etc. to pay the EMD. To this effect, an authentic valid Registration Certificate must reach (ii) Window 2008 Server Client Access License d. The agency would be required to establish and maintain Qty.-20 Nos. along with quotation otherwise firm quotation will be rejected. Other firm if submit the (iii) Window 7 Professional single license with Wireless Networking System of all the computers of the Bid without payment of Tender Fee / EMD also shall be considered non-responsive & Media CD Qty.-4 Nos. department at Ranchi. the offer of such firm shall also be rejected. Tender Fee / EMD must reach on or before (iv) Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Single e. The agency would be required to employ suitable persons license with Media CD Qty.-10 Nos. who will assist the officers of the department in drafting and opening of Bid. Delay in receipt of Tender Fee / EMD will reject the quotation. Tender (v) Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional with uploading the daily press release on the department's web- fee is compulsory for every firm. MSDN and Media CD Qty.-1 No. site. This would require services of professional PR / mass This advertisement is applicable for all firms. Who can supply below Al-Cu Master Alloy 12901LS1213R0624) (i) Receiver Windows. Qty.-12 Nos. 100 Not more than media persons who are proficient in computers and can for- (ii) Transmitter Windows. Qty.-12 Nos. Rs. 19,000 mulate developmental stories and press releases in Hindi Sl. Tender Item Description & Code Qty. Tender Value EMD Tender 12901SE1112R58(5) AMC for Fire Detection Alarm System and Fire 100 Not more than and English that would be uploaded on the website. No. Enquiry No. (3%) document Fighting System installed at IRDE. Qty.-01 Job. Rs. 4,250 f. The agency will have to establish and run a MIS for the & Date Fee Note: online updation of the reports generated by the department. 01 NS21200230621773000 38644.500 Rs. Rs. Rs. 1. Last date of submission of tender: Tuesday, 18-09-2012 up to 14-00 hrs. 3. RFP document can be purchased at the address & dates pro- DT-04/08/2012ALUMINIUM - COPPER MAS- KGS 1,15,93,350 3,47,800 500 2. 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Date and Vendor's Name clearly marked on them. These two envelopes should be put into one enve- lope and sealed, with Tender Enquiry No., Type of Bid, Due Date and Vendor's Name clearly marked on Please forward a copy of same valid registration Date and time of opening of bids : 07-09-2012 the envelope and sent by Registered Post/Courier. 4-00 p.m. Certificate: Otherwise furnish Tender Fee / EMD for 5. Date of opening of Price Bid will be intimated separately. Negotiation, if any, will be carried out with the 5. For details go to the official website of the IPRD, Govt. of consideration of your quotation. lowest bidder only. Jharkhand: www.iprdjharkhand.in or contact: 04 Last date and Time for collection of 31-08-2012 at 14-00 hrs. 6. All tenderers, other than the registered vendors, will have to remit EMD by way of Demand Draft of a Name: Sh. Sanjay Kr. Jha TE documents from Website Nationalised Bank drawn in favour of The Director, IRDE, Dehra Dun payable at SBI, Raipur, Dehra Dun Designation: Asst. Electronics Engineer 05 Last date and Time for Submission of 31-08-2012 at 14-00 hrs. (Branch Code 3058). EMD will be refunded in full to the unsuccessful bidder(s) after finalisation of the TE documents supply order (Please Note: EMD should be enclosed with Price Bid). Address: Suchna Bhawan 7. Indian vendors should quote in Indian Rupees (INR) only, otherwise their tender will be rejected. Phone Nos.: 09471104634 06 Technical Bid Opening date and time 31-08-2012 at 15-00 hrs 8. The Director, IRDE reserves the right to accept / reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason Secretary Note : Tender Document Annexure FORM NO. D.G.O.F./MM-1 available on www.tenders.gov.in & OFB at any stage. web site: https://ofbeproc.gov.in will also be required to be submitted duly signed along with Quotation. 9. The Director, IRDE will not be responsible for any postal delay. Information & Public Relations Department 10. 10% Performance Bank Guarantee for warranty period, i.e. one year, to be furnished by the firm. PR No. 54391 (2012-13) davp 10201/11/1357/1213 davp 10301/11/0287/1213 9 BUSINESS & FINANCE KOLKATA 26 AUGUST 2012

Short Takes Meeting with Suzuki visits Gujarat plant site Haryana Chief press trust of india ment has responded positively. Maruti Suzuki “This site is also part of a bigger Minister today HANSALPUR (Gujarat) 25 AUG: programme. We have a concept of NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Japan's Suzuki Motor Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp (SMC) India is Special Investment Region (SIR). Corporation chairman Osamu Suzuki will chairman Osamu Suzuki today visit- planning to set The master plan for development of meet the Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder ed the site here where its subsidiary up a new plant this site is in progress. Now, keeping Singh Hooda tomorrow. Maruti Suzuki India plans to set up a in view MSI's requirements, we will The meeting assumes significance in the new manufacturing unit at an invest- that will have a modify that SIR planning and we will backdrop of violence at Maruti Suzuki's ment of Rs 4,000 crore. capacity to roll be able to meet their infrastructure Manesar plant last month. Accompanied by Maruti Suzuki requirements in the next 2-3 years,” Mr Suzuki, who is on a week-long visit to India (MSI) chairman RC Bhargava, out 2.5 lakh Mr Dayani said. India to attend the annual general meeting of company managing director and cars annually by He said MSI's plant is part of a big- SMC's Indian arm Maruti Suzuki on 28 CEO Shinzo Nakanishi and state gov- ger manufacturing investment zone, August, is expected to be accompanied by the ernment officials, Mr Suzuki inspect- 2015-16, comprising 44 villages. top management of the company. ed the 700-acre site besides meeting besides setting Commenting on infrastructure A state government official confirmed the local people. up a skill requirement, Mr Dayani said the meeting, which is slated for tomorrow after- “He (Mr Suzuki) took an idea of state government would take neces- noon. Mr Suzuki is expected to discuss with the land allotted to us by the state development sary steps, such as conversion of Mr Hooda the 18 July violence at Manesar government. The site and location of centre meter guage railway line between plant, in which one senior executive was the plant is very good,” Mr Bhargava Kadi and Bharurachi into broad killed and 100 others injured. told reporters. place in the next 2-3 months before tion, he said: “The local people are guage, setting up of power sub-sta- In his meeting with MSI employees at the Maruti Suzuki India is planning to infrastructure requirements are put also very good and welcoming. It is a tions to meet the requirements of Gurgaon plant earlier this week, he set up a new plant at the site that will in place. great help for any company coming.” the proposed plant. described the violence as a criminal act. have a capacity to roll out 2.5 lakh Asked by what time a detailed The Gujarat Industry “We had given a presentation on MSI had lifted a month-long lockout of the cars annually by 2015-16, besides report for the project would be pre- Commissioner Kamal Dayani said our action plan on how Gujarat gov- Manesar plant on 21 August and had decided setting up a skill development cen- pared, Mr Bhargava said: “That is the that Maruti Suzuki India made a ernment will meet this requirement to sack 500 permanent workers. tre. job of the engineers sitting in Japan. detailed presentation before the in the next 2-3 years. They were pret- There has been demand from various Mr Bhargava said no ground I cannot tell you anything about it state government yesterday about its ty satisfied with the response. All the quarters, including workers union of MSI's Tata Steel, L&T pledge Dhamra breaking ceremony for the plant, now.” infrastructure requirements for the connectivity issues should be in Gurgaon plant to reinstate the sacked Port's 51% stake which is near Mehsana, could take Sounding upbeat about the loca- project, to which the state govern- place,” Mr Dayani said. employees. pti NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Tata Steel and Larsen & Toubro have pledged 51 per cent stake of their joint venture, Dhamra Port Company (DPCL). Farm loan “The promoters' combined investments in DPCL PC hopeful of GST regime soon JSPL raises stake in representing 51 per cent of the port's paid-up statesman news service equity share capital are pledged with IDBI gration of direct tax information system into the target fixed at Trusteeship Services,” Tata Steel, which has 50 GST system. ` Gujarat NRE’s Oz arm per cent stake in DPCL, has said in its annual NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: The Union finance minister Some members highlighted the need to resolve 5.75 lakh cr report. The financial details of the pledge were not P Chidambaram today expressed optimism that the issue of loss accruing to the state governments NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Jindal Steel and Power has picked up an addi- disclosed. IDBI Trusteeship Services (ITSL), which the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) on account of reduction in the rate of CST (Central KARAIKUDI (TN), 25 AUG: tional 2.67 per cent stake in GNCCL ~ Gujarat NRE Coal's Australian claims to be the country's largest trusteeship firm, regime would be given the statutory status by the sales tax) and the divergent viewpoint between the Disbursal of agricultural loans subsidiary ~ for Aus $7.5 million (about Rs 43.44 crore), taking its is jointly promoted by IDBI Bank, Life Insurance end of the current fiscal ~ 31 March 2013 ~ to put Centre and the states over the compensation issue. has been on the rise under the holding to 12.74 per cent. Corporation and GIC of India. pti in place “a more effective and efficient substitute” “Cirst, the issue of loss to the states (must) be set- UPA regime and the target for this In May, the Naveen Jindal-led firm had acquired 10.07 per cent for a plethora of indirect taxes. tled to the satisfaction of all states before we march fiscal has been fixed at Rs 5.75 stake in Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Ltd (GNCCL), for about Aus $25 mil- Volkswagen may raise prices Addressing a meeting of the consultative com- forward. This is causing delay on the part of the lakh crore, an increase of Rs lion (about Rs 135 crore). CHENNAI, 25 AUG: German auto-major Volkswagen is planning to increase price of its mittee attached to his ministry, Mr Chidambaram states in accepting GST and this uncertainty may 1,00,000 crore over the previous In a statement, GNCCL said that the funds from the share sale will flagship hatchback Polo and mid-size sedan Vento admitted that there were still some issues relating be settled once for all,” they said. Some of the other year, Union finance minister P be used for expanding the capacity of two coking coal mines to six mil- by up to three per cent, sources said. “The to GST and its network (GSTN) to be resolved, but members suggested that the decision-making Chidambaram said today. lion tons per annum (MTPA). company will increase the price of Polo and Vento these were not insurmountable. The objective of process of the GST Council should be made more "We have set a target of dis- “The securing strong off-take partners is important as we continue models by one to three per cent soon,” a source implementing the GST regime in lieu of most indi- practicable by providing decisions with two-third bursing Rs 5,75,000 crore (loans) the expansion of our two mines to our planned levels of over six MTPA said. When contacted, a company spokesperson rect taxes was to put in place an effective and effi- majority of the states, rather than on consensus during this year (2012-13)," he and the placement funds will be utilised in our expansion project,” the declined to comment on the plan to hike prices cient tax system, which was friendly and fair to the basis. said while inaugurating the new company's executive chairman Arun Kumar Jagatramka said in the and said: “We cannot comment on market taxpayers. “Once GST is implemented, it will not Similarly, issues relating to dispute settlement building of Rural Training Centre statement. Besides, Gujarat NRE will also sell two lakh tons of raw coal speculation”. Volkswagen had introduced Polo and be adversarial to taxpayers,” he said. mechanism and exclusion of certain products from jointly set up by Indian Bank, (run-of mine coal) annually to JSPL at a benchmark linked price. Vento models in India in 2010 and the two have The committee members offered various sugges- the GST system, among others, were also raised at Indian Overseas Bank and “As part of the agreement, the company will issue and allot a further become the flagship products of the car maker. tions relating to GST and its network. While they the meeting. Nabard at nearby 30,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares to Jindal Steel & Power The company also sells premium sedan Jetta and viewed the GST regime as good for all stakehold- While these specific issues relating to delay in Amaravathipudur in his native (Mauritius) Limited at Aus $0.25 per share raising Aus $7,500,000,” it luxury sedan Passat, premium SUV Touareg and ers, including the Centre and the states as well as implementation of the GST regime came up for dis- Sivaganga District. He said: "The added. Jindal Steel & Power (Mauritius) is the Mauritius-based sub- Beetle in India. The company has a manufacturing traders and business communities, a number of cussion, the Constitution Amendment Bill is under disbursal of agricultural loans sidiary of JSPL. Going by the total issued shares at 1,12,31,37,858 of facility at Chakan, Maharashtra, with an annual issues were raised pertaining to GSTN, including scrutiny by the standing committee on finance had gradually increased to Rs GNCCL, Thursday's transaction amounts to 2.67 per cent share sale to capacity of 1.10 lakh units. Sales of Volkswagen security of data, settlement of disputes, and inte- headed by the BJP leader Yashwant Sinha. 4.75 lakh crore in 2011-12". pti the Naveen Jindal-led firm. pti models declined marginally in June to 5,371 units compared to 5,397 units in the year-ago period. pti DL! to sell Amanresorts for $350m NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: The country's largest realty firm DL@ is in discussion to sell luxury hospitality Commexes turnover up 20% in Gold zooms to new record business Amanresorts for around $350 million NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Buoyed by a strong rally overseas, gold (about Rs 1,900 crore) and the deal may be rose to touch a new high of Rs 31,300 per 10 gm in the bullion finalised next month. Recently, DL@ sold 17 acres Jan-Mar, led by bullion: FMC market here today. of prime land in Mumbai to Lodha Developers for press trust of india the January-March period, the turnover from farm Gold added Rs 185, registering gains for the sixth day in a Rs 2,700 crore ~ almost four times higher than items was at Rs 7.24 lakh crore and energy com- row, while silver added Rs 950 to Rs 57,800 per kg on increased the price it had paid in 2005 ~ as part of the NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: The total value of trade in modities at 6.80 lakh crore, the CMC data said. buying. company's strategy to exit from non-core business the commodity futures market rose 20 per cent to CMC, which regulates 21 commodity bourses, Silver coins also spurted by Rs 2,000 to Rs 73,000 for buying and cut debt that stood at Rs 22,680 crore as on Rs 44.03 lakh crore in the first three months this said the five national level exchanges ~ MCX, and Rs 74,000 for selling of 100 pieces on strong demand. 30 June. DL@ had acquired a controlling stake in year, led by gold and silver, market regulator CMC NCDEX, NMCE, ICEX and ACE ~ made a total Traders said gold's rally in the global markets where it record- Amanresorts for $400 million in 2007. pti has said. business of 43.87 lakh crore and the remaining 16 ed its biggest weekly gain since January amid speculation that “The value of trade during January to March commodity exchanges achieved a turnover of Rs the Cederal Reserve will take additional steps to spur the econ- 2012 was Rs 44.03 lakh crore as against Rs 36.78 0.16 lakh crore during the review period. omy, boosting the metal's demand as an inflation hedge, influ- lakh crore in the corresponding period last year,” The regulator said that it granted permission to enced trading sentiments. Price Watch Corward Markets Commission (CMC) said in its lat- the exchanges to launch 54 commodity contracts In New York, the yellow metal rose by $2.10 to $1,674.90 an est bulletin. both agricultural and non-agricultural items in the ounce, posting its biggest weekly gain since 27 January. Silver Commodity Rs Change* Commodity Rs Change* Trading in bullion contributed a major share in first three months of 2012. also rose 0.5 per cent to $30.70 an ounce. per Kg per Kg the total value of trade in the market, it said. Prominently traded farm items were refined soya Buying by retail customers for the coming marriage season Rice Gobind Bhog 56 Arhar Dal 85 The value of trade in bullion was the maximum oil, mustardseed, chana, soyabean and pepper, fol- and investors also supported the uptrend in precious metals, Sugar 41 Mustard Oil 95-120 at Rs 21.45 lakh crore as compared to other com- lowed by mentha oil, guarseed, kapas, crude palm traders said. Moong Dal 83 Sunflower Oil 85-114 modities. Bullion is largely traded at MCX, the oil, guar Gum and cotton seed oilcake, it added. On the domestic front, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity Chana Dal 79 Potato 13 country's leading commodity bourse. The turnover To protect individual traders, the Commission added Rs 185 to touch record levels of Rs 31,300 and Rs 31,100 Masoor Dal 78 Onion 13 from gold and silver was Rs 9.29 lakh crore and Rs said, it has issued directives to the national per 10 gm, respectively. The metal has gained Rs 675 in the last 11.64 lakh crore, respectively, on the exchange exchanges for setting up of Investor Protection five sessions. Source: Big Bazaar during the review period. Cund, sending every day details of trade to traders Sovereign held steady at Rs 24,700 per piece of eight gm. * rom previous day Increase Decrease No Change While the value of trade in other metals on the and quarterly settlement of individual trader's Silver ready spurted by Rs 950 to Rs 57,800 per kg and week- 21 commodity exchanges was Rs 8.54 lakh crore in account by brokers. ly-based delivery by Rs 720 to Rs 57,200 per kg. pti Market extends gains for 4th straight week Foreign exchange reserves press trust of india cent in July from 10.02 per cent in June also somewhat boosted the sentiment. down by $250 million MUMBAI, 25 AUG: Stretching gains for the World stocks rose on hopes that policymak- statesman news service markets. fourth straight week on the back of rise in IT, ers in the USA and China will ease monetary Coreign currency assets, the biggest CMCG, metal and healthcare shares, the BSE policy to boost growth in the world's two NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: After rising for a component of the forex reserves kitty in benchmark Sensex rallied by another 92 points biggest economies. couple of weeks, the country’s foreign the week under review fell by $263 million to end the shortened week at 17,783.21. However, gains were capped as rally in the exchange (forex) reserves declined by to $256.65 billion, according to the weekly The BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) global markets fizzled out on 24 August after a $250 million to $288.91 billion for the statistical supplement released by the RBI. were closed on 20 August on the occasion of US Cederal Reserve official poured cold water week ending 17 August, according to RBI Coreign currency assets had declined by “Ramzan Id”. on expectations that another round of stimulus data released yesterday. $34.1 million to $256.91 billion for the Persistent capital inflows into equity markets was on its way. The reserves had increased by $17.8 mil- week ending 10 August. kept the market sentiment upbeat as they Brokers said investors and funds booked lion to $289.16 billion for the week ending The RBI in a statement said that foreign pumped in Rs 959 crore during the week, profits in the second half of the session amid 10 August. The reserves had risen by currency assets in US dollar terms included including the provisional data of 24 August. worries that pace of economic reforms could $502.2 million to $289.15 billion for the the effect of appreciation or depreciation The 30-share Sensex surged to a five-month be stalled with the Opposition BJP-led NDA week ending 3 August. of non-US currencies held in reserve, such high of 17,972.54 on Thursday on a slew of sticking to its demand for the Prime Minister The Reserve Bank of India is believed to as the pound sterling, euro and yen. positive developments such as Infosys winning Manmohan Singh's resignation on the coal have sold dollars during these weeks to However, the value of gold reserves a case in the USA, heavy rain in some parts of block allocation issue. curb the slide in the rupee’s value. remained stagnant at $25.71 billion. Both the country and a fall in inflation. The domestic sentiment remained bearish The partially convertible rupee slumped the special drawing rights (SDRs) and It opened higher at 17,705.14 and hovered as the Reserve Bank, in its financial year 2011- by 25 paise against the US dollar and stood reserves with the International Monetary in a range of 17,972.54 to 17,705.74 before 20.40 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 5,386.70. It in favour of the company in an employee 12 Annual Report released this week, stated at 55.39 against a dollar on Criday. It has Cund (IMC) grew during the week under closing the week at 17,783.21, showing a gain has hardened by 286.85 points, or 5.62 per harassment case. Also, the stability in the USA inflation remains the cornerstone of monetary weakened sharply in the last two months review. of 92.13 points, or 0.52 per cent. cent, over the same period. supported the IT stocks,” said Mr Dipen Shah, policy action. due to increased demands from oil The SDRs increased by $8.3 million to The key index has gained a healthy 944.02 “IT stocks were at the forefront after the head of PCG (private client group) research, Realty, refinery, capital goods, consumer importers and outflow of money by foreign $4.35 billion during the week ending 17 points, or 5.61 per cent, in the last four weeks. country's leading software exporter, Infosys, Kotak Securities. durable and banking stocks suffered the most institutional investors as poor GDP growth August, while India’s reserves with the IMC The NSE 50-share Nifty also ended higher by notched handsome gains as a US Court ruled A marginal fall in retail inflation to 9.86 per on profit-booking. data dampened sentiments in the Indian grew by $4.2 million to $2.19 billion. 10 KOLKATA 26 AUGUST 2012 INTERNATIONAL Pak’s ruling party prepares for showdown with judiciary press trust of india Top Haqqani commander killed in Pak drone strikes ISLAMABAD, 25 AUG: With a showdown WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, 25 AUG: Badruddin Haqqani, the key between the government and the judiciary operational commander of the Al Qaida-linked Haqqani network, and looming, top leaders of Pakistan's ruling top Pakistani Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah are believed to have been killed in US drone and air strikes in the tribal region of party have held meetings to prepare a strat- Pakistan and Afghanistan. Badruddin, the son of Afghan warlord egy for the standoff and to decide whether Jalaluddin Haqqani, is ranked as a deputy to his elder brother and the the Premier should appear in court on network's chief Sirajuddin and was believed to be killed in one of the Monday to face a contempt charge. five volleys of drone strikes in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal The apex court's order asking Mr Raja Mr Zardari is expected to meet leaders of agency of North Waziristan since 18 August. 7our of the missiles hit Pervez Ashraf (photo, right) to appear before the parties in the PPP-led coalition tomor- took place in Shawal Valley, considered to be traditional area of a five-judge Bench was discussed at a meet- row, sources said. operations of Haqqani network in North Waziristan, and US reports ing of the Pakistan People's Party's top lead- Several top PPP leaders, including former said he may have been killed in the 21 August strike near Miranshah. ership chaired last night by Prime Minister Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani, and attorney The wave of attacks drew strongest protest from Islamabad in recent Ashraf and President Asif Ali Zardari (left). general Irfan Qadir have advised Mr Ashraf years when a senior US diplomat was summoned by the foreign The matter also figured at a meeting not to appear in the apex court next week. ministry to lodge their Opposition to the attacks. pti today between Mr Ashraf and law minister Mr Gilani, the vice-chairman of the PPP, 3arooq H Naek, sources said. has even warned that the party will not Ashraf too is dismissed by the apex court, 248 of the Constitution, the Premier is not Mr Naek briefed the Premier on options accept any unconstitutional move by the the PPP would not take the verdict “lying answerable to any court for the exercise of available to the government, the sources apex court against Mr Ashraf. down”. He warned: “An unconstitutional his powers and official functions. said. Both leaders agreed that the govern- Mr Ashraf became the Premier after the verdict will not be accepted....The masses Mr Qadir told reporters yesterday that the ment does not want any confrontation with apex court convicted Mr Gilani on contempt will not accept it. We'll resist instead of tak- court should not have asked the Premier to the judiciary and that it would act on any and disqualified him for refusing to reopen ing the decision lying down.” appear before it. Asked whether the Premier ruling from the apex court while keeping graft cases against the President in The Supreme Court has been pressuris- would appear in the apex court, Mr Qadir the interests of the people and the country Switzerland. ing the government to revive the cases said: “I don't know about this. This will in mind, the sources added. The court subsequently charged Mr against the President since December 2009, purely be the decision of the Prime Though an official statement issued after Ashraf with contempt and summoned him when it struck down a graft amnesty that Minister.” last night's meeting made no mention of the to personally appear on 27 August to benefited Mr Zardari and over 8,000 others. Responding to another question on what case in the apex court, presidential explain why action should not be taken The government has refused to act, saying the court would do if the Premier failed to spokesman Mr 3arhatullah Babar told the against him. Legal experts have said Mr the President enjoys immunity in Pakistan appear, he said: “This question has no sense media that a final decision on the Premier's Ashraf faces the possibility of being disquali- and abroad. as it is a hypothetical question. I don't com- appearance in court will be made after the fied like Mr Gilani. In a related development, attorney gen- ment on such questions relying on ifs and Syrian families evacuate the Seif al-Dalwa neighbourhood in the northern city of PPP consults its allies in the ruling coalition. However, Mr Gilani has said that if Mr eral Irfan Qadir has said that under Article buts.” Aleppo during fights between rebels and the Syrian government on Saturday. afp Miscellany In battered Aleppo, rebels dig in for war of attrition ALEPPO (Syria), 25 AUG: Syrian rebels say Lebanese hostage released Citadel in old Aleppo, said of the embattled they are digging in for a war of attrition in Syrian president.. “I sometimes think he ANKARA, 25 AUG: One of the 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims taken Aleppo, where what was being billed as the wants us to take the ground and then sur- REGISTERED hostage by Syrian rebels in May has been released and is now in Turkey, “mother of all battles” is now dragging on a Turkish foreign ministry spokesman said today. Hussein Ali Omar “has round the city and starve us. He can then INVESTIGATION & DETECTION into a second month of bloody stalemate. arrived in Turkey and we are doing our best for his return to Lebanon,” wait, try to cut us off and hope that we Aleppo is bearing the brunt of attacks by the spokesman, who requested anonymity, told AP. afp make mistakes, that civilians turn against An Organization manned by government warplanes, tanks and heavy us,” he told AP. Ex-Police Officers (CID) artillery as the army battles to dislodge bloody conflict spread to Aleppo, a once network of sources on the ground. Abu Mohammed defected from the army rebels who claim to control 60 per cent of thriving manufacturing and commercial Some rebel commanders say they are three years ago and found political asylum PROBLEM AND SOLUTION: l Matrimonial Enquiry the battered northern metropolis. hub where war has now left a trail of aware that even if the 3ree Syrian Army ~ in Belgium before crossing back into Syria a) Pre-Matrimonial “We don't have enough weapons, they destruction, with bombed out buildings a motley collection of armed opposition via Turkey more than a year ago when the b) Post-Matrimonial (the Syrian army) don't have enough men,” and shuttered shops. groups -- seizes full control on the ground, revolution started. l Missing Case said Abu Haidar, a rebel fighter in Saif al- “It is a long war. Each party wants to set- they will remain besieged from the air by A top 3SA commander in Aleppo, Abdel l Legal Matters l Handwriting / Signature Dawla, a district in the city's southwestern tle the score, but it is a war of attrition that the military's far superior firepower. Jabba al-Okaidi, told AP on Tuesday that verification belt where much of the fighting is concen- will drag on, with bombardments and “Bashar al-Assad is like a wounded ani- the rebels now controlled more than 60 l +inger print verification trated. fighting every day,” said Rami Abdel mal now, so I don't expect him and his per cent of the city, but this was rejected as l All types of other cases At least 200,000 people have fled the city Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory army to follow a logic,” Abu Mohamed, “completely false” by a security source in l Domestic Enquiry since late July when the increasingly for Human Rights, a watchdog that has a who leads a small katiba (brigade) near the Damascus. pti l Industrial Espionage Branch Office l Claim Enquires at Balurghat l Debt Recovery 9674635001 l Property Case 9733482192S Short Takes l Identity Nato airstrike ‘Christian girl held for blasphemy can’t read’ l Secret information relating to murders Seven dead CARACAS, 25 AUG: A huge 3, Pratapaditya Road, Kolkata-700026 kills 12 militants VATICAN CITY, 25 AUG: 3rench Cardinal Jean-Louis in the middle of the rubbish.” “The more serious MOBILE: 9830882345. PHONE: 033-24630905 / explosion rocked 24632752. Fax: 033-24654056 Tauran today went to the defence of the young and tense the situation, the more necessary it is to Venezuela's biggest oil E-MAIL: [email protected] in Afghanistan Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy, stressing that have dialogue,” added the cardinal, who was the late refinery, Amuay, early WEBSITE: eyewitnessno1.com KABUL, 25 AUG: A Nato airstrike in she “cannot read or write.” pope John Paul II's foreign minister. He also told the today, killing at least seven eastern Afghanistan targeting a Interviewed on Radio Vatican, Tauran, who is in daily Il Sussidiario, that he believed it “impossible in people and injuring group of insurgents near the charge of interfaith dialogue in the Vatican, said “that the light of the facts that the girl had tried to express dozens, an official said. pti Pakistani border killed at least 12 before asserting a sacred text has been the object of her scorn for the sacred book of Islam.” The young- Libya Islamists ENGLISH MOVIE HINDI MOVIE militants, the international military scorn, it is worth checking the facts.” ster reportedly has Down's Syndrome and her arrest TRIPOLI, 25 AUG: Islamist around town coalition said. Rimsha, aged 11 to 16 according to different has prompted outrage from rights groups and con- hardliners today bulldozed The Expendables 2 Paradise, Noon, 6pm Pakistani intelligence and reports, is accused of burning pages from a chil- cern from Western governments. part of a revered mau- Fame South City Mall, Inox-Forum, 9.15am, 2pm, Afghan officials said Mullah dren's religious instruction book inscribed with vers- Meanwhile, Rimsha continues to be held in a soleum in Tripoli in the 9:30pm, 2:45pm, 8:05pm, 5.45pm, 8pm, 10.20pm Dadullah, the self-proclaimed es from the Koran, Islam's holy book. high-security jail despite her case being taken up by second such attack . pti 10:15pm ENGLISH MOVIE Inox-City Centre, 10am, leader of the Pakistani Taliban in She was arrested and remanded in custody last the ruling Pakistan People’s Party. the Bajur tribal area was also Thursday. But Tauran said that Rimsha “is a girl who “Rimsha is still in Adiala Jail and her family is in 4 killed in crash Fame Hiland Park, 9:15am, Inox Forum 1.30pm 3.30pm, 5.50pm, 8.10pm, TEHERAN, 25 AUG: Iran 2:30pm, 4:45pm, 10:15pm Metro 6pm 10.30pm killed, although they offered con- cannot read or write and collects garbage to live on hiding somewhere in Islamabad,” Xavier P William, says a military helicopter Hind Fame, 11:20pm, 3:50pm, Ice Age : Continental Drift Inox-Swabhumi, 10.45am, flicting reports on the exact loca- and picked up the fragments of the book which was president of the NGO Life for All, said. pti has crashed near the Iraqi 8:20pm 3D 1.10pm, 3.30pm, 5.50pm, tion of yesterday's strike. border, killing all four Big Cinemas, 11:30 am, Fame South City Mall, 8.10pm Nato could not confirm that a people aboard. pti 4:45pm, 7pm, 9.15pm 11:45am, 5:55pm Inox-Rajarhat, 10am, 3.30pm, senior militant had been killed. Empire State Building shooter held grudge against victim Kasparov Priya, 11.40am Inox Forum 9:20am 5.50pm, 8.10pm, 10.30pm Coalition spokesman Maj. Adam Wojack said the attack took place NEW YORK, 25 AUG: An accessories designer, who gunned down his former co-wor- MOSCOW, Roxy, 12.30pm, 3pm, 6pm, The Dark Knight Rises Inox-Liluah, 11.05am, 4.30pm, ker near the Empire State Building, had held a grudge against his victim for years late last afternoon in Kunar 25 AUG: 9pm Fame South City Mall 8.50pm and the two had filed police complaints against one another a year ago after getting Garry Inox-Forum, 9am, 3.35pm, 11:40am, 6:05pm(G) Ek Tha Tiger province near the Pakistan border, into a scuffle in their office. Jeffrey Johnson, 58, was shot dead by New York police killing 12 militants. Conflicting Kasparov, a 7.50pm, 10.10pm Fame Hiland Park 11.25am Fame South City Mall 9am, officers stationed outside the popular tourist destination after he killed his former co- strong critic Inox-City Centre, 9.30am, Inox Forum 11.30am 10:25am, 11:45pm, 1:10pm, reports out of the rugged and worker Steven Ercolino, 41, with a .45 calibre semiautomatic pistol yesterday. John- of Mr 2.50pm, 8.15pm, 10.20pm Inox City Centre 11.40am 2:30pm, 3:25pm(G), 3:55pm, remote regions along the Afghan- son had once told a former landlord Mr Kathleen Walsh that he was a sharpshooter. Vladimir Putin, has been Inox-Swabhumi, 9.40am, 5:15pm, 6:40pm, 8pm, Pakistan border are common HINDI MOVIE Authorities described Johnson as a “disgruntled” person who had been laid off from acquitted by a court here 2.30pm, 7.50pm, 10pm 9:25pm, 10:45pm shortly after an attack. Kunar his job at the 40-year-old apparel company Hazan Imports, a year ago. Neighbours of charges of taking part Inox-Rajarhat, 9.30am, Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Fame Hiland Park 9am, provincial official Aslam Gul and co-workers described the animosity that had existed between Johnson and in an unauthorised protest 2.15pm, 7.35pm, 9.40pm Padi 10:30am, 11:45am, 1:15pm, Mujahid said the airstrike killed 20 Ercolino, saying the “two never got along,” a report in the New York Times said. pti rally. pti Inox-Liluah, 9am, 6.45pm Fame South City Mall, 2:30pm, 4pm, 5:15pm, people, including Dadullah. pti The Expendables 2 2D 9:05am(G), 10:25am, 6:45pm, 8pm, 9:30pm, PVR Howrah, 9.15am 12:50pm, 3:15pm, 5:40pm, 10:45pm Finding Nemo 3D 8:05pm, 9:15pm(G), 10:30pm Fame Hind, 9am, 11:35am, Fame South City Mall, Fame Hiland Park, 2:15pm, 4:55pm, 7:35pm, OAS support for Ecuador over Assange 9:35am, 3:45pm, 10:05am, 12:45pm, 10:15pm 7:50pm 2:45pm, 5:05pm, Inox Forum, 9.05am, 11.05am, PVR Howrah, 7:25pm, 9:45pm 11.50am, 2.35pm, .4.20pm, press trust of india support for the government of the Republic we understand this message as a retraction Assange to eventually resume 9:45am, Noon, Hind Fame, 5.20pm, of Ecuador.” of that threat, which we welcome with joy,” broadcasts on Russian TV 5pm 9am, 1:30pm, 7.05pm, 8.10pm, 9.50pm, WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, 25 AUG: The It urged Ecuador and Britain to “continue Mr Correa said in an address broadcast on Julian Assange will resume his broadcasts on Inox-Forum, 6:00pm, 10:30pm 10.55pm Organisation of American States has to engage in dialogue in order to settle their national television and radio. Russian television once his legal troubles are 11.20am,5.40pm Big Cinemas, Inox City Centre, 9am, 10am, declared “solidarity and support” for current differences in accordance with inter- “At no time did the UK make any threat over, a Russian television journalist said The Bourne 11.15 am, 11.45am, 12.45pm, 2.30pm, Ecuador in its dispute with Britain over national law, taking into account the state- against the embassy of Ecuador,” he said, today after meeting the WikiLeaks founder Legacy 1:30pm, 3.30pm, 5.15pm, 6.20pm, granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian ments made recently by authorities of both calling for a resumption of dialogue. “We in the Ecuadoran embassy in London where Fame South City 3.45pm, 6pm 8pm, 9.10pm, 10.45pm Assange. governments.” invite the government of Ecuador to resume he has taken refuge. Mall, 10pm PVR Inox Swabhumi , 9.45am, The meeting of the Americas bloc yester- Reservations about the resolution were as early as possible the constructive discus- Inox Forum 9:45 Howrah, 10.45am, 11.45am, 12.30pm day was convened at Ecuador's request to expressed in footnotes by the USA and sion we've held on this matter to date.” consider a resolution rejecting any attempt Canada, OAS members who are also firm Speaking to the British newspaper The pm 10am, SIT & DRAW Step Up 12.25pm, to put at risk the “inviolability” of its British allies. The diplomatic confrontation Guardian, Mr Correa insisted that “the Revolution 3D 2.50pm, Sit & Draw Competition embassy in London, where Assange is over Assange, who has been staying at the window of dialogue has never been Fame South City Mall 5.15pm, Nawabgunj Sanskritik Mancha, holed up. Ecuadoran mission since 19 June, reached a closed.” “But we are never going to give 1.40pm 7.40pm, Ichapur, North 24 Parganas In the resolution, foreign ministers and new pitch last week after Quito announced up our principles, nor the human rights of 10.10pm. organises a Sit & Draw representatives of the 34-member regional it was granting the 41-year-old Australian Mr Assange,” he added. “As a consequence, A still from Ek Tha Basusree, Competition on 26th August body rejected “any attempt that might put at activist asylum. Mr Rafael Correa, Ecuador we'll continue to demand what we've been Tiger showing at Noon, 6pm 2012 at Gosto Mondal Audit- risk the inviolability of the premises of diplo- President expressed relief at receiving assur- demanding from the beginning: if Mr Fame, Inox, PVR Metro 3pm orium, Jhulantala, Nawabganj, matic missions.” ances from London on Thursday that ruled Assange goes to Sweden to face Swedish Howrah, Big Priya, North 24 Parganas ; 9.30am to The text, adopted by consensus after five out the possibility of British authorities justice, as is his will and as is our will, he Cinemas, New 4.35pm, 11am. Prize distribution from hours of arduous negotiations in forcibly entering his country's embassy. should receive a guarantee that he will not Empire, Navina, 9.30pm 6.30pm at the same venue. Washington, also expressed “solidarity and “While it is clear that there was a threat, be extradited to a third country.” Malancha, Ashoka 11 SPORT KOLKATA 26 AUGUST 2012

Short Takes Indians coast home Advani beats Higgins Armstrong plots strategy At urth, in Germany, Pankaj aloke nath Advani stamped his class on the Professional Snooker Circuit, LOS ANGELES, 25 AUG: Cyclist Lance Armstrong (in my seven Tours since 1999," Armstrong said Thursday. NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: India posted a dominating 3-0 win against defeating former world number photo) plotted his career strategy on Saturday after the "The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for Maldives with skipper Sunil Chhetri leading from the front with two one John Higgins of Scotland 4- US anti-doping agency banned him from the sport for life our foundation and on me leads me to where I am today goals. Sayed Rahim Nabi scored the other goal for India who have 1 on day two of the European and stripped him of the record seven Tour de (rance -- finished with this nonsense." claimed their second straight victory in the Nehru Cup football tour- Tour-2 Paul Hunter Classic on titles. USADA branded Armstrong a dope cheat on USADA maintains that Armstrong used banned sub- nament, here in New Delhi today. The match started on time despite riday night. In the clash of the (riday, a day after the 40-year-old Texan said he would stances -- including the blood-booster EPO, steroids and fears of continuing rain and the first half seemed to foretell a closely titans, Higgins, currently world not pursue a bid to clear himself of charges that he used blood transfusions -- dating back to 1996, and said 10 of fought match with both sides seeming to have equal possession of the number seven, did not allow the Indian to score in the first performance enhancing drugs to win cycling's most pres- his former teammates were ready to testify against him. ball. Both sides took their shots at the goal and some brilliant goal- frame, winning it 0-1. The 27- tigious race from 1999 to 2005. If the UCI confirms the move, it faces a potential keeping by Subrata Pal of India kept Maldives at bay. Chhetri scored year-old Bangalorean then The agency laid out five rule violations for which headache of choosing new winners for the seven disput- his first goal at the very end of the first half of the match. Mohamed fought back to equalise in the Armstrong has been sanctioned, saying the cancer sur- ed tours, as a number of cyclists who finished behind the Sifan was called for handling the ball that was delivered by Nabi and second frame. In a closely - vivor who became a hero to millions took part in a sys- American have also been implicated in doping scandals. Chhetri took a easy penalty shot ~ his 36th goal for India. contested third frame, Higgins tematic doping conspiracy with his then US Postal Indeed, Armstrong has argued that at least some of the In the second half of the match India seemed to be in complete con- scored a break of 66 with only Service team. It said that, as Armstrong has dropped out witnesses who have implicated him cannot be trusted as trol of the game. Chhetri’s aggressive game kept Maldives on their 67 points on the table. Advani, of an arbitration process, he "has received a lifetime peri- they are themselves admitted dope cheats. toes. Almost in déjà vu of the first match the second goal of the day in a fantastic display, proceeded od of ineligibility and disqualification of all competitive (ormer teammate (loyd Landis, who finally admitted was taken by Nabi when he headed it for India off a Clifford Miranda to build a break of 67 to take a results from August 1, 1998 through the present". Along ing his intention to compete in a local mountain bike doping years after he was stripped of his 2006 Tour de corner in the 53rd minute. 2-1 lead. Scoring a break of 60 with his celebrated haul of Tour titles, Armstrong stands race in the Aspen area in Colorado called the Power of (rance title, accused Armstrong of systematic doping, Chhetri sealed the game when he headed in a shot crossed to him in the fourth frame and one of to lose the Olympic bronze medal he won in 2000 along (our. "Excited to be racing the #poweroffour tomor- helping trigger a federal government probe of Armstrong by (rances (ernandes to make it 3-0. India’s Dutch coach 50 in the fifth, the reigning with other race titles, prize money and other awards. row here in @AspenCO," Armstrong tweeted, apparent- and others. Koevermans’ tactics seemed to be working well for the team and his Indian billiards champion The International Cycling Union, the sport's govern- ly confident of a warm welcome from the local cycling Test tip-offs decision to retained the XI that defeated Syria in the tournament open- registered the 4-1 victory ing body based in Aigle, Switzerland, had been fighting community. Certainly Armstrong had already received er worked out well. India seems to have a very good chance to win a against the Scottish snooker USADA for jurisdiction over Armstrong's case and said support from leaders of the anti-smoking and anti-cancer Armstrong was regularly tipped off over drugs tests, a third title after triumphs in 2007 and 2009 at the Ambedkar stadium. legend. Earlier in the day, Advani (riday it wanted to see USADA's full explanation for the causes that he champions, and from sports apparel giant leading (rench anti-doper claimed on Saturday. This was India’s 11th win in 17 encounters against Maldives. The last defeated England's Martin sanctions before acting. Nike. "Lance has stated his innocence and has been The American went through his entire career without time the two teams met in the 2011 SA(( Cup India won 3-1. O'Donnell 4-0 in the best-of- However, USADA's statement made it clear they unwavering on this position. Nike plans to continue to failing a drugs test, but Michel Rieu, the scientific advisor Coach Wim Koevermans said his boys have the ability to do better seven-frame match and then believe the UCI is bound by the World Anti-Doping support Lance and the Lance Armstrong (oundation, a at (rance's anti-doping body (A(LD) told Le Monde and he would always encourage them to improve and get accustomed secured his second victory of the day with an emphatic 4-1 Code to back up its findings. "Because Mr. Armstrong foundation that Lance created to serve cancer survivors," newspaper that Armstrong was warned when the testers to playing the passing game. “They can do it. I am going to ask for win over England's Ian Burns in could have had a hearing before neutral arbitrators to the firm said. Armstrong, who has branded the USADA were about to call."The testers found it difficult to carry more from them, I always do that. You have to be confident to do it Round 4 of the tournament. contest USADA's evidence and sanction and he volun- probe a "witch hunt, had gone to court in a bid to block out checks without Lance Armstrong benefitting from a and win games. Passing game is the way forward,” Koevermans said in tarily chose not to do so, USADA's sanction is final," the the agency's proceedings. delay of 20 minutes," claimed Rieu. "He was warned the post-match Press conference. “I am pleased with the result, every Dortmund win agency's statement said. Armstrong had long denied But on Monday a federal judge in his hometown of before any controls. In 20 minutes, a lot of manipula- win is important. It was an interesting first half, we played in the mid- The 50th Bundesliga kicked- accusations of doping but said Thursday he would no Austin dismissed his lawsuit, leaving Armstrong until tions are possible. Without information from police or field and flanks, there were a few crosses but there were not enough off on riday with defending longer even address the issue. "Today I turn the page," he midnight on Thursday to tell USADA whether or not he customs, it was impossible to fight this way." Rieu claims support for Sunil (Chhetri) inside the box. That's why we had to make champions Borussia Dortmund said. But hours after USADA's announcement on (riday would seek arbitration. "I have been dealing with claims that Armstrong has many supporters inside the sport, a change in the second half, and bring in Robin to add a little power defeating Werder Bremen 2-1, he made it clear that doesn't mean he'll disappear, tweet- that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning willing to help him when needed. afp upfront,” the coach said. with substitute Mario Goetze hitting the match-winner at Signal Iduna Park. Werder Bremen's inability to find rhythm and fight back cost Van Persie scores in ManU victory them the match. Dortmund opened the scoring in the 11th MANCHESTER, 25 AUG: Robin van Persie and having a long-range effort easily held by minute as they capitalised on a Shinji Kagawa marked their home debuts with Schwarzer. poor Bremen defence. goals as Manchester United picked up their first Ten minutes before the interval United moved points of the season with a 3-2 victory over in front with (ulham's players furiously appealing Chandhok's home race (ulham, but Wayne Rooney suffered a potentially for offside. Van Persie's corner was headed away by Karun Chandhok set the fourth serious injury in the closing stages. Mahamadou Diarra and Tom Cleverley's powerful fastest time as JRM Racing's preparations for their home Sir Alex (erguson produced a selection surprise rebound was pushed out by Schwarzer only as far race, the 6 Hours of Silverstone, as the United manager left Rooney on the bench as Kagawa, who finished from a couple of yards. in the IA World Endurance and gave van Persie his first start in response to Moments later, United came close to adding a Championship got underway Monday's surprise 1-0 defeat at Everton. third when Kagawa's effort came back off the post with the two 90 minute practice It looked a gamble when Damien Duff opened and Schwarzer saved Young's follow-up before sessions. The crew of Karun the scoring in the third minute but van Persie Rafael touched in from an offside position. Chandhok, David Brabham scored a first goal since his £24 million move from But the Brazilian did add United's third when and Peter Dumbreck Arsenal and Japan midfielder Kagawa touched in (ulham failed to clear van Persie's corner and completed more than 400km from close-range to add a second. Young lifted a cross to the far post for the right- over the day. The day started Rafael headed in the third but Nemanja Vidic's back to head in for his first goal since December positively with Chandhok setting own goal halved the lead before Rooney was 2009. the fourth quickest time of the brought on for the final 22 minutes. The frenzied action continued when De Gea 90 minutes as he clocked The England forward was clearly desperate to blocked Duff's effort and then turned Petric's effort 1:46.491, making JRM the make an impression but instead finished the on to the bar. United continued to dominate after fastest non-works team. match stretchered off in agony after suffering a the restart without ever troubling Schwarzer. Indian Grand Prix deep gash to his thigh when he attempted to block And they allowed Martin Jol's team back into the With just two months left for the Hugo Rodallega's stoppage-time effort. contest midway through the second period with a 1 Indian Grand Prix, its Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt was De Gea error. organisers have so far sold paraded on the pitch before the match with the Matthew Briggs swung in a cross from the left 21,000 tickets, with 6, 000 of home fans urging (erguson to sign the Jamaican. that De Gea failed to claim and the ball bounced in these going to southern India. But the sprinter had not even reached his seat off Vidic. Rooney was brought on with a quarter of Picnic stands tickets, costing Rs Robin van Persie scores against ulham. In Manchester on Saturday. afp in the directors' box when (ulham took a surprise the match left but De Gea was forced into two 3500 each and premium lead. Michael Carrick clipped Mladen Petric on the impressive saves from Moussa Dembele -- one stands ones, each worth Rs edge of the area and a Bryan Ruiz free-kick picked from distance and one from close-range -- to pre- 14,000, are most in demand. out Duff, who shrugged off Ashley Young, to turn serve United's advantage. ans in Europe have bought 10 ederer, Djokovic in the spotlight a low short past David de Gea at the near post. Rooney headed wide from a van Persie free-kick per cent of the tickets so far. United immediately pressed for an equaliser but and then hit a free-kick of his own straight at the The Buddh International Circuit with van Persie dropping into deep and wide wall before suffering his late injury blow that will in Greater Noida NEW YORK, 25 AUG: Somehow, it seemed -- Serena Williams' try for her 15th that barely landed on a line and drew areas, there was no-one in the box when Kagawa leave United and England sweating over his fit- accommodates 95,000 fans. so easy for so many people to write off major trophy -- and, of course, what sort of something of a rebuke from (ederer after- fed Ashley Young, who put a fine cross into the ness. The organisers have also planned some entertainment Roger (ederer. He was past his 30th birth- interaction she might have with on-court ward. "I never played that way," (ederer area. In another match, Eden Hazard and (ernando programmes for the 28 October day, they would point out. officials after a foot-fault tirade in the 2009 said at the time. "I believe in the hard- But after nine minutes, United pulled them- Torres inspired Chelsea to a routine 2-0 victory race. About 2 years went by without any addi- semifinals, then a "you're just unattractive work's-going-to-pay-off kind of thing, selves level with van Persie scoring with his first over Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge. tions to his Grand Slam trophy case, the inside" monologue in the 2011 final. because early on, maybe I didn't always shot in United colours. The pair scored a goal each, with Hazard net- U-17 football thinking went. (irst Rafael Nadal, then "Something is going to happen, for sure, work at my hardest. So for me, this is very Anderson clipped a ball left to Patrice Evra and ting from the penalty spot after Torres had been Around 24 states from across Novak Djokovic, overtook (ederer in the because something always happens to me hard to understand how (he could) play a the (rench defender sent over a cross that van fouled by Vurnon Anita. the country are expected to take rankings and as the man to beat at major at the Open, whether it's a horrendous line shot like that on match point." Persie met on the half-volley, glancing the ball Other results: Swansea City 3-0 West Ham part in the 58th National U-17 tournament after major tournament. Well, call that's 2 feet in or whether it's a grunt Djokovic went on to victory in the final across his body and past the helpless Mark United, Southampton 0-2 Wigan Athletic, Norwich ootball Championship look at the guy now. Wimbledon champi- and I get a point penalized or a foot-fault against Nadal, the 2010 US Open champi- Schwarzer. The home team maintained all of the City 1-1 Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur scheduled to start in Srinagar on, once again, stretching his record total when I actually don't foot-fault. I'm pre- on and 11-time major winner who is cur- pressure but struggled to carve out decent open- 1-1 West Bromich Albion, Aston Villa 1-3 next month. The event will start on 3 September at Bakshi to 17 Grand Slam championships. Ranked pared for something to happen," said the rently out with knee problems and won't ings, with Rafael lifting a shot over and Kagawa Everton. afp Stadium and the matches will No. 1, once again. And -- heading into younger Williams sister, a three-time cham- be in New York. That was part of a stretch be played at Kashmir University, Monday's start of the US Open -- the pion in New York whose serve was domi- in which the Serb and the Spaniard split up Islamia College and Polo favourite to reach the final, once again. "I'm nant recently en route to her fifth title at nine Grand Slam trophies in a row, shut- Ground. out of the business of predicting (ederer Wimbledon and two gold medals at the ting out (ederer and leaving him stuck on anymore," said Andre Agassi, a two-time Olympics. Another key question is what No. 16 for more than two full seasons. Liverpool take Sahin US Open champion and runner-up to sort of effect there will be from the short Given how rare it is for a man past 30 to Liverpool said on Saturday they (ederer in 2005. "He's continually sur- turnaround and shift to hard courts after remain in the upper echelon of tennis -- a had reached an agreement with prised me with his achievements; he no the grass-court London Games. "There's no not-quite-31 (ederer was the oldest Real Madrid to take the Spanish longer surprises me. He has a Wimbledon champion since outfit's playmaker Nuri Sahin to Anfield on a season-long lot more tennis in him. He Arthur Ashe in 1975 -- and the loan. Arsenal had also been looked as comfortable as I've ascension of a couple of rivals tracking the Turkey ever seen him on the tennis FAMILIAR DUEL in their mid-20s, there were international. A statement on court in England. He maybe plenty of whispers that the www.liverpoolfc.com read: "The needs one or two things to fall for him to doubt about it: This is not an ideal prepara- Swiss superstar might be finished. A man 23-year-old will now undergo a knock down a few more (Grand Slam tion," said (ederer, routed 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 by who reached a record 10 consecutive major medical on Merseyside." The titles) at this stage of his career, but he's cer- Murray in the Olympic final on Aug. 5, less finals from 2005-07, then another eight in a German-born Sahin began his tainly as capable of it as anybody I've ever than a month after beating him in four sets row from 2008-10, suddenly was losing the career with Borussia Dortmund seen." on the same court in the Wimbledon final. occasional Grand Slam quarterfinal. What, and then had a spell with Dutch (ederer's pursuit of a sixth US Open "It's not impossible," (ederer added, after all, was left to motivate him? What side eyenoord before joining title at age 31 will certainly be among the "but it's just very hard on the body and could drive him to keep up? Djokovic Real last season. main angles to keep track of on the hard mind to travel halfway around the world, and Nadal, to name two, never doubted Pune selections courts of (lushing Meadows. go on a different surface. ... In the past, you (ederer would reassert himself. "He was ollowing are Sunday's Pune Other stories to watch include: would take maybe a few weeks off for a top always there," Djokovic said. "Last couple race selections: 12.30 pm: -- Djokovic's bid for a second consecu- player, then prepare for three brutal weeks years, he didn't win a major, but he was in Oluchi 1, Blush 2; 1 pm: Scarlatti tive championship in New York and fifth on hard courts, then come over here wanti- a couple of finals and always semifinals. 1, Commander 2; 1.30 pm: Hills major title in two years; ng to fire (on) all cylinders. This year, it's He's always playing close matches against And Heights 1, Incognito 2; 2 pm: -- Andy Murray's attempt to follow up his different." whoever." (ederer beat Djokovic in the Elena 1, National Glory 2; 2.30 Olympic gold medal with Britain's first He once won 40 matches in a row at the Wimbledon semifinals, then topped pm: Charlie Cool 1, Zoom Zoom 2; Grand Slam men's singles title since 1936; -- US Open, a streak that ended with a five-set Murray for triumph No. 7 at the All England 3 pm: Capitano 1, Adams Vision 2; Andy Roddick's hope for one more deep loss to Juan Martin del Potro in the 2009 Club, tying Pete Sampras and William 3.30 pm: Danse Debonaire 1, run in front of the home fans; final. That was followed by semifinal set- Renshaw (who played in the 1880s)for Kerrisdale 2; 4 pm: Alma Mater 1, -- (our-time major champion Kim backs against Djokovic each of the past two the most in history. That also allowed Penn (13th minute), Baljit (24th and 56th) and Chidi (84th) struck on Saturday at Volterra 2; 4.30 pm: Colours lying Clijsters' farewell to tennis in what she says years, including what (ederer calls "that (ederer to return to No. 1 and, a week Salt Lake Stadium for East Bengal to down Kalighat MS 4-0 and pick up full points in 1, Al Attaturk 2; 5 pm: Star Storm is the last tournament of her career; brutal match with Novak" -- in 2011, when later, break Sampras' career record for their second match of the local Premier Division ootball League. Kalighat MS, in 1, Warrior Prince 2. Best bet: contrast, lost their third match. Of East Bengal's nine goals so far in the current -- Venus Williams' return to the US Open (ederer took the first two sets, then held most time atop the ATP rankings. edition of the Calcutta ootball League, Baljit has netted five. The other match Colours lying. Good double: a year after withdrawing from the tourna- two match points, but couldn't close the Continuing what he termed "a magical Scarlatti and Charlie Cool. between George Telegraph and Railway C finished goalless. Mohun Bagan are ment and revealing she was diagnosed with deal. On the first match point, Djokovic summer for me," (ederer earned his first scheduled to take on Tollygunge Agragami on Sunday. sns an autoimmune disease; smacked a gutsy forehand return winner individual Olympic medal. ap C M Y K

Registration No. KOLRMS/290/2010-2012 MBI/2003-05 12 SPORT KOLKATA 26 AUGUST 2012 SCORECARD U-19 boys optimistic ahead of World Cup summit showdown agencies The spin duo of Harmeet Singh and Baba win over South Africa in the semi-final round. India in the final would be a big challenge. Sandeep Sharma, Kamal Passi, Rush Kalaria, Aparajith proved their worth with stingy spells Pace merchants Gurinder Sandhu (nine “India have strong top-order batting, and the Mohsin Sayyed, Smit Patel, Harmeet Singh, CYCLING TOWNSVILLE (Australia), 25 AUG: India will in the nine-run win over New Zealand. wickets) and Mark Steketee (seven) are five bowlers they have are really consistent. It Vikas Mishra. Australia: William Bosisto (cap- face their sternest test yet in trying to win a Batting first is often seen as an advantage in Australia's key bowlers. will be a tough challenge for us. India have tain), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Meyrick UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali: third International Cricket Council U-19 World the 50-over format but four countries have India skipper Unmukt Chand today said his been much like us in a way as they have man- Buchanan, Harry Conway, Sam Hain, Travis Men's Cup trophy when they take on defending pulled off successful chases here. Teams batting side had peaked at the right time. aged to get over the line without perhaps play- Head, Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, James Keirin inal: champions Australia in what promises to be an first have averaged just 213 runs at the venue. “I am very optimistic about the final. We ing their best cricket. So, it will be a great chal- Peirson, Gurinder Sandhu, Mark Steketee, 1 Maximilian Levy (Ger) exciting summit showdown of the event here Only Australia's Cameron Bancroft and have played Australia in Australia and that too lenge for us on Sunday. All the boys are ready Nicholas Stevens, Ashton Turner, Jack 2 rancois Pervis (ra) tomorrow. Zimbabwe's Malcolm Lake have scored cen- at the same venue. We are used to the condi- to go. Obviously, it is pretty exciting for us to be Wildermuth. 3 Hersony Canelon (Ven) Given that some of their top-order batsmen turies so far. India won the tournament in 2000 tions, and should do well,” said Chand, adding: in a final. There will be lots of people watching South Africa finish third 4 Teun Mulder (Ned) have not been consistent, the Indians will have and 2008. In 2010, they finished sixth, losing in “The team have peaked at the right time. We us on TV and at the ground. So, it is a big occa- 5 Azizul Hasni Awang (Ysd) to raise their game in conditions that have the quarter-final round to Pakistan. did not start well in the competition, but our sion for us,” he said, adding: “We have played South African bowlers wreaked havoc and the DN: favoured bowlers at Tony Ireland Stadium. Put Australia, winners of the inaugural event in good teamwork can be seen now. It is not that India a fair bit over the past year or so, but I team beat New Zealand by eight wickets to fin- Kamil Kuczynski (Pol) into Group C, India followed up a loss to the 1988, which they hosted, have won the U-19 one or two players are carrying the side on don't think we can read too much into past ish third today. Batting first after winning the inal 7 - 13: West Indies with wins against Zimbabwe and World Cup thrice, the later victories coming in their shoulders. Everybody is contributing, and results. The conditions are probably a little bit toss, New Zealand were bowled out for just 90 7 Joachim Eilers (Erd) Papua New Guinea. Superb bowling perfor- 2002 and 2010. The team will hope to win at that is why we are in the final. I had always visu- different from what they were in April and we in 36.5 overs. South Africa chased the target 8 Njisane Phillip (Tri) mances helped them defeat Pakistan in the home again. If they do, they will become only alised qualifying for the final and playing have made a few changes in our side, as have down in 14.4 overs. 9 Josiah Ng (Mal) quarter-final round and then, New Zeland, in a the second country after Pakistan to grab back- Australia. Australia are a good side, and so are they.” Brief scores: New Zealand 90 all out in 36.5 10 lavio Cipriano (Bra) semi-final. While Vijay Zol has been their high- to-back titles. Their batting has so far relied on we. The summit clash should be a competitive Squads (from): overs (Connor Neynens, Joe Carter 20; David 4000m Omnium - Individual Pursuit: est scorer with 150 runs, Ravi Kant Singh (11 the consistency of opener Cameron Bancroft encounter. We will do our best to return home India: Unmukt Chand (captain), Akshdeep Rhoda 4-26, Calvin Savage 3-14) South Africa 1 Juan Esteban Arango (Col) 4mins wickets), Kamal Passi (10) and Sandeep and number four Kurtis Patterson, who missed with the Cup.” Nath, Manan Vohra, Akhil Herwadkar, Vijay Zol, 94 for two in 14.4 overs (Quntinon de Kock 50, 23.752secs 2 Carlos Linarez (Ven) Sharma (eight) lead India's attack. out on a half-century by one run in a narrow Australia captain Will Bosisto said playing Sandipan Das, B Aparajith, Prashant Chopra, Theunis de Bruyn 19 not out). 4:25.848 3 Ho Sung Cho (Kor) 4:26.081 4 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) 4:26.556 5 Michael reiberg (Aus) 4:26.765 6 Zach Bell (Can) 4:27.686 7 Artur Ershov (Rus) 4:28.533 Australia amble to 272/8 8 Martyn Irvine (Irl) 4:29.382 9 Recep Unalan (Tur) 4:30.528 Rain plays spoilsport 10 Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr) 4:31.114 against Afghanistan UCI Road World Tour Down Under, SHARJAH 25 AUG: Michael Clarke ing six. Adelaide: and Matthew Wade hit attractive In his next over Nabi had debu- Leading positions after Stage 3 (Unley half-centuries to take Australia to tant Glenn Maxwell caught at - Victor Harbour, 134.5km): 272-8 against Afghanistan in the long-on for two to leave Australia 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol day-night international on at 172-3. 3hrs 21mins 55secs 2 Yauheni Saturday. Clarke, who hit three bound- Hutarovich (Blr) DJ - BigMat at same Clarke hit a 94-ball 75 while aries and a six, was stumped off time 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Wade also made 75 off 108 balls spinner Samiullah Shinwari as he Sky Procycling at same time before Afghanistan's bowlers put jumped out of the crease but 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank at the brakes on the scoring on a dry missed the ball. Michael Hussey same time 5 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Sharjah Stadium pitch which (49) and George Bailey (23) GreenEDGE at same time made strokeplay difficult under added a rapid 53 for the sixth 6 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana at sultry 35-plus degree heat. wicket in just five overs to ensure same time 7 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) The match is the first-ever limit- Australia put up a fighting total. Garmin-Barracuda at same time 8 ed overs international between Hussey's 37-ball knock had Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack- the two countries and only three sixes and two fours. Karim Nissan at same time Afghanistan's second against a full Sadiq took wickets in the last over Test playing side after they played to finish with 2-22. Pakistan in ebruary this year. Clarke optimistic Australia, who lost opener David Warner (24) to seamer Michael Clarke (in photo) on Shapoor Zadran in the seventh riday said he was confident that BOBSLEIGH Groundsmen cover the pitch as rain stops play. afp over, were coasting along with Australia can regain the top spot if IBT World Cup, Cesana: Leading posi- skipper Clarke and Wade adding they play well after slipping to tions after the 2-Men Bob: ets and Ojha and paceman Umesh Yadav one each. It was SCOREBOARD an invluable 131 runs for the sec- fourth in the world one-day rank- 1 Simone Bertazzo & Matteo Torchio (Ita Ashwin's third haul of five or more wickets in an innings in ond wicket. ings for the first time in three 1) (1st Run: 55.43secs & 2nd Run: seven Tests. James ranklin, unbeaten on 31 on riday, was India 1st Innings 438 But Australia lost four wickets years. Skipper Clarke, 31, said he 55.53secs) 1min 50.96secs the lone batsman to defy the Indian attack, top scoring New Zealand 1st innings: (overnight 106-5): in the space of 42 runs as off-spin- was optimistic that they can fight 2 Beat Hefti & Thomas Lamparter (Swi with an unbeaten 43 off 122 balls. ranklin not out 43 ner Mohammad Nabi (2-50) broke back. 1) (55.65 & 55.45) 1:51.10 India struck in the day's second over when Yadav van Wyk lbw b Yadav 0 the stand by catching Wade off a "When we left England (in July Ravichandran Ashwin. afp 3 Thomas lorschuetz & Kevin Kuske trapped Kruger van Wyk lbw for no score and then Ojha Bracewell st Dhoni b Ojha 17 return drive from his own bowl- this year) we were still the number (Ger 3) (55.58 & 55.53) 1:51.11. had Doug Bracewell (17) stumped to reduce the tourists Patel c and b Ashwin 10 ing. one-ranked team in the world but agencies to 7-141. Boult c Gambhir b Ashwin 4 Wade, opening the innings in because of other teams playing, Ashwin took a wicket with his third delivery when he Martin b Ashwin 0 the absence of Shane Watson who we've slipped back down to four," HYDERABAD, 25 AUG: New Zealand, following on, were held a low return catch to his left to dismiss Jeetan Patel Extras: (B-4, LB-7) 11 is not on the tour because of Clarke told a Press conference. 41-1 in their second innings at stumps on the third day of (10) before removing Trent Boult and Chris Martin off suc- Total: (for all out, 61.3 overs) 159 injury, hit two fours and a tower- afp the opening Test against India here today. Opener cessive balls. Rain may very well wash out the first Test. all of wickets: 1-25, 2-29, 3-35, 4-55, 5-99, BIATHLON Brendon McCullum was unbeaten on 16 and Kane The series-opener in Hyderabad is perhaps the first time 6-111, 7-141. 8-153, 9-159. Williamson, three not out, when play was called off after India have hosted a Test match in August, in the middle of Bowling: Zaheer 11-4-33-0, Yadav 8-0-24-1, E.ON IBU World Cup 4, Oberhof: tea owing to rain. the monsoon season. And, despite the matches being con- Ojha 21-6-44-3, Ashwin 16.3-5-31-6, Sehwag Leading final positions after the Men's New Zealand still trail by 238 runs with nine wickets in fined to the south of the country and, supposedly, away 2-0-4-0, Raina 2-0-6-0, Tendulkar 1-0-6-0. Mass Start 15km: hand. India opened the attack in the second innings with from the worst of it, the monsoon today threatened to play New Zealand 2nd Innings: left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, who trapped opener havoc. Guptill lbw b Ojha 16 1 Andreas Birnbacher (Ger) 38mins Martin Guptill (16) leg-before in his eighth over to claim ‘Good pair’ McCullum (not out) 16 34.600secs his fourth wicket of the match. India earlier dismissed New Williamson batting (not out) 3 2 Simon ourcade (ra) 38:58.900 Zealand for 159 in the first innings after posting 438, with Ojha today said he and Ashwin had it in them to carry on Extras: (lb-6) 6 3 Emil Hegle Svendsen (Nor) 39:04.200 off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin finishing with a career- in the great Indian spin-bowling tradition. “India have pro- Total: (for one wicket; 18 overs) 41 4 Jakov ak (Cro) 39:08.500 best 6-31 and Ojha taking 3-44. duced great spinners and as young spinners we are look- all of wicket: 1-26 5 redrik Lindstrom (Swe) 39:09.500 The tourists earlier added 53 runs to their overnight ing forward to following in their footsteps. We have been Bowling: Ojha 9-4-13-1, Zaheer 5-2-4-0, 6 Alexis Boeuf (ra) 39:11.300 total of 106-5 after the match had started an hour late picking up wickets and given the way we are bowling, I am Yadav 3-0-13-0, Ashwin 1-0-5-0. 7 Arnd Peiffer (Ger) 39:14.100 because of a wet outfield, with Ashwin taking three wick- confident we can do well in this series,” Ojha said. 8 Daniel Mesotitsch (Aut) 39:15.100 9 Anton Shipulin (Rus) 39:22.600 10 Carl Johan Bergman (Swe) 39:22.800 Hafeez emphasises Pakistan advantage BCCI to amend electoral rules Men's Mass Start World Cup Standings: press trust of india MUMBAI, 25 AUG: The Cricket future presidential candidate 1 Andreas Birnbacher (Ger) 60pts Board is set to amend an impor- may belong to any of the five Borde unveils Roy statue 2 Simon ourcade (ra) 54 COLOMBO, 25 AUG: Pakistan's Twenty20 tant clause of its memorandum zones, but only needs to be KOLKATA, 25 AUG: Chandu low some of his illustrious 3 Emil Hegle Svendsen (Nor) 48 captain Mohammad Hafeez (in photo) feels of rules and regulations per- proposed and seconded by the Borde, who unveiled a statue peers into retirement, though. 4 Jakov ak (Cro) 43 his side will have no trouble getting going taining to the election of presi- zone whose turn it is,” BCCI of Pankaj Roy in Kumartuli "Let Tendulkar take his own 5 redrik Lindstrom (Swe) 40 quickly in next month's Twenty20 World dent, and has convened a sources said here. Park, northern Kolkata, today, decision" was Borde's mes- 6 Alexis Boeuf (ra) 38 Cup as most of the team's players have man- Special General Meeting for this Though the sources did not said it was a good sign that sage. 7 Arnd Peiffer (Ger) 36 aged to get a fair idea of the conditions after at Chennai on September 15. spell out the reasons, it is wide- new players, Hyderabad Test He said Twenty20's profusion competing in the Sri Lankan Premier “As per the existing rule, a pres- ly perceived to be a move to century-maker Cheteshwar notwithstanding, Tests consti- League. ident has to be from a particular pave the way for transfer of Pujara included, were coming tuted cricket's finest competi- “Most Pakistani players in the Twenty20 zone whose turn it is by rota- presidential powers to Arun up to fill the slots vacated by tive platform. The Indian World Cup squad are in the SLPL and two tion to take over the presi- Jaitley, who heads Delhi and such stalwarts as Rahul Dravid Premier League, he said, was SLPL venues (Premadasa Stadium in dentship. District CA and is a senior BCCI and VVS Laxman. less about the game than GOL Colombo and Pallekele International The change sought to be vice president representing He refused to say whether money but it could throw up The European Tour Africa Open, East Stadium in Kandy) will host the Twenty20 made at the SGM is that the north zone. agencies Sachin Tendulkar should fol- good players yet. sns London Golf Club, East London, World Cup and so it will help us. We will get Eastern Cape: Collated final round into the groove easily,” Hafeez, who plays scores & totals for Wayamba United, told the Press. “The (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 73): Pakistan Cricket Board gave us its permis- 265 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 62 67 67 sion to play in the SLPL as it thought it Much ado about something 267 Tjaart Van Der Walt (Rsa) 69 64 65 would be helpful to us since the World Cup 69 would soon be held here," he said, adding: 268 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 65 68 66 69 “As the team's captain, I want Pakistan to SO many poseurs said so much after trite, he did a good job of hiding it in Indian cricket control board screens from 269 Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 71 65 67 66 win each match of the World Cup and, in done well and got a national call-up,” he VVS Laxman's retirement it was hard, in Hyderabad when, addressing the pre- the slings and arrows of outrageous for- 270 Alastair orsyth 69 66 68 67 fact, the trophy. But Twenty20 is an unpre- said. The 31-year-old all-rounder said he the midst of the welter of words, to single match Press conference earlier this week, tune is far, far less important than how 272 Richard Sterne (Rsa) 69 69 64 70 dictable game and so I don't want to predict would like to play in the IPL and the other someone out as having delivered the best he said he'd historically been someone Rahul Dravid and Laxman have been got 273 Danny Willett 67 68 65 73 anything.” Twenty20 leagues in the world if his inter- lines. Sport, part of today's extended who was difficult "to get hold of" and a rid of. They mightn't have managed it if 274 Craig Lee 68 67 68 71, Lyle Rowe Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib national schedule permitted it. showbiz world, encompasses a lot of self-reform exercise notwithstanding,had- Lasxman hadn't been stamped basically a (Rsa) 73 68 65 68 Malik, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Shoail “I played in the IPL's first season (for the make-believe without which, perhaps, it n't got any better. No matter what you say five-day specialist at a time when the land 275 Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 73 66 71 65, Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal and Imran Kolkata Knight Riders) and I would love to will lose the sheen that is so cen- called India, for all its rhetoric Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 69 66 70 70, Nazir were also in the SLPL, though they play again, given the chance. I play in all tral to its commercial well-being. about the primacy of Test cricket, Peter Karmis (Rsa) 68 70 69 68, went home for national duty against three formats and it is difficult to find time And Mahendra Singh Dhoni was in thrall to limited-over Matthew Baldwin 72 64 70 69 Australia starting next week. to play in such leagues. Whenever there is stood out yet, even if initially only POINT games; the shorter, the better. 276 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 64 69 72 71, Hafeez said he remained a fan of Test no clash with my international schedule, I by making himself scarce when SHORT pulakesh mukhopadhyay There's so much more cash in Jaco Ahlers (Rsa) 65 68 73 70, Branden cricket but felt Twenty20 too had carved out want to play in the Twenty20 leagues like I one of his peers was looking for it, after all. Cricketers with less Grace (Rsa) 77 63 69 67, Shaun Norris its own niche by helping promising young- am playing in the SLPL.” Asked about the him. than half his skills flourished in (Rsa) 67 70 69 70 sters gain a quick foothold in international absence of Indian players from the SLPL Laxman later said he'd tried to speak to I still suits me. the game's shorter forms. It's been turned 277 Richard Bland 67 69 69 72, Jacques cricket. after the Board of Control for Cricket in his captain, but couldn't reach him. If He loves himself that much, to that gar- upside down: you prosper if you don't Blaauw (Rsa) 70 69 70 68, Adilson Da “I am a big fan of Test cricket but I must India did not permit them to participate, someone said something like that about gantuan extent. Up against this jumbo ego, have what it takes. But what about those Silva (Bra) 69 69 68 71, Benn Barham say Twenty20 leagues, be it the Indian Hafeez said: “It would have been great to you, you'd probably apologise for leaving Laxman, throwing his Tuesday night party so-far-unheralded youngsters - you can't 70 66 70 71, Darren ichardt (Rsa) 71 Premier League or the SLPL, have helped have seen not only the Indian players but him, unwittingly perhaps, frustrated at a for India's senior players, must have been really rule out their presence - soaring on 70 65 71, David Drysdale 72 69 69 67, youngsters, especially in home countries, to also other big international stars who were very, very important time in his life. letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would" wings of hope today they'll bat like Dawie Van Der Walt (Rsa) 70 70 69 68, come through. It is good for the game. The to take part but could not.” But Dhoni is not just the world's richest when it came to calling the guests over. Laxman, and not like Dhoni? Whose num- Josh Cunliffe (Rsa) 69 68 69 71, Tommy youngsters got to play with the best ones in Hafeez, who will take no further part in cricketer but he's also the eighth wonder Dhoni, left uninvited, bellowed "Go and ber should they have on their cellphone leetwood 69 66 72 70, Tim Sluiter the country and from abroad,” Hafeez said. the SLPL as he is leaving for home today for of the world who, despite losing seven ask Laxman" when the Press asked him, contact lists? The flip side of the picture is (Ned) 68 69 69 71. “In Wayamba United, we have players like the Australia series in the United Arab successive Test matches, retained his cap- the day after, what he thought of the erst- clear enough, though. Those who fail even Akhila Dhananjaya, who has not played any Emirates, scored just 58 runs took four taincy. This "Special One" is more special while Very, Very Special cricketer's sudden occasionally to laugh at themselves, get first-class cricket but is in the SLPL. He has wickets in the SLPL. than Jose Mourinho. And if he was con- pull-out. And why Dhoni is the big boy the laughed at very frequently.

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Great as The Beatles were, 50 Disaster looms with the years down the line is it time DAY government now wanting to to move on? 2 increase oyster extraction 4 26 AUGUST 2012 BBBrrruuutttaaalll iiinnnhhheeerrriiitttaaannnccceee TThhee vveerrmmiinnaattoorrss andrew buncombe joins Mumbai’s hardy army of 44 pest controllers with the task of Garasagma, a small village in exterminating the city’s 88 million rats Purulia, seems to be frozen in THERE is something of a swagger about Vilas Ubhare when he sets time since 1871. The difference about killing a rat. His stick comes down fast, the rat is dispatched between primitive tribal Sabars and then, in a fluid, unbroken motion, he hooks his toe under the rodent’s tail, flips the corpse into the air and catches it neatly in a and predominantly land-owning sack. It’s like watching a footballer perform tricks in a park. Ubhare Mahatos is stark ~ symptomatic is among a 44-strong team that represents the frontline in the battle against an estimated 88 million rats besieging India’s largest of a stubborn adherence to metropolis. feudal ways even as the rest of Every night he and his colleagues endure filthy conditions and the risk of disease to kill rats with nothing more than a metal-tipped the country has moved on after stick and a torch. Should they fail to meet their quota of 30 rodents Independence, writes by the time the sun comes up? Do they have 24 hours to make up for the shortfall or lose a day’s pay? These rat-catchers, deemed soma basu essential by the Mumbai authorities and recently the subject of a documentary shown at Cannes, are under threat. Animal rights activists want to put an end to the “rat-killing”, saying it’s inhumane. Officials say the matter it is being considered. GIDDU Sabar’s family will go hungry Sometimes it seems that rats are everywhere in Mumbai. They for days to come. His hut vandalised the day Giddu Sabar’s dilapidated hut. scurry in the quiet, tree-lined streets of Colaba and pause late at before by men from a nearby village, the 38- (about 50 million tonnes of grain at that time) should be used night on the platform at Churchgate station as the last, weary year-old had lost a finger trying to save his without delay to prevent hunger and starvation. It argued that commuters make their way home to the suburbs. The damp, home that had been half-battered by a the right to food should be seen as a corollary to the cramped conditions, with rubbish and litter strewn in the streets, monsoon downpour. His only stigma is that fundamental “right to life” (Article 21) in so far as it was creates an ideal environment for vermin and a report earlier this year he is a Sabar, one of the denotified tribes of impossible to live without food. The Supreme Court hearings estimated that the rat population was growing annually by 10 per West Bengal. It’s not that his family gets a have been held at regular intervals since, and the case has cent. Slum areas such as Dharavi and Govandi are said to be home plateful every day, but the loss of a finger Pix: SOMA BASU attracted wide national and international attention. for the most. ensures he will not be able to hunt field rats The Supreme Court has passed orders directing the Indian The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai employs various or snakes for several days. His house was government to introduce hot cooked mid-day meals in all ways of tackling this issue that includes traps and poison, but insists attacked because there had been a robbery in primary schools; provide 35 kg of grain per month at highly that the Night Rat Killers play an essential role. Yogesh Naik, an the neighbouring village and the unwritten subsidised prices to 15 million destitute households under the official with the sanitation department, said he only wished there law in villages in this part of Purulia is that if a Antyodaya Anna Yojana, a component of the Public were more. “We only have 44 rat killers. They can cover from house is robbed, a Sabar just has to be guilty. Distribution System; double the resource allocations for the Churchgate to Dadar. We’d like to enlarge the area we cover. We The small village of Garasagma seems to be Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana need 200 to cover the whole city,” he said, adding that they were frozen in time since 1871. The difference (India’s largest rural employment currently filling 92 more positions. “The problem is red tape.” between the Sabars, primitive tribals, and the Uniformed Mahato children on their way to programme at that time, now Indeed, despite the unsavoury aspects of the position, competition Mahatos, mostly landlords, is stark, school as Sabar children look on. superseded by the Employment for the positions, which come with the benefits of a government job symptomatic of a stubborn adherence to feudal ways while the communities, agriculture Guarantee Act); universalise the and a monthly salary of around Rs 12,000, is intense. When the rest of the country has moved on after Independence. Among productivity is low and other farm- Integrated Child Development authorities last advertised for 30 positions they received 2,000 its 421 people comprising around 69 households, the Sabars based avenues, such as dairy and Services by increasing the number applications, including that of a college graduate. “It’s because are in the majority but the Mahatos possess pukka houses and horticulture, are also poorly of centres from 0.6 million to 1.4 unemployment is going up,” said Naik. employ Sabars to work in their homes, often for nothing in developed, leading to widespread million; and identify Scheduled Shortly after midnight on a recent, humid week day, Ubhare and exchange. food insecurity. Caste and Scheduled Tribe two other NRKs, Milind Ganapat and Tushar Tirai, pulled up on their Work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural The Sabars have become used to hamlets/habitations for new ICDS scooters outside a block of apartments in the Lower Parel Employment Guarantee Act goes to the Mahatos who own injustice and deprivation. Naked, centres on a priority basis. neighbourhood. Apart from their sticks and torches, they had no agricultural land and supply minor forest produce like saal hungry Sabar children roam around Realising the gravity of the impact other equipment and were dressed in normal clothes and sandals. leaves and babui grass to the markets. Day after day, the rich most of the day. They look at the that lapses in implementation has “We have the torch. When we see a rat, we flash the light at its prosper and the poor sink deeper into misery in Garasagma. uniform-clad Mahato children as if on the well-being and even the head,” said Tirai, who completed his secondary education. In 1871, the then British government “notified” certain they are characters out of the real survival of poor people, the “The rat gets a shock and for a few seconds it freezes. It is in those tribes as “criminals” and passed the notorious Criminal Tribes world and when asked why they Supreme Court, in an interim order seconds that we have to hit it. If we miss, it runs away. Yet killing rats Act. The people thus “notified” were nomadic cattle grazers, don’t go to school, they say, “Amra dated 28 November 2001, is not a simple or straightforward task. A stunned rat could bite or wandering singers, acrobats, etc. The actual reason was to Sabar.” These children with converted the benefits of nine food- jump at ankles and the waste and urine carries disease.” (While brand these tribes as thieves for a lifetime because these free abnormally thin limbs and related schemes into “legal there has not been an outbreak of plague for decades in the city, it jungle inhabitants would resist British repression from time to potbellies were born “criminals”. entitlements” and directed all state has occurred in neighbouring states and every day the dead rats are time. The aim was to control fakirs, rustic transporters and Twelve years ago, a school in governments to fully implement tested by scientists.) disbanded groups of soldiers who revolted against the Raj and Garasagma was donated by the these schemes. With Ganapat nursing an injured hand and holding the bag for took shelter in the forests. Ramon Magsasay @oundation, due A mid-day meal of what passes for khichuri. However, implementation has bodies, Tirai and Ubhare set off into the darkness looking for rats, They were notified on the claim that these people lived in to the initiative of Mahasweta Devi. A teacher, a cook and been at the mercy of the ration dealers who have disregarded trying not to slip on rotting garbage. To the right, Tirai’s torch flashes forests and only criminals would do so. Since the son of a helpers were appointed. Sabar children were given books and the norms completely. Giddu, Bablu and Gurupada have been dimly, followed by a soft Brahmin remained a Brahmin, the British, adhering to Indian uniforms. Most importantly, they were given a mid-day meal getting a mere 12 kg of rice every month and each of them whack and soon he tradition, put it on paper that the son of person belonging to every day. It has been eight years since Mahasweta Devi, who has a family comprising six to eight people. Work under the appears bearing a dead a criminal tribe would be a “hereditary” criminal. Till 1944, has been ailing due to old age, last visited the village, said Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act rat. Ubhare pokes at a amendments to this Act saw new areas and new communities Bablu Sabar. “Mahasweta Devi had said that since she was has been out of their reach and ICDS centres have long been hole on the side of included, all of whom lost livelihoods with the introduction of old, Prasanta Rakshit from the Paschim Banga Kheria Sabar shut down. The ration outlet is operated at the whim of the some exposed concrete the railways, roads and outsiders entering their lives. Kalyan Samiti would visit us to know of our grievances. But it dealer. and soon he has his first In 1952, the government of India officially “denotified” the has been over seven years since he last came to the village,” Leftist extremism in the district had further compounded kill. In a matter of stigmatised ones but made no provisions for their livelihood. said Gurupada Sabar. the problem with government officials fleeing the area and minutes, they kill half-a- In 1959, it passed the Habitual Offender’s Act, which was not Kanak Mahato, the teacher deputed by the Paschim Banga there was no form of monitoring. The “discrimination”’ by the dozen. much different from the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871. Since 1961, Kheria Sabar Kalyan Samiti, left after two-three years, the Centre, vis-à-vis the Public Distribution System, was always a There is a pride and it has, through state machinery, been publishing state-wise villagers said. The school building is now deserted, used by major plank for the erstwhile Left @ront government in the professionalism about lists of “Denotified and Nomadic Tribes”. The Lodhas, Sabars, locals to keep their cattle in at night. state. The Statesman had published a report of the their work and Ubhare, Birhors and Dhikarus are some of the denotified tribes in Strangely enough, mid-day meals continue in a dilapidated Comptroller and Auditor-General for fiscal 2009-10 that in particular, is “The rat-killers should be given the respect Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore districts. hut nearby that is named the “Khichuri Centre”. What passes pointed out that the Left @ront government lost a whopping confident about his they deserve as they work past midnight Till date, the police and vigilante mobs continue to target for khichuri — served thrice a week – however is a bland Rs 133.66 crore in food subsidy receivable from the Centre as abilities. He said his when the rest of the city is asleep.” these unfortunates, often doling out punishment far in excess concoction of rice and turmeric. the finance department under Asim Dasgupta did not prepare record haul for a single night was 210, a figure he believed had not of the supposed crime committed without benefit of a fair In April 2001, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, a the annual PDS accounts from 2005 to 2010. The Cag report been bettered by anyone within the department — at least not for trial. human rights organisation, filed a Public Interest Litigation in was released to the media in September last year after being many years. Between 1979 and 1982, according to author and activist the Supreme Court, arguing that the right to food was a tabled in the state assembly. Yet there some activists who want to stop the rat-killers. Earlier this Mahasweta Devi, 42 denotified Lodha tribals were lynched by fundamental right of every Indian citizen and demanding that Also, due to the non-issuance of required ration cards by the summer, the Animal Welfare Board of India, a statutory body that mobs — not for crimes committed but for being born the country’s gigantic food stocks Left @ront government, 193,000 eligible families were advises the government, wrote to the BMC asking them to stop “Lodhas”. Between 1960 and 1998, more than 50 Kheria deprived of the benefits of the Antyodaya Anna Yojana under clubbing the rats and instead catch them and euthanise them Sabars have been killed by the police or lynched by which rice is distributed to poor families at a subsidised humanely. The organisation’s vice-chairman, Chinny Krishna, said mobs. rate. that if there was a less cruel way of killing rats, it should be used. He Totally landless and basically forest-dwelling, The Cag also came up with a startling added, “It’s not just that it’s cruel. We asked them to stop because it they get agricultural labour work for only three finding that while the Left @ront government desensitises the people who are doing it. We have no business months as Purulia is drought-prone and has a had always been hyperactive in its allegations desensitising people in this way.” A spokesman for the BMC said a mono-crop system. Denudation of forests for of discrimination by the Centre on various committee would be formed to look into the request. timber and largescale plantation of eucalyptus fronts, including the PDS, in reality it was Earlier this year, audiences at Cannes were shown an award- have deprived them of their main livelihood — never serious about doing its duty with winning documentary, The Rat Race, which details the lives of NRKs. collecting and selling minor forest produce regard to the identification of Antyodaya Anna It was subsequently shown at cinemas in Delhi, Mumbai and and eating fruits, roots, tubers, etc. Yojana beneficiaries in West Bengal. Bangalore. Among those featured was an employee with 37 years’ According to a policy paper, “Hunger, Under- Giddu Sabar has no qualms about life. But experience. Its director, Miriam Chandy Menacherry, said she did not nutrition and @ood Security in India”, by NC what peeves him most is the sight of his four believe the men were traumatised by their work and that they were Saxena, former secretary of the India Planning children withering away before his very eyes. performing an invaluable task. “The rat-killers should be given better Commission, subsistence agriculture, gathering “The government has not left any other facilities when they are sick or get hurt on duty and better equipment of non-timber forest produce and wage labour option for us than to commit robbery. Our to do their job,” she said. “Most importantly, they should be are the main sources of livelihood among tribal community had stopped it completely after recognised and given the respect they deserve as they work past people. They are concentrated in the least Mahasweta Devi intervened. Nobody wants to midnight when the rest of the city is asleep and no one even knew developed, rain-fed, undulating and often be called a thief. But how can we see our about their work until my documentary was shown to the world.” remote hilly regions of the country, largely children die of hunger?” he asks. The rat-killers themselves say they are proud of the work they do untouched by the “green revolution”. Thus, This report has been written under the aegis and the roles they play. while landlessness is relatively low among of the Akshaya Patra-One World Media The Independent, London tribal people, compared to other poor The school donated by the Ramon Magsaysay %oundation. ,ellowships on Hunger

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Tearne has been described just as dangerous to the men around her. life intersects with that of SPOTLIGHT Although the story begins with Ras in prison Charles and Alex, we learn as bringing a painter’s eye to awaiting trial for the theft of one of Piero’s paintings, that they too have suffered the canvas of her pages. But the events that led up to this moment are the subject tragedies, all acutely The Road to Urbino of Tearne’s narrative. “Every act has a past. Events rendered in Tearne’s delicate this doesn’t mean she shies don’t materialize from nowhere,” she reminds us. In but unforgiving prose. By ROMA TEARNE away from that which is ugly. an attempt to understand her client’s motivations, Tearne has been described Abacus Ras’s lawyer sets about piecing together his past: a as bringing a painter’s eye to £6.99 She writes about beauty and childhood in war-torn Sri Lanka, relocation to Britain, the canvas of her pages. But horror with the same his failed marriage and subsequent relationship with this doesn’t mean she shies his daughter, and the road to Urbino in Tuscany, and away from that which is THE Road to Urbino, artist and novelist Roma precision and attention to the gallery on whose walls the Piero hung. ugly. She writes about Tearne’s fifth novel, is the elegantly complicated story detail... A review by The story of Ras’s life is of a man for whom beauty and horror with the of three men and the women who connect them. “everything in the world would connect” to the same precision and Lynton Rasanagium (Ras) is a 50-year-old lonely Sri lucy scholes trauma of his childhood: “Sorrow dogged his attention to detail, as well Lankan attendant at the National Gallery; Charles footsteps and shadowed his vision”. Here Tearne as possessing the rare Boyar a famous art historian who first introduces Ras draws on her own experience as a displaced Sri knack of making the to the paintings of Piero della *rancesca with Lankan, and her politicised comment is subtly necessary characters ominous consequences; and egotistical Alex Benson a ripe yellow Russian plum”, the object of Charles’s achieved by reading the Piero painting, “The believably unlikeable while perpetually dissatisfied writer who has “the look of a love and Alex’s erotic obsession; and Ras’s petulant *lagellation”, which features three figures in the still engrossing subjects. marvellous derelict”. These men are bound together daughter Lola, the light of her father’s life. She’s as foreground apparently oblivious to the suffering of by the women they love: the gracious Delia, “like a “totally indulged” as her near-namesake Lolita, and Christ, as a larger metaphorical device. But as Ras’s The Independent, London

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My mother’s harmonium As we did the last time we were together Time to let it be? In the corner of our busy corridor Before she had to go away forever Time to let it be? The silent harmonium Sat in a dark box Tomorrow, my mother will guide Like a boulder The tender fingers of the five-year-old “Desire” or “Blood on the Tracks” English modesty into a paranoia As he plays my mother’s harmonium It’s been 50 years since Ringo Starr first albums and they could have been about how our behaviour might “My five-year-old son loves harmoniums As she had once guided the fingers performed as part of the ab our at the released yesterday. You cannot say make us look on the public stage: a He plays an imaginary harmonium Of her own daughter when she was five the same of “Help!” or “Abbey Road”. fear of being a braggart or a bore. By tapping on the table Cavern Club. Great as they were, is it time to I am sorry, but it is time to send the *ew other countries or cultures A hair comb as bellows” Tonight however move on, or should we join the celebrations “Yellow Submarine” below water would have such hang-ups. I’ll play the farewell song once and for all. More than any other band of the We had forgotten On my mother’s harmonium. for International Beatle Week? jane merrick time, The Beatles merged high and That my mother’s harmonium and paul bignall battle it out You say no... low in a way that set the tone for the Sat in the corner of the corridor Entwined Just as a young Paul McCartney democratisation of culture for the Silent and still On the same day and year and John Lennon first listened in next half century. In two very different lands wonder to Chuck Berry and Little And their story just gets bigger as We searched the attic Arrived a white girl child I say yes... Liverpool, 20 years ago, we managed Richard, there was a similarly the years roll by. Take the fact that 4or my mother’s harmonium And a dark girl child to fill our pages with cutting-edge humble but no less joyous you can now study the group at During periodic clearance drives Both grew up oblivious IMAGINE there’s no Beatles. music, from the new nightclub beginning to my first hearing The university; that populations in most Did someone give it away? Of her twin in a different land It’s easy if you try. No “Hey Jude” Cream to local bands, without once Beatles. At a very young age, I saw countries on the planet could sing below us. Above us, only Dylan. mentioning the *ab *our. the *ab *our on a black-and-white “She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah”; When John Lennon’s totemic song I’m not saying we shouldn’t television and, apparently, that the biographies get fatter and rang out at the London 2012 recognise their contribution to immediately began to dance. the press attention never dwindles – Olympics closing ceremony, music, occasionally. They got there This somewhat embarrassing all this is proof that people want to accompanied by his image cast in first, and some of their songs were image of unfettered joy has been know more about what can only be polystyrene relief, it showed that no sublime. But why must every and will be, repeated in living rooms described as a modern musical director can ever imagine a national event, jubilee, X actor around the world for as long as phenomenon. world without Lennon or series, or sporting occasion, have to footage of The Beatles is shown. It is We revere Shakespeare almost 400 McCartney. feature The Beatles? How many of right that we continue to celebrate years after his death, and we would Which is a pity because isn’t it the athletes (average age 26) in the the group because we owe them so never dream of putting him to rest. time, on this 50th anniversary of the Olympic stadium last week would much. As music critic Anthony So when people stop revelling in Cavern Club performance, that have requested a Beatles song if they DeCurtis once pointed out, they are The Beatles, when the music stops Britain finally got over The Beatles? had had the choice? What did the like a young artist who died selling, when the books are no Maybe it’s because I’m a Scouser. teenage audience watching at home tragically before his time. longer written, when the films are More than that, I went to the same think? Did the rest of the world Generations of musicians and no longer produced, when the school as Lennon, which used to be groan like me? bands simply set out to complete degree courses are no longer called Quarry Bank. Those of us We had Paul McCartney battling the sketches they provided. But available, when children’s limbs stop sneaking out to Calderstones Park through “Hey Jude” at the opening since those heady days of the 1960s, moving involuntarily as they first for a cigarette had to dodge ceremony. Yes, this is good for a no one has yet improved on the hear a Beatles song – perhaps then busloads of tourists taking pictures. karaoke singalong but even Sir Paul, original. we can put them to rest. But Maybe I have always had enough I’m sure, must be desperate to give *ollowing Paul McCartney’s somehow I doubt those things will of them. In any case, we this up. performance at the Olympics ever happen. Liverpudlians are already over The Is the music even that timeless and opening ceremony there has been a Beatles. When I ran a magazine in relevant today? Listen to Bob Dylan’s morphing in some quarters of The Independent, London

Or did it go away Yet they were not twins In a junk sale ~? Not offspring from the same womb A strange pain The white infant and the dark one Stabbed my mind Born on the same day 4irst met without knowing Then suddenly They were unrelated twins Like a vision With related responses The neglected boulder on the long corridor Sharing and caring for 4lashed on the mind-screen ~ Perennial flowers of the mind in the There indeed sat my mother’s Infinite Garden of Knowledge harmonium Uprooting weeds, shunning serpentine discourse Silent, smiling, as it was Transcending together Lifted out of the box after many years Callous concrete walls flaunting The white reeds now chrome yellow Pernicious posters showcasing strife The dark auburn harmonium was Race, colour, religion, gender genocide Released in the fresh air Necessary evils for material gain Trapped in a dark wooden coffin for Bonding and binding easier now years As the years rounded off the edges My mother’s harmonium resurrected Their silver hair now like antennas Will begin a new journey tomorrow Were strangely of the same hue As it reaches the five-year-old’s home In the midst of the blonde and black Just silver ~ Tonight on the old harmonium Neither silver ~ blonde, nor silver-black I will let my fingers play the old tunes That my mother and I used to sing So much to share and create together 4loating fusion flowers on the flowing The harmonium had once travelled waters To many function halls Of the time stream Creating currents that steer and stir My mother was always more at ease The entwined minds of the dissimilar Singing while playing her own twins harmonium With similar dreams, flow on in their Or accompanying me as I sang alone or journey with her Towards brave new times.

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does usefully point out that the generally accepted idea of a “Proustian moment” is a misreading of the book. Marcel’s childhood doesn’t TThhee ppaasstt aanndd tthhee flood back all at once when he tastes the tea-soaked madeleine; he has to work hard to link the sensation to a memory. As with his earlier book on child development (The story-telling brain Baby in the Mirror), story-telling brain )ernyhough is not shy of putting himself and his family centre stage, in passages that mix self- The great benefit of his book called “autonoetic consciousness”: the ability to experiment and memoir. SPOTLIGHT put oneself inside one’s memories, looking out. Perhaps it was my is that it is bang up-to-date )ernyhough is a Reader in psychology at parenthood-fuddled brain at in terms of research. So we Durham University, and the great benefit of his the time, but I preferred Pieces of Light: The New book is that it is bang up-to-date in terms of those passages in that book. Science of Memory get insights into current research. So we get insights into current thinking Here, these sections ~ By CHARLES :ERNYHOUGH thinking on trauma and its on trauma and its treatment, memory acquisition which include a walk on Profile and loss, and evolutionary explanations of the Essex coast to conjure treatment, memory memory, which suggest that it is there to help us up his father, and £7.59 acquisition and loss, and predict the future. interviews with his Imagination and memory, after all, are closely grandmother about her evolutionary explanations of linked ~ as the courts are beginning to childhood in East London LIKE Rosencrantz, in Tom Stoppard’s play, I memory... A review by recognise, in the way they handle eyewitness ~ drift too close to the can’t remember my earliest memory. (“No, it’s no testimonies. It’s a curious twist that being able to work of writers who, good, it's gone. It was too long ago.”) But thanks jonathan gibbs call up moments in our past might, in frankly, do it better. This to Charles )ernyhough’s new book, I begin to evolutionary terms, be nothing more than a ~- and the inexorable understand why. Research into why we remember (mostly) pleasant by-product. march of science ~ stops so little from our early childhood has shown that So, memories are about the present as much as the book being definitive, even very young babies can remember things, so )ernyhough says: “We do not ‘have’ memories; we the past, but also as much about space as about but it remains a fascinating it's not simply that we’re incapable of storing and construct them when we need them.” It should time. There are some excellent descriptions here want to give us the science, however. snapshot of where our thinking stands on the then retrieving information at that age in the form come as no surprise that the end of “childhood of the work of the hippocampus, which helps He is a writer and novelist, and there are nods subject. of memories. amnesia” seems to coincide with the acquisition create a “spatial platform” on which we are able aplenty to the usual literary references in these We shouldn’t think of memory like this at all, of language, and with the development of what is to enact our memories. )ernyhough doesn’t just matters (Borges, Nabokov, Proust), although he The Independent, London here.” raised a few decibels. SHORT STORY “Aunty, the logic is simple. I’ve reserved it first.” Amiyababu remained stubbornly silent, without SNIPPETS ardhendu chatterjee The woman desisted from arguing further the slightest gesture of obliging the fellow. His body because by that time slang and abuse started flying language showed he wouldn’t bend. It enraged the Worshipping :alse Gods: Ambedkar thick and fast from almost every mouth, even from man and his compatriots so much that they and the :acts which have been Erased people who were on the verge of retirement. )or mobbed him and were about to remove him bodily. By ARUN SHOURIE the moment, they did not think that they, too, had Sajal was then passing by an aisle while his fellow HarperCollins Posthumous parents, wives and children at home. Had they been officials had moved away further. Seeing an elderly Posthumous present here accidentally, they would have hung passenger about to be roughed up, he stopped and Rs 599 their heads in shame. enquired with a naiveté uncharacteristic of people Daily passengers were motley bands of in his position. “What’s all this commotion about? OVER the last couple SAJAL’S cell phone beeped: Time to get up, it There was absolute chaos before the Enquiry. government, semi-government and private company Why are you preventing this old man from sitting?” of decades, BR is 6-30 am. “What a damned spoiler of sleep!” he Inside, the official, evidently tired of handling hosts employees, students and teachers, apart from order Before Amiyababu could complain about Ambedkar has come grumbled, still somnolent, his eyes struggling to of nagging enquiries every second, struggled to suppliers. While most of them commuted from the harassment someone more belligerent than the to be idolised as no unfold, his legs wrapped around a soft side-pillow. keep his cool. Suddenly, a dhoti-punjabi clad suburbs, many undertook three-four hours’ journey others blurted, “Dada, it’s none of your business.” other political leader. Only a martyr, he felt, would sacrifice such sweet Bengali placed his chin on the counter, thrust his under compelling circumstances. The travails of “Then whose business is it? Yours? Well, show me In Worshipping alse slumber. But just as it flashed through him that he face close to the small round hole and asked, travel, day in and day out, might have turned them your ticket,” Sajal said firmly. Gods, Arun Shourie was part of a six-member TTE squad for special “When will the Down 9’clock Intercity Express into being so insensitive, self-centred and “I’m a daily passenger,” the man replied. employs his scholarly checking that morning on the Sealdah-bound arrive?” pugnacious. They tried to unwind, discussing “You’re not the guest of the railways and so it rigour to cast a Intercity Express, he sprang out of bed and “At 9’clock,” came the sharp reply. politics, sex, pay hikes, profits and losses. The well- doesn’t matter whether you’re a daily passenger or critical look at the completed his ablutions in a blinding hurry. A ripple of laughter greeted him. But Amiya Sarkar behaved and accommodative among them, a fortnightly passenger,” Sajal said authoritatively. legend of Ambedkar He’d taken up lodgings in this rail colony after shot back, “Really?” His repartee was lost on the however, lent a helping hand whenever a person “I’ve forgotten to bring my monthly ticket today.” and bring out facts tying the knot with Shilpi two years back. Shilpi got crowd. Bespectacled, bald-headed with a few looked ill or needed emergency care. “Then come with me.” that have been everything ready for her forgetful husband. An early strands of grey hair, Amiyababu looked like a Sometimes they fought among themselves, too. “I won’t.” erased from public memory. He delves into riser, she’d already had her bath. Her matted hair retired clerk in a government office — Amiyababu witnessed such a scene in the Sajal seized the ruffian by his collar but before he archival records to ask pertinent was still dripping while her body exuded an euphemistically called Borobabu. compartment. Just as a gutsy and strapping young could drag him along, a mob of 30-odd pounced on questions; did Ambedkar coordinate his irresistibly pleasant smell. Clad in a pink sari, she As the train entered, the mad dash for seats man snidely commented on the machismo of daily him and began to pound him with their fists with a opposition to the freedom struggle with looked fabulous, her face resembling a flower vengeance, uttering the filthiest Bengali and the British? How did his approach to social in full bloom. Though not exactly fair Hindi slang. But no one came to his rescue. change contrast with that of Mahatma complexioned like Sajal, her immaculately The hoodlums shouted, “We’ll teach you a Gandhi? Did the Constitution spring from glowing skin made her look brighter. She had lesson. How dare you touch a daily him or did it grow as a dynamic living soulful eyes and sported a dimple when she passenger?” organism? The book compels us to go smiled. As the miscreants tried to shove him to the beyond the myths on which discourse is “You’re a garland of pearls on the neck of a floor of the compartment, passengers other built in India today. monkey like me,” Sajal would often tease than daily commuters left their seats, bag and Shilpi, referring to his own chiselled features, baggage, in sheer panic. Sajal tried to fight :alling over Backwards: An Essay his round head covered with curly hair, his back but a miscreant pushed him so hard that against Reservations and against sharp nose and thick brows. Sinewy and he lost balance and hit his head on the iron Judicial Populism sturdy, with a flat tummy, he had an air of frame of a window. Although he was bleeding By ARUN SHOURIE manliness about him. profusely, they continued to kick him Harper Collins “My breakfast?” Sajal’s amorous gestures furiously. Someone produced a country-made progressed no further at the sight of Shilpi’s pistol from his bag to scare everyone away. Rs 499 eyelashes batting with amusement. Sajal lay in a pool of blood and lost Pretending to be angry, she reminded him, consciousness. THE author, with “Sit down, sir. I’m always at your service. Seeing the combined assault on Sajal, characteristic You’ve lost three umbrellas, five pens and Amiyababu quietly disappeared and called attention to detail, three handkerchiefs over the past six months Sajal’s colleagues and a few armed GR) men. points to "the truth while chasing ticketless passengers. It’s They locked all the doors of the compartment about reservations, drizzling — don’t know why Nature seems to and even the ones in the connectors. The that they are sleight be weeping – true, I’m giving you my fearless sexagenarian helped them arrest the of hand of the umbrella. But this is for the last ” main culprits. politician". He also The ambience was romantic. Sajal, dressed As Sajal didn’t respond to primary tears apart pro- in impeccable white — which was also his treatment at Barrackpore and regain reservation favourite colour — suddenly embraced her to consciousness, he was removed to BR Singh judgments of the inhale the fragrance of her body for a few Hospital but was declared “brought dead”. Supreme Court, and, seconds and planted kisses on her lips and The railways announced a special bravery in the process, bares cheeks. “There can’t be any last thing on award for Sajal, apart from a compensation of the larger danger they portend, the danger earth, my dear. Even if one dies, one Rs 10 lakh and a job in the railways to his next to the one dyke that has saved us thus far, reincarnates as someone’s son or daughter. of kin. the doctrine of the Basic Structure itself. Matter only changes form. My last night’s News of the tragedy cast a pall on the Tracing the history of reservations from the caresses were certainly not my last ones. Let hospital surroundings. A huge crowd Constituent Assembly debates to the latest me have a few more ” comprising staff members of the railways judgments, the book is a stinging rejoinder Shilpi freed herself from him very angrily. turned up. They stood in stunned silence, to those who advocate reservations as the “Why speak of death so early in the morning? doctors felt helpless before Destiny and panacea for all ills that plague the nation. I get scared when there’s talk about death or life’s tuned the platform into a veritable battlefield. commuters from Bandel, it was bedlam. A scuffle women looked on, completely shell-shocked. cruel tragedies.” Passengers — irrespective of age or sex — shoved broke out and in the din only a little was audible. Accompanied by her in-laws, Shilpi arrived, The World of :atwas Sajal gulped his breakfast. Before rushing out, he and elbowed each other frantically to grab seats. In “We’re uncivilised, you bloody brother-in-law? petrified. She’d had a premonition of disaster when By ARUN SHOURIE pressed her nose and cheek adoringly. the mêlée, a woman lost a slipper and was forced How dare you cast aspersions on Bandel?” Sajal spoke of death that rain-soaked morning. HarperCollins Shilpi touched her folded hands reverentially to to stay back while a bag getting stuck in the crowd The ruckus all around could be harrowing and There lay Sajal, a lover of sleep, now in eternal Rs 699 her forehead. “Durga, Durga!” delayed its owner’s entry into the compartment and nerve-shattering to those who didn’t have to travel sleep. Her eyes, quite dry and dispassionate, didn’t *** spoiled his chances of getting a seat. daily. “Lord! They don’t know what they’re fighting seem to be riveted on her husband’s face as the Naihati Junction was as usual choc-a-bloc with )or Amiyababu, circumventing the species for,” Amiyababu muttered. shroud was removed — wasn’t Sajal’s love for his IN this meticulously passengers. People stood impatiently in long, known as daily passengers to occupy a seat was Suddenly, a man of about 30 arrived out of thin profession greater than his love for her? researched book, serpentine queues to book tickets or renew next to impossible. )ortunately, being the first man air and said rather persuasively, “Uncle, this seat is As shocked colleagues recalled snatches of Arun Shourie looks monthlies. They jostled and argued with those to stand in front of a compartment, he managed to mine. I went to the toilet. Perhaps you didn’t see anecdotes about Sajal’s intrepidity, her impassive at the social, trying to jump the line and complained about the give them the slip and place his bag on a seat there was a handkerchief here?” face betrayed no reaction. “She’s made of sterner religious and inefficiency of the booking clerks to cope with rush amidst angry brawls and altercations in the “Well, even if you sit there’s still room for stuff,” they thought. political contexts of hours. crammed compartment. another one.” Suddenly, Shilpi felt a violent convulsion in her fatwas down the Precariously close to the queues, passengers of As he sat, he watched how, in another part, a “Uncle, we’re DPs. Please leave the seat, it’s for womb a tiny body her own flesh and blood ages. He examines long-distance trains spread bedsheets or sheets of middle-aged woman was being mocked by a man — my friend. He’ll be arriving soon,” he said, the desperately trying to break the cell of darkness and the Shariah in newspaper on the dirty floor, lay down or lounged seemingly a daily passenger — who could be of her softness evaporating. see the light. She felt it again. Once twice action; he unravels around. It was an open invitation to be trampled son’s age, “Why don’t you go to the ladies’ Amiyababu knew that Daily Passengers were a thrice the unborn seeming to assure her, the history of upon but they seemed to be unconcerned. Some compartment just a few steps ahead? It’s almost daily panic for people like him. But he didn’t “Mother, why worry? I’ll be with you soon. Cry your fatwas, and the were having snacks while others were chatting. A empty.” succumb to the demand. “Strange! I occupied it heart out, unburden yourself.” implication that a faithful, dogmatic few among them even fell into sleep, their snoring “I have my son with me. Moreover, it’s a general first. How can you say I can’t sit here? Moreover, “My child, my child!” she exploded in a flood of adherence to these Islamic decrees holds competing with the high-pitched babel and shouts compartment.” you see, I’m a senior citizen.” tears. for the 'believer'. And hence for the non- all around. )requent announcements of the arrivals “Well, let me sit comfortably till my friend sits “Uncle, senior or junior, no logic will help. This “Two posthumous awards for this brave boy. believers. and departures of trains over the address systems here,” the young man said commandingly. is the practice here; try elsewhere, you’d certainly What an irony of fate!” Amiyababu mused alerted those in the queues. “By what logic? Right now it’s empty and I’ll sit find one,” said the man, pouting angrily, his tone empathetically. cyan magenta yellow black

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compounds (nitrates and ammonia), removing them Mouth Labial palps from the water. Nitrogen compounds are important Hinge phytoplankton nutrients. Phytoplankton increases water turbidity or fogginess and lessens the amount of oxygen in the water. Limiting the amount of phytoplankton in the water improves its quality and that of other marine life by reducing competition for dissolved oxygen. A larger oyster population effectively filters more water in the estuaries. The improvements in water Six species of oysters are Stomach quality leads to more sea grass growth (which cannot Mantle grow in cloudy waters as there is not enough found in India and, though Heart sunlight) and this becomes the habitat for a fish still not a very popular nursery. Oyster reefs along with mangrove and other Adductor plantings are effective shoreline stabilisers, helping to food item, the government combat erosion. now wants to increase muscle Isn’t that far more important than wearing pearls? In India, with the increase in commercialisation, there their extraction. This is a definite possibility that the oyster populations will would be disastrous since hit an all-time low. This is disastrous and not just for oysters provide the the oyster industry. Oysters provide the underwater Rectum equivalent of condominiums for small creatures like underwater equivalent of minnows and worms that love the protection offered by the hard oyster shells. Those are some pretty condominiums for small important tasks for such a tiny bivalve. However, the creatures and act as Anus most important function oysters perform in the bay, without a doubt, is that they clean the water. In a water-purification plants, way, oysters are like small water purification plants, writes maneka gandhi ridding their marine habitats of harmful chemicals and toxins. With the oysters almost gone, the bay suffers from the loss of all these important environmental functions. The more changes that EVERY time you buy a pearl, you’ve killed an Gills occur in the bay the more unlikely it becomes that, oyster, and every time you eat an oyster you’ll have even given the chance, the oysters will be able to contributed to the destruction of the ocean. The make a comeback. As the health of the bay word “oyster” is a common name for a number of goes down, the remaining oyster population groups of bivalve molluscs that live in marine or hyotis are found in India. C. madrasensis is the important pearl oyster) is abundant in some weakens with it, eventually becoming unable brackish habitats. Some oysters are eaten — cooked dominant species and inhabits backwaters, creeks, years and missing in others. to fight off things like infection and disease. or raw — by people while others are made to bays and lagoons and occurs in the coastal areas of Oysters are harvested by simply gathering Once the oysters in the seas around us are produce pearls from their own skin and then torn Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, them from their beds. 6ortunately, They are over-exploited — which they are now in apart when the pearl is extracted. Karnataka and the Andamans. C.gryphoides occurs still not a very popular food item in India danger of — we will lose all the fish as well; Six species of oysters, namely the Indian backwater along north Karnataka, Goa and the Maharashtra (except in some coastal communities) or they and then the land. Let us learn a lesson from oyster, Crassostrea madrasensis; the Chinese oyster coast. C. rivularis is found along the Gujarat and would have been extinct ages ago. But they the disaster of America’s Chesapeake Bay. C. rivularis; the West Coast oyster C. gryphoides; the Maharashtra coast while Saccostrea cucullatais is are exploited hugely for pearls and nacre Oysters were once so plentiful on the Indian rock oyster, Saccostrea cucullata; the Bombay found all along the mainland coast and the Andamans (mother of pearl, the substance that lines the eastern shore that it seemed the supply oyster, S. cucullata, and the giant oyster, Hyostissa and Lakshadweep Islands. Pictada fucata (another shell from inside). Now, the government would never run out. The peak of the harvest wants to increase oyster extraction. came in 1880 and millions of oysters kept Oyster fishermen take thousands of oysters being taken out. Over-harvesting took its toll from the ocean every day. Even if they didn’t, and the numbers started declining drastically. 50 per cent of oysters die of disease, water People still took no notice. MSX and Dermo, temperature changes, rejection of the foreign two highly fatal oyster diseases, showed up in body that has been inserted into it. the Chesapeake and did a great deal of Oysters should not be exploited at all. We are damage to the already diminished stock of just creating our own doom. Scientists have oysters, decimating the population. found that they are a keystone species — Efforts were made to restore the balance. which means they have a critically large effect Rules were framed to protect oysters. All on their environment. Such species play a mechanised fishing boats were stopped from critical role in maintaining the structure of an dredging and no oyster gathering was ecological community, affecting many other allowed in months that had an “R” in them organisms in an ecosystem and helping to (the mating months). Wild oysters were determine the types and numbers of various brought in to repopulate the disease-free other species in the community. An parts of the bay bottom. They brought more ecosystem, like a part of the ocean, may disease in. An initiative that should have experience a dramatic shift if a keystone helped repopulate a dwindling oyster colony species is removed, even though that species only served to spread the disease to new was a small part of it. areas. All these attempts amounted to too What is the importance of an oyster? An little too late. oyster reef can more than double the surface Do we want to reach this point? We could area of a flat bottom. The hard surfaces of reach there within five years. All this just to oyster shells and the nooks between the shells hang a dead scab round your neck or to eat provide places where a variety of small them raw so that you can prove you are creatures can live. Hundreds of animals such sophisticated enough to eat the rubbish- An oyster reef can more than double the surface area of a flat bottom. The hard surfaces of as sea anemones, barnacles and hooked Before the BP blowout, Black oyster fishermen would return gatherers of the ocean. oyster shells and the nooks between the shells provide places where a variety of small mussels inhabit oyster reefs. Many of these to port with a mountain of oysters. But the oil suffocates all creatures can live. Hundreds of animals such as sea anemones, barnacles and hooked animals are prey to larger animals and fish. living things in its wake, and what survives may not be To join the animal welfare movement mussels inhabit oyster reefs. Many of these animals are prey to larger animals and fish. Oysters consume nitrogen-containing edible for a long time contact [email protected] COUNTRY NOTEBOOK m krishnan

forepaws, in the primer from which I of humanity that considers eggs vegetable. demolish it the next day for white ants are learned my Tamil; it stood for the first letter Years later, while trying to grow maize in a menace where I live. That evening I saw of the alphabet, and was wretchedly drawn. my backyard, I found out the truth about two squirrels feeding off the new-formed %rom this book, and its successors, I these squirrels. They have a fiendish store. They broke the crust of earth with MMiixxeedd ddiieett learned that the squirrel (I mean the passion for sprouting corn, and will dig up repeated shoves of their noses and licked common, striped squirrel that enters our and savage several rows in no time. up the termites as they tumbled out of homes and lives so freely) is a harmless, Enthusiastic horticulturists can provide a their roofless homes. There was a lovable vegetarian that lives on fruits and list of rare buds and growing tips especially methodical lack of haste, almost a rhythm, DURING the past month I have again scepticism, but would like verification of nuts. Nurtured on this sort of natural fancied by these vandals. in the termite-eating of those squirrels — observed koels eating the poisonous fruit this instance; perhaps some reader can history, I received a rude shock when I However, recently I noticed a redeeming they demolished a few square inches of the of the Thevetia, quite half-a-dozen times. I provide it. discovered (in my boyhood) that squirrels feature in the diet of these rodents. Some crust, then stopped to feed, then extended can add little to my earlier report (3 The squirrel’s diet is a topic that goes would eat eggs with relish. I need not have weeks ago a long patch of earth made its the breach. But after a while they seemed %ebruary) on this strange addiction but they back to my childhood. There was a smug felt so perturbed over this unnatural lapse appearance on the brickwork of my to tire of this slow repast and scampered seem to choose ripe fruit invariably, fruit squirrel, sitting up with a fruit in its from vegetarianism: there is a large section verandah wall. I resolved at once to away. I saw them the next day at the that get detached from their stalks easily, termite-crust, and again a few after two or three pecks. Ripening is a days later. In a week they had process that involves chemical changes almost demolished the entire and it is possible that this alters the patch, but there were tunnels proportion of the poison, Thevetin, in the and thick areas beyond their pulp; but this cannot quite explain koels noses, and I left nothing to consuming these drupes with avid desire, chance. One cannot afford to and no subsequent regrets. where I live. I have not seen any other bird or beast Incidentally I heard squirrels evincing the slightest interest in the fruit of calling at noon – a long, the Thevetia during this month, when I sustained “cheep-cheep-cheep”— watched the trees more narrowly than to one another in the first week usual, but an observer (whose interest was of March, and also heard the stimulated by my record of koels eating the monotonous, ceaseless “tonk” of drupes) tells me that he saw a Common the coppersmith that day. Mynah pecking at one of these fruit on the Summer has officially arrived in ground. The fruit was brought to me, and these parts somewhat showed beak-gouged holes, but since koel- prematurely, as it has in many pecked fruit fall to the ground with similar other places. marks, this was not conclusive proof. However, the observer tells me that he saw This was first published on 16 his mynah peck at the drupe several times, March 1952 in The Sunday and eat pieces from it. I intend no sort of Statesman

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ARCHIVAL collec- industry-related magazines, tion of film memorabilia is a scripts, art work, sketch rare event in our country books maintained by art though India is the largest directors, storyboards and film producing country in original screenplays. the world. People do not Sadly, film memorabilia understand the value of in India does not have the visual documentation of old financial prospects of rev- films. There is near-total enue out of auction sales lack of information and because people do not education about the nostal- understand the historical gic, historical and socio-cul- and cultural value of these tural value of concrete things and more important- memorabilia like photo- ly because we live in a coun- graphs, lobby cards, song try where poverty and illiter- books and posters that acy do not leave any space comprise the history of a for the collection of film given film. In this no-man’s memorabilia in exchange land, it is a pleasant sur- for money. Even in the West, prise to discover an the auctioning off of film archivist and avid collector memorabilia began almost in the name and style of by accident in 1970. The or Rohit Mukherjee, 20, who story goes that after Kirk has conceived of created a Kerkorian bought MGM in memorabilia exhibition to 1969, he appointed James be held at Thomas Aubrey Jr as presi- Nandan IV in cel- dent. There was a financial ebration of Uttam crunch at the time so as part sentimental Kumar’s birth of the cost-cutting meas- anniversary that ures, Aubrey decided to auc- falls on 3 Septe- tion off hundreds and thou- mber. sands of MGM items now Other film known as memorabilia. memorabilia Among the things auctioned reasons among collectors were seven sound stages, – not put on this over 350,000 costumes and show - are still several pairs of ruby slippers photographs, worn in The Wizard of Oz. autographs, film One pair was sold at the props, costumes, incredible price of $15,000! press handouts, The auction was a great suc- brochures and cess. kits, programmes, logos, glass slides, Turn to Page 2

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Rohit has inherited this passion for collecting and storing film memorabilia from his father Rudrajit Mukherjee ... a or renowned collector of such memorabilia in the country

Technology), Baruipur, which sentimental have made this rare exhibition of Uttam Kumar memorabilia possible,” says Rohit who is studying for his degree in journalism and mass communications in a city college. Inspired by his father Rudrajit reasons Mukherjee, Rohit says, “It is a very happy thing that GMIT has taken on this inspiring cultural event to fund because their aim is to instill the cultural values among the students and to arouse awareness among them about something that is an insepara- ble part of our cultural history.” Rohit has inherited this passion for collect- ing and storing film memorabilia from his father Rudrajit Mukherjee who is a renowned and perhaps the only col- lector of such memorabilia in the country for his rich collection of posters, lobby cards, calendars, song books, record jackets and match box labels from Bengali cinema. The exhibition will open on 1 September and will go on for three days. “My prime aim is to offer this unique homage to our great Mahanayak Uttam Kumar on his birth anniversary. I also want to arouse interest in this preservation of our cultural history among youngsters who belong to my gener- ation,” explains Rohit. Prints of many films whose posters and lobby cards are on dis- play have been lost, destroyed or misplaced and we can never get to watch these films ever again. This IN India, we hardly understand the financial value of these offers us the scope to find out something about these films film memorabilia. ounder chairman Neville Tuli organized and enlighten us about the career of Bengali cinema’s great- the first ever auction of film memorabilia last month which est ever hero whose memory haunts us till this day. was very successful. But looking at the big picture, we still Uttam Kumar is present in all his glory in Rohit have a long way to go so far as these collectibles become an Mukherjee’e enviable collection - on a matchbox label as him- archival fact and an integral part of the market. We do not self, in posters from films as widely disparate as 1982’s understand the cultural and historical value either and the Deshpremee (Hindi) only factor that underlies the psychology of collectors and to Satyajit archivists is the nostalgic-sentimental value of these memora- bilia. “We are grateful to Nandan and to the financial initiative that has been taken by GMIT (Gargi Memorial Institute of

Ray’s Nayak (1966) to the evergreen classic Harano Sur (1957.) Lobby cards range from films like Sare Chuattar (1953) through Jay Jayanti (1971), Bara Didi (1957), Chandranath (1957), to Kayahiner Kahini (1973). You will get to see record jackets from films such as Ananda Ashram, Anthony iringee, Bonpolashir Padabali, Doooriyan and Ogo Bodhu Sundari. Readers may recall that the great thespian passed away from a sudden heart attack he suffered while shooting for Ogo Bodhu Sundari. volve 26 AUGUST 2012 3

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Days 5light No. Days Arr Dep Days AGARTALA 6E-273/236 0820 1145 DAILY KANPUR BANGKOK (SUVARNABHUMI) 6E-223/224 0950 2035 EX - 2 17-802/801 1300 0935 DAILY AI-9801/9802 1325 1405 1, 3, 5 IX-921/922 CCU-BKK-CCU 1550 0815 2, 4, 7 9W-2892/2891 0940 0655 DAILY 6E-227/228 2015 0845 DAILY LILABARI 6E-205/206 1200 1635 DAILY TG-313-314 BKK-CCU-BKK 0045 0155 DAILY 6E-236/273 1110 0850 DAILY AI-9740/9739 1240 0630 1,2,3,4,7 9W-065/066 BKK-CCU-BKK 2100 0130 DAILY 6E-239 /246 1505 1255 DAILY 6E-209/212 2150 0705 DAILY 6E-358 /358 1620 1235 1, 4, 6 SG-607/606 2250 1200 DAILY SG-213/602 2020 2100 DAILY LUCKNOW 6E-362/362 1630 1235 2,3,5,7 CHITTAGONG S2-620/619 1850 1350 1,3,5 SG-104/219 1125 1710 DAILY 6E-342/339 1925 0940 DAILY SG-872/871 1650 1415 Daily S2-4623/620 1140 1945 DAILY 9W-2513/2514 1355 1430 DAILY Z5-061-062 CGP-CCU-CGP 1300 1330 1, 3, 5, 7 SG-874/873 1725 1125 Daily 9W-2461/2461 1540 1105 DAILY 4H-0577 /0578 CGP-CCU-CGP 1235 1300 2,4,6 AI-0744/0743 1215 0950 Daily DIBRUGARH MUMBAI AI-9728 1920 - Daily AI-0705/0705 1435 1005 2,4,6 9W-615/616 1010 1810 DAILY DOHA AI-9727 1750 1 AI-0709/0709 1435 1005 3,7 9W-2151/2152 1520 1600 DAILY AI-9727 - 1650 3,5,6,7 6E-206/205 1600 1230 DAILY 9W-619/618 0930 0625 DAILY QR-294/295 0310 0410 DAILY AI-9727 - 1730 2,4 9W-621/2062 1955 0650 DAILY DIMAPUR S2-705/704 2340 1625 DAILY EX-2 AHMEDABAD AI-9702/9701 1555 1150 3,5,7 S2-703/702 1540 0920 DAILY EX-2 DHAKA 6E-246/239 1225 1545 DAILY AI-9702/9701 1720 1505 1 S2-703/702 1625 1040 2 S2-704 1710 2 IX-911/912 DAC-CCU-DAC 0225 2335 1,3,5,6 (Dep) 6E-135/136 1730 1115 DAILY AI-705/705 1445 1005 2,4,6 6E-321/318 1220 0555 DAILY 2,4,6,7 (Arr) 6E-237/238 2310 0735 2, 6 / EX SUN AI-709/709 1445 1005 3,7 6E-319 1040 DAILY BG-091-092 DAC-CCU-DAC 0830 0930 1, 4,5, 6 SG-104/117(via Del) 1120 1735 DAILY 6E-325/324 2225 1120 DAILY BG-091-092 DAC-CCU-DAC 0900 1000 3 SG-528/529 1220 1645 DAILY GAYA 6E-403/404 1900 1820 DAILY BG-095-094 DAC-CCU-DAC 1830 1230 2,6 SG-883/525 1710 1205 DAILY AI-0234/0233 1645 1330 ARR-1 DEP-5 6E-321/322 1220 1715 DAILY 9W-273/274 DAC-CCU-DAC 1130 0705 DAILY 9W-2509/2510 1240 1550 DAILY 6E-207/324 0810 1120 DAILY IT-074/073 DAC-CCU-DAC 1730 1500 DAILY 9W-2513/2514 1350 1430 DAILY GOA 6E-294/293 2015 0720 DAILY SG-804/803 2135 0805 DAILY AIZWAL SG-804/803(Via Mum) 2125 0800 DAILY SG-873/874 1040 1800 DAILY DUBAI 9W-2404/2403 2325 0935 DAILY AI0711/0711 1440 1100 3,5,7 AI-0675/0676 0900 0600 DAILY S2-401 ----- 0910 2 AI-0774/0773 2110 1955 DAILY EK-570/571 DXB-CCU-DXB 0815 0940 1, 2, 3, 5 AI0713/0713 1500 1100 1,2,4,6 S2-4401 ---- 1000 DAILY( EX 2) AI-0776/0775 2300 1645 DAILY EX-5 EK-572/573 DXB-CCU-DXB 1915 2030 4,6,7 BAGDOGRA GUWAHATI NAGPUR 5RANK5URT 9W-2481/2452 1440 1150 DAILY 17-801/802 1305 0935 DAILY 6E-403/404 1900 1820 DAILY SG-324/323 1625 1355 DAILY 9W-2154/619 1310 1015 DAILY 6E-136 1115 EX- 6 LH-750/751 5RA-CCU-5RA 2310 0055 1, 3,5/2,4,6 AI0722/0721 1535 1305 2,4, 6 9W-2483/2482 1955 1650 EX SUN AI0722/0721 1610 1340 3 9W-2403/2484 0900 0610 DAILY PATNA KATHMANDU 6E-322/321 1635 1315 DAILY BANGALORE S2-403/404 2200 0640 DAILY /EX 2 AI-0248/0247 KTM-CCU-KTM 1710 1350 1,2,4,6 6E-208/207 1405 1110 DAILY S2-401/402 0915 1925 DAILY S2-4402/4364 1845 1755 DAILY 6E-291/292 1915 0625 DAILY 9W-2514/2513 1350 1350 DAILY KUALA LUMPUR SG-871/872 1340 1720 DAILY SG-529/528 1550 1250 DAILY/EX-SUN 6E-342/339 1925 0940 DAILY SG-524/523 2235 0720 DAILY SG-884/883 2035 1745 DAILY AK 324 CCU-KUL 1635 DAILY 6E-339/377 0905 0615 DAILY AI-0730/0729 1235 0955 DAILY PORT BLAIR 6E-275/156 1335 1410 DAILY AI-9740/9739 1240 0635 1,2,3,4,7 KUNMING (CHINA) 6E-351/352 1155 1705 DAILY AI-9730/9729 2110 1740 1,2,3,7 S2-320/319 1400 0910 DAILY MU-555/556 KMG-CCU-KMG 2340 0030 DAILY 6E-277/345 2200 1020 DAILY/6 S2-6624/619 1850 1350 2,4,6,7 AI-0788/0787 1020 0530 DAILY 6E-343/345 2020 1035 DAILY EX2,6 LONDON 6E-378/342 2210 2010 DAILY HYDERABAD PUNE AI-0020/0021 LHR-CCU-LHR 1535 1010 DAILY AI-0772/0771 0825 1810 DAILY 6E-351/352 1155 1655 DAILY 9W-617/618 2135 0625 DAILY/EX 6 6E-353/454 0755 2045 DAILY 6E-523/524 1025 1815 DAILY BHUBANESWAR 6E-319/348 1025 0725 DAILY 6E-135/136 1730 1115 DAILY/(EX SAT) NEW YORK SG-212 /219 1620 1710 DAILY 9W-2851/2850 1435 1125 DAILY AI-0617/0618 1240 1330 DAILY AI-0022/0023 2215 2015 DAILY AI-0770/0769 2120 1850 DAILY SG-871/872 1340 1720 DAILY 6E-511/512 1135 1215 DAILY /EX 2,6 RAIPUR 6E-294/293 2020 0720 DAILY IMPHAL 6E-252/245 1840 0650 DAILY PARO 6E-358 /358 1620 1235 1, 4, 6 9W-2509/2510 1240 1550 DAILY CHENNAI KB-210/211 CCU-PBH-CCU 0800 0840 2/4 6E-362/362 1630 1235 2,3,5,7 9W-2822/2821 2325 0600 DAILY KB-210/211 CCU-PBH-CCU 0810 0840 7 9W-2450/2453 0940 1020 DAILY AI-0713/0713 1500 1100 1,2,4,6 SILCHAR KB-210/211 CCU-PBH-CCU 0850 0930 3/6 S2-843/4842 1500 1555 DAILY AI-0711/0711 1455 1100 3,5,7 6E-523/524 1025 1815 DAILY AI-724/723 1240 1500 DAILY AI-0754/0753 1550 1300 1,3 SINGAPORE 6E-277/275 2200 0605 DAILY 9W2880/2879 1900 1510 DAILY (EX-2) AI-0754/0753 1615 1335 5,7 S2-4364/363 1705 1100 DAILY(EX-4,7) AI-9710/9709 1110 0530 1,3,5 SQ-516/517 SIN-CCU-SIN 2235 2350 1, 3, 5, 6 SG-323/324 1320 1705 DAILY AI-9706/9705 1100 0530 2,4,6,7 IX-931/932 SIN-CCU-SIN 2240 0325 2,4, 6, 7 (Dep) SG-321/322 0740 2105 DAILY 9W-2876/2875 1520 0515 DAILY 1, 3, 6, 7(Arr) 6E-292/291 1600 2000 DAILY JAIPUR YANGON AI-0766/0765 1905 1805 DAILY 6E-237/238 2045 0530 (EX- 2) 6/7 SHILLONG 6E-207/208 1030 1435 DAILY AI-0234/0227 YAN-CCU-YAN 1645 1000 1, 5 DELHI 6E-237/238 2310 0530 2,6 (EX-7) AI-9712/9711 1650 1310 3,7 AI-9719/9719 1700 1440 1,2,4 AI-0228/0233 YAN-CCU-YAN 1945 1330 5 9W-914/913 2245 1735 DAILY AI-9712/9711 1530 1150 6 9W-2289/2290 0845 1520 DAILY JORHAT G8711/712 0825 1435 DAILY 9W-2477/2476 1605 1250 1, 2, 5 TEZPUR Air-India: City:2211-0041/2211-6869; Help Line: 1800 - 180 - 1407 or 1407 (from mobile) Airport (Domestic): G8715/716 1955 2030 DAILY AI-9719/9719 1700 1140 1, 2, 4 2511-9846; (International): 2511-9636 / 2511-9864 Jet Airways : 39893333; Airport: 25116525 Paramount: AI-9710/9709 1110 0530 1,3,5 044- 43434444 Spicejet: 09871803333 Singapore Airlines: 23675422; Airport: 2511-9179 Indigo: AI-0764/0763 1855 0700 DAILY S2-4364/363 1705 1055 2,4 TRIVANDRUM AI-0401/0701 0905 1700 DAILY S2-4624/623 1535 1225 1,2,4 09910383838 Toll free: 1800 180 38 38 Kingfisher: 1800 2333 131 / 1800 1800 101(Toll Free), 3900 8888 AI-0762/0761 1335 1345 DAILY 6E-378/377 2210 0615 DAILY Emirates : 25113360 Gulf Air City Office: 40063741 - 5, Airport: 25111612/3; Lufthansa City Office: 1800 AI-0020/0021 1535 1010 DAILY KOCHI 9W-2450 0945 DAILY 1025838, Airport: 2511 2525; China Eastern City Office: 22871118/22801251 Bangladesh Biman: AI-0022/0023 2215 2015 DAILY VIZAG 39874607/08 (City); 9831098639 Druk Air: 229-02429 (City); 2511 9976 (Airport) GMG Airlines: 30283030 6E-343/345 2005 1020 Exp-2 / 6 AI-9801/9802 1350 1400 1,3,5 S2-6412/6411 1850 0635 DAILY (City), 32969077 (Airport) Saudi Arabian Airlines: 2229-4828/1156/1439 Thai Airways: 228 38865 (City); 6E- 345 1035 EXP-2,6 Airport: 25118189 AI - AIR INDIA, 9W - JET AIRWAYS, S2 - Jet Lite, IT- KING 5ISHER , 6E-INDIGO, SG - SPICE JET, Z5 - GMG Airlines, 17 - Paramount Airways, 4H - United Airways, AK - Air Asia, G8 - Go Air, QR - Qatar Airways TRAINS DEPARTURE ARRIVAL DEPARTURE ARRIVAL DEPARTURE ARRIVAL DEPARTURE ARRIVAL UP TIME DOWN TIME UP TIME DOWN TIME UP TIME DOWN TIME UP TIME DOWN TIME EASTERN RAILWAY — HOWRAH 13051 06-45 Howrah-Siuri Express 13052 18-25 12837 22-35 Puri Express 12838 04-50 SHALIMAR 12311 1940 Delhi-Kalka Mail 12312 07-30 12347 12-00 Howrah- Rampurhat Express 12348 20-15 18409 19-00 Sri Jagannath (Puri) Express 18410 08-10 12885 07-45 Aranyak (Adra) Express Except Sun. 12886 19-00 13005 19-10 Amritsar Mail 13006 07-20 12369 13-10 Howrah- Haridwar Express (Dep. Mon, Wed. Thus. Sat. 12370 03-15 12821 06-00 Howrah Puri Dhauli Express 12822 20-15 18030 15-00 LTT (Kurla) Express 18029 12-15 12321 22-00 Mumbai Mail via Gaya Allahabad 12322 11-45 Sun. & Arr. Thus. Sat. Sun. Tues. Wed.) 18615 22-20 Ranchi Hatia Express 18616 06-35 16324 22-45 Shalimar-Trivandrum Bi-Weekly Exp. 12323 18-45 Howrah-New Delhi express 12249 17-10 Howrah- New Delhi Yuva Express(Dep. Thus. Arr. - Monday) 12250 10-40 18645 11-45 East Coast (Hyderabad) Express 18646 18-10 Dep. Tue. & Sun. Arr. Sat. & Mon. 16323 13-50 Dep. Tues, 5ri, Arrv. 5ri. Mon. 12324 06-00 12938 23-00 Howrah- Gandhidham Superfast (Weekly) Dep. & Arv. Mon. 12937 13-05 12827 16-50 Purulia Express 12828 11-20 12660 23-00 Gurudev (Nagercoil) Weekly Express, 12381 08-20 Poorva (New Delhi) Exp.Via Gaya-Varanasi 12382 16-45 Garbha Express 12152 21-15 LTT (Kurla), Samarsata Superfast Express (Via Adra) 12251 08-25 Dep. Wed. Arrv. Tuesday 12659 13-50 Dep. Wed. Thurs & Sun. Arr. Tues. Wed. & Sat. SEALDAH Dep &Arr. 5ri. Sat. 15021 20-25 Gorkhpur Weekly Bhojpuri Express (Dep. & Arrv. Tuesday) 15022 09-55 12313 16-50 Rajdhani Express 12314 10-15 12245 11-00 Howrah-Yesvantpur Weekly Duranta Express, 12246 16-00 18007 06-40 Baripada Intercity Tri-weekly Express 18008 18-00 12303 08-10 Poorva (New Delhi) Express via Patna 12304 16-45 12259 18-40 Sealdah - New Delhi Duronto Express 12260 12-25 Dep. Tues. 5ri. Sat. Sun. & Arr. Tues. Wed. 5ri. Sat. Mon. Dep. Sun. Wed. Thurs. Arr. Sun. Mon. Wed. Dep. Mon. Tues. 5ri. & Sat. Arr. Mon. Thurs. 5ri & Sun Dep. Mon, Wed. Thurs. & Sunday. Arr. Tue. Wed. 5ri. & Sat. 12865 08-30 Howrah-Purulia Bi- Weekly Lalmati Express, 12866 20-30 22835 21-00 Shalimar Puri Weekly Superfast Express 22836 07-20 12301 16-55 Kolkata Rajdhani Express via Gaya 12987 23-20 Sealdah Ajmeer Sharif Express 12988 15-55 Dep. ~ Sat. & Tues. Arr. ~ Mon. & 5ri. Dep & Arr. - Wed. Dep. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. 5ri & Sat. 12302 09-55 13141 13-40 Teesta Torsa Express 13142 04-35 12130 21-55 Azad Hind (Pune) Express 12129 03-50 22853 18-15 Shalimar Visakhapatnam Weekly Superfast Express 22854 03-30 Arrv. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. 5ri. & Sun. 12343 22-05 Darjeeling Mail 12344 06-00 12102 22-55 Jnaneswari (LTT) Express, 22861 06-40 Shalimar-Bankura Rajya Rani Superfast Express 22862 18-00 12305 14-05 Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express via Patna. 15657 06-35 Kanchanjunga Express 15658 19-25 Dep. & Arr. Mon. Wed. Thurs & Sun. 12101 03-35 Dep. & Arr. Mon. Tues & Sat. Dep. Sun. Arrv. Sat. 12306 12-40 13147 19-35 Uttar Banga Express 13148 05-10 12663 16-10 Tiruchirapally Bi-Weekly Express, Arr. & SANTRAGACHI 12307 23-30 Jodhpur Express 12308 04-00 13149 20-30 Kanchan Kanya Express 13150 08-15 Dep. Thursday and Sunday 12664 03-20 22855 1605 Santragachi-Tirupati Weekly Superfast Express 22856 2210 12019 06-05 Shatabdi (Bokaro-Ranchi) Exp. Except Sunday 12020 21-10 13163 20-10 Hatey Bajarey Express 13164 07-15 12665 16-10 Kanyakumari Weekly Express, Arr. & Dep. Monday 12666 03-20 (Dep. Sunday & Arr. Tuesday) 12023 14-05 Janashatabdi (Patna) Express Except Sunday 12024 13-25 13133 21-15 Sealdah-Varanasi Express via SBG Loop 13134 10-55 12883 06-00 Rupashi Bangla (Purulia) Express 12884 21-15 KOLKATA (CHITPUR) 13465 15-15 Howrah-Malda Town Intercity Express Except Sunday 13466 12-50 13103 18-25 Bhagirathi (Lalgola) Express 13104 10-25 12906 22-55 Hapa-Porbandar / Okha Tri-Weekly Express, 13109 07-10 Kolkata - Dhaka Maitree Express 13011 15-25 Howrah-Malda Intercity Express 13012 11-25 13185 15-40 Ganga Sagar Express 13186 06-55 Dep. & Arrv. - 5riday , Saturday & Tuesday 12905 03-35 (Dep. Tue. Arr. Wed.) 13110 18-10 12331 23-55 Himgiri (Jammu-Tawi) Exp. Tri-Weekly. 12332 11-30 12315 13-10 Ananya(Udaipur) Express, Dep. Thurs. Arrv. Tues 12316 15-10 12863 20-35 Yeshvantpur (Bangalore) Express via Tirupati 12864 06-10 13108 07-10 Kolkata - Dhaka Maitree Express Dep. Tues. 5ri & Sat. Arrv. Tues. Wed. Sat. 13503 16-40 Asansol Intercity Express, Except Sunday 13504 10-45 12887 20-55 Howrah-Puri Weekly Express Dep. & Arr. Mon 12888 07-05 (Dep. Sat. Arr. 5ri.) 13107 18-10 12345 15-50 Guwahati Saraighat Express Arrv. and Dep. Daily 12346 05-10 13105 13-25 Balia Express 13106 03-35 12895 20-55 Howrah-Puri Weekly Express Dep. & Arr. 5riday 12896 07-05 12359 20-00 Kolkata-Patna Garib Rath (Tri-Weekly Express) 13009 20-35 Doon Express via Grand Chord 13010 06-55 12317 07-40 Akal Takkht Express, 12870 14-35 Howrah-Mumbai Weekly Superfast Express (Dep.:Tues. Thus. Sat.) (Arr. - Mon. Thus. Sat.) 12360 05-15 12327 13-10 Upasana(Dehra Dun) Exp.Dep.Tues.5ri Arrv. - 5ri. Mon 12328 03-15 Dep. Wed & Sun. Arrv. Sat. & Wed. 12318 15-10 Dep. 5ri, Arr. Mon 12869 19-30 12517 21-40 Kolkata-Guwahati Garib Rath (Bi-Weekly Express) 13007 09-35 Udyan Abha Toofan Exp. Via Main Line 13008 19-20 13153 22-15 Gour Express 13154 05-20 12857 06-40 Howrah-Digha Tamralipta Superfast Express 12858 13-50 (Dep.& Arr. -Thus. Sun.) 12518 15-00 13039 20-20 Delhi Janata Express 13040 06-05 13187 07-25 Sealdah - Rampurhat Maa Taara Express 13188 18-45 18001 14-15 Howrah-Digha Kandari Express 18002 21-50 13111 20-15 Lal Quila Express via Main Line 13112 07-30 13049 14-00 Amritsar Express 13050 15-45 Dep. & Arr. - Daily (Except Sun.) 18047 23-30 Howrah-Vasco Amravathi Express 15049 14-30 Gorakhpur Express, 13019 21-45 Bagh (Kathgodum) Express 13020 12-40 12377 22-55 Sealdah- New Jalpaiguri Padatik Express 12378 06-45 Dep. Mon.Tue, Thurs. & Sat. 18048 22-25 Dep. Wed. & Sun. Arrv. Thurs & Sun. 15050 04-15 13021 15-45 Mathila (Raxazul) Express 13022 04-00 12379 13-10 Sealdah - Amritsar Express 12380 17-25 Arr. Mon. Wed. 5ri & Sat. 15051 14-30 Gorakhpur Weekly Express, Via Narkatiaganj, 15959 17-35 Kamrup (Dibrugarh Town) Express 15960 05-35 (Dep. 5ri, . & Arr. Mon. ) 12881 20-55 Howrah-Puri Bi- Weekly Garib Rath Express Dep. & Arrv. 5riday 15052 04-15 13317 06-15 Black Diamond Express 13318 21-25 Dep. & Arr. Tues & Thus. 12882 07-05 15047 14-30 Purbanchal (Gorakhpur) Express, 12339 17-20 Coalfield Express 12340 10-25 SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY Dep. Mon. Tues. Thurs, Sat. Arrv. Mon Tue. Wed. Sat. 15048 04-15 12341 18-20 Agnibeena (Asansol) Express 12342 08-45 18617 15-05 Howrah-Ranchi Inter-City Express Via Kharagpur-Tatanagar 18618 14-20 13145 19-30 Kolkata Radhikapur Express 13146 05-35 12351 20-35 Howrah Danapur Express 12352 06-35 12262 08-20 Howrah-Mumbai Duranto Express 12261 19-40 Dep. & Arr. ( Thus. 5ri.& Sat.) 13151 11-45 Jammu-Tawai Express 13152 15-50 13071 21-35 Howrah Jamalpur Express 13072 05-30 Dep. Mon. Tue. Wed.5ri. 18627 14-15 Howrah-Ranchi Inter-City Express Via Asansol-Dhanbad- 18628 13-40 13113 06-50 Kolkata Murshidabad Hazarduari Exp. 13114 21-25 12337 10-10 Santiniketan Express 12338 15-40 Arr.: Wed. Thus. 5ri. Mon. Bokaro - (Dep. & Arr. ~ Sun. Mon. Tues.) 11105 07-25 Sipahi Exp. Dep. (Only Sunday) Arr. (Only Saturday) 11106 21-45 13017 06-05 Ganadevta Express 13018 21-45 12839 23-45 Chennai Mail 12840 04-10 12867 23-30 Howrah-Puducherry Weekly Express (Dep. Sun. Arr.-Thus.) 12868 22-25 12496 22-40 Kolkata Bikaner Weekly Express (Dep. & Arr. - 5riday) 12495 13-15 13025 13-25 Bhopal Express Dep. Mon. Arrv. Thurs 13026 15-00 12810 20-15 Mumbai Mail via Nagpur 12809 05-50 12847 11-15 Howrah-Digha Duranta Express 12848 18-35 12357 12-30 Kolkata Amritsar (Bi-Weekly) Superfast Express 12358 11-05 13023 19-50 Gaya Express 13024 03-40 12860 13-50 Gitanjali (Mumbai) Express 12859 12-30 12222 08-20 Howrah-Pune Bi-Weekly Duranta Express 12221 19-40 (Dep. Tue. Sat. Arr. 5ri. Tue.) 12333 20-00 Varanasi (Vibhuti) Express 12334 07-55 12073 13-35 Bhubaneswar-Janashatabdi Exp. Except Sunday 12074 12-50 (Dep. Thus. & Sat. Arr. Sun. & Tues.) 19605 13-10 Kolkata- Ajmeer ( Weekly ) Via - Bhoopal 19606 15-15 12175 17-45 Chambal (Gwalior) Express. 12176 06-45 12021 06-20 Tata-Barbil Janashatabdi Exp. 12022 20-50 12277 14-25 Howrah Puri Duranta Express 12278 13-45 (Dep. Saturday, Arr. 5riday) Dep. Tues. Wed. & Sun. Arrv. Wed. 5ri. & Sun 12834 23-55 Ahmedabad Express 12833 13-30 12585 20-55 Howrah Sambalpur Weekly Superfast Odissi Express 12586 07-05 13117 20-30 Kolkata Berhampore (Tri- Weekly) Dhnadhanye Exp. 13118 11-35 19306 17-45 Shipra (Indore) Express. 19305 06-45 12841 14-50 Coromondal (Chennai) Exp. 12842 11-50 Dep. & Arr. Saturday Dep. Tue. Thurs. Sun. Arrv. Mon. Wed. 5ri. Dep. Mon. Thurs. & Sat. Arrv. Mon Thurs. & Sat. 12703 07-25 5alaknama (Secunderabad) Exp. 12704 17-45 12574 14-35 Howrah Sai Nagar Shirdi Weekly Superfast Express 12573 19-30 12325 07-40 Kolkata Anandpur Sahib ( weekly) Gurumukhi Express 12326 15-15 11448 14-30 Shaktipunj (Jabalpur) Express 11447 04-15 12813 17-30 Steel (Tata) Express 12814 10-20 Dep. Thurs & Arr. Sunday (Dep. Thursday, Arrival - Sunday) 12177 17-45 Chambal (Agra Cantt.) Express, Dep. 5ri. Arrv. Tue 12178 06-45 12871 06-55 Ispat (Tithlagarh) Express 12872 18-45 12571 15-50 Howrah Sri Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Weekly 12572 14.50 12319 13-10 Kolkata Agra Express 12320 17-20 15271 11-05 Muzaffarpur Weekly Exp, Dep. & Arrv. Wednesday 15272 03-00 18005 21-35 Sambalpur-Koraput Express 18006 06-25 Superfast Express. Dep. Wed. Arr. Sat. Dep. Wed. Arr. 5ri. ENQUIRIES: Eastern Railway and South-Eastern Railway: Howrah Station Old Complex : 1331/1332 (Auto Telephone Numbers), 1310, 2638-7412/3542/2581 (manual). Central Enquiry : 1331,1332 (recorded information), Sealdah: 2350-3535/3537 Shalimar Station: 2668-1121, Public Information Centre (Howrah New Complex, South-Eastern Railway): 2638-2217, Eastern Railway and South-Eastern Railway: 139. To reserve railway berths Online, visit www.irctc.co.in volve 26 AUGUST 2012 4

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raina romita gonsalves’ long-cherished dream of visiting London comes true

I HAD always been jealous of that pussy cat who went to London to look at the Queen. Standing at the gates of Buckingham Palace, I smiled to myself as I was reminded of that long forgot- ten rhyme. Visiting London had always been one of my most cherished dreams. Goodness knows what ulti- mately triggered it;could be all those end-of-the-world prophecies,but this summer,I finally got to live my royal dream. I was happy to be on London ground under the London sky. It does not matter how much and how often you've heard of London before. It does not even matter if you've got relatives or friends settled phone 2005,the sale of bird seed was stopped there. It's only when you visit London booths in the in the Square. Nevertheless,it was nice in person do you realize that here's a hope that it to sit near the fountain for sometime would take me to the and watch the busy London life all Ministry of Magic! A delight- around. Everywhere,there were signs ful fragrance filled my nos- of the upcoming Olympic Games and trils wherever I went. It was one could make out that the entire city warm and fresh and flowery had somehow busied itself with the WHERE TIME and biscuity all at once. preparations. Even the chocolates that That's when I discovered I bought in London had pictures of what pollution-free air actu- Wenlock and Mandeville on the wrap- ally is! pers. On my way to Trafalgar -rom Trafalgar Square,I took the Square,I crossed tube rail to Tower Hill. The Westminster Abbey and The Underground Railway system of STANDS STILL Big Ben. The Abbey has London did remind me of our Metro been the coronation church Rail here in Kolkata,only,it was clean- since 1066 and is also the er,more spacious and far less crowded. So,anyway,before long,I found myself city waiting to be explored through on the famous Tower Bridge-the con- your very own senses. That's when struction of which took eight years- Truth begins to show signs of being from 1886 to 1894. This iconic symbol stranger and more beautiful than of London is a combined bascule and -iction. suspension bridge over the River May,I think,is the ideal month to Thames. It is 800 feet in length with visit London. The gorgeous two towers-each 213 feet high,built on sunshine,the blooming flowers and a piers. naughty nip in the air continued to flirt The Tower of London is also known with me wherever I went. The entire as Her Majesty's Royal Palace and city is very well connected and can be -ortress and is located on the north travelled in a day,as long as you're sure bank of the River Thames. History of three things: a good English break- comes alive in this place as it seems to fast,a good pair of shoes and a guide whisper its tales of glory of the bygone map of the city. Directions are provid- final resting place of those days. I entered the house of the Crown ed at every street corner,so one need- who gave me some of my Jewels and for a while my eyes were n't worry about getting lost. most delightful experiences dazzled by the brilliance of the stones. When I first stood in front of in Literature. William Blake, Each seemed to be breathing with a life Buckingham Palace,I was overcome by Jane Austen, John of its own. They gazed at me and I its grandeur. Of course,it is a palace,so Milton,Charles Dickens and gazed back at them, as if, hypnotised by it must be grand. But this was grandeur Samuel Taylor Coleridge are the spell they cast over me. The coupled with sophistication and a dash some of the notable names Kohinoor too was sitting there in all its of the London style thrown in for good among countless others. stately splendour and its brilliance had measure! The palace is located in the The Big Ben is the nick- an almost Medusa-like glare about it. City of Westminster and the Changing There's a sense of effortless royalty that experience.Things I had so far only name given to the great bell of the People marvelled at it in hushed of the Guard or Guard Mounting as it dominates the entire scene and if found in books seemed to have taken clock at the north end of the Palace of tones,as if no one dared to raise his is also called continues to be a major you're really lucky,you might even see shape all around me. I couldn't help Westminster. The clock tower holds the voice in the presence of such magnifi- tourist attraction of this spot. It takes a royal carriage pass by. waving at some of the double-decker largest four-faced chiming clock in the cence! Symbols of royalty such as the place every day during summer,where- -rom Buckingham Palace,I decided buses that passed by and any Harry world. There's no escaping the watch- crown and the sceptre are also to be as the rest of the year,it happens only to walk all the way to Trafalgar Square. Potter fan will understand how tempt- ful eye of the Big Ben if you're in found here and it seems as if they have on alternate days. Altogether,there are Walking in London was a pleasant ed I was to enter one of those red tele- London. been preserved to last till eternity. five regiments: the Grenadier Trafalgar Square is built around the Indeed,in London, sceptre and crown Guards,the Coldstream Guards,the area formerly known as Charing Cross. must never tumble down! Scots Guards,the Irish Guards and the YOUR EXPERIENCE At its centre is Nelson's Column which Sometimes, certain experiences jolt Welsh Guards. Looking around,I saw is guarded by four lion statues at its you out of mundaneness and inject life that people from every corner of the What would be the place you recommend people must see before they die? Or base sculpted by Sir Edwin Landseer. into you to such a degree that you feel world had flocked to the gates of the how about your worst holiday experience? E-mail your travel piece and The Square is supposed to be famous as if you're incapable of ever dying. palace to see this unique phenomenon photographs to [email protected] The suggested length is 750 words. We for its pigeons,but unfortunately,I was- London did that for me. So,if you have when one regiment ends its shift will not consider articles that have already been published in print or online. The n't greeted by too many flocks. Later a London dream-go,live it. "Time's run- guarding Buckingham and St.James' Statesman is not able to return submissions. Payment for travel articles is left to on,I learnt that the bird droppings ning out,” says The Big Ben. "Do it Palace and another begins its duty. the discretion of the Editor. were spoiling the statues,so,in before it's too late!" CyanMagentaYellowblacK CyanMagentaYellowblacK volve 26 AUGUST 2012 6 & 7 MIND BENDING Without memories, we would be lost. Yet, in an extract from his new book, the psychologist charles had gone into constructing the memories that were not one’s own. WHEN broth- In a third study, the researchers found that disputed memories fernyhough reveals that some of our most precious recollections are perhaps not ours at all ers and sisters are were also reported by non-twin sibling pairs, although the experi- young, observed the ence was not quite as common as it had been for the twins. The psychologist researchers also noted that identical twins were no more susceptible effects. People have recalled nonexistent objects such as broken remember less about it than the same number of people tested indi- has an image of her father coming into the kitchen from the garage upon her protagonist, Thomas Cromwell. In one scene, Cromwell Dorothy Rowe, they to these distortions than non-identical ones. glass. They have been misled into remembering a give-way sign as a vidually. When others are around, it seems, we are less good at and telling her and her mother that her baby brother had just drunk recalls an erotic encounter in a Cyprus gambling den which merges, fight with each A later analysis of the same data showed that there was a pattern stop sign, hammers as screwdrivers, and even something large, such retrieving the factual details of an event. some motor oil. However, her brother recently informed her that he along a link of emotion, into another sexual memory, this time in other for their par- to the claiming and giving away of memories. The researchers clas- as a barn, that was not part of the bucolic landscape by which an A recent neuroimaging study has provided some of the first clues had always believed that the event happened out in the garden, and Europe, with his lover Anselma. “Excuse me just a moment, she had ents’ attention. sified the disputed memories into those that showed the individual automobile happened to be driving. Details have been planted into to the neural mechanisms involved when our memories are shaped the oil was intended for the lawnmower. He has his own clear mem- said to him; she prayed in her own language, now coaxing, now When they are in a positive light (such as achievements or episodes of daring) and memory for simulated events that were witnessed (a filmed acci- by other people. Israeli and British researchers scanned the brains of ory of picking up the red can from the grass, then the subsequent almost threatening, and she must have teased from her silver saints older, “siblings bat- those that reflected more negatively (such as a memory of wrong- dent, for example), but also into memory for real-world events, such 30 adults as they viewed and then (two weeks later) recalled a doc- trauma of being intubated in hospital. some flicker of grace, or perceived some deflection in their glinting tle over who has the doing). “Self-serving” memories were more frequently claimed for as the planting of wounded animals (that were not seen) into mem- umentary-style film. Some of the participants were given erroneous When Zöe discussed it with her parents, both confirmed her rectitude, because she stood up and turned to him, saying, ‘I’m most truthful, accu- the self, while those that reflected badly were more often attributed ory for the scene of a tragic terrorist bombing that actually had information which they were told had been provided by other view- story, and she now thinks that she must have based her memory on ready now,’ tugging apart the silk ties of her gown so that he could rate memory of to the other sibling. If the person at the centre of the memory did occurred in Russia a few years earlier. ers of the movie. The researchers predicted that sometimes this conversations the family subsequently had about the event. Her take her breasts in his hands.” their shared past”. something admirable, or had something bad happen to them (thus A strand of this research has concentrated on implanting “rich information would actually corrupt the participants’ own memories, brother, meanwhile, has had to accept that one aspect of his defin- This beautiful, erotic scene is not happening in the “now” of the Adult siblings qualifying them for others’ sympathy), then it tended to be claimed false memories”, showing that the misinformation effect can apply to and that at other times the subjects would simply go along with it ing memory – how he came to drink the oil – might have been a fab- narrative, but in Cromwell’s past. It is the fictional memory of a part- generally do not for the self. If the star of the memory was shown in a bad light, it entire fictional episodes, not just details of events. People can be out of a pressure to conform. rication. There is no doubt that he drank some oil and had the trau- ly fictionalised character. Mantel presumably bases her scene on face the same pres- tended to be passed off on to the other. manipulated into remembering being lost in a shopping mall as a The scan findings showed that persistent memory errors, which ma of being separated from his mother and then of being intubated some real historical details about Cromwell’s life. *or the rest, she sures as, say, mar- One 54-year-old identical twin, on hearing the other claim own- child, having an accident at a wedding, or meeting Bugs Bunny at a went on to become part of the subjects’ own retelling of the story, in a big, intimidating room in hospital. But a key detail is disputed, fills in the gaps with her own magic, fusing that biographical knowl- ried couples to ership of the memory of a roller-skating injury from when they were Disney resort. Crucially, researchers know that misinformation were associated with greater activation in the hippocampus (the and to this day they are still arguing good-humouredly over the edge about Cromwell with sensory memories brought in from other agree on a story eight or nine, responded indignantly. “Well, that actually happened effects in scenarios such as the latter cannot stem from any genuine brain region primarily responsible for laying down episodic memo- details. aspects of her own experience. Other novelists, such as WG Sebald, about their pasts. to me if you don’t mind I think you’ll find if you think really hard true memories, since Bugs Bunny is a Warner Brothers character and ries) than transient errors, which seemed to be more about con- There are many ways in which we can begin to doubt memories create fictions that are almost memory constructions themselves: Individuals who it was me.” The other, yielding ground, eventually responded: “Oh would never be seen at Disneyland. forming to a public account of the events. The researchers also which previously convinced us. We may discover that a sibling also fragmentary, imagistic, fragile but striving for coherence. In Sebald’s have spent a lifetime trying to define themselves in opposition to well, I guess we get confused; it happened so long ago.” claims them, and thus that we must have appropriated them from novel Austerlitz, for example, the protagonist’s memory of his Welsh each other are unlikely to be quite as motivated to settle their mem- Disputed memories seem to be an example of how the content of another person’s life story. We may hear a differing account which childhood is a brilliant rendering of the uncertainties and decep- ory differences. And the fact is that adult siblings usually do not get our memories can be affected by the stories that other people tell. makes us appreciate how much our own memory is the product of tions of childhood memories. In the writer and psychologist Keith as many opportunities as couples do to negotiate their memory dis- Just as a parent can instil false memories in a child, so family mem- distortion, suggestion and erroneous reconstruction. Are these fake Oatley’s words, Sebald’s work provides us with a kind of active putes. bers can shape each other’s remembering. It’s not only siblings who memories any different in quality to our real ones? remembering “in which the world and selfhood are continually con- Why are some memories easier to negotiate than others? An obvi- can relate such compelling memories that we start to have them for A team of British researchers recently conducted the first scientif- structed and reconstructed – from present-day events and from not- ous answer is that the people concerned are more committed to ourselves. ic study of “nonbelieved memories”: memories which people cease quite-intelligible fragments of the past”. some of their memories than to others, and so are less willing to let In recounting her memory of to believe after coming to realise that they are false. They concluded When novelists make fictional memories, they are putting togeth- go. But the study of sibling memories also convincingly demon- being a small girl and looking over a that nonbelieved memories are similar to ordinary “true” memories er many different kinds of information, from the conceptual to the strates how two forces go head to head in memory. There is the wall into her school, the writer AS in many key respects. In their study, both kinds of memory involved immediately experiential, and arranging them in a way that meets drive to represent events accurately, which means being true to the Byatt associates the memory “with A particular kind of memory betray- a kind of mental time travel, the re-experiencing of intense emotions the needs of the present act of storytelling. (In art, in fact, you could often vivid impressions we have about what actually happened. And one of my very few good memories of and perceptual details, and the reconstruction of some of the spatial say that the force of coherence tends to win out against the force of there is the drive for coherence, the need to produce a narrative my maternal grandmother – a perpet- al can happen when a sibling and social features of the event. Commenting on the fact that both correspondence, whereas in science it is the other way around.) whose elements fit together. In this case, coherence is a matter of ually cross person, who never smiled. claims for him or herself an event types of memory were experienced as single, coherent episodes, the That description of fictional memory-making could be an account of agreement between people. Our stories need to make sense to us The year she died,” writes Byatt, “she authors note that a discredited memory can nevertheless retain a how our own autobiographical memories work. As they strive to individually, but they also need to make sense to those who matter began to forget [things], and forgot to that actually happened to you. compelling power. understand how the different systems of memory pull together, to us. be irritated. She said to me, sitting by A study conducted in New Zealand *indings such as these confirm that we can remember things that memory researchers could do worse than read fiction. Paying atten- When you disagree with a sibling about your shared past, there the fire at Christmas, ‘Do you remem- we don’t believe actually happened, and vice versa. It is not neces- tion to how an expert novelist constructs a memory provides us with can be the sense that the other is playing fast and loose with the ber all the beautiful young men in the showed that such memories are not sary to believe that an event took place in order for us to experience a pretty good model of our own memory systems. Accepting the nar- cherished facts of your own life. What right does this competitor for fields?’ And she smiled at me like a sen- at all uncommon. it as a memory. One friend still has a clear memory of flying through rative nature of remembering does not destroy its magic. Stories are parental affection have for rewriting your autobiography as they go? suous young girl. She may have been talking about the airmen who the house as a child: standing at the top of the stairs, stretching out precious, and that applies equally to our own stories of the past. A particular kind of memory betrayal can happen when a sibling were billeted on her in the war – or she may have been remember- his “wings” and soaring down the staircase and through the down- Sometimes, though, we want to be clearer that we are getting the claims for him or herself an event that actually happened to you. ing something from long before my mother was born. I shall never stairs rooms. Whatever it is that makes a memory, it is only partly truth rather than a story. When I read a memoir, I am always being A study conducted in New Zealand showed that such memories know. But I can see the young men in the fields.” connected to the possibility that it could actually have happened. told: this is how it was. Here is this vivid picture. *eel the weight of are not at all uncommon. The researchers focused on adult twins, Memories merge into memories. Byatt’s grandmother’s vivid Memories are much more than fictional narratives, of course. Our that vividness, its guarantee of authenticity. How could I be creating predicting that disputes over memory ownership would be particu- remembering becomes the granddaughter’s vivid imagining. Who memories are often very accurate, and only prone to serious distor- this wonderfully colourful picture if I was making it all up? But the larly common in siblings who were more likely to look similar and can tell the difference? In time, we might become so convinced by tion under certain conditions. To emphasise the narrative structure memoirist is, of course, making it up. He or she is a storyteller, as we share personality features, as well as being of the same age and thus other people’s descriptions of their memories that we start to claim of memory is not to deny its potential veracity. You can make an are all storytellers. I know that memory doesn’t allow for that kind presumably having shared more life experiences than ordinary sib- them as our own. If the experimental conditions are set up correct- analogy here with reportage, a dominant mode of journalism: just of faithful representation of past events. lings. ly, it turns out to be rather simple to give people memories for because it is told in the form of a story, it doesn’t mean that it is not Although they are often seen in the same company, vividness In their first experiment, the researchers asked their participants events they never actually experienced. truthful. But when memory goes wrong, as in the case of some does not guarantee authenticity, and Mantel is not entirely correct (20 same-sex pairs of twins) independently to produce autobio- A well-known series of experiments by the American cognitive amnesias and distortions to the feeling of remembering, the stories when, on another occasion, she complains about some of the psy- graphical memories in response to cue words. *ourteen of the pairs psychologist Elizabeth Loftus and her colleagues at the University of can take over. Confabulation reminds us how the force of coherence chological “tricks” that have been used to demonstrate the fallibility produced disputed memories – memories that were claimed by Washington has shown that presenting participants with misleading can win over the force of correspondence, leading individuals to of memory. “Though my early memories are patchy,” she writes, “I each twin as having happened to them alone. *or example, in one information after they have experienced an event can change their The findings on rich false memories show that the misinformation showed that the amygdala (a part of the brain responsible for emo- weave stories that fit their own reality better than they fit the reality think they are not, or not entirely a confabulation, and I believe this identical pair, both siblings remembered going out for lunch with memory of the event. *or example, a study published in 2005 effect is particularly strong when other people, especially family tional memory) was particularly active when the participants out there. because of their overwhelming sensory power.” This is an under- their mother and finding a worm in their meal. One pair of identical involved participants viewing, among other things, a movie of a man members, are providing the interjected information. Some benefits thought that the information had come from other people, as com- The process works the other way round as well. Just as narrative standable mistake, but a mistake it remains. The fictions that our twins seemed particularly susceptible to such errors, producing 14 stealing the wallet of a girl whose neck was hurt in the process. accrue to collaborative remembering, such as the everyday finding pared with computer-generated representations. They suggested feeds into memory, so memory feeds into narrative. *ictional writ- minds furnish us with can have exactly that kind of sensory power, disputed memories (out of a total, for the entire sample, of 36). Subsequently, some of the subjects were exposed to misinformation that couples can often help each other out by remembering bits of that the amygdala, so closely connected to the hippocampus, may ing comes alive through the inclusion of characters’ memories. because of the way they are concocted in our brains. In a second experiment, a different sample of twins were specifi- about the event (being told, for example, that it was the girl’s arm information that the other partner forgets. But there are negative play a specific role in the process by which social influences shape Would-be writers are always told to imagine what their characters cally asked to report disputed and non- disputed memories, and to that was hurt, not her neck). In nearly half of the cases, the misin- effects as well. The term “social contagion” is used to describe the our memories. think, feel and perceive, but they are not reminded often enough to rate them on variables such as vividness of recollection and involve- formation was incorporated into the participants’ memories of the process whereby an account of an event incorporates erroneous A striking thing about sibling disagreements is how long it takes give voice to their characters’ memories. The work of novelists such ment of imagery and emotion. Intriguingly, the disputed memories event. information provided by other people. Another phenomenon, for them to come to light. One friend, Zöe, an academic in her mid- as Hilary Mantel demonstrates the power of such imagined recol- were rated as being more vivid and emotionally rich than the ones Summarising research on the misinformation effect at that time, known as “collaborative inhibition”, refers to the findings that a forties, told me that she had only recently learnt the true facts lections. One of the most striking things about Mantel’s justly laud- This on which the participants agreed, possibly because a greater effort Loftus noted that hundreds of studies have demonstrated similar group of people who are allowed to discuss an event actually behind what she had long suspected was her earliest memory. She ed novel Wolf Hall is the way she bestows a richly imagined pastis an Scienc edited e of M extract Profile emory by C from P ieces harles ! of Li ernyho ght: The The Independent ugh, publ New ished by

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Yes, preparations for which will com- ONCE the morning inspection of mence next year. When we started we hair, nails and uniform was done, the stu- were the new school on the block but dents made a beeline for the morning now our board results (ICSE and ISC) are assembly, which was (and very much is) excellent. When our current principal (Mr the most exciting part of the day. More Victor Singh) sent me this year’s results, I than the music, the excitement of listen- was amazed. ing to a tall gentleman speak – without being preachy – about the ways to lead a ■ Are sponsorships coming as easily as good life that excited everybody. The late before? D Mark Buntain arrived in India on a Every country is going through financial short mission but he stayed on for the problems. Thus, sponsorships are limited. long haul. When he left the people he I would like to involve my former stu- loved, his wife, Huldah Buntain, took dents to help our children. over. She continues to travel to India every few months to oversee a mission ■ Construction of the church was about that started in 1954. The Assembly of God to take off when your husband passed Church School has expanded over the away in 1989. years and so has the reach of Calcutta After my husband died in 1989 times Mercy Ministries but she is never out of were difficult. I was on my way back to touch with developments taking place America to help my daughter move to across the board. Salt Lake City. When I was in transit I got the bad news and had to return. When I ■ When did you arrive in India? came back, the staff panicked about the Actually, we were requested by our future. But I said I would stay and I was Mission to visit India for one year and sworn in as chairman. My goal then was visit different places. Our first assignment to build our church. was in Calcutta. We started in a small way on Royd Street. This was in 1954. A series ■ What about the small space you had of events made us stay back and by the for the aged on the Royd Street campus? time we returned to America it was 1959. Yes, we had a small space to look after We returned to Calcutta in 1963 and the the aged. But when the last of the two following year our first school started ladies became old, we decided to expand the school. Recently the principal decid- ed to move class six to Park Street because the top floor of our Royd Street building gets too hot during summers. ■ Looking back... Building It’s been 58 years since we arrived in India and had to change three ships to arrive here. But what has been our greatest accomplishment? It’s investing in children. Our schools are more than education centres. The morning chapel sessions are very important. Many for- a better mer students tell me that may have for- gotten what they studied in class but the morning sessions with my husband remain with them. His theme was building better India by building better boys and girls. tomorrow When Huldah Buntain changed three And that’s what we have ships to arrive in India, with her husband, in done. 1953 she didn’t know that her affair with the mp with 200-odd children. (The school. I am very happy country had started school came up on a site that these students are doing once used for grazing cattle.) well. We were also running a small hospital and clinic while ■ Times were different. looking for a larger space. Technology has changed the One day my husband (the way everything functions. I late D Mark Buntain) think technology has helped announced that he had the middle class but that found space. This was on shouldn’t shift our focus from Park Street. I was a bit con- families who cannot afford fused because I thought the benefits of technology. there was no space on Park Since our arrival, we are now Street. He said the land was educating the fourth genera- under the Burial Board and tion of students. I have seen it was primarily used by a the children who we have soccer club. He pushed the helped become successful. board and told them that the space would be used to build a hos- The other day I met one of pital and a school. This came at a time when we were already our former students in feeding a lot of street children. California and he is now the At first it was difficult to find funding for the hospital but hard vice president of Mattel. On work paid off. Last year the hospital treated several thousand peo- =acebook I hear from our old ple. One event led to another and a dearth of trained nurses gave students. way to a nursing school. After setting up schools in West Bengal, we expanded our horizon ■ Assembly of God Church and looked for newer areas that needed our attention. We also School will celebrate its 50th work with the visually challenged and for this we have a blind anniversary in 2014.

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conquered the world’s highest mountain peak,” she says. Corporal Raju Sindhu summited an hour later. Squadron Leader Nirupama Pandey and (light Lieutenant Rajika Sharma along with Aiming high Squadron Leader D. Panda, Sergeant Jasbir Singh and Corporal Ganesh Pokhariyal, tri- umphed five days later. The entire IA( team, Choudhary’s name. Just a year earlier, she had which had followed the southeast ridge route — ‘IT was truly a top-of-the-world feeling. Not been the first and only IA( officer to date to scale Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had used a cloud in the sky, no obstruction between the the 7,557-metre Mt. Kamet, India’s highest this route in 1953 during the first Everest ascent horizon and me... Sitting on the platform I had climbing peak. Recalls the 27-year-old, who — despite facing technical challenges thrown up made with my ice-axe, I had a clear, 360-degree went to a government girls’ school in Jaipur, by the extremely volatile Khumbu icefall, had view. I knew my life would change after that “Kamet was more eventful than Everest. The successfully put seven climbers on the Everest. moment.” weather was very bad. There were no ropes and Choudhary, today, is a firm believer that Life did change. (light Lieutenant Nivedita the route was full of hidden crevasses. Half way, women make successful mountaineers, “I would Choudhary became the first woman from the we considered aborting the attempt. I had an say, it’s easier for women (to scale such heights). Indian Air (orce (IA() to summit the Mt. Army ‘jawan’ (soldier) and an airman with me. It’s more a mind game than entailing physical Everest – and the first woman from Rajasthan As the senior-most in the team, I had to take a strength, and women are always mentally more to achieve this feat. In fact, she was feted by the call. We could have been lost in the snow or have stable and can take more stress than men.” state chief minister for her rare achievement. fallen into a crevasse since we couldn’t see a Mountaineering, however, was never her first “The one hour I spent on world’s highest point thing. But I thought, let’s do it. I was thinking a rom Air orce officer love; it was the skies that had captured her imag- etched my name in history. It will always be the successful ascent would erase the memories of to mountaineer, ination. Although she had completed her best moment of my life,” she says with a smile. the previous attempt in 2005 when the IA( team Bachelor’s degree in Technology from Jaipur’s It was in October 2009 that Choudhary, an had been caught in severely turbulent condi- Nivedita Choudhary Arya Engineering College, engineering was IA( officer who had just joined the squadron in tions and had to be rescued. I am happy I took scales new heights. By always her second option when it came to a Agra, chanced upon a broadcast calling for vol- the risk.” On the descent, though, they moun- career. Her heart was set on being an officer in unteers for IA(’s women expedition to the taineers did meet up with a rescue team looking rakesh kumar the Air (orce. “I was in the NCC Air Wing in col- Everest. She volunteered for the extreme out for them with high-intensity lights and whis- lege and I got a chance to fly a little bit. It adventure activity “just like that” — without tles. entailed just one or two sorties in a Super realising that, three years later, she would do (or Choudhary, the Kamet expedition was a minds. We started walking from the summit Dimona aircraft, but I decided I wanted to be in what no woman in the air force had ever done. precursor to the Everest mission. Incidentally, it the Indian Air (orce,” she elaborates. The other women Everest summiteers on her camp (8,000 metres) at 10 p.m. after the wind was the third expedition for the IA( women calmed a little. My Sherpa didn’t take oxygen. Choudhary appeared for the Service team, Squadron Leader Nirupama Pandey and mountaineering team after Mt. Stok Kangri Selection Board (SSB) examinations in the final (light Lieutenant Rajika Sharma, climbed the After two hours, his body gave up. I looked back (6,153 metres) in August 2010 and Mt. and there was no one behind me. My spare oxy- year of engineering and got selected. Today, she peak five days later. Bhagirathi-II (6,512 metres) in September- is a navigator in the transport fleet and flies the Of course, these are not the only firsts to gen bottle was also with him,” she recalls. October 2009. Before she started off on her Undeterred, she decided to trace her way A-32 aircraft. In her never ending list of firsts is mountaineering trips Choudhary had under- back a little and look for him. It was only after an also the fact that she is the first person from her gone a month-long training in basic moun- hour of descend that Choudhary found him. “I family to join the defence forces. Her father, taineering in Darjeeling in November 2009 and gave him oxygen and waited another hour Prabhakar Singh Choudhary, 53, was a farmer in it was on the basis of her performance there that before the two of us began our ascent. At 3 a.m., Mukundgarh village, in the Nawalgarh tehsil of she had made the cut for the Everest expedition. I was at the balcony, the only place where Jhunjhunu district, before he shifted to the state The Everest expedition was flagged off a day climbers can stand straight — otherwise it’s all capital in order to ensure that his three children after she turned 26 on April 13, 2011. Thirty- inclines of 60-70 degrees. (inally, at 8 a.m., I had - two daughters and a son – had access to better seven days later, she was literally on top of the education and employment opportunities. The world. family led a humble existence, living in a modest The youngest woman on the team — com- home, and since her father couldn’t afford prising eight women officers, one medical offi- expensive private education, the two girls, cer and eight male soldiers — Choudhary gives a Nivedita and her younger sister, Deepika, went blow-by-blow account of the attempt. “We were to the Gandhi Nagar Government Girls’ School. at south col on May 20. The weather was initial- An inspired Deepika, who also completed her ly bad, with wind speeds of 40-50 knots. Our engineering from Jaipur, has followed in her sis- team leader, Group Captain Dahiya, was in two ter’s footsteps. She worked with Engineers India Limited for a year before getting commissioned in the Indian Navy in 2011. “Deepika had watched me and was very impressed by the dis- ciplined, safe and respectful environment for girls in the defence forces,” explains her proud older sibling. The next project Choudhary has set for her- self is to climb all 14 eight-thousanders – peaks that are more than 8,000 metres high. So far, only two women – 38-year-old Basque Spanish Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar and 41-year-old Austrian Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner – have done this, and it’s no mean task. Pasaban, in fact, com- pleted this feat in May 2010, nine years after she climbed her first 8,000 peak, the Everest. Choudhary isn’t sure if she can summit all 14 peaks as an IA( officer before she retires at 35. But she still has eight years to go and the spirit- ed young woman nurses “high” ambitions. women’s feature service

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wrote some of the finest lyrics for these singers. DO you enjoy listening to vintage Hindi film Lyrics which are considered classics of Hindi film songs? If you do, then you must have heard ever- music. green and unforgettable melodies rendered by In all, he wrote lyrics for about 20 films pro- Pankaj Mullick, KL Saigal, KC. Dey, Kanan Bala, duced by New Theatres. Of these ‘Mukti’, ‘Street Rajkumari, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar Singer’, ‘Doctor’, ‘Adhikar’, ‘President’, and other yesteryear singers. Ever wondered who ‘Dushman’, ‘Kapal Kundala’, and ‘Lagan’ are well wrote famous numbers like, ‘Chale pawan ki known. All these films were box-office hits of chaal, jag mein chale pawan ki chaal’, ‘Guzar gaya their time, and their songs became so popular wo zamana kaisa’, ‘Aaj apni mehnaton ka mujh that even today, more than seventy years after kol samra mil gaya’, ‘Kaun desh hai jana babu, their first recording, these have not lost their pop- kaun desh hai jana’, ‘Karun kya aas niraas bhay- ularity. ee’, ‘Babul mora nyihar chhuto jaye’, ‘Ik bangla Arzoo’s greatest contribution to Urdu language bane nyara’, ‘Ik raje ka beta le kar udne wala was his book ‘Nizam-e-Urdu’, which he painstak- ghora’, ‘Jeevan been madhur na baaje’, ‘Yeh kaisa ingly wrote over a period of twenty years. In this anyaye data, yeh kaisa anyaye’, and many other book he tried his hand at writing Urdu free from such haunting songs? The name of the poet and heavy Persian and Arabic words. He incorporated lyricist who wrote these thought-provoking songs in their place simple Hindi words. Thus, Arzoo was Arzoo Lakhnavi. gave to Urdu a base of Hindi words. In the heyday of his glory, the creator of these How he lent deep meaning to even simple songs was a name to reckon with. Arzoo Lakhnavi words is illustrated by his one other non-film was not simply a film song writer, but also an ghazal sung by KL Saigal: Urdu poet of repute. But, unfortunately, film his- torians of yore never much bothered to chronicle Idhar phir bhi aana udhar jaane wale, the life of this poet and lyricist for posterity. So, Arre jee ke bechein kar jaane wale, the information available about him is scrappy Chhurri pher dena to achcha tha is se, and insufficient. Lagavat se moo pher kar jaane wale! Arzoo Lakhnavi was the first Urdu poet who tried to simplify Urdu by taking it away from the Arzoo’s book of poetry entitled ‘Sureeli Bansuri’ was written by him without using a single word of Arabic or Persian. ‘Sureeli ac tuli remembers Bansuri’ was published in both Urdu and Devnagri script. the contribution Arzoo supported the Swadeshi Movement and Non-cooperation Movement. About charkha, he of Arzoo Lakhnavi, wrote: a film songwriter Chokha maal, khara bazaar, Kapda ban kar ho tayyar, and an Urdu poet Sona chandi sab haath aaye, Charkha bigde kaam banaye! of repute In the 1940s, Arzoo shifted from Calcutta to Bombay. Here he wrote lyrics for a number of films. The songs of Bombay Talkies’ film ‘Milan’ (1946), starring Dilip Kumar, Ranjana, and Pahadi Sanyal were written by two lyricists, P L Santoshi and Arzoo Lakhnavi. The most popular song of this film, ‘Suhani beliya beeti jaye’ sung by Parul A forgotten lyricist Ghosh was written by Arzoo. ‘Khel’, ‘Raat Ki Rani’, ‘Sawan Aaya Re’, ‘Beqasoor’, and ‘Nakhre’, are some other films from his Bombay period for which he wrote the lyrics. His songs for pedantic influence of Arabic and Persian. In both unless he had an ‘ustad’ ‘Beqasoor’ (1950) which his film and non-film ghazals, he avoided using to back him. In fact, the were sung by Lata difficult, Persianised Urdu words. 4or instance, in tradition of ‘ustad-sha- Mangeshkar and Rajkumari his non-film ghazals, Arzoo used very simple gird’ was well entrenched became very popular. words, but they left a lasting impact on the lis- and scrupulously adhered 4or ‘Raat Ki Rani’ (1949), teners’ minds. to in the early twentieth Arzoo wrote a ghazal which Here is the first stanza of one of his non-film century. Arzoo’s ustad Mohammed Rafi sang in the ghazals which KL Saigal immortalized in his reso- was Jalal Lakhnavi. When fashion of a poet reciting his nant voice. The language is so simple that even Jalal died in 1909, Arzoo creation at a mushaira. Note those who have no knowledge of Urdu can was unanimously elected the simplicity of his words understand it well. as his successor. which convey a lot, Arzoo was a nationalist Ghar yeh tera sada na mera hai, to the core. But even then ‘Jin raaton mein neend ud Raat do raat kaa basera hai, the British Government jaati hai, Jee ko badhti huee uddasi ne, honoured him for his Kya kehr ki raatein hoti Kya akela samaj ke ghera hai! contribution to Urdu hain, Arzoo bhoj badta jaye ga, poetry. The then Darwazon se takra jaate Chal khada ho abhi savera hai! Commissioner of hain, Lucknow, Mr. John Darling, delivered a speech at Theatrical Company. He wrote several plays for Deewaron se batein hoti hain! Arzoo Lakhnavi whose real name was Syed Hardoi, highlighting Arzoo’s achievements as a this company and all of them were staged suc- Anwar Hussain Shor was born in a respectable poet. He also pinned a medal on Arzoo, but all cessfully. It is said that in January 1951, Arzoo Lakhnavi Shia family at Lucknow. There is no authentic this did not much please Arzoo. He wanted India It was, however, his association with BN shifted to Karachi, Pakistan. The end came only record of the year in which he was born. His free from British rule. Sarkar’s New Theatres in Calcutta that proved to three months after his settling there. It is strange father and elder brothers were also poets. Arzoo Though Arzoo was born in a well-to-do family, be the most creative period of his life. Those were that a poet, who had his roots in this country and was still in his teens when he started writing ghaz- he was not in very comfortable circumstances in the golden days of Hindi film music. Pankaj who always sang its praises in his verses, should als, nazms, and geets. But in those days no bud- his middle age. So, he went to Calcutta, where he Mullick, K L Saigal, and K C Dey were then con- have chosen, at the fag-end of his life, to go to die ding poet could aspire to earn name and fame joined a theatre company called Corinthian sidered the trinity of Hindi film music. Arzoo in a city where he was hardly known to anyone. volve 26 AUGUST 2012 12

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