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The South Asian Times excellence in journalism Vol.7 No. 9 June 28-July 4, 2014 60 Cents New York Edition Follow us on TheSouthAsianTimes.info US advances to knockout round in World Cup Recife, Brazil: The US may have a soggy turf, the U.S. stayed lost a game Thursday, but it won close enough to the both a huge amount of respect and world’s No. 2 team to finish The US team posing before their World Cup match with Germany Thursday. a spot in the World Cup’s second second in its group, allowing it to round despite dropping a 1-0 deci- advance to meet the winner of 1-0, and Algeria and Russia drew four World Cups that the US has but we took the chance and we sion to Germany in the group-play Group H in the knockout round 1-1, so Belgium and Algeria advanced beyond the group stage. move on and now we really want final for both teams. On goals aver- Tuesday in Salvador. The final advance. Powerhouse Germany, meanwhile, to prove a point,” US coach age, US beat Portugal to third Group H standings were deter- Germany, the group winner, will has reached the semifinals in six of Klinsmann said afterward. polace though both had 4 points mined in Thursday’s late games play Algeria which finished sec- the last eight World Cups. “The commitment was great, I each. In a game marred by rain and when Belgium beat South Korea ond. This marks the third time in “Everyone said we had no chance, Continued on page 4 Modi confidante Amit Shah Kanojia’s Aereo would have put cable TV out of set to be BJP president business, but loses at Supreme Court New York: The US Supreme Court but today’s decision sends a chill- New Delhi: BJP general secre- ruled June 25 that New York-based ing message to the technology tary Amit Shah’s elevation as the Aereo, an internet company started industry,” he argued. party president is as good as final by Indian American Chet Kanojia Had Aereo and other similar and an announcement can be has to pay broadcasters when it companies been allowed to operate expected any time, according to takes TV programs from the air- without paying for programming, party sources. Shah, a close aide waves and allows subscribers to more people would be likely to of Prime Minister Narendra watch them on any devices. drop cable services, meaning Modi, has been in charge of the In a 6-3 decision, the justices broadcasters would get less income party in Uttar Pradesh where the ruled that Aereo violates broadcast- for the rights to transmit their pro- BJP won 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha ers’ copyrights by taking the sig- grams. seats. nals for free. The ruling allows TV Available in New York, Boston, After party president Rajnath networks to continue to reap large Houston and Atlanta and seven Singh joined the government as fees from cable and satellite sys- other metro areas, Aereo uses thou- Home Minister, the BJP has been tems that transmit their program- sands of dime-size antennas to cap- in consultation with its ideologi- Indian American ming. ture TV signals and transmit them cal mentor, the RSS, to find a Amit Shah, a close aide of Chaitanya ‘Chet’ Kanojia said in a statement that to subscribers who pay as little as replacement. Other contenders Prime Minister Narendra Kanojia showing an the company would continue to $8 a month for the service. for the post have been J.P. Nadda Modi, was made in charge of Aereo antenna, small enough fight. “Today’s decision by the Company executives and promi- and Om Mathur, from Himachal the party in Uttar Pradesh to fit on the tip of a finger. Supreme Court is a massive set- nent Aereo investor Barry Diller Pradesh and Rajasthan respec- where the BJP won 71 of the back for the American consumer. worked diligently to create a tech- previously said their business Continued on page 4 80 Lok Sabha seats. We’ve said all along that we nology that complies with the law, Continued on page 4 OP ED 12 DIASPORA 14 MEDICINE 15 SPIRITUAL AWARENESS 30 excellence in journalism TheSouthAsianTimes.info June 28-July 4, 2014 TheSouthAsianTimes.info TRISTATE COMMUNITY June 28-July 4 , 2014 3 Edison Township decides IBA as sole Judge Sri Srinivasan is India organizer for India Day parade Abroad Person of the Year New York: By Ashok Ojha Srikanth Srini- vasan, the first Edison, NJ: Ending South Asian ori- the uncertainty over gin federal judge the fate of India Day in the US, is the parade in Edison NJ, India Abroad the administration of Person of the Srikanth Srinivasan, (right) Prof Arogyaswami Edison Township in Year 2013. Judge Paulraj, recipient of Lifetime Achievement award New Jersey has de- Sri catapulted cided in favor of In- into greatness when, as an Assistant Arogyaswami J Paulraj, profes- dian Business Asso- to the Solicitor General, he became sor emeritus at Stanford University, ciation (IBA) by al- the first Indian American to argue was the recipient of Lifetime lowing it to organize before the US Supreme Court in Achievement award. He trans- parade celebrating November 2002. He went on to formed the Indian Navy’s sonar system before coming to Stanford India’s Independ- August 10 was declared as the parade date at IBA’s kick-off meeting serve as Principal Deputy Solicitor ence Day through General before becoming the first at age 48 and revolutionizing wire- the Oak Tree Road Tree Road. IBA filed lawsuits de- years. Sapna Shah, Edison council- South Asian American to be nomi- less technology. Kumar Barve, who leading towards Iselin-Woodbridge manding the reversal of that order. woman, announced at the meeting nated as a federal judge in the DC became in 1990 the first Indian section of the Indian owned mar- The local Indian community was that the Township’s order repre- Court of Appeals, America’s sec- American to be elected to a state ketplace. Accordingly, the board of deeply divided over two parades sented its support for unity in the ond highest court. legislature (Maryland), received IBA, a representative body of New taking place the same day in the Indian American community. “We He was not only confirmed 97-0 Lifetime Service to the Communi- Jersey’s Indian owned businesses, same area. should respond by organizing a by the US Senate in May 2013, the ty award. Anuradha Bhagwati, a announced at on 19th June the pa- Most people viewed it as a sym- spectacular show on 10th August.” first confirmation to this court in former Marine, won the Publish- rade date as 10h August. The kick bol of disunity within the commu- “The local community will enjoy seven years, but also instantly er’s Special Award for Excellence. off meeting was attended by hun- nity, pushing community leaders the extended length of the parade earned the buzz of a US ‘Supreme The award for Community Service dreds of IBA supporters, public of- like Councilman Dr. Sudhanshu along Oak Tree Road this year and Court nominee-in-waiting.’ went to Mallika Dutt and Deepa ficials and business professionals. Prasad and Peter Kothari to pas- be proud of our heritage”, said Judge Sri formally accepted the Iyer. Arvind Mahankali (Scripps Since 2012 Edison Township had sionately advocate for unity. Dhiren Amin, president of IBA. highest honor of India Abroad last National Spelling Bee 2013) and allowed another organization to According to Satish Poondi, “This year’s parade will clearly Friday at a ceremony at The Pierre Sathwik Karnik (winner of the Na- hold a parade along Oak Tree IBA’s legal advisor, Edison Town- demonstrate the power and heres. The India Abroad Person of tional Geographic Bee 2013) were Road, confining the older IBA pa- ship agreed to issue the permit in strength of the community”, said the Year Awards honored 11 given the Special Award for rade to the Iselin section of Oak favor of IBA for at least seven Assemblyman Raj Mukherjee. achievers in eight categories. Achievement. No honeymoon period luxury, all steps in national interest: Modi New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marking his one Modi said that several chief ministers have met him in the month in office, said in a blog post on June 26 that every Prime past month and extended their good wishes and spoken about decision taken by his government has been guided “solely by Minister issues concerning their states. “I look forward to working national interest” and his numerous meetings with ministers Narendra closely with them in the times to come,” he said. and officials have led to the regime coming up with “excel- Modi reflects “I feel there are areas where surely we need to improve. A lent road maps” for moving ahead. on completing big challenge I am facing in Delhi is to convey to a select Modi, who was sworn in May 26 after the BJP’s stunning one month in group of people about our intentions and sincerity to bring a victory in the elections, said he does not have the luxury of a office positive change in this country. These are people who are “honeymoon period.” both within and outside the government system. “In the last month, our entire team has devoted every single “There have been some instances in the last month with moment for the welfare of the people. Every decision we which our Government had nothing to do yet these contro- took has been guided solely by national interest,” he wrote.